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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4294, 14 December 1892, Page 2

The road through the Education Reserve in tho MangaoneYalley, is tobe put in order for metalling at once by the Pahiatua County Engineer. Tho Pahiatua Star says :-J. Y.West. wood haß done the" Pacitio Slope." He has been working on a bush contract with a partner, and on Monday last he drenr all the available money and cleared, leaving considerable personal liabilities, besides fiua debts. A warrant was issued on Friday for his arrest, hut it is sup-' 1 posed he has got clear by this time. Tenders are invited by the North Wairarapa County Council for the fifty three chains of metalling on the Eketahuna to Tenui Road. They close on Saturday, 24th December.

Mr Keilly, whose leg was amputated at. the Masterton Hospital some little time ago, is progressing yery favourably towards recovery. Tho Now Zealand Fire Insurance Company deserve overy credit for the prompt manner in which they settle up all claims against them. Mr U. A. Fairbrother, theC'irtertun agont, sent down the papers in connection with a partial fire that ocourred at Moasrs Maunsell and Parker's, Kukafcau, and with the tiro at Mr J, McGill's, White's line, Thoy reached Wellington on Saturday morning and the cheques for the claims were payable in Carterton the eanw ovening. —Observer.

Tho Steen-Smith combination had a remarkably Euccossful season in Gartorton. | Steps aro to be taken to raiso a loan| of 11450 for the TiraunwaValloy Eoad extension, A Queensland lii'm of importers have sustained a total loss, through fines, etc., of over £1,200 through attempting lo evade duty to the extent of about #lO. H.W.ti, Goldtinoh took her departure for Napier, Gieborne, and Auckland at 10 o'clock this morning.

Two thousand five hundred fat wothers am now en route for Eketahuna, whore they am to bo trucked for the Wellington Meat Export Company. They wero purchased by Mr McKonzie from Mr 6. Donnelly, of fluwko's'Bay. Another very old colonist passed awayatNolson yesterday in the person of Mrs Mary Gapper, mother of Mr S. E, Gapper, of Masterton, The deceased lady was a native of Winsham, in Dorsetshire, England, and was bom on 24th of June, 1800, and had therefore attained the rather unusual ago of 92. She left England with her husband (tho late Mr Bernard Gapper) in tho ship Clifford in December 1841, and arrived in Nelson in May, 1842. At the Wairau massacre in 1849, Mr Bernard Gapper was ono of the fow to ,escape death, bui ho was so severely woundod that ho was almost unable to do anything up to the time of his death. This threw the burden of bringing up and caring for a young family almost entirely on Mrs Gapper's hands, and with tho true pluck of the pioneers of New Zealand, she did not shrink from her task, and in her deolining years had tho felioity of seeing all her children comfortably settled in life. The lato Mrs Gapper leaves four sons and thieo daughters to mourn their loss.' Ono of the daughters is tho wife of Mr Gowor, a well-known Foxton resident, and another iB married to I)r Eookstrow. of Palmeraton North.'.

Harvesting has commenced in earnest, says the (Jhserver, and around Carterton the hay gives promise of a good nil round yield. Last week there was a demand for soythes that could not be supplied in the town owing to tho blook un the line preventing orders being delivered. Oats in some places aro being cut for conversion into chaff.- Mr T.Kempton, of Moroa, has a paddock ofoatßon tho road to Tauherenikau already out, and several fields around Carterton are down,

""Where ignoranoe is blies'tis folly to be wise," was written nearly a century and a half since, and tho truth of it has never been questioned. It came very near it, however, ono day'hut weok, when two well-known Wanganui men, in blisßful ignorance of tho nice dig. tinotions marked in railway laws, stepped into the town train at Aramoho whilst it stood in Iront of tho station awaiting tho hour of Btariin?, without first having, taken tho precaution of obtaining tickets at the ticket office. The result was thoy were fined Is each, in addition to the fare, tor negleoting the observance of this small ceremony. From tlieir experience our readers tray as well profit. Remember then, to get into the Wanganui train at Aramoho, whop it stands at the south platform, without having obtained a tioket is allowable and strictly legal, but to do ao when it stands at the other platform, only a few feet away, is a crime punishable with a fine of Is for eaoh offence 1 Why that is so, a mero mortal cannot be expeoted to say. But it is, nevertheless, a law, presumably as unalterable as those with which the Medes and Persians of old were pleased to iregaletheroselves.-WanganuiOhronicle.

The sale of work being held in tho Tomperitnoe Hall to-day, is in aid of a much-neoded work. The enlargement of tho Maaterton W'esleyan, Olnirch has become a matter of ne'pessity, as there aro ouly mx free Beats in tho Churoh, and tho building on Sunday evenings is usually uncomfortably crowded. It is intended to make rooniforabout seventy additional worsliippera.and to thoroughly renovate the property, making it an attraction to that part of the town. Wo therefore hope that the sale of work will be largely patronised.

The Press says that at a Karori entertainment reoently, the ohairman announced a duet as follows ;-" Miss Snooks will now sing,* Put me in my I little bed,' with Mr Brown, the curate,"

Tenders aro invited in this issue by the Taratahi-Carterton Bead Boatd for extensive formation and culvert contracts on the Wainuioruto East Coast Road, Plans and specifications are to be spen st tfie County Engineer's office, Masterton,

A graceful cqmpliment was paid last oyemog to Mr and Mrs W.B. Levin, who returned from England yesterday! The i Garrjaon Band, ajitiie notation of the employes of Mourn Leylpifc Co'., and by permission of tho officer commanding the district, mustered at the Government "'""caedoa to the residonoe j of Mr' George Beotham, 2 mmi \ Street, whero Mr and Mrs Levin were dining, and serenaded them. Several Selections were played including " Home Sweet Boroe," and Mr tpvin, who was exceedingly gratified' at tbe'deirionatra tion, return?! 1 W?Mld, Mrs leyin's thanks for the compliment, The mSjWansj/leP" wards, partook of Mr BeethanVs hoflpj.tality, and somo more selections haying poe'n performed, and three cheer given for Mr and Mrs Levin, the band left-Post. '

Mr,J. B.Keith has been appointed visiting member, on the Masterton ftosnitaJTrjlßt, for the ensuing' m'ohth, -• TinP.unedip Times.learps .bhanln "nldtafrfot the percentage of jambs • • "" *■* 'a very; 69l(Bfactory, and )b coin this yeai., " - „ Ht |y m^ a 0 r j ny Btderablyovortno,,. - ■ year Bince 1882. ""■'";• A London correspondent of a content i porary Bays :-"Kflorta are being made ' by. the Agent-General to ensure the I early shipment to flew Zealand- ol 4,000,000 salmon ova, obtained from the Scotch rivers, Four pairs of white swans are also to be sent out," . ■. ' 1 •■■.■.■ *

A now disease, brought from Japan, called th«" bori-berl" has appeared in New xorlr, and is worrying tho doctors. Under ita influence tho whole.body becomes numb, and tho motive power is in a measure paralysed, A strange feature of the disease is that it attacks young and vigorous people, Delicate and weak constitutions do not seem to invite it,

The monument to the Chicago Au«» dusts was dedicated on Sunday, November 6th, It is a handsome shaft of

granite, bearing upon its base the inscription, the last words of August Spiers before the drop fell: "Our silence will be more terrible than any-

thing, we could say," The words, in carnations, •' Murdered, but not dead,". were spread over the face of tho shaft.

0, R. Williams, a citizen of Dresden, Tennesse, was lynched on October 19th, for criminally assaulting his own daughter. The lynching band was led by his own nephew. TheAmorican tragodian,Edwin Booth, is Buffering from general 1 weakness and occasional attacks of vertigo, His friends are becoming apprehensive, In Vienna, on October 31st, Anton Whitman, mad with jealousy, and heedless of her appeals to spare her life, crushed the head of Roßa Sewald, a charming girl of sixteen, the daughter of his employer, because she refused -to marry him, Tho deed was committed m the presence of a number of other laborers, who refused to interfere.

. Mrß Langtry, the London actress, has bought Lord Ashburton's yacht Lady Mabel, and intends to do some winter oruising in the South Seas, She Bays that, being now forty years of age, she intends to enjoy herself. Dr Robson Rooae in the new Review writing on the subject of temperance saysi-In my opinion little if any improvement can be expeoted from legislation; the pivcepts and examples of the temperate will contimieto operate, though without the noise and fuss bo

dear to the fanatical and ignorant. Let us regard alcohol as a luxury for moat of tho.il) who take it, ub a necessity for Bomo peraone, and as a poison for others; lot us educate ohildron to do nithout.it; let us doit with habitual drunkards as wo do with lunatics; let there be continuity iii our views and actions, and let us bo very careful not to substitute

intemperance of thought and word for : intemperance in alcohol. . A party cf bluo-jackets were returning : from Hamilton, Bermuda, by steamboat, they having been .on general leave, when a quarrel took place. One of the parties to this quarrel Btruck the man with whom ho was contending, tho result being, that the latter went overboard, A marine, having observed what had taken place, immediately pulled off his olothes to jumpin, but as he was juit dropping tho last article of attire and preparing for the spring, an officer ordered him to dress, as thero wore ladies in the boat closo by. A life buoy was thrown overboard, and the ladies in the boat manifested every description of sympathy with the unfortunate msn, who was now Borne two or three hundred yards astern, but seemed altogether opposed to the idea of an ordinary man springing into the sea unless duly and sufficiently attired in the garments which taehion, rather than common sense, had decided to bo proper. A sudden sweop of the beat brought tho position, of the unfortunate swimmer into view, and his f rantio efforts to keop afloat at last oreatcd in the miuds of those who wero watohiug some idea of tho imminent danger. Now .the officer thought it necessary to ask if anyone could swim and hardly were tho words uttored when over went five men to the rescue, including the tnariue. The action taken, howovor, was too late, and the poor fellow sank and wob drownod. From this moment it seemed to occur to

this young officer that hehad been guilty of, to put it mildly, an act of false delicacy interwoven with a spice of in* humanity. Boats were sent out and everything done that should havo beeu done very much oarlier, Hie ordinary monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonic Lodge, No, 19. N.Z. 0., mil lo UalJ iu--lira-LudgS" KOOHI, Bannister street, at 8 p.m. this evening. Several extremely good investments are advertised in this issue by Mr w. Wight Smith, Estate and Finance Agent of Masterton, and we are asked to draw special attention to the notification concerning them. Included in the list are four hotel businesses in the Wairarapa, and four or tivo farm properties of vary. j in? oxtent, all well situated,

The Napier Tolegraph of hut Satutday aaya :-In the opinion of a lawyer engaged at Court in a Maori case yesterday natives have no regard for the sanotity of an oath. They give evidence for their side as one man, having no particular leaning towards truth, and being apparently of opinion that the witness most admired is the one who makes the best speech on behalf of his friend. This might be true, but if that laynev had been on the opposite side those remarks would probably never have beotyittered.

A Melbourne resident, in a letter to a friend, Bays:—"The post office here is carrying on business with girls, the telegraph office with boys, tho railways will havo no one over thirty-five years of age, the 'Bus or Train Company will not take any hands over forty, and the warehouso peopla say, 'We can manage with juniors,' So it is very hard on men of Bhtty-five," Mitchell, of Bond street, London, bookseller and theatrical tioket agent, was sued by an accountant named Donny on Ootobor 22nd, At tho trial lb caino out that His Royal Highnesß the Prince of Wales owed Mitchell 1470 for theatre tickets, ,

Dowager Lady Tennyson, widow of Lord Tetinysou,, quitted Hasleinere on October 21st, to go to Lymington for a change of Bcene, She wbb prostrated with grief, and her son Hallaui wae obliged to carry her to a saloon car.

Queen Victoria has become expert in Hindustan**) and talks to tho East Indian servants of her household in that language. Her tutor says sho knows the language better than the Sultan of Turkey,

Since the outbreak of the cholera in theßussiandoininionathero have been in tho lieutenancy of the Caucasus 125,000 cases of the disease and 65,000 doathß, In Saratoff'there havo been 31,000 cases and 11,600 deaths, and in St Petersburg 3300 cases and 1500 deaths making in throe districts alone a total of 160,000 cases and f 7,000 deaths.

Mr A, P. Olarkson. F. 8.5., ol The Woodlands, Wimbledon, writes as •follpws to the Pall Ml (7a?efJe:-"Tbe following summary might bo edifying to your readers concerning the Establishment. From October Jit, ' 1881,' to October 10th, 1892,1 have kept record of convictions, ic, of the clergy. They are as follows:—Breach of promises, M : cruelty to animals, 11 j bankrupts, 284; elopements, 17; su'ioides, 12; drunkon ; neas, 121; assaults, 109 j various other charges, 84. ' I quite.think someone should ask for an official return jn" Parliament i the above are taken simply by scanning tho daily papers, ■

1 Twin* ii,. I' ' nkh ol December, from the During the nu/ u .. . ••-«««« wiU first day to tho last, unusual am«„..„ beolleiedto all cash customers at 'io Aro House, Wellington. Tliero will be a free distribution of ChristnieiEf prbsonfs,"differing in value according to the amount of 'goods r purchas'e¥iit' , Te •iw.Hous.o,Wellington ... :l Our scale for this distribution is very liberal, and may be aeon in another column of this paper, The Christmas gifts have feenpressly selected for tbis purpose, and have just'eotne to hand jjy the latest mail steamers at'To Aro' House, Wellityjtyr,' ■■■■'■ Country residents will find ibis'an excellent opportunity for buying all they need in household drapery, dress fabrics, 1 millinery, 'niantlesV'iaokets', mens', boys', and youths' cl6thing,|to,, 'from the largest and cheapest slock ill tho l'rwlijbe 'at' To 4r.6 Hoiiso Wellington, • " ' '"" : For, in addition to buying well add ofleaply, tfjoy v/Jll liavo tho opportunity of -Ming tW m presents, in accordance «,'„ „,"""'"' o{ 'Mdw»> from tho Ist with the aiuu u .; > -i m IX ,i,.„ n ' to the 31st December, *.'??',?*» Wellington. . _ Orders by post will receive prompt attention, and where cash is enclosed; the presents will bo sect with the goods from Te Ate H«, Wellington,*-^. •;

' Tffb; young ladies adrertise in this ieaue for board and roaidenoo. ' ' The preliminary entries for Mr D, Orewo's stock sale at Ekotatrona on "Friday, 23rd December, ara advertised in this ißsue. Further entries are invited.

A general meotirjg of members of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held at the Club Hotel on Wednesday, 9-Bth Decomber, at 10.80 a.m., tc ad.pt revised rules and to transact general business. < We have to acknowledge receipt of an exceptionally tasteful pictorial almanao for 1893 from Mr Edward Welch, farrier and blacksmith, of Queen-stroct, Masterton, Its subject is "Myo.ueon,"and the picture is a very charming ono. A Sale of Work in connection ,witb the Wosloyan Church is' being hold in the Temperance Hall, Maetettun, this afternoon and to-night. There will be musie and other attractions in the evening. ~

irrangemeuta are being made we are informed for a very vigorous Temper* anco mission in Maaterton, Mr Tennyson Smith will return to this town in a few weeks and conduct an ekht days mißsion. The Theatre Royal has been taken, wo understand, from the Bth to 16th January It is proposed to federate all the Temperance Societies in the Wairarapa and in view- of future local and Parliamentary elections to place questions affecting the moral wellbeing of the poople before party politics. Messrs Lowes 4 lorns add to their Eketahuna stook sale for Wednesday December 21st, 100 forward ewes, eleven yearlings and eight dairy heifers coming two years.

The postal arrangoments for Masterton, during the Christmas holidays, will appear in to-morrow's issue. The result of the poll taken yesterday for the return of a Councillor to the Carterton Borough Couucil is:-Willie Moore 98; Thomas froctor 11.

The Blondin performance on the plot of ground opposite the Star Hotel, drow a Rood attendance last night, and Mr Alexander's clever feata on the rope elicited hearty applause from the assembled spectators, Uib trapeze performances wore also remarkably good, and were watched with considerable interest by those presont. To-night at eight o'clock Mr Alexander appears on the same ground, and there should be another good attendance to witness him. Among his featß are the carrying of a boy across the rope, and bicycling in mid air. The full list of new J.P'sin the Wei-

lington Provinical District, bringing the total up to 238, is as follows: -F. Aieher, Palmeraton North ; Peter Bartholomew, Levin ; John Bongo, Munearoa, Hunt; F, Bennett, Otaki; W. Browor, Waitot. ara ; Thos. Campbell, Karori; Edwond Carrigan, Wellington, T. W. Caverhill, Belmont, Eutt ; Henry Collett, Petone; Andrew Oollius, Wellington ; Joseph Dawson, Pahiatna j George Death, Waverley; Geo. Didsbusy, Wellington \ H. E. Eton, Maßterton ;W. G. Foster

Wellineton; Edmund Hay6e, Hutt; 0. W. liormblow, Ureytown j Jeremiah Hurloy, Manakau ; B. P. Johnson, Wellington, James Johnston, liellovuu, Marton; Edgar Jones, Wellington ;E.F. Jones, Wellington : Thomas Kelly, Ohairu ;J. Kennedy, Waverley ; - U, T. London, l'stouo ; Thoma3 Manson, BuunythorpejJoliH Muir. Waverloyj J. tl. Morris, Hunterville ; Robert O'Connor, Wellington j James Potherick, Wellington ; G Riddoll, Waitotara; J. M. Richardson,. Wellington j Charles Seagar, Silvorstream; G. E, Smith, Brooklyn, Wellington ; £. Smith Allredton j T. R. Taylor, Kiwitea ; W. Taylor, Tinui, Wairarapa North; B. U'ly, Greytown; J. Wilkins, Hutt ; G. W. Woodroffe, Masterton, A good story is going the round of the town just now concerning a hat of a particular description, whioh was wanted' by one of our local magnates. He tried everywhere in soaroh of it, and found it at most places; thore was no difficulty about that, But 'the prices, Oh Fie I uino shillings at one shop, eight at another,' sovenjnd six at a third, and a crown somewhere elso. Then Huopor and Company's was roaohed, and soon the seeker wont home delighted, sinfjinß " That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat j I got it at Hooper's for two and sprat."—Advt