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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3713, 17 January 1891, Page 2

The speoial services in connection with the Kuripuni Sunday School willbe conducted to-morrow by the Rev. J. Dellow.

Mr. J. Cavanagh has been appointed postmaster at Tutaekara, Forty mile Bush.

Captain Thomas Pennall, formerly in the Island trade, died suddenly at Auckland yesterday from heart disease. The schedule tiled by i\lr Tenent.bauk manager at Auckland, shows a deficiency of £3OOO on the unsecured debts. Manihera Maaka, a native of Te Ore Ore, was fined il and 7s costs in the R.M. Court yesterday afternoon, for failing to destroy rabbits on his property, Mr R. J. Harcombe, the Masterton ajent of the Northern Assurance Company, has forwarded ua the neat calendar of that office fur the ensuing year. There is a prospect of a firm in which the Rothchilds are interested starting meat-treezinff works in Otago, probably at Milton.

A new occupation for women in London is said to be that of " conversation orammer," whose business it is to coach up ladies for dinner parties. We occasionally hear of heterogenous collections of articles bein° found hi the interior of sharks when these voracious creatures are dissected in rough ar.d fppdy fashion by seamen, but »■" confess to some sui '.ccj-'uing that in the stomach of a ruminative aud content" plative cow at Longtown, Cumberland, there has been found a missing purse and the contents thereof. The latter comprised gold, silver, stamps, and a return railway ticket all intact. [ A rather narrow escape from accident occurred on Tuesday to the coach from Palmerston. When coming through the Gorge a (lorseman was met and the horse he was riding shied aud got considerably mixed up with the coach horses. The driver of the coach displayed admirable presence of mind, but the wheels of the coach, which we are informed passed over the hind 'let's of the Iriqhteiied horsQ, were quite near enough to the edge of the road to satisfy any cravinsrs for sensation that may have possessed the passengers.—Busk Advocate.

The Bush Advocate furnishes the following particulars of the accident at Danevirko : —A very sad accident happened hero by which a little girl, one of twins, belonging to Mr A. Quintan, lost its life. The child was outside at the back oi the house, and its mother missed it. Mrs Quintan went in search, and was horrified to find it head downwards ia a bucket Of water. It appeals that the little thing crawled to the bucket and pulled herself on to her feet and then fell into the water, the bucket being too heavy to capsize. Life was not quite extinct when the child was taken out and Dr Wilkinson was sent for, but the little thing was dead before he arrived, and his efforts to restore a respiration was accordingly uusuccess* ful.

A paragraph has been going the round of the papers on the Coast (saya the Advocate) to the effect that on Messrs Barber's station, near Foxton, three men had shorn in one day 493 sheep, and that the largest individual tally was 172. That was stood shearing undoubtedly, but we have been informed of a larger score than that. Mr T. Stewart, of A wahuri, who is recognised as on 6 of the fastest and neatest shearers in the district, during the shearing season on the lion J. Orniond's estate, sheared 575 sheep in three days. This gives an average of a little over 191 per day, or nineteen more than the highest score at Barber Bros.' shed. On one occasion Mr Stewart was timed, when he cleaned his sheep's coat off in a second less than a minute. That would be hard to beat.

The Nelson Mail says Complaints are being heard on all sides of the ravages committed by stoats and weasels or both, in the poultry yards. One farmer at Appleby had a pen of a dozen ducks which he was fattening r ot the Christmas season, and one morning he found all of them killed by bites at the back of the head, and in addition to these, chickens and dacklings are reported to have been mysteriously killed in various localities, Five weasels were seen together in Happy Valley the other day. On Monday Mr P. Frank saw one in his vineyard, and we hear of them being frequently seen on the Wakapuaka road,and near Stoke, and they have extended their visits to the Kabbit Ibland. It is to be feared that they are going to prove a great nuisaucu.

•R. Fairbrother & Son, of Carterton have just opened a very large assortment uf China and Earthenware, and Paperhaugiugs, aud are offering the best quality at very low prices. Call and ee.—Advt.

By far the largest and most attractive display of new Summer Millinery, Dress goods and fancy 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 styles and fashions. English and French millinory, Bummer Hats aid Bonnets, Pretty and Stylish Jackets, Visites, Mantles, Lace Caps, Dust Cloaks, New Fashionable Dress Materials, Pongees, Prints, Zephyrs, Muslins, Parasols, Ribbons Embroidery Edging and Insertions, Hosiery and gloves Are ic. The Clothing and gentlemen's Mercery Department at the Bon Marche is fully stocked with new goods for the season. A large assortment of Men's, Youth's and Boy's Clothing manufactured from New Zealand tweeds. The Clothing manufactured for the Bon Marche is well-known. 11J 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, a-hite, oxford and regatta Shirts, Panama and Straw Hats and every description of gentlemen's iner eery-

A brass band contest is to bo held at Fielding at Easter. The proposal for the export of fruit to England from Canterbury has been abandoned.

Notice is given that poison will be laid on Harrietvillo, Mauriceville, after this date. Messrs. Lowes and lorns announce their next Stock Sale for Wednesday January 28. The Federated Trades Union Conncil has decided to send a couple of practical men to the Wairarapa to endeavour to form unions.

It is reported that Mr W C Buchanan has lost four hundred acres of grass at Tupurupuru this week through tire 3.

Two members of the firm of Glark and Co., the well known cotton manufacturers of Glasgow, are now doing a-tour ot this colony. Entries for the various events at th e Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Sports' close with the Secretary, Mr E. H* Waddington, to-night. Crops of thistles in Canterbury are being utilised this year for ensilage purposes. The result ot the experiment is watched with interest.

Mr W Hutchison, M.H.R., intends to introduce a Bill during the ensuing session giviug power to borough councils to establish schemes of municipal insur™ ance.

The Taranaki Herald says that labour is so scarce m that district that the Crown Lands ranger finds it difficult to tret the contract for making the East Road takfn up.

A man named Murphy was sentenced to six months imprisonment at Albury, Victoria, the other day, for assaulting a policeman. The accused said some one called him an "Irish cow, 1 ' and the policeman was the first man he saw and therefore he struck him.

The following list of Legisiatiye Council appointments has been men tioned in Wellington : Messrs. Ormond, Fulton, Downie Stewart, Whyte, Peacock, Samuel, C. J. Johnston, W. H. Levin, H. Dodson, and W. Montgomery. A wrestling match for £2O a-siae takes place at Danevirke on the 28th mst., between a man named Sutherland and "Andy" Bain, who is well-known in this district.

By permission of the Board of Agriculture 300 sheep were landed in the Royal Albert Dock oil November Ist from the steamer Denmark ft am America, aud are to be sent out to New Zealand for cross-breeding purposes. A number of crops have already been cut in this district and are now principally in "stooks," awaiting the return of fine weather. It is to be hoped will not have "too much of a good thing." Professor Augustus, an illusionist from Sydney, will appear in the Masterton Theatre Royal on Anniversary Day. The Premier, who is now in Christchurch, had an intoryiew last evening with His Excellency the Goyernor on Government business. The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges receipt of the following subscriptions to the funds: —Messrs S. B iltun, Pahuuna, £3 3s, John Harvey 10s. J. McMannaway ss, Hatidyside, Roberts and Co £5 ss, .10. Marangangi Shearers £3 ss, employees of Akitio £3 ss, Occidental Hotel £3 12s Gd, Prince of Wales 4s lOd, Star 9d, Empire 5s 9d, Club 4s Cd.

yl;o «;)o.s of the story that Mr Jameson sent home the head of a native preserved in ice, Geore« Augustus Sala says: —" J rCui&mber in this connection that while 1 was in New Zealand I was offered a bargain—for fifty shillings, I think—the head of a Maori carefully embalmed aud artistically tatt-jed. Whether the original owner of the cranium had been eaten or not I do not know. 1 did not close with the bargain for three reasons—first, because lam not a collector of human heads ; next, because a kind friend had given me two beautiful models of tattoed Maori heads, carved in kauri gum ; and last, because fcr several yeat-B the exportation of real Maori heads has been prohibited ; aad if smuggled, are liable to seizure at the Australian Custom-houbes. Formerly these grisly memoranda of mortality were common objects of traffic."

The following amusing tali is from the pen of "Telemachus," inMie Argus: "Cnuntry editors, as is generally known, have to be advisers-general to their subscribers. Any question is regarded as fair, and if a satisfactory reply is not received the subscriber is apt to reflect: 'Well, I don't know what I keep paying up to you for ; can't tell me a simple thing like that. I'll have no more ot you.' Careful also must the editor be that he does not make mistakes or mix matters, ' I lost two thus in one day,' says 1 poor fellow in much tribulation, ' and through this cursed locust plague, tno —locusts and some other plagues, that is. Do you see V 'A' wrote We have got twins, we have, and we want to know how to get thmn over their toething.' Teething twins are serious troubles whtn mixed up with harvest work and grasshoppers, and I took trouble to consult competent authority and gel him out a sound answer, 'A' was the man with the twins. 'B' wrote about the grasshoppers, and I gave hiin also sound adyice ; but then I put the answers to the wrong letters, and when they got the paper 'A'(twins) read 'Cover them carefully with straw and set fire to'them, and the little pests after jumping about in the flames a tew minutes will speedily be settled ; while 'B' (grasshopper) found himself advised as follows ; —'Give a little castor oil, and rub their gums gently with a bone ring. He has lost two subscribes through that little y.y.sliap in Victoria What would or would not have happened to hirpin Colorado ?"

New Year's Day in Melbourne was signalised by a disastrous tire, which in the early mornine burnt the extensive premises of the Mutual Store in Flinders Street. The store was started some years ago by a company on the co-operative system, only shareholders being allowed to make theirpurchaaes there. By degrees the public generally became customers, until the business assumed the highest dimensions, aud as a universal supply store it took a first place in the city. Its loss by fire is, therefore, a great inconvenience. The building and its contents were of a character to yield speedily to a fire, and as it had a good hold before it was discovered no attempt could be made to save it. The brigades who mustered consequently confined their efforts to prevent the fire from spreading to adjoining warehouses, which object they succei-sfully accomplished. It is uot known how the fire occurred, and tbe explanation wh'ch has been suggested is that'the contents of a dust bin isnited by means of spontaneous combustion. By the falling of a wall- seyeral firemen were injured, but none seriously. The los 3 sustained through the fire is estimated at £82,000, but the oompanv were fully insured. Tho insurance money n well distributed amongst the different offices. .New Zealand companies held the following risks: New Zealand £IOOO, Union £IOOO, Equitable £SOO, and National £SOO, Wanted, all ladies to see our las shipment for the season of white era broidered muslin robes, very choice from 8s Gd to 42s at Te Aro House,

Wanted, aye wanted, alt the young ladies of the city to visit their showroom and select from the most beautfful assortment in the city their hats from 3d to la each, at Te Arc House. Wanted, all mothers to see our picnic hats for the girls from 2d to 9d each, and our Boys straw hats from 3d to Is each, at Te Aro House. Wanted, aye wanted, 500 customers for ladies beaded visites at 2s lid, summer ulsters at 4s lid and 7s (id. jerseva at 2s lid, 4s lid, garibaldies at 2s (id, 2s lid, 3s (id, print skirts at Is lid, felt skirts at Is lid, dust cloakc new styles Bsud, 10s Gd, at Te Aro House. Wanted, everyone to see and buy 4-bucton Kid Gloves, superior quality, usual price 2s lid, for Is lid. As 500 pairs of these have already been sold, no time should be lost in securing thorn at Te Aro House. "Wellington, Ad\jl —L

The result of polls taken by the Masterton Road Board on the propossil to raise certain loans, appears in our advertising columns.

Mr W Easton, evangelist, who is on a hurried visit to this district to bid farewell to his manv friends, will deliver an address in the Temperance Hall tomorrow evening.

The first wedding celebrated in the new Martii.borough Presbyter lan church took place on Thursday last, the h ippy couple being Mr. Sharp and Miss. A. Wen ham. On account of the popularity of the principals the church was well filled. The Rev, Mr. Lynburn had recovered from his illness sufficiently to officiate. The newly united pair left for Wellington after a most sumptuous breakfast at the residence of Mr. George Pain.

On Thursday last a fire occurred in the swamp in front of " The Knoll,' Mr Coleman Phillips' private residence near Martinborou?h. Ou account ot the soil being of a pe<>ty nature there waß great di&culty iu extinguishing it. Luckily, however, plenty of assistance was available, and the fire was mastered before reaching tho house. The only damage was a few trees scorched in the orchard.