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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4495, 5 August 1893, Page 2

During thernuhth of July the estates of 35 deceased persons were placed in oharge of the Publio Trustee, The vulues ranged from L 5 to The estimated population of the Colony on the 80th June was 660,642, exclusive of Maories, who numbered 41,993,' giving a total population of 702,535. - ■

Mr John Hessoy and Mrs Hessey re. turned to New Zealand by the Wakatipu yesterday.

The American visible supply of wheat ia 68,700,000 bushels.

There is a bitter feeling in finanoial circleß throughout the States. ■Australianmerchants in London are buying cautiously with'outasking favours, and meeting.bile better than was expected, thereby increasing confidence.

Mr W. H. Grenfeil, M.P. for Hereford, has resigned his seat in the House ofCommtiij, Hewtß strongly opposed to the retention oilrish members.at Westminster, and to the closing of Indian mints for the coinage oi silver, Mr O Townsend, who has been employed at the Mastetton Railway Station for the past twelve months, has been transferred to Wellington. Mr Town, sendhas made himself extremely popular in Masterton by his courteous behaviour, and his many friends will regret his departure from their midst.

At a largely attended and influential, meeting of the National Political Association yesterday afternoon, it was decided nnanimoufly to wpport Mr Bnelson for the Palmerston seat in the Opposition interest at the coming election,

It is reported that the Loan and Mercantile Company are amicably settling th > difficulty about the priority of Baron Schioder's claim. '

At the Cuwes Yachting Carnival the Prince of Wales's Brittannia won the Meteor Challonge Shield, The Prince and his son, the Duke of York, were on board the yacht. We are sorry to hear that Mr Arthur Hathaway, son of Mr A. J. Hathaway, of Masterton, is in a serious condition in Wellington, through a poisoned handThe doctors in attendance aver that the young fellow has been bitten, by a " Katipo," although ho has no knowledge ffhea or wheri It happened. His many friendain Masterton einccrelv hope he may soon recover from his unfortunate mißhap,

Residents Of Masterton havo been annoyed, during the past few days, by the visits of a number of pedlars fo their housos. Some of thoße gentry are most persistent and refuse to take "no" for an answor whon offering their warcs,and in some cates have become insolent and abusive when peoplohaverofusodtobuy. The Masterton Voluuteer Fire Brigado held their ordinary meeting on Wednssdny ovening last, It was decided to procure 300 feet of new hose and six more uniforms. After the ordinary routine business was concluded, Captain Kingdon, on behalf of the members of the Brigade, presented Mr O. H. Payne with a clock, suitably engraved, as a recognition of his past services as Hecretai y.

The election for the Auckland City seat resulted yesterdiiy in the return of Mr Cadman by a majority of 751 over Mr Bees, ■

Thoro is said to bo some dissatisfaction (says the Proßa) in the Wellington polioe force over the recent inoreaao of pay of C 4 per dium to those ,vho have served over seven years without a black mark. Favouritism in some oases, it is alleged, has been shown, and men. who have had along way over the prescribed time's servioe—Borne even to sixteen years—tfilbcvt a single scratch against their names, have been treated with silent contempt.

The Evening Press understands that, following the example set by tho police in Auckland and Masterton, an attempt is to be made to. suppress several disorderly houses in Wellington, flumerous onmplaints have been received by tho police, the general tone of which, is that some neighbourhoods are rendered almost uninhabitable by the orgies which goon, and the complainants ask. that "somethingbe done."

Mr Gully, the Crown Prosecutor, has recovered from hia rocenfc attack of measles, and is about again as usual, He will conduot the caw for the police in the charge of performing an illegal operation preferred a»ainßt Caroline MoQovor.i, which comes on for hearinß on Tuesday next at the Wellington Resident Magistrate's Court,

The election of Mr, JameH k'Gowan as member for the Thames is gazetted.

Application has lately been made (says tbo Post) to the Government by a party of eight Woodville residents for 400 seres in small farms at the junction of the Manawatu Tirannva rivers. This has been reserved on aocount of the large railway anc traffic bridge over the Manawatu on the road betweon Woodville and Palmerston being in the vicinity, and tho opinion of the Department is that it would be inadvisable to interfere with the timber dispose of the land, lest tho course of tho rivor be diverted,

An ingenious little tool forfruit gathering has la'ely been patented in London, It works very much after the fashion of a human hand, and, fixed on along stick with a cord attached, It will gather any kind and any size of fruit, from a.iy height and from any out of the way branch of a tree. There are three metal fingers, which can be opened out or closed at mil, and being padded inside and covered with the .best soft Fara rubber, not the slightest mark is made on even the most tender fruit. It is a common belief in India, that if a cobra is killed and the remains are left in a bungalow, others of the species wil| be attracted to the spot, A, correspondent of the Pioneer Mail records an incident which appears to indicate sb he says, that there is some truth in this theory. About nine months ago Colonel Uderton killed a very large cobra in llio compound of his Bungalow at Dinapere, and had its skin stuffed and cot up by a native moohee. Since then the impound has been infested 'with these snakes, and no less than eight full-grown cobras measuring from 4ft Sin to fife 4in, have beep killed there, one of which was sitting up, ivith its hood, extended, oontempla'.ing .the house whsro the remains of|ts preserved friends were. It is a curious fact that ejery snake when found was making in the direction of the bungalow, and most of them showed fight when tackled. The last two were within a few feet of each other when Colonel Uderton killed them with a stiok, and were advancing up the carriage drive together. No cobras have been seen in other parts of the station. A Sood Time at the present to buy Men's Bey's, and Youth's Clothing oheaply, You can get tkem attho lowest Sale and Salvage prices, with a discount of Is in the £ relumed in cash forthe nest 15 dayß only at l'eAro House. •'.. .'.!•..

j; Tins Besi Choice ever vet'offered,. Look | to it men, ■ Heavy . Scotch' Tweed Suits at 32s 6d for 22s 6d, .Colonial Tweed Suits at 37s 6d for 26s 6d, with an extra cash gift of le inthe'£;'',.,

' "One SuiiiiNO in the £,: Men's Tweed Vests at 2s Ud'and 3s lid, Heavy ftddle Tweed.Trous'e'r's at 19s 6d for 14a 6d.. % o;20j farce?' ojiMsi aii&mpe a'i;m, bonis ofU tit the £,' : '■:■■':■., ■'.',, ■ Fifteb'nDavs Only.' Men's Tweed Overcoats 35s for IpsCd, Youth's Trouser 1 Suits' 2Js for .13s 6d; diidto troaiUhe whole pdiammtofH'iri.th£.-: ■';:■- This is where the boy's (omevi. Tweed Knickers at 3s On for 2s 3d, School suits at Bs6d fdr 4s'lid?;Heavy Bergo'Knicker Suits 1056df0r656d,.% «te yovwant OjtiuttWM. ':'.';' ■■'":•'■'.'.•

' Now ib the Time. All prices both Sale and Salvage with the extra disoountof Is in the £isfor 15days only,on'purchases of 20s.worth and up, at'Te Ard House, Wei-

Durin the wljple] 0) 'JKerin^dy Dramaticaeason.theMaatertnndrbhestra, 1 underMr Candy, suppliedtie inoideiital niusio and overtures in a tipsteffioient manner, MrKeißenberg ;takipg,on two nights, the place of the pianist travelling with the Uoirjpahy. ■ The 'Volunteer Band Vnuatered in'foil force every night in its usual place in front of the Theatre. The Trustors of the Home for the Needy held their monthly meet, ing; ou Thursday. The Superintendent and Matron have just completed another year of office, and the. Trustees are glad to say that they are in every way satisfied .with their management :of the Home. The Trustees would like it to be i known (hat they aro very ranch in want of funds; they depend upon subscriptions fad wouldaak the people of Wellington to support there in 'their work. Since the Home was open in the beginning of 1889,47 inmates had been received into it i of these, 7 are dead, and 11 others have left or bean discharged, there be. ing at present 2!). inmates, 19 men and 10women. The cost:of maintenance, including food, fuel.lijjhtirig, and superintendence, for the past year, wus 6s s|d perhoad per week.—Press.

Sir 0. Cliffird'B will bequeaths personalty amounting to £IB,OOO to his widow, and an annunity of £IOO, The estate are divided between the present baronet and the other bodb. .A gun exploded on board a German warship at Krel; and two officers and seven men were killed, and 18 wounded. Cholera has appeared both at Gravesend and atGreat Grimsby, but bo far the cose.are confined on board the ships which brought tho disease, In his speech at tho Bank of New Zealand meeting, the ohairman, MrR. F. Glyn, said that the money withdrawn during the bank panic did not amount to 'aloo. Now Zealand was the only couutiy south of the equator whose budget showed a surplus. The Standard, referring to the stand of,the Australians in.thp litiversity match, considers it has set the sealou their fame, and tint the team is now entitled to rank with tho teams sent Uome in 1882 and 1881.

Tho Feilding .Star romarksi-As far na the credit of the colony is concerned, the frozen sheep in the London market oxercises a far more beneficial influence that a living member of the New Zealand Parliament, Frozon mutton has a potentiality not possessed by the avorage politican.

The friends of Mr J. Dumbloton, late manager of the Kopuaranga Daily Factory, will be pleased to hear that he has received the appointment of manager of the factoiy at Fortrose. This ia the second largest factory in the South Ib" land and is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of cheese, turning out about 120 tons annually. _ Messrs Lowes and lorns draw attention to the alteration in the date of the Te Ore Ore land sale from Auguat'to the end of September. An adyertissment will appear in a few days stating full particulars.

There is Celestial joy in Mastorton. Mrs Kow Kee has given birth to twins I

John Sohuian, n.. Assyrian hawker, feeling unwell, called on Dt Beard yesterday afternoon, The Doctor discovered him tobesuffanng from broncho, pneumonia end measles, and accordingly reported the matter to Mr K. Brown, ai Olork to the local Board of health. The I Hospital Trustoes wure informed of the matter, but Dr tfosking declined to rooommend the admission of the ram to the Hospital aa Lis oomplaint wjb an infections one, The Trußtoes met, and after discussion it was decided to admit the man to the fever-ward of the Hospital, and to employ a special attendant to look after him, to prevent any danger of the complaint being carried to other patients by the regular attendants, Supplies have been received by the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society from the United District Charitable Aid Board.

Formerly, and even up to the comniencomont of the present session, it was customary for copies of all Bills relating m any way to matters-of local govern, ment to be forwarded to local bodies. For some reason this has ceased—at least so far 'as Masterton is concorned-end if it had' not boen for the courtesy of Mr A, VV, W. Ho£[g, M.H.R, who posted his own copieß, tho_Borough Council would not have obtained one or two important -municipal Bills: which haye recently been before the Houbc,

The Secretary of the Masterton Footbail Club, Mr Perry, has arranged to run a special drag to the Railway Station on Monday next, to meet the mombers of the club on their eturn from the Australian tour.

Writes a London correspondent:— •". All, attempts to discover the praotical joker taking liberties with Labby's name have bo far failed, and he continue recklessly on his abandoned coi'rsc, Las' Thursday some 500 smart folk received invations from Labby to meet the Maharajah of Kapurthala (-'an Oriental potentate whith whom I am not acquainted," the member fer Northampton writes) at tin "At home" at the Portman Rooms, ou June 8. Hardly was this fraud exposed than the Redmonds fonnd themselves bidden in a iuce little note,-signed "Mabel La. bouohere," to spend Saturday to Monday at' Pope's Villa. They went, arid met on the doorstep a number of the bittore.t Unionists members,' who, it seemed, had been invited to meet them,''

The Colouiel Mutual Lite Assurance Society, has made'. remarkable progress during the p«r. few years, From tables presented it will bo seen that in 1892 the funds increased £150,236, in the same year the annual revenue from premiums and interest exceeded £415,000. A new table has lately been added in which the assurer is guaranteed that at death there shall bo paid over the full amount of the policy, together with the full amount of all premiums paid to date. This latter it bound to be a moßt popular table when properly understood and we have no doubt Mr Osmond, the Society's representative,will be able to give overy information respecting the advantages of the Colonial Mutual,

: It is the intention of Mr W. Hutohison to propose a new clause to the Lioetmng Act Amendment Bill to the effect that dubs shall come under the operation of that Act, and that no club shall be licensed except by the oommibtee of the dietriot.

The following is the programme arranged for the next Wesleyansitpenny concert, to beheld on Tuesday August Bth:—Overture; recitation, Florrio Dang; violin duet, Messrs Candy antt Worsfold j song, ~riiss B.Dagg; recita.j tion j song, Mr Lilly; duet (vocal) Miss Prentice and Miss M. Dagg; recitation, Edie Dagg; song, Mrs Aitken ■, song, Mr Boagey; song, Miss Lilly; trio, The Messra Kalph (3); song, Miss Mc> Court; song, Mr Astall; duet, Mr and Mrs Lilly;', song, Miss E, Williams; cornet duet, Messrs Hounslow and Benqington; trio, Meseis Aitken, Boagey, and Ralph, The concert will conclude with the comio dialogue " A Cure for Tramps' l by Messrs Donald (2) and Johnson (in character).

A fivatoffender oharged with drunkennesswas dealt with in the usual manner attheMastertonE.M, Court this morn. A craze for bargains set in this morning at the Bon Marche. ■; We, that is Hooper & Company, havo started clearing ont the balance of ourwinter stock, Our bargains arealways genuine. We don't say we sell at cost price, because no'one m very few could test it, not knowing what-the cost price is. We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent discount because no one can check the calculation, not knawing on what it is ■lased. We rely upon the prices at which we drier our bargains and fa nine cases out of nine and-a-half those pricesare staggerers Ijoftjor the' Public and the;. Trade, Of course, wearegalagto.lose-money, over this job I How could we do -otherwise? But why not ?, "Wby shouldn't we as ;■ well & other people ? Everybody's' loslnmoneys' now-a-dayaj; and .we •■ are. prepared to .drop Our share; jusl for. the sake of'company;', but thatwo.lose.weloseinagodd cause. -We benefit the Public,' so k'eep.jr'our eye .on the' Bon Marcbe for .bargainsi;Everything at panlopriceSi.; :; -v : ;H : ■'■

adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of Alex Black was held at the Courthouse Pahiatua on Thursday even. ! ra'(|;]Mti Mr W, p, Cliennellsl Deputy i Offioial Assignee,' presiding, Nearly all I the creditors in the estate were present or represented. It was .unanimously deoided to give back to the debtor, the the balance of his furniture, valued at £l9lßs Gd. A proposal that the sum of £39 be paid to Mr Black out of the pro. ceeds of Iho house propotty fas, negatived by a narrow- majority.. The meeting then adjourned. • The Masterton Mutual Improvement Society held a social gathering jn the Wesloyar, schoolroom last evening, there being a large attendance. Variousgames and amusements were indulged in, and refreshtiiiSritaireredispensed'duringithe evening.' Thb'gathering broke" up at 10.15 p.m., everyone apparently having enjoyed themselves. At next Iriday's meeting ot the Sociotya " Mock' Trial" will take the form of a breach of promise case. There should ho.a crowded audience; as the'procoeding's will be open to : the public ' ' '