LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4622, 15 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Mt Beddon, we honebtly believe, I could tench the Cz»r hiraselt ft trick or e two in autocratic government.','—Press, il We think the "creating of large l{ SBtates" an evil, but at the same time we are. of opinion the less legislation we affecting private Jaudarr for the " aelt thfee pars—ilie better for the a ; lolony 'to a .Whole, Slay,. '■ ■ Mr P.H.Wood has fixed j, January, ns the day on which h? wij| flail the timber and etc,, at-Baillie'a (j _|loti<ie is given jk anther column, by $ l^Commlrfßioner'bfTarn, thafc'income $ " " f. itewrs M Staina, in an-~ thor column, offer to Hialribytq jp jipetial f| inei to the public during the four wee&a,' gg nding February 10th, goods falue for aD aventy-Zive tboiisand pounds for the pr urn of fifteen thousand poundi. A few wi jading lines arifeuoted in the firm's an- in oupcement, J 4 1 M ■O'

An old man, riged 103;yjiars recently roceivod three months fof stealing a watch at Paroina!t|, fl,B.Wi He vai a first iiflender, \ Orchard robbing ia reporte!) to be the popular amusement iit Olarevillo. The 3reytiiwn Fire JWsade is busily practising for the Napier competition, Over 6,600 bales of wool have been despatched from Masterton railway station up to date, this season. 230 being truck'd on Saturday, '■ An .-Auckland man was sued by his medical man, and stated that he had refused payment beoiuso ho had not been cured, Up to the present 2150 bales of wool haye been forwardsd by rail from Carterton this season, The number will be about doubled by the end of the month, Influenza is vety prevalent at Wold- - villa just how.. \ Mr P. P, Grevilln'o design for tjie Mangatuinoka bridge has been selected by the Public Works Department, The small birJ nuisance is being 1 severely felt by fanners in the South Island this season.. . ' An epidemic of ringwt.rin is affecting j the Wellington cats audii spreading to I the children. ) Mr Valentii.e, the new Dairy Expert, is t« go on o tour of inspection in tho t Wairarapa and West Coust districts this week. Ohristohurch Truth understands that Mr W, B. Allwright, Postmaster of I Lyttelton, is about to retire from the Service on a v/ell earned ponsion. Mr Allwright ha 3 been connected with the Postal and Telegraph Departments for U over i) 0 years, some 20 of 'vhich have been spent in Lyttelton, He retires on ■ 31st March next. J The Eev James Paterson is expected 5 in Masterton to morrow. His visit is ( purely a private orto. i The Rev Robert Wood is about to . take a month's vacation and proceeds to i Melbourne this week accompanied bv Mra Wood, Fiom morn till ovo yesterday the . Waipoua was thronged with In'.hera, , The rateable value of properly in tho city uf Wellington is now £340,785 as t against f32?,75(i last year. , Two hundred and twenty-three now , houses were erected in Wellington City last year, , Business soomsd more brisk in Mas- > terton last Saturday evening, than tor a , long time past, | Lord and Lady Folkestone aro visiting J Neff Zealand fur the benefit of. tho former's health, Lord Folkestone is tho i eldest son of the Earl ot Radnor, A limited lability company, with a capital of £5,000, is being formed in 1 Wellington to acquire a privato athletic ground.. 1 The condition of Mio creek running through tho contra of the town—au open sewer with very little water in it-is a ' menaoe to tho health of the public. _ Mr Udy, junior,'had his arm severely injured by a log rolling on him at the , Haiyera mill on Thursday last, Mr J. Griflii lis drew £63 Ilia from tho Makakfthi creamery last month for the ? supply of milk. Mr 6. Avery camo ooxt wi'h £4B In.', ■ The health of Bishop Moran is roported to be imprdvipg, The Hawke's Bay Caledonian sports will be held on the 25th instead of tho ■ 2Qthof Jauuiry, ; 6 Tho Eiffel Tower was constructed j without'the sacrifice of a single life, but B nearly thirly persons ljivo committed i suicide from it, ' j Yesterday was about the hottest day * this summer. A shnde thermometor in j a cool interior registered 78 degrees, 8 Seven yearaagothe fame thevuiometof registered on the samo day,of the same , month 84 degress,' So that the prcaont ' spell of heat jq a comparatively mild in- ■ fliotion. \ . ' 111 ■ addition to paying the farmers in 8 tho Pnfo'atua Coun'y i£)(iO a month for - lpilk, t|ie Ballance,' Mangatainoka and i Makakahj faqtorjes pay £6oper month , in the emploj nienf of labour-Aw/iim a The Pahiatua Cuuoly Council have j fixed the salaries of their officers for the < s year na followsClerlr, 1200 ; engineer, £300; overseer, £175. The Mskairo villogo Battlers have 3 petitioned, the Minister of Lands, i hrough e Mf Hall, M.U.R, (says tho Exammr). to be allowed to take up the unoccupied r sections in I he settlement's tho sections s as laif) off are too small for single hold-, t jt igj). 1 We regrat to learn tjiat M: W. H. F Smith, proprietor of tlja Manavyatii ! D-iily Tip}es t has been completely pro: I s'.rated byan attack of itfluoniia. We ( can only wish him a speedy recovery, ; The trial sum taken at the gates of the . Basin Reservo during the two days' . cricket match, Auckland v. Wellington, , was £82153 i Tho amount of Oostoniß duties collected , at Wellington during the week ended , Saturday m £1073 12s 4d, and the beer duty for the same period was fl2O 9a Cd. A foreign Jew was Starved to death in [ East London the other day while endeavouring 'to saye enough money to tying fijs wife and family irom Poland. A profit of $} 12s 3d wag cleared frcm , tho nights cf Labour Sports held on Boeing Day, The dance paid expences witji a solitary jijfponce fo spare,— Pahiatua Jieraffl, " A bonuß of iOa per gross is offered by the Government for the first 750 gross of glass bottles manufactured in the colony and sold at certain fixed prices.' 1 An amusing incident occurred on Belvedere road on Thursday night, says the Okrwr. Some men were driving a mob of sheep from tho station yard to a paddock across the read. A lady with a perambulator was coming into town, tad intercepted"an 'immense wether which 6'anie' bounding oiit of tjii gits. The animal paused, shoepJiko, then made an erratic' bound in the air, landing squash on thepram " and flie precious ijiby.' 'The four-jvheeler foliapsed outright and the Infant was reeled fruji the debris, 1 ' probating vigofotisly, and strange" to sliy, none'tlnlvorse for the strange experience. : ' y[sited by a welj-jtnown niemjier of fho Oojiso of poriimofjs, S|r Andrew Clark (s'ifya a thejield liiilcpeiiilenfgDisip) afte.r the usual 'examination, 'gave him piriute instructions'about hia diet and, jsalast' ffpri, a,<j.<)ed ( '."And grit cjg r aftpr diijner-mjiifi, onejjjar, ! < Tjie patent'retjjrneaattjieend of tbp week looking, o||i' tlie pole, a jittlo worse ''Pifl pi follow mjr inßtrpctigns?" agljec} Sir Andrpiv, !! Tp the Jpttpr." Baid the patient, " I hope you didn't forgot what I told you about the cigar; you rather look as ilyou.had been exceeding the quantity," " On the contrary," sail the patient,•' one made me so ill that I hi n.Q inglipstion for any more. 1 After smdlfed in ray Jjfp before," Tho bifay dcJctor", aiou'stomedl to iigin by cutking do.wn Ihe sinbking'allowance 6f his patients,' quile i; 'fdrgcit to ask whether ! tlils'pajttjibbrone-'snaked.' r Bore it. 1 anothet* of curreAfc stor/etf ■; - At a dinner- 1 paijy orib night lib noticed 'tpe lady i Citing next' to him at dish j lo!?(» ifO hpjptf" h/mctf p/ontifiijly, 1 Ht a6W |f slip'did not ljjie it, as it' was 1 excellent. replied, J Dfc,'yep| II J it, but my physician forbids me tp pat if.'' '■ Stpff and nonsense," said Sir Andrew, "tji sfiufl riot hurt anyone, Who is. f your physioian f Tp #ioh the lady, s whom the medpl magnate Imd fprgof;tpn j answered, with a demure twinkle jn her t eye,'' Sir Andrew CM,'" 1 . To meet tlie requirements of/the seasod,. ' UppfßS tfe Co, are .opening to-day'a " Bpecidl cpnjipi/jienf/jtf . Men'a t sp4 Boys' 1 Olothlbg, maae,'ipejslfttly ( "o''tl)4ir ; pfte S from celectedMoagai),. J|osljc, Kiiiepoi, and Wellington Tweeds.- .TBeprieespijigefrom P ?2s 6d to 60s-; the full suit .guai'jm'ieed. all s liiade * irealso ; Ehomfijff4. 'Bi(de'&did.4si-,of Me'n'S l'; iatd 'hhd li S6ttflfeHrHSW.'tf6n , k md Washing lluillble P iresenis. A speciartdrertiscment: dealing ° vith the .different dcpalments will be found j n the column above' article,— Levi, / '

.. . , ly The Ohristcburrii Ku4hts of Laboui a have resolved jo "riquesl the Gbvem a ment, iu viewfif tlji n ut„, bar of in'eii' cul 1 of work, to* fl A nient for them le and to purchase land oil . which those propared to ou}h vatb it should be placed „ Lab'Hiohero cafts the Chartered Com' panyof South-Afnca a rotten, bankrupt set of murderers And marauders. y. The banns .of nijarriage between twt „ young couples in Masterton wore pub listed at tbu raurnilg serrice yesterd-y , at St Matthew's.Church. No less than fourqaen racing olubi it Kew Zb'land held rates on Uosiiiu* Daj last year. I , . v ; Fruit and vegetable are anything bui r . plontilul.in Mastertunrjusi noi<v - le Tho Rev. W. B. iLigein a powerful i. sermon yestciuay Jveiiing at St, |. Matthew's Churoh, striWly depreciled the civil contract in matrimony, aud cbarocterispd such a mamageae do real union in the eyes of tliojihui'ch. I _ Mr P. J. Murphy infrmns the Emmtiwr that his clip of wtll this season 8 amnunls'to 45501ba. Tliiaivas from 750 •' sheep, I The larrikins of Mastenion evidently 'K view with disfavour any Aseerafeioii of 0 tho Sabbath, amljeatordaylftey showed their disapproval by Btoninglwo bathers, t, tempted by the oppressive lVat, to owl io themselves m the river instead of attend. U i"g Churoh, We understand the ina'.ter has been placed in the hands of the police. it The total amount of milk received "at if the Ballance, Mangatainoka, and Maka' ie kahi Factories for December was 77,262 [r galls, for which a-3d per galliu, A'9os ie was paid to the suppliers in casb. ' lr Oatmeal is said to have bien. the 8 staplo food of an old lady who lias vjust n died in County Durham, aged 111 ) The total number of those who vpted . the general election in the MasWton 18 electorate, was only 3,704 out of 5,® on the roll. By the new Aot the 264Srho o did not vote tiavo been struck off thnpll, n and in vieiv of tho Licensing ElectiSin y March, it behoves all interested to pve theiuselves on the roll as soon as possiw e A four-roomed cottage, situated ■' Muuriceville, and and occupied■ Mr Jorgen Kronens, was destroyed ■ firo early on Saturday morning, Frol tho statoment made to the police ! appears that there was no hie in thl iV kitchen after 5 p.m., and no candle ol y lamps lighted during tho evening, mJ Kroneus retired at about 9 p.m. on the Friday, and a', 1.30 a.m. wai awakened j by the barking of his dog, and soon found the kitchen ceiling to be in (lames, He at once aroused tho neighbours,.but g only succeeded in saving goods to the i) value of (tbout £9. The building was o valued at £2OO and was insured in the National OiKie (Messrs Lowes and lurns, agents) for £IOO. The furniture and effeotß were valued at £4O, and were uninsured. ic Tho N.iS. Clothing' Factory, of 57, Lambton Quay, and 37, Cuba-street 1( Wellington, have a most alluring adver tisemeut in this issue, to which we would direct attention. The most attractive fealuri'S of the N.Z. Clothing Factory's y d'sphy are the seasonable in hats, ie shirts, and underclothing, admirably adapled for wear during tho hot summer 0 montha, which now appear to be upon 10 us. The factory also notifies that it is 0 prepared to make suits to'measure from tweeds manufactured by all the wocllcn mills in tho Colony, for tho low charge of '■ 00s each. Patterns and measurement (.•harts will bo sent to country customers ts upon application. 10 At ono well-known station in tbe liOwer Valley the delegate' from the d Australian Siiearera' Union, about a it- fortnight since, 'was hissed by the d shearers there (mostly small settlors) (says the Evening f rmj and told that he was talking alot of "rot." 'J he overseer, n an ordinary working sbopherd, thereupon Bi desired the man to olearoft the plauo, as >r j le Was only dojngj harm coining there |8 inciting the mon to strike against firstjj class wages and treatmont. At anothor station ho managed to get up a partial strike amongst the' unmarried stoarere Who had been shearing ororio Australia, II but a small se> tier on the board resolutely > r declined to join in the movement, saying a tjiat he had his wife and children to 'I support, and was quite contented with his food, pay, and l.dging.' Tho station 'o owners aro now talking aipongst them ie selves of showing any more of these i- "delegates "I he front gate, and giving their shearing to tho resident Battlers and , 0 Maoris, h The case against the man Walter ), Ockonden, (fur .lyhoae arrest a warrant 3 has been issued at the instance of James is Sillars, fpr the larceny as a bailleeof I. fl parcel qf loojs)was called on in the Masterton fyAJ. Court this morning, 1 Sergeant ItlcArdle informed the Court, although dijigeutsearph' had been j. Wade, the police had been unable to discoyer the reeled, Thp caso was accordingly adjeurnetl until next Court day. ° Sir Charles Lilley writes in the i Antipodean"Wew Zealand raises 1 manifold pictures in the mind; sometimes shorecalls old Greece; anon she d conjures up rugged and grand old Switzerland j and uow again we have f 'Bonnie Scotlindand again France, !■ Germany, England, and Italy! In her i far.reaching thousand mijes of latitude - and nioiiiitain'elevations her climatoa d range 'from tho semi-tropical to ' the region of thick-ribbed joe l ' And whiph of her fair cities in the cojijing time When the Imm of men shall drive away her present solitude, shall wear tha yiolet' crown-shall bo tbe Athens of this lovely land J" Why not Masterton! | At the morning service yesterday, the , Rev. J, Dukes made touching reference t to the late Bishop Hill, of the Niger, Western Africa. While head of the Y.M.C.A, in Auckland he was ever ready i to co-operato with Ministers of all dei nominations, and he frequently apoke 111 i tho Weelejan Church, North Snore. Not i yet in possession of the particulars ol the ■ Bishop's death Mr Dukes said that ho could not say much about his work In ' Africa, but when'the news arrives, he shoiijd probably refer to it. , A funny thing occurred in Auckland the other day (says an exchange), The axle of a dray broke and the load was deported u> tl)e street, Nothing extraordinary in that. Np, but the load happenod to bp a length of "oba'in, and th 6 two ends were undermost to that it could' not be" overhauled' into another dray. It took five hours and a derrick tp lift tjje chain in bplk from the roadway. . Ata meetjDgiof tho North Wairarapa Me Club helf at Mr J,'Williams'on Saturday pvenjng, t|]e following leapi ,imb ol)OBp,j to repreiaptthe Club, in a niatch agajnst the Taueru Hide Club, at Masterton, on Saturday 'next, tjie 20th mat, to start, if possible, -at 10 a,m,; Messrj Kummer, MoLachlan, Blane, Bright, Bentley G., Matthews, Kibblewbito R„ McKenzie D., .Camerons (2 Tinui); emergencies i-Weloh, Donald, 1 Cameron. Mr Henry James, settler, of the Wan« i gaebu, met p yery r.erious accident ' on Saturday'lost. He ijae' ongageij prejs* ] ing woolj'and wss in the art ot rebioving ' a balo which had' become, jammed, when 1 j! bounded oiit of the press unexpectedly ' and falling tin Mr Jabes btokS his leg ( bad.ly. Medical flSainaticewtla at' oage * prooured'and the 'sufferer'ia W doiiig 1 BreUasgan bo bxpected! The Ghristo|as Fair,"noiy goln # I ou at W ino Hppss, Wellington, 'ij a » novel eflort designed to suit (he Obristmus l, Season, the large and fashionable stook of ! pes' ftni Qhpice gpods in all the departments «e being oftaj at mojtstiwotiye prices; • ? > Everyone with ftn eye to economy, should 11 pay a visit to tho "Grand Christmas Fair," P wherett?7W^fi D d#jcbOTing display of now and seasonable at. unheard - providing theiprlsi b)ljs; aj suitsrand ,tbpßelveß;.-wit^'%'fii3i'4sp|iSl', article '.of • household;' drapery, whfto- ih® 1 iJlQrand'Ghrislmas'Fiiit" continuesj i'i'.lPE 0 A?.6Hoesß,iWeUingtoii.;, V ,L.. J 'SS' |l pence, ani'tte'Mljest.Brnisola J.'n | s BJs.And ln|e4 Jbd wpbrb te&Uf'drk L S l^Pls;: -J??•. pjints/'al'i io: fe ? fit si CbristmasFair Prices"at Tb Aeo Hoife n WeMgton, . I '

A'rotting sulky and harness is advertxaed for salo cheap,. ni , -H lB teat yesterday was so melting that jB ! n houses in Mnaterton, wax d 9 a °ilea refuaed to stand uptight in their . sticks,- and even in the shade, bowed 11 down thoir heads, ; About 1000 entries have been received for the Wellington A. arid P. Society's jo annual Bam and Ewo TTair. „ Owing to the poor Domination® received, the tost meeting of the W.4.A. and Cycling Club irill not 'take'place Thursday. The two bicyole raoei fy vvjlJ, however, probably como off, ' It is blaiined that Btnlces haveoost it worKing men quite £13,000,000 in six years. - I • jl The unfortunate min Morgau, who t. was injured oil the Stormbird at Wand ganui. through a bile of wool falliing on « ruin, died in the Wanganui Hospital on 'I Friday afternoon. Tlie World's Trio Company arrived in '• Masterton to-day, and open at the Theatre lloyal to-night. The company 'J should do good business. The recent hot weather has apparently y caused the but fly to increase and multi- '] Ply vary largely. ' Very few hortes ut round about Masterton have escaped a 9i Visit from the dreaded pes', Although one or wo members of ihe r )'.A.A. and Cycling Club have nomi- ' nated for the Palmeratou Club's sports, we hear that it is unlikely tliov will at" •t teud. ' . 2 The Customs duty paid on parcels by g poet shows a atoady increase, the amount having swollen from £l7Ol in 1889, to £5279 last year. lt N ntice is givon in another oolumn that tenders oloso ou the 24th inst., for the contraot on the Alfredton-Custle Hill d road. n Mr N. J. Bsnniugton notineain another 0 column that he will be prepared to ! receive pupils fot pianoforte tuition at his residence Wrigley Street, teruiß strictly moderate. 1 This yoar's harvot in the Wairarapa i 1 promises to be a good one' fur all crops I except wheat. I The works and Finance Committee ■ meeting of the Masterton Borough BCouncil will meet thu evening,' I Mr A. Gilford, who lias been spending '■a few .weeks holiday in Masterton, left ■■for Wellington to.day, jBTbo Maste.., Jockey Club n Bs voted for Messrs J. Maciraand A. ~ ■• Cave as delegates to the Metroj llitan Club's meetings, e ■The statement of receipts and oxs [liditure in connection with the e Itls'orton Oometery Trial, for the year d eilihg December 815t,1393, is published e ellwhcre. \ 6 Imemher of our staff placed the'tbormoleter in the sun to-day at 11 a.m., [, andfcund it registered 12(°, On making t this®c,irery he felt ho needed a drink, f and «th with rushed across to the d Borim fountain, , e ' Inl? Wellington 1t.51. Court on Sat--8 urdayMio evidence was offered against '> H.J Mcolm, charged with the larceny y as a baße of a post office order for £ls, ir and thefcused was discharged, 8 Mr 'MHutchison, R.M, committed n the niaßJohn MoLeod to Wellington n asylum lis morning, lie appears sane if ["i all lints except es regards an it imaginary marriago w.'uoh he alleges ■ s took placejbtfore witnesses, The following nominations have been „ received for one vaoanoy on the Masterton g Town Lanes Trust! -G,B, W, Dalrymple g nominated Messrs E. H. Waddinuton 0 and W, Don,tall; C, IS. Danicll, nomU j) natt d by Messrs W. Lowoa and fleo, fl Heron ;A, H, Yile.nominatcd by Meters f( W. B, Chennells and W. 0. Cargill, n Sevoral orops round about Masterton .8 have been cut, arid in some easot are e already safely stacked, ,r m l !'®' Secretary to the Wairarapa Farmers 1 Co-Operative Asso ' ciation, is about to take a veil deserved . "day. Wo understand Mr Mcintosh J w«l Visit Sydney. I g An Order-in-Council prescribes the 0 munt hs of January] February, March, li April, May, and JflL 1804, as the close „ seasons for seals. I 1 A young lady fter took out of the o Camaru Acclimatißion Society's pond g the other day, M rod and line, 16 j perch and tench, ■ The sum paid forftk within a radius t of four miles from Stilfordis estimated lt at no less than £200(1 icoutb, the pay sheet to suppliers tlone factory alone amounting to #.700 pimonth. e • At a meeting of thattenrs-Geuoral in r, London, it was decidcßo-request Lord 'I Kipon to gwil an in'c'rviow, iii order n that they may support tho claim put , forward by tho Sydiiiy Committee on b b( ™ lf of the captain'and crew of the t harque Costa Eica Faokot, Boizedbythe Dutch Eaat Indian authorities. b Jn order to regulate tho butter market 3 in London it has been suggested that . cold storage should be provided in the 0 same way that Nelson Brofi. store meat. 1 " « believed that this system would 0 prevent the heavy losses that now occur 1 The North London Magistrate f recently sont two very young girls to an s industrial school for' stoaling.a' pot of | Pj'tf' ""if 1 da y ttlo magistrjt'e admitted that ho had made si mistake, 1 and tho girjs have been liberated, " ) ■ An , aot wcat generosity ttok placo f recently m Auckland, A strangor acposting a Jittlo fi[irl, askod' t6 bo diiectod' o a , certain boardinghouse, The lassie took the trouble not ouly to point out the'way, > but to conduct tho querist to the place. i Ab a recompense, she was rewarded with ' a Ave cent i'renoh stamp, which had been i used. i A man has boon lined at Chorley for stealing his own letter. Finding he had made a mistake, he wout to the lodgings ' of tho person to whom the letter was 1 addressed, and having obtained posses* i Bion of ittoroit up beforo it oould be i opened. ' •• •! ( AdilSculty has arisen about the eleo- i tionofa mayor at Hythe,' Kent. Nit I one of (hose- selected will 'accept tho office, and stops will have to jje'iakeu to i compel somp one to Bprye, ' An ejohange states fjiat Great Britain j holds Dof Q married "ineni I 'and no ess tjian 28,q1i0 jnarried "women-"'of and ■ under 15 years of age.' Likewise, 71 1 widowers ijnd 169 tvidOws ot same age', ' With the consent of parents or guardians; I an English girl may manV at 12 years of! t a ?Pi \ |c Great regret js e?nressed In Cojonial I circles at the (jeath of who J was a universal favourite) and whose 1 kin<|ly and gracious regiinii at Govora tl mentHoiise is atjll pleasantly remembered n in New Zealand and Victoria, It will be recollected tjiat Lady jiowen was a 0 daugbtor of_ Count Bouaa', President of the Legislative Counoil of the lonian fl Islands, of which Sir George Bowen was li once chief aeoretary. • 1 have jiat met (says a London corres* fi pondent) at the Hew Zealand Agency* h General, Mt William Gisborne, who is up t| in town for a day or two, He is looking i, wondepfifllv well, although perhaps the :• weight of years'ls beginning to tell a little, He has; uofctJfd qown very comfortably into a regular English " country sfjuire, being the lucky inheritor ci Hackney Carriage proprietors are bound jindpr tjie soro Bjro-|iaws to p'r'ii. ■ vfdeandfix a pijuted parfjYor pfatpj 8e pvlng legibly printed thpreon the num. in uer of tbpiicenge, numbor of i sueli carriage is lioeneed to carry, and tho ! table of farw—inside audi carnage. The ( ]p penalty, for negleot is £l, / .Writing on the subject of "breach of ® a promiao," a London paper suggests 'l hat iu tho,future ho young lady ahonkf ref accept offers unleMmadfl jn wrltinc, Ik f f I •the undifiitomMm QUAY,' WELLINGTON.iiHM, undergone P • conaideralle; alterations lately, k'nd i?iavWt4. •''' lo Wellington during the holidays will find ®a the ttocpi|)md3alioni ISrst ; Olw6; -jThe hotel M joiin' ■ apaanf Maniwaiu ; M :I per day, Wairarapa paper' White, Proprietor.—Anvt,'

„• Capt. .Kdwin.wiresto-day.:—"North- ' east to north and west galo after, twelva " t hours from now. Glass fall.". ( A koy has been found in Victoria r Street, and left for the owner at ' thli j office.. - . The Bye-laws of the Borough provide ] a scale ot fares for linckney carriages the , maximum amount be : .ng .6d for each passenger botweeu the Itailway Station and the - following street:. Arch Church,, Dixon, Miriam, Queen-street • (from Waipoua river to tho Hoyal Hotel; ' and Worksop Road and all 1 streets. Beyond this district, not exceeding half a mile, fld extra per passent ger, and every additional half Gd. : 1 A writor in the Rural Oalitoijnian states:-"A cisfar_ contains atfotio, ) formic, butyric, valeric, and propionic ■ acids, prussio acH, creosote,' carbolic acid i ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen, Wrii dene, viridene, picoline, and say nothing of cabagine ( acid. That's.what , matter'with the cigar , smoked the othui* day v in Passjfeib." No wonder that tobacco smoke destroys insects. ,