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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3181, 16 April 1889, Page 2

Tho regular fortnightly moating of the Masterton Borough Council will tab place this evening, Tho annual general meeting of the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Show will be held at tho Club Hotel this (Tiwday) cvenin?. The Mastertvn Operatic Society have decided to produce "Jlaritana" in Greytown on Thuisday week, April 25th, Tenders aro invited by Messrs W, Booth and Co., of Carterton, for ploughing on the Middle Hun 'in sections o of lifty and one hundred acres.

Tho preliminary announcement of Mr F. H. Wood's noxt Taratahi Stock Sale appears In his usual column, further entries are Invited. A NowZealandor named Mnrdo Smith has been found dead in a hut at Pilbarra Western Australia. No violence appeared to have been usod, Tho nomination of five persons as members of the Mauricovillo Boad Board will take place at noon April 25th at the office of the Board, If necessary the election will take place on May 6th in the old School room. An appeal is being mado In Dunodin for funds to build a nurses' home in connection with the hospital, and is being well responded to. £915 has »lready been siibraribcd. A public appeal is to be made to raiso the required amount to £ISOO.

Tho parsonago fund of St John's Church, Invorcargill, was inoroased theother day by£74133 2d- It was achieved by tho performance of tho opera "Pntienco" to tho praise and glory of God. Tho gross receipts were over Ll9l, and the expenses ot getting up the affair L120.-E.tchango. There will bo (.'"at doings at the Masterton Salvation Barracks on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday next, On the first mentioned " Major" llolfe, from South Australia, will be present, and at 7 p.m. thero will be a general bombardment of tho town, to wind up with a coffeo supper, On Sunday following, Major Rulfe will lead the meetings all day, In tho forenoon there will bo a holiness meeting, soldiers will be enrolled in tho afternoon, and at tho evening meeting commencing at 7 o'clock, all will unito" to pull the glory down" and "roll the old Chariot along." On Easter Monday a public picnic will bo held in Mr R. JlcKenzio's paddock, with a grand review of tho (roups. Colors will bellying, a/eit Jejo/cwill be given, and the Army, after partaking of a substantial tea, will march baok to tho evening meeting. All are invited, to

partake of the good things provided during this special session. In a short time there will ho no less than six flax mills in operation in the neighborhood of Maaterton. In addition to tho two already at work, that of Messrs Johnston and White, on the property of Messrs J. nnd C. Herbert, Opaki.is nearly comp!cted,the tiiaohiuory and full staff of men having arrived from Brightwater, Nelson, on Friday.. Mr 0. Heron's mill is just about roady to start, while that of Mr Wajdand is also approaching completion, In addition to tho abovo we bar of another that is to he oiectod on the property ofMrMcLeod, Opaki. It will be Been that flax is about to form an important itom in our exports, though the Nairnrapa as a whole l» fur behind Manawatu, tho home of flax, whero there are said to bo forty mills at woik, _ Hunger typhus has broken out iu the district of Doboka. in Hungary, where ten cases out of thirty havo provoffatal. The prevailing famine is due to the failure of tho potato orop las; autumn. Tho Cental News is requested to stato that the Scottish Oddfellows who havo started a movemont for secession from the parent order in England hayo no connection with tho Manchester Unity. This is how the Illustrated London News announces the death of Lady Gordon:—"Tho Honourable Lady Hamilton Gordon (Raoliol Emily), wife of tlw Hsu Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, .G.0.M.G., Governor of Ceylon, brother of George, fifth Jtarl of Aberdeen, and eldest daughter of'the lato Sir John Shaw-Lefovro K.C.8." According to which onr former (Jovennr is the brother of ono'mwi and tho daughter of another.

Tho sale of work and concert at tho MMtertnn Tomperance Hall, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church Committee, is being held to-day.

_The international football match, England ,v. Scotland, was played at Konnington Oval yesterday, and was won by tho latter, Messrs Lowes & loins add to their Stock Sale on 24th itist, 1000 cross bred Ewes and 500 Morino Ewes. A telegran just received from Wostport states that tho man David Lawton, who committed a murderous assualt on his wife on Saturday night at Denniston, died last night, John A. Thompson, farmer at Tnratahi waß brought before Mr Lowes J,P. at the Mastodon Ml, Court, on Monday aftornonn charged on the information of Bernard Gapper Cower witli stealing and driving 18 lambs the property of the B.N.Z. -Mr Beard for the accused, On the application of the Polico ho was remanded till Thursday, bail being allowed in one suroty of LIOO. Messrs Lowes & lonia aunoiinoe a largo and important sale of furniture and sundries for Saturday next.

In another oolumn will be found tho programme of the concert to be held in tho Drill Hall on Easter Monday, April 22nd. A porußHi of the same will show that the Rev. J, MoKonna has been promistd support from several first class amateur singers from Wellington, Greytown and Masterton, Tho Bank of England building, London, covors oight acres, and omployi 1000 persons, ■ There aro more than 2,700,000 women in Belgium who are engaged in industrial pursuits. "Bosh" is tho trade namo in London for all butter substitutes. Messrs Lowes & lorns add to their Stock Sale for 24th inst, ISO lambs, The Hubart City Council ha* neratived a motion in favour of calling toudursto light the city with electricity. David Hart and Co,, colonial mer, chants, Basinghall-street, have.failed, Liabilities, £1'4,000; assets, £3OOO.

Cattle in tho Byaduck (Vic) district are suffering from partial or total blindness. No cause can be assigned for it, Mr Charles Egeson, of the Sydney Observatory, predicts a recurrence if drought in New South Wales in 1890-91, It is thought by Mr Edenborough that the centre of tho hurricane which has lately occurred in the Pacific was Palmerstun Island. In most of tho colonies, and especially in Victoria, there is increased caution exercised in lending money, excepting fur legitimate trade requirements, _Mr Brodie, of tho New Zealand Shipping Company in London, has been appointed manager in that city for the National Mortgage and Agency Com pany. An Afghan who was in charge of one of tho South Australian camels, travelled in three weeks, from Milparinka to Bonrke and back, a distance of 900 miles.

The proceeds of Ihe sale of Fiencli orown diamonds will bo applied to the oiv dowmenc of museums, of tho Nationa School of Decorativo Act, of appren tice sohools, and to assist mutual aic societies.

A method of caring drunkeness, which has frequently been successful, is to put a small dose of some ometlc in everything tho inobriato drinks till tho frequent sickness causes him to feel du> like and terror at tho very sight ofintoxi. cants.

According to theHawera Star the Western Packing Company, Patea, have, since February of last your, sent away over a million pounds of meat, and nearly 1000 casks of tallow. The company are also about to start fruit and butter oan. mug, manufacture of condensed milk and bone manures

The Manawatu Times of Saturday states that a atrango visitor to that part of the district made his appearance on Mr It. Cobb's property near Askurst yesterday in tho form ol a magmfieunt stag, which, it is presumed, has journeyed from the Wairarapa district. No attempt to capturo him was made by those who saw him, The same animal was seen on tho property of Mr Johu Cotter, at Aehursr, a short time since.

The shooting season opeua on Thursday next iii this district, und the followiugday being Good Friday and a goneral holiday, there will, no doubt, be many visitors from Wellington and other towns to the happy hunting grounds of the Wairarapa and Forty-mile Bush. Special trains will run at excursion fares on Good Friday and Easter Monday on tho Government line, and Saturday return tickets will be issued at any timo between Wednesday, April 17th and Monday 22nd, which will beavailabieuj to and including Tuesday, 7th May. Should tho present delightful weather last over tho holidays, no doubt a great many excursionists will take advantage of the liberal arrangements niado under the new management to visit their frionds at a distance,

Tho Cliristchurch Pross i sports upon Canterbury crops as • follows :-In the northern district not only is the work of grain-threshing king busily proceeded ; with, but those who have bean crops are hard at work Investing the same The yield for this class of orop is fully up to tho average. In spito of tho dry weather at the close of February, those who havo potato crops report verv favorably of the prospective yields. There will bo one or two larger yields than usual, hut the average is not expected to bo a very high ono, Tho weather so far remains favorable.to the crop, and the only foar is early frosts after the rain, In tho past weeks, turnips have como forward with considerable growth, but are altogether too late to bo a prolific crop for winter feeding. There has been a noticeable spring fn grasß, which promises, should the weather continue, to be about tho best grass feed of the wholo year. The country which a month ago was becoming quite bare of herbage, has assumed a decidedly vernal appearance. It naturally follows that stock of all descriptions js improving in condition. A very remarkable phenomenon (writes a correspondent) is taking place at Mount Oainbiir. The water in the Bluo Like is rising. It has already risen 4 feet. It is tho crater of the exM'nct volcano, No water from the surface goes into it. Nearly all tho caves about Mount Gambier havo water in them, and all ore rising m Hie samo way. Two miles from tho town there is a gontleman's house, called " Tho Caves." In tho grounds then is an open cavo or hole covering about an acre of ground, It is about'Bo feotdeep with a sloping walk made to tho bottom. The bottom is made into terraces with shrubs and flowers, except one ciid where there is very deep water. Near tho shoro is an artificial island for some wild fowl, There was a hut built on it. When I saw it the island was submerged and only a littlo ot tho hut above tho water. Nothing of the kind was ever known before. The whole thing is a mystery. ;

In Up Old Country there has been quite " a ran" on laitis plwh jackets, and tho enquiries for ihese fashionable articles of attire have been exceedingly numerous in this city. Wo have already been favoured with many visits of inspection, ending in puvekas-s being made, and aro desirous to notify to all ladies that the best oboioo of these i lash jackets is at "Te Arq House, Wellington.

The favourite shapes of tlnae plmK jm-faiare-lst, tight.litting! 2nd, open front, to button on led shoulder; 3rd, open front, with plusn or jersey cloth vest. Tho prices range from 35s to five guineas and the best choice of those is at To Aro House Wellington Nothing cau exceed in attractiveness our plush mantles, with dolmou sleeves, turndown collar, long fronts, trimmed with handsome plush ornaments, and lined with quilted satin/from three guineas to eight guineas, Tho best choice of these is at To Aro Hoiiße, Wellington, We are also showing a very charming lot of long, tinkl-jiUing jacfoli, in 'plush and brooho velvet, nil cf tho very latest' styles,' from 35s Gd to fivo guineas. Tho best choice of these is at Te Aro H6use,'Wellington, A very, attractive lot 'of granny' bonnets now on view, arid'the'moat superb millinery in the oltyis at To Aro House, Wellington. —AffTC, ' " '.

There is a probability' of the final heat of the Championship cricket matcheß, between tho Carterton first eleven and Srar Fifteen, being played on the Park Oval on Kaster Monday. Mr F.EWood adds to his noxt Tara. tahi Stock Sale Catalogue 400 Tat wolhors. (good freezers), 100 Store wethers and ISCalves.

Our Carterton correspondent writes: —There have boen some rather mystmious doings during the last few days amongst sheep. On Sunday, a flockowner at Clareville reported to the Constable-that he. had lost some shoep. The Constable at once proceeded on the warpath, and found the missing Bheep safely lodged in a slaughteihouse yard down Park Road. Ho at onco interviewed the owner of the yard as to how they (the missing sheep) came there; tut the owner of the yard, disowned any knowlodge of the animals, or how thoy oome to bo in his yard. The Constable ordered them to he driven to tho public pound, which was dono, they hein? safely lodged in the paddock adjoining the pound. But, lo I and behold, durin» tin niijht they were all spirited away without leaving any message as to when or where they woro likely to be heard of next.