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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3161, 23 March 1889, Page 2

Those who have soles to bo saved and uppers to be repaired will do well to read Mr H. Petersen's advertisement on our front page. A yarn has come down to us from tho bush which is regarded as the latest stuck joke from that neighborhood. It appears that a certain elderly Jehu* schemed a scheme to project a certain new coach line on the opening of the railway to Ekotahuna Mid desired to securo the adhesion to it of awell known publican. He felt some hesitation at making any straight-forward overture to " mine host," and the strategical idea occurred to him to approach the landlord tjirwgh tho ' Napier firm which supplied him with his choice ales, wines, arid spirits. He carried.out the idea and submitted the details of ft little plot which set a series of little traps for two other coach proprietor's, andfinaily ran them off the road leaving the elderly Jehu monarch of all he surveyed. The eplsflp duly reached the Napier firm, who posted ft without comment to the bush hotelkeeper.. TJjp latter, when ho found, that the elderly Jehu hjid sought to bring pressure on him to join in a mean and despicable plut' was rampant. Tho letter fas immediately made public and copies of it supplied to all parties whu ivero mentioned in it as the coming victims of tiie redoubtable Jehu. The raonil of the piece is, that it is a uetious blunder to treat as a rogue'elther 1 » Kaj>?oy Btftfpijsiiii OV a Vfth lamMl/

Mr George Diibson (sun ol Mr Robert Dobaon, lato of Canterbury,) who. was list heard of_iu - tifo-Wairarapa;>. is roquested to communicate his whereabouts to Messrs Garrick, ■ Oowlishaw" and Fisher, solicitors, Ohviatchurch.'; -'•> 1 Tenders are inyitedin another column for the lease. for twenty-one years with improving clause of. the; Mangahao or.dowment of the Wellington Oity Council. Plans can be seen at the Ci mnoil's^offices,... Wellington, or at Mr H. W. Biiygs'auction rooms, Pahiatua.

A-' .correspondent; Suggests that.;Ja churcb parado of of all local Friendly- Booieties should be' held on Easter Sunday, the various Lodges to msrch in regalia headed by a brass band. They could break off at the Post office and wend their way to their respective denominational churches. Secretaries of Lodges may perhaps make a note of the suggestion and bring the matter before their meetings for disoussion.

The Rev. A.O.Williams ot Wangonui, conducts the services .in f£t Matthews Church to-morrow.

The Anglo-Israel Association in Christchurch is still holding meetings. At the last meeting Mr. R. Bell delivered a lecture on the past, present,' and future greatness of England from the AngloIsraelites point of view. Tho first meeting of the Benson for debate will be opened by the Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society on Friday, April sth, the subject being "Should the francbißQ bo extended to women " Several prominent members have intimated their intention to take part in the discussion. ,

Messrs Reid and Gray, the celebrated agricultural implement makers, wore! awarded by tho Jurors at tho recent Melbourne Exhibition tho first order of merit .and speoial montion for their doublo'-furrow- plough; also at the previous Exhibition they not. only received a gold medal for. their doublefurrow plough, but special commendatory reference from tho Jurors as follows:—"In ploughs there is one exhibit to which wo wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the doublo-furrow of Reid and Gray, Dunedin. In finish and construction it' is tar Superior to any other?' This' firm has a new announcement in this Issue of special importance to formers and runholders;-

The salo of a largo line of feed oats took place on Wednesday, when-4000 bushels, a fairly good sample, fetched 2b 6d per bushel delivered' at the stores at Addington, A line of barley was also sold f.o.b. Messrs Friedlander Brothers, of Ashburton, have purchased from Mr John Grigg, of Longbeach, about 120,000 bushels of wheat and 40,000 of barley in one trail saction. The sale was conducted privately, the actual cost being stated to bo from 3s lOd to 4b for the wheat, and 8s 9d tor the barley, The grain was haiyested in excellent condition. Lyttelton Times. Kate de Lawarie, a young, woman who pleaded guilty to eight chargf's of child abandonment, was sentenced at Sydney on the Bth March to five years penal servitude on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. Judge M'Farland, in passing sentence, commented strongly on the shocking state of things revealed by the evidence. The parents who sold their own. flesh and blood in the shameful manner described in tho case were more guilty than the prisoner, and lie trusted every possible effort would be made to bring them to justice, He promised that if r tho prisoner conducted herself well for the first .three'years of her imprisonment, ho would see what could be dono in mitigation of the remainder of her sentence.

Shortly. after _5 o'clock on Friilny morning the body of a man in . a mutilated condition was found on tho radway line neat the Newmarket station. Melbourne. The body was lying across the rails in such a position as would indicate that the man had deliberately placed his head on the line, The head was completely BPvered from the body, and the chest was badly crushed, The remains were taken to the morgue, where they were at last identified aa those otii German named Ernest Conrad.Sottorf, 53' years of age, and a resident of 123 Melrose -street. North Melbourne. Sottorf wasorimnaily the licensee of tho Melrose Eotel, in that sfcroet, but retired from his business about six years ago, arid hi has since then been living on his means. He is reported to liavo beon very wealthy, deriving a large portion of his income from Germany, whore he held considerable property, Latterly he lias been drinking very heavily, and has had one or two fits of delirium tremens. On Thursday he left home to go to tho races with a young man named John Couulie, an engineer, residing in Adderley-staet, Wost Melbourne, Sottorf lost money on the races, and • at- night he and Oouche wero together at Bigby's Nowmarket Hotel, Couche left about 11 o'clock at night, but Sottorf declined to accompany him. Ho left the hotel at closing time, and was not again seen alivo. Hia friends are not inclined to believe that he deliberately committed suicide, but are of opinion that while walking into town along tho railway line he was knocked down and killed by one of tho late trains, An inquest will be held to-day,

A decree nisi in the Divorso Court was obtained in Sydney on Match sth against Nina Maud Tulloch (who it will be remembered visited this colony some year.i ago with the M'Leau Juvenile Troubadours), by her husband, Mr] George Yates, «who is also well known in the theatrical profession. Tho evi dance showed that the parties were married in 1880, by the Registrar General m Sydney, and at that time the petitioner was engaged in theatrical pursuits, his wife being an aotress. They lived_ eery happy together, with the exception of various professional separations in various parts of New South. Wales and Queensland, until December 1886, when respondent wont to Melbourne on a professional engagement. There were three children born during this timej one only now being alive, and living with her mother, The manager of ttie theatrical company in Melbourne was tho co-respondent Friedman. After sho had been in Melbourne for some timo the petitioner began to hear rumors of an intimacy between his wife and Friedman. The petitioner., wrote accusing her of hn adulterous intimaoy with the co-respon-dent. Mrs Yates wrote back denying tho charge altogether. Some time after that, however, she lived openly with the co-reapondnnb Friedman, and called herself Mrs Friedman. Ho took her to Enpland and back, and then they retimed to Sydnoy, whore they lived together as nian and wife,- Thejury were enipannejled to try the issues between the parties, and to give such damages as they thought fit against the co-respondent, Tho jury retired for a short time, and oil their return bnught in a Terdiot for petitioner on all tho issues, with damages against tho corespondent £SOO. By consent the mother was allowed to keep possession of the child. . Onrmilllinery this season is without controversy the finest, the most attistio, the most fashionable, and tho most becoming and attractive that. ye have beep able to khowat TeAro House, Wellington, Our imported French and Enelish millinery, combined -with- the production of our own department, from one of tho most charming displays that has over beoii seen in this city. Wo have always been noted for tho exoellont taste shown in our trimmed hats and bonnets, and as we have all the necessaty appliances and advantages we intend to surpaas'ourselvesthis season, at ; To Aro House, Wellington. . Thojrp is an endless'variety ofsliapesand 'styles, andpongst the jnost. prominent are tho admired coquettish round hats and toiues. in plush, felt, velvet, and cloth,in all colours, to suit the"costume!." Ladies should see these at once, and secure the first choice at Te Aro House, Wellington, Tho "Directory" hat is also a fascinating production, and vory fashionable, and we Hav.e ofclioxflrst-clasa shapos nnd 'styles' each |i "BurleighftCmthia," •* -'Mans, field,"; ."Coluinhia". I/i "the VEMeqqin" combination fiaVat To Aro #onii, Wiling, ton; A .Oar exqiiisite iiste ■" wreiljt .'aid'aUp'rderi entrusted ;; to

The Railway to Ekotahunais'eipeoted to be opeuod oh Aprillat.

•• Messrs Sellar an J Chenriells advertise for sale section? of 1 ind To Ore Ore road on exceptionally easy terms, The Red Star Football Club havo secured tlio building at" the corner of Dixon and Baunister-streets fur a gymnasium. \ • :

At a meeting of tlio Nelson City Council ltvst night a three-years' contract forthe-maintenence of all; the struets and footways in tha city at L 925 a yew was -accepted. By this step a larg6 saving is effected.

Our Grey town correspondent writes : —I regret to report that Dr Taylor of Kurutiwhiti is suid to be seriously ill and nut oxp.ected to recover. He is in his 84th year and is one of the oldest settlers in Now Zealand. ;

The Annual general meeting of the' Wairarapa Rugby Union will be held at the Marquis of Normanby Hotel at 8 o'clock this eveniw. _ A similar entertainment to the one just held at Papawai is expected to take placo at the Blaoß Bridgo when Ngature's house is finished.

Prince Arisugawa Takehito, a commander in tho Japanese Navy has been ordered by his Government to visit Europe to obtain the latest features in naval conatruction and armament, ' Br Blake has just communicated a paper to an American Society which deals specially with diseases of the ear, or the injurious effects of the telephone "n our hearing pnwer.. He showa that by eui'li use of it tho ear peta fatigued, and therefore is more liable to injury. This has since been confirmed by other medical men.

'■ The Truth Statpd,"is the heading to a notice in this day s issue of tho Waikakafa Daily, Several 'questions are asked nnd the-replies are given, the whole leading lip to the conclusion that persons procuring their hoots at Mr J. Carpenter's old' established dcp6* in Queen-street, Masterton, will have guud value for their money. ■ The Lyttelton Times is informed by a labor agent that ho had sent up no loss that .70 laborers to the reserve runs at the- Clarence river Kaikoura, for tho Bink of New Zealand. Tho bank intends clearing the rabbits off the reserve runs, and aie engaging the men bb rabbiters at 17a (Id per week aud found.

We regret to learn from our Carterton correspondent that Colonel and Mrs Johnston met with a nasty 'accident whilst driving from Mastertmi to Clareville yesterday afternoon, Opposite the Waingawa boiling doivn <vnrks the horse shied and bolted, and threw tho occupants of the dngcart violently to the wound where they lay for some time until picked up by a passing vehicle. Mrand Mrs Johnston were driven to tehir home at Olareville and their injuries which consist of many cuts and bruises, attended to.

There are to be exhibited on Monday next at Mr Price's shop two oil paintings by our-well-knoifn local artist,.Mr Basil L. Latham. Tho subjects are, No 1, "The Highland shepherd and his dogs," (exhibited at the. reeont industrial 'show), after Geo. Earl, and No 2, an ■original work, entitled '• On a bush contract." It is tho intention cf Mr Latham to forward these two paintings to the forthcoming exhibition at Dun edin. The picture that has already been exhibited "Tiie shepherd and his dngj," is one we need say very little about, as it speaks for itsoit. It h a work few artista ia the Colony cuuld surpass, and one that has been spoken of as a masterpiece. The second picture will convoy to tho .mind of many New Zealtinders a very familiar scene, It-u a good representation of Colonial bush life,'and is the , first we have aeen that so truly represents life in the bush. Tho details arc perfect, and in yeirs to como, when our beautiful bush lias becoine,coniparativnly speaking, a thing of the past, and the buih fellers occupition gone, will prove of much greater value than is now put upon it by tho artist. This is tho first reproduction oi New Zealand scenery by Mr Latham, and any ono looking at the picture,. arid . having an acquaintance with New Zealand botany will bo ablo to recognise and name tho varieties.

An enterpviaine: purveyor of oheap fund announces his inteution of runnint; a service of what he calls "luncheon cars'' in tho public thoroughfares of London Each car is to carry about with it a cuult together with a cocking apparatus aud a gond supply of the necessary raw material aud to pievont thi charge of obstruction, oa any thing of the kind, tho- public will bo invitod to enter tho vehicles and to tako their ohoap luncheon en ronto, so to spaak. A libel cnso, which has been occupying the attention of tho Courts for some days was on iVednesdiiy brought to a conclusion. It was an action by Mr St Vincent Merrier, Secretary of St, John's Hospital for Diseases of the skin, against Mr Gilbert Daiziol, the proprietor of "Ally Sloper," for dofamation of character. '• Ally Sloper" apparently accused tho Sooretarynf appropriating money belonging to the Hospital and witnesses wero culled on both aidos to prove that this was and this wasn't so, Mr Mercior seems to have had a very raiashaoklo way of managing the financosnf the institution, but it seems to have been all right as the jury found fur him in a verdict of--1300 damages. Mr Dalziol, by tho way refused a few months ago a sum. of LIOO.OOO for" Ally Sloper,' 1 so that tho verdict should inakolittiu difference to him.

The Minister for Defence has issued a circular to country Volu.iteer Corps, offering them assistance in converting themselves into Rifle Clubs if they wish to do so. Tho conditions offered are as follows:—1. The corps to be disbanded, 2. The officers tif the corps, where desired to be transferred with present rank and seniority to tho unattached active list, 8, The Club to retain as near as possible the designation previously held by the corps, i. The maximum strength of number not to exceed sixty. 5. The arms on issue to be retained for Club purposes. 6. A froo issue of ono hundred rounds of ammunition to be made annually. 7. The mombors of the Club are to be paraded for inspection twice per annum, at such time aud place as the officer commanding the district may appoint. 8. In the event of an unsatisfactory report, the Clnb to be dissolved, and the arms returned to store.

Marvellous Is the improvement made of late years in marine engines, as regards the power obtained trom ea:h ton of ooal consumed, and vory shortly praofical perlection will bo all but attained. Tho Etruria, ono of the well-known Cunard steamers, or greyhounds of tho Atlantic, waß only built in 1884, aud yet the capacious furnaces require a daily votive offering of 350 tons of- coal. The latest built White Star liner, the Oufio,- though not constructed as a greykmnd,still designed to travel at fait speed, and'of the same size as tho Eturia, will only require about thirty-five tons a day, or ono tenth of the consumption of the of the older steamer. Not only does this economy of fuel mean so much money saved in purchase of motive power, but also a large additional freight-earning space,and a largely diminished crew ;the Etruria's hands, all told, amounted to 'JB7 —the Cuflo will be run with forty-three. .

Last night, at Papawai, a soiree took place in the large Native mooting house in aid of tho Papawai school, fqr the purpose of erecting sheds in the play ground. The big room'was prettily decorated with evergreens, The ladies' and gentlemen?'. dressing room were comfortably arranged, The suppor room was nicely laid out and tho table was literally loaded with abundance. There was a largo attendanco, aud doubtless many moro.would have been there but for the heavy shower ocoarrihg in tho evening. Mr F. H. Wood (Mayor) aoted as M.O. All intoxicating drinks were strictly prohibited. The supper room was thrown open at midnight, and the way the Bpread was enjoyed by many of tho . visitors was pleasant to behold. •The musio was all 'hat could be desired, anddpinj; was kept up till, ah early hpiir. this moriuug.' Th.o takings' at the door amounted to nearly I/lfl-'Thewhulo affair was satisfectoiy ia all ooncoriwiin fa-MtytaimiM.