Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4287, 6 December 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1892.

Brno tue extended title ov the Waibarai'a Daily ( with which it is IDENTICAL j

Another troublesome slip on the Eirautaka again blocks trafiio and inconveniences the public in a variety of ways. Onco more the question of how to get to and from Wellington iB a conundrum which the Department makes but little' apparent effort to solve. Oue intelligent person elected to get to the Empire City from Masterton via Woodville and possibly this, though asomewhat oirouitous route, is the surest one, We hsve pointed out on a pvevioua occasion that when an absolute block of the line occurs, the Department ought to make adequate arrangements for the proper conveyance of its passengers by road and let the public know what they are. Even when the line traffic is stopped between Featberston and Kaitoke it would be quite possible for a timetable to be maintnined. As it is there js a vague idea that passengers have tp find their own way Qver the Bimutaka and that If they go by coach some fabulous charge is made for their transit, It does seemsomewhat strange too that when a railway has been in working order for some fourteen or fifteen years, a heavy rain should bb followed by a big slip, It might bo fairly supposed that many suob slips could be anticipated and prevonted, There has been time enough to bind Ipoep earl)| with some suitable vegetable growth, but there almost appears to have been some want of foresight in such matters, Even where shade trees have been judiciously planted as a breakwind, it is noticeable that such pf them as djd pot survive the earlier stages of their growth, were not re* placed by a fresh planting. It might not even now be too late to make some provision against future slips, as the cost of prevention would probably be much less than the cost of cure. On this occasion traffic has been suspended at a very busy season of the year and if some effort be not made to minimise the inconvenience which is caused and to prevent a too frequent repetition of it the public will perhaps begin to consider that it will be better to encourage regular communication by coach and waggon over the Eimutaka. When a man deliberately' travels from Masterton to Woodville in order to reach Wollipgtori the railway department ought to wake up and realise that when little emergencies lijse'lhe present one opcur it scarcely does its duty by its customers,

Mr John Watt, stationer and booksoller of Quaen-stroet, Mastortun, ; announcea the arrival of diaries for 1893 new musio, Christmas cards, new annual volumes, toys and fanoy goods. The Masterton Borough Counoil meets to-night.

The heavy rains lußt Sunday brought duwn another freeh in tho Wainpawa River, and a largo hole was washed in the road noar the bridge on tho main road to Carterton. Meu wero put on, and the necessary repairs executed yesterday,

Twenty persons have been struck dead by lightning at a place called Pillsworth, io Queensland,

"The Bohemian" rates to tho Christ' churoh Press:-"Hogg, M.P., has been making a fool of himself at Masterton. Tennyson Smith (without a hyphen), the Temperance oracle with the iramaculato locks, who condescended to strut this humble town some time back, got Hogg, M.F., to take the .chair at Mb meeting, land Hogg, M.P., tried to make politioal capital out of it. The Literals alone have the great oauseofTomperanceat heart, "the country now enjoys sober legislation, members do, not now go the House muddled with drink. ""Sober legislation'* isgood. Of the sobor legislators laßt session Mackenzie threw pickle jars at his adversaries, Fergus called Seddon "liar,"and Seddon suggested he could "cninij outside" j the Ministry—the great Liberal Ministry of Temperance legislators-held a Cabinot meeting in (Vie bar parlour of ftc (M flbtef; and finally, half of the. "sober legislation" of last session consisted of Acts amend • ing the stupid blunders of the sober, legislation of .the session before. It is amusing to note that Hogg, M.P., when challenged, refused to sign the -pledge himself,"

At the Lisbon Zoological Gardens the j other day a grizzly bear escapod from the pit in which it was kept. Tho accident was due to tho negligence of a keeper in failing to propeily close the gates of the bear pit. The unfortunate man, who was engaged at the timo in feeding the animals, was disembowelled and killed on the spot. The beir which attacked him, together with its female companion, then escaped from the pit, and two other keepers, who ondenvoured to kill them before they could work further misohief, were seriously injured. After an exciting cbaso, tho male bear was shot by a carabineer, and the female was driven back into tho pit. When the body of the keeper, who lost his life, was recovered it'was minus an arm. Tho limb had been torn off and carried into the back part of tho don, The affair caused great excitement among the other bears in the adjoining pits, and in order to quiet them they were given bread saturated with morphine, Only three or four porsom wero in thogardeiiß whon the bears broke loose, and they precipitately took to flight, Tho Dunedin Globe says:—An extraordinary freak on the part of a hen is recorded by Messrs Watson and Loggie, of Georse Street, who have a bulldog slut which eighteen days ago gave birth to four pups. Tho pups have been taken oharge of by a lion which sits on and cares for them as nhe would fur a brood of chickens. The hen exhibits great concern for the Bafety of the pups, and whenever thoy go to sleep, she spreads her wingß over them till they awake. When grain is thrown to her she cluoks and distributes it to the pups, and allows them to clamber over her, and pull her about as they choose, The mother of tho pups has hitherto shown a strong dislike for hens, killing everyone that came within her reach, but, stranpo to say, she never interferes with the Jien that has taken charge of the pup», and will fiercely resent any interference with her, The pups weigh about four pounds and a half oaoh, and soem as much contented with the hen as with thoir mother,

Famuel Bean, a boy of ten, has distinguished himself, Sir Peter Edlin said to him, at the London sessions on Oct. 11,' You are the wiokedest little boy I havo ever Been ; you a.ro tho wiokedest little boy 1 evor heard of.' Samuel Bean had just been convicted ol stealing iJI4O in bank notes from his mother. It appeared that with this money in hand he went with another hoy to Brighton to enjoy himself, On his return he took lodgings with a coffee-houso keeper named Palmer, whom ho temptod with presents, He took two of the cjiildron to Bournemouth, where he hired a trap and drove them ahout tho neighbourhood. This was wonderfully precocious in a boy of ten; but it is not certain how far hiß own enterprise prompted it. Mrs Palmer had something to do with his escapades, and well deserves tho three months' hard labour Sir Peter Edlin awardod her, As to the boy, Sir Peter Edlin very wisely decidod to hand him oyer to Mr Wheatloy, of the St Giles' Christian Mission, who will find a situation for him,

Barry Pain,in the column" In thp Smoking room," in Black and White, says,'' I heard the other day," said the Eminent Person, "of a ouvioua advertisement in an Australian paper. It was as follows: " Wanted, 1000 cats, to be delivered at Wim'alba Station," "They are to be used to kill the rabbits." " Now, I know at last," the Ordinary Man remarked, " what cats were really ma,do for, I only hope that they may be exported from England; we can spare them cheerfully." " Would tbey ever get a crew," the Mere Boy said," for a ship that had got a thousand cats on board ?" And when the oats have liillled the rabbits, what sre they going to get tp kill the cats on Wirrialha station ? They can't know what the average oat is like over there. Poor folk! In another year they will be advertising for a thousand tons of dynamite and get rid of the continent, They will have learned by tben that it is hopeless to think that you can got rid of a cat, It's a sinful, faithful beast,"

' The Japanese Government, which in its paternal regard for its subjects follows the German model, has come to the conclusion that a diet chiefly of rice is not advantageous, Sir Francis de Winton, addressing the Manchester Geographical Society, of whioh, by the way, the Me of York has just become president, in succession to tbsi Duke of Devonshire, stated that instead of the vegetarian food to which the Japanese had hitherto largely accustomed themselves, it had been decided by tho Government to encourage a meat diet, It is thought that this will increase the stature and improvo the physiquo of the race. Kir i'ranois points out that iu this fact there are good prospects for tho cattle ranohers of the West of Canada and British Columbia, who will find in Japan a new market. But the vegetarians will doubtless grumble at the defeotion of Japan from a vegetable diet, During the month ol December, from tho first day to t|ie ki\, unusual advantages will beofleredtoaUeaiw customers at To Aro House, Wellington,

There will bo a free distribution of Christmas presents, differing in value according to the amount of goods purchased at Te Aro House, WoUington.

Out 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, Wollini'ton, Country residents will find this an excellent opportunity for buying all they need in household drapery, dress fabrics, millinery, mantles, jaokets, mens', boys', and youths' olothing, etc, from the largest and cheapest stock in the Province at Te Aro House, WoUington, For, in addition to buying well and oheaply, they will have tho opportunity of selecting their own presents, in accordance with the amount of purchases, from tin Ist to tile '3lst" December, at 'Te Aro House WoUington,

Orders by post will receive prompt atteu, tlflPiandwl)ere"oos|na'oi)ck*d; the presents will be sect with the goods from Te AraHonßfiW§llin|jt(in,wADvj

Tho regular mooting of the Feathers ton Town Board has been adjourned until Monday the 12'.hinst, A peculiar caße is before Mr JusHoo Manning in Sydney, it beinir that a missing willwsß discovered by a young woman as the rtsult of a dream, in which an angel appeared and indicated where it was to bo found.

The Peilding Star aaya:—Harry Laing wasinFeildingua Thursday m routt for his hoino near Wanganui, Harry la in good fettle and will give a good account of himself in the coming conto»t with Ryan, which will take place in Wellington shortly.

Extensive additions of both horses and vohioles are made to the special tale to be held' in the yards at the Grey town Hotel, on Saturday next, by Mr F. H. Wood. The Steen-Sniitli Refined Entertainers opou their season in the Masterton Theatre to-niorrow(Wcdnesday)evening,

A general salo will behold in the Carterton auction rooms by Mr F.H, Wood on Saturday, 17th December,

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their neit Masterton stock sale for Wed. nesday, 14th December, and advertise the preliminary entries in this issue. The Masterton Library additions are now completed, and tho Council will probably arrange- at tho meeting to-night to temporarily close the Library while the books are removed. The new building ia largo and and convenient and the arrangement of the shelving is an improvement on that in the old Library, Tho ordinary meeting of the Upper Taueru Road Board, which should have been held on Saturday last, lapsed for want of a quorum. Tho friends of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dixon, of Masterton, will regret to notice that the; havo suffered a loss in tho death of their infant son, Roy, who has been ailing for several weeks past with bronchitis and lung troubles. The funeral will bo held on Wednesday afternoon, at half past ono o'clook. Good firowood at oleven shillings a cord is advertised in our Wanted column by Mr H, Jones, wood onrtor, ot the Upper Plain Road. Orders may be left with Mr J. Wickons, Queen Streot, Masterton.

OurOartertdn correspondent writes :- The Jubilee Singera gave an entertainment at Carterton last night to' a very fair audioncs and fully sustained their reputation as singers. The eveaing wuld have boen & very enjoyable one, if it had not been for a lot of hoodlums who always make a practice of getting up into the gallery (where tboy cannot so easily be identified) and making as much noise, to annoy the audience, as they possibly can. A farmer at Enfield, Oaraaru district, states that rust has made its appearance in his wheat crop.

liaat year 2,254,000 Australian opossum skinß are said to have been imported to England.

A ballot was takon lately among the members of the Sydney Operative Baker's Society, regarding tho pro'pußal to levy members in employment 2a per week, with a view to paying those out of employment £1 per week, and the result was in favour of the proposal, We were asked yesterday to look at a very nice consignment of baskntware imported direct from England by Messrs R. F. Templo and Co., ot Perry street, Masterton, Although the shipment only arrived on Saturday, we iound that already a vory considerable proportion of it had been sold, There are still, however, some exceedingly useful and tasteful baskets of every kind on view, and wo recommend anyone requiring cheap and good basketware-it runs from Is upwards—l« ca lland see Mossrs R. F. Templo and Co,'a choioo selection. There are fruit, flower, pic-nic, market, and indeed every variety of basket, in various colours, and in overy ware-' rush and straw, wicker, and palm leaf. In short, evoryone should be able to find a basket tb suit them, and at their own price.

In conaequeuco of the decreased rail way receipts the Hallway Commissioners havo dooidod to put all workmen engaged on the railway works of Sydney and Newcastle on short time, The Australasian Pastoralists' Reviow says:—One of the evil results of over stocking haiheen the gradual deoay ot sfltiio of the best of our natlvo grasses, and the replacing thorn by a number of noxious weeds that stock will not touch, These weedß can now be seen to great advantage owing to the late rains, Luckily they do nut enjoy a great life, and it is only by lightly Blocking the pastures, and giving them the much-needed rest they require, that thoy oan be recuper« ated, and the weeds kept down. Some of theae weeds are eaten by 6heep, but they havo a prejudicial effect on them, scouring being tho principal agent. It is a eurioua fact in connection with the abovo that no attempt has been made to oollecttliessods of our native grasses in any quantity. Were this done it would be possible, with little oxponse, to resow most of tho paddooks that havo boon "eaten out" withthoso .grasses. Saltbush, bluo-graes, and several othor of the old nutritious plants aro gradually disappearing, and no attempthas been made to replace these. It is a short-sighted policy indeed, Among the things offered and raffled kt at a recent church bazaar (says the Rangitikei Advocate) vim what appeared to bo a three-deoker cake. It was the gift of some young lady jokers, andwaa beautifully got up and iced, but only the upper storey was cake, the other two being merely disguised wood. In tho i drawing It fell to another young lady, a ifriend of the others, but not in thosenret [of tho cake's construction. She was extremely pleased with her good fortune, and, commiserating the cakelessnoss of tho conspirators who made it, generously gaye them there and then the top storey, taking homo the iced wood herself. When' tho knife was applied to her share, however, she disoovored its character. She was much ohagnnod, and determined to haye revenge She therefore invited the cake-makers to tea. They came. Thoy aoated themselves at the festive board, but it wbb bare of edibles, Then the wooden cake was placed on the table, and an axe put beside it, and they were heartily requested to help them, solves. There was nothing else for them, and so they departed tea-losß and ombarrnsßpd,

The demand foi'eheop in Edinborough cannot be very active just now if we are to judge by a sale which wsb mado at Oliver's auction mart in' that city a few days since A sheep was put up for eale in the usual manner, and there was no bid. The auctioneer asked if anybody would offer a shilling, but there was no response, and a well known buyer (Mr Gcorgo Wilson) having in jest made the handaomo bid of ono ponny, bocamo tho owner of the despised mutton.— Home Nans. '

A. young lady at Btrakhdownie (Vie. toria), whilst playing on the piano, was startled to observo two unexpected but apparently interested spectators in the room. They were tiger snakes that had neatly folded themselves up in the doorway. Owing to the extreme nervousness lon the part of the hostess, both the visitors escaped. ' It is rumoured that Mr E. Jellicoe will be appointed to the vacancy created by the death of Judge Broad. Thirty thousand sheep were killed and frozen at Woodville last season, This season Messrs Nelson Bros expect to double tho number.

A French syndicate haa offered to' tender for £ 300,000 worth of lailway 1 and other public worka in Viotorla and to accept Government debentures in payment.

A good story is going the round of the town just now concoming a hat of a particular description, wliioh was wanted by one of our local magnates, He tried everywhere in search of it, and found it at moßt places ; there was no diiculty about that. But the prices, Oh Fie I nine shillings'at one shop,' eight at ann other, seven and six at a third,, and a crown somewhere else. Then Hooper'j and Company's was reaohed, and soon the seeker went home singing "That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat; I got it bt HoopVi for two and a eprati"—AptT|

I'ormal notice is given by advortisomont ieauo of the intention of Dr Dowlas, of Maßtetton, to apply to. have his name placed on the Medical Rentier for Now Zealand.

Alexander, the Australian Blondin, Stave an open air exhibition of his rope walking hat right at Fcatherston. There was a largo ooucourse of people. During the performance the Brass Band played a fow tunes, Alexander will appear ninun to-night with a change of programme.

Mr John Macrae, of Bowlands, had ,» narrow escape from drowning ! yesterday while fording the Ruamahunga lit Wardell's crossing. He was driving his dog cart aoross the rivor, and the current proved too strong for the horse, sweeping it down the river, Mr Macrae managed to catch at the willows and get ashore, and the horse, much exhausted, scrambled out some distance lower down.

A firtt offender charged with drunkenness, in the Masterton R.M, Court this morning, was convicted nnd discharged, The Speoial attention of our readers is directed to the announcement in our advertising columns headed "The opportunity of a Lifetime," It shows how a palatial mansion and estate worth £12,600 may possibly be acquired in return for'the investment of a Bingle one pound note. There are also other proportionately magnificent prizes.- The prospectus alludes, we may say, to various valuablo properties near Sydney, N.S.W., which are to bo disposed of on the co-operative principle. Wo refer our readers to the published details in our to-day's issue,

The Hailway Department notifies that owing to the heavy landslip on the line there will be no traffic to-day (Tuesday) between Featboreton and Upper Hutt, We have been asked by several people whether there w any coach eonneotion between these two points, and whether the Dfpartment does not consider itself in duty bound to keep up a time-table of some kind by the transfer of passengers from train to train. In response to these enquirios, we can only point to the announcement above alluded to, which is now advertised in cur columns, and ask the travelling public to draw its own conclusions,

It will be seen by an advertisement in this issue that Mr William Morris (for nearly twenty years in the employ of Mr Walter Perry) has taken over the Kuripuni Butchery. Mr Morris has had very considerable experience at his trade and thoroughly understands every branch of it. The practical knowledge he possesses, therefore, places him in a position to do complete jußtice to the prosperous business he has acquired, and as we understand he intends to exercise Bpeoial care in the quality of the meat he keeps and will adhere to strictly moderate prices, bo should considerably increase his trade eonneotion, No doubt' Mr Morris' many friends will rally round him now that he has Btaried on bis own account, and he will also, we should say, get fully lub share of the general oustom to be bestowed at his end of the town.