LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4640, 6 February 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday afternoon a beautiful halo was observable round the sun,

The work of sinking tho first trial h're« well in Queen Btreet ia now going an under the direction of Mr W. Betty, the Borough Oforseer.

The Standard hears that Mr Freeth, the well known horso owner, intends to take up his quarters nt Tanherenikau where the Racing Club intend to form a first class training track,

An emergency meeting of Mtsterten ■Masonic Lodge No. 19, N Z. 0., will be held <m Wednesday evening noxfc.

Stockownera anil dealers in stock generally aro reminded of Messrs Lowes and lorna' fortnightly stock sale, which takes pltsco on Thursday. The list, which is a most extensive one, appears in the firm's advertising column, '

Dr W. H. Hosking and Mrs Hosking were oxpectßd to leave L'mdon by the P, and 0. ntoamor, Britannia, on January Btli, teaching Sjdntiy on February 12th, No fewer than 1700 ancient manuscript copies of the Noiv Testament in whole or in patb exist, their abundmca markedly contrasting with the smaller number which have como down to our own day of the classical writers, The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London is insured for i!i5,000 in ten offices. Great precautions are taken to prevent this church bemg injured or set fire tn by lightning, on a plan suggested by the Hoyal Sooiety as'far baok as 1709 in American professor tho other, day infected a letter with cholera bioilli/iuid when it was taken out of the post-bag. twentyfour hours later, tho bacilli werestill alive. Baoilli were also found living on post-cards twenty hours after infeolion.

A lad of nineteen was convicted at tha London Central Criminal. Court of wilfully sotting lire to a 'house in order to claim, the reward for extinguishing the outbreak. It was shown that he was in the habit of setting houses on firo and tbon distinguish himself by extraordinary energy and gallantry in lighting tho fhmes. It wss noticed that he was always keen after the reward, and ■inquiries being made, the whole secret of his ingenious but reprehensible method of mtintaining himself came out, The Court sentenced him to twelve years' hard labour, so that his operations have received a summary check.

A gentleman made the following return to the Income-tax OommmsienoM : " For tho last threo years my income has been somewhat under £150; in future it will be more precarious, as the man is dead of whom I borrowed the money." Tho Southland Times mentions a pad- ! dock, which is estimated to yield 100 buchels of oats to the acre this year. Cabbies, airmen, 'bua-drivora, and others whose lines of businesi keeps them with the rein in their hands at all times andin all weathers, are going to have a warming apparatus this winter. It is to be an overcoat with a lot of littlo pipes running in different directions all over It. They go under the armpits, round the waist, and near whatever portion of the body might be gratified with artificial warmth. Those pipes are filled up with boiling water at the various oib shelters or bus termini, - and are guaranteed to retain their heat for at lease four hours. Mr W. M. Service, of tho Karangahape Road, Aueklaud, is tho solo agent in the North Island for the celebrated Kaleigh bicycles, the lighost, strongest and smoothest running machines in use in New Zealand. It was on one of these machines that Mr Jourdain, of the Survey Department, Napier, lately made a trip from Napier right through to New Plymouth and back without a single breakdown or mishap of any kind, Tho weight of the "E" pattern pneumatic cycle is only 391b all on, and a beautiful macbino for ladies, weighing only 381b all on, fitted with the patent dress pro- ; lector ia a speciality which deserves attention, Catalogues and price lists will be posted to cyclists in this district upon application, and wo may mention that Mr Service shortly intends to mako a tour through the Wairarapa ao that personal interviews cau be made. Tho date of Mr Service's arrival Till be noti-1 lied through our columns. In the moan' time attontion is directed to Mr Sorvico's notification in another place.

1 According to a British farming journal, there are several destructive diseases of animals in India, of which there is no experience in the British Isles. They are maladies peculiar to the" soil, olimate, and herbage of the country. Many of them are of obscure origin, and their precise nature has not been accurately determined, But the most destructive disease of all our Indian possessions is true cattle plague or rinder-pest. It is said {u have 'devastated several troots of country, and obtained a foothold in hundreds of distriots throughout India. It is no imaginary oircumstanoe to find a valley, at one time abounding in cattle, in a few weeks reduced to a valley of dead bones, with a few emaciated animals only remaining on the Bite where great herds were seen a short time before, Some legislation is requited to place a cheek on the ravages of the destructive disease whioh is now slaying its hundreds and thousands in our Indian possessions, There bullock labour is the mainstay of agriculture, and a villager's pair of bullocks represents , Ma capital, The loss of these means 'his ruin, for the death of his buljocks results in'a total or partial loss of his orops as well, Yeomen of the country also suffer severely in thessmei way, t It is said that, the rinder-pest is a more formidable foe to 'lndia 'than ; oven, the bimself. >;.

Mv Matthews, of the Western linker has secured practical fame as a breeder of Eomupy Marsh stud sheep. Ho has sold 300 rams this year to one firm, the Messrs Studholme.—Sfatiato.

. By advertisement it will be seen that Mr D. Orewo will Bell at Ellison's Hall, Eketabuin, immediately after the clock s»le, a large quantity of furniture under bill of sale,

According to tlio European Mail, Lady Buckley, wife of Sir Patrick Buckley, Colonial Secretary, and Professor Biiy'ne tho noivly-ippointed Director of the School of Agriculture at Christohuroh, are'among those who hays taken their . passage to New Zealand by the N.Z.S. Oo.'n s,B, Knikouta.

An i.npident fraud was perpetrated on Mr J. Oarptrater, on Saturday laat, when a man—apparently a hotel servant -camo to his (hop'with a note, signed " Henry Phillips" asking that a pair of easy walking; boots be sent to the Occidental Hotel by bearer, together with tho account. Mr Carponler suspecting nothing sent two paira of boota. and on enquiry now finds that Mr Phillips was in Wellington last Saturday, and that the letter ma a ■ forgery. The police have the matter in hand.

.Those who aro in tha hibit of picnioine; along the Western Like Road received n few irords of warning horn the Ohairroan of the Fai'herston Road Board at Saturday's meeting (says tho Standard). Ho said many parties went down that road,-lighted fires at tho side of it, and when they went away loft ompty bottlos, scraps of paper, empty meat tins, and (he branches of trees and ferns they had g>i out of the bush, lying about, the consequence was that horses shied, and' cattle could only be got by such places with Iho greatost difficulty. Pp.i sons who camped on tho road- wore breaking the hw, Picnic parties were quite welcome to go upon his (Mr Matthews) land.but he decidedly objected to them crusing a nuisance and an obstruction on the road.

An English paper 6ays:-" If you want to grow tall become a professional orioketor." '

Vhe WaHalo Timu offers £5 reward fee the conviotiou of the sneak thieves who 6teal subscriber's papors. The. Bay of Plenty Thus commenting says : "The people about Tauranga don't steal subscriber's papers; they only borrow them. The injury is not done to the subscribers but to the proprietors. Many peoplewho would f oel very uauoh annoyed if ihey were told they were not strictly honest, have not the slightest hesitation in doing us out of the price of the paper," -Truth.

Oho of the Misses Landall, a member of the well-known Indies' boatiug crow, was hrought up to Picton (says tho Preas) on Wednesday night, suffering severely from a Tory simple cause. Like a good many otber girls.' somewhat careless in such matters, alio had fastened ber dress up with a needls instead of & pin. In climbing a hill sho.stumbled and fell down, driving the needle into her leg. Dr Millington fortunately oxtracted it, and the girl is now dolug well. A safely pin would have obviated all the mischief, and sho will probably use one in future. ' Mr Aksaudor Ross, practical saw and toolmakor and importer, of Dixon St., Wellington, Ims an advertisement in this issue, to which tbe attention of sawmillers and others are speoially directed. Mr ttoss has had 15 years colonial experience in connection with tho repairing of circular saws, and other tools, and is also an export manufacturer, He is in possession of numorous testimonials as to his capabilities i:i this direction amongst which tre letters from the proprieties of the Orey town North nawmills, the Upper Opaki sawmills, Maaterton sawmills, and Greytown North sash and door factory. It will thus be seen his workmanship in his high repute in this district. Country orders will be promptly attended to, and illustrated catalogues sent post free to any address upon application. The German Empororis a very good .shot, This is remarkable, because, everybody knowa.hiß left arm is withered, and hangs useless at his £i''o. The other day, the Kaiser was Bhooting with several officers at day pigeons, and they are a good deal hardor to hit than one would think, However his Majesty, holding his gun in one hand, blew to pieces thirty in succession,

The result of a aeries of experiments has been (hat gas for household purposes can be Rot out of street refuse, A pound of ragß, odd bits of leather, cabbageBtumps, bones, crusts, egg-shells, cigar ends, and sucb rubbish; fragments wore collected and burub in retort, and gave off 22ft of bright, clear gas, which burnt at the mcutli of the instrument for half in hour.

At the Mastertou R.M, Court this morning, two respectable looking and elderly mon wore charged with drunkenness before Mr H. B, Eton J.P., who after cautioning the men not to repeat the offence, convicted and discharged thorn,

Thoroaro at present eight patients in the Masterton Hospital—Bevon ma!ea and one fomalc—all progressing favorably, H. M-S. Lizard has arrived a t Wollin g' ton.

The barque "A.J.Libby," from Now York to Wolliiiftton put into Barbadoes on December 27th, having been injured in a collision with an Italian barque. •Burglars broke into the shop of M r Sargent.jewoller at Cambridge, Waikalo, yesterday, awl stole a large quantity of jewellery.

A notice appears elsowherei leqneating all accounts owing by the lata Mr David Carman, to bo rendered to Mr 0.1?, Gawith, within ten days,

A. number of undesirable characters have been hanging about Maatorton fur, Boroo timo past, and we understand that it iatho intention of iho polioo to raako a raid on thoin tiokw they speedily depart. . .

Mr Adam Gordon, an old Masterton resident; who Bomu fmitteon years ago left lor the United States, is at present in New York doing well. Mr Milne, who left Masierton at the samo time, is with him, Writing to a friend here, Mr Gordon makes enquiry after many of bis friouds in this

Nearly a hundred inon ate employed on the Brancopeth Station in keeping down rabbitc. ,

I Our travelling correspondent, whose letter we published on Saturday last, was in error in estimating the combined ares uf Brancepnth and Annedale Stations at 70,000 acres. The.correct totalis 60,000. ... Wo, [fl'Z. Times) understand that the Premier hna taken legal advice upon the point raised by' Professor Aldia in respeot of his retirement by the Auckland University College, viz,, that as he was engaged by the Government it was only the Government that could determino his appointment, Mr Seddon is advised that the University College, in tho course it has taken, is perfectly within its rights,:and that the Government have no liability or responsibility in the matter. In making tne appointment in the first instance, .the Government merely acted for tho College Council, which had to find the salary, and had full authority to deal with the collego staff.

The annual Bam Fair under the QUBpices of the Maetorton A, and P, Association, commenced thiß morning at Messrs Lowes ft lorns Sule Yards, The weather k splendid, and the attendance! large,

The Great Realising Salo lasting. lor 20 days, promises to be a gigantic success. Tho whole stock is to be offered at genuine reduced prices, many of the lines will be marked at loss than English cost at Te Abo House Wellington, , ■ During tho Oreat Sale, Ladies Aprons will be sold at 41, i Button Kid Oloves all now fresh goods" at Is lid per pair, White and Cream Lacesat 9d por doz, Ladies Linen Collars new shapes at 3d each, Boys Sailor Collars at 3d each, sold everywhere at 6d, at TeAroHousb Wellington, It will pay ob'untry customers to takoa rundown to the' Great Realising Sale. They will save all the expenses and bo money in pooktby.buying all they want while good arc so cheap. Orders from the Counter will be cayofully Boleoted and sent carriage paid from the Great .'Realising Salo at Ie Ajo Hom-Awir':''-;'•■■ '■-.:

• Every preparation is baing madoto ensure the success of the Autumn Show, of the Mastorton Horticultural and - lu.; dustrial Society, trhioh takes place on Thursday noxt. Mr T. K. Macdonald has reported to the Premier the result of his inquiry on the 3000 aores offered by Warena Hunia to his fellow-tribesmen and of the por-. tion of the block he had.retained for himsolf, some part of the country is said to be good bush land and some of it old clearings in Native grata, that there is a portion of it swamp land, and'that another portion consists or sandhills. At a meeting of the Foathorston Town Board, held last evening, the. dobit balance was reported as M 5s U, 'The rates due amount to £4O and Instructions were giyen to have these cullected-forth. withr .Accounts to the amount of Si 10a 9d, and the receipss for the month wero i'fi 0s (id. The following suras were reported to have been collected poundkeeper 9s 6, deg register £3 5s rate colleotor £3 2s lid. It was resolved to call for tenders for formiug and metaling 10 chains of Harrison Street, from Urquhart's corner to the Butter Factory, _ Mr D, W. Mcintosh, of the W.F.0.A., is expected to reaoh Wollingtop to-day, on hi? return from Sydney.

The Masterton prohibitionists, as a body, bavo decided not to contest the coming licensing election, Tho Wellington Oncket Awooiation which met laat night reablvsd "That this association regrota that Mr Ullivior, in making his selection of the Wellington representatives for the New Zealand team, took' the advice of irresponsible persons rather than that of the association's selection committee."

Mr Alt. Caselberg, of the W.F.Oi,, leayes Masterton to-day on a holiday trip to Auckland. The Lynoh Family of Bellringers open In Maßterton on Friday evening next. The captain of the' N.Z, football team presented a handsome bouquet of flowers lust night to Mrs Brough, who when the team were in Sydney last year invited them to attend the performances at the Criterion Theatre. When the Hon. J. 6. Ward arrives in Wellington he will bo asked to ooneider the offer of £1650 made for the steamer Stalin, which originally cost the colony jSIG.OOO, and while lying at anchor in Wellington has costabcut £2OO a year for maintenance. The Department of Agriculture sent to England a few months ago for 2000' of SemiotdlniSipipa, the parasite which is the natural enemy of the Hessian fly, and the Gothic which arrives in Wellington shortly, it expected to bring the first shipment, As 'soon as the faiv<c are hatched they will be liberated in the Wairnrapa and throughout Utago.

THE NATIONAL HOTEL, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON, Has undergone considerable alterations lately, and visitors to Wellington'during the holidays will 'find the accommodation First Class, The hotol is close to the Station and Guests can rely on being called intimefor both the Wairarapa and Manawatu Trains, Tariff is 6d per day, Wairarapa paper' filed, Tsos, WmiE, Pronrictor,—Advt.

•' Do you cnllthnt thing a bonnet?" said Mrs MoSnufllecorf to a royal parsonage, looking with withering scorn upon Its awkward appearance, It was sevore, but it is just as well a lady, oven a queen, should know her faults and the imperfections of her stylo aid bearing, Did every anyone talk to you like that? Did ever a friend or an acquaintance over look at your h-p-l gear and say, 'Do you call that tiling a bonnet?" If it ever occurred don't let it occur again, mako sure of the approval of the world in the matter of bonnets, tie eo dressed that wherever you go, in whatever company you may be, you may poso as a well dressed woman. How to do it is to buy your millinery and dresses at L. J, Hooper & Co.'s fashionable drapery'warohouse, Queen-street, Masterton, A great sale is now on, so visit early.