MONDAY JANUARY 16, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4320, 16 January 1893, Page 2

MONDAY JANUARY 16, 1893.

The Secretary of the North rVairarapa Bennvolent Society has *sc«rtaimd aco>rdinj: to iimiruotions, S'>rae particulars of the old men'B homes osiabished w various pans of the Colony. In Wellington such a home has been erected, mainly from a bequest of the late Mr J, Burue, to accommodate old people who have hitherto beeD boarded out at a cost of 8a per week, It is hoped that with the assistance of the home the coat of I maintenance will be decreased. j Particulars of another old men's home established at Ashburton, have also been received, This institution is managed by the United District Board, whose office i* at Cbnetolnircli, It accommodates 56 inmutus and the average cost of oacli for the past six years has been 7s 8d per week, It is evident that it costs as much to keep aged persons in a home as it does to board them out, and we fail to see any advantage in the homes; To put a number of aged and irritable persons into a common building, is almost as bad as sending them to gaol, An old man's home is virtually a workhouse, and we trust the multiplication of work* houses in thiß Colony will be a slow process, The Ashburlon Workhouse is said to be always full of inmates, and no doubt a Masterton Workhouse would be equally well stocked if one were declared necessary, We sincerely trust that the Bonevolont Society will not assist the development of pauperism by tho establishment of such an institution. In Wairarapa South charitable aid is administered more economically than in Wairarapa North, Why not take .Wairarapa South as a model?

There is no illusion left now respecting New Zealand Police Inspoa tors, All havo been changed to other districts j and each one, prior to his departure for his new sphere of action, lias received a flattering and substantial public testimonial. Judging from the proceedings incidental to the presentation of these mementos all our Inspertors are popular men, It would have been some comfort to us to find that one of the number bad been allowed to depart without being told how good and nice he was. There would hive been some hope of the service if there had been a solitary unpopular Inspector in it, one who had not bowed the knee to tbe altar of Baa), There must be something wrong, very wrong, about our Police Inspectors when, they receive such magnificent testimonials, They appear to have deliberately gone in lor popularity in their respective distriots, quite as much so as if they had been liberal M.H.R.'s or Ministers of the Crown, This is an age of deterioration; but it is with regret that we find our Police Inspectors, sinking to such a low level!

Vehicles can now be driyen right through tho Makuri gorge. A train with nearly 2000 sheep from the Hawke's Bay district loft Eketahuna this morning for the Wellington Meat Export Company. A Blight shock of earthquake was noticed in Wellington on Friday night last. The Holloway Dramatic Company commence a season in Wellington this i evening. J

The Napier Naval Artillery and tho Woodvilla Rifle Club fire a friondly match, tea men aside, on Wednesday next,

Steps are being taken to urge tho nooessity of having another constable stationed atDanevirke. The only officer there at the present time has too niuoh to do,

MrF.H.Wood adds to hia entries for the Carterton Ram and Eire fair CO pure bred two-tooth Lincoln Kama.

Yesterday w&b the anniversary of the opening of the Bank of Ne\v Zealand in Wellington, in the year 1861. The largest amount paid to one aupplior at the Chester butter factories for a month's milk waa £35155. This is from forty-nine cows, eighteon of which havo been in all tho wintor, and many of the remainder are hoifors with their first calves,—Examiner.

The slip on the Manawatu Gorge line is now cleared.

Captain Field, who for the last six months has boen in charge of the Mas« terton branch of tbo Salvation Armyleaves for Napier to'morrow (Tuesday) morning He "farewolled" the local soldiers on Sunday evening last, Captain Veitoh, of Kaipoi, is to take Captain Field's place in Masterton.

Mr J, B. Keith announces that he is preparod to receive consunments of wool for local sale or for shipment to London! Mr Keith is also prepared to book orders f»r every description of grass and clover seeds at lowest rates.

A comfortable homo and adequate wages are offered by advertisenient to a boy who can milk a couple of cows and make himself (generally useful. Jaines Maekay,of Auckland, has recovered from his self-inflicted injuries, and has been discharged from the hospital. Tho Auokland Raoing Club have appointed Mr W. Perceval, their secretary, as tho delegate at tbo conference of racing clubs at Wellington,

Tho Hawaiian Government is borrowing £150,000' for the extension of the Honolulu Harbour,

The Morocco Government has signified its willingness to make reparation for tho murder of British subjects. By a fire which destroyed a spinning mill at Osaka, in Japan, 125 girls were burht to death. In to-day's issue Messrs Abraham mid Williams make important additions to their Palmerston stock sale of the 19th instant,

Mr F. H, Wood adyertlses that on Saturday, 28th inat.. he will sell at his auction rooms, Carterton, the household furniture and effects of a gentleman leaving this district, On the samo day he will Bell a large consignment of general merchandise consisting of groceries, drapery, crockery, etc.

The Government having decided to mnke a thorough search fur Quintin Mackinnon, the well-known Te Anau guide, have accepted the offer of Mr T. M'Keuzie, M.H.R., to assist, Mr M'Kenzie, who led the Daily Timos search expedition for Professor Mainwaring Brown, leaves in the morning with six mombers of the Permanent Force, and will visit the Pompoland hut, which was not touched by the first search party. A determinated effort will be made to solye the mystery of Mackinnen's disappearance, The formation in Wellington of a branch of the Australian Natives' Association is contemplated, and a meeting of young men desirous of joining the Association, which is worked on the lines of a benefit society, will bo held shortly.

Tho Martini-Henri rifles, ordered by the Government last yoar, will reach the colony in June or July. Two hundred have boen ordered, The Government were anxioUß that the weapon should be available for tho present meeting ol the New Zealand Rifle Association, bnt delay in completing the order has boen caused through tho factories being busily engaged in supplying extensive army orders.

In this isßue Mr Barruolough notifies that he has reduced the price of his nutiblo "Pmgraiidw" " the celebrated cum destroyer" to one shilling pec hiw, a testimonial from Mr t/>ck of Nelson should be read with interest by all who suffer with corns, and a trial given of tho remedy now bo highly racuum'OH'kl, It it specially notified that 'arraclough's Eternal Remedies can i)« obtained from Messrs H. E. Eton, chemist, MastettOD, Mr Berrill sto'e. koeper, Carterton, Mr McLeod, store, kinder, Maitinborougb, and from all vendors of patent medicines.

An American contemporary, it need scarcely be said, is responsible for tho following :-A girl in Michigan who had beon dumb for fourteen years has suddenly regained the power of speech. And now she is niilictod with a mania for talking. The physicians cannot ohook it with strong opiates. She talks even in her sleep. It is feared she will talk herself to death, Tho man who was going to marry her has broken iff tho engagement. Hefbars he might forfeit his life insurance policy by committing suicide,

A charge against a Wellington' hotelkeeper of having emplnyod a barmaid after eleven p.m on Christmas Eve, was recently dismissed on a rather poouliar technical point raised by Mr Poyton who appeared for tho defendant, Section No, 126 of the Act provides that no femalo other thau the wife or daughter of the publican shall work after 11 p.m., or more than teu hours a day, but it does not prevent such omploy6 commouoing work immediately aftßr 12 o'clock, provided tho ten hoars work does not include the hour hetweon 11 and 12 o'olook p.m. The alloyed offonce took place at 12.45, and Mr .Robinson upheld tho con. tention of Mr Poynton, and dismissed the case,

Says the Auckland Herald ;—The police authorities are still busily investigating what is known as" the cream of tartar-arsonio case." It appears that quite a number of persons besides the family of poor Nelson had a narrow escape, In one oase three children ato a piece of oake and came home from school ill, and rolled about the grass in great pain, but ultimately recovered, A second case is that of a widow lady who on being seized with vomiting from eating tho cake prepared, actually put a teaspoonful or two of the cream of tartar in a glass of water, with the intention of drinking it to settle her stomach, but was too Biok to swallow it, In a third case the wife and baby were suddenly taken ill, and the husband who was unwell had also partalien of I the cake, etc, prepared, The food was thrown out, but no suspicion fell on the oream of tartar till Nelson's death was reported, In all the cases the parties were seized with pains in the stomach, and violent vomiting and purging. Nelson, it will be remembered did not vomit, and therefore did not get his stomach cleared of the jam sandwich ho had eaten,

A good deal of liVht warm tain fell in this district yesterday. Mt F. fl. Wood invitee entries for Mistook rale at Taratahi on 16th Jan. uary. Among those already received i are 300 lambs in wool and 200 store ewes. A valuable greyhound, owned by Mr J. Boddington, ran against a wire fence yesterday and fell baok dead. On examination it was discovered that the animal's neck was broken, The Ashburton Guardian states that Mr Joseph Ivess,'wbo has been five years in Hew. Bouth Wales, has returned to Christchurch with the intention of settling permanently, • At a recent inqueßt in Melbourne, the coroner, Dr Ttoul, told the jury that for thirty years he had been endeavouring toteaohwomento be careful and not to leave receptacles filled with' boiling water, etc, within the reach of children, but it was no use,

A Paris correspondent says;— The) girl Yirginie, who is just now creating a sensation at Oourtalet by prei tending that she has occasional visits from the Virgin Mary, persists in her assertions, and has already collected a considerable following of believers. She proceeds every day to the hill on which the apparitions are supposed to take place, and spends much time in prayer, but up to the present the people who accompany her have seen nothing, Messrs Holmes Bros., of Matahiwi, give notion that all streams on the Mitahiwi estate are now closed to fishermen for the rest of this season.. Mr Tennyson Smith will this evoning give a last opportunity for adventurous oppoaenta of prohibition to debate with him or to ask questions. We don't suppose anyone will respond. If anyone did, ike betting, even amongst the unbelievers, would be on the exceedingly clever lecturer, The Russian journal '' Novoie Obosrenie" a short time ago reported the death of an old man named Mardenoft at Tiflis at tlio ago of one hundred and sisty-four years. ■ Tho committee ou statistics of Trans-Caucasus proceeded to get authentic details in this case, Mardenoff, it appoars, was born in 1728 in the district of Wladikawkes, and belonged to the family of (Jssetes, whose principal -bußinoss was to protect the Russian travellers against the attacks of the mountaineers. His memory was vory lucid, and ho cohU speak of things that occurred previous to the reign of Catherine 11. Ho leaves a widow one. hundred and twenty years old. Ho had eighteen sons and several daughters. One of his sons died twenty years ago at the age of ninety-five.

Umbrella thieves have boen causing great havoc at Home. A correspondent writing to tho Daily Tthqmph from St. Lawrence road said ;—'' Tho other evening—a pouring wet night— two respectably dressed young men with smiling faces stationed themselves at the door of Christ Church, Brixton road, and asked the ladies and gontlomen who entered to kindly leave their umbrellas with them, as the yicar objected to have damp artioles in the church because they woro injurious to health. .Being a week-day service there was not tho usual number of officials about the place, and the two younsr men, therefore gathered tho umbrellas, handed to them with tho utmost confidence,, without hindrance But iong before tho conclusion of the service the two collectors had decamped, carrying with thorn as many gamps of all shapes, sizes and qualities as would start a shop. The vicar was quite besieged by meuibors of the congregation inquiring after their lost property. The followiug notice has now been issued by tho authorities of St. Paul's Cathedral:—'Those who attend the services mußt keop strict watch over their umbrellas. A thief is about making full use of any opportunities offered hiin or hor. The Dean and Chapter have been forced to engage a detective, and it is hoped that the trouble may soon end, but in the meantime it is well to place the umbrella in front of the ehair taken, and not behind it,'"

The late Duke of Marlborough, so the story goes, did not like dos-a, and when he married Mrs tfainmorsluy, who had a pot pu«, it was decided that the animal, who was getting old, should bi' left behind in tin States and "buaidua out." Some £3OO is spent annuilryou the dog, whose home is in Philadelphia. It is, according to a local paper, bathed everyday in hot milk and ted with ohopped Bteak. It wears a blanket out of doors, Its kennel has divisions for sleeping, eating, and bathing, the sides being of glass. The Duchess is written to weekly, bo that the pet's condition may always be known to her, Its name is Woowoo,

The Bay of Plenty Times says :-A rumour has been circulating among tho Coast natives and also inland to tho effeot that a prophet (who, by the way, is deformed) hm predicted another eruption, to take place dunns January, and ho fixes upon Whakarowaiwa as tho sceno of its commencement. This cheerful prophecy remiuds ua of Himiona To Urihui's last venture in this direction lat Maketu a few years ego. Himiona predicted the appearance of a comet, to be followed a fow days later by anouption. A comet duly appeared, which caused general consternation, and the Maoris at once began to lay in storoß of provisions, water, &c. Howevor, nothing further transpired, and Himiona thought it prudent to rotireto his homo on Motiti, andskce that time his "inana" has much decreased ovor the nativo mind. This new prophet is playing for a very big stake, and will probably find his prophecy as disastrous to himself as the eruption would be to others.

Mr Tennyson Smith's subject this evening will be "Our Opponents Argumonts," in which ho will criticiso the speeches of public men on the prohibition and compensation questions. Disoussion and questions aro freely invited. To«morrow evening tho last meeting of the mission will be held. The subject announced is "Tho Trial of a Notorious Criminal (Alcohol)," This will be the second and concluding special night of the series and is considered one of the lecturer's beßt efforts, and was so popular in Wellington that a special re» quest was mado to havo it repeated. A nominal oharsa only is made for admit'i sion, and there should be a crowded attendance on this, Mr Tennyson Smith's farewell night, [ While Mr J. Stempa, of Upper Plain, ivas leading his team along the road, on Saturday last, ono of the horses—a valuable draught mare—was savagely attacked by a bull whioh was bolng driven along the road at the time. The mare received suoh severe injurios that Mr Stempa was obliged to shoot her. The following tenders have beon received by the Wairarapa North County Council:—Metalling Opaki-Manawatu Eoad-M, Kelliher,.£79 3j 4d (acoepted); declined -M. Kerrin, 178 6i 4d; Jacobson and Co., Jlo7los. Metalling Eketa-huna-Tinui Eoad-M. Kclliher, .£35 (aocepted); declined—M. Kerrins, £45; Jacobsen and Co., £u'3 15s j J!, W, Wilson, £7Blos, The ooutraots'ibr 108 chains of metalling on tho Eketahuna. Tinul Road and for cartiug boulders have been held over,

The_ Oamaru Mail says:- Messrs Christie and Co havo on viow in their office Beveral weeds which have boen gathored from the reclamation, and which have evidently been propagated in ballast from ships discharging horo. Chief among these unwelcome visitors is the notorious Cape weed, which flour, ishes profusely, and whioh, if it once sets a root in arable or pastoral land, is most difficult to eradicate. The specimen at Messrs Christie's has a root 3ft Gin long, which is sufficient proof of the 'hold' the pest can take, A second weed is the castor oil plant, which Is also growing unohecked, and which is one of the most objectionable Queensland weeds possible to introduce. Still a third weed, also a Queenslander, is to be found. Its name we do not know, but it has a black berry whioh is very poisonous, and is therefore a most undesirable acquisition, We hopo stops will bo taken to oradicato those pests before Hoy spread further.

A lost prayer book la advertised for. The Salvation Army in Mastecton iB nowin a very Nourishing condition, and under the direotion of Captain Fiold has attained a better tinanoial position than ever before. Dnring the. last quarter amounted to £llO, This is £3O in advance of the receipts for any quarter lor sevoral years past.

Mr W. B, Bone haß been appointod collector of agricultural statistics for the Upper Taueru, Eketahunaand Alfredton districts.

The return otickot match between Masterton and Greytown has been fixed to take place on the 23rd inst. ' It Is stated that the chemist Powell, now undergoing penal servitude for ten years' in Mount Eden Stockade for procuring abortion, has so broken down in health that he has had to be removed to the prison hospital. According to the Hawera Star Taranaki has greatly progressed during 1892, perhaps more rapidly than any other part of the Colony, and is likely to do bo for some time to come,

The Masterton Eifles parado noxt Thursday. A general meeting will be held after the parade,

A recent visitor to the Manawatu district roports that the settlers there are generally prospering. During tho past few weeks 14,802 acres of Crown land were taken up in tho Hawke's Bay district, It is seriously proposed to form an Anti-Slnng Sooiety in Wellington, with branches throughout tho colony. Writing to the Foxton paper, Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., suggests that a subscription be Bet on foot to moet the expenses of sending 10 tons of hemp to the Chicago Exhibition,

In tho Johannesburg Court, a short timo ago, one Julia Oswald deposed: ''l am a cook, and my honorarium is i! 8 per mouth. I have a piano in niy room, and my employers allow me to drive out with their spider and horses,"

A Bhark—the largost known to have been captured for a long time—weighing 120)b8,audmeasuring nine teet in.length, was caught by Mr W. ft. Bone at Castlepoint a few days ago. Keporia received from various parts of Otago indicate that the growing cropß are looking remarkably well, and with good weatner tho yield ot both wheat and oats will be rather above the average, thus compensating farmers aomowhat for the low prices, should thoy bo fortunate in securing tho orop without damage. A recent issue of tbo- Detroit Froo Press, a weekly paper which has a vory large circulation, not only in America, but in England, contains a lout; article on New Zealand. The fine climate of the Colony, tho fertility of its soil, tho energy and industry of the colonistß, aro all done justice to, whilst tho writer speaks in enthusiastic terms of the beautiful scenery. Messrs Wellor Bros,, whose advertisement appears in this issue, notify that they have takon ovor the livery and coaching business formerly carried on by Mr W, Neill at the Prince of Wales Stables. They desire the public to know that they will run the line of coaches to Tinuiand Castlepoint, and solicit a continuance of the'support formerly given to Mr Neill.

The Mastorton-Opaki Jookey Club will glvo stakes amounting to £240 at, the St. Patriok's Day Mooting.

The Troaßuror of the Mastorton Hospital acknowledges with thanks the following subscriptions;—"for tho sick, poor, God knoweth" 20b ; collected by Mr Job Yilo 265, Mr John Cameron 20s, Messrs George Philip and Sons, the London publishers have just issued an np to date atlas of the British Einpiro, In the map of the florth Island of New Zealand, however, it is rather curious to find Woodvillo and Ekotahuna and to look in vain for Mastorton.

Mr % Jones, fruiterer notifios that he has removed to premises opposito the Prince of Wales Stables.

Several Education Reserves, situated in different parte of this district, were put up to iiuction by Meksra Lowes and loruß on 8 iturdiiy last but none of them wore Bold,

Tho Wellington city valuer, (Mr James Ames) has, says the N.Z. Times, completed the compilation of tho valuation of the rate iblopropoity in tlio city for tho year 1-593-4. 'i he total valuation is £322,756, as awmst £317,922 for 1892.3, tho increase therefore being £4834, Last year tho increase was £4092 as curopared with the previous year (1891-2), As tho reductions and tho amounts deducted for properties struck out as not beiug rateable at the sitting of tho Assessment Court last year were £2200, thereby reducing tho total valuation to £315,722, tho actu»l increase this year is really £7034. _ The valuer, however, makes the comparison with his own valuation (318,922) of last year, Mr Geo. Wyctt, ot Groytown, rnanagor of the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Wairarapa, and his eldest sister left Groytown this morning on a three months' tour via Hubart to Tasmania, and from thence to Melbourne and Sydney. Wewish them bon voyage. The RevA.O. Williams, ofWanga<iui, preached at St Luke's Ohurch.Greytown, last evening, His text was taken from the 6th chapter of St John's, tho 37th to 40th verse,

The acceptances for the Wellington Cup and other races on tho first day of tho Wellington Summer Meeting for which the weights havo beon declared, including tho hack events, aro due this evening at 9 o'clock, at the Olub Hotel.

Oonstablo Murdoch reported yostorday that about 8,15 on Saturday night Mr James Martin, secretary of the Wellington Bus Company, reported to him that a man named George had boon assaulted in Johnston street, near the Theatre Koyal, and had had a log broken, Whon tho constablo arrived on the scene he found Dr Henry attonding to the man's injuries, the dootor having been summoned by Mr Ooulson, caretaker at tho Theatre, whose ohild had informed him a man was lying on tho street; Mr Ooulson kindly got pillows and wraps from his house and made the man as comfortable as possible until the doctor arrivod, when Georgo was removed to the hospital, Mr Coulson good-naturedly accompanied him thore to aee him aafoly taken caro 01, Georgo is a man about CO yoars of age, and has only beon in Wellington for a few days, having nomo here from Oulloiißyille, and has relatives at Ekota. huna andTonui. Sinco his arrival he libb been drinking, and on Saturday night it appears that ho was quarrelling with a spieler named Millar about a pipe, when Millar knookod him down, and in the fall one of his legs was broken just above tho ankle. Millar has not yot been arrested,—Times,