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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4252, 25 October 1892, Page 2

Mr Wm. t'dy has announced his- intention of standing for the Greytown Mayoralty. _ The Si lock Conference opens in Wellington to-day. It will probably sit each day th'ii week,

. The Hon, R, Seddon will shortly visit Melbourne on private business, He will probably be absent from New Zealand for a month.

Mr Gl. Hirsch, has presented the Masterton Museum with a beautiful specimen of the Australian Cockatoo, which Mr Riohard Brown, the curator, is going to have stuffed and " sot up." At the coming Manterton Show, Mr John Hessey will give a first prize of three tiuinoaa and a second prize of two guineas for th'e best two year old colt, gelding or filly, which is the progeny of "Nil Lesperandum" j alio similar prizes for the boit yearling bv the same Bite, The work of petting the range at Trentham in order for the next meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association is to be taken in hand at once. The firm of Goodwin and Do Lisle, with which Mr Do Liale.of this town is connected, has chartered the ketcli Agnes Martin, to act as'tender'tothe Linda Weber in the Island trade;

We learn from the proprietors of the Noraewood Butter Faotory, that the machinery did not break down as reported. The factory is putting through 4C J gallons of milk per day at present, The Germans prepare an excellent substitute for tea from the leaves of tho common strawberry plant. A shoeblack, who picked up a gold watch and chain in Great Yarmouth, received one penny reward from the owner.

Great numbers of bears have made their appearance In the forests around St, Petersburg, which is said to indicate a severe winter.

A woman's skeleton is worth twentyfive per cent more than a man's skeleton in 'ho bone markot—that is, among medical people.

" Yes, and it's at St, Luke's on 7th November," oheerfully gossips a fair correspondent from Greytown, brimful of anticipation and joy at the prospects of another wedding in that very deliberate little hamlet, " but," she adds, "don't say 1 told you, for I was informed in the strictest confidence."

The Government has arrangod with Messrs Whitney and Co., of Auckland, to supply 50,000 rounds of ammunition a month, as soon as the present stook is exhausted. This will enable Volunteers to obtain supplies at a reduced rate.

Mr Alfred King has been appointed handicapper to tho Masterton«Opaki Jooktiy Olub, Auckland residents are prone to laugh at windy Wellington; but a recent arrival from the .Northern city informs the Press that on Wednesday last the pavilion and other preparations for the reception of the Governor wero blown no one knows where I This fact was not mentioned in the Auckland papers. It is reported that at Goodooge, New South Wales, on the 14th instant,,® supply of artesian water was struck, which is yielding 2,000,000 gallons per day. During tho big drought of 1888-9 nearly 15,000 head of stock perished from thirst in this portion of Australia.

A mad Chinaman caused quite a sennation in Wellington on Sunday evening last. Ho went out for stroll in a eeminudo condition, and visited the house of his Inndlord, a Mr Duignan, tvho resides in Tmakori .Road. He appears hist of all to have knocked at the door of the house, and boing refused admittance, burst open the look of the door. He had not been.particularly noisy until this resistance was ofered him, but from that time hit shrieks and jabbering were hofriblo to hear, and awoke the whole neighbourhood. A Canterbmy fruit-grower who has an orohard "of 25 acres, has adopted a plan of fighting insect pests which is worth notico. Each season he treats half of his orohard with a strong preparation of lime and sulphur, so strong that it destroys the leaves and fruit, This has also the effect of destroying scale and all other pests. The result is that though only half the orchard bears a orop each seaion, the crop is so good that it affords a better average return than if a crop were takon off the whole orchard each seacon. The treatment must be applied before the young wood starts. Tea was first introduced into England intbeyearlfiOG, when Lord Arlington aid Lord Ouray brought ovor a small quantity. The refreshing beverage soon became fashionable, and a pound weight then sold for sixty shillings. This too, it must be remembered, wai the crude article, and not the'product of the ohoice and highly-cultivated plant one gets nowa-days. The toa of 1666, prized as it was by our ancestors, might possibly have made a modern tea expert shudder. Bui in that age competition did not eilit, there was no standard of merit, and no scope for comparison. When ono tastes, in thn present day of perfected results, the exquisite blends of, say, the Empire Tea Company, of Wellington, he should therefore recognise and appreciate the great advance which has been made in the art of tea growing and tea bloriding. For even the worst-inforraed lover of the "cup whioh cheers," must acknowledge that an ideal has been reached, 'and tjiat to bring this about, there must have been expended muoh turns and labour before the experience and skill of the tea-taster conquered and prevailed, The Empire Tea Company aro indeed colonial catereia, and if their name is not in everyone's mouth, well then, their tea Is, and it deserves to be.

In is stated tbat the Government have at last discovered that the Bon. Mr Bigg is, as we have contended from the first, disqualified from holdiug a seat in the Legis'ative Council, and that they have sent him notice of the fact; Of course, Mr Bigg must resign, but Parliament will not meet till about the middle of June, and before that time he would be eligible, The next question iB, Will the Government re-appoint him? If they do not, then they will put a monstrous affront on him and hia supporters. But if >hey pursue their accustomed policy of sailing with the popular breeze, they will probably throw Mr B'gg over, seeing that his appointment has evoked anger rather than enthusiasm, and select some other man for the jdveted. position, Mr Eenton or Mr Frasbr, for instance. What a flutter this amlrtimps will oreale la the boeomt of the euwereui aspl* mtemmgil Mil* Mmr ) j)a) iiibmijf hx hypdsifye irajoflrs)

I fc«'! cofchcd ia sent to priYn." That in(ottaa the evil-disposed that soohot or later I thev must fay the ptnafty o( their crimes, i 'amemjs one mm is bound to respect I anoftw man's rights and not lay violent I handsW other mens' property, so is eveiy<nm "seWkv&R mi l for <&a'well-being of the country of iiis birth' of idoplion, bound totake care ol his I om,fo siepherdhis oto resources, a j guard bis own interests.'' iL citizen who, has a sovereign to spend and who spends it so ttisfhe only gets ten shillings' north (or bis money, is practically as bad as the man! who puts his band into his neighbour's pocket and takes out half a sovereign; nay, he is verse, beoause, in allowing himself to be impowd upon he robs bis dearest friendthat is himself. Therefore he should buy eva rjthing at Hooper's Bon Marohe, and no matter what l<e wants-a coat, a suit ol otoihes.aponndo/feaora baj of angarj a large parcel of groceries or a small item of hiMihltyjit will find it the itnt,

During the past eight years, creditors in bankrupt estates have been estimated 'nlnao in Otago Btid Southland alone a million of money.. Big profits are necessary to stand a leakagirlike this. The Napier Daily Telegraph is simply "scathing." The Government, it declares speudß £IBOO a year in putting a dozen of its fiiends in the Legislature Council, and yet it won't spend £BO to wind up and clean the- town clock—flesh and blood cannot stand this.

A son of Mr W. Wratten, of Greytown, gashed his foot noverely with an axe, while bushfelling at Birch Hill, Awhea, on Thursday last.

Victorian wholesale houses are encountering porsistent demands from their customors for assistance. Nearly j every country district shows shortness of i money, and in the suburbs matters are still worse.

Burial at sea is to be abolished for those who have the money to pay for the transportation of their remains in case of death on board ship. Airtight -stool caskets for the transportation of bodies are now a part of the equipment-of all the best steamers.

Passing down one of London's slums, Mr Montagu Williams, Q.O„ was struck by the distressed appearance of a youug girl of about seveuteen, whose eyes were seriously blackened,. In reply to a sympathising companion, as to " Who did that for yon f the girl responded, " Why, my young man, of course. He couldn't have done much more if he'd been my 'usbaad, could he ?"

Mr W. 0, Buchanan, M.H.R., speaks at Featherston to-night. In the Victorian Insolvency Court on the 14th instant Judge Mules worth said that he believed that the mortality of the Insolvency Court was in some respects worse than that of tho race course. He remarked that it was not considered the least' disgraceful for a business man to offer a composition of one farthing in the pound, but a bookmaker might offer a thousand farthings for a bet of £IOOO lost, andyet.be shunned by everyone, and his cenduot would be looked upon in a far different light, . The example of the adult strikers at Broken Hill has been infectious, On the 4th inst,, the boys at North Broken Hill Softool knocked offleßsous,and appointed a committee, who drew up,a "manifesto" setting fortb their claims. In this thoydemauded leas Euclid, less algebra, less caning, and more holidays, The headmaster iuduced the committee to enter the schoolroom to interview him and tlwro soundly caned each of .thom, thus putting an end to the strike 16 minutes after its inception.

The following are the names of the team selected to represent the Wellington City Bides in tho match against the Masterton Rifles:—Captain Collins, Colour-Sergoant Davis, Sergeants Madoley and Roberts, Corporals Guise, Harris and JaeHson, Privates Luke, Hume and Elliott ; emergencies. Privates Rankin i trad Gurry. The toani leavos Welling, ton by tho 3,30 p.m. train on Thursday, _ The Wellington Racing Olnb have rocived especially good nominations for their Spring and Summer Meetings, For tho Spring Meeting they number 204 as atraiuat 157 laat year, tho numbers in eaoh raco being as follow for 1891-2 and 1892-8, respectively: Grand Stand Handicap, 14 and 22 j Hurdle Handicap, 7 and 11; Hutt Park Spring Handicap, 20 and 20 j Flying Handicap, 16 and 18; Welter Handicap, 12 and 14 j Hurdle Handicap (second day), 7 and 11 j November Handicap, 24 and 80 j Petone Handicap, 16 and 23; Hack Hurdle Handicap (first day), 18 and 10,; Hack Handicap (first day), 24 and 27. For the bhorts Handicap, which has now taken the place of the Selling Race, 18 nominations have been received as against 4 for the Selling Race last year. Tho Summer nominations are still more satisfactory, those for the Wellington Cup numbering 56 as against 31 received last year, and for the Kaoing Olub Handicap 58 as against 42. l'he totals for both meetings constitute a record.—N.Z. Times.

Thel Wellington grocers intend closing on Wednesday afternoons in ordor to comply with the Shop Assistants Act. Apart from this there seems to be no unanimity in the day to be set apart in tho Empire City,

A novel match, greyhound against racehorse, ii reported from England. It is totakeplaoei at Bandnwu Park. Thestakes are 1250 aside, the distance half a mile, Colonel North running a gtoyhound againEt the Duke of Portland's two-year-old Mrs Butterwiok. lteforring to this match, the London Sportsman says that prodigious indeed will bo the attraction if the event thus foreshadowed should really come of! j but the general opinion seemß to bo that the difficulty in the way of making a greyhound run at best pace for half a mile is almost insuperable, unless indeed a traok was laid down alone; which a tham hare oould be rushed and that would cost a3 much as the match is worth, Colonel North, no doubt will not spare any expenso to bring offa sporting event satisfactorily, and the only real doubt iB whether Mrs Butterwiok, by running less than the regulation iivo furlongs at a race meeting would not disqualify herself for future running under Jockey Club rules and possibly imperil the license of the meeting The quadruple Waterloo Cup hero, Fullerton isspnkonofaß Mrs Butterwick's likely opponent,

It is with pleasure we refer to the further improvements Messrs Sullivan and Corby are making in their excellent hotol at Pahiatua, and we shall always bo glad to encourage such worthy endeavour to provide superior and comfortable accommodation for the travelling public. ''The Commercial," undorthe management 01* those capable and popular hosts, iB now one of best appointed hotels in the province, and ita proprietors will woll deserve the success which is sure to follow on their enterprise, for they merit liberal and perma. nent support from all whose business or whose pleasure takes them to hotels. Already, on a ■ provious occasion, we alluded to the splendidly designed and handsomely appointed diniug-room at this excellent hotel and to the fine suite of new bed rooms. Now, another advance is being made, Tho publio bar is being shifted to the south side of the building withentranco passage adjoining, leaving the existing main hall to give private access to the dining-room and suites of rooms at the service of those who are staying in the house. There will also be two small Bitting rooinß provided on the ground floor; and upstairs will bo set apart a commodious and well fiim'shod drawing-room for the use of ladies and gentlemen who are with ladies, This latter convenience and comfort is, it might be remarked, possessed by few other hotels in tho North Island, and Messrs Sullivan and Corby are to be complimented upon the taolination they display towards attracting a good class of custom for their very comfortable house. Another adjunot must not be omitted, and that is a very fine garden, both for flowers and vegetables, covering quite half an acre of ground, and which supplies every possible want of the hotel, Wo wish Messrs Sullivan and Corby continued success. .

\ k mm&v mi( <k wM <<afej,(( 1 BBecia'itieß, fteptesswys"Sharland'a (Wras?, <Ww& wsKiiW. «,< the "Most" Brand M. ing Powder enjoys a reputation second tunore. Frotn o«e erd of New Ze&lmi to tbe ode 1 , large order/ are rece'ved.fo': this poplar brand, Even in the rat out of the my dukrkti the careiul pmsbbbdJ the her scorn better thanher neighbours' buys Shetland's Baking Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less sensible sisters, who,.from> mistaken serse of economy, buy apparently oheaper hards, * The recipe of a good Bakicg Powder is anything buta secret but how verv few manufacturers use, as Messrs S'iarJand & Co. do, the beat only of materials, carefully tested, before, mixture sail, exactlyproportioned,' Readers, who require an economical satisfatfiry and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than vie the Mo»'" brand.«Ap7i ! ■

& trap horso is advertised, for in our "wanted" column. - Tiro sharp shocks of earthquake were' noticed in Masterton about eleven o'clock last night. Mrl). Orewe holds a stock ealo at Pahiatuaon Wednesday and a general salo at Eketahuna on Friday, The Education Board adrortises for an assistant for the Clarerillo School; salary £7O. In our record of the sale of privileges at the Carterton Show we omitted Mr A. L. Whyte'B name, as the purchaser of the refreshment booth, 110 was the price paid for it. "Dun't forget that you can obtnin lunch at the Star Hotel on Show Day " is the intimation Mr J. O. Eastwood, the popular host of that well-known hostelry, makes to his friends and the visiting public, and; no doubt they will duly respond. The charge is ono shilling. Tho monthly stock sale of Messrs Lowes and lorna. will be held at their Eketahuna sale yarda to-morrow ("Wednesday), at orio o'olock. The list embraces seventy head mixed cattle, fifteen young cows, seven three-year-old steers, one hack, one light harness horse, and one light express and harness. Joe Hughes, the experienced and adept "whipper-in," who has been mth Mr R, Bo'ake for the last six years dur« iug that gentleman's engagements with the Rangitikei Hunt Club and the United Hunt Glnb, still retains his position In connection with Mr Roake's pack of hounds, and will be stationed at theOpaki Kennels, when the pack takes up itß quarters The Papawai Natives are not to be left

bohind in musical matters, and have formed a strong brass band of twenty performers, under the direction of Mr 8. Mahupuku. Mr Peter Linn, who will be remembered as tho tirst band-master in Masterton, has been appointed conductor, and will devote the whole ol his time to the advancement of his pupils. The Natives in the Lower Valley h»ve taken the mattor up with great spirit, and Mr Linn thinks that before Christmas the Band will be far enough advanced to appear in public. A pack of hounds will, we understand, soon be quartered in the Wairarapa, and Mr R' Boako, after showing his ten couple of young well-bred hounds at the Carterton dhow, where there iB an open olasa for harriers, with suitable awards, will establish them' in kennels at Mr W. B. Euick's farm, Upaki. Already Mr Koake is meeting with much generous support, and many influential Bportßmen are helping in a manner which indicates every intention of retaining the pack in the Wairarapa. He proposes to hunt the district under the auspices of the Wairarapa Hunt Club, and that'body will it is suggested, supervise the financial and general arrangements in connexion with the undertaking. It is recognised that the institution of a regular hunting season with regular tups, will do much to encourage.the breeding and training of first-rate weight carrying horses, and good hunters capable of carrying from ten to fifteen Btono, aro oertain of a market anywhere, Such stock would be a credit to the oountry it is reared in, To show that Mr Roake's endeavour It being well seconded,, we might' mention that even at this early stage, the subscription list is filling upwith muchliberal promptness, and already a third of the amount required to maintain the huntsman and hounds has been assured. The hunting season in New Zealand commences, as most of our readers will know, about March or April and ends in about September, and next year, with the additional facilities provided, sportsmen in the Wairarapa should havo a thoroughly good time and some most enjoyable days out.

Tko entries for the Maetcrton A, and F. Association's Show are now to hand, and we find that the total number of entries is rather less than laat year, The falling off iB in cattle and sheep and this is accounted for by the very bad season experienced, many exhibitors of laiit year being (juito uuable to get their stock into condition for showing. As regards general exhibits the entries are large. Tho details are as follows Horses, 200; cattle, 63; shcepj~ll6; dogs, 9; vehicles, 32; pigs, 8 j farming'and dairy imple> menta, 66; produce, 22/ Ten compete tors have entered for the horse-shoeing competition AMastorton tradesman was victimized on Saturday evening last by a man, who represented that bo had an account at one of the local Banks and wished to ohange a cheque. On presentation at the Bank on Monday morning, the paperwas found to be worthless. The man was about Mauterton all day Saturday in company with some natives, and may have , played the same game on ethers. We are informed that he loft for Featherslon on Sunday morning, so that tradesmen in that townsttip had better be on the look out:'

We have been asked by Mr Wilfred Badger to gay thai, in conaenuenco of the New Bankruptcy, Land, Labour, and other acta having just become law, and, in ordor to meet tho timet, ho baa de. cidedto give to purchaseraofhis 'Statutes' such of the 1892 Acts as are applicable to' each book. "'Purchaser# of the Four Pooka will therefore have all the Public General Lawo'of 1893 Session justclosed, This being so, we think that all persons interested—and they are legion—should by their patronage and stipport demonstrate to Mr Badger that his enterprise shall not go unnoticed or entail loss to him,

An aboriginal, in a somewhat beer condition, was arretted In Maatorton this morning in mistake for quite anuther customer, The likeness between the two gentlemen is said to be striking, so that thero is not mnoh vender the mistake occurred. At anyrate it did not matter, for by the time the informant had discovered " his error and got the man released, tho incarcerated one had began to think he was "doing time" for imbibing too freely, and was thankful to get let off so lightly. Tho following team has been picked to represent the Masterton Rifle Volunteers in the match to bo fired at Masterton against the Wellington City Bifies on Friday next, Ootober the 28thCaptain Pownall, Lieut. Malcolm, Color>Bergoant Woods, Sergeants O. and 6. Bentley. Sergeant Matthews, Sergeant O. Hoffeins, Corporal Diane, Corporal Heffiens, and Volunteer Martin; emergenciesVolunteers Eton and Perry. The match will commence at nine o'clock sharp, the team appearing in uniform. fn forwarding the results of the Trinity Oollego musloal examinations to Mr Von Eeisonberg of Masterton, Mr Robert Parker, the Honorary Secretary for New Zealand writeß" I have the pleasure of enolosing cards for your pupils, and I congratulate you on the very successful results you have achieved this year, I shall be very glad if vou mil act aB local Secretary for the district, and will send yon a supply of regulations for distribution." Mr Keisenberg has, we are informed, accepted the honorary appointment Mr Parker wishes to confer on him and will andettake the duty as far as the Wairarapa is concerned. : The Canterbury Agricultural and Pas- | toral Association decided on Oct. lßkli, contrary io <!« recemmenctaiioni of ills Dmrmntconlmm, M ttiey wiilfl ) nplpvtitiih iienmea [J&fyiiSpßß/inMri

1 Wuaalisßeilmlhoiirl/wfiim* i V»ns Ttosj kstKO I of the newest materials and 111 the most Itu\M)\« wtapi Out <mtoUj fewnda 1 i sWIA ami tit ow» tm pattern, wAsh vnll 1 hi (amisdW; ptega ww, tarn Tf Aiq\ I Honae, Wellington.. 1 We ire abundantly satisfied m'ti tie. limmense VBtiely ol Vhtße tipAtjg Fabrjcj, and wo are daily displaying oyer 1000 pieces in teahion&bla caldtib jj and design, at ft Ato House, Winston, Send for Patterns. _ ' We are abundantly satisfied with the superior value o! these Spring Dress' Fabrics, The prices are ewseedinsjy moderate' for audi excellent qualityi ranging from" 10s'6d to 45s tho full dteEs lenglb, .Ato Honae. Bend for Patterns, We are abundantly satiified 'with'_onr grand choioe of New French Da Lainos, now eo much in demand, Theße are exquisite in design/coloring# and qualities, and may be had at Is, Is 3d, Is, M,'lb 94 and 2b pot yard, atTe Aro, House, Wellington gendfoiP»tt«n«i-A»Yi . ■

We learn by cable that the /Inter* colonial Shooting Mntoh, open to teams uf ten men a-aido, 1500, 600 and 700 yards, fifteen shots at each range, nas won by the Victorian toam, the South Australian team secured the eecondplace, and the New Zealand team third, Loaded dice have been discovered among the ruins of Pompei; the art of j cheating at play would therefore appear to be of great antiquity. Mr Lawaon, Brayton, eldest son of Bit Wilfrid Lawaon thus began a speech addressed to a Gladatonian gathering, of 8000 persons at Maryporti —"Traitors, humbug, hypocrites, and blackguardsbeg pardon, I mean ladies and gentlemen." Naturally the audience naa as< tonisbed. Ttio Kaiapol nroollon manufacturing Company has|declared a dividend of five . per cent for the half-year just concluded, making nine per cent for the year. - The barque Weathersfield, so lont( stranded on the Otaki boaoh, had been successfully floated qff. ,