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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4021, 26 January 1892, Page 2

A picnic is to bo held on Friday next by the settlers of Ballance, Tho Masterton Hide Yulunteers will bo inspected by Liout-Uolonel Sewall on Weduesday evouing. The Rev W. E. Paige and Mrs Paige left Masterton yesterday for Nolson. Thoy will be away for about a month, We are iu formed that criminal proceedings aro likely to arise from the evidence given at the inquest on the victims of the fahiatua poisoning case, All 6ntrio3 for the forthcoming Earn Fair in connection with the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Associalion must be in the hands of the Secretary tomorrow (Wednesday). Tondors for the formation of eighteen chains of road, etc, on Abbotsford, will be reoeivod by Messrs Whatman Bros, up to the 30th iust.. Alarmed by tho extensive amount of drinking going on in Hawke's Bay, the Bishop of Waiapu has headod a movement to stem the ovil. ' ■ ■■ Large quantities of coke and fireclay ore being shipped to Australia from the West Coast. Two deaths from diphtheria have occurred iu one family at Foxfcou. Messrs J. R, Blair, G. Eeetham and Dr Newman retire from the Wellington Education Board by effluxion of time, A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Palmewton North on Saturday morning. Eain has boen falling in this district for the past' oouplo of days, which has put a stop to harvest operations, The changeable weather is making farmers anxious.

General Shipley, who is now making a tour of the colony, is an old soldier of the 68th Regiment. He joined that regiment in Auckland thirty-five years ago as lioutenant. Ho has since served seventeen years in India.

Mr T.Mackenzie speakß on Friday next in reply to the recent addrosses of Ministers at Balclutha,

A farmer of Petane, Hawke's Bay, has had his tongue removed owing to cancar.

Messrs Harcourt and 00, land and estate agents and sharebrokers, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have a business notice beside the " loader" in this issue.

A man named Finnigan took an overduso of "Dawson's Perfection"

last night, and was taken into custody by Constable O'Leuty, Ho was dealt with in the usual manner iu the E.M. Court this morning. _ A saloof pedigree live stock is adyern tised to be held by Messrs Ouningham, Badham & Co, of Wellington, at the Bay House Farm, Kilbirnie, on Friday nest, January 29th, Duriug a fierce squall, the Union Steam Ship Co.'s s.s. ijotomahana grounded in the River Tamar, near Georgetown, but it is not in a dangerous position, An unsuccessful attempt was made to tow hor off, and her cargo is being discharged.

Messrs Ballinger Urn., plumbors and wholesale manufacturers, publish a notification in our advertising columns, to which is drawn tho special attention of storekeepers and the trado. The firm's address, it shuuld be noted, is Waring Taylor street, Wellington, near tho Drillshed.

The Woodville paper says that great dissatisfaction is expressed throughout the district at the action of the Govornment in regard to the Woodville-Eketa-huna line, both at the way in which tho work has been let at the Eketahuna end, and over the delay in starting at tho Woodvillo end. Besides, thero is no co. operative labor about tho fencing con-, tracts. Men were asked to put in prices which they did, These were dealt with as tenders, and an offer to do the work at 12s per chain was accopted, Considering the prevalence of whooping couph in the Wairarapa, a notification by the proprietor of tho Aubert Herbal Remedies whioh is published in another column should be of espeoip) interest. It gives vory convincing evidence as to the merits of that now widely known preparation " Marupa," which should be carefully read by those in whose homes tills troublesome com" plaint has appeared, Included in the subject matter, is a letter from Mr George Percy, of Messrs Haggett and Percy, Wellington, which emphatically endorses tho claims of this valuable medicine.

The Auckland Star, whioh is a supporter of the present Ministry, says the recent Wellington election is a warning to Ministers, and that any serious blunder on their part would turn the scale and cut short their career,

The following speaks well for the factory systom of the dairying industry in New Zealand:—Tho Tai Tapu Dairy Company had, at its last meeting, an offer from Mr Yorke of lOd per lb for the wholo of the next soason's output, and he hopes that the output will bo trebled. The Company is now turning »ut botween 6001 bond 7001b of butter daily, of which quite the half, at lOd per lb, Is consumed locally; and it is pleasing to know that ljd per lb covers the whole of tho working expenses and other liabilities.

Thero is every probability, says a contemporary, that before long New Zealand will have to face the competition ot Australia in tho frozen meat trade. Commenting on this subject the Syduey Morning Herald says;—"A factor of coming prosperity will be the frozen meat trade, which we can hardly doubt is now on the eve of being conquoied by tho determination of Australian pastpra- ! lists. Her teeming flocks and herds have now forced on her tho question which the povorty and embarrassments of New Zealand long ago solved for the island Colony, and in all probability the year 1892 will see before its close this great interest placed on such a footing as will ensure our entering on a business in importing meat, to the yastness of which literally no limits can be placed."

As an illustration of the parqlossnesa often displayed in the carriage of poisons, wii may mention that a gentleman who deals largely in arsenic informs us that, on one ocoasion, some casks of arsenic sent to Raikoura were placed in a truck in which were also flour, onions, and other edibles. Some of the arsenic leaked out-a very common :ccurrence, by tfio way—and it appears quite withiu the range of possibility that it raisdifc have been brought in contact with the matters afterwards used as food, An extraordinary rate of freight is charged for oarrjage of poisons, and the railway authorities should therefor*, keep them separate from other substance if there is any danger of leakage; hut a better remedy would be to prohibit the importation of poisons except in vessels which can be' preserved from.injury. | Very fow of the English woods, however well seasoned, are absolutely free from shrinkage hi Bemi-trophical dimes,— WaipatfaMail,- /

So scarce was water at Broken Hill a week ago that it was selling at onormoua rates. Water in which people had washed was being used for drinkin" purposes. "

_ A movement is on foot tn establish a fruit-canning factory at Tenterflold, New bouth Wales, to utilise the largo crop of fruit grown in the district. .

AKangitikei settler, who has just mushed his shearing, has missed five hundred lambs. He cannot account for their disappearance. It has been sug?ested that the best way to effectually rid this district of the Hessian fly would be for farmers to grow oats only for one season. This would starve out the pest, Among the passengers by the Waihora which arrivod at the Bluff yesterday from Melboumo were Lady Jorsey, Udy Galloway, Captain and Mrs Put, Colonel and Mrs Graham, and the Hon Rupert Leigh, Tho election of a uiomber of the Fahiatua County Council to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Councillor Moore tuok place on Thursday last, and resulted in Messrs Uodgins and Oorbett each securing twonty votes. Tho Returning Officer gave his casting vote in favour of Mr Hodgins.

The formation of a Farmers' League in tho, Masterton district has been mooted. An opportunity for discussing the matter will be afforded at a meeting of farmers which will probably bo held at the conclusion of harvesting tjperations to decide what action shall bo taken to secure tho eradication of the Hessinn fly.

, The late Sorgeant Bernard Diamond, who is to be buried to-moirow(WedncS' day) is to be accorded a military funenl, Members of the Masterton Rifle Volunte3rs are requested to meet at the drill shed at 2.30 p.m.

The Feilding Star says:—Tho other day at Mr Sweet's shed on tho Harbour Board Block, Mr Terry, of Makino, who is working there, sheared threo full fleeced sheop in i\ minutes. This will take Borne beating, Sir William and Lady Fox intend shortly to celebrate, in Nelson, tho jubilee of their wedding and arriyal in the Colony. Sir William ■is eighty years of age,

It appears, a London contemporary says, chat silver florins and fourMing pieces are not to be issued in future. The four-shilling pieoe we oan do without, but the two shilling piece is a handy coin, and will be very greatly missed if it is abandoned,

The Longburn Meat Freezing Company have at their works a sheep which is trained to lead other sheop into the slaughterhouse, During a recent visit, Mrs H. M. Stanley bestcred the very appropiiato name ot "Judas" upon it,

Mr Henry M, Stanley is educating three negro boys, about twelve years old, whom he rescued from slavery by paying three cents apiece for them.

Under the Factories Act now in force the employers are charged fees according to the number of hands they find work for. One employer in Ohristchurch, when sending in a cheque for two guineas for registration, wrote that be forwarded it as a penalty fee fov finding 1 employment for a certain number of hands,

Several Masterton orohardists have been making strenuous efforts to rid their gardens of tho codlin moth, but all without avail. Ope resident plucked the whole of his fruit last season when it was half matured, in the hope that this would bo effectual. Ho finds, however, that this year the pest is worao than ever, It is quite evident therefore that the moth is migratory ,and that ooncerted action will be necessary before it will be got rid of, 1 For an instance of unparalelled ungratefulness (says the Mha Leaiu) commend us to the following fact :-A man who was in affluent ciroumstances when the Caledonian Sooiety was started inPunedinin 1862 gave £IOO to tho struggling body to help it along, but the lips and downs of life landed him in 1892 in a position which compelled him to eke out a living as best lie could. Knowing that the Society ho hid nurtured required tho services of gatemen for their annual sports, he applied for one of tho positions, but the humble boon was heartlessly denied him. Of course, it was only a matter of a couple of pounds or so that he lost, but a pound is to him now what £IOO was thirty years ago.

The Auckland correspondent of tho Otngo Daily Times writes that the bakers are haying a lively time over the Amendment Act, 1891, to the Foods Adulteration Aofc, being compelled to carry scales and weigh out pan loaves to full weight, A series of prosecutions have takon place. The defence was that Boz were allowed for evaporation over the 21b, but owing to alterations of temperature the bread was sometimes overweight and sometimes under, Mr Napier, solioicor for thp defendants, commented upon the Act as having been clumsily drawn in wretched English, The Resident Magistrate said the matter was of great importance to the trade generally, He would reserve his decision,

The Tmiaru Horald reports that Dr Hayes performed an important opera tion on a girl at Geraldine last Sunday. Assisted ly Drs Fun aud Blunden, he opened her abdomen, extracted a dangerous abscoss on the intestines, and put right a tangle in them, The operation saved the girl's life, and she is now getting on nicely,

A correspondent ofaDu'iedin paper calls attention to a gross caso of political favoritism on the part of the Minister for Lands, whioh he considers should receive the fullest publicity as being another instance of what our present "Liboral" Government is capable of doing;—"A settler in tho 'fuapeka district, not overburdened with energy, was lately summoned by the rabbit inspector for failing to destroy tho rabbits on his property. Being a personal friend of the Hon. John M'Kenzie, he immediately wrote to the Miuister for Lands and acquainted him of the foo', and instructions were at once given to the rabbit mspoctor to withdraw tho case, which was done, the rabbits being allowed to go on increasing at their own sweet will,"

The Napier Telegraph writes!— The story goes that the Inspector of Schools plucked a girl candidate for the Sixth Standard for bointr unable to answer the following silly question ; "Can you " tell me whore to go if I wanted Rhea ?" ' Now, the obvious locality in which to ' searoh for a mythological person is ' Hades, But, perhaps the Inspeotor ! knew less about the daughter of Coolus 1 and Terra, the mother of Vesta, Ceres, | Juno, Pluto, Neptuno, etc, by her | husband Saturn, than he did of thorhea fire obtained from the Asiatic species ' of urtica, or common nettle, For the 1 intelligence of the Inspector we hope tho story is a gross fabrication, Householders resident in country districts are often at a loss to know which is the best place in Wellington for Linoleums, Moor Cloths, Carpets, Curtains, Quills, Table Cloths, Table Covers, Cretonnes, Damasks and all other artiolea of house furnishing, For the following reasons the reply must most emphatically he Te Aro House, "Wellington. ht Reason—All our gcods are splendid value, having been bought in the best and cheapest markets, not only direct from the rnikers but from the foremost manufacturers, We buy therefore at the lowest possible prices and our customers reap a corresponding advantage at Te Aro House, Wellington. 2nd Reason,—Our goods are invariably well selected, We make a speciality of Linel urns, Floor Cloths, and carpets, Our styles e designs and colourings are not only in the most perfeot taste but are superior to anything to be seen elsewhere, For these things it is not easy for anyone to rival Te Aro House, Wellington. '' 3rd Reason,—Onrstook is at all timelarge, and the choice all bat unlimited. The variety is scmething extraoidlnary, and is capable of satisfying trie most fastious taste, Those who contemplate re, famishing, .and. young people intent on matrimony should remember that the best place in which to get. their wants satisfactorily supplied i 8 the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse To} Aro Houbs, Wellington, •" . .'„ |

Tho Johanneßberg Star of a late date gives details, of a terrible murder at Piennar'a River, Pretoria. It is connected with a case of infanticide. A farmer named JPrina quarrelled with a native woman who gave birth to a child on his farm, Prins took the child and threw it into the pigstyo, when it was devoursd by the pigs. Tho husband of the woman quarrelled with Prins, who assaultsd tho Kaffir, whereupon the liitter went to his kraal, and came back armed with an assegai, which lie plunged in Pirns' heart, killing him on the spot. The Kaffir remained on the farm until arrested, and did not attempt to escape.

The Wanganui Chronicle repoits ;—A rare fish has been stranded on the beach atWaikftnae. It was secured by Mr J, A. Field, who torwarded it to Mr Drew to bo added to his valuable collection. It ib tho Pacifio species of tunny, and is about four feet three inches long, weighing nearly a hundredweight. Its colour on the back isdedp steel blue, on tho belly it is silvery. The finks, of which there are nineteen, are bright yellow. This fish is only represented in. the I Canterbury Museum by a skull which was found near the samo place, Mr Drew has also received a large specimen of Hippocampus abdominis, oommonly known as the ana-horse. This fish was caught in a net at tho mouth of the Turakina river by Mr 'ihomas Eley, It is most unusual to find the sea-horßo in shallow waters. It is occasionally brought up from tho lower depths of tho sea on anchor chains,

At the banquet giyen in Eoss to welcome tho Goyemor proceedings senm to have been rather lively towards the close, if the following account by tho Ross Advocate is to be credited;— The County Chairman, in responso said the best thing that could happen to the Eoss borough would be its amalgamation with the Westland County Council, (cries of bad tasto; we've got no clerk in gaol; no, no; houtings and hisses), Mr Free said that the Westland County Oounoil was the most rotten and corrupt local body in the colony, and tho local representative had drawn the last drop of blood in travelling expenses, It ought to bo ohuckod into the

Not many weeks ago, shortly after the prorogation of Parliament, says the Canterbury Press, a certain M.H.R, who shall bo nameless, returned to the bosom of his constituency, Ono of the first to accost him was a ragged-looking urchin, with several kittens in a basket, who said " Buy a Protection kitten, sir ?" " Get along with you, what do I want with kittens?" was tho only roply, and with this the boy shufiedoff. Several day s later the worthy M.H.R was journeying in tho locality, when he was accosted by the same urohin with the cry of " Buy a Freetrade kitten, sir ?" " Why, you little brat it was only a few days ago you told me they wjre 'Proton* tiouistkittens," "Yes, sir," was the innocent reply, " but since then they havo had their eyes opened I"