Untitled

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3077, 11 December 1888, Page 2

In war a detacliment. of Mntaaltis warriors tl>po villages', driving the 'i'amasesa before sent a number of heads to'jfaiaaw as. fjnjphies. The army is completely fowwi i/?/ /tld ail attack 6a" all parts .of tlie ports ifi im|njo);|> . Duringilio linn Jjfr Eichardsou's stay lit Jffß!?. Plymouth,; ho' went oyeivthe plana and vepofU of tlie propo'ed coach road tu Wailiato, and oxpraised jn ojiin; ion .tlloi'e should bo two roadsone pi)j Stratford and the other up the Minu Valley. -They would opon up . a !an;e extent of land,

-Messrs Lowes : & loins add to their B alo fin- Saturday noxt.Olmstmas poultry, . The annual installation of the Thistle Lodgo, will-take-place on■ )Vednesday ovomng. _ Tho Welliiigiou hraiieli of the; tion Army arc*preparing ut noveliy "fur their Christmas Day 'Festival, in the shape of a fomalo brass band. Tlio weights in connoction wity the South AVnirj rapiv Kauiug Club'a meeting on New Year's Day will be declared tO ; morrow (Wednesday) uveuiig. At Foxton, the to cut green tlax has been sold at £Blos. per. aero,- One individual sold forty acres of (lax for £IOO. The throatonctl bootmnkers strike at Ohristohurch has been averted. Messrs' Linhtlraml Allan and : Jo., and Toorner Bros., have consented to the workmen'* demand,

We have received from Mr: S, fl. Wiekei'son, tobacconist of Masterton, agorgooiis oleograph representing the Jubilee meeting of tlio Grand Masonic Lodge of England, . " Colonel" Pollard of tho Salvation Army is expected to mako a four of this Colony this month. On New .Year's Day an Indian Durbar will be held in Wellington, in which 200 soldiers will appear in Indian costume.

Messrs Lowes &' lorns announce a sale of the rights and privileges iii'eonnciition with the Amalgamated Societies' Sporta on Boxing Day, and tho Caledonian Society's' gathering :, on'.New Year's Day. ■

A in pel ing.'cou vened by Dr.'Newmaii, M.H.E,, and Mr 01 Phillips was held fit the Chamber of Commerce -yesterday (Monday) to consider the desirableness ! of forming an Agricultural and Pastoral Association in Wellington, Mr G. M, Waterhouso, M.L.O. occupied the chair, and after some discussion, the following resolution was carried: unanimously: "That, in tho this- meeting, it i«i desirable to larcre take names , At the ' t|ipMß^nterlon WcsleySr Sunday' 'School' last j evening it was. decided to hold their annual picnic on Boxing Day as heretofore, ..The liuripuni Sunday School toachers having exoreaaed a wish to amalgamate on tliat day, Mr E. Hornblow was appointed a delegate to interview them and teport tliereon at the adjourned meeting to bo held next Monday evening. Kull particulars as to picnic &c., will, be published jn our columns shortly.

The ordinary monthly meeting uf the Nuith Wiiiri.rapi Bonovolent Society was held yesterday. Preßunt—-Mi'bsib. Messrs l'ayliin (Chairman), .Galloway and Dag". The usual routine case'' were dealt with, One- widow who M rcoeivrtl weekly vassiatimci fur over a year, o*pr'eased her ability tu do without further aid,'and one new case (consumption) wai added jti) the list,.a!id a sum of ten shillings per week voted to provide for it. '/ ■ " Aulus" in the Australasian tolls the following story"Tsaw one' man on tlieNDerby Day,'wlio had a piece of iuok in a small way. Just before the Muribyriioii<{ was run, ha was going down i friend to back. picked ut p « bead. 1 N of tlwt name is a Mascotte; I'll back Necklet itiatend of ltudolph;' And lie did, and Necklet wou, aud He can show the liionoy and the necklet to convince the scoptical,"Following in'the footstepß of Professor Baldwin of Illinois, a Sydney watchmaketnamed Williams has myented a parachute by wliicli a descent is made from a balloon at any altitude On Mm'i• day at Ashfie'd, a municipal borough of Sydney fiyo miles from town. Williams, in the prosenco of a large cohcouwo oi pet pie, ascended in a balloon to the height of QOOOft, when ho pulled tlui slipknot which ciiiineciodtho parachute to tho ballon, and commenced-to-des-cend. For a time tho descent was like a stone, but nearing the earth the bundle expanded, and presented the shape of a J'ipaneso umbrella. Slowly tho'parachute descended, and Williams graceful'y alighted at Uoiiiobush, three miles from wlii're the ascent was made, not having recoiyed' tlw slightest injury. Tho inventor claims that the balloon is navigable in any direction, and that a descent can be made at will.

The Manawati) Times nays:—Wellington liaß set to. work to endeavor . to ■ do tlip impossible byhuldinga Metropolitan Agricultural awl Pastoral Show. Though no stock salo can be held in its vicinity noarorthapJohiißpnville, some wisoaorea iii tlio Empire- City wish to emulato the wise men of/Gotham by a ridionlous proposal to hold aii agricultural and pastoral show in a city whose forto is coiuinorao, not production, Their idea seems to bo that iui agricultural si|ow consists of an asseinblogeofpeople, but in this thoy maltoa gi ievomerror If the proposal overpasses beyond the preliminary stige, wo would sincerely recommend ■ tlio promoters to have a substantial jjuaranteo, for the result must' ho financial loss and total failure from tho exhibitors' point of view. The history of tlio old Wan«auui Asseciation will he reppatejl, and the oftuii 1 ivill end by being fatally cjiill.ed wjth on pvordraft,

With mat regret we havo ts rqcofd tho death of Mr John Henry Halae, of tlio Audit Department, at the early a«e of 1)8 years, Mr ,J. H. Halso Was the West sonof tho late Sir Henry Hulse formerly Native Land Court Judge, and was wo believe, born in Taranaki. While quite a youth ho entered tho Audit Department, and by attention and ability rose to bo ono of ihu most triiste I and principal officers, As a member of the famous old No 1 Company, under Major Mcßamett, Mr Halso for several years occupied a promiuenl position in Volunteer matters, and was one ol the host shots ill the' diatrictsj' which, if we mistake not| he aji' 990 or twn.cojoiiial one occasi.oii in Molhojiriie.'. Iji'e.very region of life Mr J. H. Halso was 'highly e!twm&d/i|jd : deservedly popular,' He had been 111 jailing Jiealjh loi ; some llH'lllh? hack, siifffrhig, it 11 staged, fyom j.lieart, fllscubo e/i|||j)li?ii|ed l)y nthor djporders, but the inimedliifii ofd.oafli was congestion of the lungs The deceased gentleman married Miss Yarnham, of Papawai, wh'> survives him, at, (Jo two children —Post,

The venaoq w|)'y jjarjt-hiiired and darkskinned peoplo are We }j)oliued to mental disorder than (he lighter liwi iindcbmplexioned has 1 nera 1 , t,hat we been accounted for by. the jjfug Btatislics jay i,t jS a f^c jt, at f&jjj >ylier& w,o r^u},' ,cf 'luiiiyio asylum* ii;;g!it|e,ci}eij;.coiitii|'ning pjo dark to oiio.lighNdfflplfls p«yl jpjptj); mill it limy be, pcrhfipa, consolin»ta the fair-skinned to hear that in one madhouse, out of 200 patients only four Ijavo light hair and coroploxious, and oiiji.ml Wr. This is an asylum for hut |v!)gt is true: of men lunatics are. !W in. in fifty, toli-linlr&l . and lirlt-hiusd, though sometimes the dark Imif turns \vhite with insanity.. Jt used to bo believed that a pnlo complexion india special tendency" to mental cxpueuij4,i aja| : brain disorder ; "but this tlieory,* ftt aorpss, the Atlautio, must .ho dkarij^l 3. eous, the error arising, possibly, from the fact:tliat the hair frequently- turns white from' brain disorder. Surely coaw .American"mad doctor" ought to W'fiblo to ey.pjairi'why insanity" makes more. nurii<tass" vietinw: the dark than tlie'fair^inned.-^Bwliai)^. Peterson begs to iufprm.the nihab-' ihnts flf Masterton <md -District'tliut d,uriiigtJie :<|f Pecemberliowill dffiir {ominima tjie .jf■ iijV Wq Btiick;(it btmls aiid slioos at eo§fc .price' for Oiik'Oi#, attQV which time flifi Tiofiki will tig closed pri fho business in future conducted :qn Jho rcaify mousy ajsteiu of which due notiue mil bo fiveiK-ADYi

Tho Mauriceville'Athletic Club annouuco; thoir ammal gathering for Thuw day with eieditablofiirothoughteoas not tiula&h .with- tlio Mrtbterton Friendly Societies on Boxing Day, Wo trust tho luttor bodies will make n point of attending tlie: Mauriceville Sports and deayor to make this'gathering a great success. Tlio Club has h Btrmig and unorgotio Committee and Officers, They issue a programmo of a vory ■ attractive kind containing u'o less than twenty-six events withlow. entrance fees and- respectable prizes. Witli fine weather this ammal 'gathering; should- proye very successful from every point,

The. Carnival and Ball held at the Pft'dco Skating Rink at Groyiowu lust eveniug: was a pronounced success iu in every, way. Tho attendance was.very large, comprising skaters from all parts of the Valley, the Masterton contingent being the strongest both in'number* and "talent." The gallery was crowded with spectators, whoseemcd to thoroughly enjoy watching the proceedings, while Mr Vahiham's band supplied the music. Professor Durney gave an exhibition of stilt jkatingf< hut the treat of tlio'evening was the exhibition of fancy skating by . tho champion amateur, Mc Basil Latham. Rinking was kept up till eleven,' the floor was: then cleared for daiicing,. and tho party-', broke up at about one . o'clock, after a very enjoyable evening's dmußoment.

A obbat ksierprisk ;-Tho Dr, buule's American Hop Bittors Manufacturing Company, is oiio of Rochester's greatest business enterprises. Thore Dr. ijoule's American Hop Bitters have reaohed a sale beyond all precedent, having from their ihtrinsio value, found' tboirway into every' household in the land.—Graphu. - . j . ltesidents-in tho country contemplating a visit to Wellington 'during the present month, may combine' both -pleasure ami profit by calling at the Wholesale -Drapery Warehouse', Te \rq House, Wellington. - The fine premises we occupy are in themselves, unequalled South of the Equator, iand not only is tlie arohitecture imposing, put the arrangements. for the comfort aud convenience of customers are such as can* uot be excelled it equalled in the Colony, ■ul so sav the thousands who kayo.'visited Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse,' Biro House, Wellington.' . *nd then tho stook is always large, the choice y«yextensive,- and the prices at lowest wholesale.rates at To Aro House. Wellington. " •

Just now, and during the present month somo exceptional advantages are and will bo offered to all cash customers.- Having ittported a large l-'.t-of Japanes» and other fanoy goods wo shall distribute them to all purchasers'oA the following scalo: at Te Aro House, Wellington i ThoScale— ' ; " ' - Purchase 10/.' Gift. 1/- Purchase 15/. Gift 1/6 Purchase 20/• Gilt ?/• Purchase 25/- Gift 2/(1 Purchase 30/- Gift 3/- Purchase 35/- Gift 8/0 Purohase I '/- .Gift'ij- Purohase 60/. Gift 5/- ! Purchase CO/- Gift 0/- Purohase 70/. Gift 7/Purchase OH/- Gift 8/- Purchase 90: Gift #/. ' ' Purchase 100/- Gift 10/-; ' and so on in jame "proportion rip to, £SO £IOO, or ihore during the month of December at To Aro House, Wellington. ' _The : only exceptions: we make;to the a'oovj are Kid Gloves, Dressmaking Millinery, and tailoring to order, An early visit would therefore bo very advantageous, to all country residents, being certain to result in pleasure and profit to all cuatomers at Te Aro House, Wellington,