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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4456, 28 June 1893, Page 2

Our Greytown correspondent writes: —"The local Chinaman, Ah Ohong, who is aifttinger for Kow Kce hero, was considerably alarmed yesterday morning by Beeing a livo snake coiled npina bunch of bananas. He promptly killed it, and it was found to measure 2ft 3in, but was very thin, Tbo reptile is now on view m Mr K. Gant's window, and is being preserved in spirits. The bananas were imported from Queensland." The Observer says that the trotting match on Saturday afternoon on the Taratahi proved a very hollow affair. MrW, H. Frank's Quickstep trottod clean away from his opponent and won as he liked by over a hundred yards. Mr R. Boake acted as starter aud Mr N. Grace as judge. There was a large number of spectators, The hounds meet at Tauheromkan on Thursday noxt, when it is expected that there will be a hrgo gathering of hunting men. The members of Totara Lodge, U.a.O D., Carterton, will meet on Tuesday next, instead of as usual on Monday. This change is necosaary because the District President and Boyal Arch Officers cannotattend on Monday, owing to their presence being required in Well. ington on that evening. The Boyal Arch Officers will confer past degrees on all past officers of tho Carterton and Masterton Lodges. All members of Tolara Lodge are requested to attend. Vhsmtr,

A sensational bolt occurred in Queen' street about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a waggon and five horses were seen dashing at a headlong pace from the Upper Plain road. Whon they reached Kingdon's corner they collided with the verandah posts, smashing eveiy thing before them. Two of tho horses were rather badly cut about, but tho driver pluskily stuck to his post under great difficulties, and managed to control tho beasts be'ore further damage was done. The run-away was caused by the chains of tho waggon becoming loose.

The " social," to bo held in the Ternperanco Hall on Friday evening noxt, in connection with St. Matthew's Church, promises to be veiy successful, All the principal vocalist* of tho town will nasiflt, and the musical items will be interspersed with danoing. The ladies of the congregation intend, we understand, to oarry on these socials periodically throughout the winter months. There is no other part of the Pahiatua County that can boast ot such substantial dwellings as the Ma6tertoii-Mangahao, soys the Pahiatua Herald. Not only are the settlers studying their own comfort, but also that of their stock. Mr Croad has just had erected one of the largost and most comfortable cow-sheds we havo seen, and it is evident ho means to take full advantage of the dairy factory. Mr Allan Anderson is also to tho fore with his wool-shed, which has been erected on the most approved style, Thore is a glorious future beforo this settlement.

The Herald says that Mr Roes spoke two hours and fifty minutes in his address to the jury in the case of Gadman v, Rees. Sir Robert Stout spoke for fifty-five minutes. The Court was crowded while both speeoheß were being delivered, among those present being a number of ladios,

Tho man Harper, tho escapee from tho Wanganui Gaol, Is an ox-policeman,,

The next communication of the Grand Lodge of New Zealsnd will be held al Wanganui on the 14th July,

Tlio Waipawa Mail has a Graphiologi' cal Column. " Pull the String I" Of all the land of Great Britian one-third is owned by members of the House of Lords,

Missing-word competitions, the grand jury at New York has deoifad are not illegal.

The Oily Council of Chicago have passed a law limiting the height of buildings to ten storeys, The average life of women in France for the last 32 years has been 88 years, and the men 8G years.

Luminous earthworms have recently been seen near Richmond and other parts nf the Thames Valley. The King of Groece often rides on a tramcar. His Majesty has not much cash to waste on elaborate equipages

Tho practice of induoiug children to buy paokels of sweets on the chance of winning a coin has been stopped by the London police At a boxing saloon in East London a boxing match for women only takes place every Sunday morning. Tho prizo is generally a gaudily-trim-med hat or other article of dress, On one occasion a dozen diaiia, a round mahogany table, and a bedstead were the prize.

Walrus hunting in Arctic Seas i° exciting work,_ The walrus gather to gether in groups and attack an open boat with their tusks. Should one l of thorn succeed in getting his tusks over the side of the boat he will swamp it, and a terrible death for all tho occupants is the result

To Ulster Buyers and Buyers'of Ulsters. Thoy, that is Hooporand Co,, havo just opened 14 cases of Ladies and Children's. Ulsters and Jackets, of every shape, kind, and material, The pricos are extremely low and it is thoir iotentcntion to make the trado 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 Ulstenvemeana ladies. Ulster) ol a certain shape is offered at a certain prioo, is no evidenoe of excellence. Indeed, the statement inay and sometimes does carry with it condemnatory proof of the most convinoihg kind. An 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 bo it is only half as muoh, or possibly less! Do you find any consolation in the fact that Ulsters "are to be had at this price and that ? No,'; You've so much money to -lay put andyou want to disburse 'it to the best advantage I What do you do ? Do jouw'asto your time in the study of : price lists when the source of supply ia. close to your door ?, Clearly not 1 You put on your that or bonne .as thecase may bo.according to your inclination, and make tr'aoks straight for Hooper and Company's Eon JJmoM, V , .'''■'..'.■''. •' ■. '■'

Lord Sheffield has abandoned the idea of taking a orickot team to Australia n«t season. HeGnds he is unable to complete arrangements in the time available.'

•The Carterton. Boroujh Council has directed that a letter be sent to the United District Charitable Aid Board objecting to the charitable aid demand, on the ground that the levy is wrongly based on valuation which include Urown properties. This is tho same stand that Maaterton is tailing.

At tho Polioe Uourton Monday, before Messrs McCardle, Reese, and Daivßtm, J, 'sP., Walter Stennard, hto Registrar of Dogs, Inapo tor of Slaughter-homos, &c., was charged at the instance of the County Ouunoil, under section 172 of " The Counties' Aot, 188G,/' with having failed to produoe his books, and account for cortain moneys received by him in connection with his late appointments. Defendant did not appear, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension.—Pub. iatua Star,

A fresh advertisement from the W.F.O.A. appears in another column of this issue.

Mr and Mrs M. Caselborg leave Mastortonon a visit to Auckland, this week, We are glad to learn that Mrs W. I. Humphries, of the Tauern, who recently receive! sevore injury by being throivn from her horse, is rapidly recovering under the treatment of i)r Beard.

Another case of horrible cruelty to j children oomes from Chater, where a lady was committed fur trial on a charge of cruelty to a little buy. She is roportcd to have kicked it, whipped it with a bard brush, pullod its hair, and thrashed it with a strap, and to have given it a 1 thundering good whacking every day, becauso tho devil was in it, and it had nover beon baptised.'

A contemporary says that Madame ! Sterling was born about 1850atStorling. villo, in the State of flew York, and is said to be able to traco her descent to William Bradford, one of tho original Pilarim Fathers, who croßaud in the Mayflower.

We are requested to direct Qur readers attention to the sale of olothing, cutlery and fancy goods, which takes place at Elliston's Hall, lLketahuna, on Friday next, at two o'clock sharp. The whole will bo sold without the slightest reserve.

_ Mr F, H. Wood adds to the entrios for his next Taratahi stock sale, 150 fat twotooth wethers; 200 lambs in tho wool; seventy mixed ewes and wethers; and four dairy cows. The National Bank of Australasia has opened its doors again, The astronomers at the Liok Obsorvatory, U.b.a., havo.disjovered that the sun is covered with immense volcanoes whioh are the cause of the corona) observed durini! eolioses.

_ The French havo occupied additional islands in the Gulf of Siam, and tho B'renoh Squadron is preparing to blockade Bangkok, tho capital of Siam, In a district like the Wairarapa, where tea is the principal and most popular beverage in use, it is very important that tho public should havo an opportunity of procuring a really choico article at a moderate price. This combination of quality and good value they oan mi" doubtedly secure m those oxcellentUnion Teas, imported direct from India and Ceylon, and subjeoted to careful teßt by one of the few really qualified tea experts in tho culony.at the proprietors'oxtensive tea warelwuse in Wellington, previous to its being placed on tho mar» ket for consumption. Tho Red Funnol Teas, for that is tho brand under which tho famous Union Packing Company's gondii are sold, aro kept in stock by the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, at all their establishments and blbo by storekeepers generally throughout the Wellington province. Thoaa of tho public who have tried Union tea need no further advice, but to those who havo not yet dono so, wo would say read the notification which appears in another column, and thon act upon it.

O'Reilly, a Dunedin solicitor,was being coHductod out of Court yesterday by a constable, at the request of the usher, who ovidontly did not recognise that he was a solicitor, when he deliberately struck tho constable on tho nose with his fist, right in front of the Judge. The pair closed and came to the flow, and then tho constable carried him out bodily, A violent scene, took place outsido, bat after being handcuffed O'Reilly was ro> leased. Later on in tho evening ho was arrested for drunkenness,

The man Brown, who was found hanging in Newtown Park, Wellington, on Monday afternt)on,haii been idontiGed. It appears ho originally came from Victoria, and was engaged for a time in the Lands Department, Since lowing thero he resided at various places, and fur a short time before his death, boarded with MrQeorgo EMem in Dixon-Btreot

Soon, veiy soon, saya an Auckland contemporary, no reasonable man will be able to make any objections to tho Austnans. They are making rapid progress in civilisation as it is understood in the colonies. One of tho witnesses before the Gum Commission deposed that tho keeper of an hotel iu theJNortb ('anlrishman' said the witneu) told him that at Eastor (which is a great festival with these Austrians) a party of them had come to his house and had spent £4O in refreshments. Another witness deposed that he saw Austrlans como into tho hotel and pay 1/6 for a moal. Thon again it appears that A'ustrians have actually got tho leneth of '• shouting 1 ," and havo several timeß been seen to do this of lato at hotel bars. By-and-by they will lose all the qualities of thrift, punctuality in paying their debts, and so on, which havo boon laid to their charge. There wdl not be a single fault to asperse their oharacter with.

Lieutenants L, R. Crawley, E, W. Sutton, and Verney,ofthe7th Hussars, have been drowned by the capsizing of a boat at Poona in the Presidency of Bombay.

A large number of forged £1 notes on the Commorcial Banking Company of Sydney are in circulation, A man arrested in Sydney had in his possession 200 of these notes,

The Wanganui Herald slates that a man was found on Thursday in a dying condition on tho side of the road between HuntervilleandSilverhope, and close by him a hat full of water, a lot of burnt paper, and the covers of a pocket-book, and some time afterwards part of a lunch and a sealed cork, and close by an almost empty stryohnino bottle, the cork found previously belonging to tho bottle. The dootor was sent for, and arrived promptly, but the man breathed his last a few minutes afterwards. At the inquest held on the body at the Argylo Hotel, Huntorvillo, the evidence went to show that deceased poisoned himself while of unsound mind, and a verdict to that effect was returned by tho jury. It is generally thought that the poison (strychnine) must have been brought from Melbourne, he having been only seven weeks in the colony;

To-morrow is St, Peter's day. This is one of the few Saints' days on which banks do not close,

Salvage Sale of goods saved from thefburning ship" Port Jackson" in Sydney harbour bought at 10s in £ commences on Friday, June 30tb, at Te Aro House,' Wellington. Salvage Sale, 500 good Winter Dresses, cheap at 8s 6d,now selling for 3s lid, 350 heavy Melton Dresses, in navy and red, worth ' 9s Cd for 4s

Salvage Sale. 300 heavy Cheviot Tweed Dresses, valued at 22s Cd, for 12s 6d. 150 splendid Cashmere Dresses, in all colors, usual price 12s Cd for 6s 6d. Salvage Sale. Heavy Striped Flannelettes Is lid per dozen yards, Twilled Flannelettes 2s Ud per dozen yards. Those are exactly halfprioo, Salvage Sale.:. 0000 yards Stout Grey Calico 3s Gd for is lid dozen. Heavy Grey Calicoes, Iyd wide, 0s 6d tor 3s lid dozen yards. ■■■■- • ■■ '•■'■".■

Salvage Sale. 1250 yards White Calicoes, ljd wide, 5s 6d for 2s * lid dozen. Heavy White Calicoes/one yard wide, 6s 6d for 3s lid dozen. • •' ■■'^■'v.■Salvage Sale from burning ship ''Port Jackson ". commences on Friday, June 30th, atTe Aro House, Wellington.'Hurry up for ibejtc,l|oiov ■■':-■■'J,

: Saya the Pslimlu* Herald :—"ln a shop window at Mangatainoka maybe soen written ap in large letters, ' Bread sd.' This means the 41b loaf."

The Hon. Mr Cadman has resigned torn tho Ministry.

Tin Times states that it is intended to withdraw 1750 acres from a State forest near the boundary of the Wellington and Hawke's B;iy land distriot, as the area is required for settlement purposes,

Mr P. H. Wood adds to his entries for to-morrow's stock sule a chestnut mare good in harness. Any trial will bo giveii. the Wairarapi Distriot Court was open and formil'y adjourned until July 11th by tho Registrar, Mr F. H. Ibbetson this (Wednesday) morning. Tho Examiner Bays Mr Von Rcdin is going to contest tho Masterton seat in the Conservative intorest. Thore are no Conservatives left in the Electorate, the last man or two who wore entitled to be oallcd Conservatives h:ivo > put themselves under Mr Hogg's' rcing. No sane man will stand iu tho Conservative interest for Masterton. The Colorado Beetle Minstrels have been porformingat Pahiatui. To prevent misconception, wo may Btato that there haa not beon auother Ministerial banquet iu that neighborhood.

The Woodville Examiner, cruelly declares that W. 0. Smith M.H.lt.,can now tnko rank alongside the ". Twelve Apostles" of Horoiaunga Plains fame, as a succoßsful Native land speculator. Ought tho choicest spirits in the Government party, the brightest examplo of democracy to bo spokon of in this way! A first offender charged withdrunkonnesa, was dealt with in the usual manner at the Mastetton B.M. Court this morn, ing. Masterton Masonic.Lodge meets this evening. :

The Rev L, M. Isitt will leoturenn "Notrunn Mo Leod" at the Thoitre Royal,Masterton, on Tuesday, July 4th,

A quiet wedding was celobrated at | St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, thiß morning, when Miss Cooper, of Masterton, and lato of Ohrlstohurch, was marriod to Mr Dunn, of Chriatchurch. Mr G. J. Wallace acted as best man, the ceremony being performed by the Rov. W.E, Paige, M.a.

A meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodgo 1.0,0.F.,M.U., waa held last evening, Bro, J. Morris, Jnr., presided, The nowly elected officers were duly installed by Bro. R. R. Jaokson, P.6.M., in a I most impresaivo manner. One new member was also initiated. After the conclusion of the lodge business, harmony was indulged in, light refreshmontsbeing handedround and altogether a veiy pleasant evening was spent. There wasa good attendance of members and visiting brethren.

Seats for Lord and Lady Glasgow and a party of ten from Government House have been reserved at Madame Sterling's Concert in the Wellington Opera House on Monday evening next.

Tho Wairarapa North Oouuty ad* veriisoß the intention to strike a general rate of B-16ths in tho £ ovor the whole County. Special rates are also advertised.

The Masterton Road Board gives notice of intention to strike a general rato of 3-Bths of a penny in the I.

Madame Antoinette Sterling, the famous contralto, who is now on a tour to the colonies, opens her season in Wellington on Monday next, 3rd July, in the Opera Houso. Madame Sterling waß born about 1850 at Sterlingville, in the State of New York, and is Baid to be able to traoe her descent to William Bradford; one of the original Pilgrim Fathers, who orossed in tho " Mayflower." She very early developed a voice of extraordinary compass and great richness and volume, her range extending from the low E flat to tho soprano F, or a little ovor two octaves,- Sho studied with Madame Marches! at Cologne, Pauline Viardot at Baden, and finally with Garcia in London. Returning to America in 1871, she speedily won for herself a high place as a conoort singer, but two yoars later she took up her residence in London, whore Bhe is well known and widoly popular Though tho has often sung with success in oratorio, and hor repertoire embraces many of tho masterpieces of German song, it is as a ballad singer that her re-, putation has boon acquired, and it is moat likely in this character that wo shall principally know her hern. She will bo assisted in her New Zealand tour by Miss Isabol Webster, Mr James Wood, and Mr Holder, a South Australian vocalist, and there is little loar but that her magnificent voioo and her attractive style of Binging will ensure her an amount of patronagecommensurato with hor talents. The box plan opened yesterday at the Dresden Piano Warehouse, Wellington, and there has already been a considerable demand for scats ovon thus oarly in the day,