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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4425, 22 May 1893, Page 2

A man cook, good bakor, advertiies for a situation.

Mr Olapham's Health Mission opens in the Theatre Royal, Maßtorton, this evening,

The sale at Mr John Bcesoy's farm takes place to-morrow, Tuesday. There ia said to bo an alarming increase of shortsightedness amongst school children in England. The occasional attendance of oculists and dentistf at board Bchoolsis being urged. A meeting of creditors in the eatnta of Alex, Biaok, of Miatua, will bo held at Pahiatua at 4.80 to-morrow (Tuesday),

A squad of the Maaterton School Cadets, uudor Lieut, Hunting, proceeded to the local rifle range for the purpose of rifle practice on Saturday last. Nine shots were fired by each from the 200 yards ranpe. The following are the highest scorew:-Donald 37, Mason BG, Burns 30, Ayson 21,

In addition to the alluvial gold discovery on the Burra Station, near Parkes, N.8.W., a rich find of stream tin has been made in the vicinity. The Tueh to both fields is increasing. A.meeting of Oamaru bondholders in London resolved to apply to a Court to appoint an official receiver.

By a fire in Bordeaux, 400,000 bottles of claret have been dbatroyed. The damage is estimated at £75,000. Tho Rev. Marshall Lang, of Glasgow, has been elected Moderator ot tho fistah lished Church of Scotland,

Mail notices lor queen's Birthday ap< pear elserthere. )! ■'■''

Mr Skey, Government analyst, has been up to inspect the country near Fealherston where it is reported silver ore has been found, saya the*' Observer. From remarks he let fall on his return; it id not advisable to sink capital there with tbe object of gain, - ' s A gentleman in Taooma (U.S.A.) recently gave a dinner to 28 people, the dining room being tho interior of the trunk of a tree oh his eatato.

Wear Nisch, Servia, a building has been discovered wholly constructed of human skulls and boncß.

The London society papers chroniclo a projected marriage between Prince Francis of Teck (brother of the Princess May) and ihe only daughter of lord Button, The dowry is to be very largo, A contemporary states that Lord Burton is a cousin ot Mrs & Tregear, of Weilington, his father having married Misa Arden, of Longcroft Hall, Staffordfhiro. Trios on a magnifioent piano aid a line organ from tho Dresden Piano Company's establishment, with the violin as the third instrument, are among the most successful itoms at the weekly popular concerts now held in Wellington.

A new law has just been passsd in Austria relatiye to duelling, A principal will in futuro be incarcerated for a term of six months, Seconds, doctors, and all .others concerned will be oxempt from punishment,

Tho Union Steam Ship Company lias arranged for a regular Borvice between tho ports ol this colony and Calcutta and Singapore. Auckland has been fixed as the first port of call in New Zealand, and Wellington will probably be the place of departure for the outward voyage, The steamers will bring gonoral Indian merchandise, and tho return cargo of the first steamer will consist of horses, The movements of the steamers, so far as this year's operations aro concerned, are as follows:- The chartered cargo steamer Maori, 4000 tons, loads at Calcutta in June or July, and is due here in August. After dischartiog at the various Southern ports, sho W'U leavo Wellington with horses in September, in time to reach Calcutta and complete her outward loading again early in November. She then proceeds on to Auckland. Tho s.s. Rotokino, now under charter to tho New Zealand Shipping Company, and on a voyago from London to Australia with, general cargo, goes up to Calcutta to participate in the November loading, She willcleartheHooghlyafoitnightafterthe 1 departure ef the Maori, and will therefore put in an appearance here in Decern. ber.-Auckland Star.

The hunt held at Danovirko on Wed- 1 ncsday afternoon was very successful, and was followed by about 30 horsemen. The course ran through Mr Knight's Tahoroite property and native lands, and good jumps were in abundance. The hound?, under the qare of the e»er popular Dick Roake, were as fit as tho proverbial fiddle, and made the paco warm onough to suit all parties. Some half, dozen riders met with spills, but none wero any the worso for their misadventure. From a sportsman's point of viow tho hunt was the beat yet held in Danevirke, Arrangements aro to be made for further visits of the hounds, and the paper chases are to bo resumed so as to give plenty of opportunities for getting horses in condition.—£eam»!cr.

The Bon Marche is to tho Wairaropa what tho eun is to the solar system-its principal light, Wherever you go you hear ol Hooper and Company and their universal store, People living in the north, south, cast and west go there as naturally as ducks take to water I People furnishing fly to them on wings of expectation to feast on bargains such as nowhere elso could they hope to get I They do the business well! They do it economically 1 They do it to the satisfaction ot those who favour them with their orders! Fashionable ladies are amongst their most valued patrons. They visit the Bon Marcho in shoals, Hooper and Company cater specially for them. They show them everything new I They place the latest of fashion's fads before them I They offer them the choicest and newest, and consequently aro considered their best friends I Business men patronise them because they know by business instinct that they aro business people who do business in a business way. And they tell there wives and daughters all about it, and advise them for their own benefit and the benefit of th« family purse to do the whole of (heir shopping at Hooper'sßon Marohe, Young ladies Ike out shop. They like to roam about and look at this and that, and spy out this new thing and that beautiful novelty and then for ribbon, laces and gloves, Why they all swear (as hares swear, of course, in language of their own) there's uo placo like it.

Three drunks were arrested in Masterton on Saturday night. A n English Bishop, suffering from im> paired vision, was recently holding » loyee, and one by one his guejila wero being ushered into his reception room. At length one arrived and said; "How do you do, my lord? My mother wishes to bo kindly remembered to you." " Ah, "said the bishop, " that is very good of her. And how iB the dear old soul? Nothing like a nood old mother. Good morning." The bishop did not in the least know who his visitor was, and said to his footman: " Who was that ?" The servant replied:" The last gentle, man who left your lordship's reception is rho Duko of Connaught. Wo hear that Dr Carr Smith, of Orey" toivn, has purchased a practice k Mortoui and is about to settle in that town. As the son of the late Dr J. Smith, a sterling practitioner, highly esteemed throughout tha Wairarapi, we wish him every success in his new sphero of labour. The shop window of MrT, G. Maaom chemist, of Queen Street, presents a much improved appearance since Saturday last, and would compare favourably withany firs Mass city druggist's show. Tho improvement is caused by important alterations msdo to the window fittings, The work has been very satisfactorily carried out by Mr Whitt, Fourof the most unhappy, disreputable, broken down specimens of humanity, we have seen for a long time, were mar* shalled into the Masterton R.M. Court this morning to anawor for drunkenness and other sins. The wholo of tho clothes they wore would not have fetched 10s at a second-haud dealer's, and the sum total of cash found upon them-which ropresonted all their worldly woalth-was fivepence, made up as follows :-No, 1, one threepenny pieco; No. 2, ljd; No. 3, jdj No. 4, nothing I Sergeant MoArdlo in to be congratulated on the manner in which he keeps these kind of gentry in view.

John Fergus, aliniJack O'Connor, <i!i'aj John Fergus Campbell was arreEted by Constable May, on Saturday afternnon, charged with stealing a Crimean shirt from the promises of the Wholesale Drapery Company, in Queen Street. Tho accused, who has a formidable list of oonviotiona agaitiat him, for larceny, (alee pretences, vagrancy, unlawful trespass and drunkenness, pleaded guilty but said ho did not know what he was doing, being drunk at tho time, Mr T. Hutchison, R.M., sentenced the accused to one month's hard labor. Moßsrs Lowes & lorns announce their next Maßterton Stock Sale for Wednesday 31«t May, The entries at date comprise 300 ewes in lamb, 160 forward ewes 160 fat sheep (turnip fed) and 1 draught mare in foal to "Hero".

An elderly man, a first offender, charge! with drunkenness, was cautioned and die oharged in the Masterton R.M. Couri this morning.

Quite a crowd was attracted to th* show window of Messrs 0. Smith & Co., 'if Queen-stroet on Saturday laet by an automatic figure representing a particularly "downy" dude, who smoked real cigarettes to tho great astonishment ol youngsters and Maories. John Bart, charged with drunkenness and vagrancy, pleaded not guilty in the Masterton R,M. Court this morning, bo< fore Mr T. Hutchison, K.M. Sorgcant MoArdle said tho accused was a wellknown " sundowner." Constable Stowart gavo evidence that Hart, who had been bating about the town for some days, applied to the police for money for a bed and when arrested had nothing but a half-penny on him, Accused said he had been working at To Auto until about three weeks ago, and came to Masterton about Friday last. Ho had no moneyon him when hecametotown, but had obtained somo since and spent it. Ho had an immediate prospect of work, and bgaged the Bench to let him go, Hid Wpiflhip said be was Mined ito'give him a chance, and assuming that he was goint; to seek honest work, ho would be discharged, but If found in the town after to-day, would be severely dealt with

General Booth's statement of moneys received and expended through the international headquarters, London, shows a net profit on the trading account of £9079. The sales in the book department yielded £18,396 Oi; In the War Cry, Young Soldier and printing department, £84,63910s 8d; in the ouifit department, £38,86718s 4d; in the tea department, £13,182 9a Bd.—Exchange.

An affair of a pleaiiing nature occurred at the office of tho Wairarapa Standard on Saturday morninß last, when the oinployes presented Mr F. Meraon (who is leaving the office) with a handsome silver ecarf pin as a small token of their esteem, as a fellowworker, MrA.R, Hornblow, on behalf of tho donors, made tho presentation with a few well chosen and appropriato remarks, to which the recipient suitably responded, after which light refreshments wero handed round,

A gentleman from tho South Island has (through the agency of Mr E. H, Wftddington) just purchased three acres of land io Worksop road, He intends eroding a substantial residence and laying out the grounds, at an early date, A meeting o! the Social Committoo of tho Greytown Hard Cases was hold at Mr Hornblow'sshop last Saturday evening, when the following resolutions were made:-"That a social in aid of the club funds be held at the Palace Theatre on Friday, Uth Juno, to commence at 8 o'clock." Also "that tho M.Cs. be Messrs F. Hereon, T, Haigh and J, K. Bornblow." Mossrs F. Jones and J. K. Hornblow were appointed a catering Committee, The vocal and instrumental part of the progrSiiimo was left id the hands of Messrs J. K, Hornblow and H. K Wood. Tickets will be 2s, gentlemen; In, ladies j no half price, The entries for tho Hunt Club's Sporti which take place at Musterton, on Queen's Birthday, are excellent, ?or the dismounting competition 10 bavo entored; for the ladies Trophy 19; Jumping Competition 25 i Cigar and Umbrella Competition 17 j and for the Orange Competition 15, -

Mr F,H. Wood notifies that he has been instructed by Mr J. Corpe to sell byauotionathis farm, Waihakeke, on Monday, June 6th, tho whole of tho farm, stock, and implements, consisting of 660 Bheep of superior class, sixteen head of cattle, and four horses, There is also a quantity of Hmhor to be disposed of, particulars of which may be seen in au advertisement appearing elsewhere.

Patrick O'Oonnell, an old offender, was charged with being drunk in a public place on the 20th inst. Sergeant Mo Ardle stated the accused was i prohibited person. He had been convicted on tho 17th of the present month for a similar offence, Mr T. Hutohison R.M. decided te infliot a sentence of seven dnyß impriaqninent, without the option of a fine.

A special meeting of the Gas Committee ot the Maiterton Borough Council, was held on Friday last, to arrange for the replacing of tho lightning conductor on the shaft at the 3as Works,

Wanted, from our ladycustomers, numerous orders for the celebrated C.B. Corsets, of which wo have just opened out a large parcel. We will forward a pair, post free, for 6/6, from Te Aro House, Wellington. For Sale, a splendid lot of Ladies Underclothing, bought very muoh under usual prices. Night-dresses from 4/9, Chemises from 2/11, Knickers from 2/11, • These are from tho best Home Factories'; and arc wonderful value at Te Aro Bouse,

A New Lot. We have just received from the manufacturers, a first shipment of the >■" Ideal," all-woolUndervesta, for Ladies and Children, and are selling them for wholesale prices at Te Aro House,

Post Fbee, . We will send any quantityof these beautiful goods by parcel post on receipt of order. Prices for Ladies sizes 1/11 jo 0/0, Childrens 1/3 to 2/11. May bo had i in white and plain colours from To Aro House.

i SnopprNomrPosT. We male this a leading feature in our business'. Country customers served at Wellington prices. We keep a large staff specially for ejeouting country orders; so send them on early. Bomember! All goods charged town prices from James Smitb 'To Aro House, Welling.

Mr Wi Hutana, the well-known Maori j sportsman and owner of Taurnlarata, baa (says tho N, Z, Times) purchased tho Blendeira celt Prince Dole, by King Colo. It iaeaid tho price was Ll5O. The new owuer brought tho colt over by the s.s.Penguin on Thursday last, and has taken him to his home in the Wfti rarapa.

The Times Bays that eight males and five females were arrested for drunkenness in Wellineton between mid-day on Saturday and 4 o'clock on Sunday morn"

Dndor instructions from the Official Assignee, Mr F. R. Woods will Bell at Qroytown, on Friday and Saturday, 9th and 10th June, about £<)UO worth of general merchandise, in the estate of H, J. Thompson, formerly' of tho Lion Store, The goods which will be offered for salo without reserve oonsiss of groceries, including several tons of trot cloas flour, sugar, eto,,glassand crookery ware in large variety, general drapery, boots and shoes and a quantity of ironmongery, Full particulars appear in our advertising eolumns.