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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4443, 14 June 1893, Page 2

A new oßice is to be erected for the Pahiutun Horald,

Maalercoß Mfsonio Ledge meets this evening.

Inastam near Mr A. Anderson's farm, Masterton-Mangahao, some very Sue trout are now to be seen, About threo years ago Mr Anderson cavtici a can containing 5G3 fry to his section and placed them in the stream, whore they have apparently dono well.—Fabiatua Herald. There is not much donbt as to who wears the '• breeks" in the State of Wyoming. The Legislature has just adopted, by unanimous vote, a resolution seitiug forth that the equal suffrage for women (now practised in that commonwealth for mors than twenty years) hiiß proved to be a measure of value and benelicente. A copy of tliii motion is to ho forwarded tn eve.y legislative assembly throughout tho civilised world,

Gont is the bane of tho lives of men attached io the commißsaiiat department of the Atlantic passenger ship?, tays tho E< ~:o. Tho living is good, and the purser and chief steward have the cream ot it. l'lie latter is the master of an almost exhausiles wine cellar. While the hardy miirirers on tho deck arebi.tlingwiQtheelouienrs and trying tn checkmate tlie moves of Boroas, the ohiof steward and his men go on with their work below with supreme indifference to ttio weather, except so Far as <'t affects tho attendance at table, and with b Rreatdisrpjardof tho latitude and longii ude at tho intersection of which tho ship happens: to lie. The chief stewards become gourmets, living in port and 011 tea on the fat of the land. There is no passenger, however distinguished, 011 tho ship who is able to live as luxuriously as the chiet steward, if that gen tleinau cares to.

A very good story is going' the rounds about tho Imperial Institute. Hiec an 6000 colon'al members, but the principal wai'iing room oa'y contains six chairs. An attendant was askeft how the otbev 5,931 members were going to. do ftr teats, and teplied that he diln't quite know, but he understood most Austrahau gcntleum were squatters and wouldn't lequire c'lairs.

TheTuapeka Times slates that there are quite an exodui oi young fellows frova Lawreaco htely in an up-country direction to juia in ihe raYoit-poisoning ope;ajions which this month, and continue throivjboi'.t the winter season. Eetweon twenty and thirty young fellows lwe'left, ami at the end of the season each expects to return with a £OO cheque as ihe result of his labours. Tlieso are certainly not the people who regard ihe rabbits as a pest or aa affliction, but rather as'a blessing iu disguise. Duuedin is also contributing its quota to the amy of rabbit exterminators. Jit. Pisa and Morven Hill stations being tho objective point for the streams of younj men that are met the road. Boib of those stations are likoly to employ for the winter a couple oi ■ hundred hnjds bctwe en them, and yet the deadly work must go on without abatement from year to year.

The Athlone correspondent of the Dublin Freeman reports a horrible affair as having taken place at the local workhouse. The body ol a married woman namod liiol'y, who had died of fever the previous dayj was in a coffin in the dead-hoiiso awaiting burial. On the following day, however, several friends oi the deceased arrived,and asking to havetlie corpse transferred to a new coffin, The request boiag refused, a free fight took place over the body. Wbipi and sticks were freely used, and iwoof the workhouse inmates who were Misting tho demands of the deceased's friends received severewounds. The police were ha,t :, y sum moned, but before their ar.'ival tbe aggressors had received the tho body, p'lacjd it in the new coffin with wbioh ihsy had coine provided, and beai a retre,.t wi.li their spoil. The police, however, gave chase, aad overtaking the men arres.ed two oi them,

A Home paper has tho following '' The sum of one pinny dojs not seem an extravagant charge for tbe makiog of a cloth mani'.a oi fashionable cut, yet this was the actuJ sum which-a person of the name of Henry Myers, 2, Australian Avenue, London, refo .ed to pay Mary Ann El's for the job specified, compelling her to summon hiii' before the presiding alderman at tho Guildhall last week. The total .claim of the woman amounted to £!. is 10Jd, 'for making 127 m.,utle3, duo March 25, 1893." The olaim ran thus- 1 Week endiug March •25—Forty-sixmintles at Id SslOd; fortyfour at'3d, I 1 s; sixteen at. 3Jd, 4s Cd; six at4d,2s; slatOd.Cs; brought forward, 43d; total,' £1 4s lOSd.' The defendant admitted ihe debt, but claimed a reduction on tho grouid that the compla'-'jant had tafcea uway some cloth, Tbe complainant admitted she lud taken some 'Wjs." These, however, wero merely outiings, and weie invariably considered perquisites, The defendant called hißoveiseor, who said Ellis took away some oloth, but he could not sav if she removed As same from tbe warehouse. Tie alderman asked if the mantles were actuary made for a peany ? The oompl.iuani roplid 'Yes; ihe whole oMhe sewing was done for a an I that, too, of :"asoionabie m-ntles soM for £s,' It is not surprising that an order .'or the cli.ini with costs, £llQ'< IOJd, was made, or that tbadeoision was received with applause in Court,"

. We have tbe largest stook of New Zealand made Flannels in tho Province. We can show oyer 10,000 (ten thousand) yards in Whito, Shetland, Grey, and other colors at To Aro House, Wellington. • : These New Zealand flannels aro well made, well finished, all pure wool and guaranteed to give every satisfaction in wear., Send for patterns to Te Aro House, Wellington, ■ We .will send the . following parcels carriage paid, to any address on receipt of order and cash at Te Aro House, Wellington. .

; New Zealand Flannels'. Parcel No. 5. 6yds White for 0/9, : oyds Shetland for 0/9, and 4yds Grey fpr 4/6, 2Jyds Plaid-' inj, either White or Grey, for 6/3. The lot for. 24/3, carriage paid, from .Te Aro Houi.e, Wellington, This is a good useful parcel, . ■ - . . •;". i; Pavcel No, .6,4 yds each of White and Shetland, Plalding for. 20/-, Cyds White Flannel for 9/-, The lot,' carriage paid, for 29/-. This is a splendid parcel for winter ne. Send for it to Te Aw'. House, Wei* ingtoo.

■ The Pahiatua Stat has entered on ■ its eighth year of publication. . Vv;

The Opotiki'Herald says tint Major Kompand Edward Sutherland will be candidates for the Efteru Maori district.

In a new advertisement Mr 0. Pragnell, cash draper, Masterton. notifies that lie has special lines in ladies gloves and umbrellas; also in youth's and boy's clothing.

' Whisky is your greatest, enemy ' s«id- a pastor,to an .intemperate man. ' Well, doesn't the Bible tell us to love our onenrioa? 1 .' Yes' said the pastor gravelyj- 'but ifc doesn't tell na to sicallow them.'

At a prison in Pennsylvania the au« thouties are trying tho power of musio as ut help to rofornnlton. A orchestra has beou fitted up, and eoncerlß are given n'ffhtly by about SC) performers who never, see one another. ■

The Bev. Alfred Pickering Clarke, brother to Mi' 0. P. Olark'o (better known in Masterton by h'B professional name of Mr 0. Clifford) has just been appointed incumbent of the Anglicau Church at Tarfdale, Hawke's, Bay. Mr Olillord willprobjih^MKinhn^ro^oro^fiaving declared an share. ' Tba Irish-Americans haye denounced Mr Justin M'Carthy beoause ho failed to obtain the release of American dynamiters, Proceedings are to be taken against» Cartertoii resident for obtainingdrink on a Sunday' by represontiug himself as a traveller.

A revolt ocoured among COO convicts nearCa'ro.o.id boforo the disturbancewas quelled 39 of them were shot dead by the guards. Eleven succeeded iu effecting their escape. , The, Khedive has dcoided to visit Constantinople during July.

News ha? been receivod from Siberia that a party of conviots, while on a journey, effected their oacape, and killed and ato the wenkivtof the band. When recaptured they were found to be insane.

Great efforts are bjing made by the [riihnnd Radical members to indnceMr, Jetton to withdraw his resignation.

A charming littlo gavotte entitled

"Narcissus" is at present in de mand in Wellington, and Mr M, J. Brookes, manager of tbe Dreaden PiamiCompany, has been kind onough sond us a copy, of it. An additional interest is attached to this fascinating composition for the piano, front the fact that its author, Miss Florence Wickens and her brother, who is a member of tho firm ot Wickens and Co., the well-known music publishers of' New Bond Street London, are now passing through Jlew Zealand on a tour round the world. '' Marcissus" is a sweetly pretty melody, Jngavottotiuie, and lins a dainty ciptivating air running through it which makesitasplwantto the ear of the listener aMt is enticing to the performer. Aotbesame timoitisnottoo hardtoplay. Copies may be had, post free, by forwatdingtwo shillings in stamps, under oover to tbo Die:deu Piano Company, Wellington, The piece of mmio is tastefully got up, ivo should add, and tho pictorial frontispiece ia a, particularly pleasing presentment in coloured chromu-. gravure, 1%

A pleasing little incident took placV. in St. Matthows' sohoolroom IIIH evening, when tho choir boys preset ted Mr 0. Clifford with a set of studs, a>. a mark of the estoem in which tlioy hold him, and as a recognition of h'skim,ness to them during the time he has been organist at the I huroh. Mr Clifford feelingly responded, after which the boys gavo him three hearty cheers. Another wedding was celebrated at Maroa, Greytown, yesterday, by the Rev Chas Murray, when Jane, eldest daughter of Mr Jas Montgomery, and Oharloa Hibbert tied the nuptial knot, tho ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride's father.

Special settlements undor the McKenzie Lund Aot appears to have a mono, tnnnua regularity in thoir history, (sayn the Piesa) froih their inception to thoir dissolution, An enthusiastic mooting is heldj a list of would-be eternal lessees subscribe, with the acreages desired set against their names; president, secretary, eto, etc, are appointed) and a suitable block of crown land is seleoted, Then there is a correspondence with tho Lands Department, and an applaotion is made; to this comes a reply to the effect that the survey foes, 2s fid per acre, mußt accompany an application. The next step is as a rule, the meeting of tho association, and the dissolution there-

fore, generally with a very pointed resolution to the effects that the special settlement clauses of the Act are a fraud, a delusion, and a ridioulous

iniquity. Our friends in Marlborough aro the latest witness to the failure of the Act to settle th»" people" on the soil, lnaaculling race at Austin Oity, the capital of Texas, Gaudsur claims to have broken tho record for throe miles, his time being 19 mm 18 nee,

Tom Sullivan, late of Wellington, bss challenged liubear to a sculling matoh on the Thames couree, in September, for £2OO a side.

Sir'F. D. Bell ia among the pasaengorator New Zealand by the R.M.S, Mariposa.

Mr O, J. B, Palmer, the well-known actor-sioger, happoned to be in Master, ton last evening and very kindly assisted at Mr O. Clifford's Benefit Ooncert,

We have heard of it " raining' oats and dogs," but the Ohau correspondent of the Otaki Mail beats this with tho following The other Jay we had a shower of worms, It did not last long, butthe ground afterwards was covered with millions of them averaging about two inches in length,—Press,

An Elopement Club is the latest novelty in tho land of the almighty dollar, Eleven pretty Williamsburg girls, a Yankee reporter has ferretted out, having formed themselves into such a society. They are under 21, and, in 1 company, with 11 young mon they intend to onlopo en masse to Chicago during the World's Fair. Some of the luoky ewains have already been selected, while the rest will be decided upon within the next week or two. Tbe treasurer, 'a veiy pretty blonde,' invited the reporter to beoome her cavalier,and he learned from her that, each girl will take 500 dollars with are all shopkeepers'daughters, and the reasur.or admitted that they were gradually accumulating the sinews of war by abstracting a dollar or two a day from their father's tills.

The Seoretaiy of the. Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association notifies than an adjourned general meeting of members will be held at 11 a,m, on Saturday next, atthe Olab Hotel.

To Ulster Buyers and Bu ors of Ulsters They, that is Hooper and Co.', havo just! opened Id oases of Ladies and Children's Ulsters and Jackets, of every shape, kind, and material, The prices are exiremely low and it is their intentention to mako-the trade in this line hum, They won't quoto prices because suoh a plan is delusive in tlio extreme to say an Ulster (and when we say Ulster we mean a ladies Ulster) of a certain shapo is'oflered at price, is no evidence of excellence. Indeed, the statement may and sometimes, does.carry with it condemnatory proof of the most convincing kind.. An Ulster quoted at 10s 9d mjiy te only .worth half as muoh.' Besides, buyers know too well the cost to heed the assistanco of a price list. Itifc thusly you want an Ulster. You've a pound or two to spend or maybeitis'onlyhalf as much, or possibly less I Do you find any consolation in the f aot that Ulsters are to be had at this price and that ? No. You've so much money to lay out aridyou want to disburse ; it to the best advantage I What do you. do?: Do youwasto your time in the study of price lists when the source of supply is closo to your door ? Clearly not I You put on your that or bonnet as thecaiemay be, according tosrour inclination/ andmake tracks strakh . HB?pet Mi OQBjwy'i. £99

: A meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge; 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held in the lodge room, Perry-street, last.evening, Bro, Allen, Acting N.G., presiding, Officers for tho sußuing tormwere nominated as follows:—N, G. l —Bro. B. Brown; V.G.-Bro, Kraliagen j P.S. —Bro. W. Jessen ; E.S.—Bro. R. K. Jackson; ( Warden—Tiro. Oohum. Tho election will take place at the next meeting, As Bro. J. Hesscy is about 10 visit Australia and other parts, a general letter of introduction to the order was issued to him, One new member was proposed for initiation. A committee was appointed to sottle the question of disputed rent, the meeting closing after the usual routiue business.

Notice of application to transfer land is given by Frank William' Crouclier. The Wellington agents, Levin Bnd Co , received a cable message yesterday that the Cuptie left Capetown on 12th June for Anckland, Wellington and Lyttelton,

On the 2nd of July the Rev Jaa. fliokson, John Bonder, M. O'Sullivan and B. Chnpdlo will ha ordained priests at 8t Mai y's Cathedral, Hill street, by His Grace. Arohbishup' Redwood. The Oatholics of - Wellington ■ are looking' forward to this ceremony with a good Heal of interest, as it is the first time it « been performed in the Arch-diocese ■ Wellington.—Times. IA largely attended faiewell social was Rven in Mr B. J, Thompson and family, kho are leaving the district fot Folding Tn the Oddfellow's Hall, Groytbwii, last evening, The Rev. Ohas, Murray spulte in highly eulogistic terms of Mr Thompson's sorvices to the township dnring his long residence there, and referred to tho fact of his having been a member of Greytown's first Borough Council. He conveyed to Sir Thompson on behalf of those present' their best wishes for the futuro happiness and prosperity of himself and family. Mr Thompson replying leelingly, thanked those preeont fcr thoir kind wishes. Special praise is due to the ladies for the bountiful supper provided, Diiring the evening a varioty .of games were indulged in, and vocal item* by Miss Bowse and Messrs Black' and Kowbb were muoh appreciated.