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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2943, 6 July 1888, Page 2

We are requested to state that, Pearson's Private Band will enliven tho proceedings at the Theatre Eoyal Rink, this evening, with some now musical selections. The Dapier Telegraph says:—l he drive in the Maharahitra coyper mine is now in 15Gft., without cutting the lode. Water is flowing freely, and it is impregnated with copper. It is stated that Whitesido, tho Napier boy, who has developed into Auckland's crack footballer, has beon advised by a medical expert that if ho plays again this Beason he will become crippled for life, Ho Is at present suffering from an injury received when playing in tho first match between Auckland and the English team,' lately through this colony,

The regular monthly meeting of the Maeterton Towh'Landa Trust, will take place this owning. ••: .•:.'• \ • ■'■;.;. To-morrow is the regular monthly pay, day_ of the Masterton and Greytown Buildint! Sooletios. • ' The great reduction in the prico of! paperhangings, of late years, is due to tho improvements in machinery. This is attained by printing from rollers in which tho pattern is engraved or sunk, whilo formerly they woro all printed from surface rollers upon which the pattern was raised in relief. Now twenty colors can be printed at once, and a machine printing two or threo colors can print papers at tho rato of threo miles an hour.-Excjiange,

The New Zealand Protection Association lms passed the following resolution: "That this Association recommends the Government to take immediato steps to procure mulberry seed of the best quality namely, roseleaved whito mulberry, and distribute the same in various parts of the Colony, for tho purpose of growing the trees in large quantities, so as to enable the people to cultivate the important industry nf sericulture, for which' the Colony is so well adapted.

A special to the Ohristchnrch Telegraph states that tho Totalisator, Committee appointed by the Legislative Counoil are inviting suggestionsfrom tho Metropolitan Jockoy Clubs. The Committee will probably recommend that the Colonial Secretary issuo a permit to all' Clubs to hold ono meeting annually, but if two meeting be held stakes to the value of £2OO per day must'be given j if threo meetings tho stakes must aggregate £3OO daily; if four meetings £4OO ; and five meetings £SOO. They will also probably recommend that the totalisator be not allowed to boused more than at fivo meetings in' | any one year. . ..'*.'..

TheLytteltonTimes says:-Attention hasbeon called to tho remarks of Mr Seddon, in.the Houso with reference to Now Zealand wheat coming back to Nbw Zealand in tho shape of flour, and comparing the prices at which the article wis sold with tho prices charged by millers for tho local production, To those intimately acqaainted with the trade, tho statement is simply absurd, and no think tnat an examination of tho exports of wheat to the Australian centres within the last season, and the prices ruling, will show tint his assertions hayo not much foundation.

'A meeting of the Park Trustees was held last night. Prosont—Messrs Payton (Chairman) Boddingt6n,Bunny and Hare. Tlio minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer reported a ciedit balance of £36. There wero payments due from tho Town Lands Trust ono quarter, and tho Borough Council ono year and a quarter, a letter was read from tho Cekiial Secretary stating tho Governor had been pleased to appoint Messrs C. E. Brcmner and F, 6. Msoro to fill tho vacancies on the Trust as recommended by the Trustees, In reference to the formation of a road round tho Park Oval and planting trees tho Chairman said Air Brcmner had nut yet sent in plans. The matter was left in the hands of a sub-committeo.. Sundry small accounts wore passed for payment

Dr G. P, Deeping, L.R.0.P,, speaking of the advance of public opinion 'on the drink question, said:—" There 1b uo class of the community among which such a great advance of opinion and practice has occurred on this subject as in the medical profession. When I was a student In London, now a good many years ago, alcohol was regarded m a sine r/iw tion m tho treatment of nearly every kind of disease, and it was prescribed with a freedom and witli a frequency which would be startlin? in these days. 1 have Been distinguished surgcona and able physicians gravely deliberate as to how many grains of Epsom salts and how many drops of the tincturo of rhubarb they should administer to a patient; and I havo seen them a few moments later prescribo for tho same patient half a pint or moro of the same brandy without a moment's thought or deliberation. Happily these anomalies are fast being rectified and removed, and alcohol is regarded in its true and proper light as a dangerous and potent drug, which should bo prescribed with the most scrupulous care and Iho most scientific precision, especially so by the younger medical mou, for they havo had the opportunity of acquiring a moro accurst* and intimate knowledge than their elders of the action of alcohol upon tho human system, I do not hesitate to attribute this increased knowledge in a largo measuro to the stimulus and impetus which the ' Temporanco reformer has given to the scientific condition of this question."

The following particulars aro given by a Clitistohuwh paper, in reftirence to tho late Member for Ashley:—Mr William F. Pearson was the second son-of Mr Joseph Pearson, sheepowner, of Burnt Hill, Oxford. Ho was educated privately, and was afterwards a student at Christ's College, Christoburch, Ho entered the Bank of New Zealand, under Mr J. C. Eoddingtun, and was for some years in tho ofiieo at Lyttelton and Chnstchurch, wherolio disclosed very close aptitudo for business, bo much so that he was solcctcd by tho lato Mr J. L, Coster to assist him as his clerk in starting tho business of tho Now Zealand. Shipping Company. From London, Mr Pearson returned to the Colony, and becamo the manager of an estate at Raglan, in the North Island. Subsequently ho took up Fairfield, noar Oxford, whore he married. In that district he (Hied several of the local positions connected with tho management of public aflairs, in which ho displayed the advantages of his business training, His name will bo long allied with many of tho principal works carried out by tho Oxford Road Board in developing the connection through that district. He was somo oisdit years ago elected the member of the House of Representatives for the Ashley district, and has been twiuo re-elected, Through, out this wido district ho was exceedingly popular, and has tho credit of being most'attentive to all matters which were brought undor his ustiee. The news of his deccaso was received with general expressions of rceret, The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wires:—You aro awaro that M, Denfcrt-Eochereau, director of the Comptoir d'Escompte, has lately been to the capital for tho purpose of negotiating a loan with the Russian Government and that ho has returned to Paris without having succeeded. 1 am in a position to inform you that the prelim, inaries of an agreement for a loan of 500,000,000 of roubles hed been drawn up when M. Denfert declared that tho trans action could only bo carried out providing the Russian Government furnished «» gmjc special. This was indignantly deelined and the pourparUrs were forthwith broken off, Now tho only European Power which has hitherto been called upon to qivo tin gage special on contracting »loan is Turkey, It is therefore evident that Russia's credit in the financial world of Europe has fallen to the same low ebb as that of the Ottoman Empire, For several months past the Russian Government lias been ostentatiously professing its 1 devotion to tho cause of peace in. order to procure funds wherewith to make war; but even its best friends—the French—have apparently their misgivings, as they refuse to advance it money without w (fays «pe«i(tf, i

• .•.•'Messrs,LoweS: and-lorns announce. ft •'i very extensive aiid viinreaeryed Bale ; of ]- furniture, produce, and. gutidrieß at their 1 roomß for to-morrow..' "':'•;'"- : V I .-..■ Tho Borough Council Works Committee j meeting convened for Wednesday night j iapsed for .want of a quorum.; Out of I six members only two Ors Gapper and E, Chamberlain. :' .!'■,■. Senior and Junior Cup football contests take place in Masterton tomorrow afternoon, In the senior match Masterton and Carterton will try conclusions on tho Masrorton Club ground, and tho Nos 1 and 2 teams of Ihe Red Star Club on their own ground. Both matches will start at 2,30p,m, Messrs Lowes and lorns announce through their advertising, columns that thoy have just received a large consignment of fruit and ornamental trees from Mr Bolton's Nelson Nursery and are propared to sell privately. Tho list is a large one to choose from and the quality of the treos is good. A good number of music-lovors paid thoir penny at the doors of the Salvation Army Barracks last evening to hear the " Musical Battle," which hud been , announced, 'Captain'Condon, and his miniature help-mate were, at usual, to i the fore, the' Captain' giving a lengthy account of the riso and progress ef the . 'Army.' The collection was, as a matter . of. course, lifted, addresses were given by I some .of the leading members,' vocal and . instrumental pieces were rendered, and ) altogether the affair was what tho' army' j would term a '■' bumping success,"

Tho Herald's Waipawa correspondent writes, as follows:—A- poor demented "creature named W. M'Neill was brought from Woodvillo. in May last for medioal observation, and was placed in tho hospital at AVaipulturau, from which place he wandered away/yesterday morninc between -7. and 8 o'clock. Tho' local policeman while searching for M'Noill discovered another unfortunate man lying in the flax. This man, a strange-looking individual, is now lying in tho lock-up at the Waipawa police •■ station under a nominal sentence of a month for vagrancy. He gives the name of George Demmy. Poor Goorgetells asorrowf ul tale of travelling from Wanganui without food and. without money, begging his way by day and sleeping out at night. His "bedding" is anything but free from parasites, and an aßylum would suit him better than a cold soil. In tho interests of humanity it is to be hoped he will be sent at once where he can be looked after, They have not found MoNoill yet.

A meeting of the Masterton Borough Oounoil Gas Committee was hold last night. Present-Crs Heron (chairman), Parsons, and Macara. Tho Mayor and Cr Perry attended later. Tho Manager reported that during the month of June 182,270 cubio feet of gas had been made at the rate of 10,881 cubic feet per ton of coal carbonized. The water in the tank was keeping steady at 3ft Bin from tho top of the wall, and ho did not think it was likoly to lower, The petition ro the quality of tho gas supplied wasconsidered. The manager explained that ho had been taking a good deal out'of tho coal and he was going to try the Brunnhr Company's Coal instead of the Westport Coal to see if there \m any improyomont. Ho could only account for the light in some instances being very rood and others bad, by some defect in tho manner of fitting or in tho burners used, Ho was instructed to make an examination of the various fittings and burners and report thornon! Tho Clerk reported that tho cost of a machine for testing the quality and power of gas.would bo between iu'O and £7O Accounts amounting to. £2l Is 7d were passed for payment. The Clerk was instructed to seo Mr B. P. Porry' in respect tu rente the adjoining paddock for 12 months, on condition of his lenciug it.

Tho Molbourno correspondent of the Hawkes Bay florald reports another case of defalcation by a bank employee, A paying toller of the Bank of Australia named Thomas Honry Dolan disappeared suddenly from tho Bank last week, and subsequent investigations have disclosed sufficient to indicate that owing to a deficiency in his accounts he was unwilling to meet the Mditors, Deficiencies to. the amount of upwards of £IOO havo already been discovered, and it ia believed that the total amount will be little short of £IOOO. Upon examining bags supposed to contain silver it was foond that a large portion of the bulk was made up of coppers, silver boing placed at.the mouth and at tho bottom of the bags so that when opened at either ond the contents would appear to bo intact. Dolan had been in tho bank for 21 years, and was regarded as one of the most trustworthy officers connected with the institution. Ha has complained of ill health lately. Three days later he was arrested at an hotel in Adelaide, and tho police discovered a bag stampod" Bank of Victoria " containing 100 sovereigns and half sovereigns, and thoro was soma small cash loose in his pocket, Tho detectivo also found on him a bottle of laudanum, The prisoner admitted that he was the right man.

The Greatest Blessino.-A Bimplo, pure and harmless remedy, that cures every time, and prevents disease by keeping tho blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred upun man. Dr Soule's Amsrican Hop Bitters is that romedy, and its proprietors aro being b'essed by thousands' who have been saved and cured by it. Will you try it ? Seo another column, " Enele"

GIVEN .UP BY THE DOOTOM —" Is it. possiblothat Mr Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a romedy?" "lassuroyou thatho is entirely cured, and with nothing but Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his doctors gavo him up and said he must dio." " Well a-day! This is remarkablel I will go this day and get somofor my poor George I know hops aro good,"—Post,

Tho honourable mombcr lor Kuraara ovinocd a large amount o( wisdom in the debate on tho t\o\v tariff iu supporting tho increased duty of 25 per cent on trimmed millinery.. Ho said that tho bonnets and hats locally trimmed were as pretty, if not prettier, than any imported from London or Paris; and, added the honorable member, in a fine glow of enthusiasm, " this can easily be proved by a single visit to To Aro House, Wellington. Tho honourable member is to be thanked tor tho justly deserved compliment to our abilities. Ho'only slates in tho House what the ladies of Wellington have said in their homes and nniong their friends, that choioo, charming, attractive, and elegant millinery our own special niako is to bo at all times obtained at To Aro House, Wellington, This season is no exception to others that have preceeded it. Wo never had a greater profusion, a choicer selection or greater tasto displayed. We have never had richer matorial, moro graceful styles, mora varied shades of colours, and moro brilliant results than in our millinery for the present winter season, at To Aro House, Wellington, Wellington ladie3 have always .well patronised our millinery department, and it now only remains for our legislators to do tho samo. With the honourable member for Kumaro leading the van, and followed by overy momber of tho House, there might bo a grand soleetion made by each to tab to their wives, their cousins, their sisters, or aunts, specimens of artistio skill from the millinery deportment at the Wholesal Family Drapery Waroho, To AnHira . WlipfltonHwrii ■■-;'..

' vMessrs J. H.= Heatbnj E."Pearce, and -W, F.'AVheeler.arogazetted raembera of the Wellington Harbor Board.. , \ .' : Petoni has been proclaimed a borough undor the. Municipal Uorporations'Act,. 1876. * Mf F; W. Kirko has- been appointed Town Clerk, ' .

MrF.H. Wood held.his usual fort" nightly stock sale; at the Taratahi yards, yesterday'. The attendance of buyers was good, and competition for stock of all classes keen. The following prices being realized i—Sheep—Pat wethers, 12s; fat ewos and wethers, 10s; fat owes, 7s 7d to 8s 6d j store ewes in lamb,.4s 3d to 7s 4dj lambs, 4s 3d to Bs. Cattle-Calves, IBs; yearling heifers, 42s (id'; Steers, 60s to. 46.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospi'. tal acknowledges the receipt of the following amounts :—Mrs 0, Coote, Englaud £7 10s; J. and H. Holmes, Matahiwi £2 10s; VVesleyan Exhibition Committee £21165; Mr J. Bagzo's box in Registrar's Offico £1 CsGd ; Occidental Hotel box 20s; Star Hotel box 19s 4d; Club Hotel 9s 8d; at Hospital 7s 6d; Secretary's office 6s 2d j Prince of Wale 3 Hotel 6s; Empire Hotel 3s 8d ; Royal Hotel 2s 2d ; Messrs M. Caselberg's & Go's employees £2 10s; O. A. PownalUOs 6d ;. John Rayner 10s; O. Smith &Co 10s; Employees of George Moore, Eparaima 30s. WoTimaru Herald} should bb giad to know if a single instance lias occurred in this .Colony, in which a public body surcharged by the audit office with illegal expenditure have been compelled to refund. Wo cahnot call to niind.any. such case. Actions, and throats of actions mid threats of actions there have been in plenty, and illegal expenditure, has' over and over again been proved, but for some reason brother there have been ho satisfactory results—no paying back into the local treasury by the wrong-doers the amounts which have gone astray?-. In tho Legislative Council, yesterday,. on the motion of tho Attorney-General it was decided to forward the thanks of the Council to the President of the Victorian' Legislative Council for the invitation extended to hon members to attend tho celebration banquet to bn given in Melbourne oh the 4th August next, and to express rojret that, that tho New Zea-. iand Parliament beingin session, it was unlikely that many hon gentlemen would be able to bo present on the occasion. In the Houso of Representatives, a similar resolution was carried on the motion of the Premier.

James Walker, one of the Bluff Harbor Board's boatman got his right forearm shattered yesterday while dredging at the new. slip. Dr Class, arrived promptly from Invercargillj and - did all possible, but it is feared that amputation is unavoidable. Tho arm is terribly lacerated, and the bone crushed, being a compound commuted fracture. Tho Buffererwas sent to Invercargill, where a consultation will bo held to decide if tho arm can be saved. The accident was caused through the winding chain sliping off the grab barrel. Walker climbed up and freed it, when tho bucket dropped, and before he could get clear it crushed his arm.