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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4024, 30 January 1892, Page 2

The friends of Bob who dofeared Francis in a bontiE match in the ; Xjieatrti on Thursday evening, were entertained $ a mm at the. Star '• Hijtelltat evening; ' ■ 'fbo acceptance of tlie resignation of; Mr jF. fy.fw&i'of. 'Greytonn,'' »•»' jjjstjcc (ji tjje ji .the Odette A licansliig <som«aitted fop fjig festle.point district is gazetted, It couststsof Messrs 'Hugh Bellias, J', S; Handyaide, Murray, A, Nicholls, and D. A blaok, long-haired Bbeop iIPK, S'jtji tan mazzle, answering to; the name 'of " Sharp," is advertised as lost, by Mr R. J, Dales, ' •

Messrs Lowes & loms add to the Mastorton Ram Fair 2 2-tootli Stud Romneya bred . by Dor&et, 2 G-tooth Romneys bred by F. Gray, 16 "tooth South Down bred by Beid, of Elderslio. Mr Alexander CocMfum, whose death at Rangitikei was announced in_ our obituary columns yesterday, wm a brother of Mr Robert Oockburn, of Masterton. Ilia Chinese residents ot Mdßtertoii are celebrating their New Year to-day. The day is given up to festivity and feasting and a pyrotechnic display will be made this evening. | It is alleged that in Masterton at the preeent timo. there are bo less than a dozen'deserted wives. Moat of these have large families which are being supported by the Benevolout Institution. A number of Maaterton canines have been entered for the Show to be held next'week in connection with the Wellington Kennel Club, The victims in Eketahuna of the Picturesque Atlas are to bi called upon to explain in the R.M. Court'next week why they have not paid up. ,

A four-roomed house in Palmereton North, owned and occupied by a man named Pearaou, was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday.

Tho Government of Victoria Imb promised to provide £15,000 for the representation of the Colony at the Chicago Exhibition. Sell's circus is at present in Victoria, and is drawing crowded houses. Tho circus, which includes a menagerie, is said to be the finest that has over visited the Colonies.

The Waipawa Mail says that howover the Ballance party may sneer at capital and capitalists, the majority of printers prefer regular wages in A capitalist's office to worthless cheques for serving the Liberal cause. Tho celebration of the Nelson Jubilee commences on Monday next, when there will bo a great demonstration, A number of Wairarapa residents have taken advantage of the opportunity to pay a visit to Nelson.

Even school boys' fights can prove fatal, At Sydney recently two lads attending a public school had a fistic .uncounted I 'lie boy was struck in the right eye, and though little notice was taken of the wound, an absoess formed, resulting in tetanus. DrFrankish, of Christchuroh, who has justreturned from a visit to England, says: England is a lovely couutiy, with boautiful cities, and a magnificent landscape when the weather will permit you to see it; but I would rather be in New Zoaland on a orust than in England with all that wealth could procure." An employi at Mr Baillie's mill at Moiki, Loiror Valley, had his thumb badly cut by a circular saw on Thursday.

Sheop farmers in this district will be intorestsd to know tliHt Murton's celebrated sheep dip may be procured from Messrs Lowes and lorns, of Masterton. This dip is a very superior one, and was placed first at the competition held by the Canterbury h. and P. Association in 1887, at which there were nine competitors, Porsons whose dpple trees are suffering from the Amorioan blight or woolly aphis may be pleased to learn that one orchard in the Ngaire district has been cream en the braucLs in the winter timo, One application almost abolishes the blight and a second one completes the cure, If this remedy proves to be as certain as it is represented to be, we may agaiu see Ribsto'i Pippins and Blenheim Orange apples in the market before long; apples whioh are both first class, hut aro much aubjeot to the woolly blight,—Hawera Star. A young woman named Alice O'Donnoil has been sentenced in Wellington to fourteen days' imprisonment fur having conducted herself i'n an improper manner within the precincts of Hw Court, After tendering a little advice to the Resident Magistratoshewas arrested for contempt, and whilst beitig conveyed to the ceil sho struck out and hit a lady who was waiting at the door of the Court in' the face without the slightest provocation, She is now repenting, Our local contemporary says:—"On enquiry the statements made concerning the way in which the work has been let atlSketahunaaro found to be entirely destitute of truth. The co-operative system is closely adhered to and enforced," Wo are in a position to furnish evidence to tho contrary. The enquiry recently made by a prominent Kuight ol Labour we regard as afaroo, Tho Hon W. P. Be6ves and Mr Buick, M.H.R, addressed the electors at papier oij Thursday night. Mr Reeve# ;poke 4 ponsiijerablo length in defence of the poljoy and admjniatrafcfor ' of thij Ministry, olaiminp that tlip Land and Income Tax would relieve the farming class throughout the Colony. He denied there had been an; exodus of capital owing to the legislation of last session, and maintained that the comments of the London Times and the Economist on the subject were basod on ,a conjplejo misunderstanding of the proyisiohs of tjip new s.chema of taxation. Ho also spoke of the way in which Opposition speakers and journals decried the credit of the Colony, paying their po%wa? a policy of pa'nip,'

ht)fl»wke's Bay JJeraldreoorlfl A peculiar sight was witnessed iq the grand stand enclosure of theHawke's Bay Jockey Club at Hasting! on January 21. As a party was being shown over the sights by an.ofiioial of the Olub, it was noticed that one ot tho nisny trout that disport in tho lake was in serious ;,--ble. It struggled for some time, and then stretched itself Cl!'- Iflu endeavour to see what was the matter, J..? " little beauty" was brought into (em Jtrma and a post mortem examination there and then began. The Olub official acte.d tjie part of Coroner, wh(le tljo onlookers >ycro duly sworn jn as the intelligent j uiy. On .a close examination jt TO found .that .death resulted from aßpbysia, caused by an lipperfinent sparrow building its nest lfi anjong the .\vHloitb overhanging tho lake, but so cjurnsily as to caus6 its downfall, and consequently the drowning of its .offspring. The trout coming upon the scene at the time endeavoured to hide all the trace ot the miradventuro by swallowing tho young fledglings, but could only manago to get the head and boab .of one of them down its gullet, and despite all ies further efforts the bird would not move ono way or the other, causing the dea of the trout.

The young Maoji, Uru, so weMnown in t)ie jn connection with athletic sports, won everything he went in for at the Caledonian' Sport's at puncdin recently. The Otago Witness says ho proved himself'a splendid wre?tjer,andjn fegard ta'skill, strength, and good temper sot easily to be beaten. On throwing ,one .of his antagonists, .a formidable one, he vouchsafed the explanation to the spectators, "That's a flujje," and on throwing Juw a second tame, excited a jjeal ,of laughter by tjiereniark, ",oh, that's another Juke," Once in the numerous conteslf Uru Was th r<wn, ,an.d tins time, before nsipg he started dapping'for ty* opponent, M. Powley, wlwm'he a/rewards sfretchpd on the sawdust, and getting two falls to onewon tho ctopiW rowing Cflmpe.tition. : •' ■ ! " '

A visit to the Bon Marche would wel repay anyone wanting a Nicely Trimmed Hat or a Pretty Bonnet. Some of the most, lovely goods ever imported Into Masfcotton are now beingahown tn thia well-known Pnlaoe of Fashion. > . Also just gm.ywrxlffoe nmutes and cast ah enquiring optic over tho magnificent Ladies .Dress : Materials in all the 'iy(at : ehffdefli :pd the very pick of the season's faetUonSj'anct don't forget to ask pricesf' 1 .':'•; (l , ' l, "'»■ • 1 ' -iMA yoi'jo wijlrndsepiyg .l/ip' ./pty : pf prM" suMhiufcj, pmoti, ffe„ apd $e Wen the Bon Mare'ne: is fat}' apytfijpg of m kind. Perhaps you don't want to spend much mobey in this way, ipossibly your I limit is something leaa than half a sovereign or half' aorown, well, ask the prices aud wewhat Hooper and Company can do for you. ' , ■ ''

Tho Wholesale Drapery Company's great olearinc sale still continues to be woll patronised. Still further reductions are announced by inset with to-day's issue of the Daily; to which attention iB i ditoofcoo, .

A little girl, aged seven years, met net death in a remarkable manner at the Grampians, near Stroll, on Monday oho was leading a calf to water by a ropofastoned round its neck, the end of which she put round her own neck, when the oalf started running, dragging the child to the ground and stranding her to death.

The Wairarapa Co-operative Farmers' Association, which has • recently been formed intend extending its operations through the Forty.Mile Bush. The Masterton R.M, Court was occupied for several hours yesterday afternoon with tho further hearine of tho case Macartney v. Bone, His Worship reserved his decision on a nonsuit point' raised by Mr Pownall.

Not long ago at the Sydney Water Police Court, a constable was overheard arranging with a defending solicitor not togiyo too strong evidence against a certain prisoner. The constable was dismissed from the service.

The Wairarapa Co-oporative Farmors' Assucifation was registored yesterday as a Company, with a capital of LIOO.OOO. The prospectus will probably be Issued at an early date. Messrs Lowes and loms announce their noxt stock sale for Wednesday, February 10th, the entries at date comprising 600 breeding ewes, 800 lambs, 400 2«tooth Lincoln ewes.

An interesting' discovery has been niade during tha draining operations now being carried out on the estate of Archdeacon Williams at To Aute. In the deep excavation that has been made to drain tho swamp into the Tuki Tuki, numbers of pourin logs have been coine across, showing, contrary to received opinion, that this tree used to grow at one period south of ■ the thirty-ninth degree of latitude,-NapierTelegraph, The Wanganui Herald states that the refusal of licenses by the V'anganui Licensing Committee has caused a loss of rates to the Boioush, amounting to £2O 7s 6d, and a further loss of £l2O for license fees.

A gentleman in Hawko'a Bay, representing a large number of English investors, telegraphed to a firm iu Chriatchurch the other day as follows: "Am sending all funds Enghnd, and lending nothing whilst present taxation obtained."

A speoial meeting of tho Masterton School Committee is to be hold on Monday evening next, when candidates will be nominated for tho yaoant seats on the Wellington Education Board.

: We understand that important changes are being made iu the teaching staff at the Masterton school. Sovoral teachers are being transferred and others promoted. The transfers are, however, not yetdefini'ely arranged. During the past twelve months the I depression existing'in Melbourno has exeroised.a powerful influence upon the import trade, which is doclining, while the export trade, based on the industry of the country districts, is increasing. The falling-off in trade is also shown by the decline in the reyonue from Customs duties, and other forms of taxation,

A new advertisement of roadable composition, and of convincing argu» ment, appears in another column over signature of tho Empire Tea Company. It will repay perusal on tho part of those who are discriminating in the tea they drink.

The. Rev, W, J, Mayers,- who delivers a lecture in the Masterton Theatre Royal ori Monday evening on " Twentyfive Years' Rescue Work amongit Waifs and Strays," jsthe Deputation Secretary for Dr Barnardo's Homos. His address will be illustrated by large coloured pictures of the Homos and the rescued children. Eight boys from the London Homes will play selections on their handbolls, bogles, Highland bagpipes and other intruments. The chair will be taken by Colonel Roberts, .R,M, ■

The London correspondent of a contemporary saysi-I Sao by tho usual records that an ex-colcnial Governor of finauoial ability, much interested in the past in companies of the less prosperous nature, has just given a bill of sale on his household effects of an amount slightly exceeding £3OO. Verily, the ways of finaricoare tortuous; fame is fleeting; and the Bills of Sales Act perhaps a blessing in disguise, Grain cutting is now general throughout South Canterbury) and a fortnight of such weather as prevailed on Friday and Saturday will see the paddocks in stubble. On the Scadown all the crop near the railway line Is out, and tho machines are vory busy in the grain on fhe bordering on the sea. In the Tem'pka district tho hum of the reapers and' binders'is heard in all directions. Theyield both of wheat and oats promises to be largo, and opening prices for wheat should be food.-Timaru Herald,

A singular caao of child descrtlouf posßesising some extraordinary features' Occurred recently at Carjton, Melbourne. A* respectably dresseij. wgman, wno wore a thick veil, engaged a cabman to driyo her to a oertaifa hojiao. When they arrived there she got the cabman to ta)je a tljree-ycar-old child to tlfe house, say', jpg sljo would jjrait uiftil lie returned, &nd that if she took the obild jn he would cry wlje'p sl|e' left, Suspecting nothing, the (jabman wenfc jn, but the lady of the house felt surprised and told Jiim he had made a mistake, When the driver returned to his yeliiole, the 'woman in black;' v had vanished, They are still looking (or her, the child beintt iu the custody of the police,

The iiiafhW News saysi-A curiosity in the shape of four stows of Egyptian mummy wheat grown in this district has been left at our office tor iuspoctjori by those Interested. The seed vas originally by Mr Caleb, flroggatt' from a.Cantejburjr farmef 0 the earsunder notice weri 'grown nrhis garden. A large breadth of it has, howpw, been .oultiyated this year by "a farmer at Fo'rjrosf, and n few bughels of the yield will, after threshing, be'on sale at the stores of the Southland Farmers 1 Co-operative Company, ': The wheat is of most peculiar appearahco, each singlo j stalk having on an average sovon distinct ears lying compactly side by side. Each seed is enveloped in a roughiah kind of chaff, and carries a long awn that should make the ear almost if not quite birdproof. The wheat is yery prolific and matures very quickly—sown it tHe end of March it ripens early in Junuary; the flour from it is strong and well suited /or mixing with that produced from the modern Jtiujfs of wheat.,

Of all dojorationa which ace earned, in ontrasdistinctiun to .those for which pecifu 'service ia not- an indispensable equisifce, Viqtoria Orosa'ia the most oajbjjaly restricted to worthy p*siors. )f liying wearers, thore are to-day only boijt 200 officers and men, jths latter in: iy far'the largest "proportion,'" Among ■ he officers serving iii the infantry of the ins %erg are," saya/Jie'World; " only ive yiotorja Oro'as nieij t' —'Majors si»jrap 24th, A, fl,'Hw jßfh, end Dick Jpynghain 93rd: and .Capta/na Ljboiis -sth, apd jyiyaplji 7iit. Two officers eryjtg in cavatfy regiments tjje IjstlhpbnCaptain Marling of the gt|( Hpars, ajid QuarteF-mapter l£arhall, of'theMp ' ; Tjje corps of loyal Engineers possesses' four Viwa !ross men i Colonels Leach. Belj, and Jart, aud Major Chard, General Leu« .ox, who has the distinction, has been removed from the corps as a general licer,' In the Artillory, General Sir Joilingwnod Dickson, the senior officer iiifc ono of the regimeiit',' is the only rearer' of the bronze cross; General Preedaiei Whoalsohaß it, no longer beoDga jtp tlje regiment,' No Guardsfoen n"adtive eervico iii t!is brigade is 1 a fictdria cress man,- nor anyaopcet of 1 Ctofeadrfilfean&l i tt tjii §Mif Sfa| Oprpa, Jlal lino' | but tho Mftdrfto fofps j) jpM dhtl , ivhicn'belpßgo tofejor Grant (of Man?' , pur), and the Bom bay corps has bat two, which number is also owned by the Indian army." . .