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The election of a committee for the Mauriceville East School takes place on Monday evening next. A particularly sharp frost was experienced in Masterton this morning, the ground being as white as if a fall of snow had occurred.

We hear that poisoning operations have already been very successful in tbe district surrounding Masterton, and there is a visible decrease in the number of rabbits on the stations on whioh the poisoning has been carried out in a systematic manner.

Mr W. Seliar has been appointed agent and broker in Masterton for the Co-operative and Farmers' Alliance of New Zealand, Limited.

The meeting of the Co-operative and Farmers' Alliance will be held in Masterton on Monday, June 29th, instead of on Monday next as previously announced, A contemporary heads a paragraph with regard to a drowning accident atNapier, "Fatal Drowning." Another suggests "it would be interesting to know if there is any kind of drowning which is not fatal,"

The Australian auxiliary squadron will visit New Zealand ports as soon as possible, after arrival in Australian waters.

A pigeon shot in the Wairarapa a few days back is said to have contained 3f ounces of solid fat. "Truth," referring to the baccarat scandal, says royalty, in the old sense of the word, has ceased to exist hi England. The Queen is respected only as a woman, and monarchy rests on a fragile basis. In its opinion England will be a Be public within fifty years. The weather has been so unpropitious throughout this district of lete, that ploughing has been considerably delayed. However, with a few.fioe days, operations may be expected to be in full swing.

What's in a name ? Not much perhaps ; but listen to the following story: —A man named Rose had a daughter born unto him, and in order that she might have an uncommon and a poetical name, ho bad her christened " Wild," thus forming a combination that realised his object, but as happens to girls, she grew up, and as also occasionally happens, even in these degenerate days, she married, and the surname of her husband was " Bull." The combination is not now very poetical. It falsifies Shakespeare entirely. The entertainment to be given by Dr Canaris in the Theatre Royal on Monday evening will be of a most refined charac ter. The mesmeric powers of the doctor are said to be simply wonderful. Not only have the Crowned Heads of Europe been astonished by his trickß, but in the Southern Hemisphere everybody who has seen his performance.has been delighted. We hope to see a crowded house on Monday night. The Melbourne Argus of June 4, contains the following important statement in its commercial columns :—" In connection with our recent report that Algerian oats were being bought for milling purposes, it is to be noted that recently themachiuery h&> been adapted to this description, which will therefore largely take the place of New Zealand oats. The matter is of much importance to the farmers, the consumption of Algerian oats being widened. It is essential, however, that the supplies be free from any admixture of drake." One of the unemployed who recently went up to Pdhiatna, but speedily found private employment in the district, writes as follows to a friend In town.

.... I hear there has been a lot of men Bent up from Wellingtou to here and have returned and given the place a bad name. Ido not know whether it is true or not, but if it is true they tell lies ; as men cannot be pot tor one shilling an hour. Mr wants a few fencers, and can't get them. We have a fine camp, as pood as any house, and altogether we are exceedingly comfort* able.

Of Sara Bernhardt's performances in Melbourne, an exchange has the following (—"Not a sound etirs the intense stillness whilst she is on the stage; not a glass leaves the eyes intent on every flitting facal expression ; not a playbill rustles, or a woman Btirs her draperies. In a hush like living silence the emotions of the actors are developed and the story of their Uvea unfolded, and then when the velvet curtain floats swiftly down, the pent up feelings ring out, not in the salutation of the hands merely, nor in the knocking of the sticks and umbrellas, that would seem a profana*tion, but in a pheer hurrah ! hurrah! hurrah ! in bravo ! bravo 1 bravissimo ! superb I wonderful 1 Aeain and again uprises the curtain, once, twice, thrice, sometimes six times as the deafening tumult of cheer after cheer, continues, while the greatest aotress we have ever seen, bends to receive the salutations that are the meed of her genius, and that have been bestowed upon her by the people of everytongue and country." The following strange factsareivouched for by a gentlemen whose word is beyond question : A resident ef Dunedin was presented by a friend in the Taieri with a hen of mixed breed. After having it for some time it took to sitting upon the nest without any eggs being there; and., although different means were adopted to prevent it, it still persisted in sitting. Near by in the stable where the hen was, there was a very large grey cat with five young kittens. One day the owner, on going to the stable at lunch time, found the hen in possession of all the kittens comfortably gathered under her wings, and evidently affording her a peculiar pleasure, as a little face was here and there peering out from amongst the feathers with wonder r ul contentment. On a beam above sat the mother, looking down fairly dunfounded at the audacity of the hen ; and the gentleman stood for some time, amazed at such an uncommon occurrence, and then lifted the hen up and put her under the box, The cat then instantly desoended,and parried all the kittens one by one into a recess under the manger. As it was thought that the cat was safe with her young there, the box was removed and rhe hen liberated; but as soon as she heard the kittens mewine.she made an impetuous rush into the recess where they were, and then ensued a terrible struggle between the quadruped and the biped. The position of the combatants prevented any interference, so they had just to tight it out, and after about seven minutes of terrific conflict, during which fur and feathers were flying, not the hen, but the cat, was driven out, leaving three living and two dead kittens killed during the struggle, to the feathered usurper.

i A grand display of new winter good is being made this day at the Bon Marche, Messrs Hooper and Co, having just received another shipment of 35 cases and bales, consisting of all the latest designs in Millinery, Mantles, 'Jackets, Ulsters, Cloaks, Dress Goods, Furs, Bibbons, Rain Cloaks, Parasols, Flowers, Feathers, 4c., &c, Also from the Kaiapoi, Roslyn.Mosgiel, Wellington and Onchunga mills. Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing, Overcoats, Knicker Undwclothine, Pants, Shirts, Socks, Blankets, Shawls, Surgerings, Tweeds, Flannels, Shirtings, Dress Tweeds, &o , &c. These goods are now being shown at L. J. Hooper and Co's Bon Marche. We direct special attention to our Hosiery, Gloves, Haberdashery and Manchester departments. We are no, to be beaten in the colony for Calicoes Sheetings,' Linings, Shirtings, Table Damasks, and all Eonseliolxi furnishings, and our Hosiery and Gloves are trom the best known makers. L, J. Hooper and Co., Bon March"

The pulpit in the local Weslejan Church will be occupied toxmorrow by the Kev. W. Bowse.

The added valuations this year in the Borough of Paimerston North amount to £20,735, Messrs M. Caselberg and Co. have a splendid assortment of ladies' evening dress materials and trimmings on view iu their Bhow windows. The Defence Minister has informed Mr Buick that a deplorable state of affairs has been revealed by the reports of the police who recently visited stations to make inquiries as to the nature of the accommodation for labourers.

By the 'Frisco mail advice is to hand of the depth of John Mac Donald, late manager of the Bank of New Zealand at flew Plymouth, who went to London for a holiday on sick leave. Be died on 9th May.

A batch of four " drunks " appeared before Colonel Boberts, R.M., this morning, and pleading guilty were convicted and fined in the usual amounts.

Thomas Colt, a fourteen-year old boy, has been committed to the New Haven ( U.S.A.) Asylum, insane through cigarette smoking. But this sad event will have very small appreciable effect on several thousand other persons named Thomas and aged 14 years. At the weekly meeting of the Masterton Mutual Improvement Society, held last evening, a debate took place on the question, "Should the Upper House be abolished ?" The debate was opened in the affirmative by Mr Bigg, the negative being taken by Mr Easthope. In the course of the debate, opinions were freely expressed that a reform was necessary in the Upper Chamber. The vote taken, howjver, was in favour of retaining the Bouse as at present constituted.

Mr Wilson, M.H.8., intends moving in the House for a return showing, in tabulated form, (1) the number of sheep inspectors dispensed with in the North Island; (2) the salaries paid them; (3) the compensation paid; (4) tbe number of inspectors replacing those dispensed with —(a) those previously in the department, (b) those sheep inspectors newly appointed; (5) the total cost of the Sheep Department in the North Island; (6) the total receipts from the sheep-tax in the North Island.

The usual "Seddontary" function, as Ministerial banquetting is now euphemistically termed, proved a costly affair at Hokitika. At last meeting of the Hokitika Harbour Board it was coolly proposed to vote £lO towards wiping out the deficit of £3O that had resulted, but the Chairman ruled that the motion was not iu order, the necessary notice had not been given. It was then proposed that the Mayor of Hokitika settle the account out of his own honorarium, but His Worship did'nt see it, saying there were plenty of calls on him. The matter was shelved for the present.—Dunedin Star. Sporting men would find it greatly to thier advantage by orrespondin? with A.J. Jacobs, the professional Taxidermist from London. Birds, fish, animals and reptiles preseryed and mounted in the highest style. Every description of skins preserved or tanned and made into rugs, etc. Work done in all its branches ac lowest rates. Correspon denceinall parts of the globe. 80 [ years' experience. AU work guaranteed. Highest price given, or work done in exchange for huias, crows, New Zealand quail, and other birds. N. Z. birds wanted in any quantity.. Orders left at Mr. Williams,' tobacconist, Master ton, or Mr. Catt's, hairdresser, Carterton, will be attended to,— Advt.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3837, 20 June 1891, Page 2

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Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3837, 20 June 1891, Page 2

Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3837, 20 June 1891, Page 2

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