The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3337, 17 October 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1889.

A poll takes place tomorrow foi the election ef two members to the ' Masterton Town Lands Trust. The ' duty of the Trustees in to administer ' pro bono publico certain valuable 1 endowments, which now produce a [ substantial revenue, and which in the future ire likely to yield a very large 1 income. As a rule those who take an interest in this trust like to see it manned with old settlers, who themselves possess some freehold stake iu the community. It is expedient, too, that the Trustees should be trustworthy men of business. The public can judge for themselves to what extent the four candidate?, Messrs B. P. Perry, S. E. Gapper, H. H. Smith, and tl. E. Eton, possess the necessary qualifications for the position to which they aspire, There is 110 doubt that Messrs Perry and Gapper aro the type of men to make | good Trustees, and it is also evident that Mr Smith's well known business capacity might be of value to. the Trust. Wo should bo quite satisfied to see Messrs Perry, Gapper, and Smith returned, and regret that there are not three vacancies so that advantage cauld bo taken of the willingness of all three to serve the public, Good men do not come (forward, as a rule, in such numbers

that some of them have to be rejected, but in the prosont instance one good man at least will have to go to the wall.

■We have to thank Mr Hugh Williams for bringing under the notice of the Borough Council a project by which & high pressure water supply could bo secured to Masterton at a reasonable cost, The proposal was temperately discussed upon all sides and a committee appointed to report upon it. Any difference of opinion expressed in the discussion appeared to be as to whether the Ruamahunga or the Waingawa would be the better source for such a supply. No doubt Councillors, from their local knowledge, are in a position to form some sort of judgment on this point, but after all it is clearly one that should bo submitted to a professional expert, Wfi do not know whether the com-' mittee lia3 power to obtain an engineer's report on the alternative services winch liaye been suggested, |)ut, if they have not, we trust tljey will at leasf reppnnnend such a report bs obtained. TJie public will bo in a position to assess the palq,e of such an undertaking when there is obtained from an official source a precise estimate of its pjwt, a papulation of tho annual revenue it will command, togethtr with the probable amount of induction of insurance rates which it will bring about.

Wg }i.&VB received from Messrs Srnitli Ml} ff.Qgg's SQjjPiIPF a demand for an apology foy pertain which we recently made upon the sale of tho South Wairarapa Advocate tf? the proprietor of the Wairarapa Stafford The Wairarapa Observer, ! ls B ' a(,in g that the South Wairarapa was offsred to. them for the sum of £5 was iiißpouifltp in its assertion, as we havo subsequently ascertained that the proprietor of the Observer himself made an offer of £5 to Messrs Smith and Hogg, but we find that a newspaper propertj winch was represented to be highly valpblo, and the goodwill of which was offered to flip public with other newspaper properties fey Messrs Smith & Hoggfor ,a sum expeedingfour thousand pounds, was actually sold to the Standard for a nominal consideration. Under these eirounist/HWes we decline to comply with tho request made by Messrs Smith and Hogg's solicitor,

The Poll for the £3OO loan for expenditure in the Ihuraua Valley has been carried, Mr J. Bijmnijjan of Alfrcdton advor" tises for Iho services of a competent bullock d'.iver. In consequence of the Town Hall, Greytown, being destroyed, Fred Maccabo decided not to visit tint town, tlip only ball available bein» too small. The Gpoylown Town Lands Trustees have decided that i|t i# advisable to rebuildthoTw n Hal} recently destroyed by firo add hayo appointed a committee to to consider ways and means, When " tjio Vagabond" has cCmpleted his articles on Samo& apd Tonga in the Melbourne Age and Reader Ije will commence a series on New Zcalani}, dealing with his late experiences at the Hot LalfoS, Auckland and district, and ths Bay of Islands, Tlio Eketahmia • I'arlfvilJe Bwiug bridge oyor the replaced, It is now hung about sis feet higher than beforo so that there is very little danger of it being swopt away by fluodß.

Messrs Lowes & lotus advertise their next stock sale at their Masterton yards for Wednesday, 23rd inst. The monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee takes place this evening. . Owing to the very small attendance 'ho lecture whioh was to have been given by Mr J. J. Freoth, at Eketaliuna, was indefinitely postponed. Tho adjourned annual moetin? of the Mastertou-Opaki Jockey Club will tako place on Saturday evonmg next at the Club Hotel.

Mossrs F. W. Temple and Co. notify a (general auction sale for Saturday .commencing at 3 p.m. The list will include furniture, produce, tea, soap, clothing, boots, oarthonware and sundries also a superior trap with harness in I splendid condition.

John Wilson, a child of less than two years living at Paisley, went into his mother's washing-house, and seeing a bottle containing liquor, ho drank it. It wasvitrol., The poor boy died in oxcruciating agony. What is claimodto be the first shell fired by the French m the Franco-Prus-sian War is offered for sale at a rouud prico by a Gorman who claims to have proof of tho authority of tho history of the missilo. It was discharged from a French battery on the heights of Saarbruokon on tho memorable occasion wlion the veterans were said to have wept over tho Prince Imperial as ho received his baptism of blood, -Canterbury Times, The" Hope nf Eketahuna'' Lodge of 1.0.G.T.'s met last evening, the attondanco was small. It was notified by the L.D. that some business of an

important nature would bo brought on at noxt meet and a largo attcudanco is requested, Tho pleasing ceremony of presenting Bro Roberts with a valuablo scarf-pin, as a token of esteem from the sisters, was gone thruugh with, The Chief Templar said ho hoped he would long keep it as a token. Bro Roberts I replied suitably,

Tho libel action which Lord Durham involved in himself as tho champion

mrilior of tho turl cost him the mere

tiiflo of £IO,OOO. Sir Charles Russell's briof wa« marked 500 guineas, Sir Houry James's £300; and when it was suggested that Sir Henry's fee should bo raised to tho larger sum, the member for Bury very generously declined. The "refreshers" of each of tho leaders during the caso were 50 guineas a day. Mr A. McDonald of Awahuri writes to tho Fielding Star:—"Tho following oircuinstances is so curious that you may chouso to notice itWo have 9 ducks and2drakes; they aro regularly shut up in a small enclosed space every evening, and for tho last few weeks liavo laid from 7 to 9 eggs between each evening

and morning. Tho night before last they laid 7 eggs, but yesterday ovoninp they were shut up as usual about 5 p.iu,, and wero lot out this mornin? at G. 30 a.m., and betweon thorn they lid laid 15 eggs. 1 cortainly never heard ot such a thin? before, but tlioro is absolutely no doubt of the fact, however it may be accounted for. The ducks are of fclio Aylesbury kind, but I do not suppose they are pure bred, In 1 am not awaro that there is anything particular about them.

A correspondent of tho Loudon Timos says: Tho following incident, which occurred near the town of Omoa, in Spanish Honduras, may intorcst some of our readers, In the beginning of August one of the shells fired by tho Nioboat tho fort there nearly sixteen years ago, was found by four boys, who woro clearing bush; they managed to open it, and, thinking that only the small portion of powder they observed was all that was there they set lire to it, The effects were terrible; one unfortunate boy was blown to pieces, another had his legs blown off, the third was aoriously, and the fourth slightly injured. It scorns that tho shell contained various compartments oharged with powder, which exploded on fire being put to if with tho above sad results, It is singular, but true, that during the whole day H.M.S. Niobe bombarded Oiiina no ono was killed, and sixteen years afterward such terrible injuries were inflicted by one of her shells. An officer cf the Survoy Department Mr Deverill, is now engaged in preparing a bird's'oye map of New Zealand, twenty-four feet by ten, which it is said, will show tho features of tho oountry, lakes, rivers, mountains, plains, etc., accurately, and tho work so far as ho has gone—he has nearly completed tho map of the South Island—is said to be first rate. We would liko to know whether this map, upon which a vast amount of work must necessarily be expended, could not be multiplied cheaply enough to allow copios to ho provided for our schools, A good map of that kind would bo worth many pounds in a school. Perhaps photographing it in sections would answor,—Times (Timaru),

An Auckland paper says/-*" Wo are sorry to hear from a correspondent in the Society Islands that a disease hue made its appearance among tho cocoanut palms, and that very grave apprehensions are ontortainod of tho mischief it may do. As we understand the description of tho disoase, it must be the effect of an insect supposed to have been introduced from Franco. Tho lower branches of tho palm quickly die, and tho others it is feared will soon follow, The disease is recent, and nothing is yet understood about it. The Frenoh Government will no doubt tako in hand tho requisite inquiries, but no time should be lost. Np greater calamity could occur to the natjves of tho fjoutli Sea Islands that a serious diminution in the coconut crop. The nut is to them what tho putoto was forniprly to Ireland. Its loss would be in proportion oqually galainjtous, especially in the low Lagoon Islands, without wafer, wbpro tl)o cocoanut supplies both food and driuk. Good nows from Wellington, and quite true, you can get a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from Lls, organ with divided octave couplers all in solid black walnut cases fr jm Ll7. This beats all tho cheapest houses in town, Pianos tuned for 7s, or by the year foi/r vjsjtjj LI, travelling expenses addedi All kinds of njujlfa) jnstruinents tuned, cloaned, and repaired, 'now reeds put in accordeana, Concortinas, liarmoiiiums, and organs; also liberal expljamjes made, Any instrument may bo pi/rcnjse!) on t]je tjine payment system from 2s 6i( per \veel(, pall and oxchango your old piano for a l/qw one at F. J, Pjnny's Musical Instrument JL)epot, Mannpfs-sifpet, \yol)iii"t.ou. (Sole agent of tl)e pejgbrijtcf) Wprcestcr organs,)—ApyT The Mount Men School GommiUen liavo unanimuusly resolved to enforce the compulsory clauses of tho Education Act in that district.

The silver jubilee toatimouinl to Cardinal Manning now amounts to a tola} of oyer LGOOO. Dcacoij Qodfrcy; "What a beautiful <Jispensatioi> of I'ro.yidoiicp jt js tliat the mind of man has l)oen so coifatitucd that tl ( o niouiory of pain anil trouble fjecg'mea fainter si)d faji)tpp as titqo on," Dr Bovyless; "It's protty fcuijjjlf on ijs doctors, though, wlp p .coip to collect our bills.' 1 All the now makes and colours in ribbons we have in profusion. Wide ribbons for millnery, the newest widths for neckwear, in tape-edged, faille, saliu striped, moire striped, and broche, and in all the new colours, buoli nssalmon, crcum, tiimn, eau de nili mosses, vieux rote, serpent, itc. Pongeo s}sl( rjbbons, in buttercup, terra cotta, cardinal, mosses, insroon, cream, reseda, gold, and white, Wile striped easlics, in colours to match dresses, Bfek niojrfi find all the fashionable colours in coloured incite saslies. Real torchon laces, now patterns; millinery laces, Swiss embroidered laces, areophanes, orepes, tulles, dte. Ladies' leather belts, in black and art shades, Dress 1/uttgns, ij) metal, to match miy shad? ol dress fnbriss,' Fashionable "Directoiri" and'.'Lpiifiijo" fronts; '4?ePi linen fronts, withonfls tb match-a decided novelty, at Te Arp House, Wellington, We have a .very grand assortment of sunshades to sJjojy to the lpdies of Wellington, and Wairarapa, Va|)risii)g the very latest "novelties" in liberty silk, ln"nj'o3s, y|eu,x rose, terra cptta, cardinal, '4o,'j ?hot, in red, gold, grey, navy, brown, tfcV 'j.'ho sty)c generally approve,l is a graceful modilicatii)j) qf the lot/t cm" or '.'Husband beater." Call at T(j 4 r o House, Wellington—Apvr, '

The shop now occupied by Mr H, Peterson is advertised as" to let." •

An Auckland telegram states that it is estimated that fully £IOOO was sent in postal orders to Sydnoy yesterday for tickets in tho Melbourne Cup sweeps. Captain Carey, of the Eotomahana, is to bo •appointed to the command of the Uniiin Company's now steamer Monowai.

At a meeting of tho Dunodin Oily Council last , evening a committee was appointed to take steps to welcomo Lord Onslow on his arrival in Dunedin next month-

Tho pastor-elect,'of the Auckland Tabernacle, tho Itev Mr Birch, has written stating that he is a passonger by tho direct steamer Kaikuura, together with I his wife,

Tho butchers of Dunodin are already stiekinu their knives into tho coming Exhibition, Tliey have rained the price of beef one penny and mutton one halfponuy per pound.

Tho Te Aro Wellington reclamation wall was completed on Monday last, The total length 1184 ft, with a width of lilt at tho bottom, Bft at tho water line, and 2ft lin at the top, Mr Humphries, Coommisioner of Crown Lands for the Auckland district, has found that cxtensivo depredations have been going on in the way of taking timber from the Crown lands, especially in tho north. By careful investigation ho as detected a number of thoso so ongaged in this practice, and they have had to pay for it.

A suruicai operation on Edgar Knight, tho younsr man injured whiile bushfulling, as reported in out yesterday's issue, was successfully performed yesterday by Drs Hosking and Milne at the Masterton Hospital, The patient was put under chloroform and the injured foot was severed abovo the instep and removed leaving the heel intact. This skilful surgical operation will, on the recovery of tho patient, which there is every reason to hope will be speedy, 'and sure, leavo his les;s of uniform length—a great surgical feat, rcllecting much credit on t'ie operators. In tho case Mrs Baldwin v. the Rev Mr Pascoo, in which tho plaintiff, a lady parishioner of Holy Trinity, ATonside, sued tho defendant, tho incumbent of parish, for £2OO damages for having wilfully and maliciously refused to administer tho holy communion, heard at the Supreme Oourt, Christchurch, and reported in our telegrams to-day, His Honor upheld the contention takon by the counsel for the defendant, that tho proper place to bring the caso was in the Ecclesiastical Court. His Honor poin'.ed out that as a contract had been alleged as between the parishioners and tho clergyman so that no action could be taken in a civil Court, the judgement would therefore be for the defendant with costs.