LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4615, 8 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Eketahuna Road Board hold a special meeting on the 3rd day of February next, tp confirm a resolution making special rating area in the Wellington Np. 28.8. Block for a loan of £IOOO, fortho purpose of making certain roads, The First Terra at Wellington College will commence on February Ist, A Clarovillo householder (says the Obstrmr) bus a swarm of bees in the kitolion, Tiioy strayed In st the door one day, found a suitable abode, and now they bother nobody, and nobody bothers them, Messrs Lowes and lorns add to the entries for their next Eketahuna etock salo, twenty-eight mixed young cattle, The Labour Bureau is to forward a small gang of men: from Wellington to the railway works at Woodville to-day. An effort is being made to. get the settlers to guarantee any possible loss on (ho working expenses, of telephonic communication between Pabjatua and Makurj, Mr T.Uotter of the\Makuri Hotel has sold out to Mr Tucker ,/late of tho Royal Tiger Hotel, Welling, Schools in the Palfiatua district will not open until January 29tb,' Fifteen inches more ram fell on the Woodville a'de otihe Kuahino range last prtlianou the Maimwatu side,

Mr James Aitkcn, of the Masterton Post Office, will commence his well- ai eained leave of absence tomorrow, it Januiry 9th. t Fish are moro plentiful than ever this " year at Castlepoint. ' Yesterday was one of the hottest doys t experienced in Masterton this summer, j A spieler was arrested at Pahiatua, on a Satuiday, while in the act of pocket-1 picking Ho has been remanded till j Thursday next, bail being refused, , Tho Agricultural Department havo stated the intention of sending a supply i of the natural ouomy to tho Hessian fly i to farmers in this district requiring it Mushrooms aro unusually plentiful in t several places round about Maßterton just now. This may be accounted for by ( tholate rains. , Tho orime of drunkenness in Auckland f shows a decrease of 100 as compared with . last year, and the number of criminal ' offences is a'so much lower, I Mr John Bagge resumed hts duties as ' Postmaster, at Masterton, to-day. ' ' A numbor of weddings are arranged to tako place in Mastorton this inonth, _ .. ' Inßpiteofthecroakings of "Jeremiah" Wilson, MisTilian securities would , appear to bo in good odour with the finatioialmaf>natesinLondon,when even < Taßinaniahas £4,261,000 offered for a £1,000,000 loan. . Theusual monthly meetingof the Mbb- ' terton Hospital Trustees will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8,30 p,m, A Tennessee olergyman, known us the Rev Mr Howard, has been fined £3OOO andsenten.cod to ten yoars' imprisonment for defrauding Americans by means of a fictitious kinship agency, which he had , established in London. I . The amount of oustouis collected at' Wellington during last week was f8789 18s 6d, and the heor duty for i the. same period was £240 Is Cd. ' There aro over 200 lady dentists , practising their profession in tho United ' States. Truly there aro but few. occupations across tho Atlantic which the ' fair box have not invaded. Novello's anthem "Calf to Remembrance," was finely-rendered at the evening service last night at St- Matthew's, Masterton, , No'jco is given in another column of tho annual meeting on Thursday, 11th r inßt., of contributors to the Masterton Hospital, , A legal opinion has been eiven in . Dunedin that the petition against Sir ' Robert Stout's election was not properly ' lodged or served. ' The Rev. R. Van Staveren and Mr F. 11. Fraser have been re-elected as ■ Trustees of the Wellington Hospital, to r represent-the various local contributing I bo'dieß, A man named George Osman, nrreated ot Ohrißtchurch for embezzlement at , Masterton, has been remanded to Mastorton, Tho Masterton Masonic Lodge meets » on Wednesday evening next. No. traction engine ovor ton tons in . weight, is to.be allowed to oross bridges :. in ihe Taratohi-Cartottun Road District. The bailiff of the Masterton R.M Couit, will sell under distress warrant, a !_ dirk bay moro, particulars of which are notified in another column of this issue. 3 The London bankers consider the e scheme of the New Zealand Government to guaiantce the mortgage loans of 0 farmers highly injurious, and beyond tho ut province of tho Government, Tho reconstruction Bobemo of the New 8 Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency - Company calls up £slos por sharo payg able in a fortnight, but allowing the ,v holders o( ordinary shares 18 months, it, and of pcrferenco shares too yeow, for a paymont, with five per cent, with interest added, is ■ • 0 she National Bank of Now Zeaknd ', has declared an interim dividend of 5 , percent.

Yesterday, Drs. Beard and Butcmont found it necessity toaraputatoto middle flower of the riaht hand of Mr Townsend, senr. The injury arose from a trifling accident which was neglected till it was too late to save the finger,

The very height of strawberry oatiue is with coffee. Nobody h>n really'tasted coffee who has not drunk it in alternate mouthfuls with strawberries, and nobody knows thestrawbeny flavour except immediately after the clearing of the taste which comes from drinking coffee, eaya the New York Post. The clearing property of coffee is familiar enough, but there is strange ignorance of this special application of it, Tho best of strawberries with the best of coffee make the supreme refinement of indulgence in the Iruit,

At Maclean, on thedlarenco Eiyer, in New South Wales, an individual named Patrick Davern has shown great deter* mination to rid himself of this world, He jumped into the river, but was rescued by somo bystanders and taken to the police station. Shortly afterwards a constable, hearing a noise in his cell discovered him hanging by the neck from » grating by strips of hia shirt, whioh he had twisted into a rope, The man was cut down in time to bhvb his life. Next morning when the constable was cleauing the cell, Davern rushed past him, ran to the river, and jumped in again, but the constable pluckily rescued him for a third time, He had been drinking, but Bhowed no trace of medical affection. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

The following annual report and balance sheet of the New Zealand Insurance Company for the year ending 30th November, 1893, is to bo presented to the shareholders at the general meeting at Auckland on Wednesday next;— " The Directors have much pleasure in presenting to the shareholders the accounts of the Company as at ?oth November, 1803, The profit on the year's transactions after waking full provision for all ascertained losses to the date of balance, amount to £53,804 ISs fld. The balance brought forward from 1892, after payment of dividend in January, 1893, was £17,898 10s lid; total, "171,703.10s 6d. Deducting the Interim dividend paid in July last, £12,500, there is an available balance at the profit and loss account on the 30th November, 1803, of £59,203 10s fid, from which yonr Directors recommend the following appropriations:—Payment of dividend at the rate of l'i\ per cent, per annum, £12,500; payment of bonus to shareholders of Gd per share, £2500; Investment fluctuation account, £10,000; in reduction, of Company's freehold premises, £10,000; contribution to Auckland City Leasehold Sinking Fund, £5000; balnnco carried forward to new account, £10,20310 a 5d total, £59,203 10a fid. In accordance with their annual praotice, your Directors have had tho Company's investments under very careful review, and regret that upon a strict revaluation they show a depreciation for which an appropriation is reoommended to investment fluctuation appount,. bin the very handsome profjt fpp the year will provide the sum required, and will also permit of your Directors appropriating £IO,OOO in reduction of the Company's freehold premises, and £SOOO to the sinking fund of Auckland city leaseholds, appropriations which the Directors believe will receive the hearty support of shareholders," The "Grand Christmas Falr,"now going on at Te Ano Boose, Wellington, 1b a novel effort designed to suit the Christmas {Season, tho large, and fashionable stock of now and choice goods in all the departments ore being offered at most attractive prices, Everyone with an eye to economy, should pay a visit to the "Grand Christmas Fair," where they will find a charming display of new and seasonable novelties, at unheard of price at Te Arc House, Wellington. ■ •Parents should take this opportunity of providing the girls" hats,- the boys'with suits, and' themselves' with: every .useful article of household drapery, while, the "Grand Christmas Fair." continues, at Te jjyjipHouse,Wellington,'...." - . Evwono should make a'point of looking at the Tapestry Carpets at oho and three ■ ponce a yard, : and the best Brussels a B|dand inspect the.superb stock, of dress materials and'prints;' all'.to'be-had' at: Ohristmoß Fair Prioea"at Te . Aso. HoyflE, Welluigt9n, ; N.\/'...-;:. , .: : ::.:m- '

The Hev. W. E. Paige, in his sermon at St. Matthew's Church yesterday even- 8 ing, rocalled to hiahearora'memory tho s beautiful legend concorninp, the stars which form tho Southern Cross, Whßn the Wise Men of tho East reached ' Bethlehem tho stars which had guided l them, so tho legend runs, vanished beneath tho earth and formed a cross in another world. I The cold this winter m tho South of l England and Franco is unequalled dur- B ing tho century. Canon Danks, Rector of Richmond, ' Yorkshire, Ins been offeiod tho vacant c Bishopric uf Wellington. The novel sight ofa Ltdy engaging in , the' game of bowls was witneißed at (he Wellington Bo * lint; Club's green on Fn- ! day last The lady, a young one, and a visitor from Blenheim, displayed con- j sideiable skill in the game (says the Presi), and although competing with, a ' veteran adversary, was only beaten by ! four points, It is the first occasion, we understand, upon which a lady has ventured Mispute thesupiemacyofthesex ' upon a New Zoaland bowling green.' TheMaatertqn-Qpakiracecourseisnow ' closed until one month before the Match ' meeting, - ■ , Harvesting operations aro now in full swing round about Masterton, : Several machines started cutting oats thu morning. ■''.•'■■; Mr V 7. H. do Lisle, who leaves for Raratonga on the 19th Intt., requests his clients to forward their wool to him before tho 18th t 'iho Czar of tfussia has seut to ) President Oarnut a gift of six thoroughbred horses. j Great Britain has 1,951,000 dnmestio I servants, earning £68,600,000 por annum. ; • Men aro moro liable than women to i insanity, and die sooner after becoming • insane. _ Throe of the most important tanks i in Europe wore founded by Scotsmen—- | viz,, the Banks, of-England, France, and . Vienna. i The Librarisn of the British Museum has a ailary cf £ 1200, with rosidenco. The annual consumption of tea in i England per person conies to a. little • more than five pounds, A woman in Tunis recently proclaimed ' that sho had been told by an angol in a 1 dream that whosoever drank of the water 1 in her cistern would ejeape cholera, within two days 20,000 passed through l her premises to drink there, a»d the r police had eventually to interfere to stop j t ho profitable traffic. Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., and several . friends were entertained on Saturday j last at a pionie at Mr E. Tayhr's nur- > sery. The affair was originated by Mrs ; Tayler, President of Mr Hogg's liadieß' Oommitten, and proved a yery enjoyable j gathering, The usual games and pastimes t were indulged in by the young people who were presont in goodly.nnmbors. Wo regret to learn that Mr Henry g Phillips,of the Occidental Hotol, is again confined to his room with an attack of bronchitis. 8 There aro now four patients in tbo ~_• Masterton Hospital, all making satisfactory progress. Two patients were I discharged during last week. " Mr B. Dawson, Traflio Agent for the e Wellington section of tho K.Z. Railways, '■ has replied to Mr A. W. Hogg's letter e referring to tho complaint regarding the it carriage of butter to Wellington, stating if that tho matter has been referred to the o Commissioners, together with a recommendation, iv Over' 5,700 bales of wool have boon y despatched from the Masterton Rail. '. way Station this season, e yesterday at theMastorton Railway » Station 100 dogreea in tho shade was II registered.atlO.SO today the thermometer r " stood at 70,

A low pretty women (says a Home paper) ate dressing their hair in true Victorian Btylo, parted in the middle,tho hair wavod with crnupiug irons and dratfh down on either side bo as to oover tho ears, A really pretty woman looks pretty no doubt with her hair arranged after this fashion, but even when admiring her it i 3 impossible to avoid reflecting how very much prettier the would appear if her dainty oarsrae visible and little curling tondrils waved upon her forehead.'

A ourinus request was made to the Lord Mayor recently, when the Knglish residents at Durban, in Natal, intimated that they wore going to observo the essentially Cuckney festival of Lord Mayor's_ Day by a dinner, all'the accessories to which were at hand, except sprats and lavender, and they asked the Lord Mayor to arrange, at their expense, for thoie to be sent to them in time for the festivity, Sir Stuart Ktiill at once consented; and the sprats and lavender aro now on their way to the Cape aB a contribution on his part to the success of this re-union of Londoners in the Colony.

A novel and somewhat amusing application was recently made at the South wark Police Court, A. well-dressed man, who said he was formerly a policeman, asked for a protection order againßt his wife. Mr Slade: What has she done ? Applicant: Well, I'm going to tell you. Although an ex-policeman, I have acquired an education by my own studies, and have tried my hand at authorship. If your worship would not mind looking here is a proof of my last song (holding up a slip ot printed paper). Mr Blade (taking no notice of the poetical effusion): What is It you want me to do for you ? Applicant; I want to stop my .wife's annoyance. She evidently does not like my literary labours, and gives me no peace while at my studies, If she is not restrained it might provoke a breach of the peace, Can't 1 have a protection order ? Mr Slade; 1 really cannot interfere in your domestic affairs at all, The applioant, looking disappointed, bowed his thanks to tho magistrate, and left the Court,

It is often wondered by ret '%& of Ouida's novels how it is that she'V taina such a masculine grasp of chaijcter, certainly exaggerated, but with a Bubatratuin ot truth, "I am told," says a writor in an English magazine "That occasionally she used to invite young offioers of the Guardßj and gentle men of a sporting tendenoy, to dine with her and her mother. After dinuer when they lighted up their weeds and pipes, she would say "Now, gentlemen, Buppoße ray mother and myself are out of the room, Seat yoursolyes; smoke and drink as if you wero at the club; talk as if you were in the smoking room; never think about us," And they did so, Let her readers judge as to whether this is likely to have been tho case or not," A suit in' New York oyer tho possession of a ohild has been decided satisfactorily to both parties, The mother will have possession of the boy during the summer, and in the winter he will live with his father At Lommatssch, in Saxony, a woman of eixty-four has received ten blows with astiok. by order of the Burgomaster, and ir> tho presonee of a doctor, for habitual drunkenness. The historic vine at Hampton Court has now been denuded of the last bunch of'grapes. This year it bore 1200 buncheß.. , THE H ATIONAL HOTfib, IiAMBTON 9UAY, WELLINGTON, Has undergono considerable alterations lately, and visitors to Wellington during the holidays will find the accommodation First Class.- The hotel is olose to the Station and Guests can rely on being called in time for both the Wairarapa and Manawatu Trains. Tariff 4s 6d per day, Wairarapa papers filed, Tnos. White, Proprietor,—Advi. To meet the requirements of the season, limits Hoof eb & Co. are opening May a special consignment o[ M.en'B arid Boys' Clothing, made specially to their orders from'selected Mosgeil, Boslyn, Kalapoi, and Wellington Tweeds. The prices range from 22s M to. 60s; the full suit guaranteed all pure wool 'and made in Wellington. They are also shote a lot of Men's Hard .'and Bolfl'olt Hats, Men's Summer Shirts, Tennis Shirts/and the most lovely selection of Men's Silk .Handkerchiefs, Silk and Washing Si»rfs,e|o., suitable for 'Xma's, presents, A special advertisement..dealing with tKo different departments \vlll be' una in the coliunn,flboYe -

British rule extends aver an area of 8,567,058 square miles, or more than oneI sixth of tho world's land surface. \ r Tho clause in the Factories Act, providing that boys shall mno case k employed more than eight hours oaob. day, ib being stringently enforced. Mr A. W. Hogg M.H.R., is drafting a l Bill to onable the Mastorton Borough ° Council to tako over certain private c streets within the Borough, , a The portion of tho town croek running ' through the church grounds is being t cleaned out to day. f The-Uon. Mr Cadman and Inspector Gordon have visited Pirahaki Mountain, j Whangarei, from which.assays of gold and silver have boon obtainod. Inspector Gordon has taken samples which he is Bending, to the School of Mines at Thames, He (Gordon) says tho samples are totally uulikeanything he has beforo Been, and therefore ho is reticent until the returns are received. | The Department of Labor is again on ' the war-path collecting 1 fees for regis- ' tration under the Faototies Act, - . \ 'Mr Koiaenberg notifies that ho,will < resume his lessons on Wednesday' the 10th of January. Glasses mil be formed < to prepare for this year's Trinity College > examination. Any candidate wishing to , join is requosted to apply before Satut- < day the 13:hin8t. ■ A. man named' James Purves is in custody ( at Invorcargill on a charge of obtaining £2O t by false pretences atltangipra. Purves had ' been at Wilson's Diver diggings, going by I tho name of Ferguson, He called at the < i police station to complain that he had ( ' lost £lO in a hotel' at the diggings After sotiio conversation, Sergeant McDonnell felt ' pretty certain that Ferguson really was the , nun wanted at Eangiora, and telegraphed . for a full description, which-tallied with , and he was arrested. , 1 There aro a lot of Scotsmen round Pahia- . 1 tua (says Fair Play) and a Burns Olub is ' one of the popular institutions of the place, I There is, we hear, to bo a gran' foregatherin' on the 20th of this month, the auniver- , sary of Bobbie's birthday. That Btaunch Badical and sterling Scot, Mr Hogg, M H,R" is to preside at a dinner to be given by the i Olub, and Jock MoKenzic, the Meenister o' Lan's is also to be present, There will be much patriotism and ft large amount -of 1 whiskey, and we can safely prophesy that B the run on "soda straight" next morning will be very considerable at the Pahiatua J pubs. a Tho Marquis of Queensbury, a vory r eccentric nobleman, whose two particular i. weaknesses, have been to doliver public a lectures on agnosticism and to draw up a e sot.of rules for pugilists, known all the p world over, as the Queensbery- rules, was married vory quietly tho other day at a Brighton Registrar's office to a Miss Ethel d Wecdou. Tho first the brido's friends knew y of the match was the receipt of a telegram ■> briefly couched as follows;-"Send my 8 clothes, married to the Marquia of Queensj' bery, Edith." Queensbery is a member of a B very eccentrio family. His only surviving l 8 hotbor, Lord Archibald Douglas, became a priest in the Ronuu Catholic Church, and his other -brother, Lord James Douglas, committed suicide not long ago in n London y hotel.—Exobango. a lone Heko, the member for the Northern » distriot, is a grand-nephew of the historio Hono Eeke, tho sacked tho town of Koroa- „ reka some fifty years ago, and took a lot of ,_ wiping out as a first-class warrior of the old '" savage sohool. The present Hone Heke was a Maori interpreter for tho Hon. Mr Cadman at tho Native meeting held at tho Bay o of Manta some years ago, and is a very in- !, telligent young man, He also held an apT pointment in tho Native Lands office e in Wellington until just beforo tho mencement of tho last Bcssion of Parliament, •j when he resigned so as to contest tbo scat _he has just won.—Fair 1 P/ai/.. The Department of Labour aro sending a patty of six men to-day to road works-at n Tiraumea, and four men are to start this I- morning wire-fencing on the Evans' Bay road, while one or two men have been eny gaged for some excavating work at the .' Government Printing Office To-morrow morning a party of ten additional men are to be sent up to tho railway works at Eketabuna. Thercpjrts reoeived by the ie department from their- agents in the counie try districts are of an oncouraidng nature, o work of all descriptions boing stated to be j very plentiful, especially in tho Wairarapa Jr and Huntcrville districts. TheMastorton agent reportiujnder date of Wednesday last , that there aro no unemployed aJyjreßont in ' his district, and tbat men who cafftfbrir *' need not be idle. Ho adds," Work is to '* be bad for all who can work and will look for ltJ it without requiring to be carried to it, or re waiting for tho work to bo carried to them," id -N,Z, Times. Acting upon the authority given him by ie the Government, the Agent-General has ih appointed Mr 8, Lowe as dairy produce ex,j pert for tho season at London. His duty ie will be to examine all shipments of New ,j Zealand dairy produco arriving in London, The Agent-General's communication whioh notifies the appointment also mentions that '■ the Australian and New Zealand Butter J Committee in London, upon being advised it of it, passed a resolution thatsuohan .0 official was urgently needed, and that the ir appointment of so able and experienced a o gentleman as Mr Lowe gave great satisfscy tion.-N.Z. Times.