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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4022, 27 January 1892, Page 2

The Pahiatua Bchool opened on Monday with 170 scholars, including 20 new ones,

i'ho Rev. H. T. Robjohns, travelling agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society, is at present in New South Wales.

Poisoned water is being used for the deßtruotion of rabbits in tho Hay district, New South Wales. The rabbit* arebßing killed by tens of thousands each night,

The mill of Messrs Chamberlain Bros, at Maeterton,. which suspended worl some tioio ago owing to the scarcity ol wheat, resumed operations yesterday. The Earl of Onslow leaves New Zealand, m route for England, on February 23rd.

Two hundred and five passengers from Sydney arrived in Wellington by the Mararoa on Monday evening, Miss Holmes, of Mnsterton, has been elected to the Council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts,

Fivo threshing machines are now at work in die Masterton district, most ot irlucli are putting through wheat from the stook,

We are sorry to hear that Mrs Dickson, one of the victims of the Pahiatua poisoning case, ia still in a precarious

Mr Dawson, who for a number of yews has heen postmaster at Pahiatua, has resignod, and intends living on his farmatMangahao. The Inspector of Post Offices paid a Hying visit to Masterton yesterday, A paper printed in a township two hundred miles from Melbourne, and dated Wednesday, January 20, reached us yesterday, Its transmission occupied less than six days.

Fifty-five fresh summonses have been issued against defaulting subscribers to the Picturesque Atlas in Wellington, Mr E, J, Kelleher, late of Masterton. was banquetted by the members af the Manawatu Amateur Athietio Association, of which he is Secretary, on Saturday ovenlng, A conference between delegates of the various Bide Clubs in the Wairarapa and the Masterton Kitle Volunteers is to be held this evening, to make arrangementsfor the holding of the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Rifle Assooi" ation.

A miner named O'Shea committed suicide at Lane's Greek, (Q), by placing a plug of dynamite in his mouth and exploding it. The upper portion of the body was blown to atoms,

A man named Olivor Tisohner has been arrested at Bull's Greek, some distance from Freeinantle (W.A.) on suspicion of murdering a young man named Moses Gadd, Both parties lived by the latter's parents, and on Saturday morning went out digging. Tischner returned alone at dinner time, and made evasive replies to Miss Gadd's enquiries after her brother.' "At last he statod he shot him accidentally. They went out and found Gadd dead. Information was given to the police, and Tischner waa arrested, Before being taken into custody he shot at a neighbour but missed him, and theu threatened to stab the police, A Maori girl at Gisborne named Krina . Hayes, aged lb', committed suicido by hanging herself because of the opposition of her guardian to certain lave affairs. She placed her head in a < noose only' three feet above the ground, I then went on her knees, and after a determined struggle succeeded in strangling herself.' MrK.M, Smith,. M.H.R., had a fight yesterday at New Pjymouth with the msnagorpfjilie Meat Bazaar, The two quarrelled oyef SmithY'son, and the result was a staud up fight,' which lastel a considerable time, potji parties, bear marks of the encounter,

Colonel Boberls,R,Mi, was engaged all day on Monday at-Jfeafherston hearing the case of R, A. Butcher y. F. Btlton,.in. which the plaintiff claimed £l2los for commission, in being instrumental in buying the defendant into the' Victoria Hotel, Feathersfcon, and the sum of £3 3s for clerical work. Mr Middleton appeared for' the plaintiff, andMrßeard for the defendant, Judgment was reserved until the 9th February, to enable the R-M. to decide the legal point rained by Mr Beard as towbojJieran undischarged bankrupt wasenlftledtflsua'and recovor. .The defendant filed a counter elajn)' • for £6 13s Bd, principally cash lent,

HotißeholOers;resident in country districts are often at aloss to.know which is the best place in Wellington for Linoleums, Floor Cloths, Carpets, Curtains, Quills, Table fJipjbe; Tahlo Covora, Cretonnes, Damasks and all o&er articles of house furnishing. For the fjo'llowwreaffios tho reiily must BWSt Cfflphaitijaily be To' 4rS w|> W; lllgtoil. , , ~, Ist Reason-All our pit are Bplendid value,- having beon bought ill tie begt and cheapest markets, not only dfreot from the mikers but from the foremost manufacturers,. .We buy therefore at the lowest possible prices and our oustomers reap a corresponding advantage at To Aro Houbc, Wellington. " -■< ' 2nd Reason,—Our goods are invariably well selected. Wfl make a speciality of Lint.l umj, Floor Cloths, andcarpotß. Our ityle'sc designs ,and colourings are not only in t'homWperfeoMaste Jjut aro superior to anything to he seen elsewhere. For thesethifl'gs itis pot 'easy, for anyone to rival Te Ar.o Bi&uie, We!)uißton, 3rd Re.asop,—Onrstpcfc. Is « aj( }jim> large, ivnd tho choice all but iinlijnited, The variety- is something e'xtraoidlnary, and is capablfl of satisfying the most fastious taste. Those who contemplate re, lurnishing, and young people intent on matrimony should remember that the best iplaceinwhiohtoget their wants satisfactorily supplied is the 'Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse Te] Aroj Houße, Wellington. V

There are now only threo hundred snd iorty-fivo shares remaining unsold in the Mmeratnu North Gas Oompauy, Ltd.. and Messrs Barcourt & Co., of Wellington, nntity by advertisement that the snare hat will positively close on 31st January. Investors should therefore apply at nnce,

Since the death hi Maaterlon of Set* geant Belaid Diamond, V.0., many have been inqu-ring how the Victoria Grow came to be instituted and what pension it carries. The Cross was instituted in February 1850, at the termination of the Crimean war, for the purpose of rewardin? conspicuous acts of bravery performed by soldiers, sailors, or marines. The decoration consists of a Malteso cross of bronze, having the royal crest in the centre, with a scroll bearing the words" For valour." Soldiers upon ivhom it has been bestowed wear it with a red ribbon, and sailors with blue ribbonj upon the leit breast. Non-commissioned officers and men receive with the V.O. a pension of £10; and each additional act of valour, besides being recorded by a bar placed upon the suspending ribbon, entitles the hero to a further pension of £5.

In reference to the poisoned biacuits referred to in a recent issue of the Pahiatua paper as partaken of by a settler in the Mangabao, further experiments bavo since beon made to ascertain whether they really contained poison or not. Afewof the biscuits were eivon to another doe, and it died in a quarter ol an hour. Detective Herbert has taken the remainder of the biscuits to Wellington for analysis.