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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4152, 30 June 1892, Page 2

Madame Melba has been offered £20,0C0 for fifty performances' in America in the spring.

The Ctmstohurch Chamber of Com' merce is to be represented by Lord Onslow in the proposed Conference al Home.

The life of the late Sir Harry Atkinson was insured for £2OOO in the Government Office. About ten days ogoSir Harry was examined by three doctors, who informed him that he could not live lunger than Bis months,

The Carterton Borough Council has appointed His Worship the Mayor and Mr H. H. Woltera tu'represent it at the conference of the local bodies in the Wairarapa to be held shortly to diacusa the question of charitable aid. The delegates have been given, instructions

to vote against the permanent establishment of poor houses. Our readers are reminded of the grand sacred and secular concert whioh will be given this (Thursday) evening by the Mastertou Wesleyan choir, assisted by friends. An excellent programme has been arranged, and as the ladies and gentlemen taking part are amongst the best vocalists wo have iu the district the entertainment should be well attended, The concert mil be gi?en in thel'omperance Ball. The Wellington Education Board has resolved to call for tenders for the erection of the infant school at Mastertou. Two petitions, from men and women respectively, bearing. 5500 signatures against the granting of female Suffrage,

The Government is bein? urged by Mr Kelly, M.H.R,, to empower local bodies to exempt improvements from local taxation.

A man named Stephen Banbury was entonced tu three months imprisonaantwith hard labour at Auckland on ,'uesday for deserting his three ohildren. )r Giles, K.M., said the case was a most lisgraceful one. The evidence showed hat the ohildren were left without fooc n a miserable whare, and that one o hem ate pine tree tips lo satisfy hii lunger, while the father was awa; linking ata hotel. Aam of some interest—the first of it :ind, in fact-came before the Welling on Education Board yesterday morninu ays the Press. There are two boys; i ippears, attending the Taueru aohoc fho are oyer fifteen years of ape; m he Committee of tho school desire the hey Bhould not be allowed to attend th chool any longer. Their only reason fo his is that the Act Bete down that n lemon over fifteen years of age shall, b idmitted to any public school. There i ilenty of room in tho soliool for the boys hey are well behaved, and they do no nterfere in any way with the work c he school, The Chairman qf the Bear lointed out tljat very often in countr listricts children could not get a phanc o attend sohool until they were twelve o hirteen years old, and it would bo un list to bar them from obtaining educe ion solely because of their age. i esolution was passed expressing th lieapproval p£ the Board. at the expu! ion of any children over fifteen, extep or very sound reasons, such as want c ooni, or matters affecting discipline, The Compensation Bill, which M jawry is fathering m the House of Bej esentatives, embodies the views of th Jioensed Victuallers on the vexed quea ion of compensation. It provides fo he. creation of a fund by contribution if 12$ per cent on the license fees pan o the local bodies, a like sum from th ;round landlord, and a third sum to b aised by an increase in the licenso feet ?hn Resident Magistrate of the distric rill assess the amount of compensatioi o be paid to the dispossessed license nd to the owner of the property. It i iehe»ed by the promoters that the mea ure will pass the House, as it is under tood that the Temperance Party wil ave no objection to compensation whicl rauld'oome mainly from the licensee hemselyes., : ,, ■ .','"', . ' Thepublio-wliq a# aJJihg and see! pod health, and those who are well bu ieyer 'know when sickness may attaol hem—ta|[e; §', coj}Btanb and seriou nterest jri the various popular remedie rhichare brought undfer their notico ii lie newspapers; and there is no doub hat when they do so, they often wis hey l ofluld ■'have a reliable means c atisfying thjsraJßlyej as'to Jthe merit c f jihe article -they reai} abpuf;. Well ?8 pan give them a sure "rule ;fo ;uidance. Let them ponaider how lon ho medicine has beep fn the market p hat is ft posit|ve : test, for an inferio ts..desttu'ctioh.O !Tis.t.rue s^ ertl "|!l lay give it a spurt at the start, but it uecess is of short duration and peopli rho try tlw preparation rapidly losi onfldence in it,-; .In this ..connection, i ) a relief to study the career of a wall; lonesfc-remedy, and as an example: o uohno better medicine for our purpose an be ohosen than the now remark ble proprietory medicine known a !01emente'„Tonie.",: Its success ha leehpheVotderial,- and? its reputation ii ar from ephemeral, for It has been triei iy time and not found wanting; am his day, probably, its sales are greate ban ever,"?nd all classes of benefitei lumanity testify their regard fori it nerits. To enumerate in this shor paragraph all the affections this excellen nerve and brain tbhio and genera restorative has been found capable o curing is impossible,. bo we can only 're ."wmend sufferers to study the not! ficatinns which are published from tim to time in our columns concerning. it properties and its cures, and then tu; it themselves. They will not regrj' doing so, T?e«e assured,

It is announced by cable that Mr Douglas Honty, brewer, Chichester, has bequeathed $6,000 to 1 missions, and £16,000 to the Biblo Society, it will be | interesting to learn whether those Christian institutions will accept tbo money derived from the drink trade.' The Roy J. W.Hope, who has been Presbyterian Minioter at the Lower Hutt for about two years, died yesterday lriurniug. The deceived was well-kuuwu id tho Wairarapa, and had severul times visited Masterton. The Bincnrity he displayed in his addresses, and (lie gouiality.of his disposition gained for him many friends.

It is stated that the proclamation constituting Pahiatua a-'Borough- wilt be issued next week. ■-■•'-■■ - ■■ -

The following Qreytown team has been picked to fire a match against the 1 Feathwston.Kaiwaimii Olub,' on - Frtday morning next at 9.30, o'clock. The match will be tired at the Papawai range:—Captain Cameron, P; C. and E. Rutherford, J. Oates, 0, J. Jury, H. Moriaon, T. J. Rowse, \V. Bruhtoh, Keid, and H. Walden. Emergencies. H.S.lzard and T.Fisher. Tenders are invited by Mr A. A. Ulkius, of Mastertou, for ialling about 100 acres of bush at his farm, iMi-Miki. Specifications may bo seen at the Club hotel. .

It is publicly notified that any partnership which may have existed between 0, L, Becker and F. M. H. Hummer has been dissolved and all authorities given by the latter are revoked. A vioious" Life of Deeming" is being sold in the Colony. We agree with a contemporary that its sale as indecent and dangerous literature should be prohibited.

The vermin-proof fence between Victoria and South Australia is : 223 miles, long. Two men named Tangford auti Smith have been sentenced to five years' im* priaonment at Sydney for forging bank notes. .

An inhuman wretch named Oook, found guilty of • assaulting children at Sydney, was sentenced to seven years' penal Bervitu.de,'with three whippings of twenty lashes each. He deserved it. A fair dame at Hamilton; Victoria, had to do three days' without the option of a fine for telling an M.L.A. that the people of Dudas must be hard up for an M.P. when they elected him. We sympathise with her, if the temptation to' be frank wbb anything like it ib in New Zealand. We are informed that a large assort" ment of the latest orchestral musio has been received by Clifford's orchestra from Molbourne, and.will shortly be produced in Masterton.

The Egmoirt Settler cautions very backward subscribers not to permit their daughters to wear the paper for an "improver." There being so much "due" on it there is a danger of their taking cold, ' ~■.:■:

The Secretary of the Wellington Boys' Institute has written as follows to Mr T. W. Shute, of Masterton:—Sir,—Will 1 you please accept the thanks of the Com. mittee of the Boys' Institute for your donation of books for the Library, which will form a very welcome addition to it, Trusting, that .you are now fully recovered from your illness, Political affairs at Samoa are, accordding to latest advices, quiet. It is stated that the British warship Curacoa, now at Apia, has declared a British protectorate over the Gardner Island (Phoenix Group), and the Danger and Massau Islands, near the Phoenix Group, where the British flag has been hoisted.

The chief engineer on the steamer Maori was lost overboard on Tuesday night last, when the vessel was off Cape Campbell. It is supposed that he was looking over the side at the disohargo pipe as usual beiure going to breakfast, when he overbalanced himself and fell, He had been on the vessel Bince it was launched, and was forty-one years of atje. He leaves a wife and family.

In the estimate of the amount required by the Wellington Education Board for building purposes during the current year appear the following:-Hawera SV'mT"';"" w W *4BO, Infant sohuol, Maaterton, £650, ManijaoHa, residence and addihono £IOO, Pahiatua residence and additions &00, Manga! tainuka, additions £200; Scarborough ■IB6O, Mangahoe bouth m Mnkuri Jt'3ol), Maturi £3OO. MriaWiokenon, late of Master. ton, ia now in Armidale, New South Wales, where ho is filling the honourable position of editor to a news, paper, He is also distinguishing himself ao a vocalist and football enthusiast. In notioing hid rendering of the "Death of Nelson," the Armidale Chronicle, hia «val journal, says:-"Mr Wickerson has a sweet, Bilvery tenor voice, whioh was heard to great advantage in the compact hall, Ho will be a great acquisition to musical circles in the Cathodal Oity." The enterprising "Sid" has been chosen a member of the selection oommittee of tho Football Club in whioh capacity he ia acting in con. junction with Mr Alexander Baillio, alsoofMasletton.

. Details of the accident by which Lord i Ancrum met his death at Meninga, near ( Bombala, New South Wales, are just to i hand. The docoaaed was out shooting f with a party consisting of Captain Leigh,- [ Mr Richard Smith, and Meßers H. T. and , W.E, Edwards, Just after lunoheon the i latter tool; up his. gijn, from which he . had previously extracted the cartridges, , and pqt it alongside pf Smith/a, whjoh , was a roude-loider, and ohareed. He then got his hone, took up one of the , euna, and proceeded to mount, The animal he was riding beiug a vioioua one , started forward and bumped him against either Leigh's or Smith's horses; During the confus'on an explosion took place, He looked underneath his horse to see if it had been shot when Captain Leigh called out, "Good God I look at An-' crum."' He (Edwards) went over lmmediately and found the Earl shot all over the face, He pould not say whether it was the gun ha took up that exploded, as he may have taken up the muzzleloader by mistake. He afterwards found that the muzzle-loader had exploded, and wo* marked all down the barrel aa if it had been kioked by a horse. It was lying on the ground amongst the horses after the explosion. The Karl of Ancrum was found on the ground with blood flowing from his head, He lingered for a few moments and, died without uttering a word. 'At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of'" Accidental.Peath," Bemomber! Qur big sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing, oitmnenoing on May, July Ist,'at To Aro House; Remember I If you' want to' receive wonderful bargainsjeu jhoufd visit or send to the Big Sale at Te Aro Houso, Wellington. ' •'••-■

fiememberl There sre wmfclul bar. gains in pv/jry department Bqohas will make atrip to our Big Sale remunerative. You will save far more tbin your expenses by visitingtho Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington;-, , , ~'.-, ' Bejjjeinbnr I Sale Price,'lists will 'on' apv plication fale'lasts 15 day's, only. If'a yjaitjs imrioßsib'lo, Bend your qrdera, pnolosing Cash, sotjia't you ; may abate jn'tbo good things going at the Big Sale, TeAro House, tyellingtjn, :■.