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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3200, 9 May 1889, Page 2

Tho following are the nominal ions fur the I'uhiatua Town District Licensing Committee:—John Orr, W-Boyden, 'J 1 ; Hicks, H, H. Hughes, A, lieose, W, Bust, J. Henderson. The pull will be taken on Tuesday, 14th May. 131y v. £rig«s.-A fresh summons against the dclcndimt, claiming £IOO, will, we learn, bu issued this week, and wi ; l coiiio on fur hearing at Masterton on the 26th June next. ,

Wo 1-ani that Messrs Crimp and T, Hughts of Pahiitiu intend applying for a publicans' license for their respective buaidin" houses at tho next meeting ut the Licensing Committee in Juno. Major Bunny having paßsed the allotted span of three score years, afior whith an officer may not remain mi active servico retires upon half pay. He visits Mastcrtcn t-day and will bo prisent' at the Voluuteer parade in tho Drill Shed tlris evening, .when he will take the opportunity of bidding farewell to the local corps,

Those persons who wish to enjoy the comfort of dry feet durinsr. the winter season would do well to turn their attention to a notice in ntiuther column from Mr AV. H. Payne, of Christchurjh. He advertises ladies' and ■geutlwiion's felt-lined woudou-soled boots and slippers for winter wear. He has eVery variety of Btylo iu clogs, and quotes oriees which includes the cost of carriage per parcel post to any part of tho colony.

We have receivod a circular intimating i hat a monthly magazine named "Zealaodia" is to be published at Dunodin, bi'iuiuiiiig oil tho Ist July next. It is to contain serial and short hies by New Zealand authors, and a variety of matter on Colonial aibjecls, among the contributes being M. Moss, T. liracken, U. M. Thompson, W. P. Ileevos, C. W. Buchow, the Bev, B. Waddell and others whose mimes are well-known in the Colony. The new magazine should find ut large number of subscribers. The following is the Governor's full title: —"His Excollency the Eight Honourable William Billier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in tho County of Salop; Viscount Orauloy, of Cranley in the County if Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County, of Salop,-and of Weßt Clatidon in the County of Surrey ; Barou Orauley, of Inibercourt; Baronet; a Member of Her Majesty's Most U»UbOrnhlu Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of tho Most Distinguished Order of baint Michael and Sain George; Governor aud Cuiumunder iu-lhief in and ovor Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and. its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same." We wonder whether he could say it oil' by heart, The Presbytery of Wellington met last night in the Oddfellows' Hall, Petone, for the puipose of moderating in a call to a minister. Tho liev IV. Jjhirer prosided,,and preached a suitable sermon from Acts 11,2 C. At the close of public worship tho election was proceeded with when tho Kev Alexander Thomson, ol Martinborough, was unanimously chosen and his induction to the Pptime' cliarne will take place at an early date," The Presbj teri .lis of Petone are to ho congratulated on the satisfactory state of their cause there. A beautiful Church designed by MrTuxward, architect, is in course of erection, and Mr Thomson is an earnest and eloquent pteacher.Press. •

A gentleman in Wellington who wan fur many years connected with the police department asserts that sniugt'liiii; is carried on to such an extent that the colony is losing revenue at the rate of 1250,000 pa' annum, and espressos tlie opinion that increased vigiience on the part of the Customs authorities-would prevent a good deal of this illicit trade, fho Post's informant inontioiis a case where a certain tradesman in Auckland was recently offered the opportunity of purchasing a ton of tobacco at Is per .jiutind, landed from a whaling veasol on a part of the ooast which is notfrequontly vißited by human beings, The ' Befereo' pronounces in the most unqualified terms O'Connor's match iviih Jacob Gmidaurat San Francisco a " put-up " job, arranged for exhibition purposes, Sportsmen fancied, fiom the Canadian's.tall talk that lie would not ffoin for these, bogus .displays, and their confidence in him has in consequence been much shaken, Furthermore, the interest in his. Australian expedition is niatfrinlly lessened, for (jays "Pendragon'') if ho would liston to the silvery nr otherwise metallic voice or Mr

Aranttoment in Sati Francisco, why not in Australia, too, O'Connor, stock (tho par winds up) has gone down a lot through the Jjan Francisco entertainment. This !b, I think myself, rather hard on O'Connor,, though the fact of betting men. laying 100 to 1 against Guadaur does look suspicious. The envoy of the Sultan of Morocco nod never 6een snow till his presut visit to Berlin, and now he is enchanted with it' Ho and his suito have frequently Joiie out at. night with, the servants of the Kaieerhof and enjoyed a lively gaiie of snowballing, \ '..■ Professor Thorold Rogers,. in the 1 Contemporary Beview,'says': !.'lhave , no doubt that human energy,:has .been aided by.cheap artipcial lifht, but it may bo *iubttd;.wheth.er'h.uinan heajtti has bettered.' Ib tbo days of {allow candles '•—not so yery long ogo-people' went to bed early jin the days; of; gas' uiine ; people 6e.em hardly to'go fo bed at all,"

new'iwallstes at the riiiti this esninj# ;V$ ..The long.tunnel on theGorgo- linei'Ms now pierced.':. The length is GOOydsy Siid.' tho; contractors' have been at .it 'twelve Mr G. W.Duifou'a new "catalogue" of books is published in «ur present jesun. Anno Duihini 2000. or Woman Destiny; heads the list.; .■,.-■..'•■'• '"•: , Thepriviiojrcs in, connection with the ■Back Race Meeting to-be held; on the Queen's Birthday will be sold by auction by Messrs Lotveß and lorns en Saturday next.at2p.m. ■'..'•' '•■•"''

A firo'- brigadu .competition .is bi be I held at Gisburne on tho Queen's Birthday.teains from the North Islmd bmng myited. One hundred and fifty pounds is tn be distributed in prizes, ■■.' . . Tweuty-nino objections were lodged against the property-tax valuations, ai.d lu'ard to-day by the Board of Reviuwrts Messrs W. H.'Beetham, T E, Chamberlain, and John Hesaey, The valuations in all cwb were sustained, which speaks well for tho fairness of the valuator, Mr A.J, Uathaway. Tho following aro the newly elected memhers of, the Fii.tbeiston Road Board:—Oreytown sub-division W. J. Nix, Featherston do, Mr Jas. Donald, VYlian-kaha do, Mr John Martin, junr., Awliea do, Mr W. JloLeod, Pahaua do, Mr Jas, Mcleod, Western Lake do, Mr A, Matthews, Kahautara do, Mr W. E. Bidwill. ■

Mr Joseph Williams, tho Fern ridge school drill instructor, was again to the fore on Tuesday morning last, and put tho boys through their drill before Mr Leo, the Inspector of Schools, in such « manner as to draw from the latter high expressions of praise. Mr Lee said that bo-had seeo nothing better in the district andiemarked upon the steadiness and precision of the various movements. The Board of Reviewers for the BoioughofMiistortiiH, Messrs tt'; H. Ueetham, (Cliairmao), J. Hcsseyand T. Ohamberlian, oro sitting with closed doors. Representatives of tho local press irni'M upon tho Board and pointed out tloifc in other pUcos in the Colony the skiing was open to the press. The I Chairman said ho had no wish to make Miistertoo an exception, but as parlies were sworn to secrecy he did not 6ee how they could curry out their obligation if they adniited the press. The'otlor members coincided with the Chairman's opinion and the pn ss withdrew.

A special meeting of the Oartortmi School committee was held at theSehuol room (in Wednesday night.for the purposo uf nominating a teacher* takothe pliee of Mis* Duncan, who proceeds to Gladstone to fiku charge (if that school mi Monday next, A list of teachers was submitted liy the Eriuc.it on Hoard aim the cmniltee were rec<>umknded to try Miss Ban-iister lvho has had fi o yeais experience, The lecniipneiidutinn was acceded to. This school has made great strides fince Christmas mid if it continues in this way it will lid entitled ton second master bv the end ot this vear • In ail article referring to the manner

in which the iigriisultuial statistics avo collected the ISapier Telogr-ph says : -'The average or thereabouts is easily got at, but us tliu potatoes have not been dug, and the ous and the barley and the wheat are still growing, the wildest guesses are the only answers that can bo given as tu what the probiblo yield will be. Nevertheless, these satisfy the constable, and the figures go duwu tu Wellington as giving the actual produce for the year." There i\re two palpable errors in this. In the 'first place, the statistics nio collected in March, when ceieals have long ceased growing, having, as a matter ol lact, been cut aiid stacked. In the second the figures du not go down as the " actaal produce" but as tho '' estimated yi.ld,"

There must be something radically wrong with the Department of Crown I Lands. A deferred payment 6ettler at Matigaiualiuo the other day received nntiee from the Board calling upon him tu show cause why ha should not forfeit his section, as bis fourth year's improvemerits wiuo not done. Tho man is a bona fide settler uf the right stamp, He is married, and residing on his property; on which he has built a neat cottage, He has 230 acres of land, and of that he has felled about 70 acre 3of bush, and erected over forty chains of feuoing, He has also a really first-class and well [•tucked garden, and be has paid bis 1 just dues to the Board when called upon, Now, if what this settler has done is not good cause why ho shouldn't forfeit his section, we would like to know what is, He has actually completed his six years' improvements, On the face ol it, the Hanger could nob have reported upon the section, or the Board would never have issued such mi order. Settleiß in the district who have lived there twoor three years say they h;we never received ii visit from the ltingernnce durinu' that time.

A general wail (says the 'Daily TeleRi'iiph'} is roacjiiug the ears of Lord Enutsford from the Govorncra of our colonies that tbo sakries paid are insufficient to maintain the duties and dignities uf their positions, Many appatently rich posts unite their holders

poorer moil than when they wore first appointed; and even splendid governorships and voice-royalties might, be named ivhieli go nearer to ruin than to enrich their envied occupants. This, it is represented to tho Colonial Secretary, largely results from tho forced increase of gubernatorial hospitality, due to the everiiugnientiui! number of distin-i guishid "glubo-trotterß." For EOino time past a goo J deal has been heard of the great trump curd which the Times still held up its sleeve, and which was to ho played before it closed its case. Wo (fall Mull Gazette), d" not know whether Mr Cuffco, who made his appearance in the witness box mi Tuesday, is tho card in question. If so, it has been almost as worthless a card as Richard Pigutt- ■ Mi Coffee, an Irish reporter, who wished to sep London at tlin-expensonfthe Times, seems to haye hoaxed tho innocent Mr Shannon by telling hiiuan extraordinary tissuo of falsehoods, which, after tho fashion nf MrSnaines.and Mr Macdnouaid, Mr Shannon imbibed as a child does its mother's milk, Then when Colfey appeared in' the witness box bo repudiated every statement he had ever made to Shannon, declared that his statement was a total fabrication, and altogether behaved in such an unseemly way in the witness bos that he was committed to gaol for contempt of Court. It would be rather'curiuus if tho net result of the Pamell Commission should turn out to' bo tho inflicting of a fine-on Mr Harrington (which has never been paid) and tho providing of frco accommodation in ono of Her Majesty's prisons for an Irish importer who came to see London at th? oxpenso of tho Times,. Evidences of (he march of progress are evinced in theso days by tho attempt bo worthily niado to bring tho great body of consumers into all but direct contact with tho noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through tbo meditira of tho proprietor of the celebrated Te Aro House, Wellington.

Mot content with having ercotcd one 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 seois still further to influenco the publio sending bis representatives thrown the various country districts, to make known to the. residents the manifest advantages of dealing with Te Aro House, Wellington.

All parcels will bo sent, carriage paid, to Any station on the Government and Manawatu Railway Company's Lines that may he nearest to the customer's residence and thus country purchasers will oe placed on the sanie footing as thoso resident in the City, and enjoy all the advantages connected- with dealing direotly 'with the Importer, James Smith, Te Aro Houso Wellington.-Adyt.

A representative is now in this district and .will call upon all and sundry with patterns of Seasonable Dress and otter Fabrics, Household Drapery, Tweeds Coating, &«.. He will fake orders of Dressmaking,, Tailoring, .and everything connested .with the drapery, trade, and'tho Proprietor trusts that every courtesy will bo extended to him with large numbers of orders to be executed' at To Aro House, Wellington. . Deaf.-A Person cured of Deafness and noises in /the hs/i nf 80 years' stnnding.by a'Siinple Remedy, will send a description of; it free to any person wfio trppliea tu JNickoLsoN, 175\VilHaru,§ttqet,

,'i'At:'ttiß qUailurlyl.-ViiutatiiiK ? tlie HJipinjx Lod(;o; : in i : M Teni|jerarico*. Uitll 'IS .vMiiDdfty;, evehiiie.' The /following' pffipers'Swere elected for'tbo-erisuingterm-:—Bra W. r Johnston; WiOiT.- ißrii' JM' teahyi' w.y.t.; BmE.PrwKi.ell, Mi. SeoV; 8r0. ]4, Wyoth, V W;F.S.';' Bni.-.-; W. Prahgnell eenr., :IV,F.; Bro;.A. P. Fteldin?, W.O. i Bro W. Morris, W.M.; BroJ.Stone, AV.I.G/; Bro H. Maine, W.O.G;;. Bro'T;.Collier,.:S;J.T;:'Bro Ti Oollier-was,' appointed District Deputy fur theWairaripi to the Grand Loom A hearty vote of thaoks was necorded lb" the proprietors of the Waiharapa DAiLYi'r their kindness in placing a; portion- Of their valuable paper to further the temperance cause. He was a shining light in the local Kftldrtiihin.il Korkonian Lodtjc, \yhichthe I Governor was expected.to, and didn'rj visit. He had prepared a speech, which he had /written .out,- carefully revised,' and learnt off by heart, mid.was to have delivered on this auspicious occasion. Imagino his difguat'to find that his labor »as in vain.".He went away from the Ledge with He'went to his usual house of cull on Lodge niyhts, <tnd mingled whiskey with his tears. Bciiiu full of courage, jie.went home and booted his : wife out of doors, .She sought shelter at a neighbor's, and put in the night there, whilst our hero slept the sleep of the just. He wants to malto it up with his better, half; but he might as well try to get "Moses to make bricks without Btraw "or.induce tho "Sepoys to bite greased cartridges," :

Dr Cassels of Edinburgh, was a very strong advocate .of nasal respiration, which he preached in a phamphlet bearing the sensational ■ title,. " Shut your Mouth and Savo Your Life." Ho quotes from Mr. George Catlin the dioturn; "if I were to endeavour to bequeath to "posterity the ni"it- importaut motto which human knowledge can convey, it should he in three woi;ds, : "Shut yi'Ur mouth." We Buspc tM r. Cutlin of a mild rfouWe cxlendn j but it seems that Aristotle, who anticipated miiny of the discovei ies of modern science held that in bieathing through the nose there is an action of the air on the sensorium at; the base of the brain ivhich promotes intelligence, and in man deve'ops 'energetic' and clear mental action.-The. Hospital,