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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4254, 27 October 1892, Page 2

One of of the surest ways for a man to be robbed of his crood namo is to put it inhiiwiiMa. Mounted Constable Hoopor, who. after doing duty for some monthß, In Masterton, was removed to Wellington at the time of the labour trouble, has been transferred to Patea. Toll will be levied on the Eketahuna* Tenui road on and after the 10th of November next, on which date the Ta wataia toll gate will be opened. Tn our advertising columns appears the scale of charges which will be payable thereat, Te Kooti and a hundred ot his followers are expected to visit Awahuri at the end of next month. The employe's of Messrs Hounslowand Hoar presented Mr Alfred Hoar with a very handsome cruet as a wedding gift, Two excellent properties have been placed in Mr W, W. Smith's hands for sale, complete details of whioh will be advertised by him in a subsequent issue. One couaisfsof 687 acres of land, situated twelve miles from Masterton, and now carrying 1,500 sheep j while the other it 200 acres, only nine miles from Masterton, and which, with dwelling and all conveniences, can be bought for £660. Mr Smith has also various sums of money to lend en approved security, To-morrow is Demonstration Day. It will be observed as a olose holiday in Wellington. .The delegates present at the Stock Conference, are;-Messrs' Tabart (Chief Inspeotor of Stook in Tasmania), Park (Government. Veterinary Surgeon for Tasmania), Bruce (Chief Inspector of Stock in New South Wales), Gordon (Chief Inspector of Stook In Queensland), Jno, Roberts and Thoa Brydone (Otsgo), W. Boag (Canterbury), P. Lawry, M.H.R. (Auoklar.d),.l.'P. Ritchie (Secretary of New Zealand Department of Agriculture); and J, MoClean (Veterinary Surgeon for the New Zealand Govern* went),

la the reign of Edward. HI, all the breivorsand bakers wore women,, aud when hienfiist began toengagoin these occupations it m thought so strange thai; they were called men brewers and man baiters. ;

" If I was pa an' ma" said Willie, " I'd ' him another dootor. The baby we "ot last lima wasn't finished, It hadn't a Mo'ih or a hair."

The Legislative Couuoil now numbers forty seven members. The Taranaki Herald understand! that the Survey Department have, at the instance of the Scenery Preservation Society, agreed to publish lithoaraph views of Mt. Bgmont and tho country surrounding, with a view to encouraging tho tourist traffic.

A poll of ratepayers interested in the reapeotive proposals to borrow 11000 for formation and bridges on the Mount Bruce road, and i'l2o for a bridge over tho Rnpuatanua, will be held at Mauricevillo on Thursday, 3rd November. The official intimation in connection therewith appears in the advertising columns of this issue,

A very amusing inotdont happened during a cricket match at Dover, by whiohagame that was boing played between two local clubs was brought to a | sudden close. The match was being contested on part of a large field in which somo cattle were grazing, when a bull bore down upon tho playefßj scattering thorn in all directions and afterwards charging full tilt at tho wickets, which he cleared out of the ground. The barque Woathersfield was safely towed into Wellington Harbour yester* day afternoon by the steamers Hinemoa and Mnna. At the Wnodvillo R.M. Court the other day, the mother of a man accused of stealing firewood became very much excited at tlio evidence given by one of the witnesses, and at last unable to contain herself any longor, shouted out, " It's falso, you perjurer I'

Attention is directed to the announcement in our amusement column regarding Misb Pearson's Concert at the Masterton Theatre to-night, and our readers are reminded of tho enjoyablo programme, which baa boen prepared for their entertainment. The tickets are Ba, 2s and Is, MrT. P.Lett is again the successful tenderer for carrying the mails between Masterton and Tenui, ! and Carswell's and Wlmroama, We have been asked to cill attention to the cantata, " Tho New Jorusulem," to bo rendered this evening in the Presbyterian Churoh. This cantata,.got up under the leadership of Mr Perrin, of Clarevillo, proved a great success in Carterton. More than twenty singers and players will take part in the performance.

Two members of an adjacent Bond Board had a peculiar experience last week, lays the Manawatu Times, They ! were riding along a newly formed road, when both their horses suddenly eatik up to their saddle girths directly in the centre of the toad. One Warden was tall and light, and ho" succeeded in getting out safely, but the other ono, who was short and heavy, was loft behind together with his Buddie, The horse floundered out and was caught on the other sido by tho Warden, who had managed to escape safely. Great diffi- | culty was experienced in extricating the fallen Warden, and ho rows to make his voice hoard on the subject of new roads at the next sitting of the Board, Mr and Mrs Alfred Hoar left Masterton by the aftornoon train yesterday for their honeymoon trip. A large party ot friends went to the station to see them off,

The following lottor appears in the Noiv Zealand Times:—Sir,—On Sunday last, the 16th mat., a party of bushfallew, whilst cattle hunting got benighted and early next morning, feeling wot and hungry, decided to make tracks to the homestead of Mr Watson, situated on tho route botween the Upper Taueru and Alfredton districts. On their way they oamo across a human skeleton, the whitened bones being apparently in a " heap " at tho fuot of a charred stump, as if tho unfortunate wayfarer had calmly awaited death in a Bitting posture. No farther notice was taken of tho men's diacovory, I understand, than simply bringing with them the skull on their return journey to their oainp, as they had a long rough road before them. If this should prove to be a case of" lost in the bush," and It is not the first of the kind, neithor the Alfredton or tho Upper Taueru Road Board can lay tho flattering unction to their souls, that they have done anything to insure the safety of the public by the erection of finger posts or otherwise, and it would he a fitting sequel to this state of things, if tho Government took the reading oi this country in hand, as it is almost in its primeval aUte.—l am, etc., J.R, An impudent theft was committed at Eketahunaon Monday, by a man named John Matthews, It appears the man went into Mr Felling's Olub Hotel and overhauled tho till, Mrs Foiling going into the bar caught the soamp coming out, and accused him of taking the money, which he admitted, and handed her back several shillings Baying that that was all be had, Constable Roche arrested the man about a quarter of an hour after in Elliston's Hotel. Be was brought before Messrs Anderson and Aulm, J.P.'s yesterday morning and sentenced to three monthß hard labour in Wellington Terrace Gaol, ' Among tenders recently sent in to the Publio Works office, Ohristohurch, one man offered to scrub sixteen rooms in the Poat Offico buildings.many of them large, fortniehtly; to sweep and dust thorn daily; to keep the fire grates dean and lay fires; to fill scuttles; to eorub passages (large and small) weekly, and sweep and dust them daily; to keep the lava, toriesoleanand wash towels, to clean the windows, about thirty of them, for £25 a year. Be was willing to perform all this work, whjch would taknmany hours daily and sometimes all night, for about eighteenpenceaday. His was the lowest tender, the others ranging up to £l2O a year. The amount of the successful tender has nob transpired, hut it is understood it was under £7O a year. The man who has dono the work hitherto had £IOO a year, a house, and firing and lighting. Among tho amusing incidents of the departure of the Seventy-first Regiment to the Homcstoad labour troubles was a little scene whioh took place at the Forty-Second street Depot. Just before the train started a very pretty girl rushed in in a high state of oxoitoment and wanted to see Will, and at last Wilt was found; as he came up on the platform she threw her arms round hit nook and gave him a kiss that Bounded like the explosion of» giant torpedo. Then all the fellows sun? out,- " Oh,.Jerushe, don't I wish my girl was here I" Then in pity she turned to the noldior nearest and gave him a smack; then another jumped forward and he got a salute. By this time the entire regiment was rushing forward, when her soldier love hurried her into the depot, crying, " Hold on, boys, hold on, I don't mind two or three, or even half a dozen, but I'm Mowed if I can stand the whole regiment, A FUTIERINO VEEDioT.-Upeaklng of one of the most noted of colonial specialities, thepresssays:—"Sharland'B Baking Powder desorveß more than a passing notice,for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powder enjoys a reputation second tonono. Prom one end of New Zealand to the other/large orders are received for thhi 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 Ming Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less j sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken sense. >of economy, buy apparently cheaper brands, The recipe of a «ood Baking Powder is anything but a secret bnt how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland 4 Co. do, the beat only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exactly proportioned,' Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than use the Moa"bwnd,-Apyfv

French florists arooultivating a plant which bears a Oower that is white in the morning, red at noon, and blue at night. The Mastetton Lawn Tennis Olub will open its season in the Wrigley's Bush courts ou Saturday aitornoon next

Thero is but one official in the United Shies who has a legal title to be called "honourable." Ho is the LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts. His title is (riven him by law. Wo have received from Mr R. E 1 Hornbloiv, the printer, a copy of to-day s show catalogue,

Tho Premier left fur Wanganuiyesterday morning. Alexander, the Australian Bloudin, visits Wellington shortly, A calf was dropped at Messrs Callister's at Matirawa, yesterday niorning,-of an extraordinary eizo, and weighing 1251b5. It is healthy and woll,-Stin-dard.

Mr Ooleman Phillips (according to the Standard) is issuing a writ against Mr J, S. Cundy, of Kaiwaiwai, in the District Court, for portion of tho alleged damage to Mr Phillips's bush caused by setting it on fire in March last,

The Post loams from a private souroo that Her Majesty the Queen has sent to her godson fluia Onslow a vory fino statuette of horself, done in the Jubiloe yoar, mounted on an ebony pedestal with silver medallion, on one of which are the words," Presented by His Godmother, Victoria ft. and 1.," and on the other is engraved the Hoyal arms and monogram

Tho following is a list of tender! Ac« cepted by tho postal authorities for the carriage of mails in various parts of tho Waiwrapa and Forty-mile Bush districts -Carswe'ltoHomowood, T. P, Lett; Carterton to Waihakoke, Jarao3 M'Guinness; Foathorston to Kahautara, W. Buck; Featheraton to Tauherenikau, A. Wilkinson; Foathorston to Martinborough; Sharp and Donnelly ; Hnlmwood toGlenburn, F. Moore j Mnrtinborough to Waii([«imoana, Sharp awl Donnelly; Masterton to Brancepeth, T, P. Lett; Masterton to Whakatakl, T. P. Lett; Whakataki to Cashpoint, T. P. Lett; Masterton to Kuripuni, W, Bawkej Masterton to the Bail way Station, W. Hawke; Pahiatua to Ballance, Job Vile; Wnodvillo to Pahiatua, Job Vile; Pahiatut to Kaitewa, Mrs M. J. Swan; Whakatski to Herbortville, J. T, Smith, There are several contracts nnlet. and in somo cases fresh tendersare being called. Pitiful domestic stories are only too often brought to light, remarks tho even ing Press, in connection with the work of the Benevolent Trustees. One of the most recent is that of a woman whose husband appears to bo an unmitigated vagabond, who practically laughs to scum protection orders and all such legal decrees. Tho wife had had to go to tho hospital through the ill-treatment which she had received from the man, who struck her, without provocation, almost as often as he could lay his hands upon her. Naturally the wife refuses to return lo the home or haunts of this brnt>>, and consequently she continues to depend upon the Trustees for food and shelter. Onder lho circumstances, every humane person will rejoice that wo have a public body capable of mooting the occasion; but why should there not bo somo meansof dealing rigorously with the scoundrel of a husband?

The town was Hlive at an early hour this morning with oattle, horses and other exhibitß on their way to the Show grounds. The elephant can Bmell, in a wild state, an enemy at a, distance of 1000 yards. A uow battleship, the Barfkur, has been launched at Chatham, the coat .being estimated at LC00.050.

A St, Bernard dog, owned by a Rochester gentleman, has had a litter of 17 pups, 12 of which are liying,

A Peninsular veteran has died ot Castle Island, aged 108, who had enjoyed his pension for 78 years. Bißhop Julius has announced his intention of loaving Chriatoburch on la, six months visit to England.

A new mineral, not unliko asbestos in its properties, has been discovered in immense deposits in Columbia, It is the oolour of amber, perfectly transparent and incombustible. Paper made from it is quite fire-proof,

The Masierton A, and P, Association is fortunate in being favoured with a really splendid day for this year's show, Although fine it ia not too hot, light clouds preventing the full foroe of the sun's rays being felt, A well-known and jovial settler who resides in the vicinity of the Kelvin Grove road, met with a very novel experience a few days ago. He was driving home behind a very fast trotting mare and there was a high wind blowing. The long tails of his coat were dying behind him, and he was utterly oblivious to the fact that his flight along the road resembled a flashing comet, It was a fact, however, that it did so, His coat tails were a mass of flame, having become ignited by bis lighted pipe which he had thoughtlessly put in his pocket. He was utterly unconscious of the fact tbat anything was wrong until he was hailed by a horseman who was passing, When he pulled up he found his coat was blazing merrily, and half of it was entirely destroyed. This was not the worst part of the disaster as on making an examination he found that a portion of his nether garraentwasalsomissing,—Manawatu Times, According to the ft sue Freie Presse, intelligence bas reached Trinscuo from Massowah that an Abyssinian merchant, who has returned from the latter port from Omdurman, declares the road to the Madia's capital to be now open and safe, Tho people of. the countries the merchant traversed are, he declared, discontented with the Madhi's rule, and would greet anyone who would deliver them from bis sway with open arms, Of the prisoners at Omdurman the younger, and more handsome women have been taken into the Madhi's harem, Of the male prisoners, some have declared their adhesion to Islam, but those who have refused to do so are heavily chained, and are kept at hard labour, being forbidden io leave . Omdurman on pain of death. The Mahdi is in great want of monoy, but has a large quantity of ivory. The Review ofSeviewihas describes thedepressioninViotoria;—"Victoria, for example spend* over £6,000,000 per annum on intoxicating drinks, It bas poured down its own throat, that is, during the last twelve months of 11 depression," nearly three times the sum of its latest loan, with no other result than a heightened crime rate, and a swollen army of widows and orphans I" We arc satisfied with our buyer's selections of Spring Dress Fabrics. They are all of the newest materials and in the most fashionablo colorings. Our country friends should send at once for patterns, whioh will bo forwarded, postage free, from To Aro House, Wellington.' We are-, abundantly satisfied with the immense variety of these Spring Dress Fabrics, and wo arc' daily displaying over 1009 piece's in every fashionable coloring and design, at loAro House,' Wellington, Send for Patterns,' ■■''•■" We are abundantly satisfied with the superior value of these Spring Dress Fabrics. | The prices are exceedingly moderate for each excellent quality, ranging from 10s 6d to 45s the full dress length, at Te Aro House, Send for Patterns, We ate abundantly satisfied with our grand choice ot New French De Laines, now bo much in demand, These are exqui. site'in design, colorings and qualities, and may be had at Is, Is 3d,'lb oi, Is Od and 2s per yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington Seudta?Btl&m«,-AiiTT '

A Liverpool lady named Williams was knocked down by a train while orossing the line between Bangor and Abet, and out in two, her two children' and the gorerness witnessing tho acoident. Mrs. Hannah Honey, who has just been buried at Mapperley, aged 101, leaves 253 .living descendants— viz,, fi children, 04 grandchildren, 146 great" grandchildren, and 348reat-great-prand« children. At the entertainment at Tenui on Tuesday next Mrs Mueller will sing ''Jessie's Dream," "Twaawithiu a mile of Edinbro' town" and "flobin Adair." The castle of the lato Prince Frederick, at the Hague, was in flames. It is said to have been set on firo by the housekeeper to hide his defalcations.

The Tablet recently expresses itself 1 as to Mr Buick:—The Parliamentary reporter of (lie Dunedin Evening Star gives ns the following: "Mr Buick wished to divide the £SOO vo'e for the Magdsla Asylum at Christchuroh between the Institution and the Salvation Army. He valued the work done in. this Home, but thought that good work was also being done by tho Army, and should ba recognised." Well, then, Mr Buick, all we can say to you is;. You wished lor as dirty a two bites of a cherry as ever wo beard of. If the Salvation Army are doiug any good-and wo do not know whether (hey are or not—we have heard contradictory roports on the subject—and, at any rate, the principles announced by General Booth to polygamies in South Africa seems to make tho matter doubtful—let the Salvation Array have a separato grant, But don't rob Peter to pay Pauleven if ho is Paul—and not, for example, a donkey in a lion's skin. If this be your notion of political fair' ness, Mr Buick, you would be bettor at home with your bench.

Tbe sheep and cattle exhibits at the Mastfit-ton Show to-day are said to be fur superior in quality to the entries of last year.

Blottiiw. paper was discovered in 1455. Previously to that, wheu a man dropped a splotch of ink on the lowor left hand corner of his paper, ho would gito it a flick towards the neht-hand corner with his tongue, and made a better picture of the last comet than any that haß yet appeared in the illustrated papers, A batch of students, it is said, will be sent from each country to the Chicago Exhibition, the object being to draiv toother the most talented youth of all knds.

During a fire at a London shop a female jumped from a. third-story window, and, passing through the shop blind, which was spread out to catch her, alighted on the pavement unhurt.

Lord Tennyson is stated to have received from his grandfather the sum of 10s as a reward of industry for his first poem. When bunding tho young relative the coin he remarked, " There is the first money you have ever earned, and I suppose it will be the last,"

The Clifton Rabbit Preserving Company is being wound up. In a letter to theCfek Comtij Gazette, a shareholder affirms that all the share capital, amounting to nearly £I6OO, has been lost, and there aro liabilities amounting to £1619, including wages, £150; rabbitters, £280; and £l4O due to seven gentlemen, who gave their promissory notes without any prospect of over being repaid,

The Committee appointed to draw up rules for the guidance of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club, met last night. There were present -Messrs D'Arcy, Kimball, Malcolm, Brabant, Eton, Caselborg and Clayton. Bules were drawn up and will be submitted to the first qenoral meeting of the members, to beheld to-morrow (Friday) evening at the Club Hotel,

Tho New Zealand Presbyterian is no advocate of Riving the franchise to wonion, and says: Instead of the female mind purifying our politics, there would we .suspect, be some danger of oar politics contaminating the female mind, The proposal is undoubtedly a leap in the dark, and no step of such importance ought to be taken until it has Noon thoroughly discussed by tho country. We notice that telegrams are sent up to members slating that " the women of Otago " objeol to this or are in favour of that, as if the women of Otago bad expressed an unequivocal opinion on the subject. There is a cortain amount of dishonesty in such telegramß, for the senders cannot but be awaro that a very large proportion of the women of Otago care no more for the female franchise than they do for last year's fashions, not Bay to that a very considerable number of them are, for various reasons, strongly Opposed to it, , , We will not positively assert that all women are unfit for politics, though we imagine the less any of them have to do with party politics the better; but we will say that it BOems a rash if not a foolish thine; to force the franchise upon tbetn. It is the merest nonsense to affirm that the women of the Colony have asked for it. They have done nothing of the kind. The prime leaders in the business have beon scheming politician and class agitators.

The special train from tho Bush was well patronised this morning by visitors to the Show.

During the past few days (writes & correspondent of IhDumfiies Courier) trout hare been oaugbt in the Upper Annandals streams which have been feeding on the mice or field voles with which our pastures are plagued, A Moffat lady, who had got a present of trout from a friend, living near Evan Water, was the other day surprised to hear ber domeslio scream, and, on inquiring the cause, found it was due to the presence of a vole in the atom* ach of a half-pound trout. A gentleman angling in Moffat Water caught a pound trout near Bodesbeck, and on cutting up the fish found a whole vole io its stomach. The voles run to the streams in dry weather, and many of them are drowned. It will be strange if the trout has to be classed with the hawke, the owl, and the wflaßel as a " natural enemy."

"Ho what prigs what isn't hiß'n, whon he'scotchedis sent to pris'n," That in{onus the evil-disposed that sooner or later they mußt pay the penalty of their crimes, and evon as one man is bound to respect another man's rights and not lay violent hands on other mens' property, so is everyone who oares for his own well-beiri k and for the well-being of the country of his birth or adoption, bound to tako car/of his own, to shepherd his own resources, keep a watchful oje on his own property, and safeguard his own. interests. The citizen who has a sovereign to spend and who spends it so that he only gets ten shillings' worth for his money, is practically as bad as the 'man who puts his hand into bis neighbour's pocket and takes out half a sovereign j nayjio is worse, because, in allowing himself to be imposed upon ho robs his dearest friendthat is himself, Therefore he should buy everything at Hooper's Bon Marche, and no matter what he wants-a coat, a suit of clothes, a pound o! tea or & bag of sugar; a large parcel of groceries or a small item of haberdashery, he, mil Had it foe ewe, {