LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4653, 20 February 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

r, A Scotch book on " Sheep their managej rnent and Diseases" says; -"Cancer, when Q this ocourj,dispoße of tbo animal to tbo butoher at the first favourable opportunity." J —Truth. Tho English Midland Mway Company, - aa in previous years, has just distributed £l5O amongst the Btation-mastera on their system for the best-kept platform and flower g«d?n. If the animals only played football, what a fullback the dromedary would make. Mr piddams, who till his promotion to fake charge of the Qreytown branoh of the Bank of New Zealand was teller at the tank in Napier, has been presented by his Napier colleagues with a Gladstone travelling hag as a nwik of their esteem. Mr T. W Balfour made the presentation in a neat ' speech, suitably responded to by [Mr Diddams ,-Hmhl A banker and his niece have been charged ~ at St. Petersburg with belonging to a sect of ' self-mutilators. The banker, aged sixty, was sentonced to fifteen. years' njird labour for self-mutilation and for having tatooed a 1 cross on the girl's breast, and the girl to ten 8 years for having connived at the offence. I. e Mr T, Wagg is visiting member nf tt)o Mniterton School Committee, for the prpsent month. T|)d Straßburg o|'iek Is still proving a very great attraction in Masterton. to'uoli colder weather has been ex* it perienced in Masterton, during the past few days, The absenteo list at the Masterton School is now a very light ouo. Tho Committee are determined tn enforce ~ the compulsory clauses of the act most •8 Btrongly. !i If peoplo would only roa'iso how very, • very easy it is to teach children quod '« manners when they are little, they never 8 would neglect tn atteud to it. In Arabia the horse' is a favourite article of food. In Egypt various por« : tjons of the oamel are paten with relish. J the inhabitants of Cochin Ohiua prefer ' jptten eggs to fresh qries, ( 1 An .obituary notice ofaCbingman, aged 37, appears in Orey Riytr ( There were 4JOO niarfiages solemnjaed in flew Zealand during 1893. Half the population ii) England are » engaged amusing the other hulf,-£(. Jams' Gazette, » Drunkenness is decreasing in Canterbury, according to the crime roturtis,and wife desertion iuoreaaing. . " At the meeting of the Masterton School Committee last night, it .was re- ' marjted, in discussing the Education y Board question, that."a part of a j Secretary's duties was to bear the blame 1 of anything that went wrong." The Rev Father T. McKenna c«m-' f menced his duties at Pahiatua last Sun--1 hh e !flie total profit's on last year's trans- } actions of $1)0 lijasteptou "A! ant} P. a AsscciaUen amounted to £2OB 8a Od. - At an institution near Wellington. 1 where 12 breeding sows are Jtopt, £2(io e wbb realised from their progeny during „ the last tweh'o months W|jat mqre profitable stock (says the Examiner) can there be than the pig 1 J Some of theadrocates of a high pressure water supply in this .town met in " the Temperance Hall, last evening, Mr B L. J. Hooper being in tho ohair. Re 1 sulutions were passed in farour of a 9 £15,000 loan on the basis of the plans t now in the possession of the Council,and » ijjjenenland an Executive Committee were adopted in ordor to bring the .question'jn 1 pfosor. mgpnpr before the ? Borpusb Cpiincil'and tlio ratopayerp, Ijfr ' Ef(),r|iblo? 'was apointod'Seoretary; ans B Mr Eton Tfi? aß lj re . r pf the .Committee, 9 Safurtfaj/. JJesiev says •' Tfjat 19 no ground whatever for fears as to the pjo- ) sent dlrength of the English navy." 1 ANapior paper says :-" The Napier 1 beach is probably the most treacherous ; and unsafe in New Zealand for bathers.'' 1 The Indian Parsees number now in i all 90,MM'®; They are and always t jim " aerote? subjects of her j Majesty'. t . JJißses and embraces ar,e simply 'Ji'; r jji)o?n [ll Japsi) as tojtena nf affootion, jf WP c?cepfc tjje nofitsry fact that Japanese . motWs, ] jke mothers all over tjie world, ( lip and hug their little ones betimes, 1 The average attendance at tho Maß--1 terion Main School, since the Christmas holidays, has been 81 per cent. ! 1 . Thibetians out in pieces the bodies of 1 their dead, and throw them into the 1 lakes to teed the fish. The ancient Bactrions suffered the bodies of their de- . parted relatives to be eaten by dogs , specially kept for the purpose. 1 A son of Mr L. F. Ajßon, while swing- > in? on the horizontal bar, at the Master- ' ton Sghoql 'yeStof.lay' morning, fell and , fractured Ijis arijj. •' If' gas qulta gn ( evident, and |n jthe opiniop of tn£ teaoher, tho result of' tne youngster attempting more j-.bau |io could perfcriq, At the meeting nf tho ifastertan School Committee last evening, Mr E, | Feist thanked the members'most heartily for supporting him at the late election, and said he was so satisfied with the position he had gained at the poll, that he intended to oome out again, and thoy would yet see him a member of tho Wellington Education Board, Petßpfti pf p Jiterary turn of mind are notified in anpther (oiuiiin, of a meeting to bo held in the Temperarico Hall, op Wednesday evening, in'conne.ction pith the Australian Home Reading Union. A course of reading in English literature, suitable to tho average reader, will be fixed upon, aud ut leader or secretary appointed for the ensuing year, T|io Union is open to both sexes, and is quite unsectarian. There are now upwards of 2,000 members in the Australian Colonies, and if the objects the Union 1 has irWiey were not advantageous to its ; irieniberßjit would'tot continue to flourish 1 as it is doing, Tn a town litis 1 thero should be no difficulty in forapg 1 four or five separate circles, as the oourro ; proposed is well within the range of the 1 Wgraw reader, It is earnestly hoped , that ihrise interested will not fail to attend the first ljieeW if thoyear, lie : chair will be taken by Me j R.M., arid the progress of the Union 1 specially brought under the notice pf the j Part of the course includes i seleclions 'ffojy ,Buskin, George Eliot, f iicottandTeniiyson,'*. ] " / THE NATIONAL HOTEL, LAMBTON WELLINGTON, Has undergone ionslteraiy aMatjons lately, and visitors , 'io-WeUingtori l>o!idays will find 'ihe J is close to the Statioh ans .Quests Cafa rely flp bping called intimefor-.b'otb-the'WairaV- J apa and iitanajyatu Trains. Tariff 4s Cd ° per day,: Wairarapa paper' Bled, Teos , Wbiie, Proprietor.—Aovx. • ' . • ' ■ '■■■

The oivil Bittintsof the Supreme Court at Wellington, resume ou Thursday i when the oase ol vlubert v, Kempthom, , a Buit for damages for breach of agree* i ment, is fixed for hearing. . The present y<iar has so far proved ab' | normally prolific in thn oropif crimiual , cmo3 brought before tho Wellington I Magistrate's Court. For the 40 expired i workingdaya in 1894'n0 fewer than 396 i police oases have I been brought forward, i -Post. : ' ', TJhe. annual general meeting of the 1 Masterc-n A. »nd P. Association, will ' take place ou Monday,' March 15th, at i the Club Hotel. 1 i Robert James Coppall, charged at Eketahuna yesterday afternoon, before J Messrs' Alex Anderson and H.- Aulin, i with the larceny of tho watch belonging to W. McLennan of Haatwell, 1 was sentenced to two months' imprison' i menfc', ' It is proposed to olose the Waipukurau 1 School for a fortnight owiug to the i prevalence of diphtheria, Deaths' from i this complaint, occurred at Waipukurau, , laalwnek, I The Maiiawbtu Racing Club haa re- ( ceived nn less, thau 235 entries for 12 i events. This doeß not look as if racing is dying out in the Manawatu. News wanted, of Mary Maria Monkley (maiden nauie Prusser). who loft Rlaina, about tffontyyears ago, fur Now Zealand, Auy news of lier will be thankfully receivad by her brotbor, Edwin A, Prosaer, care of Editor, Beynold') Newspaper, . London. 1 According to the Xxaminer, Messrs A. ° Stewart and J. Vile, of Pahiatua, will bo nominated for the Masterton Licensing Committee, the former for the moderate, '■ and the latter for tho prohibition inter--1 est. r r Tito Hon Mr Reeves is reported to have appointed Mr G, Uobinson, of j Chriatofaurch, a relative, to act as his Private Sectctary, 0 A girl named Alice Jarvis died at e Ohristohuioh,jresterday,frcra peritonitis, k the result of eating unripe fruit. J On Friday eyeninglast, eccordingto , the Palmerstim Timesfio infant betnreen j three and fnui: years of ago, the child of r Mr John Foby, was severely burned at Ohingaiti, presumably through the j fires, and died the following morning. lf Messrs Lowes and lorna haye wjtli--9 drawn the 900 4-tooth wethers from J their stock salo list for Wednesday, ] There are at present four males and one female in the Masterton Hospital. B The Masterton A. and P. Association possess a aurpluV over liabilities of £371 8 7s 4d. j An English mail via San Francisco will close at Masterton on Thursday next at 6.16 a.m. j -Those who wish to take part in the Wairarapa Dis-rict Licensing olectinn, should see that their names are duly 1 placed oa tho roll, for notice of the 0 election will probably be issued by Mr 0 T. Hutchison Rail., Returning Officer on ' March Ist, and with the publication of this notice, the register is closed, > Applications are invited by the Edu- ' oatioa Board for a head teachor for the r Mangaonß Valley school, After remaining for the past twelve 0 months a useless obstruction, the so- ' call«d Queen Street' drinking fountain : has become so dangeroasly dilapidated r that the Mayor has instructed the Borough Overtieer to.renjgve thepentre , p»rt at'shice.-"'-- " We remind our readers of Meisra 1 Lowes and loins! Masterton stock sale tomorrow (Wednesday) at one o'olr-ck. The entrieß comprise' 1860 ewes, 1000 , lambs, 580 good 2-touth wethers, 2D " Romney rams, 20 Lincoln rams, 80 18 months to 2 years old qteers, SO year - eld r steers, 2(J;: springing heifers, ten 2 1 year old mixed cattle,-15 good hacks, four pigs, and three'draught horses, i The following tenders'were received " by the ffairarapa North County Counoil i for 183 yards metal carting on the Ekei tahuna-Tinui road : ~J, Cavanagh, 3s s lOd " per yards (accepted) | M, Kellihe'r, ! 6s' per yard j M. P. Britt, 8s 8d per \ yard." . Une of the. events of the present year (says the Times) will be the Tasmanian Sfbibiljoo, which is to b'e ' opened iti the (Queen's Domain, Hobart, ' o| 't(ie 15th November next,' Ttie ejcliibition will bo the immediate pat- . rpnage of the Government of fapaniaj ) although it i)iU be conducted by an aeeo- ; ciation ffitli a capital of £20,(100. ! in reply to tho request of MajorSomer--1 vjlle,the Union Steamship Company have agreed to grant return fares to oompeti- • tors attending the Npw Zealand Rifle Asi sociation's Meeting from Wellington to i Lyttelton as follows; -Saloon, 2Qa; steer ■ age, 20s. 1 At the Supremo Court sessions iu 1 Ohristchurch, Richards, who passed him- ' selt off as a representative of the Yorkshire Post, waß sentenced to two years' 1 imprisonment foir false pretences, l'ri- | soner had already been sentenoed in the ; Resident Magistrate's Court to eighteen moptK|!;, Mr F. H. Wood adds to next Thurs. ' day's Tijratabi stqck pale,'?(|oepD ihd sethers (2 tooth), 200 good breeding ewes, 10 Lincoln and Rt)mney Marsp ' rains, and 10 springing hiifers [very i good). And to the Maryborough sale ' ori the 28th, 1000 wether lambs, 450 , owes, 25 fat wethers, i Mr C. Winter, looal manager of the : Bank of Australasia at Sanedin, his been appointed to succeed the late Mr ~ H, W. as Inspector. It is underf the app'ointmept §t pre«ent is ! only teaporar^;'' ' '' • " LadyGorstis noiyin Masfertou, ou a short visit to her brother, Mr F. (x. Moore, Sir JojinQorsturhoij at present ' In Wellington, was, it ftill reijie.)!1 bered, from 1801-3 Oivil Commissioner . of the Waikatv. In English politics he 1 is a man of prominence; was a member 1 ot the celebrated "Fourth Party," and was Solioitor-Goneral in Lord Salisbury's first Government. In .1890 he attended the Berlin Labour Conference as an j English delegate, and his advanced atti- ' tudo on the labour question attracted much attention iu 1891. In Lord Saliabury's last administration he held the - position of Financial Secretary to the 1 Treasury. ' 1 Tenders have been received and dealt wjth.by the WajrsrtipaNcrthCounty (Council, for'tjirej ye&rs'"roacl main'; I tei)ancp contracts, as followsMasterton? Wainiata road {Masterton Kiding)- ! Thomas Kerrips, gravel carting; 2s ■ fld por yards (accepted) { Af. 1 £375 and 2s6dj B. Cullotty, £428 and 2s 6d, Masterton«AValmata road Wai> nuioru Riding) -B. Cullotty, £460 and 2s Giperyard forgravel oarting(accepted Mr John Kidd, the N.S.W. Post- I master-General, says he is not opp -aed ' to the Pacific cable, but he cannot 1 BuppoitMrHandford Fleming's schemes 1 jrhjch Jie considers impracticable. Any r praat{pable idea," he says, will have his ( war/nest support ai)d'a93istance, '- Kefer- f ring to Mr M'Kenzie Bpyell's'statement o that a .conference to consider "th; <i Pacifio cable t)uestion would be hel'l in v June, Mr Kidd says the Nbit Bsuth I Wales Government knows nothing about 1 it, It was understood that a gonfepenge f would be convened for the solo purpose i' of discussing realtors relating to tho a Paoilic cable and Vancouver mail and I subsidy, and ho does not think his f Government are likely to agree to com-'P tyne ,qijscions of Mn9ral trade with the 11; policial #ioJi are, now ti sought to bf lßtrodßCW 4 "tisfPopfeF- t| ence, f< "Boyou call that thing a bonnet?" said Mrs McSnufflecorf to a royal porsonage, feojtjflg with. withering scorn upon its awk- 5' ward ipftforniia!, jjps usvore, but.it is a just as well a mdy, evenfyiTOn.'fljiQidd V' bowherfaults andtbelmperfections of KeJ .Bt style and bearing. 'Did every anyone talk to a you like that? Did ever a friend or an aoijuaintance over look at your head gear and ' 'my,''Doyoa^.llthat thinga bonnet?" It t ''evet ■ occuWa dofit 1, Je> it opcur again, rc make'surCof ths'-approvhl cf the'feolrld in t. the matter of bonnets: •He«o'dressei that ' wherever you go, in whatever company yoti may bsjoumaV pose as a well-dressed woman. ' Hoy fo'jjo It is to buy your millinery ariddre'ssfcsatL'i J. Hooper able drapery warenouse, : qb'£en-Hreei,' Mii£-i terton. Algreat faleis noWon so visit epiHy ■ .' ! ■ . . - v • '

A meeting of members-and intending" members of (he t>orth Wmrarapa Liberal t ißßociatiun : Is convened fur Saturday t next, at 8 p.m, in the Temperance Hall, s Mr Beid, tho Yiotnnan delojato has j pressed on tho attention of Mr Arnold . Motley, the English Postmaster 11 Henarol, the necessity of Great Britain a subsidising the Pacific mail steamers, and urged that the Imperial Oovorii- ! nieut should guarantee half the interest J on the cost of construction of the Pacific 1 cable, Australia anil Canada tobeir the r other half. He dwelt especially 011 the J value of purely English lines in the event of war, and pouted out that the com* v pletion of a fast Atlantic mail - service ! render possible a seryiee alter- , natiug v>ith the Suei ruuto. MrMorley, - in replying, sympathised with the t remarks of Mr Raid, and implied that E tho Suez services would bo renewed for ! short periods only. 1 A resident of Napier, J. P. Hamlin, , has been fined i's, and costs £1 Bj, and , treble.the'amount of tho tax, for neg. ( lecting to send in income T« returua i j The entries for the fire brigades' de» t mosstratinn, which commences on the Beereation Ground, Napier, on March i 17th, are coming in very satisfactorily, ' (says the Napier Teiejrap/i), bo far 211 men having signified their intention of competiug, irrespestiye of the local men who mill take part, • With such a large number of visitors, it is very doubtful whether there will be sufficient accommodation available for them here', but to f be prepared for any emergency, the j secretary, Mr Gilberd, has communicated i with the Minister of Defence fur twenty ' largo bell»shaped tents, Entries close on March Ist, So iar the brigades entered and the number of men they vi ill be represented by are as follows :-Petonal, Greytown 7, Masterton Municipal 7," I Woodville 7, Waipawa 7, Palmerston North 7. Marton 6, Hawera7, Hastings 7, ffanganni 7, Fielding 7, Mastorton Volunteer 7, Now Plymouth 7, Napier 6, Pahiatua 6, Spit 6, lnveroargill Railway ( 1, Waimate 1, Geraldine 2, Ohristcliuroh 0. Oamaru7, Lyttelton 1, Gore 7i InVercargill northern 6, do southern 7, | Ashburton 7, Cliristohurch Railway 7,' | lteeftnn 1, Timaru 6, Rangiora 6, Grey | mouth 1, Eokitika2, Port Chalmeia 7, Kaiapoi 1, Blenheim 1, Westport 1, Sooth Dunedin 7, Boslyn 7, Dunedin 7, Komara G, Gisborne 7, Oorowa (.N.8.W.) 1 6, exeoutivo officers 4. A genoral meeting of members of the Wairarapa Hunt Club will be held at the Marquis o( Normandy Hotel, (Jarterton, on Saturday next, the 24th inet. The .Masterton'Opakl Jockey Club have postponed the date of their 3',, Patrick's Day Race Meeting, titl the following Monday, 19th March, It has been deoided to apportion £lo® | in trophies and £263 in cash prizes at the Napier Fire Brigades Demonstration. The following is the prize-lists-Manual engine (dry) forone man, £l2 j manual engine (dry) for three meii, £2O j manual engine for five men, £6O ; horse reel and ladder for five men, £65, florae- [ reel flat and ladder. for five men, ifiO, horse, hydrant and union for £37 10a | coupling-practice for two men, £ls; ladder resoue for two men, £ls; horsoand hydrant for three men, £l7 10a j ladder race, one man,- £ls; ambulance event, five men (conditions in programme), £l2: ambulance event (conditions to beatated on ground), £l2; consolation—liuree, hydrant and union—open to all five-men teapia 'who hare not won 110 in five men eyents, £25; ( rpinqr eyents, 10a. Ihe Great Realising Sgje -latls.'s for, 20 1 days, promises to be a gigantio i fhe whole stock is to he'oifered'at genuine reduced prices, many of the lines will' bp marked at less than English af Te Abo House Wellington, . During the Great Sale, Ladies Aprons i will be Eold at 4J, 4 Button Kid Gloves all - new fresh goods'at Is lid per pair," White | and Cream Laces at 93 per doz, Ladies Linen Collars new shapes at 3d each, Boys Sailor 1 Collars at 3d eaoh, sold everywhere at Cd, 1 at Te Abo Hodsb Wellington, ( It will pay country customers to take a run down to the Great Realising Salo, They will save all tho expenses and be money in 1 pocket by buying alt they want, while good < are so Orders from the Counter i will be carefully scleoted and Bent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Te ' Alio House.—Advt.