LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4654, 21 February 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Chinese Young Men's Christian Association in San Franoiscohave sent £8350 to Canton for the evangelisation of tkoir fellow-countrymen, _ "Fulgurite" is the name of a new explosive invented by a Geneva savant, which is said to bo muoh more tetribje than either melinite or dynamite.''' Pold-bearing reefs having been discovered on the'Fernhill estate, in Devonshinfminers lire'now engaged'in sihkiiiK a' shaft: ■' '

The World's Fair at Chicago has ken CT.WJ by » period of general depression, and il7,pop men are out of employment. An effort is. being ljiade tp raise ft million dollars to feed trip needy, " ' A gir) named Cyrcne Stadh who is but 15 years old was arrested for horse thieviug at Kokomp, Indiana, tho o(her day. She is sai.d to be the youngest female.ever arrested jn Indjana for jho like o^njp. There were three cases of sunstoke in the neighbourhood of Cambridec on February 7 all the yictims being men who wero harvestm " " Mr R, I Push has been appointed seoretary of the Pahiatua Gymastio Sooiaty, Tho Ballaiioe Butter Factory reoeived over 1,000 gallons of milk per day, during the month of J;inuaiy. . „ Messrs Sullivan and Corby, of the Commercial, Hotel, Pahiatna, have dislilved partnership, Sergeant Oullen has been transferred to Watiganm. The Emmmt says that hia place at Napier will be filled, by Sergeant Mitchell, now of Hastings, lfr-D. Enckle, of Pah'iat'ua, is reported to be SBlli'ng'o'ut'his prpjwrW* with" 'the intention' pi going to' ICnglano),. '*' '! _ Anothpr- Wairapapa '■' Liberal" association has bgen fqr<ned at Carterton. Aooording to the Relcree Mr A, 4, Elkins lias purchased tho racehorse Sonator. This is inoorrect,

. Maaterton Pnik Trustees ireet to. morrow afternoon to consider the Borough Council's off r to take over, the Park, •

' Few people ate.avrare that there exists 1 halfway through the Makuri Gorge, a • mineral spring, yet there ia Buch a thing, i It is situated half-way down the track i leading to Vft Dbnald Donald's oroßsing, I and its- posttioil U ; ' qnlokjj' gd&rtainable ; by'the furarfs atrisitia.' The water'pba'lijset -a'peculiar''taste. 'All 'thai is ' .wanted is a treacje spring dose ty £6 1 makethespot a model ona'|foj tj)e eßtabljshment of- a rJinrdjDg sohooi on tljpStjneers p'rjnoiple.-Pahiatuaifcr^W, The Redlining Sal.o Ipsto for 20 days, promises t,q fje a giganV success, pa wholp sfook is (o bo offered at genuine reduoo4 prjees, niany of fye line's will be marked at less tb»n English cost at Tis Aw Hoyss Wellington, Daring the; Great Salei -Ladies Aprons Will ba gold at 4J, 4 Button Kid Gloves all new fresh goods atjslldpor palrj White and Cream Lacesatfld per'doz, Ladies lilnen Collars now. shape's at 3d each, Boys Siilor Collars at 3d each, sold everywhere'at 6d, atTEAnoHoosß Wellington)"/>' .-. It will pay country. .cußtoraers 'to.' take a rundown to the Great Realising Sale'; Jhey )Mam all.t-be.expenses and.be; •poekei'By t 6uy(tig all'jjhjy Vant: while -good are: so.-oheap,, ; Qrderp, W-Jthjiflounfo .will be carefully wlec'led .Mse'nVcamago' ■paid from the ' M House,—Advt. -if:'. '■-> : : : & :^'v

Tho Carterton School Committee has decided to vote for Messrs Yoaog, Filz. Herbert, and Dr. Chappie, at the present , election of members of the 'Welliugtou Uduoatioa Board.' ::MrJ;;W. Tattersalt, formerly of Mas, tenon, was Uiarriod at'" Wellington on Monday last; by the Kev. J. J. Lewis, to Mrs Mary Ann > Greathead, relict of the late Mr W, Greathead of MasteKon, The Carterton School Committee has passed a mild resolution, sently chiding the Board for negleoting to tend no'ice of noniinationa, for the present eleotion. Last jear £126,000 worth of rabbit skins wore shipped from New Zealand, and £170,000 worth of taiW. St Leger promises to be in great request as a sire. A Masterton breeder lins hooked a highly' bred mara to him for. next season at this early stage, save a writer in Auckland rlews. ..' A baby was missed by a distracted mother at Clareville yesterday (says the Qbstmr), and after she had emptied the wall, and searched both far and near.the " little dew " crawled from under the sitting room sofa, aud vociferated for edibles. It got them-and something elso. • MrT.L Thompson, late of Masterton, is at present an inmate nf the Wellington hospital, suffering with diphtheria. .The following team ,yill represent Greytown at the Napier Fire Brigades Demonstration :-J, W. Hobman, G. Oliver, W. Haigb. P. Amos, A. Mayuire. Emergency, T. Fisher. The Post says;-"The Premiorstill keeps dangling before the eyes of settlers a delusive prospect of cheap money." Sir John Gorab is not in Wellington as Btated.yesterday. He intended to aocom. pany Lady Gorst to Teneriffe, but was unable to land there and was compelled to go on tu Capo Town; whence he returned to England.

The Wellington agents have reoelved B d'ice to the effeot that the s.s. bono left Capetown for Bobart, Auckland and Wellington on Saturday.

One peculiarity of Bordeaux is the custom of celebrating marriages in church at midnight . ;< ,

tn Paraguay it-is the custom for a gentleman to kiss any lady ho is introduced to.

" It is not the widowß but the 'mashers' who put the 'mftes' in tho ejection plate nowadays. I know, because I have seen them," -Kev. S. Ohadwick at tho Weslevan anniversary meeting in London. *

An esteemed up-country subscriber eentus a little cheque the other day, but the bank would not cash tho little cheque. and we had to return it. Was tha esteemed subscriber angry with us or indignant with the bank ? No I he wrote us in the following cheerful strain, which shows how independent a genuine couutry sottler is of financial institutions: "Am awry to find that cheque was not of the right colour. I'was awaro that the resin was moat worn off the bow of my banking fiddle, but thought it wou'd play up to the tune of apound. lam sending down some Btuff to-day, so if you present it again I think you will find that all's well that ends well."

The Bev, Mr Dunn, one of the three Sydnty Presbyterian ministers who visited New Zpland tu inspect ths village settlement, speaking generally, says the settlements are not such a success as they should bo, He attributes the selection of poor land, and the absence of self. reliance in the settlers, as.tho chief causes, and goes on to say that there is a great tendency to rely on the Government in various directions. These remarks apply specially, to settlements in tho North, those in the Mouth being in a better condition, owing to suporior land. It is stated that the Government has deoided to proclaim tho acosssto the thermal springs and geysers at Rotorua a publio road, so as to put a check to the extortionate charges levied by the Maoris I upon tonrUts,

i The Wellington manager for the New Zealand Express Company having, as a teetotaller, refused to cart some beer shipped from Auckland to Wellington, the proprietors of the Company write to the Lioensed Victuallers' Gazette stating that the refusal was not sanctioned by them, and that they are quite willion to. do such work, The Gazette-has a very Btrong article .on the mutter and oiroumstances connected with it,- Post.

■ The libel proceedings instituted by [ Count Xayier Ohappelle'against General and Mrs Brown, residents of Nice, for alleging that he was an escaped convict from Jlew Caledonia, and had'aotnd as master of ceremonies at public- balld in Melbourne, were concluded yeatetday,. A verdict for plaintiff w«S returnedf and defendants were ordered to pay £6jji damans, -- ■■

The Railway Commissioners and the representatives of the frozen meat and insurance companys had a conference at Ohiistnhuroh yesterday for the purpose of considering how the facilities tor the shipment of frozea meat could he. improved. Several improvements were de« cided upon, and will be putintooperation at an early date, News has been received in Sydney that heavy earthquake shocks wore ex. perienced in New Caledonia at the end of January, A number of houses were wrecked, and one was completely over, turned; the telegraph wires snapped in half; the populace' became pahio. stricken: a tidal wave which followed, indicated that tljere had been a submarine eruption ;' the ground rocked violently ; no similar phenomenon had been recorded in" the history of the colony. Tho Bpv, |. W, Isitt has informed the Lyttellqn Timeß that advice by tho San Francisco mail gives tho result of a plebiscite taken ii) Ontario, Canada, on January }sr, as a majority of nearly two to one in fayor of absolute Prohibition.

Mr Justin M'Carthy, M.P., tells a curious story regarding th,e heroi/ie in lis uoyol,' " Donna Quixote.' 1 The character, a rich young widow full of imprapticablo philanthropic schemes, was entirely his own creation | but a abort timß after the book was published he received a lete complimenting him on the clever, portrait of Mrs— who the writer was glad to know, was a common friond, A year or so later the novelist made the acquaintance of Mrs—, and found that she was really a living pictate of his heroine.

An unfortunate accident happened yesterday to a nowly married couple near Wellington, After the marriage cerinony'the bride and bridegroom drove <if]f,,accompanied, by tWo Bintera' and a brother of tjie bridegroom. Whije on the Wadestosyn pad,-' tie' breeching of the! hatpeas gave way, and the trap was overturned, The bride was injured about the head, but the others escaped with a sligbt shaking,'

Mr Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, ia now in his 57th year, He ia a man of iron physique, and can stand any amount of exposure, orfatigae. He takes the hardest kind of work as lightly as the merest play Mr Oleye-i land is a lineal descended of Bit Guy Cleveland, a jolly old English knight, who commanded a company of spearmen at fchj battle of Poiofaers, and by his' bravery came into high favour with the Cro'wni "'• '>." I■ ■« i,

' We remind, those interested, of tho meeting'of the Maatertgn 'branch' of the Australiau Hijmo Beaming prion, which will be he|d in the ,Te|poraijep" flail this eyenjng,.- : - '•■ ~' ■ ■ ■" I

;" l)o you call that thing a bonnet V" said Hfrs UcSnuftjecoif to. a royal por'sonage, looking with, withering scpra upon its ward appearance.' Bwas£Bvere','bi)t'it is just as well a lady, even a queen, should knowher faults and thoimperfeotions of her i style aad bearing,' Did every anyone talk to youliko that? Did ever a friend or anao-j quaintanoe overlook at your head gear and I say, "Do you oall'that thing a bonnet ?" If t over occurred don't'let it occur again, make sure, of tho approval of the'world'in I the matter.of bonnets, - Be eo dressed that wherever you go, in whatevor company you inay be,youmay.poseas a welldressed woman. .. How to do It is to buy your millinery 1 aid dresses ft LJ.'Hoopd! 06.'8 fashlcn ■ able drapery..wareh6use, Queen-street, Mas* tertou. , ! A I gfeat,4e, to now* b& visli iariy

..At a meeting of the itav.ensbourne [DanediaJAnglican Ohuroh Committee a number of ladies were elected members of the Veßtrjr. ..• ■;. .-. MrE. B.Waddli.gton notifies that he has £2OOO to lend at current rates, in Bums to suit clients, ■..'..

A meeting of. St. Matthew's V'estry, will bo held at Mr-W. B. Ohennell's office this ovening, The Strasburg clock will" only be on vioffin Maßterton for four days longer, Those who have not yet Been it, rhould ((0 at once. i

Owing to continued dry weather, feed is reported to be getting short at Ballance. • - About 1,000 freali olaims fur enrolment on the electoral roll, havo' been , received at Wellington since the general eleotion. _ Judge Ward, ofthe Native Land Oourt, is reported 10 be seriously ill at Wanganui. Mr P. El, Wood addß to the entries for his next Tar&tahi atouk sale, 230 lambs in the wool, A country visitor to Maßterton left his horae standing in Perry'Stroet the other evening, and during his absence sonieone kmdly removed his new stirrup irons putting old worn-out ones in their piece, The exchange was not discovered until the settler had neatly readied his homestead, when one of the old leathers broke and he w»b very nearly thrown' off his horse.

Another phase of the unemployed question I According to Canon Farrar, about 4000 clergymen of the Church of England are out of employment, Another writer declares that about an equal number are miserably underpaid, A young man named -George Nesbitt was killed on the Sumner tram line last night, His hat blew off, and ha jumped from the tram to recover it, but fell, one of the can passing over him, An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Union Hotel, Pahiatua, is to be held before Mr T. Hutchison, R,M., on the 26th inst, Some particularly fine tomatoes have been grown this season by several Mastorton residents. A nice specimen, grown by Mr T. Dixon, of Worksop Road.is on view at Mr J. Wiokens' shop, Mr E, S. Riohards, of Hall Street, has also one of the finest crops of tomatoes this year ever seen in Masterton. '.;■■' Mr Janies Harvey, senior, another old settler of this district, passed away at the Eeinridge this morning, at the residenco of his son-in-law, Mr ft. MoKenzie, at the advanced age of 76 years. Mr Harvey has been troubled with an inward complaint for somo time past, never having fully rallied from a severe uttaek of influenza, which he contracted some three yean ago, He has been resident in the Wairarapa about 35 years, Since the foundation of the Masterton Presbyterian Ohuroh the deoeased was always one of its mo!t prominent membets. Mr Barvey leaves a grown up family of four boob —Messrs Thomaß, Jamea, William and ' Robert Harvey—atid tiro daughters (Mrs B. MoKenzie and A, Murray). Mr W L. MoKuiatty, Hon. Seo. of tbeJohnaonviilea'ndHutt County Gun Olub, is endeavoring to arrange a shooting match with Mr E. H. Waddington, (Seoretary to the North Wairarapa Gun Olub), to be fired botween teaaiß repre stnting both clubs, at Johnaonville on Maroh 7th. The proposod conditions are that the losers pay for the birds, and that the sweepstakes be arranged on the ground. If the match takes p'.iro, at the conclusion the Johnsouvilm men will entertain the visitors at a dinuer

Arrangements have beon completed for the crioket match between Fahiatua county and the Wairarapa, which will be played on the Pahi'atua Athletio Society's new wound on Saturday, the 24th. The Wairarapa team wjll leave on Friday night by the goods Irain for Eketahuua, where i coach will raoet thorn and toko them on to Pahiatua the same night. Jhe game begins at 9.30 on Saturday morning, and as a very interesting Same js emoted, there will probably be a good muster of onlookora, On Bunday night a caaoh will run from Pabiatua to Eketahuna, and those mem. bars who wish to return will be able to catch the first train on Monday morning. The following are tho toaras ohoson; Wairarapa - Booth, Boeohy, Beard, Eagle, Elder, H. flawku, W. Judd, Oweu' T. J. itowno, K. Udy, Whatman. Emergencies - Hanson, Withers, fl. Judd, Pahiatua-Bottoroley, Chambers, ifl. Griffith, Jos. Griffith, Gault, D. Hewat, Rutherford, W. J. Heeve, Bmith, Williams. .Emergencies-T. F. Hewat, Briggs,Lucm; ' '' ' ■ A substanpial ajx roomed house, with quarter aero section. inOole Stfeot, is adyertued (or sale.

The Premier thinks the Foxton residents ate an jSioeaaively oonteutcd people, saysthoJMauawatn paper, for during hi t visit there he was not asked to receive a single deputation or consider a request. He was no doubt most agreeably aur. prised, His Hondr Judge Kettle has a wonder, ful oap&oity for work. His task during the sesu'on of the District Court just comploted has been a most trying one, the sittings being exceedingly lengthy, but on the last day, Saturday, he Bat, with the intermission of less than two hours for meals, from 10 a.m. to mid-night.-Manawatu Sitndari ,

The attention of farmers, horscowners, and huntsmen, is directed'to the new advertjspment of Elliot and Co aaddlpraoJMoßterton andPahiatua which appears in this issue'. The firm have landed a special consignment of .saddlery and harness direct from, {he best English makers, together'with a largo quantity of canvas'and felßor use in making up their, own hurse-ooyers. It js announced i\s, these last will be 'super.' ior in quality and at a less cost than heretofore, The hunting saddles and necessary gear sqitable for tne hunting field, should prove attractive to the hurjttrrjen of tho Wairarapa.' . At a opting of the Auckland Philosopljioal Institute, resolutions ivpre pa'ssodji ■ i. . m^Bi ™ WB ffhl i wg'otihe delay that has taken place in seoiiring (ho Little Barrier Island for the purpose of preserving the rare native birds of New Zealand and urges upon the Government tho desire, bihty of bringing the purchase of tlie island to a.speedy termination." Strong comment was madei that great Area had taken placeon the island within the last few months, and ken allowed to spread. In January one had lasted at east a week, and by degrees the island will bo rendered nnsnitable for tho protection of birds. Persons had also offered for sale in Auckland speoimens of rare birds, which birds it was'deemed deßiraMe'&houldbeproteoted,-yfai«, . "THENATIONAL HOTJBL, LiMBTON QUAY; iffig Twfe 16 B S^l B "*t visitqrs o Wellington during the holidays will' find the accommodation ft ni «oloso to the Station and Guests oan relv on being called intimefor both the Wairar,apa and Jlanawatu Trahiß. Tariff is Od per day, • Wairarapa paper? filed, "Tims Wnm, Pronriefor.-Ai)VT. >