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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2884, 27 April 1888, Page 2

The following School Committee was elected at Opaki;—Messrs R, Campbell (Chairman), J. Welch, H. Campbell, J. lilatchford, i). McLachlan, A. Martin, and 11 Tankersley. The HVhite Hart Hotel at Carterton is to have Mr Chas. Giles as propnotor, he having taken it over from Mr Buckcridge, The local option poll at Palmerston Nort'i resulted every case in favour of an increase of licenses, and it is said that as a consequence one ur two new hotels will be built there. The nomination of one person to act as member for the Tiraumea subdivision of the Alfredton Road District will be held on Tuesday, Bth May. If necessary, a poll will be held on 22nd May. The Post understands that the Government have asked Sir Francis Djllon Bell Co undertake afresh term of office as Agent-General at his present salary. A divorce case, in which, says an exchange, the plaintiff is a publican in Marton and the co-respondent a business man resident in Wellington, is to come into Court shortly. A telegram to the Post says, that summonses have been issued by various ex-patients 111 Dunedin against the Canadian doctors for recovery of moneys paid. The defendants are now doinp a profitable business in Christchurch,

Colonel McDonnoll lectures at Carterton next Monday night, The barometer is rising rapidly. It went up two-tenths this morning. Mr A. Stenipahastwo draught horses for sale. Messrs .0, Smith & Cu, our local Drapers advertise a special price list in our second page which will repay perusal. Messrs E. McEwen and J. Hessey return thanks in another column to tlioso electors who voted for them at yesterday's Town Lands Trust election. About GOOO acres of bush were fallen in the Woodville Riding last year.—Examiner.

A Mormon Church has been erected at the largo pah beyond To Aute, A good building Btone is reported by the Examiner to have been found in the Umutoroa Block, near Danevirke. This is the Bame block in which the coal and plaster of Paris deposits were found. Good progress is being made with the erection of the cathedral church in Napier, and it is already, says an exchange, the most important feature of the town. When finished it will be a magnificent building. Licenses to shoot cock pheasants, Californian quail, and lrnres, from Ist May to 31st July, may be obtained by sportsmen from the Postmaster, Masterton, on payment of a fee of £l,

The roads through the Forty Mile Bush are reported to be exceptionally pood, considering the weather. None of them are at all impassable, the Alfredton road, perhaps, as nearly approaching this undesirable condition as any. It may be looked upon as pretty certain that the Native Lands Court will be adjourned from Greytown to Masterton about the end of May, and that it will then sit here for about three weeks to dispose of local cases. Messrs E. Brasier & Co., the experienced basket, perambulator, and ch<tir manufacturers of Willis-street Wellington, notify that they are in a position to execute at the lowest rate all orders given them, and can undertake and give satisfaction to either town or country customers.

Mr Wyllie, the Herd Laddie, is at present in Christchurcli contesting with Mr 11, Boswoll, a local player, the draughts championship of the world. Tvvo games have already been played, one of which was drawn, and the other won by Mr Boswoll; twenty games in all are to be gone through.

Wood pigeons cannot bo said to be really plentiful anywhere in this district except in the Wangaehu Valley, where they are very numerous but at present decidedly poor. There seems to be a profusion of their favority food the tawa and liinau berries, and in about another month they will be looking up in condition and will make better pies. ThosEwarfc, late of Eketahuna, was ehaiged at) the R.M. Court, Masterton, this morning with horse-stealing, and on Sergeant Price's application was remanded until Frida>, 4th May, to allow time for witnesses to be summoned from Eketahuna and the Napier district, The horse is alleged to have been stolen in October last, and it is a light draught geldiug owned by Wis Lund, of Eketahuna.

We regret to hear that MrF, Polling, senr,, is seriously ill. fle was attacked by an apoplectic stroke, and is entirely paralised on the right side of his body. He lias also lost power of speech, and it is feared his illness will be a permanent one. This news will be very distressing to Mr Polling's numerous friends, and lie has already had many sympathising visitors, His sons meanwhile are carrying on his cordial business.

The i\cw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, limited, have received the following telegram from their London Office, dated the 24th inst'Wool: i'lie sales progress firmly. For superior greasy merino and coarse cross-bred the market is firmer; other descriptions are unchanged, The total catalogue to date is 192,000 bales and the total quantity withdrawn is 13,000 bales. It is not often that circus "artistes" find their way into the realms of a South African native chief; but when they do it would seem that their reception is likely to be very enthusiastic. A ' 'strong mail" from a Cape Town circus, recently journeyed to the far-off regions of AmaSwaziland, and there gave a display of his skill and power before the Chief Umbandini at his prc-at palace. So pleased was Umbandini at the performance tlrnt lie forthwith dictated a testimonial gratis, Here it is:—"We gladly certify that you have performed at our Royal Kraal, Swaziland, on rings, poles, chairs, and sticks; that you have also played with an iron tree, and also carried a large cannon on your back, and fired it off your back in our presence, We were astonished and gratified at the wonderful acts that you and your little son have performed. We do not believe that you will ever die. Given at our Royal Kraal this 9th of December, 1887. Umbandini (his x mark), King of Swaziland."

An interesting discovery of a singular nature was made at Ooogee (the Sydney Morning Herald relates) by Mr H. J. M'Cooey, whoso name is well-known in scientific circles. Mr M'Cooey was strolling in the neighbourhood of Coosree Bay, when he suddenly startled a largo black snake (Pscudechisporphyriacus) and no less than eighteen young ones. No sooner was the reptile started than she made a strange hissing or gulping noise, and opened her mouth widely, into which her young glided willi extraordinary rapidity and disappeared down her throat. Mr M'Cooey instantly despatched the reptile and on dissecting her killed thirteen of tho young snakos, the remainder making their escape in the mss. Mr M'Cooey's discovery sets at rest a question which has always been regarded by scientific men with scepticism, viz,, whether or not snakes swallow their young in order to protect tliem. Lieut, Colonel McDonnell had a fair house in the Theatre Boyal last evening, though for some inscrutable reason the very word " lecture" acts as a red rag on some people in the community, unless tlm lecturer be a Slavin, and the subject matter illustrated by cuts. The impression made by the gallant lecturer was a decidedly favorable one. His voice was easily heard all over' the building, his delivery was easy and unaffected, and his gestures and mimicry were, when occasion required, all that was needed to bring home to the dullest intellect the points he desired to make. The late gifted Judge Manning was said to be the '' Charles Lever" of New Zealand, but when the author of " Old New Zealand" went aloft,' his mantle must have fallen upon Colonel McDonnell. T.ho thrilling and weird anecdotos, the mingling of Maori humor with Maori pathos in tho lecture last evening strongly reminded us of those fine vivid chapters in " Old New Zealand" which we read with so much delight a quarter of a century ago, Of course tho Colonel takes a later, and perhaps a more stirring period for his delineations of Maori traits, but the portraiture was equally lifelike. The lecture last evening was received with frequent bursts of applause, and concluded with quite an ovation, Mr A. W. Renall, the Mayor, presided with his customary ability, and the string band preceded it with an oxcellont instrumental overture, • ' ,

The Aramoho school, near Wauganui, has been closed through diphtheria. Messrs Lowes & lorns announce their next Btock sale for Wednesday, May 9th, The annual meeting of Alfredton District ratepayers will be held on Tuesday, Ist May, The dividend of Guinness and Co., the groat Dublin brewers, lias been doctored at 14 per cent, Slavin arrives in Wellington this eveninet. He goes to Melbourne directly to meet Burke. Captain Edwin wired at two o'clock this afternoonV Every indication of frost to-night.

The Chess match between Masterton and the. Upper Plain will be played next Monday evening. The latter'will be represented by Captain Holmwood and 111 a son, and the Messrs Kummer, senr. and junr. Laing, not being well, will not hear of another match with Slavin just yet, but the New Zealand Times says lie promises to' go to Australia if necessary to meet him in a short time. The Masterton Town Lands Trust held a meoting yesterday afternoon, and formally ratified the proposed alterations in the new Bill, and which, it is intended, shall be submitted to a public meeting now announced for Monday evening next.

The Masterton Road District ratepayers polls for the borrowing of £BOO for extending the formation of the Wangaohu road, and £2OO for a branch line at Kopuaranga, have resulted in favor of the proposal in each case. , It is at present contemplated that "Trial by Jury" will be produced about 18th May. A committee meeting will, however, be held to-night at St Matthews School-room at 7,30. when the date will be definitely fixed. Ithas been'arranged that those members of the Bed Star and Masterton Football Clubs who are not picked in the trial teams, which play to-morrow, will play a match on the Red Stars' ground, commencing at 3,30 sharp. A full muster of both sides is requested. A shipment of beef to England was made from Southland in January last, consisting of 100 fat cows. Fore-quarters sold at 4d per lb, hind-quarters at 4|d, giving a net result of £6 2s 4d a head for cowsatlnvercareill, or2osmore than could have been got in the Dunedin market Another shipment is to bo made this month.

Mr F. 11. Wood reports a good attendance, and spirited bidding at his Taratalii Stock Sale, held yesterday. Some firstclass stock was yarded, and eyery line sold readily under the hammer, the following prices being realised: Fat Wethers 7s 9d to 8s 7s; Fat Ewes 5s 7d to 7s lid; Lambs in the wool 4s to 5s 3d; Mixed Ewes 4s to 4s 7d. Bullocks, 3 and 4 year old, forward, Gss to 7os; cows 31s to 50s; yearling steers and heifers 20s to 22s 6d; calves 10s to 14s, Horses, heavy draught colt £ls; hacks £3los to £7. Pigs, weaners, 4s to 6s 3d.

Major Lovelock, who has command of the North Island division of the Salvation Army, intends visiting Masterton this week, and the occasion will be mado a time of rejoicing and thanksgiving by the resident corps, On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the Major will address audiences in the barracks, and on Monday night there will be a coffee supper which all are invited to attend. Major Lovelock is a Salvation officer of coasiderable experience. No doubt many Masterton residents will avail themselves of the chance of hearing him. The rabbits round Belfast (Victoria) are particularly voracious, After eating every settler in the district out of house and home, and farming implements, and scoffing everything on the land, save tho mortgages, the rapaoious rodents have attacked the Jato lamenteds in the local burial ground. At a recent meeting of the Belfast Council it ' was proposed " That all bodies be removed from tho cemetery as the rabbits are disinterring them."' The look-out for the industrial pastoralist is becomititj.grave down Belfast way. All his life he is vainly fooling hen ague or chicken cholera on to the destroying rodent, and when at last he gives up and dies in sheer weariness the avenging rabbit comes to the mausoleum where he has been planted among his fathers and hauls him out on tho damp grass,

A party consisting of Messrs Rockell, F. Kummer, and C. Bannister have just returned from the Tararua Ransros, where they have been doing a kind of " Over the Alps witli a'Knapsack." They report that they commenced the ascent by striking the Makakahi River about five miles to the south of Eketahuna, They followed up the stream for about eight miles, seeing on their way several likelylooking quartz boulders,one of which upon examination clearly showed specks of gold, thus leading to tlio assumption that there must be reefs higher up. However, prospecting was not our explorers' mission, so they tookthe first convenient ridge and made up the range, reaching the neighborhood of Dundas Peak in about six hours after leaving the river. The vieiv that met the gaze, although it would have been comprehensive and interesting in fine weather, was entirely marred by wet weather coming on,and the party finding thero was nothing special to bo seen retraced their steps. On the downward journey thev met a mob of cattle, which apparently had never before seen a human being, and although they should have been jvild, would have allowed the travellers to go up and stroke them. On each side of the river, about twelve miles from Eketahuna, thero is plenty of good fertile country, prominent of which is a timbered flat of about six miles square, and which contains some valuable totara. Most of this block is taken up by Special Settlements, tho "Wellington and the Wanganui Associations owning some of it, and the totara bush being reservod by Goyernment, The party had on the whole a very pleasant trip, the only drawback being the wet and inclement weather. Travelling is much easier and less expensive than it was in the days of the pioneers of New Zealand, When they wanted to travel it was generally done on "Shanks Pony" and the inducements were j)pt thqse of pleasure but rather of hard toil. We have, ho'weyer .changed fill that and|one of the greatest inducements is now being held out by the proprietor of Te Aro House, Wellington. What is it; necessarily the purchase of Hive's bankrupt stock of Drapery and Clothill" and the determination to sell it at such astonishingly low prices as must command an immense amount of travel by coach, rail--1 way and steamboat to the centre of attraotion To Aro House Wellington, WiiKiiß is it; At Te Aro Houso, you may be sure as it could hardly be olsewhere that you could possibly obtain such remarkable bargains as you will doubtless secure at the Te Aro House sale of Eive's Bankrupt Stock. When is it; on Monday, Tuesday the first of May—We shall then at 10 in the morning commence the sale of this stock of Eive's which comprises a lot of good sound useful Drapery and Clothing and the public may take our WQid far it that there is not a particle of rubbish among the various lots that will be offered for sale on Mayday at at To Aro House, Wellington.' ' " '' " If you want bargains such as you never yet dreamed of in. Dresses, Mantles, Millinery, Paliijoes, Sheetings, Blankets, and Men's Boys' and youths' Clothing do not fail to make a bee litje for the scene gf sale or if you cannot do that, como by steamboat coach and railway, your fare will be a matter of no moment when compared with the ad : vantages you will gain at the sale of Bive's bankrupt stock fit Tc Ato'llqusc, Wollingtpn, ~Am>