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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3895, 25 August 1891, Page 2

A prohibition order was yesterday granted against a Masterton resident on hiß own application. The' British Association for the Advancement of Science proposes to establish an observatory in Central Africa. In h ; 8 article on New Zealand in the Times, Sir Julius Vugel states that the bloodless conquest of the Maoris was the direct object of the public works and immigration policy. An elderly man was found by the driver of Young's coach on Saturday, lying in a tit across the main road. He was taken in to Eketahuna, and was afterwards brought to Masterton. A man named James Thompson, who is not unknown in Masterton as "Troy," was fined £5 at Napier the other day for endeavoring to provide prisoners with tobacco. The smoke concert in connection with the Masterton Football Club, which was to have been held this everins;, has, for obviou? reasons, been postponed. It is said that the Victorian, nulwajj lose£

It is Baid that a Maori dwarf, ?ft high, a female, is now at Tologa Bay.

The roadmen in the Maraekakaho district say that for the last lew days heavy volcanic explosions have been heard hy them, the sounds coming as from Tongariro.

Land in Western Australia Is being rapidly bought up by English speculators. Efforts are to be made in the Wairarapa to induce banking institutions to do away with the present obnoxious exchange on cheques. The Dobson-vKennedy Dramatic Company, which i 3 now playing to good houses in Wellington, is expected to visit the Wairarapa next week.

We need scarcely remind our readers of the grand complimentary concert to be held in the Theatre Royal this evening. A crowded house is expected.

Since the foundation of the colony, nearly 20,000,000 acres of land have been disposed of by the Crown, and the cash received on this account has amounted to about thirteen and a third millions sterling. The dead body of Mr Alexander Dundas, surveyor, who recently disappetied from Wellington, was found yestcrlay at Oriental Bay, in an advanced stage of decomposition, and half devoured by some animal. Our local contemporary says :—"lt is proposed to form a branch ot the Knights of Labour at Wood ville shortly" Con> sidering that a branch was formed in that township some months ago, this item is somewhat " hoary." A correspondent writing from Makuri, says : —"The roads are horrible ; settlers won't face them, consequently the virgin bush lies iiitact. The demand for bushfellers is great ; they won't go in, being afraid of the roads. They hate to leave town for more than a few miles." A meeting was to have been beld on Friday night last to consider the formation of a Mason's Lodge inEketahuna, but owing to the evening being very rough and wet the meettng .was adjourned to some future date. As there are a good number of Masons in the listrict, in all probability a lodge will be formed.

Several settlers in the Bush have lately lost some very valuable dogs through some unknown person laying poison about the district without giving or posting Any notice. One settler alone estimates his loss at £2O, through two dogs having been poisoned, and another had great difficulty in saving a very valuable cattle dog. An extraordinary case of drowning occurred atPenshuret (Vic.) The body of a man of about forty years of age was discovered lying in a trough outside his place of residence, containing some Sin of water. How he came into that position is a mystery. The name of the deceased is William Bright, and he was a native of Leicester, England, and had no known relations in the colony. The Wellington Benevelent Trustees last week sent a young man named F. Neill, who, it appears, is subject to epileptic fits, to Eketahuna to seek employment. Ho was engaged by Mr C. Funnell to do underacrubbing at the Tiraumea, and accordingly went out. Mr Bunnell having occasion to pass where he was at work, found him lying under a tree in a fit. He was taken into Mr Vori Redin's, and was afterwards sent to Mr Felling's Hotel at Eketahuna. Constable Roche, who was informed of the occurence, endeavoured to procurofor him a pass to Masterton, but the stationmaster could not give one without an order. A collection was theu made by the Constable, and sufficient funds subscribed to pay his fare. The unfor. tunate man was brought to Masterton, and will in all probability be admitted to the Hospital. A consignment of 5,000 char trout fry (says the Advocate) was received at Bulls last night by Mr. King, Secretary of the Ransritikei Acclimatisation Society. Unfortunately Mr. King did not receive any preliminary notice from Masterton before consignment, and as they had been directed to and delayed at Marton, there was no opportunity afforded Qf making a distribution of fry to other parts ot the diitrict, as it was necessary to liberate them without the delay that \yould entail. The greater part of them Were in good condition. One of the fcnis contained several dead ones, but thjs appeared to be due chiefly to overcrowding. When the Loch Leven and brown trout arrive (a consignment of these are expected in a few weeks) Mr King will endeavour to liberate them at several points of the district. The body of William Mitchell Low, an engine fitter, 22 years of age, was the other day found in the river Yarra, Melbourne, fcowwas a recent arrival from New Zealand, where he is said to be veiy well connected. U.p till eleven weeks ago he was employed at the establishment of Messrs D. Munro & Co., South Melbourne. Since that time he had failed to obtain any employment, andwas very despondent in consequence, The following (says the " Southland Times") is a literal copy of the composition sent in to the teacher by a boy in a State Bchool within 100 miiea of Invercargill. It was the response to the instruction—'■' Write a few lines about each of the following persons : King John, Caxton, and Joan of Arc." " John Caxton was a very cruel and strict king. He used to kill the poor people who would net give him thefr money. He used to put people to death in a very o*uel way to get their money.. The English people did not like John Caxton. Soon after King John died, and hfs wife, Joan Dare, became King of Englapd,

j A correspondent from Sydney writes Ito the Auckland Herald as followa: " Business people here are complaining -** nboufc dull times, and rents very mucu .. , a pidly. Some are coming down very - „ - of the best business sites—corner oi»~ r . too—are vacant. The floating population who have left your colony are beginning to realise the truth of the proverb, *' out of the frying pan into the fire." Situations and work of most kinds aro as difhcult to get here as in JNew Zealand. These colonies are now beginning to feel the pinch of the times, and the fear is that it is but the beginning. A snake without food or water for 429 days is (says the Sydney Telegraph) a fact vouched for by Mr James S. Bray, naturalist, who furnishes the following interesting information relative to the matter. —"A black snake (venomous), caught at Botany, was sent to me on Uth September last year. The reptile, on my attempting to take it from the box, flattened itself out, and showed so much fight that I closed the box up again, intending to leaye the reptile for a day or two unt'l it became quieter. In consequence of having so much to attend to, I forgot all about the reptile until coming across the box yesteraay, the 6th inst. On opening the box in the full expectation of finding the reptile dea4 and dried up, the snake darted out quite liyely. Strange to relate, the reptile was in grand order; the beautiful rich carmine colour of the belly plates, together with the glossy black scales of the upper part of the body, made it quite a handsome object. Here and thaw on its back are detatched portionE of its shed skin, evidently last season's."

Secure without delay some of these bargains in Sheetings. Single bed Sheetings syds for 2s lld,syds for 8s Bd. Double bed Sheetines syds for 3s lid, syds for 4s 6d. Crimean Sheetings 4yds for 2s 6d, 4yds for 2s lid. 4yds for 3a 3d, 4yds for 3s 6d, 4yds for 3s lid. These are all remarkably cheap ab the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock, Te Aro House, Wellington. Secure without delay some of these bargains in Welsh Flannels, 6yds for 3a lid, 6yds for 5s 6d, 6yds for 6s lid, 6yds for 7s lid, 6yds for 8s lid. Scarlet Flannels6yds for 2s lid, 6ydsfor 3s lid 6yds for 5s 6d, 6yds for 7s lid, 6yds for 8s lid, All sterling value, best maken and at sale prices. Ihe Sale ot Surplus Winter Stock.Te Aro House, Wellington. Secure some of these bargains without delay, 12yds Stout Brown Holland for 2s lid, 12yds Strong Brown Holland for 4s lid, 12yds Twilled Selicia for Is 6d, 12yds Grey Cotton Lustres tor 2s lid, 12yds Grey Cotton Lustre for 3s lid at f i P -Tn nf HirnliiriYinrrrWri"* Xrn

The prices for bushfalling in the Feilding district are this year from 10 to 20 per cent, higher than were paid 'ast year. Horse-stealing is becoming quite common in this district. Another Masterton resident is wanted for haying disposed of a borrowed horse. A meeting of creditors in the estate of William Brannigan, of Alfredton, bankrupt, will be held in the old Court room, Masterton, at 10 a.m to-morrow (Wednesday). Mr W. W. Collins, the well-known lecturer, has, we observe, established himself in Christchurch, and is issuing a weekly newspaper entitled "The New Zealand Democrat." The Auckland Herald puts it neatly : > —We all regret for ourselves that we did not come into the world with silver spoons in our mouths, but we all see that it wtuld never haye done if everybody had arrived with such luck.

Messrs Lowes and lorns remind our readers of their usual fortnightly stock sale to-morrow, the 26th August. The catalogue comprises 200 fat turnip wethers, 250 fat turnip fed ewes, 70 ewes in lamb, 4 dairy cows, 3 fat bullocks, horses and other stock, The artesian bore at Burrenbilla, near Connamulla, was completed recently, a magnificent supply of water being struck at a depth of I,Bllft. The supply was too great to measure with the appliances at hand (says the Thargomindah Herald) but it is estimated at over 4 million gallons ner day. This eclipses any result yet obtained from artesian boiing in the colonies.

As an instance of what a real working man can earn in this pirt of the country we (Feilding Star) may mention the case of a settler near Feilding who took a contract for sowing grass seed at a price whioh was considered reasonable by the employer. In five weeks the contrastor completed the job, and found, after paying two wages men, and packing expenses, he had £3O to the good.

The bottom has (according to the Gisborne Standard), dropped out of the eruption sensation that was evolved from the fertile brains of the neople up Hamilton way. It arose from nothing more weird and Sheol-like than the work of some Maoris who were blowing off dynamite and ammunition to give a deceased gentleman a good send oft to the happy hunting ground. A little of the same material in Wellington just now might hasten on the country's business better than a feeble quake of the earth.