THE BOLL CALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4528, 20 September 1893, Page 2

THE BOLL CALL.

It is desirable that the when of the Masterton Bieotorate should at ouce enrol themselves, and we circulate with each issue to>day a form of registration,' whicji must be duly filled in and posted either to the Begistrar of Electors, Masterton, or to this office, If the claim be sent through this office we will see that it has been properly filled in before it is presented. Where claims are. filled in for the Wairarspa Electoratethey must lie addressed to the Begistrar of Electors at Grey town, or they may b left, at this office or posted to it, Electoral claims are sot exempt from postage,

Bt John's Lodgo, Fsatherston, N.Z.O meets to-morrow (Thursday) evening, i A Ciuitoh Bazaar is shortly to be held at Featherston, The Foatherston correspondent of the Observer writes:— "Greao improvements are going on about the railway stution, where there is a gang of men at work laying kerbing to tho/platform. Instead ol totura wood concrete blocks are being laid. This is a new departure in the Wairarepa, and a sensible one, as thoao concrete Blocks aro of everlasting wear, A verandah is to be erected,whioh will be a great boon to tbo travelling public. To Mr W, 0. Buohanantbe thanks of the community is due for the improved station accommodation." A permanent memorial to Mr W, B. Levin is likely to bo erected iB Wellington. The Loudon Observor advißos that another Australian team should not be sent to England till new talent iB developed.

Several additions are made to the entries for Mr D. Crete's stock sale at Eketahuna. Those in want of good dairy stock should attend this sale, whioh takes place on Friday next, at 1 o'clock. Our readers will regret to learn (says the Observer) of the serious indisposition of Mrs Price, of Dalefield, who is softer, ing from pleurisy, Dr. Dickson is in close attendance on her, and a change is looked for in the neit few hours. That it may be in thn dinction of her recovery is the earnest wish of all who know her. The work of erecting the new butter factory at Featherston has been commenced,

It is rumoured in Featherston that low pricos will cause the flax mills to ceaae operations.

As we desire to see the female franohise fairly tested at the coming election we will supply registration forms to any portions desiring to register under the Electoral Act, 1893, or post them to the address es of our country friends. A meeting of stewards of tho Wairarapa Trotting Olub iB to bo held at Carterton on Saturday evening next. Nominations for tho "Wairarapa Trotting Club's meeting close on Thursday next, 21st inst. The sneak thief has again turned up In Masterton, Residents should be careful about leaving doora open or any* thing worth removing lying about, Tho Pabiatua Herald regrets to learn that Mrs Winter, senr,, was seized with a paralytic stroke last night, at her residence, Makuri, and now lies iu a critical condition, Dr. Gault was Bent for during the night.

A heavy thunderstorm passed over this district yesterday afternoon, but no damage is reported. Towards evening the wind changed to the south-east and steady rain set in, A paper hunt is announced to take place at Gladstone at 2 p.m. on Friday next,

The Observer states that the Chairman of the Wairarapa South County Council, Mr H. B. Bunny, is among the victims of the prevailing epidemic, measles. The privileges of tho Wairarapa Hunt Club Sports will be sold by Mr F. H. Wood, immediately after tho stock sale at Taratahi on Thursday. In coming through tho Manawatu Gorge en Saturday evening lost a man's horso fell over the bnuk while being taken round a slip. Although it fell about 30 feet it was not hurt, strange to say. A correspondent to Thi Field says that in 1837 hay was very short, and he was hard pressed for fodder, Having some gorae growing on some rough land, he stocked it up, cut off the young shoots, and passed them through an ordinary chaff cutter, mixed with a little hay aud straw to act as feeders. Both cows and young cattle ate and thrived on it well, and the cows milked splendidly. It will keep moist for several days.

During a terrific thunderstorm at Gagetown,. Michigau, the house of a farmer named Grose wasßtruck by lightning and set on lire. All the members of the house, five in number perished.

It is estimated in Somerset that the fanners in that couutry have lost £i ,000,000 by the failure of the hay crop. The Board of Agriculture have issued a leaflet showing what crops aro likely lo be useful in providing green food fur stock in the autumn of this year aud the BjSring'fif next. . '. A child of ten was recently oharged with trying to commit Buicide by boring a hole in his head with a pair of Gcispors. This (sayl au English exchange) was his third attempt; he had been in the habit of saving up coppers to buy carbolic acid, and of begging his sister to play tho part which the armour boarer played for Saul, by holding the carving knife for him to fall on. The child's mother had takeu poison some time before. This pitiful case has three interesting points—thoboy'eyouth, the suggestion of heredity, and the as founding choice of methods,

A sad consequent!) of the British drought iB reported in the Bristol Times. In the Mendip neighborhood many meadows aro absolutely barren of all feeding stuff and water, A yeoman who had consumed all his proveudof and wob unable to secure cake or food of any kind, going into bis grounds saw two of his oxen lying dead, Bather than tho rest should perish iu a similar manner, lie took his gun and shot all his remain* ing oxen,

Tha Chicago correspondent of the Age, in a recent letter, stated that the great butter frctory of St. Albans, Vermont, was the largest butter factory in the world, having, during a part of the season of 1892, manufactured as much as 18,0001b of butter in one day, that it wad supplied by sixty cream teparators, and had upwards of 1000 patrons, This drew a letter from Mr E, Jerome-Dyer, the founder of the Fresh Food aud Frozen Storage Company, Limited, in whtoli he said that' the above Uoinpany was much larger than that of St. Albans, and in fact was said to be the largest factory Company in the world. It would be interesting (writes a correspondent of a London paper) to know if people in other parts of England are Buffering to tho sameextontai wo are from one of the plagues of Egypt. Hero in Shropshire, where 1 am living, toads and frogs of a small site have abounded lately. They, come, as in the Biblical narrative, even up into our houses; and although they have uoi bb yet invaded our ovens and our kneading troughs, yot over two dozen were found in my front hall this afternoon, bosides Bevoral odd ones in the dining-room I Out of doors they swarm, and it is impossible to ayoid treading on thorn as you walk along, Probably the tropical weather we had In spnng iB responsible for their being haiohed out in suoh appalling numbers, But where is the Moses who will rid us of the pest 1

When, recently, a Sussex lady seized a pickpocket and held him until he was officially arrested, she met with no more tangible reward than the compliments of the niagistratea "and publicity in the papors, At Copenhagen,however, ayoung lady who performed an almost similar feat has been presented with a diamond broooh and a flattering letter of thanks by the Director of Police, and has received an offer of marriage from a Danish journalist.

We beg to notify that llessbs Book & Co,, Manufacturing Ohemists have appointed the Wairarapa Farmers Co-OfpfeTive Associated 8 'lo Agents for for the foHowxjHtoN-MsßctmiAL I'latino Fluid, price 1, od, unsurpassed for oleaniw; gold, silver, and re-plating brass and copper; Fins and Waterproof Cejie. t, Ib, specially adapted for vending china, glassware and. meUl articles; it can bo used without heating, and will, when dried in a store, resist-1 hot water and fire. Waterproof Oeiiekt, price Is, for repairing leather, india-rubk: . also excellent for dolf, OiiirmHir. Ball ' in neat air-tight jars containing 18 IMls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, ako a perfect disinfectant and a safeguard against whooping cough, Herb Extract, price Is Gd, an infalliblo cure for tootlmcho, - guaranteed free from any thing injuiiobs to the teeth or health; it stops the - most acute pain immediately, and proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, German Onus for corns and warts, price la; a speedy i and painless 'remedy, also highly recommended for chilblains. Scjo- Agents-THS Waibaiupa Farmers' ■ Co OfmtlTS : V:-......

We remind tnembera of the lJoya* Olub} of the meeting at Bt, Matthew's school- i room this evening. Mr D, Crowe reports of his Pabiatua land sale, which took place at the hriok auction mart on Saturday, the lGtli, as followsTho attendance was good and bidding spirited for weral lota; the prices obtained were as follows: Lot 8, contaniin? qusrter-acre, Main-Btrent. purchased by A, W. Bedcole, for £lO5 j lot 33, Albert-street, purchased by Mrs Bees, £2O; lot with shop and dwelling, Mangatainoka, H. Hill, £113; part lets 65, 66, and 67, Mangahao Ilonr), Mr Wall, £6l 7s 6d. Soveral othor lots pawed in, owing to the high reserves placed on them, wore ultimately sold privately. Mr Turner, manager of the Mahara hara Dairy Factory, supplies the Examiner with the followingls showing 1 tho solid position to which our dairy farmers are attaining, we have pleasure in giving a statement mako byTaranaki's largest exporter Last year I bought 17 cows for a man at £5. Ho brought his milk to our factory, and hadn't occasion to draw any money till the season's, output was through. Then we paid him £ll4 16s, or £6 15a a cow. Daring the season he had paid for the cows, they beonuie his property, and had ear;iod 35s a head out of thorn in the . bargain."

Mr H, S. Wardell, is being spoken of as a probable candidate for tho Masterton seat, at the forthcoming general election.

Entries for tbo Wairarapa Hunt Club Sports to he lield at Carterton on Thursday, September 28th, close in Saturday next,

Mr 0, A. Pownall informs ns that he has defimtoly decided to contest the Wairarapa seat at the noit general election.

Formal notice of the Mnstcrion Borough Council's proposal to raise a loan of £30,000 for water and drainage is giyen, The security for such loan will be a special rate of fifteen penco in the £.'

The sum of £27 7s 8d has been raised I by tho sixpenny conoerts at tho Wosleyan Sohuolronm, exclusive oi last night's entertainment, the receipts of which amount to over £5. The entertainments were organised to defray the cost of renovating the schoolroom, on which £BS has been expended, and tho efforts of tho promoters have been b'j aucccs-ful that one more entertainment will bring in a Buffioient Bum. Great oredit is duo to tho energetio manner in in which tho teachers liavo taken up the work, and the schoolroom now prapentß a bright and oheerful appearance, and is one of the most comfortable in the district.

A peculiar deathoccuredatOtoramika, Southland, a few dayß ago. A young man named Nicol, a farmer, in robust health, strained, himself by lifting heavy bags, He follsuddenly ill, and died from cerebral hemorrhage—the result of overtaxing his strength, Most of the London papers have re-

ferred with evident interest to tho fact that with the reduotion ot tho prioe of the Sydney Morning Herald, there re mains no paper in Australia issued at a higher price than a penny, Bsseldine, the champion bulldog of tho world, winner of the 62-goinea ohampion vase at Preston, and owned by a Mr Barber, of Hyde, died in a railway train as lie was being taken to Grimsby for exhibition, The dog was yalued at £6,000. ' Tho Hawke's Bay Herald says that tho Hawke's Bay Rabbit Board have decided to advl'.o more enorgetio administration of the Act in the northern portion of the Wellington province, whence rabbits oontiuue to invade Hawke's Bay. Tho Board have decided to appoint an Inspector for the new Mohaka district,

An alteration has been mado In the hour for opening the proceedings at the Theatre Royal in connection with the Boys' Club to-morrow aftornoon, and ticket holders will be admitted «t 1.30 p.u, the doors to be opened at 1.45. Anthony Martin was charged in tho Mastertijn R.M, Uourt this morning with being'-drunk and retusiug to leavo licensed premises when requested to do so. Ee was fined 6s and costs, or in default 24 hours' for drunkennessa, and 10s and coßts or 48 hours' on tha second charge, The annual meeting of members of the Masterton Building Society is tiled fur Oct 12th. Messrs H, U. Smith and W. Lowes the retiring directors, again offer their service.

'l'he tenders for alterations to the Taratahi Hotel olose to-morrow (Thurs< day), at noon, and not on Friday as stated in our isaue of yesterday. A Maoil girl, n?ed 16 years, namod Amora Boroa, committed suicide at Gisborno a few days ago, by hanging herself to a tree, because her father would not allow her to marry the man she loyed, The first claim under the female franchise m tho Masterton Electorate roaohed this office this morning and sill bo laid beforo the Eegistrar in due course.

The following Bills have been assented to by El is Excellency tho Governor Native Trusts aud Claims Definition, Ell Empowering, Public Health, Post Office Aot Amendment, West Coast Settlement Beserveii, Submarine Tolegraph Gables Protection, Counties Vehiole Licensing, CiyilServlce Officers' Guarantco, Cheviot Disposition, and Stamp Act Amendment Bills,

The Government intends setting aside .Resolution Island, on the West Coast, as a reservo for Native fauna, and it is understood that a curator will be appointed, the Otago Acclimatisation So. ciety having oilered £OO towards the cost of a house.

The following are the names of those who took part in tho Ohorous "The Busy Bee" at the sixpenny ontertainrnent in the Wesleyan Schoolroom last eveningi-Arohlo Dauioll, Leonard Daniell, Alfred Parks, Louis Spaokman Harold Renall, Walter l;ook, Anna Laßocho, Margaret Robinß, Violet Dixon, Althea Dixon, Elsio Richards, Ethel Daniell, Fanny Dixon, Agnes Hogg, Edith lggulden, Olive Harrison, Maud Elliotte.

A man named Frederick De Lacy, alias John Mills was charged before Messrs 0, Hupjhea and T. E, Price at Masterton, this morning, with drunkenness. The prisoner, who was in a very shaky condition, pleaded guilty. A second of stealing an ulster and an apron from the residence of Mr W, Darley, was also preferred against the same man. In reply to the Bench heeaid ho might have taken the things but knew nothing of it. Mrs Darley gave evidence that the man had removed the things from her scullery, and roiling them up took them away. She went after him and accused him of the theft and obtained the goods without trouble, The accutod appeared the worse for liquor at the time- Do Lacy, in reply to the Bench, said he had I se6n Berfioo in India, and a very little drink made him unaccountable for his actions. He further stated that "he was not a bad man" and pleaded hard for leniency. The Bench pointed out that in spite of accused's statements ton previous convictions had been recorded against him. On the charite of larceny a sentence of 14 days bard labor would be imposed, and for drunkenness accused wonld be fined 5s or in default 48 hours.

Acraze for bargains set in this morning at the Bon Marche. We, tlatis HooperA Comjioy, have started clearing out the balance of our winter stook, Our bargains are always genuine. We don't say we sell at cost price, because no one oi yry few could test it not knowing what the cost j price is. We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent discount because no one can check ihc calculation, noi Liarfiug.inwbat it is based, We rely upon tht prices at which we offer oc f bargains and in nine cases out of nine anft-a-half those nricesare staggerers both for the Publio aiu the Trade, Of course, weare going to lose money over this job 1 How could we do otherwise? But whynot? fthy shouldn't we im well as other people 7 Everybody's losing money now-a-dayg, and wo are prepared to drop our Bhare just for the sake of :ompany, but i that -ve to we lose in a good caUso. We benefit tbe Public, so keep jour oye on the [Ben Marche.for bargains, .< Everything at panic juices.

Ono of the moat encceisful of tho series of entertainments giventhta winter in the Masteiton Wesleyan Schoolroom took place last evening, the BcvJ. Dukes occupying tho ohsir. " Tho pro- , gramme was an excellent one And was carried out to the entire satisfaction of , everyone. The room was packed, many being unablo to obtain standing room. ' Ono of the most attractive items on tho . programme was the chorus "The Busy J Hee" by Mlm Keellnß's pupils. Thty were #ll attired for tho pocatloh and reJ fleeted Tory great credit on their teacher. r A decided encore had to be responded , to.

In to-day's issue of the Wairarapa Daily Times appcarsan advertisement of the China Traders' Insurance Company, Limited (Marine) which was established in 1865. At the last general meeting, held in Hong Kong, a goneral dividend of 18 per cent was declared, ns woll as a contributors of business, In addition the surnof §207,600 has been carried to nevr account. The Wellington branch of of the company is in Fcatherston street, and under the management of Mr James Whittall, and tho Wairarapa Farmers' Cooperative Association have been appointed sub agents ior Mastertoc, An apprentice to tbe dressmaking is enquired for in our wanted columns, A meeting of the Wellington Bene' volent Trustees was hold yesterday after, noon. Tho Chairman announced the receipt of a donation of f,l. Tho donor did not wish his namo to appear, and signed h's letter' T,' Baying that ho had not forgetten that at a period he had sought help from the Trustees and it had been accorded to him. The donation was recoived with thanks, A number of case were brought up for examination and almost every instance relief was afforded. One case was very pathetic. A man and his wife of' most respectable appearance were without food or fuel, Rations were granted thorn. A poor Bailor, who had been discharged from the hospital recently, was sent to the Home for two weeks, to recover his strength, Another man, just dijeharged from the' hospital, was granted a piss to Featherston, where he thought he could get work. The seoretary reported that ; tboro were at preiout 61 people in the ■ Homo-46 male and 15 female, Accounts ' amounting to LI!) IBs Od were passed i and the meeting then terminated.— i Times,

The new franchise became law yeater" day, a circumstance loudly applauded when the House met in the afternoon.

Utrange to say no ladies were present in the galleries As it was 3 o'clock in tbeaftornoon, those who usually attend at that hour were watching the wodding at St Maiv's Cathedral. That is only natural. The general congratulation at the success of the Electoral Bill was voiced by Sir John Hall, who, as far as could be understood in the galleries, was invited by Mr Reeves to withdraw what he had said as to the alleged manoeuvres of the Govermuont—an invitation to which he did not respond. One speaker brought up another, aud then another, until the usual motion for adjournment could not be avoided, and it afforded Bcope for certain members to criticise advorsely an excellent suggestion, made in the bcßt oI:-faith by the Premier, that in order to expedite the work of enrolling the new voters, the police officers should be allowed to collect names and send them to the registrars. This proposal was, however, warmly commended by Mr Thomas Mackonzie.—N, Z, Times

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of tho Wellington Meat Company was held at noon yesterday in the Chamber of Commerce, Mr \V. 0. Buchanau in the cnair. The object of the meeting wab to confirm a resolution passed at tho eitraordinary general meeting hold on 30th August, fixing tho number of directors at not less than five and not more tba.n seven. Mr O. Pllarasyn moved the confirmation of the resolution, which was oarried. This concluded the business of tho extraordinary meeting. The adjourned annual meeting was then held, the business beinc; to elect directors for the ensuing year, Mr G. M. Kebble moved that the following bo appointed : —Meßars W. O. Buchanan, M.H.R„O, B. Izard, 0. Plurazyn, W. 6, Foster, and 3. VI. Marshall. The Hon. G. M'Leau thought the directors would either have to buy sheep or shut up. Mr 0. Pharajyn said that, speaking for himself, and also for the Chairman, thoy had really lost by purchasing stock and selling to the Company. He had sold his freezers for the next five years, and therefore he had no interest in buying or celling sheep, He personally would like.to he relieved of the labour of being a director of the Company, but thought as the directors (not by their own fault) had got the Company into the difficulty, thoy should on> duavour to get them out of it, Mr W, G. Foster assured tho Company that the Loan and Mercantile Company had never made a half-penny by any purchases of stock ho had made on behalf of the Meat Company. After further discussion tho motion for tho election of directors was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned.— Po3t.

Shoppkg at l'e Aro Houso means getting the choice of tho largest stock ot new ashionablo Drapery. It means you aro buying at the lowest cash price and getting a bonus discount. W£ make special efforts to please our couutr; customers. All goods are charged at Wellington cash prices, and carriage is paid on all parcels of 20s and upwards. Send for patterns of our now Drosses and Delaines, our new Prints and Crepous, you will find the choice large acd the colorings select. Excuse cash with all orders, and they will be promptly executed, and & Bonus Discount of 6% Will be returned on all pur chases of 20s and upwards from Te Aro House, Wellington.