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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4308, 31 December 1892, Page 2

The Waihabapa Daily Times will not 2 VIB9B 0n January An uthletto sports meeting is being arranged to take place at Hawera in the 1 1'orty-mile

Woodville orchards are reported to pave suflered severely during the late gale. .. •

No Wellington yachtn'are to compete at the Lyttelton regatta on A'eiv Year's Day.

The Maatertou Muiiicip.il Fire Brigade hold their annual torchlight pratession this evening, starling from tho W poua bridge at ten o'clock, :

.Mr Buick, M.H.R., is to be opposed for the Wairau soat by Mr W. Sinclair, oi Blenheim, at next election. Mr Bodmin's Hawera store was broken into a few days ago, and £3 in cash and some stores were Btolen.

Mr M'Olean, the Government veterinary Burgeon, has resigned. He severs his connection to day. An English and European mail, via Bio, closes at Masteitou at 2,30 pm., on January 4th. Another mail, via Biindiai closes on Friday, tho Gih January, at 6.15 a.m.

* The Examiner Btatea that the n umbor of bales of wool sent from the Woodville Railway Station this year is I7IJ and there aro yet about 500 bales lo come in, This is against 1378 bales for the whole of last year.

According to the Sydney Referee, W, Maupherson, the Australian champion sprinter, may be a competitor at the Championship Meeting at Wellington iu February for tho purpose of having a final go with Hempton.

A young man named John Griggs was brought before Mr W, Gundy, J,P., on Thursday, on a oharge of stealing from a Maori named Duncan King, articles to the value of 4111, Giigus has been re« manded till the 6th of January, in order that npeessary evidence may be procured,

The prinoipal attraction in Masterton for Monday evening next is tho performance of the Operatic Burlesque of Aladdin iu the Thoatre Royal which was much appreciated when played, at Groytown the other evening before it large audience. Peacocks Feathers, the laughable afterpiece, completes the programme,. Certain .Masterton businoss men notify that their respective premises will be closed for the New Year's Holiday, on Monday next, 2nd January, and that in consequenco thereof, the usual half-holi-day on tho onauinj? Thursday will not be observed,

It is notified in another column that Mr T. G, Maßon, Chemist, of Qtteeu Street, has been appointed the Masterton district agent for the ointment known aa" Solomon Solution," whiih is already known in this district as a balm fur all kinds of sores on howes, cows and dogs, and which is an equally effective cure for many of 11 the ills that human fleßh is heir to, 1 ' suoli as Rheumatism, Sciatica, Headache, Neuralgia, etc. Stud owners, dairy farmers and othets should give this excellent preparation a trial.

The public of Masterton will be sorry to hear that the popular Captain and Mrs Field, the officers of the Masterton corps of the Salvation Army, are both confined to bed with the influenza.

According to an exchange Danevirki had a lively Christmas, One bank atom cashed wages cheques amouotiug f £IOOO on Saturday, and it is estimate that Messrs Donnelly and Baddoloy pu through a similar amount,

Among the attractions to holiday makers onNow fear's day, 2nd January, is the annual picnic of the Masterton Presbyterian Sunday School, which is to be held in Mr Woodroofe's paddock, Ooittmba Road, Masterton, when all the games and amusements usual to such treats will be indulged in. The grouud i'a specially adapted for the purpose, being within easy reach of the town. No doubt a large number will take this opportunity of spending an enjoyable day ia the open air,

The Hawkea Bay Herald states that the residence of "Mr John Chambers, jnr,, Mokjpoka, and all the station buildings aro now brilliantly lighted by electricity, generated bv a power obtained from'a turbine. This is arranged by a diversion of .the Maraetotaro Creek, which furnishes, comparitively speaking, un» limited euergy, Mr Chambers intends driving his shearing machines by eleotricity next season, and to supply sufficient eleotrioity toMr Mason's Cham, bars, at 'l'e Mata, and Mr Bernard Chambers, Tauroa, to enable those gentlemen to light their residences and drive their shearing machiuery.

One of tho principal attractions on Monday next is the Wairarapa Caledonian Society's Sports in the Park Oval,. Masterton, when a number of interesting events will come off. No doubt a considerable number of people will spend their holiday at this popular athletio gathering. In the handt of the energeiio Secretary, Mr W. Sellar, assisted by his directors, the public may rest assured that the arrangements for the day will be perfeot. The catering will be carried out by Mr Wickens, while tue Masterton Volunteer Band under Conductor Candy will play'selections of Scotch music throughout the day,

A oonforence between various temper, ance bodiep was held in the hall of the Presbyterian Church on tho 29th inst, toco-operate in making the mission of Mr E. Tennyson Smith a success. There was a large attendance, and it was agreed that a meeting should be held on Tuesday evening next to organise a united choir. The following steward# were appointed in connectioa with the mission Messrs R. E, flornblow, F. Dixon, W. Prangnell, D, Finlayson,, Ross, W. Blinkhorn, Baumbnr, J, Elliott W. Johnston, A. P. Feilding, W. Morris, (i. Wyeth, and K, Burton. The ladies committee toconsistof Mesdamea Burton, Wondj Jack, Foilding, McGregor, Gillespie, Mander, Exoll, Dukes, Ross and Miss Sheppsrd, Arrangements were made for tho occupation of the chair at I the moetings, It was also resolved to hold a meeting of workers, on Friday evening January 6th, at eight o'clock, when Mr Smith will be present and address the meeting. The mission will begin on Sunday, January Bth last, and till Tuesday, January 17th, inolu•ive,

: Those in want of Carpet Coverings for their floor at economical prices are reminded hereby that the best place in the Province for these goods is the Wholesalo Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Abo House, Wellington.

Just now we aro showing some capital Jute Sidderininster Squares with border at tho'.following prices:—9 feet by 7 feet G inches for 7s 6d, 9 feet by 9 feet for 10s Gd, 9 feet by 12 feet for 15s Gd, and 12 feet by 12 feet for 18s 6d, at I'e Ano House, Wellington. v " • Somo very effective Juto Brussels Squares with border all' round are to be.had at 25b 6d for 9 feot by 7 feot 6 inches, at J2s Gd for 9 feet by.l2 fcot, and 62s 6d for 11 feet 3 inches by 12 feet. These are very handsome carpets, are easily laid and as easily taken i up, and are some of our latest importations, at Te Aro House; Wellington, i Then there are some excellent designs in Superior Velvet Pile Squareß in tho followIng sizes and prices :-0 feet by. 9 feet for 25s Gd, 9 feet by 9 feet for 87s 6d, 9- feet by 12 feet for 48s Gd, a>nd 11 feet; 3 inches by 12 feet for 03s at Te Aso Hows, Welling-toa.-itrin

lofluonza ia again very prevalent 'in Masterton,

I ■ Tho aale price ot the Pall Mall Gai 1 zette is Baid to have been 'IIOO,OOO. '" 1 | A Manga-atua settler has" a crop of I beans some of which are thirtoen inolies If'fr ■ .<■, ■

The Rev Mr Ma/are, who travelled the colonies with Dr Barna'tdo's musical boya, has remitted to tho doctor during the pastyear the sum of £4712. -•

1 The Woodville Freezing Works opened on; Wednesday,

Tho are* of tho la'ndoffared for sale at the Wellington Land lioard Office on Wednesday, was 33,498 acres. There were 70 applications, ■

-A select dance will be.held at the Masterton Drill Ball on Monday evenins next under the auspices of the Masterton Quadrille Band, ' '

The new Bankruptcy Aot comes into force on January 2nd, 1893 In its pro. visions it is much more strict than the old act,.

lhe total number of bankruptcies in the Wnimrapa District for the year 1892 is 19, against 29 foi ..tlw year 1891 Not a single mie ia recirded for the month of December, .

A private letter juatjecaived hrinps the newß that Mr Alex. Baillie, who Is well-known in Maeterton, has accepted an appointment on the reporting Btafl of one of the principal Sydney papers. The year 1892 was ushered in, in Maatertoii, in a very quiet and orderly manner and although tlie usual quantity of hramless fun was indulged in, wanton and silly' destruction of property and larrikiniain generally, was. conspicuous by its; absence. We trust 1893 may be received in as orderly a manner.

• In a police court at Napier last week it was alleged that a man and wum»n ; had sold one of their daughters to'the Maoris for two sacks of. ohiukwheiit, and she was now living with a Native at the pah beyond Farndon,

t The Masterton portion of tho Salvation Army and others are notified that on Monday next, 2nd January, a picnic will be held at Carterton, where all will be welcome, and that tho "White Robed Songsters will again appear at tho Musi, cal festival in the evening. A teameeting. ir also included in the day's festivities.

Great preparations aro being made for the Fire Brigade's torchlight procession this evening. A number of • members of the Brigade have been busily engaged all day in decorating the engine, etc. The Volunteer Brass Band, whioh will head the prooeasion in a deoorated drag, will give a special programme.

Patriok McQrath, a station hand who landed in Masterton on Xrnaa Eve with .{3O, and who has fince got rid of the lot and, in addition, managed to get looked up for drunkenness,, was brought brought up last night for being illegally on the premises of Mr W, Oullen. He was brought before Mr T, E. Price J.P,, this morning, and on promising to loave the town immediately was convicted and discharged.

! _ A woman named Mrs Edmondson, residing in Newtown, a Sydney, suburb, while putting her child, a boy four and a-half months old, to bed, ac-Jidently set fire to the mosquito curtains on his cot. In hor alarm she snatched the child from the ootand threw him out of the wi • dow. Though ho fell a distance of 15ft he escaped, without any apparent injury. After getting rid of the child, the woman managed to beat out the fire.

The Summer Meeting of the Walra. 1 rapa Racing Club will commenoe at tho Tauherenikau on Monday next. The accepiancos ara more than usually numerous,., and everything has been arranged for the convenience of visitors with the utmost caro by Mr W. Bosk, the popular Secretary, so that if the weather in at all tine the meeting should be a great success. The attendance is sure to bo large, as even wet weather fails to keop people away from the W.ft.O, meetings, The catering is in the hands of Mr A, L, Whyte, and tlw publican's booths will be in oharge of Meiisrs 15, J, Searl and'A, 11. Wilkinson, each of whom aro wenknown and popular dispensers of refreßhraent. Messrs Hawko and Woller Bros aro running conveyance from Masterton, and specnl train urrangemontß h»ve been made to enable visitors to reach tho Tauhereiiikau without difficulty.

At the meeting of Prohibition League on Thursday evening Mr ilbuihb Colway was appointed Secretary in place of Mr Steel, who is remuviog to the South bland. The members expressed regret it losing Mr Steel's services and their gratification that th»y had secured such a.capablo successor to bis office.

Two veterinary .surgeons are being obtained by the Stock Department from ISngland, who will bo stationed in the North and South Islands respectively. Their duty will ba to travel through the islands for the purpose of making investigations into all matters connected with disease of stock, and to give information tofamiorjupou tho subject, The attention of settlers and others is direotcd to the unreserved sale of a large quantity of galvanised wire netting at George Thomas and Go's rooms, Custom-house-quay, Wellington, on Friday next, January 6th, at eleven o'clock, They will also offer .fifty drums of raw oil, and two tons Ilex coke and charcoal tin plates, Full particulars are advertised in another column.

Mr Thomas Crosse informs the Examiner that he finds the best flook for the bush distriot is a Lincoln flock crossed with Leicester ram and breeding from the progeny, Tho flock thus attains the necessary hardihood, and the lambs do well, ■

"The R.M.B.Ksiikoura has brought from Cape Town," jays the Sydney Morning Herald, " information of a tumble tragedy, whioh to 'k place at sea on board tho barque William Hales, Tho vessel arrived in Table Bay before the Kaikoura Bailed During-the voyage, when the ship waa on the high sea. the ohief officer heard oriea below in the Baloon, and rushed down the companion way into the captain's cabin. There he found the captain's wife in great,agony, and shockingly mutilated. The poor wrnian was Boreaminij with the pain of her wounds, and by her.side.was the dead body of her husband. As the mate went down the Chinese oookand steward rushed out of the cabin. and fled forward. He was pursued by the en. raged crew, and, fearing being torn to pieces,, went off the forecastle head and was drowned. It seems that the day before the captain had spoken roughly to him about wasting the fresh water, and that night he thus terribly avenged binself upon the sleeping mariner and his wife. The woman died in great agony.', An unusually large number v of persons arrived in . Wellington by the Manawatu train lust niaht. Accommodation. was so limited that an Auoklander who boarded the train'at a station in Bawke'a Bay was obliged to Htaiid on the atup of a carriage for fully 50 miles, and was glad to babble to complete the remainder of the journey to Wellington' on the platform. An has now been the oaee for a considerable time, the passengers were loud in their complaints of the stoppages by the through train. As loug as through passengers are on the Government line at the flawke's Bay end they are brought through by express with few stoppages, but directly they reach the Manawatu servile they find themselves in what was practically an unusually big goods train, stopping at eveivhttie platform. It is a great pity the company do not see their way to separate their goods and passenger traffio.?-Poßt. A good story is going the round of the town just now concerning a hat of a particular description, which was wanted 1 by one of our local magnates, Ho tried everywhere in.search of it, and found it at moat places; there m no difficulty about that But the pr.c'es, Oh Fial | iiine'ebilliuga at ono sbdp, eight at an. other, Beveh and six at a . third,' and a ' crown-Bomewhera else.'"-Tidn Hooper ' and Company's .was rea'chfd, and soon ' the seeker went home delighted, aingine f ' That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful i i .1 got it iUooper'j for two ind i ipttti *AjT7| , , '

, requiring servants are notified lii- tha Wanted column that Mrs Van Kenen, of Cuba Street, Wellington, has all classes of servants waiting engage-

A rumour is current in the Bush |that a levanter from Pabiatua has been captured in Sydney,

I The demand for land in Auckland is stated to be rapidly increasing. , lfc ia praotically settled (jays the Melbourne age), though: not yet arranged aocorduigto strict official routine, that the Federal Oouncil of Anatnluia will meet at Hobart on the , 2Ctli January next, that being the national holiday, proolaimedin commemoration of the first settlement of Australasia. .. The Federal i Council Referring Bill, riniroduced iiito the Viotonan: Legislative ■Assembly by the Premier, has bee'ti circulated and requests the sanction of Parliament to. refer three different subjects for the consideration of the federal Council. These are set forth in the following terms : The discipline and government of the garrisons established or to be estab* ulied and nmiiitaiiied at Thursday In. land or King George's, Sound or any other place within the Aus-ralasiau colonies, at the'joint expense- of those colonies or any of them. 2. The trial and punishment in one colony of hffendew against the lavys of auother colony. 3. The enforcement by the Supreme Court of one colony or any process of the bupreme Court of another colony directed to compelling the production m such last mentioned Court of any im. proved will or testamentary document in the possession of any person resident in such hrst mentioned colony, and which said will or testamentary, dooumont dovieea or boqueatha property situate in the colony from tha Supreme Court whereof such proceflsisiuei, aiid is roquired by the executors or trustees appointed by such will or other testamentsry dooument and wh» are resident in auoh last meutioned colony, for the purpose of obtaining probate of such will or testamentary document or registering the same in such last mentioned colony,'> I

The auopeßs attending the operations of the "Wairarapa farmer's Qo-opetativj Association, Limited, has exceeded the most sanguine expeotatiom of its prorooters. The Association has only beeu in existence for eleven months, the old" establisned business of Messrs M. Cwelberg & Cu. having been merged into ft Company on the first of Feburary last. Up. .till date 594 : shareholders havo taken up no less than 11,204 shares of £5 each, subscribing, a capital of £66,020. Tho sum of £34,000 liasboen paid up, Most of the shareholders are old customers of Messrs M; Oaselberg and Co., and consist of leading settlers of the Wairarapa. The first half-yearly balance-sheet of the Association, for the period ending July 81st, showed a profit of £2,019, after paying all - expenses in connection with formation etc, and a sum of £ISBO was carried to the reserve At that date a return of five per cent was shown on the paid up oa'pital. The Abio. ciation, under the management of a biisi-neßs-likeandenergetio'set'of Directors, bids fair to assume dimensions which will put in the shade many companies in New Zealand which have been for years in existence.