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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4061, 12 March 1892, Page 2

The RevT. W, Nowbold, of Christchurch, will preaoh in tho Masteiton Wesloyan Church to-morrow, morning ■ and evening. Mr B, McEorrow, • who has succeeded Mr A, ft. Mackay as Crown Lands Banger in this district, is to be stationed at Eketahuua. The annual meeting of tho Masterton Football Club will be held in the Olub Hotel this (Saturday) evening. A picnic, concert and social gathering is to be held by the Maskrton Lodge of Good Templars on St Patrick's Day, A child was bitton by a katipo whilst ! sitting in a perambulator at Fetone on Thursday. Kaupos aro very numerous at Petone at the present time, 1 The Wesloyan Conference has decided that a week of eelf-deoial shall be held throughout the Colony in May next, the object beinj! to raise money for Home mission and other works. Tha Rev. Josoph Borry, one of the ablest ministers (if the Wesleyan Church ' in New Zealand,.has been transferred to Adelaide at his own request. Tho Wollingtoti Trades and Labour Council, not being content with governing New Zealand, have extended their ■ patronage to Queensland in the following > resolution (-"That this Council learns , with surprise and regret that it is the intention of the Queensland gjvernr went to introduce bjacjf labour j and it joins with the flew South Wales Trades 4 labour 6«unpi! in fltrong'y protest-. am.. ...,,1, alI 3 cji g „ op ];|, e p aF [ 0 f nig against hu. -mont," tho Queensland Govei,,.. A man named James Gucrin struck on the head by the branch of a tree at Makakahi, Forty-Mile Bush, on Wednesday, The injuries sustained were not of a serious nature. We are glad to see that steps are tp be taken to form a Draughts Club in Masterton. Those interested in the matter aro invited to meet at Mr W. L, Johnstone's office in Hall Street, next to the R.M, Court, on Tuesday evening next at eight o'clock. The game is a popular one of sociable character, and tho pursuit of it uuder organisedauspices should bo productive of improvement in the play of all those who take part, besides leading to a pleasant employment of tho winter oveuings which will shortly como on. ■ A meeting of tho Eketahuna Foot, ball Club was held in Anderson's Hall the other evening. The, President (Mr J, 0, Tumor) was in the ohair, a large number of members being present. The olub, it was stated, wero suc» ceßstul last season, during which they won the much-coveted Bush Rugby Cup. The club is now in a souud financial position, Messrs A, W, Hogg, M.ti.R,, T, Parsons and K Vou Uedin wero elected patrons of the club. The officers elected for the ensuing season were President, Mr J. C, Tumor; ■Vice-President, Mr A. Selby; Captain, A. Podon; Deputy captain, T. Priest; Tieasurer, W, Woffle; Sec,,' P, Dowsett i Match Committee, Messrs A. Foden, J. Felling, F, 0. Tumor, F. Dowsett, it. Ross. Mf.Bßrs A, Foden and T. Priest were elected delegates to tho Eugby Union. Seventeen new members were elected, The result of the analysis of the stomach of the lato Mr W. L, Lucena has been communicated to Mi' A.-W. Renall, acting Coroner, as follows Sib,—l have the honour to inform you that I have examined the contents of the stomach of tho late Mr W, L, Lucena as handed to me on the 23rd of February last by Constable May, and with the result that I found morphia therein, The evidences of fchje alkaloid were unmistakable, though the proportion found was so small as to preclude my forming any estimate as to quantity, . Ab this substance (morphia) ut the most active principle of laudanum, it appears pretty certain that (in connection with what is known) the deceased partook of laudanum just prior to hisjieath,—l am, etc., William Skjsv, Col. Analyst. Every man has a duty to" porform. Somoiimoß it is a pleasing duty, some" tiuios otherwise, When ic is a duty to pay a long standing butcher's account, or to pay a bill you backed for a friend " justto oblise him," or when it is aduty to receive a visit from your mother inlaw, these ore painful duties. And when our fatherly Government decide to put ad.uty on everything, and when a Parliamentafy majority consider it a duty they owe to their country,_ 'and the electors they represent (or misrepresent as the case may be), to ratifyand legalise such duties, why then it becomes a duty for the public of Masterton in particular and the Wairarana in general to smil ingly pay such duties and quietly grin & be<jr it. They have, however, one duty 1 to perform ap4 that is to buy thoir Draperyand Clothing at the Bon Jfarche, the cheapest aud best house in Jlateiton, : for anything of the sort,. The whole' duty ot man is to do the best he can for | himself. Kelson said, " England ex- | pects every man to to hi? duty." Hooper'and Co: 1 , 1 ' , say,Th'ey dxpeofc ] everyone, whether hian, woman, or child ( young men and-maidens-, old folks and i young folks to do tliijir duties, 'by doing their duty Mbuyi/ig require n Drapery" Clotniriing, hou'seliiolg'fur. c Bhings, eto,, at the Bon Marohe, I

The number of arrivals in" the colony during the month of February was 1384, and the departures 1193, We regret to hear that Mr Richard M'Kenzio, of Master ton, is seriously ill, Ho is suffering from Mimmation of the lungs. Tho jury in the Eketahuna murder case (vera unable to agree. They were Kicked up all night, but tho foreman stated there was no possibility of their arriving at a verdict. They were therefore discharged and a new trial granted, His Grace Arohbishop Redwood conducts a confirmation service in St. Patrick o Church, Masterton, to-morrow (Sunday) morning at eleven o'clock, The Archbishop preaches at Carterton in the afternoon atid again at Masterton in the evening, Mr 0, A. Blackburn, clerk in the Masterton office of tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Com* pany, been trannforrod, and left for _ Wellington this morning to await orders, During hij fouryeaw' stay in Masterton Mr Blackburn has become deservedly popular, Whilst his departure, howeyer, will be generally regretted, his many friends will bo pleased to hear that his transfer means promotion. Mr Blackburn has been Saoretary to the Masterton Football Club for several years, and has identified himself with other local institutions, by all of which he will bo greatly missed. Ho will be succeeded by Mr H. Henderson, of Blenheim. To-night sees the close of the successful dramatic soason of Mr Walter Bentleyat the Opera House, Wellington, and the piece chosen for the final presentation is the comody " David Garrick," which, supplemented by an abridged version of Shakespeare's " Taming of the Shrew,' 1 makes up a strong bill, and should draw together a krge audience to bid Mr Bentley goodbye. The aoriea of plays he has perfomed in Wellington have been greatly enjoyed, and have formed for themselves a record which will be some time remembered and often quoted, The Oamaru Mail saysA gentleman in the " baok blox" who purchased some clothing from a looal tailor at Christmas time, forwarded a cheque to-, day ot £5 5s for tho same, addin? 5s for interest for having left the account unpaid for two months, We aro compelled to the natural cnnclasion that the millennium cannot be very far distant, or else there is some special occult influence at work in tho neighborhood of Mount Cook which has a direot effect upon the masculine conscience, Had we not Been the lettor enclosing the money, we should have been inclined to accept the story with a grain of salt. A tailor's bill paid with interest when only two months old is undoubtedly an anomaly, and deserves being recorded. Can tho famod Arcadia of whioh the poets sing, and which has beon so long sought for by mankind, be after all situated Bomewhere in the neighborhood of Mount Cook 1 The Southland Times says" Two young men of Mr Hatch's Macquarie Island parly called on us to describe a peculiar animal that they saw on the island. It was first noticed before Christmas in the middle of a mob of penguins, and un being stirred up a bit showed light, suapping at stones thrown at it. Finally it made off at a great pace to the sea, into which it plunged. It romained some time under water, and on coming to the surface, stood for a time facing its pursuers, Three weeks later it was seen, again among the penguins, but live miles from its first location, It is described as haying a bead like a dog's, tho eyes being surrounded by rings of hair of a lighter hue than that on it? body, whioh was brown and moderately Ion); It appeared to be about 4't Gin Ion?, and when raised oil tho ground stood about 3ft Gin high. The men wero not able to soo the form of its limbs, but thought these wero flippers. Its speed in flight was great—as our Informant put it, 1 it would go six feet for their one,'and with a galloping gait. It was not like any of the seal tribe with whioh they were familiar, and only one was Been. Shortly before it was first observed a largo ices berg came ashore and bruke up on the island, not far froti) the strange creature's (jrst location, Oquld it have been a passenger from the Antarctic land ?0n the island they say that there are sevoral pretty lakes and a high waterfall. bits are plentiful, but cats are coming to the frqr,t, and it w jll be a case of the surviyal of the fittest beforp long,"