The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3285, 20 June 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1889.

A poll wuM bo taken on the 7th July, for a proposed kin'pf £3OO on fhe Ihuraua Valley Road, Aifredton,

Whether or not the flax mills have taken up the surplus labor in thoWairarapa' -.we do not know,, but one stationholdor informs- us that whereas th.ey provided accommodation on an average for three swaggers daily, for the last (nreo weeks the/-hays not had.a visit froni one, :•;■'•'■'■ Tho English press are demanding a new song for use at the public meetings in place of'' He's a Jolly Good Fellow/' which, it is iiisistcd, is inappropriate to Gladstone, Salisbury, and almost everybody olse in ■ whoso honor it is now sting..

It is almost s,e(tled that Mr John Bums will be selected as tho Liberal candidate for Battcreea, in succession to Mr. 0 ; V. Moraan, who is retiring at tho next'election. This will be tha first occasion on which a Socialist has received the Bupport of the Liberal party.. Referring to flip large-increase of New Zealand Melbourne Argus says j-Itis goodfQi' New Zealand ..that her exports are increasing'bf leaps and bounds, This means' 1 among other things that the prices of her produce are going up, and as expenses are not increased, profits will bo greator in proportion', And tho fact is evidence also of industry and .enterprise. .The one circumstance that the '■- wild native flax, the popular phomiumienax, has becoma a marketable article, points to a' permanent inorease in tho national wealth. And certainly the more JNew Zealand can sell abroad at a profit, and the more we can sell abroad, the betjter for us all, In due course we shall have jxi further,congratulate, rjew Zealand upon realising its wealth jn the shape 'of money and I.goods : poured, into' tbp, pplpny, "This result may bo deferred by a/necessity for Wiping put liabilities ■ incurred abroad—and here wo have a powerful disturbing factor—bub in due; dourae s uoh a result must come..

■■:'• The ordinary' of the Mastorton. :Sohobl : ;, ; flotfrafttoviakM place tliis evening. P; ',■''? ''■■S "'■ '■'■::. ''■■;'■ Our late Resident Magistrate,-. Mr.' S. Von Stunner is now in Masterron.bn; a; visit, V: ,'.'■■; '■::■;. ,.% : '■< The Directors\ of tho Wellington Woollen Company propose paying a dividoidnt the rate of eight percent., per annum affor writing off 12000 for depreciation, carrying forward a balance of £BM)li 14s 9d, antr adding £2OOO to tho Reserve fund, "■ . , Mr. It, Burton./ of Mastertar has' received several testimonials this season to tho efficiency of his, patent Eclipse attached folding This simple invention can be attached to a threshing mill and uufolded in one minute, \ A.meeting of persons'interested in tho coal industry at Waingawn has been called by circular for Friday night next, when full particulars will be given as to the prospects of. finding a.seain, and proposals submitted for hiking oyer the existing shaft.

Mice is given in another column, of the dissolution of the partnership betiveen Joseph Wilson : and Thomas Barkor, flax-drcsseis, Masterhn, trading under tho style of Wilson and Company.' The liabilities of the late firm will be paid by Mr T. Barker, who will receive all monies duo to tho late firm, ' In Paris they are manufacturing artificial cod liver oil, ' It is made from stale and refuse fish, and its connection with" either tbe. cud or its liver is remote mid accidental,

A shipment of pheasants has been mado from New Plymouth, to ■ Sydney, 'whiro they are expected to realise one guinea per brace, that being the price in tho Byduoy market, The shippers run the risk in. placing the birds in good condition.

-The voluntary contributions to the disestablished Irish Church for 1888 amounted to .£148,000, an increase of £11,400 over the previous year. The total voluntary contributions since the disestablishment exceed i'3,IiOO,CUO. In New York a bouquet of white roses is hung with the crape on the door knob of the houso of a dead person, At Blabkb.urn, Jane Hodge, aged 44, tho wifd ofa butcher, told lior husband sho. was going into tho yard, and on arrivins there cut her throat with a table knife.. She afterwards tore the wound further open with her fingors. She died in a few seconds. It is announced that Mr Charles Lowder, long a popular ourata of St. Peter's, London Docks, and recently presented to.<a canonry in Cuinbrae Cathedral, has renounced his preferment and been received into the Roman Catholic Church,

A teaspoonful or moro oi powdered borax thrown into tho bath tub while bathing will communicate a velvety softness to the water, and at tho same time invigorato and rest tho bather. Potsous troubled with nervousness or wakeful nights will find this kind of a bath of great benefit. • - Micajah Henley, the -man who invented roller skates, lives in Richmond Indiana, He was a poor wood.sawyer, and it took nearly his last dollar to pay for his patent, but the craze for skating that spread over the country made him rich. George Thompson,, of Hobson-street, Aucklaud, has deposited specifications, for a new flax dressing machine; Chapman Ewen, of Tamahere, Waikato, has deposited specifications for a combined potato Boparator and bagging -machine. _ The detocliveshave been unsuccessful in tlioir search so far for the missing bankrupt, Thomas Loigh White, for whoso apprehension a warrant is out. A rumour is currout, which is apparently well founded, that ho left tho Colony a week ago, The Maori football ttam played their second matoh in Sydney on Tuesday against tho University team. Tho weather was fine and there was a cood attendance, The visitors won by a goal and four tries-17 points to 1 pointsafter a good game, m which some very fast play was shown, Tries wore obtained by F, and W. Warbrick, Elliot, Ellison and W. Wynyard. Ellison'fromoneof tlicse;p!aoed the only goal which the Maoris scored,"

A Scotch country lad. went up to a niau who was ploughing iu.a field near the"higliwfy,and said, "Isay, mon, I v.o coupit nm cairt." "Conpit your cairt! thats a pity; where li it and what was on it?" . "It's doon on the road yonnor, an' it was a cairt o' hay, Div ye no think ye can come and help me to lilt it?" "Oh, I'll oonio as soon as J can, but I cannot leave ran horses here in tho middlo o' the field jas soon as I can got to tho head rig, I'll como and holp ye," "Div ye no think ye can come tho noo?" he said, 'scratching his head. "No, I'm Bnrey, but I'll come as soon as I can." '•'Awenl," he said, in a tone of resignation, ''l maun just wait then, but I wad hae likit that yo could hae como t)ie npo for the hanged thing is that ma faither's bolow't I

Tlio "oartoon" number of tho Paris Figaro, which was isaued; recently created a'sensation of which we shall probably yet hear moro. It is a flaring and crudely coloured produgtioii, and a

gago etioh jb devote Jto tho four pr toadera— the flopnblic, tho Oomte d Paris,' Prince Victor, and Genera Boulanger, 'Tho Gonoral is unmorcifuliy caricatured, and indeed conies off worse than anybody elso. Two or three hours after publication the wholo of the 200,000 copies had beon sold, and on Saturday evening the price on tho bpuleyards, of the sheet of cartoons was tpn francs. |

The nextsensational law case will probably be the action which the Messrs Bull aro bringing against Her Majesty's Goycrnuient. Messrs Bull are the contractors who built the Law Courts. They handed over that building to the nation upon terms which made a gift to the Treasury of £30,000, The primo cost of Mr Street's much-discussed structure is £30,000 more than tlio country had to pay for it, Messrs Bull are now suing for compensation. They say that their losies wire incurred in consequence of alterations mado in his plariß by the architect. • Mr Street was always designing new detail, Messrs Bull wore bound to carry out his jn'sf ructions, and the alterations involved their firm in rgjri, -There is, aayathe London Correspondent of tlio Ljyorpool Mercury, a nuostion. of law in the case, and if that is- decided against the con•tractors they have no' further' roraedy, but if tliey get their case before a jury and establish their point, the. Civil Service Estimates will kgoly next yejr."

A rattier curious case of lunacy is reported from Paris. A yputifr woman living in tho Faubourg Mqntmartra suddenly went mad and imagined herself to be the Maid of Saragossa. She began to bombard the house opposite to that in which she lived, as well as the people who were passiug in tho street, She carried on the extraordinary siege with evoiy available article of furniture or otherwise which sho found near her. The local Commissary of Police jyho was casually passing by during tho bombard, went, just missed a missile m tho shape of a sardine box, which was within an inch of'cutting "his-head open, The pinan eventually was taken to the police infirmary i.'under persuasion, 1 ' ■Ammel Wool is. the pioterial devised by nature for animal covering, as tho sliniplest experiments' will prove,' the valanble quality of not. attracting or retaining the noxious, mal-odorous nuttteiß whioh the animal body mimics, Moreover, being a slow conductor of heat, AnimalWopl does not ph'ill, even'when damp.' Therefore, every one should secure a solection of our pure I'lanucls at To Aro House, Wellington, .-•■■'■'■. :■:. ' Hariletf'-'The mVMes' shrewdly," Hpriitio, ." -Itis'a nipping jind an eager air, my Lord,'-'.' Had. 'tho : '.p!iilps6plilo .Dane lived in'oui' day and city, he would, Svith fhpusarid of other intelligent citizens, have soup ami pljtaiijeili .the true Safeguard, cool,' Eones't, Slahnelj jtTe Aro'House, Wellington.""■'',; :: ■■■''*' ': :: . '. "Th) wind that blpsv&" aud ',' the air" the "biteiT .shrewdly 1 ' yould have been 'successfiiliy defied by. Holebting from' tho many excellent makes of Flannel that are to hod at Te Aw Souse, Wellington, . •'

flill bVio pf?the-firib ; cotißidered this, ■:>■■ "-'■ : i-^ , £; (.- '£:;.; v^s-,.' I v, ,Mp band play ja new; mil JaeleotiQua' ,'at thbriiilc this ■■■'/.- ; :; : VK'-'-- : A Messrs Lowes Morns arinounce'avery uxtensive.salo for Saturday next which will embrace furniture iu great ■ variety, prodiicu, . poultry and fruit' and ornamontal trees.. .•:. ; '"' . The ibvidonco in thocnse Mooro v Mqredith- was; conpludod v before. Mr Justico Richmond:;-yesterday,: arid the matter- now -stands reserved for. argument,'.- ::'■■'•■.;.: '•-.-■'••.

The total liabilities in the estate of Li?litbaiid, Allan: & C 0,,. Merchants, Christchurch,. who recontly' stopped payment are £101,690,' The statement filed shows £3,6o9,surplus. The following players will represent the first fifteen of tho Rod Stars against Greytown at Greytown_ on Saturday next,'—D'Aroy, ■ Thompson,, Polling, Ellers,.Hawke, Patterson, Iggulden, W. Welch, 0, Percy, McKeirae,; Watson, Thomas, Alf Hoar, Freeth, aud J, Percy emergencies, Kwington, J. Polling, T. Thompson, Bemeni. - : . : Tho.Kaitara (Morrison's Bush) School Committee, having been declared illegally elected, c public meeting Was hold last night to electa new committee, Tho members returned wero ■ Messrs H. Hodge, Waito, Ward, A, Dick, Mclntyre Reeve, and Wood, Mr H. Hodge was elected chairman of tho new committeo, The followiris team will represent the Mastertou Football Club ni the Junior cup contest with the second.of Carterton on the Worksop road-'("round-at' half past two on Saturday afternoon, 0. Blackburne, H, Bannister, Bakewell, If. Day, T. Dixon, H, Eton, O.lloffienj, C. Holmwood, A. Holmwood,' Molvor, McCorquodale, F. O'Connor, J. Pelling, Pownall, Eowe, A. Welch. Emergencies W. Bagge, E, Chalmers.

Thb-Agnews have', been committed to Wellington gaol for-one month with hard labor .under the Vagrancy Act. The presiding iustices were Messrs A.' |W; Brown and A.Toung, They violently protested against tho persecution they were subjected to at the.bauds of the police,' The unfortunate couple had been ottered 125 by Mr Jellicoe- and a free.passage if they would leave Wellington, but _ they 'mdienantly refused, being under'tho impression that the worthy solicitor' was actio? for the Government.

The contemplated tour of n Wairarapa football team to Wellington,' Blenhoim, and Ohristcburcb in about August next' came up for discussion at a oommittee meeting of the Wairarapa Engby Union hold in Carterton last night. A letter was road trdm the Marlborough Union offering two thirds of the gate money to a team visiting Blenheim, but whother [>ross or nctt was not stated, and probably information on this point will be elicited before the Wairarapa Union'

next meets, and also as to what tarns Christchurch would be disposed to accede, At present no definite action has been taken, and the matter remains over for further discussion and settle' ment in July. We understand that most of the men are desirous of going, and that it is more a question of ways and means than anything else.

A committee meeting of tho Wairarapa Rugby Union was held at Carterton, last' night, Mr Whatman presiding. A protest by the Stars against tho Maori first fifteen for allowing players to take part in a game for the junior cup, who should have been with tho seniors. Tho Committee constdered they could not deal with tho question aftor once classifying thorn, Referees were, appointed to act in the matches to be played at Carterton between Masterton and Cartorton, for the.formor, Mr 8. H. Smith, and for the latter, Mr G. Humphries, A lettor was read from the Marlborough Union inviting a visit from a Wairarapa team, and guaranteeing two-thirds of the gate money. It was decided to write and ask what sum that proportion' would be likely to ropresont. Tho Secretary was instructed to write to the Canterbury Union and ask what thoy would allow for a visit from tho _ Wairarapa.'. Mr Whatman resigned his membership of the management Committee of the Union as he is about to leave for England. A heat of the junior cup was arranged betweon Masterton and Cartorton seconds, to take place at Masterton next Saturday. - A somewhat auiusin? incident occurod duvin? tho hearing of a case at the Christchurch Polioo Court last week. MrR. L.Stanford was defending in a case of robbery, and was evidently tryiny to throw a doubt upon tho alleged sober ness of the witness at the time at which I the robbery was supposed to have been committed.' Suddenly he queried; "lou went for beer, didn't you?" to which tho witness reluctantly answered inthealb'rmativo, . "Ah," ejaculated Mr Stanford, " you went for beer, and you obtained it?" " Yes,"-" What did you caiy if-in-a billy ?" " No,"—"A jug ?" "No."-"A glass?" "No,"-Then what did yiu carry it in ?" queried Mr Stanford in desperation, ". A bottle, sir."— 11 Ah I" exclaimed counsel, in a tono which brookod no donial; ! ' and so you drank the bottle I" " No, : sir, not the bottloj I drank tho contents," replied the astute witness, while-the Court roared with laughtor.

Over a quarter of a million acres of land have l)een surveyed in.the.King country, preparatory to openiiiEf that region for settlement. Tho land is stated to bo first-class and of splondid quality, The Commissioners for Railways in Now South Wales have decided to reduce tho rates for the carriage of fruit 50 per cent, below the usual parcel rates, in order to encourage' the fruit-growing industry, •• . "