Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, JULY 24, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4478, 24 July 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, JULY 24, 1893.

Charlv:s Tmmb onoe related a charm" iog Chinese legend—of bis own exquisite invention—concerning the origin of roast pig. A great lubberly boy named 80-bo had the misfortune to bnrn hie masters cottage down, in which was destroyed a fine litter of young pigs. The odour of tho burning pork irresistibly attracted the young scamp, and at length he put forth his hand, and for tbe first time iu the history of the world Crackling wastastjd. The discovery of the wonderful new delicacy was communicated under a pledge of secrecy to others, and at last it got abroad generally, and there was nothing to be seen in all directions but burning tenements. The insurance offices, one and all, shut up shop, and pigs became enormously dear. The custom of firing house's continued, till in process of time, a sage arose, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine might be cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole bouse to dress it, Tbe Labour Party in the House somewhat resemble these ancient Chinese epicures. Tbey Lave got the taste of | oraokling iu their mouths, but they have not as yet discovered that a pig may be cooked without burning down a whole house to roast it, They know what they want, and irrespective of all economical considerations they demand the right to dress their pork according to their ora ideas. The Government is a little more advanced, and has realised that it is possible to roast a pig without burning a house down in the process. They are quite prepared to give the Labour Party as much pig as it wants, provided that it will cook its meat without an undue destruction of property, but the Labour members cannot take in this view of tbe question, and there 13' every prospect of their falling out with the Govern-

Mr J. lorns has taken Mr W Granger into partnership' ia his business al Pahiatua, During the foods (the Foxton Herald reports) a piece of. high land in Mi Purcoll'e paddock got. surrounded witt _.l J ~« it..'. «... msnti liaHu'iAiultl refoge, with the result that Mr Purcel neoured a bag of sixteen. at the Boa Marche. We, that is Hooper balance of our winter stock. Our bargains are always genuine. We don't say we sell at cost price, beoauseno one or very few could tost it, not,knowing what the coat price is. We don't offer our goods at 20 ibe calculation, not knowing on what it is e offer our bargains and in nine cases out obi How could we do otherwise? lowa-days, and we .aro prepared to drop itir share just (or the sake of company, but hat we lose we lose in a good canso. '■ 'We *nefitthe Public so keep your eye on ths }on Marohe for bargaine; J at

..Messrs Lowes and loms add. to their Maaterton stock sale, for Wednesday i 26tK Jiily, 100 fat others (turnip fed); ] 10 pure bred Eomnty-eive hoggets; 2 t draught hones and 1 buggy, hone, and harness. ■■'■'■'"■ t /The next social in aid of St Matthew's « Church, Masterton, will tako place on ' Thursday eyoning next. A lunatio was arrested at Tenul yfester- 1 day and will be brought to Maeterton this eveniog. , The Rev. 8. .1. Gibson, of Greytown, will,, we understand, preach in tho >Vcs- I leyan Ohuroh on Sunday evening next, I taking for his subject " The .Model ] Young Man." ] Upwards of 58,000, acres of Becond- .' class unsurveyed Grown land in the ' Wairatapa North County are open for sale or selection. The land is situated ' in the'Eaiparoro, Te Mara, and Kaitan- ' gate blocks. A bonus of one shilling per gallon will ' be paid on the first.loo,ooo gallonß of ' mineral oil, produced from shale in the ! Orepuki distriot, Otago. This bonus ' must be claimed before 30th June, 1895 , A bravo Masterton young lady,' Misa ' Onmpton.rode down to Carterton at a ' very early hour this morning to convey ' to Mr F, Cuve, the sad intimation that his father was lying seriously ill in the I northern town with inflammation of the i bowels and pas not expected to recover, t Mr Cave, senr., who resides at Mauaia is I over 70 years of age,—Observer. < Truth states that the first lot of fat lambs sent forward this season were on i offer at the Addington Yards, Christ- i church, on Wednesday. They were in I first rate condition, and after coming in t for spirited compelition were knocked i down at 12s Cd to 14s a head. 1 In tho return of vital statistics for June, forty-one deaths from measles are i recorded, fifteen in Dunadm, one in < Christchurch, and twenty five in Auck- ' land. Of this number only tiro wero over five years of age. I The death rate for the Colony during ] the month of June was highest in Nel I son, and lowest in Groymouth, the former having 16'36 and the latter 7 99 per 1,000. \ The lock of dismay which appeared , on the face of the portly gatekeeper at , the steeplechase meeting on Thursday (eaya tho Observer) when au eighteen stono Wairaropa celebrity requested to ' bo admitted on a jockey's pass was amus- ' ing to' witness. The Railway Commissioners have ■ ar- ' ranged that threshing-machines, chaff- • cutters and hay-presses, with engines (portable or traction), consigned to country stations for threshing, ohaffcutting, or pressing purposes, will, if returned within one month, from the original receiving station to the nritinal sending station, be carried hack at half the ordinary rates. Coverings used for fresh meat conveyed by rail are to be returned free. It may be interesting to know that Mr Keogh, who is now managing the Marian Williß Dramatic Company, which haß just finished a season in Masterton, first made his appearance in this town twenty one years ago, when he played to a packed house in the billiard room of the Prince of Wales' Hotel. The epidemic of measleß is so bad in Wellington, that at one sohool last Friday, -with 489 names on the roll, only 85 scholars were present. The Bocial in the Temperance Hall on Thursday last realised £3O, a Bum considerably in excess of the anticipation of its promoters. On Saturday last the final set for the championship of the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club was played on Mr Bulpit's asphalt court between Messrs Rowley and Charles Perry, the fowner being the viotor, ■■ Mr B. M. Smith says that before Si' Julius Vogel went to England to float hi ß Publio Works Loan he consulted with him as to its expenditure, and he (Mr Smith) advised him to get him LIOO.OOO during the first year and LoO,OOO during the second, and he would guarantee to put the countiy on a sound basis by the establishment of industries, Sir Julius, according to the member for Now Plymouth, was favourable to the proposal " But, would you believe it, sir/beadded as he was telling the House yesterday, " would' you believe it, he got all that money, and he came out here, sir, and he never as muoh as gave me the LIOO.COO ?" To which shortsightedness on the part of Sir Julius Vogel.Mr Smith attributes the fact that the country has not beon bounteously prosperous ever aince.-Poal. The police hire obtained evidence clearly pointing to the prisoner Robert Wallath as the Taranaki highwayman ; also as being connected with several burglaries recently committed in New Plymouth, A singular part of the affair is that he was employed by Mr Furlong, hairdresser, to secure the duor of his shop by fixing a heavy iron bar inside. A few days afterwards Mr Furlong's placo wbb broken into by someone Wring through the weatherboards and removing the iron bar. The police found some of the things stolen from Mr Furlong's in the prisoner's bedroom, Prisoner was afterwards employed by Mr Furlong to repair the damage which tho evidence i now shows that he had hiimelf commit- { ted. i A horse ridden by a young man from Carterton dropped dead in Chapel Street . yesterday, and the rider narrowly ea- ' caped injury. The animal was going at a good pace, and seemed in good health, ' when it suddenly fell, death being almost ' Instantaneous. It was immediately ' dragged off the road to an adjoining paddock, the owner feeling his loss i intensely. E. M. Smith the Great writes of one ' of his New Plymouth detractors:—' * If I • had him at Mokau I would stuff a lump ' of coal down his throat, and then ho ' would be forced te open his eyes to the time, money, and energy I have expended to establish the coal industry," l The Bishop of' Christchurch; accom. panied by Mrs, Julius and the Mibbcs Julius, is returning to the colony by the Ruahine, which left Plymouth on the '29 th June, The Hon. Mr.Mitohelion has rekrnod to Auckland with the view, it is under- , stood of rendering what assistance ho . can to Mr Roes in the contest with Mr. ' Gadmau. ' A sad story of destitution, caused by ' the drunkeuness of a father, was told at ' the Thames Police Court last week. The ' man's family consisted of sis children, I the eldest only ten years, the youngest f seven weeks. The puliee reported that j there was no furniture in the house, ex- f copt a lot of straw litter for a bed, with some rubbishy rags for cover, and there was nothing to eat in the house when the officer called on three occasions in ( one week, except some flour, which the ' wife said she made into" damper," The ' infant was dying of starvation, and there t wis nothing provided for it, The eldest 1 child, a boy, gave a clear indication of theircondition by stating that when they had nothing to eat at night they went to ( bed to sleep, and that when they felt hungry in tho day time they went to the \ tap and drank water to "fill themselves s out'."—Exchange, p ■'•' Salvage Sale of goods saved from the bum ing ship " Port Jackson" In Sydney harbour bought at 10s in£ commences on Friday, f June 30tb, at Te AroHouse, Wellington, t : Salvage Sale, 500 good Winter Dresses 0 cheap at 6s Cd,now selling for 8s lid. ; 350 heavy Melton Dresses, in navy and red, worth 9s od for 4s lid. Salvage Sale, 800 heavy Cheviot Tweed Dresses, valued at 32s Cd, for \%% 6d. 150 splendid Cashmere Dresses, in all colors, usual price-Ms 6d for 6s 6d, .: - V ..Salvage Sale. Heavy Striped Flannelettes > Is lid per dozen yards, Twilled Flannelettes 2s lid per dozen yards. These aro exactly half price. '•■•' Salvage Sale. 6000 yards Stout Grey . Calico 3b 6d for 1b lid dozen, Heavy Crey Calicoes, Iyd wide, 6s Gd for 3s lid dozen P yards.' ' ci Salv&je Sale. 1250 yards White Calicoes, „ lyd wide, k Cd for 23 lid dozen. Heavy _ White Calicoes, oho yard wide, Cs 6d for 3s , lid dozen. t( Salvage Sale from burning ship '-Port bi laokson •' commences on Friday, June 30th j* re Aro House,; Wellington, Hurry up for If. jrtt oboice, _ in

.The ladles of the Committee.managing the! recent Sale of Work, in aid of Dr, Darnardo'i Home, return tbanka to all who assisted them.':; •."•'.:• ; Notice of strychnine being laid on the Flag Creek property' is given : in | another column by Messrs D. and A, Speedy. The Awatere (Marlborough) Rabbit Board has been abolished, Tenders are invited for the. supply and delivery of 8,000 telegraph arms. Miss Erans desires to acknowledge the following subscriptions towards the Opaki Library!—Mr Robert Campbell, 10s; Mre John Campbell, 10s; F. Evans, 10s; Mr Harris, 5«; Keith Jackson, 2s Gd; Mr D. McLachlan, 10s; Mr John McLean, 5s j Mr Henry Reming. ton, 10s; R. Tanknraley, sa; Mrs James Welch, ss; Randal Welch, 2s 6dj : Tora Weloh, 2s fid. A Danevirke Special Settlement Association has been made happy with some land at the back of Ohonga, which oujfht to have been reserved as a refuge for wild goats. A Wbareama Special Settlement Association has been formed, but can find no land to settle on, About twenty associations are holding on for native purchases Mr W. Hutchison, M.H.R., is urging the Government to bring m a bill to regulate inedicil charges for poor pertons. If the Government add a clause making tho poor persons pay the reduced charges doctors will be jubilant. Mr A, W. Hogg informs us that he has urged on the Government the appointment of an Assistant Clerk to the Masterton B,M. Court, but is met with the argument that" Palmerstnn North doss not want an Assistant Clerk, why should Masterton need one ?" The Marian Willis Dramatic Company concluded its Masterton season on Saturday evening with a representation of "The New Magdalen," Our old friend J- J, Kennedy, the irresistable " Con "—will commence a Masterton season on Friday next with the evergreen comedy," Our Boys," a fast trotting pony is advertised for sale, Measles are still spreading in Masterton, the children in very many families now being affected, A meeting of creditors in the estate of Geo. Langton will be held at 3 p.m. this afternoon, A well attended meeting of the members of the Masterton Me Club was held at the Club Hotel on Saturday oveniug, Major Donald in the chair. It was proposed by Mr W. Welch and seconded.by Mr (J. Anketell and carried, that the i annual subscription be five shillings, all members to provide their own rides. On the motion of Mr D. McLauohlan, seconded by Mr A, Matthews, the number of the Committee was increased to seven, three to forma quorum. The officers of the Olub were re-elected, Messrs W. Weloh and O, Huffiens being added to the Committee. The following new members were elected -Messrs B. Welch, Kibblewhite, J, Bidwill, Benton, A. J. and J, and O, Cameron, J. Campbell, F, Dorset, W. Colo, and G. R, Blaine, All members requiring rifles or ammunition are requested to leave their names with the Seoretary, Mr J, Williams, at once, bo that applications maybe made to the Defence Office as soon as the rifles arrive in Wellington, Mr Alfred Matthews has kindly granted the Club tie use of the range'on bis property. The usual vote of thanks terminated a very successful meeting. The following ladies and gentlemen will assist in tho musical portion of St. Matthew's social, on Thursday evening next ;-Meadames Anketel and Paige; Misses H. Williams, Anderson, M. Cameron, Moore and flolroyd; Dr Douglas, Messrs Lomas, Robinson, Ginjets, and Cray. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale of Japanese Ware from " Tho Nippon JJakubuteukwan, comprising very interesting and useful goods and art objects in curioua and quaint designs together with numerous examples of bronzes, Imari, Kinkosan, Uwari and Morikin porcelain and faience, attractive lacquered ware, cabinets, bamboo sticks, bamboo furniture, Arima and Jyo baskets baskets and etc, and many articles suitable for household use and complimentary presentation, The Rev, W, E, Paige referred in strong terms to the immorality of Misterton in the course of his Bermon yesterday morning, at St Matbew's Church, At a meeting of tho Committee of tho Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club, held on Friday evening last, the following new members were elected:—Messrs Mackersoy.G. H. Astall, P. G. Clark, and Ed. Yates. The circular from the N. Z, Amateur Athletic Association re the proposed visit of N.Z. athletes to Melbourne to oompete in the first series of Australian championships, to be held in November next, was considered, and it was decided that the local Club could not, on account of its infancy, promise any financial support towards the movement, Accounts amounting to £lB 10s fid were passed for payment. It was decided to hold the annual general meeting on Friday, Bth September, The next sports meeting was postponed until October, the date to be arranged at the next committee meeting. The Maaterton Rifle Volunteer! parade on Thursday next, Mr H, de Clifton says that a farmer can make a profit of £1 per week from the scavenger of his farm, the omnivorous pig, The collection at the Salvation Wed» ding yesterday amounted to £& 10s 3d. MrW. Shaw, of Qucen-street, succeeded in running one of his debtors down on the Went Coast last week, after a long chase,' and managed to extract the Bum owing with all expenses,