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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4033, 9 February 1892, Page 2

Mr H, D. Bell lias been requested to act as Danish Consul for the City or Wellington. Tho Earl of Kiutoro emphatically denies that he Is to be transferred to New Zealand, in "Succession to Lord Onslow, and says he cannot imagine how the rumour originated, A party of four young men left Greytown last week for a trip to the ranges, On their return jo,urney tlioy had to oncounter the thunderstorms of Thursday and Friday, and their experience was a rough one; The next English and European mail, via San Francisco, closes at the Mastertou PoatOfliceon Thursday, the 25th February. A cottage oil the properly of Mr .Willis, South Featherston, was destroyed by fire last week. ,• The butter producers of Victoria are dissatisfied at the manner in which produce is placed on the English market, and there is likely to be a stoppage of shipments, Messrs J. Graham &' Co. notify that they are buyers of oats, eto, < The barque 1 Star of Erin,' for London with a cargo of uatsj wool, etc., has gOne ashore on Waipapa reef, near Invercargill.The vesaol is a total ; loss,- but: all hands are saved, It was on this reef, it will be remembered, that was lost some years ago.

, TTemptoti, the Hawke'a Bay runner, n»s equalled tho',-world's record at the Ohrirtohnrch- Athletio Championship Meeting, doing tho hundred yards in 9 4-oth sees. _ meeting oE the Eketahuna Koad Board was held on Saturday afternoon to receive tenders for the road formation on Wellington Ho, 1 Block,' Motions 2 and 3. Tenders were opened from Messrs Morgan, £3OO (accepted), for Section No 2 only, and; W. Woolf, for Sections 2 and 3. It was again decided -to call for" fresh tenders for Section 8,., ' A man named W, Blackwell was arrested at Eketahuiia yesterday afternoon by Constable Roacho on a warrant from Oartortou for horse stealing, ' , Tho' Feilding Star says: —A sporting gentleman who has had experience un nearly eyery race course in the colonies, informed us yesterday that in his opiniou the new raco course at Feilding is oiie of the best he lias ever seen, There is no other.in New Zealand to beat it, '

It is reported (says tlie Southland News) that a well known business firm in Invercirgill is bringing an action to recover £IO,OOO damages from a banking institution. The ease will not, howeveri come on for hearing at tho approachine Supreme Court sessions. A farmer of this district informs us that the heavy rains of last week did notoriously affect the grain whioh was stocked. That, however, which was uofcstooked has commenced to grow. Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains, the wellknown importers and manufacturers, of Wellington, have a new advertisement in our issue of to-day which is worthy of perusal, There is a possibility of the Rev. L, M. Isitt, the well-known Wesleyan Minister'of Ohristchurch, visiting Masterton at an early date. A Methodist Conference is shortly to be hold at Wellington, at which ho will be prosont, and he will doubtless make an effort then to pay his many friends a visit. The steady prosperity which has'set in

in Taranaki is apparentin many ways (says the Taranaki News), but more particularly is it seen in tho number ol mortgages that aro being paid oil by the farmers, Tho settlers'position is certainly more encouraging now than it hat

ever been, The attendance at the Maßtertou infant school has- been considerably increased since the Bummor vacation. Tho erection of the new school will probably be proceeded with at an early d-ito, as the money for the work has been passed by the Board. A committee ol tho Majtortun Agricultural and Pastoral Association yester' day visited the various sitoi at Manaia, Kurupuni, Opaki and elsewhere offered for a show ground, Altogether there are six sites offered, Tho report of the committee will be presented at a meeting to bo held in a few days. The friends in Masterton of Mr Joseph lorns intend presenting him in a few days with a handsome gold watch and testimonial in recognition of his past services to the town. We understand that notwithstanding the adverse judgments given by Colonel Roberts, R.M., the Picturesque Atlaa Company intend continuing their course of prosecutions in Masterton. The Masterton Boiouph Council haß found it necessary to enforce the by-law requiring buildings in Ko. I district to be coyered with an incombustible material owing to the high rates of insurance whioh prevail. It is stated that the owners of the whole of the buildings in one blook in Queou-Street have to pay the piper because one individual has a shini'le roof to his edifice,

A correspondent writes as follows " When at a station on the East Coast last week, a constable arrived there with a roll of papers bofore him, began ques* tioning my host as to the number of men employed, tho buildings, accommodation for employees, etc.- Being somewhat curious, I asked the reason for all these enquiries, and was informed that tho information was for Mr T, L. Buiclt, the organising secretary of the National Liberal Federation I What I want to know is; why the time of a public officer should be taken up in collecting information for a political league, and on whose authority il is done?"

The following players will represent Pahiatua in the match against the Masterton Cricketers to be played at EketaInina on Saturday next, the 13th mst., tocommenco at 10.30 a.m. sharp:— b. W. Bripgs, W. Chambers, Griffiths (8), A, W, Warren, Newall (2), W, J, Reeve, A. Selby, and C. J. Williams. Emergencies:—G. H, Smith, Bontloy and Jackson.

A strange suicide was perpetrated in Vienna on Sept. 24, when Mdrne. Wilt flung herself from one of the fifth storey windows of a house noar St. Stephen's, and was killed on tho spot. Sho had been one ot the most famous singers in Austria, and had amassed a large for' tune, out of which she hsd endowed with the sum of £IO,OOO a fund for the maintenance ot poor students in the Cniver» sity of Gratz, Although she was sixty years of age, her voice is described as haying beon still magnificent, and sho took part in the recent centenary featiyal of Mozart at Salzburg. She had juct been divorcodfrom her husband, and had conceived an infatuated passion for a young student ot five-and-twonty. As he did not reciprocate her misplaced affection, she put an end to her life in tho manner described.

. Patrick O'Flannagan, an outspoken Irishman, pays a tribute to Mr W. ;E. Woods' cure for pout and rheumatism in a dialogue between himsell and a countrywoman of his, Mrs. Flaherty, published in another column. Mr Woods' remedy for these two troublesome complaints has been thoroughly tested in Wellington, and is now having a large sale there. It'wiil be despatched direct to country customers, pott free, upon receipt of a remittance for four shillings at the Cuba Street pharmacy. "NevorFail" (post free 3/-), Mr Woods' specific for headache and neuralgia, is also still selling well and is giving abundant satisfaction, The proprietor of these preparations is a clever ohemist, and he has met with much success in his specialities.

Has a clergyman right do inflict torture on any membnr of his congregation (is asked by the London Daily Telegraph of December 14th), The quostion is suggested by the fact that Mr Hadden, vicar ot St Butolph, Aldgate, is having his churoh fitted with a new kind of seat, with the avowed design of forcing people to kneel during prayers, His own description of the pews is that" for sitting on they are the most convenient ones which can be dosired ; for halfkeeling against thjyaro productive of torture." This worthy and' progressive' clergyman stronsly objects to the tendency of people in church to give up merely lean slightly forward when joining m the prayors. Such an attitude, he believes, savours of irreverence; but it is a question whether it will not look still more irreverent , to see a number of people in a congregation sitting bolt upright while prayers are going on, which is certain to be the result of an attempt to compel the adoption el kneeling, In most Scotch ohurohea the congregation etand up to pray and sic to sing. Kneeling is an agony to the weakbacked, who will probably avoid tho noiijhbourhood of St, Botolph, Aldgate, on Sundays in future.

A visit to' tho Bon Marche would'wi I repay anyone wanting a Nicely Trimmed Hat or a Pretty Bonnet. Some of the most lovely goods ever imported into Masterton are now being shown in this well-known Palace of Fashion,

Also jwt give /jtnmlffiw minutes and cast an enquiring optio over the magnificent Ladies 'Dress Materials in all the latest shades, and the very pick of the season's fashions, and don't forget to ask the prices. Neither should you go away without seeing the stock of pretty sunshades, pmsolt, etc:, and see what a grand shop the Bon Marche is for anything of the kind., Perhaps you don't want to spend much money in this way, possibly your limit.is something less than half a.BOve reign or half a crown, well, ask the. prices and see what Hooper and Company can do for fqu. •- -i

/ The scenery in theManawatu Gorge is to be preserved from destruction, the Government having permanently reserved it, v A heated controversy is going on in the Greytown paper over the relative merits of the Wairarapa Farmers' Oj'Operative Association and the Wellington Farmers' Alliance, John Davis, for being drank whilst in charge of a hurse, Was fined £l, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment, hy llrß. Boys, J.P., this murning. This boingthe third time Davis had been charged with drunkoijness, Mr Boys cautioned him that if he again came beforo the Court he would receive Boven days. ■ A thunderstorm of considerable violence passed over the Lower Taueru last evening. One of the telegraph poles at Kahumingi was struck by lightning und shattered to pieces, so that communication betwosn Masterton and Tenui was interrupted,. Mr J, A, McKenzie, hueman, proceedod to the Taueru last nigfc 1 for the purpose of repairing tho damage, The social and concert which was to have boen held on Wednesday evening in connexion with the Phoenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T., has, we are informed, been adjourned till Thursday, Maroh 17.

The friends in Masterton of the Rev, D. Fulton will be interested to learn that aftor a brief sojourn at Ballina, in the Richmond River district, New South Wales, that gentleman has taken hiß departure for 'Wallsend, where it is the wish of the Presbyterian congregation to hear liim as a candidate for tho vacant charge,- So pleased were tho Ballina Presbyterians with tho rov, gentleman's ministrations, that at a meeting oil Sunday a unanimous call was given to him. Mr Fulton haa not yet accepted the call, but that he will do so is probable, aa he entertainß a high opinion of the place and people, Mr Richard Mant, the erstwhile Whareaina poet, passed through Masterton to-day en route for Auckland. Since leaving Masterton in September last ho has travelled the whole of the South Island, and has had some queer experiences by the way. When at Hampden he was arrested for having possession of his own overcoat, and was keptin custody for thirty-six hours, being eventually discharged as the wrong man. Mr Mant is very much improved in health by his tour, and intsnds shortly leaving on a trip to the Old Country. Quite ft number of Leap Year proposals have, wo understand, been made

in Masterton since tho beginning of 1892. Up Wauganui way the Chronicle Bays.thoy are alio flying around profusely, One backward swain has received a handsome proposal' from a your.g lady lejuicing in a multiplicity of names, to wit Mary Jano Maria Sophia Hannah. Who could withstand a name like that ? The proposal was accompanied by a little sugar, but the young man says that the wrong material was enclosed. Salt is tho stuff to lay on an old bird's tail.

The new culvert opposite the Royal Hotel is now completod, and reflects great credit upon the contractor, Mr S. Bartlett, and the engineer, Mr W. Betty. The culvert is constructed of concrete pipes with a bore 2ft 6in in diameter, which were put down in thirty sections, each weighing a ton. At either end is a brick wall—one nine feet and the othor seven feet high. At the northern end an iron plate hns been inserted in the wall-presumably at the request of His Worship the Mayor—bearing the words "0. A. Pownall, Mayor, 1891." The work has beenoarricd out in a thoroughly practical manner, and is likely to stand for many years,

" Misfortunes never come singly," and this was provod true by Mr T. Mnnday, of Cartorton, last year, According to the Standard, bo came to the colony five years ago with hopes of success, and in course of time he put in tenders for certain contracts. Over some he made money; with others he lost—in one or two very heavily. Then sickness visited the family, which ended in tho death of a little one. At Mahakipawa he spccu" lated in buildins the hotel, which proved a great failure; and he was washed out at the diggings, meeting witli- severe losß. He then came over to' Wellington, resolved to put the best foot foremost and pull up again, Hut he broke lus leg, and for many weeks was laid up unable to earn anything for the support of his family, lu his extremity he sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Court, for his liabilities had grown largo, while his earthly goods had grown exceedingly small. His insolvency drew out some warm remarks from the Press before the facts became known, and this journal shared in them; but when a man is down through bereavement and misfortune he ought not to be kicked, and for ourselves we make the amende Imorabk and retract 1 any harsh words used, Wo hope the ill luok which has circled Mr Munday in the past may turn into a rainbow of hope for the future,