TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4103, 3 May 1892, Page 2

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1892.

The Eev K. Wood, of Mastorton, lectures at Morrison's Bush on Tuesday next. The subject will be " Sooialism, ,: a Sketch and Criticism," Mr Jainefl Stuckey, of To Rangitumau, (| has just imported from Auckland a tine young Jersey bull. Mr Stuckey has a small but aolect herd of these handsome as well asuseful cattle. It isexpected lhat Mr W.O, Buchanan, M.H.R., whose health has very much improved, will start from England on ), his return journey this week. Carl Hertz, the illusionist, has arrived y at the Bluff. He intends visiting only d the four large centres, Mr Smzolle, the monologue entertainer, will visit Masterton at the close ol his Wellington season. The fifth annual ball in connection with the JRed Star Football Club will be '' held in the Maatcrton Volunteer Drill Hall on Wednesday, May 11th. Walter Hush, a Sydney draper, committed suicide by taking poison, He i« also cue his throat, n An extraordinary election of one member each for sub-diyißions Nos, 3, 1 and 5 of the Castlepoiatßoad District, will take place on Monday, the 16th - inst. Nominations close at noon on Monday, the 9th inst, On the principle of ' livo and let live,' e the Hawke's Bay County Couuoil has adopted thu plan of not accepting any tender for work which is below the eitiI, mate of the engineer, '" Six hundred visitors per week patro--0 nise the Auckland Freshwater Baths, and (says the Auckland Herald) the cus* lE tudian Bays that Sir William Fox is his 0 bo«fc customer, and although in his eightieth year, is daily at the baths for a r swim, wet or dry, not or cold. r ' A straw stack on the property of Mr e Herbert Welch at the Opalci was dest troyed by fire on Sunday evening, lb is supposed that the lire was started by a Biindowner. Mr Welch gives notice through our columns that persons found on his property will bB prosecuted, An incident is reported which shows that the old Maori customs have not altogether died out, Some three weeks - ago an old Maori chief named Solomon died at the Metotara settlement (says the Taranaki Herald). Since his death his aged wife, bohoving that food was i fapu to her, refused to eat, and sue* climbed the other day to her prolonged fast. The fourth annual report of the Augkland Anti-Poverty Society, has readied uh. Thero is nothing aiiout it which calls for spcoial comment, beyond the advice that the monthly organ of the Society,'' Justice," has ceased publica ■ tion, It is also a signihcint fact that the President, Sir George Grey, has attended none of the meetings during the year, , Secretaries of Clubs, Societies, and ' Lodgos are requested, by advertisement in another column, to forward particulars regarding their titles, meetings, and officers, "to Messrs Stone, Son & Co,, Dunedin, for free insertion in their Djrectgry of Wellington. Notification should also now bp ipade j)f ohanges of address in tljo name] of firms or companies; The Akura Maori ttacing Club's Hapk Meeting, which has bepn fised for Queen's Birthday, bids fair to bo a great success, The entries are large and as thecoursois so near the town visitors should be attracted in large numbers, Mr William lorns, who his undertaken the onerous duties of secretary. Is leaving no stone unturned to make the meeting go off well. The entries appear elsewhere, and tho programme is' published in our advertising columnn, The following significant letter was read at the last meeting of the Stratford County Council!- The Chairman Strat- ( ford County Council—Dear Sir, I am a , setter jn lilocjt Xfl, Huiroa, )ate|ysold j on Waiffir} rpad. TJwiwhjJppftljoroad in the block is standing bush. Wjllyou' f IJmdly tdk" step/to get the present j "Jibgral" working man's Governtuont i (who consjder the settling ot the laud j the paramount necessity •" of the hour ") 1 to foil and improve the rpad so that f and 1 my fello* settlers may help to add to ' tho exports, about which Hew Zealand is boasting. To get to my own land, I | and my fellow settlers have'constructed [ at'our own cost a pack track of three 0 miles. Wo think we have done enough a in that line,—l am, etc—o, P. Gbibrsok. } t

" .A new Government: tax of ouo msrk ? on eaoh cat kept as a house pet has be«m { imposed in Dresden. Thousands of the ( animals have been destroyed by owners j desirous of avoiding-the "cat tax," How , would a tax of this kind do in Maatcr- „ ton? J Mr E. Hopwood, a porter at the j Masterton railway station, died yester- • day from an affection of tho brain. Mr , Hopwood waß overtaken by a fit on Saturday, from which he did not recover. b A ninety acre farm at Inangahua has - been sold for £IOOO, ut little ovor 111 per i acre, 8 The Wairarapa Star has been pur--8 ohased by Mr W. Clement Cargill, a re- !, cent arrival from Home, • Tho annual meoting of the ratepayers II in the Mauricoville Road District will be ,! held at tliß Board's office on Saturday, { 7th May. * " Statistics show that Napier heads tho d list of New Zealand ports for the export k of wool during the year 1891, having exported nearly a thousand nioro bales than liytteltcm, which cornea next in order. IS « The Southland Education Board will d only employ female teachers in future, except in special cases, fiuding ladies - better qualified by nature, experience, and literary attainments to train the yeutig. A Wairaiapa contempjrary recently y published a yarn to the effect lhat Hall, of Tiuwru poisoning notoriety, had been e seen in San Francisco, An Auokluud exchange states that Hall is still at Mount Eden, His record is good, and he gives the warders no trouble. It is said hk old complaint, asthma, is still - troubling him. jl Mr Gundersen, who has boon a menv bornf the Mauricoville Road Board ever since its formation, has intimated that he will not soek re-election, At i , meeting of tho Board held on Saturday '• last, a hearty vote of thanks was paused to Mr Gundersen, the members exprois _ ing their high appreciation of the sor. d vices which he has so uiigrudgmrij ~ rendered the district, A canvasser engaged in getting shjna tures in connection with a petition againsl ?, women's franchise had a rather sultry re. ception the other day in a Southern town, He went into the house, but on the lady ascertaining his mission he wai _ requested to withdraw. In vain he pleaded for & signature, and aa a last resort she seized the frying-pan and jobbed > ( it over his head. It was a case ol iutc tho frying-pan without being out of the |y fire. At the meeting of the 'Yairarapa and s i East Coast Moral and Agricultural " Society on Saturday a committee wat '* appointed to prepare plans of new sheep a puns, horse boxes, grand stand and othei - improvements to tho grounds, within a < fortnight, Mr Booth reported that h several South Wairarapa breeders who ■ had been instrumental in promoting the i e Wellington Association had signified their intention to also exhibit at the Carterton show and become members ol • tho local Society again, in justice to the latter for the support given by its mem- ' bers to the Wellington Association, . It is believed (says tho Otago Dailj " Times) that Doig, the commorcia' lS traveller from this colony who was killed Ir in the railway accident in New Soutl Wales, 1b a young man, Henry Doig who was in the employment of Me&jri - Snrgood, Son, and iStren here for noini years, and left Dunedin for Australi; j about the month of August last. Hi used to livo at Green Island, and wai frequently in the company of a woolscourer named Oasaidy, and tho latter who used to live at Bumside, is supposed to bo the man of that name who wai with Doig at the timo of the disaster Doig'a mother lives at Timaru with hei - daughter, who is married to Mr D Stuart, grain merchant, 5 A yarn is told by a Southern Eiverini i, squatter, illustrative of the curioui iy notion held by some of the advanced ," thinkers among the shearers. He says "die of tho most dissatisfied of tin a shearers was one who had shorn on, thii |( j station tor some years past, and, being t a good workman, had always taken away i ie good cheque The proprietor was bSow, ing how little cause the shearer Inid tt be dissatisfied, and, said he;' You put n< ''■ capital into the station, and yet ovorj lh year you get a good dividend, while] 111 put a large sum of money into it, and st far from getting interest I have not gol id the value of a pipe ot tobacco out of it, Iy The ahearar knew ho was spoakmg the truth, but said,' There'sthem bankiianc r< agents, they get a lot of it, and we wanl a snare of their gains.'" Mr Walter Bentley, the well-known n actor, is submitting an important scheme ie to the directors of the Wellington Opera II Douse, in which he is a shareholder, He suggests the formation ol a good stock company which will remain permanently in the colony, with the Weilington Opera Uonseas its head-quarters, and play periodically in the four chief e theatres, with occasional tours through 4 thesmallor towns. It would then be 'i unnecessary for stars to bring compauies h with them, unless they specially de.iired n co do so, In the latter case the utock company would make way for them, go- / ing into the provinces during their stay, a Otherwise, the stock company would y meet the' stars either at Dunedin ;. Auckland, and play with them through the colony. . The Oamaru Mail works off the i ( following:-Oamaru is suffering from an i« epidemic of ''Kathleen" just now. The 8 number of people who are mtoreßted in s this lady, and who siguify their intention a of taking her "homeagain" is simply marvellous. The Salvation Army perform t their religious exercises to a musical an- - nunewtion of the fact; small boys whistle their intention to porforra a similar office; ataid business men, when out of Bhot of their better halves, herald the fact that , they too will take "her home again"; young men deliver themselves of prospective action in fluty tenors and uo. s certainbas»cß,'and oven " our girls," t who might be reasonably supposed to be 9 jealous of the monopoly which Kathleen i haaachioved, express a sisterly regard i for hor domestic destination, The }act 1 that she has to be taken " Home again" > so often, hardly speaks woll foMhia j yonoglady, The unsuspecting stranger 1 might, with no small show of reason, conclndo that hor failing was . chronic intoxication, and while 1 we do not favor this view, we must ! opnfeßS that the lady has developed a , marvellous faculty for losing herself, j Tho unfortunate part of the matter is . that nobody seems totakothe poor girl i j home. Like the policeman in the . " Pirates of Penzance," the action is , always prospective, they are always announcing their intention to "go" homo with her, but they novor get any 1 further, Why the whole town should jto--1 lunteer to accompany hor to her residence ' we fail to comprehend, but we do wish 1 that this shillyshallying wero euded, and i that Biime individual' would take her home and leave her there. Couldn't the . policemoye in tho matter? We are iather fond of "Kathleen" than otherwiso, but if she does not go home soon and s|;op tlierc, and sp put an end fo the necessity for" taking her jiorne again," We nl)all iosp all respect for j)er, Visitors to Wellington are often at a. loss to know which is the bpsthoußo to supply all their Drapery rcnuirements, Inhabitants of the tmpire City would unhesitatingly reply, To Aro Houso. Wo have the largest Family Drapery Warehouse in tka City and not only a>, but the most conveniently arranged. Our premises are distinguished by their fine architectural appearance, and oar tower with its flagstaff and ensign is easily distinguished from land or sea, from the steamboat or railway, aud when tho Te Aro railway is completed, whioh it will bo shortly our country friends will be able to alight almost at the doors of Te Aro House, Well(Dgloi ' . In tjje meantime, we ask them one and all jo, give us. 'apall and 'inspect our 'newly impqrtejl stock for (Be 'aiilumn and whit* season, which comprises alt llwt is best and mjstfashionablein ' Slantles, {Jls'ters, Japkets,' e'tp;, v all at' the I mo.st moderate and economical prices at Tp i Aro House, Wellington. ' " '• , Inability to call peed, bo no barrier fo ' purchasing from us, Write to p fqr patterns of any and all materials that may ' be desired and we will send them promptly and postage free to any address. All letters i should be addressed to James Smith, Te L Aro House, Wellington, I' 1

k Mr Thomas Gross, an old settler ol n Morrison's Bush, died yesterday at the e at[o of iifty«nine, * The North Otago Daily Times wants |" to know why the Balaries of the ratlwaj servants due on March 24 were held baci till April li. Was it to assist in creating e a surplus on March 31?