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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4502, 21 August 1893, Page 2

An exchange informs us that a young lad died in fiot? Plymouth, on Sunday aßt,jfpm loskjw catod by tunning a fusty nail fpfd his foot St week' before> As acciaents cl'tlfis natute are jof frequent occurrence, will now point out k B'jssps '.of. obyiaixpgany ev>l' consV ; a coiiple of gallons monwashinß Mfla, this, the water to beas hot as tbs patfant can bear it, and let it remain for an hoar or, longer, .This is failing pre, Venubre of'eyil iidMefliie'ncesi^Feilto'g . vv'

A grocerj' buaineßß. in Wellington ia adrertised as fur aslo in another column.' i A writer in the Evening Press suggests ' that BDllamy's requires & little Sunday J inspection,' Our .legislators apparently / take too muoh;licetißo.. V .f 'T: •,, ' A person styled the Cieat American j Salesman created some sonMlion in < Masterton on Saturday evening by his , peculiar ;style of doing business. If he , comes back here he will probably, j shouldtliepolica.notinterfere,be some* j In our ..issue to-day, Mr (}. S. W, Dairymple/land agent; of Masterton, : has a n«« list of properties for aalei ! A concert and dance was held at the [ Makskabi schoolbouse, on ?riday evening lust,in aid of the school prize fuuds, the building being packed. 'A' lengthy ' programme of songs and-recitations was got through very;; successfully. The parents of the children provided "lofresKmentsand a pleasant! dance; completed "very enjoyable evening. Both Pabiatua contributed musical talent. Dr Cook has been appointed prinoipal Curator of the Imperial Institute, j > Ernest Osmond, the well-kuown cyolist, of- London, recently ",rb'de tow' miles in 4min 24 ■ 2-saeo,' : beating the record.-' ' -0 ' ( Intense heat has been experienced tnroughout iiiurope, and' deaths from sunstroke in the various capitals are general. 7 . Mr David Benjamin, formerly of Melbourne, has bequeathed £6OO to the 1 Jewish Synagogue of Melbourne, and ' £IOO _ eaoh to the Lunsdale-street Hospital and Jewish Aid Society. The result ot the poll taken by thti ; Eketahuna Boad Board for tlie JE2500 loan for formation and metalling in 'the i Wellington Special Settlement Block i appears in'another column.' ' ! . Three enormous bullocks were recently sold at Addington, .Obristoliuroh, one fetched £l6los, and the other two £i3 i 10b each, The proprietors of Clement's Tonio.are stated to expend £6,000 a year in ad vet. tising... t !•; ■■ Boxing matches '."for women only" take |)lace in East London every Sunday morning, . A mob of 2000 Suoialiats at Prague who objected to the birthday celebration in honour of the Austrian Emperor,' raised a riot, Tho. police were stoned and a number of houses wrecked. ' A small property of : three and a Quarter acres, which includes a valuable Orchard, is advertised for sale or to leaso. According to the Observer, Masterton hasone policeman to overy I,7oopersons; Greytown one to evoiy .1,768, while Oar. terton—with a district embracing 3,753 peraons—is protected by only one solitaty " Robert." Mr W. Nation, late of tho Wairarapa Standard, has erected a newspaper iflice at Shannon, on the Manawatu line. The .Commissioner of Crown Landß notifies that the Kaitangata Block 20,000 acres, Te Mara blook 18,700 acres, and Kaiparoro Block 20,000 acres will be open for application at his office on the 19th September, A lad, twelve years of age, has beon charged at Hastings with stealing watches and chains. That Ilunedin Gloh dulis Clinton, "tho Siberia of New Zealand.". .. ■ _ An exchange says that it ia hard for a philosopher to understand why football should be called' play, so long as shovelling coal is considered hard work, Mr A, W. Gould, solicitor,is removing from Pabiatua to Wellington, where he intends practising, According' to' the.Rangitikei Advocate Mr D, Lang obtained for his farm at Colyton the highest price per acre yet given in that neighborhood, viz,, £lB per aore, A man living near Ny nganstoleakiss from a pretty little girl in Sydriey,waß fined by a magistrate, horsewhipped by her brother, and' hurried into a brain fever by biß wife. His clergyman also alluded to it in a sormon, one of the local editors took tides with the elorgyraaii, and revieved the case in print, and the caterpillars have eaten up every grain of the malefactor's wheat crop. A costly kiss, indeed! An intoreßtlng little ceremony was conducted on Thursday last at the residence of Mr Darley, Bannißter-atreat, when Mr K. Pinhey, cab proprietor, of Masterton, was united in matrimony to Mies M. Healy, latoof.Olirißtchuroh, the Rev. John Dukes conducting the coromocy. Mr Darley gavo tho bride away, while Mr T. W. Shaw aoced as best man. We. wish Mr and Mrs Pinhey every happiness and prosperity. It is computed that 45 out of every ICO working meu in England, who pass the age of 60 years die in the workhouse. A public meeting was held in the Eketahuna school on Saturday to conelder the cometery site question. After discussion it was decided to invite the piiblio. to meet the Trustees at the present ceraoteryon Thursday next at 1.80 p.m, to decide the question, A London exchange saysi A Melbourne bank clerk borrowed £2OOO from the bank wherewith to make biß fortune on the turf, but did not communicate the fact to the manager or direotors, as lie intended (they ' all do) shortly to replace the 'amount. He, of course, lost it all. 1 To win it back be embezzled another £2OOO, and lost this also. Thinking matters were now serious, ho went and stated the case to the family -solicitor respectable, fatherly old gontlemau of aniuipeachable integrity. After a proper amount of good advice, the solicitor asked the bank olerk if there was any < more money on which he could lay his hands. 1 The olerk replied that he could get another £6CDO, and hot be found out for ten days. "Get it, then, and bring it to me this afternoon," said the solicitor. The clerk accordingly brought tho 1 money to the' solioitor. The solicitor ! counted out £1000.; "Thero, that & for ■ vqu,'' hanging it to the clerk. Then he 1 counted opt another £IOOO. *' That's for me," he said. Then he wrote to the chairman of directors, stating that the ' clerk had embezzled £IO,OOO, that his i family desired to avoid a prosecution,and I that the heads of tho family had had a meeting, at which they had managed to , subscribe £IOOO -the utmost they could , raise, The bank must either take the | amount and let the matter drop, or they j might prosecute the clerk and get nothing, The directors decided to take the £4OOO. J A villago doctor, meeting a prominent j member of the ehurch who boasted of his teetotalism, resolved' to put .him to the { test; so hp asied him intp a hotel, and ordered two glasses of pie. After they j had drunk it, and two or three more at | the doctor's expense, the jlootor, think' | ing he|)adhira, ask od,' ! Hny docs this £ square with your teetotal pretensions, . John?""Well,sir,"answeredJohn,with j aquiet smile, "you see doctor ordered i this," 1 ■ '• '■ '.' j •The' Crystal Palaco, near London, entered upon the fortieth year of its 1 history' on 10th June, the npmyersaiy ( of ti)e opening by the.Queen. : ' 1 A craze for bargains set in this inornlng j at tbo Bon Marohe, Wo, ttatiu flooperd: Coiri"uiy, have started'clearing out the j ba'ance of our winter stook, Our bargains j are always genuine." We don't Bay we sell j 'at cost price, beoause no one oi wry few ] could test it not knowing .what the. cost price is.' Weion't offer our goods' at 20 i per cent discount beoause no one can Check r the calculation, not Lnarfing .<n what it'is fed, ! . We rely upon th( prices at which we offer on bargains and in nine cases out ■. of nine anta-half those prices are staggerers , Kith for the Public the' Trade. Of j course, weare gulag to lost!' money over this • jbbll : ''H6w'buld:wii'do':oth4riyist?. '.But ; I w6' ka'weU.'.'iiS otter p ; ebple £ Eveiyfchdy's'losing" 'money., arff >V)i;eparea jtp-'drop v :ffial^VW.W#B?in ;^WS), benefit the' Public,""'so keep, ; jourejeon. (ho \ Bon Mavobe!' f Every thing: at j

Tlio Soiontilie American: has soma r'e» narks on the largest flour mill in the vorld, whioh llluatrato the enormuus lour trade of the United States, The argeßtlnill in the world ia said to b '.Pittsburg A." Its capacity, is 7,200 jarrels /of flour per day. which quantitjf' las been actually been made in tn? time, rhereare eight or tenmillsin Minneapolis nakiug more than 2000 bairola of -floor )or day. The " Pitfbtirg A" mill has iva railroad tracks running to it. If landleß all. the cars by raaohinery, the laily demand being 200, to bring the svheat and carry away.the products. It is difficult to conceive 80,000. bushcla of i?heat being ground into flour iu one day it Mingle mill, .but nevertheless this is ;he daily business of the mill, and the ivork is-.' performed ' With' the:? utmost wturacyj aiid witb appacent ease.i '• Not long ago a Melbourne man was summoned for refusing to pay his subscription to a paper, writes " Flaneur" in the Sydney Ffeeman, which he had regularly taken in, - though ho never ordered it, and he contended there was ao authority for the supply. Evidently [here was a ! lineal dependent of Soloabii on;the Bench that day, however, Eor" : he> aaked the fellow if he would sonßideri himself liable lor payment if a baker had left a loaf of bread at his dude Saily,; and he had oaten it. 'Certainly your honor," said the oheup reader, "b'qt that ib a totally different case." " Not it all," said the judge, wlid had a neat iurnfor humor, "you eat the loaf and iriou devour the paper. Verdict for the plaintiff with full coats." 4 most wise rad I :Two "Field" Martini-Henry rifles, ;he latest pattern, are now on view at ihe • Wairnrapa Farmers' Cooperative Aesooiation'B premises in Queen Street. The meeting to-night at St Matthew's lobool room to establish a Boys' Olub, ihould be largely attended. We, learn ihat already considerable Interest is aken in/the matter, ■ Quite a number of undesirable itiarsoters aro again in Masterton, ; William Biggins, alias O'Connor, alias D.'Brien, alias Price, alta» Mickey Drip-; ping, etc., etc., was brought before the Masterton R,Mj Court this morning and charged with drunkenness. Although Mickey.is well-known to the police, this is his first appearance at Masterton and he.was accordingly allowed to depart cn payment Of 6s fine and 2b costs. Mr \V. Lowes, J.P., occupied the Benob. The return asked for by Mr A. W, Hogg M.H.R.,'shows that the District Court has sat at Masterton on 81 days during the last two years, the oosts of the sit" tings being £76 2a lid. The smount recovered through the Court was £545 9s 4d. . Citing instances of ''fearful examples" of the effects of drink during the debate on the Licensing Bill, the member for Manakau(Mr Buekland) said that he knew of men who had drunk themselves to death with Lea and Perrin's sauce, painkiller, and chlorodme, because they were unable to get alcoholio liquor. At the morning service at St Luke's Church, Greytown, yesterday, the Rev T. B. McLean confirmed the report that lie would be Bhorlly severing his connection with that Church. He stated that ho would refer to it more fully on another | occasion; He had spent a most pleasant i time in the Wairarapa, and for many reasons regretted- his approaching departure. A few days ago a man named John Brown presented himself at the Wellington Police Station and urged the police to detain - him for lunacy. Two doctors subsequently examined bim, and declined to certify that he was inaatie, so he war discharged. Brown .shortly afterivardsturned up at Wanganui, where he renewed his application thiß time with success, as he was brought down to the Mount View Asylum last night. Fosl, : Homo time ago the • Wellington Acclimatisation Society received irom Auckland a number of rainbow ; trout, and from them 9000 ova have been obtained. 7 The Kiver in which the ova are to be placed has not yet. been selected. Mr J. Hessey, of the Upper Plain, has presented a number of hooks to the Mastorton Library. Amongst others, there is the novel, " Philiberta," by Thorpe Talbot, for which the Melbourne Leader gave a prize of 1100, Mr W. Lowes has presented a copy of "The Wreokcr," by R. L. Stevenson. A similar number has also been presented by Mr E, Richards. A meeting of. the Stewards of the Masterton-Upaki Jockey Club was held at the Club Hotel on Saturday last, Amongßt the business done the Stewards have deoided that tho fee for training horses on the course has fixed at £1 for tho first, and ten shil. lings for each subsequent horse, for the season. Two properties w6ro sold by Mr F. H, Wood, at his Greytown auction sals last Saturday, viz:—Dwelling house and land in Hastwell street, occupied by Mr M. It. Varnham, purchased by Kev. W. Rowse for £165, and an aore at Martinborough, purchased by Mr H. S. izaid for £2O. • Masterton Hifle Volunteers parade for Government inspection cq Thursday next. - - r ' . . The export of coal from Westport for the weak ended on Saturday was 7)058 tons, , We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the-Wairarapa Hunt Club Ball, which takes place on Thursday next. Heavy rain fell this morning at Eketahuna, The Wairarapa Farmers' (Jo-Operative Association had another big innings at their sale on Saturday. The premises of tho late W.D.O. were crowded all day, »nd in the evening tho efforts of the sssiatcnts were taxed to the utmost, Mr F. H, Wood adds to his next raralabi stock sale, seven good dairy cows springing to calve. St Luke's Church, Greytown, has been presented with a handsome oval painting representing a cross, around which is mtwmed a banner, bearing the inscription " Prepare ye the way of tho Lord." It is a very neat work, and exceedingly ireditable to tho artist and donor, Mr W.J, Knell, Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Maeterton stock sale for Wednesday jext, -August 28rd, 100 fat wethers, i turnip fed), J. The Auckland police recently arrested I lis: boys for larceny, Two were com-! nittod to the Industrial Behool and hree to St Mary's Catholic School, Seisin, Their ages are from 9to 14. The Bill requiriug tobacconists to be iceused is to be introduced by the Jovernment as an amendment to the tobacco Act, No person shall sell obacco, cigars, cigarettes, or snuff, fithout a license; but this'shall not pplyto anyone selling tobacco made ,t his own factory, Cigarettes and cut obacco from the' imported material shall i le subject to excise duty, and must not i 6 made without & Bpecial license issue t a much higher fee. Evoty package of obacco sold by a licensed person shall his name and address, a bieaoh of 1 his section involving a fine and the .< orfeibure of the ?oods. -Ttmej. ] A Good T me at the preset to buy Mens' i toy's, and Youth's Clothing cheaply. You i an get them at the lowest Sale and Salvage ; ivices, with a discomit of L in the £ turned in cash the nest 15-days only ! ,i Te Aro Honse, . i T'je 3kbt Choke ever vet offered, uuok I oit men'.' Heavy Scotch Tweed Suits at ( !2s 6d for 22s W, Colonial Tweed Suits at !7s fid for £3s fid, with an extra cash gift of : s in the i.. ■ . • One Smmiw in rarS, Men's Tweed tests at 2s lid and 3b] Id, -Heavy Ppcdlc , 'wccd Trousers at 19s 6d for 14a od. Biuj ■ 20s parcel o/'lm: and secure a caih mm of Is in tie £. i Fifteen. DiYa Oki.. Men's Tweed j )vercoats 35s for 16s 6d, Youth's Trouser j lulls 21s for IBs 6d, and to crown tk whok : discount o fit ii. ik£,, TMs is where ihe boy's come in.' Tweed ; (nickers at ds' Cu for 2b 3di' School suits m l3'6d .for ;4b'lid. Heavy Sei.w Kniokei 1 - luits 1$ (SHot 0s 6d.' v 'j% wtej, jjok -Quint jjtlwemi. : "7'/'"' ' Now js fp I'piE.-; All, prices both. Sale with the extra discount ot Js'in hefeiafor .otily, on': purchases b£ :Os"wbrthaiid;up,a} Te Aro wuse, Wei.

■iThe annual meeting of tnembera ofthe Waitarapa fisoing Club will bo held on Thnisdayj September 7th, at 1 p.nf, at the Forestors'Ha|l, Greytown.. The s. b. Pakeha took away from . Tihiaru the other day 4400 frozen hares as last of her loading from the refrigutmg works. Mr F.H.Wood will hold a; clearing sale of stock and :farm implements on Saturday, 26th August next, on the form of Mr &. Coulter, Wai Hnkeke.near Oarierton, I'atticulavß of the entries may be seen m oar advertising columns. 1 .The Manawatu Times ,oi thiirsilay says': Yesterday Mr T, Edwards, of Bunion, met with eu accident whicli, had it not been far the extraordinary sagacity' ;ofa sniall:dogjrwoiild. iii' all.probability. • have; beta' attehded with : foitai'' coiisei quences. . While driving a vehiolo containing sheepskins along thV-roifli' the. trap was capsizsd, and Mr Edwards -was buried beneath the skins. When discovered he : waii in iai. unconscious state, having thea been in this awktvard fix for Borne three-hours', ' Mr'Edwards'owes his life to the sagacity of a small dog. After the vehicle was capsized, tha'animalj'inits persistent endeavours toreaoh its master, scratched away a track under the skips to his face, and the channel thus formed etiabled a' supply of <air;to" : reach him." Had -it not been for this fact, Mr Edwards must undoubtedly have been suffocated. ' " The Sydney-Herald of-August the 4th has the Mowing!-Tt is' .the'inteiition ofthe secretary of the Seamen's. Union (Mr.Sam Smith) to devote, his energies in future to the organisation of maritime : labour generally, aiid [with this object,in | view he last evening refused to allow himself to be nominated for the, position of. vice-president or.the 4'rades. nud ' Labour Council, a position which he had held; for some-time past. .'.The-men 1 no,v recognised more forcibly than 1 previously that their 1 greatest source of weakness lies in : the large amount of i floating'disorganiaed labour; • - i ' Mr 0. T. Natusch, architectof Maatei'i ton, was eugaged this morning measur- : ing off the site for the new Fire Brigade I buildings. [ In the Medical Museum, Washington, , there are two skulls cracked like a couple of egg shells (hat have been, knocked , togethor, l'hey formorly belonged' to a couple of Virginian negroes, who butted each other .to. death bocauso a woman , couldn't deoide which of the two she ' liked the batter. i Marriage banns were published at St. , Luke's Church, Greytown, yesterday , on ; the application of ltobert F, Hall, of i Greytown, and Alice Kate King, of.Wellington. 1 Mr Ibbetson has been relieved of the i duties of Registrar uf Electors for the : Masterton District, and Mr J no. Bagge i appointed In his stead. , r— 1