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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3195, 3 May 1889, Page 2

The American visible supply of wheat estimated at 20,250,000 bushels.

. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their catalogue fur Stock Sale, ten forward bullocks.

The regular monthly meetingof the Masterton Town Lands Trustees takes place this evening. , Tho steamer Umbria, frou New .York,, made tho Atlantio.passage in 6 days 2 hours and 30niinMessrs Lowes and lorns hold their usual weekly sale at their rooms tomorrow. The list embraces furniture of every . description, butchers' plant, produce, poultry, and sundries.: 1 Messrs O. Hounalow, F. Richards,'A, ftartlner, and five other priutera left Wellington:yesterday for engagements at Brisbane, Queensland. The'annualineetingof ratepayers of tho Masterton Road place at noon to-morrow. \

' We have to'acknowledge the receipt of. Messrs Lyon and Blair's .monthly record of scientific ai.d educational news and circular of new. books for May. Mr \V. Everott of Opaki having had several fowls die in a sudden and unaccountable manner made a po>t mortem, and found all he opened had their crops stuffed with flying ante. Tho Wellington ; and Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society will retain counsel to watch proceedings on their behalf in the fish poaohlng case which will come on at the Musterton R.M. Court next week.

The following is the result of the poll on May 1, for the election of five members of the Eketahuna Road Board Edward Morris 52, William B. Matheeon 50, Fredrick J. Bright 41, Magnus Neilsen 39, Alexander Anderson 37, Arthur Selby 80. Notwithstanding the active demand likely te ariso in Masterton through tho coming into force of the by-law necessitating all buildings in number one district being covered with incombustible material, corrupted iron is decling in price in England, and is now quoted at *16103.

The following Greytown football team has been picked'to play the Carterton liivalß at Greytown on Saturday, the game to commenco at 3 o'clock:—O, J and A Beard, E and C Udy, Mitoliell, Ellers, Pelling, Pratt, Lucena, 'Webster, lugley, Amos, .Tate and G Hawke. Emergency—E (jngg,

Messrs H. C. Gibbons and Co of 159 Lambton Quay, Wellington have an announcement in our present issuo of importance to those about to commence their autumn sowing. This firm imports secdS'dirtct and purchases only from those houses (in the colonies and abroad whose reputation is firmly established for supplying genuine seeds, true to name and of real . The following is -1 nspector. Leu'a report of the schools of the Forty-mile bush: —Mauricoville.-The, condition of the school is satisfactory and improving under Mr MeKonzio. ,• The writing should improve, Alfredton" (aided school). The building is unfit—a mere hovel. The children are badly provided;

with slates, .1 appro re of tho plan ol the master taking ten of the children for three hours in the mornings, and four of the children for two hours (al another house two miles'distant) inthf

afternoons, The working condition of the school should-improve. Mangaone —a very weak school.' Eketahuna- The work of Standards 3 and 4 is weak in writing, and arithmetic; ;and condition of 'school uhsatisfiictoryN--''Pahiatii!i—. Arithmetic and drawing are strong subjects, There is evidence of much intelligent teaching, Writing in Standards 2 and 3is defective. 'I am much pleased with the school as a! whole" Hastwell (aided school.) Building erectt-.d with grant of £SO, very suitable, and of good value. I am well satisfied with the quality of the work and the general condition of the school. Good discipline is maintained.

A young man named Loftua O.Connor! was arrested in Melbourne on Thursday last on a charge of embezzling' £1 by forging and uttering a voucher' |fro.m his employers, Messrs Davies, Price, and Wighton, solicitors, of Chancery-lane. O'Connor held the position of accountant in the office, and when the clorks required any money for office purposeß, they obtained it from him, and supplied him with proper vouchers. The amounts so obtained. were entered in the cash book, and the vouchers acted, or wore supposed to act, as a olieok on the accountant. For some time past tho firm has suspected that U'Connor's accounts were not quite right, A careful examination of his hooks was made on Thursday, when;it was found that he had altered a vouchor for 10s, and made it £1 ■ 10s, keeping the £1 for himself. A warrant was issued on this specific charge. O'Connor is twenty-nine years of age, and was in the receipt ■ of- £250 per annum.

A man was occupied in screening ashes in a brickfield at Sittinphoumo, when he came across s a now gold Jubilee fivepound piece, which, doubtless, found its way thither among soino of-the large Quantities of London lofuse used extensively in the manufacture of bricks..

It is proposed to get up a high-class race meeting at Spa in August. It is to be quite of an intorna tionalcharacter,aud the Dukes of Portland and Hamilton have promised their patronage.

The gamo of draughts is known to be uf very high antiquity, for in' Egypt, as appears from tho monumental paintings, it was a common ainusoment 2,000 years B,p. ■ Homer desjribes the suitors of Penelope as whiling away their time with draughts, The gamo. made its' ap-

pearance in Europe only three or four i : centuries ago, when intercourse between ; Europe and ' the Egyptian ports was 3 frequent. ' D'lsraeli, in his 1 Curiosities of Liter- , aturo,' relates that the King of Bitliynia, In some expedition against the Scythians 8 in the winter, and at a great distance 3 from the. sea, had a violent longing forja 1 small fish-called aphy-a pilchard, a » herrin?pr an snphovy,; His cook cuta 3 tnrnip t>> the perfect imitation of'its shape then-fried it in oil,salted, and well " powdered with the grains of a dozen ' black poppies, His Majesty's taste was 1 so exquipiteljl deceived that he praised r (he root to his guests as a most excellent s fish. ? The inquest on Layinia Djnej, jvho is ® supposed to .have':beeif the' victim of 3 oriminal malpractice, was concluded at 0' Sydney last seek. Tho jury, after a 3 short retirement, returned a verdict to . the effect that the deceased died of acute i peritonitis jthathor death wasacceleraSed by, 'teikipg; pills. prescribed -by ■' John J Willis Smith', and administered by Mrs 3 Smith. In reply to a question from the f coroner, (he jury, after several hours' ; deliberation,' Stated that there was .not thing to show Jiow.,t|ie - peritonitis was B brought 'ftbout. yjiey censured .tho i hospital authorities for oarelpssness iii connection 8 n#n.: V t Surely - this Is not so? The Alliance j News declares thatin Switzerlandaeven? ty per] cent, of the young , men are said to be unfitted bv the use of alcohol an,d ' {obape9fpr : military - ! '■' ■-;««« of< Beauties'' }s, umionn. • ' A "Congi... '.■/•; : ; ,^*>,i«thiiiir-pl»c(i : of t ced to be held at tno . " 'nne Kjampenberg, near Copenhagen, iuo .. A! jury of sculptors, and painters of Co-1 1 penham bail already been formed. - |

The Governor attends the Hutfc Fark Bates to-morrow, The eleotion of Mr EnR.- Elder as warden for No. 2 sub-flvisionM /tho Whareauw Road Board,- is notified in another column, ( ( - . Mr Eden George, who unsuccessfully contested Ohmtchuroh South at the last eleotion, announces himself as a candidato for Christchurch North,

Mr O.v.A, Pownall, *barri3ter ■ and solicitor' notifies; through our' columns that he haa .removed into: the offices lately occupied : by , Mr'A, JR. Bunny, solicitor,' Queen-street Masterton, •

D.Laudeyon, of Newcastle, accoin" plished the record /of Australia; as a diver at the Balmainswimming matches on Saturday at the.riak of hia life',' ;He

dived ninety yards, but was so exhausted by his .effort, that he could not bring :his head to the surface of the water to get breath and ho was drowning when he was rescued; . .' •

' Flax-millers would do well to Bend for a:i descriptive circular of Gibbon's improved flaxmachiuo with'moveable steel boaters alid rollers, This machine saves forty per cent of power and never wears out, aiid it is stated to be tho cheapest mabhine made. Particulars ai e given in another column. '. ■

Uneof thefanoiesbftlie King of Wurtemborp. is. to ascertain whether, the moon is inhabited' by causing photographs to be taken of that lumiuary and then riiagniyuig the negatives a hundred thousand-fold. The pictures produced by tlus process show nebul®: with little dots, and the King deolarcs the dots to be men and women. He hopes eventually to get some of them into distinct shape. . The cost of this stupid whim is enormous.

' Lord Onslow was duly sworn in'' as Governor of New Zealand at Wellington yesterday. The throng of people assembled to welcome his-arrival was the largest gathering ever known in the Empire Oily. - The principal buildings and shipping were decorated with flags and banners, The streets alongthe line of route were throuped with spectators, wlioshowei their loyalty by'frequent idieera. ' The weather-throughout the day waa glorious. . \ Colonel Roberts opened, the business of the R,M...Court, Masterton, this morning, On His "Worship taking his sdat Mr Beard on behalf of the Bar welcomed him tp the district and expressed a .hope that the Benijh and Bar would work as smoothly' and cordially' as they had been noted forin tho past. His Worship in lesponse thanked the mom-, bers of the Bar for the kind wishes eiven expression toby Mr Beard and assured them that nothing should be wanting on his part iirthe administration of Justice to give every ono that fair and impartial hearing they were entitled, He 1 was very pleased with tho manner of his reception. Both speeches were inaudible to somo extent owinr to the noise of people entering the Court room at the time. . ■

In the Bankrupoy Court, Wellington, yesterday application was made for discharge in the Restate of Brown, Eodgets, am'. Go. The Official Assisnoo asked to have tho caso adjourned; He understood that his Honor would not sit during tho afternoon in coniequeneo of tho public holiday, and the witiiosses,all of whom came from Masterton, had not been asked to attend that day. His Honor commented on the fact that a' very largo amount of expense was incurred in removing the proceedings from Masterton to Wellington. The case was adjourned until the next sitting of tho Court.

Great complaints are made by farmers that tho Sheep* Departments Office in Masterton is not continuously kept open during business hours. Wr John Drumniond, the- officer in charge, has.no assistant, and the consequence is wheu duty calls him away to the Hast Coast or any other distant part from Masterton, the local office had to be kept closed until his leturn, - The cause of the complaint is the penny wise and pound/foolish -policy--of'the Sheep Department in not appointing a clerk as office assistant to Mr Drummond. Settlers come in from a distance to pay their sheep dues or transact other business,'find tho office shut up, and they are thus put, to great inconvenience and loßß"rbfi i time...Ther,e :are plenty of capable anjd willing linen in tho place: who.would only bo too glad to undertake the work for a small enumeration,

• -Since tho beginning of July in last year there .have been frozen for export, attho works of the Wellington Meat Export Company, 110,792 sheep and lambs, and 8,747 h'oad of cattle. Existing arrangements will considerably increase these numbers when tho Oumpany'n financial year 'comes to a close at the end uf June next. At that date their output for the year will mount up to 120,800 sheep, nrtd 5,000 head of cattle. The price of fat cattle at present is by no means encouraging to graziers, but what, it may be .asked, would have .been tho. state of things had the markot not been relieved of the large number whieh has been exported in a frozen state, It is satisfactory to know tliut the prices realised by. shipments of beef during tho last yoar have been uniformly better than could have been obtained in. the locil market, The growth of the irado in frozen beef has boon so sudden that tho Company's freezing capacity has been unequal to the demand upon it, This is scarcely to be wondered at when it is considered that the total numoor of cattle frozen in tho twelve months ending June 80th, 1888, was only 600, while in the previous twelve months no cattle at all were frozen. New machinery has now been ordered from England and enlargements have beoii decided upon which will enable the Company to freeze 800 head nf cattle.per month in addition to 18,000 sheep.

Evidences of the march of progress are evinced in these days by the attempt so worthily made to bring the great body of consumers into all but direct contact with the noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through the medium of tho proprietor of tho oelebrated Te Aro House, Wellington. , Hot content with having ereoted one of Jjavgest, most Convenient and Magnificent Family Drapery Warehouses to be found this side of the Equator, and which attracts as it should large concourses of Customers, he seeks still further to influence the public by sending his representatives through the various country districts, to make known to the residents the manifest' advantages'of dealing with Te Aro 'Houso, Wellington. ■ : _ ' A representative is now in this 'distriot and will call 'upon nil and sundry with patterns of treasonable' Ilress Qfld other Fabrics, Household Drapery, Tweeds, Coating, io. He will take ordors of Dressmaking, Tailoring, and everything oonneoted with the drapery trade, and the Proprietor. : trusts that every courtesy will bo extended to him with large numbers of orders to be oxeoutedat Te Aro Houso, Wellington. . 'All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any statiop. pn . the ',. Government and Manawatu Itailway; Company's Lines that may be nearest to the customer's residence, and thus country purchasers will be placed on the same footing as those resident in the City, and enjoy all the advantages con- ' d with 'dealing directly with the Eiter, James"Smith,. Te Aro House ngtop.-ADVT.' •