Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4228, 27 September 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1892.

Beisq the extended title or the Wairirai'a Daily, with whioh it is identioal.

: At Ohriatchuroli, recently, a noted character narr.ed Kate Moore was sentenced to fourteon days imprisonment for drunkenness, This made the tiltyfourth conviction recorded against her.

A young man advertises In our wanted column for ar. engagement on a run, or with a survey party.' Tasmania is now troubled with another peat, in tho form of a large brown Bcale, affecting currants, gooseberries, apples, and lemons.

Tho s.s, lonio left Oapotown on Saturday morning for Wellington via Hobart,

Groytown was treated to an open-air address recently by a philosopher named Smith, who ably discoursed on the vexed question of Labor and Capital. His proceedings wore diversified by the Bale of bonks and fruit,—tho ono he said, being fond for the mind, and the other food for the body, The many lriends of tho lato Judge Broad, of Nelson, havo expressed a dosire that his momory should be kept green by the erection uf a fitting memorial, Promises of support are being freely received.

A bolt occurred from Mr Ernest O. Smith's Taueru Saw Mill, on Saturday last, A traveller had just alighted from his gig, when tho dinner whistle blew causing the horso to start away, The gig collided violently with a slump, aud was overturned. Fortunately the damago dono was not great,

A married man named Whatney was thrown from his horse, at Gladstone, one day last week, through the girth breaking, Ho again mounted and was a second time thrown off. When picked up he waß found to be dead, having broken his neck in the full, Wo hear that Mr J. Jepson, of tho Aohonga Ferry Accommodation House, lias sold out to Mr R. McCulloch, a well known and popular resident of Tenui. Mr _ McCulloch's wife—formerly Alts Stilling-was proprietress of tho same establishment several years ago. Mr Jepson will probably settle on his farm near Tenui,

All evidence has now been taken in thoTePohuo case at tho sitting of the Native Land Court in Masterton, and after the land has been personally inspected by the Com t, judgment will be made up, It affects about 8,600 acres of virgin land, and is to determine the rights and nanifs of owners. The Akura subdivision caso will now be gone on with, It is expected to last abou a week.

The eminent organist, Mr W. H. Jude, who recently visited Wellington, expressed a very high opinion of Iho Great ''Weaver" organ. A letter written by bim to Mr M. J. Brookes, manager of tho Dresden Piano Company, is published in another oolumn. Arrangements have been made by this Company to supply Tbo Great" Weaver" on time payments. The Maatetton agents are Messrs Rood and Johnson, of Queenstreet, from whom price lists aud, full particulars may be obtained; and who, it might be added, have also two of the Dresden pianos at present on view, .

A FLATTERING YERDICT.-SpeakiDg of one of the most noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—"Sharland's Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notica.for the "Moa" Brand Bak. ing Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From one end of New Zealand to the other, large orders aro received for this popular brand. Even in the moat out of the way districts the careful house»wife, possessed with the laudable ambition to make her bread and her scones better than her neighbours', buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken sense of oconoiny, buy apparently cheaper brands, The recipe of' a «ood Baking Powder is anything but a secret; but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & Co, do, the boat only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exuetly proportioned," Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than use the "Moa"hrandi"ADYi|

Thesupporton of Womanhood Suf. frage in the United btatea have nominated Mrs Victoria Woodhull for the Presidency.- .. :

A sovere storm visited Sydney, N.8.W., last Saturday. • Two lives were lost' and damage to the extent of £6OOO wbb done by storm watof. ,

The Borough staff, under the direction of Mr BBtty, the overseev, are engaged kerbing and making a footpath in Club street, at the rear of Messrß L. J. Hooper 4 Oo's premises. The work was certainly needed, tho street boing almost impassable owing to its muddy slate. A branch establishment in Queon-st. hsß been opened by Messra Chamberlain Bros., in the premises lately occupied by Mr Josoph Dixon, The team chosen to do battle for the Red Stars, in tho football match against the Greytown Fire Brigade, on Saturday next, is tho same as published last week. There are now 2,349 officers in the N.Z. Postal and Telegraph Department. In the year 1890 the number was 2,225. The WoodviHo Examiner Bays:-" Mr Haggen will be a witness in the hearing of the information against Mr Syms, on Tuesday. He will bo sent up in charge of a warder and will arrive by the express train on Monday." Jt is announced by Mr A. Manguson that tho handsomo thorough-bred siro " Fitz-Hercules" will be available for 6tud purposes this season Mr Manguson's horse possesses qualities which entitle him to tho favourable consideration of all breeders, and we havo no doubt his owner will do well with him. His head quarters are Mr Manguson'a stables, Eketahuua.

A gentleman has been in tho Manawatu district for the past few days looking oui lor likely horses for tram work in Melbourne.

Tho adjourned annual mooting ol members of tho filoßterton-Opaki Jockey Club is to be held to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at half-past seven o'clock in the Club Hotel.

In another column of this issueappcars the programmo of tho Woodvillo District Jockey Club for its Summer Hack Itace Meeting to bo held on Monday, 2nd January, There are altogether eight events, with liberal and well-propor-tioned prize-money; and both horseowners and tho public will no doubt respond in good style to the excellent arrangements tho popular Woodville Club is making to provido an in every way attractive meeting, Mr Geo J, Wallace, manager of the Masteiton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company, Limited, intends patenting an improved wool-press, The cbiof improvements aro a hook for letting go the cap wliilo pressure iB on, and an arrangoment of the palls by which all sliding friction is done away with, All tho pressure gear will also be wrought iron.

Those interested in pastoral and agricultural matters are reminded of the holding ofthe Woodiille Central A, and P. Association's grand annual show at tho racocourse, Woodville, on Friday, 11th November. This exhibition is becoming ono of the most important gatherings of its kind -in this half of tho province, and it will no doubt attract both exhibitors and the general public in good number, and be in overy way successtul.

Those who take part in the legislative pic nics on tho flinemoa seem to be rathor a queer lot. Tim is how ono of the " cheap-trippera" describes his fellow paßsengHrs. on the recont jaunt to Westport, in a letter written to tho Ob Bcrver:—" As to the party wo wore a mixed, but a jolly-good-lellow sort of a crew. Mr E. M. Smith undoubtedly made the greatest impression of any member of the party, even the children giving "Ironsand" an effusivo greeting, Of course we had our mashers and musical men, and moderates and prohibitionists, but it was every man to his inclination undisturbed, Some scratch concerts passed off very well, but in spite of the atmosphere of good fellowship and geniality, it jarred on one a little to hear a legislator call out, " A little more 'am, sir." A good many of tho labour membors, too, wcro noisy eaters and impounded all delicacies In cheir vicinity, and made themselves conspicuous by performing tho bayonet exercise with their knives in the direction of the mouth."

& strange incident is reported from a Philadelphia newspaper office. One of the compositors, a young woman, suddenly fainted at her case, and had to be conveyed to her home. The workman who took up her take found it to be the account of ft suicide in another city, Tho suicide was the young woman's affianced lover; and among forty compositors in tho room, the item hadfallen to the only one personally interested.

A Dunedin man recently offered to soil his wife for £5, He was taken at his word and thon wont for divorce and damages. The jury awarded him £5Ol Tho Maoris in tho audience at tho Theatre Royal last evening, wero in* tensely interested in the phonograph, expressions of wonder frequently escaping them. When the "record" of a Kotorua Native was reproduced they appeared thunderstruck and could scarcojy believe their ears, Throughout the Manawatu district, oomplaints are made of the great loss of lambs this season, owing to tho continuous wet weather, which has prevailed. In consequence of its inclemency, fully 25 per cent of loss in numbers is oxpectcd this year, which will mnko the output for the season's stares considerably less than it otherwise would have beon. Amongst merino sheep, the lambing as a rulo is later, and, remarks the Manawatu Times, the losses, if the weather continues as it now is, will not be so great, Activity prevails all over the house, tearing open cases, ripping up parcels, slitting boxes, undoing packages, all day long. That is how tho work of preparation is now going on at Hooper's BonMarcho, Inconsequence of the advance of spring the fashion's sections aro specially busy, Huge sticks of dress materials are rising in the space apportioned to them, and in the show rooms pile of bonnet boxea, being the choicest millinery in the world, Boxes of feathers, flowers, parasols, and other fashionable, etc,, etc, are gradually being absorbed into thoir comprehensive and liberally assorting slocks. fcuch an array of elegant millinery, pretty bonnets and dainty hats, Tho show rooms are a blaze of beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions, On every side are trophies of the montlemakcr's and costumier's arts. There shonld be no time lost, no moments wasted and the business should be lhat of buying as fast as possible, Thcro are just acbeico sprinkling of many lines, so those that are first in the Hold will have the first pick,-Ami.