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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4330, 30 January 1893, Page 2

Mr Wishart,o£ the Manaia, notifies in another column, that two pigs straying on his property will be sold m threo days | unlesß oluiuied before that time.

The Rev J. Crewe is travelling through tho Wairarnpa lucturiuE! ou Phrenology and kindred subjects. Mr W. Booth's bush near Carterton was fired on Saturday afternoon. It is very much feared that the dreaded bot fly hue made its appearance in the Mastertoudiatriot. On several occasions lately horses which had been standing quietly have suddenly commenced to kick violently' and gallop madly round the paddocks, tin almost every occasion a fly has been noticed to be the cause,and on Saturday an empluyb on a farm on the Upper Plain, captured a specimen which - he feels sure is the true bot fly.

The formation of tho Pahiatua Jookey Club's now course is now completed at a cost of £'2sti.

A man named Butlor has been sentenced to seven days ft Pahiatua for indecent exposure.

According to tho Dunstan Tiniee, sheep are likely to be very doar this yoar in that neighbourhood. As much as 7s is being asked tor old merino ewes, A new Courthouse has just been erected at Danevirko, and a new Post Office is to bo built immediately in that rising township. The North Island Main Trunk Railway is now completed to Manganohe, 24 miles from the town of Marton.

A fashionably dressed yoong man named Louis MoDonoujrh, was arrested in Wellington on Saturday, on suspicion of being a lunatic.

Mr P. Gloeson, managerof Tikitapu station, Mauriceville,- invites tenders for three miles of fencing. Owing to late frbsts Nelson fruit crops aro expected to be considerably bolotv tho average this yoar..

_ The Examiner states that at tho Danevirke races an accident happened in the Maidon Hurdles, Mr Gaisford's Esau falling and breaking his leg, while his jockey, Petersen, had his collar-bone broken. The howe had to be destroyed. Mr R, Anhoson,'solicitor to tho bankrupt, notifies that an application for the discharge of Edward Martin Turner will be made in the District Court on the 22nd of March.

The remains of tho late Mrs Henry Elder were conveyed from Tenui to Maaterton yesterday, and placed in St, Matthew's Church until thiß morning, when tho body was taken to Wellington for interment.

Road work is proceeding rapidly in the Tiraumea. A now road from Tiraumea toMakuii being surveyed and it io understood anothor draft of men will bo sent up by tho Labor' Bureau to make animmediatoßtartatthework. 1 j

A meeting was held at tho Marino Hotel, Whakataki, on Saturday, Januaty 21st, to make preliminary arrangements for holding a laco,meeting, at Cashpoint. A very fair number of residents were present, and it was decided that the races be held at the end of Maroh next, and that a programme of six ovents be drawn up,, tho Cup to bo an open race, After the date hiia been fixed full particulars : will ho advertised.

Tho Wairoa correspondent of the Napier Telegraph gives the following instance of gross cruelty. He says " The greater part of a consignment of pigeons consigned to Mr F. Parker for the pigeon match may be soen'dead in a case at the wharf. Somebody should be prosecuted for cruelty."

Tutaekara and Rawera in the Forty Mile Bush are going ahead surprisingly, Now buildings are being erected on all sides.

Twonty-one numbers of tho Whaka-taki-Tinui Rifle Club met on Saturday, Januaryilst, to compote for MrHandyside's trophy and three other prizes. The ranges were 300, 400, and 600 yards, seven shots at each . range.: Mr .A. Nicholls of Tinui, was tirst with 86, having received three extra shots at 200 yds, and two extra at 600 yds from Mr O. Cameron who was second with a scoro of 80. Mr Secombe was third with 76 and Mr J, Cameron fourth witl) 75,

MrT. Cotter, of the Makuri Eiver Bank Hotel, has lost one of his ohUdron from quinsy. ;

A settler named Ostoyke and his wife and daughter, went out shooting on the Puketois last week and got lost in the bush. After a very uncomfortable day and night, they were fortunate enough to drop on to a surveyors camp. Complaints are being made that time for refreshments is not allowed passengers on the Muterton-Wellingtou line when the train reaohes Kaitoke, A correspondent writes from the East Coaßt i—"Complaints.are being made about tho condition of tho ferry-boat at Aohonga. The one there row is a disgrace to the County Council, as it is impossible to take a lady across the river without her getting wot," A peculiar action was brought in Melbourne by a woman named Jones against her husband, from whom she had secured a divorce. After the divorco she went back as his housekeeper, and now. summoned him for wages, and obtained a verdict of £l2,

Tho other niijht a woman waß admitted to the waiting-room nf Mr Ridley, dentist, of Sydney, while the servant went to inform Mr Ridley that a patient desired to see him. Un the return of the servant the woman had disappeared, and left in tho room a baby, which she had been carrying.

A good Btory ia going tho round of tfoo town just concerning a hat of a particular description, which was wanted by one of our local magnates. He tried everywhere in search of it, and found it at most places; there was no difficulty about that. But tho prices, Oh Fie I nine shillings at ono shop,' eight at another, seven and aix at a third, and a crown sojnewhere "elje. Thon-Hooper anji Corapany'a Wjis reached, anjl soon 1 She seeke? wont jioine delighted, singinu 1 Hat. That Hat, that wondGrful JUat; I got it at Hooper's (or twa and a sprat, 1

Foul bropd is playing hayob with bee. reopen in the Woodvillo. district. ;

Heartrending reports have boen lately received: of tho state of the country be. tween Oharlevtlle and tho; Paroo River, in Queensland. The squatters are dis. charging lianda and leaving cattle to their tate owing to the drought. Diphtheria is reported to ha?e made its appearauoo at Peildinff. Says. the Hawke'o Bay Herald Messra Williams and Kettle, Limited, decided that the wronghoadedness of the Government should not prevent flawke's Bay beincr represented in Borne degree at the Chicago Exhibition, and consequently made arrangements to send wool exhibits. The first batch of these was dispatched yesterday to go by the Monowai. The exhibits are from the dips of Messrs E. D, M'Leau, John Harding, T. M. Chambers, J. N. Williams, John Andoraun, and A. M'Lean, A man who put up at one of the hotels at Temuka, while in a state of somnambulism, according to the Taranaki Herald, opened his bedroom window and fell a distance of 16ft or so on to the concrete footpath, where he sustained severe injuries, ! Ho then called at another hotel and asked to be admitted, but was advised to go back to whore ho was stay ing. _He did so, arriving in a terrible condition. He was ottonded to by a doctor, who does not think the man austatnod any permanent injury. Some years ago a similar incident happened in the adjoining room.' A perfectly healthy, sober man, while asleep, fell in the Bame way out of the window in the next room, and narrowly escaped death. The rapid disappearance of the woodlien (weka) ia probably due to some oxtent to tho introduction of stoats and wenaels, says the Examiner, and the advance of civilisation. Certain it is, however, that .this peculiar breed is becoming very rare In tho Colony. In this connection it will be interesting to learn that a clutoh of five weka ohiokons have been hatched by' Mr Tattersall, of Pahiatua, under & common barndoor lien. The little Maoris are doing very well undor the watchful care of their foster mother; but it is doubtful if they will remain in tho farmyard when they aro matured, thoic natural instinct will probably tako them back to the bush.

It now appears (says tho Canterbury Pres.) that the aroma, a pleasant perfume and flavor in butter, is due to the growths of organisms, Storch, a Swedish scientist, was the first to' make the disoovorj, Ho had made a study of tho bacteria in butter and cream for tho purposo of finding the proper species. After considerable research he. finally succeeded iu isolating from riponing cream a single bacillus, whioh seemed tu produce the desired aroma when used in pure culture to npeu oream. These experiments have been followed up, and bacterinlogers • havo offered European butter-makers a forment which will ripen cream, and by using fresh milk and separating the oream with a centritugal machino the ripening process is affected by tho ferment, unhindered by the other organisms which are usually present. |. The yalue of using such a ierment jf it can be supplied as stated,' is easily ebon. It will introduce into butter factories improvements similar to those .introduced into breweries by means of the study of yeast. It will be admittod that this is is an age of marvels, and probably before a couple of years have passed ripening ferment may be a common articlo ofcGmmorco, According to tho Puget Sound Mail, S. W. Coplem, of Latah, has been tenderly nursing a couplo of stalks of wheat which have rather a curious history. In the fall of 1890, a wild goose killed on ono of the islands noar the Straits of Fuca, was found to contain Beodß resembling wheat. They wore planted and grow profusely, Mr Coplem securing two sample grains which it had grown at Nelson, B.C. The grains aro nearly twice i the length of ordinary' wheat, shaped something like a grain of ryo, but jnuoh thicker, Tho two grains germiuated' quickly, sent up thirty blades, and are growing well. ,It. is hoped this will prove a valuable variety. It would seem that the bird from 1 which tho original grains were taken must hay 9 found the plant In the remote north; and if no grain is found now cultivated in the known world like this, still furthdr color will be given to the supposition that there is a polar sea with vegotable life on its shores.—Exchange. An instance of the farcical stupidity of teaching sewing in publio schools,' says tho Telegraph, isrolatod by a member of the Napier School Committee, who thinks girls ought to be taught to cut out, letting the sewing machine do' the rfesfci One girl took a whole year to partly make a nightdress, and the work was passed by the examiners. She then took another year over it, and at tho next examination had it passed again, He says that if ho had to wait a whole year or two years for his daughter to make him a single nightshirt it would be rather a bad look out. Wo think so, too.

!An old Oalifornian says he can readily rocolleot when Mark Twain was an indigent reporter 'on the Ban Franoißco 'Morning Call' arid with frequently insufficient money to buy his dinner. He was standing disconsolate ono day at a comer of Montgomery street with a oigar box under his arm. An acquaintance who saw him asked what he was about. "I am moving," said the humourist, " ! and carrying with me all my worldly goods." Ee opened the bo* and displayed his entiro wardrobo-an old day pipe, a paper collar, and a well worn necktie. He is now worth about a million dollars, which he got not so niuoh by writing as by an advantageous marriage and by entering the publishing business. The death is announced of the Hon. J. 6. Blaine, Amorican statesman, at the age of 63.

Hayes' Allied Circus will open at Mastetfcon oil batuiday noxt showing both afternoon and evening. Those will be thje only two perforinaucos given in this town. The Ohristchuroh Press speaking of tho entertainment says" Last niqhi Mr Hayos gave us a novelty in the shape of an amphitheatre; under permanent cover. There was a crowded house, many being turned away from the doors and tho ring on the stage presented a tory novel and protty appearanoe. The programme was a varied and excellent one, and there was an entire absence ot waits, each act being brought on quickly and expeditiously. The Japanese'.members of the troupe are wonderful balancers and. contortionists, The riding of the talonted Hayes' family' and Miss Clara Kelly was exceptionally good. Mr Organ's broncho horses and see-saw ponies aro without doubt the best-trained we have 'seen in' Ohriitchurch j they soem to be able to do anything but speak. Tho tumbling of tho troupo is very clever and the feats of Mdle. Lyola (described as the lady with jaws of iron and teeth of steel) are simply astonishing; she showed no difficulty in sustaining tie combined weight of a man and a boy, both, too, of avoragc weight, and eclipsed her former feac by making, A a descent from tho dome to the Btage hanging to a leather strap by her teeth only,"

For a time marvellous Melbourne had a great run of wonderful but fictitious prosperity. _ Everything was "boomed." Fabulous prices were the order o( the day. But soon came tho end. The "boom" burst. Apparently inexhaustible monoy was exhausted. Trade collapsed, and severo depression clogged all the wheelsof commerce. James Smith, of To 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 infinitestimal prices. There will be rarest ofrwe bargains at tho "erupted boom" salo, commencing to-morrow, January 26tb; at To Aro House, Wellington,. !fhis wiil be no ordinary sale. . It will be better than any surplus stock sale, superior to any bankrupt stock sale, and unsurpassed by that salo o! all sales, u.salvage salo. Because it is an effect of tho exploded Melbourne " boom," we call it the 11 erupted boom" sale, at To Aro House, Country residents sbqiiW visit'this sale without delay. lu this case time is doubly prcpious, The bargains,' though numerous, will not last' for ever'. City customers, ev?.r I on the alert, will oomo to it. in droves. Country settlers should noj hesijate and so lose the'obanee. Siioh an opportunity may not pccur again in two decades, if over, and it would be an irretrievable ralstako to miss the golden chauco at tho "erupted boom' sale, Te An House,

An advertiser requires a good female cook. Mr F. Q. Monre left Masterton this morning cnroti/e for Nolson wbero ho intends spending a few days.

Messrs Lowes and [orns add to their Masterton stock sals for Wednesday February Bth 300 Fat Wethers. t The Hollo way Dramatic Company open in the Masterton Theatre Royal this evening. Wo have already alluded at some length to the opening piece "A Ring of Iron," the full cast of characters of whioh is published in another column. In our report of the Masterton R.M. Court businoßs for 1892, by a printer's error the number of persons summarily dealt with read as fifteen. The number Bhould have been 151, :

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their entries for the Ram Fair to be held under the auspices of tho Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society on Wednesday and Thursday, Ist and 2nd February, fifteen 2 tooth Southdown rams bred by Mr W. O. Buchanan, one '4 tooth stud Lincoln ram bred by Mr John Reid, and fifteen 2 tooth half-bred rams bred by Mr Little; of Canterbury. A Greytown correspondent oonfirms the report of the sale of the Wairsrapa Standard to Mr HoydhousH, and adds that the transfer will take place almost atonce.

In our report of the Star Hotel oase, a break in a paragraph made it appear that a statement emanating from Mr Pownall came from the Resident Magistrate. His Worship, we understand, dismissed the information with very little comment.

Judging by the reports which appear in our exchanges, the Holloway Dramatic Company is the strongest that has visited Masterton for many years. A joint Committee representing the Masterton Borough Council and the Town Lands Trustees met in Church St. thiß morning to arrange the proposed new sito for the Municipal Fire Brigade Station. A Bite below the Daily Times Office with 66ft frontage to Church St. was decided upon. The terms upon whioh it will be leased from the Town Lands Trustees to the Borough Council havo not, as yet, transpired, | A rather painful bicycle accident occurred to Alfred, a son of Mr R. Burton, of Kunpuni, on Saturday evouing last, resulting in a fractured arm. Tho sufferer is progressing favourably under the treatment of Dr Beard.

The proposals of Mr Bremnor, for tho improvement of the ford over the JR.uainahunga fiivor at Wardell's crossing, are to be Riven effect to,

Itisrumourod down the Valley that Revolution is to be sent to the stables of O'utts, the well-known trainer, iu view of the New Zealand Cup, Flocks of minahs aro Retting very numerous in the Lower Valley district, and aro invading tho orchards in some localities. ''Dummies" have not the least effeot upon them, and they will be' coma an undesirable nuiaauce if some moans are not speedily found to eradicate them.

The Siarton Moroury states that Bishop Haafield has purchased tho residence in Marion lately ocoupiud by Mr J. JL. Kirkbride, and that he will take possession early in May, Bush fires aro raging around Carterton, and on Saturday evening the s'Jioko was blinding, If the weather keeps fine this reek somo oxcellont burns will bo the result,

Mr Uert Bennett, ot Masterton, is, wo are sorry to hear, lying dangerously ill with pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs, i The following have been selected to represent Auckland at the coming Athletio Championship Meeting W. H. Martin, 120 larda and 440 Yards Hurdlo Races; A. P. Burton, Mile and Thruo-quartor Mile Walk; T, B. O'Connor, Putting the Stone and Throwing the Hammer. •: