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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3913, 15 September 1891, Page 2

' The lambing throughout the South Wairarapa is said this season to have been most prolific, twins and tripjets being quite common.

For being drunk in Greytown, Joseph Stringer and Henry Lear were yesterday fined ten and five shillings respectively by two Justices. Love me, love my dog! Hugh Christie was driving through the ctreet of Greytown on Sunday when Jacob Heblsy is alleged to have kicked his dog. Hugh dismounted and gave Jacob an eye»lash. He was fined £2 and costs. Enquiry is made through Lloyd's Weekly for Ralph John Eyans, who came to New Zealand 5u July, 1885, and two years ago resided at the Victoria Hotel, Wairarapa. A serious outbreak of the Jnfjuenza epidemic has occurred at Castlemajne, Victoria, where two deaths have taken place in one family, and two other members of the same family are in a critical condition. Almost the entire population of Evanford is prostrated.

Seyenty-five men were sent to work fn. varioas parte of the district last week from Wellington by the Government Bureau of Industries. The majority' of these went fco the Forty-mile Bush as axemen whilst twenty-five road-makers were despatched to the relief works at Pahiat.ua.

The Standard writes: of the IStar office, Masterton, informs us that Mr Murdoch, who has commenced proceedings for libel against the Daily, is not en the Star stiff," We think anyene who peruses a certain letter in our possession written by Mr Murdoch, and detailing tne terms of his engagement with Mr Smith, will come to the conclusion that Mr Murdoch's connection with the Slur office is indisputable.

The Auckland Star gives it in a nutshell —" The sea serpent was a tree I'' Why not pat i*, The sea serpent was a 4 a whale " ? A Maori lunatic, with a mania for burning down houses, hae been taken from Dargaville to the Auckland Asylum. The Inst house he had an opportunity to operate on was his mother's residence. An eel was caught near Nelson a few days ago which turned the scale at 211bs. That it was a poacher was proved by its having a seven inch trout inside. A contemporary says :—The number of women who really care to vote is about equal to the nunber of men who like to put the baby to Bleep. We hear that whilst proceeding to Pahiatua on Saturday Mr J. J. Kennedy, met with an accident which prevented him taking part in the performance in the ereninr. We understand that a number of Mev tertun "sports" intend proceeding on Friday to Castlepoint, where the hack race meeting in connection with the Whakataki Baring Club is to be held in the following day. The Walrarapa North Benevolent Society has refused to contribute further towards the support of the Williams family, as the Wanganui Society has repudiated all liability. The family art}, we understand, about to be sent to Palmerston North.

A young widow at Ballyconnel', Irelaud, is oharged with concealment of death. She is said to have buried the dead body of her father in the garden of her house so that she might continue to draw his pension: A correspondent of a contemporary says that he once wrote the fatnil.'ar proverb, ".Take care of the pence, and the pounds will tike care of themselves," and that a sporting compositor turned it into, " Take care of the fence, and the hounds will take care of themselves." The Manawatu Standard says:" Some people hvve queer ideas of bushfelling. The Wellington Benevolent Trustees sent an epileptic subject to Eketahuna to cut down trees." A human skeleton was discovered on Thursday by some men en?aued in stumping on Mr Donald Grant's property at Eairanga. The scull only was uncovered and appeared to belong to a European, who had been some ten years. It was lying between the roots of a large white pine tree, —Manawatu Standard.

The Southland Education Board has appointed a truant officer at a salary ot £l5O per annum. This ictiou is taken on account of the rifeness of truancy, A bush settler came to Masterton on Saturday in search of men for bushfelling. j Be could not obtain them, and is now appealing to the Salvation Army for assistance through their labour bureau. Mrs Warne, a Bendigo resident, where she was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was killed by being ran over by a St Kilda train while she was visiting Melbourne to attend the Victorian Alliance Convention. The body was nearly cut in twe. The deceased, who owned a milliner's shop at Bendigo, was a widow, and leaves two grown-up daughters and cne aon. ! A Reef ton pape/ says .that dredging promises to become a prominent industry in the Buller district,

Conspicuous in the news columns of thoZeehanand Dundas Herald is the formidable list of calls due and to be paid. The Tapanui Courier says:—"The bushmen inform us that the fallow deer have been poisoned wholesale with rabbit poison this winter, dead bodies of does and stags being found quite numerous in placeß. The poison is laid out, thick on purpose to catch the unwary deer by some of the landowners in the vicinity of the Blue Mountains.

At the Colchester Bankruptcy Court recently, Miss Imrie, a young lady of attractive appearance, described as the daughter of a clergyman, came up for public examination. The total amount of her indebtedness was £177, and she stated that she was absolutely without assets. Her debts had been chiefly incurred for her wedding trousseau, and she had lent various sums of money to her intended husband. She admitted having ordered three ball dresses and three expensive wedding dresses without having any means of payment, but stated that she expected "papa" to defrsy expenses. She had returned all the articles to her creditors. Some conversation took place as to the debtor's present residence. The Offcial Receiver taid he had ascertained it was at Ascot. The examination wai declared closed.

A gentleman who has recently heard from that daring canoeist, and prospec tor, Mr Park, says that gentleman if no* far up on tbe Western slopes ol Mount Oeok, digging up gold that hai been disintegrated by glacial acrion. Mi Park has been exploring for somo time in the more inaccessible parts of the westerr Mount Cook country, and has showt some very nice specimens of gold pbich he obtained, If he discovers a ricl mineral field, or even opens up placei where men can earn a good living bj gojd washing, his mountaineering will be of great value to the country, and he should be able to gain a more practice reward than gratitude.—Press, The frostfish aro putting in an ap' pearance on the beaches near Sydney. Hitherto these fish have been supposec to be peculiar to the South Island anc Stewart Islands. A correspondent in the Sydney Morniog Herald says:—Whai has brought them into our waters, an< fr-.m whence came they? If from th< coaßt of New Zealand, they must have travelled more than 1200 miles. Upoi due consideration this is certainly pos sibl«, but scarcely probable, because th( fish affect the shallow waters of the coasts, and are often cast up on the beache-. oi the New Zealand shores ii vast numbers after heavy weather. Evidently the fish are now located on oui coast. How they arrived there is beyonc my power of answering. It is an inscrut able mystery which even time cannol solve; but this I do know, that thej will prove to be a welcome addition t( our fish supply. Although not verj handsome to look at, they are possessed of a delicious flavour. Unlike their congener, the barracouta, they are not carnivorous, nor do they revel in the deep sea. A remarkable refic has jubt been presented to the luckland Museum by ' Mi Chatfield. That gentleman was cui shooting at Ihumatao, on the Manukau, when he noticed a cavity amongst the rocks, Taking away some stones, he ontered a pave, and in this he noticed a large block of pumice. Lifting jt, he fnund that it was really a box, two blocks of pumice having been hollowed out, and fitted to each other. Wjthin these was the lower jaw of a human bejng. Th* two parts of pumice had been evidently tied together, and a hollow had been made all round for the cord. To hollow out the pumice blocks w*uld of | course be an easy task, even with the stone knives which were the sole cutting instruments of the Maoris in the ancient times. It is evident that the jawbone has belonged to 911 aged person, because most of the teeth are gone, and the gum ,has grown over the holes where they had been. The relic is evidently a very old one, and probably centuries have elapsed jt was placed in the cave. The' scoria block* were probably obtained from the Wtykat.o, Fhere Jumps of pumice are frequently" jbo Jw Been floating down the river. The Bon Marche has always held the reputation for the nicest assortment of new goods at the opening of the season, and Hpoper and Compan; are determined to offer toe pubjic such, a choice this season as'will eclipse every jn tjie district. Hooper and Company announce the arrival of their first shipments for the season which js now being opened up at the Bon Marphe, Every department will be fully stocked with ail the latest fashions andcharming miliinery, English and French flowers, hats and bonnets, fashionablo mantles and jackets, the newest styles, designs and materials for dresses, new prints, muslins, dejains, new laces, ribbons, gloves, parascls, &c, &c-

A mother at Byker recently registers her twentieth child. The flock of Mr Dalziel, of Rangitikel, shows a percentage of 160 after docsing The Advocate considers this would be hard to beat. The peach trees in this district appea to have quite recovered this season fron theblifht which has for many year proved so destructive. An artesian well, sunk by the Railwaj Department at Oroua Bridge, has struc] water at a depth ef 90ft. Eleven pounds per acre was recentl bid for a farm at Campbelltown, but th reserve was £l2. Thirty-seven licenses to fish hav already been issued to gentlemen i Masterton, whilst seventeen boys' am ladies' licenses have bean applied for. The Tongan Parliament has abolisho imprisonment for debt in that island. E. B. Holt, late manager for the Bank c New Zealand, Sydney, whose embezzle ments got bim a sentence of five yean imprisonment, now occupies a financi. poition to which a salary of £1,200 a year is attached, The trout fishing season opened to day. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a larce number of angleri were out at an early hour, and somi good hauls were made. The Hawke's Bay Htrald thinks il "scandalous" that a man should be sentenced to twelve month's imprisonment in Sydney for disturbing the Salvation Army. The following nominations were re ■ ceived at Carterton yesterday for the Borough and Licensing Districts:— Carterton Borough-A. Andrews, J. Applen, G. A. Fairbrother, F. A. Feist, and 0. Murray, by the Temperance Party; and H. B. Bunny, E. W. Dorset, A. Booth, G. W. Deller, and J. Stevens., by the Moderates. The same names are; put forward for the Carterton District with one exception, Mr Nat Grace being the substitute for Mr Dorset. There will be a strong party fight over the poll.

A photograph of thn Rev* Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, inventor of the now noted remedies bearing her name, has reached us from Wellington, receipt of which we beg to acknowledge. The likeness apparently is an excellent one, taken with Mr R. Herrmann's characteristic skill, and the expression of the face, which is that of a be-spectacled and kindly but shrewd-looking old lady, loses nothing of its uncommon personality in the process of reproduction.

The chareo of having forged the name of Richard Tankertley to a receipt of the Masterton Roei Board for the sum of £5 on or about May, 1889, which was preferred against Muidock M'Kenzie yesterday,was dismissed by the Bench, composed of Colonel Roberts, R.M., and Messrs E. Meredith and J. Gardiner. J.P'a.

When so much that is to the disadvantage of the "Picturesque Atlas" ageuts is finding its way into print it is only fair that a generous actio a should be male public. A summons for the recovery of the piice of the "Atlas" against the late Mr A. Galloway was adjourned at the last sitting of the Court at Riverton. On hearing of Mr Galloway's death Messrs Bowerman at once wrote to his widow, expressing their sympathy, and requesting her to return the 22 parts of the " Atlas" not paid for when she weuld be released from all further liability. The Secretary ef tho New Zealand Athletic Association has received a communication fronfMrChilee, who has been representing the New Zealand Association in England, of a very satisfactory nature 1 ' with reference to the visit ef a team of amateurs to England I next year. Mr .Chilee returns by the Doric, bringing details of the arrangement made with the Enp'ish Association.

The Knights of Labour of Carterton celebrated their first anniversaiy on Saturday, when three Labour members, Messrs Hocg, Mills, and Pinker ton, addressed a public meeting in the evening, at which 300 people were present. The members dwelt on what had been attempted towards legislating for the labour class, and how the Upper House had defeated their objects.'They spoke in favour of abolishing the Council, or making addition* tc its numbers iVotn the Labour Party in the Lower House. At a supper held afterwards at the Marquis of Normanby, the question of starting a Labour organ at Wellington was mooted, tho existing papers coming in tor abuse for not more fully reporting the good things that fell from the lips of the Labour members in the House. In the R. M. Court this morning Mr Beard commented strongly upon the action of the Bench in dismissing the charge a?? ins' Murdock McKenzie ot haying forged the name ef Richard Tankersley to a Road Board receipt. He maintained that the accused had been committed for trial on evidence in other cases which was much less strong. Mr Meredith, J.P., said he thought Mr Beard was exceeding his powers in referring in such a manner to the adjudication of the Bench, Mr Beard replied that he was extremely sorry if his remarks had been taken in ft wrong light. He could not, however, help thinking that tho position taken up by the Bench was anomalous,