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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4271, 17 November 1892, Page 2

On Saturday last Mr Anderson the Government dairy expert visited the Wcodville cheese factory and tested the milk of twenty-one suppliers, Tho reEult of this test showed that one of the suppliers was sending in milk of a strength such at might be expected if, in tho case of milk of average quality, the whole of the cream were removed from the night's milk. The milkof three other suppliers was below the average quality.

The' Rev, J, 0, Ecclcs has been appointed to take charge of the Wood, ville parochial district,

lie what prigs what isn't his'n, when he's cotohed is sent to pris'n," That informs the evil-dieposod that sooner or later they must pay the penalty of their crimes, and even as one man is bound to respeot another man's rights and not lay_ violent handß on other men's property, so is everyone who cares for his own well-being and for the well-being of the country of his birth or adoption, bound to take eare of his own, shepherd his own resources, keep a watchful eye on Ms own property, and safeguard his own interests, The citizen who has a sovoreign to spend and who spends it io that bo only gets ten shillings' worth for his money, is practically as bad as the man who puts bin hand into his neighbour's pookct and takes ont holt a sovereign; nay, he is worse, beoause in allowing himself to be imposed upon, he robs his dearest friend—th|t is himself. Therefore he should buy every thing at Hopper's Bon {larch, e, and no matter Tgm he wants—a coat, a suit of plpthe.s, a pound of tea or a bag of sugar; a largepsrcelofjp'perjes pr' a, small item of haberdashery, ho will find it the same,'

, An assembly of the Knights of Labour is io be opened ahortly at Mabarahara, The green beetle has just made ita 1 appearance in the Wcodville dißtriot. A public hall is to bo built at Iniwaiwaii

A Chinaman named John Jackson has been arrested for deserting Mb wife at Palmerston North.

The Jubilee Singers appear in Grey, town this evening. u\* l engthy lotterto tll6 Standard, Mr B.J. Pope, late teacher of the ieatherston School complains Btrongly of the interference of the Featherston School Committee between the teachers and tho children.

An extreme lustance of a "olean out" burst is reportod in a Wellington paper, which states that a man who had come to town and kuooked down his cheque, started for the country again without either boots or trousers on, ThoMaaterton Sohool Committeo ineots this eveniug,

Chinamen ore sheep-stealing in a wholesale manner in parts of New South Wales, A gang of twenty has been oapturedand lodged in gaol at Germanton.

The Roy. A. M. Bradbury delivered his lecture on "Church History" at the; Wellington Girla' Friendly Sooiety Lodge on Tuesday evening last. Still another temperanco leoturer is on the War-path. The latest is Mr E. Dawson King, who will open in Wellington on Saturday next. Among the handsome floral tributes thrown to Miss Annis Montague at the Theatre Koyal last night, was a beautiful boquet bearing the dedication':-" With kindest wishes from tho Boys in tho pit,"

Some little commotion was caused during the fire at Mr Smart's in MannersBtreot on Tuesday evening by a Gorman lady making an effort to enter the burn* ing building to roscue some articles she had left there. Very properly the polico and firemen prevented the good lady from carrying out her intentions, and a strange mixture of language fell from tho lips of the excited and disappointed female,

There are sorno capable housewives in the Bush district. Oue of them travelling in the train the other day showed a lady friend of ours a pair of substantial scarlet stockings and declared that sho grew the wool, spun it, dyed it and knitted it into the comfortable but unostentation articles of clothing which she displayed.

Archdeacon Sinclair thinks there are many inconsistencies in tho church ser"To hoar merry-looking, chubbyohoristers," he says, shouting with jubilant and reckless carelessness aloud to Almighty God that they are misorablo sinners, and that there is no health in them, is Indeed distressing, and a woful, almost irreparable, shook to the whole devotional spirit of tho service According to Mr T. W. Glover, Danevirke is for ita sizo, the worst place for drunkenness in the colony, £20,000 being yearly spent there in liquor.

Mr John Kae tells the following interesting anecdote in the Contemporary iiew'eio to illustrate the utility of Trade Unionism :—At Hartlepool a vessel was lately boing built m a hurry, and the men employed upon her thought it a good opportunity to Btriko for an advance of two shillings in the teoth of the agreement under which they wero working, The shipbuilding firm immediately wired to the Executivo Counod of the Trades Union an account of the situation, The Council wired back at once, asking them lo pay the advance in the meantime, and proceed with the work, because they knew the vessel was needed in a hurry, and they did not wish to cause any delay; but whon the vessel was finished tho Council compelled the men who struck to refund the money, and then stmt a cheque for tho amount to tho firm that paid it,

To.nlght " Faust" is to bo produced at the Masterton Theatre by tho Mon tague-Turner Opera Company, and we hope to seo a good house assemble to hear the final performance of this talented Company. Miss Anuts Montaguo's conception of the character and rendering of the mußio of the part of •' Marguerite," is said to be thrilling in its sympathetic perfeotien, It ofton happens that the" Boots" of a. country hotel is Bomowhat a raw hand, and is not fully convorsant with all the mysteries of the profession, Such a man consequently is much puzzled by any new type of foot-gear needing treatment differing from the application of ordinary blacking. Thus when at a leading Mas« terton hotel the other night a man put a pair of tan boots outside his door to be cleaned, the " Boots" was quito out of his element. He could see that blacking wasn't the correct thing. Still, for all that, he need not have put on a coat of whitewash, pathetically remonstrated their owner, as he surveyed them in their glorified aspect, A touching incident of New Zealand legal experiences has recently been recorded. A lawyor up north, boasts that he once had a olient who encountered a real live moa in a lonely swamp, and discharged his gun at the majestic bird, Theßhot did not prove fatal, but it detached from the moa's body a wing feather—a gigantio quill—which was accepted by the profession as a symbol to be used for all time in the preparation of bills of costs. The" moa brand" is still to be traced in these documents.

Mr Speakor Steward is marvellously good on the gush, He formerly commanded the Oamaru volunteers, and as he Oamaru Garrison Band passed through Ashburton by train, m roitfe for Wellington, Major Steward was on the platform, and the band struck up ''Auld Lang Syne" by prearrangoment, and at the suggestion of Major Sumpter, of Oamaru. In a letter acknowledging tho compliment, the woarerof the "white flower of a blameless life" writes:— "Things such as these make life worth living, and are treasured up as rare jewels in tho storehouse of memory—thoy are the palms and wells and verduro of the pasis of life's Arabia Petrea-nay, more, they are "Things of beauty whioh are a joy for ever."—Post.

The Otago Daily Times says : Mr Gresley Lukin, who arrived from Australia by the Wairarapa, comes to New Zealand with a big commission from the leading journals of the Australian Continent, It would seem that we are at the present time a big object lesson, both in industrial de* volopment andprogressive legislation, to all thinking Australians, and particularly to those who are at the opposite poles of ultra-Conservatism and social Democracy, Mr Lukin, who is an experienced Australian journalist, and was for many years editor of the Brisbane Courier, and The Queenslander, has been commissioned by the Melbourne Argus, the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Sydney Daily Telegraph to personally enquire upon the spot, and formulate his views upon our industrial development and our political future. He will, we .understand, first deal .with the land question in all its phases—from the rise and progress of the "dead meat" trade and the export of dairy produce, to the probable effects of the progressive land tax and village set* tlement, whilo later ho will turn his attention to the causes and effect of the growth of the New Zealand democraoy. It is indicative of the estimation in which Mr Lukin is held by the newspaper press of Australia, that he specially represents in his present mission two metropolitan journals so widely opposed in their politioaljnethods as the Consewative Melbourne Argus, and the Democratic Sydney' Telegraph, We have no doubt that mombers of both political parties here will do their test fa facilitate his work, whilo it goes without saying that every settler is personally interested in assisting so wide a publicity of the resources of New Zealand,

Thfl Pahiatua Knights of Labour will hold sports on Boxing Day., Mr 0. Kinpr, of Eangiora, has prairie grass on his farm 6 feet 6 inches high. It has only been sown two months. This makes an average daily growth of a little over an inch,

Nocessary religions service, thinks the Rev H. T. Valentine, vicar of St. Paul's, W&lden, Eerts, ought to bo " free as air," and not sold at fixed fees. He has therefore made it known that bo long as ho is Vicar there will be no fees charged for marriages and burials any more than for baptism or holy communion, but if any persons choose to pay a voluntary fee they may do so. Mr Anderson, the Government dairy bxperr, is importing' a newly invented milking machine known as the Neilson patent.

The Examiner says that if owners of orchards, attacked by the green beotle, chooss to take the trouble they cm readily get rid of the pest by spraying the trees affected with a solution of hellobore. This was tried by one grower last season with pat success. The strength of this solution was, we believe, 2oz of hellebore powder to each gallon of water. After spraying not a beetle was seen, To'the man who values his fruit trees the trouble and cost is little considering the efficaoy ofthe remedy.

A' Committee of the Now Zealand Amateur Swiinminfl; Association has decided to ask the Hon. W. P. Reeves to have swimming recognised as one of the subjects in the public school syllabus The proposal is to be submitted to the Now Zealand Educational Institute for its approval and recommendation, Tho first prize of £30,000 in Tattersails' big sweep on the Melbourne Cup was won by a man named Playton, of Pmkella Station, Queensland. M. Monteil, a Jronoh explorer, has crossed tho Sahara desert from Lake Tchad to Tripoli. The Masterton Presbyterian Ohurch is

extending its -sphero of work In the Forty-milo Bush. Mr Mackenzie, a graduate of the Otago University, and a student of theology, has been appointed by the Chnroh Extension Committee to labour in Pahiatua and outfields. Mr Maokonzio is reputedly a man of superior ability. The appointment han been made as the result of a visit of enquiry in the Bush district by tho Rev Robort Wood and Mr K. Feistsome months ago. Mr Wood will preach at Pahiatua on Sunday next, and nrnko arrangements for Mr Mackenzie's settlement, Mr Mackenzie will be in Mnsterton, and will preach for Mr Wood during his nbsonco. " A funuy thing happened at the last Kohuca stock sales," This, says the Melbourne Luador, was a well-known member of a Victorian stock sales firm who spoke. "A thousand broken-. monthed owes wore knocked down at 1b fld por head, The duty of 2s a head had been paid before crossing, with tho condition Which has been como to, that the duty is refunded if the stock gobaok within twelve dayn. Well, the buyor simply crossod the sheep back the same day, got the refund of tho duty, and thus netted Gd a head on the transaction." "And what did he do with tho sheep ?" " Oh, I don't know; if he had nowhere to tako them all he would have to do would be to let them go, As they were shorn, it wouldn't pay to kill them for their pelts."

Nearly all the judging at the Wellington Show was completed yesterday. Messrs Lowes and loras announce their next Eketahuna stock salo for Wednesday, November 23rd, and publish in this isBUo the preliminary list of entries.

Mr J. Stuckey is not exhibiting any sheop at the Wellington show. Our readers are reminded of the fascinating musical entertainments to bo given by the Jubilee Singers on Friday and Saturday evenings in tho Maaterton Theatre.

Several entries made by Mr J. Stuckey for the Wellington Show did not put in an appearance. Mr Stuckey has been suffering from the prevailing cold, and as he is also busy shearing, his absence may he thus accounted for, • Tho Waipara Downs estate in North Canterbury has changed hands, the purchasers being Messrs George M'Rae, of Mount Somers, and S. R. Turnbull, of Tiinaru, The prico iB reported as about £14,000, and tho Bale was negotiated by tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-oporative Association, In Poland there was formerly a law according to which any person found guilty of slander was compelled to walk on all fours through the streets of the town where he lived, accompanied by the beadle, as a sign that he was un« worthy tho name of man. A wag observes that if this law were in force in some modern communities, visitors would be frequently ontertained with the spectacle of all the inhabitants crawling on all fours I The Chicago Exhibition buildings will be opened on May 1,1893, by the Mar* quia de Voraqua, a descendant of Columbus, Tho Marquis is too old logo to Chicago, but he will set in motion tho steam machinery in Jackson's Park, Chicago, by pressing an electric button at Madrid placed in direct communication with the World's Fair •by sub» marine cable. Asa London correspondent remarks, what a change from the days of Christopher Columbus, The Ohristcburoh shopkeepers havo decided to observe Thursday as a halN holiday, instead of Saturday. Tho reasons assigned are tho heavy losses, and inoonvenlence to country Bottlers. Our special correspondent writos referring to the Wellington Show:-"Thero in no Telegraph Office on the Show ground, the nearest being about a mile andahalf away. Rain fell to-day (Wodnesday) and the ground is still very wot. Wairarapa breeders haveswopt the hoard in nearly every olais, especially Mr A. Matthews In Romney sheop. Messrs Bidwill have a fine show of fat cattle. Genorally speaking the Show is ahead of last year in quality of exhibits though not in quantity,"

J They have male ohauibermaids in somoof the Cairo hotels, so a contoin. porary avers, A newly marriod lady . visitor on ringing for tho chambermaid j was surprised at a well-dressed French--3 man, with theairofarofinedandedui cated gentleman, presenting himself in in her room. N Supposing him to be the " proprietor, she said, " I wish to soe tho i chambermaid; to which he replied in ! his best English, " Madamo, she am I," ■ The sea>serpeant has just been seen a few miles off the Aberdeenshire coast. . The crew of the fishing boat Harbinger, P.D. 120, state that while lying at 1 anchor aßextraordinary-lookingmohster, with a neck like a giraffe, a long dark 1 inane, a skin spotted like fancy lino 1 leum, suddenly rose over the gunwale | and placed one foot on tho prow and the ! other near the stern of the Harbinger, The boat listed oyer nearly three feet, to the horror of the crew, one of whom ran up tho mast, and the others dropped into tho hold. The creature remained in sight for a quarter of an hour, so that ample time was afforded to tho fishermen to recover their wits, and take stock of their visitor, whioh they further described as, having ears of extraordinary dimensions, teeth like a marblestalrpase, and jaws when open sufficiently wide to stow away an omnibus, Good housewives resident in the country districts when In want of Floor Cloths or Liiiolouniß should remember that we have ono of the largest and best selected stocks in the Colony, which for cheapness are unequalled outside of To Aro House Wellington, For other rooms we have Floor Cloths all in the piece to cover!) feet by 12 feet for 18s, 12 feet by 12 feet for 245, and 15 feet by 12 feet for SOsj at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Advi. We have some vory nice light carpet pattern Floor Oloths suitable for bedrooms and can cover rnomß 9 feet by 12 ' feet for 10s I'd, 12 foot by 12 feet for 13s 9d and 15 feet by 12 feet for 17s Cd at Te Aro House, Wellington. Some heavy Floor Oloths in Mosaic andiTile Patterns are very suitable for Iptohenuse.' We can. supply sufficient to coves rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 12s, 12 feet by 12 feet for 16s, 15 feet by 12 feotfor 20a, 18ft by 12 feet for [24s. at .Te Ato HouwrWeUingtoni

A Maaterton resident found a oheque for £5 «nd promptly returned it to the owner, who thanked the finder and walked off, returning however, in a ehort titno with a handsome pipe, as a reward. I The export of fruit from Queensland is not to be confined to Europe. The Brisbane Courier says it.is to be noted with satisfastion that an attempt a to be made to open up a market for Queensland pineapples in America, and as the fruit is to be oarofully packed under the supervision of the Instructor in Agriculture, there is soino chauco of the experiment being attended with auooess. An tomato of tho Olub Hotel, Masterton, has received per post, a card—a small white card I On the face of this oard is attachod a pair of china dolls with the simple word" Congratulations"; on the back is inscribed," Take care of the dear little twins." The recipient of this chaste missive left the Hotel suddenly, whether in pursuit of the twins, or running away from them, is not known.

An American paper points out that the nation now consumes two and a«balf times as much drink per head as it did in 1874, aud asks whether Americans are becoming a nation of drunkards.

Mr W. flercock, of Carterton, obtained first and champion prize for his well-known draught stallion "Hero," at the Wellington Show yesterday, The largest artificial stone in the, world forms tho base of the Barthold Statue of Liberty In New York. It was constructed with over6Oo tons of broken rock and sand and 20,000 cwt of cement. The Maaterton Rifles parade at the Drill Hall at 7.30 to-night. Tho Queen has just presented a massive clock to Mr Neole, an official of the London and North-western Railway, to commemorate his hundredth journey by the Royal train between England and Scotland.

' Mr A, Matthews, of Featherston, took the champion prize for Romney Marsh rams at the Wellington Show yesterday, and Mr J.Rayner, of Taratahi, the champion awardforUncoln owes. JMhgontle. menalsotooksoveralothorprizes. Another Wairarapa breeder, Mr A. MoKenzie, of Foatherston, secured ohampion prize for his Shropshire Down ram, while Mr A. W. Cavo, of Masterton, was awarded a championship for tho fat bullook exhibited by him at the Masterton Show. Masterton wsars a sad Sundayish aspect this afternoon, tho Queen Street shutters being all up, Even the doors of the festiyo fruit shop and the sympa» thetio chemist are closed. It is tho first of the new weekly half-holidays and wo trust the absont ones are enjoying themselves, Wo shall in time get used to this peculiarly quiot aspect of the streets on Thursday afternoons, A gentleman who has just rotumed from a visit to the mother country, tells me, says a correspondent of tho Now Zealand Herald, a curious story, which shows how our frozen moat is alandered, In Edinburgh he went into a butcher's shop and asked if thoy had any Hew Zealand frozen mutton, "Ho," said the butcher, "wedinna keep it; it's a' drooned," meaning that New Zoaland sent only such sheep as were drowned, The colonist stared in astonishment at this novel idea, aud said, " Do yon think that all the millions of sheep sent out of New Zealand every year are drowned ? There are no animals in the world more carefully slaughtered." Still, with the calmobstinaoy of the Scottish race, but with no signs of excitement, tho Edinburgh butcher could not be moved from the idea that wo in New Zealand drowned our sheep provious to freezing them, A flattering: vekdiot,—Speaking of ono of tho most noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—"Shariani' Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notlce,for the "Moa" Brand Bak. ing Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From ono 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 buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs _ over the few of her less sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken senso of ecouomy, buy apparently cheaper brands. Tho recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a- secret, but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & (Jo. do, the best only of_ materials, carefully teßted beforo mixture and exactly proportioned,' Readers, who require an economica satisfactory and healthful Baking Pow] dor, cannot do better than use the Moa" brand.—Auvi