The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3893, 22 August 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1891.

Mr George Ross, an old and well" known sett er of Woodville, died on Wednesday last.

The racehorse Ringmaster, which was recently sent Home from Australia, has been sbipped to India. The case Beese v the Pahiatua County Council —an action for alleged breach of contract —is to be heard before a jury of twelve on the 17th prox. The dairying business in Napier is just about played out. So great is the com-' petition that milk is almost giyen away. At Hastings qiilk can be procured at three-halfpennies the quart I

A well-known Taradale dairyipan propo:es giving up that buaiuesa as soon aa he can see his way clear to replace his cattle by sheep. The dairy market is unprofitable, so he sayß. " I'm full up of your bloomins; Parliament," is the way in w'.iich one new member summarised the session.

A young girl, daughter of Mr E. Howard, shoemaker, of Yass, N.S.W., dropped dead whjlst saying her prayers. A married woman named Braidwood, while in a state of temporary insanity, drowned her child in the Shoalhaven river in .New South Wales, and after* wards poisoned herself. Neat nomenclature is not a thing confined alone to racing circles. A woman in this district has just named one of her hens " Macduff," as a sort of inducement for it to lay on.

A Wanganui gentleman the other day bought 1000 sheep at an auction sale at an average of lis per head. £> day or two afterwards he put them tn another saleyara and realised 13s 6d per head,

The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of the man McCarthy, whose remains -were iound on the Manawatu railway, was held on Thursday, when the iollowing verdict was returned " That deceased was Accidentally Killed by being run over by a speoial stock train passing over the line on the 17th inst." The result of the match the Red Star and Poneke football clubs, which i« bejng played in Wellington to«-. day, will be posted in the window of Mr J. Williams, tobacconist, in the forjs of an " extra," immediately it is known. A man named Blake had his leg broken at Mangahao on Wednesday. JHe was falling awpling, which came back upon him. He was earned by his mates to five nearest camp, and'was talcen tp Pahiaiua on Thursday. The unfortunate fellow was admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday afternoon. The Apbert Remedies are having a tremendous sale m Wellington, and we hear from our Wellington correspondent that the chemists there say that tfrey have never before experienced ao general a demand for any one aeries of preparations. People who have actually tested the medicines for various complaints BDeak most highly of them. The testis mony of Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, who alludes to act'ial facts which have come under his notice, haa in no small depree given people confidence in making their first purchase, and the relief they at once experience in most cases leads to the further continued treatment, which seems to rapidly .effect; a cure in all cases but those of the most 1 shronic nature.

How is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by purchasing the extraordinary bargains in blaukets, flannels, dress goods, and thousands of other lines at Hooper's gigantic sale now on. During the n£it few days we shall offer still further inducement# to the public to secure some of the many fearjjajljs our gigantic sale, by iurther reducing every description of win;er clothing. L. J. Hooper and Co. are determined t® reduce before stock-taking (which is now infill swing) their stock of men's ind boy's clothing, shirts, hats, socks, braces, belts, undershints. ans underpants, ties, overcoats, mackintoshes, etc, They expeet to clear out about one half of the present stock before the end of the 3ale. So look out tor bargains at Hooper's.

The final performance of the American Minstrels waa given iu the Theatre Royal last evening to a fairly good house. Says the RaDgitikei Advocate: — Mr. H. Matthews, who has just returned frcm a trip through ihe Wairarapa, informs us that >vheat is 5s per hushel in Masterton, and scarce even at that. The grand total put through the totalisators in New Zealand last season, I according to the 'Sporting Review,' nmounted to £650,000.

A special announcement from Mr E. Pearce, of the Queen-street boot warehouse, appears in our advertising columns.

The Ekotahuna Football Club have decided to play the Opaki Football Olub at Masterton about the 12th September. The existence of native birds in the South Island is said to be threatened owing to the depredations of ferrets, stoats, weasels, and rats.

Two evictions took place at Northampton, Western Australia. In one case a woman and her children, and in another case a man, were turned out by the sheriff's officer, and immediately the cottages were destroyed by fire. We would warn those inclined for speculation against investing in the " Walter (Jraham " consultation, the circulars of which are flooding the colony. The thing is a palpable swindle 1 The man Weipper, who was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Tenui on Thursday tor malicious injury to property, was brought down to Masterton by Constable Collerton this morning. He will be conveyed to Wellington by the afternoon train,

The men employed on the Government relief works at Hunterville are earning moderate wapes considering the fact that many of them are not used to the work, the average being a little over 19s per week clear of all expenses. The following Press Association telegram from Dunedin was received by us after going to press yesterday:—"Owing to some of the best men being unable to get away, it is doubtiul if the Alhambra team will play at Masterton." Some special bargains are to be obtained at the New Zealand Clothing Factory's establishment on Lambton Quay, Wellington, during an extensive stock-taking sale now proceeding, The prices (as may be seen by the advertisement in another column) are very low and should attract many customers. A terrible accident happened at York (W.A.). A guard named Gdi foyle, when letting down a lamp through the roof of a railway carriage while in motion, slipped off and fell on to the nils. The train passed over him and completely severed his head from the bady, besides mutilating the latter in a shocking manner.

The " Otago Daily Times" states : A pair of boxing eloves were forwarded to Wellington by the admirers of an M.H.R. who recently figured in a fracas ia the lobbies.

The " tangi" which has been held in the Temperance Hall over the remains ot the late Erihapeti Whakamairu, has been witnessed by a large number of Europeans. In the mournful nature of its dismal lamentations the ceremony has very much resembled an Irish "-Wake.''

A notification to farmers is published by Messrs .Noble Campbell and Co, merchants and auctioneers, Wellington, regarding the purchase and sale of all kinds of farm and dairy produce, and referring also, to the large stock of groceries and other bulk goods which they have on hand, to be disposed of privately. A monster dinner and dance in honor of the victory of the Junior Football Club, was held at the Te Ore Ore " pah' last night, visitors being present fro.n all parts of the district. After full justice had been done to the excellent spread proyided, a laudatory speech was made by the chief Manihera, and the health of the individual members of the Football Club was drunk in bumpers. The meeting- house was then cleared for dancing, which was kept up till the early hours ot the morning.

A return showing the rainiall throughout the Colony (luring last month is published in the last Gazette. The maximum fall in the W eliington pro« vinoial district was a» follows : Wanganui, 0 75 on 4th ; Feilding, 0'47 on 21st : P«lmerst«n Worth, 0'43 on 21at ; Ashursfc, 0-54 on 21st: Masterton, 045 on 15th ; Otahuao, o*4l on 21st ; Carterton, o'6B on 21st ; Featherston, 1-29 on 21at; Dry River, 0-45 on 2ist; Summit, 1-50 on 21at; Upper Hutt, 002 on 21st; Taita, 0"88 on 21st; Pefcone, 1-00 on 21st ; Wellington I*sß on 21st; Wainui-o-mata, 1'55 on 23rd; Wellington reservoir, I'4l on 21st. The Stratford correspondent of the Hawera Star Bays that unless all the indications are wrong they are on the eve of a boom in the dairy industry there. Messrs Reynolds and Co, of Auckland, are proposing to go into the butter making business on a very large scale in the Mountain road district this coming season. They have already got guarantees at Inglewoud of the milk of between 800 or 900 cows, and the mam factory will be situated there. Then it is intended to erect creameries at Midhurst, Tariki, Egmont Village, and Lepperton, at each of which places they would probably be drawing upon 500 cows, the cream being sent up to Inglewood for ripening and churning. The contract price for two years is 2ld per gallon of 10|Jbs, the skimmed mils being returned the suppliers. A remarkable occurrence has j ust been brought under our notice, A native youth, residing at Homebush, near Masteiton, was taken seriously iil. He received every possible attention at the hands of his friends, but notwithstanding he gradually sank until it was thought by all the vital spark had fled. Hit death was announced in the neighborhood, and the inanimate body was carefully laid out upon the floor. The sorrowing trienda, heart broken at the loss of so promising a youth, left for another " pah," and arrangements were being made for the " tangi." On the following day, lioweyer, what was the surprise of the mother of the deceased when, on entering the door of her [" whate" with a number of sympathisers, she discovered her son sitting lup in bed as lively as a cricket. The youth had evidently been only in a I comatose Btate. There is joy in the I house of that native, for the dead is I truly a}iye again !

Amateur horticulturaUsfis in this district are very much exercised in mind as to the reason why apple trees decay when they reach a certain stage of maturity, It seems that tho same phenomenon h/w been marked up the coast as well as in the Bapgitikei and Manawatu, and people are as much puzzled there to find a reason as they are here. In some parts of the country it is accounted for by the roots striking down into ft red subsoil, but that cannot bo the reason fveyywhere, seeing that the red soil is not represented in some districts. At Home apple trees live to a great age and retain their bearing qualities, but here they no sooner arrire at their prime than they begin to decay. The reason is a problem worthy for discussion and investigation.—Advocate, Secure without delay some P? these bargains in Sheetings. Single bed Sheetings syds for ?a lid,syds for 8s 6d. Double bed syds for 3s lid, syds for 4s 6d. Crimean Sheetinpa 4yds for 2s tid, 4yds for 2s lid, 4yda for 3s 3d, 4yds for 3e 6d, 4yds for 3s lid. These are all remarkably cheap at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock, Te Ato House, Wellington. Secure without delay some of these bargains in Welsh Flannels, 6yds for 3a Ud, Gyds.for 5s 6d, 6yds for 6s lid, 6yds for 7s 115- 6yds for 8s lid. Scarlet Flannels 6yds for 2* 1 Id, 6yds for 3s lid 6yds for 5s 6d, 6yds for 7s 113, for 8s lid. All sterling value, best makers and at sale prices. The Sale qt Surplus Winter Stock,Te Aro House, Wellington, Secure some of these bargains without delay, 12yds Stout Brown Holland for 2b lid, 12yds Strong Brown Holland for 4s JLld, l?yds Twilled Selicia for Is 6d, 12yds Grey Cottdn Lustres tor 2s lid, 12yds Grey Cotton Lustre fur 3s lid at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock,Te Aro Home, Wellington.

A declaration in insolvency was filed yesterday by G. Hirsch, of Masterton. A large quantity of stone will shortly be shipped from Oaraaru to Melbourne.

The Stratford Town Board has decioedto borrow £3OOO for street improvements.