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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4127, 2 June 1892, Page 2

The Lasses'; Band of the Solvation Army arrives in Masterton this (Thursday) afternoon,, and, gives a concert in the Dixon-ati'eot barracks this evening.

We ] eam f rom D r Hnsking that William Richardson; 1 who met-with a serious accident on tho .MastertonOarterton road on Tuesday afternoon, is progressing favourably. The man's legs, whioh were both broken in turn places-just below the knee and abuve the ankle-have been set, : and if is thought amputation will be ;unnecessary.

The rainfall for the month of May at Ditton, Wangaehu, waß 6'41 inches, Mr Mawley informs us that since the first of January last 24-81 inches of rain were recorded, which is the largest quantity registered for eleven years during the same period.

The children attending the Masterton school were not given a half Holiday to enable them to witness the" Hunt," A good number, however, "waggedit" and made their way to the scene of the chase. The remains of the late Mr Amos Mooro were interred in the Masterton cemetery this morning. ,• Mt T. Chalmers, salesman to tho Land Board tit Diinedin, has been appointed Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington.

A human skeleton has been found on tho (Jmutaroa Block,,near Danevirko. The benes have evidently been thore a longtime.

Excursion trains are to be run from Maßterton to Wellington on Monday nest, to enable Wairarapa residents to take part in the Governor's reception. The men, Charles Smith and Charles Harrison, charged with the murder of John Dalton at Eketahuna, will be tried separately. MrCoates, who defended both the men at the previous trials when the jury could not agree, now defends Harrison alone, Mr Jellicon having been retained on behalf of Smith. The trial will commence on Wednesday next.

Uurreadersareremiiidedthatto morrow evening Mr Hogg, M.H.R,,>will address his constituents in the Theatre Royal. Non-electors as well'as eleotors are cordially invited to be present. The gallery will be reserved for the ladies, and Mr Hogg informs us th.t the question of female suffrage and certain social topics of interest to the sex : pill be freely dealt with, Next week Mr Hosjg proposes visiting Woodville, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, and other parts of the district, not for the purpose of holding meetings but in order te ascertain the more pressing requirements of his constituents,

We are sorry to have to record the death of Mrs Carey, wife of Mr W. Carey, wood turner and carver, of Maßtertpn, which occurred at the Wellington Hospital yesterday morning. Mrs Carey had been Buffering for soma time from cancer, and was removed to Wellington some few weeks ago. The deceased leaves a large family to mourn her loss.

An act of bravery was performed yesterday afternoon by Constable Murdoch, of Masterton. The horse attached to the dray of Mr W. Dixon, whioh was standing unattended in front of the Empire Hoto], took fright and bolted in the direction of the Theatre Royal, when the Constable, who was at hand, rushed forward and catching the horse by the head brought him to a standstill and Ihuß prevented what might have been Beriouß damage to property.

One of the oldest Maori warriors in tho Waitarapa—Wi Waka -passed away at the Te Ore Ore pah, noar Masterton, yesterday morning. The deceased was well-known throughout the district, and a few years ago became quite notorious in Masterton on account of his internperato habits, Latterly, however, he embraced the Mormon faith and was <t thoroughly pious old fellow. He was recognised as a chief among the Natives in this part, heroism in the Maori war' having gained him this distinction, It ib said that he was betweon eighty and ninety years of age, For some time he has been oonfined to his "wharo," and although receiving medical attention gradually sank until he expired, asabove stated, A monster tangi over the remains is to be held,

A serious rrishap occurred at the " Hunt" on the Opaki yesterday. The sixth jutnp-a stiff gorse hedge—was being negotiated, when the horse ridden by Mr Pierce Cotter, • junr., fell and brought down four othets. Three of the horsemen escaped without injury, but Mr Cotter and Mr J. Winteringham were leiß fortunate. The former had his nosebrokon and his face cut, whilst the latter was stunned and received an injury tohisneck. DrHosking was in attendance and did all that was possible for the sufferers, who were removed to their respective homes.' The consequences would doubtless have been more serious had not the accident occurred near the road. As it was a number of spectator; rushed up and made the huntsmen who were behind aware of what had taken place, and the hunt was'temporarily Stopped, Jeremiah Mullane, an ex-policeman who had a Bhort but interesting experience in Masterton about twelve months ago,.got into troublo at Gisborne at midnight on Saturday. He was in a drunken' Btate and very violent, and when stable attempted to take him away to the lock-up be struck tho constable.on the sido of the face and oscspod, but at 2q'olopk went to t|w police station for his horse and'was jiheje .arrested. Mullane was brought beforeMrßooth.R.M,, and pleaded not guilty to the charges of threatening behaviour and assaulting the police. Mr Do Lautor appoared for him andSergfc, Major Moore prosecuted.— Robert Bates gave evidonco that prisoner and 9 Maori had words and blows on the bridge, and witness, who was an onlooker, was struck qn trio mouth by prisoner.—ponstaole Brooking said he heard prjaoner offer to fi'gh't any man thore, and saw him fiphtlncr a Maori.— Prisoner gavooyidonoe that he was riding along when gates paught hold of his horse. He hit him, and then had a set-to .'with aMaoFi.-,-Oonßtßblp'Br6flking gave evidence as to thp assault on himself. On tho charge of .threatening bo. haviqur prjspper was gne.d 40s and co<;ts Ba, or fourteen days' imprisonment, and on the .charge, of; ■ assaulting .the police £5 and 2s costs or SO days' im> prisonment,, ;...., :) ;•.■■

' By the latest mail steamers wo have received fresh supplies of the most fashionable and seasonable Dress Materials at Te Aro Home, Wellington.- : '" : ' ! . opened out a nice'variety of 'press TweedS'in a .variety of patterns and color's 'in boill 'sifnijfo' ! and': double widths', fr6m"6/o'to 25/* t&s imfdress lenpa't Tee AtisHouse, Wellington, ,!:*;;'; I'h 11 ! i>■.- ■"•■ "mlm also a'very'good"selection of plainpojorpd Dress Fabrics fri'all the'fayodrite materials ana>lo)f, suoh'es.flrap, Horn.. pourgy Foulesj Serges; Anjazbns, elpj and in the fashionable shades of'redsand nan blue ; ' >'• Wfl ftpsome han'dsor#e'specialities in $Wk:-ms-. lengths, : sush'as jttie new Diagonal Tweeds with oamel hair m«tura ta?9/6 fo.tf/,.; the Oheyron Tweedswith viounj stripes and oheok 8 J/6 tg 45/-; the Aberdeen Tweeds in olieojfa, and (iebraj., and the Khedive Tweeds in Oriental 'designs, at TeAro House, Wellington, •-,(,.. We are also selling Colonial Dress Tw'ecdr very freely f'burjseloctioa iiayihgibeeb very judioially made from the best mills, and in prder to ensure; a good oj Choice, inteaditigjurchascra'should without delay send for patterns to Te Aro House. \yellih'i .ton.-Anvi, ':..'-

Inspector Thompson is in Masterton J to-day, holdiag an inquiry; 'rngarding a matter of polioe discipline in oontieo> tion with the recent perjury, cages'. •).

Robert Marsh was.acquitted in tin Supreme Court on the -charge of oattlu stealing at Pahmtua, John Bourke O'Brien, who is one of the moßt notorious sharaoters in the North Island, and is well known in .Masterton, has completed his tour of the Hawke's Eay distriot.and has been fined five shillings for drunkenness at Woodvillo.

Professor Liohtwark, the horse tamer, 'gaveanother lesson in the Blacksmith : Company's smithy, Masterton, last night, The horse operated upon was a Maori one and was reduced to docility in a remarkably short space of time. The young woman who was recently arrested in the Masterton Park on a charge of vagrancy, and was discharged by the Resident Magistrate on consenting, to go to the Rescue Home cf the Salvation Army in Wellington, but who afterwards broke her promise, has been found a home in Maßterton by the officers of the Army, where she will receive'every care.

The following amounts have been paid oyer in connection with the recent 4kura Muori Racu Meeting ;—J, Freeth, £42165; W. B. Buiok, £2B 16a; A. W. Cave, Jt'HGa; W. Whiteraan; £l4 6s; Hau, 49105; R, Ngatuew, £9los jB. Mahupuku, £9los j Puhara te Tau, £4 16a j J. Thompson, SA 15a; H, Preston, 10s j total, £133105. AMastertou resident who went out shooting fora oouple of days' returned with thirty pigeons.

_ Several of the horses which took part in the" Hunt" at the Opaki yesterday were seriously injured. In the first run one of Mr Bidwill's horses sustained a severe laceration of the flesh, and Mr T, H.Thompson's Karatea, which was following two other horses, came into violent contact with a fenco through being unable to see it and was so much hart that it is feared it will have to bo destroyed. A horse belonging to Mr. A. Walker had his shoulder dislocated and a numbur ot others were more or less in* jured.

The following ij the report of In* ■speotor Fleming on the Masterton Infant School, whioh was inspeoted on May 4th :—" Very fair methods are in use and the organization is satisfactory. Miss Keeling lost her two trained teachers at the same time, and the two pupil teachers are new to the work, whioh has consequently suffered a little. A very fair object lesson on "Wator" was given by Miss Reeling, but many of the chijdren were inattentive. A little more attention to discipline : would tend to make an improvement in the work generally."

The following w the literal test of the will of the late Hon John Martin :-I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses shall be, paid as soon as may be after my decease. I appoint my. son Albert and my son Arthur to bo executors and trustees ofthißiny will and who and the survivor of them and the trustees for the time being of this my will, are hereinafter referredto as my trustees. 1 give devise and bequeath unto my trustees the whole of my real and personal property whatsoever and wheresoever situate upon trust as to my property in the Wairarapa known as the Otaraia estate subject to tho encumbrances thereon for my son Arthur; All. the rest residue aud remainder of my estate whether real or personal I direct my trustees to hold upon trust for my daughter Elizabeth (Mrs O'Connor), my daughter Sarah' (Mrs George,) my daughter Jessie (the wife of Dr Tweed of Ashburton) my daughter Minnie (the wife of Captain Cameron now residing in Liverpool, England), and my sons, Robert Udward, John, William, arid Albert, share and share alike as tenant in common, The will concludes by revoking all previous wills, and was signed in the presence of W. a, Quick, solicitor, and C, 0. Rosenberg, law clerk, on 18th Februaiy last, A further convincing testimony of the sterling properties of Mr O.W. Langstone's Sheep Vermifuge appears in our advertising columßß elsewhere, among the expressed opinions of other users of this first class remedy and preventivo ot parasitic diseases in Bheep, Mr • Langstone also publishes the report of Mr W, Skey, the Government Analysist, who states: "This vermifuge does not contain arsenic or any ingrediont likely to seriously affect animals if given to them in quantities double the proper dose."

A public trial of the American folding sawing machines, recently imported by Messrs R.F. Temple and Co, was made yesterday at Messrs Lowos and lorns' sale yards, and attracted a large number of people, The log chosen-a two foot green white pin6—was not the .kind to give the machine a fair trial, noverthe Übs the merits were sufficiently apparent to induce quite a number of those present to give Mr Temple orders. The cuts made are very true and dean, and with a little practice anyone would bo able to g«t through a lot of work with one of these saws, Those wishing to buy are advised to communicate with Messrs Temple and Co at once, ao that the orders may be included in the noxi shipment. ' ' Avery pitiful stony osmetothoearsof the Wellington Benevolent Trustees on Tuesday. 'Among tho passengers ot the Pleione, shipwrecked on March 16, 1888, were a man named Foßtorand bis wife. The man was until lately in the asylum, having displayed some mental peculiarity, and his wife was ia the hospital, About twelve months ago thoy were both discharged, and smse then they have lived in Ootterville-torraoe, Tho woman died there about a week ago and the man seenu to have ibeoome slightly demented from excess of- grief, and resented any approach to tho house. The death was reported to the relieving officer within a few hours, and the chair-, mau of the trustees personally investigated the matter, He fo'ind the iman had: piled up a heap of olothing and rags besido the body to keep it warm, if hap-; pily it might be still alive, When the undertaker came up to measure the body the poor man endeavoured to prevent him from doing ao, and a heartrending scene ensued. Be attended yesterday at the Board's meeting, and was sent to a boarding house, Re is harmless and quiet, but clearly not right in his mind. He is anxious to return to his friends at Home. Tho story in some respects reminds one of the episode in . Oliver Twist, when the boy accompanies his master; iflr powerby, tompasure the body of a woman, but the remenibran'co brings up to our minds how wonderfully things have changed for the better since the day when Dickens wrote his Bplen'did satire sfories.-EyeniDg Press. " The following conversation was overheard in the street' the other day, ■ but for obvious reasops wo shall omit the name .of one of the parties; tho other was the well known draper. JJr L. J. Hooper. JJr Spot'; Cash 'lsiftrueMrHpoper. that you intend: opening tlje thop next your drapery es* tabliahment as a grocery'and provision warehouse? MrM.i (l That is so,'lift Cash, and in nbouta wcok I'sjinll be able to auoto to you the.lowest prices for al kinds'of general merchandise," Mr Spot Cash; "Good I I suppose you will keep only good goods 'and sell as cheap as anyone elso ? "Mr L. J,;" You hot I The best and nothing but the best, and every article at bed rook prices I Those are the foundation stones upon'which we intend to erect our business," Mr Spot Cash: " Your hand my boy..:;My account with worth , three pounds'aTvee.k,, and fpsyoash, I-am ' not'toti'sEcd lately. I fancy Ipaytabrotha"'shoiild'do, Sodirectlyjoil-opch'your ' business 'look 'upon mo as a regular cus i fmisr.'-Apyi. ' |i