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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4107, 7 May 1892, Page 2

Messrs Henry Dunn, Thomas Henry Groves and Goorgo Sinclair McKay have been declared duly elected members of tho Alfredton Road Board for the Tawataia ward.

Tho first meet of tho season in connectio;? with tho Wairarapa Hunt Club is being held at Featherstou to-day. A number of Masterton sports are taking part in the chase.

A notification from Mr Olios. M, Crombie,' Commissioner of Taxes, appears with this issue.

Mr B. H. Elliotte's billiard table was yesterday purchased at auction by Mr W. "Wliitt, of Masterton, for £4B,

Additional testimony is published in our columns regardius the efficacy ■ .of Mr U, W. Lan»stone's Vermifuge.

Tho popular entertainer " Billy Barlow" performed at Eketahuna on Thursday evouiiiE; to a large and approchtivo audience. His rendering of tho song "Tho Blue Tail'd Fly," caused much amusement.

An expert is sinking for all artesian supply of water at. Tho Pines, Feildmg A petition for a mail service is being eotup by the settlors of Mangaoiie Valley, Forty-Mile Bush. It will in due course be placed in the hands of Mr Hong, M. H. It.

A proclamation has been issued in Soulh Australia, prohibiting the importation of New Zealand sheepskins for two years,, owing tn tho colony not being declared free' from scab. Tho Now Zealand Athletic Team has arrived at Heme,

Mr William Grey, a relativo ot Sir Georgo Grey, lias been successful in establishing his claim to the Earldom of Stamford,

A largo and substantial shop is being erected on tho main street in Klcotahuna by Mr T. 0. Williami, as. a blacksmith and wheelwrights shop, Mr Dowdswell being the contractor. Tho trout at tho Masterton fisli ponds are now in good condition, and should yield a satisfactory quantity of ova next season.

Tho humble bees introduced into this district liavo, according to the annual report of tho Wellington Acclimatization Society, increased wonderfully and are spreading widely. Tenders are invited by Mr W, 1! Olicnni'llß for the lease for live years of 33 acres and dwelling house iu the MoKcuzieestate, Masterton, up till noon ot Wednesday, May 11th.

The Masterton Town Lauds Trustees have granted £2O towards tho erection ol a public drinking fountain, prodded the balance teprod to do the work'-is subscribed.

The Greytown people are to have a most enjoyable dance next Friday evening in holding their annual Iloapitul Ball, but that glad revolry will have its ims-

fortune, far it loses thorn Mr Suazello, and that, wo may inform them should ' bo no email regret, for at no timo in our recollection lias so sparkling an eitioi'tainment visited the Wairarapa, Mr Snazello had, Mr Guurlay, his manager, tolls us, only one night to spare, and that was Friday night, but even ho succumbs to the admitted delights a dance will have for Grey town people, and > perforcii leaves them to its indulgence, Well, tro'ro sorry they'll miss Stiiizello, for Ilia tasteful singing, his inimitable , yarns- who having hoard him tell" (.low Bill Adams won the 6attlo of Waterloo," can over forget it I—and lastly his incomparably beautiful viows would have I lingered in their minds for months—aye . for years—to come, Wo aro informed by Messrs Lowes & i lorns, the Masterton agents of the Ausi tralian Mutual Provident Society, that , the Hon Dr Grace, Chairman of theWew [ Zealand Board of the Society, left Wellington on Saturday by tho s.s, Waka- [ tipu, to attend the annual meeting of ' the Society ti> bo held in Sydney on the 11th inst. This is in accordance with an 1 arrangement made by tho principal , Board a 3 ear ago, by ivhich a delegate i from the local Board of each colony visits Sydney every year in tho interests of the , Society, and thus tho members in each colony are duly represented at the ' annual meeting, and tho delegates have 1 an opportunity of meeting the members of the principal Board and discussing • with them subjects of interest in the 1 management of tho Society's business in j each colony, In the Masterton R.M. Court yesteiv- , day aftornoon, before Colonul Roberts, E.M., a case was heard in which G. S. W. ' Dalrymplo, land agent, claimed from Jacob Semunlx, settlor, tho sum of £27 10s, commission on tho sale of a property to one GeoTgo Ellcrs, Mr IV.vnall appeared for tho plaintiif and Mr Beard for tlie defendant, The plaintiff, in his evidence, stated that 110 had been instructed by tho defendant to sell a certain property, and as a result of 1 his advertisement Kllers had obtained from him particulars, and a silo was effected, Tho amount charged for coinmission was five per cent. George Eliers deposed that ho had waited upon Mr Dalrymplo, having seen his property list; and expressed a wish to purchase a property for his wife. Mr JAilrympie referred liini to two properties, one being tho property of tho defendant, for which he was, asked £OOO. Thinking ho might obtain a reduction of this amount ho went to Mr Somunix himself and purchased the property for £550. Ho had received a crop of wheat valued at .£lO from Semunix for his tronblo in selling the property, Tho defondiint, on oath, deposed that he had withdrawn the property frojn Mp. Dalrymple's hands some timo before tho salo, which was negotiated alone by Eliers. " Mo had paid commission to Eliers, and had not spoken to the plaintiff 011 tho matter pinco, Tho Bench nonsuited the plaintiff, with Court cQ3ts 3s, and counsel's fee 2J.S, Visitors to Wellington aro often at a loss to know which is the best lioiuo to supply all their Drapery requirements, Inhabitants of the limpire City would unhesitatingly reply, Te Aro llouso, . Wo have the largest Family Drapery Warehouse in Hie City and not only s>, but the most conveniently arranged, Our pvenvscs are tijsifnguiah&d by their fine 1 architectural appearance, and oar tower ■ with Its flagstaff and ensign is ewily dis- 1 tinguished froiu land or sea, from tho steam- < boat or railway, and when the Te Aro mil- 1 way is completed, which it will be shortly, ( ur country friends will be able to alight , almost at the doers of To Aro House,' Wells 1 ington. ail to give us a call and inspect our newly imported stock /or tho autumn and winter ' seavon, whith comprises all that is best and 1 mostfashioiiable in Drtssfiihrles,Millinery, $ .Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, etc., all at the i most moderate and economical prioes at To £ Aro House, Wellington. i Inability to call need be no barrier to r purchasing from us, Write to us for I patterns of any and all-materials that may j be desired and we will send them promptly \ and postage free to any address,. AJI letters should hi addrosseU to J&mes Smith, Te ; Aro Houbo| "Wellington, '' : ; ' :i l:

Some persons went ahooting near Woodville last week and mistook a bullock for a pheasint. Tim owner/of the bullock ia annoyed 1 It instated by an oxohange that tl.s Jubilee Singers, " who have now di caided tho oloak of religion," itvo singing before large iiudioncea in Melbourne, Miss Payno has sent in hor resignation as a toacher in the Feathorston School, Mr H, E. Eton, of Mosterton, whose health has latterly boon very indifferent, has gone on a trip to tho Hot Springs.

Tho election of members of tho terton Town lands Trustees takes place on file last Thursday of this month. The retiring membera aro Messrs J. Graham and B. P. Perry. Tho Eketahuna Rifle Club having postpoued their ball till tlw 10th June", the Football Club have decided to hold a grand concert on the 24th May, to be followed by a dance. As' tho Hush Rugby Union opon their Cup matches on that date no doubt the venture will be a success.

Wirth's circus is giving fifty par cent of the total profits of its first evening's performance at Palmerston North to the new Hospital fund.

A son of Mr J.. 11. Ritchie, of Dun* edin, has gone Home to receive a naval cadetship on the nomination of Lord Onslow.

An old resident of Masterton assures us that he has never soen such n demand for house property as there is at the present time,

The Charleston Herald calls tho New Zealand Parliament " tho chief chinwagging saloon of tlio Colony." Potatoes are now quoted at country stations in Canterbury at 18s to 20s pel' ton. A few' sales havo been inado at disheartening prices, and growers ate very anxious aB to tho future of tho market.

' The Wanganui Gaß Company, haye made a profit of £2154 upon tho year's working. A dividend of 10 per cent is proposed, 2 per cent is to be written off for depreciation on plant account, and the bakmco is to bo transferred to tho Reserve Fund.

From Asliliurtbn it is reported that the pears of a second crop aro nearly as large, as a hen's egg. An Irish pi>ach apple tree, having yielded a good crop in the usual course, now carries a numerous second crop, the apples being about half the size of tho first crop, and is in bloom for tho third time this season.

A private letter from Sail Francisco says that Australian wool is fast taking the Am:-rican market, and sadly interfering with the home production. 1 The followiug formula is highly spoken oi by an experienced slioep owner as a remedy for foot rot in sheep : Powdered sulphate of copper, 1 part, crude pctro> leuin, 1 part, pine tar, 2 parts. Mix and use as a dip for tho foot after washing and paring tho hoof, A Melbourne paper describing Williams, the lady killer, says his mouth has a nasty trick of opening like an iron rat trap and closing with a jerk. Another paper describes him thus: llis eyes leerins; furtively from bettvoon heavy folded lids, and overshadowed by thick sandy brows, liayo a green tint in tho snn; his nose is largo and overhangs his mouth, and tho mouth,the vilest feature, was thin lipped, and the comers, drawn far buck, seemed to be tacked behind the ears in a horrible grin, a grill that had as much mirth in it as that of a death's head.

A fen of Dr Smith, while shootiiiK on Kaitangata Lake last week mtli some companions, was shot in the leg through a cartridge exploding wliile one of tho lads was extricating it from his own gun. Half a dozen peilets entered the calf of the lad's leg. This (adds tho Clutlu Leader) is tho boy who mot with a nasty accident to ono of his eyes a short time ago.

A couple ot young bachelors of Mastertim aro regretting their fate, Having resolved upon leaving their quiet little suburban residenco and varying the monotony by a few months' " baclielorisIng," they interviewed a well-known lady resident regarding a house slio had to lot. " Wo are desirous of renting your house, Mrs ," said une of chein. " You be I" was the reply. '' We have our goods mid chattels already packed and will bring them down to-night," " Alright, but 1 say be you married men V " Married I Oh no, nothing like that I" " Well, I'm danged it you enter my house. I've had enough of them single chaps I" The young men left disconsolate, and have siuco been enquiring if there is a matrimonial bureau in tho district.

Lately, in N.S.W Asylum (says tho Syduoy Bulletin) a slowly-dying and territly-toitureil patient asked tho doctor for poison. Doctor, bo nisreiful I Tho doctor put a white powder under tho patient's pillow, Take that, and m two minutes you'll bo in Heaven. An hour after the patieut was cold and stiff. He had taken what ho believed to be poison and had passed away. In tho course of a factum at Atlckland 801110 months ago Iho liev. Joseph Berry made the following romarlis"Craving for bodily atitr ulants was a buvo sign of weak and shattered nerves, for which the only real euro was to brace up tho general hoalth, So tho continual craving for roligioos excitement, ivhich was so marked a feature of our religious society, was a sure sign of an enfeebled, and shallow condition of mental powers,"

Tim Oaniani Mail predicted tho result of the Bruco olection as follows; —At Milton the Minister for Public Works knocked down the nia»nificcht fabric of falsehood built up by tho Opposition for tho special edification of the Bruco electors, and at Kaitangata Mr Seddon completed the work of demolition by scatteringall its fragments. The Bruce electors, having thus boon enabled to got a clear view of tho truth, can form their own judgment upon tho whole question, and wo havo little doubt tliat, despite all the influences that can bo wielded by the Opposition, their verdict will bo 111 favor of tho Ministry,

Tho Otiigo Daily Times says :-In a local paragraph wo mentioned tho case of a Hindoo young man, named Lalop Ramprassad Bhikareo, npon whom the (ioot.orsat Philadelphia Hospital havo been considering the feasibility of operating, with tho view of removing the headless twin \yjp> lias from his birth been attached to him from his breastbone. Dr Fitzgerald,- of Kaitangata, has kindly handed to us tivo photographs of Laloo, which ho secured when he was at Edinburgh, lie informs us that tho boy used to be 011 viow at the shows in England and Scotland, and that ho carried his abnormal burden in a bag in front of him. The doctors of Great Britain refoEcd to attempt to soparato tho twins for fuar the operation would prove fatal. A peculiarity about tho caso is that while there is no head to tho twin, whose body and four limbs dangle from Laloo's chest, thero has beon ascertained to bo a soparitc heart and a separate cjrculatjon.

Mrßezar, ex-sergeant-major, writes as followsl was up Taranakl way ..tho other day, and by the kind permission of tho editor of tho Herald, 1 was overhauling the old files of that journal for jjlj.l, and camp upon the following vory choice tit-bit ainoligst the correspondence from the then seat of war, a few miles away, aud as it is :> h gli item, I deem it worthy oi re-piiuting ;—Captain Jlercor was throwing shell from the mortars (they wero 2-10 and 2-12-ini:li mortars) at tlw pah, wlion tho following vory singular cifcyipstance occurred in the flight of ono of. them i—A shell, when discharged l'roin the mortar, rose in tho usual manner, Md tell in the place it was directed for, but to the amazement of a'l after striking the ground it rebounded from tho earth, two in tlw air, and came back (without bursting) closp to the place from which it was fired, like a boomerang. The shell must havo fallen with the fuse down, and as thero was not sufficient powderto burst it tho explosion forced it bad; to us to j)'e furnished with a better charge," flow's that for high, up near nwjestio Egmont! As far'as my memory serves mo the distanco tho battery stood from tho pall was not much, if anything, short of a so that tho behaviour of that shell must be classed as rather peculiar. I cannot remember having hoard of this before,'- ■