Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4310, 5 January 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1893.

BeINO THE EXTENDED TIME 0? THE Wairarapa Daily, with whioii it is IDENTICAL

Ah interesting discussion took place in Wellington recently, at the Stock Oonfarenoe, as to the most profitable breed of sheep for a Colony like this. It does not say muoh for journalistic' enterprise in the Empire City that tho 1 partioulara of this very importan' debate only reaoh us via Australia through the medium of the Australiiji j Paatoralists Eeview. Neither Mini'- i tere, nor journalists, nor the leadi/g i puliiio men in Wellington appear,to i have recognised the importance of iie 1 proceedings of this Conference to/he settlers of the country districts, jho, i to so largo an extent, carry the own I on their baok, / : HHKsat; and in every , way more desirable ,Bueep than the Lincoln, except thati tp a certain extent tho olip of the wool suffered. This was partly counterbalanced by a higher price foe the wool. It will be lieen from the references ye have made tOsthi discussion that it was of Bpjoial interest to. country sottlfirs ani that ut is unfortunate that our contemporaries did not, in the first nMteflce, place

•: Tho rßvenuo retains of ; Tasmania for the past year allow a deoteaeo of £94,000 as compared with the provious year. The eumoi: £2,368 was put through the totaliaator ufc Woodville on Monday last, i3OO mote than at tho New Year's meeting last year.';"" * A portion of tho Mount Herbert estate, near Waipukurau is shortly to be put in the market. A Ladies' Club has been organised.in Napier. Bishop Julius, of Christchuich, loaves Wellington for England in the JDorio today,' The Colony, of New Zealand is to- be , declared freo of scab to-day, No less tbnn sixteen steamers were loading and unloading at Wellington yesterday. There was no truth in the rumour to the effect that a match would be ran between Oomefc and Senator. Biicb a thing was neyer thought of by the owners. Two sawmills are shortly to commence operations botween Bketahuna and Pahiatus.

The net public debt of Now Zealand is now j£87,675,200. The Weirarapa Farmers' Oo>operati?e Association's butter factory at Kopuaranga openud yesterday. Oue hundred and fifty gallons of milk were received the first day. It is expected that this quantity will be much Increased within a week's time.

We (Otagu Daily Times) have boyi shown an actual list of quotations recently given by 'a retail London butcher for ltozen meat. It was given to a housekeeper for her guidance in ordering for family use, and should give Colonials food for reflection and induce thankfulness that their butcher's bill is not governed by such outrageous prices. We give tho quotations in full as follows Beef: Sirloin, 9d per lb; rib (rolled), 9d; top side, 9d; silver side, ! B|d | rump steak, Is; beof. steak, lOd. i Mutton: Legs, 9d per lb ; shoulder, 7|d j loin, ?Jd ; saddle, j neck, 6jd; breast, 4^d; ohopa, Is.

There are few business premises in Wellington which stand so high in public favour as the D.1.0, Co-operative iitores do. To visit the Empire City means, in moat cases, a shopping expedition; and it is now thoroughly recognised that there is no more satisfactory* warehouse to deal at than the" D.1.0." in Panama and Brandon-streets, The range of goods is most comprehensive, tho quality i 3 guaranteed, and the prices are such that the Company are not afraid to mark them in plain figures so that every purchaser can see what ho Is asked to pay before he buys, The gentlemon's outfitting and the bootand Bhoe departments are now quite a speciality iu the "D.1.0." and both by tho quality ana in the value they offer, the Company has succeeded in attaching to itself a large nnd lirat-claes connection in the city. Tlie otush of custom in all departments at Christmas time was, we aro informed, greater than ever,and notwiihstandingevery foresight and the provision of extraordinary facilities for grappling with the rush, the doors had several times to be absolutely closed uutil some headway had been made in serving the enormous throng of people inside.

Once more the law, in the person of Mr Plowden, Magistrate of the West London Court, has declared that an engagement, ring, considered in the light of a preseut, is irrevocable, and cannot be reolaimed by tho donor. Letters and locks of hair (says tho Daily Telegraph), brooches and bric-a-brac aro all returnable at law, if tho parties should unfortunately quarrel, but an engagement ring—Never I : Sergeant Roptes lately effected a gallant capture of an armed bushranger atTumut, M.SAV, The prisoner had previously been seen passing through the town carrying a swag. At Gilmore bridge ho stuck up a young man named Thomas Bailey, taking his horse, saddle, and bridle. Bailey resisted, whereupon the prisoner chased him with a long butcher's knifo, He then said ho would shoot him, and went to his swag on the bridge and produocd a sis-ohambered revolver, Bailey (lodged behind a tree, and prisoner fired three shots, Afterwards the prisoner tried to tail up two men, firing at ono of tliem, A horseman coming along the road galloped by aside track to tie town and informed the police. Sa-geant Bootes lost no time in the pursuit and arrested the prisoner, who was/ riding Bailey's horse, a few miles out on the Gundagal road. He took front him the knifo and revolver

"which yas loaded in threo chambera, nnd broight him to the Tumut look-up, The BOEjeant found bullet marks in the trees fhere the affair occurred. The prißontr is a powerfully built man, and is a stranger in the district.

A d/apatch from Jaw tells of a thrill • ing o(#jurrenoo at Seerakarta, one of the prina'pal places in that island, Morel, the veil-known priraa-donna, was aim;, ing a the stage before a brilliant audi, one/, including the Dutoh President and thwavanese Princo, whose palace is at beMarta. TJie audience was highly enthusiastic and the tobe at ber best. One of the richest ypg Hollanders in Seerakarta had just ant a boquot to the priraa-donna. She Eceivod it with a smile, and was bowing {Tacefully when suddenly her wholo apparance chunked, her face seemed to /jrn livid and with a cry of agony she /ell to thoitage, Tho audience rose in jonsternation, and the other momboraof (the troupe rushed to the 86sistanoe of the stricken woman. When they attempted to her she seemed to suffer so much that it was thought best to wait a while. In a few minutes notwithstanding prompt medical attention, the primadonna died on the stago, in full view of tho audience, All wore terribly shocked and some of the woiuon fainted from distress, Th e®ngofMa uki ,ortoy ] [4 d A 1! n° j°"U I ? np ' ff 2W#Bßenger M loonor "' eSßie wing como from Karatonga. His name isTanarana, and he speaks fairly good English, He ii a man of very pleasing a»nner3 (says tho correspondent of the Riot Daily Times), and comes to Auckwiafor tho purpose of seeing the sights I which he has heard so much from the asters of the vessels trading to his land home. Mauki—his kingdom—is rout two miles in diameter. It is well ooded, and the soil, though it does not ;ceed 40ft above tho sea level in any irt, is very iertile—copra, &0,, being reduced in abundance. The king is ipreme in his dominions, but has not it had any trouble with his subjeots, e will remain in Auckland for some no, On Sunday last, shortly before noonj nan named Mulvaney was unexpeoUy at tacked near tlio Shepherd's Amu itel, Tinakorl Road, by another man ■own as Sam Smith, and received jurios which will Incapacitate him im work for some time. It appears lith was worltiug for Mr Haneo, wood 1 coal dealer, and for some reason t his position) which was filled by llvaney. This evidently caused lith to look upon Mulvaney in the ht of a usurper, and hence it is supied the assault. Mulvaney was first ooked insensible on the road, and then itally kicked about the head and face, right eye being all but destroyed, and :ee large cuts inflicted over it. The ist. painful part of the affair is that llvaney's wife has just been confined, dhe has five children, one of whom is k., The knowledge that he is unable earn their means of livelihood must lay. his recovery considerably. The tor will be brought before the Court ortly.—Evening Press.' i , A good story in going the round of the : tewn just now concerning a hat of a particular description, which was wanted 1 by'one of our local magnates. He tried eveiHwe m search of it, and found 1 it places; there was no difficulty about' fhii Bnt the prices, Oh Fie I nine one. shop, eight at an- , other, seven an||ted' a third, and a crown somewlJHteJ^' Hooper an| soon ||6eeker went < 'Utt i I got it # ' IflHl , Wat,"~Adv t

Foot mouth disonso lias -again I j made its appearanco in London. ■ I If it freely stated that a Wellington firm will net no leas than'Jfl2o,ooo by their: iccent heavy speculations .in New Zealand hemp, .-v ■ ■ ; A horse will travel four hundrod yarda iii four and one-half minutes at a walk, four hundred yards in two minutes in.a trot, lour hundred yards in one minute at a gailop.

Mr Tonnyaoti- Smith recorded ovorj 5000,tomperance pledge? during the half year'ending 31st December.-i : - There wero 48 bankruptcies in Wellington during last year,* and 47 during 1,891. . Preparations: for the New Zealand Rifle Association's meeting at Trentham are to bo commenced at once.' The meeting begins on the 12th instant, and about twenty men are to be employed in Setting the range in order. A detachment ot the Permanent Artillery is to be employed in pitching the tents. There are already twenty-five entries from New South Wales.

Fully five hundred unemployed have boen drafted irom Sydney to Broken Hill, at ft cost of £IOOO, .

The Masterton fire-bells ra6g out a I vigorous alarm about 7.30 last evening. The cause proved to be nothing worse than a burning flue at the Presbyterian manse, The Rev Robert Wood and bis household wore absent at the time, and the house was looked up, but a number of meu were booh on tho roof pouring water down the ohimney. Wo are asked to state that the chimney was swept two weeks ago.

The Sporting Standard states thatMr Hobos, with Miser, Lady Zetland, and possibly Missile, would probably leave Melbourne for New Zealand last week. Missile, the paper says, is undoubtedly the hest mare of her inches that we have had here for a long while past. Palliser is entered for forthcoming North Island events.

Bohemian writes in the Canterbury Press" A mild and abstemious votary of St Isitt in Ohristchuroh, who had his house insured with a Hereford street office,tho other day bethought himself of ddiug a good turu to a brother prohibitionist for-the sake of the noble cause. He accordingly transferred his policy to another office run by a prominent prayer leader, asaistod by a wellknown lieutenant of Mr Isitt. Two days after the Irtnsfer was made the house was burned down. There is much oliuckling in Horeford atreet and gnasbiug of teeth in- the other quarter where they pray Hoaven to save thorn from theit frionda and auch "good turns" in future."

yesterday, at 10.80, Mr W. A. Fitzherbtirt, ivlio has had a Beat at tho Board for a number tit years past, found that his term of. offico had expired by some two or three days, Mr Fitzherberfc, ascertaining that the Government had not ro-appoiuted him as a member of the Board, then retired. This left the Board with a bare quorum. There are now two vacant seats, viz., those recently occupied by Mr W. W. McCardle and Mr W. A, Fitzherhert. We rogrefc to record the death at Karori of Mrs Reading, widow of Mr J. B. Beading, a former member of the AVellington Provincial Council, who died some II) yoara ago. Mr and Mra Reading and t,vo children arrived in Wellington in the ship Duke of lioxburg in 1840, and for the last 40 years the family have raided at Karori. Mrsßeadin? was the daughter of Mr Edward Phillips a Birmingham ironfounder. Up to three yoars ago sho w«b exceptionally active, but at that time she met with an accidont. Sho fell downstairs and broke her thigh and hip, and though the bones knitted she has since been confined to her bed, until her death yesterday, at the advanced age of 82 years. Five children Burfive—two sons in Wellington and one in America, and one daughter at Rarori and another in America,— Post. Albert Jones, son of Mr Henry Jones, of the Upper Plain, met with a serious accident yestorday. lie waß leading a horse when the animal took fright and endeavoured to break away. Unfortunately the young man had the ropo by which lie was leading the' horse, twisted round his hand, and before ho could let go the top of one finger was dragged off, another badly crushod, and his hand severely lacerated. It is foared one of his fingers will have to be amputated. William M. Singerly, of Philadelphia, will bring his big steer, the largest in the world, to the Columbian Exposition. Thestocr was sired by a purobred HoiBtein, and its dam iB a purebred Durham cow. The animal ia 6 yo?rs old and weigiis 3,800 pounds. Its height is 6 feet 10 inches, its girth 10 feet 8 incheß, its girth over loin 10 feet 10 inches, and its length from roat of ear to rump 9 feet 10 inches, Mr Singerfy will exhibit his steer In the Live Stock Department. A little dodge was worked at the Bocial in tho Uamr building last night, says Tuesday's Manawatu Standard, by which tho mean party swindled the Knights of Labor out of 10s. A £1 note, rolled up, was passed in for a ticket, and 19a returned. Tho note was not unrolled till some time lator, when only half of one was found, the other half being kept lor some other viotim. An.important intimation to farmers concerning cheap manures is made by the Wellington Meat ISxport Company in a notification in this lssuj', lo to draw tho special l attention of thViso interested. Thj manures are all prepared by the Ampr/oan process, and being a really fast class article their uso ii bound to bs followed by oxcellont results. The/ fcve stood a severe analytical test which clearly established their claims in tho matter of genuine and superior fertilising constituents. Thepriceß,regarding which full particulars may b'o seen in the advertisement, range from £4 to £6 per ton on the trucks at Ngahauranga. There Ib published in the business columns of this issue a list of the principal druggist's sundries and some of the leading finoß just landed by Mr T, G. Mason, chemist, of Queen-street, Masterton, in one of his regular quarterly Bbipmentß from London and Paris, ln> eluded among the goods are a number of specialities, and we notice that Loath and Hobs' Homcopathio Remedies aro among the articles always kept in fullstock. Mr Mason's list contains various other everyday requirements, and iB fairly indicative of the largo and firat-class assortment of goodß he has on hand. The attention of our readers iB directed to his new advertisement in this Issue. According to an exchange the Natives state that the reason Te Kooti is lying perdu and outsiders excluded from a view of his lovely countenance, is that jnst after his arrival at Aorangi several pakehaa threatened to "out his wizzen" out of revenge for the Poverty Bay massacres, and to pre. vent such a sudden termination to the life of the man who had the honour to shako hands with the Hon. John Bryce and be pardoned by that gentleman, they have been compelled to excludft him from the gaze of sightseers—the Hon. John Bryce excepted. Those iu want of Carpel Coverings for their floor at economical prices are reminded hereby that the best place in tho Province for these goods is tho Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Ano -Hodse, Welv lington. . / Just now we arc showing some capital Jute Kidderminster Squares with border at the following pricos9 feet by 7 feet 6 inches for 7s Gil, ff feot by 9 feet for 10s Cd, 9 feet by 12 feet for 16s Cd, and 12 feet by 12 feet for 18s 6d, at l'i Aso House; Wellington, . :: Some very effective Jute Brussels Squares with border all round are to be bad at 25s 6d for 9 feet by 7 feet 6 inohes, at 425. 6d for 9 feet by 12 feet, and 62s 6d for 11 feet 3 inches by 12 feet. Theso are very handsome carpets,'are easily laid and lis easily taken up, andtre some of our latest importations, at House, Wellington. .. . . . . I . Tljen there are somo excellent designs in Superior Velvet Pile Squares in ; 'the. Mowing sizes and prices :-6 feet by 9 feet ior 25s 6d, 9 feet by 9 feet for 37s 6d, 9 feet by 12 feet.fqt.49s-6d, audll by tot^t'fot63s; OTe Am HoWi : WingHL«lj

: We have received fronvMr E: Tayler's iiursery, samples of two very excellent sorts of raspberries. Mr Tayler, having at liia command extensive irrigation facilities, is ablo to grow ftult ot.ljhu kind to greafrperfectipn; ■ ; jj ,: v

The Masterton Foresters hold their ordinary iueetine this evening. n It appears from" the returns of the Bureau' of. Industrial. Statisticsof Pennsylvania that of sixty strikiis in that State last year only two succeeded. ;:he total loss sustained by tho employeri|in these strikes was 2,102,725 dollars, jind by the workmen 2,934,185 dollars,;!or upwards of 41 pet cent, more, . i| :

An important sale of-thorbughbred and draught horses will bis held'by Messrs Lowes & lorns at Ms W. B. Quick's , farm, Opaki, to-morrow (Ifri day) at one o'clock. . Tho list ■includes the thoroughbred stallion Dilke, i,lso the Clydesdalo stallion Marquis of Btjlisbury. Lunoheon will he provided, jj There is to be no end of racing at .the World's Fair, Chicago (MA.). t'he stake for the Derby will be £12,000 clear to iho winner. Eleven entries for Hie Derby haye been received from England, To the Queen Isabella Stakes, 'for fillies, a sum of i4OOO is guarantsed.' On an average (says a writer in an Homo paper) everyone converses diiily to tho tune of about 20,000 words These figures, of course,. are not sufficient 1 for Temperance lecturers, Socialist agitators, or small children of an enquiring turii of mind. :

Messrs Lowes'and lorns addto tlieir Masterton stock sale .for Wednesday, January 11th, 130 ewes with one hundred per cent of lambs, 100 Fat and 1 forward merino wethers, 40 wethors, 1 pony; 1 draught horse, and 1 set of dray haruns, Not a few of the eggs of Driilsh birds are worth more than their weight -in diamonds, while those of certain speiiics which are supposed to have-become extinct, bring quite fabulous paces. ; A well-marked pair of golden eaglo's ezgs have fetched £25. The market value of an egg of the swallow-tail typo is thres guineas j of Pallas's sanct-grouse, 80s; while 10 timos that amount was recently, offered for an e([g of this Asu.tio species taken in Britain. On theotiier hand, the eggs of the social breed:ing birds are so common in their season as to be systematically collected: for domestic purposes.

About nine o'clock last night a resident of Kuripuni repotted to the Masterton police that he had noticed one of the blinds being moved at the residence of Mr W. H.Jackson, who is at present in Sydney. Serceant MoArdln immediately went down and after surrounding Ihe building, tried to effect an entrance from tlio ground floor, This lie was unable: to do and a ladder was therefore obtained, by means of which he managed to resell an upper window which was unfastened. A thorough search of the promises was then made but no trace of any perfon was found. The police feel sure that ho one has been in the house ainoo Mr Jaiikeon and his family went away. A three-wheeled cab is once more talkedof, From the Manchester Cornier we learn that the arrangement is that of a tricycle, that is to Bay, there is cne whoej in front and two behind, and t!iis peculiarity of the oab is supposed ;:or some recondite reason to give i» steadi" ness. The body of the conveyance is described as resembling a miniature omnibus, with an entrance at the baok, It will seat four persons. Some thing of the kind was shown in London a fsw years ago. Cab riders are very slow in patronising anything liko a novelty, A mooting ef those'opposed to the policy of the presont Government will bo held in the Central Chambers, Muster* ton, on Saturday next, The business will be to deal with certain matters relating to the representation of the District.

There is at present visiting tho Wnitarapa a talented Soottish vocalist aid humourist in tho person of Mr A. Parvus, and who, we are glad to notico, is to afford tho residento of Taiieru and Tenui

tho opportunity of spending onjoyalle ovenin?s on Wednesday 11th Januaiy, and Friday, 13th January, next respectively. • Mr Purves comes to uii with a

■first-class reputation, and he has, we , observe, given single-handed entertainments successfully for some years pa it, His "Twa hours at Hame," which includes a choice and varied selection of Scotch, English, and Irish songs, con ic recitations, and anecdotes, rendered aftsr tho stylo of the late Mr Kennedy, so well-known in thecolonies, is most highly spoken of by critics In other parte. A danco follows each evening's conoert. The children of John Ml, who were lately committed to St Joseph's Orphanage, Wellington, are to be sent to the Burnhom Industrial School, on the application of tho father,

Mr Ji Tennyson Smith and his wife (who invariably accompanies thelectuwr on his tours) arrived in Masterton this morning. Mr Smith has been tukir.g a much-needed rest at Wellington durirg the Christinas holidays, and resumes tile campaign for 1893 at Mastorton en Fri* day next, in the Theatre Eoyal,

Mr Tennyson Smith has recorded a total of 14,000 pledges sinoe his arrival in tho colony,

With regard to an offer made to the Wellington Land Board respecting section 162, Makuri township, umier the Public Reserves Act, 1891, it was re - solved to let the matter stand oyer for the present. ( _ Tho Now Zealand Timos learns that it is the intention of the Government to have four State farms—one in Canter, bury, ono in Otago, one in Wellington, v ISb9HHI^9HIEH o|^^9HßHraßflMHg {"hHHHHHH to Ellington, and has asked!' tho' Assembly to forward' proposals to the scheme, in order that the mattor may go before the minister in a practical form.