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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3392, 21 December 1889, Page 2

' A London telegram sayß" Gcneril" Booth's wife is dying of cancor, Tenders. are invited by Messrs M. ,Williams & Co for painting a- new residence in Worksop road. _ Onr readors are referred to an adyer" tisement in another column from Mr G, H. Scales, wool, flax, dairj l produce, and commercial agent (it Wellington., which should be of interest- to dealers in produce, The train from lsUtahuna this momhit; had an unusually largo number of passongers on board, aud at Opalii seating room could hardly bo found, Mastorton was tho destination of tlio majority. Tho Eketahuna Templars are makhiS a quiut, but active canvass of t)io res 1 ' dents, and it is generally believed thn tho result will bo tho return of. stric Toniperauce advocates at the forthcom" ing election. >■■

Father McKehna desires hb to state that in connection with tho Catholic excursion to Pigeon Bush on New Year's Day, children will bo chatted half rates only.

Colonel Honoris It.M, gave judgment for the defendants with costs £3 3s on Thursday in the Mastorfcnn R.M. Court, in the case Ekctubuna Itoad Hoard v Bryant, Sowry, and Hawkins, m action heard at Eketahuna, to rcover £IQO on a boini,

Mr James Thomas, enntractor, of Eketahuna, met with a nasty accident whilst returning from work yesterday evening. Ue was jumping over somo logs when he missud his footing, and tell with his face on another log,soveroly cutting his tipper lip. He was attendsj to by Dr McLonnnn, who sewed up the wound.

. ■ The Very Iter. Dr Walters of St Patrick's College, Wellington, will preach., at St Patrick's Church,' Jlastortnn, at Vespers to morrow and aluo at tbe sorriccs on Cbristmasdny. Midnight mass will bp held as usual on Xinas Eve. Messrs J. Graham & Co aunnunco tho arrival of a consignment of goods for the preserving season. Tho new announcement of tho firm gi-ing prices for seasonable necessities will appear on Monday, The lessee of the Theatre Royal ha s provided a first-class bill of fare for hi' I patrons on tho race nightß, Bachelder 8 Diorama, depictin;.; every thing o interest in a journey from Sydney to San Faancisoo and then overland to .New York, in a scrim of fifty largo canvas paintings, will ho presented together with un instructive andaniUHiig description of the same, In addition to this, Mr J. D. Foley, the wollknown Comedian it engaged'to appear, so it will been socu lhat a really first-class evening's entertainment hns boon provided to suit all sorts and conditions ol people, and special rates of admission aro alvertised for the bonefit of family parties; Two charges of drunkenness wore, heard in the Masterton K.M, Court this morning. In the Grf,t Charles Lo'liruii was fined 10i or forty-eight, hours, there being a previous record against him. The sscond rase was of a more serious nature. John Smith, stated by the arresting constable to be a Balaclava hero, was charged, in addition to being drunk, with wilfully breaking six pimos of glass at the Occidental Hotel yesterday. Mr H, Phillips, the prosecutor, said that the prisoner entered his bar yesterday the worse for drink, and refused tn leave, and witness liad to forcibly ojeet him, Ho then dolibwately smashed half-a-dozeu panes of ?lass, aud would probably have demolished all within bis reach had not witness seized Mm round tho. waist, A struggle ensued, and they both fell to tiie ground. When Constable Cullinat'o arrived on the scene, the priwuer was given into custody, Constable CuHinaiie proved the arrest, and .stated when ho airived at tho Occidental the 1-ist witness was holding the prisoner down, and both were pretty well covered in blood. Accused expressed regret at his oonduct and promised to pay for damage done by him, 275. Ho begged the Cnurt to deal leniently with him, Uis Worship fincil the prisoner i' 3, in default fourteen days' imprisonment m Wellington gaol. Frisoner was given till 10 a.m, on Monday to pay the fino, but to bo detained m custody in the meantime,

During August the officers of tho Fishmongers' Company seized at Billings, gate 101 tons nf fish as unfit tor human food. The wui?ht of fish dolivered during the month was 13,421 tons.

Samuel Coles, whose a«o was attested by the parish register as 105 years, died lately at Laxton's hospital, Oundle North imptoiißhire. Ho used to di ink two glosses of beer daily, but was not a smoker,

Of the presidents of the eight soctinns at tho British Association meetings, only ono acknowledged cithor Oxford or Cambridge as his 1/ina Jlfiitcr. Three were Edinburgh men, and scvoral held London decrees,

Axt'.dl, a threo-yoar-old stallion, having, in America, trotted a mile in two minutes and 12 seconds, found an immediate purchaser for £1)0,000, said by a New York correspondent to be tho largest sum over paid for a horse. More than 40,000 Jews have, it is believed, been expelled from Russia in the last oighteen months. The Jews receiro orders to leave tho Empire within a fixed time—generally a month —and when tho tiuio comes off they must go.

Abraham Ethoridge, of the Butts, Walsall, was sentenced to two months' bard labour for vlolontly assaulting his son, nged coven. As ho suspected the child of telling a fulsehoo.d ho thrashed hinl until his body was one inass'of bruises,

On his deathbed Mr M'lntyre, Q. ft, remembered that he had in bis will made no provision for his clerks, Thus he requested that his family should not forget them, The family will not. Uis senior clerk will «et at least £IOOO,

1 Good news Irom Wellington, and tjoite true, youcan get ;i splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from Lls, organ with divided octavo couplars all in solid black walnut cages fr m LVt. This beats all tho cheapest houses in town. Pianos taped for 7s, ■■ or by the ypar four visits LI, twelliug expenses added.'. All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new voeds put in aceordeans, Concertinas, harmoniumß, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased on tho time payment system from 2s 6d per week. Call and oxclian&o your old piano for a now one at F, J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street, Wellington. (Sole agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organs,)-ADYT . We have triple attract ions to induce largo, long ami repeated visits to our warcliousi) dining the present month. Ist We l|uvc the largest and best selected slock in the city. 2nd Tlie fjuality of our (jowls is Al, and tha prices the'lowest possible. 3rd Every pur-' chaser from 10s and npgnjs gcts,in addition a very usful, pleasing, attractive Te Aro House, Wellington. We allude to the free distribution of Christmas presents, These consist of some very useful attraclive, ; and:elcgant Japanese, Chinese, and other desirable fancy articles, hew]; imported, at Te Aro Houso, Welling; Ipn'. Punpso tho present month some exceptional advantages will be offered to all cash oustomers.at the Wholesale Family pranery Wamlwe, Te House, Wellington - ,,' .• ■; No other houbo in. the city citljer does or' b! ptp otfer these threefold advantages, «dilebwlll certainly be mdely appreciated I ■. ---u cmbraood by Hie many who will throng our preiii.. ■ ■wauugtoii, month, nt To Aro Honse, ~. . j )l(| ■Tub time for the distribution or ■.,. presents is limited, w„, from the present dato to the end of the month of December, 1889, at To Aro House, Wellington.'. ' In tho men's, boys', and youths'clothing department, purchasers may select their present from a choice assortment of ties, scarfs, obirts, hats, <Su, at Te Aro House WelliDgt'oDrAtvr,

At a private meeting : oi 'Lanarkshire coal miuiters held hi Glasgow, it was decided after half.an hour's deliberation toraiao tho miners' wages 6d per day, equal to an advance ofl2} per cent, '• "■ i'.'-The Rußsinn "flnvemitfent has despatched M. Guliahambaroff, their chief petroleum adviser, to study the condition of the petroloum trade in' England; M: Gulwhambaroff denim tho rumour that the oil wells of Bakuaro dryingup..'. . Mr Samuel Bone, a Maryport gr'ocor went trout lishiufj in the river ,Ellon". Suddenly a gust ofwind took liim completely off hio. legs and into tho river, Falling on a projecting stone, ho was rendered insensible; and so the unfortunate angler was drowned, Attention is called to a special advertisement in another column, Owing to the vttfy poor nominations received, tho A.P.S. 'Sports Ootnmibteo havo decided to extend the time for receiving nominations to 8 p.m. on Monday 23rd inst, A meeting of tho general comuiitleo is being called for that data Sir Frederick Whitaker haß returned to Auckland fromjToAroha considerably improved in health At a niectingof tho StaiidingCommittce oftho Wi'liingtuii Diocese on Thursday favorable reference was mado to the steady • reduction of the Masterton Parisli stipend airears.

Our Uiii'torbu correspondent writes * — The A'iiirarapa Observer has changed hands; Mr Johnstou a son of CojoriolKent Johnston is the new proprietor, ho is a new arrival and has boon some time in South Africa, tho price has not transpired.

Harvesting has commenced in this district. A paddock of oats was cut yesterday on Mr Henry Jones' land, Upper Plain. Messrs McGregor Bros] commenced with the machine, on the cropß at Lower Manaia on Monday.

Messrs J. Graham and Co havo in an improved patent truit-cleaner, which thiea its work with wonderful bucccss. It is fitted with long hair brushes, and the the satisfactory results are duo tit tho rapidity of the revolutions of;the machine. This is an improvement on the old style of,fruit-cleaner, 1 by which the flavour of tiio fruit was washed out along with the grit.. , At the tune we write, a quarter past twelve, we have failed to obtain sight or sound of the train duo at Mastortou at a qiiartor to twelve. Cannot tho authorities strike an arrival to ha'f an hour? We know they can, because once a Commisfioner travelled uptlns way, and on that occasion the train sailed in to the minute, But one punctual arrival in say three hundred trips is not a good average It would bo well for the business men of Masterton to meet with a view to reinonstratin? with three distant mysterious beings, known as Commissioners, who aro responsible for tne chronic delays of the time table. A meeting of the Horticultural Committee was held last night. PresentMessrs W G Ueard, 11 Broom, J Brown I Gardner, aud J Stone. The catalogue for the autumn shmv waj revised and ordered to be published, and the data ot the show fixed for Wednesday, February 2o'th. It was resolved that in tho cbildi'ori's, cJaas " devices and b mquets 1 ' should be made up in the room on tho morning of the show, The Secretary and Mr J Stone were appointed, to obtaiu special prizes. The Secretary was instructed to obtain a book in which to enter up any suggestion that might be sent in to him for the benefit of thn Society,