The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3945, 22 October 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1891.

Several undefended Picturesque Atlas cases were heard nt Grey town yesterday. Judgment was in every case either confessed or given for the plaintiffs. Entries for the forthcoming show of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society close with the Secretary on Saturday next

A number of Masterton Salvationists proceed to "Wellington to-morrow to be present at the reception given to General Booth.

A detailed plan of the Borough of Grey town is being prepared by Mr T. M. Drummond, surveyor. Whooping cough is said to be very prevalent at Martinborough at the present time. O'.e death has already occurred. House accommodation is so badly wanted in Adelaide and suburbs that an agitation is on foot to ask the South Australian Government to erect a number of cottages.

At the Central Police Court, oydney, a quarryman named Patrick Costello was sent to gaol for six months for kicking, half-choking, and striking his wife on the head with a saucepan.

Steps are being taken, says the Woodvillc paper, to see if another bankrupt In the Mangatainoka Village Settlement cannot be made to pay op the claims of hia creditors. The Assignee will probably be asked to sell his interest in the property. Tenders are invited by Mr Geo, Moore,' of Eparaima, for ploughing about fifty acres of Land. Mr Pownall deserves credit for smartness ! lie has succeeded in putting some very queer names on the burgess roll, and whin the other side desired to add turther names which were less open to objection he ruled them out of order. In | roll stuffing he can give his opponent a considerable number of points and beat him hands down. The Hawke's Bay Herald says :-=-The wool clip is coming forward well this season. Already about a thousand bales have reached port, and some three hundred bales arc now on the way Home, and will reach there in time for the November sales.

The Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited) of London, which is one of the most powerful and wealthy insurance Companies in Great Britain, with a capital of £2,500,000, accumulated funds L' 2,351,707, and an annual net income of £1,103,827, has established an agency in Masterton. We have only to mention that this company has paid to date about twelve millions sterling for fire and marine claims to show its gigantic dimensions. Fire risks cfalj descriptions will be accepted at the lowest current rates. Proposal forms and other particulars may be obtained from the Masterton agent, Mr Geo. Johnston.

We haye pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a Gopy of a new waltz en - titled "Thusnelda," and published by that enterprising musical firm the Drcs» den Pianoforte Company, Wellington. "Thusnelda" is composed by Mr J. E, Pfeifer, a gentleman who has previously acquired considerable musical distinction, and it certainly possesses more merit than the majority of colonial musical productions. The introduction is a characteristic movement or some originality, and showing decided power of mu*ical conception on the part of its compose*, an.4 it leads up to some tuneful and pretty walfcae*, •'* Thusnelda" shculd certainly become popular with all pianists and dance goers. Three officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge cf Oddfellows will pay a visit to the country lodges from Wellington during the Prince of Wales s;rthday holidays. They are : Brothere J. J. P.G.M. ; J. Smith; junr. D.G.M.'j and John Kershaw, C.S. They expect to be | at Masterton on Saturday, 7th November, and to go on tw Eketahuna on Monday, 9th November, sud then f.o Garterton, Greytown, Feafcherston, and Upper Hutt on successive days; but: the final arrangements depend, io some extent, upon the convenience of the lodges to be visited, and dates are not absolutely fixed yet. No doubt local members of the Order will give the visitors a hearty and fraternal welcome by some suitable cere mouy of reception of a social character. •

St. Blaise, winner of the English Derby in 1883, has been sold to a York sportsman.for £20,000.

The examination of the Masterton public school will in all probability be concluded to*day.

The Masterton Road Board invites tenders for eighty-seven chains of track clearing through felled and burnt bush on the Fernridge road. The weekly parade of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers will be held this (Thursday) evening, Lepal argument in the case J. J. Smith v. T, C. Williams will be taken in the Masterton R. M. Court on Monday next.

A little girl, eleven years of age, was charged at Napier on Tuesday witft being an inmate of a brothel. The girl was sent to the Burnham Industrial School, to be kept there until she is fifteen years of a*e. To-morrow (Friday) evening the RevJ. Dukes will srive an address on " Co* operation and Participation ; a remedy for social ills,'' in the Wesleyan School Room, at 8 o'clock sharp. Knights of L ibour, and working men generally, are invited to be present. Ho charge will be made for admission, and no collection will be taken.

A yiung man named George Baigent, working at Price's mill at Mangimahoe, met with a painful accident on Tuesday. He was assisting to cut timber, when his hand came irto ontact with the circular saw, aud was fearfully lacerated, the whole of his lingers being severed. He was as soon as possible brought down to Masterton, where his injuries were attended to.

Messrs W. Preston and Co. notify that they have taken over th? coaching business of Mr W. Vile, and will run conches between Masterton and Mauricevillo on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Orders may be left with Messrs M. Caselberg and Co. Mr Vile, in thanking the public for the support accorded him, solioits a continuation for his successor.

A woman named FuHbrook, who has a family of four, and who has existed for some time in a small cottage with no furniture excepting a chair, sleeping at nights on some straw, sued her husband at Napier recently tor maintenance. The latter, who had been in better circumstances, stated that his life had been A misery to him since he had married. The whole of his money had been spent by his wife FuHbrook was ordered to contribute thirty shillings per month towards the support of his family. The man Jagperhorn, who was seriously injured at Eketahuna a few days ago, is progressing favorably under the care of Dr W. G. McLennan. An entertainment was given in Stewart's Hall, Pahiatua, on Tuesday evening, by Mr J. D. Foley, in aid of the Pahiatua School Funds. The Hall was crowded, and Mr Foley's sketches were received in a manner conclusively proving that ho is still as popular as of old.

At a church service at Munzaroa last Sunday, the people were disturbed by cries of "help" and had to go outside and rescue the occupants of an overturned trap. Service was resumed, only fcj be interrupted first by,a woman going Into hysterics, and then by a man bavins? an epileptic fit.—Standard-

It is stated that Madame Patey, since her return to England, is never tired of praising f he culture and understanding of New Zealand,musical audiences. Daring the past fortnight fifty-seven deaths have been recorded in Victoria from influenza. Rabbits are becoming a great nuisance in New South Wales. At Nymagee,one run has been abandoned and other tenants are preparing to leave their holdings. The Gear Meat Company is the only Wellington firm exhibiting at the Tasmanian Exhibition, Horace Chester, who is at' present entertaining large audiences in Wellington, will visit Masterton at an early date. A meeting of the Eketahuna Jockey Racing Club will be held on Friday. Forty single men left Dunedin for Sydney in the Jubilee yesterday, owing to the trouble: in the boot trade. The entries for the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Bhow have now reached six hundred. These do not include the entries for horse jumping, tilting, log sawing, etc., which are to be made on the ground, A sad case of accidental poisoning has occuried at Melbourne. Mrs Alliugham, whose husband was laid up with influenza, gave him a tablespoonful of liquid strychnine in mistake for the medicine prescribed. Her husband died before medical assistance arrived. The jury returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally poisoned by Mrs Allinghain, and that the chemist was f uilty of gross negligence in not affixing a poison label. Saturday's Berald says :—Whilst Mr T. Wicks was falling a tree in No. 4 Block, Momohaki, yesterday afternosn about 4 o'clock, he was unable to get clear and the tree fell upon him and broke his back. Death was instantaneous. Mr Wicks was a settler of long standing, who had reared a large family and was greatly respected in the district. Great indignation has been caused at Ballarac through the imprisonment of a number of Salvationists for refusing to pay the fines inflicted for marching through the streets contrary to the by laws. The Mayor has expressed a deter-

initiation not to meet or receive the head of the Salvationists as ' General' Booth, no such name being on the British Army List. He says be would be pleased to receive the General on his visit to Ballarat in November as "the Rev. Mr Booth," which he contends is his proper tifje. Thp City Council have resolved to take a poll gt ratepayers whether a procession bo allowed, At a mass meet* ing, a resolution was unanimously passed pretesting againsi the imprison* ment of the members as a violation ofj religious liberty.

& sensational scene occurred in the Presbyterian Church, Geelong, on Sunday, owing to the queer conduct of the minister, who spoke of Christ as a visible presence, and addressed the Divinity in

terms of endearment. He assured his hearers that God was standing beside hi.n in the pulpit. He announced his intention of there and then amputating his right arm as a proof of his lasting fidelity to his Master. The name of a well-known Geelong doctor was mentioned by the afflicted preacher as one who could perform the operation satisfactorily, but as the medico referred to was laid up at the time with the prevailing epidemic, he assured the congregation he would get a carving knife sharp enough for the purpose and enforce the Scriptural injunction without assistance. This created a sensation, and several ladies of the congregation had to be assisted out of the church, while others swooned away in their seats. The leading members of the congregation induced the preacher to close his diicourso, and assisted him to bis residence, where it was found he was seriously indisposed. Medical assistance was procured, and complete rest and change of air was ordered for the patient. Boys' Bummer clothing just received at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. The following are all made to our special order:— Boys' White Drill "Sailor" Suits, Gilt Buttons <>nd trimmed Blue Braid, from 4/9 each at Te Aro House, Wellington. Boys' Cream Drill "Sailor" Suits, Collars trimmed Blue Braid, Gilt Buttons, from 5/6 each at Te Aro House, Wetyngign. ' J - - Boys' Drab Drill gajlor Sufo, Collars trimmed Blue'and White' Gilt Buttons, from 6/6 each at Te Aro House, Wellington. BoYg Blue Serge Sailor Suits, White Braided Collar, Whije Flannel Fronts, Arm Badges, Lanyards, <fcc,' from 6/9 each at Te Aro House, Wellington'.

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