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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3630, 4 October 1890, Page 2

. Tenders for road formation, etc, aro invited by tho Ekernhuna Bond Board, .Tho,.Auckland bakers.',havo roduced the pried of bread by a halfpenny per 21b loaf. •;" ■:■'■,

A black and white collie dog hasbcon found, and unless claimed within fourteon| days will be sola to pay expenses, .Clilof botootiveffirby, of Wellington has been transferred to Auokland, and will bo replaced by Dotcctive Herbert, now of Auckland, ■'--■■-

A correspondent, having 1 answered our Thursday's conundrum, sends us tho following.—" What is the price of eggs por dozon if two moro in a shilling's worth lesson tho prico a pßnny per dozon?".

Tenders aro invited by Mr Georgo Mooro, of Eparaima, for tho erection of about four miles of wiro netting on oxistingfences.. . •

No loss than seven deaths have been rogistorod in Mastorton during tho past six days, ; which is more than has evei been recorded for tho samo period hofore,.

Wo understand ' tint Labor Day (Uctober 28th), will not be celebrated in Mastorton excopt by the Pastoral Society's iannual show. At a firo inJialniain.rccontly, a crowd assemblod, A member of Parliament who had dined heartily mistook the, crowd for a political meeting, and, mounting a fire engine, launched into a discourse on Freetrado and Protection, The romains of the late William Cameron wero inferred in tho looal cemetery yesterday, being! followed to tlio grave by a large concouiseof people. The funeral rites wero performed by the Roy B Wood in an impressive lDannbr. A meeting of creditors in tho estate of Bichard J, Fitton was held in tho Old Courthouse yesterday, when the followIll? resolution was carried: "That tlio sum of £IOO por annum be allowed the bankrupt for his support out of his income, to bo paid in half-yearly instalments of £SO oach on condition tho balanco of his income goes to pay interest as well as principal on his debts." • The latest cruel hit at the Chicago girl is that sho found a horseshoe the other day, and hoping it would bring her good luck, placed it under hor pillow when she retired, where she had already depositod her falso teeth. When she arose in tlio mornin?, ere dawn, she placed the horseshoe in her mouth, and did not discover tho mistako until she wont to make up her bed and found her teeth,

Our local contemporary says:—" One of tho Knights ot Labour" writes to us to tho effect that the statement in tho columns of tho Waihmapa Daily with reference to the proceedings at their last meeting is' untrue." Wo asked the Secretary of this order if tho account we had heard of the proceedings was accurate mid ho replied in tho aftirmativo Our ■ statement, substantially correct, but wo do not w6nder that our local contemporary finds fault with it. The cntertaiiunont recently given in aid of the Kurupuni Sunday school was repeated in tho Temperauco ,Hall last ovening before a good audience. The various items on tho programme wore gone through without a hitch, and the clovor and pleasing manner in which the scholars., conducted themselves throughout reflects great credit on Mr J J Buagey,by whom they worp trained, Tho pieces of the evpnipg were the chorus "See Saw" and tho niggor sonwns, each of which were loudly applauded. Tho original act "Shop Bofore Six" was also highly appreciated. Tho accompaniments were played by Mr Boagoy in first claBS style. The entertainment was brought to a close with tho National Anthem.

Newspaper men will sympathize with tlio editor of tho Charleston Emild, who has beon fooling the force of tho Wesi Coast zephyrs. He says! Wo regret to have to say that our institution suffered considerably.from thoforcoof the gale. The beautiful Gothic porch at the front entrance,ffhich was looltod iipon as a rare specimen of architecture, and against which overy'vagra'nt lmrse and cow in the district used to acatch its back, detached itself from tho main stnuituro at 10,45 • a,m,, and fell with great foroo in the middle of the next street—s total wreck, Tho main building also suffered lo some extent, several portions of it having come to grief, fhora being nothing left of tho chiinuoy bat framo work; and the -massive wooden pillars of Hie corridor loadin? from tlio editor's lunch room to tho bullion vaults woro knocked considerably out of plumb, and to add to the misfortuno the paste pot is missing. If over a long winded subscriber had an opportunity of performing a meritorious action, that. time has now arrived,"

A yerj sad case, writes a correspondent i of a London paper, was tried in Vienna 1 on July SO, in which tho sympathies of the public wero all with tho accused, It appears that a gentleman was one day ' 'fast month driving his' phrcton through tho city, and .on turning a corner the horse ran into t)ie n)i(]st of a crowd of children! whp had just left sohool.' They ran in all directions, and all escaped except a ljttle girl, who was knocked down, Tho man on alighting recognised his own child |n the little ono who was lying there infusible with' hpr {high brokon, The accused was.oonvioted of having by bisrooklossdrivinj,' ondangored the lives of children and sonte'need to pay a fine of: £lO. Before leaving the Court ho said to tho Judge: "If you had sentoncod me to a year's imprisonment yijii could not have punished mo inoro severely tljah I jiayp been punished already, I cannot describe to you. the leeltuga of a father .at the bedside of his child who is suffering pain caused through his own negligiuco. I gave away my horse and phsstou on the day of the accident, and I will novor drive a carriago again,, 1 ? Sisck the commciice»ier,t of (lie season, iiotwithsl.an(ling' : iiiitowM 'circumstances whjcji h'ftvo retarded, (lie us'uaV expansion ot business, o'iir'iJrp.ss' anil dressmaking dopnrfnionlß have .Wen well italrsnipc'd by (he iailieS ?! Wellington.. This speaks volumes for both at ae* A™ House, Wo have eoiiio of .tho handsomest Oil brfihlcpqd robes that hovo ever seen daylight in the Empire C}ty, ai)d that were made specially to o'urowh qrder, with |l|e designs exclusively contined to.us. ' These handsome, eleirant robes cannot bo obtained elsewhere than at To Aro House. These robes are embroidered in silk upon Cashmere and Fouls Indienne, and we have them in black and 'all l¥. leatling fashionable colours. There aro also gams very clioico .China silk, embroidered robes In whitPj white and ecru, eeru and black, &c. As wo have only a limited quantity of these i ladies should secure then} immediately at ; To Aro'House, i

; Tub w doubtless owing to (lie very excellent olioico ol spring and smnmoi dress fabrics that wo aro now showing specially selected for us by our own buyer, than whom thoro is none belter in tho city of Jjondon, and who: has really excelled himself in these beautiful goods, now on yjowatTcAroUijUtq. ■ '.We would liiyite special attention to our Mobair Lustre?, unsurpassed for elegance and durability and from their peculiarly I llrio finish, yory silky in appearance!' Wo have these in .plain anil.brbWio Resigns, in fawiM.'gfoySrßreons.blues'aiidpjtlas. All arc in the doiiblo -width, which is so admirably adapted for the present style of drapery.' Kycry lady should see these at To Aro House.' • ■' ■ < ';. Tiffi skill and taste of our twj drcs making loom are unriyallod in (ho cits est then) at To Aro IJoiuij, \y"e|Jiii jtpny —Auvr,

A meeting of ;tho Masterton 'Road Board Was to havo .been, held: to.' day, but was adjourned to the fourth'. Saturday in the.month.' ; i;., ';..'■;• /';. ;.i Mr;W;" P. Waipawa, IfiiiJ, says:—"lf there.aro ■ Liboral candidates in tho. field for Mastorton, that is all tho bettor for mo, Tho wolf, you know, never cares how many tho eliecp bo." An elaborate, display ot spring and summer-novelties was mado in the windows of "tho Bon Marcho last BYoiunev .which was' a centre of very groat attraction. Tho 'excellent show made cannot fail to convince the public tfcat Messrs L J : Hooper & Co.'n stock is ot such variety and quality that it.would bo hard to beat it in tho Wellington province. Tho last meeting of tho Hawko's Bay Education Board had to consider a lottcr from an up country committee, who stated that the school had been closed forafow days "owing to the mastor having a pain in his leg," Members smiled, but it must not owur again, To Awamutu must bo a happy place. Thovo was no rate levied last, year; nor is itinteudod to levy any.during tho next year, The necessary income is dorivecl from two hotel lioensos and tho dog tax. Tho'sonsiblo ratepayers (I) re-elected tho flvo town Commissioners without opposition,

. A Dunedin free labourer writes an amusing letter, saying that ho held out defiantly against every effort of the Unionists, until at last they serenaded the restaurant in whioh ho boards, with what he was told wore • the bagpipes. Rather than fight against such an atrocity ho has resolved to go back to the country again, ■ Tho little village o( Pahiatua, says an exchange, is possessed of a brass baud, and tho capabilities of tho musicians havo boon compared to those of a band down the West Coast which played a dog to death. Recently tho Pahiatua band made a journey to Eketahuna for thepurposoofaerciiadiiigthoinhabitants, who woro so delighted with tho efforts of.tho bandsmon that, with a view to keepiiii; thorn there all night, thoy removed the axle-nut of tho coach by which the party had journeyed to tho town. These bandsmon havo now stated that it is their intention to rid .that village of a "few stray curs," and will take special delight in annihilating the moan breed that has so signally indicated its prcsenco in Eketahuna, •Misfortune never osines alone I It was only on Wednesday last that we announced tho destrucion by lire of the lioiuo of Mr John Cameron, of Pahaua. On the following day it was our painful duty to record the sad end of William Cameron, his nephow; and now, we regrot to state that an acoident has befallen Mr Cameron of a very sorious nature. It appears that he was returning to his Opaki residence in a buggy last evening in company with his brother, after having attended tho funeral, Ho had only roiohed the Waipoua bridge, when his horse shied at a cow and swerved round. Mr Caimrcn apparently lost his hold uf the reins and was ondeavoring to regain possession whon he overbalanced himself and toll over tho aide of tho vehicle. Unfortunately ho did not fall clear, his foot being caught in tho stop, and ho was dragged for fully a hundred yards before he besame detached, When ho foil, the whocls of the vohiole passed over his body. Tho horao,-which was travelling at a furious paco, wasiwt pulled up by the occupaut of tho buggy until it had reached the rise on tho Opaki, fully a mile distant. Mr Cameron was picked up in an insensible condition, but scoo regained conscionsucss, He was removed to the Masterton Hospital, whore it was discovered ho had sustained a fracture of tho log j uat abovo the anklo, a dislocation of tho kneo, a broken rib, and several sevore cuts and bruises about the body. Dr flosking, who was immediately m attendance, did all that he could to alleviate tho pains of tho sufferer, who is now progressing as favorably as can bo expected undbt the circumstances, An old joke in a now dress: Johnny; Pa, does tho dovil ever go to Wellington when tho Parliamont is in session ? Fa: Why do you ask such a silly question ? Becauso if ho does ho must have an awful cold in his hoad, How so? I read tho other day tho devil always takes off his hat whenover ho meets a hypocrite. ,

■. As an'instance of thp power of habit, DrKorr tolls us what must be the most astonishing on record, The,wife of a Baptist minister" acquired a liking for cpsoin salts. She bogan at au oarly age with a small quantity, gradually increasing the (lose until, at heir 'death in her 90th year, she arrived at the gonorous 'allowance of. a pound and a half por dlom 1" Thor'a f oat in drinking the-'sea half dry pales boforo the perfprmanco of this old lady, : Bishop Jiilius, lecturing in Christ church the other, day upon his experiences'on the West Coast, waxed funny onthe subject of tho introduction of the animal pests, tlabbits, he said, wero brought, to the golony, ami to net rii) of them ferrets were introduced, and to eet rid a( tho ferrqts wild cats'had boiin turned looso,. Tlio next tiling, ho said, they would bo bringing in elderly spinster ladies to domesticate the cats, and then have to empty tho London Olub homes to domestical tho spinsters,

Taking compassion on tho poor commercial travellers, says the Marlborough Express, for whom the strike has made things most unpleasant, as they can find no one to buy, it said that Mr Millar, the autocrat of flew Zealand, has called them nut, in order to save them from the unpleasant necessity of loading drays and doing other work of a like character, at which the very soul of a C.T rovolts. "Whethor thcro i& any truth in the report or not wo cannot say, nor are we informed whother they \yo\jld draw "strike pay," or dnjy receive rations according to tho sizes of I their families,

Some curiously perforated "threononuics" and " sixpences," which liavn lately been so conspicuous in collection plates, says a Canterbury paper, and which aro thought tq bo tho wdrk of tho Chinese, who punch out holoß for the sake of the small pioccs of silver they thus obtain, are to be refused by the banks and post ofliccs, Tho natural result of this will bo that shopkeepers and others will refuse to accept them and the only means of getting rid of tljcse depleted coins will be through tho oflertory.

The Rabbit BUI Introduced Into (ho New South Wales House of Assembly offers no resistance or concessions in the direction of supplying landholders with small loan's or to paying a quota to copo with tho pest. The. Bjll, to a lwe extent, facilitates the'erection, of rabbitproof fencing by rpcorniisihg substantial improvements under' tho Drown Lauds Aot, also by reflating llio' liabilities and contributions of tho' parties interes ted, It also provides that the cost of maintenance of tho present i'abbit-proof fences, erected as a barrier to tho pest by the State, shall bo thrown on the o'wnpjs of the land adjoining that protected,

.. L J Hooper and Go yill m&ko fhejr first display of Spring and Suuimor Noyoltios in their windows this qyebing, from soveii till nine, 'Wo Biiall show this Beason the newest and most fashionable ctfjes, designs and materials in dress goods, prints, uongGes, ejoths zephyrs in all the ne\y and leading colorings with trimmings &c, to inatch. The aWii gofids have been specially houghj for tlio I3qn flfarcho by one of the most experienced buypis, having a thorough knowledge qf tlio plasscs of goods required for tho colony, especially ot tho Wellington provino'o. Our stock being the pick of tho v/holo of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our pwn importations roTongariro, will raako the .frailest display of lashionabie and stylish, jn'illjnery diess goods. So.' Our customers and t])e public gouerally-\y"iir Jo' themselves justice by r 'js'arv!ng't!)eir'purchas'es till they liaVeii'r.specfeJtho'goofls.nt the Bon Murcho. Wo slmllas'in'pi'cvjoijs years mark every line at wholesale prices and in plain ligiires. L. J. Hoopoe and 00, Uuii Muchb Fashionable Drapery Warehouse, Queen Street, Maaterton,

["The noxt quatter of tho School of Design commences on Monday next, October oth. :; Beside laying up treasures in hoavon, KovDrTalmago is picking up £IO,OOO a'yoar in this climate. Wo understand thero is somo probability of Wirth'a Wild West show visiting tho Wairarapa, At present tho company is at Gisuovhe. Wo rogrot to hoar that Mrs Burns, of Groytown, a Bister of- Mr Forgus O'Connor of Masterton, is very seriously ill-and in a critical state ' Tho; examination of tho Mastorton publio school ha3boon postponed for a week, and will not therefore cominonce on Monday next. ' ■',;-■ •/.'. The Taratahi'Dairy Company is now receiving fuur' hundred gallons of milk per day, and the Dalofiold Factory's income has increased to ouo thousand gallons daily. ,;• The young inan'who somo thnoago mot with an accident at tho South Enssel's Mine (Victoria)' by whioh a' p'teco of his skull two inches lung aud ouo inch broad on the lelt side was completely knocked out,' has had2oz of his brain removod. Ho is now doing well, ■ -.| The examination of tho Carterton and Clareyillo schools has been postponed tor a weok in each case. Tho former will now oomnionco on Monday! I3th : October, and tho latter on Thursday, 16tli October. Mr H. G. Fildos, lcclgor koopor iu tlio Bank of New Zealand at Carterton, is being transferred to Grey town, whore hereplacos.Mr J, Lucena, who goes to Foatherstoi.. Mr S. Broadbont, who recontly joined the servico, aucceocls Mr. Fildes, at Carterton. . '-..'..- Wearerequostcd to slate that Messrs D'Arcy, Porritt, and Eton of Masterton maybe applied to lor tickets for tho coming dance at Groytown under the auspices of the Groytown Football Club. Already oxtra tickets havo had to bo printed. ;

The pictnrosquo atlas man is on tho warpnth in Mastorton, and thoro is tronble amongst those who, on a former occasion, were induced to subscribe to the costly publication which he represents,

The windows of Messrs 0. Smith and (Jo. wore lit up last evening, when tho new spring goods which havo just arrived were shown to ereat advantage The public, and nitre particularly the fair sex, will do well to pay a visit of inspection.

Sir Robert Stout is not very happy in his similes, He said the other day that tho railway men who loft their work at Lyttletonwerohoroos, as ranch as those who 'charged for the guns' at Balaclava. 'Civis' ronwrks,' quite so, and ns wisely ordorod'—'Someone lias blundered."

Tho following advertisement appears in the Grey River Argus;-" Ah Oheo -Gray.-Cn Septombor 18th, 1890, at the Registrar's Office, Groymouth, Joe Ah Chee,'native of Canton, to Eliza Gray, the youngest daughter of Mr James Gray, of Kumara. West Coast, N,Z."

The attention of our readers is dirootcd to an advertisement in another column from Mr R Ayres, tho wellkhown horbalist of Wellington. The lines he is bringing beforoour notice aro well known in this district and have a very large sale all through Now Zealand, We ask all those who have not tried the threo lines mentioned to do so at once, and we feel quite 3uro thoy will he. satisfied with thorn.

At tho Labour Conference yesterday the Hon Mr McLean spoke at considerable length, and after Mr Millar and others had replied it was resolved, "(hat a deputation consisting of Messrs Winter, Sandford, Millar, Fisher, Brown, and Lomas should confer with the Hon Georgo McLean for the purposo of arriving at Bomo arrangement, and roport ob oarly as possible," Tho Conference adjourned until Monday morning,

An amusln? story was going round town on Saturday. A local-joker travelling from one township to another, called at tho house of a relation about half way, and wbb persuaded to stay the night, as it was then very late. Hearing that his brother was slcopini! thoro that night, and had gono to bed an hoor or so boforo, tho jokor, when going to his bedroom, wont in, as he thought, to his brother's bedroom, lifted him out of bed, laid him on tho cold floor, and hurried off bofore being discovered, On coming down to breakfast tho next morning rather late, ho lp.un.il tho faniily talking oyer, thosttango occurrence o.f tho nfeht~viz„ that some person had entered their grandmother's room, lifted her out of bod, and laid her on the cold oilcloth, and then vanished. Tho joker's feelings may be bettor imagined than expressed. Of course he suggested "that grandmamma must have been-, dreaming, but ho lost no time in clear ing out diroatly after breakfast,— Wanganui C'/irom'cfo,