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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3214, 27 May 1889, Page 2

We understand that tho TaratahiCattetton Hack Racing Club intend holding their next ritco meeting either tho day before or the day after the Wairarapa mid East Coast Pastoral'aud Agricultural Society's show. Representations have been made to the latter to try and secure their patronage,

There was no hesitation with the South Wairarapa-County Council at its meeting on Saturday last when the question arose uf defonding the action brought by the Wellington Benevolent Society against tho local contributing bodies to tho Charitable Aid Board. It was decided to endorse the action of the delegates and put the seal of the Cuunty to the lettor appointing Mr Travora solicitor to defend the action,

In the football match between the Cartertoil Olub and tho Wellington Melrose Club on Queen's Birthday, at Carterton, the former won by eight points to one. Tho Pouekes wero to have played Carterton, but - being unable to get a team together, tho Melrose Club good-naturedly took up the game,

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenc} Company (Limited) have received the following telegram from their London office, dated 24th instant:—New Zealand Hemp.—Arrivals heavy j market weak; medium quality has fallen £2los per ton since last report. This will make present prico £3llos.

TheLiconsod Victuallers Association are agitatiup to goMhe Licensing Act amended, with a view to abolishin? the present system of electing Commissioners, and in place thereof to havo the powers of the Licensing Committees vested in local bodies.

' Wo draw the attention of the public to an announcement by Messrs Bowers and Mcßao in another column, by which it will be'seen this enterprifing firm intends running a weekly coach between Greytown and Mastortqn every Wednesday, The coach will leave Greytown Post Othco at 9,30 a.m. on that day, and pick up and drop passengers at Carterton, and arrive in Masterton at 11 a,m, The return coach leaves Masterton at i p,m, Further particulars are given elsewhere.

A chief namod Enia died at Walpawa on Saturday last. He wbb attending too Land Court and was a claimant in a large block of land, Some time ago in his evidenco he said his father was a great general, but in orosa-exaimnution ho admitted his father lived a sort of outlaw, and whonever anyone camo Ihb way he need to knock them on the hoad, cook, and eat them.'

It is understood that Captain Donald, of tho Masterton Rifle Volunteers, will shortly bo promoted to the rank of Major Commanding the district, and Mr A. li. Bunny ia spoken of a 8 likely to succeed him in the command of tho corps. Lieutenant Thompson ia also likely to retire, as he cnuiiot afford tho time required $y tho coußoiuntioua per. formance of the duties portainiug to the office, and rumor has it that ho will be succeeded by a gentleman who is riot at present a member of the company. Messrs MoKenzie and Tringham's flax mill at Mai'tiuborough has fivo strippera at work, and turns outat thoprestiit time at the rate nf fifteen tons per week The machinery is perhaps the best in tha district, with all modorn improve* ments, and was turnod out by Messrs Cable*Co, Wellington.' Mr F. H. Wood holds an important and unreserved Bale at Featherston on Wednesday next, May 29th, commencing at 11 o'clock. Tho sole will comprise the whole of the valuablo household furniture and effects of Mr J. D. Oakley, of" Memvale." As Mr Oakhy is leaving tho district the instructions are to sell, -and the eoodswill be Bold without reserve. In the catalogue we notice thore is a piano by Liff & Son, a magnificent ''instrument, having all the latest improvein.orits, Further 'particulars are' given in' Mr 'Woods usual cblunirj. " ; '' ' :' : '

Ono of tha f djrm/ museums of Chicago exhibits a snake's skin bearing this legend!-" Skin of the shako that tempted Eve in the Garden of Paradise, It waa killed by Adam the following day after the treason, Adam hit it with a club, of which traces are still leftThis skm was part of the inheritance of Adam, and wpq preserved by his family in Asia. Tho go'nuincßS is attested by tho dnotbrs m\ divinity" are attached. 1 -";.. :-

•Jt't?oj'ldß.eem!fnmu report on tbe New Jsealan.d fjaj iiiarkot-furnished a contemporary by Mr j3, Spijrlip", pf Lou. don, ojidor.dats'Marph 21, tftat ths fears oftliehis)" prices jn.duoi'ngthoshippintt| of poor and imperfgctlydrcssedjbro was not groundless. Mr Spurllng in hjs Ireport, which deals mora particularly with Wellington and Aitokland fibre, says,"It is worthy of note that several parcels (reported by the Banklandsfa recently arrived pcjiel with a earro of 1288 bales of flax) Bhw adeolfled falling off in quality together with a wanjof ppoj cleanity together with a rimfpl proper ;o!ean : iug and preparing. Many of the marks arfl sf poor coarse fibre, ahd would ledd to theinfewo thar,' stimulated by {He hi? h W >#)> Wi M$ J l6l ■ • -* 01 ? 18 shippers are sendjag tW fefi/pW growth, and fibre-Hmprobefly -$mM or. retted—shbwin'K great hardness,' and want 61 vegetable sap and. nature. Havine already directed attention to the yariouß points necessaryfor the improvement of New Zealand flax; I need not nowwy more tiisnjto express a hope thai bur .np.fcbfe . oysr;l;)aa\jd ■with brdihary Bbrts of flax, and thus briht!' jntb'disrepute an' article 'whloh/iis Btl^in" 1 ? ia favoT4r.7.: :

The Glareville and Dilefield choeao factories have cowed opeiations fur the pieaent mum,' The former turned out 46 tons and the lalter 70. The cbefiao manufactured averaged sliphtly over one pound of cheese to every gallon of milk.

A Wnirarapa compositor on the spol reporta there are one hundred and sixty compositora out on strike at tho'present time at Brisbane.

; For the month ending May. 28rd 157,520 cubic feet of sas were madeal tho Masterton Corporation' Works, This is arnffprease 'of 25,960 cubic feel on tho aatrie period last

The Public Trustee was in, attendance at tho office of MrW. Sellar Maaterton from half past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. He left for Wellington by tho raid-day train to-day, , Tho following accounts were paid ove r at the settling up of the North Wairarapa Hack Club, run on Queen's Birthday :-- A. J. Hoskinjr, £37 1b ; W. Buiok, £% 12a; J. J. Smith, £ls 7b ;W. lorns, 10a) lUfcKenzio, £6l3s; F. Hood, £1 18s ;Sezton£l 18s; Total £9519 a. , Tho Rev Ohas. Murray, of Carterton, conducted tho anniversary aerviceß in connection with the Sunday Sohool at thr, Masteiton Presbyterian Churoh yesterday, There were large attendances, morning, aftornoon and evening, a great many from other denominations being present.

Mr J. D, Foley gave his concluding entertainment on Saturday evening to a fair house, During the performance he thanked the Masterton public for the very generous way in which they had supported him, and announced that he would shortly bo along with a small dramatio Company. Mr Cokor informs us that he is negotiating with'the following companies; Hugo's Minstrels, The Payne Family, and the Spanish Students, so there is overy prospect of Masterton playgoers seeing some really good entertainments this wintor. Mr 0, P, Powles and Mr O. E. Zohrab, tht two special conmiisionois appointed by the Standing C«mmittee of the Well-' ington Dioceao to investigate the condlto.u of the parish of St, Matthew's, financial and otherwise have arrived m Maaterton and will meet the parishioners at the Schoolroom to-night, with whom parochial matters will be thoroughly discussed, Tho.proceedings aro to be treated as strictly 'confidential pending the publication of the commissioners, report to the Standing Committee A contemporary saysi-The life of a constable it Aratapu, np Auckland way, affords an illustration of the principle laid down in the "Pirates of Penzance." Aratapu is a bit of a port, and boastsof a hotel—or a hotel boaata of Aratapu—and sailors doming to the port and the lintel sometimes makes things lively for the one constable. His difficulty is that his lock-up is at another' township, Kppuru, two inilea away. If he runs o man in holm tohok after him, visit him at regulation hours and bo forth, and consequently when ho doea take a prisoner he inflicts upon himsolf a sentence of hard labour in walking backwards and forwards between his home and station and his look up. The other night he had three obstreperous fellows on his hands at once, ho ran'ono along and left the others tor tho time being. When he got back to Aartapu he found they had tun themselves into tho police station, lit a large firoiu the kitchen, and had a good supper from his larder.

The following is a curious religion :- "After animals the luetics worship' disease, Naturally srnall-poxhaß many votaries, as in India, though in China flie is not a mere manifestation of a wellknown dread goddess, but a separate deity by herself; A miserable brokendown looking figure is known to everybody as' His Excellency tho Asthma,' and hard by you will see WrMuscle-and-bimcpain; and there is one very repul. aive divinity frequently soen in roadside shrines and large city temples alike, which aptly illustrates the ingenuity of the Chinero in spritual matters, It would be tojmich to have a eeperato god for every single disease that flesh ia heir to, so a diety has been devised, Mr linperfoct-in-overy-part-of-liis-body. The idol ia most unpleasant in appearand, having soro eyes and a hare lin, an ulcer hero, a diseased bone there, To him a sufferer unprovided with a god of its own offers a symbol of the part affeoted, cutout in gilt paper or silk and he goes away, with- the ajsuranco that ho ■ will bo cured. Occasionally a bw full of prescriptions is placed before this loathsome looking deity, Then, when incense has been burnt, the priest after duly pocketing his fee, throws a pair of dice and takes out the prescription marked with the number that turns up. The patient; carries it off to the drug shop, gets it mado up, and, let us us hopo. profits ninch by swallowing it," -H. C. James' The Long White Mountain i or, A Journey in Manchuria, pp, 191,172,

The Syrian Patriarch Michael I. (who died 1199 a,d.) is tho author of a Syriao chronicle from tho Creation to the year 1196. This is clear from his minor writings as well as from an' Armenian translation of this chronicle, which, however, seems to bo an epitome only, Tho original toxt of Michael's chroniolo, which is important for Syriao literature as for. the general and ecclesiastical history of the East, was considered lost, We are, therefore, glad, says an English journal, to announce that tho Catholic iishop of Edessa has lately discovered the original text of this lost ohromclo in a My, of which ho now possesses an accurate. copy. The learned Bishop intends, we are informed, to publish shortly a Latin or a French translation of the chroniolo, which will bo followed soon after by the edition of the original text, ' , ' . i

The labor market of Victoria is in a bettpr condition than is usual at this period of the year, Unskilled labor may oxporiencn a soaroityof employment, but the artisans are m full work. Tho Ballarat strike is approaching a settle? ment, the.masters' acknowledging the local Union and acceding, to the wageß scale, but retaining the right to employ non-union hands, The printers' strike at Brisbane is poetically at an end; and with the improved propects, consequent upon tho recent rainfall, which has been general over extensive tracts of country, together weth the higher prices realised for Australian wool in the London market, and the improved financial conditioni a fairly good winter may bo expected.- ■■■■;.-

[. The Adelaide Cup was won by Stanly and the Brisbane Cup by Quioksilvor. .4. number of sportsmen tramped around tho suburbs' of Masterton on Saturday. Shortly before dusk eleven of them met when -the total bag was found to bspne rahbit, Messrs Webb and Lester pf the cheap tailoring .establishment, have an importaiit announcement' jn onr wanted columns to wh'ioh they invite attention.

A first offender was brought befure Colonel Roberts, R.M,,. this morning, and oharged with.boins; drunk and disorderly in the public streets, on Sunday, and fined five shillings. . Leaf.—A Person cured of Deafness and noises m tho head of 23 years' standing by a. Simple Remefjy, wjll send a description of it free to any Person who applies to Nichoisoh, Wjlliamstrcet, Melbourne. " ' 'i.''.'

Few people outside the large ciroleof opr customers have any adequate jdejof the immense stock we have always on liapd of hotieri) suitable for all seasons, and more especially'.for the present' oijo- at'Te' Aro House; Wellington.. ' " .

Even the many thousands o( our Wends who.havb'steadily supported ns in this department for many years pasVwonld bo astonished to learn that we never'have less and sometimes, muoh.rn.ore, than 21,000 pairs of#o«eofeverydescription, adapted fqr oliildren, young ladios, and ladies at Te AroTßTouse, Wcjljngton. And nqt only is'.tliequantity thus extensive; but the selection-js excellent and varied, and the Quality is all that'eduld; bo desired. 'The valiiej" too," is unrivalled. faking quality info account, there is no pijce V jfycip cheaper Hoiiertj is tb'oV obtained 'thajj al W Ato Ijjiuie, Wellington,' To aocomplish aU tSjeje sesir£bje o'ndßi'in providing quality, variety, amlihe&p; nesfli we proourc out Hosiery from the best manufacturers in England and 'Scotland and'.elsew^ere (mnhrt! tumn an unmctiand jbuj pure at all times the best mallei's a'nd'ith'e'^es}Valae in Ladies ad Ohildrsh fHimii JTe'Arf ?ouse,? elungton.-Apyi,

have been shown ft sample of tobacco qrown •by Mr,.T. Warner, at Miisterton,: It is and, in addition to being a voty-good bplor, is excellent - ":,

The cook of fhebarque'Aiajter, named Williain Jones, was drownedin the Wellington Harbor on Saturday night or, Sutday morning. He is B'ippused 'to have fallen oyer the unprotected breastwork whilst under the influence of drink. . The latest novelty in Bp'ort has ,-.been initiated by the Scottish Athletic Olub of New York, who have found a means of bringing cook fighting up to the respectability of Boientifio Bpavring,. The cocke, instead of bein? heeled with sharp steel spurs, wear tliiy. leather gloves on their heels, and all the sport of a cock' fight, without the b uod may be obtained without any mora injury to the birds than the combatants in a gloye contest receive. .. '