LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4614, 9 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho South Islam) has more oheeso and factories than the JNorth Island, The taty weather at Hope told heavily on fhe agoiqeht aesur'ance companies. One pomnany, wdqee headquarters m in tiopdqn; received intimation of no fever thai) 22(j cases of broken legs within seven days. A lad named Lee was carrying milk an one of the platforms at Booth's sheds, Carterton, when he slipped, pitched on his head, and austainod a slight concussion of the brain. the heathen,", writes Mrs Watjb, the roinjohary at tho Nojv Hebrides,' '< a pure' Rift is unknown,' A gift opjy .nutans an exchange'cf goods and often sortie article is given with the expectation that the giver will receive jar more than its value in return." Is this confined to the heathen ?' Arfhur Q<]pdin, ot .Carterton, jyhp acci4ental)f 'a pin last weejj, Sjjs, alter too days very impjßasafl\ esperjeppe, got rid ol his trouble. """ The "Grand Christmas Falr.'.'now going on at Te Abo House, Wellington, is a novel effort designed to suit the Christmas Season, the large and.fashionable stock of new and choice goods in all the departments are being offered at most attractive prices. ' Everyone with an eye to economy, should pay a visit to the "Grand Christmas Fair," *hore (hey will find a.charmlng' display of Ite'and'seasonable.'novelties, at unheard bJ'jtiiif W'lb'Abo House, Wellington.',. i Wnts'should'takethis omriunttyj; * providihg the'girls"';'hafe, the boys'..ifcf ffijis/afid themselves with .'every'useful ftrtMs' u\ 'fephold' ' drapery,'while 'Jh'e make a point of'looking m^i: end three yard, and tuu.. • the superb stock of ut». all to be had at Abo House,

ibyanadverUß«f.K^,:. J V- •/■ '■*?;' , /:ffiF.H,;W6bdadvetil!eßa smallifwrn : > r <>party: for private aale. BartSoulars~appeal in.another: column,:r' : .".'. • -..''V-v'-: "'■'.' Hospital Trustees meet at 'B.BO this afternoori.' ■ ;;;./' M /J.H- Wowf addß.'to the;entries for next Taratahl stock sale, 100 three and four year oldbullooks, very Mr Sonkel, 'of South Carterton; had a nasty experience, the other day. He was driviojhis family to Mastorton. when the hone becamo unmanageable, and bolted, finauY capsizing his vehiole and occupants into a diton, Mr Sunkel comirig oft with a slight fracture of.-the l'eg..-Stonrford. We understand that Mr John Tuoker,of Carterton, takes possession of'the Prince o< Wales Hotel, Masterton, on the lOtli Inst, The Now Zealand Land Association has received the following cable message from London :-Frozen meats—the mutton market is quiet, but price has advanced Jd per lb since last report; The lamb market is quiet, prime New Zealand lambs being worth per carcase 4Jd per lb. TallowThere is a fair demand for common qualities, but other descriptions aro slow of sale. Fine mutton and good beef tallows are respectively worth 29s and 27s per owt. Fresh severo confliots have occurred between tho troops and -the peasantry in' Sioily, and many of the latter have been shot. Thomas Connolly,"a stition hand at Erenhou, whilst out looking for wild honey, waaaerioualy gored by abullook. Thehorns of the beast entered the inner side of each i thigh, Owing to the bad state of the roadß it was 54 hours after tho accident happened when the unfortunate man reached the Napier Hospital. The weather is colder in London than for thirtv years past. At Sbomoliffe, in Kent, the thermometer was at zero. On dit thafMr J, MaoKay, of Wellington, i will be appointed Inspector of Factories at ! Dunedin. Sir Ughtred fiay-Shuttlewortb., Secretary to the Adnwulty, states that it is intended i during 1894 and 1895 to arm the Navy with magazine rifles. | An Amercian correspondent informs'us : that Wabash, Indiana, has a midget—" Mrs i Sarah Store's girl babe "-six inches in . height and weighing a pound and a half, 1 Meteorological ■• returns for past season stamp Auckland as "wettest district in the colony." The Tablet says Dr Moran still continues very weak, and the state of his health causes i much anxiety. "We have omselves seon a man carry balf-a-dozen dynamite cartridges in tho bosom of his overshirt, " just to solten the , stuff, you kq6w.""-*oiilM<Hi(J.ff«w.' We ■knew a Wellington man who carried dyna- • mite cartridges about with him, "just to . solten his wife," you know. WHentheun- , fortunate lady said anything to vex him he , would lug out' a lump of explosive and say, "Sli'alllletitrip, eh? Do you want your , head blown off, eh ?"— Truth.

Thus. Tom Mann on the poor people of England:—'' Forty thousand children went to board schools every day with ncfood, or a mere crust and a little tea, The people lived in miserable hutches. In Shbredith there was» block of buildings in whioh the beds were let ninny times in the twenty-feyr hours, It was a common thing to let a bed for half or quarter of a day, and this went on nil the year round. 'Women were lying about on the steps of lodging-houses, often dying; children were literally put to death. The ofliccrs of the law knew this, and forced their way into these places when the missions were singing hymns, dragging some one off to gaol whilo the singing wen on. This was tho dreadful social condition of the capital of England." The following is from the London Standard:— "A young orplnn (gentle birth), left penniless, struggling hard to earn livelihood, is ordered to wear sealskin jacket (delicate lungs], being often seriously ill though cold, Will anyone kindly give her a tolerably long one j bust, 33t; waist, 225; sleoves, inßide seam, la inches, 41so mackintosh, flannel dressing gown, jsoket. Pity entreated. Satisfactory references. Charity, at Mcy's, 38 Gnceohurch street."

Yesterday Mr J. Stuckey, of Eangilumau, shipped per Wailiora for Dunedin, to tho oruer of Mesara Stonnch Brothers and Morris, on acoount of Mr Jas, Bonnes, of Wairnabaka, who personally made tho selection, one Hereford bull by Bradley's Head, 11,350, dam Hose II j also, a calf by Sir William, 13,460, dam Lydia (imported), Exports consider (s«ys the Pod) that these aniuwis will improve Mr Holmes' hord.good as it now is, A correspondent writes to tho Ctoli'an H'orW i—.'! Ihave the month of September at my disposal, and perhaps I can give two tired minister's wives a fortnight's holiday eaoh, by taking care of their homes for them." Kmnara Times says that Mr Seddon's voice was "like thunder in 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing' on Xmns morning in the Church," The same paper further remarks that " A well-knpwn tpnor sat not far from between them the organist Wußhed," Mr G. S, W, Dalrymple has been nomicated for tho vacancy on the Masterton Tow.-) Lands Trust'. ■ Messrs Homulow and Boar advertise a new piano for sale, Mr T. Tumbull, »roliifceot to the Weilington Education Board, is expeoted to v:Btfc Masterton to-day. The Itev. W. B. Paige proceeds to the Wnareamp to-morrow to celebrate the union of Miss Morrison, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Morrison, of Blairlogie, and Mr John Andrew, eldest ion of the; Rev, J. 0. Andrew, of loa, Wherearaa. N, Z. rjtripj' desoriptionof a leader in the Pust; "a real true:b)ue, square-toed article of tho pompous and puffy sort," Messrs P. K. Watty and B. Cuhen' arrived in Masterton to-day to value the stock of the Princeof Wales Hotel, which is about to be transferred to Mr H. Tucker.' A correspondent writes to suggest putting teats round tho civic fountain bo that pary travellers could* rest themselves while they watohed the water run. We presump he means that they would hayo to rest a longtime to witness such a phenomenon. We repiind oijr readers of Messrs Lowes and {orna usual fortnightly stook sale to-morrow (Wednesday)at lo'cjooic. The Autumn Show of the Masterton Horticultural Society will take place on Thursday, February Bth, and the Chrysanthemum Show on Thursday, I April 10th. Notice of intention to raise a loan for formation etc, on the Ihuraua Road, iB given by the Wairarapa Worth County Council. •A man named, Whitaker was oharged before Justices at Pahiatua with being drunk and assaulting a barmaid. On the first charge ho-was fined' fir and costs, and on the latter he was sehteiiced to'foiirteep days' hard labour. How these London correspondents delight tp alarrn-us I l 'This danger 1 ' writes one " oannot be two clearly rested in New Zealand, Let there be no mistakeat all about it. If England and Russia go to war, Russia'will" have a shy" at New Zealand. All her plans are prepared, and though we may hopo that the colonial squadrons and colonial forces would succeed in reptlling any attempt', it is morally certain that the attempt would be made. So the colony cannot' be too thoroughly prepared for contingencies which may be mucli hearer •t hand than anybody dreams,"

THE H ATIONAL HOTEL, LAMBTON QUAY. WELLINGTON; Has undergone po'nskjerable.' alterations lately, and Visitors fo Wellington during tho holidays will find the accommodation First Glass.' The hotel is close to the Station and Quests'can rely on being called in time for both the Wairarapa and Manawatu Trains. Tariff 4s 6d perday, Wairarapa papers filed, Taos. White, Proprietor.—Advt.-

To meet the requirements of ihe season, Messrs Hoorßn & Co. ore opening to-day a special consignment o! Men's and Boys' Clothing, made specially. to, their orders from selected Mosgeil, Roslyn, Kaiapoi.and Wellington Tweeds, The pricesrange from 22s 6d40'605; the lull suit guaranteed all pure wool and mado in ' Wellington. They ore also' showing-a splendid lot - of Men's HarS- and •Briit'iJelt'Hats; Men's fommer mm', fflfi'npja" l Sftir" ts. 1 ifbd' the'most'lovelj I mm'St 'tm Silk HsndWhiefe Sill I JWBfe ApW. weFfeeW, #1 -"V ihodifl6Fei)|depMfnien|g.will k;. m

this day.V-i,'. ln. dications Eclass,: fallibg,- with northerly iiMt JiM. Government'Audit Inapeotir 1b at pveaent in Maatertbb'. ■ The Rev father; J, MckeDua probftbly oiler himself for , eleotion • on Thursdayvtiexfc, as',a Trustee for the Mastorton Hoapital. . The following .'membeis of the Welch family play a cricket match, at the Opaki (in Thursday next, at 2 o'clock, against a team from the W.F,O,A. Olub; -Herbert Welch, 'Harold; Wolch, George. Welch (apt), W. Ji Welch, W. U. Welch; Fred Weloh, Jas. Welch, Albert Welch, Bert Welch, Edward Welch, Alfred Welch. Emergencies :-Arthur.Weloh and Hugh Welch., , ■ * The large fish pond at the Wellington Acclimatization Society's Mastertou hatcheries is being oleined out. , The report of the Mastecfcbn Hospital Trustees for the year ended Mawh 31st, 1893,' reaches us to-day, Better late than DL>yer . At a meeting ot the Grey town Borough Council last night, an opinion was read from the Borough solioitor regarding Mr Roger's notioe of motion to borrow money to repair roadß, etc. It was stated to be illegal to raise a loan for street maintenance work on streets already in existence. \ '•"'■' . Ayoungmanoamed Macdonald was sentenced to 14 days'irapriaonment at the Chester assizes for burglary, Tho prisoner had been drinking with the prosecutor, who is named Port. In the night time he broke into Port's house, and a parnft, wakened probably by tho noise he made, called out, " Is that you, Mr Port?" The prisoner promptly seized the. bird and wrung its neck, but, curiously enough, this led to his arrest. Bome dropa of the bird's blood fell on his hand, and they were still there when he was appreh.ei.ded on suspicion of having committed the burglary. Ihe annual meeting of the Dunodin Jooke.y Club was held last night. The report stated that the revenue was £13,712 (is 3d, and the expenditure £14,032165, allowing a loss on the year of 1320 (is 9d. The revenue shows a falling off of £1283 9s Bd, as against the previous year, / , The Greytown Borough Oounoil have resolved lo ask the Government to sub- . sidise the erection of a bridge over the i Waiohino River at the Matarawa ford, | Complaint was made to the police and ' to the Town Gleik'this morning that Mr \ E, Jones had—contrary to the Borough , ByJaws-built a haystack on his pre- , raises in Dixon-street," to'the danger of ■ tho surrounding properties. Mr Jones, ■ who appears to have erred in ignorance that he was committing a breach, has i been ordered to remove the stack ai> once. i For the benefit of those of our readers . who may not know tho regulation re- , garding fire prevention in the Borough, i we may point out that By-law No, 97 provides that.—" No person shall keep ' any stack or heaps of hay .or straw or I other inflammable material within Build* > mg Diatricb No, 1, or in any other part > of the Borough if not iu an enclosed 1 building at a less distance than sixty | feet from any buildinz, or street, or the laud of any adjoining owner," i A boy of nine, son of Mr Anthony, . chomist, of Napier, had bis right leg ■ broken, through a case of galvanised iron tailing on bun while he was at play.

Messrs A. G. Tainq and Company, auctioneers of Wellington, advertise for ealo on account of Mr Geo. Sutton,of Southland, tho well-known Lincoln breeder, five Lincoln rams, and also rams on account of other well-known breeders.

Mr rioithcroft, R.M., atAuekland, gave the exemplary sentence of three months to a youne man named Lauchlan Robinson, a seaman on the ship Margarot Galbraith, far Ming obscene language on a forty steamer,

The sacred concert jo. successfully given by the Werieyaii Ohuroh Ohoiron New Year's night, in' response to numerous requests from friends who wore prevented from attending by the inclement weather, and others, Is to bo repeated on Thursday, the 18th inst. A few changea will le made in tho programme, several full chorusos.new solos, etc., botng substituted for some of the miner numbers, so as to make it even superior to the previous one whioh is admitted to be one of tho bost ever Bub. j nutted in Masterton, and we are assured tho repetition will bo'equally successful. This entertainment. is solely for the benefit of the choir and to bring it within roaqh of all loyers of good niusio, only the nominal sum i,f sixpence each is being charged for tickets, and we predict a very large audienco on the occasion. An advertisement on the subject appears in another column.

Ladies, who have alittlo spare time on their hands, may get a hint for valuable work from the following extract from a letter recently received from Mrs Watt, the missionary's wife at the New Hebrides : -" I must not fail to mention that we have sot tangible and valuable help in onr work from various parts of the world in the shape of made dresses, Ab far as I know the donors I have written to them, thanking them for their timely help. The natives marvel at the lovo that incites such gifts, and many a talk they havo about the good womon who cut And make garments for ihem out of pure love, The irmu in jwiii/ blue duujaree and cotton art valmlV.e.- Poor material only wastes time, and gives satisfaction to no one." We believe,that the Rev. R, Wood would gladly forward any articles entrusted to his care. A correspondent of New Australia, the journal devoted to the,interests of the Paraguayan settlement, describes Monte Video thus l—The cily is almost equate bb to its streets, with here and there along the ridge on which it stands a publio plaza. Only one of these has any rail ahout jt, and even that is always open at four gateways. This pla;a (jjobala) is a small square amidst houses otdinay "postered" exterior—you Bee they look after the inside better—and contains now tho moat charming beds of puiaios, sweet William, • stocks, wallflowers, and tho loveliest mass of forget, mo-nots that I have seen, all in elevated rounded masses, Round the inside of tho rail are bluegums, hakehss and sheoaks, the health of which helps to accentuate one's opinion of how much this is [better than Australia in some respect*. j A Yankee we met. offered 20,30,40,100 cents for some of these panties, and Was 1 astouished to find he couldn't have them, Altogether Monte Video, if it be a fair sample of South American life and polity, is'enoouraging,'

It.is a'muohi hontrovertel point whether the state gets inoßt for its monoy from tho Upyernment factories or from private.firms. At the seventeenth annual dinner of the Royal Arsenals Foremen's Association, Dr. Anderson, Direotor-Gensralot Ordnance Factories, championed the cause of Woolwich, He stated that the number of factory employees was 15,091, and in one year 1892-93 they spent £1,234,000 In wages and £1,015,000 on material. The I cost of management amounted to I £32,000, which represented just 11.3 per cent, upon the full production. Be would like to see the private firm that eould doit for anything like that gmalf sum..

At a committee meeting of the BlueI akin Agricultural anil Pastoral Society, , the following (potion wep parried qnani. ; nioußly "The committee'a attention having been dram to the unfair manner, in which some owners and exhibitors of stock get their exhibits lauded in the reports of tome shows, hereby resolve to instruct the several stewards of the re. pective classes not to give any opinions f their own to of the merits r demerits of any exhibit; but that it be respectful request to thejudges in each lasb to give their opinions to the reporter a being applied to for same; and it is lost urgently and respectfully suggested IOW obtail'l the opinions of thejudge's; 3d npt'thoae of the ate\mds,'eitibitort, t otJieri.'fhanjudljeJ aforesaid. 1 ' 1 from iporti in at the pie'etjng, the irthpotpjpg ehovjr pn tyf|i iir to be at {east?a< successful as 'any •finer (be weather prpve voiHlblti

Oharles Henry Dowtett, & tcmitlitiW mab, Bged.ttbout 30, formerly a' reiidwt of committed suicide atrui lodgings^liNapierjeslerday;'.: eeomed low-spirited, and oomplalned 6t pains in ;hia head for some little' tims baolc. at9o'olooki' but at balf-paat one he Taa discovered m his bedroom with his throat cut. •. He had then beeii dead soVeralihutiH.^

Ourreaders;will rememberjwys the IV; ,?.■ Times that daring the recent election oampaign, Mr T. M Wilford, one of.' the' candidates; for iWolliiiglott Suburbs, intimated thnt he waa going to take action against certain people who had been making statements against bis oharaoter. ..Inconsequence, however, «( ft lull- apology being received," lie hat decided to take no further action in the matter, ; ',-'. .

The Dunedin Amateur Athletio Assir oi»tiou have selected the following for the ohampionship meeting ir 26.0 and 1440 yards. W. A.Low; lougdistanoei, I S. Bain, W. Bennett and Jr W." Haynes; hurdleß and long jump, H, W. Postletbwaito and J. Taivroa; pole jump, Prain mid Smeatou ; r walks, Fjndlay and Galloway. Twenty.two others have' been requoßled to go into training to supplement the above. It has been definitely ascertained that the boy Reginald Long, who myiteriouly disappeared on Thursday,- was drowned lu tho Manawatu Rivet, near Mr Gardner's flaimill, at Paiaka, in tho Foxton. Police District. Dragging operations were carried on yesterday by Mr Gardner's employeos and the police.; but at length a oharge oi dynamite wai tired. The body uf the poor lad. was brought to the surface by the exploßion, but disappeared the next moment. It will no doubt be recovered to-day. The boy was a bright little fellow of twelve years of age, of a most amiable disposition, He was spending his holidays at Mr Gardner's place when he met with his sad death.— Times.