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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3101, 11 January 1889, Page 2

A very curious coincidence ut mentioned in the Evening Star as having happened on tne 2nd inst. at the Christchurch Money Order. Offico. It is the custom in connection with money orders to issue from No. 1 up to N<?. 10,000, and tlijon to commence at No, 1" again. Yesterday bnginsti resumed for tjio new year, apd the first order issued' jvas No. 1860, corresponding with tlio

year.. The news that J several men in the fightatSanu,,. a painful sensation in Berlin. German officials accuse Mr Hacklock, United States Consul at Samoa, and Captain teary, of the United States warship Adams, of instigatinp the recent rising at Samoa by supplying Mataafa with rifles. Princo Bismarck has made a complaint to this effect to the United States Government at Washington. A good story was told us (Chronicle)' last night which is too humorous to pass over a certain resident of Feathers ton attended the sale of Education Reserves in Master ton yesterday, intending to bid for a one acre section in Feathorston, A fiopd crop of oats stood on this section and it was duly knocked down to him. In the meanwhile the late occupier hearing by telegraph the result of the sale, girded up his loins, called his menservants and maidens together, and forthwith commenced to reap the field. In two hours not a blade was to be seen and in place of the waving corn seen by the rising sun, naught but the stubble greeted the eyes of the purchaser on his return, '

Texas is troubled with a plethora of cash. Its bonded indebtedness is only 1900,000, which the holders will not exchange for the money, preferring' to draw the interest; and there' is' in the State Treasury a surplus of moro than £400,000; The school fund has aeurphus

I of £3,300,000, for nearly half of Ayhich investment can he found. The no 6u w |i9i» {feState hip teen farmers, to ■ '*rty years'time, a# selling its land on .> i„ the feopo only sper cent, interest, that they would be very dilatory u t. • paying the principal, are piling, in the money on the over-burdened State Treasurer. The counties ore doing' the same. Toaddto its misery tho'State has 80,000,000 acres of laiid yot to'sell,! which are bringing 'every year higher prices -

Meßsrs Loira & iorns add to their stock sale for Wednesday, next 4 dairy cowb and 6 small pigs, • Mr P. H. Wood adds to his stook sale for next Thursday, a two-year-old grado bull,:-' .by '■ -b Wo are requested 1 to remind our readers of -Messrs Lowfes & lorns Bale of furniture to-morrow. The list will be a most extensivo one, embracing howaiid second-hand furniture of every description, produco, pbultry,&o. : Messrs Lowes and lorns add'to their property,, sale-: list two fine 'dwelling houses, situate' Chupel-streit, whioh'will be sold upon, very favorable conditions, and anyone desiring avery nice property should interview, the auctioneers. 1 The returns of the;" Wellington and Wairarapa Acclimatisation's fish distribution appear in another column, and will no doubt provo. of considerable interest to anglers all over tho Colony. Mr F. H. Wood holds an extensive Bale of geu'eral merchandise and furniture at his Carterton rooms to-morrow. The auction commences at 1.30 p.m. The following is tho Masterton Olub team to play' against Mr T. L. Thompsons toam of North County sheep-far-mer's on tho Oval to-marrow, oommenoiug at 12 noonßromner, Iggulden,Jackson, Kibblewhite, Mathias, Perry. McKenna, MoKenzie, Moore, Pownall, Smith. Emergency: Mahoney. A compact little dairy farm at Mangakuta, Masterton, is advertised for sole. It contains six acres of rich land, orchard, six-roomed house, stables, and the usual outbuildings, Particulars can beobt»iiicd at this Office, v .

■ The Wairarapa Jockey Olub Handi-1 caps, as well as entries for tho Maiden Plate and Handicap' Hack Baco, are. due on Tuesday next the loth, instant addressed to the Secretary at Hainmerich's Hotel, Greytown. A mooting of the Stowarda takes place at tho same date and place. A very useful and necessary addition has been mado to tho Masterton fish hatchery in the shape of & splendid watch dog. It is only intended for night work, and so intelligent is the animal that it is easily able to distinguish those for whose especial ser-. vices it libb been procurod. It takes the place of the manager in showing night visitors the way round.

A committee has been appointed at Nelson with the object of raising subscriptions to repay the expenses incurred by the Evening Mail in defending the action brought against that papor by J, T. Robinson, of Blenheim and make good tho 1100 damages which the paper had to pay. Circulars were sent to every newspaper in the Colony requesting a practicial expression of sympathy with the paper mentioned, which merely reported an utterance of a meeting of a public body iu the public interests, The Nelsou Colnmittee, which is astrong one, will endeayourto makeup & substantial sum.

The Auckland Star, referring to tho Melbourne meat fumine, and the desirability of Northern farmers shipping cattle to Melbourne, says!—" The Union S.S, Company have risen to the occasion by resuming the weekly aervico betweon Auckland and Sydney, and it is to bo hoped, if the Southern farmers do not take advantage of tho Melbourne market, that direct, communication will bo provided between Auckland and the Victorian capital. Producoia bringing' very remunerative prices in Melbourne at present, and our fine fat cattle would, even after the voyage, bo in such good condition as to command tho top price in tho market. Our supplies of stock are ample for all demands that may be made upon them. We can spare largo quantities without making meat any dearer to our own .population, and our farmers ought to be stimulated to exertion by tho knowledge that, while they would be averting the threatened meat famine in Melbourne, they would be doing remarkably Woll for themselves.

The New South Wales Government have been defeated over the Railway scandals and a crisis is imminent. In the House of Assembly on Wednesday last Mr Want, who brought former charges against Mr Fohon, ono of the Eailway Commissioners, moved the adjournment of tho Hofise in order to complain of the manner in winch the Government had conducted the enquiry. He contended that the enquiry was not a proper one,, and reitorated the charges made on a former occasion. He made a long statement of charges, which he considered the Government should inquire into and explain. Air Want made out a strong case, and influenced the members on both sides of the House who called on the Premier to explain. Sir Henry Parkeu declined to do this, and left the chamber during the discussion, and only returnod as the division was being taken on Mr Wad's motion for the adjournment, which was carried by 37 to 'Hi. Immediately the result was an-nounced-Sir Henry Parkes wired to his Excellency the Govornor, who is on a visit to Mossvale, asking him -when he would return. It is believed in certain qunrters that the Premier courted defeat as he is disgusted with the recent disclosures, and intends to resign,

Deferring to the forged ouo-pound .notes of the National Bank iu circulation in Duiiedin ten of tho notes having becu detected up to the present, the Otago Daily Times ssysThe forgeries have been ofi'ected through the agenoy of photography, and in cases where the signatures have been too dimly reproduced, they have been inked over with a pen, In tho specimen shown, to us this operation has been very clumsily done, the forger, having failed ovon to inako out the signature, atid having produced something entirely different to the original, The word" one" in tho body of the note has boon punted over apparently with oil paint, and this shows through the paper, a characteristic which is absent from the genuine notes, Tho paper which has been used is very thin, an attempt having been made to make the notes appear old by dirtying and crumpling them, Ab there are probably moro of the forged notes still in circulation, it behoves traders and others to jcarefjfjly scrutinise the National Bank' hot.es, of the .denomination named,

A "plS'l#}' iWPQrtatjqn of js recorded in tlio Oliriatchph. paper?,: some o{ wjiich will po'dopbt find their way info {hip district. By tjiejt. M. $ Ituapeliu, which arrived recently, a con r •""i.of.'pnro bred poultry and Bigiitiii.f"- 1 by a fancier here pigeons were m... • nattridge The poultry-consists ot bull atiu t • J Chuchins; Briihinas, Plymouth Rocks, Hamburgs, Game aud .Dorkings. The pigeons consist' of carriers, dragoons, show Antwerps, homers, tUabit-s,magpies pouters, and runts. The homers are from Hartley and Son, tho well-known importers of pigeefns from theCoutinent and the birds have won prizes from 100' up to 360 miles, ■ One bird has been placed 10 times. The'pouters and carriers are from the loft of Mr Fulton, the well-known pigeon authority, The dragoons come from Mr Page who tit present holds the principal champion cup for this breed in England. The birds have landed in splendid order, and the consignment as a whole is the most valuable that hasbeen imported into Canterbury.

Everybody knows what it means by "catching a Tarter," Onoofthe competitors .in the wrestling at the first Jay's games is (says the Southland News) woll informed on the. point. .He was not satisfied with the decision of the judges, and said so pretty emphatically, adding the opinion that they were ■ not up in the niceties of the art, : He wound up by offering to'wrestle one of the judges for a pound, The challenge thus promptly given was accepted.. The pair took "grips," ■ The first fall was in favor of the judge, and the next.bout he lajd his man down still more easily, thus raring (,1)8' "beat: two out' of three." Tliefejult Ojf the fttrpffijlo oyoked loud yhMj were. quietly sccsoes. by jofficial w,lio jaf j i. ! vto JjifS: position.' ' Aa; proved his,;, good paiijM'lia rival took his deiw - ''"' hv it. 'fof iii need not be at all put dnvi;:H-,«»«.•• to hia day pot an 'eaay in., acklo in (lie arena,- and is still as "hard i as qails," . • •. . ' j

The time for Beudinsj in to Mr /.'Johu i Fibian applications for*cutting threshing and oleamng gTOBs seed'is: extended'to Januitry loth, We liavn much pleasure in announcing I that Mt 0. R; Carter lias given a cheque | for £2s 2s.for the mile walking handicap, entries for which cloao to night, 11th inat, for tho Carterton - Sports on Anniversary Day. . ;

A sad boating accidont. occured fti Pourero, Napier on Wednesday.. Mr Dixon, manager of t|io l'oureio run, and three other men, nained.Tyloe, Cox, and Kennedy,- wont out aii a! fishing expedi-; tion, and by some means the boat was upset.. The first named three roachcd the shore, but. Tylee and Cox were insensible,, restorative measures had to be applied, which were successful.. Mr Dixon, who is a gentleman of excep. tioniil-physique and athletic powers, was not so. exhausted, and seeing ' Kennedy (a blnoksmith on the.station) drowning, went in again to . save him. Howovor, Dixon either became exhausted, or. was clutched by Kennedy, for ho sank, and both were drowned. Dixon was married only a few weeks ago. -* Mr F. SPEAR; 'Bye-'Specialist' and Optician,' formerly of Dublin, has arrived at Maatertori for One ' Week only with a largo stock of Hest Pen'scopic and. other Pebble Lonses,, all cut at right jingle with the aafs. Tliosot therefore, needing properly adjusted Lenses to rectify defective vision would do well to give him a call beforo lie leaves. AddressMr Scott, Hallstreet, next to Drill Shed.

During tho past , month our sliowrosm was daily a'tended by large numbers of ladies intent on inspecting and purchasing the attractive items'in the millinery- and mantle departments ,at To Ai'o House Wellington. . -'

In millinery we wore fortunate in. being able to eractly suit tho taste of Onr patrons, aud for stylo, fashion, and the harmonious blending colours, we are as yet unrivalled in the city. Wehave'still the same ability and means at our command, and during the present month shall-show some special Hovelties'in ladies' trimmed liats, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Our mantle and costume department has also been the scene of great activity. We have sold an amazing number of ladies' jackets and mantles of the most fashionable description, and our costumes have been tho subjects of much admiration at To .Aro House, Wellington. We have a very choice lot of ladios' costumes, in all descriptions of fabrics, and in a great variety of fashionable styles, comprising prints, icphys, sateen broche, Swiss embriodered, veilings, Pongeo and Liberty silks, ranging from 5s Cd to eix guineas, at To Aro Houss, Wellington. Wo cordially invite any visitors fiom the country who may bo staying for a while in tho city to visit our shoowrooin when every attention and civility will be shown, without attempting to press purchases, at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Advt.