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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4457, 29 June 1893, Page 2

Tho question of starting* now school at Mokairs, fit of Mangatainoka, is being considered.

At the last mooting of tho Eduction Board the qnoetiun of appointing Mrs Eeeie permanently as ata'slant teacher at the Pahiatna School, and the question of a water supply for the Taueru School wore allowrd to stand over.

. A grant asked for by the Moatortoo Sclfool Committee for fencing and plantins; the Infant School ground has been refuse lor financial rca.oiis,

Hie Hon. G. W. Wnterhouse, who has been resident in England for some I'mo, intends to p?y a brief visit to New Zealand at an early date, liis present idea is to leave Enghud about tbe end uf September nest. Tho Post beys : - " Jjord MountStephen, whose contribution to the Victoria .Relief Fuud throws completely into the shade tho somewhat paltry contributions of U er Me jeaty and the Princo of Wales, is a colonial peer.. He is hotter known as .Sir George Stephen, the President of tho Canadian-Pacific Bailwey,"

The Sow Zealand footballers landed in Sydney at oneo'cloilc yesterday mouiiuj>. The trip m a very plea-ant one, though high sens were encountered. The men are in good condition. The headquarters of the Now Zealand Football Association have been removed from Christcliureh to Wellington,

Three women have been found lately murdered in different parts of the suburbs. The wounds inflicted on their bodiei eve in the style affected by ''.lack the Ripper." Cholera is »agiug all over Mecca, and Apparently cannot bo checked ; 401 peailis wove reported on Sunday an d 1.019 deaths yesterday. The racehorse Meddler, by St. Gatien -•Btisybooy, hitherto owueil by Mr. Ab. iiigtou, has beon sold for /ilifib'O.

Tltoro is talk of a ' Basket Social : being held in Greytown shn.tly. This is really a dance at which, instead of ro« treslmiente being provided m the usual my, every laoy takeß enough for herself id a geutleman. In Borne places each ".askot is offered for sale after the first art of the programme is finished, ard as the b'dders share the conteuvswith i'w lair owner it causes much amuse* .jeno,

Arbitration has just been completed in the case of a fivo which occurred on Lambton Quay, Wellington, on the 14th ult., in which Mr Urrjscrin claimed £225 from the Manchester Union Ofl'ce. The arbitrators (Messrs Jno, Young and Benbow, with Mr J, R.Blair as referee), awarded Mr Orosiein A request ruado to the Education Board by the Caiterton Committee for a teacher to reliovo ilio head master, Mr Brown, while absent on sick leave, has beon left in the hands of the Chairman to deal with. It was also decided to instruct the carpenter to erect a washhouse for tho teachers' residence at Caiterton.

The first innings of the All England tejm closed for 416. The Australians in their first innings are all out fov 111 They will have to follow on,

A new kind of theft has been invonted in St Petersburg, The owner of a small factory in that city has been stealing currents of olectricity for lighting his establishment. Next door to him is a' place where they have an electric light installation. The thief bored a hole through a wall inserted a wire and succeeded in '■ tapping " the current. For two months the fraud ■ was oarricd on without being discovered,

A Sydney Correspondent writes ; "An unusually brusque reply wai given by Sir George Dibbs to a deputation who applied for aid to a farm established to teach men forming at Rooty Hill. The Premier pointblank refused to allow another charitable institution to bo foisted on the Hato. His idea was that the whole place was too spoon-fed, and that until people came to their senses—recognising that they must meet an employer, and not demand from him with a pistol at his head what he could not afford to give them—the times would not improve. There wore lots of men who would not work unless at the, standard fixed by themselves, and the community was sick of that sort of thing." A coloured woman has been granted a certifkito to practico medicine in the 3tnto of Virginia, having passed a satisfactory examination.

A writer in the Australasian Medical Gazette says that Wellington supports 30 medicdlmen, or one to every 1133 por- ' sonsj Auckland h.i: 40 practitioners, or one to every 1800 j C!ii'iato l >.urcli 29, or one to every 1655 j Danedin 83, or oiie to eveiy 1304 j Nelson, 000 to oveiy 693. It is doubt'ul (sayß the Daily Chronicle) if the history of speculation in any country en show a more remarkable example of rapid fortune making and loosing thin the story of tho last rise and fall of" Deacon,' b. V. White, of the New York Stook : Exchange, whose failure w<n announced ou Friday last. Last yeav" Deacon" White tried to run a comer in corn. Tho Chicago specula'oi'R, however, proved too many for him, ,'ud a f tflr a long and bitter fight he ..•as foroed to give up the struggle, ailing with liabilities well up tovards a million 'sterling. When ''locroJiiors met after t ! io failure they ■ eked the " Deacon " how much he could py. "Evmy dollar I owe, with interc.it, if you'll eive roe time," he answered. Thereupon everyone of the creditors gave him lull re'e«se from debt merely accepting his Bimplo statement - " I'll pay you as soon as 1 can." Three months ago he made his word good, and was counted again one of the richest men in Wa 1 ! Street. Within the last fortnight the terrible decline in Industrial shares or Tru.'ls has wiped out his second fortune, and to-day he is again a bankrupt. Mr White owes bis title of Deacon to his long association with Hen.y Ward Bepcher, at Plymouth Church. Be is ono of the most noted amateur astronomers in the United States, and has a private observatory in his own grounds. Salvage Sale of goods saved from the burning ship " Port Jackson" in Sydney harbour bought at 10s in £ commences on Friday, JunoßOth, ntTe Aro House, Wellington. golvaje Sale. €OO good Winter Dresses, cheap at Cs Od, now selling for 3s lid. 350 heavy Melton Dresses, in navy and red, worth 9s 6d for 4s lid, -

Salvage Sale. 300 heavy Cheviot Tweed Dresses.-valued at 22s 6d, for 12s Cd, 150 splendid Cashmere Dresses, in all colors, usual price 125.6 d for 6d. ~ Salvage Said. Heavy Striped Flannelettes Is lid per dozen yards, Twilled Flannelettes 2s lid per dozen yards. These are esactly baV price.Salvage Sale," 6000 yards Stout Grey Calico 3s 6d for Is Hd dozen. Heavy Qrey Calicoes, ly/i wide, ps ()d fpr 3s lid dosen yards. ... ; Salvage Sale, 3250 yards White Calicoes, lyd wide, 5s Gd tor 2s lid dozpn, Heavy While Calicoes, one yard wide! Ps Cd for' Cg Uddozjm',: '" ..'"■ ■'■ Salvage Sale from burning' ship '• Port Jaoksori" commences on Friday, JiineßCth; otTe Ajro House, Wellington.. Hurry up lor be|UWI««. ■',• "■■''■■■•■■

The latest thing in the; insurance line is a scheme tor the insurance of cycles against robbery, which has been brought out by a London broker. This enterprising gentleman is . willing to indemnity the owner of a maohiuo of a value not exceeding £2O fur a single premium of 8a (id, or above i2O, and not exceeding £SO, for a premium of ss, The only particulars required are tho name of tho maker and the number of the machine. The conditions of inmiranie are very simple, the chief stipulation hcinc that the insurer shall exercise reasonable oare for the safety of the cycle, and that the liability o' tho underwriters shall not exceed 80 per cent, of the declared value, Cyclists of every clbpb will probably give the new scheme a hearty welcome.

■■•'Griwc-widon"- and ''Widow be* witched" are colloquialisms well understood in England, it seems, eaya a contemporoiy, tint these expressions convey to Amotion ears no very certain meaning, Mr Heme], an American gentleman, has by way of experiment proposed the question to about one hundred students, but though ho found the terms familiar to all, the notions about their significance varied considerably. As to "grass-widow," nineteen thought it meant aworoan dimmed, whether the divorce had been obtainod by her or her husband, To thirty-seven on the other hand, the term signified a woman divorced, or informally separated from her husband, he being the deserting party; whilo forty -two understood it to refer to a woman who had been deserted by hor husband, or bad left him, but Usually the former. None gave the ordinary meaning. " a wife whose husband ib compelled by his duties to live abroad for a long time,and away from her;" but Beveral had lward the term used jocosely in that way, in which case the speaker' would immediately after explain what ho meant. One or two associated with it a woman whoso .conjugal relations had been many or irregular. But no one knew it io tbe sense ot an unmarried woman deserted by hor lover, which seems to have been the original English meaning of a "grass" or''erace" widow.

The sum of £2O has been aranted by the Wellington Education Board' for drainage.Jetc, ajj, the Mimriceville East school grounds. ' . A smolL cottage or two uufnrniihod rooms is advertised for. The third concert in aid of St John's Ohurch, Poathoraton, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Featherston, on Tuesday night. There was a good attendance and the concert passed off very successfully. A Chinese Aitnosa in the Mastodon R.M. Court this morning made the followinguniquestatomont:—" Plomißiory note no good. Me no useum. Too muoh waitee, mo likeo checkee. Plumitsory notee too muchee longtime, me say allce light suppose you gib me one pound." The Wellington Assembly of the Knights of Labour passed the following resolution last night : " That this Assembly of Knights of Labour, the main objout of whoso existence is to nasiae in providing work for the unemployed (the willing worker) has no sympathy with the behaviour of the leaders of the recent unemployed demonstration; and further, that assuming that the urgency of the oaso was all that they claimed, this ABBembly still regards (lie recent unsuccessful attempt to stick the Labour Bureau sb calculated to injure their claim, and impede the bono* ficient action of the bureau."

A painful and exciting scene occurred in one of the churches at Queonstown last Sunday week, A young man, whoso mother and sister died about a year ago, entered the church whilo tho minister was in tho middle of his sermon. He w.ilked ri»>ht into the pnlpit, and elbowiii»tberaysti6edpreacherintothecorner, oUled outin a loud voice,"J, tho eon of God, proclaimed (mentioning the names of two of the congregation) to bo brother and sißter, and lab proclaim them to bo nun and wife." He then went quietly out, but afterwards becamo very excited, and had to be taken into oustudy, It appears that he had been suffering from religious mania for about three weeks previously.-Southern Cross,

The debate in the Council on the brought out Borne of the new members in force, and enables the country to make a very favourable estimate of (heir weight. The majority jof the new members are of course well known men, who havo done the State service. What the conntry wanted to know was what manner of mon are the members known only by their appointment to the Council. They hive revealed themselves as sensible, earnest, thoughtful men, fit in every way for the work of the Conncil. When wo add that the old members have received their new colleagues in the best spirit, wo can say of our Council episode, which has been the subject of so much vexed discussion that 'All's well that ends welL'-M, Times.

A telegram reoei'edthisafternoonßsyi that Empire has been scratched for the Wellington hurdle races,

A Celestial witness took tho oath in the Mastorton R.M. Court this nrorning in the manner approved amongst Christians. Whon the R.M. asked Mr Pownall (who appeared on the othorside) whether ho objected to this strango pro • ceeding, Mr Pownall replied " Hot in the slightest, Tour Worship. We shall get just asmuoh troth out of the witness after kissing the book, as we should if he blow out tho match or blew off the top.of his head I" in English mail closes at Mastorton on Wednesday, July 6th, at 6.15 a.m,

A witness in the K.M. Court this morning produced a vulume which he designated with great assurance "My Diary, Your Worship. 1 ' Afterwards it was elicited that tho diaty was witness' daughter's diary, and that the entry referring to tho payment of a sum of money in dispute, was tho only entry made by tho witness. The liM. remarked it singular that this ehtiy should be in penoil when all tho others were in ink, Ho did not wish it understood that he implied that anybody was a scoundrel, because honest men sometimes made mistakes, but still the entry was suspicious. Aamartboyiß wanted for a drapery businss,

To Ulster Buyers and Buyers of Ulsters. They, ibat is Hooper and Co., have just opened 14 cases of Ladies and Children's, Ulsters and Jackets, of every shape, kind, and material, Tho prices aro extremely low and it is Ibeir intcntention to make the trado in this line hum. They won't mioio prices because sueh a plan is delusive in tho extreme to say an Ulster (and when wc say Ulster we mean a ladies Ulster) of a certain chape isoffered at a certain price, is no evidence of excellence, Indeed, the statement may and sometimes docs carry with it condemnatory proof of the most convincing kind, in Ulster quoted at 10s 9d may be only worth half as much. Besides, buyers know too well the cost to need the assistance of a price list. It is thudy 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 fact that Ulsters aro to bo had at this price and that? No. You've so muoh money to lay out andyouwant.to disburse it to the best advantage I What do you do 1 Do jouwasto 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 bonne, as the case may be,according to your inclination, and make tracks straight for Hooper and Company's Bon Marohe.