The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3452, 6 March 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1890.

A sharp shock of earthquake waYfelt Marlberough on Sunday, lasting about five seconds. ' .".' '

■ :Mounted Constable Healey has, in the -abeenoo of Cpnatable Eccleton at tho Supremo' Court, taken charge of tho Carterton and, Greytown districts,

Tenders will be received at the City Council office, Wellington, up, to 7.30 p, m. of Thursday, 20l:h March, for loases of! lands, parts of Block VIII, Mangahaq; ■ Particulars appear in our advertising columm, ,A general inc'oting of those interested In tho Early Closing Association will be held in the'OddfehW Ball this evoning at 8 o'clock, • We havo to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of Inspector Lee's annual report on the working oi the schools in the Wellington district Tho results, so far as the Walrarapa is concerned, are exceedingly satisfactory/ '■. ■ ~~

•• Tho annual conference of sheop inspectors of the colony is now boing held at the Government buildings, Wellington. Tho Wellington district is being represented by Mr. John Drummond, of Masterton. Nothing of importance has yet transpired; at the con-, feronco,

Still they comol Another store is beiug fitted np in Carterton, and it is said will be opened vory shortly by a I Chinaman. Ho is the firat of the , disciples of oldOon who has been 'told , enough to thrust himself upon the , natiycs of that locality, i Mr J. S. Pinhoy, of Braneepeth, sent I Home through tho Gear Meat Company i a fivzcn lamb in December last to some friends in Devonshire as a Christmas prtsont. The lamb arrived in good condition, and was cut up by»butcher, who pronounced it as 'quite equal to the best English mutton, .Surpriso was expressed'at the size ot the carcaso, as it l is gonerally supposed at Homo that New Zealand lambs are little larger than a good size have. ■ • Our Tinui correspondent sends ub tho .following;—" Wo regret very much that Mr Harding, tho poatmaatcr and telegraphist, .is leaving Tinui for Oullinsville, Mr Harding is ono of the many efficient and generous officers in the department, always courteous and obliging, and well deserves promotion, The rosideiits in tho, district hero haye made him a gift of books, one the Flora and Fauna of Nm? Zealand, (by. Sir W/ Buller), and in a suitatlo address have wished Jiim every, success in his how home, In. losing, Mr. Harding we have the : consolation that Mr Norton, tho newly appointed officer for Tinui, is a vory popular person and likely to fulfil tho duties of his office with satisfaction." The'correspondent.of tho Post says that Mr Santley's visit to Blenheim has been marked by. a ray sad occorrenco, Among the country 1 visitors' who camo in for the first concert, on Monday night were Mr Phillip' Dillon and his family, It appears..that' after securing seats yesterday mornm?' for tho second concert, Mr Dillon went to the Union Bank, and while he was talking'with Mr Laishley about Mr Santley's magnificent rendering-of Gounod's grand song, "Nazareth," and the impression it raado upon him, he suddenly fell down dead, • The event plunged tho whole town in gloom, Mr Dillon beim? .universally esteemed, and when Mr 'Santley heard oi it, in deference to the general sympathy, he decided not to sin? that evening... , ...; , . : Complaint is iiiade in England that there is great 'difficulty in ■obtaiiiiu? Boamen : uien-of.wat, and various.reaaouSfliave been referred to as causing tills great.uawilli»gneas on the part of British' sailors, The 'report', of. areceilthcpurt-martialj however,; may servo to.oxpiain the. difficulty, to ;some extent! thoughno one seems' to 'have 'lookod'ftt'it in that light; Threa ordinary seamen were tried for the offence of Btriking| subordinate : officersonboard ship, Olio w'as'sehtcriced to eight' yoars' peua| servitude for this heinous offence, ,ahd-the oT ,'fivo iyoars lpiprlsflniiMflji eaohi v Jt',ia hardly to bo wondered that men prefer UoVto put thoiuselyesjn the way of suoh Beyerity.

Mrlhoe,Oollior.bf Masterton.tnfoniis us that ho has Bociirod a~ patent'for liis cold wator.woq] 6conrw. ::

_Pi'ize money : and -accounts ;of the. MBsterbon- Hoitieultttrnl and Industrial society will be paid on and after Friday, 7th March, at 2 p.m., The salu of privilngcs in connection with tho Autumn meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Olub will take place at tho rooms of Messrs Lowes and lornß on Saturday : _iiext at 2 p.m\ ■ . The Wholesale Drapery Co,, are, n-o understand, about to orect a substantial shop and dwelling at Pahiatua. Mr A. W. Hurat, of Woodvillo, is the contractor, .'■

Tho young man named Walter' Kirk, who was drowned at .Wavorloy Boach on Sunday last, was for some timo.'.'if resident uf Maatorton. Hewasemployed by Mr T. S. Jago, and was highly respectod by all with whom he came in contact,

An enquiry, is being held bylnspector Mooro, in Dunedin, into tho circumstances attending the arrest of a sergeant of tho City Force by another sorgoarit for' drunkenness. .The testimony is prottty evonly balanced. .""Mr Ooleman Phillips, of Dry Rivor, has at tho present time working on ins station a fine invention in tho shape of a fruit drying apparatus. An exhibition is to be made on tho Oreytown' Hccroa-' tion Reserve on the occasion of tho Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Sports.' A witness m the.R. l\. Court this morning wis malting a ramblinj? statement about the sale of a horso, whon ho suddouly exclaimed," Of course I don't say this on oath." Mr Bunny; " Remember my man, that you'ro on'oath, and I'll have nothing but tho truth." Tho Court* warned the witiwa against making statements in a rambling manner, and stated it was a moatserious position 'to occupy. Tho caao to proceeded, Tho Standard records tho death of Mr John Feast, of Kaiwaiwai, one ot our early sotticrs. Ho had boon ill for some considcrablo'timo past suffering from a cancer in tho stomach. A fortnight ago he went to Wellington to consult Ha Grace and Collins but it was unavailing, and he succumbed on Monday morning at, Wellington. The body was brought to. Featherstou on Tuosday,~and interred in tlie>ceniet,y, whon a large body of friends and relatives met to assist in the ceremony,

Some sensation has been caused at San Francisco by a tragedy which has takon place in tho domostio' circle of Judgo Clark, dt Tehama, California, Bis two smiß; lwd a bitter quarrel on family matters, and during tho altercation ono lifted a chair to attack his brother,' Thn latter instantly'drew his revolver and: shot hia brother dead on tho spot. At the inquest tho coroner's jury hold that the shoot-in? was justifiable and directed that the survivor of. tho fray should be roloascd from custody. In'a local in.our yesterday's issuo I referring to tho returns of tho New Zealand Loan and-'Mercantile Apcncy wo erroneouslystatoi tho output for last year as 3!),848 bnlos instead of 59,818 tho lattor being the correct number. I Thoro was a good muster of recruits at the 'Volunteer Drill Hall last evening the men being put through their.facings by various non-commissioned officers. Wo enderstadd the firing- for Lieut. •Hooper's trophy takes place on Saturday.

A cricket match will bo played at the recreation reserve, Greytown, on Saturday next, betweon teams reprosoujiog Greytown and Eketalrana.Tlw following is (he team of the former .'—Messrs C J Board, U Hawke (captain), W Judd, J Judd, G Jackson, W J Knoll, LS Knell, WATato.EWI/dy.AUdy, and'AL .Webster. Einorgenoies-J Eccleton, R Judd, J Jackson, J Hawko, H Jones,

Frederick Fitzgerald,. a respoctablolooking young man, pleaded guilty at tho Supreme Court yesterday to acllarge of obtaining £lO from Thomas Delwood Thompson, of Masterton, by means of a valueless cheque. In answer to tho usual question, the prisoner said that all ho' desired was that his people at Home should not know anything of tho affair, becaußO it was his. intention to go'to England as soon as lie camo out of gaol, He was sentenced, to nine, months' imprisonment with hard labour. The members of the Masterton Single Tax Society met on"Wednosday evening, passed a code of rules, and resolved that at tho next monthly meeting a discussion should take place on the question "Is an income tax desirable?" Mr Hogg opening in the negative and Mr'Bamber taking up the ailirmative. It is expected that tlio discussion will be of a very interesting character.

In the It.M. Court this morning, bofore Colonel Roberts, R,M„ A, M. M'fluckiu sued Mr O'Connor, of the Taueru, for i'o, value of a horso sold and dolivored, Mr Skipper appeared I for plaintiff, and Mr A, It.' Bunny for defendant. It i appears from plaintiff's statement, that the horso in question was sold. to defendant, but tho latter, finding it "unfit for use, returned it to plaintiff, alid would not. pay. The plaintiff, however, stated that he would not take' possession of tlni horse again, hence the .present proceedings. The defendant, on examination, said the horse.was loft at his place for trial, but his boy was thrown from'it, and ho therefore returned it. A deal of crossexamination took placo and several witnesses wore put in the box. Judgment was ultimately given for defendant with £3 7s costs,

Every dog lias his day, and according to Dr M, A. Starr tho phrenologists have had theirs, Wo cuiifcss a lingering affection for the sage-Jooking little heads markod out in patterns which wo ueo'in tho windows ot these wise men, and recall the modest fee in roturn for which wo received so much information which wis amusing) if not valuable. Dr Starr in liia' nrtiole io ; the Popular Scionce Monthly, says that it is impossible to draw any conclusion from the size and shape of the head as to tho extent' or surface of the brain, and so as to the mental capacity, It is absurd to judge of tho brain surface by cither the sizo of tho head or tho extent of the superficial irregular surface whioh is covored by thfl skull-, without taking into consideration the number of folds and the depth of the creases, ." For a little brain with many deep-folds may really, whon spread out, havo a larger surface than a large brain with a few shallow folds." . The Fair has proved a success, in that it has enabled us to sell out a large proportion of our surplus summer stock at To Aro Hou'.e, Wellington. . "The Fair," howovor, has loft us a baliancc; small, it is true; still, a balance of goods that wo should liko. to entirely clear out of Te Aro House; Wolliufiton. The "Fair" prices woroextraordinarily low; vory>muoh below the valuo ot tho goods j notwithstanding we have reduced, (hem still more, in order to accomplish our design at To Aro House, Wellington, Ladies should peruse ttcntivcly our summary of these r«luclio8s„on each sido of tho well-known picture of To Aro House, Wellington. '■...'■■. Ladies should pay a visit to our dress counter, as thoy are certain to pick up greater bargains than heretofore j and should not forget to look into the inanllo department and see tho marvels ' cf cheapness in mantles, costumes and jackets, at To Aro House, Wellington, ■_• •