Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4263, 7 November 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1892.

Being tbe extended hue of the Wairabapa Daily, with which it is IDENTIOAI

Tue New Zealand Legislature baa endeavoured to controllthe gambling spirit in the colony bj licensing totalisatora and prohibiting consultations. The result has been in both instances a disappointment. Every year the sum invested in totalisators and the amount expended in consultations appears to be on the increase, verifying the old saying that people cannot be made virtuous by Act of Parliament. The totalisator, indeed, seems, to have multiplied by ten (old the money formerly invested in race meetings, Before the introduction of the machine, it was not usual, with the exception of a limited number of betting men, for the public to put more than a silver coin on the issue of a race, but the advent of the new gambling apparatus, approved by the Legislature and mado respectable by Act of Parliament, tempted people to stake pounds where they had before only risked shillings. In old times an ordinary individual would have re> garded a stake of a pound as gambling, now it is looked upon as a fair and legitimate venture. Then again the totalisator, like the fascinating hell of Monte Carlo, furnishes an assured income to the projectors of Race Gatherings with the result that meetings throughout the colony are about four times as numerous as they ought to be. Probably there is scarcoly a day during tho Bummer months of the year on which some meeting or other is not held in one part of the colony or another, and this means a perpetual holiday and a con. tinuous suspension of business travel* ling about the country, It is painfully evident too that enormous sums of money are sent out of New Zealand for investment in the Melbourne Cup and other promi« nent racing events aorosa the water. These consultations on the aggregate total up to gigantio sums of money and there is some reason to believe, that they depend very materially on New Zealand customers, Whether it be possible by drastic legislation to check the gambling mania in Now Zealand we know not, but evidently the mild action of our own Parliament both in the permissive and restrictive direction has only stimulated the appetite of colonists for gambling risks. Perhaps soma day we may obtain the rational amusement of a horse race without tho accompanying evil of totalisator and spieler, but we fearthatit willbealong daybefore this comes about. For the growing youth of New Zealand the existing organisation of race meetings in every direct tiou and consultations ad Imun are serious evils, but we venture to hope that the Colonial bom youth is not quite as susceptible to such influences as are the remittance men from the Old Country. Young New Zealand may yet in the future eolve satisfactorily soni" of those difficulties which have baied the Legislature in (ho past. Young New Zealand is fond of horses and loves a raoe, but it is a genuine love of sport rather than a spirit of gambling th&t is mwifejted,

There are.voices in out midst wbiob. have come-to us out of the .Old Country from which young New Zealand is comparatively free, - Its influence in the future may do more to mitigate' them than Legislative enactments.

There will bo no publication ot the WiKABAPi Dauy Timrs on Wednesday next, 11 the Prince of Wales' Birthday." Mr A. W.Hogg, M.HR., invites the electors and residents to meat him at tho PublioHall, Eketahuna, on Friday next. Tho Masterton Amateur Athletic and Bicycle Olub are arranging tor a road race at an early date, in which members generally will take part. The next English and European mail closes on Saturday 12th inst at 6.15 a.m. The Orangemen of Wellington have passed a resolution protesting against the emit of £3OO to the Mount Magdala Home, ond on tho ground that State aid to a religious body is wrong in prinolplo, Asubstantial reward is offered by advertisement for the recovery of a black and white sheep dog, lost between Greytown and Carterton. Dunn? the recont gales on Lake Michigan twenty.h'ye persons were drowned. A porter named John Clarke, employed at the Napier Railway Station, while coupling trucks a few days ago, slipped and fell, the train passing right over both his feet, crushing them so badly that they had to be amputated. Mr James Ewart,the newlyappoiuted buyer for the Gear Moat Company, is taking up bis residence in Mastcrton, The Pahiatua Knights of Labor now number 115: The anniversary o£ Gunpowder Plot was colebratod in a small way in Masterton on Saturday list, by small boys armed with Chinese crackers. Mr 0, J, Pharazyn is a passenger for New Zealand by the s.s. Dorio, which left Plymouth last Saturday. It is proposed to enlarge the Wellington Telephone Eichange, at an expenditure of about £2OO.

Mr R. J, Pope, now of the Foathorston' School, has been appointed second assistant at the Newtown School, Wellington, exchanging places with Mr J. Williamson, The change takes effect at the end of next weok, W. Hudson, tho Now Zealand wrestler, is reported to have died in Melbourne. A man giving his name as Arthur Robinson was fined £SO or in default three months' imprisonment for practising tho three card tnok at Carterton Show. Messrs A. Booth and J as. Bayliss, J.P.'s, were the presiding justices. The Dobson Kennedy Company is now in Palmeraton North. The Wellington Industrial and Cooperative Society, which now has 141 members, has dechred a dividend ot 5 por cent, to members and a bonus of percent, on all purchases. Atthelnveroargill Police Court the other day four sawmill hands wero lined sums ranging from 20s to 'ids, with costs for refusing to leave a hotel when ordered to do so by the landlord and for conducting themselves in a disorderly manner, _ Thero i*b a deaf and dumb Maori hoy living in Greytown, says the Standard, who is also silly. Recently he was seen in a state of- intoxication trying to navigate his way down tho pathway, but bumping against the fence as he tried to get along. At last he fell and lay in tbe road stilt' and holploss, until he was lifted out of the way. It was a disgraceful exhibition, and we. hope Constablo Ecoleton will try to find out the person who supplied the lad with tho liquor. We cannot for a moment believe that the drink was supplied by an hotel-keeper, but wo duubt not that the lad was dosed in order to make a fool of him;

A young lady, Miss Wood, while nurs ing the baby at a house in Turnbull street, Tlraaru, the other afternoon, was hit in tho hip by a spent bullot, whioh oaine in through the window, Tho Naval Volunteers were clastfiring at tho range, and the bullet is supposed to bo one fired at a seagull in the direction of the town, The bullet passed through the baby's olotheß. A gentleman who called at our office on Saturday afternoon mentioned that he had been accosted in tbe streets of Masterton by four drunks within the last five minutes,

We are glad to learn that Mr R, Roake is still meeting with very generous support lu bis endeavour to establish a pack of hounds in tho Wairarapa, and so institute regular hunting next season. At tho Carterton Show Mr Roake received some most liberal practical encouragement, one gentleman putting his name down for no lees that twenty guineas, while several others subscribed "fivers" and similar amounts,

The Feathorston correspondent of the Observer writes:—Mr O'Neale, of Undobill Road, lost a valuable horae by moans of a simple accident the other day. The animal had been driven a few miles in a spring cart and on returning home was taken out of the shafts of the cart, when by some means not explained to me, tho head gear came off. Tho horse dashed off at full speod and attempted to jump a wiro fence, fell over and broke its neck. There oan bo no doubt that the blinds coming off, exposed the harness to the animal and it became frightened and perhaps it sa«v tho trap immediately behind, which added to its fear. This is another proof why all horses should be broken in without blinds. A Frisco mail reached Uastertou at noon to-day, Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Maßterton stock sale for Wednesday, November 16th, 450 ewes with lambs at foot, 200 wether hoggets and 50 fat wethers. They also considerably extend their list for the Bale on the 30th November. Mrs Mueller informs us that MesßrS' Duff, Black, Gant, and Flux have promised to take part in the concert which she is about to give. The children who took part in the " Gipsy Revel" at Miss Pearson's concert wore photographed by Mr T. E. Price at Wri.nloy'a Bush on Saturday last. The namo of Nelly Lett, an effective "Milkmaid," was inadvertently omitted from the list of character costumes in our report of the childronB 1 fancy dress ball. Electricity will be generally Introduced in Ottawa, (Janada, for heating and cooking purposes. For the first time in the history of tho world the guests at the Windsor House in that city sat down to a dinner cooked by electricity, The arrival of five bales of paperhangings, including sanitary wall papers, is notified by the Wairarapa Farmers' OOporative Association,

Tho flaps of envelopes containing 'commercial papers'or book-post matter, although turned down inside, should notbe gummed to tho contents, if they are, letter rates are incurred,and the recipient finds himself saddled with an extra charge A ruiiEßiNe verdict.—ypoaklng of one of the roost noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—' 'Sharland's Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notlce,for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powder enjoys a reputation second to none, From one end of New Zealand to the other, large orders are received for this popular brand. Even in the most 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's buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken sense of economy, buy apparently cheaper brands. The recipe of a sjood Baking Powder is anything but a? secret, but how very few manufacturers use, as Moßsra Sharland & Uo. do, the best only of materials, carefully teßted before mixture and oxactly proportioned," Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than use the Mby'brajd.-n-APYi

The following tendors for theTawatal toll-house were received by tho North County Oounoil;-O.B.Daniell£7318s (accepted); G. Hopkins £80;: A. B. Power £9l 16s. During the quarter mided 30th September £455,007 was deposited in the Post office Sayings Banks in the colony, while £426,484 was withdrawn, tho excess of deposits over withdrawals boing £29,122, A petition to be adjudged a bankrupt has been filed by Be. te. Tai, an aboriginal nativo, of Hokianga. Seven thousand one hundred bunohes of bananas were landed in Wellington on Saturday. The time for receiving applications for tho position of rongor on the County and district roads of the Masterton Road district, has been extended until Thursday next. The Wairarapa North County Oounoil publishes a notification concerning the loan of £BOO to be raised for metalling the Eketahuna to Tonui Road, ,Tho Mastorton Eoad Board gives notice of intention to strike a rate in connection with tho loan of £BOO for bridgebuilding and metalling on the Kiriwhakapapa Road, An announcement is made in our advertising columns regarding the Wes« leyan Sunday School Soiree, which is to bo held in the school-room, Masterton, on Wednesday next. Tea will bo at six o'clock, and after that a meeting will take place in the church, when, besides addresses by the Revs. E. Wood, J Dukes, and Mr T, J. Smith, Home Missionary at Eketahuna, attractive programme ot recitations and muaic will be rendered. A moßt enjoyable gathering is in prospect, and we expect to hear of a very good attendance . A series of tenuhi Matches- "singles" and''doubles'* —wlll be played in Masterton on Wodnesday next, (Prince of Wales' Birthday) between members of the Masterton Lawn Tennis Olub, and six visitors from Wellington, representing the Te Aro Tennis Olub. The local team will consist of Messrs W. G, Beard, A, 11, Bunny, Broad, Donald, and two others seleoted from Messrs D'Aroy, Perry, Brabant, and Bunting, The following will represent the Becond team of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers in the match with tho Wellington City Rifles on Prince of Wales' Birthday :—Lieut. Hooper, Sergt, Murray, Corporal Banganui, Bandsmen Bantley and Schultzo, Bugler Ankotell, Bandmaster Candy, and Volunteers Nicholson, Donovan, and Whitt, The Wellington Riflos will be represented by -Oapt Brandon, Lieut hherwood, Color-Sergoant Claridgo, Sergeants Naughton and Gibson, Corporal Sullivan, Lance-Corporal Lawson, Privates Hardcastle, Horner, Eickson, Pitcher, Proudfoot, M'Caull, and Bugler 8011.

Mr T. Dixon, of Masterton, recoived by the 'Frisco mail this morning two Italian queen bees in perfect condition, from Medina, in Ohio.' The bees wore confined in a small oblong box dii'idedinto three compartments, one and a half being filled with prepared food, made from sugar and honey, and tho remaining space was occupied by tbe queen and about 30 workers, who were sent in escort.

Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., nearly " lost his seaf'.on Friday last when, | accompanied by Mr Eli Smith, be jjournoyed from Alfredton to Tiraumea. Ih the dusk, passing over the co-operative road works, which were slippery from rain, the pair had a difficulty in finding their exaot route, and finally got on to broken territory. In endeavouring to avoid a narrow gully, the steed bestrode by the member for Masterton tried to climb a bank, slipped with his hind legs into an underground burrow, and then swung right back into the gully wedging both himself and his rider in the deft. Mr Eli Smith feared that his companion was killed right out, but Mr Hogg was fortunately free from the animal with tbe exception of his left leg, and be managed after a while to extricate even that member by drawing his foot out of his boot, leaving the latter under tbe inverted steed. With great difficulty the 1 animal was extrioated, and got on to his legs. Then the work of exploration continued, and Mr Eli Smith got his turu.for be, while floundering through a creek, suddenly disappeared horse and all, in a deep water-hole. However, by dismounting, he was able to regain tbe muddy pathway, The destination, Mr A, Burling'? homestead, was reached about !) p,m, seven bad hours having been spent on the twelve mile trip. It is evident that Mr Eli Smith was not born to be drowned, and that the member for Mastorton was not destined to lose his seat altogether this trip.

The anniversary services in connection with the above Sunday School were held yestorday, and passed off very enjoyably. The day was fine, though very warm, and the Church was crowded on overy occasion, tho attendance at night being very large, The morning and afternoon services were conducted by Mr W. J. Elliott, who created a very favourable impression on this, his first vißit to Masterton, by his impressive and eloquent preaching. The Sev. J. Dukes—resident pastor-preached at night, taking for his text the nineteenth ohapter of John, and twenty-first verse, "Feed my Lambß." Tho Church was very prettily decorated with nikau palm leaves, which, we are informed, .were sent from Cross' Creek. The singing ot the ohildron reflects great credit on the conductor (Mr Boagey). The anniversary hymne will be repeated next Sunday for the benefit of those who were unable to he present yesterday.

Among the interesting exhibits of the Carterton Show last week, were some pena of sheep which had beon restored from a very dirty and infected condition to a state of perfeot cleanliness by the use of Langstone's Premier Sheep Wash. The sheep previous to its application wore suffering greatly from parasites, but thoir subsequent appearance after the benign influenco Of Mr Langstone's exsellent preparation had been exeroised, left no traces of their former unprofitable condition. - The, penß were inspected during the day by many sheep-farmers, and wo heard Borne warm expressions of approval bestowed upon Langstone's Promier Sheep Wash. Messrs Levin and Co. arn, wo understand, the wholesale agents for this newsheop dip throughout the Colony generally; while in the Wairarapa, Mr O. W. Langstone acts as his own salesman.

Good housewives resident in the country districts when In want of Floor Oloths.or Linoloums should remember I that we have one of the largest and best 1 ' solected Btooks in the Colony, which for cheapness are unequalled outßide of Te Aro House Wellington.

For other rooms we have Floor Cloths all in the piece to cover 9 feet by 12 feet i for 18a, 12 foet by 12 feet for 245, and IB feet by 12 feet for 80s, at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Advi. We have some very nice light carpet pattern Floor Cloths suitable for bed. rooms and can cover rooms 9 feet by 12 '< feet for 10s rd, 12 feet by 12 feet for 13s 9d and 15 foet by 12 feet for 1,7s 6d at, Te Aro House, Wellington. "

Some heavy Floor Cloths in Mosaio and Ti]o Patterns aro very suitable for Kitchen übq. Wo can supply sufficient to coves rooms Q feet by 1? feoffor 12s, 12 feet by 12 feat for JGs, 15 feet by 12 feet for 20s, 18ft by 12 feet for ?4?, si

The Greytown Private Brass Band played several marclies and selections on the Main Street on Saturday evening:: last. At the conclusion Messrs; H. Doff and Jansen (who nave lately .taken over tho business of Mr D. J. Duff as bakers) generously treated ihe bandsmen to a bounteous supper. We hear that Mr R, Smith the well known hatter and draper of Wellington has just token over the business lately carried on by Mr D. J._ Duff, of Greytown as draper, milliner, etc,

The thirty-second annual meeting of the New Zealand Eifle Association will he held on the Somuieryille Rango, Trentham, on Thursday, January sth nextyoar.andfollowingdays. Tho Nelson Matoh is the first on the list, instead of the Wellington Matoh as last year. In the Wangauui Match the distanoe fired is 700 yds instead of 500 yds. Tho Ladies' Match does not this year oount for Ihe Belt, and the positions are changed to standing or kneeling. The Auckland Matoh takes the place of the Ladies' Match, the conditions being ten shots at 800 yards. The conditions of the Grand Aggregate Maihc have been altered so that it shall be optional on the part of any competitor who has not won more than £lO lo compete in it, or in the Last Try. An addition to the programme is a Continuous Match, for merchants'prizes, given by business people of the Wellington district. The matoh is open to any person; conditions 5 ehots nt 500 yds. Competitors Can enter as often as they please,- but oan only win ono prize eaoh day. Thero will be ten prizes eaoh day, and winners can take their choice according to their position in the 1 prize list, fteo railway passes over Government lines will bo issued by the officers commanding distrots to Volunteers and bona fide members of rifle clubs,

A welcome social to which frienda interested in the Temperance cause were invited to meet Mrß. Tennyson Smith, was held in Greytown on Saturday evening. Mr Thompson, who presided, in a few appropriate words, welcomed the lecturer; who, in replying, referred to the week's mission thoy wero to commenoe on November 13th. TheEev.T.B. MoLean ( expressed his pleasure at the projected mission and his willingness to do anything he 'could to promote its success. He spoke highly of the lecturer's work on the West Coast, especially in Greymouth and Brunnerton where he had the pleasure of meeting him,

A, number of pressmen who went up from Wellington to record a country show the other day, says the New Zealand Times, found a-curiously complicated state of affairs prevailing at one of the local hostelrios, Some short time previously the lessee having had some differences with the firm that supplied tho beer, had been notified by them either to 'vamoose the rancbe' or find a successor. The lessee rather tardily carried out tho latter alternative and sold out, but tho brewers interpreting the delay to mean that no.heed was being taken of tbeir mandate, had sold to quite another party. The rival honifaces, with their families, arrived on the soene on the same day as the scribes of the press, and were received by the brewers' representative, who was already in possession. Then ensued a most amusing illustration of divided and conflicting authority, Eaoh of the three individuals assertod himself , as tho 'boss,' the servants were at tbeir wits' end to know whom to obey, and customers were bandied about from pillar to post, The brewers' olient was in possession of the stock, but bad no license, And was threatened with an aotion at law if lie sold any liquor. The rival boniface held the license, but bad no goods. Tho brewers' representative, however, went on selling quiio independently of the rival pubhoans, Eventually the diffioulty was comproraised by one man being accepted as lessee, and the other receiving compensation.