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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3500, 2 May 1890, Page 2

A young woman named Esther Marie titewnit, of Teareba, ftm South Wales, has just procured £IOOO danjages from Jno JDuggan for breach of pronijgo, Sir Henry Parkes. the greoi Federationißt of New South Wales, has been presented by Lady Parkes with a ton. The first dance of the season in connection with the Droyorton Quadrille Olub, nil) bo hold at Mr Manning's, Dreyerton, to-night. Messrs J. M. Meredith, H. Toogood, and G. Mooro have been ole'cted mooiben of tbo Whareama Hoad Board. The following is the result of the election lor the Mangatalnoko School Committee;— Messrs Jesaop 40, Wajfcor 40, Grovillo 89, Rose 21, Wiles 19, Reid 10, Knight 18. The Lowor Hutt Sohool Committeo havenominated Mr G. Beethani.M, H,R,, for the vacant seat on the Eduoation Board. We learn by telegram that at tho session of the' Masonio Grand Lodge now being held a Benevolent Fund has been formed, and that Mr G. 8, W. Dalrymple has donated the sum of £5 as a nucleus to the same. The following is the team of the second fifteen of the To Ore Ore Football Club, tfhjctl will play against the second of tho Red gtarg to-morrow (Saturday):—Arani, Kara", Mo, Maki, A. Ohambers, Eanginui, Ngawhiro. Backs—J. Brown, J. Karatlna, W, Karatina, Pabito, Ma, Wari, Kawana, Difference, Motes, Pehl, H, W#,ViM#lisiv' 1

The season for deer-stalkta!! closed on I 31«t ultimo. '. Tlii)> small game, season openedyestetday. r ■■'■■::!■' The. Rev Mr Stewart, of Woodville,will preach in the lboal Presbyterian Church' on Sunday noxt, May 4th, morning and evening' A man named Lee has run amuck in Melbourne and attempted to murder several persons. Ho was captured alter a severo struggle, but not before he had inflicted seven slabs on himself, from which he died. The Greytown Hospital Ball, which is to bo held next Friday, is likely to bo a great success, and it is expected that the attendance will bo the largest yet recorded.' Several who are anxious to go hope that, it will bo arranged to rim a coach-load of pleaßuro seekers down from Maeterton.'"

A special holiness meeting is to bo hold in tlie Salvation Army Barracks to-night, led by (Jolonol Taylor, assisted by Mrs Taylor and Major fiolfe, Tomorrow ovoning an "Indian Durbar" wil be held, and special meetings are announced throughout Sunday. An amusing iucidont is said to have occurred at Carterton on Monday eyening last. An householder, mistaking a church for the school house, walked in, and was about to move that a chairman be appointed, when a loud "Amen!" revealed to him the dreadful fact that between the Church and the State therewas'a torribloj" gulf." i l '' A remarkable funeral procession

paraded the streets of Fekin a few weeks ago. It was tho formal.pubio celebration of the burial of Tsohing Taojiu, a grand chamberlain; and brother-in-law of Prince Kung, The bier was barried by 80 men, preceded by 40 flag bearers, eight camels, and 24 white horses- One hundred and sixty men -followed, bearing )8 red planks, on which were painted.in many coloured letters the name and titles of the

dead nobleman. The whole procession was a mile and a half long. We remind our readors of tie performance of" Tho Guvnor," by tho Greytown Amatuer Dramatic Society, to be given in tho Theatre Royal this evening, Tho reputation gained by this Society in its two performances recently given at Greytownßhouldenjureitabeins received with a bumper house in Masterton. Full arrangements have been made for

staging the piece, and the addition of a good orchestra will doubtless make the entertainment one of tho bent over pro-

duced in this town. At Warronheip, Victoria, on April 14th, a man named John O'Frrrel went home raving thrown drink, illused his wito and family (of whom there are seven, their ages ranging up to eleven years), and when tho family had gone to hide in tho scrub, turned out a man who went to try to appease him, locked the door, and threatened to burn down the house, Shortly afterwards the house was in names, and as the fire could not bo queuohccl O'Farrell was burned to a shapeless mass, His brother some time ago broko his neck while pursuing his wife with an axe with murderous intent. A sad and fatal accident occurred at Nukumaru on Saturday last. A man named Robert Walker, working at Mr J, G. Rhodes' threshing machine, was working on the top' of the machine, when ho inadvertently stopped backwards on to the drum, with the result that his leg was drawn in and nearly torn off. The sufferer was at once taken to the Kai

Iwi Hotel, and later on attended by Drs Connolly end Sorley, who amputated tho injured limb, and did all they could to savo the-poor folluw's life, He, howevor, gradually sank, and died in the evening, about a quarter past nine, from loss of blood and shook to the system. Tho deceased was a Bingle man, whoso brother resides at Beach

Road, Napier, who has cated with,—Chronicle,

been communi

They have a peculiar customer on the Melbourne Standard staff. He cjives the following item, and Maims is on to a eiok messenger:—His name was Ah Sick. " Me gettee offee tlatn plitfcy quick," he ssid, He waited not for it to stop, and down he camewith sickening 'plop,' right on the top of his head.' Before he could arrange his' toil,' or get clear of tho slippery rail, there cuno along a dummy, with intent to make him a mummy. His head it tried to bash; there wasa terrible crash; but Ah Sick's skull is still sound, and tho lamp glass can't be found. Of that dummy he was master, altnough his hoad is now in plaster. He will survive tho shock and thus advise his flock, 1 When on a tiara you lide, get offeo on the lsftee side.'" By the "Scotsman" of the 22nd March, which has just-reached us, we notice that Mr Carr Smith, the eldest son of Dr Smith, of Greytown, is achieving distinct success in his medical studios in Edinburgh. In the prize list for the winter session of tho School of Medicine be figures remarkably well. In practical materia medica and pharmacy, Mr Smith heads the list, and has boon awarded a silver medal for his proficienoy. Ho was also high up in the senior practical anatomy class, being third with a percentage of 85, He was thus next to the two gold medallists in this section. In materia medica and therapeutics, Mr Smith acquired a first-class certificate with 70 per cent, Tho session has been remarkable for the large number of models takon by colonial students, and we are pleased to bo able to congratulate Dr Smith on the distinguished position his son occupies, in having personally contributed to bo gratifying a result. Some people doubt at times the accuracy of the press in connection with which the following good story is told; —"A Molbourne speculator- bad a very thrilling experience about tho same time. He held a considerable number of shares in a mine, and uot being satisfied with tho reports which appeared jn the press, he determined to make an inspection for himself. When within about fifty yards of the mine he was startled by a loud explosion, and saw tho blacksmith's shop lifted from tho ground and scattered to the fuur winds. One fragment struck his bolltopper and knocked. it over a neighbouring fence Ho left the place without waiting to recover his' dumajsed- lioad-gear. He explained afterwards that ho did not know whether ho had been a witnoss of one of tho ordinary mining operations, or whether it was intended as a special salute to him, but in- either case ho was determined to accept without ques lion tho weekly reports in the press in future, Yet the explanation of the inoideut was very simple.. No offence had been intended, Indeed, tho manager was quite annoyed when ho heard that the blacksmith's shop had been thrown at a shareholder, Itis necessary to thaw dynamite before it is used, The proper way to do ibis Jb to place the vessel containing it in hot water so there is no contact with fire. Tho lad to whom this duty was entrusted weaiied of suoh a roundabout process, so he placed a saucenan with several packages of dynamite in It on jthp fire and whistled merrily as ho blow the bellows, T|jetuno was interruptod by the disappearance of tho ajiop in tho manner already described. The boy, unfortunatoly, escaped without injury." We havo been favoured with quite a rush of appreciative oustomers to our mantle showroom during the past fortnight, both from the oity and country, which of itself is an cvidonco that our season's imporlatloni'St To-Aro House have "secured widespread approval. We have Borne attractive and fashionablo artioles'to show" this week, whibb havo Ib'een just received by direct steamer, 'the most hovel Mug the '.'Highwayman" and '' Goaoltman " capes, in' groat variety. Some ot the leading colors are fawn, grey, brown, nr.vy, terra cotta, and blaok, These are worth inspecting at Te Aro Houbo, . • ■ ■ Oun selection ot ladles'.plush and scalettfl jackets is niest attractive. Wo havo tneso mall tho newest and most approved- styles, 'and would call special attention to "The Fifo," with medica collar, and '•Czarina,"with embroidered silk revers, whioh are exceedingly becoming, and are "all the rage" in tho Old Country. These have attracted muoh attention from visitors to Te Aro House. Limes' tweed and cloth jackets ore also in great profusion, and in tho most tascinating and styles. We would particularly call attention to the" Classical' jackets, such as" The, Milton,"'", The Byron/', ri %i Tennyson." These. are yery handsomo, have'li'eautifully oinbroidweij vests and lapel i; and'should be'seeh'at orjoo at Te'Aro Hgni, WellJß(!lw,wApvj,

s A.n alteration in 'the advertisement ofMrTßallinger.ofWelliiigtou, appears an ahothor column.

.■lt has been definitely arranged that the House of Bopresentatira shall meet on Juno 19th. 1

I'ha.Boroughofiicerß are makinga great' improvement to (jueeu street by Bwoep. ing ib and oleaning the Sittings of the E.M Oourt are being hold at Ekotahuna to-day, at wluoh several oases oE breach of the Beer Duly Act are being hoard, To-morrow is the monthly pay-day o { the Maatarton and Wairarapa Uuilding Societies. Sevoral sportsmen took advantage of

the oponiug of the gaming season yes. terday to try. their luck in the surroundings of Mastorton, and in nearly every instance good.bags wore obtained. A may-pole dance will form a foature of the Social gathering to bo held in St Matthow's schoolroom on tho 7tli inst, usual monthly meeting of the Mustortou Town Lands Trust will be held in the Council Chambers this evening.

•The total area of Crown lands disposed of from tho first of April of last -year until Bht March last was 107,881 acres 2 Mods 26 porohos, at an upset price ol £101,830 lis 3d.

The estimated grain produce of this colony for the past year is as follows j - Wheat, 335,800 awes, estimated to produce 8,448,596 bushels; oats, 435,581 Kta, 13,657,01)2 ousels; barley, 42,404 acres, 1,312,87:! bushels, •

lhe iorators 'at Carterton now possess seventy members, an addition last night having -'brought tho number up to this very satisfactory total,

Tho Friendly-Societies -in Oarterton have been in the habit of holding an annual ohurch parade at Easter. At the Foresters' meeting last night, a proposal to hold an additional parade, six months after Easter, thus making them halfyearly, ivas mooted and will be the subject of furthor consideration,

We aro requested to remindooru r readers yf Messrs Lowos and ioms sale 8 at thoir rooms to-morrow, Their list will embrace evory description of new and second-hand furniture, produco, poultry and general sundries, Sergeant Price recoiled the following nolo on Monday night —'' Keep a sharp look-out ou your olrice and the worm tonight." It is needless to Bay the Sergeant kept a sharp look-out, and the worm is still in custody, It is reported that a new phaso of the recent distillery case has cropped up, and that further proceeding are likely to betaken. Under these circumstances it a undesirablo to publish further' omment on tho matter, '"' It is rumoured that a ladies' whist club is about to be formod in Mastorton. The«o clubs appear to bo " the ra«e" throughout tho Colony at the present tune,

The Two Thousand Guineaß, run at Newmarket on Wednesday, was won by n A W ,' Merl 'y' 9 Suretoot > B "°» Uotnsohilds Le Nord second, Duko of Westminster's Biuo Gum third. Kirkham and Narellan werescratohed. The installation of tho newly elected Grand Master of the Masomo Grand Lodge ißro Thompson) took place at Chnatohurch on Wednesday. Tho

ceremouy was a very imposing one,

Ono of the cases at preieut in tho Grey town Hospital—that of a young fellow-is of rather a painful nature. He was thrown from his horse at Pahau and had his head injured. At first he seemed to be getting well, but a change for tho worse set in, and now ho is at the Hospital suffering apparently from paralysis of the brain.

Mr D Ohristio .Murray is ongaged writing a comedy drama, tho scenes of which are laid in Otago, The public will look with interest tc tho uses to which Mr Murray will put his Em Zealand experience, He has had some dramatic experience, having been associated with Henry Herman," of "Silver King" fame, in a drama shortly to be produced in London.

Mr It, 8, Hawkins requests us to correct a statement which we made that hiisworkin? hard for the position of a member ot tho Education Board. He says that when he was first asked to stand he stated that he did not intend to canvas and that he has not, except by a circular letter, canvassed a singlo committee or committeeman, or employed anyone to canvass on his bohalf.

Tho interest displayed in the election of members for No 2 sub-division of tho Masterton Eoad Board, which took place yesterday, was not great. The following! is tho numbor of votes recorded for tho various candidates-]) McKenzie, 33; R D Dagg, 08; Jas Stuckoy 61. Messrs MoKenzioandDagg have therefore been declared duly eleoted. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the business hitherto carried on by Mr J P Oowie, in Hall street, Im been sold to Mr G Heron. Mr Cpwie, in thanking tho public for their past support, requests a oontinuance of tho same to hiasucoessor. All accounts owing to Mr Oowie, are requested to bo paid to himself or Mr Heron beforo the 31st of May. We understand that owing to the hardening of prices in tho flax trado, preparations aro being made, for the reopening of several mills in this district within the next few days. To make the industry pay, however, it will require to bo worked on a moro economical basiß than before, as merchants will not advanco at former rates. It is also exceedingly desirable that oxcossivo agency and shipping charges should bo reduced,

Advices received from Yokohama" dated 30th January, contain details of a foarful cycloho which swept along the Japanese coast from 24th January to 2(ith January, cau»ing the loss of 900 fishing vessels and tlie drowning of upwards of 2000 fishermen. The oyclone first burst upon a part of the coast where mora than 1000 fishing boats wero engaged In fishing, CJoae upon COOfoimdored, «ndl8,000! of the fishermen aboard them were drowned, Most of the bodies drifted up on the boach and were taken care of by relatives, The scenes -were heartrending. Thesamoday eleven boats wero wrecked in tho sea off Tobishuna during a etorm, and 50 fishormen were drowned, On 25th January 23 fisher men were drowned on the coast off Maschawo. News has also been.received of the disastrous storm which swept ovor the coast of Tourkommaohosie Kadsusam during the night of 26th January. Over 800 fishing boats that wero out never returned. Tho funeral ceremonies for about 600 fishormen supposed to have been drowned were observed. _ "Whole villages were in mourning/and tho Government authorities gave holp in burying the dead.