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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3123, 7 February 1889, Page 2

The-'Bis,.'Doric, from Loudon left Hobart at noon yesterday. She brought W passengers for.Auatralia and .84 for' New Zealand. ' ' Tenders are invited for alterations and additions to a residenco at. Alfredtqn. Hans can be seen at the Daily Office or at Mr Jones'' store, Ekelahuna.

Messrs Lowes, and lornß'.have' two very important notices of sales of •Lincoln ewes aud rams in to-day'B issue.

The result of the Salvation Army week of- self-denial and prayers, held in England recently, has been: an addition of £15,000 to the excheauer. ' , Mr Jamieson, the accountant ofJhe Napier branohdf the Bank of Australasia,and formerly at Masterton, has received the appointment "ot manager of the Ashburton branch. . : " :

A vegetarian hotel is an innovation i n London.! • There., are already thirty regetarian restaurants in that-city.' \ . Tho Empress of Austria owns twenty pet horses and twice asmany : dogs, whose welfaro she looks after personally. Mr J. B. Osborne has opened tho Post'Officii Store at Whakataki. He takes the opportunity to notify his old customers and frionds that they will be supplied thereat' with now goods at the lowest pnssiblo prices. The public generally are specially invited to give him a trial,

Tho following is tho latest betting for the Cup at tho Wellington Races : Evens, against Dudu (off, 6 to 4 wanted) 2 to 1 against Sukan (wanted 6 to 4 ofi) 4 to 1 against Enid (taken and off) 7 to 1 against Marlborough, Lenore (off) IB tol against Cupid'(oil), A well-known miner named Andrew Searipht was crosscutting a log on the hill-sido near the Progress Company's works, Eeefton, on Saturday, when the tree rolled away unexpectedly, catchinp Searight and crushing him to death instantly, The top of his head was taken clean off. Ho leaves a wife and "five grown-up children, A now reporter was sent to investigate a rumour that a well-known citizen had become insane The next morning the following paragraph! appeared in the paper, "There was a report yesterday that something was tho matter with'Mr Sanders' head, It is as sound as it has always been. There is nothing in it." The reporter's careor onded there aud then,

A meeting of shareholders in the Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company will bo held to-morrow, to consider the following motion:—" That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the Company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and it is accordingly hereby resolved that the Company be wound up voluntarily." Apropos of bank robberies in Melbourne ■" Aulns," in the Australasian, gets off the following :—The rush of bank managers to their safes on Tuesday was something phenomenal, it is said, and the various smiling faces in financial circles in tho afternoon seemed to be a guarantee'that all had been found intact. But some people are new satisfied. One constituent called en his manager in a great flurry, " This is !'a terrible,'' business sir; there seems to be a great looseness of management. I do, hopo that my overdraft isnot missing." The manager sighed as he answored that he devoutly wished it was..

What might have proved a fatal aooideut.ooourrod in Groytoim on Tuesday afternoon. John Burton, employed ; by Mr Mitchell, was in charge of a two horse dray, and having discharged a load of wool at tho railway station was starting on tho return journey, when somothing startled his horses causing them to bolt in the direction of the Morrison's Bush. Burton attempted to jump out but fell and broke his arm. Dr Bey was sent for to set the broken limb. Fortunately the doctor was not far off, and the sufferer soon becamo an inmate ol the Grpytown 'Hospital, and was made, as comfortable as the circumstances permitted. The team was Btopped near the Morrison's Bush Post Offico, xNu great damage was done either to horses or dray. A lady correspondent gives the Sydney Herald a.preventative for typhoid. She says!—let all mothers- of families give their children rectified spirits of turpentine, in the following quantities, every night going to bed:—Three to twelve years old. four to eight drops, iu half a tcaspoonful of sugar; abovo 12 years, eight to ten drops. It destroys the tyhpoid germ, and much suffering can be prevented by this simple, cheap remedy, If a child is seized with typhoid repeat the dose live or six times a day, and let no solids or meat in any form be given, I speak from certain knowledge, and hope this little information may prove of use to someone"

Prado, the- murderer of Marie Aguetaut, was executed in Paris en the morning ot 28th December. Be was unconcerned, and acted as if he were simply anonlookefl Ho made no confession, and smiled blandly when his arms and legs wero pinioned behind, He refused the services of the priests, and shed- tears dramatically at the ignominy of the guillotino, The few words he muttered wero unintelligible. A largo crowd jeered when he camo from the gaol, and shouted with satisfaction wheii the' knife fell All night long there was a great hoivliug mob outside the prison—Bohemians from the streets, loungers from, the avenues, work-nienhi blouses,, and women with children iu their arms, They could see nothing, butstill thoy romained : jostling, crowding, hooting 'shrieking. There were numerous accidents —women fainting, and were carried away by the gendarmes., Many had ronted'rooms tfeeks before, in the iniraediato- vicinity of La Eoquotte to gratify their curiosity. After the execution tho crowd dispersed inan orderly manner., : One of the most remarkable. things to be observed when a.private trading concern is about to be turned over to a limited liability company (says the Bullionist) is the extraordinary manner iu which the trade increases during the period" immediately preceding; > That such rate of interest rarely continues after the change is effected is also another reniarkablo thing,; Of course, it is not to be supposed that the figures put, forward are not quite correct, but that, only makes the fact the more remarkable., This has been very noticeablo in some of- the brewery concerns lately, disposed'of to a discerning publio, but it is not confined to any one class of enterprise.. What our English contemporary notices on the othor side of the world has, ; remarks tho Trade Gazette, beenamatter;for,observation in this. For"; instance,,, if a, few persons having .acquired a coal property desired to float it into a -company, the method adopted might be to undersell its neighbours, obtain a large output, and then, on the strength of this large,output, by a little judicious' manipulation of the figures, exhibit a flourishing prospectus to shareholders. Or the same thing might bo attempted with a commission business..: A.;.': wool * or ■ produce, or any other business might,be enlarged by cutting rates; and on the magnitude of the sales,' rather than on the profit made the/vendors might obtain more than the -value, It is, well that all; the details of private ,businesses,, ; a'B:far'as jpracticable .should'; : bo ; :oxamined .'when;the*c6riversion of a ;b"smess;frqm':a,private;finji into ft company is tobe made; ;;;".;! v

! ?Mr IV fiViWood nialtes tiohs to ;hisj Taratahi ; ;Stbok Thursday: next; '■; ; : ;: : : ■; '"W;;~^?^% i '■ Tho 79fchahriivorsary ofMrGlajiawnes birfclidayiyas ceiebrated injEngland iimd Italy oh the 29thDecemb'o'r. Among hundreds of letters and.' telegrams Syna ft most cardial missive! frotn Mi; John Bright to which Mr, Gladstone feelingly, .r'espondod'by telograph.' ■': \:X. ■'£ .'■■■■.Oh;Friday last a large party'of,ladies and gentlemen 1 fromi Carterton made a trip to ; the'top of Mount Holdsworth, Returning froin their lofty camping place on Monday.' It ibsaid thoy clearedrt splendid track up: the height which will :be usefulto future explorers in thispart of the rangee;' \'.. -r--.y '' ; -

The Board of College'Governoraiave iuterviewedihe Minister orLands, and," at his suggestion made a formal application to the Government to' undertako the survey ,o£jhe Board's-'reserve 'of five thousand acres at Eangjtupu -with a view to letting it on lease,-making the cost'a 'charfje against, the "'rents!'that would accrue from the leases,, i -:-. '.

MrR. A; 1 Wakelin, propi'ietpf;6f the Wairarapa .Steam Factory, /Grreytown, notifiessupplying matai and other rougher dressed at lowest';ppssible rates;; He keeps* a stock.on^hSnd-'.pfi'every, description of timber, mouldings, sashes, doors and garden: lights/ Palings and rough timber can-'always.berhad at the mill cheap for cash;, ■■':■: ;•/'.; ■'/;'!;;'

•■, Messrs f,teeman'R.' ; Jabkson and 06.'s Johnsonville Btook report oil -Wednesday —Trie beefyarded for said was .of good quality.' The smaller bullocks made the best "price, in proportion tb weight. Rates ruled'on par with those'of'last week. No prime wethers caineforword. Figs Avere in limited numbers; small pigs sold fairly.well, large Borts at lower rates We quote bef at 12s and 13s the lOOlbs ; wether muttons 13s 4d, and ewes ljlb. Cattle-Bullocks, £5 2s '6d. to :£5 10s, the averages were £5.7s and £sss. Sheep-Light Wethers'9s to flsfid; ewes 7s Ud to 8s 9d; lambs, ,6s 4d to 7a. Pigs—Breeding sows, 21s tb 288; small porkers, Ills Gd ! small pigs, 7a. .■■.-.- A London comic paper contains the following;—A good joko .occured not long ago in a New Zealand law court. Tho dispute was between two Maoris, pneayoungmanandthe other an old chief. The young man claimed a piece of land which was in possesion of the old fellow. The plaintiff made an impassioned oration to the judge, concluding with a : demand that'he should have back the land where his'father, mother, and ancestors were buried, etc., 'etc, The old chief then got up, and turning a look of supreme contempt on his opponent, oxolaimed—' Your ancestors buried, indeed i You fool, many years ago 1 killed your grandfather, and ate him, afterwards 1 killed your father and mother andate them, and"—as he gently tapped hin Btomach-"there,here they are buried, and if tho white men were not here Iwould bury you in the. same cemetery," The young fellow never referred to his ancestors afterwards while the old gentleman now goes by tho name of" tho graveyard," This is how prohibition works id Waipawa, according to the Herald's correspondent;— Prohibition orders are a farce I Why do I think so? Because 1 find that tho parties against whom they are made get gloriously tight as often as they wish, aud can even get the liquor from the hotels without 1 stint. How they manage it was very nicely l illustrated the other day, and in full view of tho British public, A party, who has lately been " prohibitionieed" —likewise his wife—was evidently in want of a beer, and set about satisfying his craving by enlisting—not in the "Army" thistimo, but the sympathies of a party who had only that morning been fined for drunkenness and unruly conduct. Evidently the party, in question had his eyo to business,; when he dropped in ' permiscuss-liko' to the shop of the disciple of St Crispin and proposed a joint wet, for the chance was jumped at, and armed ..with the nimble shilling'or two, the released drank proceeded to the pub. Soon afterwards ho emerged with a bottle in. each pocket, one under each "huckster," and one in each hand I A perfect tidal wave of XXX! The smile that suffused the face of the man of leather was something to remember as the man of bottles deposited his swag on the counter. There was a sound of guzzling by day—l don't wish to finish the story. Is thero any punishment for the procuration? If so, then the police can obtain a conviction, "It is, I am informed, also a fact that prohibited persons sometimes-go into bars, help themselves, and accideutly leave sixpences and shillings lying about.

We havo decided to have a eale''of ovorplus Surplus Summer Stock, commencing on Friday, February Ist, at To Aro House, .Wellington, That there mil be bargains, as there always havo been at our sales;goes without saying, and though the exigencies of State, according to'our present rulers, demand an almost crushing taxation on drapery goois, yetwo shall not bo debarred from offering to the publio such marv'ols of cheapness as may not occur again for years at Te Ait) House, Wellington. The balance of our Summer Stock in all departments is marked at prices to sell (prickly. In washing and other dress fabrics in mantles and costumes, in millinery and underclothioß, in carpets and calicoes, in boys' and youths' clothing there is an abundant variety of some of the cheapest lots overseen in.the city, sufficient to convince every unprejudiced mind that the propor place, the best place, and the only place to secure undeniable bargains is To Aro House, Wellingto. The sale will only last 14 days, and will come to an end on Saturday, February 16th and in conducting it we mean to ho "short sharp and decisive", at Te Aro Houße, Wellington. We should certainly recommend a visit to this sale on the part of all housekeepers, hotelkcepers, statiocholders and heads of familes. Money will be saved by visiting the sale of overplus Stock at Te, Aro House Wellington, '•fiouoH on Eats.

Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, beg-bugs, beetles, inseotß, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophers, At chemists and druggists.