LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4628, 24 January 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

_ William Straohan, gardener, of WelHngton, aged 61, committed suicide by hanging himself jeaterdsy morning. Tho supposed oause ia monetary difficulties. The marriage ißannouncod in Brißbaue, of Mr Charles Hounslow, fourth son of Mrs S. Hounslow, of Masterton, and who at one time was engaged on the staff of this journal.-

The three-core cable atLyoll Bay has broken in about sixty fathoms of water, in tho middle of Cook Strait.

Another charge of Sunday trading has been brought against, a Wellington publican. The members of the Municipal Fire Brigade are assiduously practising for tho forthcoming competition at Napier. A West Coaßt paper says:—"lt iB I pleasant to remark that Mr MoKenzie, M.H.R. for Buller, was onco a Dillmanstown miner."

. An address and purse of sovereigns subscribed by residents in this district will bn presented to Mr John Drammond on Tuesday, February'fith, Two or three roomß partly furnished in a healthy locality, are advertised to let.

A shark measuring 10 feet was caught off tho Nelson wharf the other evening,

Last year three thousand million gallons of beer were imbibed in Europe alone,

Preserved ginger in now being manufactured in the Tauranga district. It ia said to bo equal to the imported article. There is a pie factory in New York that runs from 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. six days in the week, and turns out 20,000 pies a day for the local trade alone.

The Minister of Public Works is expected to be in Eketahuna to-day, Naturalists assert that the hippopotamus will become extinct within tho next 20 years, . A horse in a spring cart in Ghristchurch the other day becoming frightened at the elephants belonging to Fillis' circus, reared up and fell dead,

A New Plymouth man is advertising for a partner with capital to develop a salt mine—tho only one known in tho colony,

In Paris a man is on trial for manslaughter because his dog bit a passer-by, causing the death of. the victim from hydophobia, . New Scotland Yard, London, is th? largest police office ia the world. P contains a room in. which. 3000 men can be assembled.

Triplets have recently been celebrating their coming of age at Whitnash, near Leamington. Medical authorities who have been consulted state that a case of triplets reaching the .age of 21 is unprecedented, On dit (says Truth) Mr George Hutchison will be the leader of the Opposition,. An English paper calls the Duko of Fife " a pushing young Scotchman," Oloße upon 30 lunatics were admitted to Ohris'tchurch Asylum within the past month.

The next English and European mail via San Frauoiseo will dose at Masterton on Thursday, the 25th of January at 6.15 a.m. Due San Francisco on Fob" ruarv 15th, and London on February 28th'.

A Sydney banker named Market recently walked out of his bedroom wiudowand fell 35 feet. He expired within a few hours.

Sydney Truth says-" Land is that which may be legitimately stolen from a black-fellow, but which on no account may bo purchased by a white man."

Scddon at Kumara:~"lt was most Important that the people should remain 1 loyal and deal a blow at the anarchy, republicanism and atheism which were ruining other cuuutries-(Loud applause)," Is this (aays Truth) a crack at Sir Eobert'Stout, K.O.M.G. 1 Owing to the orowd that was on the down train yesterday morning (says the Observer) the Groytown carriage was taken on to the Hutt, leaving the Greytown branch without any,' This is the third or fourth eccasion that this has been done, and there is no reason visible why this branch should not be provided with an extra carriage,

As the result of his visit, Mr Streeter, the well-known London diamond merchant, says the Bingara district is rich in diamonds, but the preciuus stone* are unfortunately too small to bo of any commercial value • The field presents a problem rather to Bclenco than commerce, but if the difficulty is successfully solvod a bright opening may be anticipated for the diamond fields in New South Wales. - ... '

Messrs Mather & Co., agents for the sale of country stores, etc, Wellington, advertise some really rood businesses for sale in another column, to which we would direct particular attention. Thera is a prosperous tailoring business, a stationery and tobacconist's business doing a steady trade, a first-class drapery business with a large cash turnover, and a splendid storekeeping business with a very large and valuablo connection.

The railway commusionersare not entitled to a pension, but only to compensation. Mr Maxwell states that he did not apply for compensation before the determination of the Oabinot was arrived at, He was offered, but, refused compensation on Saturday before he waß actually aware ho was not to be retained. Messrs Maxwell and Hannay received letters late on. Saturday, stating that their services would not be required. Mr Maxwell then applied for, aud obtainedc'ompenßatl.oii.Thecomffl|ssionera' engagement terminated on Tuesday, and not on the ftfth as is generally supposed. They had, therefore, only* forty-eight hours'notice

Messrs Cook aud Gray, advertise for tenders for the stock-in-trade, goodwill, fixtures, eto, of E. P. Johnston, draper, Cuba-street, Wellington, who has assigned his estate-. The drapery stock being all new and carefully selected, drapers (ind store'wepsra in this diatrxt are placed iu a position to üblaju real bargains,

The ''Grand Christmas Fair,"now going o\ at Te Abo House, Wellington, is a novel effort designed to suit the' Ghristmtis Season, the large apd fashionable stock q[ new and phoice goods in all the departments are being Qffei'eq at most attractive prices. Everyone with an eyeto economy, should paya visit to the ('Grand Christmas Fair,' 1 where they will find d charming display of new and seasonable novelties, at unheard of price at Tb Abc Hodse, Wellington, .. ' Parents should take this opportunity of providing the girls hats, the b6ys with suits, and themselves with every useful artiolo of household drapery, while the "Grand Christinas.Faif" oontinues, at lis Aito Hoosb, Wellington. , .- Everyone should make apoint of looking at the Tapestry Carpets at one and three jence.a yard, 'and:tho best-Brussels'; a Bjdand inspect the, superb stock of, dress materials and prints,:all ■to be.-had at, Christmas Fair Prices"atT>. Ar.6 House, Wellington,' .'■ -'■;- .

After providing £969s.fordepreoiiV tion, the profit and loss'account of the Wellington ; Harbour Board shows a credit balance of £758 for the past year. In 1892 the profit was £2458, . Mr 0. E. Daniell. Announces in another column tbat he Is candidate' for the vacant seat at the Town Lands Trust, alao thai ho is pfephrtd to study the wishes of the eleotorn in its administration and to; give effect to them as far as may be practical. The poll takes place to-morrow, opening at 9 a.m, in the Council Chambers. A coinpetont certificated teacher ad. vertißes in another column for three or four pupils, whom he will undertake to prepare for the next Oivil Service examination, ■ ' '

IJThe first load of timber to be used in reconstructing the Kopouronga, bridge was sent put from Maatorton to-day. ■ It has been resolved to establish a Lodge of Oddfellows under the Manchester Unity, at Mangatainoko, and a requisition a to be sent to Wellington on the subject. The Qisborne herald aays that 'i'roope' Watson, who was amongst Captain Wil son's detachment in Matabeleland whioh was massacred, was s nephew of Mrs JexBlake of Oisborne, Just before going on the fatal expedition ho wrote a letter to that lady. The letter, which is most cheerful in tone, states that amongst bis closest companions were a son of Bir Julius Vogel, a son of the Eon. Mr Gis» borne (after whom this town is named), and young St. Hill,who belonged to a well known family of early settlers in tno southern portion of this island.

• The election of a member of the Maßterton Town Lands Trust will take place to-morrow. As Mr W. Lowes was driving towards Mnsterton a few days ago, the axle of buggy broke'very unexpectedly, just by the Mauriceville railway bridge. Mr Lowes waß thrown out, but fortunately received no injury, and procuring a saddle completed his journey on horseback,

Some consternation was caused in the neighbourhood ofOole Street Inst night, by the report that a saurian monster, of awful dimemioDß had been teen. Investigation, proved the dreadful creature to be nothing worse than a huge Stephen Island lizard, of the species by the Natives as Tuatara. It was duly captured and returned to its owner,

Amongst the applicants for relief who came before the Wellington Benevolent Trustees yesterday was an old soldier who formerly belonged to the 2nd Battalion of H.M.'a 18th Regiment and whose career since leaving the service had been rather chequered, if his own account of it may be trusted. After getting his disohargo, ho went lo Fiji, whence he returned in a few years with £6OO in hard cash.' He locked up the money in his box, and, having occasion to leaveAucklaud fora timo.he entrusted the box and the key of it to his landlady, When he returned he found that the custodian of his wealth had "skipped" with the box and its contents, and he had never since heard of her. Of late years he had been living at Oamaru, and he came up to Wellington quite recently to push his claims to a military land grant, Tho necessary papers, however, were lacking, and his mission had consequently failed. He was now without means, but he thought if he could get a passage to Blenheim he could find work in that district. The Trustees accordingly decided to pay his expenses to Blenheim,— N,Z, Thus. The Bank of England note is not of the same thickness all through. The paper is thicker in the left hand corner, to enable it to take a better and sharper impression of the vignette there, and is also considerably thicker in the dark shadows of the centre letters, and under the figures nt tho ends. Counterfeit notes are invariably of one thickness, Bwing a hollow tooth stopped appears from some proceeding in the Manchester Court to be an operation involving considerable risk, A man named Rogers, a waiter, had applied to a local institution called "Macdonald's Free 1 Dentorium" to be relieved of his aohes and pains in this way, and he complained that .while the operator was inserting in the cavity a piece of wool saturated with carbolic acid, 'somo of the fluid oozed out, ran down his face, and burnt his mouth so much that it caused a blister on each lip, So far from poohpoohing this complaint, the dentist brought experts, to.depose that in the hands of even tho most skilful operator a patient is liable to be burned in this way. One witness even stated thai he had burned "many hundreds" in a similar manner. The Judge, however, appoarß to have considered this proving rather too much, for he awarded Mr Rogers, in consolation for Mb sufferings, three guineas and costs,

On Monday afternoon a woman, who by her appearance looked not in the very best of circumstances (says the Auckland Herald) though events proved that attire is not everything, picked up on tho steps of the post office a bulky pocketbook, which, on opening, she saw contained money, Without counting the mm blio took tho book to tho connter clerk, who found it contained L 64, principally in sovereigns, Later on the book and its contents were claimed by someone wearing the garb of a clergyman, who, on being told that a lady had found it, is aaid to have observed, " Then, of course he could not offer her anything" for what she had done, and then to-pocketed his pocketbook and walked off,

A West Coast Chinaman thought to make money somewhat easily by stealing gold from tail-race's at kelson Creek, says a contemporary, He wbb sentenced to two months' hard labour, but. the miners expressed much dissatisfaction at the lenient sentence, Allen, one of the miners, had his suspicious and laid a net work of strings twin the tail boxes to a spot on (he bank, Where he lay waiting, About midnight the net work got dis* turned, and Allen emerging from his hiding place confronted the robber. But he got off, Allen then went home for his gun, and again waited, for Chinamen are determined thieves, and back sure enough came John for his plunder, Allen Bred the gun, but missed his mark, and off went the Chinaman, leaving his bag of plunder bohind,. though.later on the Celestial was captured,

The following is from a St. Louis paper:-"The English sparrows have proved a nuisance in the cotton country, for as soon as the bolls open they pick out the cotton and carry it off, and some planters have lost, as tlioy claim, hundreds of pounds in this way, There is one man, however, in the Mlssissipi who has not lost much, When he found the sparrows were committing depredations he procured a quantity of wheat, soaked it in sweetened whiskey, and strewed it along the rows, The sparrows found it and thought' they had a picnic. S6 they had,' but in fifteen or twenty minutes they were the [tipsiest lot of English Rparrows ever seen on the face 'if tho earth, They rolled about on the ground, falling on their sides and backs, and : killing their heels into the air like a parcel of drunk, ards, all tho' whfle uttering tho most comical squeaks. They did not hiivo long to squeak, 'however, for tfic boys gathered them up and throw them into bags. Tho first day tlmy gathered two bushels of drunken (iparrows ;■ throe or four days later tho experiment was repeated witli alniist equal success, and from time to time since. They made excellent potpie; but the suryivors have oyidontly takou the hint, and now very fow com? about the plantation. To meet Jbe requirements of the season tens HqprEJi & Cp.aro opening to-daya special consignment of Men's and Boys' Clothing, made specially to their orders from eeleoted Mosgcil, lloslyn, Kaiapol,and Wellington Tweeds.. The prices range from 22s 6d to 603; the full suit guaranteed; all puro wool and made in Wellington, They arealso showing a.Bplendid lot of Mens Hard and Soft I'eit Hats, Men's Summer Shuts, Tennis Shirts, and the most lovely selection of Men's Silk Handkerohiefs.SUk and Washing Scarfs.cto,, suitable' for 'Xmas presents, A special advertisement dealing with the different departments will be found in thVcolumn above;'ho;leading article;i Acvir. '"I ■ ■:• .-•.'•' ; :. ; .-■':-• • ■■

? m a hdCoahnon M e| the arrival of a special hne ofartisti 1 wall-papers, .->;■- : Mr F.-E Wood advertises'a smalU farm property for private sale.

We understand that Mr Hales the well-known Nelson nursr y^Ta aacurdlandonthoTeOreOrerodnd intends Btartmg . buaineas here. Mr Maat ton. by Messrs Lowes a tl dlornv

<7 ?.. iu e il eadln ß " More slipshod has the Bubju.ned:-A Canadian news, paper calls attention to a nursing bottle ™eiuen which concludes with the words: "When the baby is donedrrat uißitmuftbeunacrewedandkidina cool place under a tap. If the baby does not thrive on fresh milk, it should be

The.Shearers and Labourers' Union, Timaru, have hxed the pricea for thresh! in*[his season at Os per 1000 for-oata, and lis for wheat. There is to be no " hour" system. .

Major Steward is sufFering from influenza and rheumatism and has gone to the hot springs at Hanmet- to recruit.

The Medical Press cautions its' readers against neglecting small cuts'and wounda on tie hands or elsewhere, adding. "The public woulddo well to bear Inmindthat from the most trivial injury to the skin acute septicemia may supervene, and may rapidly be followed by a fatal termination. ■"■■-. •

John Hanson Craig, who took a £ 2OO premium at Bamum'B Baby Show in 1858, ia living at Uanville, lud., in as comfortable a way as is possible for a i)00-pound man.

Speaking of the man Roberts, employed at the Globe mine, who was Kcontly found drowned in a deep hole lutholnanftahua river, the litaneaka 1 Tmts says :-«A ' cheque book and several documents were found loft in an orderly manner, and the deceased even removed his falsa teeth before doine away with himself,"

The Postal Department has been adviaed fchnt the R.M.S. Mariposa, wMi the finish mails to the 80th Deoember, eft San Franoiaeo for Auokland on the Mh mat, two days late; and that the 1 R.M.d. Monowai, with the colonial mails of the 30th Deoember, reached San Francisco on the 19th inst., one day late. , When, Queen Elizabeth of Austria entered Pariß in 1761 she dragged after her a train seventy foetin length. It was pome by thirty-five pages. The free-and-easy young lady of the period has just spoken her mind to a newspaper man on the subject of a donatio difficulty, "l was determined to marry him, and I did. Mother said an obfldient and sympathetic girl should bo willing to accept (he husband her parentß might choose for her, I said I didn't see it, Whether she's obedient or not, a girl has to accept the parents chosen for her, and that ought to giye her a free hand in other selections."

MrW. Jessen, Permanent Secretary of the MasUirton Oddfellows' Lodge has been appointed delegate to the District Meeting which is to be held at the Loyal Rose of the Valley Lodge, Lower Hutt, on February Bth.

Mr Hogg will attend the banquet which mil ho hold to-night atEkotahuna. The Premier and the Minister of Lands are expected to arrive by the evening train, and will proceed to Jilketahuna by a speoial. To-morrow at Pahiatua the anniversary of Bums' birthday will be celebrated by a dinner at which the, flons. the Premier and J. McKenzie, and Mr Hogg will be present. Mr 0. A. Pownall'swell-known trotter Jumbo won the double at the Wellington Trotting Club's races yesterday. The horse was well-backed by Mastertouians, and we understand Mr Pownall himself wins a very nice sum.

Messrs Osborne and Biohardson, goneral storekeepers, of 'Whakatakt haye opened a branch establishment at Oastlepoint.

At a special meeting held at Feather" slon last night to consider plans for tho erection of a town hall, Mr Watnjoh was appointed architect. Plans will bo at once submitted to'him (or estimates.

The two men Harry Wilmore and Robert MoMaster, arrested on Monday for betting on the flutt Kaoecourse (says the Tims) were charged witirthe offence before Messrs E, W. Mills and W.tt.Tustin, Justices, in the Magistrate's Oourt yesterday morning, Mr Wilford appeared for Wilraoro, and Mr Edwards for McMaßters. The oases wore remanded until Friday and Tuesday next respectively, bail being allotted in each instance iu tho man's own rocog nisance of LlO.

They tell a story in tho North of Auckland about tho village policoman, when he arrested a man for drunkenness the other day, having to take off the prisoner's boots to keep him from kicking the look.up over and escaping. Mr F. H. Wood adds 100 fat ewes and lamba to his Taratahi stock sale, and four Romney Marsh ram lambs (on account of Mr A. King) to tho Oartorton Earn Fair.

• Tho Wellington Harbour JBoard are about to extend their wharf accommodation.

The Waikato County prettily illustrates the oompiete manner in which this colony enjoys the blessings of local Government. It has one 'County Council, with 8 members j three Road Boards with 15 members; one Honpital Board with 4 members; three Licensing Committees with 15 mombors j 11 Hchool Cotmnittoes with 65 members—a total of 10 local bodios with 07 members, There are 077 ratepayers In tho County, which has thus one local body to every 33} men, whiht every seventh man is a member, These local bodies requiro 17 secretaries or clerks, 6 colleoiors, 10 treasurers, 7 returning officers, 6 dog registrars, and a receiver of gum revenue —in all 52 employees, or one official to every 18 ratepayers. In the Par«fs' Review, there is an article by Miss Alico Powell on the subject of mothers as sick nurses. Tho wriror pointa out that in acute cases the Bervicea of a trained nurse are indispensable, and suggests that, in largo numbers of children's ailments the mother might easily acquire sufficient teohnical skill to mako her a far better nurse for her child than the most highly-trained stranger. Some knowledge-thorough if limited—«f sick nursing is so easily acquired now-a-days, that with a little self-control on the mother's part there need be no nepessity in cases of ohildish illness to rush distractedly about for a nurse, the employwent of whom often involves uunecessary expenso and' 'inconvenience, This is worthyof theattimtionof mothers in Now Zealand, ' THE NATIONAL HOTBL, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON, Has undergone considerable alterations lately, and visitors to Wellington during the holidays will' find the accommodation First Class, Tho hotel is close to the' Station and Guests can rely on being called intimefor both the'Wairarapa and Manawatu Trains, Tariff 4s 6d per day,. Wairarapa paper l filed, Taos. Wiirra, Pronrielor.—Adtt.