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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2968, 4 August 1888, Page 2

Tenders are invited for additions to the Police Station, Eketahuna, Particulars can be seon at tho Public Works Office, Eketahuna, or the Post office, Masterton. Mr P. E. Wood's nest stock salo which takes place at the Taratajii on tho 16th inst promises to be an extensive one. His list already embraces some 1800 sheep of various kinds, and he is open to receivo further entries.

Tho schedule of Grown Lands disposed of during the past month shows that 208G acres 27 perches havo been sold sinco last meetine of the Land Board, at nn upset prico of £2402 19s Id. At the inquest on tho body of Mr Ridley, the medical officer of Tullamore Gaol, who shot himself shortly after Mr Mandeville's death, tho evidence disclosed tho fact tbatlolters of a ipeuacing character wero being received by him,

Messrs Lowes and lutns advertise fo salo ono team working bullocks with dray, yokes, and chains complete, Wo call attention to Mr J. & Mackay's new advertisement on onr third page, which contains a prico list of a fow of his leading linos.

Entries for the Masterton Poultry Show close this evening. The Secretary, MrW. MoKenzio, will bo in attendance at tho Daily Office until 9.80 p.m. to roceive them. :

Owing to tho leakago of gas in the bedroom of a house at JJlorth Melbourne, three young men named James Stafford, William Moron, and William Gray, wero found dead in bed.

Nearly all the mining mills of Queensland have stopped until tho wot season comes round, and hundreds of men havo been thus thrown out of employment.

Tho National Liberal Federation League, Ireland, has decided to renew tho anti-coercion crusade, and will insist upon the releaso of Mr Dillon from prison. v ; ;

Captain Hansby, late of the Hawca, was arrested on board the Manapouri on a Dunedin warrant, charged with fradulent bankruptcy.; He will bo remanded North.

A vacancy Jraytcurred in the Crown Lands Bo'ardflHjttthnm retiring by effluxion nf pretty certain that for another.term.'- ■ j.

Tho cablegram sent by the Governor, to the Queen announcing the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition,contyiAcd a hundred and cloven words and tho actual time occupied in the transmission of the messago, from the titno it left Melbourno to its delivery in England, was'thirty-six minutes,

Tho lighting of the Melbourne Exhibition buildinp is superb. Looking down the Grand Avenue of Nations it is a magniGcent spectacle of striking brilliancy. The German, Austrian, and Hungarian, Courts have a rich decorative effect. The Broken Hill silver Trophy is the most striking trophy in tho Exhibition. Canada makes a poor representation, and France has only a moderate display. Many of the courts are behind in their arrangements.

The following aroas aro being prepared for notification under tho Land Act of 188716,000, Tiramca-Maknra block; 1100 acres, West Mauricevillc Block, laid off to suit the adjacent settlers; 7,500 acres East Kopuaranga Block, situated alongßarton'slmOj north of Perry's clearing ; 7,ooo|acres, Makara block, adjacent to Wrattan's and the Coleman Phillip's runs; 1000 acres. West Waitapu block, at Te Rewa, fronting the Eangitikei Rivor; and 12,600 acres Mamahaki block inland of Waverley and Richardson, The total area to be gazetted is now 47,fi0Q acres.

Yet- another feminine vagary—l mean miracle—in dress. Among tho fantastic hats and bonnets worn by tho ladies of tho Southern States of America aro! some trimmed with minature alligators. These strauge creatures—tho alligators—are stuffed, and with tlioir glaring oyos, aro so fixed to trimmings as to appear as glarin? as possible. It is perhaps hotter to stuff alligators than bright-colored birds for the trimming of young ladies' bonnets, but the taste is past accounting for. Just imagine how ono of tlieso damsels would behave in front of alive alligator! I have seen one frightened almost to death by tho appoaranco of a mouso, But of course the gentle creatures are wonderfully alivo to the forco of contrasts,—Exchange j

An ironworker at Darlington has been sent by the Local Magistrates to gaol for a month for biting off the nose of a man during-a fight. To be noseless is, it must be confessed, an awkward predicament, and if the predicament were yory common in this country the art of nose, making might possibly bo practised with profit, as it seems to be in the Punjauh, An old physician and astrologer lias imparted to. the. Punjaub nose-makers the mystery by which they carry on their art, and the noses which thoy make, if a bit queer-looking at times, at all events answer the purpose intendod. It is stated that a tooth may bo inserted in tho gums so as to rotain the nervo power and be undistinguishablo from its neighbors which have never boing drawn. Now that doctors aro taking to making new noses, thoro is no knowing to what fresh tomptations tho viciously inolinud may givo way; but it is to be hoped tliat the practico of biting off noses will not become genoral, for, after all, tlicie is nothing like ono's own noso, and Punjaub noses might provo inconvenient at times. A London paper states that a gentleman travelling in South Africa recently paid a visit to the new Delagoa Bay railway, and made a trip in a special train as far as tho terminus at tho Portu«oso frontier. This terminus was unliko any other with which ho is acquainted in tho old world or the now. It is surrounded by alligators, and whon his train arrived lie found that tho station mister, tho porter, and tho telegraphist were all upon the roof of tho station—not from fear of the alligators, who were always with them, but in ordor to avoid tho attentions of a lion who had been- paoing tho platform during tho forenoon, Under these advorso conditions it is not surprising to learn that freighters do not avail themselves of theadvantages offered by tho company. Advertising Cheats.—lt hasbeooroe so common to writo tho beginning of nn elegant, interesting article, and then run it into some advertisement, thntwo avoid all such cheats, and simply call attention to tho merits of Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters in as plain honest .terms as possible, to induco people to givo thorn one trial, as no one who knowsthoir value' will over use anything olsij, "Proyidenco Advertiser."

A Losing Joke—A prominent physician of Pittsburg said jokingly to a lady patient who was complaining of her continued ill-health, and of his inability to cure her, <! Try Dr Soule's Amorican Hop Bitters 1" The lady Mf it in earnest, and used the Bitters, from which alio obtained permanent health. She nnvy laughs at tho doctor for his joke, but ho is not so well pleasod with it, as it cost him a good patient, " Ifarrisburg Patriot.' 1

Though our present premises are certainly the largest and most convenient ot any in this city, or for that matter iu the colony, yet owing to tho continued expansion of our business, and tho largeness of the volume of trade, we arc at times straitened for room, Dttlio \yholesaloFamily Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Ifause, Wellington. In view, also, of the near approach of Block-taking, and the necessity of making room for a large quantity of new goods for the ensuing season, we have determined, if prices can do it, to make a clean sweep of our surplus slock, at Te Aro House, Wellington. ladies woujd do well, therefore, to-notethe exiraordinaiy bargains that we have now made in our millinery department, We have about 100 trimmed hats that have been re.duoed from Cs Gd, 8s Gd, 10s Gd, 12s Gd, 18s Gd, 21s, to Is lid, 2s G<|,2s lid, Bs Oil, 4s Gd, and Gs Gd each; and out millinery bonnets arc likewise reduced from lGs Gd to 10s Gd; from 22s Gdto 12s Gd j from 28s Gil to 15s 6(1; from 35s Gd to 21s; from 42s Gd to 27s Gd; from 47s Gd to 35s Gd; from 57s Gd to 87s Gd; at Te Aro House, Wellington; The above arc all new, fashionable and stylish, and will doubtless command immediate attention and ready salo at the WljoleBalo Family flrapery Wajejiouse, fe Afq House, Wingtbni-Apyi, "

A reward is cffered for the recovery of a paroor'cphtaining.'a pair of boots which was.lost in, Queo'n-stroet'. Tho finder is requested to call at the Wholesale Drapery. Company. To-day is the regular monthly pay-day of the Mastorton and Greytown Building Societies.' The former is at the office of Mr Sollar, and the latter, ,in Masterton, ■»t Mr Dairymplc's, The Rev W. 11. Paige, siuceroly thanks those who so ably assisted to make the Flower Queen aud Tableaux Vivants a sacccss, His advertisement to that effect appears in another column. An inebriate contributed the sum of 63 to the general funds of the Borough this 1 morning, at tho suggestion of Mr Yon Stunner, li.M.

. A now Skating Rink is nbout to be built at Greytown by Mr Barnard. The Standard says tho building will be 40 feet by 100, with n floor, specially laid for rinking, and a promenade gallery running round. .-•■ Messrs Lowes & jam' announco their next stock sale for Wednesday,. the -15 th iiisttheir list already comprises 330 head of cattlo and 400 sheep. ■ : ;Mcs3rs'Loweß. & lorns instructed by a gentlemau who is about to leave this district, will offer for sale by-auction, a superior lot of household effects, entirely without reserve. ' ''// V U.

'Fans, made with point-lace and picked out with little diamonds, with sticks made of carved pearl, inlaid with geld, silver, lnother-of-peurl, arnbor, ■ tortoise-shell, sandal-waod, are just now. popular with New York society ladies. . ' ■ . The Government say they , do not intend to place on the Estimates a suffioiont sum to complete tho Wellington and Woodville Railway to Newman and Pahiatua, This iB a matter of course, railway, extension is in tho hands of railway rings, and this section of tho trunk lino is outside the scope of tho pentlcmen who aro manipulating the public works policy.

A meeting of creditors in tho estate of Peter Sophus Christiansen convoned for Friday lapsed for want of a quorum. A second meeting will be called fur next Friday, August 10th. Tho statement showed liabilities, unsecured creditors £CI 13s. Secured, £l4O mortgage' on houso and two acres of land, Dreyertowu. Aasots—Two-horses trap <md harness, £l3. Yalue (.f real estate above mortgago £OO. The statement shows tho 'debtor solvent, if ho realises the amounts estimated. Fashion in London has decreed that dolicato shades of prey and green aro to be in tho ascoudant this year, and it is remarkablo how generally this fiat has been obeyed. Nearly half the dresses ono sees in high-class gatherings are of tlieso colours, tho materials being manipulated in a variety of tastfully forms and combinations, so as to produce a charming effect. The brightness cf tho display in tho Park is an indication of the briskness wnich marks tho West End trade. The fashionable milliners and costumcrs are havius a very prosperous time, and can scarcely keep pace with the numerous orders which pour in upon theiu. The repetition of tho operetta, entitled "Flowor Queen," attracted a larger audience last night than 011 the preceding evening, and was a decided success. The leading characters, the Queeu and the Recluso woro well sustained by Miss Lowes aiid Mrs G-, Hooper- respectively. Tho Heathorbells also, as 011 tho preceding ovenihg, woro twico called boforo tho lights to repeat their chorus, and wero each time loudly-cheered,. The programme commenced with an ovorturo by Pearson's String Band, and was followed by " Tho Viking's Song," by Mr R. C. -Black, of .Greytown, which was received with applause. The'tableau "The Oracle " was next produced,the statuesque figures being arranged and the characters impersonated with perfection' by a company of Greytown friends. Later on, a tableau of *'The Duel" was put on the boards with I great effect, but the limo-light effects in both caseß somewhat marred tho exhibition 011 accouut of some defect which could not in timo bo remedied. Mr Witichestor. guvo n selection on tho violin in ainost artistic and able manner, and a character song by Mr Gaskill was vociferously encored. Tho transformation sceno was, if possible, even more effective than on the preceding night and brought tho outertaiiimont to - a happy termination.