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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3173, 6 April 1889, Page 2

Mr F. H. Wood adds to his Taratahi Stock Sale Catalogue 500 sheop in various otß. Tho R.M.S. lonio from Plymouth left Hobart for Now Zealand yesterday with sixty three pasßongers, Reynolds and Co,, of Auckland, who Bent a small experimental shipment of butter to London, got top price ruling for best Danish, viz, £slos per cwt. The R.M.S. Kaikoura arrived at Plymouth on April 2nd with passengers all well, and her cargo of frozou meat in good condition. A seasonable advertiat>ment appears in another column. Mr F. Cooper, the well-known nurseryman of Wellington advertises glass soeds of everv kind, and a choice selection of Sprin? flowering bulbs. . Tenders are Invited in our wanted column for tho purchase of a fourroomed houso and a section of land in Makora-stroet, the ownor ot which is leavmp tho colony.' Particulars can be obtained on application to Mr G.' W. Woodroofe. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their slocK sale, 10th, 850 good breeding ewes. ISO good lambs, 40 good calves, and 8 calves. A lino of 45 bullocks litis been withdrawn from tho catalogue until the following sale.

We are requested to draw the attention of tho North County Council to tbo fact that they ore acting agairßt their own and the travelling public's interest in allowing boulders instead of properly broken metal to bo strewed upon the CgunfT road through tho Forty-mile Bush, beyond Eketahuna. This is the more unfortunate in tho face of the face of the expectation that many persons will travel this road now that the railway is opened to Eketahuna. ■\Ve draw the attention of out waders to the brief announcement in our adverting columns of a tea and concert which Is to take glace on Eastor Monday April 22nd, in the Mastert&ri Drill Hall. The object of the gathering is to raise funds for the enlargement of the St Patrick's Judging from the liberal manner in which the ladies have' responded to the invitation to assist in providing good things for the tea, that part of the programme should provp satisfactory- Tables have been proraised, not only bv tho members of the itov, Father ,Mclienna's church, but by several ladles of other denominations. For the concert to beheld in the even, iog local talent has bete securfd) a p d to pddltipn seyeral gifted elnijerfl ftonl tae Empire Pityfrppa- Grey town will oo'atrjbOtf foiw poppm#, flip prognunjae wu» 96

Mrs Corbett advertises tor a respict able boy to drive a baker's cart, The animal meeting of voters nf the Mnsterton Town Unda Trust will be held on Monday, 18th April at 7.80 p.m. in the Temperance Hall. ' Tho Ohristohurch Agricultural and Pastoral Associationon Friday passed ut resolution approving tho giving of prizes for tho best small farmer's farm, and appointed a committee to report on the subject. It i« expected tho prize, money will bo raised by subserlption. i Mr Menteath and tho Mayor of Wellington, Mr Duthie arrived in Masterton at mid-day to-dey. They leavo for Ekeahuna this afternoon and it is their intention to try and bring about an amalgamation between the local committee and Mr Danaher, iro jelebraling the opetiinc; of the railway. A notice appears elsewlwre that the Rov H. T. Robjohn, 8.A., will preach in Masterton to-morrow as follows; Morning, Presbyterian Churoh; subject "God's Word a Wonder," Evening, Wcsleyan Church; subject, "Tho Biblo Anion)! Books," and in the afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church ho will deliver £i special address to yuun? people.

Quite a number of whistling ladies iqtend to import themselves into London this soason from the land of the whistling coon. Tho Spalding Grammar Sohool Governors on Saturday had before tliera 280 applications for a post of sohoolmaster, worth £IOO a year. The spawning season in Loch LBven, which has just concluded, has been a very pood one, and 280,00!) trout ova have been placed in the hutching-house. Mr H. M. Stanley, tile intrepid African explorer, was born near Din-, high, iu Wales, on January 28, 1841, and has accordingly, just completed his 43th year, Canada's failures last ysar numbored 1,(167, lis against J, 360 in 1887. The liabilities, however, wore only 12,974,787 dollars, as compared with 10,070,695 dollars. • The Duke of Nassau is endeavoring to purchase large properties in the Grand Dnohy of Luxemburg, and is preparing to build a palace in the town of Luxemburg to serve as his future residence,

Edsoa Adams, one of the founders of Oakland, left the briefest will on record, 8,000,000 dollars boing disposed of in Ipsb than 100 words. A Home exchangeeays Melbourne has become notorious during tho last feff months for the' frequency and extent of frauds committed by Bank clerks and civil servants. A young lady named Lucy Marriner has dij;d at liirkonhead from opium poisoning, having taken mi overdose of chloral with the object of inducing sleep. It is exported that tho Queen, with tho Princo and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal family will :ipen the Jubilee Show of the Koyal Agricultural Society in 'Windsor Great liarkon 22nd of June. Mr John Chnlton, a Newcastle publican, who has just died in his 71st year, conducted his lioobo on old-fashioned principles. It was never open on Sundays, and it was never open after nine o'clock on weekdays. Dr Abbott, the .present holder of Ward Beecher's ,pu|pit, receives but (i,600dol„ against tho 20,000du1, paid to his predecessor, Yet the outlook for meeting this year's oxpensos of the churoh is very bad.

Lord Ashtown, who came of ago recently, is understood to be the ncho'st man in the peerage of Ireland. The late peer, it is stated, left over a million ofmonoy, and the landed estates produce between £30,000 and £40,000 n year. Already the query is circulating, " Will ho succumb to the charms of some fair Amerioan ?"

A comical sight \m presented in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York quite recently. A well-dressed Spaniard, accompanied hy six young and pretty Spanish nirls, occup'ied seven seats in the orchestra circle, Before the curtain rose the entire group fell asloep, one after another, and remained asleep two hum's, Their Beats cost 21 dollara,. Colonel Wilson, who, as a member of tho Leeds Corporation, had taken an active interest in the matter on tho town's behalf, purchased tho ruins of Kirkstall Abboy and the grounds in which they stand, also the Abbey Houso. Shuifcly afterwards Colonol North intimated that if Colonol Wilson would transfer his purchase to him, ho should have pleasure in presenting the Abbey and grounds to the b jrough, Colonel North has given in all about £II,OOO.

A Paris correspondent .telegraphs Small-pox and diphtheria reign inToulon. Ihree dock-labourers died some t : .mo ago of tho malady, which has since broken out, not only in the fleet, but in the military barracks, where there is not a man who was not vaccinated. Throe years ago 1,500 marines and soldiers woro re-vaccinated. The small-pox is of the worst type, and it rages in the slums of Toulon, which are chiefly occupied by Italians. I have beon informed that the epidemio has also broken out with extraordinary violonco at Motmllery, asuburb ot Toulon, whore there is a barrack of marines.

A Transylvanian journal gives a tragic account of tho consequences of a kits given by a spiritual pastor a', a rural dance to a fair member of his flock. The oulprit, a Pope of tho Greek Church at Alfw-Gald, bore the character of being a lady-killer, and on more th-.it ono occasion seeniß to liavn got into trouble in consequence. Tho other day his reverence kissed his partner in the whirl of tho danoe, when unfortunately bis tendor advances were discovered by the watchful eyo of the maiden's betrothed; Outraged beyond uieaauro the rustic knight, forgetful of the sacred immunity of the divine, dealt his rival a stunning blow. Tho saonstan of the parish, armed with a stout stick, rushed to tho robotic and floored the outraged lovor so oifectually as to kill him on the spot. Some workmon ongnged in procuring stone from Thirtle Wood quarry, near Terrington, which has not bean used for years, have discovered the skeleton of a man of very large proportions. From information received from a verv old resident, it appears that about 70 years ago a farmer suddenly and most mysteriously disappeared, and although oyery search was made, no in. formation could be gleaned of tho missing man. All kinds of sinister rumours were afloat, including murder, kidnapping, burking, &0,. but nuthing dofinite could be arrived at, and the affair gradually died out of the minds of tho inhabitants, although the tradition of tho missing man had not been forgotten. The farmer was last seen in the neighbourhood of Thirtle Wood, and it is now surmised that a storm coming on. he had sheltered in the quarry, and that a sudden fall of stones and earth had completely entombed him. • Our fancy department is now fully stooked with'all tlia necessary and fashionable roquiromonts for the present season, at le Aro House, Wellington. ■ We have oponed out an esoellent assortment ot ladies' umbreUas, in duraUo Bilk and aatan do Chino, also a specially choap lot o! about 156, bought under usual prices by our Home buyer, admirably adapted to withstand Wellington zephyrs, and as ornamental as usefal, having olegaut stfoks and mountings. See them at To Aro House, Wellington. Our imports of kid gloves are.of noted, fashionablo, and approved makes, comprising Florence, Orient, Marie, and Celice, Oar choice ot' silk, taflela, oashmere, aud Milaneae'ißilk, with kid tips, is really superb, and forms one ot the chief attractions of the fancy counter, at Te Aro Houso, Welling, ton. ' ' ' ■ !

• Of tho favourite and extrfemely fashionable leather belts, for ladies' wear, we liavo a magniticieat supply of all description!. We have opened out also a small, kit very choice, selection of ladies'bag, in plush, Russian and lizard leather, crocodile, 4c., with some very charming things in feather and hand.paiuted fans, at To Aro House, Wellington.'

' Our'advertisement of other choice goods, on the fira} pgge ot this paper, s hoald be carefully perused by the publio, "and more espes!s%hj.tl)Bi!W9«oubody of ladies

His Worship tho Mayor, in response to a requisition from the residents of of Eketahuna has iuvited the residents of Mastfrton to übsorve'Monday next as a publio holiday. , An Indiana, woman has no less than five husbands, and is now ready for a sixth, hftvin? been divorced from her last one a tew days ago, The N.Z, Times understands that the Government will not fill up the vacancy ill the Ministry caused by Mr Fisher's retirement, and t(!ab the portfolios oi Ednoatlon, Customs aud Marine will be allotted amongst the other Ministers. It will be rememhered that m reference to the projected reduction in the numerical strength ot the House, the Premier announced that it was intended to reduce the nuniber.ofisalarted Ministers to six. Mt Fisher's exit will afford an opportunity for carrying out his intention. We anticipate that Sir Harry Atkinson will take over the portfolios of Customs and Marino, and Mr Hislop that of Educa tian. It need haidly be added that the statement originating in Auckland to the effect that the vacant post in the Ministry had been offered to an Auoklaud member and declined by him is a pure invention without tho slightest foundation iu fact. The conclusion of tho case against Thmnaß A. Lyons, m the Supreme Court, at Wellington, afforded a considerable amount of amusement to judge, jury and counsel, if it did not to the prisoner. The jury having brought in a verdict of I 'Guilty," Lyons relied upon the Prisoner's Probation Act, and his ftwlioitor applied for his release under that measure. The police had, howevor, not been idle, and had diacovorod that fourteen years ago Thomas Lyons had been convicted in Canterbury of forging and utteritie, When asked whether he was the same man, the accused at once confessed that lie was. His Honor wiis apparently'of an inquisitive turn of mind and vemarked that Lyons now had two Christian names, and Lyons- thereupon explained that ho had taken the second name at a subsequent confirmation, it was simply i impossible to keep a serious face, and even the judge laughed most heartily. On the whole Lyons Beems to have benofitted by tho merriment, for the judge had been put, in good humor. In passing sentence he said that fourteen years was a Ion? time, and (lie amount involved in tho transaction out of , which the charge had arisen being a small one, he would not be inclined to go beyond the previous sonteuoe, Lyons ; was accordingly sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment.