The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1889,

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3186, 23 April 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1889,

The regular monthly meeting of the Loyal Mastorton Lodge takes place at the Odd Fellows Hall, Perry-street this evening at.B o'clock. The Maurioevilleßoad Board nomination of five persons to aot as membors of the Board close at noon on Thursday next. Men to Bcutch and bale flax by contract are advertised for in our wanted columns, Applications to be made to Mr R, H. Blliottc, Feathorston flax mill, A block of three hundred acres of bush near Eketabuna is being tested with the compound, known as Cowper's patent tree and root destroyer. The experiment is being tried o'n one of tho "Wellington Special Settlements Blockß. As Bonn ns possible we will let our readers know the result.

We are pleased to learn that our Eketahuna friends intend gutting up a petition to ask Government to oonnect that township, hy a direct wiro with Mangamahoe, We hive no doubt the ptopdr authorities will comply with the request, seeing that this township is now the railway terminus and opens'up a lane area of settlement.

"Wo aro requested to remind the public oi Messrs Lowes & lorns stock sale which takes place at their yards to> morrow, Tho list is a most extensive uiie, embracing 750 fat wethers, 250 fat owes, 1850 forward wethers, 2200 breeding ewes, and 1000 lambs, cattle, horses, and pigs. The annual election of School Committees for the following districts takes placo to-night:—Tinui, Taneru, Bideford, Pahiaiun, Eketahuna, Manga(.no, Wangaeliu, Mauricevillo, Mauricevilla East, Dryertun, Opaki, Ferniidgc, Waingawa, To "Whiti, Gladstone, Clareville, Carterton, Belvedere, Dalefield, Park A'ale, Waihnkeko, Matarawa, Groytnwii, Kaitara, \\aihenga, Haiiioa, Kaiwaiwai, Tauherenikau, Feathcralou, Cross's Creek and Masterton,

W. Cruttenden, the contractor for paintirg the %wapurua Bridge lias left Napier, and his whereabouts is not known, Tliofirms who supplied the materials Tor tbo work havo made enquiries about him, and. have been unable'to nscertuin his destination. The workmen's wagoß have not been paid up, but they can obtain a lieu on the moneys coming duo on the wotk, The sureties will probably be called on to complete the work.—Examiner. .; Henry J. Mourltz, a wdl-kpown accountant, has been arrested in Mel bourne on n charge of embezzlinp LIOO the money of the Hydraulic Power Company, Linited, of which ho was the secretary. The company was floated in April, 1888, and Mountz, who had acted as secretary to the promoters, was appointed to a similar position For the company, it the Wfc half yearly meoting which was held on the 28th nl February of the present year, Mnuritz intimated that he had Men unable to get his balance-sheet prepared in time. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed by the shareholders at this method of conducting the business of the company, but all their complaints were silenced whenMrl Blyth, the chairman of directors, undertook to thoroughly examine jhe accounts, and if anything was' wrong wljfcU them to let the, share-, holders know. Mpuritji was m the meantime suspended! .The auditors chosen to examine the ; accounts found that of the amount received for the second call of Bs per share, which was tnado on October 31, IP, MM j>* had not been paid to the credit of the company. Mourits ww'.called upon for an explanation, but had none to offer,, and a warrant was accordingly issued for hia-arrest on the spfcifiod Jharge of misappropriating Lloo..;This amount represents the appj'paid on the last call byoneoftheiirectfel.

Messrs Lowest JornV announce a general sale at their rooms for, Saturday ;; next;- "'';:'',,;■ ;}'...■ ■".-. ' '..;o> Nomination,of candidates for the Eketahiina Road Board close at the Board's office to-morrow at noon. ;';: A J.O.M.Weale, formorly editor of the Catholic Times', has commenced proceedings against Archbishop Eedwood, the proprietor of the paper, for the recovery of £250 damages tor wrongful dismissal. It is notified elsewhere that an experienced English. piano tuner from Roiehardt's piano . wharlioiiso, - : will visit Masterton on or about Monday April 29. Orders may bo left with Mr, T. E. Price. Ducks are reported to be plentiful in the Wondville district this-sonson, The local paper states that on Thursday ono sportsman hagged.twenty-oiw. i A« an instance of the distress prevail-

ing in tho far west of JNew South AVnlcs it is said that cattle for which £6 per head was refused eight months ago are now being sold for 255. ' A football match was played yeatoaday on the Star ground, Masterton, bbtwben the Carterton Pirates and the Masterton Juniors, and resulted in a win tor the latter by four points to ono. ' It is estimated that tho takings in connection with tho Catholic Tea and Concert -last night amounted to no less a sum than 'HO, Miss Beard, who recently returned to England after a lengthened, visit'to New Zealand, has been enlightening the natives in the neighborhood of her home upon this Colony. A report from a Home paper'of a'lcoteo by Mibs Beard appears in this issue.' .

The Minister for Public Worltß has | just received •from t)ie inventor ft sple'ndid.'set;;of 'photographic prints, illustrating the Abt system of mountain * lines, which it has been proposed to apply to the Midland lino in tho Southern Alps. e Joseph Roberts was charged.at the i R.M. Court this morning with having ( stolen on the 15th of last month the sum I of LlO from JolinJMcVbkar, of Totava, < Waipawa. 7 On the application of the 1 polico the caße was remanded to Waipawn. A first offender, charged with j drunker.neas, was severely reproraanded ■ and discharged, i We remind householders in the Mas- , terton district of the annual mooting which takes place in the Theatro Royal this evening for tho purpose of electing a School Committee. It is of importance that all who can should attend in the interest of Education. In England a new opening is being found for ladies who play and sing well without being first-class performers. An invalid gentleman has advertised for i\ lady to play the piano to him three or four times a week, mid it is suggested that many peisons or families might desireihis "mnsic at heme," and be willing (0 pay a mnderato'fee for an evening's enjoyment. Thoi eis no doubt but that it tho'idea is properly taken up end well worked out it will afford, pleasant cm- ■ ploymeiit for many who now posses mußical talent without being able to utilise it.

'The second annual ball was given by the Masteiton Red Star Football .Club in the Theatre Royal last evening. There wore about soventy couples occupied the -floor'and dancing was kept up till half • past three o'clock this morning to the excellent, music uf Professor Mueller's String Band, Messrs W. Thomas, A. Hoav, and T. Thompson, acted as M.O's.. and carried out their duties efficiently. In the gallery there wero no less ono hundred and fifty onlookers, many of whom stayed to the finish. Tho refreshment tables were very tastefully arranged under the supenntendauoo of Misses

Greathead and Thompson, and tho good things provided were much appreciated by the partakers thereof. Mr Frank Lincoln, tho American humourist, had to take a spell owing to overwork. A story is going tho rounds as to hia niedicino which is worth repeating :—After the first dose of the duly made up prescription, Mr Lincoln complained to his manager, Mr Lohr,that he felt considerably worse. The next day he again complained, and Mr Lohr asked to see tho prescription. It read all right —a stimulant for the brain, a palliative

fur the nerves, and a tunic fur digestion. " Suppose yon don't liko tho bitter tasto of mas mmiii'm," 6aid Lohr, " Thuro's nothing bitter about the stuff ; it is a sickly taste of pistachio nut or something of that sort," replied Lincoln. Lohr naked then toaes tho bottle, and on its being produced it was found to be an excellent remedy for freckles, which was intended for Mrs Lincoln's use but had beon thoughtlessly appropriated by her husband,

Jn the course of a few monthsfaays the Bullionistot a recent date) the English public will probably have placed at their disposal, as a medium for exchango, batik notes to the value of LI, As is gtncrally known paper representinp this amount has been in use in Ireland and Scotland for some time, and is regarded in these parts of the kingdom as a great boon. In America also their currency ia appreciated. It is generally understood in financial circles that a bill recommending their adoption in England will shortly be presented to Parliament, Something of this kind, if only temporary, ivill probably have to bo introduced to represent the gold and serve as currency until the under-weighted coins shall be renovated, and there now appears to bo little doubt that the light zp\A coins will be withdrawn. If such a measure were to provide for the permanent employment of these notes an additional sum, estimated 'at from L 8,000,000 to L 20,000,000 sterling, would bo available to meet the largo demand' for gold in America and elsewhore.

The sum of £2738 passed through the totalisator at the Christohurch races on Easter Monday. We havo received from the Chairman Wellington Education Board tie fifteenth annual report of the Inspector, Mr It. Lee, on the working condition of tho Primary State Sohuols in tho district. Drom it. wo gather that seventy one schools Havo been examined representing 10,0Q8 children, the percentage of pisses on tho lumber presented for examination being 86 , 4.,-J?iYO additional sohuols are in operation, viz.,- Mauticavtlle E, Pirinoa, Whakataki, Alfredton, and Manakau. -Although satisfied with tho results as,a whole, tho Inspector states that ho is sensible of much weakness in particular schools and in'particularolassee, from 42 to 72 per cent of candidates presented in standards having- hilcd. In smm cases teachers, were more or less incom'pati'nt, and the head teachers had neglected the periodical examination of those classes and thus failed to detect the weakness in time to remedy the defect,.. The style of reading and recitation is stated to bo mujh impioved'in many schools, expression and cultpre being ' shown. Be finds that wherever the' reading is decidedly fluent and easy, the class spelling is invariably goud as a wfi< ]e," tho eye beihu trained to accurate spelling by nntoh praptice hi' reading. ; English another subject which has much improved daring tho past year, and as a conseauopco less formal grammar has been taught, History is only fairly well tauehfc in about half the schools, and the knowledge is such that an ordinary school "class book affords. Arithmetic is weak in certain classes of several'largo schools, hut there is no falling off m tho average, Writing is fairly well taught," but exception is taken to certain styles of. writing sort "to be introduced in some sohools named, Freehand!'drawing itf cpitirndnded, especially in the fernridge,Featherstoii; Pahautaniii, and Waingawa. Since the introduction of the tonio-sol-fa method, Binging has, been. raure : Successfully taught, butitnoeds (ijore .epcouragihg stimulus. 'The drill instruction jn- the largerAVaJrarapa schools,- i? incomparably inferior to VJ. 'de Mey's. wurk,"/and the jivurH i? r.ecpfflmended place the vrcrli'under hia direction. Twenly-twn schools' ate, loported as satißFHotoryi twenty-nine others as fairly moeting-'the'requirements,' and the. remaining'twenty as more or less unsatisfactory, ' - : :. >; "

' A Hereford buli.and;.two7co'ws,:iih*' ported by Mr Stuokey, of Rangituniau': 1; Wa'iravapa, with their calves, arriyed.by the Tekapo.eaya the Press.: Th'eyoarae t out to Sydney, end the.calves were dropped wbile'the oowb were in quaran 1 -. tine.' The bull, "Sir William,"»from the noted herd cf H.T. JlusseU, of Yfostonbury. Herofordsh,re, and wasa first prize at ■'• the Royal in England, Tho cows, " Acoiiito, 1 , 1 from the hord of A, P, Tumor, of the Learn,; Herefordshire, and- ',' Lydia," bred by J. Price, of Poinbridqe, in tho same county, ; The cows are only two and a half years old, | • Specifications of the ploughing- re- ■ quired to be done for Jtars W Booth and Co, may bo seenat the office in their Timber Yard, Carterton. Tonders close era Tuesday 30th inst. .

We have received from Mr Alexander Joyce, the author, a neatly got', up ' pamphlet entitled " Land Ho 1" It is a work advocating the re-purchase and settlement of the lam! freehold blucks of land in the colony of New Zealand. A farm of one hundred acres of arable land with' dwelling and outbuildings is advertised to be. let. It is situate five miles from Masterton and further particulars can bi> obtained at tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's Office Masterton, ; The funeral of the late Jo3sie Gertrudo Perry took place this morning. The impressive services was read at the Wesleyan Church by the Rev W. Bowse, and n great many relatives and friends piid their last token of respect by'following the remains to tho cemetery. The Queen has forwarded £5 to the York .Herald subscription list for the widow of Piivata Samuel Dunlop, 10th Hussars, ■ Dunlop, who had been injured only a week, was drowned in a ga'lihb 'attemft to save -ft woman? who felllu the River Foss at York.;

Evidences of tho mwoh of progress ar evinced in these days by tho..attempt so s worthily made to bring tho great body of | consumers into all but direct contact with , the noted manufacturers of Britain and tho ; Continent, through the medium of the proprietor of the celebrated To Aro House, Wellington.- , , Not ooptent with having ercoted one of Large-t, most Convenient and Magnificent Family Drapery Warehouses to bo found this side of the Equator, and which attracts ; aj it should large concourses of Customers, ho seeks still further to influence the publio by Bending his representatives through tho various country districts, to mako known to the residents the manifest advantages of dealing with Te Aro House, Wellington. A representative is now in this district and will oall upon all and sundry with patterns of Seasonable IDress and other Fabrics, Household Drapery, Tweeds,' Coating, &0. He will tako orders of Dress-

making, Tailoring, and everythinß connected with tho drapery trade, and the Proprietor trusts that every courtesy will h oxtended to him with "largo nnmbnrs-of orders to bo executed at'Te Aro House, Wellington, All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any station on the Government and Mnnawatu Railway Company's Lines that may ha nearest to. tho customer's residence, and thus country purchasers will be placed on the same footing as those resident in tha City, and enjoy all the advantages connected with dealing directly with the Impoitcr, James Smith, Je Aro .House, Wollington.-A&vT. , • , "Rough on Kats,l' Clears out rats, mice, roaches flics, ants, heg-bugs, beetles, bisects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophors, At chotmsts and druggists,