SECOND EDITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4101, 30 April 1892, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

Sir John Ball addressed his constituents at- Leeston on Wednesday night and was accorded a yoto of thanks ftnd confidence. • Mr 0, Tilloard Natusch, architect, hai a vacancy in his oflico fora wolMucatcd youth as pupil, A small premium will ho required. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stock sale for Wodnesday nest one hundred lambs. The Misterton Dorcas Society resumes its winter meetings on Thursday noxt at two o'oloek, in Mr J. M'Gregor's cottage, OhurclHlreet. Ladies of all denominations aro invited to attend. Weloarn from the Hawora Star that

the Cardiff Dairy Company have received returns of their first shipmonts of cheese to London, They realised 52s to 645, being the top price at tho date nf '**• v tho sale. This will leave suppliers 4d 1 per gallon clear of all exprnses, At a meetiug of shareholders on Saturday night, the present suppliers notified their intention of milking threo|huridretl more cows,and a number of other settlers applied for shares, A fatalcaso of snakobito occurred at Myrtleford, Victoria, n few days ago. Mrs Stone, an old resident, while aßleep, was bitten on the arm by a tiger snnke. This awoke her, and finding tho snake on hor arm she took hold of it and throw It away. Sho then roused her neighb&urs, who tied a ligaturo above the bite and sent for Dr Johnstone, about two miles distant. The doctor administered the strychnine remedy, but it was of no avail, the victim dying at 10 o'clock tho nott mowing, Hor age waß 76 yeara. The Ministerial organ at Ohristchurch asks its readers to believe that under a Liberal Government the country is prospering; the revenue is coming m freely; money is plentiful; the fiuan. cial ypar opons with a heavy surplus; the waste lands are being settled rapidly; dummyism is being stamped out; and the unemployed difficulty is boing eatis* factorily solved, Mr J. M. Meredith has presented to the Masterton Museum a Bplendid speci- / men of the small aquatio diver or grebe "kiori," or native black rat. Both specimens aro being mounted by Mr J, Jacobs, taxidermist. The Egmont " Settler" is informed that a serious scandal took place at the Strattord cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, It seems that a child was buried about ten o'clock in a grave dug in the morning. About two o'clock a funeral arrived from Eltham and found that the Rtave that thoy had paid for was occupiod by the body of the child just buried. Mr Penny, of Eltham, father of the child waiting to bo buried, cleared the gravo, and the body previously buried was takon oui, and Mr Ponny's child buried. Wo were unablo at the time of going to press to find out what had been dune with the body of tho ohild that had just been disinterred. While it le pleasurable to record tho success of young Colonists in their endeavours to achieve distinction in tho athletio circles and cricket fields of tho Old World, it certainly is more so to record the recognition of talent and ability In the introductory study and practice of a professional career, This feeling is renewed within us upon noticing and welcoming the return to New Zealand of Mr Peroy Baldwin, a son of Captain Baldwin, late proprietor of tho Hew Zealand Times, whose steps in Climbing / the ladder ol honoutable achievement % have from time to time, boon chronicled In the cables of the past year or So. "This gentleman," remarks our Wellington morning contemporary, "alter passing his law examinations in the Colony at the Bgo of 19 proceeded to London to further continue his studies atthe Middle Temple. Hero his success was frequent and continuous, several law Bcholarshipsofcunsiderablemonetary value having fallen to his lot. He was called to tho English Bar after a brilliant career, and then entered the officoof.Mr Abraham, one of the leaders of tho Junior Bar, as assistant or 'devil.' He next started on his owu account as a barrister, and hod obtained several briets when his health failed, and he was ordered to leave England. Some little time before he left he was offered a lucrativeappointment as equity draughtsman to the Metropolitanßoard of Charity Commissioners, London, but he had to decline the offer." We may add that for two years Mr Baldwin acted as the London correspondent of tho Dew Zealand Times, contributing to this journal in that capacity many / interesting letters, showing considerA able perception and literary capa--1 city, It is much to bo regretted that ilWiealth at Home has led to the abandonment of an illustrous futuro there, but we hope and feel sure that the balmy and recuperativa climate of Now Zealand, will completely restore Mr Baldwin, and that he will prove a\alued acquisition to the professional circles of Wellington, wherein, we behove, he intends practicing his profession as solicitor.

Blackmailing is being carried on in England. In more ways than one. Recently (pays a Liverpool paper) a " Sir Gorgius Midas" occupied a firstclass compartment in the four o'clock express to the North, Ho was alone to Willeaden Junction, shore a quiet young lady got in, Half-way to Rugby, auddet.ly Miss Demure, with hor hand on the guard alarm, announced that she meant to scream, to stop the train, and to ac* cubo him of assaulting' her unless ho " shelled out a couplo of ponies" (foO). Sir ixorgius reflected, and offered ils. "Certainly not," said the lady, '" All right, ray dear, scream sway," remarked 'Sir Gorgius. " You

can, I admit, involvo mo temporarily in it scandal, but I stiall havo-you locked up i -at Crewe, and you'll certainly get six months, I hate a fuss, therefore I'll give you £25 on condition that you got out at Rugby, but not a penny more," Many people are like Sir Gorgius, arid would rather pay a small sum than be mixed up In the annoying scandal and publicity of having to charge a prostitute. " Served me right for travelling alone with a woman," said the Baronet when relating the incident afterwards. The following conversation was overheard in the street tho other day, tut lor obvious reasons we shall omit the name of one pi thp parties) the other was the well known drpppr, Mr hi Hoop, Mr Spot Cash: Is it true Mr Hooper thflt you intend opening ilieehop npxt your drapery establishment as a grocer; and provisiop warehouse? Mrfi.J.; " That is so, Mr Cash, and in about a week I shall bo able to ouotc to you tlic lowest prices for all kinds of general merchandise.' 1 Mr Spot Cash! 11 Good I I suppose you will keep only good goods and sell as cheap as anyoho else ? "Mr L. J.:'' You bet I The beit and nothing but the best, and every article at bed rook prices I Those arc the foundation stones upon whioh we intend to erect our business." Mr Spot Cash:" Your hand my boy, My account wilh so-and-so's worth three pounds a week, and I pay cash. I am , not satisfied lately. I fancy Ipay more than XI should do, So directly you open your business look upon me as a regular customer,"—Advi.