Untitled

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3138, 25 February 1889, Page 2

The death is announced at Hawthorne, neat Melbourne, of Mr /Edward Staff, formerly District Judt(B. find Kesidenfc Magietrato at Wellington, ■

Tenders for leasing the Forcsto's Hollj Jtfastorton, for twelve montrh close with y the Secretaiy, Mr E, H i Waddington, to-morrow, Tuesday .; i

,v Tenders are invited for a three roomed | cottage,; in Sussex-streot, :plans. and i specifications can be seen •at Mr. J. Graham's Store.' A large public hall is being erected at Eketahuna, near the Railway Station site, for . use. as a skating rink and theatrical entertainments.; It is also intended to hold auction sales. there, arid cattle yards will be erected atthe rear of)lie building, -Mr ;Auhn,v we understand is the promoter of. this enterprise! . . Messrs Freeman R. Jaokson & Co,, notify in addition to the usual entry of fat stock at their next stock ealo!at Johnsville on Wednesday February 27th, 1000 store eweß, 800 lambs in the wool,' 200 store wethers. The train leaves the Wellington Manawatu Railway Station at 11 a.m, on the day of the sale returning at 12.12, and 2.15 p.m. The Yeoman says Herbert Hodge, of Greytown, won two walking matches in Victoria recently, and is now talking big, having two matches on. He says he can do hia mile in 7 minutes, 2 miles in 15 minutes, and is able ; to keep the pace up for five miles, and oxpects in a few weeks if lie can keep up his form, to be the' laatest man in Australia, and talks of walking L'eban, the champion," Travellers from Carterton and Masterton complain of the state of the road between these places, the loose stones making it dangerous to go faster than a walk, Last summer the loose stones were raked off, and if the authorities in charge were again to undertake' this necessary operation,.they would conduce materially to the comfort of the travelling public. We believe the Taratahi- , Carterton Road Board has control of this seotion of the road.

We learn on reliable'- authority (says the Rangitikei Advocate) " that' there is a considerable probability of a good demand arising ere long in California for New Zealand draught horses. Our informant is Mr Blair, partner of Mr Fergus, who is a large contractor engaged in works in Tasmania and Australia. Shipments of horses have already beon made to California from Australia. This ought to stimulate the breeding of draught stock, • The Surveyor in charge of the laying out of the Pahiatua-Palmerstpn.Road, Mr Murray, has made good progress with his work. He states thnt the steepest grade is one in 16 so that lie has found a very fair road- across, Uoveriiment will probably fall the bush a chain wide to Fitzherbert and form a 6 foot horse track so that stock can be taken over that way. The ultimate construction of the road will fall on the Pahiatua County Council and the local body having control on the other side of the range. -Tho work will be a costly one for two bodies to undertake but the policy of the Government ia to throw all road works on. the local bodies.— Examiner. " ■ -

Mrs W. fl. Beetham's Garden Party, for the benefit.of St. Matthew's Church, on Saturday last, resulted in a substantial and welcome addition to the Parish funds, though it hardly received as largo,a measure of support as we expected it to obtain. No doubt, however, the singularly successful raid made by the Jubilee Singers on Masterton shillings earlier in the week, weakened the spending power of tho community, and Saturday is perhaps a day on which the time of very many people is hopelessly forestalled. Every preparation had been made for the comfort and onjoyment of visitors. Tho genial "Burton Boys" took the gate-money, and 1 within the portals the public waudored about tlie well-arranged gardens, and played Lawn Tennis or Aunt Sally, as thou' tastes directed them. Here and there, under the shade of the trees, were to be found tea and coffee tables, where choice and varied refreshments in abundance were placed at 'the disposal of visitors, The Conservatory

came in for its.iair share of admiration ; blbo the vineyard, where nearly a ton of grapes are now. coming to maturity. Many features of the garden were of marked interest, as French methods of cultivation are adopted, which in some instances are decidedly superior to the practices 'to which most people here are accustomed. .

Mr.Bush, R.M. for Tauranga, wired to Department on Saturday that he and Wi Pere had had an interview with Te Kooti, The latter refused to return for reasons already given. He tsaid many, persons had been killed on account of jealously and grudges, the same as Christ, and he was only doing as they did. If lie to killed lie could not help it. Mr Bush pointed that his persistence might end in the death of others, and Te Kooti said "No, I'will kill no one, nor will my following.' After Borne further conversation in which Mr Bush urged him to give way to the advice ot the Government he seemed to admit the force of the argument, but said he must goto Tauranga to see his relations and make pease. Mr Bush said < if he persisted the Government would be compelled to arrest him. Te Kooti said he would be glad to be arretted by the hands of his father because lie would then break through his own peacemaking, Mr Bush concludes, " I believe he will go, It appears he is under some religious spell, and acts as one who does not care what becomos of his body if his soul is saved." A Home paper states that the Prince of Wales laughed loud and long whon he heard that his old friend Lord Carrington had taken the chair at the annual meeting of the Sydney Young Men's Christian Association.

The Count de Montaigne, French Ambassador at Venice about 1740, was a great miser. Careful observation had persuaded; him that three shoes are equivalent to two pairs, because there is always one of a pair which is more worn than its fellow; hence he habitually ordered his shoes in threes.

The following is from a letter to the Dunediu Star. The Queen is such a robust old lady, and lives such a healthy,' unexciting life, that it seems quite likely she will attain to a great age. Anyhow the probabilities are in favor of her surviving the Prince "of Wales, whose internal organs have fcr some time been troublosouie; and who lives every ■ hour of his eventful and tissue-wearing life. That both Her Majesty and His Royal Highness haye contemplated this con- , tingency is shown by the fact that the former is economising and saving up in order to provide for the young Princesses of Wales should they never become children :of the Sovereign; .We have all looked forward So'certainly to' his Boyal Highness some day being King that this possibility sounds both startling and unpleasent., , . _ The feminine portion of "the-profes-sion'-' lias been much agitated - anent an insult to Mre Langlry. in Canada.. .It seems that the Viceroy's wife (Lady Stanley of Preston) refused to attend the fashionable ball ot the season ot Toronto unless assured 'tint Mrs Langtry. (whom the . luckless committee had already asked) would not bo present.' The committee had consequently to request the actress to keep away, which she did . in highdudgeon. The fact of Mr GebKerdt's travelling everywhere with Mrs Langtry is said to have caused Lady Stanley to take this step. She has no objection to actresses as actressos. and will presently prove this by. inviting Miss Anderspn to GovernmentHonsei "■ ,- ' "

Lord "ffellwood (says a borne paper) has juafc hpard evidence in the Action of divorco at the instance of Cecilia Stewart of Portobollo, Scotland, against her husband, Robert John Stewart, residing in New Zealand, The ground of divorce Was insertion: ' Pursuer stated.that .she was ni&rrled on July 27th,1880 to; the defender at Penicuik.: There were three children of the marriage, 'Tho parties resided in Haddington place^Edinburgh to Dunediu because - jf" preditprs ; f : Her husband''had np settled employment. Ho - betted and drank,' ap<J usod Jier l hioney: which was in. the bank, ; Ho was unkind tq the children. He loft finally (jn August S,lßßii' leaving for another i place |n JJewZealann, r Sne M .taken every Btep.Bhe - jiiifbantV ;Tl)i9 evidence ; was cqrroboratcd «nd.;-His Lordship granted dcoi'oo of divorce,'with M ponses.

~The Sports Committee meet *at the Oddfellows Hall, - Perry-streefc this evening, i.., ,Tho Thoatvo :• fixtures • appear ; in our I amusement columns.: - As there ; is :■ no j othor-attraction on; the Bink I 'will 1)6 open for two; evoninga,: to-night and Snow night, • • Walter Stannard, a man temporarily, employed in Nelll's Stables, is reported to have aucoMfully ' exciaed' ft'tumour, weighing nearly three-quarters of a poundi from;the throat of:- a valuable horse, the property of Mr Pl'Diokson'r ■ j Members of the Philharmonic Society are notified that the .practice of the Pirateaof Penzauce will be heldonTues- ' day evening, February 26th, jn conse- : quence of thellower show, talcing place on Wednesday next, the Society's regular date for practice. ('There were a great many young trout rescued ' from: .the mud puddlea of the Waipoimnear Wilson's Pliix Mill yesterday, • imd liberated- in the;' Ruamahunga river. • The Waipoua river has oeased TunnirtE;, and'there are only a.few! watorholes in the bed for a considerable distance.

. A shooting: party of: the. Masterton Volunteers on Saturday discovered that an attempt had been made to. break open;; the ' ammunitiontank.;:: Some evil-minded person had' battered the look about with a stone, with the object, presumably of obtaining a supply. of cheap ammunition. To auoh. an extent had it been knocked- about that : the I party had to break- the tank open before the contents, were available. "

Asa tram, was' passing the White Hart Hotel,; sayß the Lyttelton Times, on Saturday, it'. struck the horse harnessed to a heavy dray, the;driver of which was thrown on the ground; One of the dray wheel passed over tlie man's leg.. The spectators, who had been horrified at the occurrence, : were "considerably relieved when they saw the' 1 man jump up, and heard him exclaim " It's my .wooden.leg."'The limb being made of good stout wood, had apparently suffered nolhin" by the accident. The. Rangiora Standard says:—The cheap loaf. The 41b loaf' in Sydney is quoted at 4d, whilst here,- in Raneiora, where wheat is sent away to Sydney, the pric'e'is 6d the 41bloaf.: is the capital of the great freetrade .Now South Wales, Is this the cause of the cheap loaf, or is it a Rangiora anomaly ? Flour is quoted in Melbourne at 12s per ton less'than it is at Rangiora; yet' wesend , flour away to the Australian colonies. " ■

According to. the Referee (Sydney) Burke had all the best of the first two rounds in his recent encounter with Slavin, and had lum almost at a standstill, Burke plugging hard. In the third round Burke slipped and took his time, and when ho came up Slavin landed him on the ear with his right knocking him down. Wheii tlie''fourth round was called Burke- was ready but Slavin had his gloves off, and the police stopped the fight, not because of anything brutal, but apparently because Slaviu wanted to evade fight. It is • aaid that Slavin's action has' settled big boxing in Melbourne.

The Autumn: Show of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society will be held on' Wednesday ,next, February 27, in the Drill Hall, and promises to excel any previous shows held hero judging from the interest taken therein, In addition to ;the published catalogue there are several special prizes, a list of which will be found in anothor column. The Secretary, Mr W. B. Chennolls, will be in attendance at his office, next Messrs Lowes & lorns' auction rooms, Queen-street, to-morrow, Tuesday, during office hours, and in the evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, to receive entries. Competitors are requested to bring their exhibits to tho Drill Hall at an early hour on the morning of the Show to expidite the staging. It may be (said a practical henwite) that we women folks cannot sharpen a pencil, tie up 'a bundle, parry an umbrella, throw a stone, keep the ran of a game of baseball, or kick a dog "just as a man does". Possibly we cannot do any of these .thinks as well as the average rami does; and I am sure that 1 don't care whether we'eau or not. My happiness and daily bread and butter do not depend on such things. Bui Ido know that when it comes to raisin?; poultry for profit the average woman does a great deal better than the average man; and somo women do a great deal better than any man. The Precurseur, of Antwerp, the most important commercial journal, and at the same time One of tho most influential

organs of Liberal opinion in Belgium, remarks For the British Empire a oritical time is approaching If the unity of the United Kingdom be preserved from the dangers prepared for it by a sentimental rather than patriotio policy, by which the revolutionary element in Ireland profits, modern England will be still more powerful than the England of Burleigh, Pitt, Canning, Peel, Polmerston. But if the narrow passions of MrParnell, seconded by the generous, but imprudent, aspirations of Mr Gladstone, are to prevail, there will be an evil ending to tho fortunes of the greatest people the world liftß ever known—of the people which hitherto lias led tho way in promoting , liberty, justice, commorce, and civilisation," Agriculturalists who cultivate the fattening of cattle have long availed themselves of the effects produced by the fermentation of food. This chemical transformation enables them to feed milch cows better and more economically and to produce milk of very much suporior quality, This experiment may be tried by all agriculturalists by putting alternate layers of bran and potatoes in a vat and allowing them to ferment. The vat must be covered and put whore the temparature is at least 10 degrees above zero, In 48 or v2 hours fermentation is established and n very strong odour arises,. Tho mass is then given to ■the cattle. Cows are exceedingly fond of it, and they soon give milk which fat surpasses in excellence of quality that given by good pasture.