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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4221, 17 September 1892, Page 2

The twenty-six men sent by the Labor Bureau to the Tirauuiea aro making,very good headway. Up to the present they have fortriwl about two miles of road. The men think that they will do very well at the work when the wealber ia mote fettled,

Dir. Gault is appointed & Publi Vaccinator for the Pahiatua district. The jpreaent session of Parliament ie expected to close within four weeks.

_ It is understood that n butter factory is shortly to be started in Palmerston North,

Mr Gladstone is a great believer in sleep j ho says that a politician should never think of State matters after getting to bed, nor just upon, awaking in the morning. In the most exciting political crisis he dismisses current matters en* tirely from hismind every night, and does nut think of then) until obliged to do so. Like Sancho Pauzi, Mr Gladstone has a great giit of sleep; ho always got seven hours, and whatever time hemay happen to retire m the evoning, after this niagio number has been reached, he wakes up instinctively and caunot drop oil again, however much he tries,

The fee system at English theatres, against which the publio has been grumbling for years, seems to die hard, in a case reojntly heard before the Lord Chief Justice the refreshment contractor at tho-Avenue Theatre valued the right of selling programmes to tho audience at sixpence apiece as being worth £BO a week to him, A correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph recently writing on the subject said" I cannot understand the stato of mind which allows a man to charge tho publio Od for a badly printed piece of paper which costs him only a fraction of a farthing." Fortunately this detestable custom has never prevailed in the Colonies,

_ The following rather a pathetio ntory, is given in a magazine devoted to hospital work " A boy of seven, playing; marbles in tho street on his way from school, was run over and knocked down by a passing hoise and cart, being so severely injured that he had to bo taken to the Cottage Hospital One of his legs was found to bo badly crushed, and amputation of the thigh proved necessary. Noxt day, on the morning round, the surgeon explained to his small patient that his leg had been out off, and feltiathor disconcerted whon tho little fellow looked up and said, ' Please, doctor, will it grow again ?' "

It may not be generally known, remarks the Hawke's Bay Herald, that a movement has been on foot for some time past to establish in Napier an association for thecremation of the dead. It deceived, a temporary check from the supposition that the cost of-tho works, etc. would amount to somo thousands of pounds. _By the 'Frisco mail, however, information has been received from the Cremation Society of England by which it was learnt that the works should not cost more than £SOO. It takes six owt. of coals to cremate a body, and the charge in England is £5,

A writer in the New York Evening Post gives the following extract from a private letter, which throws a certain side-lieht on how the slave trado ilouriahea in Mororco: " I must now tell nf the caravan which arrived at Tcnduf from Tirabuctoo at the end of March last. It brought scarcely any merchant disc, but there wore 4,000 Blaves, principally young girls and boys! So great was tho influx of slaves at Marakesh (Mi rooco city) that, inatoad of holding tie market twice a week, as usual, it wr held daily, from the 2oth of April till tho 14th of May; and tho prices were com> paratively low, ranging from ilO to 415 ahead. During tho feast of Ramadan tho Kaids, who came to Marakesh in order to present gifts to the Sultan's son, who is the Khalifa of his father, agreed that tho most acceptable present would be somo of these young slaves from Timbucioo. l : hero were forty.three Kaids, and each of them gave this young man, only eighteen yoars of age, three slave girls and threo slavo boysover ;200 slaves in all I It is said that moro than 800 slaves were sold at this market in ten days to merchants who had come from Riff, Tifilat and other distant places to obtain a supply of human chattels; and besides this many wore sold privately, 1 was myself the witness of a sad Bcene in the market, when three littlonogresses from' eightto ten years old, who had ovidently como from a very distant part, as no one there could speak their language, svere ruthlessly parted from each other and different owners, amid tears, pitiful cries and such resistance as tho poor little creatures could employ." It was in 1851 that tho Birkbeck Bank which has during the past woek been tho subject of so many cablegrams, was established. The most attractive novelty offered waß interest on current accounts, under certain prudent regulations, and practically the ourrenl rato of interest (at present 3 per cent ia being paid) was allowed on all deposits, these deposits being withdrawable on demand. Small flumß are received, and as soon as the deposits reach a total of 11, interest commences, Tho idea of the Post Office Savings Bank, both in the Colonies and Great Britain, is taken from the scheme upon which tho business of the Birkbeck Bank ja conducted, The business of the bank is mostly confined to artisans and tho small shopkeeper class, although of late years there has boen a tendency on the part of people among the middle classes to take advantage of the facilities offered by the bank. With regard to the present orisis in the history of this institution, the fact that tho Bank of England, which does not aolwashly, has advanced the Birkbeck Bank half a million, Roos far to show that tho Bank is considered absolutoly sound,—fl.B. Herald,

Thus writes " A Horse-woman " to tho Hawko's Bay Herald:" Thero are prizes being given for horses that oan gallop best, trot best, jump and leap best, and why not a prize for thoso that can walk beat ? When all other pacoa aro attended to, why should fchia bo neglected ? The comfort of a long ride often depends on the walking pace of a horso; yet you often find a horse that can do everything well but walking. Some encouragoment might 6iirely bo given for this pace as well aB any other," The suggestion of this correspondent seems a very sensible one, Apart from anything else, it_ would bo more serviceable for people in general to have a good exposition and true definition of what a proper walk is, There seem' to bo tho moat diverse opinioni on the subject of this paceof ahorse. The precise moment when the animal stops walking and commences to amble is uften bo carelessly disregarded ; and to hear that a horse is a fast walker now-a-days meanß vory little when eo much latitude is allowed. A competition of this nature at a Wairarapa Show would be most interesting, we should say, The friends of Mr S, Vowless of Kurupuni, will regret to learn that his oldest son, a steady young man of about twenty-one years died on Friday evening, after a short but aevore illness, Last winter tho deceased was prostrated by/a grippe, and this enemy seems to have undermined his constitution, The funeral will take place on Sunday, and will be conducted by the Ealvation Army, of whioh body the deceased was a member.

Be careful when you buy, where you buy what you buy and how you buy. -Uyou do not watch these cardinal points in the science of buying, likely enough you will buy at the wrong shop, but what yon don t want, and pay more than ie at necessary, 01 com it will be jour own fault, no one olse is to blame j your mis* ortuna arises from your own denseness nd lack of caution and foresight in floundering into the first hole in the wall you come across in your shopping rambles There is only one way out of the difficulty only one plan by which the thousand distinct evils that are in your path can b? avoided; and the thousand blessings that are waiting foryouoan be embraced, vfe. Buy everything at Ho:per and Company Bon Marche, Make it a rota of your life aid see that your family do so likewise. It is to your interest, just the same as it i; to insure your life in a sound sooiety, or build your house on a secure foundation, by poing the whole hog;, in other words, |>y determining 'to buy everything at Hooper and Company's, Bon. Marche, Take your grocery bill on one band, and yppr paper's on the the other Give us your weekly, order for family stores; for.tea, coffee bqtter; and other eatables, and you tvil save enough to bpy your owp clothes, with something' tq put ip the pockets. Buy everything at Hooper and Company's; Bon MBn)lw~Apyi

_ Mr D. Crewe publishes entries of stock m connection with his sale at Ekotahuna on Saturday, 24th September. Tenders for the erection of a dairy factory at Dreyerton for the Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association close on Monday next at 4 p.m. W, Storey charged at the Masterton U.M. Court this morning, before Colonel Roberts, with drunkenness in a publio thoroughfare, was convicted and discharged wit h a caution, he having already spent the night in the police cell.

There was lately a girl-mother of only fifteen years in tho Ohristchurch Refuge. The last few days fine weathor is already dryins up the roads in the FortyMile Bush.

We hear that Misß Oardbn, proprietress of/the Marquis of Normanby Hotel at Carterton, has sold out to a Mr Tucker,

As a result of settlements recently effected by tho Native Lands Court, fencing and improvements on Maori land on the East Coast have received a stimu» lus, and a considerable advance is to bo noticed, Titles have been defined, and the holdings being now more secure to tenants, there is some encouragement to progress.

_ Short sentences maybe incisivo sometimes, but they do not usually indicate a masterly command of the bcstpossibilitieß of the < English language, It is thus satisfying to find that the concluding sentence of ono of Mr Gladstone's recent speeches contained 800 words, with many, subordinate and relative Bonfonces, Au exchange rerunrka that its analysis would make an exoellent lesson in grammar, for it comes out of all its involutions triumphantly correct, and marches to its end with a stately rhythm of its own.

At the adjourned meeting of the Wairarapa Racing Club to be held at the Oddfellows Hall, Featherston, on Saturday, 24th inst. at 2 p.m., tho following matters have to be dealt with: -Courso improvements; Mr Board's motion is as follows:—That in respect of improvements the Club do not borrow any sum exceeding £ ICO. Mr MicShane moved "That the Committee be authorized to expend a Bum not exceoding £7OO on erection of Grand Stand and general improvements and to mako tho necessary arrangements for obtaining what Tunds may be required for carrying out the work andto arrange for assistance from the Race Course Trustees," The next business will be, (1) Tho number of meetings to be held; (2) Notice of motion by Mr MacShano, viz —"That the total reduotion irom totalisator investments shall not exceed ten per cent. /urther notices of motion have been given as follows:—Mr Wilkinson, "That any new membors elected should pay an entrancefeeof£l, Mr Hutto^:—"That not more than half tho Stewards retire at tho end of their first year of office, and aro oligiblo for re-election, and the remaining half at tho end of the second year. At the first mooting of Stewards, lots to be drawn to decide those retiring.

The express s.s. Warrimoo ono of the new steamers just built for the Now Zealand and Australian Steamship Com> pany ia 357 ft by 42Jft. with a gross tonnage of 3830. In tho matter of passenger accommodation Bheis said to be equal to tho Onion Company's finest boats, The dining saloon is 60ft lons, and extends across tho whole breadth of tho ship. There are about fifty staterooms, fitted with ail the newost dodges for increasing comfort and economising space, and a complete eleotrio light installation. The Warrimoo Bteams I6| knots easily against tho tide, her guaranteed speed being 16 knots. Donations and Special prizes promised tho Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association for its next show are valued at nearly £4OO.

A runaway occurred at Carterton yesterday afternoon whereby Mr Arthur Copping, a member of our staff, was left in the lurch by the incontinent behaviour of hisstefd. He had momentarily left his gig and horse standing in Mr Giles' yard, adjoining the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, when the quadruped became frightened and bolted, It ran into tho livery stable at tho top of the yard and dashed through the closed doors at tlio upper end of the building, the vehicle, of courso, becoming detached by contact with the obstruction. The damage, whioh consisted of a broken swingletree and injured harness, was not oxtensive, and it is not thought that the horse, which ran off in the direction of Greytown, had suffered at all.

A flattering verdiot.—Speaking of ono of the moat notod of colonial specialities, tho press says"Sharland'a Baking Powdor doeorvea mote than a passing notion,for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From ono end of New Zealand to tho other, large orders are received for this popular brand, Even in tho moat out of the way districts the careful house-wife, possessed with the laudablo ambition to make her bread and her scones better than her neighbours', buys Sharland'a Baking Powder, and triumphs _ over (he few of her lons sensible Bisters, who, from a mistaken sense of ecouorny, buy apparently cheaper brands. The recipe of $ t»ood Baking Powder is anything but a secret; but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & Uo. do, the best only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exuotly proportioned," Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Pow> dor, cannot do better than uao the " Moa " brand—Advt