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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4286, 5 December 1892, Page 2

; Mr S. M. Gcursje of the Alfredton Ac« commodation House, sprained his ankle jory badly on Friday in gotlingovor a fence. The Alfredton Road still remains in a very bad state, some ot the holes are simply impassable, except with an empty vehicle. The settlers feel very sore about having to pay toll every time they uae tho road. It is understood that it will take moro than one year's takings to pay the costs of erection and maintenance,

After paying all current liabilities the Masterton A. and P. Association will have a credit balance of i'sß, providing all outstanding subscriptions are collected.

Belf-denialweck of 1892 for tho Sal« vatiou Army in Now Zealand, roaliaed about £2OOO, an increase of £IOO on last i year's receipts, Australia on the other hand, with six limoa tho population of New Zealand, only contributed £9,000, or a decrease of £1,500 on last year's total, The falling off is accounted for by the great depression in Australia.

The Post argues that women's votes have purged municipal government by the exclusion of Messrs Fish and Fisher, In Auckland it is said that tho Charitable Aid Board is manuiacturing as much charity as it relieves. This iB true of almost every charity organisation in New Zealand.

Sir George Grey la still speaking to posterity through the phonograph about the groat things be has accomplished for them,

A counter petition is going round at Pahiatua praying that tho Government retain the present Post Office site.

A young man named Malcolm, cut his armsovcrely with an axe, while buah< falling at Alfrodton a few dayß ago, The Wellington Lunatic Asylum invites tenders for the supply of butter from Ist January to 31st Dec, 1893, Tenders will be received up to 12 o'clock noon on the loth inst. Forms and all information tan be obtained on application to the storekeeper. Elliaton's Hall, Eketahuna, waßwell filled on Saturday evening last, when the Jubilee Singers gave one of their popular entertainments. Encores were frequent, the whole of the programme being well received. The earthly remains of the late Mrs James Bentley, were followed to the grave yesterday by a large nurabor of mourners, many carrying beautiful wreaths, Tho members of the Masterton Band acted as pall-bearers, the Rev W,E, Paige conducting tho burial ser« vico at the grave. The Jubilee Singers appoar in Cartorton to-night. lntimationa concerning the special rates for formation on tho Makakahi Road North and the metalline of Septimus Street, Parkville, are published m this inaue, by tho Ekotahuna Road Board.

Tho Falmerston Standard says that at aboutmidnight on Tuesday, Mr Qattscbe, jun,, heard a noiße near his brewery, and, going'outrido, he discovered that a nunber of young fellows, who had previously "tin-kottled" tho newly married pair and wore goiierously treated, had broken into the brewery and,carried away several buckets of beor. Something more is likely to be heard of the mattor,

The well-known shearer, Mr J, Howe, sayß tho Barcoo Independent of the 16th October, has accomplished some phenomenal tallies at Alice Downs this year. For the week ended Saturday last he waß credited with 1,436, or a daily uvorago of 261. On Monday the 10th, he sheared 821 lambs, all large frames.' This, we believe, is the record for Australia, The Evening Press says: -Last yoari Ministers showed their enthuiasm in the cause of technical education by voting the noble sum of £BOO, to bo distributed in aid ot this greatwork throughout New Zealand. A beggarly £BOO, for the greatest and best of all good works, and thrice that sum squandered sending the Hineraoa, gorgeously fitted up, to bring the Earl of Glaßgow. from Sydneyl What a contrast I This, too, by a Ministry that is always prating of good works I And of this bagatelle, how much went to the school in the district represented by the Premier 1 £300! Out of every £1 to be spent, the town of Wanganui getfaGd; but then, in the language of the street, " Wanganui is of tho right colour," We hope that next yearsomo inquisitive M.H.R. will move for a return showing how this year's grant is being divided, What a nice sum of arithmetic for school children I If Wanganui, with 5,000 people, got £BOO, and the rati of New Zealand, 620,000, got £6OO, did Wanganui get more than its fair share ?—lf.eo, explain why." The Hawke's Bay Herald says that during the thunderstorm at Napier on Wednesday last, aeow, the property of Mr Cattanach, was killed by lightning, At the place where tho animal was struck (only a few yards from Mr Cattanach's house), a great hole was scooped in the ground by the electric fluid,

It is interesting te know, says an oxchange, how the Australian sweep promoters obtain the addresses of tens of thousands in New Zealand. They advertise in New Zealand papers: "Earn money at home Address... ...Sydney," liveryono musthavonoticed these soducivo advertisements. Hun" dreds of people answer them aud receive in return an invitation to send the addresses of all persons likely to invost in consultations, For those addresses a shilling or two per hundred is paid. This is how • thousands of circulars, accurately ' addressed, reach people in New Zealand by evory Australian mail, The Napier Tolegraph observes:—lt Is a striking peculiarity that in the midst of winter here, when work is scarce, the average gaol attendance is twenty prisoners, When the weather is fine, and laber in great demand, the average goes up to forty, and that is the number of persons at present being looked after at Government expense. By the way, dogs and loafers are plentiful in Napier just now.

During the month of December, from the first day to the last, unusual advantages will be offered to all cash customers at To Aro House, Wellington. There will bo a free distribution of Christ, mas presents, differing in value according to the amount of goods purchased at Te Aro House, Wellington,

Our scale for this distribution is very liberal, and may be seen in another column of this paper. The Christmas gifts have been expressly selected for this purpose, and have just come to hand by the latest mail steamers at To Aro House, Wellington.

Country residents will find this on excellent oyportunity for buying all they need in household dro.pory, d,ress fabrlcs,'mil|inery, mantles, jaok'ets, mens', boys','and youths' clothing, etc,, from the largest and cheapest stock in-the" Province at Te Aro House, Wellington, For, in addition to buying wetland cheaply, they will'have the opportunity of selecting |h,eir own presents, ill aecordanoo with the ainoiint of parohasosi from tho lat to the 31st December, at Te Aro House Wellington.

Orders by post will receive prompt attention, and where oash is enclosed; the prey. ents will be sect with the gooda. from To Ato House. Wellington.-ton

The funeral of the lata Alexander Morrison will be hold on Wednesday afternoon at half past three o'clock. . Our readers are reminded of' Mrs Mueller's concert no the Masterton l Theatre to-night. The full propamine is to be Been in to-day's issue.

Mr P. H.Wood adds to his list o f , entries, for the Horse and Buggysale, to be hold by him next Saturday, at Mr Rogers' yards. Greytown, 1 Shetland puny 4 years, Iset double harness, I •ido saddle and one now pole for double boggy. Marge number of other buggios and horses are akoaiy advertised. A vory nice displajof meat was made at Kuripuui Butohory on Saturday night by Mr William-Morris who has just taken over that business from Mr W. Perry, and many complimentary remarks were mado by tho numerous admiring visitors. Some particularly line lamb attracted everyone's attention, one heavy apecimen weighing as much as 50lbs, There wan also a fat heifer scaling eight owl, bred by Mr W. MoKenzie. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers wil parade at the Drill Hall on Thursday evening next.

Tho Greytown Cricket Club has written to ask if a Masterton team can be sent down to play them on Saturday next

The Takapnna with the Wellington portion of the 'Frisco mail is expected to arrivo at nine o'clock to night.

, The United Kingdom Labour Electoral Congress, assembled at the Westminster Town Hall on the 20th May, adopted the direct veto, i.e., complete local option, with only ono dissenting vote.

Tho flax industry has revived in Tara< naki.

A good general servant is required at onco, by an advertiser in our Wanted columns,

A noticare Christmas hampers from tho Wairaraps Farmers' Co-operative Association appeara in this issuo, Tiro thousand English brown trout were forwarded to Falmerston North, from tho Masterton Hatcheries, by Mr Aysou, this morning,

The.Queen's vegetable gardtn, at Frogmoro, is noarly 60 acres in extent, and Bonie half-a-dozen men are constantly employed in «athoring and packing produce for Windsor Castle, Osborne, Balmoral, or wherever the Court may happen to be. One sowing of peas was just a mile in length, and other crops are grown on a proportionate scale. About fourteen acres aro devoted to potato, asparagus, and seakalo; and it requires an acre of land to produce horseradish in sufficiently largo quantities to meet Court requirements, though you would imagine chat an aoro of the so roots would be enough for a large village or .own.

Some excitement was caused In Queen street this morning, by a buggy accident, fortunately not attendod with very serious consequences. It appears that Mr Austin Elder had been giving his horses a drink at Mr Dalrymplo's trough, and in turning to leave, tho whools booame locked, causing the horses to roar and plunge to such an oxtent that the pole was brokon. The horses then started off at a furious pace round tho Post Office corner, Mr Elder, with commendable coolness, sticking well to them and doing his best to guide their oareer. He was unsuccessful in doing so, however, for at Mr Horon's corner a cart loaded with lime and sand was being backed into the yard, into which tho bugpy ran, Mr Elder being thrown out,'but not hurt. Tho horaes brought up in Mr Heron's yard, one of them having several cuts about the legs. Both the bua?y and the oirt (which belonged to Mr Langley) were rather badly damaged. Three thousand bales of wool have already been reooived at the Masterton Station this season, and at present about 160 a day are being despatched. The timber ana live stoek trade aro s'ill also biisk, At Carterton about 700 bales of wool is the total despatch up to date. It is anticipated that about 40,000 sheep will be wiled from Masterton Station within the next month or two. A German contemporary says that Berlin has lately been suffering from a plague of rats. They came in droves] iuto seven wholesale warehouses of the city, and were nf extraordinary size. A journal devoted to the meat trade says that the rats had been driven from their haunts and stormed the newly erected wholesale market hall, Buck ugly customers rendered business there quite impossible. They evinced a decided preference for pork, as a dozen fine fat pigs were demolished before they left the market.

A well attended mcfetinp of the members of the Eketahuna Rifle Club, and those intoroßtod fn rifle shooting, was held in tlio Club Hotel, Eketahuna, on Friday last. The chair waß occupied by Mr F. von Rodin. After some discussion it was unanimously decided to wind up the old olub and form a new one to bo called the Eketahuna-Maurioevillo Rifle Olub, The following gentlemen wore elected officers: Patron; Major Donald; President: F. von lledin Esq, Vice Presidents: Messrs T, Parsons, F. Eummer, 0. Gunderson and J. Anderson ; Secretary: Mr A, H, Ridd; Treasurer: Mr A. H. Herbert; Captain: F. J), Polling A strong committee was also formed, and as the Olub now has a membership of twonty-fifo financial members, it is likely to be a strong one, On the motion of Mr F. voti Kedin a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr \V, A. Rome for past services to the Club, and very general regret was expressed at his leaving tho district.

A Halo of Work will be held in Greytown tho week before Christmas to benefit the funds of St. Luke's church.

We hoar from Greytown that a gentleman, prominent in musical matters there is engaged in the composition of anew and original comic opera, the libretto of which is locally written. It is expected that the opera will be staged within three months,

The Primafco will hold a confirmation service at Bt Luke's, Greytown, in February next. We regret to have to record the death ot Mr' Alexander Morrison, soosad son of the late Mr John Morrison, of Blairlogie, who passed quietly away at Devonshire House, Maßtorton early this morning. Mr Morrison has been suffering from consumption for about twelve montliß past, and recently visited Australia in the hope that he might derive benefit from the trip. Since bit return he has been residing at Devonshire Houbo for the convenience of medical attendance, and as his decline has been vory rapid, his decease was not unexpected. Mr Morrison was in his 22nd year, and was very generally esteemed by all who knew him, Another information for failing to destroy rabblta.ort.hls property has been I laid againßt the Rev. J. O, Andrew of loa, by Inspector J, Wallace Smith, Tho oaBC will be heard by Colonel Roberts, R.M., atTenui on Wednesday next, December 7th,

A good story is going the round of the town jußt now concerning a hat of a particular description, which was wanted by ono of our local maguatea. Ho tried everywhere in search of it, and lound it at most places; there was no difficulty about that. But the prices, Oh Fie 1 nine shillings at one sbop, eight at another, seven and six at a third, and a t crown somewhere olse. Then Hooper and Company's was reached, aud 'soon the seeker went home delighted, Binging "That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat; I got it at Hooper's for two and a sprat,' ! —Anyr