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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4248, 20 October 1892, Page 2

It will be remembered that some time a«o a petition wss circulated in Eketahuns, and numerously signed by a certain class, praying the removal' of Ounstitble Roche, 011 the ground (as near as we could gather) th»tthe gallant constable was too rough on drunks and loafers, and that ho had so lon , » in t'ao place that he kuew all their reo/es. And, furthermore, that he endeavoured to compel the looal publicans to keep their houses properly. It i 8 now reported that the same petitioners aro at it again, but thia time the reason given why Constable Roche ought to be removed is that lie is too leaient towards the hutel--1 keepers and too fond of drink, The individual who i 3 presumed to be at the bottom ol this affair is a man of the right colour and will recoive every consideration from the Government. It is quite unnecessary to state that Constable Roche is a steady man and an exemplary officer, but if he Won't hold a caudle to men of the righj colour, ho must, wo presume, take the consequences. The wonder is that a decent constable has been left in the district so long, with Mr Hogg as member and Mr Seddon as Minister,

Oanadinn Salvationists aro revolting ondor the leadership of "Brigadier" Philput, on the gronnd that " Commissioner" Herbert Booth is needlessly cxtiavagant, Mr Arnold White ostimates thai there are half a million unemployed in London. • The horse attachod to a milk cart, which had been loft standing in Miriamstreet, bolted this morning aloDg Ban-nister-Btreot into Queen-street, where it was stopped. Wo' damage of any sort was done. Major Le Caron haß published a book confirming the correctness of the statements made boforo the Tiines-Parnell Commission.

Heavy investments are being made on Oamoola for the Melbourne (Jup, by Australian sports. A largo and thoroughly representative meeting of ratepayers interested in tho return of Mr Duthie, M.L1.1t., to tho Wellington Mayoralty, was held onfuoaday night. Tho proceedings were characterised by umuimity throughout. Mr Eugene O'Conor, M H.IL, has beon re-appointed a member of the Westpcrt Harbour Board, whilo Mr Jamirson, manager of the Westport Coal Company, has been appointed to tho seat hitherto occupied by tho local postmaster.

The Hon, J. McKenzio, who recontly burst a blood vessel, is so far recovered that he will, in all probability be able to leave his bed on Friday or Saturday next. The half yearly sitting of the Court of Appeal opens in Wellington to-day.

A disease peculiar to Japan is known as thokako, It is not contagious, and it cannot therefore be said that the victims take the kalco. It is supposed to be tho result of eating too much rice. Perhaps the most happily named man in Englaud is Thankful Joy, a Hampshire cricketer.

_ Tho body of tho man found yesterday in the Botanical Gardens, is supposed to be that ot Peter White, storeman m the employ of Messrs Rempthorno I'rosser and Company, who left suddenly about five weeks ago and has not since been heard of.

Mr Fred Wright, of the Railway Boarding House has, at the request of a number of piople, opened a Registry office for servants! He is now in want of bushfallers and two general serf ants, and a married couple is also awaiting engagement.

Wo wero asked to givo a wandering Scandinavian a couple of days digging tho other day and complied with the request, The man was a delving phenomenon I When shown a patch of ground and a spade ho clutohed tho tool and commenced digging as if his existence depended upon the amount of ground bo turnod up. A little, after five he relinquished his spado with a sigh of regrot, having turned up at least double tho area usually dug by ordinary mortals. The next day he fell to again and fairly broke his own record. Then he said it was going to rain and that whon it rained he could not work, but ho could travel in wet weather and always did, So with a "Thank you Boss "tho frantic digger disappeared and wo lost eight of tho fastest and perhaps tho roughest gardener with whom we ever oame in contact. !

Two youug men, sons of well-known Whareama settlers, made up their minds to see Australia.- Leaving their parents stations at the slack season of the year, they started on their tour with their " swags" on their backs. This week, after six months absence, they reappeared iu Maßterton, having traversed a big slico of Australia and walked through the Middle Island. They report an enjoyable trip which did not cost them a single penny. Being innured to all kinds of station work the; wero able to defray all expenses by taking up a little employment along their routo. Thero are evidently young men of the right stamp in the Whareama district and after our osperiencosof the blatant political.labour parties who aro so much in evidence now-a days, it is delightful to find a couple of country youths performingan exnloitof suoh a character and displaying so much intelligence, enter* prise, and endurance.

Truly no man is safe now-a-days, says the i'ost. The average citizen does not know, when he retires to his virtuous couch, whab honouts may be awaiting him in the womb of tho night, and the wisdom of the powers that be. We have been told by the Ministerial organ the affecting story of a worthy colouist who ontered a boiler down in the Addington workshops plain John Jenkinson, boiler maker, and crawled out through tho manholo a short timo later —having meantime been handed a telegram—tho Hon John Jenkinson, M.L.O, lawmaker. We have just heard of a case in which a member of the Wellington Post Offioe staff was nolens t'ofeii!; and all unconscious of the tranlatiou, raised to tho dizzy height of membership of the Westport Harbour Board by a beneficent Government, and only discovered tho faot on receipt of various congratulatory messages and notices to attend the meetings. He asked of the Department, 11 Why this thusness ?" and has consequently been told that it was all a mistake, and been asked to resign his seat, which he has done, giving the grounds that membership of a Harbour Board sitting at Westport does not somehow fit in with his duties in the Wellington Post office.

A flattering verdict,—Speaking of one of the most notod of colonial specialities, the press says'"Sharland's Baking Powder deserves moro than a passing notice,for tho "Moa" Brand Baking Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From ono end of New Zealand to the other, largo orders are received for this popular brand. Evon in the most out of the way districts the careful house-wife, possessed with the laudable ambition to mako her bread and her scones better than her neighbours' buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs ovor the few of her less sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken sense of .economy, buy apparently cheaper brands. The recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a secret but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland k Co, do, the bosb only of materials, carefully tested 'before mixture and exaotly proportioned," Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Pow/ der, cannot do better than use the Moa" hand,--Adyi

A protective olub of mothers in-!a w have been organised in London. _ Thirteen landowners in tho Palraers'on district have recently been fined in suras ranging from 13 to £1 and costs for neglecting to keep down rabbits on their properties to the satisfaction of the [Oftinara Inspector. Cheoßo making in Canada has enormously improved within recent years as a result of the method of instruction which has been promoted by the Governmentin sending competent instructors among the cheoie makers.

The one mile trotting record, recently reduced to 2imn. 7|sbc, brNancy Haoks, has been Btill further clipped, the same mare having bcaton that time by 2eec. Her record for tho distance now stands at 2min. Sjsec. l'ho sulky was fitted with pneumatic tyros. A strange fiah was caught by a Masterton angler 111 tho Waipoua last night A gontleman who reeided several yoars in the United States, during which time he many times tiahed in tho Mississippi River, informs ns that it is it specimen of tho American oat-fish.

Tho crossbred polled fat cattle exhibited by Mr Hogarth at the recent Brisbane show have been slaughtered and the weights recorded. Tho first killed scaled i24olbs, the second lOGOlbs, and the third—which was only slaughtered a few days ago, and had wasted considerably—weighed 1190.

According to an Oaniaru contemporary tho percentage of lambs in the North Otogo district this Beason are abnormally high. Ih one instance tho percentage was 180. Triplets havobeen frequent. The rains were injurious in the back parts of tho district, but otherwise the lambing has been a most favourable one; in fact it is rookoned to bo tho best but one in the history of the district, A Samaria (New Guiuea) pearl shellor lately qot 100 tons ill of (hell six months— worth £IOO per ton in Samaria,

The Microphone, used as adeath-testl recently prevented the premature buria' of a woman in St. Petersburg, who, if hen in a state of syncope, was dead from paralysis of the heart. All other teats having failed, the microphone was applied to the region of tho heart and showed that it still beat, and the woman after some time reausoitated.

During the nine years Messrs Edward 8 and M'liealh have conduoted a registry office jn Wellington, tho firm has found Bitualions for between eight and nine thousand male and female servants.

The Chairman of the Auckland Charitable Aid Board lias warned mombers that an increase of expenditure is likely to onaue on account of the probablo influx of destitute persons fwn Syduey and Molboume owing to cheap steamship fares, who will in a short time become chargeablo on tho iatcß. .Miss Morrison, Secretary of the New Zealand Tailureaaon' Union, has made a Irosli appeal to the Auckland Employers' Association to uso their good offices to sottlo outstanding difftreucos between , tho Tailoresses' Union and sumo of tho manufacturers. Tho Employers' Association have consented to recoivo a deputation from the Union on Friday with reference to their case.

At the inquest on tho remains of Kum Sue, a_ Chinaman who recently died in Duiiedin, Pr Mullin, of the hospital, gave evidence that tho nature of tho disease was doubtful. Deceased was examined by nearly all tho medical staff, and while somo of thoso who saw liini said it was a case of leprosy, others were doubtful. Thejwsf mortem appearanco of deceased was compatible with a case of leprosy. Hisroason for not reporting the case to the Board of Health was becaußn lie would bo very unwilling to start a scare without having better grounds to work upun. The jury brought in a verdict to tho effect thatdecoased died from natural causes, adding tho following rider" That all similar cases of a doubtful character should bo reported to the Board of Health."

A good deal ot merriment was occasioned during the progress of the Anglican Assembly in Melbourne in connection with a dispute beUeon a congregation and a country incumbent, who stopped the evoning services on the ground that they " only furnished an excuse for Young people of both Boxes who wanted to meet under cover of the darkness," and who had declared that he would prevent tho Bishop in Couucil from entering his church except "over his body." Six hundred and seventy persons have been created justices of the peace in New South Wales during this month. The remains of a Mr Munro, interred some years' ago in a paddock in Birmingham,' N.Z, wero taken un tho other day and removed to the comotery. The reason for the removal of tho body was that tho land in which it was buried has been purchased for a stock yard, and, no doubt tho relations of tho deceased did a very proper thing in effecting tho clwngo " Tho Tramp " makes tho following caustic reference to the '■ spicier" ques tion in connection with tho late Napier races " The club, lam glad to say, allows no betting or gambling on tho course, savo through'the legalised thieving machine. The disinterested monkey, tho innocent canary, the all prizes and no blanks, tho under and over, tho bird on the wing, tho fairest gamo in the world, geiulomon, are rigorously ban* ished. The respectable bookie and the honest spieler- must soon bo at their wit's end for thoir means of making a livelihood. As for tbo lowor grades of these branchos of industry, they will continue to thieve in the old way, when and where thoy can, in spito of indefatigable secretaries of racing clubs or zealous members of the policß force, It is a oomfort, however, to know that, at least one club does its lovel best to extirpate the vagabonds. There are quito onough thieves oonnocted with racing without them—whoop I"

Referring to tho recent appointments to tho Legislative Council, thoßangitikei Advocate remarks: —Tho calling of Mr Jenkinson —Ol, as he must hence, forth bo known, the Hon. Mr Jenkinson to the Legislative Council, is an incident worthy of beina embalmed in history and story, We have read of an ancient Roman who was called to high office while engaged ma menial occupation, But he ivas not inside a boiler when the summons of the nation was given to him, He was at the plough 'tail, and inasmuch as to be summoned from tho plough is many degrees less striking than to be called out from the inside of a boiler. Cincinnati must be content to play second fiddle in future to the Hon. Mr Jenkinson. Tho telegram, too, heightens tho historical effect of the incident recording that, Spartan-like, the now Councillor wrote out his reply without uttering a word. Not a Hallelujah! Eureka I nor" By Jove I" escaped him.

Another of the old East Coast chiefs passed away at Waikikino, on Saturday last, the 15th inst, at the good old age of 90 years. Hoera Whakataha was a chief of tho Ngatihongomaiaia, Ngati Parera and Ngati Mahu tribes, and was a noar descendant of tho well-known chief, Wereha. Ho cmbracod tho Christian religion in the year 1839, being a pupil of tho late Bishop Williams, and was afterwards Native Clergyman at Pahaua and Kai Kokirikiri. He leaves only one son and one daughter and four grandchildren. _ We are satisfied with our buyers selections of Spring Dress Fabrics. Tlioy are all of the newest materials and in the most fashionable colorings, Our country friends should send at once for patterns, which will be forwarded; postage free, from Te Aro House, Wellington. _ We are abundantly satisfied with the immense variety of these Spring Dress Fabrics, and we are daily displaying over 1000 pieces, in every fashionable coloring and design, at le Aro House, Wellington. Send for Patterns. We aro abundantly satisfied with the superior valuo of these Spring. Dress Fabrics, The prices are exocedinglpnoderate for snch excellent quality, ranging from 10s 6d to 45s the full dress length, at Te Aro House, Send for Patterns, We are abundantly satisfied with our grand ohoice of New French De Laines, now so much in demand, These are exquisite in design, colorings and qualities, and may be had at Is, Is 3d, Is od, Is 9d and 1 2a per yardi at Te Aro House, Wellington .ou'l fot Patterns,-Aw

Mr Snazelle recontly visited tho South Sea lflands, He was placarded aa foliowa Hearken 1 Hearken I ! Hearken 111 He comes I He cornea! I The Great King Merry-maker is here, He is tho Laugh Doctor of tho Whites. The man who makes Kings merry and Quoonsrejoico. Snazollo the (logo Kogo Vinaka,

Early this week, Mr Robert Lee, the liispfictorof Schools.desired to be present at tho Scholarship Examination in Masterton, and as tho railway line. was blocked, ho walked from the Upper Hutfc to Feaihereton. Ho is to bo congratulated upon making "a strong pass" over the Rimutakn.

Private letters from Sydney state that every thing ii oxtremely dull throughout Australia, and that New Zealand is spoken (if everywhere aa the only colony which is iu a flourishing condition, Wo may consequently expect hordes of unemployed to como here, with tho result that, whilo the rate of wages will bo maintained, the demands on the Labour liureav will bo m arethan can be executed. The policy of the Government waa to sow the breeze, and the culony will have to reap the whirlwind.—Napier Telegraph.

The following cutting from a Bathurst newspaper has been sent to an Auckland residont toshowthe inflammatory language of the trade unionist leaders, and how far they aro seemingly piopared to go, " A lithographed circular, of which the following is a copy, is being circulated in aopialiat and trades union circles: —" Fellow-workers: Again wo urge you to viae from your apathy, and light hard for justice. Force, and force only, cau strike fear into the hearts of our opposers, "Moral suasion" and conslitu tional reform-one is still-born, the other an abortion I Not the ballot-box, but tho rifle alone, can tiee us from our dogradipg slavery, Remesaber Broken Hill. Behold the forces lawless law oppresses us wilb. Prepare for the revnlution. Soizo arms—buy arms 180 not afraid, Be men and organise, Agitate. Bevolt I 1"

Tho Hawaiian Gazette of August 30lh says:—Wlien the Monowai passed through hero some time ago for the colonies, an order was sent by Iter by Mr 0. J. Waller, the manager of.thel Metropolitan Meat Company, for a shipment of frozen mutton for this oity. The meat arrived here on Thursday on tho Monowai in first-class condition, and it was taken at once from the steamer and transferred to the Meat Company's icehomo. Tho shipment consisted of twenty-five sheop and twelve lambs from New Zealand, snd twelve sheep from Sydney, Mr Waller stated to our reporter that he had made arrangements to get a supply of mutton on each vessel arriving from the colonies, A Wellington man has ''invented" an electric method of defying rheumatism. He puts a plate of copper in tho solo of ouo boot, and a plate of zinc m tho othor, ond tho moisture of the body converts it nto a peripatetic electric machine. That is the theory. What tho rheumatism does when defied is not stated. "General" Booth, at the twentyseventh anniversary meeting of tho Sa*l« vation Array recently, stated that wonderful work had been accomplished by his legions in Australia and Now Zealand. They had visited Western Australia' where they already had a magnilicout footing, and converted somo" unutterable blackguards." The Army now preaches "salvation" in twontyfour different languages, In connection with rescue work, 1481 lost creatures wore received upto last Christmas, and 972 girls. A correspocdent has sent us a letter complaining that n certain resident at the Taueru had been subjected to a domiciliary visit from the police, who were on the illicit distillery hunt. If the police have exceeded their duty or any person lias improperly caused them to annoy an innocent person, that individual has his legal remedy. It is of no advantage to the settler in question or to the publio to seek a remedy in tho columns of a newspaper, when a more obvious and proper one is available.

The skirt dance of the London Gaiety girls was desonbed tho othor day in this gracefully verbose fashion " They gyrated, revolved, spun, turned, circumvolved, whirled, wheeled, nircumrotated, circulated, convuluted, whirred, verlig. inated, vibrated, nectated, wagged, seejawed, librated, swung, wbigged, curveted, twisted, pirouttod"—witha few other verbs.

The Salvation Army Lassies Band was greetod witli a good houso in tho Oddfellows' Ball, Featherston, last night. Thoy arrived rather late, owing to tho delay caused by the transhipment of passengers on the railway at the slip on the inclino. Tho audiunco, however, wore vory patient, and a faint attempt at larrikinism was immediately suppressed. Ensign Wilson, the malo conductor ot the Band, gave a short address and apologised for the delay. Tho entertainment then commonced, It consisted of hyuin and song tunes by the brass and string bands, in which the audience were requested to join, Featherston audiences, however, aro vory bad at joining in choruses of any sort, and the present occasion was no exception. The music, both instrumental and vocal, was exceedingly good, showing tho lassies to bo thorough musicians. A very energetic address from Ensign Wilson olosedtho proceedings.

Mr William Wylie, well known throughout the Wairarapa diod at his rosidonco in Wellington at noon yesterday. Ho was omployed in the lithographic department of the Survey Oflioe. Mr Wyhe'was an unfortunate sufforor from disease of the heart, and about a month ago he had a most sovero attack from which he never recovered, Mr Wylie leaves a widow and a family of nine sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. Tho eldest son is postmaster at To Kopuru, tho second is managing clerk for Messrs Brown, Sktorett and Dean, and tho third is officer-in-charge of tho Wellington Telephone Exchange. Tho oldest daughter is Mrs A. F, Wiren, of Wellington.

A correspondent of the" Fanciers' Gazette," writes as follows" Tho mombers of tho Lythamand North-West Lancashire Homing Society had a fly on on the 10th inst. from Worcester, 110 miles, for youug birds bred in 1892. Eleven members sent birds fromLytham, smno sixty-four birds altogether, and one, Eclipso, belonging to Mr D. Hedges, did the distauco at a speed which has nevor before been equalled, the velocity being 2,363 yards per minute. It may be remarked that all the birds Bent to Worcester were most carefully checked by officials connected with the Preaton Homing Society (one of the loading Homing Societies in England), both as to the time of their being received, stamped and liberated at Worcesier by their conductor. Tho timo at which thoy wero liberated at Worcester was 8,45 a.m., tho morning being lino, and Mr Hcdgos' bird arrived In tho loft at Dicconson Terrace, Lytham, and was wired to the umpire at 10.8, a.m. a most marvellous performance. Previous to this the highost velooity noted was about 2,000 yards on the Continent, and 2,093 yards in England, The speed maintained by Mr Hedges' bird was it will bo porceived about amilo and GOO yards per minuto. This mßstbo token aa a world's record, and Mr Hedges' must bo congratulated on possessing the champion Eclipse." " He what prigs what isn't his own, when lie's cotched is sent to pris'n." That informs the evil-disposed that sooner or later thoy must pay the penalty of their crimes, and even as one man is bound to respect another man's rights and not lay violent hands on other mens' property, so is everyone who cares for his own well-being and for the well-being of the country of his bitth or adoption, bound to tako care ot his own, to shepherd his own resources, keep a guard his own interests, The citizen who has a sovereign to spend and who Bpcnds it so that he only gets ten sbillings' worth for his money, is practically as bad as the man who puts his hand into his neighbour's pocket and takes out half a sovereign; nay, he is worse, because, in allowing himself to be imposed upon ho robs his' dearest friend—that is himself. Therefore he should bay everything at Hooper's Bon Marche, and no matter what he wants-ra'coat, a,suit of clothes, a pound ol tea or a bag of sugar; a large parcel of groceries or a small item o{ haberdashery, he will find it the em

Mr Jdo. Prosser, ot Carterton, is seriously ill in Wellington. The repaita and additions to tho Masteiton Presbyterian Church exceeded tho funds by 155. A nuibbor of gentlemen, connected with the Ohurch, took the matter in hand and have, wo are informed, contributed the whole amount. The Ohurch is therefore out of debt.

Lady Glasgow handed a donation of LB to the Mayoress of Palmeraton on Monday last for the local Hospital funda. Three candidates, one of them being a Miss Jessio Oox, presented themselves in the Dontal Examination at Dunedin, this week and all passed, Miss Cox is tho first lady to pass the dental examination in Now Zealand. Several ohanees are about to be mad o in the iisw Zealand Post and Telegraph Departments. The only Wellington changes notified areMr L, Halliwell, second olerk, Genoral Post Office, to to clnof clerk, Auckland Post Office, vice Mr Berry and Mr F, V. Waters, olerk, General Post Office, to be Becond clerk) secretary's branch, General Post Office, vice Mr Halliwell.

Wo are informed that it is unlikely Mr Tennyson Smith will visit Maiterton as tho arrangements made have fallen through. Tho Kov, A, M. Bradbury is on a visit toMasterton. He will deliver a leoture in St. Matthew's sohoolroom to-morrow (Friday) evening, Passenger traffic is now resumed on the Government railway betweon Wellington and Eketahuna. The Blips were all cleared last night 111 time to permit the evening mail to come right through, ' A girl of fifteen years of age has been missing in Wellington since Wednesday. All inmate of tlie Mount Viow Asylum, named George Dean, died at that institu- : tion yesterday. Dean, it will bo roaiem* borcdi is the unfortunate man who murdorod his child in Abel Smith street, Welliugton, some years ago during a fit of lunacy. A little Maori boy, ran right in front of a horsoman, at the corner of ferry and Ohapel-streots this morning. He was knocked down but, luckily, was not hurt at all.

Th only nomination received for the yacanoy on the Masterton Town Lands Trust, caused by the resignation of Mr B. P. Perry, was that of Mr Edwin Feiat who waß therefore declared duly elected. He was nominated. by Messrs S. J, Kuuoll and J, D, Evea, Notice is given in another column that Thursday tho 27th. is a special bank* holiday in Masterton, that day being tho Maßttrton Agricultrial and Pastoral Allocation's Annual Show day, Repairs to the main road between Mastorton and Cartetton, made necessary by the recent overflow of the Waingawa, were completed yesterday morning. The usual weekly meeting of the Phconix Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in tho Temperance Hall last evening, Bro, B, O'Leary, 0.T., presiding. The Committee appointed to confer with tho Prohibition League with regard to tho proposed visit of Mr E, Tennyson-Smith reported that the League had declined to co-oporato on the terms that had been suggested. General regret was expressed at tho failure of negotiations; but it was agreed that it was impossible for the Lodge, in the present condition of its funds, to undortake tho mission on its own responsibility. Two new members were initiated. The Lodge dosed at 11.45 p.m. We understand that the entrios for the Mastorton A. and P. Association's Show are very _ satisfactory. Details are not yet obtainable. Tho meeting of those interested in forming an Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club in Masterton, takes place this evening in the Club Hotol. A telegram just received states that tho Wanganui Hurdles resulted oa follows Paradox, 1; Aorere, 2; Kaimanawa, 3. It was won by two lengths. Time, 4 mins 17 3 Bths sees, Dividend, £7l7s.