The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3711, 15 January 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1891.

To-morrow evening the friends and constituents of Mr Buchanan entertain him at a complimentary supper in Gieytown. As a rule celebrations of this kind after an election are a mistake. The successful candidate does not need encouragement and speeches and bumpers, and the unsuccessful one is perhaps not altogether convicted by such a mark of attention. In the present instance the celebration appears almost like waving a flag of victory in the face of Mr Bunny, but in order to show that there is no intention of this kind, it is proposed, by the political opponents of Mr Bunny, to get up a substantial testimonial to him in recognition of his past services to the Electorate. The whole thing is a little funny and a little mixed, but our friends in the Wairarapa Electorate at least meat well. We believe the origin of the banquet to Mr Buchanan dates some time back, and arose on the part of his more intimate friends to recognise Kig services, not as a politician, but as a settler was ever g enerous sympathetic in local unc,er " taking that needed assistance, ? n d is only by accident that the fulfilment of the desire follows on the late election. The original programme has been expended in such a way aa to make it a popular rather than a class demonstration, and no doubt it will be carried out to the satisfaction of its promoters. A certain amount of butter is to be spread for both the successful and unsuccessful candidates of the Wairarapa Electorate, and though the experiment is a somewhat novel one it may possibly prove a success. We trust, however, it will not be taken to be a precedent, for it would be very undesirable for banquets and testimonials to defeated and undefeated candidates to become the fashion in this colony after a general election. Personally Mr Buchanan deserves the highest consideration from his fellow settlers as a man who lends bis best energies to every progressive movement, and who is always discharging with energy that first duty of a colonist which may be described as " making two blades of grass grow where one grew before " Putting on one etfe the political aspect of the affair, the movement to do him honour is one that merits hearty and enthusiastic Bupport.

The goods van attached to - a long mineral and passenger train became' derailed at Brunnerton yesterday. Fortunately the train rvas brought to a standstill before anything serious occurred.

Mr Pryor Gilbert, of Masterton, has been engaged as a scorer at the Kitle Association meeting to be held at Napier next week. Flax milling operations have been recommenced in South Wairarapa. Several mills are now working and others will start shortly. Labour in the Forty mile Bush at the present time is very scarce. We under stand that at Mauriceville men for tsrass seeding and other purposes cannot be obtained.

The dairy industry should be prosperous at Waipawa. At the last meeting of the Hospital Board Mr Hayes' tender for milk at Is per gallon, and his tender for butter, at Is 2d a pound, was accepted.

We are informed by Mr. Edward Pearce, of Wellington, that at the request of a number of customers ho intends re-opening the premises recently occupied by hiin in Queen Street a3 a boot and shoe warehouse.

The gentleman on the Gisborne Herald who wrote the critique of Madame Burton's concert, thus relieved himself :—"lt was that music which whilst stealing away the senses by its soft witchery awakens at the Bame time the most hidden fountains of intellectual feeling, arousing the spirits pomposing the thoughts, delighting the ear, recreating the mind, and falling the heart with purity and happiness."

The temperature at Rockhampton ha ß stood for upwards of six days at over 90 degrees at all hours, but during the hoi test part of the day at from 103 to 105 degrees in the shn.de. Nine cases of sunstroke have occurred, four of which proved fatal within an hour or two.

The new issue of shares in the Master" ton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufa»turing Company are now open for application, and as the Directors intend making an allotment on Saturday, the 24th inst, persons wishing to take up shares are requested to make an application to the Secretary before that date.

Mr. Haselden, under Secretary of Justice, is in Masterton to-day, and intends inspecting the various Courthouses throughout the district. It was reported in Masterton yester day that a daughter of Mr J. Billington, of Makora, had been drowned. From inquiries we have made, it appears that the child was playing on the banks of the Makora creek with its brothers on Wednesday evening. As it did not return with the rest, its parents became somewhat alarmed, and on a search being made its hat was found near the creeK. It was at once concluded that something serious had occurred. A search party wa» formed, and the creek searched for hours by the aid of lanterns, but without avail. Eventually all hopes of recovering the little one were abandoned, and the parents returned to their home, when they found to their joy the child sleep- | ing peacefully in its cot with the rest of the children.

Great interest ia taken in Sydney in the case of a railway employee named Hoyle, who denied tho right of the Commissioners to prohibit hini from speaking on political subjects during his leisure hours, and who was dismissed from the service in consequence. The Executive Council of the Association held a meeting and decided to pay him £5 a week, the amount he was m receipt of at the f ime of his dismissal. All the members of Parliament are to be asked to form a depute tion to the Premier to request a revision of the Commissioners' action. A masß meeting of Trade Unionists is to be held to express indignation at the acnon of the Commissioners in infringing upon the rights of their employers. In Trade Unionist circles generally the dismissal of Hoyle is looked upon as a direct blow on the part of the Government at their cause, and not only is the matter being taken up by railway men, but by all Trades Unionists.

Considering the best interests of every section of its readers, the Mana watu Standard has decided to publish a brief account every week of the different services held at the various churches oil Sunday. We pity the parsons and their families ! Instead of putting their three penny pieces in the plate, the people of Palmeraton will purchase a Standard and have their devotional exercises every Monday for apennv. Dissension has arisen in still another local body in Pahiatua—this time the School Committee. It appears that the head teacher ot the school applied to the Education LSoard for promotion. When this came, however, and he was transferred to Otaki, the householders raised an objection,and got out a petition, praying the Board to allow him to remain. The matter was referred to the Committee, who decided that the transfer was in the interests of the teacher and the district. A newspaper warfare is now raging amongst several meiubei3 of the Committee on the pubject.

A warrant has been issued at Pahiatua for the arrest of a man named Willougbby, who is charged with forging aud uttering four cheques of various amounts. The total amount of the forgery iB £'42 19s, and the name of Mr Thomas Aveiy(who keeps his account at present at the Bank of New Zealand, Lower Hutt) has bom used. The cheques were presented to yarious tradespeople in payment of accounts, and as Mr Avery was known to be a substantial man, change was given without hesitation.

The Akaroa Mail says : —" The late dry weather has had a bad effect on the seed grown on the levels, and much of it will be very light. Up on the hills, however, the cocksfoot is very heavy, thick, and clean. No better sjed has ever been grown on the Peninsula than that tjrowingat the top of Le Bon's and Okatu's and right along the summit, and there %vill be heavy yields. Cutting will soon commence as the seed is fast ripening and is so alraady in some parts where the land is stony. One man in 2/ittie Akaroa, we hear, has already commenced to cut, and during the next fortnight many will start.

"Augur" of the Australasian tells a wondeyfifl fttory about a brood mare. He says a short tipje ago I announced that Mr Virgoe's thoroughbred raare, The Nymph, had been served by a Welsh r, pony named Arabi Pasha and f .hat she had had three foals to him at an interval of three weeks each First of all she produced a grey fjlly on the 12th September, then on the 6th October she foaled a cream-coloured colt, and to the astonishment of Mr Virgoe still another r.reamy colt appeared on the 23rd uctober. The mare and her three foals now occupy a box at Kirk' B Bazaar, where I saw all cozy and comfortable ion Wednesday,

R. Faibbkother & Son, of Carterton have juat opened a very large assortment of China and Earthenware, and Paperhangings, and are offering the best quality at very low prices. Call and see.—Advt.

Wanted, all ladies to see our las shipment for tho season of white era broidered muslin robes, very choice from 8s 6d to 42s at Te Aro House,

Wanted, aye wanted, all the young ladies of the city to vjsifc their showroom and select from the moat beautiful assortment in the city th«ir hate from 3a to Is each, at Te Aro House. Wanted, all mothers Jo see our picnic hats for the girls from 2d to 94 eaph, and our Boys straw hats from 3d to |s each, at Te Aro House, Wanted, aye wanted, 500 customers for ladies beaded visites at 2s lid, summer ulsters at 4s lid and 7s 6d. jersevs at 2s lid, 4s lid, garibaldies at 2s od, 2s lid, 3s (id, print skirts at Is lid, felt skirts at Is lid, dust cloaks new styles 8s sd, JjQs 6,3, at Te Aro House. Wanted, everyone to i>eo apd buy 4-button Kid (Jloves, superior quality, usual price 2a lid, for Is lid. As 500 pairs of these have already been sold, no time shpuld be lost in. securing them at Te Aro House, Wellington, Ami.

The monthly meeting of the Mastei« ton School Committee will be held this evening.

We are informed that a high school is abmt to be established at Palmerston North by private_enterprise.

Tha date for receiving Dominations for the Amalgamated Friendly societies' Sports has been extended till Saturday, the 17ih inst.

We have received from Mr E. H, Waddington. the local agent, a handsome calendar for 1891, issued by the North British and Mercantile Insurance Coin • pany

No less thaxl 3800 bales of wool have been sent from Featherston on to Wellington this season. Another two or three hundred will follow, and about 300 pockets. It is notified that all claims ajainet Mr J. B. lnnes, late of the Educational Depository, mus h be rendered before Monday, the 19th January, and all amounts owing to him are requested to be paid before that day. By the efforts of the Municipal Fire Brigade, the grass fire which was yesterday in dangerous proximity to the houae and woolshed of Messrs. Judd Bros, was subdued. Very little damage was done. Messrs W. Pickett, T. Pickett, and D Speedy will represent the Tinui Kifle Club at the Rifle Association meeting at Napier. The meeting of the Greytown School Committee which was to have been held last night was adjourned for want of a quorum.

Mr Harry Taperell, who is about leaving Wellington for Sydney, was presented yesterday with a handsome gold watch by the staff of the New Zealand Times,-and 3 library by the members of the Parliatnentry Press Gallery. The Greytown children seem to bo in luck's way as regards amusement. Picnics are at present all the rage. The Presb> - teriau Church hold a picnic on Tuesday the 20th, in Mr O'Connor's paddock, commencing at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when the usual games, etc, will be provided. On Saturday next a cricket match will be played at Mat.arawa between a team of Greytown cricketers and the Matarawa second eleven. Play will commence at 2 o'clock sharp. The following is the Greytown team—Geo. Hawke, Scale, Fisher, Jno. Hawke, SI. George (2), Brunton, Webster, Fred Hawke, R. Judd, Duff, and Oliver. A match is being arranged with Carterton, and in all probability will come off on Saturday, the 24th, on the Carterton ground. The annual picnic of the Greytown School will very likely be put off until Easter Monday, when in all probability an endeavor will be made to have a special train laid oil to Eketahuna, and the charges made moderate, so that all the Greytown residents may take advantage of it, have a day's outing, and an enjoyable trip in the train throueh country that not many of them have had the opportunity of seeing. The Wesleyan Church at Greytown inst., in Mr Wilkie's busb. Both will give their picnic on the 22nd Messrs O'Connor and Wilkie deserve the hearty thanks of the Greytown residents for eo kindly lending their grounds for the children's amusement, and we feel sure that their kindness will be appreciated both by parents and children. A tew months ago the Greytown Bifle Volunteers determined to disband and form a Rifle Club. The necessary leave having been been obtained fiom the Government, on condition that all arms should be returned, steps were taken to form the Club. The arms are nearly all handed in. so that in all probability the Club will be established by the end of this or the beginning of next month. Numbers of those interested in shooting are likely to join, so the Club should be a strong on«.

The Fire Brigade Sports -a' Grey town on Anniversary Day have, writes our South Wairarapa correspondent, every appearance of becoming a very great success. The nominations, although hardly so numerous as were anticipated, include a strong list of particularly good men, and there will be at the Greytown sports the pick of the athletic representative of the province. £rnot, who was so successful at the Wellington sports, might be particularly mentioned as a runner of recognised repute. There are also others whose performances will be undoubtedly creditable and who will afford a competition highly interesting to the public. Besides tho sports there is, as we mentioned yesterday, a firstclass entertainment to be held at the Palace Theatre in the evening. The programme for it is one of the best which has yet been prepared in the Wairarapa.

Quite an epidemic of sudden deaths occurred in Adelaide one day recently, three well-known residents being carried off. The first case took place at Glenplg, where Mr G. L. Hall, who has been engaged in broking, left the Family Hotel a»-- 6 o'clock a.m. far the purpuse of bathing. Half an hour later his clothes and the tovrel ha had with him were found on the end of a jetty, and he has not been seen since. It is feared he was seized by a shirk. The second case waß the deliberate suicide of a barber named Treadrea, who suddenly left his friend to whom he was speaking, and, running into the middle of the street, put his head under a wheel of the carriage of the Gleneig tram. The wheel did not pass over him, but he was so lacerated that he died shortly after wards. It is supposed that his mind was unhinged, his medical attendant having t»ld him that his child, ill with diphtheria, would not live. The third death was that of James Murray, a draper, of Port .Adelaide, whose body was found in Torrens Lake.

A Napier J.P. in Court the other day expressed the opinion that the police arrest too many for drunkenness. He thinks they should assist them home in ordinary cases instead of locking them up. The J.P. evidently considers that no unpleasant results should follow "going on the spree," A Napier journal also hints that the eagerness of the police to lock up drunks makes many people from the country afraid to ''knock down their cheques" in Napier, and thus the police interfere with "local industry!" 1 At the Rangitikei County Counci meeting on Tuesday, (says the Advocate) a letter was received from a would-be tenderer which proves how some unfortunate people mix things up to their own confusion) and that of others. When tenders were being opened, the Chairman broke open an enyelope endorsed in the usual way as " Tenders for—," but it began with " Dear Annie," and the Chairman was restrained by motives of delicacy from proceeding further. The tendpr vyas, not unnaturally, rejected as informal, amid a considerable amount of amusement. Whether the intending tenderer was writing to a wife cr a sweetheart did not transpire. But imagine the young lady's astonishment, supposing he posted his tender to her, and she took it that he \yas tendering at so much per chain for her hand, or that be would take the whole at a lump sum 1 Bt far the largest ana most attractive display of new Summer Millinery, Dress goods and fanoy Drapery is now on view at the Bon Marche. Messrs L J Hooper and Co have this day received their second shipment for the season, comprising all the latest styleß and fashions. English and French millinery, Summer Hats and Bonnets, Pretty and Stylish Jackets, Visltes, Mantles, Lace Caps, Dust Cloaks, New Fashionable Dress Materials, Pongees, Prints, Zephyrs, Muslins, ParaSOlS; Ribboa® Embroidery and Insertions, Hosiery and gloves &i &J. The Clothing and gentlemen's Mercery Department at the Bon Marche is fully stocked with yew goods for the Reason. A large assortment oi Men's, Youth's and Boy's Clothing manufactured from New Zealand tweeds. The Clothing manufactured for the Bon Marohe is well-known. L J Hooper and Co offer better value in this department than any other House in the colony. Their suits to measure from 50s are perfect wonders for price, fit and finish. L J Hooper and Co are now showing a splendid collection of Mens Hard and Soft Felt Hats all shapes, Mens Silk washing scarfs, tehite,' oxford ' and regatta Shirts, Panama and Straw Hats and every description of gentlemen's mcr I eery- '