Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]. MONDAY JUNE 13, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4137, 13 June 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878].

MONDAY JUNE 13, 1892.

t- BeINO ME EXI'ENDED TITtK OF THE Waip.aiuta Daily, with which it is ]g • IDBNIXOAI.

A little'ton of Mr M. Guerin, of Pahiatua, fell into the fire the. other day and had its hands severely burnt.

A young lady in the Forty-mile Bush took a. dpseof poisonous liniment the other day'by mistake. She is out of danger. ■■,''''.■• '.'"''

. The third 'meet' of the season in connection with the Wairarapa Hunt Club is to be held at Olareville on Wednesday next. ,-A number of Master-

ton sports hare expressed their intention of being present,,, _■ ,■: ';

Ho less than six thouaandf abeep <?ere trucked from the Carterton 'station for Wellington during the month of, May; ; A splendid new atook of picks, axes, sawß, mattocks, shovels, and grindstones has just, been received, by' Mr C,, &■ Daniell, ironmonger : and ; 'hardware merchant, of QueeiMtreet, Maatortoh. The adjourned meeting of 'the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held in the Olub Hotel at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon next. The business is to receive the report and balance-sheet, consider the programme and Hx a date for the coming Bhow. ' A young man who misconducted himself in the MastertOH Theatre Royal on Saturday night was. ejected ; by a constable. ' •'•■-•■■■■-

A man named Honry Qween has been arrested in Wellington on a cuarge of passing valueless cheques on Samuel Mason Wilson, of palmerston, and Edward Sullivan, of Pahiatua. Truck loads of cabbageß are being sent to Wellington by; tho Hawke'a; Bay Cbinamcn, to fill the gaps made by the recent gales in the supplies at their fel-low-countrymen.

Mr Rogen, of Wellington was very successful at a poultry show recently held at Essendon, Victoria, He aocured seyenteen prizes.

Tho Government of Queensland in* tend to introduce a Bill reducing the paymbhfc of membersfrom JKiOO to JEI6O. The JS'ew Zealand' Government wish, to pass a Bill increasing the honorariums I

The heavy, warm rain which has fallen in the Masterton district during the past few days has brought donn the snow from the Tararuas, aud tho rivers are all considerably swollen, In some places low-lying groun dis inundated. .

The Wellington Branch of the Institute of New Zealand Journalists has passed the following resolution: " That the Secretary of this Branch be requested to communicate with the Council of the Institute, requesting them to urge upon the Qqyernrhpnt the importance of ro« form in.fhe law'of Ijbel, and'Bigjijfyjng that the Institute strpngly apptoyes (if the provisions of the Bill which passed the Legislative Council last session, and which it is contemplated to,reintroduce this session." ■' : ' '

The Nelson Colonist says;—Mr A. N. Batchelor reports the discovery of a limestone cave at the head of the South branch of tho Maitai. He states it is oyer 150 feet in length as far as he traversed., it, a deep pool preventing further exploration, and. it hoa an average height of' 20ft; Hp procured some beautiful specimens of stalactites. Mr Wm. Taylor, of Washington Valley, reported to us some time ago thafi he had discovered a beautiful; cave, up: the Maitai, and we have seen some specimens he brought from it, including stalactites, petrified ferns, bark, etc. Mr.,Taylor states his cave is in the same; country, but some distance from ,the one reported by Mr Batchelor. Report says that another party has come across a third joa'pe, tyh, ej.her on private or Government innds it ia';to ji.e h|6ijed the beauties of these caves wi)l not' fee allowed |o be destroyed, as they .wjll, form another j Attraction for viaitora ind tojurißta corning' to Nelson, _ : '■■ r In the Wellington Divorce Court on Saturday, decrees nisi were granted in the following cases:—Finnimore v Finmmore/Gough v Gough arid M'Cforinfok.Jiities v Jones, and Jeynes v~ Jeynes and Phillips.: In the:;latter case the petitioner stated that in April, 1887, he was in the Masterton Hospital, as the result of an accident, when he received a letter from respondent, l asking leave, to visit him, and sjgned "Your Unfaithful Wife." He afterwards found, she was living with | one James Phillips.

The ball to be given Lord Glasgow b , tho citizens of Wellington takes place on the 29th inat.

'MrLon^/ottheLabpurDapatttaetit, has been on a viaiiibPaiiatuft; enquiring Into the working of tho cooperative system. « •

The Paliiatua Jockey Club has already a membership ol a hundred. ;Mr Gustav Hirach, of Masterton, has takon charge of anight school in Car" tertori. "

One hundred aores of land at Levin were sold the other day to a Wellington gentleman for £11100;

Book debts amounting to £6OOO in an jAuokland estate were recently sold for £26.

The Bruce Herald has been informed on the beat authority that the cost of taking the valuation in Now Zealand is , £70,000.

A man has been sentenced to, four months' imprisonment at'Auokladd for the larceny ut a Bible.

The New Zealand athlete made their

first appearance in London at Tufnell Park on Saturday last. A Bush correspondent, whose veracity we would not think of doubting, assures ua that hailstones as large as hen's eggs fell at Eketahuna yesterday. A couple of' drunkß,' who found their •way into the Masterton police cells yesterday, were discharged by a Benoh of Justices this morning with'a caution,' Constable Cashion, who has been on leave for several weeks, resumed duty. In Masterton this morning,

The conduct of a number of Masterton yonng men yesterday was so erratic that they are to be called upon hi'the R.M. Court to pay for the damage done. The Pahiatna Star Bays :—Various rumours are afloat as to Mr floeg's

future intentions. Some say the directors of the Woodville paper want him to occupy the editorial chair there; whilst others aim that the object is to atsrU paper in opposition to the Pahiaijj, Star, with Messrs Reese and J. Gardiner as 'subs.' We give the rumour's for what they are worth. !; ~ ~; : ; '.j Odnstance Melina Spargo, at one time a.resident of Masterton, was charged in the Wellington Supreme Oourt on Saturday with contracting a bigamous marriage with Charles Smith, of Blenheim,; her former husband, John Spargo, beingtlion alive,' -The acoused pleaded not guilty. James Walker, carpenter, of Masterton, deposed that he was a witness to the marriage of the accused with John Spargo at the offjee of the Registrar aW'Mastertoh oh the .4th August, '.1878.' The parties lived' together at Masterton for some 1 throe or four years .after\the marriage. Henry James Spargo, son of John Spargo, said that he was nearly live years old when his mother left home, He heard from her again about threo years ago, but destroyed iheletters,'' One of thorn said it was time for his father to "give ovor being- Bpiteful.", Witness used to correspond with a younger brother, ad-'

dressing the letters "Care of MrsO. M.'j .Smith, Blenheim." Constance Melina Spargo, the accused,'swore that she was married to John' Spargo 'iti 1873,' and lived with him for about eight years. 1 She obtained a protection order against him, arid they parted.'. She heard.from him a few months afterwards, but hot since. She had unsuccessfully endeavoured to find Spargo, She wroto 'a letter to him but got no. answer, .The jury; '-after an 1 ' hour's 'deliberation, brought in a verdict of not guilty, and the accused was discharged,

A mpst successful season of six nights was brought to a close by the DobsonKennedy Dramatic and Comedy Oomuny in the Masterton Theatre Koyal on

pany _.._ ~ Saturday night, when the great li. drama " Colleen Bawu " was produce

The piece was capitally singed, and the unanimous opinion cf the large audience assembled to that "Colleen B&wn" was the most delightfully interesting drama put on in MKaterton for a considerable time. Every character waß well sustained, Mrs Walter Hill who made her deoul to the Masterton audience, creating a, wonderfully good impression'byher clever acting. The | stage appointments were perfect, the costumes were magnificent, and the. scenio effects euperbi the 'cave scene; which was illuminated with lime litrhts, being much admired. The 3umpany appears in> Carterton to-night, but'returns to Masterton for Thursday and Friday next,

' A deputation of representatives of special settlement associations waited upon Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., at Pahiatua the'other day, and' brought under his notice a suggestion which had been made that the Government should either fall the bush on the.sections;or advance the money to the settlers to do it with. As it was stated during the discussiqii'thai over.ffiO persons/belonged to the soveri associations formed in Pahiatua, Mr Hogg the whole of tho members of these should unite in a petition to the Minister, setting forth the advantages of the plan, and he (MrHogg) nould do all in his power to assist them

At the annual meeting of tho Greytown Horticultural Society the following office bearers were appointed .—President, (re-elected), Mr W. 0. Buchanan, M.H.R,; Vice-Preßidentß, (re-elected), Mr Coleman.Phillips, His .Worship the Mayor of Greytown (Mrfi. A. Wakelin), and Mr H, Stratton Izard j Committee, Messrs Eempton, Barratt, Brooks, Nation, Webster, King, Ecoleton, St George, 6. Wilkie, Black, MoMaster, and Baigh; Secretary, Mr L. Rees,

I The friends of Mr J. J. Freeth will be pleased to hear that since he removed to Wanganui his health has shown some indication of improvement, In aprivate lettgr, Mr Freeth mentions that he has visited some of his old haunts there of thirty-four years back, The weather at Wanganut and the temperature during winter are not nearly so severe as in Maßterton, and within the past week there have been some quite hot days. A " south-easter," too, is not nearly so piercing in that west coast town as here, A nasty accident occurred in Maßterton on' Saturday afternoon, A eon of Mr John Elley, butcher, was riding along Queen Street, wben his horse shied at somecasesinfrontofa drapery establishment and ran into a passing trap. The lad was thrown heavily to tho ground, falling upou. his'bead, and when picked up was in a dazed condition! Dr Honking was sent for and attended to the sufferer, whose injuries, it is gratifying to know, are not of a serious character.

Mr J, j.' Kennedy made a capjtal hi); ai the expense of his brpther Joe at the performance of "Colleen Sawn" on Saturday night. The plot'was just at an end, when the Colleenßuadh, disap. pointed in love, exclaimed, " Her 6 are all my fine dresses, what shall I do? I must have somebody I" Several of Colleen's fond admirers rushed to her side, crying' " Have me I 'Have me I" One after tho other was refused, and Joe (who had only been married in tho afternoon), came forward to try his luck. "Have inej" ho exclaimed, but no sooner hut hed/jne ao.jtfiftnljis brother ejaoulated, "No, don't haye hirn; foe was ]iai bysoijieljody thjs afterrioqn." The •' gag '''wj>& fully appreciatedby.the audience, but Joe displayed visible signs of embarrassment I

The following conversation was overheard in the street the bfeday,'but'for ! obvious reasons we shall omit the same of one of the parties; the other was the well known draper, Mr I/. J. Hooper. J ""Mr Spot Cash: 'ls it true Mr Hooper that you intend opening the shop next your drapery establishment as. a,grocery, .and , provision warehousef'Wli.'J.'H' Thatis'k Mr Cash', and in about a"week I i&ltl bo 'able to quoieto'yputhe lowest pnc<j3 formal kinds, fif general 'merchandise.'- 1 ' Mr Spot Casfl;'.' flood! I enpposo you will keep only goodgoods and spll aspanas anyono elso ? "Mr I/. J.; ••' you bet I Tfio best ana) 'noth|i|g bnj the best, and every artiole at bod rook prices J .Tjiotearpthe founda'tip'n stones upon which weifltend lp erejf bur business," Mr Spot Cash: " Vour hand my boy,; My account with 80-aiid-so's worth three pounds a week, and I pay cash. I am not satisfied lately, I fancy Ipay more than I should do. So directly you open your Dusiness look upon me as a regular cus tomer"-Anvi

The train from Eketahuna this morn-' ing was delayed in consequence of a number of Btnall slips having oceurred. A lady resident of Eketahuna sovered .the main artery above her wrist on Saturday evening by falling ou a broken plate.

A man was brought in to Maaterfcon from Mntaikuna station yesterday suffering from a severe injury to his hand, He is being; attended by Dr Hosking,

One chestnut mare is advertised as impounded at Mauriceville.

. The annual Ere- Brigade ball, to bo held in the Maßtortoii Drill Hall on Wednesday evening neit, Is expected te eolipse in. every respect all previous gatherings of a Bimilar nature. The hall is being decorated in a most elaborate rnannor, and the floor is already' as smo6th as glass. 'With the very beat cf musio' and firat-claBS refreshments, trlppera'of ,■ the, -light :fantastio should have'all their hearts desire.

■■■ The case of allegod.unlawful detention of a child, which was commenced in the Maßterton E.M. lOourt on Saturday and continued to-day, is the first of the kind ever heard in the district. ; As a rule the boot is on tbe other foot.

'•-' As a' good quantity, of eatables wsb left over from the Eketahuna Rifle Ball on Friday evening last, it was decided to give the children attending the local school a treat.' Some hungry person or persons, however, frustrated the designs of the committee by surreptitiously en< terihg the hall and ramovinj! everything.