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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4335, 3 February 1893, Page 2

The fruit packers of California are men of progressive ideas, they know that fruit packed invitingly will sell more readily than a better article which is thrown carelessly into an old box or package. The fruit always presents a creditable appearance, and there is a demand for it. The apples, peaches and pears from other States are fine flavoured fruit, but thoy aro not carefully assorted ana packed, and are shipped in Buch a way that thoy do not secure the same prices as Californiafruit, We think after a while our fruit growors will learn something from experience and keep up with the timos. Thß voters list of the Maslerton Town Landa Trust is now open for inspection at tho Borough Council (Jhambers. The Pahiatua School Committee have nominated Messrs E. Feist and W, W. McCardlo for the Education Board vacancies, Mrs Ridd, mother of Mr A, Uidd, chemist, of Eketahuna, fell on a box a few days ago and fractured one of her ribs, Seventeen prisoners await trial at tho next Criminal Session of the Supreme Court at Napier, . . ' |

The track from Pahiatua to Palmereton is reported to be quite safe for horse traffic, although somewhat narrow in place;, A eociat gathering will be held at tho' Carterton Presbyterian Church this eyonine, to welcome the Re? Mr Murray and his bride,

Hayes' Allied Circus performs at Cartorton this evening.

The Wairarapa and East Coast A, and P. Association's Earn and Ewe .fair is being held to-day. Another death from diphtheria is reported from Woodville.

Wo very irmoh regret to hear that Mr J. B. Hooper, of Masterton, is seriously ill with inflammation of the lungs, Dr. Hosking considers his condition most critical.

Mr O'Hagan, of Kumeron, informs tho Examiner that hawks have been doinsr great damage among tho pheasants this Benson, and he has seen a hon pheasant taken from her nest by a hawk and killed, Mrs O'Hagan set some eggs under a hon, and the brood camo out and tho young olios have now boen let go,

Complaints have been made to us that, notwithstanding thero havo been a num. bor of prosecutions lately, loose horses are frequently driven through the streets in mobs. The footpaths necessarily suffer to say nothing of the danger to life and limb;

■Even tho simplest transaction seems to be beyond the comprehension of somo poop)o(says a Quoonslaiid papar.) An old farmer went into a grocer's shop a short timo ago, orderod a sovereign s worth of goods, and, whon they worn ready for delivery, laid down a 5s piece in payment thereof. The shopkeopor called out, "Horo; this isn't right I" as the customer started to leave. "Oh, yos; that's all right I" replied the mau; "I've got permission fiom the Judgo to pay Bs in the pound." A heated discussion revealed that the man had lately settled an insolvency upon this basis, and expected to continue tho method indefinitely. When he was shown his mistakehe «aa very indignant, and he evidently considered himself a muchabused man.

A good muster of tho Mosterton Rifle Volunteers paradod last evening, under Captain Pownall and Lieutenant Malcolm. At a meeting hold subsequently, it was unanimously decided to carry on the corps. A great number of mem bers were struck off the roll, and will be called upon to pay last year's capitation, for failing to put in the required number of parades, It is to be hoped that ihjse men now in the corps will tako more interest in Volunteer matters, and help their excellent oftioers in tho effort to make the Masterton Kifles a credit to the.district.

A very nasty accident, which might have resulted more aeriously, happened to Mr Edgar Eton in the cricket field yesterday, Mr Eton is an enthusiastic cricketer and in the match on tho Park Oval yesterday, filled the honorable but Eomowhat dangorous position of wicket-' keeper, By some means or uther, towards the close of tho matoh, a ballthrown in from tho Bold-struck Mr Etonmfche face,shuttering his glasses and bruising and cutting his face iast below the left eye. The Wellington Education Board has notified Mr W, Sellar, Secretary of the Masterton Sohool Committee, that Mr P. Carr's tender hoB been accepted for floor, ing tho shelter Bheds and giavellmg the grounds of the new infant sohool.

We again remind our readers of Haves' Allied Circus whiob opeiiß in Masterton to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, Another performance—positively the last-will be given in the evening. As it is a really first-class show it should receivo good patronage,

Tho customs revenue returns for the past montluhow a total of £127,248 Ob 4d, as against £143,336 9s 2d in the preyiouß month, and £184,807 11b 7d in January, 1892. the result, of the ten months so far completed of the financial year is £1,336,235 14s or £24,73514s above tho estimate,

It may not be generally known that the United Fire Brigades Association of j New _ Zealand, insures members of any associated brigade against accident or death while on fire duty, at the small premium of 4a pßr annum. Thirty shillings per weok is allowed to insurers who may be injured, and £IOO in csbo of death. Fifteon members uf the Masterton Municipal Brigade are insured, _ Tho Btray cattle nuisanco still continues in Masterton. Even in Queen Street a horse has been allowed to remain at largo for nearly two days.

A few daya ago, Bays tho Manawatu Times, the head of a hen pheasant which was sitting on nine oggs, was cut off on Mr Luxford's farm at Awapuni by a mowing machine, The eggs wero at onoe placed under a sitting hen, with result that eight of tho nine *ere hatched and the young pheasante are doing well, Complaints are made to us of tha extent to which fruit stealing has gone on this season and we have heard of an old man's orchard, on which he was dependent, being stripped. This is ahameiul conduct, and if the culprits oan bo discovered they should be severely puniahed. The electric detector system used in California is a contrivance which onyooe can lay down in his orchard, and is an infalliable detector of orchard stealers. It will havo to be adopted hero.—Examiner. We hayo received from Mr J. B. Keith, Masterton agent for tho Yiotoria Fire, Marine and Fidelity Guarantee Insuranco Company, a neat and handy wall calendar for 1893, The Hon. Mr Ward, Postmaster Goneral is to visitPahiat.ua in a few days to arrange about asito for a new Post Uflice,

Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon the members of the Mastorton Munioipal Fire Brigade met to compete for a prize of £6, and two silver medals. A nmnbor of people assombled to witness the corn* petition, which was held in Ohurch-st. The litßt event wbb a five men oompoti'ion, in which three teams took part, No 3 team, including Firemen 0. Ewington, Wise,_D. Pickering, G, Smith and Bruges (captain) winning in lmin 24i sees. The one man steamer competition was won by Fireman F, Bacon in lmin 41J_sec, O, Ewington being second with lmin 49aecs, and E. Prangnell third with lmin SOsecs, Tho Baby Eesoue event caused a good deal of amusement and after an interesting race, the prize was awarded to Fireman E, Bragginstime 15 B*sth sees, C, JSwington coming next with 16 3-Bth sees, and Ma°uire third with 17 8-sth sees. °

Fifty stud Romney Marsh ewes and a stud ram, from Messrs Bidwill Bros Fihautea station, Featherston, wero forwarded to Wellington yesterday en route forKnikoura, having been purchased by Mr G, Estcourt Parsons, of Swinloy, Kaikoura. Thoy were sent on to their destination in the s.b. Wakatu last evoning.

At the last meeting of tho Wellington A.audP. Society, a rather peouliar request was made by Mr Edward Olson, of Woodlands, who wrote ackuowlodg. tag that receipt of prizes taken by him at the Association's late show, and en. quiring if the Society would allow him a coupk of silver medals for the two champion prizes which he had secured, tho costs to be borne by himself. The opinion was expressed that it was hardly the function of tho Association to issue medals under such circumstances. The matter was, howevor, adjourned for further consideration and onquiry from other Associations.

A good'story is going tne round of the town just now concerning a hat of a particular description, whioh was wanted hy one of our local magnates, He tried everywhere jn Bearch of it, and found it at most places; there was no difficulty about that. But the prices. Oh Fie I nine shillings at one shop, eight at an-, other, seven and six at a third, and a crown somewhere elso. Then Hooper; and Company's was readied, and soon the Beeker went home delighted, singing "That Hat, That Hat, that wonderful Hat j I got it at Hooper's for'two and a Bprat,"-APTT,

An advertiser residing in Queen-street, opposite Mr 6. Johnston's Btoru, has vacancies for one or two boarders. ■

''The Stage" a new weekly paper Jevoted to mueio, sporf and. the drama, published at Wanganui, has just mado iln appearance.

The attention of the police was called I last evening to a disgraceful exhibition in Queen-street, where a middle aged woman was lying on the footpath in a state of helpless intoxication, with a crowd of children and somo grown up people round her. Slio was prom ptly lock ed up, and appeared before Colonel Roberts this morning, when, being a first offender, she was convicted and discharged, The following cases aro set down for trial at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court: -James Oatt, alias flar. ris, horse-stealing (four charges) and esosbing from custody ; Albert Thomas, assault with intent to murder; Margaret Martin, larceny; Charles Smith, maim, inea horse; Frederick Mitchell, forging and uttering; Charlos Gardiner Gilbert, torging and utterint; (two charges). A trial of Messrs Chunberlain Bros, now iliroshing plant was mado on Mi proved a success, everyone witnessing it complimenting the maohine upon tho oxcellent work done. Theplant consists of an eight-horse power traction engine by thOBO justly celebrated makers, Aveling and Porter, of .Rochester, England, fitted with all the latest improvements, and a live feet maohine by those well known makers, Clayton and Shuttle, worth, of Lincoln. Tbe machino is fitted with ono of Mr R, Burtou's patent attached folding elevators, which for prac tical utility and quickness cannot be oxcelled. Messrs Chamberlain Bros, had tho first of this make attaohed fo their old maohine, and they had no hesitation in ordering another to be affixed to their now plant, which speaks volumes for the effectiveness of the elovator. The engine and machine were obtained through the local agent-Mr B. Burton-represent' ing Mr John Anderson of Christohurcli, Mr Burton was in oharge of the machinery at its trial.

All acoountß owing to Mr W; Perry, will he sued for without further notice if still unpaid on March Ist next, Through tho blinkers coming off, a' horse attached to a buggy took tight and ran over the Waipoua embankment extension yesterday afternoon, Tho turnout, which belonged to MrJ.O. Walker, was smashed, but the horse was quite uninjured, No one was in tho vehicle at the time.

We mot ft little boy in a back-line as ho waa returning from the Masterton Puljio School yesterday who said to us, "Have you seen old Yorky." On enquiry we found that" Old iorky" is a somewhat disreputable old person, who gives chas'ito littlo chilaren and occasionally frightens big oues. On the other hand, it ii said, that older children tease and annoy tho old man and that tho fault is on the side of the children. Still it s very undesirable that young children should bo alarmed by a bogio of this kind, and some Bteps ouuht to bo taken to protect them from molostation.

. Tito following Btory is told of Madame Victorina, the strong woman: Once tho was at a railway station when four big fellows wore trying to raise a hu«e mass of lead on to «trolly. The Strong Lady strolled up and sneered audibly, und ono of the lumbering labourers said she'd do better to lend a hand herself instoad of laughing at poor men on tho job. Alias Victorina did lend a hand. She stooped down, picked up the mighty ingot, deposited it daintily on tlio trolly, and strollod away, leaving tho appalled British workman too thunderstruck even to ask for the price of a pint,"

A notorious character in America, named Judsun, eentonccd to death on three different occasions, but who could ) not be hanged on account of a physical , peculiarity in the formation of his neck, i gave hiß experience on the "Sensation , of Hanging." fie affirmed solemnly that i " the moments he was dangling iu tlio i air wero tho most agreeable he over i experienced." Eo declared '; colored lights appeared to danco before im eyes; ; noble landscapes extended tliemselvoa : around him; now ho imagined he was , the spectator of a magnificent display of • fireworks, and then he was listening to I exquisite munic." Finally he aeeertcd , that the moment he felt paiu was when i thoycuttho rope and rostored him to : unoxpooted pardon. . Speaking of curious calculations a figure enthusiast sayß:-"Can ainoro curious number in its arithmetical pro* ' parties, of not more than six or sevon figures, bo found than 142,857? If ' multiplied by 1,2,3,4,5, and 6, it giyes the same figures in the samo order beginning at a different point; butifmultipliedby 7,gives all nines; multiplied byl,it equals 142,857; multiplied by 2, equals 285,714; multiplied by 3, equals 428,671 jmultipliod by 4, equals 571,428 j multiplied by 6, oquals 714,285 j multiplied by 6, equals 857,142 ; multiplied by 7, equals 999,999. Multiply 132,858 by 8 and you have 1,142,856, Then add the first figure to tho last, and you get 142,857, the original number, tho figures exactly the same as at tho start," The question of forming a trotting track round the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association's grounds at Petone came up yesterday at the meeting of the general committee oftha association. The motion, of which Mr Bidwill (President) had given notice, was aB follows:-' That tho association is prepared to lay down a trotting track on the show ground provided that tho sum of £lO is subscribed by tho parties re« quiring the track ana handed to tho committeo to meet, the expense of preparing tho ground; no additional fenoing to be erected, and tho sum of £25 pot diem to be charged for the use of the track and ground, and that any particular club accopting tho foregoing terms shall have tho solo right to hold trotting races on tho ground for a period to be mutually agreed upon.' Mr Fostor moved as an amendment, ' That tho association are prepared to lay down a trotting track subject to terms and conditions to be agreed upon, and that tho present meeting be adjourned for the purpose of receiving any deputation that may desire to ..wait upon the committeo relative thereto.' This was seconded by Mr Bradej and carried.—Ttmce. In July last William Dixon of Master, ton was fined 2s and lid in the B,M. Court for allowing a horse to stray. Ho flatly refused to pay thelino, so a dißtoa warrant waa in due time issued, tho costs, conneotcd with which brought the amount up to fifteen shillings and sixpence Last night he was arrested and although he was (reliable to pay, and actually had over £3 in his pocket at the timo of his apprehension, ho preferred going to Wellington Gaol for 48 hours and was consequently escorted thereby ( Oonstablo Stewart this morning This is certainly a vory singular case and wo ' noverboforo heard of a man preferring ' gaol to paying anno of half.a«orowu, At anyrate ho does not make anything on the transaction, for in addition to loss of time, ho will have to pay his faro back , to Masterton as the Government does not provide him with a return tiokot.

For a time marvellous Melbourne had a great run of wonderful but fictitious prosperity. Everything was "boomed." Fabulous prices were the order of tho day. Bot soon came the end. Tho " boom " burst. Apparently inexhaustiblo money was exhausted. Trado collapsed, and severe depression clogged all the wheels ofjeommcrce. James Smith, of To Aro Houso, has, howover, profited by his recent visit to this city of" the doldrums," and has made immense purchases of now and seasonable drapery goods at infinitestimal prices. There will be rarest of raro bargains at the "erupted boom" salo, commencing to-morrow, January 26th, at To Aro House, Wellington. This will bo no ordinary sale. It will be better than any surplus stock sale, superior to any bankrupt stock sale, and unsurpassed by that salo of all sales, a salvage sale. Bcoause it Is an ofieot of tho exploded Melbourne "boom," we call it the "erupted boom" 6alo, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Country residents should visit this salo without delay, In this ease time is doubly precious. The bargains, though numerous, will not last for ever, City customers, ovor on the alert, will come to it in droves. Country settlors should not hositate and so loso tho cbanco, Such an opportimity may not occur again in two decades, if ever, and it would bo an irretrievable mistake to miss he golden ohance at the " erupted boom' 1 '