Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878] WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4156, 6 July 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1892.

being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is IDENTICAL

Wo havo to acknowledge the receipt from the Government Printer of another budget of Parliamentary papers,

Tenders ate, we understand, about to be called for the erection of the public drinking fountain in Masterton. No less than fifty canines have been registered in Masteitou during the past fortnight. A company is being formed in the Manawatu and Marlborough districts to work a gold mining claim at Mahakipawa The claim is situate at the junction of two streams, and is believed to contain gold in payable quantities. How is it done. We (Bvoning Pross) have seen a copy of a tolcgram sent to a lato Government Surveyor as undor :- "You are directed to make room on party for the young man tho Minister of Lands is bringing with him from the South." And it is needless to say room was found, The Palmerston North Borough Council has instructed its delegate to the Municipal Conference to move in the direction of procuring power to enforce a penalty of ton per oent on all overdue rates. The delegato from Masterton has been instructed to support such a movement.

The legal costs to the Colony in tho case of tho Edwards judgeship were £1387.

There is talk of a public hall being erected atKaitawa, Forty-Milo Bush. A hotel has also been suggested, The Woodvillo paper says;— The wintor being experienced this year in tho Bush districts is ono of the worst we haye known, and is causing Hovero losses in sheep. The Board of Reviewers have completed their sitting at Carterton. Tho total valuo of rateable property in Wairarapa South County, including town districts, is now £1,805,184, an increase of .6313,000 on the 1888 valuations. Twelve objeotors obtained reductions, tho total amount talion off assessors' values being £12,402. Messrs H. R, Bunny and 5, A. Fairbrother. wore the assessors.

It Is understood that Ministers have decided not to Interfere in the Rangitikei election,

Petty pilfering is still going on in Masterton, but it is satisfactory to find ihat the offenders aro principally boys, One resident who lost a number of tools discovered them in tho possession of a neighbour's children, whilst a wellknown butcher caught several youths in the act of removing a quantity of fat from his siaughteryard.

The monthly meeting of tho Grcytown Voluntee''Fire Brigade was held on Mon. day evening. Two persons wore elected membere, and another an honorary member. The brigade now consists of forty stroog and willing members. Tho substantial sum of thirty shillings was collected at the meeting in aid of Fireman Ahem, of New Plymouth, (who has beon laidpp since Septomber last) and family of wife and three little children; It was decided to hold a concert on A ugust 4th next in order to raise funds to pay off tbe overdue instalments on tho engine,

It is stated that the Government propose to take virgin land, with, if possible, a proportion of bush, for their State farms. Spade culture is to be used as muc!l ns possible, and a variety of small farm industries ?uch aa may be leeiti* mately brought within the scope ot fruit and dairy farms will bo established on the ground, which will be within easy distance of railways, Tbo farming will bo mixed-fruit, dairy, pastoral, and ngricullural—and the establishments will be under tho control of tbo Industrial Bureau.

A large audience assembled in the Maaterton Tlieatro Royal last evening to hoar the lecture (if the Eev Dr Lucas nn " The Indian Tribes of Canada," The lecturer, who was briefly introduced by the Chairman (Mr E. Feist), spoko for anhoursndn half on the life and customs of the Canadian Indiins, and kept the audienco in roars of laughter with 1 hia illustrations of native wit. At the conclusion of his address Dr Lucas, who was engaged in mission work for some years in Canada, sang a sacred song in the Indian tongue.. The rev. gentleman addresses a meeting of ludjcs this afternoon, and to : night will be present at the concert in the Temperance Ball. The series of lectures will be concluded on Thursday evening, when JDr Lucas will give an address on Prohibition in the Temperance Hall. During last week eighteen men were found work at Makuri, Forty-Mile Bush and eighteen at Bketahuna through the j agency of the Labour Bureaui ' '

A man who is a resident of Martinborough, was arreßtcd at Greytown on Monday by Constable Eccleton on a charge of having indecently assaulted a young woman, Six miles of road formation in the Parkville Special Settlement is proposed to bo undertaken by the Eketahuna Road Board. Notice of the intention of that body to raise a loan for the purpose Is given in another column.

A grand concert is to be held in tho Temperance Hal! this (Wednesday) evening, in aid of tho Phconix Lodpe, 1.0. G.T. Songs, recitations, and addresses will be fciven, and moat of the leading vocalists of the town will take part, having kindly volunteered assistance. Some choice selections will be played by tho String Band, and the chair will be taken by the Rev J. Dukes, The farmers of Ballanco, Forty-Milo Bush, have received the sum of £534 7s for butter shipped this season. The Masterton Riflo Volunteer Ball, jto bo held on Thursday week, promises to be tbe oyent of the season, no effort or oxpenso being spared in (ho perfect, ing of tho arrangements. The Committee which has the undertaking in hand is a strong one, and is energetically pushiuc the sale ot tickets, and nothing will, we venturo to say, bB wanting to make tho gathering a thorough out-and. out success,

Settlers in the Wairarapa do not con. sider the small bird nuisance of sufficiently great importance to justify them in taking united action for its supproß» sion,

The prospects of a good harvest in the Mastertim district this year are not vory bright. In some places ploughing opera.. tions havo not yet been commencod, the weather having rendered this work absolutely impossible, and ill other parts the seed sown has beon washed out of the ground. A large number of men are being supplied by the Labour Bureau for bushfelling work in the Forty-Mile Bush. Dr Lucas will give a short address at tho concorfc to he held in the Temperance Hall this evening. A fine specimen of tho inland grebe has been presented to the Maaterton Museum by Mr J. M. Meredith, to. gefltor with a native rat. Both exhibits have been mounted by Mr Jacobs. A native bat has also been forwarded by Mr E, Smith, of the Taueru.

His Worship the Mayor (Mr 0, A. Pownall) proceeded to Wellington yesterday to attend the Muuioipal Conference as delegate from tho Masterton Borough Council,

The ovordraft of the Masterton Borough Council now stands at £B9O. Mr Joseph Reardon, of the Masterton gasworks, is, we regret to hear, teriously ill with inflammation of the lungs, Duncan Puckle, an obstructive eottler of Mangahao, has " forcibly protested " against the proclamation constituting Pahiatua a Borough, and begs that tho petition of the ratepayers bo refused.

Without donbt the Rsngitikoi distriot can produce some of the finest sheep in tho Colony. On Saturday wo saw one of the finest haunchos of mutton ever exposed in any shop in tho Colony. It weighed 31}lbs, and was out from a fullmouth wether of the Romnoy breed, the carcase of which turned the scale at 16'Jlhs. Tho sheep was bred by Mr Ben Goffers, of Bonny Glen.—Mercury. A Broken River (Vic) squatter is rather touchy on tho subject of judging at shows, lie made the slight error of giving a prize in a shorthorn bull class to a stag which had been penned up by mistake.

The Napior Telegraph says: Two years was tho punishment meted out to Joseph Roberts, a brother of Jonathan) Roberts, for larceny, at the Supreme' Court, Ho was first committed iu 1873 for horse stealing, when he got a year's imprisonment. In 1880 he was summarily convicted at Wellington, mid got four weeks, Then again ho got six months at Hastings for stealing a saddle, whilo on othor charges he has been acquitted. The Chief Justice said it ivas a pity that a strong, healthy and clever man like the prisoner could not keep straight, but Roberts said he was Bent to gaol as a young man, and afterwards, whenever he had worked any little time in any place, he waß always told some* thing was known against him, and he had to shift Bomewhero else. Then he took to drink, and this was tho cause of his other crimes.

A rathor amusing incident occurred yesterday morning at the Courthouse, says the Ashburton paper of Juno 21st, Two police coses had been heard by the silting Justice, and he, tho police, reporters, and Court officers had all retired to other duties, when a man entered tbe Court buildings, and accosted the clerk, asking to see the Sergeant of Police. Told that the officer asked about had gono, the visitor became very anxious, and said he had been arrested for drunkenness and wished to pay his fine. He folt very considerably relieved when the clerk told him that his name was not on tho charge sheet, and that there was no charge against him. The visitor looked as if a great load had been lifted off his mind, and ho retired with a beaming smilo upon his countenance. Ho had evidently had a very realistic dream.

Here is a very good thing sent us by an anonymous correspondent, takon, he says, from the Oamaru Mail:—And, behold, two tradesmen went Out to shoot a match, and the one was a" maiden," and knew not the übo of a rifle, and the other an ancient, which deemed himself an expert, And they put a nib m the hands of the "maiden," and at two hundred paces from the target bade him shoot, And many willing hands placed his feet and his arniß and his hands, and pointed his ritle that his bullet might speedwell; and he, shutting his eyes, commended himself to tho deity of shooting, and pulled the trigger. Well sped the bullet to the bull's eye, and a cheer arose, So likowiao did he with the Becond shot; but his remaining three Btruck not the target at all. Then came the expert, and his scoro was an outer and an inner with five shots. And those that stoud around mocked him, so that in his Wrath he said, " Tako I pray thee 300 paces more, and at 500 paces observe how ability will toll," and they took three hundred paces further, and tho "maiden," trembling, fired his five shuts, and his score was even ono magpie and one outer And tho export's score was livo misses.

An extraordinary scene took place at tho Salvation Army service at Allow, Queensland, on Sunday, Juno 13. A member of the Army named Meenin, after testifying grew fearfully excited, stating that he was under the special protection of Heoyen and could not die, He produced a bottle from his pocket, declaring that it contained poison, and hedrank the contents, A scene of great excitement ensued. Women shrieked, and a pandomnnium reigned supreme for awhile. The police having been sent for, Meenin was arrested, The services of Dr Pain were called in. Tho prisoner was brought before the local Bench next day. Tho medical ovidenoo was to the effect that Meenin exhibited symptoms of jpcipient insanity. An analysis of the remaining cpntcnts of the bottle showed the presence of six grains of strychnine,, tho crystals of whiob, fortunstoly, had not dissolved in the water used, but were found dinging to the inside of tho bottle, The prisoner's omployer consenting to act as surety, ho was discharged, Remember I Our big sale of fiurplus Wintar Drapery and Clothing, commencing on Friday, July Ist, at To Aro House,

Remember I If you want io receive wonderful bargains you should visit or send to the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.. flemeinberl .There aro wonderful bargains in overy department such as will make a kip to .our Big Salo remunerative. You will save far mqro tlian your expenses by visiting the Big Sale at re. 'Aro House, Wellington; " .' ' ' Remember I Salo Price lists will Qn application bo forwarded post free, f ale lasts 15 days only,' If a visit is impossible, send your orders, enolosing Cash, so that you may share in the good things going at the i Big Bale, Te Aro How, Winston,

A youth about fifteen years of age was arrested in MaUerton last night on a charge of drunkenness. Ho was severely reprimanded in the B.M. Conrt this morning. ;

The son of a native at Turakina whilst gathering" tuimonga," a kind of large pipi, on the Ran?itikci beach the other day, found in ono of the Bhells a pearl equal in beauty to the Oriental gems. _ The Maoris adopt a peculiar but effbo' tive plan for keeping congregations awake during the delivery of sermons. While a sermon was being delivered yestorday in a Maori chapel strangers were amused by the action of a vsteran Maori who, providod with a long stick, gravely walked up and' down, and prodded every attendant who evinced a desire to sleep.—Manawatu Times, Applications tor lottern patent were made by the following residents of the Wairarapa during the year 1891 :-Geo, Allen, of Mastcrton, blacksmith, an invention for an upsotting-inaohine for closing tires in an ordinary vice; William Wratten, of Birch Hill, Martinborough, sheep-farmer, an invention for improvements in latches or hasps for fastening doors or gates; William Toogood, of Peatherston, storekeeper, an iuvontion for scutching and hackling Hew Zealand hemp or other fibres, to be called " Toogood's Patent Soutoher and Hackler;" Donald Donald, of Solway, Masterton, sheop-farmer, an invention for " Donald's Patent Stnmping-Jack " j Thomas •John Berry, of Mastertnn, rabbiter, an invention for " Berry's Speedy Fencing Standard "; James Muir, of Maatorton, coai-hbuildor, an invontion for improvements in tho Zealandia Wool-Press; T. L. Thompson, of Masterton, an invention for separate outsido adjustment for" The new improved safety fire-screen grate"; H. J. Isitt, of Brancepeth, Maswrton, an invention for "Isitt's Patent HonCorroding, Air-Tight, Heat-Resisting Bisulphide-uf-Carbon Carrier," boing a pot for carrying biaulphido of cirbon for the destruction of rabbits; Coleman Phillips, of Feathorston, eheep-farmer, an invention for an apparatus for exterminating moths ; William Toogood, of Foatherston, storekeeper, an invention for" Toogood's Patent Fibre-Cleaming, Drying and Scutching Machine"; Thos. F. Brencbley, of Mauricevillo, an invention for destroying various kinds of blight on fruit-trees and ornamental shrubs, and exterminating field and'gardon insect pests,' called " Brenchley's Fertiliser and Farm and Garden Insecticide."