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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3208, 18 May 1889, Page 2

Friday's southerly weather left - a pretty thick covering of snow on tho Tararua ranges, There was a heavy frost in tho valley during the night. Three firemen aboard the R.M.B. Eiinutaka were badly scalded'on Friday by the bursting of a steam pipe. Tlioy woro not expected to be fit for work, for a fortnight.

Several comparative tests of Whitney and Ely ammunition woro made at Wellington on .Friday, but the shooting was so close as to havo little to chose from.

By an announcement on our first page Mri'.W. Woodrofie, draper and clothier, notifies a two weeks genuine slaughter sale, when all goods will be sold at clearing prices as he intends giving up business in Masterton. Wellington has made an ominous beginning with tho' electric light, Tho other night, at tho mooting of tho City Council, when the chamber was brilliantly lighted, all the lamps suddenly went out, and the more homely gas had to bo re-lit, It appears that the belt driving the dynamo broko. On Monday tho Masterton School will open at 9.80 a,m,, in pluco of 0 o'clock, this being tho usual change fur the winter months. The children, it may be explained, do not lose the benefit of half an hour's toaching, as the time is 1 j deducted from the dinner hour.

The privileges in connection with the North Wairarapa Hack Kaces on tho Queen's Birthday were submitted to public auction by Messrs Lowes and lorns on Friday. There was a fair attendance, and tho, following prices wero realised No. 1 Publican's Booth, TV Thompson, £5; No. 2 do, T. Thomp£s; No, 1 Refreshment Booth, Mrs Corbett, £2 j .No. 2 do, Mrs Corbett, £2; Games, T. Cordue, £1 2s Gd; Cards, W, Stannard, £4; Horso Yards, Dixon, £2; Fruit, Mrs Corbett, ss, The Porirua Jockoy Club have added a new race to their Queen's Birthday programme, says tho Post. This is. the Hospital Handicap, a sweepstake of one sov. each, with Ssovs added by tho stewards. As the'. name indicates, all the proceeds of the race, including the commission and odd money from the totalisator, half of the entrance fees, with 2s from each jockey are to go to tho Hospital funds, for the purpose of supporting a bed in the institution for any j jockoy, trainer, or other person who may meet with an aooidont on the Porirua racecourse. The idea is a good ono, and might be carried out with advantage by other olubs. - For some weeks before tho mail left England a sharp little storm was raging round tho head of Miss Mary Anderson ou account of a passage in tho article which appeared over her signature ill' the January number of tho North American Review Here is the offendin? sentence:—"Tho person who stops upon the stage from palace or hovel in pursuit of notoriety or unearned gam hasnorghtto be admitted to tho dramatic profession,". This was constructed into the expression of a rather strom? opinion upon Mrs Langtry, Mrs BrownPotter, aud other society actresses, Upon being brought to bonk'.by'the inevitable interviewer, Miss Mary Anderson gave an explanation which throws a useful light •on tho manner in which articles are written for tho American, magazines, Itapears that she did not actually compose the essay, she only adumbrated tho main ideas iti conversation with a "literary" friend, who put them into nliape for her, No doubt she signed the document, but she was in a hurry, she says, andhadnotimo to read it carefully, So that was how she made herdeimiin literature,

The circular of the Colonial Secretary issued to the Resident Magistrates of the colony, and offering advice on the vexed question of the totalisator, will be sure to provoke a storm of disapproval, more especially in tho country districts, says tho HJB. Telegraph, Wo want to see the number of race meetings in the colony reduced, but in common with most people who havo no interests of their own to sorve wo do not wish to see tho country gatherings, which are true sporting fixtures, interfered with, though we desire to Bee gate money meetings altogether abolished The Metropolitan Olubs have shifted their ground more than ouce, and though they are anxious to stamp out certain classes of racing fixtures, in their own interests, so far they haye only succeeded in intensilyine the evil, Those gatherings which depend entirely for their oxistenco on the machine, have dono much to damage racing at a sport; they have injured tho Metropilitan' Clubs' gatherings by reducing tho attendance at thorn, limiting tho fields, and in curtailing tho investments «n the machine, so tho Metropolitan Clubs havo been very anxious to suppress tlißm, but up to date all their effortß have been fruitless. .It remains to bo seen whother the Colonial Secretary's , oiroular will aid them in their endeavors. .

An extraordinary Bcenowas witnessed in the Catholic Church of St. Peter and St.Paul, at Clonmel, recently, The Catholio soldiers of tho. garrison attend mass there every Sunday morning, and while tho offioiating'priest, Father Byrne was reading the Bishop's Lenten pastoral in which he strongly condemned the action of the 'Government towards Ireland, and adjured the people to pray for their country in this tipjo of trouble, Lieutenant Geohegaii,' who,-was in charge of the troops, rose in his seat, and ordered his men to leave the buildin?, As they did not immediately obey, lie repeated the order twice. Father Byrne, addressing the men from the altar, commanded them to remain in their Beats, and all the soldiers, except two sergeants, who followed Lieutenant Geohegan out' of the ohurqh, obeyed the priest and 6tayed where they were until mass was ~over. .On leaving,tho chapel Lieutenant Geohegan was hooted and jiustled by a crowd of peoplo', and when the soldiers parched for their barracks they were accompanied by a prowd, who (Sheared th?m lipartily for the pciurao they h'fid afloptfd, Bp(ore the officer left the chapel, the priest publicly rebuked him, and told,him that ho should report him to his superior officers,

.. ;Te. rt<i|wayme-tablo > for the Queoh's Birthday, appears,; in our advertising columns. - ' ' '

Morrow, tho defaulting secretary; of Archill Jttoad Board, has been arrested in -v"-:,^

; The property-tax. reviewers havo reduced the valuation of ; Miramar Peninsula, (late J. 0. Crawford's estate) from £52,615 to £26,000. , Here are some facta which should interest tho ladies. It is found that Miflß Ellen Terry's waist is 28in., and. who can bo more, graceful than she ? Mary Anderson's waist measures 26in; Mrs Bernard Beere's,- 27in., without stays; Dorothy Dene, the pet model of Sir P. Leighton, 24in ;. : Kate Roche, the most charming of actresses,-23inwhile it is reserved for Kate Vatighan, the dmiscm, to bottom tho list with 21|in,

l'he Auditor-General has disallowed the amounts of £SO and £ll7'Bs appearing in the balaiico-sheet of the Hutt County Council as travelling expenses for the Chairman and members respectively of the Counoil, on tho ground that these euros represent,'not actual travelling expenses, but a stated allowance. A former Masterton resident who is now in -Victoria, writes us to say about £2,000,000 is proposed to be spent in irrigation in that colony, with the object of starting, vineries, perfumery works, etc. The ground taken up with the vines and flowers will, it is expected, seriously reduce the wheat area of the colony,

There appear to be some very energetic and unscrupulous sportsmen in tho neighborhood ot Masterton this season. In the absence of a suitable supply of wild ducks, some of them have latelv taken to sueaking,about in search of tame ones, Tho latest victim in this direction is Mr Fillason, near the railway station, who had two or his birds shot in this way. It would bo idle to say that such an occurrence is accidental, for a porson who does not know a wild duck from a tame one is not fitted by uature to be trusted with a loaded gun. The tirey Kiver Argus publishes the following incident showing the vicissitudes of a gold digger's life" Stranee as it may seem, the minors who recently found the 60oz nugget at Moonlight are tho same party who found the 70oz nugget nearly twenty years ago. After following the pursuit of mining for many years on different goldfields elsewhere, tliey returned to the old field in the hope of miking a rise. 'The result shows that they were not disappointed j for they not only found the 60oz pieco mentioned, but have altogether accumulated about 401b of the precious metal, mainly in nuggets of various sizes. In 1880 some young ladios in Berlin founded a Club, tho moinbers of which pledged themselyes not to marry under pain of a fine of 1000 marks. At first tho Club was a great success; it 'started with tw6nty-threo members, and soon increased its nnmbers to thirty-one. Suddenly, however, an epidemic of Marrying broko out in tho Olub; aud this year, at the general meeting, there was only ono solitary moinbor left, who found liorself called upon to dispose of 98,000 marks, the amount remaining of the fines that had been paid, This, by the official advice of the perjured exmembers, the general meeting resolved to divide into equal portions, one to be given to the Berlin hospitals, the other to bo settled on the last inomber, It seems a pity that tbo following advertisement, which has just appeared in a Frankfort paper, cannot be brought before this member's notice, It reads as follows" A poor devil wishes to make the acquaintance of a rich angel, with ft view to matrimony, in the hope of making for liimself a little heaven on earth."

The Wellington Agricultural Society has elected the following officers for the year .'-Patron, Bis Excellency tho Governor ; President, Mr W. fl, Levin; Vice-President, Dr Newman, M.H.E,; Committee-City, Messrs T. G. ■Macarthy, T. K, Mncdinald, C. J. Johnston, A, H. Milcß, and E, Ptaroe. Hutt, Messrs H. D. Crawford, E. J, Itiddiford, W, A, Fitzherbert, J. \V. Bryant, and F. Bradey. -Wairarapa, Messrs W. E. Bidwill, J. Stuckey, A. Mathews, C, Phillips, and W. H. Beetham, West Coast—Messrs J. R, •Lyaa®ht, G. Wheeler, M; Prendergast, J. Gear, and E, Newman, Other districts, Messrs G, Hunter, E, Clifton, C. Goulter, and Hon. M, Holmes. It was decided not to elect a secretary and treasurer just at present. The first show is to be held in Novembor.

Amanuscript copy of tho Gospels; for which the price ot £SOOO has been refused, is about to come under tho hammer in London. It is the splendid "Evangeliarium," written in letters of gold on purple vellum, which was produced by an Ando-Saxon scribo for Archbishop Wilfred of York about the year 070. According to one account, this most interesting volume was presented to King Henry VIII. by Pope Leo X. on the occasion of conferring the title of •'Defender of Faith;" and even the German Professor Wattenbach, whilo disputing tho accuraoy of this story, agrees that the gift was mado to the See of York by Cardinal Wolsey, King Henry's trusted Chancellor, and Archbishop of York for tho time being. Six years ngo it formed part of the famous collection of manuscripts' at Hamilton Palaco, and wlion the present Duke disposed of these treasures it was purchased, along with many other valuable papors, for tho Prussian Govorn. ment, and deposited in the Berlin Museum. It was the Prussian Government which refused to part with the York Gospels even for £SOOO to an English bookseller, who was anxious to possess hinisolf of the prize. The value of the book is of course greatly enchanced by tho circumstance that there are only three or four manuscripts of the same kind now in oxistenco.

The moinbors' roll of the newly formed Wellington Agricultural Society ii|)w contains 225 names, The St. Johns Lodge, 1888, EC, of Featliorstirii, at its meeting on Thursday night, decided to support the establishment of a United Grand Lodge for Now Zealand .

The Greytow Hospital Trustees mot at Mr F. H. Wood's office, yesterday. The business was entirely routine, with the exception of the consideration of a claim made by the Masterton Hospital for tlio sum of £os, to which they considered they wero entitled under tho Hospital aud Chaitablo Aid Act, the same being tho maintainanco fees of patients from the Greytown district, who had been accommodated at Masterton. It was deoided to reply and point out that tho Statute quoted indicated that such claims should be made to a District Board, and not to a Hospital which was'considered by the authorities to bB in the same corporate# district as the Masterton Hospital,— Standard,

Evidences of tho march of progress are evinced in these days by tho. attempt so worthily made to bring the great body ol consumers into all but direot contact with the noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through tho medium of tho proprietor of the celebrated Te Aro House, Wellington,.

Not oentcnt with having erected ono of largest, 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, furthor to influence the public_ by ssndipg lijs representatives! through the various country districts, to make known to the residents tho manifest! advantages of dealing'with Te Aro House, Wellington.

All parcels will be sont, oarriago paid, to any station on the Government and Manawatu Railway Company's Lines that may be nearest to tho customer's residenco, and thus country purchasers will bo placed on tho Bame footing as those resident in the City, and enjoy all the advantages connected with dealing direotly with the Importer, James Smith, Te Aro House Wellington.-AovT.

A representativo is now in this disti'lct and will call upon all and sundry \yiih patterns of Seasonable Dress ana other Fabrics, Household Drapery, . Tweeds, Coating, &o, He will tale order?'of Dress? Waking, .Tailoring, and everything connected with .the drapery trade, and '• the Proprietor trusts tjut every. courtesy will' bo extended to him; with large numbers of : orders to be executed at To Aro House, Wellington,. ■ r.

: Mr F. H, Wood adds fivo well-bred two. yoar old heifers, three iows' and number ot calves to'his .next Taratabi Bale. i

Mr A. J, Rawson has been appointed astentfor Messrs Uaroourt 'and Co,, of .Wellington the istricts of . ton and Eketanuna. Mr Rawsou has an advertisement on the subject in another column, ■ 'v. -

, A Maori was brought into .Wellington on Friday, suffenn? Irotn injuries received while bush-falling at Te Horo nearOtaki. He was sent to the Hospital, where it was found that his skull and jaw were broken. He died oh Saturday morning. t Efforts are being mado to ronder the annual plain and fancy dress ball of the Masterton Rifles which is announced to take place on the night of tlw Queen's Birthday even more successful than , its predecessors. The prise of the double ticket lias been reduced to ss, and a considerable number of invitations have beenissued.

The Masterton Rifles commenced on Saturday afternoon tho first competition for Lieut Hooper's cup, which has been presented oh the conditions that the competitors be handicapped, 1 and that it be won either threo times in succession or lour times at intervals before it can be won-right out.

An old acquaintance, though almost entirely in a new guise, is to make his bow at the Masterton Theatre Royal, on Thursday and Friday next, being no less than Mr J..D, Foleyj who, 011 this occasion, is to be accompanied by Mrs Foley, who is an artiste of no mean order, Between them they produce an entertainment called "Gay Guests, or Romers Relations,"-.which onablos Mr Foley to show to the bost advantage bis versabihty in changing characters. The entertainment will beinterpersed with appropriate songs, dances, and musical specialities, in all of which the visitors are very proficient, , It will bo observod in another column that the agenoy of tho North German Fire Insurance Company is placed in tho hands of Mr R.M. Galloway, whose energy will doubtless soon place the Com • pany where it ought to • be; amongst thoibusiost of the district. All over the English speaking world, Mr Galloway informs us, the North German Company is known lor its liberal and sale method of doing business. The Head Office for New Zealand in Wellington has a revolving credit of £10,000; that is, jf £9,000 is withdrawn to-day, the balance is made up to 110,000 again to-morrow by the Bank of England, All the profits from the Now Zealand business is invested in this colony, bo that insurers have the extra security of the Company's larse investments as well. Mr James Powell, a well-known resident of Asliurst, was killed 011 the Palinerstmi _to Ashurst Road on Thursday night. Three teams of horses and drays were being driven home from N oodville. Mr Fowell driving the last oiio, when suddenly Powell's team bolted, and on the other drivers going back they found him on the road unconscious, with "a nasty gash on the thigh. He never regained consciousness and died about four hours later.