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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3144, 4 March 1889, Page 2

A special meeting of the Masterton School Committee. will/be held' on Thursday next to .consider the transfer of MrEi'skino to phe Clyde Quay School. Messrs -Van Houtcn & i' pensive works in Holland are entirely worked Jhy water gas/ Very many cities in United States are supplied with water gas made on different systems,

. The Post Office at' the Mahakipawa ftoldfiolds lifl3 boon closed.. Nominations for tho Maiterton-Opaki Jookey Club's Autumn mooting close to-morrow, Tuesday.

So for tho Maori footballers have played B5 matches, winning 30, losing 15, and drawing 4. -They Iwve made 68 goals ana 93 tries, as ngamst .85 goals and 44 tries.

APahiatua settler has just received a cheque for 1100 for ryo-grass seed sent toHawko's Bay a short time ago; another cheque for £6O will' Mow"presently. There's a deal to be made out of grasssoed, remarks the local paper. Large numbers ofjouhg trout may now be soon in the standing pools of tho Waipoua. Should the present dry jveather continue, and the fish not bo transferred to the running streams, their destruction is inevitable, Tho harvest festival services at St. Matthew's yesterday drew large congregations, the .edifice being speoially decorated with fruit flowers and cereals. The services were conducted by the Rov. W. E. Paige, assisted by Messrs Bradbury and Bray. The sermons were specially directed against tho financial lukewannhess of Church members. What will the admirers'of the natural enemy say to this ? writes. a correspondent, A gentleman passing an upcounty slaughter-house saw no less than five full-grown ferrets feeding on the refuse, and this in a district where rabbits are plentiful , A couple of dogs gave ohaso to,a rabbit in Bannister-street just at the back of the CM Hotel on Saturday last, and'this morning, a resident of Worksop road-shot-ii rabbit: iii'his garden as it was in the, act of sampling his Frouch beans, A party of sportsmen killed forty-two on the Te Ore Oro yesterday Fur lined cloaks ought to be cheap this season. . . .

We have received the following from , "Eye-witness." A young Masterton couple had rathor an unpleasant : experience one evening last ,week. They were in the habit of frequenting tho shade of a certain treo in the Publio Park. A jealous lover, knowing tho proclivities of the amorous pair to gravitate towards the treo in question, determined to give them a little" diversion." Accordingly ho surreptitiously conveyed a bucket to the Park and having filled it with water affixed it in tbe branches of the tree in such a manner that by pulling a string from another, some distance away, - the contents would fall on tho heads of any unfortunates who might be underneath. In bMul ignorance of the impending disaster, the pair made their way to the accustomed tryst and wore soon oblivious of all save their own presence. But Nemesis was at hand. In tho midst of their cooing, the string was pulled, and—but let us draw a curtain over the harrowing scene. Vengeance was accomplished, and tho youthful delinquent went his way well satisfied with the result of his intrigue. It has been held by an English Court that it was no answer to an action by the indorsee against the drawer of a bill of exchange that the notice of dishonor, sent through the post, did not reach tho drawer in time, so long as the notice was put into the public post office in time for its arrival on the proper day. The mishap of its non-arrival in time through the fault of tho postal authorities is not a matter that can be made use of against the party sending the notice, for in posting it in due time lie has done all that the law requires him to do under the circumstances,' and cannot bo made then to suffer for a blunder which he has not caused.. A Manchester man gives tho following account showing the instinct animals are possessed "ofOn a cabstand on the top of PortlnndStreet were two hansoms; as the clock in the old Inlirmary sounded the first stroke of midnight, both horses stepped off-in a very quito walk; ten seconds later the big boom of the Town Hall reached their ears, and they were off with a rattle. Their masters' timo was up ; the horses knew the hour, and as the Towir Hall clock is the proper guide, they did not, apparently, feel justified in getting up full speed on tho i atroiiE'th of tho smaller clock, but with the first clang of tho big bell they were off, and it took their owners all their time to catch them, So don't yuu imagine that animals hare not got sense aB well as bipeds. There is no powor of love so hard to get and keep as a kind voice. A kind hand is deaf and dumb. It may be rough in flesh and blood, yet do the work of a soft heart, and do itnitha soft touch. But there is no ono thing that love so much needs as a sweot voice to toll what it moam and feels; and it is hard to get and keep it in tbe right tone. One must start in youth and be on tho watch night and day, at work and play, to get and keep a voice that shall speak at all times the thoughts of a kind heart. It is often in youth that ono gets ut voice or a tone that is sharp, and it sticks to him through life, and stirs up ill-will and grief, and falls like a drop of gall on the sweet joys ot home. Watch it day by day as a pearl of groat price, for it will be worth more lo you In days to 03me than the best peai'l hid in the sea. A kind voice is to the heart what the light is to the eye. It is a light that sings as well as shines.—Elilur Burritt,

An indorseo of a bill of oxohange | dated on Sunday brought an action against the acceptor to recovor the amount ofau endorsement. There was |no ovidencQ to show bliat tho bill had beon accepted on a Sunday, although it was, judging from its date, drawn on I that day. The dofonce raised was that the bill being drawn on a Sunday was void under tho Statute of Charles II which renders invalid contracts made in the exercise of one's ordinary calling if made on a Sunday. It was held that the indorseo could recover against the acceptor, as although the bill might have been drawn on a Sunday, thero was nothing to show that it was accepted on that day; and the action was brought on the contract of acceptance. And further it was held, that if the bill was shown to have been accepted on the Sunday it would not have been void unless the.acceptance came within acceptor's ordinary calling.

Mrs Francis Ann Kemble has reached her 80th year, She is better known, ,of course, as Fanny Kemble. Southbrldge, a.town in Massachusetts manufactured a million and a half pairs of spectacles in the last year, . Mr Sims Reeves has now been fifty years a public singer. Ho made his Wilson the stage at JNowcastlo.onTyne.

During tho electoral campaign in New South Wales, Mr Dibbs stated that if he got into office lie would stop importations from New Zealand by heavy duties, •'

The body of Mrs King, who was reported to be missing - after the wreckage of her her houso 'by the burstiw; oi a waterspout iu Victoria, has been found 10 miles from the scene of the disaster, During the last fortnight we have done satisfactory business in clearing out much of our summer overplus stock which has thus been considerably lessened at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te iAro House, Wellington. Nevertheless there are a large accumulation of remnants and a variety of odd lots in evory department, which must bo turned into money during the next few days at To Aro House, Wellington, . These remnants include a number of very usoful, every day articles, such as calicoes, sheetings, prints, zephers, dress fabrics, hoilands, A'o..and are in various lengths, from 3 to 10 yards. With a view of rapidly selling theje wij'fiave marked themat astonishingly low prices,'sucH bp easily tested at ToArollouee.WioglQn.' • = '

. Tliore are also various lots of sujnpter. miliuery, mautloa, ooatuines, pnroaols, silks, carpets, men's, boys', and youths', clothing that are really marked at such' low prices as to make them the most undoubted bargafes ever offered to i .discerning public either fir iosideof Te Aro House, Wellington. . , 1 - For 10 days only will those prices l'ujfi and at the tcraiination of . this period we expect that these remnats, odd lots, and the snnjmer s'easoii ofjlßßß-9 will together dime to att.?nd at 'the;tyl)9W° Family "Drapery |e fellington, -ApyT. ''" '

The liiie to ■ Eketahuaa is expeoted.to bo open iiu month's timo,

. Lovers of rinking will be able to indulge for this -evening only, as.tho Theatro is engaged' the rest of the ivoek vide .".Fixtures," in oar amusomont columns.

A combined practice of the Masterton and SUr Cricket Clubs was neld onthe Oval.on Saturday, wheii there was a large muster. Sides were picked, and an enjoyable game was 'carried on until dusk/ ::

Shop-keopers are complaining bitterly of the Btato in whioh • Quoen-street is. For several weeks it. has not beenoleared ■ up aud at the presorib time it' lias the appearance of a stable floor. To-day the refuse of the street is being blown into the shops and are being spriouly damaged. ' > Clearing in the Forty-mile Bush is about over for this season. Tho bum-' ing has not beoii altogether satisfactory, on account of the frequent raius." Feed is plentiful there, tho grass looking bright and green, being in marked contrast'to the plains around Maßterton,. Tho next English and European mail oldses-at Masterton, on Thursday, at 0.30. p.m. For parcels at 6 p.m. oil Tuesday, and for registered letters and money orders on Wednesday.

We have an indication that a current of Australian capital is setting toward in. the fact that. all Mr Falconer Larkworthy'a properties have been sold to Melbourne 'capitalists. The price, at which, the estates have been disposed of (says tlw Eangitikei Advocate) has notyot been allowed to transI pire, nor the arrangements with regard to the stock, .

Several flounders have . been caught this season in the Waipoua/ One weighing between three and four pounds was spearod last week in a deep Hole near'Mr Colliers' wool works. There are known to be soveral in the -pool at the bridge near tho spot known as Bannister's wool shed, and it was in this part of the Waipoua that the late Mr Bannister-liberated a quantity, of young flounders several years ago. A man who gives his name as William Owens, and states he walked ovorland from Waipawa, near Ilapier, was arrested on February 21 at the Thames on a charge of luuacy. He was in a most filthy and half-starved condition. Oiv'ens was on February 22 dismissed from custody, Br Oallan refusing to certify,that he was insane. Patrick Hastie, aged 88, arabbiter. from Bowland's action* was arrested yesterday (Sunday) morning in Masterton, for being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. He was brought up this morning before Mr A, W, Ronall, J.P., and.SOrgeant Price stated the man was completely demented through drink, and ho had to send for a doctor to attend him yesterday. A sleeping draught was administered to him but it had nothad tho desired effect. His Worship sentenced accused, who was ovidently suffering from delirium tremens, to fourteon days imprisonment in Wellington gaol for medical treat menfc.

A residont of Masterton, who is the happy possesssor of a fruitful aprnot tree, had a suspicion that a portion of the luscious-fruit found its way into tho possession of some young larrikins with a penchant for apricots, who, under covor of the darkness, were wont to abstract a few of the toothsome delicacies. The fruitgrower was at his wits' end, but at last hit upon a plan of I saving his fruit, and at the same time being even with the fruit-lifters in their nefarious actions. Accordingly, ho fixed a quantity of fish-hooks among tho branches of tho tree, and awaited the course of events. Hiyht came, and with it came the juvenile epicures. One of them hoisted his companion on his shoulder, telling him to "look Bharp." The uplifted one plunged his hand recklessly into tho branches, and began feeling for fruit. Be gave his hand.a quick jerk, and instead of getting what ho was in search of, ran a fish-hook into tho fleshy part of his hand, The start he gave unseated him and he fell, leaving the hook well baited. Tho fruitgrower was troubled with no more intruders. v A nugget of gold weighing llßozbas been found at the Pilburra goldfleld, S.A.

The cattle show at Islington was attended by 100,000 visitors,

Horseracing in Prussia on Sundays and •holidays has been prohibited.

There is a one-million bank-note kepi at the Bank of England to gratify thf curious,

Tho Moscow Gazette says that the Shah of Persia will visit St Petersburg next spring. ~"

rho other day a frost fish was found at Summor, near Christchunh, measuring 6ft Sin long. There is a dwarf in New York nineteen years old, sixteen inches high, and who weighs nino pounds. He is carried about in the overcoat pocket of his manager, Mr Thomas Foster. His name is "Hop-o'-my-Thumb. -Tho printers omployed by''Messrs Watson, Ferguson, and Co., of Brisbane who were called out on strike by the Typographical Society, have been defeated, tho firm having secured a full complement of non-union hands. The firm has decided to havo nothing to do with society men,

Tho lynch Family of Bollringore are now ongaged upon the final tour of the Colonies. Few companies "havo ever enjoyed moro universal popularity than tho Lynch family. At Folkestone the authorities have decided to take immediate steps to secure a site for a new hospital, which is to be called the Victoria Hospital, as a memorial of the Queen's Jubilee. The funds raised for the purpose amount to nearly £14,000.

King Milan is generally credited with being a shrewd ruler, yot his system of Government is admirably simple. It consists in the summary suppression of all disagreeable elements, whether they belong to the Royal Household or the National Assembly, At the weekly meeting of the council of the Balloon Society-Captain Barry in the chair—it was resolved that in the interest of aerial navigation, and at tho request ot a large number of inventors, a parachute exhibition should be held in London this year. Ton thousand new cab and carriage horses aro among the items which Paris is acquiring for the accomodation of visitors to the approaching exhibition. Nearly all of those are bought at Roesliildo, a little town forming the centre of the horao traffic in Denmark, by a Parisian firm which supplies, -tho -Sooiote Generalo des Yoitures' de Paris with horses,

A second attempt to wreck the Texas express train on the St, Louis and San Francisco Railroad was made on the 19th ult., at Lyman, Missouri. The switch bolts were removed and thorails spread apart to throw tho train over tho embankment. Fortunately for the 200 people on the train a pilot engine was running" ahead, and this plunged through tho switch at a 40-mile speed, The engine was demolished, and tho rails were torn up for a quarter of a mile, The fireman, with' a broken ankle, dragged himself back, for more than a mile andflaggedthfc train, Baving it from destruction.

Roplying to the question, " Should women propose marriage ?" the Rev Do Witt Talmago answered 1 " Why, you are centurios too late m asking that question. Women always have proposed, and always will propose. Words aro very weak tilings compared with womanly affability and loveliness, The most splendid' beius; on earth is a good woman, arid when, with all her attractiveness flho mikes up her mind that it votjld be well for her,.to be the wife o( some good man, and that- it would be equally well for him, she captures him as easily; as a regiment 'captures the corporal, It does not make any difference whether her tongue proposes or not, her eyes propose, hor smile proposes, her mode of''entering a' 1 room proposes, •unfii sets fim V womon'a pro'positioii of takf kind' iip lisd better riot'make 'ii proposition - of unless he wanta to .be made to feel pjiliculous tlio ront:of liia lifetiroo, ■'