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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4004, 5 January 1892, Page 2

Efforts are, wo understand, bejng made to induce Mr H M,Stari!ey, the well-kuo»n African explorer, to visijfc Mastetton, Mr Francis Shaw, of Wangaehu, neap Maetertou, met with a nasty accident yesterday morning. He was riding after some cattle, when his horse sud> denly fell, fracturing his (the rider's) loft leg just above the ankle. Dr Boßkmg was sent for and the injured linibwoßset. The sufferer, who de* cjdejltv remain at home, is.makinp latisfactory progreifii. .The Vablatua poisoning case la as. yet a-mystery, Nobody knows-hojr 'tie poison came to be taken. Inspector Thompson and Deteotivn Herbert are in tho district, and it is to bo hoped they will bo able to obtain some olue to tho matter, Vory small quantities 'of tho food taken on the day of the wedding were preserved, arid the investigations are therefore being conducted under., great difficulties. The result of tho analysis of the stomach of tho late Mr Dirkson will bo made known at the inquest, which will be resumed on Thursday next. ■--•

| Mr A, E. Woolcolt, lata of Maaterton, .is now advance agent for the Amy ! Vauglian Burlesque Company. I The sum of £6OOO was put through tho tntalisitor at the recoDb meeting of tho-Waimrapa Racing Olub, Aehoap and simplo telephone, which will shsrtly be publicly exhibited, has boen constructed by Mr W. W. Bising, of Carterton. Our Pahiatua correspondent wired as fi llowb this morning with regard to tho poisoning caae :—The condition of the sufferers is on the whole oorißidered favorable, Mrs Joseph Moore, though still in d, dangerous state, is much better, Mrs Dickson is progressing favorably. Tho' Victorian correspondent of an Otigo paper writes:—lf oneman-onc» vote pave New Zealand it? present Parliament, Victorian farmers may well cry out to bo saved trom it; and if New Zealand's " liberal measures " are to be fathered on the system, no settler in this Colony is liksly to hanker after it, A young man named William Portbouse attempted suicide at Foilding on Sunday morning, He had been suffering from la grippe. The Launceston Exhibition has, up to date, been visited 1)y 76,000 people.

The fortnightly meeting of the Maßterton Borough Council takes place to-i;ighb p The ordinary cenoral meeting of the shareholders of the Guar Meat Presorv ing and Freezinc Company of New Zealand (Limited) is to be held this (Tuesday) evening. Soon after tho arrival of Sergeant Haunan in Masterton, the Defence Department promised, extensive improve" inputs tothe local police station. For some,reason or other these improve* ments havo'. not been .effected,-. The Government probably prefers to pay the sum of. £SO in travelling expenses to expondingjtbis amount m providing" tho necessaty ; ; accommodation for polico officers.: 1 . A pafty'of twelve-eight ladies and four gentlemenr-intended leaving Masterton on a triji to Mount Holdswortb to-day, but as the weather was not pro* pitiuusthey were compelled to' postpone the excursion. .During the'past few rannlhstho wellkiiuwu Miglish temperance orator, Mr E. Tennyson Smith, the secondGough, has yisited, Qroyuiouih, Drunner, 'Hokitika, Kumara, Keefton, Nelson, Wests port ahd Blenheim and many of the smaller cownsmps, audiences gathered to hear him in every town. At Kblboi.'numbers were unable to gain admission to tho entertainment given on the concluding, nisjht of his mißsmn there, puring the lecturer's tour considerably over 1000 pledges have been taken at his meetings, and prominent townsmen have come forward and doni ned the ' blue' in almost every placo visited.. He has been successful in Ltsrting Several new teuiperanco societies and the membership of existing societies has been very much iricreaied in evtry'town visited by him. Mr Smith returned to the West Coast and held a very successful mission at Denniston. He will shortly visit Southland to fulfil numerous engagements.

The following new books and editions are to hand by every monthly, mail it Mr R, T. Holmes' Educational Doposb tory, Mastetton ; " Frenchman in i merica,"" Bazil and Annette," " Eight Days," " Heart of the Storm," "Quita," "Thyrza, 1 ' "Blanche Lady Falaiae," " Little Saint Elizabeth," ."The Vale of Cedars," " Lumbey the Painter," " Thousand miles in Bob Boy," " Allan's Wife," " David Copperfield," etc, etc

A waterspout is said to have burst in the Rimntaka Eanjo early last week; Tho road in places was very bad, large quantities of earth and trees blocking it to a height of about two feet. In other parts portions ot the road were washed away. . ■ ' ■

An olderly individual, who had Indulged rather freely, endeavoured to create a disturbance in a Masterton boarding-houso last evening, He nt handed over to the police, who pro.nptly placed him where he would no longer be tioublesome, He pleaded guilty "in the R.M. Court this morning to being drunk and was dealt with in the usual maimer.

k tall, wild-looking man, whose visage wns seamed, scarred, aud'battered by a holiday spree, 1 begged from ub yesterday an old pair of" breeks," for a comrado, who, while in the horrors, had tumbled into the river, and was represented to be shivering in saturated raiment, Cases like this are a disgrace to civilisation and ought to be put down. Sotno publicans, or sly grovellers, evidently allow men in this town to gut into a must horrible state, and it is time some efforts were made to discover who it is that encourages or porraita men to drink till they become a pest in the community. There must be some frightful debauchery going on in this town, judging by the poor fellaw who appealed to us yesterday.

A very painful accident occurred on the Opaki yesterday, Mrs Geo. Daysh was proceeding homo in a bugpy, accompanied by her child, when the horse she was driving slued, and she was. thrown' heavily to the ground, Fortunately, beyond a seyere shaking, she Bturaiund no injury. The child, however, was less fortunate, By holding on to the front board of the vehicle he manaped to retain his seat, but the horse kicked out and struck the little fellow on tho hand, completely severing one of his finpers, The child, who is only five years of ago, was brought in to Masterton, where his injuries were attended to by Dr Beard.

'.. Mr J, M, Johnston, a long-distance bicyclist belonging to Wellington, has pat up another record to his credit, He loft Wellington by the Waitarapa tram on Friday morning for Masterton, intending to ride from the latter place to Wellington, Mr, Johnson left Masterton at 6.30 on Saturday morning, arriving in Wellington at 8,31). Deducting an hour for luncheon, hjs actual riding time for tho 71 miles was eight hourn, a remarkably good performance, From. Masterton to Feathorston he averaged 10 miles/per hour.. The road tip the Rim'utaka'was an exceedingly rough-one,', owing no doubt to the severe storm that had raged in 'the.'ranedt two or three days previously. Ju places large quantities of rock, earth, and trees, had come down, blocking the road; in other places, the ballast had been completely washed away, making it extremely unpleasant to even walk np the hill, v=:On fcta vWelliogton side the road was. fairly good. He had fine weather right through, with a light southerly wind. Mr Johnston says he could have made the time faster by at least thi'rtylminutes if an accident had not happened to one of the pedals, he liaving strained it soon after leaving Featherston,

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