The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3601, 30 August 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890.

Some good people who went shopping yesterday in Mastorton were astounded to find that tliS Uliirtst- n n ro ,oj sugar and flour bad already "token an upward bound, pwjpg. to the ' trouble in Wellington. They appeared to consider that such" a.Bud'den

increase was premature, and wondered why storekeepers could not work off old stock at old prices, and then, if they had to pay more for • tab. supplies, prices might reason- * ably he advanced. Ifc is difficult to satisfy some people, and no doubt a storekeeper is more prompt to take advantage of a rising market than he is to give bis customers the benefit of | a falling one, bnt.no business man is likely to t»fe an undue advantage of the present situation to inajje profits, because by so doing he would seoure a temporary benefit at tho cost of I offending his regular customers and clients. At the same time be is ' quite justified in taking a fair advan-

t'ageofthe advappe in value of any sto'ok he may 'li'old,"as this is'a natural and proper set otffo'r-tbetes he sustains when his stock tjeoreases in price. Wp are glad, Jjdweyer, to learn that with the .exception' .of one artwp lines which are Bhor.t in stock it the Empire 'City, there is no material alteration of yaljjas. i rhe general storekeepers in this i ;jw o anticipate but ■ little disturb- ' inceinthe«r o cen ? ral P ri,!Bjl j tß ' W ! lo they believe j*™ *W» ' ariation will be an aflaufßf liJff 6 i ban a few days. So it, is as yet quite nnecessary for private consumers v 3 lay in a etook of proyision3 under a n apprehension that the necessaries 5 . fJifeare likely to rise to extraya- " int prices. In this neighborhood J] lere are ample stocks of wheat and itatoes, and were the demands w om Wellington greater than they ? ive been during the-last day ov 10 they would be met without fa uching the margin which is ieded fpr Pro- . ls bly beforß.many days are 9*er the j*' elliugton produce merchants will ij fully stocked by cargoes from in ithero ports, and,then the demand la! iipli has set in for'"' supplies from ™ s district end.". L'

ft «reported that' 6n. the: reduced Wain service there is two months' supply « coal ou th 6 Wellinstton-Ekefcahuna

■ earn that the depression in nelson is severely felt, and that half of the houses in that charming retreat aro advertised to. let. '..' .' „ A meeting of oreditorain the estate of Gliomas Alfred Hbwoll. of Pahiatua. was to havo been hold 'yosterd'ay,' but was adjourned for want of a quorum.

The ".strike"-has ;even effected the school ohildren of this town, and wo hoar several youngsters who state innocently that they do not wish to eo baok to school until the»civil war" their masters I have been tolling themaiout is at an end. Wo have been shown a copy, of Stanley's new book, "In Darkest Africa," for which Mr J B hues is the local agent. The engravings are firstclass, the letter press vory readable, and' tuo general information about the dark continent of a Btrikingly' interesting character. '

There has been considerable' stir in business circles in Masterton. tor the past couple of days in consequence of the seamen's strike. Owing to the eager, demands- of customers, shopkeepors have been sreuring large supplies of flour, produce, etc., and already prices have hardened. The local railway station presented a very busy appearanee yesterday.; and tons of producowere sent away to the Empire City by millers, merchants, and othors. Tho Secretary of tho Blenheim Acclimatization Society has receiyed a consignment of 6000 brown trout from the Mastorton Hatehenes. They wore distributed as follows :-1000in Branch Creek, 1000 ib. Lanploy Dalo, 1000 in Omaka and Opawa, 1000 inKaituna,and 1000 in thoPolorus. -. '■■■-.

Mr F.H.Wood notifies that he has been favored with instructions to sell.on Thursday,' 11th September, that valuable freehold property known as Russell Owen's' Estate,' being part of. section No 186 on the plan of the Tnrataln Plain, block. An important sale of timbor for September 13th is also announced, \ "

"A Non-Oolonial Female" writos to say that she has looked up a Natural History book and cannot find any mention of auch an animal as" donkey." The dictionary defines a donkey as "an ass or a mule for the saddle."' She-ass' is the proper name for tho female ass, A Northern contemporary says; • "Politicians) like liars, need good memories. Of course we don't mean, to infer that the terms are convertible or synonymous; It does not follow that a politician must be a liar, any more thau that a liar mlißt be a politicians. But a good memory is ossential to the success of both." '.:

Tho Davis: Vertical Feed Sewing Machine is now procurable in Masterton. The advantages of this maoliine aro many, and are enumerated through, our advertising columns. The machine took first awards'at the. Melbourne Exhibitions of 1880 and 1888. The sole agents far this town ore Messrs Jno. Cralnm and Co. ' '.'..''

There was a strike on a small scale up country the other day, Three men were employed''at. ! .certain bush work, for which thby wore receiving fair, wages. They wantedfive shillings more, a wook, so they struck, -The Bald, " very well, you shall have what you demand," Ho would give tho increased pay for a week (July. He came into town yesterday, engaged three new men who were' only toe anxious to get some work to do, and this will be the last week that those who. struck will work for the same employer, & little boy at Cambridge, Waikato, mot with a strange accident the other day. He picked up what looked like a Waterbury watch, covered with p'itoh'. He took it homo to his father and asked him what it was. Mr Oarnachan scraped a piece of tho blaok off it arid Ending it was made oftin, concluded that it was some old box that ivas worthless, and gavo it liack to the 1 lad, telling hlni he might have it to play with, i.The'boy, beinp of an inquiring turn of mind, procured -a hammer, and placing tho tin box on a block ol wood, proceeded to knock it to pieces. In doing this he did not find much trouble, for the. first blow he gave. was followed by a.loud exploaion,jwhich not only 'shattered the box, but also knocked the lad head over heels, the flame buring his hands and face. Tho mysterious box proved to be afogsignal-Buch as, are used on tho railway. Fortunately the lad's eyen'ghj was n»t injured, bijt his pyebrpizs arid eyel«Bhes were burned, and a piece of tkp blaok stuff with wliioh the box- was covered was taken from his bye some little time after tbe accident, ■

Nows has reached Vienna from Buchareet (if an atrocious crime committed uear tho village of Strosci, in the Eimnik diatriot..: A few" evenings ago a peasant namod Oonstanlin Obrocacco, returning to his home in Strosci from a neighboring village, whero ho had sold, a calf, wjth, twenty francs |n/ his !pp,oket, was set upon while passlugthrough the woods by two other- peasants, who demanded his money, ptjrooacco refused, and the men thereupon bound him to a tree and cut his eyes out.- The untor tunato man then delivered up his money, and therobberßiprocoedodto kill him by slow torture. They pierced his qreaßt with a lnp> sharp (fnjfe, and when ihsbogge'dforhisHfein'tho name of his wife and children, they cut his tongue cut. After the raau was dead tho robbers became consciohoe strioken. They ran to tho'. village justice and related thoclrcumstances of the orime. They were put in irons; and it waa by strategy that the authorities wore able to prevent their being, lyoohed by the people.

The attention of lovers of music directed to an .advertisement in o; column;?, from whiohjt will be seen thi MrF.'j. Pinny, ol''Manners Stree Wellington, has a larco and wo|l-assort* stock of pianos, organs,' hjusicj instruments end" fittlnps, Our agei has.' inspected the large stook au recommends residents of the Wairara, to pay a.visit to this establishment. M Pinny, being a direot importer, an carrying on business with, as littl expense as possible,-is enabled tose at vory low prices. ~Wo woul recommend ChurchVs,' aud tliot desirous of purchasing'organs, to inspet the Worcester organ, for which F.J-I is the solo agent. It issaid these organ are unequalled for touch, tone an general workmanship, .»T prices fror. sii 10s. A new organ Is. also beiri imported called the" Golden Tongu Organ," which is a ; lovely instrumeul and should commnad'lJ.: ready sale Special arrangements have been mad with a large London, firm for' regula monthly shipments, and' Mr Pinny wil therefore be able to sell oheap.

BEMNAMSi-Qur sale ol eurp'ua winter stock haying now come to an end,'we find as a ncccßßa'y-conseqacnc'o of selling bo Ujany dress lengths ef that wo have quite an accumulation of remnanfa at To Aro House, Wellington* ! '' . ' Hemnants.-Ihese remnants consist of navy serges, coloured amazons, foules, twecd6,honppiinß, meltons, beiges, fanoy oheoks, fanoy stripes, _ sngwflakes, cashmeres, -veilings, merinpes, blaok oaslimeres, and merinoes. with $ variety etrinod velvets, plushes, yolvoteeus,- broohe silks, &0., at Te Aw Houbo, WeUlnßtoi nanisvarr 1 * jards to J yards .in Bilk,. velvets, &o, and {wnlfjds to 8 yards in all other materials, most otihem are very suitable for ohildren'B wear, and manv of lliem in combination would make up into ( ifory 'excelUi)t and fashionable _ I(Wi» Irenes,'jt-To Arg'Hw.. ' " .'.■■• Remnants.—Prices taken at random ftp I )i)! rsmnAnt counter show' the following I ediiotions 1 -8s 84 for 'ls 9d, 5s 3d for 2s 1 ia,7s34"fQr.3s9d,9(.oaf«#lld l '9sßd j or 3s Pd, }ls for 6s, 12s 6d for 6s 6d, 1.5s ', orfoftUT§ Arp JBouse, Wellington. t Bemnantsr4)tljer price? are-2s6d for v s, 3s Cd for Is lid, SmiSfM'Mli f >r2s Od, 7s9dfor2«lU,TßtW-f«fa „' Id, lis Cd for k Cd, 10s 6d for 6s lid, r , 3s Gd for 7s Cd, 21s for 7s 9d, Ao,' These f 1 rebnt'afegofjljespcoimensofreductions' ? iken haphazard fron> .'9ur..,romnaut tl muter, at tho Wholesale Family Drapery ci wutii:To AwPfo wii«(jtffß,w d fa, ' ' .' • «1

".; Ih.our cotnraerdial report veaterday w stated that a line of 4? '2« tooth ffothers had been disposed of.-This .should have read " a pen ofline of 148 4 and Htoothfiit wothers.heavy weights; atlosia; ; ';i- -;■::'> -- ; 4 ■:::*•'';. .It is reported that Mr Millar, Seoretary of tho. Maritime.Council, receives £l2 per week Irom the labor fund. '■■'

The ehoep returns show that on May 31st last the number of sbeep.in Hawkes Bay district waa3,558,257, an increase of 863,474 in the year. 1 :; ' The. Union a.s. Company advertise today for officers, aoamen, firemen and trimmers, also several hands for Wharf labor.

Mr Rathboim, who.-for. some years past has been an employo in the Bank of New Zealand in this town, is about to ha trarfaferred to Waitara. Theohango, we understand, moans a .well oarned promotion. - ' '

The hands on the Wellington-Master-ton railway are expecting to receive a "oall," but it is said the greater number of them have mado up their minds not to respond to it • when it comes. .Good sense is- evidently making headway in tho labor question, ' ■ An assembly of the Knights of Labour was formed in Carterton last night. Fully a hundred persons were at tho meeting, including---*-number from Masterton. . Mr.T.C D'Arcy acted, as organiser and explained at some length the objeots ot .the institution, Mr D S Papworth also, spoke. About forty members were enrolled.

A fire ooourred at Ulareville at an early hour this morning, Mr W Skoy'a house being burnt to tho ground. No cause is assigned fori tho outbreak. The occupants' retired:.at. U ofojock, and awoke at 2 o dock to find the place thoroughly ali?ht without a chance : of extinction. Tho outbreak apparently originated in the dining room, nothing being saved; There Was just time, to hurriedly put a few clothes on and escape, It is understood that there was' an insurance, but we have,, not learnt the amount; The house was not a large ono, Mr It. Burton, engineer, has a special notice to. formers ■■'and owners of machinery in another column. Tho programme for the grand vocal and instrumental concert .to be held in' the Temperance Hall on Monday evoning noxt appears m our advertising columns. Some of the mistakes that appoar on the first proofs of Hansard are very funny. Mr W. P. Reeves (St. Albans) the other day drew attention to the difficulty of avoiding mistakes under which tho reporters labor in taking down speeches and instanced some comical blunders. One was; An honorable member had remarked in the cpnrse of his speeoh that "port wine was good for certain .constitutions, "and it reappeared in print as" pork pio is.?ood for certain cohstitutiom." He also quoted an .instance of a politician in England who quoted tho line .. j, 0 j jhß pale martyr in his sheet of fire," and was represented, as saying, "Lol the pale martyr with his Bhirt on fire.'' _ Previous to the new season's goods coming forward, LJ Hooper and Co. intend o earing out tho balance of stock left from thou Monster Salo. A-htrge'quantity of Keinnonlshave accumulated, consisting of Dresß Stufls, Calicoes, Flannels, Sheetings, Shirtings, Prints, Linoleums, Floor Cloths. These goods will be lain out on tho' oentro tables for inspection, they aro marked at nuioulously low prices and should bo great bargains to heads of families. As we are determined to sell any stock that has been oarriod forward from last summer, customers will have an opportunity of purchasing good seasonable materials at less than English oost prico at Hooper's Bon Marohe. .

We have a large stook of Dress Stuffs Eobes m Plata Bordered and Clieoka that wo are anxious to olear before opening oat the Nowo'eason's goods, We shall therefore offer them at very low prices to olear. All odd lines of Hoaiory, Gloves, Towols, Blankets, Clothing, 4c, will be also reduoed fooostprioosat Hooper's Bon Marche,— ADVI