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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3142, 1 March 1889, Page 2

It is raining heavily at Mangamahoo to-day, Messrs Maxwell and Hannay, Bailway Commissioners', pasaed through Masterton to-day en route for Woodville, During tho month of February the Wellington Wasto Lends Board have disposed of C 872 ncresof land at an upset price' of £5970.. . A change in uniform of the Red Star Football Ulub has been deoided. The new colors will bo crimson jerseys and stockinys with a red star on black ground, , '.'.''■■>

The Crawford-Hunter Company ot. Scotch vpcilists are anllbunced to appear at tho Theatre Koyalr Masterton; on March 7th.

As showing the popularity of .the Red Star Football Olub no jess than nineteen new members were proposed and uj ccpted at tho'annual nieetint last ejfl ing- r -' V

The Town Lands Trustees meet this evening when' a deputation from the Masterton School Committee will wail upon them in respect to a grant to pay for School prizes, Four out of six University Senior Scholarships have beon taken by the students at Canterbury College.

When H,M,S. Lizard was in Milford Sound one of her seauioii seized the opportunity afforded for deserting, and lett the vessel. Several ol the men who wont to Durville's Island in the cutter Alabama have returned, showing that the vessel arrived there ulely. ~ To-morrow Saturday) is the regular monthly pa/ day of tho Masterton and Gi'uj'tuwn Building Societies. The former will bo in their new brick offices, Qaieu-streefc,

Great preparations are being made at St. Matthew's Church to make the buildint; worthy of, tho object of the service on Sunday noxt, which is that of general thniiks for the plentiful harvest bestowed upon the district this year. Fruits, flowers, and ceroils will make the interior of the edifice brilliant and gay. Special songs of' praise, appro-' priate to the occasion, are being practised by the choir. Miss Ohaddie Sterling of the Salvation Army, has been released from Chillion Caatle, where she had been imprisoned for fifty-nine days, on bail of 1000 francs. The release is granted pending an appeal before tho Chief Federal tribunal.

Glasgow and the Clyde districts were) on a recent Monday enveloped in a dense fog, and the movements of shipping in the river were impeded, and in some cases entirely suspended. In the course of the day no fewer than four persons lost thtir lives by filling.into the Clyde in consequence of the dense gloom that prevailed,

At the meeting of tho Wellington Land Board yesterday with reforence to the application of Mr \V, L. Dorset that the rental on section 11, block V., Kopu. (iranjii, might bo reduced, the Board decided to obtain a valuation of improvements, and proof as to them having b>-en effected by Mr Dorset, at 'he same time agreeing to assist as far as possible. ' It was resolved to advise the selector of section 181,' block XIII,, Mangabue, ■Vho wroto that he could not find anyone willing to take over the section, to sign his lease and try to obtain a transfer to another person. Proposals for the expenditure of accrued thirds from the Eketahunn Road Hoard were approved, It was decided to take the necesary steps to expediute the transfer of the lands in Waiohine river bed to the River, Conservators, iii.il also to approio of the transfer of section 15, block 3, Mangahao from Mrs Wilson to T. (J'Gormari,

According to the accounts of The Times' special correspondent, the Sultans of Morocco seem very amiable beings, Sidi, the father of tho present Sultan, Muloy Hassan, died ii, 1873 from tho results of an accident; Queen Victoria had sent this Sultan,' as a gift, a small steam launch, which he had placed in a large -marble tank, an ornament of ono of his palaces. One day, when Sidi, with two or three of his favorite wiyos, was on board this boat it suddenlv capsized. A soldier on duty iiiithe gardens saved tlio life of the Sultan's favorite; tho J3ultan himself scrambled. t>n>.shore. Ah hour or two later he had the soldier bemaded for seeing tho lady ho had saved, but ''retribution, like a poised hawk, swoptdown upon the wrongdoer," for Sidi never recovered from the effects ot the boating accident, and died a few months afterwards,

Whor'ewer you go anion? the farms just now (writes tho Ashhurton correspondent of the Lyttltton Times), or whereever you encountor owners of crops, you meet people who are, m the saying is, "as pleased as Punch." And for a jolly good reason, too. jNever since tho Ashburton soil was first broken by the plough and the growing ot grain euaayoa has Buch a g'orious harvest time being enjoyed. No nor'west pales have blown to shake out the ripe grain from the ear, and so cause the loss of a large proportion of tho yeild, Rain has kept away, except a couple or so days of drizzle, so that the work of the reaper has gone 5 steaddyon without ■interruption. And now we find that, thauks to the fact that all our farmers were ready for harvest work, fully supplied with machinory in good condition, and have not stinted themselves in regard to supply 61 labor, tho back of at least the cockatoo's reaping is well broken, Tho sample is excellent, tho yield a satisfactory one, prico likely to be better than they have been for some seasons, and prosperity looming very plainly before them, Why should the farmers not bo "as pleased as Punoh."

Probate has been granted in Melbourn 8 of the pill of Frederick Lange (formerly of Lange and Thoneman), 'who died at Bonn, Germany, leaving £98,298 all. to his family On the same day the will of the late Charles Campbell, of Inverness, late of- Sydney, was proved at £212,905, and L 24,995 property proved in fiew South. Walea, where he had been a Legislative Councillor, Testator leaves everything to his family, with the exception of two sums of LIOOO to the Bishops flf Molbourne and Uoulbourne to be applied for charitable purposes.

A sale of unclaimed goods was held at the Police Station Auckland, on Batnr r day morning, Sergeant Ellison being the George Bobins on the occasion, Some relics otGasparini, a spieler's bag, and other interesting equipments of the criminal fraternity were disposer] of. A test of 16owt of Victorian coal lrotn Morwell was made' tho .other day, at Millar & Co s ropeworks,. Melbourne, '•'••'■ «howed'that the coal possoßs.es The test *.."■' se'ryiceablu qualities rendering u^'"'" : 't-?! -with for steaming fuel. -'lt'burnt won, :,■..-" a good heat, and left an unusually small clinker or ash. The Lytteltdn. Times- says, that in arranging corn exhibits for the Dunedin Exhibition, one of the heaviest yields, of oats as yet heard of is estimated to give over 100 bushels to the acre, while good judges assert that the yield of wheat from a paddock near,.WooJend will be considerably oyer 80 bushels to tho acre,-' K '.\: ?:.. ,-'■■■:"'■-■'■'

■ Mr Holjorirwltet, of Jaßtevton has opened a bvnnch offico atketone, . Measislibwe3 aniflorns advertise for salo ijtjO 4 tooth Maiden Merino Ewes. '■' ; The season for shooting deer (bucks and atagaphly) in AVairanipa South, is fisedfromMarchlst to Mayloth|L aiid the license to shoot or kill at 20a. :Tho license for selling auoh game is i'o.' ':■:■. We'regret to learn, that Mrs: Gapper is lyhis; in a • critical condition; Dr Kemp, of Wellington, »as invited to a consultation .yesterday, with Dr'Uosking on the. case, with the result'that biit slight hopes are hold out of her ultimate recovery,, : .

TheEvoning Star says:—lt is stated that unless a change .is made in bo far as concern's an official of the Dunedin Jockey Cub, whose services last week occasioned a dcaluf unfavorable comment, tew Canterbury racebwe-ownen will enter for our next autumn meeting, "The following team of the Masterton Cricket Olub will play against: the Carterton'Cricket Olub 'for. the Cham, pinnship Matches to-morrow afternoon at Carterton. The brake will leave Mr J. Williamsak-1.15 p.m. sharp,' "Mooro Brem'ner, Chas. Bkkburne," Iggulden, Erskine, MoKonna, 0. and H. Perry, Powriall, Smith, Whatman. Emergency Jackson. It is said that at a lato hour last ovening over a hundred persons. assembled on the Park Oval to witness a set-too between Uo amateur pugilists, one of whom is an employee, in tho office .of our local contemporary. It is rumoured that ten founds were fought the favorite method of attack being a peculiar kind of .butt. In the long run theskulfof the newspaper man:;appeared to be; the harder and a bloodless victory testified to thaitrength of his cranium. .■■.':■'•■

) At a recent political meeting in Sydney three cheers were called for by tho chairS™-" for the Queen. They were vigorl given by some of those present but us Vere also audible, and as heartily las the cheers."" ■'•'-':

. A Now South Wales railway pnyolerkwho was suspended for permitting the words" Vote fur Hurley" to bo stamped on the backs of somo of the notes in his charge, has been reinstated after being severely censured by the commissioners. Tins railway authorities in Victoria recently advertisod for the servioes of 50 clerks for the traffic department at salaries of from £lis to iBO per annum,' the ages of candidates to range from 19 to 22 years! Ninety applications were received for the positions. Ten junto i o 'ffks were also required, and 30li applications were sent in,

Thomas Cook, of the personally-con-ducted tours,, has undertaken to clew the summit of Mount 'Vesuvius of the raggjd, dirty, impudent brigands calling themselves "guides," who have been plying their nefarious avocation there these two centuries past; and the local authorities promise him every assistance in their power. The French writers, the "worst" of them at least must he reforming, ZoU's last book, "LaKeyo,"is said to be a charming and spotless model of innocent lifo, and a disciple of his, Guy do Maupassant, has just issued a series of Btories entitled "Claire do Lunu," in which not one may not bo read by the most careful of mothers and tho most imioceut of daughters, '

The .petitions for dissolution o marriago in Victoria are only one to eyery 288 marriages. It seems, however, that the number of these petitions is twice as great in Victoria as in England and Wales.

Some amusement was caused at the R,M. Court this morning by a loquacious countryman from the Emerald Isle—a witness in the dog-stealing case case against Guroto, On being handed the bible, he looked at it closely, aiid appeared to be studying its sacred precepts. After he had been made to understand what was required of him, ho started off with a statement on his own account, but whb promptly pulled up by His Worship, and requested to wait until he Was questioned, Throughout Mb evidence, lie evinced a strong desire to make rambling statements in language rather remotely removed from the classical, and it required all the effortßtif tho attendants to niako him attend to the questions asked him. He endeavored to impress His Worship with tho fact that " It's the truth I'm a telling ye," and he finally left tho box after enquiring-" Is it all right ?"

The following account of a Japanese prison is. contributed by Lord Eustace Cecil to the Contemporary Review:— "Everythiw; seems lo bo in as perfect order as in a model County prison in Jfingland. The dormitories, to suit the climate wcro simply square rooms with clean wooden floors, surrounded by. palisades, which accomplished the double purpose of givin? ample ventilation and at the samo time of enabling Hie warder to hear and see all that is said and done by the prisoners. The sexes are, of coureo, separated, and light labour is the rule and not the exception, In addition to the uraal rice and eoy, a portion of wheat is given to each prisoner, thus making his food more substantial than that to which he is accustomed. Torture of every sort has been abolished, and any breach of the discipline is punished bv ' solitary confinement. In short, everything bespoke humanity, cleanliness, and judicious treatment—a great contrast to the filthy pigsties and monstrous cruelty of similar establishments in China,".

A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette says — "Apropos of Sir Henry Blake's appointment to the governorship of Jamacia, which was announced on Tuesday, I may without indiscretion quoto the following p wages from & private letter I received the other day from a lively young lady of vehemently Irish sympathies in St, John's, Newfoundland My fair correspondent writes:' Poor Teience M'Grath, how his countrymon are avenged 11 am oharmed at his discomfiture, ' Have you read his book ? I mean " Pictures from Ireland," by Teronce M'Grath, 1 have, and have cordially detested the writer evor since, He seems to find not one good thing to say of his countrymen.. Priests and people are all tarred with the same brush of ignorance, rapaoity.und wickedness, unrelieved by a single redeeming vittuo—no patriotism, no unseltishnes I Still houesty makes mo confess that Blako' brought none of his prejudices to this colony or rather, concoaled them So well thatnoneperceiyed them, and the people of Newfoundland feel that they havo lost tho best and most energetic Governor they ever had. lam rejoiced at the snub given by tho Queenslandefs, but I believe that if they had given Blake a trial they would regret to lose him."'

■ During tho last fortnight wo have done a satisfactory bushics in clearing oat much of. our hummer overplus stock which has thus been considerably lessened at the Wholowlo Family Drapery Warobonse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Nevertheless thero are a large accumulation of remnants and a variety of oil loti in every depaitnwt,' which must he turned into money durißg' the nest few days atTe Aro House, Wellington, These romnants inolu'de anuraber of very nsofnl, day articles, Buch as cdicoss, sheetings, prints, zphers, dress fibrics, hoilands, &(!„and are in various lengths, from 3 tolo yatds. With a view of rapidly selling these we have marked themat astonishingly low. nripes, suchas can be easily. tested at Te Aro House, Wellington.

There are also various lots of summer mjlin'ery, mantles, costumes, parasols, silks, carpets, men's, boys', and youths' clothing that are really h)arkpd at Buph lqw prices as.to make them the most nndonbtod bargains ever offered fq a discerning public either ontslde'or jpsidoofTe Aro House, Wellington, .... Fpr 10 days only will those prices rule ami at the termination of this period wo OSPfSt ftjtthese remnats,. odd lqts, and ..." ;"7«>n!6Sß*Bßon. ot 1888-9 will together thesu,.:':"; '-':'■ S~*fi .Wholesale Fannly como to an end u:.~. ,'■ DraperyWarohsiisc.TeArohouaV.. ton.—Advt. ■ ; While a bojj named James Lngne, 13, schoolboy.; residing at 70, DowlW-street Sydnoy, was teasing a littlo dog recently with a pieoeof meat, at the Bame time protruding Bis'tongue, the dog mistook the boy's tongue for.n piece of meat, and bit it.;. The injury .was attended to at Sydney; Hospital,- ; ' ; /;:> ■ ::.;>vV.