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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2559, 28 March 1887, Page 2

: Athletes ara reminded that the entries for the Maetßrton ITootb&il Clubs Athletic Sports oloso on Saturday evening next.. ; Tenders are invited by the Chief BurVevor for bushwork, 'formation, &o on Dorset's road, Kopuaranga. j A special meeting of the Muterton Borough, Oounoil will be held this evening to co'niider'the Charitable Aid question. The Pahiatua Eailway Committee met on Thursday last, and instructed Mr J. T. Oarr to go over the g. ound with Mr Knorpp's report, and advißetbeCmnmittee aB to what action they could reasonably take. The result will ub kiiora about Wednesday next. Mr Barron, M.ILR., intends testing the feeliug ofthe 'House by iiuving. when the Ke|iresentiUiim oill is in Committee, that the number of members Hhall be reduced to CO. Mr Fergus, M.U.R., will projjoso the adoption-of a modilioatiou of the Hare system, At the Colonial wool Bales in Loudon on the '24 th inst, (40,500 bales wero offered prices being firmly maintained. The total wi hdrawals to date amount to 1000 bides. The Palmeraton No, th cricketers have abandoned their proposed trip to the Wniiarapa during the Easter holidays, as the whole ot tho team'c'aunut get away. A cartoon entitled Fact and Ficton was is'-.ue'l with Saturday's Kvening Prens. • It treats of the defects of thu Wamni wator works, and is an amusing and well got up production, . By the R M.B. Tongariro, which arrived in Wellington on Saturday evening', a consignment of- Loch L.iven, Salmon, and Alp'no Char Ova was received by the Wellington .Acclimatisation Society. The ova was despatched from Wellington by this morning's train to the Mastertun breeding ponds they will ho placed out by Mr Rutherford, tho Secretary of the Society, and Mr Ayton, the keeper ol the liatohory.

On Saturday morning last, tha further hearim? of the charge of having obtained a cheque for L7B 17 Cd by alleged false pretence, brought agaiost hi. O'Shes by David Robertaon, took place at the Magistrate Court, Wellington,'bofore Mr Wardoll, R.M. Mr Jelliooa' conducted the proaeoution, and Messrs Shaw and Dtivina defended. William Eobertson, book keeper to complainants .firm wi the only witness examined. After three hours of questioning his Worship adjourned the caie, bail being allowed is tha tame amount aa before. A cricket match vrw played on the ,Pavk Of al on Saturday afternoon between the Masterton and Opaki, teams, and resulted in a win for tha former by. an iuniug! and 30 runs to spare. Opaki went first to the wickets, but owing to the bowlers being " on," six ducks wore produced, and the lunings closed for 14, W. Welch being top scorer with 6 to his credit. Masterton run. up a total of 82. Bobisou 25 and 0. Perry 14 were the only doubles, the underhand- bowling of E. Welch proving disastrous to sit of the team. Opaki in their second attempt put together 33, F. Welch heading- the list with 11 runs, 0. Perry took 10 wickets, McKeiizlo 8. On Friday, 11th March, a most successful trial H'iis made at Mr M. Dixon'o farm near Eyretmi, of Mr C. Brookes' Perfect .'Sheep Dip, where some 3000 sheep, the property of various fanners in the district, were put th'ruugh in a most satisfactory maimer. This locally manufactured aitide has .now been tried so often, and fiiui d ho efficacious, lhat no doubt as to its ultimate success can exist, and the fortunate inventor it to be congratulated on.his having discovered a really good thing. It is anticipated, from the number of sheep offering, that the dipping-will extend over three days, thus affording a ! good opportunity ,Jo shiiep-owners to come and judgo for themsulves as to its morits, -farmers Circular. The Russian Government hao published its Budget, for the new year. The ordinary revenue for 1887 is estimated a> L 79,311,804, taking the rouble as wo' usually have done, at 2| of our nionoy; and the ordinary expenditure ii estimated at L 82.887.667. There is thus a deficit of Ltf,055,8b'3; but in addition there is an extraordinary expenditure of L 4,841,419, so that the real deficit is botween 8J and 8J millions starling. And this is with-

out any allowance for extraordinary iTar expenditure, vrhioh, i* likely to occur. Th.u.'rlslobe'no now taxation, and nu increaso of-existing taxes; because, in fact, the Government feels that the limit of taxation has been reached, and shrinks thorefore, from, imposing furthea burdens upon the population..

A case, tiroilst to tho one hesrd In tha Maatertoo District Court last week,.vac tried .in tha Wellington R.M. Court before Mr Waidoll pu Friday last. Mr Jellicoe appeared for plaintiff, and Mr U. Brandon conducted the defence. The claim wan one for £IOO made by Thomas of Horokiwi, against a neighbor named James Butler for damage sustained owing to the npread of a firo which was alleged to have been lighted by the latter on his own land on the 6th Febrwry. The flame! destroyed 18 acres of the plaintiff's grasH, bosidei about four acres of native scrub which had been left standing as;Bhelter. Plaintiff wae unable to swear that the fire, which did the damage was lighted by'defendant. Thedefenco was that the.fire did not originate on defendant's land, but spread twit from other adjacent properties. Evidence having been hoard at great length, his Worship intimated that he was-inclined to the latter view, but reserved- his decision until next day,

About tb;at £3O to be aim away.— To the Editor—Sir, Will you allow me through your columns tu let the people of the Wuimrapa know that I am going to sell all my stock, consisting of men's, youth's, and boys' clothing, shirts, hats, hosiery, Ac, at a great reduction iiiprices up till the end of tho year; and also to remind them that .evory one who buys goods to the value of 2s Gd gets a ticket in my |ss competition. Think of Hint! By spending 2s lid with" me, you may win money enough to /sn"y you for a trip limud New Zwiland'.-JoHv Tiiobucus,. Clothier, &9 !f f&k &; Jy#Jfj<ty

A light gi-Bj- luck maw.shod all round, awaits an owner in tin; Musteitoii pound. It was taken fium tlm Gbdati'iiuHead.

Some <>f tho papers are q it'o mistaken n imminiin.'. or rather picturing,.' the eviotod in lrolatid us "liiist .oil tlie)uul; side" to pur sh of cold :nid hunger.;' Pus-' Bt'ssion hitviiig bi'cn nlitnini'di'tliey are, in inmt OMf iwlihi-tcd as cireuaki-w, Mid tin law parish's severely any landlord :wllo does not givo amp'e l?gal notico.of intended'evictions to the Poor Law Guardians.—The World.' ,

Buffalo Ynew crematory is in charge of a young cookney, who acts as cicerone, The. party of iu.spoction one .day_com- r prised two-ladies, • who selves as gratifiediby whatjthey ha'd'seVri until they-reached a point wh'erd"the obliging if somewhat, loquacious --guide, exclaimed,: "Ere, ma'ain, ris wheTro '"m Wrntho bodies into hash.' They were "dreaiifully iipßet for a timo, but recovered when the'boy.sdded; ' Haf te'rprW the hash is collected, and put, into a^uj.njjA.*,

Messrs Lowas and lorns report at their land sale ou Saturday they sold on account of thePublid Trustee 126 acres Waipoua Block, to Mr A. Burnett for LlB2 4i, or at the rate of 29s per acre. The .leiies of the Girls High School reserves,. Forty .Mile:.-Bush,, were all passed,afterwhioh the firm-told along catalogue of furaitms. produce, And sundries.'

JJetweeneiphty and ninety well-grown specimens of the " peroh"were received at the Mastorton fish ponds, last week from:the Wellington reservoir, and are' intended for a speoial stream at Brancepeth. Owing to the voraoious aud destructive habi's of.the fish, : :thoy have to be confined to waters where there are no othur fish, as they kill every thing they come, across, and are consequently dangerous cuitomers to mix with others that have been introduced iuto our streams.

Whoever was responsible for carting the bundles'of half burnt papers from the scene of the tho on Saturday night to the vacant section of land at tho real of the Club Hotel, was «uilly of a vi>ry foolish net. On Sunday they were bWing about Bannistor and Dison-Streets to the grout annoyance oi pedestrians, and danger ,to horsemen and drivers of vehicles, Several narrow escapes occurred through the sheets bain;,' Mom agtinnk tho horses, and the neigliborhond above mentioned had the appearance of :i scivenyers yard. There is no paper this morning on the land where it was placed, but is to lie found among the trees and flowers in the gardens in the immediate vicinity, Tho attraction of the Cheap Jack In the Masterton Drill Shed last week proved irresistible to the young lady members'of a choir, that were practising in the immediate vicinity of the 'show, The leader gave out the well known hymn

" Steal away to Jesus," and hud his back turned to tho treble* whila directing the wring tenors. Now, as the vestry door was invitingly open, and the rliouts of laughter could bo heard from the crowd listening to tho funny patter of the salesman, nothing web'more natural than they should "'steal away," and thrjr ''stolo," Finding the trebles getting weak-the wielder of the baton turned round to shake them up, when ho discovered the cause, A new rulo ha« been added for tho guidanoe of that choir, viz,, " Any members leaving the practises without permission of the leader will bo fined li 6(1."

A new use for old bank notes has been found by the Government authorities) iu Ameriea.. .It appears that an enterprising plaster oast moulder has mado small basts of" the First Lady iu the Land" (Mrs Prenidont Cleveland), and they are extensively.sold about Washington. But now the Government is inakin? likenesses of the fair mistress of the White House. The old and mutilated bank notes when they come back • to the United States Treasury are ground into pulp, and this is moulded into various shapes and forms, The Jateßt design is a miniature bust of Mrs Cleveland. It takes lO.OOOdols worth Edon Theatre in Paris n modern "magician performed a trick which ii-'innre curious than any that Caglks.tro the original Houdaii of whom • Hermann studied, or the most skilful of the East Indian'fakirs ever dreamed. He took a head made out-of plaster of Pads, such as you will see in & sculptor's Btudio, and passed it around among his audience, mAde up mainly of representatives of the Press. Then we saw •him place this, plaster head in plain view on a table; and then with a few words ho brought it to life, The white gave way to a ruddy flesh color, the eyes opened, and'-the fops smiled. It answered a' question, and pearly teeth were disclosed; ' Then with a few words, this beautiful face of a •woman was again turned • into .' a plaster bust ■' Afterlife comes.death" Kid- this wonderful- man j •■' and' as' he spoke the bust disappeared,, and' we : saw aghßstlyskull; Presently";we- saw'this no more, but in its- place 'stood- a beautiful, bouquet of flowers,■■■which-'he took; from the table and showed to us alii He placed the flowera back', once morewe saw the lovely female" face, and then, ■finally It turned into'a;bust again. 'All, this we saw, and we could hot 'discover:' hnw the tianaformatiunt were accomplished. ■■.

■ A Wooterful Hot. -Many, arc the i instancescited uf the astonishing fecundity ' of the various spe ies of: dnmeaticntedi fowl; but the celebrated Wellington Hem (which, strange to any, is of thf masculino-gcnder) hits a soul abovo (he i mere production of egps.''. The.-manner ; in lyhich he turns out Venetian Blindu, i etc.,'is the wonder and .admiration o: ; everybody, from tho Governor down- ! wortls. •■■Th'c name 1 of-this wonderful bird i is R.-W. Him, and liis well-known fot>l.' ii house is tlii)-Puiiuke : Steam Wind.nv ~[ Bliiul'Factny, Molesworilwtieut, WeiI lingtvu.rAdvt.

Messrs Lnwi'B hud low* add to their .stoik sijlelor Wednesday next three good i (farni'Koi'eiiH.ij '/('): '", A : iloiin Miiliinp, wllo.liad vtoen locked up atiic^ - /Saturday, night, wis treated' to a ; \wim on. tlid-.eviia.of jrilnk, and';dis- , ch'arvrid'Jin 'tliß; Master! iiiXpourti this" : i ;<;. ■■'.!..- 4/■ \ '.- ; ! jMrrAytoh,; tlio] kebper t tholMasterton .liatcherj* anid' breeding loiidsl of ,'tlie' Acdll^iitisatioH 5 Sqici«'ty hk su»fcecded'in hatching out threelbousadj/of tho. ova (Fontmalis) that arrived byjthe Kaikoura. [The youns; fish are very Walthy, and two rhundred were sent last t ' ;Mejsts Jas. il^n..an ; d'C!o. held an Jitehsi've aftd] successful auction sale at their rooms, Masterton, on Saturday. , .There wasi'",a'.'large'".atteriddnce,': Spirited competition, and good pricos realised.. Tho pale consisted of watches, jewellery, furniture, produce, pot plants, aud auudries, all lines being realised on, j The' Wairarapa Clothing Factory,- are jjtill allowing purchasers of New Zealand jClothing a discount £,■• They, larealso measure- from |47b 6d, Trouaow andvVMU froin! ; 2Bs 6d,| and Trousers from I'Sa lid. A, ball 6<>rjdially invited. Note the addrest: Next ;T. G. Mason, Quean-street, Masterton, 35, & Hare, Manager.'-^-Anvr.