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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3158, 20 March 1889, Page 2

Mr C. Smith of the Cash Drapery Establishment, Queen street, Masterton, is now opening up his first consignment of Autumn goodß. A smart boy is advertised for. Application to be mado at the Wholesale Drapery Company,;, r .

Complaints of orchard ."robbing still reach us. A few evenings since Mr T. E. Ohamberlian, of .the Uppsr Plain had the wholo of the apples in his orchard stolen,! .

Two young ladies require board and residence. Particulars can be obtained' on application by letter to box 92 Post Office, Masterton. Messrs Tumor & Co,, ot Eketahuna, advertise for a good all round butcher,

Mr F. H. Wood makes several additions to his Masterton Stock Sale including sundry draught horses tip carts, &e.

Tenders are invited by the Educational Board for repairs to the Greytown and Olaieville School buildings,. Plans and specifications can bo seen at the respective Sohool houses.

Two or three years ago tho British Association appointed a Committee to investigate the earthquake phenomena of Japan—perhaps the most earthquake visited part of the globe. The report is now published, and presents us with some very remarkable facts. An instrument for measuring earthquake movements was carried to the top of -that famous Japanese mountain seen in most Japanese pictures —Fiisiyama, 12,305 ft high. The instrument was found to exaggerate the eilccts of tho earthwave movements, just as tho summits of a ships masts do the rolling of the hull below. The delicate level of tho instrument indicated that when there was a strong wind blowing its bed-plate was tipped upwards on the side from whence the wind was blowing, the, inference being that there was a leaning over of the entire mountain owing to the windpressure,

On Sunday morning last (says the Oamara Mail) Mr David Grant, who, as is well known, lost one of his-arinsin a desperate encounter with a shark while bathing at a place a little to tho north of the woollen mills, was at the same place indulging, together with a companion, in a similar pastime, when tliey both found themselves seriously menaced by ono ol these monsters. He and his companion had taken a dive into the briny, and had retired to shallow water, when Mr Grant espied one of his old friends about a yard from his companion. He gave the alarm, and sickened at the; narrow escape from imminent peril, they as hastily as possiblo beit a retreat. They then became conscious that quite a shoal uf these fish-wore disporting themselves in the vicinity, and that they ventured into water that waß at times scarcoly their own depth. The particular fish that the tiro bathers had just dodged actually leapt out of the water in its attempt to get at them as they retired,

Dr Parker, the famous prcaher, undeitook to give four dinner-hour "talks to working-men," In a hand bill which he circulated beforehand he said : "Working men, 1 intend the above talks to extend over four Mondays. Come in your working dresses If you liko to bring your dinners with you, bring them. If during the address you would liko to smoke your pipes, smoke them. If at the end of the address you want to ask any questions bearing upon it, aßk them, Make this meeting well-known amongst your fellow work men, if you please 1 ' 1 At his first "talk" broadcloth crowded out corduroy. There wero a few working men present, but none produced his dinner or his pipo. Mr Edward Jenkins, of "Ginx's Baby" famo has not abandoned his intention of visiting Now Zealand and Australia in a lecturing capacity. He could not come to terms «th, 11. S. Srnytke when the latter wai over here last year, but possibly terms of accomodation may bo arranged later on. If such is the case, your readers may expecta treat; Mr Jenkins being a man who will bring with him a wide repertory of general information regarding the prominont men and topics of the day. I can bear personal testimony to his elocutionary powers, so that not even the Melbourne Town Hall need daunt him, despite the deficiency of its aconstio arrangements.—London correspondent of Lyttelton Times. Keeley's motor has for about twenty years been a great engine doing uothinp but swallow up shareholders' profits and hopes. This is the way in which the Scientific American says he initiates the public into the mysteries of his invenoperate the motor is this. Taking hold of this lever, we pull it towards us, This causes the small flip-flap you see there to be withdrawn, allowing tho. flibbersnatcber to fall into its place on the ramrod. As soon as this happens it acts diroctly on the hatchway and the slambag, causing them to make ahalf-revolu-tion and start the get-up-and-got motion of the flunker-fllopper, which in turn communicates its energy to the buttonhook and the wapper-chock. After these things have run for about five minutes, they cause the jig-jag valve to turn, and tho asthmatic gas flows through thebibe to the oylinder, and gives the wiggle motion to the gilder fiuko. That's the point we are striving after— the wiggle motion of the gilder fluke. Why, my dear sir, without the wiggle motion of the gildor fluke you wouldn't think ,ot putting your money into the motor. But, with it, sir, we are—eh, another share? All right; come into the office, and I'll have it made out for you inside i) minute. The Kont Examiner publishes the following letter, written by Dickens on the occasion of the death of one of Mark Lemon's children, The editor states that it is the letter's first appearance'in print,-' My Dear Mark—.We are indeed greatly grieved at your calamity. I have no need to tell yqu, dear fellow, how con-' stantly you aro in our thoughts, and that 1 have not forgotton, and never can forget, who it was that watched with and comforted me the night a little place in my house was left empty, We know you will both have found comfort in that blessed relief, from which the sacred fijjurg with the child oil hjskiieo i? in all 6fages of o.ur lives' inseparable. "For of sucli iB the kingdom of hijavcii. ! '—lt is hard, God knows, to' lose.a child of "any agj) bi)t there are many sources of comfort m losiijg oqo gq yoinjg as youra. There js.a .beautiful tlioiish'l; i|}' Fielding's journey from this world to the next, where the little oiio he had lost many years Jiefore was found by him. radiant and smiling* in the Elysian fields, where they were to live together when ho came. ; Isvoc, old friend, youra ever, Charles JMfll'j; ;' . 1 •

Out of ft programme, oftwenty-fouj' danoes at a recontup-county ball thore were in-less than thirteen of them set danoeß, , A prominent draper in this town is to appear next Court day to answer a charge of allowing his-'omplbyees to,work', in illegal hours. -

All Rifle, Volunteers who intend going to the Easter encampment aro requested to send their names in to Sergt. Kibblewhite. . -.

There _ are now two hundred and thirty childrpn .on the roll of the Grey town School, with '"-an"" average' attendance of nearly two hundred. One hundred fat wethers and one hundred store ewes are added by Mr F. H, Wood to' liis advertisement of the next Taratahi Stock Sale,

. A strange case is reported from Gundagai, A fisherman'named Jauaen was found drowned, hanging over the side of a boat- which was moored in about 18 inches of water. •

The Greytown Prospecting Association have secured the lease ot thirty-seven acres of Mr Bells land, midway between Karori bridge and Mull Gully rosovoir, Wellington, Coarse gold -very, littlo worn has been found. Several deaths have occurred among the miners at Sudest. Thirty miners from iNeiv Guinea arrived at Cooktown recently with 240ozs' of gold. Good gold is being obtained at St Aignan, 80 miles from Sudest.

Mr Joseph Lyons was arrested this morning on a charge of appropriating a cheque of £2O belonging to Mr O. S, Brodie. There are some very curious rumours afloat about a ascertain sheep transaction, out of which the above charge arises, and wo trust tlio police will m«ko it their busiueßS to thoroughly inquire into the whole affair, Tho funeral of the Into Mrs Oordue who died on Monday last after a brief illness took place this morning and was followed by a largo concorse of relatives and friends. The Rev. Fathor McKenna conducted the serviee of the Roman Catholic Church at the Cemetery. Mr Leo, the Inspector of Schools, passsed through Masterton yesterday merning on his way to Bideford, Alfredton, Eketahuna. Tcnui, and other places in that direction, of each of which he holdß his periodical examination. Mr Lee will be awav altogether about six week# and as ho does most of his travelling on horseback, this will be a pretty extended riding tour,

A committee meotrng of the Masterton Rifle Volunteer Corps was held last' night, Lieut. Hooper in the chair.. It was resolved that the annual meeting be held on Good Friday, 19th April, and the patronage of the Mayor and Councillors be obtained. A programme was drawn up and agreed 'upon, and the price of the entrance , money arranged. It was resolved that no competitor bo allowed to use other tlwn tho ammunition supplied on the ground, or he will be disqualified, All competitors not on the ground before the first, match is completed will not be allowed to fire in that competition, At the races at Opakl on St. Patrick's Day a conveyance arrivedatthe entrance to tho grounds, and asked the gateljeopov wlia t tho' chargo was for the admission of his wife andfamily together with the one horse chaise. "Bight shillings 1 ' was tho response. '' What)" said the sport, " I'll never pay it," and ho backed his conveyance to one side, put the nose bag on tho animal, and threw tho reius to his wifa. .He paid two shillings for himself and went in and spent a rood many more in liquors, and about lour hours afterwards left the course and returned to liis wife and children, (How they had enjoyed themselves, poor things out of Bight of all the fun). "I wasn't going to bo imposed upon" ho said, glaring at his bettor half, for fear she would reproach hiin, He hitched up his noble steed and the party returned to their village home where the noble hero told of what a day they had beon having, Queen-street, Masterton, is to be further improved in' appearance, and the gap between - Messrs Lowes and lorns' auction room and Messrs Caselberg & Co,'s store is to bo filled up with a handsome edifice built in brick. Mr H. J. Haigli, the architect-, has designed a building suitable tor a store, and tenders are invited for its erection. Tho main building is 62 feet in depth by 30ft in width, with two Bxßft offices at tho back for storage &c. The store is divided into two parts, the front room beuip 34ft (iii in the clear, and the iron roof containing eight skylights. Tho front has three large plato glf)SB windows on each side of a recess d-jor, and a verandah witli a curved iron roof. The front elevation is 80ft Gincließ, and the building, when completed, will bo an ornament to the town and a credit to the architect.

Tho large Maori House at Papawai, near Greytown, is to he the scene of great festivity next Friday evening, and tho natives arc in a state of gradually increasing joyful exciteuiont, Tho occasion is a dauce in aid of the Papawai Native School, Additions—Bhelter sheds etc—are needed for this institution of learning, anil Mr Brittain, the schoolmaster, and Mr Pratt, son of tho Maori M.h.R. of that name are ring loaders of gaiety in an endeavor toraise the wind.' ■ Tho dance is not to be a supperless one—far from it—for tho Maoris have in preparation ono of the most extensive and elaborate repasts possiblo to imagine. That fhore will be a large and representative attendance there is no a doubt, and when we mention that Mr F. H, Wood, tho Mayor of Greytown, will act ra " M.0," it will be eeon that all that experience can do' will not bo neglected m an endeavor to provide a good evening's dancing. Tho Maoris invito evoryone. To eaoh.they say:— "So prithee come. Our fete will be but half a fete if wanting Mieo ?" Tho Greytown Stato School annual treat was held in Mr O'Connor's paddock yesterday, and the programme of sports, otc., was carried jut in a way which was productive of great enjoyment to the children, of whom theromust have been about three hundred presont, and many parents and formerpupils. Messrs Cuff, Black, and Webster, representing tho School Committee, did much hi keep things going in the right direction, while Mr Bunting and the teachers, assisted.by. several Indies, wore simply indefatigable and, irresistible in their mirth-imparting efforts to ontortain the children. That there was plenty to eat goes without saying, for that is the most enjoyable part of the day's doings at a school treat. We heard one lad, whose ravenous appetite makes him au authority on suoh matters, express himself very enthusiastically on this point. Hlb remark was emphatic, but not olassical, tortondly patting his "cashbox," be ejaculated after all was over ! " Oh, crikey, how jolly I foel! and that prog it was up to the knocker." Referring to tho case of Dr Sellon, who according to.a recent cable message, has been sentenced te eight months' imprisoiiment for abduction of an American young lady of seventeen, the Hice correspondent of the Staudam says:—"l have ascertained the exact; facts of the olopement of an English doctor with an American young lady. For several weeks tho parties stayed at a pension on the promenaije at Nice, the geptleqian registered as Dr Sellon, of London, the lady as Ida Wilcox, of Bain]bridge. New Yorif. She was accompanied by. hor mother iind father' Jlr Carlos Wilcox, who I am told, is an official in New York state. Early last week they left for Mentone, and again stayed at the same hotel, Dr Sellon is a married man of forty and was accompanied by a young son, On Friday they loft the hotel suddenly, taking the boy with thjm, and booked to' Ventimglia, Miss Wilcox had a clicque fqr L3OQ with her, made payablo either to mother or daughter, and she casljed it (|iero. Thon they proceeded to tenoa, Tpp/Dijoh,' and £arjs, Miss 'jlpox leftalnptß'bijhmd joj jpmotlier, stating her intcqtlpn to run'pay, aiitj asking forgiveness, Mrs Wilcox placed the matter in the hands of the American Consul; With the result that' the couple were stopped in Paris, They aro being brought back to.'Nice,

The school-house and school at Greytown are going to be improved by painting and alterations:^': A lier olaas-room is the chief addition, ' ; -Messrs,Lowes & lorns add -to their stock sale-forWednesday next.Bo9 biwding ewes and 80 Lincoln Mm , : ( Amy Koedwoll, tlio daughter of Mr S. lieedwell, in Messrs Caselbortj and Col's store, met witli a painful accident at the school-children's treat in Grey town yestorday. The child waa playing about with others when she fell and dislocated her arm. A medical man wob Bent for, and the injured limb was put into joint again in a way that augura well for the little sufferer's early improvement,

The, annual soiree" in aid of the Hospital will beheld in the Palace Hall, Gieytown, on Easter Monday, 21st April proximo. This dance is ono of the most popular ones of the.year, and genorally attracts visitors from all parts of the district. ' •

. Dog fanciers and the publio generally are looking forward with soma dogree of interest to the approaching dog show- at Wellington, which ■ opens on Fridaynext March 23rd. A large' number of prizes have been presenteD, fiveof.wtioK are now on view in one of the' windows of TeAro. House, Of these une waS given by the employees of Te Aro House two by the Committee, one by. the .proprietor of Te' Aro House, and anuthe.r by Mr Joseph Riley of the Post Office Hotel.

Pope Leo XIII, celebrated his 79th birthday on tile 2nd inst.

There are no less than thirty-threo flaxmills in the Wollington-Foxton districts,

A lad named AVollynn who rode Fisher Boy at Kihikihi races on Saturday was thrown and the horse trod on him smashing his skull, ffeilynn has since died. '

The Sydney Employers Union, in a letter to the Victorian Union, speak of the .serious loss of time and inconvenience experienced by the employers through the gazetting of public holidays other than those generally lecognised.

Dr Bernard 'Sloane Lawson, lato of the 8.8. Tongariro, has been selected from fivo candidates to bo resident surgeon of Tiraaru Hospital.

An artesian well bored at Ouunamulla, Queensland, is no\y yieldinp 540,000 gallons of water per day, with a pressure of 1811b to the square inch. At Lyttelton 13,000 lambs were recently placed on board the ship Wellington, for Messrs. P. Cunningham and Co. This is probably the largest shipment of lambs that has ovor been made by sailing yessel.

A communication has been rece ved by Professor Carl Schmidt, from the hon. sec, of tho musical committee of the Dunedin Exhibition, enquiring whether he would be agreeable to act as one of tho musical directors and conductors of the festivals and concerts to bo held in oonneotion with the exhibition.

Recent visitors from Melbourno give a dolet'ul recount of tho state of affairs there since the collapse of the " land boom," It is computed that fully 80,000 peoplo in tho city have at presont no settled means of subsistence, and that matters aro likely to bo worso yet before the full effect of tho late wild land gamblinghas been reached, By an announcement in another column' it will be noticed that Air Pearce, the well-known buot aud shoo of Wellington, intends' reopening in Masterton on Saturday next. In order to properly display his large consignment, Mr • Pearco has taken over tlioso extensivo and convenient premises opposite the Club Hotel, where he hopes by selling boots and shoes of the very best description, combined with low prices, to merit a share of public patronage. Wo Imvo been requested to mention that Mr Pearce intends to permanently, keep a branch business open in Masterton and that his prices will be the same ob those charged in Wellington,

In a meeting of tho Hungarian Academy of Sciences, M. Joseph Korosi, director of tlie Budapest Satistical Bureau, read a paper on " The Influonco of Parents' Agea on the. Vitality of Children." This is a subject which has beon hitherto but scantily treated in ethnographical statistics, hut M, Korosi has collected about 80,000 data, and has come to the following conclusions Mothers under twenty years of age and fathers undor twenty-four have children moro weakly than parents of riper ago, Their children are more subject to pulmonary diseases. The healthiest children aro those whoso fathers are from twontyfive to forty years of age, and whose mothers are from twenty to thirty years old, I, Korosi says that the best marriage!, are those in which the husband is senior to the wife; but a woman from thirty to thirty-five years old will have healthier children if .her husband be somewhat younger than herself, A man from thirty to forty years old ought to take a wife from twenty tothirty, If tho mothor be five years older than the father the vitality of the children becomes impaired, A Gisborue Telegram in Poverty Bay paper:—A most unique circumstance has arisen out of the Te Kooti affair. As wired yesterday, Major Porter and Captain Winter stated on parade, that lu. speotor Goodall and the constables were cowards, and that tho reports in tho Gisborne newspapers were a tissue of, lies. The Herald apologised last night, and admits its reporter was not thore, but tho Standard this morning publishes a dec. laration made by its reporter that ho was an eye-witness of arrest and saw Major Porter shake hands and rub noses with Te Kooti, and hoard a warm conversation between Inspector Goodall and Major Portor, in which tho latter wanted to bo "easy" to Te JKooti, Inspector Goodall demanded his arrest there and then, The Standard reporter's declarawas made before Mr Booth, R,M.,and if false ronders him liablo to prosecution. He further states that Captain Winter was away back .with tho East Coast Hussars, and could not see what was going on.. Tho Standard challangos Major Porter to continue tho subject further,

Dion Boucicaulfc is determined to leave no doubt as to the legality of his union with the lady whom he brought to the colonies.as a member of his dramatic company some years ago, and whom he married in Sydney. He has been remarried to her in New York. This ceremony was perhaps necessary after the recent decision of the London Divorce Court, which declared Miss Agnes Robinson to be his wife, and granted her a divorce. The now Mrs Boucicault will be romerabered in Auckland, lyhere she appeared at the Opera House in some of his plays, She isyoungand prepossessing, but showed hersolf to be an indifferent actress. On the occasion of herdctuiin London in "the Jilt" she managed her cosmetics so badly as to leave a whito patch on the black coat of the gentleman on whose breast she had to lean for a moment in the course of the play, an inoident which caused a titter to pass over tlm house. Her muchly-mamod husband is sixty-seven. - Tiis manufacturing departments at To Aro Houso continue to give. abundant proofs of their popularity among a large and constantly inorensing nurobor of 'customers, Nothing but real excellence in fit, finish, and workmanship would stand fho tests, and successfully come out of them as has been done at Te Aro House, Wellington. Every lady in ' Mington and its suburbs, indeed we. might say. throughout (ho province, knows that. to have a dress uiado properly, c6vrectly,. artistically, so as fo bo a "thing o! joy ahd B beauty," it is above all things necessary to have it made at Te Aro House, Wellington,. ' So also with our tailoring department, which we have made a speciat : study,'apd brought to bear ort • itall' available talent, Our success during thep'ast'soason has been something phenomenal, and is a sure proof • ; ts excellence. ;Onthe.same-lines, and with an epal amount of energy and skill, wo are prepared,to.;cater for our patrons' during the.coming season at Te Aro House, Wellington. ' .' ,

To this end we have hjirartad'apd aro pplng uit'a sunerfor assortment of ltawh suitings, worsted suitings, English, Scotch, West of England, and colonial tweeds, some very ohoice Cheviots, Bannookburns,! serges, &C., in various shades, with a large assortment of other 'goods, specially selected, for ow first-class tailoring trade at To Art Houi'i, - '