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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4038, 15 February 1892, Page 2

i Loud valedictory speech at Wellington is nbont the best or,o ' which he has, made in this Colony, ! and reveals an unexploied remainder 1 in His Excellency, Apparently for ■ three years our ruler has : gon6 ~" all -round New Zealand," i enjoying himself in every possible 1 way, but just as he is leaving us lie breaks out into a statesmanlike ' addives, whic|i teDt ' s '° B how what a , very able and .original potentate'he has been, and how he litis been pulling I the right wires at the right time, I when other people thought he was ' mei% amusing himself, Hie small- ' ness is a mutter almost of wonder I He has not during his stay amongst us won golden opinions from all classes in the community, indeed, he has not hesitated from time to time to tread somewhat sharply on the toes of people whom ho disliked, but at the eleventh hour he unbends, becomes all things to all men, and actuufiy gfltj a good send-off from Wellington, a ftityjiyhjoj) has a bitter grievance against him., It is amusing to And that his Lnrdsbip has never " let on" during his sojourn amongst us (be nature of the little differences which he has had with his responsible advisers, and has watched the blunders made by newspapers in their efforts to interpret the situation j with a rjorljain amount of enjoyment, ;He has been; on.o, many for the ; press and one too many'nerliaps for Ministers, Even noiy he has not shown hie hand over the Legislative Council difficulty. H$ has just divulged sufficient injprpiation' ,to (tantalise wjthout givjng ejiougjUo satiate, • j[t is ,<mly fair to adrujt that Lord Onslow has done welj the small amount of work falliug to his lot, bin he has performed it on his own terms and conditions. He is perhaps the sharpest Governor we have ;yet- had, and lias'nveraged fewer blunders than his predecessors, ~.v...

Tho Masterton Theatre Royal has been taken by the Grattan Kigga Dramatic Company for n short 6e?.aon, Ameinborof the Pioneer Bicycle Club nf Ohristohurch was in Musterton on Saturday, on a new and improved bioycle known as the "Zealandia Fneumatio Safely Bicycle"; The machino, which is specially adapted ior hill climbing, and is very popular in the ooluny, was manuI factored by MrN. Oatea.of Christohuroh.

At Freomantle (Western Australia), the other day, a married woman, mother of two children, eloped with a boy sixteen years of age.; She was aubsef quently arrested on a charge of child desertion, -.

There was a very good attendance of' ohildren on.Saturday altornoon to wit* ness the entertainment given in the Theatre Royal by Mr J, d, Foley. Needless id say .the youngsters: wore delighted throughout../.,.. " A man namedNils'on.'a foreigner, who has been cabinet-making at Pabiatua, was taken down to Uio Wellington. Lunatic Asylum on Saturday by Sergt.. Hannan.

Arthur Redmond,' the weli-known Masterton sprinter, has carried ■ off several large events at the Tukapau sports. a successful concert and dance was held at the pubho hall, Alfredton, on Friday night.. About two hundred settlers wero present, and everything passed off swimmingly,

Sergt, A, Matthews, of the Maßterton Rifle Vylunteers,had a singularly marvel* lous escape from a serious accident on Saturday afternoon. He was markingat the rifle range on the Opaki, when, a splinter from a bullet passed through a craok in the door of the marksman's hut and Btruck him on tho forehead. At first it was thought ho had sustained serious injury, but it was discovered that the splinter had penetrated as far as the skull and then glanced off, 1 doing no further damage • than lacerating the flesh. The experience was not by any means pleasant,' and shputd bo a warn< ing to Volunteers to take proper precautions to protect the marksmen. Tho main thoroughfare of Masterton was crowded on Saturday night with townspeople and- visitors from tho country who ware treated to an excellent open air concert by Pearson's Brasß Band, which occupied the balcony of Messrs Townsend and Oowper's-shop and dispensed musio : which wuuld have done credit to any band in thocobny. A marked improvement has been made of late by the Band, and the new selections they rendered on Saturday night wero muoh appreciated.

I'lio members of the Maaterton Reform Special Settlement Association express great dissatisfaction at the treat meut they are receiving' from the Government. When they took up the land in the Pulietois it was understood that the ±'l per acre they were to pay was to covet the' coat of Burvey and roods. They now discover that they have to pay extra fur their survey and are expected to make their own roads, It is rumoured that unless the Government mokes seme concessions in this direction the Association will be disbanded.

A team of the Qreytown Fire Brigade hid a practice in Masterton on Saturday aftorno jh with the Jubilee fire engine, A ratopayer in the Masterton distriot complains that he.his paid £22916s 6d to the Wnirarapa North Ivabbit Board in rates in return for whioh be has received only thirty-three weasels and twenty-three stoats. He has therefore paid £4 6s 7d for eaoh stoat and weasel received,

The decision of the North Wairarapa Rabbit Board to expend its surplus m procuring ferrets has resulted in offers to supply the natural enemy being received from all parts of the colony. Indeed, one communication on. the subject has been received from Brisbane. It will be Been from an article appearing in another column that the Department ot Lands aud Survey is collecting further information regarding the Hessian fly. We shall be glad of the names of any farms which this fly! lias made its appearance, -1 or the assistance of the Department. The following dog story is. going .the rounds of the English papers:—A gentleman was out walking with his dog (an Irish Spanieljafc the beginning of the long frost of 1885, which set in about the middle of January. He went on a frozen milldnm, where, of course, the water was very deep, and accidentally dropped bis snuff-box through a little bole in the ice, The dog was dreadfully distressed at not being able to get .it, but was obliged to go homo with his owner, who thought no more about tho matter. Two months afterwards, when the frost had gone, be and the do; passed by the same place. Tho dog pausod ouposito the spot where the box had disappeared, seemed to think intently for a minute, then plunped in, divod. to the bottom, and returned with the snuff-box in bis mouth. Particulars have been received ot a remarkable case oi euro of snake-poison-ing at Moreduval Station, JNow South Wales, owned by Mr Robert Simpson, son of Mr John Simpson of Trawalla On Saturday, 16th, Mr and Mrsßimpßon and Master John Simpson, aped 15 years, son of Mr Colin Simpson, of Carinyje, Toorak, were sitting on the lawn of the homestead when the lad- was bitten by a young deaf odder on jhe fore-finger of the right hand. A ligature was promptly placed round the finger, and Mr Simpson injected some drops of the strychnine autiduteprepard by Dr Mueller, of Yaokandandan. A messenger was immediately sent to Quirindi for a doopor, and, pending his arrival, which did not take place till nine next morning, Mr onnpspn and .900 of tliest&tion hands kopt the patient awake by walking him briskly about the house. At two o'clock in the morning the boy fainted', but was revived by a second injection, and thenceforth strychnine was administered at stated intervals, Tho doctor kept him awake until four, o'clcok on Sunday afternoon, whetl £? °°gan a sound sleep. He was olosely'watohed anu shaken all the time, The latest news states that he was quite well at;ain. It is remarkable that 150, drops of stryohniue should have been administered 'to him before he showed too faintest symptom of having received any, and though a tumblerful of whisky was given to him on the night'of the poisoning it had no effect whaieypr upm him.

, As far as can be ascertained from the newspapers the', mission'of Ifrßuick, M.H.R whioh has for itsobje'ot the col* (ection of a fund forjthe support of decayed, or decayin?, New Zealand politi-cians-is not precisely booming, There is no enthusiasm, None, at least, when the plate goes round. Whenever Mr Buink visits adistricfc, the'local components ot the "Great Liberal Party" assemble in force, snort defiance at any i)l-conditioned person suspected of being a',' Con'aeryatiyp,'' applajid in a whole* souled jiianper'Mr'Euick'a painful plalitudts, and hold themselves ready to sit oa the head of any 1 dissentient; .but when Orator Buick announces that "the collection will now be taken up," tho Groat Liberals fold their tentß like the Arabs and as silently steal. away. But, eourago, goSd Buiok I. ,Money is but a. copter. ■■ Ask .Ballattceiii it h; ™tso.Cdf/ioIW/ip. ,/•,',.-.

. The Hummer.: IJale, oonnnonprog : on Saturday, Jpiary B.oth, and''infeiid>d for thp Season's t>tos>k, ptoiw to Ko&° flf the most such :coßslul ever held at Te Arc Bpusp, Welling. The Bummer fiale -will present lo all visitors a wonderful array of bargains in all departmental Wo do not believein the policy oi carrying over goods from one pea'dn to another, Wo .would rather dear them out every season, .Hence the reason forthenrimletatoWa harßpsthat will be affixed at'the BaramerSateJTo Aro S6u.ee/, Wellington: " ''! The teunor Sale offers' substantial! reasdns why country residents should pay; dn'early vißit'.toToArp House, Wy so.:aV tog; they Hvohld' have.juv opporiui#j pj j purchasiiigjomo of taamsi W'hearfsf'inthedripery trade in Newj Zoala'uJ ■. :';..•. ; j i We would remind the piiblio that Jhw Summer Sale is limited to 16 days only, and the lastday mllbe.'Saturday, February liitb. AH orders, if aewmpWied wi!h tk oasb, will be-iwtonlly Attended to' and promptly foiwarde4,ftoo?« Aro'House;,.

•Goner&l Uooth hai selected Oape Uolonyfer hia bvor-Boa settlement.

Lioutcnant Colonel Grant, tho African explorer, is dead, Latest advice from Homo is that wow Zoftlano. frczm mutton has risen ;id per lb in price, and lamb is quoted ac 6d, There is increased <\\v\:>w in. the jwheut market ab H..ue,'but the prices are unchaapod. .

I There have been no less than thre I deaths from consumption in Carterton duringthe past ivcckV 7 . A oouplo of male and female-were dealt with in the manner usual to first offenders by Messrs Oaselberg and Price, J.P'a, this morning.

I At a meeting of Akura Natives to be held on Saturday next, final arrangements will, be' made,' for; the proposed race meeting, and a date fixed. Arohdeaeon Williams, of HawkVs Bay, was in Greytown yesterday; In the morning-he conducted a service with the Natives, and in tho evening preaohed in St. Luke's Church. ; • A Violent shock of earthquake was experienced in Masterton at a quarter past eleven last; night. The movement appeared'to bo from north to south, and continued for several seconds, being preceded by a loud rumbling u'ise. Tho shake was also felt at Eketahuna,

The North Wairarapa Kabbit Board .have instructed Messrs-Levin and Co., of Wellington, to procure 800 or 900 ferrete asßoon,as possible,,'

Ahorsewhioh issupposed to have been stolen, some' months ago has been impounded by the Serjeant of Police in Masterton. 1 A warrant'is out for the person in whise possession it originally was.

The Payne Family of vocaliats and ball-ringers' appear in the Masterton Theatre Royal on Friday next, February 19th, r\roi¥i night only. The return of these talented musioians to Masterton will be greeted for certain with a bumper house. - The following ■ non-commissioned offloers of the Masterton Rifle Voluuteera havo been promoted r—Corporal G.Bentley to be Sergeant; Vol Eanginui to be Corporal; and Vols C. Perry, , Eawaon, and H. Mens to be Lanoe Corporals,

The remains of the late Mrs Wrm M'Kenzia were interred in the Groy town Cemetery on Sunday morning. Tbo funeral cortege was a lengthy one, comprising about fifty vehioles—many from Masterton, Carterton and elsewhereand a large number of pedestrians, The ceremony at the grave was performed by the Rev. W, Ballaohey, of Carterton.

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the man Dalton, at Eketalmna, has been adjourned till Thursday next, aud the two men arrested have beeij remanded till Friday,

Mr Robert Blade; an old settler at Matarawa, died on Friday at the age of seventy-live. He was buried atFeothorston yesterday, A District Meeting of Oddfellows was held at Sarterton on Friday, when a good deal of important business was transacted, • The Kketahuna lodge was ropresenhd by Bro. A. Olson, but the Maaterton Lodge was unrepresented.

A cricket inatoh between Paluatua and Masterton took place on Saturday at Eketalmna, and resulted in a viotory for Pahiatua by three runs, Pahiatua scored 65 in their first innings (Chambers 25 and Hewitt 7), and 99 for nine wickets in their second (Briggs 27), Masterton scored 6H (Whatman 18, CargiU 12, and Perry 7). Chambers and Hewitt boivlod well for Pahiatua, and Richards, Cargill and Perry for Masterton,

A number of Wairarapa sheep breeders were represented at the Ram Fair at Y'anganui on Wednesday last, The! prices obtained for their stock irere as follows:-MrJ. Raynor, Taratahi, 12 rams, £9Blßs 3d, average, £8 4s lid j MeSsrs Perry Bros, Masterton, 4 studs, |£7i Oa 6d, avorage 1: £1810 a Id; Mr J. I Maoara. Masterton, 8 rains, £45 Us 6d, averaze, £5.14a2d; Mr JV Rayner, 4 'studs, £4O 4s, average, £ll lis,