The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3197, 6 May 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1889.

Three splendid specimens of. the' red deer were shot in the Lower Valley during the Easter holiday's." Messrs Huurslow & Hoar anuoni'ce themselves as the cheapest Cabinetmakers in Masterton, with the largest Btock of dry timber of any houao in tha trade. An outbuilding at the south end ot Carterton was burnt down on Saturday morning on the porperty loiuerly belonging to Messrs Hercock. The Government appear to bo determined tn make the opening up of fresh blocks of land for settlement a special, matter of policy. They are at presont notation for the purohaso of the Awarua block—somo quarter of a million acres-lying betweon Huntervilloand the Patea, in order to throw it open for settlement,

A gentleman who has just returned from Opunake, Manaia, and surrounding districts states that there is quite a "Ha: boom'' on there, Every flaxmill is going and the available labour fully employed in cutting flax, It is stated that there has been considerable difficulty in Wellington over somo of the shipments of flax from tho Middlo Island, otviug to the unpresentable way in which .it is prepared for esport aod being damp. It is alleged thatßome parcels wore rejected a3 cargo.

In tho early days of Bottlemontin the Wairarapa, the greater part of tho trade was carried on by asyßtom of bartor, cash being thtn a very scarce article. A small farmor, having a fat beast to dispose of, offered it to a butcher for sate at a price wliish was not considered high in those days. Tho tradesman however declined to purchase having plenty of his own, Ultimately, after a deal of persuasion, the butcher -agreed to buy the animal, provided tho farmer took a quarter of the beef. When the butcher sent the bill in for the beef, imagine the surprise of tha furiner when ho found it to exceed the cost of the bullock by ten shillings. He discovered it was a mistake to sell wholesale and buy back retail, A petition is in courso of signature to the Actipg:Goyernor of Victoria, praying for a dissolution of Parliapient on the ground that it has lost the gopfjdeniio of the people. Miss Von Finkelßtein, has returned to Palestine, where she is enjoying a period of rest. She intends in a short time. to pay another visit to the Australian Colonics, and deliver another series of lepturcs on "Eastern Life as illustrative of Holy Writ," Hero's a good football joke frpiji Past timoOverheard at the Oxford v -Maories match —Lady Spectator (with an air of authority): '"No, my dear, they are not thoroughbred Maories, some are called half blacks and others three quarter blacks." An " A Parpnt," writiner to one of tho Christchurch papers ph the subject ot married lattles being employed as teachers saysi—"l am led to understand that Borne of the Boards of thisG'olonv have followed the plan of London and other School Boards ot Great Britain, in refusing to sanction such a custom. Common decency says.-'ainon' to such a plan; but throughout North Canterbury the rule seems to be for lady teacri.eriß, when they get married to remain in their cjtuations. Now, I can understand tlie jjrojifjetr of widows who hold gertipcptei,. or r lafyes ylioso husbands are incmable invalids,'" bjßing appointed to such positions," but" for wives.of gentlemen who receive large salaries as teachers, nr. who occupy good positions in commercial houses, to continue, is beyond my comprehension. In and around the city of 'Christchurch. there is! am informed, Scarcely a school iu which ladies whose husbands hold important professional anij other p/isi-. tions are not. to' be found. Is this right? Is jt fair to many' able young ladies who arp yearly passing oul'of tho college or finishing their apprenticeship as pupil teachers 7 It is to be hppej} tfrat those Sohool Committees who have such persons in their employ will take steps to remedy this evil, for raoh it is really."

.Lowes & lorns add' 120 wethers |o their catalogue for .Wednesday next. t W°ocl adds to bia (catalogue for Thursday's Stook Mo ton fat LuU locks and a, spring trap. ps® ?/ 8 ' m oeting of tho now Whareama itoad liourd wkicu should have taken pines last Saturday lapsed for want of quorum. A man Diion attempted to commit suicide by hangin? himself at Coromandel on Thursday; He is supposed to be insane,; The Proporfcv-tax Commissioner acknowledges the payment of £7, con-Bcience-uioney, remitted to the v pnst othce, Invorcargill, by a taxpayer, in a letter signed " (iive Ctoaar his due." The annuai meetiug of .ratepayers in | the Wlureama Road District is convened for Friday May 10th at noon at the office of the Road Bore Blairloeie. A ' special , meeting of the Masterton School 0 jmmitto takes place this evening to consider the appointment of an assistant teacher at the State School., ; MrE. Withy, M.H.R. for Newton, was bookod as a passenger by the Orizaba via buez, for Australia, which lelt London on the 20th April. Ho is accompanied by Mrs Withy. In the District Court Case Bly v Briges judgment in which was given on Friday in favour of defendant we omitted to inoutiouthat Mr Tueawill appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Bunny lor the defendant.

The annual report of the Wellington Opera'iliiuße Company says' that'the prospects of that organisation are bright er thau at any time of its existence. The directors recommend the writing off from the capital account tho amount of actual loss by fire. ■

Sergeant John . Prico is gazetted Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "Tho Weights and Measures Act, 1808," for the Counties of. Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, and Palnatua, and for tho. Boroughs of Masterton,' Greytown, and Carterton, vice Constable Salmon.

Tho championship football match between toe Melrose and Athletic Clubs played at Wellington on Saturday resuited in a win'for the Athletics by two goalß to nil, At tho Hutt tho I'oneke team beat the Epunis by 9 points to 1. (i. Weloh is mentioned as having played a good game for the losers.

Messrs J. B, Penny, A. McFarlane, and F. Feist, were duly inducted into tho office, of olders to tho Carteiton branch of the Presbyterian Church yesterday morning by the Rov Chas. Murray, M.A, before a large congregation. The Rev gentleman preached a very appropriate sermon for the occasion, taking for his text the 28th verse of the 20th chapter of the Acts. The whole "flair was listened to with wrapt attention,

Tho Bullettin is responsible tor the following. Maorilanders are reproached with lack of energy in prospecting for the precidus metals, but thero are great natural obs'acles in the way, At Featherston, (N.Z), recently a prospecting association wits formed and Messns Marsh and Tidswell were solemnly sent forth into tho wilderness to bore for gold, or coal, or diamonds, or other collateral securities, 'lliey have since presented a report. The obstacles alluded to #eie encountered almost at once when, a. misguided bull chased Messrs M. and T, up a tree, Marsh ascended first. He attained an altitude of seven feot and hung on to a bit of loose bark, Tidswell hung on to the Black of Marsh's pant's. The bull grouped itself around aud waited. Tho bit of bark and the seat of Mr M's trousers gave way simultaneously and the prospectors fell on the bull, returning immEdiately lo Featherston to write the report whence these incidents are extracted. After refitting they, went out again, meeting—to judge from the local ponny dreadful—with ampler sueocss for we learn that they found "a quantity

of miulochj rock and iron pirates which flittered like a diamond." In these days of universal shoddy, ,of leaden bayonets and tins swords, it is positively refreshing to meet an iron pirate. The Theatro Royal fixtures for the current week appear in another column. A good bridge carpenter is advertised for in our wanted columns by Mr JRobt. Bryant, Contractor Eketahuna, A meeting of the Committee of the' Masterton Football Club was hold at Mr J. Williams' on Saturday evening, Mr E. M. D. Whatman in the ohair. The resignation.of the Secretary, Mr W. MoKenzie, was accepted with expressions of regret, and a hearty vote of thanks accorded for his past services. Mr R. S. Hirschberp was appointed Secretary, and Mr W, C. Perry was elected to the match committee, and as a delegate to the Onion,

The football match between the second fifteen of tho Star Club and the Te Ore Ore Club on Saturday afternoon resulted in a win for tho Maories bv f our points i to nil. Tho Maonos got a goal from a • free kick soon alter the start, On the Masterton Club ground, Messrs WhatI man and D'Arcy picked sidcß and a ; good game onded in favorof the former's team, At Carterton on Saturday tho ; local men beat Groytown. An oiligy of Judas lacariofc was drung up «t the fore-yard-arm of tho barque Earl Roseberry in Lyttelton harbor,,on G<«>d Fiiday At tho recent matriculation examinations at the Sydney University, 160 candidates' presented themselves, ..of whom 118 passed, 18 being women. The Victorian Minister for Agriculture proposes to expend i 50,000 annually for five years In developing the agricultural industries of thesolouy, Point Elizabeth Cuiil Company, Greymouth, has been registered in Victoria as a Limited Liability Coal Company, and it fs understood that they mean energetic business, The Eev, Scott West, of Auckland, is down on sensational religion. He says:—"The church is fast coming towards tho show business, 1 havo boon thinking over headings for sermons to rank with ,'A Littlo Man up a Tree," meaning Zaccbteus, Perhaps 'Rocked in tho pradle of the Deep' would do nicely for Jonah in the whale's stomach, and that ot tho 'Wild Man of the Woods' might do for Nebuchadnezzar eating grass. One night for sixpence and one night-only. In order to facilitate settlement, it is understood that the Government will ask tho Assembly this season for a largo vote for the purchase of native lands Some* thing will probably.be dono as soon as tho title of certain blocks in the King Country.are definitely ascertained, with the huge tract of country lying 1 between To Awamutuand the Forotorau tunnel and in tho vicinity of tho tho North Island Trunk Railway. "It would seem that Wahanui, one of the largest land owners in tho Ngatimaniapoto- country, is coming into sympathetic accord «ith the Government. The Dative Minister intends to build a residence for him at. Otorohansa, as has been done fo» Rewi at Kihikihi, and the plans will bp out and tenders called for its erection in a few days.—Auckland ftews. The Hampden correspondent of the Herald writes i—l have just had the pleasure of looking at a'specimen" of quartz brought down from the .North Mnkarotu distriot, and a richer specimen I bavo never soon, It is richly permeated with gold,which run's in veins all through the rock. It is the richest that has ever been found in Hawke's. Bay, ajid was discovered by somo roadmen in the Makaretn distriot, one of whom hails from Hampden, I learn that there is gr,cat excitement overtlm find but the fcjioit js kept secret, It is said that there is aji abundance of $0 quartz there, and

Is all alike right through the Jpdo- If the rook is all like the speoiincn 1 caw gold will be found in yory payable quantities,- Seyeral old miners who have had a deal of experience in mining

matters say that they have never handled such rich quartz before. I understand that sppip tig? . been sent to be tested, and iWtgre jt jyill jfois a -vefjr large . percentage of gold..' ' • v ' ■ '

" KOCOfI OK i/OHNS. • Ajt fpr Well's "Sough on Corps." A Qu'ic)t relief andcorosand bunions. At all ohemist

Tho Times London correspondent stateß that tho one question agitating the minds of-tho great majority of churches in that coutitry . ia,. How. ,to mako the sermons more attractive to the general public? The; singing and tho sermons don't prove so attractive as thoy I ought, and tho gonerni feeling is that somothinq else must bo tried to draw larger congregations, The Rev. E; G< Thatcher, vicar of Tain worth, ia trying to solve the difficulty, He has prepared a special course ot tenuous deulinc with the historical elements of religion, and to illustrate his discourses he intends holding a service after the ordinary service on Sunday evenings, at whioh he will exhibit a magio lantern, the pictures of which will throw a fuller light on his sermon! .This is' certainly the most novel experiment yet tried in drawing a crowded church,

Evidences of the maroh: of progress an ovinced in theso days ; by the attempt so worthily mnde to bring the great body of consumers into all but direct contact with tho noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through the medium of the proprietor of the celebrated To Aro Honse, Wellington.

Not content with having erected one of Lnrge-t, most Convenient and Magnificent I'amiiy Drapery Warehouses, to- be found this side cf tbe-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 oountry distriots, 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 call upon all and sundry with patterns of Seasonable Dress and other fabrics, 'Household Drapery, l'weeds, 'Coating, <to, He will take orders of Dressmaking, Tailoring, and everything connected with tho drapery trad?, and the Proprietor trusts that every oourteay will bo extended to him with large numbnrs of orders to be executed at To .'Aro House, Wellington,g v . .

All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any station on the. Government and Manawatu Railway Company's Lines that may be nearest to the customer's residence, and thus country purchasers will bo placed on the same footing as tlioso resident in the City, and enjoy all tho advantages connected "with dealing directly with the Impcter, James Smith, Te Aro House Wellington.—Adtt.