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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4329, 28 January 1893, Page 2

A proposal to lay down a trotting ! track at the Wellington A. and P. Society's Petone ground is now undei consideration,

The average prioe of the sheep Bold al the Wellington Bam Fair was £5. The Salvation Lasses' Band ia in Pahiatua at the present timo,

Messrs John Graham and Co. offer a boon for the hot season in the shape of pure lime juice, at one shilling per bottle,

At Philadelphia recently a trotter named Grover S. was unintentionally killed by his own man administering an overdose of aconite. The judges suspected that tho horse was to be run stiff, and caution. The drivor thus had to try and the horse won a heat 1 despite a doae, but the second doso for the following heat settled him. Ho fell dead on tho track. 411 concerned were at once disqualified for life.

, It is an oft quoted, much-worn and thread-baro aphorism, that old saying that " nothing succeeds like success," but in nearly every instance it is absolutely correct, More particularly is it true in the case of a man like Mr J. W. Bridge, the well-known Wellington dontist, whose advertisement appears in our business columns. Mr Bridge's professional career in Wellington has been highly successful from the outset, but more particularly so as regards the num. i berof Wairarapa patients ho has had under hia oharge, His oharges are so reasonable j his workmanship is so skilful and his professional knowledge of the highoßt order, that he is rapidly obtaining that success which belongs only to high-class work. Mr Bridge informs us that many Wairarapa patients have told bim that they have saved money over and over again by consulting him. This array of factß being bo nolid, wo have no hesitation, therefore, in recommending Mr Bridge to thoso unfortunates whose teeth have " gone wrong." Profesaor Scott has nn hesitation in allegingthat, taking the' total Bheep at present in the world, the dominant breed is tho Merino. He calculates the flocks of the world as aggregating 560,000,000 sheep, and states that of these more than one-third, or nearly one-half are Morinoes,

Someono wrote to Horace Groely, inquiring if guano was good to put on potatoes, He said it might do for those whose tastes had beoomo vitiated with tobacco and rum, but ho preferred gravy and butter,

One of tho historical stations of tho Wairarapa, tho Tauanui estate, a mag. nißcient freehold of oyer thirteen thousand aores, is about to be placed in tho market in consequence of tho demise of itß late owner, Mr Peter Hume. Messrs J. H. Bethune and Co., of Wellington, announce in our advertising columns that this splendid property witn tho sheep, cattle and horses depastured thereon, tho latter to be takon at valuation, will be sold by public auction at their rooms, Featherston Street, Wellington, on Tuesday, Feb. 14th. A Conference between representatives from the differont colonies on the subject of the invasion of Syrian and Indian hawkers, whioh Is assuming sorious dimensions, will probably bo held at Sydney at the close of the session of the Federal Council,

_ Lord Hoputoun's visit to New Zealand isof quite a private nature, and is made

with the view of seeing its capabilities as an agricultural and pastoral country. The Nelson Carnival commences on Monday next, Tho Canterbury Board of Education passed the following resolution at its last

meeting ;-'• In tho opinion of tho Boai it is desirablo that the amount voted 1

Parliament for the erection and maintenance of school buildings be distributed to the several Boarda of .Education throughout tho colony upon the basis of population or of tho number of children on the school rolls in each district," There has just died at Blanford, Lincolnshire, a resident who was known

as" Cranky Jimmy," from tho fact that he devoted ten years to the construction

of an exact model of Lincoln Cathedral in corks, of which more than 1,000,000 were used. Sydney merohants considor that the long anticipated revival in trade is now at hand, A new private Crass Band is about to be started in Maaterton, under the conductorshipofMr George Gray, of Wellington.

Mr JRoyce, B.A-, Principal of Geelong Ladies' College waa recently fishing from Borne rocks, when ho was washed off and drowned, Quite a number of valuable dogs have been poisoned in Featherston lately. Dr Parker writes in the number of the Idler just published:—" I hate smoking. From end to end it is a nuisance. It ends

in cancer, apoplexy, and bad temper, bankruptcy, and almost in hydrophobia, It is an lnvontion of the devil. It is the pastime of perdition. No dog smokes. No birds pine for tobacco. No horse is a member of a pipe dab. No intelligent porßon evor puts a cigar into his mouth. The whole idea of smoking must be con. deinned «s atheistical, agnostical and infinitely detestable. Smoking has been abandoned by all reputable persons, and left to ministers, editors, posts and other intellectual confectioners." A good story is told against the pro« prietorsofagamblingsaloon at Hamburg. They were anilous that any reason might be assigned for suicide except that of loss from play. They therefore always put money into the pockets of those who committed suicide to show it was not the want of money that led to the rash act. One day a shot was heard in a deserted room. The attendants rushed in, and were horrified to find a wretched creature with a wound on his forehead, apparently just expiring. They ran to the authorities, returned, and lustily put a handful of gold and notes into the pocket of the deoeased in order that the people might be convinced that the sui« cide could not bo attributed to loss at play. The alarm was then given; but when a horror stricken group entered the room they found it deserted by all but thenuelveß. The" corpse" had retired with the spoil,

A good story is going the round of the town jußt now_ concerning a hat of a particular description, whioh was wanted by one of our local magnates, fie tried everywhere in search of it, and found it at most places j there was no difficulty about that, But the prices. Oh Fie I nino shillings'at one shop, eight at an." other, seven and six at a third, and a crown somewhere else, Then Hooper and Company's was reached, and soon the seeker wont home delighted, singing "That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat; I got it at Hooper's for two and t>«sprat,"—Adyt,

An Adelaide girl aged 17 yoara has been in a trance for ten days. She has had similar attacks of shorter duration on previous occasions,

We very much regret to hear of the death of Mrs Henry Elder, of Langdale. The deceased lady has a host of friends in Mastorton, where she formerly resided with her mother, Mrs Elder was a stiter of Mr 0. B. Morrison, a well-known Wellington solicitor, who graduated in Mr A. B. Bunny's Masterton office,

The Standard save :-Owners of property in and around Greytown are not troubling to clear the broom and gorse from their properties, Some are even cultivating the brouni, beoause,they say, it gives good food for fowls j one person says he finds his horse thrivo on the young and tender shoots, and he would aoonerhave it than grsaß. By and by we Bhall have the seed sold in the shop*. The Advocate says:—We have hiißrd, on what we consider tobe good authority, that, although the Government havo not iyeb | given any publio manifestation of their Intention to build the Makohine I viaduct, they are in communication with English firms in regard to the coat and supply of the steel material needed for thoatruoture.

Two Adelaide corporation laboUrere andepecisl constables named Potter and Irwin hive been dismissed for blackmail, ing, by' means of watching amatory couples on the parklands and threatening, as members of the police force, to lock them up unless money was forthcoming. Irwin had carried on the business successfully for six years, A lady justice of the peace has beon appointed at Wyoming, Two titled ladies have been J.P.'a in England. The Captain of tho Eedditch Cycling Club recently died, and the coffin was conveyed to the cemetery on bicycles, four machines being braced together. Mr W, P. Koydhouse is reported to have purchased tho Wairarapa Standard fromMrvV.O. Nation. It was in this office that he served his apprenticeship to the trade under Messrs Wakeliu and Payton, and if he be as successful as a proprietor as he was as a cadet bis career there will be assured. Greytown is to be congratulated in securing as a resident so able a journalist, " Suicide now within reach of all. Kerosene only fifteen cents a gallon," is the joyous announcement of a Milwaukee paper.

In a frenzy of delirium caused by typhoid fever a Torontoite cut tho throat of his sixteen months old babe, telling it as he did so that it would be an angel. Tho man then bathed his facointhe blood of his child,

The Maori language is a curious ono depending largely on almost imperceptibleinfiections which the foreigner never altogether manages to grasp. Vou can got up an olaborate compliment in Maori aetting forth that the recipient's eyes are like stars shining on the sea, and that you want to fly with hor to somo verdant isle in a region of otornal summer, and then you Bomehow get one accent wrong, and you tell that girl with a smiling countenance that her uncle was hanged for shoving a baby up a drain.-ExH change,

Mr W. H. Millward, who for several years has been Seoretary to the Gear Meat Company, has been promoted to tho office of General Manager, Meßsra Murray and Casey, drapers, of Queen-streot, Masterton, replace their advertisement in this issue. While thanking tho publio for their support, they notify that during tho remainder of their stay they will koep open shop till 9 p,m each ovening. Mr Labouchere writes in Truth :-, There is one aspect of the '• Honourablo" question which 1 unaccountably overlooked when discoursing lately upon this subject, This is the position of tho many worthy individuals who bear, by right, the prefix" Hon." to their names in tho British colonies, lord Kuutsford very inconsiderately deprived this deserving class of the right to wear their handles in the Mother Country. Why the lmperinl Federatioimts did not protest against tho deoree I am at a loss to understand ; for, among tho many sentimental ties which still unite England and her colonieß, nono is more beautiful than tho possession of a common currency iu the titles of honour, in English lord is a lord, and a knight is a knight, equally in London and Melbourne, in Edinburgh and Capetown, in Dublin and Hong Kong. But if we refuse to recoenise colonial honourabilitieß,the colonies will, of course, retaliate by refußiua to recognise our dukes and earls—especially tho new creations. We shall then have colonial Governera compolled to go out as plain Mr This or Mr That, and.goodness knows what will become of the Empire then.

M. Paul Blouct(lax U'Bell) arrives in Wellington to-morrow. The Rangitikei Advooato slates that Mr F. Arkwright will contest the next Rangitikei election in the Liberal interest. Mr John Stevens is also mentioned as a probable candidate for the new Otaki electorate.

• Sir William Fox rocontl/ celebrate! his 81st birthday.

Some of the moat attractive posters ever seen in Maaterton have been put up by the Holloway Dramatic Company, which opens in the Theatre Eoyal on Monday night. Thrilling situations in the drama '■ A King of Iron " ate depicted.

The Alfredton lioad keeps in fin class condition notwithstanding the lot rains.

The result of the 'groon-oyed monster' when it gets in its deadly work on f.. fireman's uniform (says the Hawke's Bay Herald) was exemplified at the moating of tho Napier Firo Brigado last night, What had once been the gorgeous array of a fireman, braes helmet included, wsb dißplayod in a condition so oxtremely 'tosselated' as to causo roars of laughter, The tunio was in ribbons, The things that have no genteel name, but that a Higblandman does without, were in a state of looped and windo,ved raggedness wonderful to behold, and the helmet had been danced upon. It transpired that the fireman to whom these things had been lent to wear was acquainted with a young and charming thing who doted on him, frorr the orown of his heroio head to the soles ot his number oleven feot. She took it into her head that he was neglecting her for anothor, and to have rovenge she went to the houso where he was 'bachelorliing, 1 entered it, and made general wreck of the uniform. The fireman himself has since oleared out, probably terrified at bolngiuthe Bame townaß the warlike charmer, and as the brigado collectively haye not tho courage to interview her, it is probable that, beyoad keeping the uniform on exhibition, nothing else will be done.

We aro informed that Mr P. Brit has now completed hiumetolling oontmo on tho Eketahuna-Tenui Boad whioh owing to bad weather, has been in ham for the past two yean,

[ Eoratimo marvellous Melbourno had ft , great tun of wonderful but fictitious prosperity. Everything was "boomed." Fak--1 bus prices wero the order of tho day, But soon camo the end. Tho " boom" burnt, 1 Apparently inexuausllblo money was a--1 hausted. Trade collapsed, and severe depression cloggod all the wheelsof commerco, James Smith, of Te Aro House, has, however, profited by his recent visit to this city of" the doldrums," and has made immense purchases of new and seasonable drapery goods at infiuitestimal prices. There will be rarest of raro bargains at tho "erupted boom" sale, commencing to-morrow, January 26th, at Te Aro House, Wellington. This will be no ordinary sale, It will bo better than any surplus stock sale, superior to any bankrupt stock sale, and unsurpassed by that sale of all.sales, .a salvage sale. Because it is an effect of the exploded Melbourne" boom," we call it the "erupted boom " sale, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Country residents should visit this sole without delay. In this case time is doubly precious. The bargains, though numerous, will not last for ever. City customers, ever on tlie alert, will come to it in droves, Country settlers should not hesitate and so 1000 the chance. Such an opportunity may not occur again in two decades, if ever, and it j would bo an irretrievable mistake to iniss ■ the golden chanco at the" cruptod boom," ' salo, Te Aro Hgu,se, Wingjop.-rAnyt, . J (

The Masterton Orchestra has been eni gaged for tho Bolloway Dramatic Company's season at the Theatre Hoyal. The Bulletin says that the late Chief Justice Higinbothara was a great tea drinker and an invoterate smoker. "He smokes like fury and drinks tea like a fish,' said an Irish crier at the Law Courts, Every night at his house at Brighton his man left nix or eight filled pipes on the table of his study, whiohthe great Eadical smoked while he read his briefs or the pnpora in cases to come before him as Judge the next day. The Mastorton streets presented a very neat and clean appearance this morning, the Borough staff having swept them and cleaned the Queen Street ohannells at an early hour.

The Times says that Sir Georgo Grey has replied as follows to the request of the AucklandNativo Land Laws .Reform Association that he Bbould deliver an adi dress on tho subject of Native lands ;- "January 23rd, 1893. My dear Mr iEwington.-l have not yot been well enough to address my constituents since my return from Wellington. I feel that | they have the first claim upon'me, and ; trust 1 may Boon bo able to meet them. I intend then to explain fully my views iupon the Native land quostion, and my reasons for bringing in n Native Land Purohaße Bill last session. I know that you are deeply interested in this questurn, and shall be anxious to know your views in this matter.-Truly yours, 6. Gray."

Throe little girls were oharged in Melbourne lately with committing no fewer than ten robberies. They waylaid other children going shopping, an relieved them of all thoy had, One ohild going to buy stockings for her mother was bailed up aud robbed of half-a-sovereign. They wero remanded. A settler named Alfred Yeomeus met with a frightful death at Queanbeyan (New South Wales) lately. He was proceeding home on a railway trioyole, and when about a mile from the end of his journey ho was met by a train. The tricycle was smashed, and the body of the unfortunate man was cut into fragments, Mr Eli Smith, who for tho past seven years has occupied a seat on tho Alfredton Boad Board, has resigned his posi* tion owing to continued friolion between himself and some of the other members. Messrs Lowes & lorns add to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday, February Bth, throe eighteen months steers and one fat cow.

The oricket team to represent Masterton against Greytown this aftornoon left Mastorton at 12,30 p.m. A very sharp shock of earthquake wa ß experienced at Alfredton on Sunday lastNo damage Is, however, reported,

Captain Veitch, the new officer in charge of the Salvation Army in Masterton arrived by the mid-day train to-day. Feed is very plontiful throughout the Forty-Mile Bush at the present time, and stock are in consequence looking particularly well. MrF.Ef, Wood adds to his Martinborough stock Bale 100 hoad of mixed cattle from yearlings upwards. ' Unless fine weather sets in, the Alfredton sottlers have a very poor prospect of getting a good burn this year, as the late heavy rains have soaked tho ground. One or two settlers, Including Messrs Saundors and Simpson, fired their bush early in the season, and were fortunate enough to obtain excellent results.

Our Greytown corrospondontwritesiI have just been shown a photograph of the members of the Greytown Cricket eleven which visited Wellington before the Chistmas holidays. The likenesses of the team aro excellent and it is ono of tho best grouds 1 have booh, and refleots groat credit on tho artist, Mr Kinsey, of Lambton Quay, Wellington. Messra Lowes and lorns add to their entries for the Wairarapa and East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Rain and Ewe Fair to be held at Carterton on Friday, 3rd February: six two-tooth Cotswold Earns, bred by Mr E. W. Dorset,

Two trunk loads of scenery for the Hoi loway Dramatio Company's Masterton eeason arrived by the mid-day tram today.

Mr P. fl. Wood notifies a stock Bale at the Taratahi yards on Thursday, the flfch February. Air Wood invites further entries, which will bo advertised as received i no charge being made to vendors for advertising, A gentleman—not a membor of the coroner's jury—writes to the Auckland Star with reference to tho Union-street poisoning case as follows :-In your account of the Union-street poisoning case you say that the jury told the coro. nor that they were" not going to have a verdiot put into their mouths. No, sir, they wished to immortalise themselves, and have thoir names banded down to posterity amongst that illustrious band whose verdicts have been the laughing stock of past generations. "Waller Nelßoncameby his death by nrsonical poisoning contained in a jam sandwioh taken accidentally." Let this be a warning to all people to cat these things doliboratoly, for had this poor man done this, the jury are evidently of opinion that the arsenio would have been harmless. A jam sandwich taken accidentally 1 The Dunedin correspondent of 'Crom. wall Argus' Is responsible for the following :-"A somewhatextraordinary statemerit is current concerning Mr Pinkerton, the senior M.H.R. for Danedin. It is alleged that he has somewhat lost caste with the Labor party, and is not in such good favour as Mr Eamsbaw. The reason for this you would noyer guess. It is this. Mr Piukorton has considered khpt notwithstanding his being an M.EE. It was his duty to stioK to his trade and not become a mero place* hunter. His resolve has been regarded aavory wise by moat people, who have lauded him for not being above bis trade merely beoause a wave of feeling led to hia eleotiou, but according to tho new, creed he is anathematised. Jf he gave up his work he would mako room for another worker. They contend that haying takon to politics he should make a living out of it. This la a new doctrino with a vengeance, bnt it is a gospel according to the Labor party." As a matter of journalistic interest (6ays the Sydney Morning Herald's Home correspondent), it may be mentioned that Mr Labouohore has sold his share in the Daily News for £90,000, about eight or nine times as much as ho gave for it. Ihis is rather signficant in view of the fact that the inomborfor North, amptonls credited with the intention to play an independent part in politics, and may, therefore, desire to out himself looso from the official organ of the Liboral party. There are rumours that he may sttrt another paper in co-opera-tion with Sir Charles Dilko. The Pall Mall Gazette has begun to show the Conservative leanings expected from its change of proprietorsliipi The paper which is to take its place as tho evening Liberal organ, and of which Mr Newnes, of Tit Bits, is to be the chief proprietor, will appear in a week or two. The Liberals assert that Mr Yates Thompson sold the Pall Mall In ignorance that a change in jts politics was contemplated.