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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3717, 23 January 1891, Page 2

Messre. Lowea and lorns add to their sale for Wednesday next 400 crossbred ewes, 20 steers, and 10 yearlings. Mr T. Uitchings, Wairongo, requires a good bullock driver and fencer. By a buggy accident at Adelaide, Mr Huph Kelly, M,P., has been killed. Judgment was given against Mr J. L. Toole, the comedian, for 14s at Albury recently, being an amount due to the proprietor of a hotel. | Professor Augustus gave a good programme to a bad house last evening. The way in which entertainments are got up and announced in this town accounts for meagre audiences. At the Taratahi stock sale to bo h eld on the 29th inst. Mr F. H. Wood will offer a Bpecial line of 500 fat wethers (4 tooth.) On Saturday January 24th instant the departnre cvgrthmhuk»" the ordinary 3.30 from Wellington to Wairarapa will be delayed until 7.20 p.m. Messrs. Lowes and lorns add to their Bale for Wednesday next, 8, 2| year old steers, 2, fat cowa, 2, cows with calves at foot. The Catholic Times dishes the member for Masterton by inquiring "in what Bhape" he would appear at a certain banquet where he was expected to be present. Messrs Lowes and lorns hold a general sale to-morrow embracing new and second hand furniture, poultry, produce and sundries. They will also sell for the Public Trustees estate Kleiser deceased Section 60 of 82 acres in the Hawera Special Settlement. Messss C. Smith and Cos specia prize viz a new suit of clothes to the the winner of the old Men's race was won by Mr. Earfe of Mauriceville, a veteran sprinter, who (judging from the torin he showed yesterday) could give lots of young men a start and beat them easily.

A woman informed a London Magistrate that she had married her mother's sister's husband, and asked if it was legal. The magistrate said it was not lawful for a woman to marry her uncl9.

A numerously attended tangi (Bays the Advocate) is being held by the Maoris at Awahuri. The cause of the gathering is the death of Graham, Kerehama. Tnere has been a great deal of mortality among the Maoris there lately.

Trout poachiug has become very common in the Hutt river of late. A watch was kept and two men were caught raising a net across the inoutli ot the river. They will be prosecuted bv the Acclimatization Society.

A lady had three sonawho went to Canada settled down on a cattle ranch. Wishing to give this ranch name they wrote home, asking their motheg to suggest one. She wrote back advisir.d them to call it "Focus" "because" sai

she, "it is the place where the sons raise meat,"

In view of a probable vacancy tor the Egmont seat, a requisition is beinsr signed, urginp Mr R. C. Bruce, formerly member for Rangitike«, to offer himseff for election.

It ia reported that the Premier's health is not so Rood aa it was a few weeks rffo, and the strain of the last few days has thrown him back very considerably. The doctors, however, inform him that with complete rest and immunity from worry there is every chance of his i«f aining strength. Professor Koch, the German microbe exterminator, has a cousin m Victoria —along, plain German farmer, who hoes potatoes and takes no interest in scientific research. Another cousin was tho ex-sailor, publican, and miner, Harry Koch, who discovered the famous Koch's Pioneer claim ot Bendigo. At a meeting of shareholders of the Wellington Woollen Company it was decided to leave the amount of proposed borrowing to the discretion of the Directors instead ot limiting them to £25,000. The Directors' fees were increased from £250 to .£450 per annum. A motion to give Mr T. K, McDonald, chairman, 1250 for past services, was almost unanimously agreed to,

Victor Deyeuport, a three year old son of Mr John Davenport, a sawmill hand of the Miki Miki, while playing with a little girl named Smith about the same age, on the banks of the Waipoua at the Miki Miki yesterday afternoon fell over an embankment fourteen feet high into the river and was drowned, The little girl gave the alarm, and the boy's father, who was at work at the sawmill, which is situated about 50 yards away, ran to the river, jumped in and brought his son out. Everything possible was done to restore life, but without effect. An inquest is being held this morning. An English news item says there is quite a scare among the butchers and farmers of West Cornwall, owiiif to the introduction of frozen foreign meat, whose importers are about to open shops all along the route of the railway, to be supplied from the depot at Plymouth. At Camborne, on market days, the miners are most eager to obtain joints of beef or lamb from America or New Zealand, Coarse cuts of English beef will have to be sold in that district verv cheap or not at all Butter and pork are now cheaper in Cornwall than at any time within remembrance, A gentleman well known as an efficient angler recently went out for the last cast for the season. He seated himself behind a buah to keep out of sight of the fish, and after a few unsuccessful attempts to land his "fly" over the most likely place, he at last got it floated to his taste. Some moments of suspense followed, and then all at once there was a tug at his line. He gave a gentle pull and was expecting the fish to make for lho centre of the pool when, to his amazement, a wild duck flew up out of the water, and made for the woods with the angler behind holding on to his rod. Unwilling to lose his precious "JockScctt," the fisherpursued his winged prey through a held, and then slipped his foot and tumbled Into a ditch, while the bird madefoi'a neigh boring plantation, carrying with it nearly 20 yards in hue.

News comes from Panama of a terrible tragedy at fiiyas, Nicaragua. Thomas Martinez had been arrested for attempting to murder Dr Trinidad Mores, and was arraigned for trial. After the changes had been read Martinez was called upon to plead. He stepped forward and exclaimed, " Gentlemen, I know that the jury will enndenin me, but before being condemned I must finish this affair." As he said this Martinez drew a revolver and shot Flores dead. His action was observed by a spectator, Gastave Chamorro, who raised a chair and tried to stop Martinez. The latter turned upon him and fired again. Chamorro fell dead with a bullet through his brain. Then an old gentleman named Gregorio Rojas, a relative of Flores interfered, and Martinez shot him

through the mouth, the bullet emerging at the back of the neck ; but the man may recover, the wound not being necesI sarily fatal, Flourishing bis revolver afc tho affrighted spectators, Martinez escaped to the street, where his two brothers were in waiting with mules. He but a few days later was .betrayed £0 tyie 'authorities by! some of his brother wOrYiuiep,'* aiidj was agaju arrested. " ' j