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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3454, 8 March 1890, Page 2

A further addition of 180 Roninf.y Marßh owes is niado to Mr F...H. Wood's, Tarotahi sale. The Annual meeting of the Junior Football Club will to hold in the Commercial room of the Prince ofWales Hotel on Tuesday oveninj,', at 8 p.in. Mr David Christie Murray is favouring tho Lyttelton Timeswith seme pretty little "Sonnots to New '.Zealand," His first production, which compares Christchurch to tho "Old Country" is marked with photos and clover rbymo, Says tho War Cry :-Tho_ tobacco devil is at last knocked out of timo. No one will be allowed to bo.araeuuVr of any S, A Band who uses tobacco in any form. Instruments blown through clean lips. Hallelujah I It was stated at the meeting of the To<m Lands Trust last evening that tho annual oleotion would not tako placo, in conßequonco of the now Aot cominp into forco, in April as before, but towards the end of May,

By recent cable advice we learn thai botious complications ha"e arisen botweenßusßiaand China. The latter waendlng reinforcemonts to tho Biborian frontier, and tho roason given is tho apprehension of a spnody Russian attack,

Tho Tararua ranges appear to be a favorite resort at the present time for Mastertonians,. Numbors of parties have oflate mado the ascent rf Mount Holdsworthand "viewed tho landscape o'er," and wo understand about a Bcore of residents are gojng to do tho trip toI day,

Mount Ararat, which is 16,f 19ft high, has for the first timo been asoeuded by a young girl, acepmpamod. by tbreo Kurds. On the summit she fell ill from the intense cold, Her father and brother had been unable to proceed beyond 14,000.

Tho ti'oatmcnt at New York for the influenza, several cases of which have appeared, is Bpraying Hie affected membrane freoly and frequently with a solution of quinine and an internal administration of quinine, belladonna and camphor. The polka at Christchureh have received word to the effect that a skeleton was ploughed up on Kelly's farm, Swannauoa. It is said to have a hupe jaw and largo bead, and is supposed to bo that of a Maori. At tho- Sheop Inspectors'- conference, Mr R. Foster, of Canterbury, was elected Chairman, and Mr R, C. Pusloy, ot Napier, Vice-Chairman for tho ensumgyear. Tlio Conference has considered the proposed amended Sheop Bill and other Acts, and has discussed various departmental matters with a view to a uniform working of tho departments throughout tho Colony, The sittings closed yesterday, A money collector's duty is not always a pleasant ono, Yesterday tho nightsoil contract ir's agent called at a house at the Spit for payment of an account, when an individual rushed out of the building and gave tho agent' some cruel blows about the head, causing a discolored eye. There was no provocation, and tho assailant will bo asked to explain his conduct before Iho Resident Magistrate shortly.-Teleeiraph, • Mr S. J. Cole, a building contractor, was killed in Mclbourno by falling from ut height of 70ft, He was engaged superintending a gang of workmen engaged all nuht ou his contractto rebuild the top storoy of tho Adolaido Chambers, and about 2 in the morning lie eat down on a window leduo 70ft above the pavement. It is supposed he dozed off, as ho fell on to the pavement, and was killed instantly, his skull being fractured. His anus were broken, hlso his ribs, besides which the internal organs were ruptured.

A correspondent writes to tlio Otogo Daily Times;—Horo witliyouwill receive two carriers'way bills for cartage and railage butweoii Dunodni aud Naseby. In the one, railage toDunback, which is equidistantbetweeuDunedinandNaßeby, is 2s Bd, while the cartage is Is 4d. The railage thus exceeds the cartaee by exaotly 100 per cent, In the other the railage is 3s 3d, while the cartage is only Ib 4(1, Tho excess in this case is considerably over 200 por cent. Need it be wondorod that tho people of the Interior almost sigh for the days when there was no railway at all. For three years past there liss beon on exhibition in ono of tho lecturing halls of the Royal Collogo of Medicine in Berlin a man who is a puzzlo to physicians 'and surgeons. His body ia so translucent that tho circulation of the blood, both arterial aud votious, can be plainly seen and studied. The wan; from a physiological standpoint, is a marvel without a panllol. The leading physicians of Geimany have seen him ami lectured upon him, Ho is now in New York. Ivan Dzorscbky Orloff is tho Btraiise man's name, aud he is a native of Buda-Pesth, Hungary. In the lower limbs tliore is an entire absence of bone. That Is, Hie bones, if ever there were any, never became ossified, and aro therefore Bimply thin, flat, and flimsy cartilages. Mr Orloff has nover been able to walk, but is wheoled about from place to place in a rolling oliair,

Henry Martin, a young man aponi 24 years of aye, employed as a rabbiter on tho property of Mr Alexander M'Leod atPabaUjin Maryborough district, met with a rather nasty accident on Thursday morning, says tlio Post. In raisiog his gun to shoot a rabbit he tripped on a stick of manuka, and his dogs (locking round him, the gun by sums means accidentally went off, tho charge of No, •1 shot passing through the fleshy part of the arm' A temporary ligature was applied to stop the bleeding, and Martin reached Maryborough about 5 p.m., when Dr Smith was tolophoned for, The injuries sustained avo a fracture of ouo of tho bones of the right arm, and a severo laceration of the flesh below the olbow. On the doctor's recommendation the poor follow leaves (accompanied by tho local constablo) for the Wellington Hospital this morning, where it is hoped that caro and good treatment will save tho injured arm, Wuy Remain Dkak.—Deafness, Hoad Noises, Discharges, &c, no Duffer o/Ziow foiiyjffliidiiii/completelyand permanently cured by tho new and entirely successful Electro-Medication Treatment. ■ Ear drums no foiiyer ntcemni. Advice and pamphlet free from Professor Harvey, 145 Collins- Street East, Melbourne, testimonials. N. 13,—Professor Harvey's Electric Head Battery is the only ono patented throughout the world. Tlio Fair has proved a success, in that it has enabled us to sell out a large proportionfif our surplus summer stock al To Aro Houeo, Wellington. . ■'■.'■:. "Tho Fair," however, has left us a balianco; small, it is true; still, a balance of goods that wo should like .to entirely clear out ofTe Aro House, Wellington. _ ... The " Fair" prices were extraordinarily low; very much below tho value of tho goods; notwithstanding we liavo reduced them still more, in order to accomplish our design at To Aro Houso, Wellington, ladies shoald peroso ttsntively our' summary of these reductions, on eaoh side of the well-known picture of To Aro House, Wellington. ■ ■ a ~ < Ladies should pay a visit to our dress counter, as. they are certain' to pick up greater bargains than heretofore; and should 'not forgot.to look into tho. mantle department and see the marvels _ of cheapness in:mantles, costumes and jaoko'ts at To Aro House, Wellington,' . . _ Ladies would find, it a real pleasure in looking over tho balanco of our season's millinery,.with tho very tempting prices at which every arliclo is marked at Te Aro House, Wellington. , ' ■■ -Ladieß are reminded-that the special reductions made in these specially enumerated artioles will continue to the end of tho present month only, at To Aro Houso, ellington,

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their salo for Wednesday next 300 lambs, 6 fat bullocks, 3 jat heifers,'lo forwards bullocks, 200 lambs. 150 owes, and 50 wethers, , Mr Santloy,lho famous baritono singer, met with a grand reception at Wellington last night. The Opora House was packed to intensity, and everybody appears to haVe bocn amazed at his performances. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to tho sale for Wednesday next 2000 breeding owes, 450 lambs, 150 wethers, aud 9 porkers..

Considerable alarm was caused In Otiohunga on Thursday when a bull, which was being drivon through tho town, suddenly becamo enraged and charged.a number of people, two of whom wore seriously injured, The animal was recaptured and shot.

Wo draw tho attention of our readers to anildvortisoraent published in another column, by which it will be soenlhat tenders for tho purchase of 773 acres of land at Opaki(late Moles' property) close with Mr H. fl. Welters at Carterton on Monday next. Hop-picking is in full awinp at Nelson and the crop, generally .appears better than it might bo oxpeoted, owing to tho continuous dry weather. No win haß fallen this year, and the country is dreadfully parched, the feeding of stock becoming a serious difficulty. In reply to letters sent to Lord Salisbury and Mr Balfour, accompanying tho report of tho Auckland Unionist meeting communications have been received from thoso statesmen containing expressions of satisfaction that the cause they represent is bo enthusiastically supported in Now Zealand.

Tho water-lily is said to be lasgely used in some parts'of India as a foodstuff, The iruit of one species that grows plentifully in the lakes of Cashmere is rich in starch, and Iwb muoh tho flavour of a chestnut. If the nuts aro dried they will keop for a long time, and, when epound, may be mado into cakos or porndge.-pr they may be soaked for somo hours and then'boilcd, Two members of tho Education Board, Messrs Bunny and Young, aro in Mastorton to day, and have expressed to ns their feelings of disgiißt and indignation at'tho action of certain members of the Mastcrton School Committee with reference to tho wator Bupply, and at the resolutions passed at the meeting of householders. Thoy assort that there was no room whatever to ask that the vacancy on the Board bejfilled when there was, as a matter lact, no vacancy,