The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3145, 5 March 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1889.

Mr E. McEwen hag -been elected chairman of the Masterton Borough i) Licensing Oommitee. » ' Mr F. H. Wood 'announces his nest n Taratahi stock sale fur Thursday, March " 14th, at onß o'clock. 'lhe catalogue ie appears in his usual column. Entries d are invited. Messrs FrancisSidoyand Co. notify us that the sale of freehold property on the Taratahi, advertised to bo sold "by auction by them on Thursday, March 7th, is adjourned to March lltli. This desirable property is the property of Mr >. B. Boys, and is now in his occupation. <0 Tho sale will commence at half-past two - o'clock, at Messrs Sidey and (Vs rooms on the day named. Tho Maoris aro being accused of D looking after the nimble ninepenee and the solid silver shekel is getting attractive to the New Zealand eye. It ifc ba true that they. asked a Club to charge d their members' admission to Bee the game, and double the usuul tariff fur j them, it shows a keen eye to the main ir chance, which would not disgrace an t Israelite. y An important sale will take place at ,r Carterton on the premises of Mr It. ir .Robinson, : opposito the sito of Mr Steven's late mill on/Wednesday, (tomorrow), commencing i.t 1 o'clock. Mr F. H, Wood lias received instructions from Mr Robinson, who is leaving the district, to Bell by iiublio auotion ten aores freehold |aj)d on Oliver's Line, J Waihakekej together with a good fourrfiOflied house aiict orchard, *' , A!»{^yjr.al.horses,waggiius,carts, 1 harness Paltry, f andthehou ß eliolo , . , : f,llto?M^ffect3 ' . With reference to the cable mb". oo^ 0 giving the remarks of the Earl of Carnarvon as to federation of colonial defences, : the Premier hopes to in:uce several of the colonies to unite iii obtaining a dis- . tinguished officer to report as to federal, defence. 1 ; Experiments have recently been made proving that eugar is a valuable ingredient in mortar and cement, having strong binding qualities, Equal quantities of linoly powdered lime of a very common kind were mixed with an equal quantity of good brown sugar,- with the addition of water, and the result was a cement of exceptional strength. . This has been tried at. Peterborough Cathedral, two large pieces of. stono of the broken tracery of a window haying been joined firmly together by sugared mortar. The , severest test is joining glass, which gives no hold to the mortar without the use of sand, and this has been successfully done.The fact appears to be cortain'tliafc sugar produces, an exlraordinary effect on limo, when the latter has been -'allowed to fall into a fine powder, and baa been thoroughly slaked, : Particles of', urijlacked lime would destroy the restilt, because of their expansion, which Would make the mortar lift. The sugar mortar thus' made will be found, I believe, to be as good as Fort» i . land cement,, and the only question, i therefore, would be one of cost,'and,itis : probable, that Portland cement itself i would bo made much stronger by tho i addition of sugar, Trpacld .might have i the same effect-.. . 'vj . i

• .'Hie reyulftr fnihiightly ufceting'uftlw Maflteitufi Buvough Council takes pluoe, thisßveniiig;

■ Messrs Lowes and [urns add to their next Masterton stock Bale 200,breediug ewes, 76 2-tnotlv ewes, and 14 purebred. Lincoln rams from Mr Raid's, of holdersllO. .

Major Tub, of Opunake, is to bo temporarily appointed Kesidont Magistrate at Wanganui and commences bis duties at once.

Certain settlers on tho East Coast are mustering to-day with the object of taking joint action in removing the obstruction to traffic on the Eparaima Roid. :They will ; meet'with resistance, from the natives,

To-day being Shrove Tuesday, pancakes Blionld be partaken of, but we fear that the. Mine-honored feast is almost forgotten in this district. Thoinas Lyons charged with appropuating a cheque valued L2 lUs to bis own use entrusted to bimby Slrßeecliam of Carterton, to deliver to Messrs Lowea & lonis, was this morning committed for trial by'Mt Wardell, fi.M. • ToKooti wfls released on Mouday afternoon. His securities were found, and ho has gone back to the Waikato. At the instance of prominent members of the Ladies Union, To liooti, before his release froni tho Mount Eden Gaol, took the pledge against the use of drink, ar.d donned tho blue ribbon. Mr Kobert Donald has accepted au ordor from Ohristchurch for 50,000 ft of totara to bo delivered within two months, He has the option of duplicating the older provided ho can deliver the'quautity within tlireb months. The timber is for-the Belfast freezing works, which, althuui'h to : bo built of brick' according to the estimates, willrequire some 200,000f0 of totara in additiou to a largo quantity of iron bark to coiupleto, • .Efym.a private,.letter received from Haniuer Plains, the Timaru Mail learns that earthquakes are still frequent iiv that locality. Tho writer states that during the week before last four shakes of more or less violonce were feltacc'oni-.

panied by loud noises. During tho past week two shocks were felt, and on tiun day morning liutj whilst the inmates of Jolly'B Pass Hotel were at breaklast, a very sovero shock was felt, accompa ied by an almost deafening noise. Tue inmates were much alarmed, mid ran out of the building. The vibrations were

not repeated that day, and the' nuiso gradually subsided. Some dairymen would be none the worse il they devoted a little attention to Cocker's anthmetio, as the following will show When Thomas, tho milkman drove up to a house to deliver the usual quart of mixture tho geutleman of tho hoiine kindly enquired, " 'lhoinns, how many quarts dj you deliver?" "Ninetyone, sir." " And hu» many cows'have you?" "Nine, sir." The gentleuiau

made some remarks about an early spring, and the slate ol the roads, and (lieu asked ;" Thomas, honiiucli milk per day do your cows average ?''" Soven quarts, sir.'.' " Ah, urn," said the gentleman, as he moved'elf. Thomas lookod

after him, scratched his bead, and all at once grew pale as he pulled out a pencil and began to figure on the side of the cart. jNine cows is nino, and I set down

seven quarts under the cows and multi ply. That's sixty-three quartß of milk

By Jove 11 told him 1 sold ninety-oim quijisput day Sixty-thieo from iiinotyone leaves twenty-eight, and none to carry. Now, where do I get the rest of the milk? I'll be hanged.if i haven't given myself away, to one of my best customers by leaving a . big. cavity in these figures to be filled with water; and he was right Lord Coleridge is evidently of opinion that the age ol chivalry is not altogether past. In the course of his judgment in

the China TtadoCoospiraoy case he says: " It must bo remembered that all trade

is and must bo in a sense selfish; trade

not being infirite—nay, the trade of a particular place or district being possibly very limited—what one man gains another loses. In the hand to hand war of commerce, as in the conflicts of public li r e—whether at the bar, in Parliament, in medicine, in engineering, (I give examples only)-Dion fight on without much thought of others, except a desire to excel or to deleat them. ,Very lofiy minds, like Sir Philip Sydney witli I,is cup of water, will not stoop to tako an advantage if they think another wants it mine.'. Commerce, in spite of high authority to the contrary, is not without its Sir Philip Sydneys, but these are models of perfection <»hioh it would he silly indeed to make the measure of the rough husiiwss of the world us pursued by ordinary men of business." Quite so, and a counsel who declined to urge a good point because his adversary's case was weak would scarcely win the admiration of lus client, and would in no long time discover that his lofty mind was his solo reward.

At the School of Alts, Sydney uuder the auspices of the Board of Technical Education, Mr David A. Critchen prefaced a lecture by remarking that the value of inipnited nuta into the colony during tho preceding year amounted to upwards of Jj12,000 The hazel nut comprises three varieties—tho "tilbort," tho "cub," and the small variety found iii the woods bf Europe,, to which no particular name lias been assigned. They ijrow in cuul, elevated districts, aud all varieties will tliiivo will ill many parts if New South Wains, in any goud toil, though they do best in light loam, deeply worked and well drained. The common English iv.iliiui will also do well and owing to the valuable wood;ought to command attention. Walnut trees thrive best in deep, rich gronud, with a dry subsoil, Tho North American hickory trees may be grown in the cool upland districts under prooisely thn same conditions. (Jlwslmit trees, which yield nuts in abundance, a valuable timber, I and under favourable oircunistance attain great age and size, may bo successfully cultivated in many localities, - bnt more especially in tho elevated districts. In coiicluson, attention was drawn to some varieties nf nuts, such as the cashew, pistaeio, Queensland, Brazil, aiid cocoa-nuts, and the possibility of their cultivation in the colony commented on..

A Yorkshire Angler writes to a Home paper tlius: —■' A year or two ago Iwas fishing with a boatman wh»se powers of Motion were unlimited, so lung as he wasiiot exported to drink water, uno day I took with me two tiasks alike, or -nearly so, in aiae and sliiipe. Ono held a full bottle of. Scotch whiskey ; the other, :one of the most delicious liqueurs ever invented, prepared by delicate bands as a drink for anglers, , and for warded to tho misguided-mortal who' '.writes tjiify and now prays forgiveness for what' h? did wit]) it. The liqueur ivaa orange whiskey, a)id I fjave no ivord ut command just now. to describe 'KQUis'tn flavour, when .'taken as' it oughVto be, . lu m; wipiwm are best in sips. boat'wn was dry, which was very early !!} I"® ,morning. 1 handed him one of the flasks, and he drank j never, shall 1 forget the heavenly smile which atolo over his ugly mug, as ho took a long, long drink; never shall 1 cease to wonder'how it'was that that smile di,d not strike me as beiiig something beyond a plain Scotch whjskey smilo ■; and it was only when, hours after, he described the sensation of drinking it as like laving troaclo poured down his back, .and 1 saw him rinsing the empty flask in the lake that the awful truth flashed upon me. Oh 1 that ho could harp realized the depth'of agoily depicted on niy fapa when 1 smelt the uhcorjied flask nn niy own possession, and realized/the lactß as they were,: 1 gave hijri the' secbnd'fhßk in sheer disgust at my own insanity, and he finished that too,' and Ihad the,satis-, faction of'seeing' tho 'last.' state of-that man was "worso. than tho first,, '- And: like Mother Hubbard's dog, I get none." .. The cuckoo has found a patroness in Ouida, Let no, ignorant gamekeeper presume to kill Mm' as a hawk, " or aoytliing approachinga hawk." Hois nn insatiable devourot of caterpillars, and Ouida Iras mi i? a German author .jf 100 cuckoos which stayed a fortti ight in a pino .wood infested wit,hinsects, and , ate up clone upon a ronud three millions of caterpillars, . -

, A friendly m.vtch wi,ll Uko plaCe oil ;Pfwji&ns>y;:VolUnteMa.^ >During Januaryl3,l7o pernotiß vhitcd the. Australian Museum,'

It is stated that there are4,ooo empty looses m tho suburbs of Sydney. :

■. A. lady novelist writes," With ono hand he lield.hor beautiful golden head above the seething waters, and with the other shouted- loudly for help; which came not,"

In Germany they call the year that haspassed away the "Three Kaiser Year" — l 'he year in whose course throe won*, archs eaton the Imperial throne.

Mr,George-Harvey, well-known in Masterton, died at Akiteb, East .Coast, this morning, His funeral takes place on Thursday. "A telegram received in: Mastorton today states that; Mr Alfred Vile .died at the Ohristchuroli Hospital yesterday; of typhoid fever. His brother Henry, who went down to attend him, is reported to be Btrioken with tho sanie complaint.

Wo regret to learn that Mr O. Godd.ird, senior, the well knnwn black-j smith, of Eketahuna,. was kicked on the 1 head by a young lwrso whicli Jie was shoeing yesterday and Btill remains in ah unconscuras state. An - advertisement of interest to smokers 111 to day's columns notifies that Messrs J. Williams, . J. Washington, arid E.• Kibblowhtte, will front this dato close, their shops at 8 30 onoach week day evenings, Saturday'(excepted. An unfortunate aocidont happened to a teu-year-old daughter of Mr - John Elley at .the Masterton school to-day. The child was swinging, ami by some moans fell off, laying hor ' head open; L)r Beard was sent for, and was so ut on tho scene. The littlo one is now pro-, grossing favorablyi ■ .■! •

The Prince ot.Wales will preside at a banquet to be- held on March, 13th tn celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of rhe Royal Colonial lustitute.. The boycotting practice' widens. Tbe pupils of ft Pittsburg industrial Bchool refused to work until a favourite instructor, who had been-dismissed, was reinstated.

The March of Education.—Ail incident from Wiltshire.—Giles: " Hacks your missus if she wants any ho-ni-owns." Girl (rather puzzled! " What be they ?" Giles (contemptuously: " Mabbe you ealla 'em hini-yins." The Duke of Westminster has presented to tho National Gallery at Melbourne, tho fine picture by Turner, ' Dunstanhorough," The pieture is engraved in.the "Liber Studiorum," | and with many other important works from Giosvenor House, ivas lent to tho Royal Commission for exhibition at tho, Melbourne Centennial Exhibition Tho Kemlwoith, from Gisborne for Sydney, had a narrow escape of collision on the night of tho 25th February with a large steamer steering in the direction of Cook Strait. Tho steamer, it isalleged, bora rinht down on tho schooner, though the latter was burning flareups. Tho schooner had to keep aray to such an extont that the maiuboom came over and damayed.the riuyinsr.

Colonel North, who has latoly acquired | largo mineral pr iperties in Glamorgan-1 shire, has been the recipient of two presentations from hundreds of employees at Maesteg and Tendu. In acknowledging tho same lio promised several hundreds of pounds for tho formation of'a coitage hospital and other public institutions.

An "lectrio.il omnibus.—A license, the first of the kind issued, has just been granted to the invemrir of the elci trical omnibus, Mr Hadcliffe Ward, of thn Ward Elfctrical Oar Company (Limited) It is cLiiuicd fur the electrical omnibus that it is worked much more economically than with horse power, and that drivers will have a much easier and more comfortable task. A curious incident occnred a few weeks ago at the Theatre de la Montiaie, where " Lucia di Lammeroioiir" was. being performed for a charitable object, in Hio presence of the King of the L'elgians, ft'ul a brilliant audience. Some of the best seats in the house had been bought up by ratmciouß speculators, who calculated upon rebelling tlieni at a profit, but at tlio onil of the first act, finding no buyers ..won forthcoming, taey marched into the house in a body, where their greasy faces, felt lints, and shabby clothes called forth an explosion of popular ridicule and reprobation. Presently the p lice appeared, and the disconcerted speculators were invited to retire, which they did, with the loss both of their money and of the performance,

During ihe last fortnight wo have donn. satiifaotory busiuorc in clearing out mttcfa of our hummer overplus stock which has thus been considerably leagued at the Whole-ale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Nevertheless there aro a large accumulation of remnants and a variety of odd lots in every depa'tm'ut, which must be turned into mouey dmiug the next few days at Te Aro Houso, Wi'l ington. Theso remnauts include a number of vory useful, every day articles, s ich as cilioo 'B, sheeting*, prints, z pho--e,dress fabrics, hdhn'ls, & '..and (ire in various lengths, from 3 to 11) yaids. Withaviow of rapidly sailing theso we havo marked them ut as omsiiing'y low tjrices, mich as can be easily tested at Te Aro House, Wellington. ■ Thoro are also various lots of summer miliuery, man- les, cosmmes, parasols, ti'ks, eirp»ts, men's, boys', and youths' clothing that aro really marked at suo'i low prices as to make t.iem the most undoubted bargains over nlfercd to a discerning public either outside or insidoofTe Aro House, Wellington. , For 10 days only will these prices rule and at tbo larminati'm of this period we expect that these rcmnats, od l lots, and tho sumiiiors.aßon of 1888-9 will together como to an end at tho'Wholosalo Family Drapery Wareh-use, Te AroHouso Wellington. -Advt. "Kouou os Kats.

; Clears nut rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bog-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophers. At pheniißtß and druswists, ' ."