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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2792, 7 January 1888, Page 2

We have to acknowledge tlio receipt from Mr A. Hathaway, of a neat and convaniont jilmaiiac issued by the South British Insurance Company for .vhich lie is agent. Messrs Shortt and Reid, Produce Met" chants, Wellington, send us a very neat little Almanac for 1888.

The R. M. S. Alameda, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland at 2, 18. yesterdayaftemooti. The Southern portion of the mail iB coming down by the Wanaka, having Oneliun?a at 3 p.m. and should reach Wellington about 12 o'clock to-night. A practical farmer aays that in setting posts where great solidity is required be ÜB6B giuvel and small stones to fill around the posts and then rum in thin water-lime mortar, thus virtually imbedding the post in rook, preventing decay and insuring solidity, The Now South Wales Minister of Mines said, in the Assembly the other day that the subsidy this year for rabbit destruction would amount to between £400,000 and £500,000,

Notice is given" in another column of the dates upon which proDerty tax is ( payable. ' ' - . i The Mastorton Amalgamated Friendly Societies Sports Committee held a meet* ing at the Forester's Hall last night. The tenders for the supply of a, Brass Band being equal,'ballot was resorted-to, resulting in Mr Pearson's Band receiving the engagement. Recently a mackerel boat belonging to Folkstone made an extraordinary haul of fish which sold for £lO4.

The Wanganui Chronicle says that Mr James Duigan retires from the literary control of tho Herald, and that the editorial chair will be occupied this week by Mr Ballahce. A woman who fell from the Holyhead express literally escaped within an inch of her life, When she was picked up it was found that a passing train had cut off a portion of her hair.

The cruel punishment of slow death by hanging so as to stand on tho tips ot the toes is still extensively inflicted in China. The barbarous custom of centering honours on widows who commit suicide is also continued.

A public meeting has been held at Bradford to consider the rising of tho proposed memorial of the late Right Hon iV. E. Forster, when it was finally decided to erect it. One subscription of £SOOO was promised at the meeting, As a lad named Driukwator running along a street in Blackburn, a bull dog rushed at him and seized .his arm, The dog was beaten off, but it returned tc the attack and seized': the boy's leg. A largocrowd collectedandtried tu rescue the boy. but the dog would not let go his hold, and had eventually to be distroyed with a cleaver.

Following on the automatic weighing machine, the automatic cigaretto sellers, and the automatic candy vendors, at which machines the deposit of a coin in the proper way, and in tho proper receptacle, secures the proper accommodation required. An Automatic Accident Insurance Box Company is proposod to be starteil in the London metropolis, with a capital of. £60,001) in £1 shares.

The French authorities at Tonkin are sending home the very acient and richly sculptured gates.of a pagoda at Lro, Kai, which, when they reach Puis, it i 3 proposed, pending arrangements for their exhibition at the Louvre, to show to tho public in the'Palais do I'liidostrie under tho charge of the Union Contraledcs Arts Decoratifs.

It has beon notified than an advance of pension, as laid down in the regulations, will be allowed to pensioners who are about to proceed to a British possession out of England, but no advance can be allowed to a pensioner proceeding to a foreign country. Tho various fishings in the Tay belongin" to the city of Perth were let the other day —tho tjross rental realised]being L 705 against L 1059 last year. The Earl of VV'emys fishings on tho Tay and Earn were alst let, and brought a total of Ll(>73 against L2231i last year-a fall of L 563 A syndicate of Cardiff merchants has teen formed to construct what will be the largest graving dock in the world. Five acres of land have boen acquired a 1 Barry Island, a few miles from Cardiff, Barry being the site of the great dock which is being made in opposition to tne docks of the Marquis of Bute The estimated cost of the graving dock, the construction of which will be completed this 5 ear when the Barry Dock is finished, is £150,000. . Two persons have just died (says an oxchange) at Bradford from hydrophobia, one a publican, who was supposed,,to have been inoculated by the virus from the saliva of a mad dog, applied to a cut or a scratch on his hand, and the other a fanner residing at Tonsr, who was bitten a few weeks ago by a mad dog. In the cue of the latter, at the' Bradford Infirmary, tho Buisson treatment' of vapour baths and the sweating process was resorted to in the hope of saving life, but without efiect, Under the dog regulations the police authorities of Bradford have, during the past two years, destroyed more than 2000 dogs.

The London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes:—"An agent has been sent to New Zealand on hulialf of the creditors of Mrs Elizabeth Burke, of Ringaskiddy, Cork, widow of Edinond Daniel Burke, one of the two halfbrothers of Mr Samuel Burke Doan (who is said to have died recently in Auckland leaving a fortune of two millions sterling) Mrs Burke lias become bankrupt, and her creditors are anxious to ascertain what share of the legacies of Mr Doan her husband would have been entitled to were he alive. Anglo-New Zealanders express the fear that this agent may have gone to the Colony on a wild goose chase, and Aucklanders profess entiro ignoranco of this wonderful fortune." .

The Masterton Philharmonic Society holds a Committed ".noting on Monday evening next, when it is intended to frame rules for the Society's guidance. A general meeting will be hold later on in the same week for appointing a conductor, and arranging practices. We hear that it is likely that the first production will be some light opera, such as Gilbert & Sullivan's "Trial by Jury." The Society will then afterwards most likely turn its attention to an oratorical work, and "Judas Maccabjeas" is mentioned as a probable subject. The Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade held a practice with their manual engine lust night. The members are preparing themselves for '.he competition at Greytown on Anniversary Day Last year their team won a prize for smartness, tho work performed consisting of five men. running, 60 yards to the engine, putting it in gear, carrying out 100 feet of hose in two coupled lengths, and pumping a jet of water to the height of lOfeet. This tli-y on that occasion did in 37 seconds. Considerable celerity was displayed at lust nipht's drill, and it will take a good team to beat tho Masterton Volunteer Brigade, when they are on their mettle, as they will be at Greytown.

At .the Masterton B, M. Court this morning, befoi e' Messrs fieuthain and Lowes J.,?, in the remanded'case of Charles Hamilton, who was charged with living, on the 2nd January, 1888, unlawfully obtained by false pretences, the sum of £lolos from Mr A, A- Elkins, with intent to defraud, the following evidence "'as given by Mr Holmes Warren, shoepfarmer at Tiraumea ;-He knew the accused who hid been working for him off and on, The man to usually paid by chequed The signature on the cheque exhibited in Court was nut Ins. nor was it the least like it. He had no bank account in Masterton nor had ho authorised anyono to write a cheque for £27105, The cheques given to accused in payment of wages were always on the Colonial bank of New Zealand The prisoner lia-l always been straightforward with him, and he was surprised to find him charged with the present offence. He knew accused's hand writing, and thought the hand writing on the cheque was it, This concluded the evidence, and the prisoner, who was defended by Mr Skipper, and reserved his deface, was committed for (rial at the next sitting of .the Supreme Court in April Hamilton was then remanded till Monday, a second information charging him with uttering a valuless cheque, knowing it to be forged, having been laid against

The gold excitement has "extended to Masterton; and a "party of .-prospectors left our town for the Waiohine reefs yesterday morning, . . From latest, inquiry we regret to learn that their 1b no further, improvement in she condition of Mr Ernest' France.. He is still much the same as beforo reported

There is a hole in'Mr Renall's new river, by Cowie's produce store which requires a grating. It is big enough in its present condition to,swallow up and drown an average sized child. \ A telegram was received in Wellington by Inspector Thompson last night; from Constablt Mackay, of Maryborough, to the effect than a man named Flisher was drowned yesterday morning in a river near Maryborough, while endeavoring to get some cattle across,

The total takings of the Dunedin Gate-' donian Society for the three days' sporta was LG3O, exclusive of the 'sale of privileges. Tho prizes were presented to-night Williams, of Wellington (L4O) was the largest winner, Robertson, the half-caste wrestler, won L 22.

Mr Renall's water supply:is very refreshing in this hob weather, but the pool that at present exists at the Post Office corner'is hardly, weimagine. a part'of the originator's scheme. The cause of the water overflowing Ht this point soems to bo the smallness of the channel under the foot-bridge. Surely some alteration can be made by which such an accuniula.tion can be avoided.

Mr Ohas, Tipple, who is promoting measures for placing the frozen meat on a basis which will yield better prices for the freezer—to, which project we recently referred iri otir leading columns' —is now' iii Masterton, staying at the Club Hotel, and will doubtless be glad to afford information on being interviewed, The recent action by the Buenos Ayres Government in subs'dising their export of frozen moat emphasises tho necessity for prompt action by freezers here, Mrs Partington says. Don t keep any of the quack rostrums, as they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters, which wdl cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from a severe extract of typhoid fever, They are the lie plus mmm of medicines, " Boston Globe."

Two OKGANB, Kegulato hrsfa the stomach, second tho liver, especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nine-teen-twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. DrSoule's American Hop Bitters is tho only thing that will givo perfectly healthy natural action to these two orgaiiß " Maine J armor"

W iNTED al Jadies to see our last shipment for the Benson of while c nbv ideted mus in robes very cho ce, fr m 25s 6d to 425, at To Aro House, Wellington'. Wamed, aye wauteil all the young Indies of the -ity to vis-it our showroom and sel ct the moi-t beautif-il assortment in the lity .hcir hats for the season at TeAro House, Wellington

Wasted, all mo hers to see our picnic hats fm- the girls from 2d to 6d each, and our toys' straw hats from 3d to Is eaca. at Te Am House, Wellington. Wasted, aye wanted, 500 customers for ladies'summer enst rmes fr un 3s Gdti 60s, and su mm:r mantles and jickcts of every (Usciiptio i from 2a lid to 4 guineas, at i'e Aro 1 louse, Wellington,

Wanted, everyone to see and buy button kill gl'ves, su. erior quality, usual price 2s lid, fur Is lid. As 500 pairs of these h ue aiready been s Id, n" time sh»uld be lost in sicuring them at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wanted, a r o wanted, put chasers for a spwial lot of 1 'riea ul and otlnr laces at about ha f their usual price, viz, 2Jd, 3Jd, s?j'l and ,o|'l per yard, There is bound to be a rush for these at T« \ro House,—Advt.