The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT 12, 1889. The League Dissolved.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3307, 12 September 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPT 12, 1889. The League Dissolved.

Ok Tuesday last the delegates representing the various local bodies of Wairarapa North and South held their final gathering, and agreed to dissolve partnership in tho protracted resistance which they have made to the demands of tho District Board. No more money is to bo paid to eminent lawyers to maintain an untenable position, and the law is to have its course. Greytown is blamed for taking the initial step to break up the ieaguo, but Greytown was never enthusiastic in throwing good money after bad. There is an apparent breach of faith on the part of the southern borough in agreeing to pay its demands without giving prior notice to the other contributing bodies, but we trust this will be susceptible of explanation. The North County has now agreed to pay up, and if t)|e South one still holds out, its greater endurance may be due to the consideration that its members have not as yet been served with a writ. The strong protest that has been made will no doubt prove to have been a somewhat expensive expedient, and wo trust it will, however wo may question tho principle of it, havo some effect in bringing about an alteration in tho law. There is another grievance, too, the outcome of the same Act. Not only has tho measure set Wellington and Wairarapa by the ears, but it has developed a very undesirable bone of contention between Wairarapa North and South. Under the Act the Trustees of the Greytown Hospital can lovy and are levying a demand on Wairarapa North. This, of course, is very objectionable, but it is tho law and it furnishes another argument for the alteration of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Act. In Wairarapa ijoi'tli we are maintaining our own Hospital by voluntary subscriptions and'Goyerhm.enji subsidy, but in Wairarapa South they have taken Advantage of the clauses of the Apt! which ouables the trustees of a Hospital to drav/flii income from the funds of local bodies, This, pasy way of raising-ways and means is to bo deprecated because it is almost an incentive to extravagant administration. By its means the Trustees of (ill institution have only to name the sum tjipy need and the law compels thejr wants to. be supplied, There is no more struggling to make both ends meet with the Qreytown

Trustees, tho United "Wairavapa District Hospital Boavd haß to find all that they ask for. It 'would be hotter to ropeal tho Hospital and Charitable Aid Act in toto and leave the sick and poor to the care of voluntary associations and private charity than to perpeluato the present demoralising syatom under which one body raises money and another spends it, under which paupers aro manufactured wholesalo, and honest independent effort to surmount misfortune is superseded and discouraged,

It was announced at tho Theatre Itoyal, Masterton, last night, that owing to Mr Lincoln suffering a relapse there would bo no porlormanco that evening and tho money paid would bo refunded. Tho houso was thinly attended, At a meeting of tho Opposition yesterday, it wn» decided that.Mr Ballanco should move the following amendment to go into Committee of Supply;— '' That, in tho opinion of this House, it is expedient that there sliould bo a dissolution of Parliament after tho termination of tho present session, and that tho now Parliament should meet for tho

despatch of business as soon as possiblo after tho expiration of tho financial , year." In tho afternoon Mr Ballanco gave notice of the amendment, which was received with cheers from Ministers as j well as from members of the Opposition. In the Marlborongh Football Match | Inst Tuesday the Wairarapa Team had somo heavy weights to contend against; i ono 18st 101b, one 15st 41b, sovcral i over Wst, and the majority over 12st. ' The Waipoua is now scouring in tho neighborhood of Mr lienall's dam. If it cut that away hia water supply scheme will be at an end for the renewal ol it would probably cost more money than either ho or the town could afiord. This is one of the fatally weak points of his project as at any moment during a Hood irreparablo mischief may he done. Twenty-four hours' incessant rain in tho Foity-iiiilo Bush has swollen the rivers and creeks alarmingly, Somo of the lower lovols aro under water, including the reserve between Newman and Ekctahuno, Tho Makakahi is higher than it has been for a long while. If this weather continues, the settlers may expect a repetition of the big flood of Kvo years ago Tickets for the Fancy Dress Masquerade Ball on Monday evening next 1 are going off rapidly, and thoro is ovory 1 prospect ol the affair beiug a big success. Soveral ladic3 and gentlemen fiom tho > Lower Valley, principally Groytown, havo intimated their intention of being , present. Spectators will bo admitted to the dress circle for one shilling, and as tho sight will bo a very pretty and in- , terestiug ono, this portion of the theatre : should bo well filled, 1 A match has been arrowed between the first fifteen of the Juniors and tho ' Gladstone ■' Jubilee Stars," to bo played ■ on tne former's ground on Saturday 5 noxfc, The following will roprescnt the i Juniors :-Full back, H. Wrigley, threequarters, flounslow, Gapper, Green ' halves, Baillio, (captain), Fellinghain» 9 forwards, Owen, Hockley, 1: Wrigleyi 3 J. Eusboll, McPherson, Blinkhorno, ft. 3 Langton, Wellington, and Pickering; • Emergencies, backs, Thompson, Rcnoll; i forwards, W, Spackman, Webb. A correspondent asks us to insert tho

following seasonable advioo to persons suffering from colds t—A low or oven starvation diet for a few days, with tho free drinking of warm, mildly stimulating teas, is bettor for a cold than any drug or combination of drugs, If with this a warm bath or a hot bath is taken, little moro will be needed, Nine cases in ten of colds can bo broken up in tho early 6tago by a hot foot, or rathor log bath, keeping tho water as hot as it can be borne until perspiration arises. After tho bath drink half a pint of hot lemonade and go to bed. Is thoro any kid (?) about tho following from the N. Z. Mail, —A horrifying discovery has been made by a Greek physician, who declares that 'gloves' which aro sold as kid are often made of human skin. The skin of the breast is soft and pliable, and tho tanning is extensively carried on in Franco aud

Switzerland, When people buy gloves they du not inquire the material ol which thoy aro made, and in all probability tho shopkeeper is himsolf in ignorance whether tiio so-called 'kid' comes from young goats, rats, puppies, or human beings. Can tho talo vouchod for by Dr Mark Narkyz bo true? A man in England has invented a voting machine which is somewhat complicated, but which, if it does all that is claimed for it, would be a yaluablo adjunct to elections. The voter enters the polling placo by means of a turnstile which unlocks, as it is turned, the mechanism of the allaip and makes it possible for tho man to voto. The voter finds inside a lot of knobs on each of which is pasted the name of a candidate. By pulling out ono knob he votes for that candidate' and tho pulling of it out locks tho knob which bears the name of the opposing candidate, so that it is impossible for a man to voto for more than one candidate for tho same offico, although of pours. l , tljore are any amount of knobs, representing the number of officers that are to bo electedThopulluw of the knob registers the voto and exhibits on tho outaide to the gazing pcoplo tho total number of votes that has been cast up to that tune Tho voter leaves by another turnstilowliich locks tho apparatus until tho me clianism is unlocked by another turn entering the first turnstilo,

Temperance townships scorn to havo a better fato in Australia than the one started by Sir William Fox in this Colony, The following extract from the rempuranco Herald is enough to make any man go for Prohibition bald-headed —An Australian Paradise:—Nprtham is a town uf three hundred inhabitants, in Western Australia. Of tho three hundred inhabitants one hundred and sixty arc members of the Order, oighty of a Band of Hope, and forty of a Reclubito Tent, Four yparj altov tho 1.0. G.T. lodge was formed they built a hall, and as it proved tuo small they built another, which is the finest Tompcranco Hall in tho colony, Eyery workmen who is a member has given his labor free, while others have provided tho materials, and the sisters have supplied the dvapory and decorations. The Good Templars have also secured forty acres of land, and sold it in building lots to Temperance men. It is to bo a Temperance town for ever, and no alcoholic drinks are to ho nu'de or sold within .its borders, Every block was applied for twice over within one month (no person is allowed to hold more than one), and more land is to be taken up, No town in tho colony ca;i boast of bo many and well-appointed workshops, and all of them are owned by Good Templars. The best machinery is used in the factories and mills, and yet they cannot overtake all tho work. Every shop could find employment fur double tho liumbci' of 111011 they now havo.

Oun millinery dcpjrtmcnt is now the scene ol much attraction, owing to tqe marvellous display of all the latest fashions and novelties selected by our Home buyer in the London and Paris Art Emporiums for Tc Aro House, Wellington. AsLioiir description of tho-materUs and colourings must in favour will not be found amiss, Tulles, archopanes, and crepes, will be very largely used, with a profusion of Swiss laces, embroidered laces, and in addition, handsome embroidered and brooho ribbons, Of all these we have a splendid selection at To Aro House, Wellington. lumens also will be in great request and wo havo provided ourselves with a superb selection of flower mounts, flower trails, bunches of flowers, unmounted roses, marguerites, mignoncttee, forget-me-not, honeysuckle, acacia, lilac, foliage, grass and leaves of all descriptions, with some charming ."EiffelTower" wreatljs,al'Tp Arp House, Wellington. The most fashionable colours are spke, serpent, lizard, eau do nil, applo green, azailic, corail, colombe, terra colla, and gobelin, and of those we have a full assortment at To Aro House, Wellington,

DtniEia the season we shall bring forward fresh goods every weok and the latest novelties by every mail steamer. Our millinery models (his season came direct from Paris toTo'AloiJouio, \Vol!ingj;o)i,-Apyi.'

Accoiding to tho now. city directory, Chicago has a population of ovor nine hundred thousand. A large supply of New Zealand frozon mutton baa been ordered by tho French Government. Colonial " honorable?" become plain " niißtwa'athome, tho title not being recognised in England. Tho Bauking and Insurance Record has tho following:—"Wo regret to learn that Mr David Heaii, Inspector ot tho National Bank of Now Zealand (Limited) who has been absent from that Colony on nick leave, is unable to resume his duties." According to Mr W.H.Smith, the loader of the Houso of Commons, the taxation of tho poopleof England is at present at tho rate of i'l 19s 3d per head and the oxpondituro is £ll7s por head. ; Tho taxation ol Now Zealand per head is £3l2s Bd. The Amorican Methodist Mission has arrived, it is stated, at Tschomubira: on tho Upper Congo, where it is forming a station, President Harrison has taken the . ground that ho will have uo conversation ' on Sundays with offico seekers and politicians about political matters. Tho German Baptist churches in ( Amorica, calling tliemsolyes tho Brethren are strictly prohibitive, and admit no ono I to membership who is engaged in the , liquor traffic.

The Swiss National. Council has unanimously sanctioned tho raising of a ' loan of 1G.000.000f. for supplying re- < pettting rifles of the Schmidt pattern to I the Swiss army. ' Tho Bank of England recently loaned I money for one day, which is very uiv \ usual. In ordinary operations the bank has never heretofore made loans tor leßs than a week. A comiderablo social sensation has beon caused by tho dissolution of tho marriago between Mr. Sabin, formerly United States senator for Minnesota, and his wife. The petition for divorco was presented by Mrs. Sabin, and tho ground upon whioh it was granted was that Mr. Sabin had become a helpless victim to tho fascinations of morphine drinking. A funeral instalment plan is the latest American innovation. An association has been formod which agrees to bury anyono ol its members or contract holders for a certain sum payable in instalments, usually twenty-live cents a week. Truly this is an ago of progress, and it is hard to tell what tho active brain of the American citizen will next concoct. The Bay of Plenty Times says:—The To Kopa, a nativo chief from Taupo district, has arrived in Tauranga. He has been making some extraordinary cures amongst tho natives of their old complaint asthma, He effects a perman--1 ent cure by a boverago ho makes lrom 1 somo bush herb, which he keeps secret, He places his patients under a regimen 1 of diet and rest while under his care. His feo is i'ii, whioh afflicted natives ' freely pay, Ho has cured several j sufforers from this long-standing com- ' plaint. ' Probably the greatest editor that over

lived in America was Horace Greely. If thero was one trait in Grecly's character that, was more notablo than another, it was a determination to havo his own way, Ho generally had it m regard to most things, but getting his own copy into his own piper, was ono of tho things in this world that proved too much for him. Thero has rccontlv been published a ycry interesting series of letters writtcu by Horaoo Groely, from Washington, to Charles A. Dana in Now York, Mr Dana, who is now the editor of tho New York Sun, being at that time tho editor of Mr Greely's paper, the Tribune. As Mr Greoly not only owned but managed the paper, it would seem reasonable to suppose when ho wrote something for it, that something would got into the paper, especially as ho himself was one of tho tersest writers in the country. Such, however, was not tho case. Greoly writes coinplaiuingly to Dana to say:— 11 I see that you havo orowdod out what httlo I did send to mako room tor Fry's eleven columns of argument on the feasibility of sustaining opera in New lork."

No end of excitement has been caused at Tinkers by the discovery made in the deop shaft that is being sunk there. It has ever been tho opinion that underlying tho false bottom now being worked upon—that is, by tho practical men of tho place—though by tho same token the scientist has ovor pooh-poohed the idea —there was strata equally rich, if not richer than above it, and running to unknown depths. Time and opportunity bein« favorable, a party some tiino since undertook tho task of solving the question, and by last, weok a d epth of 140 ft. of strata was gone through alternating from fine gravel—or,as somo term ic, rotten granite—to clay. Gold, more or less, was obtained m, tho gravel m ovory prqspcet tried, always giving the busy adventurers liopo right lrom tnejuu until oloso on 130 ft in depth was reaohed, when the prospects began to improve, aud so on to tho lowest depth, where tho prospect is such as to convince one and all that a uiiphty and a rich hold has been struck that fairly bids to outshine in importanco to the country generally anything as yet discovered, not even Nentliorn, though so much is said of it as thero is— 'Dunstan Tim on. I}efpre|iee js made by a writer in the North China Herald to a Chinese mathematical work, called "Chon-pi," which dates from 1,000 years ii.c—about tho timo of Saul and Samnel, and somo 500 years before Pythagoras, In this work are sot forth tho properties of a right-angled triangle, and tho proof that tho hypothenuso in ri»ht-angled triangles is equal to the sum of tho squares of tho other two sides. This is the celebrated 47th Proposition in the first book of Euclid, After it had been dear to tho Bosicrucians it became dear to tho Freemasons, and all the world has been wont to glorify Pythagoras as the discoverer of the theorem proved in it. It has a first place amou» tho mystic values, and lias becu given a°s the symbol of tho Godhead, But tho

Ohiueso knew it while yet tho "Trinoaophia" was undreamed of in Europe, audwhilo yet the forerniunors of the "Illuminated" wero howmg their own gods out of wood and stono. It has beon known by old residents at Wanganm for years that there aro some

very beautiful caves up the Wiingaeui rivor at Pipiriki, and thoso who havo seen them say they are equal in beauty to thoso lately discovered at WaitomoIf the proposed improvements to tho river aro carried out by the Government theso caves bid fair to tecome a groat attraction to tourists.

In the Parnoll Commission Oourt the other day a youth was engaged in making seme sketches for an illustrated paper, and behind him stood aburlygentlemau, who might have been taken for a country magistrate, The latter watched the young artist for a while, and then, touching him on tho shoulder, ventured to observe that this and that and the otlmr points ol the sketch wcro not exactly what they should be. Iho artist simply replied by enquirinir, "What do you know about it|" Tho gentleman persisted in kindly and persuasivo critcism, At length the youth, convinced, after all, tho criticism was just—indeed the gentleman had himself taken the drawing book and made the necessary alterations with his own hand-remarked, "Well you do Beem to know something about it, certainly," adding,''Aro you on any paper?" "No," answered the gentleman," I am not on any paper, but I do a bit of painting now and then. My name is John Millais: lioott news from Wellington, and quito true, you can got a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from LIS,, organ with divided octave eouplars all in solid black walnut cases from Ll7. This beats' all the cheapest houses in town, Pianos tuned for Vs, or by tho year four visits LI, travelling expenses added. All kinds of musical instruments tuned,cleaned, and repaired new reeds put in accordeons, concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased pi) too tipio paymciif system from 2s Gd per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new ono at F. "J. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot; Mauners-strcot, Wellington.; Solo agent of tho celebrated Worcester orVans.J-iDvi.

Kahu, the well-town Maori footballer, died at Akura hun; night, . . Mcßstß 0. Smith and Cn's first shipment of Spring drapery has arrived ex Coptic, and the goods aro now onjiew. The petitions of I'. Von Hederi and uthora for a road connecting Ekotahuna

with the West Coast, via Shannon, ia referred to tho Government for favourable consideration,

An inspection parade of tho Mastorton Ritle Vofunteora takes place'at the Drill Shed thia evening. As Colouol Butts is expected to be present it is hoped there will boagoodmustor, Tickets' ft-r tho popular Volunteer concert at the Maaterton Theatre Royal to-morrow night are selling freely, showing that the desire on tho part of tho local corps to sond a representative team to tho Dunedin Prize firing Onmpctitiun meets with genoral approval, lleasra Lowes and lo.rns report a good a good attendance of buyers at their stock sale yesterday, considering tho state of iho woather. Sheep cauio forward in excesa of entries, while the fat cattle could not ho got in owing to tho flooded Btnto of the rivers. Fat wethers, light, and inferior, lis Cd; store wethers, Us to lis; medium fat owes, 9a; empty Btore eweß, Gs 4d. Store bullocks, 60s to Css; two-year-olds, 40s to 46a; spoyed heifers, 42s d 6; cows, from 40s to 70a; calves, 15a; yearlings, 15a. Horaea, brakes, and harness, nominal. Tho Woodville Examiner saya : A peculiar disease is affecting Mr Ormond's cattle. It is something like tho foot and mouth disease, The feet of tho cattlo decay; and the disease eventually kills them. It is thought the canso jb the feacuo grass. Professor Wallace who examined the cattle the other day, thinks it has nothing to do with it. MrOrmand's cattlo on his Uerotaunga plains property are affected in a similar way and he 13 having the fescue grass on his property grubbed up under the beliet thac it is this grass which causes the disease,

The regular monthly meeting of tho North Wairarapa Benevolent Society was held at the Secretary's office on Tuonday last. Present-Messrs Beothani, Galloway and Dagg, The minutes of tho previous meeting wero road and confirmed. Tho Treasurer reported credit balance of £l3 15s sd; outstanding accounts as per schedule £3713s 4d wero presented for payment and passed, subject to tho County Council granting tho sum of £25, The regular cases wero thon dealt with, and ono who was receiving 12s lid per week struck off as her sons were now at work earning 25s per week. Eight other cases wore ordered to be continued till next meetin?. Two new applicatiors wero dealt with, viz., a man (with wifo and young children) without means of support and unablo to work through illness was allowed 10s per weok- An old couple, the man suffering from an old injury and unable to earn a living woro allowed 6s per week. Tho Secretary's action in granting necessary temporary relief to tho amount of LI 14s was confirmed. It was resolved that in the ovont of tho

County Council yielding to tho demand of the United District Board that tho Secretary apply at once for the estimates as sent in at end of previous year, in accordance with arrangement mado with tho County Council, viz,, to rofund all monies advanced by that body, aud enable this Society to carry on, A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Galloway for having visited all tho casos within the Borough, and his report upon the same. After considerable discussion; it was decided to grant mi application for £2 for clothing, so as to enable tho children of tho applicant to attend school,