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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4521, 12 September 1893, Page 2

There is a probability of the elections being held in November and of women being allowed to vote, The time for registration under such circumstances will necessarily be exceedingly limited, and it will be well for the advocates .of female franofaise iu the electorate to take immediate steps to enroll names, !We presume there would be no difficulty in at once securing antdfqaate'aapply' of registration forms and in preparing then),for lodgment as wop ww Bill

is assented to by His Excellency. We would like to see tha I'emale franchise faWy tested in the Maaterton Electorate at the coming election, and therefore urgo prompt organisation on tbe part of those speoially interested in it to secure a full enrollment of names.

A new advertisement from Messrs R. P.. Temple and Co appears in another colamn. ■ One>third of. tho university students of Europe die prematurely from the effects of bad habits acquired in college, one-third die prematurely from the effects of close confinement at their ptudies, and tho other third govern Europe. . MrP, H, Wood will hold an important sale of household furniture, etc, at the Parsonage, Greytown, on Saturday, September 30th, under Instructions from the Rev. T. B. Maclean. Mr F. H. Wood has received instructions to offer for private sale, a farm of 60 acres at Matarawa. Full particulars appear elsewhero. Mr J, L. publishes a new advertisement Li thia issue. In tho course of his sermon, preached to a congregation at St, Luke's Ohurnh, Greytown, on Sunday evening last, tho Rev. T. B, Maclean referred to the extension of the franchise to women. It was, ho considered, tho greatest step New Zealand had ever mado, He was quite sure that it would prove a blessing, and that a great number of the present evils would be crushed through its medium. The Rev. T. B. Maclean announced at St, Luke's Churoh, Greytown, on Sun-, da; last, that there would be a celebration of the Holy Communion, both at eighty and eleven o'clock on Sunday morning next, He trusted that all of the congregation, who are communicants, would attendj as it would be. his last opportunity caking the Saorainent with them as curate of St. Luke's, (

Tho Greytown Wesleyan Church Choir rendered a seryiceof song, entitled "John Tregenoweth—His Mark," at the Morrison's Bush Church last Friday evening, to a fairly large apd yeiy appreciative audience, Mr Gant taking the _ connective reading part, Tho Choir and Mr Gant were thanked by tho Rev S. J. Gibson and the doxology concluded a most enjoyable evening. ThoPresident of America has relused to make any compromise over the repeal of the Sherman Act,

Some 20,000 people in South Carolina, whoso homes were wrecked by the cyclone, are in a starring condition, The Chelsea police are enquiring after a Melbourne man named Thwaites on a charge of murder.

It is reported that Sir Henry Norman is to be raised to the Peerage, News from the Islands state that the American schouner Fleur-de-lis latoly foundered off Butaritari, The orow were saved.

The Chicago Exhibition accounts so far show a defioitof £3,000,000. Mr L, Flotcher, of London, has beaten the world's bicycling. record for 1000 miles by over six hours. Electrio motors, to run on railroads up to a speed of thirty milos an hour, have been porfectod in America, and are expected to be in general use beforelong. The following is the Lower Valloy Jockey Olub's Boxing Day programme: Handicap Hurdles, 60 sovs; Hack Handicapflurdles, 25sovs; Martin Memorial, 40 sovs j Maiden Haok, 20 sovs; Lower Valley Jockey Club Handicap, 100 bovs j Handicap Hack Race, 25 sovs j Martinborough Handicap, 40 bovb,

Captain Kerr, who is now known as " The Milton Martyr," has had his sentence commuted, and he was released yesterday, , The problem of how to sell retail at wholesale warehouse prices has been 1 completely solved by the D,1,0., of Wellington, and residents of this district ore ■ reminded of the fact by the Company's now advertisement, which will be found on our leader side, The reason why the D.1,0, ere in a position to Bell the very best goods at prices whioh absolutely defy competition ,amongst retailors,arises from the fact that their establishments at Dunedin, Ohristchurch and Wellington are the largest importers of drapery, olothing, boot and shoes, and furnishings in the colony, They hold immense stocks bought direct in Europe and elsowherj from the manufacturers, ond they must sell these at onoe io prevent oohgestiou, hence prices are necessarily low to induce quick sales. Then again the U,I.C, is run on the co-operative principlo, which givos them greater facilities for economical trading than are possessed by most other concerns, Wairarapa residents, upon application to the manager, will bo supplied with samples and estimates, post free, for every description of clothiue and furnishing, A truly Gilbertian situation has arisen in Victoria. It is described thus by the Melbourne irjtu:—Dr Wollaston is in a predicament, As permanent head of the Customs Department he has jiad an interview .with the Premier on the subject of further retrenchment in that department, if possible, and is now revising tfe estimates of expenditure, and inquiring generally into the working of the various branches nnder the administration of the Minister of Customs. As a first step in the direction of reducing the expenditure, he has deoided to issue notices to all the non-sexagenarian offioeri, who have been in the service for 30 years asking them if they are willing to retire on a pension equal to half their salary, In carrying out his duly to the Btate, Dr Wollaston will be under the necessity of sending a notice to himself, bb, although a comparatively young man, ho entered the service 30 years ago. Be must also reply to his own notice, stating whether or not ho is willing to retire, ' and, if not, will he as head of the depart- 1 ment compel himself to leave the ser- 1 vice 1 Comic opera would be the richer ! for such a situation.

There is at present in the Riverton hospital, a young native lad named Tom Brown, with whom Dr, Kelson has haa much trouble, He is suffering from stoppage of the bowels, It appears (Bays the local paper) that he has been addicted to the senseless habit, out of more bravsdo.ofswallowingstones, bones, rope, ftrit, &0., Borne of tbe stones being fully three-quarters of a inch in length. This j miscellaneous assortment of debris has' accumulated in his bowels, preventing him from having any passage for a month, Had it not been for the faot that some time ago be had an operation performed upon him whioh caused a distension' of the bowels, the sufferer must inevitably have aucoumbed to inflammation, As it- is, he is pretty had, but, thanks to the great attention he reoeives, he Is progressing favourably towards recovery, and it is to be hoped that when he does got better, he will leave off making his inside a gravel-depit. The . lady oyclist appears to be going ahead in France. Mdlle. Saint Sauveur, a well known Parisian circus rider, is stated to have covered on a bicycle, in one honrj a distance of 1$ miles without the aid of paoemakers, The lady was dressed in a white aurah shirt with flow* ing sleeves, and white flannel breeches fastened below the kaee by, three buttons. It is further stated that, contrary to advice, nhe wis tied in tightly at the waist, and did not seem to suffer in consequence, although before she had gone very far she had to take off a leather belt,which greatlyinconvenienoed her," • -

SnorpKo at Te Aro, House means getting the choice of the largesf stook o! new ashionable Drapery. It means you are buying at the lowest cash price and getting abonnsdlsoount.

Wi make special efforts. to please our country customers. ■■ All goods are charged at Wellington cash prices, and'carriage 1b paid on all parcels of 20s and upwards. - '. 'Send for patterns of our new Dresses and Delaines,'our new Prints and Crepons, you wUI find the and the colorings selpct

<:EKd£osE oaali .oMers,'" and they wiU : bo promptly eieobjcd.' and a Bonua Discbunt ot 6%willte returned dnallpur. •cbases.'ofJOs and upwards ft«» I§Aro Pouse, WcUinjtM, j

The Queen has bocome patroncaa ofa female cuurt-of tho Order ofForestew, It was recently decided to admit women as numbers. Her Majoaty ia now a female Forester, ■ "> \ : .

The seahorse is built upon a peculiar plan. It has the head ot ahorse, the wing of a bird, and tho tail of a suako, In swimming it assumes a vortical position, and when wishing to ress it attaches iteelF to a convenient stalk of seaweed by means of its (ail, ..... . The tablet placed' in the Greytown Wesloyan Church by the Rev W. Kowso, in memory of Mrs Anders Anderson, baa been erected under instructions from Mr Auderson (who is now in Europe) and was rot subscribed by the congregation as reported. In the course of the tour of the Aua« tralian cricket team, now in England, 86 matches have been played, out of which the Australians won 18, and thoEnglishmen 10 games, oight being drawn.; At the New South Wales Champion Cycling Meeting, hold .on Saturday last, Wilmott, of Rangiora, N.Z., put up the record for the Colony in his heat in the Balf'Mile Handicap, covering the distance in lmlnl2secs. He also won the Fivo Mile Championship of Australasia in 15 m ! .n 1 l-Bsecs," A contemporary speaking of the marvellously retentive memory of actors, says it seems almost impossible for them to forgot the lines of any ordinary part. The Feilding Star says it has known oolonial actors who could remember anything, but still they would forget to pay their advertising account. It is astounding to think what a vast number of conveniently forgetful aotors there are in this fickle world, The London Gazette contains the following notification, dated War Gico, 21st July, 1893:—"The Royal Regimont of Artillery—Captain (with the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in New Zealand) Franois John Fox, from the seconded list, to be Major, vice W, G, Phillimore, retired.

Many who were engascd in the West Coast Campaign in 1808 (Bays the Post) will remembor the half-caste girl'Luoy Grey who acted as a guide, and ms subsequently in the Government service, Ab Mrs Dalton she died in the New Plymouth Hospital last Sunday. Mr John Holmes, one of the most experienced men in the flax trade, has (says the Wellington Press) been appointed grader to the Flax Millers' Association which includes some 40 millers. His capabilities for the position are well known, and the appointment will, we are in a position to lay; prove acceptable to both merchants and producers. Mr Holmes' extensive knowledge of tho Sax industry, iu all its branches, from the preparation of the fibre to the finding ot a market for it in all parts of the world, is unequalled, and will be of special service to the trade. The man who would serve his constituency aB a member of the Munawatu Road Hoard (says the Rangitikoi Advocate) must be made of thatdoubly refined patriotic material of. which the William, Tells and the St, Georges of tho world are made, Not thatthoro is any romance to their livos. But ordinary human olay could hardly be equal to tho pitiful cares and worries with which that poor Board is nffiictod. Their roads are bad, their constituents clamourous, their atmosphere dark with threatened lawsuits, and now Mr Donald Grant is at them again. Men who could accept all this vicarious punishment, with virtue as their sole reward, deserve the New Zealaud war medal or .some other public recognition of their somen, At Orewe County Court, John Stelfox, Manchester, sued John Mottram, Leeds, for 70s. The debt was an old one. The defendant was seventy-five years of age, and reoeived parish pay, The Registrar onquired if the plaintiff pressed for au order. Plaintiff did so, The Registrar said the debtor must pay a penny a year, the first penny to bo due July 1894. (Much laughter), At the Gbiistehurch Resident Magistrate's Court recently, before Mr

Bcetham, R.M, Mr Burgess made an application under the Adoption of Children Act, 1881, on behalf of Alice Maria

Veller, who prayed to bo allowed to dopt an ill'giti'nate oltild, aged about ighteen months. Mi Beetham said this ;as one of several similar applications; lie ethers had been made to him priately. He was glad this one was made itopen Coart, at it enabled him to make ■ublio what he thought about them, n tho present case on order ad been made by the Court against the utativo father, directing him to pay 6s or week for the Biipport of the child ntil it reaches tho ago of fourteen years, 'ho applicant describod herself as the rife of a laborer, and the consideration he was to receive for taking the child ras a payment of £5 and clothes for it to lie value of £lO. If the application 'ere granted the father's money liability rould cease, and the mother's reaponstilily would also be wiped out. The Jtal sum the man might be called on o pay waß something like £2OO, so hat the transaction, if it oame 11, would be a great relief to him, If nything happened to the adopting arents, and the child lived, it would be hrowu on the State. He had been requently asked to make such orders, nd had as frequently refused, as it rou'.d have been distinctly encouraging nmoraiity, and it was neither more nor ass than baby farming under its worst iossible aspects,—Press. If Dr Mutray-Gibbes is right, the nly chanco for man to maintain his itellectual pre-eminence is to prohibit r rostriot tea drinking by women. In n article in Eygiene the doctor attn. mteatbo proweaa of the Feminist movedent to the stimulating effect of" Ohina ragrant herb." In other words (as a cnteraporary eomewhat humorously emarks), the struggle for women's rights esolves itself literally into a storm in a ea cup; In the course of a recent leoturo says is probably thi ldesfc persenption in existenco was ranßlated, together with other medical iapyri, by Prof. A. Macalister, F, R. S, t was for awash for promoting the rowth of the hair of the mother of ting Ohata, second king of tho first Egyptian dynasty, who reigned in 000 8.0. The nostrum runs:—Pad of og's foot, 1 i fruit of date-palm, 1; ass's ioof, 1. Boil together with oil in a aucepan, Directions for use: Rub ii thoroughly. We shall in a generation or two (says he London Referee) have a .brilliantlyiduoatod working class-men of wide inowledge and general culture—and the middle classes will have to look to it, if they want to hold their own, for the biain and muscle together, form a dangerous combination.

In Englandsomestriking forge-workers recently deoided they were in the wrong, and, besides going baok to work at once, voloutarily paid their employers £25 indemnity for the less oaused by their striking.

i The Rev Mark Guy Pearse was very ill when tho last English mail left, A report gained considerable currency in London to the effect that Mr Pearse and the Rev Hugh Price "Hughes son(implated retiring from the Wesleyan ministry, Both gentlemen have denied the truth of the report, Mr Pearse's reply to an interviewer cn the subject was that he had "no intention of. leaving the Wesleyan Ministry at prejent," "At present" may be taken as either suggestive or sarcasiio. A craze [or bargains set in this morning at tho Son Marche. Wo, tola Hoofer# Corcj'vny, havo started clearing out the balance of our winter stooL Our bargains are always genuine, We'dsn't Biy we sell atcostprico, becauseno ono m 'v>ty few couldtest it. not knowing ' what tbe cost price is. We don't offer our goods at 20' per cent diswuni becaiiso no one oan check the calculation, nok-Liarffog.m what it is based. We rely upon thi prices at which we offer on bargains and in nineoases out of nine awU-half tboso pricesare staggerers both for the Publio Z and : the Trade. Of oourso, woare'golagtoiese money, over this job I How could we do. oiherwist? But whynot? Why shouldn't we aa well as I other people? Everybody's losing money now-a-days, and we arc ureparcd io drop onr share jnsl for tbe sake ct rompany, bat that Te loso.wo lose in a good' cause.' Wo benefit the Publio, : so keep jour eye. on the Boii March© for bargains,. Everything at yantoyilw,

An important sotics to tradesmen appears in nut advertising column.

i A new line of watches,tlio Standard, and at prices to suit tho times has just beon landed by Mr, Henderson of Mastorton, His new advertisement will appear in our next issue, Mrs-Watson, who has been twice defeated for the Parnoll Borough Council, is again a candidate. The, regular fortnightly meeting of the Mastertoii Borough Oou»cil takes place this evening. ' Nectarine, one of the two mares im« ported from Australia last year by Mr J. Cotter, of Ashnrst, has arrived at laiwaitvai on a visit to Derringer. She iB by St, Albans—Horticulture, and won several races in Victoria. : .... ; The meeting of the Oas Committee of the Masterton Borough Council lapsed last night for want of quorum. - - Since tho last regular mooting of the Masterton Borough Council G2 fresh oases of measles have been reported, The output of gas at Masterton for tho past month of' August was 841,540 oubio feet as against 304,740 for th& previous in'onth, . An extra 400 gallon tank for the storage of tar has been.purohosed for tho Masterton Gas Work!.

. .A writer in a German contemporary has obtained statistics which show that the number of suicides throughout the world is 180,000 yearly, Thoso figures, tho writer Observes, have been of steady growth, In Europe the greatest number of BUicides happen in June, the fewest in Septomber, A meeting of the Groytown Hospital Trustees was held in the office yesterday. Present, Mr (1. Wyett, (in the chair), Roys, T. B, McLean and W, Uowao, and Messrs J, Sillier and H, S, Izard, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary reported a credit balance in Bank of £17414s Id, and on deposit with P. I, and Loan Association, £IOO. Sundry small accounts were passed for payment. An apology was read and accepted from Mr J, G, Cox for unavoidable absence, It was resolved, on the motion of the Rev. T, B. MoLean, seconded by Mr Izard, that an application be made to the Library Committee for illustrated papers and periodicals to be handed by them to the Hospital Trustees for the use of Hospital patients, and also that £IOO be placed as a fixed deposit in the P. 1. and Loan Association at three mouths call, the matter to be left in the bands ef the Chairman and Seoretary to arrange. Mr G. Wyett was appointed visitor for the ensuing month, Petitions against the Electoral Bill, granting women the franohise, are being extensively signed throughout the country. Ab the Bill oannot become law for a few days those opposed to it are requested to Bign a petition, which is lying at the late office of the Evening Press. Tho grounds of the petitions are the following:—l, It ia a Bill of an extraordinary and important nature,and the rights and property of Her Majesty's subjects, non resident iu the (Jolony, are seriously affected, and the results may seriously embanks the finances of the Colony, thereby injuriously affecting the public creditor, who was unaware that such legislation was seriously contemplated; 2, We firmly believe that the majority of the settlers of both sexes are opposed to the measure; 8, There has been no opportunity, as yet, afforded to the electors to express their opinions on the subject. The petitioners ask the Governor, should he not see fit to disallow the Bill, to reserve it forthe Royal assent.—N.Z. Times,

Tenders arc called for additions and alterations to the Taratahi. Hotel. Tendors close on Monday next, panicu* lars appear in our advertising columns.