LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hswke's Bay Belief Fatt&h*s retebod £GU7 17a (id, Mr Clapper t&iufc* that tbo groand. supply of water in MaatertoD: vriil eompHs favourably with at-j *s>aJ| iowusJiip in tbs world tor puriijf and Esfawr WiihsJru has Issued skSei ordetst ifeat the by f&e Oetwt Cfespkiis altall in no caw »s«#£ te*s tttinefess wt dnratioa. In ose qssslsa &ti to landed sw "<s»9 uf iiw wiwsfc 3% i«d'©y, 0. Waisoc, wh<» was bar. i«, Ma iJwrila !Uas, jr. Wi.iSsK&sftF. «. | gaJJj, wtefc-* GiW» Wl, g&,te. fisi wmpsftss*;

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k Seating maubinu or automaton midieru, so it »»Sms, tho laat word up to now of civilisation. Jiohndy in fuiure need risk his life in battle, that ia, if tho Globo newspaper of Barcelona, is not mii'informed as to the merits of a now invention. Acourdinit to that journal tho inventor has offered it to tho Spanish Government for use spinet tho Moors in Melilln, He is ready for a sum of L 200.000 sterling to proceed to thu seat of operations at tho head of 100 of tho new cotnbitants. Tho machine soldier is widu of iron, and hu ia act goinjr by clookwork. . When wound up hi} can fire 40 rounds a minute, and ho carries in hm interior a large supply of ammunition. Should he be captured by the enemy, he aau be blown to plows by menm of an electric discharge acting upon h quantity of dynamite stored in bin head. The Globo seriously declares that the capabilities of tho new warriur have been successfully tested boforo a committee of experts. !

An old bachelor, who has just died in in alious") ia the Boulevard, Richard Lenoir, at tho ago of eighty-seven ytars,hit upon en original idea for ensuring propsr attention from his two servants in his declining years. jTwelve years ago he went to bis lawyers and made a will, undur which he left the two :women an annuity of £24 each, to be I increased by PA for every yaar that he should continue to live. ■ The Will has just been- preyed, and the legacies have heart-allowed fifc~thV late of £B2~s:year each. The old roan was in the habit cf , making great fun out of the motherly care with which.he was looked after, " You may ba txuite Bure," he winld say, "that they will hot let me (iie if thty can help it," Beseems to have overlooked the fact that it wa clearly not to the interest of the women that h'e (should survive them.

A glenpiug beauty in real life has been discovered in Brussels. She was found kitting upon a public seat in the Place d'Anvco, at about nine o'cloolf in the evening. A number of people who pssucd by were surprised to see a) young, pretty and atvllslily»dres*od girl asleep in such a place at ao late an hour in tho evening, and several attemptedjtu wake, but could not do so. A policeman who was appealed to was no more aocceaaful, and flt length an ambulance cart was fetch' d, and the fair sleeper I was conveyed heat of all to tho police in the Rue du Puiican and then to the St Jean Hospital. Twelve hours after being taken to (ho latter place she was still! sleeping snua.lly, all efforts to wake hot bavins proved fruitless, j

Mr Sala, the well-known journalist tolls the following story in it London paper :— lt concerns a lady singer who was exceedingly Belf-constioufJ—not so say intolerably conceived—who, at a concert at which she was fo| vocalise, handed to a German gentleman who was to accompany ber on the pianoforte a copy of her pong" marked in several places, "Wait for the applause." At the end of one verse there came a dead silence among the audience. The BccompMii&t laid not a finger on key, but blinked jjlacidly through his spectacles at trie lady. " What are yon waiting for)" she asked, in an exasperated undertone, "I am vaitia' for de | applause," replied the pianist, " and he nod fioro yet 1" j

ffemuiel Jones, a sjlaßsblower of Glass-' boro, U.S.A., became anßry with his boy assistant on ftovnmberSitn; and filling a> blow pipe with molten glass, wonnd the strains of the hot composition around the boy's hands and wrists. He screamed for mercy, hat Jones showed none, pouring oat the molten glass until his viotim fell fainting, and the blowpipe was exhausted. The' cooling glass tightly bound the txiya handa and wrists together, and when it was broken the flesh fell away with it. As ft is feared the boy will die, his fellow operatives threaten to lynch Jones, who w tinder arrest,

-The following constitute theK.S.W. cficket team which i« to visit New J?eaIsnci [—Walfcrd, Paris, S*ar»«, A'ustin, C«me>blD, Mows, Qoe?d, Miliar, A. and 33, Nobis, and Cpwlsy. "Gtaod CiiL'isimau SWr,''oow going ou at Ts Abo Howe, .WslliDgtoo, ig s aovei «ftort <3esijjn*d to siuit sbo Christouw Season, tbi Stag* and iwhkmabls ssfetfJi oi naw asd ohctoa goods fa sill else deiartnitaits r i. ; ■>. nil. Hi > ■■■>!' I" '■■ A.-," j- -n j- j> ■Mi , .,i ■ I ' j »'«•>».& ' »r« il'iti > .l I -" j.i, J., ■■n"<. >ac iMii ,i 1 . ■■' ,„< .>.. j*_ ji.<>> *n it .1 i, a. i ir ir<l If! J4 r « *" .* « *>*■ ' I |i ■li I J ft. rtlk «b« » 'ft* lli -» k ' ' ■•. li A' I i-.flf .i.« f .'» »i->- lr - U* V 111 j. ' .. I-. » j isM v ,■ ■ " ~r„ „ . . .;. .j. v ■*■.-.«-: .- r- "«';.•-■_-_' _„ -i*/*.'" •'■-'" 1-" f *' ■„"• -

Chronicling tha ealo in the Unilad States of a auDnciiou of fossils, Jrciwrtl Sefott* remark* that it seams odd in England that, a will paid State Ck'olnKbt should be able to malts a private ouUectiun of Still fine specimens. In treble its value by seleotirm 762 of these as typos fur the descriptions by other Btateolnoors in the State publications, and ut a conae- : quanoe to finally force on tha Btste tha purchase of this collection for a very laruo »um of jtiiiiibj'. But "in America such is proceeding is not thought in the least odd ; mid that ia the oddest thiuj? of all."

If Sir Wcßtby Perceval should roßifln, j aid it ia currently reported that he wishes to do bo, thero will be, says the Peat, a nioo scratub'e for the office. Mr W. P. BoaVes is stated to have set his Heart upon obtaining it. He has lung hankered aftnr it, and the ease ano rapidity with which his former colleague has through, it, attained to a title, has inspired Mr Beeves with nut a little envy. He » intensely anxious to bo permitted to go and do likewise, for as an ultra Democrat a title would naturally be. the goal of his ambition. Mr Beeves, however, is a very different sort of man from Sir Woatby Perceval.

Tradesman who supply customers with' goods on what ia known as 'the hire system" mast cat take too abatilute a view of their rights and privileges, or they may tin i themselves described by a judge £s guilty of conduct that "amounts to housebreaking," Puoh is the mural of a case that baa been decided in the Birm- . ingham Coui.ty Cottrt. Mr Washbrmrne, a Birmingham, furniture dealer, had a customer nauiad Smith, who, having, obtained a piano' to pay his initalments, whereupon Hr; Washbourue claimed the return of tho instrument, under the terms of their agreement. Bus Smith's landlord, Mr BUkemore, having a claim for rent, refused to allow the piano to he removed, and locked up his house< Thereupon Mr Waahbourne— atrontj in fhe conviction of his right to hi» property, and iurgatfo! of the maxim that ail Ktißlishm&is's house is his OMtle—broke a window, entered the house, and carried off the the piano in triump, Ui:fortunately for him the triumph is now the other way.; for the Judge, having delivered himself of soma severe observations on people who take the law into their own hands, has awarded Mr Blakemore damages to the amount of seven guineas, with costs on the highest scale.

M, Delists, the principal librarian at the Bibliotheqae Ji ation&l in Paris, warns us that our modern literature is destined to perish. Of the two thousand and odd volumes published annually in Franco not one, he thinks, will remain after s certain time. Cheap paper is a splendid thing in its way, bat this is the price we must poy for it. Oid-fashioriod paper made from tags has stood the teat of hundreds of years, a* the many fine specimens of fifteenth century printing show; to aay nothing of still earlier books in manuscript. Nowadays. however, paper is made of all sorts of material of a mora or less perishable character. In particular, as Mr Delialo points out, boobs printed on paper made

from wood pulp soon begins to rot away. At first the pages are covered by yellow spots, and these are replaced in course of time by holes. Even so-called hand-made papers are often no more durable, being treated with chemicals that slowly deairoy them. It may be recollected (says the Marlborough Times) that a few months ago i the fjirfs of Fictou conceived the idea of sending an address to Her Majesty Queen "Victoria, The following is a copy of the reply, sent to Miss Nellie . Allen by order of the Governor, Lord Glasgow*.—" BownuJg-street, November 3rd, 1863. My Lord—l have the honor to acquaint your Lordship that an address has been received by the Queen from the school girls of Pinton, in the province of Marlborough, New ZesJapA respectfully assuring Her MaJßn/ ofj tbW.deyeted loyalty:and an expression of good wishes, fa* Obriataas ] And the ooming year. lam commanded j to request that you wUi iniorm Hiss Noilke Allen, the Hon.Seo.. that the Qgeeu wa* much pleased by the eiptession of loyal sssiffeaeuts, contained in the aidre»?.-tl -have &c, Ripen, To the I Governs, Sighi Eon Jfart Glasgow, \(i,o,3£iGt„Scs." sSfis letter was read oal 'oo Swurdaj niftht by hia Worship th« Mayor of Pioton at the opsaing of the WitoM tree »atesri*Jnmsj»fc manga* rsied by Kit Alien.

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wub duolarod dsijr et«st*d- * i I In iiiotJsaraolumOijl'iklikafflaJiesaw | Grahr.m «nd Oo, ( of SSa»ts««a, adtatia* 1 BiKcini luiea of rufabw tyr«d |«r»nbuW 1 tota and hat&mookd. An srtiols «aUil»d "The Ttouuiu and its Solution " will ihortly ba oniitnbutod t*i the i natrshan Keriaw ' of Btsvluwa by Sit' Hubert Stout, crad thai ' Hou W. P. Reevea will diieus* " l&>\ i hour Troubltii," a aubjeot which on lia : should be well qu&litisd to give <m : ooloion, * j One Dr MoOluie, of Maiden, Mara., 1 was stisruly opposed to sha «peeoh of women in puhtto. Ha waa oncut peskohmr in EsoKiiDge with a Methodist brothnr, ond was obliged to Rive notice of an afternoon toasting to be adatsiaod by a lady. It was in this form : '* la this phoa at three o'clook,. «h«A «iil crow 1" An election to fill aa eitn«wdiiiEty Tiioanoy oa tha Mftstertoa Town Laadi Trust, will bs held on Thufiday SSth luilant. HoiaJiadtiuiia of sandidetss will be received on Mond»y, tiia ISth instant, •■ tn another column information is wanted us to whereabouts ni two ooss suppose! to have been atolan, or to hsve sttsyed. 1 The Foraitar's Lodge jaceta this cyan > ing at V.BO. An advertiser notifies two rooms to 3 & very painful accident occurred on E Wednesday evening at Carterton to a * young man named Goodia. It appears , that he was attempting to blowwimtie i c&llect a dart from Itia mttuth (the dart ia * a lout; needle roiled up in wool) and in i drawing in his breath he drew the dare rTibto hi* throat, where it ia lodged close it by the windeipa. Dra Beard and Johnr scon were in attendance yesterday and c opened tha neck and inserted a silver - tube, but felled in extracting the dart as , it was lodged right in the windpipe. ' 1 The contract for the manufacture «f " wrought iron girders for the Makaknhi * bridge on the Kkstaiiuna-Woodvitle * railway line was signed yesterday by Messrs J. and A. Anderson, of Cnmt- * eiiuroh, wbo were the only tenderers, '' the contract price is J82012155, which is e nearly £IOO within the estimate,— '■ Times. j

The annual meeting of Pearson's Baud I wsa held last evening, about twenty) members being present. The following j officers wero sleeted for (he ensuing year : E. E. Meredith, Esq.; Vice-Pre-sident!, J. Williams, Esq., and W. H. Jackson, Ksq.; Bandmaster, fijr Geo. Gray, junr.; Band-iergeant, MrT.Gray; Secretary, Mrß. P. Ginders; Treasurer, Mr W. Jeffrie*; Committee of Manage* ment, Messrs T. Gray, K, Langton, and G. W. Kicol, with Bandmaster and Secretary ea; The Secretary's report aud Treasurer's sUtement were read and confirmed, showing the Band to be la a strong fittancial position. Several new instruments were ordered to be purchased at once, to enable a number of sew members to join the Baud. . According to a French newspaper/* retired Knglishsea csptaia, who lived at Havre, recently came to London in cider to obtain possession of a sum of £BOOO, left to Mm by will. V.'bila walkiaK ifl a street of the metropolis after" hayiuj? [ received the sam he dropped <iw» dead, and the money was t&zgd oat of j ilia pockets by person* Another ! account of ths aflair sfeiles that the saptain came to Londca with his. wife, a Frenchwoman, and took Daly 30,000 franca, arranging that the remainder should bs Bent to him through a French bank. He had aa apoplectic fit in the street, was eoirreytfd in a dying condit is* to an hotel, sad after hi* death no BKHwy or papers coald be found in hj*i*oeke». Bis wife is fully convince*' *h»t her husband was robbed wtoi" ae *s* 3p>Sf» but she ha* no ofthubalik Where money. . atia 'JCitnts states that three youiwwomen ware recently retumisK from DiUmana, when they met a moh of bullocks coming cp the road at a vm«t pace. It was at a point where there ia so escape from the road, on see fade aa'mm by leaping over the rails gad fetjsagr down the steep face of a ciaias. Oas of fcuagida,forcediuthatdirectkm suddenness of Use bollocks* climbed over the rails, sad iaSsjga precipice beneath her, raisted **sfc fright at her fosidoa, SUsißg% m& f I.T . I.' li'j rjjidicy ••: t l d (.j«_jj ) -1.T..1 ■ a. ijJUila ■■>- --»■ ——s , ra lo tiii n cmo'p-r-i' -dv r»i<.iu ' 1 J. *.i UJH -1." '.I " tA ut. L 'Ua£ "jj.„ ■ { t r.i.i i i.im i ■ ti. >••»•.,.. .« , j I l ii :i.c s-.i if.. ?S«™\j i rn«—.-*-i | L'.'.iii*'-.- _,£>* " -*■"■*■ f i.i *, » . = JtiS*" .»- -«i -s *■ 5' : \W; '&'?/•*?- ~*\ " &' l«fc 4f *"?*■*" s*+s&'*s&& #'-«..^

sjgam*** 'J. 9. Waefsaswi asd w. J, Aae^gofetdbilm&inlite F. ?m ije3d»fc the M»atßrtsao<s«& - tlcye* yesterday sJUmteca. fse«> were m meditate (Wnutt. The dehfes? pa wtfch raid, Use siswsiimi prcdaestl is to* oaa iacito&ai to th#s«niig4s*s *&£ ut aurmt. The Aahin snimassfo s*s««it% woatred. % bsu3msj%«a&irtealfe ta the purehase of e. a>aehUM( 1% eoajiitiettonwith Mr£fetsw& taMw 0, vik, W» gave a jeiut fwasawow iwu for «re and Mrs Viiaiwed. ssm fe* A'Sft, Theie was a bill of sate o ims ftes property »<>d the j£i*9 it tha tesWsa e?wr Hf • Vifa dispoated of the ss^jfSiriy. Sir . Henry Koroma, Qo?*w« s£ Qaeewl&Hd, ireosniily s&tesssiog tfes Olei! Service of that sdosy *&1, Work should never &» *#»Bjps3; & ahonte bedotie ia that fe w**sll W Si . credit to the departeeeat eeaeentai fe - well «a to the wbota-write. ihoeld not rash away fcosa tbjj? wests the lastsei wews or«* "wfees" * ,„ 4Wy bad »taikia Better liniehsd than pat- aside- 'tjil &# 1 aexi day. He did net wish theaa is 1 &u)lt he was ggahreb holidays, far $» believed that tooee who did eajoj &»ia were the beat workers. Is wee a food " ibragfor people to have &on)s jpawafe , other than their o&h&I ossspitsfesi," ItTthe Kovat»bw nnaeW of thsfe" i on the " Bantam State* » ©£ iastaOaaia i which ta as onsiaoas in He tssss 'w Stoi® ■ of iU predecessors, "Tie jseio? of ' i interest lies in the gtautU soacJasbas* s which are draws ito& wfeals > of Aoitrnlajsiaa fia»«}e, 3Sr'WjbNi fg£ " . «m» a final ariaJt. - i tionuwiiMb tsavo B««s-'k)lat#sij& sg%i- --■_ r «o-Ml)«d s'«oa«&raetS«ai( vjm gmJS» : : \ 9 »Bryi7» or p»y Satercst, k sa" futurs for th« eoigsaa*. AH 4|» f worth having Ssaa bt«ki g««bbs>(E a A and and h wtdw th« so^S 9 J f Wpkrnpt oorpomtiow, wiMwrad-ap . f banks aad other 'fi* , Colonial (iovefniaeili*, ha datoe& t most take ore: tfc» . MaMstiw, t and th» huid sa.»t b« awde tha ss&ctre% ■_ for th* paym*tst of interaat. Ail Imsm or salea of Uuad on which tba' Maaey has not bsaspaiil wilt roveKt U>- U» 1 GUts. The &oIod«4» aSosld, if gosf »ibk, b* indsaad so pa« 81 oonetatatioasl law to sji' " £ I futars time further ai«fi«fe» o2 th» ;■ soil m fea sinspb.

At the l>emedia _i#lsm&s>& «SU» Isgi nigUt Mx J. X. Logaa, wbi bw"biea appointed to sMwed JBr. j&ssskbij waSpreoented with a (jaoatii/ of wasy* pkta subscribed fo* liy tise ©SSwera «£ Umi Teieffnph aad Pwt*l jfejH&tuasl^ ■mm wade by tke Sob, JT, a. Wsx4, wftc had jess anived by swaa. Me WmsS, is hk roauu-ka on ibe oscseioa, cefaro&l fe) Mr Logan's pass umiess, «®da«ijbft regretted that ths 3ss4 fesM«~ - advttvely cr&ci*e& Inaso s«sp*&<w3p-T, it eerwH« toeay that it was tfes ws«3i af politloil prmtire. Me feea eeJeoUd Mitingtjr -spep bk Jsgngt, mt& bsKSrtusa b» tb»t vtobmn Tsttblog far «e«LJso««it b* rcnwodo or o&wwh* fa je£&s& oa SBUtW to the SHj gMsßsagaLi wumttofno &ittes£tt» to &«&&&& " fw vhioa be Jbad now bam feaa/' Jfcay tnussjsf bsd tg fe» cotwdisraiion & ! * al *K«afckia! ■»* *• »£ 4»*"« «w in eSwSwS taw Mb Lw&sT mm «Eti&W£ fe, ■