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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4041, 18 February 1892, Page 2

A dividend of £74 8s was paid by Oingalee, the winner of the Hack Hurdle Race at Hawera yesterday. To-day is the last day on which the TaxationDepartmentoan accept payment of thiß year's property tax without the addition of 10 per cent by way of penalty, It is jmt twenty-one years since the, first Scandinavian settlers arrived at Palmerston North, Tho whole of thorn are still living.

Tho Marlborough Express points out that the so-called Tories are really those who have introduced such Liboral measures as Government Life Insurance, the Education Act, Perpetual Leasing, the Labour Bills, and a score of others for which the so-called Liberals would take tho credit

The gold exported from the Colony for tho year ending 31st December last was .worth £221,000 more than on tho previous year. All the fields showed an improvement, hut the prinoipal increase was in Otago and on the West Coast.

' Mr Joseph Payton left Masterton yesterday afternoon on a trip to England for the benefit of his health. A large number of friends assembled atthelooal railway station to wish him ton voyage,

A substantialreward is about to be offered by the Police Department for such information as will lead to the conviction of the perpetrator of tho poisoning outrage at Pahiatua, The police have at last awakened to their duty. The following is the latest War Cry Information from Masterton:—Largest crowd for some time; 309 counted congregation, Four men forward; good collections j 34 adults marohing, Things rising. : .

Mr Andrew Johnston, one of the Queensland Railway Commissioners, has left for Now Zealand to make enquiries into tho method of conveyance of frozen meat on the New Zealand railways, .

. Dry winds having mado tbe crops in South Canterbury fit for carting after the rain, the farmers are rushing work, and the demand for men is in excess of the Bupply, 2s and 2s Gd an hour being paid in many oases, and even 4s has been offered for additional men, who are not to be had. The rush will only last Jor a tew days,

The annual ram and ewe fair in connection with the Wellington Agricultural and Paßtoral Association is being Held on the flutt show ground to day, A laree number of Masterton and Lower Valley breeders are prosent. The salo of work in connection with

the Masterton Wesleyan Sunday Sohool is to be continued in the Temperance Hall this evening, Notwithstanding the success of last nlght'p sale, a large number of articles have been left unsold.

Tho Payne Family of Bellringers and vocalists, who appear to-morrow night (Friday) in the Theatre Royal, are sure tohavoa bumper house. TII9 family, although composed ol the samo musicians as on the occasion of their last visit, have ananged an entirely new programme, which will be produced with that care and precision which has al» ways characterised the company. The Oamaru correspondent of the Dunedin Star states that it is reported there on seemingly good authority that Mr George Jones (proprietor of the 'Mail') will be called to the Legislative Oounoil, Mr Neil Fleming .having declined appointment, fteedless to say the Mad is a strong supporter of the Government.

The North Wairarapa. Rabbit Board and property owners' generally will be interested to know tint Oavargua, the Italian, who was arrested in Binning- , ham for haviug in his possession anum» ber of bombs, and who wbb believed to have been connected with the Walsall Anarchists, has been discharged from custody, his statement that tho bombs were intended tor the destruction of the rabbits in Australia having been proved t'u the satisfaction of the Court, The Rabbit Board might do goud service to the district by.iraporting a few thousand of these bombs I A recent visitor to Tasmania relates an amusing circumstance that occurred atZeehan. "A Ne>v Zealander, who had laid down his swng m an hotel, found himself suddenly pounced upon by a orowd of fellows, some of whon held him while others cut the lashings of hid swag which they distributed, in shreds amongst them, Ee thought he bad got among a lot of lunatics, but Boon found they were Maorilanders .who had not seen a blade of flax for so long that they could not resist. I have been made to promise on all sides that I would send over some flax seeds as soon as possible; they say the place is unbearable without it." A sad suicide is reoorted from Maternwick, Melbourne, The driver of the up train from Brighton Baw a body lying alungeHe tho line, with the clothes smouldering. He reported tho circum* stance at the station. An official hurried to the spot, and found tho body of a pirl about eighteen. She had evidently been dead several hours. The right arm was severed at' the shoulder. The head was badly injured, and (he left side mid leg were burnt, tho cloth inft having evidently been set on fire by a spark from the engine, A receipt in favour of Emily Reddish led to identification. On the back of the receipt were the following pencilled words:—" Goodbye, dear father, 1 am going to leave you forever.—Emiiv," It appears that her father, who waß a widower, married again, and the girl, not agreeing with the step»mother, went to service, She was engaged to be niarried, but the engagement was broken off. Since then she had been very despondent, She was ahichly respeotable girl, and was much respected. .'"

At the gathering at Melbourne recently to celobr'ata "foundation Day," Mr Munro, Premier, in the course of a eensiblo speech, said it was impossible to be without poverty; but it ought to be reduced to a'minimum. How Bhould it be'redu'ced j: Not by always leaning on the Government, It was. the duty of the Government to do what it could to remove poverty, and it was the duty of the Government to guide and direct the energies of the people | but it was a disgrace to thorn bb a community to eternally lean on the Government and Bay," you must End work and money, and do everything for us." if ever they were to succeed as Australians it must be by self-reliance and self-dependence. A man felt he was a man when he acted for himßcif j and so It was with a community and a nation, ,■.

.The Summer Sala, oommenoiug on Saturday, January 30th, and intended lor the disposal ot the balance ol the Season's Stock/promises to.be one of the most such 'cossftl ever held at Te Aro House, Welling. 'The Summor-Salo will present to all visitors a wonderful array of bargains in all departments... We do not believe in the policy of r carrying flyer Mods from one season to another. We would rather olgar tjien)buTpverysea2on,;, HencMhij 'reason for the unmistakable i«ptkit wilj he affixed at the Summer Sale, Te Aro House, Wellington;-' ''.';" _ ' ' ' 'The Summer' Sale offers substantial reasons why country residents' should pay an early visit toTe Aro House, By so doing; they would have an opportunity- of purchasing somo of the .greatest:bargains OTer'JjeMofinthe drapery trade in Mew We wjuld remind 1 the publio that JLjiia Summer Sale ia limited to 16 days pity an| tlie last day will be Saturday, February 18th.-- All orders, if acctmpanied with' the' c aeli, will be instantly attended to and promptly forwarded from Te Aro House, .

.The peach crop has been very plentiful to year in Collingwood. ' P The Premier has been invited by one addross a pubho meeting in Feilding. m While in Ohristohuroh the Rev. Mr .Mayers received a large donation, floXs iD Md ° f Dr " B,lf,laS "' 3 th^^fP^^'^Sronted I P P n ? Uf i^ lnfront of th ° Master. mPohceStitionasasitefortheerec '°i ?, f ? ut " tam - It will be romerabmd,that the Borough Council was It is stated that the highly objectionablo parasitß, olover doudw.ia becoming voty general throughout the Canterbury distnct and that f»r^ B rs do not appear tube alive to the serious injury which it *w to the clover. Every patch of the parante should be cut and burned as soon as it shows itself.

The Sydney Evening News states that me Victorian unemployed are manning over, the New South Wales; border at *">ury. Scores ol them are lumping their swags, ahd looking for work; others are without swags, and are reared to b ? making lor the New South wales Parliament, where several of their Kindred have been yery successful. Mr O.J. Norton, the gonial postmaster w J-enui, has been transferred to Palliatua, for which township he leaves in a few days. Mr Norton will bo greatly missed at Tenui, where ho has taken an activo interest iri all athletic and publio matters. Beside being Secretary and Treasurer of the Rifle Club, which he | resuscitated and made the strongest in the Wairarapa, he has been Chairman and Secretary of the School Committee for tiro years, and prime mover in several other local institutions, His many friends will, however, be glad to learn that his transfer means promotion. Robert Belfit, alias Edward Jackman, a former resident of Now Zealand, was apprehended at Launeeston notions; ago on a charge of bigamy. Ho went through the form of marriage with Mary Roeburn, of Fiteroy,,(Vio.) t while his wife Louisa Belfit, whom he wedded in Wellington, was still alive. The accused, who had a detective on his track for somo time, now awaits his trial. '-

Foxes are increasing and spreading to an alarming extent throughout Yiotoria Up to withiu the last few years they wero confined to the old settled districts south of the Dividing .Ranges, but they are now to bo found in every shire in the the colony. In tho Malleo country particularly they aro increasing at a rapid rate, and if hot kept down will become as great a pest as the wild doss were in former years, They live principally on young rabbits, but when that dainty morsel is not obtainable they turn thoir attention to lambs and poultry, and several settlers have Buffered considerable loss in consequence of theirraids.

In reference to the recent eruption at Ngaruhoe, the following, sent by a correspondent of the Waikato Times on Monday week, is of interest :■ At Orakei Koraka, situated 23 miles north of Taupo, there is a ngawha, or puia, which used to be a geyaer, but of late years it has only just overflown the basin, which is forty or fifty feet across, The water in this puia was always boiling. It is on the western bank of the Waikato rivor.on the opposite side of the alum caves, On Monday, the 25th ultimo, this large puia started throwing up its contents', together with boiling mud, like a geyser, until the crater emptied itself and then fire followed and continued for hours, and when the fire ceased it again filled with boiling water. It gave no warning to the natives who were living' near. Directly this happened they all cleared out to the bush. When the water wont up, it, went up in one straight column, about 300 ft hiph, and then followed the fire. The trees which wero growing near its banks are burnt to a cinder. It is also reported by people coming from Takaanu that Kuapehu and NgaruhOe are b etting hot around the base, the ground being quite hot and cau be felt fur miles around, aiid Ngaruhoo has been smoking more or less, for weeks.

The Mount Ida Chroniolo says;—At the Waikouaiti Volunteer camp, held the other day,adifticulty was experienced —owing to the want of a big gun—in making a noise sufficient to let.the countryside know that there waß an array in the vicinity. Ah iugenious individual overcame the difficulty, He procured a blacksmith's anvil, and, drilling a Hole in it, tapped this again with a touch-hole, Into the large hole a quantity of ganpowdor was poured, and this was made secure by firmly driving in a wooden plug, The shot was fired by a fuse, the operator seeking protection hehind a hedge till the explosion took place. The it .will readily be believed, was something startling. The shot, was fired zenith-ward, this being reckoned the safest direction ia which to point the" , The Bruce Herald says:-" We are informed on reliable authority that a very valuable lode of oinnabar has jest been discovered in Bruce County. This is a metal not very largely distributed, and wherever it is found it ia highly remunerative. There are, indeed, very few suoh lodes in the world. Cinnabar is the ore of quicksilver—whiob, as everybody knows, is of enormous value in gold Baving processes, and in the industrial and art world, : It has also I the additional value that after tho metal is extracted, the residuum forms the basis of that brilliant vermilion paint which has an almost fabulous market value. The discoverers jf this lode are naturally very reticent, and although wo have been fold where it is-or at any rate had the locality indicated, we do not see our way clear to mention it, and therefore merely Bay that it is in Bruce Dounty,"

The WAto Tim says :-Every body hia heard of the sohoolboy's answer as to the ace being the largest known dit raond, but it is not, we think gonerally considered that a paok of cards is a necessary adjunct to a schoolgirl's 'kit.' This appears to be the caso however. Yesterday afternoon at a certain school, we vf ill not particularise, not a hundred miles away from Hamilton, one of the teaohers discovered a. pack of oards on one of the scholars'desks, Tho young lady on being questioned by the.teanher, who having received a strict education herself was. horrified, replied that the cards were her own, and that during play-time she and others of the scholars devoted themselves to playing euohre, A nice pastime surely for chits of girls.