WHAKATAKI ANNUAL SPORTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3397, 30 December 1889, Page 2

WHAKATAKI ANNUAL SPORTS.

These sports took place as usual on Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26th 1889, in the hotel paddook. Tliero was a goodly number of people, andalthough there were indications of ' rshi in the morning, therewas no cause to grumble' at the weather, and all events' passed off. fairly weli as follows':— '' : ■''"'

Maisn Race, of 2Qoy<js, prize fjfjsV Tbpm'as. Hu'dspu Ist, W- ?. Berry 2, Hudson won as he liked,' Tlrreft eoinnptitors started, only two finished, 1 100 yds Boy's rtadjoap Eace, 10s 8. statred, ' Bertiercolletton' : l, Sam Johnson2,KangiKaramacaS. , 200 yds Hurdle Race, prize 80s.

Thoiniaß Hudson 1, James Speedy 2. | Six competitors started. This "event was won .easily by Hudson. ■ 'Three; standing jumps, prize 10a. This .event was won, by Archie Skipper, who did 80ft fijjin; Hudson 2nd, 80ft If in. 200 yds Handicap Knee, prize 80s. This was won by James Speedy, of vVainui (12yds; John Speedy (20yds) 2nd, Eoy Eeddie (syds) 8. '; Wrestling, Cumberland style. The stakes were divided by James Thomson, a coloured gentleman, and Graham Speedy, of Pakowai. Bunniug High Jump, prize £l. Won by James Speedy, 4ft 9Jin. 100 yds Boy's Bace, under 12, prize 10s, four started. Reuata Johnson 1. Bertie Collerton 2.

100 yds three-legged race, prize 20s. Three couples, started for this, but one fell, (the Berry brothers) at the start, the other two came in and fell at the tape. The judges gave it a dead heat, and the event was run off again next day, resulting in a win for Roy Reddie.and T. Hudson. Putting the 3tone, priae 15s, Six competitors. Won easily by John Speedy, of Wainui. ■ 100 yds Handicap Eaoe, prize 20s, Eight started. W. T. Berry (3yds) 1, John Munvo (syds) 2. Hudson (scratch) was coming up well, and when near the winning post fell, and was badly spiked on one leg. 440 yds Handicap race, prize 80s 8 started. W. T. Berry, 22yds, 1; Roy Rcddie, so., 2; John Groves, 80yds, 8.

Hop step and jump, prize 15b, 8

competitors.. T. Hudson, 1,87 ft Sin; A. Skipper, 2,3Gft.7in, J, Speedy, 3,86 ft In jumping for second place Skipper cleared 88ft llin; J, Speedy 87ft llin.

Mile Walking Handicap, prize

given by Nathan and Co., and £l, Roy Reddie, bo., 1; J, Groves, 70yds 2. Two others started but gavo in after going a couple of laps. Rumiinjr, iiong Jump, prize 15s, James Speedy, 18ft \in, 1; T. Hudson, 17ft 9in. Mile Bun Handicap, prize JG2lOs.

Archie Skipper, 70yds, 1; Eo;

Eeddie, sc„ 2, 1 started 3 ran to the finish. After tho event wbb over A, Skipper was challenged by Roy Ridfieto run nest morning at 7 o'clock on the same terms for 12 10s aside. This was done resulting in a win for Skipper. This was an extremely popular win, cheers beiug heard from houses in the vicinity, Consolation race; prize 20s, J, Munro, Syda 1,3 started. Tilting in tho ring this took place on the momitig after and was won by Mr Graham Speedy, of Pakowlmi, prize £2los, 5 competitors, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Hugh Gallagher, well known in the Forty-mile Bush, and who has been latoly working for Mr Britt, attempted suicide this morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Br Mclennan's prompt and skilful attention probably saved the man's life, Ho was conveyed to the Masterton Hospital by Constable Roche, Gallagher was only discharged from tho Mount View Asylum last week, where he wiu committed on the 19th February last on the certificate of Drs Hosking and Milne, It is doubtful if he will recover.

The self-injured man was admitted to tho, Hospital on Saturday where ho received every attention, Ur Hosking informed the police that it would be necessary to place a man in charge of the sufferer as ho is uyidently deranged. There being uo constable available the services of Mr R. Hatch were secured. There is a probability of the man recovering unless inflammation should supervene. Rangitumau Road Board.

A meeting of the Board was held on Saturday.' Present, Messrs W. Perry (chairman), McKenzie, and McDon: aid, The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence was read from the Treasury re special loans, aud from Commissioner of Crown Lands re deferred thirds. It was resolved that the rate as advertised be struck and levied, and that Mr W, Perry be collector . and treasurer; rate to be paid at the office oi the Masterton fioad Board to Mr K. Wilsone in the absence of the colleotor. The chairman was instructed to arrange with the Bank of New Zealand for opening a banking account for the Board. The clerk was instructed to take the necessary step* to adopt the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, WB6, iu its entirety, and to apply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for payment of the whole of the deferred payment thirds; also ,to again write to the Manriceville Eoad 13oardin referonoe to thirds paid to that body for sections within the Bangitumau district, It was decided to pay the clerk the sum of L2 per meeting for clerical work. The meeting adjourned to Saturday,' January 25, at 8 p.m. •: '

Hugo's Exhibition Company.

' Speaking of this' talented company which is to appsar in Masterton on New Year's and following night the New . Zealand Times says: Mr Charles Hugo retains the position which he has heldfor some years now as the most popular proprietor of variety shows who visits this colony and his re-appearance, with a company including .many new faces, attracted a very large audionoe to the Theatre Royal on Saturday night. Although Mr Hugo has altered the title of hie company to suit the times tho method of the performance is much the same as of old.' The first part consist of the familiar chair business, in whiph, of course, Mr Hugo is himself the central figure, though there are five other cornor men to "keep the ball a-rolling." The comic songs contributed by Messrs Oscar Smith,; Harry Devere, W. and 0. Hugo were all redeuiandod, and similar ooraplimouts were paid to Miss Verno,Miss Dawson, and Mr Santley. The.second part of the performance has an extensive range, and includes an, "act" by-the Leslie Brothers, musical clowns, acrobats and divers other things. The Leslie Brothers are a remarkably clever "team," and their business, in addition being irrosistably funny,evinces theirpossession of great skill in the use of musical instruments. Their capabilities in that respect, indeed,, are apparently almost unlimited, ; and on Saturday night they handled all sorts ol instruments—somo of them exceedingly queer looking specimens—with equal facility. It' has been very truly said th'at the Leslies are a whole" show in themselves; 'certainly their; contribution, to the evening's. entertainy/eli v/orth the adii)issionfee. Mr Opcar Smith, the vetrilbquist,'made his first appearance here, and the neatness/ arid liuinoiir of his •» Voices fro oi, '.Shadow Land", ii stalled him afavorite at once.,. Miss Priscilla Verne appears to he as

popular ns ever,'and was recalled several times lor her singing of Betty !omio sbnga. A short"'turn";by Mr Hugo kept the ardience laughing for about a quarter ; of an hour,; and thensual farce concluded; tbi' 1 performance. We have uo doubt the company will .be well patronised during their stay here,

Eketahuna School Committee.

Tlio ordinary meeting of the Corninitteo was hold on Monday evening at tbo School room. Present;Messrs Anderson (Chairman), Baylis, Selby, Syversen, and Neilsen. The minutes of the previous meet-

ng were read and confirmed, "' Letters were received from the Jlsrk of the Education Board slating hat in the absenco of fuller info'rmuion the Board declined to increase

grant for alteration to closets etc, but that the architect would visit Eketahuna and report. It was decided to write asking the Board to proceed with tlio work while tho children were on holidays, . From Masterton re jubilee colebra-

tiou, asking the co-operation of tho fi School Committee, and tho number n of. children likely to . attend the 1 monster picnic. . s It was decided to- hold a special I meeting to more fully go into the ' matter, on Wednesday, January Ist, f at 3 p.ui. t From the Education Board under * date 18th December,' requesting I expression of thfiCWmittee's opinion I oil tbe conduct of the master, as I expressed in a letter lately received ' from " Hope of Kketaliuna Lodge 1 1.0. G.T. Tho letter was enclosed, < and was read by the Chairman. Tho i letter brought under the notice of the ' Board the intemperate conduct of < tbe master. They did not ask bis : dismissal, but requested the Board ! would give him such a caution as will prevent tbe -reourreuce of similar disgraceful scenes enacted in tho presence of obildren. An enquiry lately heldbefore tbe looal Committee tho letter said, turned eut such a farce, that the 'Lodge declined to bring evidence before them; but if Mr Lee, or a member of the Board would hold an enquiry evidence would be brought forward, Mr Noilsen asked if anyone would come forward to give evidence, ■ The Chairman: .'No; they would not, as they say in their letter the last enquiry was a" farce." Mr Syversen thought the man who brought tho charge played a big part in tbe farce. ' The Chairman said he considered the Committee camo to a just conclusion on tbe evidence, Mr Neilsen asked if that evidence had been forwarded to the Education Board. > The Chairm.au: No. i Mr Selby proposed taking no notice I of the letter, but to look into the ) master's conduct since last meeting, j The Chairman observed tint they • must send the Board au expression 3 of opinion. I Mr Selby thought the Templars 3 had cast a slur on the Committee. t The Chairman Baid he had never 3 seen the master actually intoxicated, y but felt oonvinced there was truth in 5 tho outside reports. 1 ' Mr Baylisconsidered it a waste'of time to discuss that question. It was i a self evident fact. A few e days ago a boy had come up to him r in the street and said •' Mr BayliSs, t we liad such a game, the master was a drunk, and Mr Bright. Came to the s door and said " Hullo here," and d told us.to be quiet, but wo would not r for him," This was given to him

(Baylis) entirely unasked. Mr Solby said he was sorry Mr Bright was not present, He had

gone into the School with Constable Itoclie on the occasion referred to by Mr Baylis. The master had ordered

tho constable out. Mr Bright when

asked, had said to him (Mr Belby) that the master" wasn't sober." He thought they ought to ask the Board to give a fresh teacher. A good deal of discission followed. It was then moved by Mr Bayl's " that iu the opinion of the Committee the conduct of the teacher is unsatisfactory." Mr Selby said if tho Good Templars letter was ignored, .he would second Mr Baylis' motion.. Ho did not see why they should be dictated to by Templars. They refused to bring evidence before tho Committee which

he considered was treating the' Committee with contempt. He had

nothing to say against the Templars otherwise. In consequence he moved a 6 an amondtnent that" the letter be referred back to the Education Board, and the Board be asked to hold 'aii

enquiry and obtain the evidence offered,"

Just at this moment a letter was handed in offering to lay evidence before the Committee if they were willing to hear it. Mr Noilson proposed to hear the evidence and send it to the Education Board.

Mr Sy'versen considered it unfair to hear only one side, and the nhuirman asked Mr Baylis to call those willing to give evidence, MrsM.Rocho, (secretary 1.0. G.T.) then came forward and made a statement to the effect that she had seen the master under the influence of drink iii the day time on several occasions, and gave time and place in two oases,

James Rubick and J. E. Wilton corroborated the evideu:. ut :k last witness.

F. Hustable stated ho had been in Eketabuua four months. Had seen the master under the influence of liquor, but. never incapable. He came forward solely in the interests of the public If bis children were in Kketabuna be would not send them to school as things were. The Chairman said several settlors bad told' him they would not send their children to school. Messrs Neilson and Syversen said that was tho first roil evidence they had heard, ■ Mr Syversen said they must not forget they bad only heard one side. Mr Selby remarked that the master know tlio meeting was on, and should have been present. The motion of Mr Baylis that in the opinion of the Committee the conduct of the teacher is unsatisfactory, was then carried, and it was decided to forward the above evidence to tbe Education Board. The following accounts were passed for payment:—Brown, Thompson &Co, LI 17s 6d,; Waiiurapa Daily 10s; E. Murrell 17s Cd. The meeting then closed.

FREAKS OF NATURE.

Mr Phineas Taylor Barnum, the showman, says that he receives hundreds of letters from human "freaks" and frpra people who have animal "freaks'" for-sale. He has'lately had pressed upon him a chicken with three :legy a dog with three leg's, a pig like an elephant, a blue-eyed oat, j a oross-eyed oat, a woolly" horse (they

are quite common uow-a ; days), and a cat with six feet. Animal "freaks" are not, of course, either so costly or attractive as human ones. I daresay that the six-footed cat could have ;. been bought for £2O, and that even the elephantine pig could have been purchased for 150. But human " freaks" command very high salaries indeed.. In America they are gener- / . illy the leading attmctiona iii those■"' ilaces of miscellaneous entertainment , vhioh are known us Dime Museums. Tjtf fou pay your fivepence admission;-- ™ nd in return you got a feeble and asteless dramatic performance inthe y < ollar, an exhibition of fourth-rate f : i. ■ onjuring on the ground floor, a scture on health on the first floor.' a bat with a five-armed negro on the econil, a glance at a.'bearded''lady / .nd a couple of small alligators on he third, and an interview with a fild man of the woods in a garret. _S' In England" teaks" are chiefly in. y lemiridsat tfae music hall," tlioiighj Wjpr tccasibnally, when "a'showman ™s f " ; %,':. ) he of a specially startling or horrible haractcr, he hires a hall solely for its xhibitiou, " Freaks" of less distin;uiahed peculiarity travel about and '•■, ppeav twenty or thirty times a day in .'.!. iootlis at fairs, the charge for admis- .•:',•. ion being generally a penny or two • leace, These small Bums mount up'. ;.■;:,! apidly; and at the last Kingston air a fat lady of very opulent proporions privately confessed to me that he often, earned £SO a weett fori' the artunate speculators who' exhibited; ' lor. I quite believe her, for I happen n know that" freuliß" command far letter salaries than many people of ight and leading.;, Hurnanity ia full I base tastes. It loves to gHze on'the'" eformfld and hoirible,-. :eap.epially 'if : he deformed and horrible be alive '■'•■ nd fairly well, arid it is prepared tp ; ■;■ ' «y liberally for tho disagreeable pleaure.This is why MissMilly Christine he double headed young lady with wo tuneful voices, .was able to, earn 'l5O a week and was allowed her zfenses and the .expenses -of three v , f . orvanta. A clear £7BOO a year is af A alary fit for an ambassador or even; « prince, **^

Mrs Tom Thumb a|BO earns £l5O but she has to pa} her own expenses. I should take her to be very dear at the price, for dwarfs and dwarfesses are drugs m the market; and Mrs I Thnmb—though her hußband was & General, and she'has been introduced to moßt of the crowned heads af Europe-is by no. meinß the ; smallest of her kind, Mr Bates,' the giant, and his wife, ne'e Miss Swan, "Ife when they appeared together, used f to-be paid£l2s a week and,their expenses. The giant Chang, at the' time when he exhibited himself with Cbemah, a dwarf, earned the same amount, He has for some years withdrawn from the show business, and is now a flourishing and highly respected merchant at Shanghai. The last I heard of him was that ho had met with an. accident and bad. broken his leg. I bape he has siuco., recovered, for he is a most intelligent and' amnßiug man and a really delightful companion. Winklenieter, they say, waß paid £l5O a week, but the poor boy was dying of cousuinp- i: tion, and he could not enjoy bis' success, |

Myrtle Corbin is, or vras, a four; '» legged lady. Her 'reward was .£75 ,JR a week. «lie was, I hear, married, k. ' Three years ago, for thfl same Bum,. a manager could obtain the services of the Seven Long-haired Sisters, a'' bevy of good-looking young women, who posesßO'J the most, lovely 'toads *i of hair imaginable. I Buspect they were not sisters; but.tbis is of. .„ • no moment. They must have found it very trying to sit all day on a., platform and respond to the inanities of anyone who cliobo to addross them, . for some, at least, of 'them, wero intelligent girls. One of them told that she and her " sisters" received on an werago ten proposals of mar. riage a day,- and tliat they kept in stock a politely-worded lithographed '■■■' loiter, a.copy of which tboy posted • to evory suitor. In it, the lady, while feeling greatly flattered, etc,, ■• regretted very much,' etc., and sincely hoped that tho refusal would not cause pain, «tc.The man who received one of these circulars must have felt considerably 6nubbed. A good tatoood woman is cheap at £6O a week.--'Ordinaryfire-eaters go as low as .£4, Sword swallowars are no good, but an elastic-skinned man . or woman is a treasuro.. Herr Hoag, ~-'/" who can pinch his blieeke and pull them out fourteen; inches on.eaokv/ side of his mouth, and caii stretch hia*v nose a full foot, gets £45 a week, and. expenses.

In 1883 you could biro, as combined attractions; Charles' Tripp, an armless man, and Eli-Bomen, a | legless one, for the ridiculously small figuro of £BO a weok'and expenses.' Poor Lizzie Sturgeon, the amiable and armless girl who used to play the piano-in a (ashionwith her toos, commanded only .£19.. A very cheap article, a year or two ago, was a hairy wild man of ferocious aspect from Borooo -or, pofliaps, Soven Dials, ; Ha could be had for iBO. I trust that Tiny, tho child with four arms and four legs, has by this time gone to a land where there are no more exhibitions. This lamentable "freak" earned ,£SO a week.

Human skeletons are not to be depended on. Sometimes they take to putting on fat. They are also suscepitible to fomale attractions. , Ono of Barium's skeletons married k flixteen-stone worna, took,to niggejr minstrelsy, and now weighs nearly as much as his wife, STARTLING EVENT IN.A village:

To the Editor of "Saturday Night," Birmingham. J recently came into possession of certain tacts of bo remarkable a nature, that lam sure you will be idad to assist in making them public, The following letters were shown to me, and I at onco begged permission to copy them for the Press. They camo from a highly responsible source,and maybe received without question. MESSAGE FROM (jEORUB Jamks Gostlino, L.D.8., 8.C.5.1., PIi.C.L, Licentiate In Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon,

Stowmavket, July 18,1889. To Mr White, The enclosed remarkable oare should, 1 think, be printed and circulated m Suffolk. The statement wan entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail.

G.J.O. "To tho Proprietors - of. MothuBeigers Syrup. 'Jf "Gentlißmeh,—Tlio following remarkable cure was related to me by tho tho husband. Mary Ann Spink, of' Finborougb, Suffolk, "was for over twenty year* afflioted with rheumatism aud neuralgia, -and although cdmparalively a youne woman at the timo she wasattacked (sheis. now 6fty), slio was compelled in consequence, to walk with two sticks, and even then with difficulty and pain, About a year and a half a?o r~ she was advised, to try Mgther- Seigci'o ; f Syrup, and after' taking three bottles " M '\ and-two boxes, of SeigeVß.Operating Pills', the m of Her limit -mk rdtoted, and slio is now able to walk thivo miles to_ Stowmarket with ease, frequently , dump the distance in three-quarters of.

.mi hour. Any sufferer who doubts this I Jtory can fully ascertain its truthfuluoss by paying a visit to the village and enquiring, of the villagers, who will I certify to the fact", -r' j •■.,•! ,; ; ' Appended ut the husband's signaturo * to tho ht"toment. (R. Spink.) "6.J. Gosiuvu Ipswich Street, , , " Stowmtrkct." IMbia certainly*very pitiable case; MW tho happy, cure wrought .by thio siinple but powerful remedy, must wove m sympathy of all hearts in a common MMure, This poor woman had hoen a oripplo for twenty of her bust years • years in which she should have had such comfort and enjoyment as life has to Rive. But,-on tho contrary, she was a miserable burden to herself and a source of cave to her friends. Now; at an ago when tho rest of us are growing foible, she, in a manner, r.-nons her youth and almost begins a now existence, What a blessing and what a wonder it is I No one who knows her, or who reads her J story, but, will be glad that the good ?W has enabled men to discover a Mdy capible of bringing about a cure 6|_ Mninds üß~wb speak it reverently m the w of miracles. It ihnuld be explained that (his most ;'.. ■ remarkable cure is doe to the fact Unit /.-_ , rheumatism is a disease of tho blood Indication, constipation, and dyspepsia ouiso the poison from tho partially ; digested food to enter tho circulation, and the blood deposits it in. the joints andmuaclos. Thisisrheumatism. Siegel's Syrup corrects tho digestion, and so ' •tops the further formation and deposit of the poison. It then removes from tho system tho noison already there. It is not a cure-all. It does its wondorful work entirely bv its mystcriovs tiaWuiion the digestive organs. But. whefwe romiinber that nine-tenths of nurai'monts arise in those oreanu, we cm undeistand wliy Scigel's Syrup cures so many diseases that appoar t' l be so different in thoir nature. In , other words, rheumatism and neuralgic are but symptoms of indigestion, conand dyspepsia. CS ~ ■ .1::'• r ■"■"oi""M