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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4446, 16 June 1893, Page 2

Eketahuna is full of unemployed persons, Many ot thorn are in distressed circumstances. We aro informed that some of the men on the Eketahuna-Woodvillo railway works are unable to earn more than one shilling por day. Sir Julius Vogal has just written to the Mayor of Wellington, showing how a saving of £5,000 per annum may be effected, by consolidating and converting the city loans into registered stock. , 1 he l'almer Nonparlel Oompany gave an entertainment at Eketahuna ou Wed. nosday night, but owing to the bad Wfcather the attendance was small. Much of tho sugar-cane in the Clarence River District has been levelled by the gale which accompanied tho recent heavy rainfall. Tho storm also caused considerable damage to buildings. For the big football match,. New Zealand v. Wellington, a special day excursion train will be run from Masterton to Wellington, returning after the match, . The new member of Wanganiii,Mr. A D. Willis, has consented to movo the Addrcsa-in-ißeply when the Parliament opens. A blacksmith's shop in a rising bush town is advertised for Bale. Heads all through the Forty-mile Hush are in a fearfully bad state through the continuous bad weather. Mr Dawson, contractor, has accepted the Eketahuna Road' Board's offer in settlement of the claim made by him in respect to tho Makakahi bridge cimtraot. The monthly meeting of tho Masterton School Committee will be held oa Monday next. A South Island paper after describiue; a farm which tho advertiser wants fe'j sell, adds: "The surrounding country is the moat beautiful the God of nature' ever made. The soenery is celestial, divine; also two horses to sell and a Cambridge roller,' 1 < Mr Rori Thompson, a Te Ore Ore native, is prospecting in the neighborhood of Pigeon Bush. He has seoured a prospecting license ovor 2,000 acres of Government land, and is conducting the work at his own cost, haying three men ut work for him. . Thay are stripping a spur, which Thompson says obtains silver and other minerals. The stone is two feet thick, end is stripped for a depth of twelve foot,—Observer. Loans amounting to over £15,000 were applied for at Saturday's meeting of tho Pahiatua County Counoil. Mr. W, B. Percoval, Agent-General for Now Zealand, has asked the Society of Arts to award a silver medal for the best paper on Federation. ltain has fallen at Eketahuna, almost without intermission tor n whole week,. Members of the Wairarapa Hunt Club Bre again reminded that noininations for the Point to Point Steeplechase close on Monday. We remind our readers of Mr A, W. Hogg's meeting iu the Masterton Theatre ltoyil, which takes place this (Friday) overling. Old lady (at a Wairarapa railway station) :" Well, doctor, an' now what is steam?" Pompous medico: "Steam, ma'am is, ah—ah I steam is— - 1" Countiyman (evidently a naturalised Italian): " Begorra I Doctor, can't ye tell hor it's a pot of water in a mighty perspiration.' I —Catholio Times. Several important improvements and alterations have recently been made to Mr A, A, Elkins' Club Hotel, and amongst others the Billiard Boom has come in for special attention. In . fact, one would hardly recognise it as tho old place, it i 3 so much altered for the better. The walls have been covered with a bright looking oilcloth panelled out with riinu battens, and tho floor has been laid with a stout linoleum, with new cocoanut matting placed over it on each side of the table. Each of the lounges basbeenhandsomely upholstered in stout tapestiy, and the dadoing ot the room stained and varnished, The table itself looks like a bran new one, having been levelled again, and recovered and polished. The whole of the work, which is most creditably done, was undertaken hy Mr W. Whitt, who entrusted tho painting etc, to Mr J, Ward and tho upholstering work to Mr Hariy Bacon, each of whom is to be complimented on tho success of his efforts, Mino host of the "Olub" may also congratulate himself on now possessing one of the best appointed and most comfortable bi'liard saloons in the town. The hottest place in the British Empire, and also the driest, is Adelaide, in South Australia, Taking a number of years, tho highest temperature In the shade there is found to average ovor 112 dfgs., while in the sun the temporature runs np to nearly 200 degs. The greatest heat recorded anywhere by Captain Griffiths, was near the Euphrates, where he found that the thermometer recorded 132 deg. in the shade. To Ulster Buyers and Buors of Ulsters I They, that is Hooper and Co., have just, opened 14 cases of Ladies and children's Ulsters and Jackets, of every shapo, kind, and material, The prices are extremely low and it is their intententlon to make the trade in this line Hum. They won't quote prices because such a plan is delusive in the extreme to say an Ulster (and when we say Ulster we mean a ladies Ulster) of a certain shapeds offered at a certain price, is no evidence of excellence. Indeed, the statement may and sometimes does carry with it condemnatory proof of the most coaviucingkind. Ail Ulster quoted, at 10s 9d may be only [worth half as muoh. Besides, buyers know too well the cost to need the assistance of a price list. It is thusly you want an Ulster. You've a pound or two to Spend or may be it is only half as much, "or possibly less I Do you find any consolation in the faot that Ulsters are to be had at this prlco and that ? -No. : ■ You've so much money to layoutandyouwanttodisburse it to the best advantage l_ What do you . do ? Do j jouwaste your time in the study of price , lists when the source of supply Is close to your door ?. Clearly not I, You put on your that or bonnet as the case may be.aceording toyourinoliuation, and make tiacks straight - for Hooper and Company's Boa UarcbG, : 1

1 Afctno Mansion House banquet Lord Roberta said one of the -essentials of peace in. India was the maintenance oj a strong. force on the. north-western frontier, and Great Britain ought not to allow in that quarter the slightest encroachment by a foreign Power. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next Masterton, stock salo for b Wednesday, 28th June. Entries at date 8, comprise COO ewes in" lamb and 130 0 lambs. 1 A young man named Frederick J Atkins, diad suddenly-last night "nt Dixon's Boarding House, Masterton, Dr 0 Beard wjs called in and certified that death resulted from Iwatt disease, so ? that an iuquest will, not be necessary. '' The deceased la supposed to have been a 1 native et Nelson. Mr J ; M. (ihajjow, Government v Auditor, is at present in Masterton.' a One hundred tons of eualfot the Mas- 1 tertonGas Works has now arrived and E is being carted by Mr McGuire, at Is 9d ' per ton. The only other tenderer for the ' carting was Mr W. Pragnell, at Is lid ' per ton, ■ ' I A commodious store room is at present { being erected for Messrs R. P. Temple „ and Co, of Queen street, j Notice of dissolution of the Alfredton 1 Road District, is given by tho Wairarapa ( North Oimnty (Jounoil. t The next English mail will oloso at a Mastortoii on Wednesday, June 21st. j There is soma talk of substituting a t Syren or (Elian whistle for. the firebells in Wellington. Its hideous shrieks will be even more distraoting to the nerves han the firobell, Mr Duncan Puckle has been appointed on officer, under the Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884, for all the town districts and boroughs situated within the counties of Hutt, Eforoivhenua, Wairarapa North, Woirarapa South, Pahiatua, Oroua and Mauawatu. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers paraded last night, under command of Captain 0. A. l'ownall, Lieuts, J. B. Hooper and R. J, Malcolm also being ] present. About 35 rank and tile mustered, the company being put through the manlial and bayonet exercises by Lieuts. Malcolm and Hooper respectively. At the Wellington Supremo Oourt yesterday tho ourrent of Mr Jelliooo'a forensioeloquenoe received a Budden and unexppcted check. The case for the prosecution had oloßed, and the learned gentleman was arguing that there was no case against his client Goode • to goto the jury, ,4s he rounded off t his periods and enforced with chang- , ing inflection of voice his legal points, | .lie evor and anon looked intently upon the jury as ifoaloulatlng the etfent of his words, and at any rate leaving it < open to doubt whether he was addressing judge or jury. At length his Honor interposed. He desired the learned couusel to address the Bench, and not | to look so muoh at the jury. It was , a scientific discussion, end ho did not want eloquence. Rhetorio was of no use i at present. He wauted pure logio. Mr Jellicoe with a look of wonderment 1 was not aware he h id been offending by looking at the juiy. It was hard to con : fine one's regard to any particular point As for the matter of his argument, he wa not aware that he had been indulging in : rhetorio. He submitted it was pure logio, His Honor: 'I will give your puro logic my best attention. Give me logio and nothing elao.—N.Z. Times, j Ihe question of whether tobacco is a luxury or a necessity was settled in the Wellington Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday by Mr J, 0, Martin, says the Times. It has been held by some medical men that to certain organisations especially after hibitual use for some time, tobaoco as a sedative food fur the nerves becomes almost as necessary as tho ordinary nourishinent for the stomach. The fallacy of this theory, however, has nowbeen established by a magisterial ruling, A debtor before tho Court yesterday admitted that be spent Cd per week for tobacco, and was told that if he had saved that 6d ho could have paid his indebtness with the ao. cumulated wealth, and that as he preferred to indulge in that luxury he would have to go to gaol or pay at the rate of 2s a week. This reminds one of tho anti-tobacco lecturer, who explains by sotno wonderful mathematical calculation how, in the course of ninety years or so, the accumulations of the threepences and sixpences wasted on tobacco, and matches to ignite the same, would be sufficient to ruu the Govern- • ment without taxation for a monsh. It ' might be mentioned that there are magis- ! trates. (m Australia, of course) who Bmoke. ' i Wo havo the largest stock of New Zca- | land raado Flannels in tho Province, We j can show over 10,000 (teu thousand) yards | in White, Shetland, -Grey, and other colors | at Te Aro House, Wellington. > Thcso New Zealand Itanols.are well made, well finished, all pure wool and guaranteed to give every satisfaction in wear. Send for patterns to Te Aro Houso, Wellington. 1 We will send the following parcels 1 carriage paid, to any address on receipt of ' order and cash at Te Aro House, Welting- i ton. I New Zealand Flannels. Parcel No. 5. i Cyds White for 6/9, 6yds Shetland for 1 6/9, and 4yds Grey for 4/6, 2|yds Plaid- i ing, either White or Grey, for 6/3. Tho , lot for 24/3, carriage paid, from Te Axo House, Wellington, This is ft good useful parcel. • Parcel No. 6. 4yds each of White and Shetland Plaiding for 20/-, Gyds White Flannel for 9/-, The lot, carriage paid, for 29/-. This is a splendid paroel for winter ue. Bond for it to Te Aro House, Wei- < ngton.