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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4162, 12 July 1892, Page 2

Arbor Day (August 4th) has been ,gazetted a public holiday. A four-roomed houßo, with scullery and' three acre paddock attached, situated at Upper Plain, is advertised to bs Jet. Sheep (says tho Mataura Ensign) are being "trained" in considerable nuin' ; b.ers from Southland to Oainani, wheip Bucculent pastures await the Btrangers, Many runs South have lately been overstocked, ■ j

Mr E. O'H. Canavan, well known in the Wairarapa, reads a paper on '! Eels" before the. Wellington Philosophical Society _on Wednesday evening. The subject is a slippery cue.

A Caledonian Society has been formed in Palmerston North. '

The R.M.S. Eaikoura arrived at Hobart on Saturday with sixty passengers for New Zealand, She should reaoh Auoklandto-inotrow,

A Farmers' Go-operative Association is being formed at Oamaru with a capital of £25,000.

The Eiverton Star describes an immense potato of the white Derwent variety absolutely free from any imper. faction. It weighs three pounds; measures twelve and a half inches from tip to tip, and is twelve inches in circumference,

A pertion only of the Bush mail reached Masterton yesterday afternoon, a Blip on the road between Miatua and Eketahuna preventing the coaches from getting through. A Maori footballer in the Gisborne district rejoices in the name of "Masterton," And ho does not disgrace his name.

The Bay of Plenty Times says that poultry owners at Katikati have suffered some heavy loscss from tho flying ant. One gentleman lost eighteen valuable birds of a rare variety of game fowl in the course of a few hours.

Mr H, A, Strattord, for some years Resident Magistrate in Mastorton, and mote recently of Oamaru, has been transferred to the West Coast, The Dnbson.Kennody Dramatic end Comedy Company have just concluded a highly successful season in Napier. They open in (iisborne this week. A reward of £l6O and a free patdon are offered to any person nut being the principal offender who will give such evidence as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of thoso connected with the burning of the Hampden-streefc school, Nelson, on the 13th of Juno, Wo are indobted to Mr John Bagge, postmaster, for tho following return of births, deaths and marriages registered in Masterton for the half year ending 30th-June, 1892, as compared with the same period last year:—lß92- Births 128, deaths 42, marriages 20. 1891— Births 112, deaths 28; marriages 28, An up-country paper announces that a rat ate his way through, the wall of the document room in tho Lands Depart" ment, Melbourne, and feasted on Beveral leases of malice land, some of which wore completety destroyed The paper adds:—" It if evident that the rat appropriated half a million acres of scrub, several homesteads, a small mountain, and a large Bandy desert. These have not beon recovered, The rat died, it I seems, through hsving eaten a sketch of the Yarrn." tlnakea I

A lady in this district (says the Napier News) is much concerned about what she believes to be a very cruel practice with horses. She writes to know it there is a branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals here, but we thins not, and we advise hor to write to Wellington, She says that what drew her attention to tho matter was that all one night her husband moaned and groaned in his sleep about the shameful trick of" scratching" howes. Tho good lady thinks it must be a cruel act when it would upset her husband in such a manner, The work of decorating the Mastorton drill hall fur the Rifle Volunteer Ball on Thursday evening next is proceeding apace, No pains nro being spared by the Cnmimttoein their endeavour to eclipse all previous gatherings in the matter of decorations, and we doubt not that their efforts will be fully rewarded. The preparation of the floor ut not being overlooked, and everything possiblo is being done to make the gathering a completo and triumphant success, All that now remains is for Providence to smile upon our "noble defendera" and givo them fine weather, - Meters Wrigglesworth and Binns, the artistic photographers of Willis-street, Wellington, havo succeeded in producing a magnificent series of portraits of our new Governor, His Excellency the Earl of Glasgow, two of which are pronounced by the Earl hiraoelf to be the best he has ever had taken. The series consists of two large pictures, 20 x 16, three 12 x 10, and several cabinets. The two twenty by sixteen are singularly line examples of what can be obtained by tho best modern photography, and nothing seems to havo been neglected to onsure perfection in tho various and successive steps necessary to the building up of a perfect photograph and a pre-eminently pleasing and' familiar likeness, The posing m both pictures is vigorous and virile, yet easy, unconventional, and well balanced, The set of tho head in the nearly profile picture is peculiarly happy in its characteristic ease and freedom. The modelling in both pic tures jb particularly lino; the texture of the ekin faithfully preserved, none of it being smotherod in tho deeper shadows, nor lost in the highest and most brilliant points of light-it looks liko flesh. The work of the re-touching pencil has been limited—as it always should be-to correcting and Boftenmg the microscopic tendency of the lens,- tho muscles are not covered up and lost, but the hard lines andoavities, wherein tho "instrument docs lie," are reduced to truthful and Balient points in tholikoness, Another characteristic of excellence in these portraits ib the hands. They are good in both: there is no distortion, and the employment of special judgment in the lighting, and great technical skill in developiue, re-touching, and printing is dearly indicated by the results achieved. The hair and beard are also excellent, The drapery almost looks as if it could be handled, The artistic, broken-up background, from which the picture stands out with such life-like vigour and wonderful atmospheric effect, too, is a feature. The tones are warm and brilliant without being garish or startling, and, finally, there is in both these portraits an utter absence of accessories, which is in the best taste when the artist wishes to produce a likeness of a publio man. Tho whole'series are fine examples of latter-day sun-pictures. We congratulate Messra Wriggleßworth and Binns on their work, and sincerely hope they may havo been as fortunate with the Countess of Glasgow, who, we understand, has lately honoured the firm with several sittings. Our Wellington Correspondent "Kosmos," in the course of hhijottingß in another column, refers to an an interesting conversation he had with Mr H. Wilfrid Lawaon, only son of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart., M.P., in which that gentleman intimated bis intention of engaging in farming in this Colony if he came across suitable land, and also that he purposes looking at some properties in the vicinity of Masterton in a few days' time, The heavy warm rains experienced in the Maßterton district during the past few days have brought down the snow from the rangeß, and all the rivers are in a high state of flood. The Buamahuuna was bank high yesterday, whilst the Waipoua overflowed in several places and inundated low-lying flats. The water was runninj' down Dixon-street as far as the Salvation Army Barracks, and portions of the public park were submerged. A larger body of water haß not passed down the Waipoua since the flood of 1884. No serious damage has been reported. The wind changed last night to the'south-east, and the water in the rivers is subsiding.

Eemomberl Oar big sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing, commencing on Friday, Jul; Ist, at To Aro House. Remember I If you want to receive wonderful bargains you should visit or send |to the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington. ■ '•■•.-.■

fiemember I There are wonderful bar* gains in every department each as will make a trip to our Big Sale remunerative. You will save far more than your expenses by raiting the Big Sale at ft Aro House, Wellington, ; Kemember I Sale Prioo lists will on ap> plication bo forwarded post free/ Sale lasts 15 days only. If a visit is impossible send your orders, enclosing Cash, so that you may share in the good things going at the Big Sale, Te Aio Home, Wellington,

The Victorian. Mutual : Building Society has suspended' payment. A resident of Oamaru haa been sent to gaol for contempt of Court for refusing to answer certain questions'in the course of his public examination under the Bankruptcy Aot.

There were three hundred arid sixtynine applications for the position of inspeotor of nuisances to the borough of Marrickville, New South Wales, at a salary of £3 a week, •

The Insurance Times, New York, of recent date pays a graceful compliment to the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, of which Mr 0. J. Owen is tho District Manager, in Wellington, and Mr !P. Gill the Resident Agent and capable representative in the Wairarapa. Thus speaks the paper iii question:—"Sydney seems to be the head-quarters of Australia's principal life insurance companies, Mr J. : O. Reoiineton, a well-known underwriter, whose fame occasionally reaches this country and Europe, is the General Manager of tho Mutual Life Association of Australasia, a Sydney institution established in 1869. The Australian companies are.well managed, and they are held perhaps in higher repute than are similar institutions anywhere else in the world."

The third of the sorios of winter evening entertainments in aid of the choir fund of St. Matfchow's Church is to be given in tho schoolroom this (Tuesday) evening. A numbor of the leading vocalists of Mastertoa ate contributing to the musical portion of the programme, and Mr R. W. Rawnsley will deliver a highly interesting lecture, illustrated with lime lifthts, on his " Travels in the Pacific" We expect on this ocoasion to see a good audience,

An enterprising firm of Wellington tailors is offering prizes of extra pairs of trousers for the nearest guess to the time it will take to burn a certain largo candle. An amusing incident in connection with the announcement of the fact ocourred the other evening. A modest young school-girl was proceeding along the Btreet a few yards in front of her maternal relative when she was aoco'ated by a precocious youth distributing handbills who exclaimed, " Here you are miss, if you win you'll get a pair of trousers I" The fair and innocent one, little thinking that the extension of tho, franchise to women was so near at hand, and having no idea of matrimony, resented (he soft impoachment and smote the offender across the head with such vigour that he is uot likely to repeat the insult. A Masterten coaohbuilder was unpacking some American ash the other day, which he had had stowed, away for over twelvft months, when he discovered a number of codlin moths in the heart of the timber. The moths wero alive and kicking, and no sooner were thoy released from thoir imprisoument than they flew off—probably to the nearest apple orchard.

T«-day—l2th July-is the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Iti Maatprton there is not a bit. of yellow to be BCOII.

The followin? football team will re present the second fifteen of the Orientals against the second of the Royal Stars on Saturday next:—Full Back, T. Wiekens; Three-quarters, T. O'Leary.T. Walker, B. Walker; Halves,o. King, A. Welch, A. Wool; Forwards, T. Wiokens, Cade, Gardner, Reynolds, Finlayaon, Smith, Corbet, Wilton,; emergencies, Barton, H. Walker, D. Roberson, Braggins, Smith,