The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1888.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3038, 26 October 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1888.

Thursday's •Auckland Star publishoß a letter showing that the sweating system provails in Auckland on the same lines as in Christchurch and Dunedin. Mr P. Mackiu, Specialist, who for eighteen months was assistant to the celebrated Dr.' Speer, is about to pay a visit to Masterton. He may be consulted at the Club Hotel on Monday, Novom'ber 5 th, and up to nooii of the following day. ■-■ ■ ■-'

Tho examination of the Masterton public school will bo completed tliis morning, and wo shall publish,the detailed-results in our next issuo. Wo understand th'at.MrLoe has found the school in splendid order, and is rnoro than satisfied with the passes. Tho Woodvljln Examiner is responsible for the following :—Sheep have been killed on theManawalu river and tho carcases carried away, the skins and eutrails, weighted with.stones, bein? cast into deep holes in the river in order to deslrof traces of the theft. It is said that caterpillars and other pests of trees and shrubberies may bo destroyed by boiling tho stems and leaves of the tomatoplants and pouring the liquid upon the affected plants, Captain .Wihpn.fof.-the 'Salvation Army, is not left " to pine alone" in tho Addington Gaol, says-the Christchurch Press, for every mbraihg aud evening the Army Band endeavour to cheer his spirits by playing outside his" dungeon cell" tho most enlivening airs in their .oxteittworeptrfoiro. v

At New Plymouth, the Supremo Court was opened by Judge Gillies on Thursday last.. There were seven prisoners charged with various .crimes', : fiobort Jackson, alias Patrick Loughran, an old offender,-who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering houses, and robbing them, was'sentencod to.sevon years', and Joseph James Saddler, for larceny, was sentenced to nine months',

A Sydney paper remarks on the Aus. tralian oleven:—The cricketers, who will bo back from England; almost at: once, have done very well, all things considered, Tho;,team\conßi3tod.of two bowlers, -ono batsman (roliablo) ono batshians (unreliable), another batsman (first-class,'if thiwhly sober), another batsman (first-class, if just comfortably 'drunk), and,an awful tail, Tlio two bowlers: worked like horses, but :thoy could not bo expected to koopupto form insoJongAtrip . Nods .a ';. welUjuown, , English pedestrian, rail twenty niilos gainst ah Arabian blood horse, for a prim of 800 roubles, at tho Chrbtowski Gardens,near St, Petersburg, Euusia, on July 15. It was stipulated that the horse should trot tlio wholo of the' distance, being allowed to break twcnty-oiio times'| but tobe pulled up the moment it broke, or it it galloped over twenty strides it was to be diefiualified,. .Tlie|raek jras. three hundred and six-yards ii) circumference; Nflrris got off tbb quickest;- and at : tlio end 'of tbp firsji lab ho was' two yards ahead. Tho too c/iqtimipd to'gain, and oif "'S.tiWont.y.speond circuit topped the seventy-fifth lap, second he lapped-tho; horse, which wu./ very'fired. Noras'ttained rapidly in tho last throe laps, finally! winning by more than that distance, jjnishiiig at a sprint pace in llu'Bminl6sd(?r ' " '.'

Se\cial dcop <ea \essels that ha\o recently aimed fioui Liuupo nt Melbourne have'ropotted very heavygales, ""(1111 aomo instances loss of litchs occurred,

A company is being fanned 111 Mel bourne foi the purpose of supplying the city umlßulwiba with a daily supply of fresh fish. The cajnlal is £IOO,OOOIII £1 sliaics,

The " hairless maro" .whichVwas' on board the steamer, the other,'dayj'on its way to Bamum, in America, was oxhibited in Sydney,;-She is 16} hands' high, and is..:a: ; native lof.'Oooper's-Greek, Queonliind.,,■-. ... '\.i'-'\- -v:. ■■■ ,->

It is Reported 'from Cnoktowu that tho miners who liavo gone to Capo Sud-Eat, aro woll stitislied, with their : returns. 1 They have, averaged 15 to It) ounces per man in 18 days, Tift climato is good, and water abundant: '.... ; .

Mineral water of high medicinal propcrties has been struck at a depth of 650 feet atßallimorb, hearDubbofK. S.W.). A Beam of coal 5 foot 3 inches thick was cut through/at a dopth of 531 feet at tho same place,' ; '■>■•■' :■:■■■••'■' ■'. f<- ; ;-.'■'

A '.AVanganui paper states that an up'country school coiiimittoo supplomelits its fundsby letting a room in tho dpi to a religious body for week evening meetings, at a chargo of sixpetien a night, ' '■'■■"•• ■;.'.'■ ■';■: At an influentialmeetingof'citizoiis holdat Christchurch yesterday undor the presidency of tho.Mayor, it was decided to invite the to a farewell banquetjn'Noycnibei^,,,';' ■; ',"■.'.- ,'"' •The, folding .'Star,'says ;~, I'bo local postmaster has.bcen instructed to inform persons remitting niodoy to Rcceivor'sof land revenue for deferred,and."special settlement lands, that the senders ; niay deduct the costof■ jferawwyibrder from the amount,. Tliis concession was obtained by.Mr Jlacartliur,. i M.H,E,i' for Manawatu.. .• ''' ,;.'''.'.'.>V : '.: Thelust'tea ahdciitertaiiimentof tlie season :giveu ; bp: the. Phoouix ; Ludge, 1.0.G.T.. will take place on Monday next, 29th October, in tho Temperance Hall, Tea will commence at (5.30, and will be followed by a public mooting""'4l 8 o'clock. A capital pYo'gramin'e litis boen arranged, A human skeleton; which was buried in tho second century of tho Christian era, has been discovered in; ohe' of the chalk pits of Portsdown'Hill. Tho bones wero in a good state of preservation and tho teeth intact. In the left hand were twenty.two Roman coins, The skeleton, which is six feet in length, was found a few feet boncath' the surface. .-,■■ • •>•>•: ■.-.' ■ ■■■'•.■■

Wo learn from an "exchaheV that Mr Adams, the Surveyor, is to determine the actual height of the' Sutherland fall, and to ascertain whether a practicable route exists from the fall to .Lake Te Ariau, a distance of ten or twelve miles, Should this be bund, tho Union Company will, it is stated, place a suitable boat upon the lake for the conveyance of tourists, Jloanwhilc Sutherland, the explorer, is to form a track and build a hut in the vicinity of the fall. The best place to.stuily farming is on tho farm. If any young man |depires to become a'farmer, let him hire out to the best farmer ho can fiud, and stay there two; or three yoars, Ho will then get trained for his work and be paid'for his training. He osn ; still further help, himself by a courso of judicious reading and 6tudy during the winter evenings. Such a course for a yonna man of common souso will fit him to mauago afarni wisely and well. . The late Henry L. Sands said shortly bofore his death. Very fow people now attribute anything supernatural to table moving and rapping, but correctly put it down to tho power of oleotricity acting through the fingers of those engaged in the experiments, Once saturate a table with water and you can do nothing with it, hut give it a thorough drying bofore a fire and it will dance a Bailor's hornpipe for you, which knocks tho supernatural theory on the head. Mr H. Law, lato Bank of Em Zealand manager at Adelaide 1 left Auckland f6r tho south by tho Tarawera yesterday. Before leaving he loft deoisive instructions with his solicitors' Messrs' Hesketh and Richmond to prosecute tho Bank Cummittee for language made use of in their report; also to prosecute the Now Zealand Herald for the' language used by them in thoir artiolo on the 28rd inst. Damages-in the 'first' case are laid at £20,000, and in the second caso at £IO,OOO. Mr Law haß arranged to return to Auckland at any time his solicitors require his presence, ...The Australasian says':—Tho Agricultural produce department of .the New Zealand-Court was so eood'in the beginning that it needed very little in tho. way of improvement. • Although sonie of the Colony's products might have been more adequately represented, the display of ceroids is so excellent that tho Agricultural interest, as a'wholo, isset forth in a highly satisfactory manner. The work of naming ; tho- varieties has been completed, .so that a'visit to the Court is both interesting and instructive. Samples of grass seeds aro numerous, but there is an absence. of specimen plants, which would havo added interest to the collection, and the wonderful grazing capabilities of tho cultivated pastures oftho Colony would have justified an effort in this direction,

Cricket for ladies bids fair to become a very popularpastime indeed. Many highborn dames and damsels took part in a recont match at Nun Appleton Park, Mr Beckett's place in Yorkshire, The captains were Lady Miliner and Miss Egortori, and among the fair players were the Ladies Idina and H, Nevill, the Hon, Misses Muado Lawronco," Muriel Brassoy, M. A. Braßsey, and.V. Willoughby, and the Hon Mrs Garforth, The scoring was more respectable, Miss Egorton'B side compiling 42 and 173, and Lady Miliner's 102 and 110 for six wickets, Miss Fairfax was top scorer, with 72; Lady Miliner- made 41 not out, Lady Idina.Novill 28 and 22, and the Hon. M. A. Brassey 31 aud 10 not out. No fewer than nine catches were held, and it is noted that Miss Mnriol Brassey wasoutlbw.

_ Woman's WispoJi,-" Sho insists that it is of more importance that her family shall bo kept in full. health,- than, that sho Bhould have all 'tho" fashionable dresses and styles of the tilnds, She therefore soos toil that each member of her family is'supplied.with -enough of Dri Soulo'a American Hop Sitters at the first appearance of iU-health, .to. prevent a fit'of sickness with its attendant, expense, caro and anxiety.' All Women should exercise their wisdom in this way.j —New Haven Palladine.

Feom the HUB.-Thore is perhaps no tonic offered to tho.peoplo that possesses as much real intrinsic value.as Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters;.'; Just at this; soason of-' tho- year," when, the stomach heeds ah appetiser, or the blood needs purifying^tho cheapest, and best remedy is; Dr. Soule's American, Hop Bitters. An ounce of prevention.is worth a pound of cure; don't wait until you areprostratcd by a;disease thatjiiay tnko;months for you to- recovor in',— Boston.Globn >;..; , ~,...■

Some months sines we made arrangementis'with three of the largest Brhish cotton maMufaotorers.tp'supply' us exclusively with ecrtaiiispcciaUy selected makes of calicoes, which from our long experience wo know to be specially adapted for tho requirements, of the public. These havo sow'arrived at Te Aro House, Wellington. yVe confidently recommend theso as being tho best makes ever introduced into the district or tho Colony, and as a guarantee of value, every, piece and dozen has stamped on it our trade mark, viz., a view of the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Hquse„Wcllingtoii, : : . ■They comprise: a variety of makes, fine, medium; 'and; h'eavyi-arc all pure, 'soft finish, and aro well' : adaptcd fertile' thou- : sand and 1 one,purposes, to" whioh calieoei are put, For the convenience of sale they 'araprincipally made up ia'-13. yard .lengths and the pmbors'and prices arc as follows at To Aro' House, Wellington, v \yi.dtlia; 32 and 3Q iuohes, Ni|nieer.it and pripes ppr do?en yards, J(; 33 Qi; JS,' 4gfld,osod| JH,ssfid,.o.3 l 7s|'#,§s.qd, Os 6d;J5,79 M!JO,;Bs Cd|Al,;4sl)d, Ir.V-.'AS. fjB9d:AG," Gh7d}A 4, 9sOdj M 4 7s 9d, at tho WiiMli! pery Warehouse, To Aro, lloiiso,- welluijj. tosi^AßTr,;. \ ''•■;' •■'.■ "..?;'•■:, : -:y.

M and H. Mair, of Imercatjnll, mu the eucw-ilul terdners fur the buck watoi tower—DOfe high, sft Bquaio at base—labour only, at £1497. Messia Loivos & loins huld an unreserve J talo of furniture of o\ery desinption, pioduco, poultry and smuliios, nt then 100111s to momm.

. A now glass is reporlcd from Sweden.It '.contains; onionij.: othur''; things phosphorus and boron, and-its '•■ refractive power is snjd to bo. very; ureat; jar suporior • to'tho- y\m now:;used;for ./";■■; ■'■ :;7J;' ; .; ; i : ;

'■•■.. Ono icase.. was oiuitteH u'onionr Court list .yesterday,'" viz.,. Weatbroo'k v'Parker, judgment summons, £lßlss Bd, Defendant was ordered topayiSs per'month, and in default fourteen days imprisonment.

■ 'Tho Government are giving bonuses of lOs.fur weasels and 20s for steals-im-ported into tho Colony for distribution on Crown Lands." '],; '■}..- '■'.'..'

■■■■ It is roporteilthat Mr Jblinißlackott is about tu give, up his position, of Bflgineor-in-bnie'f to accept : that ;of- consulting Engineer in London for the New Zeal «id' Government,: : \ '■; v , - ',. -:

In anothor colmnn;will bo found particulars of tho Masterton Horticultural and. IndustrialSbcieiy i ß Spring; Show,' which will be held in the Drill Hall oii Thursday,:'. Kdvembor ;22nd;,;; 'Entry, forms, prize schedules, and furtho'r par-', tlo'ulars■'. can be .obtained; on. application: to tlie Secretary, Mr;'W.:B. Chennella, :: 'A' resident' of this'town havmg noticed 'a' paragraph in.the.Ne'wZealand; ; c Tlmoß stating that there were hojess than;6hb has takoi'rthe trouble to f go round and count allthataro unoccupied, find he reports that Iherpro oiily, forty in the wholeof the Borough' aiid'tlieso include two and three rppmod whares,

..Tho'Regular.- \fortnightlyV.irispecfion paradoof the Mas'terlon Rifle Volunteers was held at.the. Drill, Hall last night. Present Lieuts.; Thompson & -Jlooper, Sorgonnt-Major Bezar, and 86 rank and file, At the conclusion Lieut, Thompson, .on behalf .of Major. ißenhy, pre ; so'ntetl (to: Drum-Major';H. Bently a ; silVfr lnedal' for long 'and efliciont service. •

ii Gaoler O'Brien, of Lyttolton; having been disrated and ordered to Hokitiki | inconsen.uenco of,the escape of Jonathan Roberts, and Chief Warder Bell, who was m charge of Ripa Island, having been reduced to the rank of warder, considerable indignation has been aroused in Lyttolton. A petition asking for Mr O'Brien's retontiou is being signed, and indignation meetings are spoken of. Mr O'Brien suggested that 'Roberts,should not be sent to Ripa Island, but kept at work in the'gaol, but the suggestion was not adopted.