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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3196, 4 May 1889, Page 2

MrF.H. Wood adds to his stock sale catalogue 100 fat wethers and 290 lambs in the wool.

Mr W. Lowes was. unanimously reelected chairman of the Town Lands Trustees at the meeting of the Trust last night. A notice of the retirement of Mr John Swensen from the Mauriseville Knad Board election appears iri another column,

Mrs C. J. Hansen, corset and surgical belt manufacturer, Wlelington, has iynotice on our first pago of special interest to the fair box.

Mr Job Vilo for many years Connected with the Wellington-'Wairarapa carrying trade ivnow 'coiiductin? business in this line frehi the present torminua of tho Government railway line at Eketahuna to Pahiatua and to tho places north uf that town. For this purpose he has secured one of Mr James 1 Jones' carrying teams and is now prepared to recoiva consignments. Mr Vile has livery stables at Pahiatua and is prepared to let on hire hacks, busies, or coach at reasonable rates. Telegraphic ordors are attended to with punctuality and despatch, Mr J, J. Freeth, Clerk of tho District Court, Masterton, delivered tho'judgment of His Honor to-day in the caso of Bly v. Brigga, claim for £l9B, fot breach nf contract, His Honor said the question of jurisdiction was raised and the cases of Hunt v. Hardcastle and Jones v. Ashton cited, and having considered the question he had cuuio to the conclusion that the jurisdiction of tho Court is ousted. Both those cases wore docided under tho District Court Act, 1854, under which the District Court •had no jurisdiction as to titlo to land except by consent of pirties in writing. Tho law is now different j the District Court has by tho Act of 1888 a general jurisdiction in civil matters up to £2OO, but subject to tho proviso that no Diatrict Coart shall hnve cognisance of any action iu which the title of real estate shall be in question when .the amount claimed in such action shall exceed £IOO. 11l the present caso the amount exceeds £IOO and there can bo no doubt that tho title to real estate is in ' question. The essence of the case is that defendant sold to the plaintiff who was dispossessed by a third neroon (Bull) under a claim of titlo which title tho defendant in his statement of defence expressly denied. Jurisdiction declined; case struck out with costs to'defendant £9 18s.

To-day being the first Saturday in the month, is the pay day of the Mastorton and Greytown.Eiiildins; Societies, . The amount of meat seized in Edinburgh in January last of -unsound nature was 11,5451\ TbeTown Lands-Trustees, as landlords of tho Masterton Salvation Army barraoks, have consented to defray half the cost of the gas fittings(£2lss) which are how being put in the building by Mr |.D..Piokering. „ . ; All local bodies havinga claim on the Mastorton Town Lands Trust should send in their applications without delay, as the estimates of expenditure will be preparod. during the, present month by the Secretary of the Trust, ! . Wo'aro requested to draw the attention of our roaders and-parties desirous of securing a snug homo, to the property, advertised by Messrs Lowes and lorns, It is situate in Church-street, and in consequence of the proprietor leaving the district will be sold a great bargain.

The Town Lands Trustoes,have contented to organise a picnic for the children attending the Masterton Stato School, The day fixed upon is tho 24th of thecurront month, Queen's Birthday and the place has yet to bo decided upon. The Fernridge School holds a picnic on Monday 18th May. The Board of Reviewers, under the

Property A3sc6smonk Act for the Pahiatua County will sit at tho lato Town Hoard Office, Pahiatua, on the 16th inst, at 4 p. ra„ and at the Road Board Office Eketahuna, on the 18th nt P a.m., for the Eketahuna, Mauriceville and Alfredton Itoad districts.. Rare simplicity was manifested at the Napior, Resident Magistrate's Court last Tuesday, (says the herald). A man suing-for wages went into the witness box, when. it transpired that although the summons claimed £lls, he wanted £2 2s. The Magistrate could not under-

stand it, and apparently the wituess could not understand why the magistrate should be at all dubious, At last, after a lot of cross purposes, it transpired that the summons should have been for £2 2s, but that plaintiffs lack cf nous had caused the failure, When ho applied for the summons ho was told to make out two. accounts, and, as he put it to the Magistrate, " I could not 30 and make out two accounts for £2 2s, as that would be L 4 4s, so as the clerk wanted two accounts 1 made out two, one for each half of tho claim, That made it rightL2.2a in all." It was explained to him' that "two accounts" meant one copy for tho Court and one to be served upon the defendant, and that he (plaintiff) could either be nonsuited or pay the cost of the case and withdraw. Ho decided upon the latter course, and will try again for his L2 2s, '"•',' The .World says a pleasant fruit for the dessert is the .butter-nut, now to be seen in many of the fruiterers shops. It looks like a Brazil nut with a sharp attack of gout, and it requires Nasmyth's steam-hammer to crack it 3 shell which is a qnarter or' three-eights of an inch thick. ; Lord Sudeley finds*his fruit and

1 flower farm at Tnddinpton, Gloucester. shire, a very profitable speculation, It ; extends to BOO'acres,, and-there is a brisk demand'for the produce, both from London and from Manchester. Evidences of the maroh of progress are evinced in these daja 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 the proprietor of tho celebrated To Arp House, Wellington. ' ' Notconfentwitlr-having erected ono of Largest, most Convenient and Magnificent Family Drapery Warehouses to bo found this side of the Equator, and which attracts as it should largo concourses of Customers, he seeks.still further to influence the public by sending, his 1 representatives through the various country districts, la make known to the residents the manifest advantages of dealing with To Arp House, Wellington. ...'', , . A representative is. now in this district and will call, upon all and sundry with patterns of. Seasonable Dress' and other Fabrics, .iHpusehold. Drapery, Tweeds, Coattog,.£o'.. Ho will take orders of Dressmaking, Tailoring, -and everything connected with the.drapery trade, and the Proprietor trusts that every courtesy will be extended to him with large numbers of ■orders to. bo executed.at Te AroHouso, Wellington. • - All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any. Btation ; on "the , Government and Slanawatu Railway Company's Lines that maybenearesttojljecustomer's residence, acd thus country purchasers will bo placed oh the same footing as those resident in the Cityl an^.'enjoy'ali'the'advantages connected 1 ' with- : dealing 'direotly:.with..the ! ■lmpoiter, James'-Sniitb, Te Aro 'House : WelliDgt«,-Apn; ; •' ' -

.': The amount that'pasaed; through■ 'the totalisabr aV tho Hiitt Park racesynsierdaywaߣl7&7. !■■>■•!•:■'; V ; Uw>Bxcellericy the Governor w ill hold a levee at the- QuVernmeiifc Homo on Monday forenoon.' ;•'"■'•'■ " : . , ; 'VJ Messrs Eowesahd loms make a fa/ther addition of 310 wethers, and 100 breeding ewes to their next Btoik sale.' Glasses of the School of Design will in futuro be hold at Foatherston ovory Saturday. '. ... king and Smith hare signed articles for another niatoh for i'so a side, to be fought in Wellington, on Saturday, May 18th. • -

The statutory meeting of ratepayers in the Masterton Koad District was hold at noon to-day, The business was purely formal,

Mr E, M. Taylor addressed' the electors at Sydenham, and received a vote of thanks, , It is rumoured that Frank Guinness mil contest the Ohnatoiiurch North seat as a working men's candidate. The Very Rev. Monsipnor McDonald ha 3 presented to the Auckland Art (iallcry two pictures representing the General Council of tho Vactican of 18(591870, and the other a synopsis of the Popes. from St, Peter to Gregory XVI. Latest news from Pegasus show nothing of a staitlingnature, One ounce to a dißli of alluvial tin seems to be considered a good prospect. The Minister of Lauds was shown round tho Hold by Professor Black, and left for the West

Coast. - j The bouquet presented by Mr Justice Gillies to the Guuntesa of Onslow on the I platform at Aucklaud was composed of maidenhair fern Und of a now and beautilul yellow orchid, the flower now so fashionable in England, and for which buck immense luinsjire paid; Une ot tho prettiest novelties in club j fittings in the "cabin" room at the Lyric Club, it is furnished after the stylo of' the cabin of an ocean yacht, with painted portholes and swinging lamps and network, it will prubabiyprove the favourite smoke-room of the club. The membership has noff'risen to about 1,000. The Maiden Hack Race at the Hutt yestorday was won by Merlin, who- beat ten others. Of 1204 in.' the machines, only two were on the winner, and the dividend was therefore £Ol Id's, The owner of the horse Mr Isaac James of the Hutt, had one ticket, and the other was held by A Maori named Pitaina and Mr J. Swain. Dissatisfaction is expressed by the passengers on the Dunedin hue at the recurrence of delays of the train at this season of tho year. When the grain traffic is heavy peoplo are kept hanging about the flag stations, where there is no shelter in darkness and rain, waiting fur trains, it is alleged that the economy of engine power is carried to the extent of parsimony in the district. An announcement of tho North Wai

raraua Hack Maoing Club's Queen 1 birthday Meeting appears' in our present issue, .The races take place on the Opaki Course. Nominations close with the Secretary on Saturday May lita. Weights will be declared on the 16th. Cheap excursion train and coaches at reduced fares will run to unci froai the course, Trogiuiiiiues may bo Been at alt the principal hotels, or obtained from the Secretary, Mr R, J, Fittun, Mastertun. Hia Worship the Mayor, Mr A. \V Eeimll, has received a communication from the private secretory of hia Excellency the Governor, exprcßsiug his regret that owing to the darkness he failed to recognise the presence of the Guard ot Honour oil his arrival at Masterton on May Ist. Tho Mayor is requested to communicate this tu the Captain of the Guard of Honor, and thank inm for hu attendance on the occasion,

The smallest protessional child pianist in the world has lately made his debut in St. Petersburg. Tito little musician's name is Haoul Koczalski. He is only live years old, and his lei's are so short that his father has to work the pedals for him, Master Koczalski plays only Chopin, and his excutiuu is said to be equal to that of tho treat pianist himself.

it will, perhaps be romembored thai some years aeo the redoubtable Mr W, L, Bees made a speech in the House, ol

Eupiesentatives, which, lasted eleven hours, and that he was completely eclipsed by Mr A, Beuuchamp, who spoke for 2»i hoars in the Marlborough Provincial (Juuhoil. This, wo'believe,, was the best record nt the time, It has, hoivevei, been surpassed in the British o'ilumbia, Assembly, when a legislator named M'Leay spoke for just twenty four hours,

'j'ho Empress of Russia has ordered ol

Mr iiedfern, of Paris, a jacket like that worn by her at the time of the Borki accident, which jacket she hauded to one of his staff who had gone to St, Petersburg to Bolicit orders from the Court. Tho Tiuios Paris correspondent

has been sLown this garment, the but tons of iviiioh are crushed by the collision, while on tho left side there is a hole as large as the hand, This shows tho violence of the shoot, and it is difficult to conceive how the Empress escaped. ,

Tho oratorio was introduced into England in 1720, when Handel set 'Esther' (Racine's tragedy adapted by Humphreys) for the chapel of the Duke of Ghandos, It was porformed by tho children of the Chapel Royal in 1731, and in 1732 was publicly produced, as appears from tho following ad vestisemeut in tho' Daily Journal': -" By His Majesty's command at tho King's Theatre in tho Haymarket, on Tuesday, tho 2nd of May, will ho performed tho sacred story of Esther, an oratorio in English composed by Mr Handel, and now revived by lum with' several additions, and to bo performed by a great number of voices and instruments. N.B.—There will be no acting on the stage, but the house will be fitted up in a decent munner tor tho audience." At Exeter Hall, Lo»d<m,and at the musical festivals thrnugout England, oratorios are performed with a power, precision, and Defection unknown elsewhere. At the triennial festivals in the Crystal Palace the band and chorus v amount on an average to nearly 4,000 performers, ' A bil| has been introduced in the Now York Legislature whioh provides for a radical nmondment of the Saturday Half-holiday Act. It enacts that in the .months of June, July, August, and Sep'tember the, whole.of Saturday shall be a holiday, and that fpr tho remainder of tho year no Saturday shall be a holiday. -Tho London correspondent to the Argus- Manchester ''cab myatetyV'to which I alluded lately as recalling the Melbourne story of '• The Mystery of the Hansom Cab," resembles it much more nearly than was known at

the time I wrote, It is proved that the victim was drugged with chloral, though possibly not with intent-, to murder. Whilst drugged he wbb rubbed, and ho never recovered consciousness. A young man named Uharles Barton has been arrested fur the crime. Ho is identified as the nian who entered the cab with the, victim, More than that it is proved that he-stole a bottle of chloral from, a Liverpool flruggist some days ago, and that he used some of the drug to rob a man in that city, He has very small chance of escaping the pllows. The young artist who murdered a young woman in his studio at Godalming, Surrey, after trying to seduce her, was hanged this week at Guildford prison. Aiid the jtluswelj-hjll burglars, who shot Jfr Aitken, one of the sons of the house which they attacked, have been sen-, fenced at.the Old Bailey to penal servitude for life. This sentence applies even to the roan whogaye evidence against his "pals,"and who did not himself fire tho shot.' Mr Aitken is recovering,

A late Bradford paper contains a I notice of a costly violincello, Mr Ernest Holden, son of Mr Angus Holden, the Jutolee Mayor of Bradford,is an ameteur 'cello player, and his father has given him one of the finest instruments in existence, The price is said to have' been 11200,,.. •_ Mr A, I). J. Daly, a Melbourne sojiciforjs charged with contempt of court for; having written letters to the newspapers respecting a'case still mb jikMm. ''■'...■