LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4621, 13 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It-is b9lng ptopoaMja tho Uorth Canterbury Board of Education'to abolish t(io corporal punishment of girls 1 in the sohools of the district, Mr W, R," Bone has been specially in« ' Btructod by the Kegiatrar-General, to ob' ' tain a return from all sub-oollectora of ' Agricultural Statißtioß,: regarding the ' ravages of the Heaaian Fly. A Pigeon Matohj to take place at ' Tauherenikau, is to be arranged by 1 Messrs Bone and Hiley. 1 A Ohrwtchuroh paper says'. "There ' seems to be a number of lunatics about this city just now." Is this unusual for the City of the Plains ? • Mr D. Crewe adds '.to his Eketahuna ' stock sale, 20 head of mixed cattle, The sale takes place on Friday, the 19tl. inst. at 1,30 p.m, An English '.mail, will close at Masterton on inst., at 6.15 a.m., Nominations for-the vacant soat on the Masterton Tottn Lauds Trust, close on Monday next, ■"'•'"vA meeting of (Awards of the Mastw-ton-Opaki Jockey'Olub will bo held this evening, .when it will be decided whioh ' of the candidates for delegate to the Metropolitan Club , meetings the Club j will support. , Masterton was quite. surrounded with . tho smoke from bush fires last night, I Mosquitos have been driven into Masterton in large numbors by the bush fires, now raping and. haye made their presence foroibly felt, The Mayor of Groytown and others ; have arranged to form a deputation to wait on the Minister, of Land! 1 , some time this month, to request assistance , for a bridge at Matarawa. ! Taratahi is to be transferred from the Masterton to the Greytown Wesleyan Circuit, and monthly services will'be i held there in future. j "Is there no way," remarks a contem- ; pnrary, " by which jockey olubß could ! prevent spielers going to their grounds _ at race meeting?" ) Mr A. King has been appointed handU capper to the Wairarapa Racing Club, A dairy factoiy, it is stated, is about to be started at Otaki. / Mr J. D. Ritchie, in addition to hia other appointments, is now gazetted as Ohief Inspector of Stock under the Stock Act of last session. He was originally appointed under the Stook Act, 1890. A Napier paper says" The whole system of railway management requires overhauling." There are two lady "Masters"of Bounds in Englaud. It is alleged (says Ohristohuroh Truth that Mr Seddon was overheard to Bay to a friend, lr Knighthood bo blowed; my game's higher than that." ■ Messrs Uuningham, Badbam and Co. . the well-known auctioneers of Welling i ten, have disposed of their auctioneeringof stock and horse sale business to Messrs ' A, G. Taine and 00., of the same city i The new firm will conduct weekly sales of horses in Messrs Townsand and Paul's ' horse bazaar, stack salps in the country, and general auctioneering at their rooms, 1 Custom Houso Quay and Hunter street, Additions are made to the entries for * MrF. H. Wood's.next Taratahi (took, 1 which takes place on Thursday, January " Ssth.- ■' An exchange publishes the following; -English solwol-examiner, discoursing ; on the vice of laziness and wishing to [■ extract an example from the children examined/asked who were the persons who got all they could and did nothing in return.' A little girl answered promptly , "Thebabies, sir." Napier Daily Telegraph says. " It is the doctored drjnk that madden; and , brutalisos, and ciubeb mi st of the braw; ling and- violence that disgraces our Ohriatma's ana New Year festivities." Mr W,R._',;Bone -besides doing the superintending of thecolltction of Agricultural Statistics for the Wairarapa North and South, and Pahiatua Counties, e will personally collect the returns in the y Masterton and Mauriceville ridings of the Wairarapa North County, n Mr Geo. Bell, the proprietor of the j Dunedin Star.one of the Vice-Presidents n of the New Zealand Institute of Journalists, attained his B§th birthday on Tuesday |ast, when ho received cordial " greetings from the Star staf and hosts 0 of private friends.' d News have been received of the death e at Kaikohe, Auckland, of Hariata ih Kahutaha, daughter of the lite Hongi is lka, the famous Ngapui ohief. Barlata e wasa tall black haired Maori lady, fami--1 liar in English papers, and was in her 1 young days one of the most beautiful of , her race. She was well-known all over the Island, especially Rt Auokland, and U was looked upon by the Natives there aB 0 Queen of New Zealand. She was wife - of the celebrated Hone Heko, during his j career as rebel chief in 1845-46, ex--1 eroued very powerful influence over ' his actions in favour of the Europeans. Numerous stories are told "of how Bhe 0 used to stand in front of him, when he 1 -vas t?oing tn shoot tho Englishmen, and ( thus save their lives. She was brought 1 up under the influence of the first Church t Missionaries, and was not only highly j respected,but conducted herself in a most - ChristianJike manner. Ontjiedeathof HoneHeke, she Tyaa mairiod to Arama 1 Karaka, another ce]eb.rated Ngapqi (ihief, l Afterwards shepa cpniieoted with the 1 Wca'pyan Mjssipn for many .years at j Wairaa, and was closely aseopiated wjth 3 the Bev. W. Bowse, or Greytown, who 8 was then at the head of tno Mission, Young Houe He|e, recently eleoted as M,H.it,, was her grand nppnew, Her 3 death marks an epoch in the history of P the Maori Race, and her loss will be ae» ) verojy felt,—Stmlard. ' We have received froiu.Mr R, E, l Hornblow, a copy of tho Wairarapa ) Methodist Record, It is ably edited, I well printed and admirably illustrated, j and is'certainly worth more than the modest penny at whioh it Is vended.. It . it claimed that its circulation will largely aid the federation of the Churches in the 1 Wairarapa Circuits, and in this way pro--3 mote om of tlw chief features of the t Methodist Church, viz., Connectionaiistn, r It will also enable the various circuits to I report matters of local interest whioh oannot pwibly find admission lo the colnmns of the New Zealand Methodist. • It.is intended that it shall-speak on ; i behalf of the Sunday School, -the Chris-. i tian Endpsvour Society, Temperance i Work, qnd pverv other agency in oop'neo- _ tion with the looal ohurohes. " I The following paragraph from the i t Post will bo of interest to many m , Masterton, owing to the connection of ; theMts'Lionard alluded to with the ■ > ilastertron Hotel, some time ago . "Manyof our readers will "remeniber 1 1 Mrs Leonard, at one time licensee of the . [ Albert Hotel and afterwards of Barretts ' ■ Hotel, Misfortune has fallen heavily ! , upon her, 'and for some considerable ' i time past she has been suffering 1 i an internal complaint,■ which wili j necessitate a yery dangerous surgical 1 1 operation to afford any chaiipe of ' 1 repovQry. |"of sofne meks.pjut qh'phag ' been i»d.lnmate of the Hospital, but her ! i medioal attendant advifies that she 1 ; should bp sent home, with a' view to { , obtain special surgical: treatment in a ' . london Hospital.; A sup of about £25 ! is Required for this purpose. The case c has tieen notice of i|]e ! ; |eneyoiei)t Trutfees, by t < in a'ppsitlpn 'to afford .the. (jesited { assistance,' although if a; suqi 'were 1 voluntarily subscribed they-might be 1 able to: oi)«pl6a)ent--!t r .:4Jnclcr:these' circumstances we lave beeh\'uked by , persons interested in Mrs to y consent' to-reoeiye ony subscriptions t whioh the ohirltabiy disposed mayVbe o willing to give, -We (hall gladly do soi i and acknowledge all suras sent to us fop p the purpose, ( s ' iHENATIONAL HOJBL,LAMBTON * QUAY I: WELLINGTON, ■ Haa 1 Undergone i 'oonstderaUe alterations lately, during the a the p ig j3ult™ireljr .8 Qn n ajjit. »iid- C

Mr Henry Phillips, 1 : of Hotel, is rapidly reooverinalßi his re-1 crat ; ilJiiiß^j:;^.;;.:: : : ; :A:::'iM^ : '^':./:' Cou6tablß.oaahibn returnerTto Mastor. ton aftorhishoiiJay. trip last night. :■;' ,: A, Mas'fcertin rfsiderifc, recei'tly returned frcin Ohristohuroh, : has .brought up several blackbirds and thrush*]. These birds are now very plentiful in Oanter.' bury, v ;' .?■■-. -r,:;"-':-.Mr 0. Hughes; oash butcher onQueen Street, notin'eain another column, that eyeiy' Saturday evening, during . the summer months' he will offir his customers great bargains. - V I The Melbourne police have compiled b list showing that 200 men haveujegisIjered baby nurse jiomea in Melbourne and suburbs, the majority for only'one ohild, otherafpr twoohildren. ;\ \ ■';. 4adyEva,Quin, niece of Lord ,OonnefflMßjhas killed in India no less than 'six full-grown tigors,whioh Bhowa {aayg 2V«fA) that women mw mean to have a finiier ineVerypie. ■" : : '■} '; . Says Kumm ffimes:—"The crowd on the course at Greymouth yesterday was sfj thick that you couldn't walk without scraping the buttons off your waistcoat. The Coast has never Been such a prodigious crush.'' - f The Wellington Amateur Athletio Olub will be represented at the championship meeting a* Christohurch on the 17th Feb. by the fVlowing:-100yds-Hempfon, L, W. Ha>y. 220yd8-Hempton, Wynyard, L, W. Harloy, D'Aroy. 880 yds Gurr, ft. Gray. One Mile—Morpeth, Gray, Thlee Miles—Morpeth. 120 yds Hurdles-H.'Batger, O. Gore, 440 yds Hurdles- H, Batger, D'Arcy. Long Junip-R, Gore, H. Bather. Putting the Weight4o.. McCormaok. Throwing thu HammerVO. Moyormack. A forlorn loDkine American said : " I've tried everything I could turn my hand to, but 'nake anything anawor; and now I'm going up.among the roeka, where they say there's a wonderful eoho, to see if I can make that answer" \ They seem to bo a panic-striken, and yet blood thirsty lot in Christchurch I The Press London correspondent recently tried to scare his readers by pointing out the possibility of war in the immediate future, arid Truth writes [-"Supposein a month or in six months hence war breaks out-as it might to-morrow—be-tween England and Russia. Suppose a weak Rnaaian force is despatched to'theie shures to demand tribute and coal for the fleet-a force which, were our defences in proper trim, might be beaten off, but which, owing. to oriminal neglect on the part of the Government, is able to dictate and entoroelts own terms , with impunity? How then? What would happen after the Russian flying cruisers had despoiled us and left us? We re« speotively submit that the hanging of i Mr Seddon—the hanging of; him by an outraged people, the hanging of him higher than Haman-would be the inevitable result." ' A shark recently attacked a bather at 1 Greymouth. With assistance it was soi cured. Opon the fish, whioh was 7ft in length, being cut open, 40 young shaikt i wore found inside it ' MrR. Brownhas added to his museum the la,rvjo of the bot fly, and bid the ill i luck to discover thit horrid insect on hit 1 own steed in considerable numbers. Il • looks liko a tiny epeek of grass Beed, and , oannot easily be detached from the hail i to which it clings. _ The Wauganui Rifles have decided tt ' send a toam of Bix to represent them al '> the forthcoming meeting of the N.Z.R.A ' to be held at Oliriatchurch , The Wanganui Caledonian Sooiety hai , received over 120 entries for their sporti to be held on anniversary Day. Messrs Lowes and lorns announci B their next Masterton Stock Kale foi j Wednesday, January 24th, at 1 o'clock t It is proposed by the Mastertm r Borough Council to make the rcgula: stand for expresses eto, in Queen Stree B from Central Chambers towardi Ohurol . Street, aud for hackney carriages oppo site the Bank of Australasia. , A meeting of the committee appoints; 3 by tho Masterton Borough Counoiltogc f through the By-aws and make an] necessary amendments.metlast evening 3 there being present-rHu Worship thi s Mayor (Mr Geo, Heron;, and Crs Feisl . and Hornblow. Several unimportanl , alterations were made and the meetinj 1 adjourned until alter next sitting of thi , Co'uqpil. The bot fly is particularly bad rount l about Masterton just now, and horse , owners would do well toexeroise even , caution, » Mr Po*nall appeared for the lad • G. Osmond, oharged with the embezzle' r ment in the Maßterton R,M. Court thii f morning, and said the proceedings would r be withdrawn with the permission of th< 1 Magistrate, His Worship, after hearint ! the facts of the case, allowed this to b* ) done, on prosecutor undertaking to pay i expenses amounting to £3l9s lid. J At the Wellington R.M. Court yesterday, jtidsrment was given in the case ■ Picturesque Atlas Co v Langdon. Doj fondant urged there had. been a breaoh . of agreement four years ago, and plaint tiffs oould only sue for damages, The ' R,*f. deoidedthat plaintiffs were entitled | to recover on" the contract, irrespective . of claim.tor damages. Judgment given ; for plaintiffs for araoqot olaimod and • coats, i ■ A case of Sunday trading was tried in i the Wellington R,M. Court yesterday, ; The licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel, i was charged with serving men with i liquor on Deeember. 17th. After learn- ( iug the evidence His Worship adjourned i the case until to-day in order that he . might inspect the premises. : Yesterday Mr W.E.Bidwill, of Bidwill ■ Bros,, Wairarapa, who were large prizetakers at the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association's show, generously handed back to the secretary the turn of £2O for the funds of the association. Messrs Bidwill were exceptionally well represented in stook at the show. They carried off the largo number iff one champion, eight first and three second prizes, the total amount of their cash awards being £36 18a.— HZ. Timet. The World's Trio and American Speciality Company make their first appearance here- on Monday next.' The Company comna to us with a good repu» tation, having just concluded a highly successful season of three weeks at Wellington; .*■',.■' During a storm nefjr Deniliquin. New South Wales,- (says .a contemporary), Mr.Joseph Wellington,- a seleotor, was hurrying to extinguish a grass tire which had been caused by lightning, when he waß struok by another flash mi killed ou the spot, His clothes were torn to. ribbons., arid his body was conn pietely blaoltenedby the eleotrio'fluid, With, regard to the invitation to the Duke and Duchess to,v»it the colonies, the Ohrißtchurcii Knights o: Labour have passed, ■■' the Mowing resolution :-That, considering 'the many people pu| pf work,: or at best having only casual employment, this Assembly -offers the strongest protest agaiflst the Duke and Dnohess being entertained by the Colony if theMpense is to be borne by the : tax-payers, the protest being not out of any.,'disloyalty,' but in theitileiesl'of those oiit of work, and who. should be the'Cplony's 'first iWi,::;:; s-|; : ■-.::■.>. -. ifhe".Grand Christmas Fair,"now going ou at TB.ABoBoysE,. Wellington,, i ft a novel effort-'dtjtptj to suit QWhi Season, jhe Ujfge and fftshionable stock of pew and ohblce giopda in all the departments atebejpg offereo'at most atWivoprijes," ..-. 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 Tb Abc Hocsb, Wellington. ■:•','• pi Parents should take this, opportunity' ot providing the girls,:hats, the boys with suits,.and themselves ,with every useful ' artiole, of household drapery'/ while .the "Grand phristrods Fait".' contiiiuea," at' Ta Abo Hodbb, .Wellington, iy? ;'; v :V : .*Mp\ shbidd make'apointioflooking at the Tapfetry .OftrpJßta at ohe' 'and v tnre'4' ,B|dand Ins^ct^W 1 Stjperb' &|';flf d'tiss i v: be- ' PhristrnasFaKftiMs'jalTE'i^biHorire," : . '

\ Captain. Edwin .wins .to-day:— •J "Nprth-east to. north and West gale after v twelve hours from/now iglaßS further • fall; indications of rain." ■■''■;!■' i ! The MiigitM Advocate asserts that • there is a good deal of complaint among t those who have to travel on the Huntere yille section of the railway about the kind • of carriaiiea in use. They are squalid arid .forlorn-looking. » At the Ohristohuroh Resident Magiit trate'flOpurt to-day, 'a Wakanui farmer e was fined £5; and costs for posting at 8 iahburton ■le'tter on which a cancelled atampwasused. ..■■ J . A new horse disease is reported to have i- appeared in falmeraton. Worth. The e complaint commences with a rash on the e iiose, eventually breaking out and leaving sores all over the faoe of the horse. ■ : A man. named John MoLecd, aged t about thirty-three years, recently work- ) mg at Mt, Adams, Martinborough, has r been arrested oa a charge of lunacy,' He' will probably bo sent to Wellington j this afternoon. .. I A man named Robert J, Malcolm was » charged before Mr Martin, 8.M., in the : Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday ut (says the NJZ. TimesY with thelarceny as a bailee of a Post Office order for £ls. b Mr Skerrett appeared fur the defendant, p MrWilford.who appeared for theproee- >• oution.said'he did hot propose to offer i, any evidence against acoused, as he had i- not used the.money,-.and there was - nothing mora: than ; a- business claim I, against the money;accu!ed had received, s The case was adjourned till this morning Is to enable Inspebtor Pender to confer g with Mr Wilford and Mr Skerrett as to g thetfacts of thecaae; 0 To meet 'the requirements of the season, Mes|is Hoopeb & Co, are opening to-day a special., consignment'of Men's Boys' Ololhtag, made specially to their orders ' from sleeted Mosgeil, Koslyn, Kaiapoi, and U WeUir|gton Tweeds. The prices range from K 22s 6d'to 60s j the full suit guaranteed all a pure wool and made in Wellington, They it aroalso ; showing a splendid lot of Mens Hard and Soft felt Hats, Men's Summer Shuts, Tennis Shirts, and'the most lovely i soleotioniof Men's Silk Handkerohiefs, Silk 1 and Washing Soarfs.etc, suitable for 'Xmas y presents, l A special advertisement dealing t with the different departments will be found ein the col'imn above'the leading artlole,— n ADVT ' : \\ ..; .