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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3116, 30 January 1889, Page 2

Tenders aro Invited by illr Jrtlin King for llio ereotion of an addition to Messrs Ohamberlain Bros.'; flour mill, Tenders close on Tuesday February 0th.... Mr.. H, Wood's catalogue for tomorrow's .sale comprisesover 1000 sheep assorted, several head-of caMej hara.es,' und IB pigs. Thesalo commences at'l o'clock sb usual, on tlio iTaratabi, . ,

It is an open secret (says the Sydney " Sporting Life") that Mr Warner, who in Hands Aoross the Sea shares .witli. fl the firm" in the profits of the play, netted enormous sums in; Itfolbourno. 1 understand on good authority, that,, fyr the first-four weeks at least, of his season in the southern capital, his share amounted to over 1600 a week, Enterprise such as that shown by Messrs Williamson, Garner and Musgrove has met'with well doservod reward. • A subscriber writos:—Great annoyance is caused to those who have neonssionto U9e the toad leading! past the Railway .Station, travellers on tlio railway line, aud residents in the vicinity throufh'tho constant stream of bathers who disport their naked forms at all hours of the day within two hundred yards of the iimiti road, Thoro is no excuse for this as there is a' far more suitable baching hole a Jew, hundred yards up th« river. Perhaps if Constable Salmon would just look them up it would have & salutary offeot. -

Spm'ocuiiouß discoveries of valuable articles' occur from time to- tinio. For instiiucd.a singular litorary discovery was mado at a montstry at the Island of St. Lazarus, at Venice. A pet monkoy had climbed to tho top of a book caße,. and was amusing hinise'f 'in imitating a venerable monk whn was trying to induce him to descend. The animal, in a sudden freak,' seized a bundle »f papers, and breaking the string, showered down on the father's head a number of letters, the ink ot which had become yellow with asjo. They were said to be a series of letters which Lord Byron wrote to tho monks of St Lazarus, with whom he had once resided. ■ A writer in the Fishing Gaze'te says: "Experiments have befin tried on the Welch coast with the electric light in connection with fishing with nets in the Bea, I am told that two nets were let down last nisht one being -furnished with an Edison-Swau glow lamp. That net'when raised was full of fish, but the other to which no lamp was attached was almost empty. The light was thon shifted to the other net, both nets were tried without lamps, slid both nets with lamps. The results in all these cases went to bliow that the electric light attracted the fi»h in a most wonderful manner.

Mr Lincoln has not always been a " mnnologuist," says a Sydney paper, He ims unco, for a long season of one consecutive night, an actor, and played Dink Deadeye in'Pinaforo with great success. But he wi9 too rcalistio. In the Becond act, when the Company were solemnly engaged in the refrain," Yes it is the Cat," Mr Lincoln upset the gravity of the house by introducing his excellent imitation of "the cat on the wall-caterwaul." Tho audience exploded, Next day the papora unanimously pronounced the performancn as " too funny,", and the theatre, in the ovening, was packed with a public, curious to seo the now rendering of Dick Deadeye. But, alas I Mr Lincoln -hud Taken tho criticism in.good part, and had quitted tho stage, for " ovier and for evier," ■ ■'

A good instance of an American eleccleverness occurred in the cam: paign of JBB4. He liiid been sent to a large town in Ohioasonoof the speakers

at a big meeting to be held there. There were so many noted men present thathe came at the en; of the lis*-, and as he arose to speak a brass band began to platin an adjoining square, and tho audiencb commenced to flock to the music, He had travelled a'good distance tr'inalw that speech, and he was not going to deliver it to empty benches. So ho jumped toward the Chairman, shook his fist ut him, und told liini that he thought he was a gentleman, but that—. Just hero the Chairman, amazed at such language, arose and conirontod the speaker. Music no longer had charms for tho people. They thought they saw tho prospect of a fight, and overy man rushed toward the stage, As soon as the factotum had tho audience compactly in front of him he smiled blaudly, hepa'cd the Chairman's pardon, and told his hearers that he luid coine to that town to inako a good speech, and that he didii't intend to be cheated out of thoir attention by a brass band that "could'n't half play. He carried his point, and almost everything ho said was applauded,

A moat extraordinary opthalmic caso Is reported in the New Zealand Herald, and vouched for by the medical pentleman engagedM'Mullen, a soltler in the Bay ot Islands,.while ongaged crossoutting in May last,-fell on to a stump, a projecting branch of which entered his eye. He was treated by a looal medical man, and asmiill nplintor of wood was extracted, but no permanont lvlicf was 'obtained. In September last M'Mullen, on the advice of some friends, camo to Auckland and consulted' an opthalmic specialist Thesuiroimdings of the eye were thon swollen enormously, and the inflammation was -acute. Indeed, the eye itself was covered, there being only a very minute hole through which the doctor could insert a probe. .Upon probing under the eye tho doctor made a most extraordinary discovery, for underneath the'eye, in tho cavity,', lie found a large piece of wood, aud . when, bv means of ah operation, this was removed it was found t<i be an inch and a half in. lengthand tho thickness of a mail's little, finger, It is needless to.say that during the time this huge foreign" substance had been in the man's head lie suffered 1 iritoiiEo pain. Indeed, thewoiidnr is tjiat he has survived; but now that it- is removed tho inflammation, has been reduced, and the .eye being apparently, uninjured-, he is ablo to see with it, although'of course he is-nofc yetpomiitted to reiiiove the bandages.

A new feature in the way of managerial | predicament's!'was presented at "the ! yJmfteabpiy Theatre on Nov, 17, wheii the audience assembled to!witness tliH 1 first performance thero of" Tho"Lady 1 of Lynns." Tho hour at rived for peri tormariee—eight ti'cloclf—aud the 'or--1 ohestra Had played tlio overture, wlieu it was found that the heavy iron fir. .. resisting, curtain, which works by hydraulic power, would not rise. There! it stood, an impenetrable wall between the players and the' When half-an-hour had olapsed, and a good humoured gallery had amused itself bv whistling the !? Marseillaise,":' Mr 0. Arnold, attired as Mons Deschappelles, stepped from a stago bos and appealed for patience, stating that the constructor uf the curtain (Mr Max Clarke) was endeavouring to remedy tho defect. The . orchestra then obliged with selections of music,■ At a quarter to nine- the audience began to manifest impatience, and .thep .broke out into a whistling chorus of'We won't .'go home till morning,'' which; was silenced by the musicians who contributed a lively pplka. Thus the time .dragged on till nine o'clock, a diversion! in the meantimi being,.the appearance of a ropo which dangled. frnin thetop' of, t)io proscenium itsmovemenisbei'ngironicallyapplauded. Mr Arnold agaiu appearetfr then announeeithat, 'as the maoJiinery still nroyed obstinate, Mv Taneaeter, in .view Si tho ieii?ll of the performance, felt compelled to relieve the audience, promising : them return of their money. The bund then played the people oat,' and they dispersed good hiiiuouredly, mi to? terminated an uiipredecented, ingjdejit ni Iheaiiioij .history ' The 'piece was put on: the bill i for November ,19r when the curtain bolja^edViit^lf. snjeothly, ■' ; :£ : i

,'lu-the- BxhibitiuiV. awards, recently mudu at, Melbourne Messrs Olinraburlam Bros tookapn/uforllour ~ It id: rumoured that tho Mastorton Phllhiirhioriiif:Societyintend io" rebro-' duto, Gilbert & Sullty.m'a opera " Pina-fore'-at the Theatre ltoyal at an early I date.

Several Invercargill firms are setting up at. Port Pegasus tin fields', for which tliu 8.8. Invercargill starts to-day with a large (lumber of pfeseuijers.stacks of wheat atid 12 Jacres .1 of barley on Estate.atVKaituriaj'.'in Olixistchuroh,.:.The lossis £uoo and in-i cendiaiwai is suspected. Mr. James Aahcroft, of Dunndin, delivered a lecture at Invercargill; last inglit on.'tlie auriferous drifts of Otago .ond Southland,' With special reference to the.urgent necessity for 'systematic boring, to discover the values of these as opposed :to the common and expemivo methods: of. sinking trial shafts. - The lecture was well attended. - ■ The German Club celebrated the Kairer's birtliday by a-dinner ut the Victoria Hotel; 'Auckland, on. Monday night, ' Amongst the guests were a iiumher of officers from tlio warship liber, - -• . " •

■The Inspector of weights and measures has laid nu information against Mr Geo. fleron for' having in'his possession platform scales and weights not duly, registered in accurdanco with the act, andalso fur having light weights. • The caso conies for hearing" ut» Friday ■.ext. . , - .

'At the Greymouth Harbour Board meeting last evening it was icsolvud to nive the captain, mate, engineer- and crev of the tug Westlaiid uotico that their services wjiuld bo dispensed; with' at the end of July. The caretaker of -th'e Harbour Board (iflices is also to receive k iiiuiith'a notice that his services will be dispensed wilh. ■ '"i

|; Yesterday morning the • Canterbury Frozoii Meat Company killed the j millionth sheep slaughtered at their works at Belfast, The firßt sheep killed there was butchered on February l(i, 1883.. As marking the expansion of the Company's business it. may be -noted that nearly half of the million have been killed during the past two years.

We twiiind those interested that tho annual congregational tea meeting in connection with the Masterton Presbyterian Church will be held in tho Temperance Hall Chapel-street, tomorrow, Thursday. Tea will bo on the tablo'at 5.80 p.m., and 'the charge for participation in the good things is fixed at 1/6, In the evening there will be addresses from several ministers, including the Eovs Paterson, Ogg, Shirer, Murray, and Elliott.

Mr Twopenny, tho Executive Commissioner for the New Zealand Exhibition, in a report dated from Melbourne, says he thinks the prospects of tho b'outh Seas department good enough to add tho words South Seas to the title of the Exhibition. Sir George Grey has taken the matter up, and eulisted the aid of tile Rev Shirley Baker, the Premier of Tonga, and is writing to the various Island potentates. It'is probable that there will-be a separate court for eacli group, He finds we.can put up a pretty iron and glass pilace for a less price tlmn galvanised iron aud wood. An exchange saysAn effort is beinp made to procure the release of Charles Cheywol, formerly a wine merchant in Wellington, who was comictcd a couple of years ago on a. charge of falsifying bond warrants, and was sentenced to four years', imprisonment, Apetition to .Bis Excellency tho;Governor praying for Cheymril's liberation was circulated at Wellington yesterday. The grounds on which it is sought to enlist vice-regal clemency ore—(1) That the prisoner had borne an houest character for' ten years prior to his conviction, and had earned the respect of the mercantile community; (2) that the passing of the First Offenders Probata' Act showed, that it was the intention of the Legislature that tirst offenders should be leniently treated whenever possible; (3) that Choymol was tempted to commit tho crime by his distressing financial position' ; and (4) that the ruin of his business prospects und f hii degradation the cnuviction entiiiled wero sufficient punishment for his offeuce. The Borough Council having authorised the Fire Brigade to keep a gas jet burning under the Jubilee to keep the water in the toiler warm so as to lesson the time it takes to get up steam Lieut. Pickering lost'no time in having the necessary fittings niado. An tow gas pipe has beeu made to fit round the bottom section of the boiler. This pipe is perforated ivith hole!) at iutorvnla and is connected with the pipe leading from the gas meter by flexible : tubing, easily removed when tho ongiiio has to be taken out. Seven jets play upon the boiler, aud the water is kept luke warm in readiness for any omergency. It will be of interest to learn what saying of time is made in getting up steam, and it would be well perhaps, if tho Brigade' had a false alarm and turn out to test it,

Mr Peroival, M.H.R, for Ohristchurch South, has written a private letter from London, on date of December 14th. Inferring to tho prospects of tho Midland Railway,' lie says that Mr Salt, tho Chairman <>f the'Copipany, is full of regretß that the Government- did not accept the contract sent out some months prior to the last contact, ts he says—- " Wo had the whole of the to us then on specially favourable terms. They could not keep the money waiting, and so the chance went by. Mr Burchill solicitor to the company, thinks the contract is satisfactory,' The Directors "eem quite sanguine of getting the money They naturally await the must favourable opportunity, and do not want to move until tlieycaii succeed. Unless something unforsee'u happens to'disorganiso tho money market,i you may expect early iu the year to hoar that tho money is raieed. During the past mouth our showroom W's d ; by:large numbers of ladies intent on inspecting and prchasinj; the attiactivo items in the milhuery and mratle departments at Te Aro House .Wellington..

In mil'inery wow'ere'fortunate in being able to.e»a'Jtly suit the tasie of our patron?, anil for style, fashion, and the liarmonioiiß blemling oitl'iura,'wo nro as yet unrivull-d' in the city, Wo bave still the same ability end meaiiß'iit our command, mid daring the. present month shall show some 'special Hovoltioa iiiladics' trimmsd lyits, at.Te Ai'o j House, Wellington, Our mantle anci costume department has also been the sceno of great. notjvity. We Iwve sold an amazing" number i,f ladies' jaekf t's and man loj of the most fashionable description, and our soiuimes luve been the subjects of much admiration'at'Tc Aro Honsn, Wellington, : We Imye avery choice lot of ladies' costurn's, in all descriptionuof fabrics, and in a groat variety of fashionable styles, composing prints,' z?pby'B| ; Batcen broolie, Swiw embriodewd, veiiiogSj. Fongee and Liberty silks, ranging from ss. 61 to six guinoas, at Te Aro 3ouss,')Vtillingtoii, We cordially invito any visitors f,om the country who may be staying for & while in lljo city to visit our shoowrooin when every attention and civility will bo shown, without attempting to press purchases, at To Aro House, Wellington,—Advt. "