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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2796, 12 January 1888, Page 2

The civil sittings of the looal Resident Magistrates Court this month are on 16fch instant, and 30th instant. A printers error was made in our local yesterday about Mr Von Sturmer, R.M That E(onfcloman is not expected back from Auckland until about the end of the month. The Fire Engine competition teainrat the Greytown Sports on Anniversary Day will number about eicdit, if they all arrive that have promised. Messrs Lowes and Jorns hold an important sale on Saturday next, commencing with the rights and privileges in connection with the Friendly Societies Sports, a consignment of new Beason's teas, a lot of boots and shoes, and a long catalogue of furniture, litoraturo, and B.P. goods, We have received from Messrs M. Caaelborg and Co., a first class samplo of the seed of a new forage plant, "Japan clover." The firm, hearing this seed voiy highly spoken of, have imported a consignment of it, so that the fodder might be tried hew; The clover is'Baid to afford splendid gracing, and it will grow and Jfonn a sod on the thinnest fond; even on roads and naked places where nothing else will grow. It is largely used in California and the United States, and is uoff being introduced into South Australia, In nhorfc Japan clover seems to be a valuable plant, and one that will flourish on any soil, It is wonderfully fattening, cattle eating it readily and sheep greedily.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Stook Sale list for Wednesday next, 30 fat speyed heifers, : . ' A general meeting of members of the Masterton Hawera Special Settlement is convened at Mr Whitt's shop, Queen Street for Friday evening next, Wool has been comingdown from the country very rapidly during the last fortnight, but almost without exception there are complaints of the lightness of the clips. A boxing match is announced in the Thoatro Royal, Masterton for Saturday evening next, undor the auspices of the renowned William Murphy, and the redoubtable Edward Kelly. The inquest held in Wellington yesterday on the body of the yeung girl, Lucy Darrell, found in the Polhill Gully Eesorvoir basin, returned a verdict of. Found Drowned, Although' the evidence pointed to suicide havingbeon committed, the jury apparently were indisposed to bring in a verdict of that nature. Fifty-eight cases of cats were sent from Lyttelton to the Clarence run, Kaikoura, last Friday evening, to make war upon the rabbits, We regret to hear that Mr T. P. Lett's accident is likely to keep him laid up for some weeks. As already montioned, the horse rolled over him, and he, in addition to somo internal injury, sustained several cuts and slightly sprained both wrists in the attempt to'save himself. The following entries have, so far, been received for the Greytown Fire Brigade Sports on Anniversary Pay. They includo Wellington and other outside men:—Anniversary Handicap, 25entnes; Mile Handicap, 17; Half-Mile, 17; 100 yards, 20; Two-mile Walking, 9, One Mile Walking, 1G; Hurdles, 11.

Tho treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges receipt of the following bums. Occidental Hotel box 21a 4|d, Empire Hotel do 10s 2id, Prince of Wales Hotel do 17s 3d Club Hotel 2s 7d, Registrar of; Marriages Office per Mr Bagge 31s, Employers of Akiteo Station per Mr John Harvey, £4 7s Gd. We remind those interested in the temperance causo of Mr T. W. Glover's meeting which is to be held in the Temperance Hall to-night at 8 o'clock. Mr W. H. Beetham takes the chair, and there will be musical selections by theWesleyan choir. M,r W. Sellar whose name and fame stand high in business circles, and are a household word in this district notifies in another column that ho has taken into partnership Mr W. B. Chennells a gentleman vvho when formerly a resident in this town won golden opinions from all with whom he came in contact, Wo wish tho new firm of Sellar and Chennells a long and Drospercus career. The Masterton Cemetery Trust meets to-night at the Institute at half-past seven o'clock. A Chairmau has to be elected, and the balance sheet is to be presented. A Trustee also has to be appointed. The supply ef milk, although fairly plentiful, shows signs of lessening owing to the feed drying up, and farmers complain that the cows are falling off. We could not, however, have had better weather for ripening tho crops, and getting in tho more advanced ones. At a meeting of the Thistle Lodge held last evening, Bro. Price presented to the Secretary, a handsome jewel bearin? the following inscription, "Presented to Bro J. J. Smith, Past Secretary, by the members of the Thistle Lodge, No G47., S.C., December 14, 1887." In making the presentation Bro Price spoke in eulogistic terms of the attention Bro Smith had paid to his duties as Secretary. The jewel was manufactured by Mr G. Hooper of this town and represents a gold wreath, on which emblematic pens in silver are crossed. Last Monday's inquest which was held at Ekctahuna, on the skeleton recently found on the Alfredton Road, has been adjourned till next Saturday to enable some of Mr Weber's friends to be presennt, The remains have not yet been identified. An opinion prevails among some well informed persons, that they are not those of Mr Weber, as in the first place the boots found do not agree with the kind worn by that gentleman, and besides there was reason at the time of Mr Weber's dissappearance to think that ho had entirely left the district. How far this opinion is correct, wo are unable to say. There does not seem to be much in the Tetmi gold find, or at least if there is the residents there do not know of it, for our paragraph yesterday was the first intimation they had receivod of anyone having just been prospecting in their district. As before mentioned the Upper Whareama some years ago was the locality of exploration, and some reef quartz with specks of gold was then found. A repetition of tlm is at the most all that has resulted from the present prospecting. The place where the quartz is found is the scene of old landslips. The only case at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning was that of Loojiard Bushby, who pleaded guilty to having at Tinui, on Bfch January, attemted to commit suioido by means of cutting his throat with an old tobacco knife. The accused, who said he was suffering from tho effects of drink at the time, was ordered by the Bench (Messrs Meredith and Renall J, P.'s) to pay the Court expenses, which including doctor's fees, amounted to about £Blos, and co sign recognizances whereby he was bound for three months, under a penalty of £lO to refrain from repeating the attempt,

The roads throughout the district are in a very bad condition at present, and tliOvUpper Plain road is especially so. The latter is a Borough road, and it is thought that the Council might well do something to improve it, The loose stones should be raked off and the ruts filled up. No doubt uue cause of the troffble is due to the wrong class of stones having been put on in some instances; broken metal should rsye been used. Horse accidents are of daily occurrence, the Upper Plain road having been the scene of several lately. . As various rumours are going about relative to the condition of Mr Erneßt France, we may say on his doctor's authority, that he is still doing exceptionally well. T|ie case is one of fracture of the lower cervical vertebra, with complete loss of motor power, of the whole of the body below the line of fracture, but with sensory power intact. The young fellow was this morning perfectly free from pain and fever, and was eating and drinking well. He also was and jjas been from the first, quite sensible. The ease is no doubt an exceedingly critical and anxious one, but it is by no means without hope, AMr O'Rielly Dease, who died lately in England, seems to have had a difficulty in disposing ot a fortune. So he bequeathed £40,000 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer," to be applied towards, extinquishing the National Debt." • Experiments lately conducted by the New Soutji Wales Stock Department with rabbits show that rabbits, six old nan get though netting witlil|in mesh with the ease, and have made it perfectly oloa'rthan any netting of a' larger mesh than l|in would be Ineffective for fencing out rabbits. In the coiirse of the experiments three- full : grown rabbits managed, by either climbing or jumping,, to get oyer, netting ftfc gin high,, Yvjth Gin sunk ir> th« ground,

%e grass seven feet in height has been grown this season at Kairanga in the Manawatu disfcricfc. : " Nothing further has been heard of the yacht Dido which' was piratically stolen from its mooring in Wellington. The police all over the Colony have been instructed to keop a look out for her. : Th» Yery Rev Father Devoy celckateß Mass next Sunday in St Patricks Church at 9 o'clock, and preaches in the evening at vespers at 7 o'clock, He also preaches at Carterton at 11 o'olock Mass, In the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday, the case of Fulton v. McOardle was called on. In this case, the defendant and others gave one Haggen a joint, and Beveral promissory notes to take up a former note. No place of payment was named on the note, and' there was an endorsement that it should be renewed en certain terms. Haggen took it te Fulton to discount. The latter refused to discount it in' its then form. Haggen took it away, and afterwards brought it back, having altered it by adding the Bank of Now Zealand, Pahiatua, as a place of payment, and by striking out the endorsement, and adding the word "deleted""and his initials. Fulton then discounted the note. The makers repudiated their liability, on the ground that the adoration 'was made without authority. At the trial, plaintiff obtained a verdict, which tho defendant now sought to set aside. Mr Edwards appeared for the defendant, and Mr Chapman for the plaintiff. After argument judgmont was reserved.

Edward Shaw, solicitor, was charged at tho Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington, yesterday morning, with having, on tho 31st December last,,'at Petone, obtained on false pretences, namely, by means of a valueless cheque, £1 2s in money, and four dozon pints of ale, value 18s, from Caleb Edmonds, of Petono. Tho prosecutor, being called, did not appear, and Mr Wardell said:—"The prosecutor in this matter was with me a few minutes ago, and he then intimated that he had no intention of appearing to give evidence-that the information had been laid under irritation j that the matter as between him and the defendant had been settled, and he desired to be allowed to withdraw the information; and I intimated that there was no power to withdraw a charge of an indictable offence and the position uowisthattheinformant does not appear, and tliero is no evidence offered. The case will therefore be dismissed." To this Mr Shaw added that he held a letter from the informant expressing regret that he had been betrayed, in a moment of temper, into laying the information; and that he was under a total misapprehension as to the nature of it, and did not intend to attend to give any evidence whatever. Mr Shaw concluded by saying that he held MrEdmond's receipt infull.-N,Z. Tiroes,

Mr Thomas Donnelly returned last night from the much-talked-of Waiohine reefs, after an absence of seven days. His report—coming as it does from one who has had hwe and varied experience—is much against any chance of the goldfield being a good one. He reached the locality which the Greytown explorers had been investigating, and so far from finding gold bearing stone, found the quartz of even quite an unlikely kind. He thoroughly tested all the likely stone he could see about, and could not, even in the creeks, pan out a color of gold. As a proof of the little value he attached to the stone, Mr Donnelly did not even take the trouble to bring samples back with him, although several of his party, merely out of curiosity, carried away a few small pieces of quartz, It is his opinion that the Greytown men havo been misled by iron pyrites, a metal which it is exceedingly difficult to tell from gold, when seen in the stone. He burned some of the quartz to test, and so to thoroughly satisfy himself on this point. It is his impression that Mr Mackay was sent up by the Geological Department to make a thorough examination more with the object of settling the question, and thiu disposing of the Wairarapa gold question, rather than with the expectation of discovering a good thing. Prospectors are still going in and out, and their fires were seen from Maatorton last night.

Mrs Partington saw, Don t keep any of the quack rostrums, aa they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soule'a American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from a severe extract of typhoid fever. They are the «e plw uiwiit of medicines. " Boston Globe." Two organs, - Regulate farsfc the stomach, second the liver, especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nino-teen-twentieths of all the' ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule'a American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action tojthese two organs " Maine krmor." Wanted all ladies to see our last shipment for the season of white embroidered muslin robes, very choice, from 25s 6d to 425, at Te Aro House, Wellington.. Wanted, aye wanted, all the young ladies ofjthe city to visit our showroom and select fom the most beautiful assortment in the eity their hats for the season at Te Aro House, Wellington, Wanted, all mothers to sco our picnic hats fnr the girls from 2d to fid each, and our boys' straw hats from 3d to Is each, at To Aro House, Wellington, Wanted, ayo wanted, 500 customers for ladies' summer costumes from 3s 6d to 60s, and summer mantles and jackets of every description from 2s lid to 4 guineas, at le aro House, Wellington, Wasted, everyone to Bee and buy 4buttonkid gloves, superior quality, usual price 2s lid, for Is lid, As 500 pairs of these lime already been sold, no time should be lost in securing them at Te Aro House, Wellington, Wanted, aye wanted, purchasers for a special lot of Orientul and other Uoes at about half their usual price, viz,' 2Jd, 3Jd, 5Jd and 6Jd per yard. There is bound to be a rush for these at Te Aro House,—Advt.