LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4655, 22 February 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sydnoy pooplo are agitating for the Bupprcssimofdißcasoddogß. St Paul's Cathedral, Ijondoii, is to be lighted by elcotrioily. Tho Victorian Cabinet has commuted the death aentenco passed upon Bennott tor shooting tho boy Jose, under circum> stances of great proyocution, to iicprhon* merit for 15 years, Mr Arthur Richards, late of Masterton is makirrj a name for himself us a cricketer atFeilding, At a recent senior match be made 75 runs, and. also took five wiokuts for eight ip, • ' In spjte (if the ..largo number of people who have yisited tho Siraaburg clock at Mastorton, the cry is "still, thoy come.' A meetii)i» of' tho Pahiatua Burns' Club was held on Tuesday evening, at which a good nuinbßr of members were present.

Suicido in railway carriages is now llw favourite method i.f Belf destruction in England, says Truth,

Several heavily kdon sheep trains hays baen despatched from the Wairarapa this week.

Tho members of the Pahiatua Fire Brigade are practising assiduously with a view to competing at tho Napier Fire Brigades' Demonstration, The minalis aro stated to have relieved a Grey town gardener of COquartßof gooseberries this season,

The codlin ninth ppat has done a lot of damage to the Greytown apple crop this season. Tho put'is pretty general throughout the district.

The nauMcal enquiry into the stranding of the ship " Jessie Readman," at tho Chatham Islands on December 23rd, has been adjourned nmil Monday nest,

Owing to the sudden resignation of Angus MoDonald. Town Clerk and Treasurer to the Pnrnell Borough Council (Auckland), the Government Auditor has taken possession of all books and papers connected with the office.

It Is understood that Mr John King, of Auckland, was yesterday served with a summons charging him with an offence under tho Corrupt Practices Act, 1881, by paying£l 10s for tho hire of a carriage lo convey electors to tho poll on the oc-. casion of the contested election* between Messrs Cadman and ttees. The case io sot down for hearing in the 2gth,

A meeting of the Pahiatua Jockey Club e was held on Tuesday evening. ' Several 18 accounts in connection with tho hte taee n meeting were pasted for paymont. A x letter was received from Mr Peters, ask- ;., inp to bo let off his fine of £5 for not !. complying .vith the Metropolitan rules, by failing to seratoh his hoises, which were entered for the races, After d!s> 0 cusslon it was decided to reply to Mr I- Petora ta the etfecb that the Club ini- tended to onforce the rule. Tho question j, of Jnrther jraproyemonts to the' course a was adjpurnod until a fujjpr meeting. ' Enquiry is mado in Lloyd's Weekly y for .'.he following :--John Charles n Cooper sailed from Loudon in Septema ber, 1891, for New Zealand; his poor e mother can gain no tidings uf him since j March, 1892. Mrs Hivins (lletsy r Griffin) went to Now Zealand from !j Bristol about 30 years ago; her sister :' Matilda is anxious for news, David & Clements, went to ,New Zealand about e 12 or 14 years sincej brother Jacob 0 would bo glad to hear from him. ■ Mrs ~ James' Hawkes, nep Ellen Welsh, i formerly employed at Whitley's, West* ■ bourne Grove; last wrote home in 1887 B from Kltham, Taraoaki, flow Zealand j 3 sister Maggie asks. Jojin Henley,tailor, ' went to New Zealand some 20 years ago, ■ and corresponded regularly until two j years batk j he was then living near . Dunedin, Olagn, New Zealand; Mb mother seeks him, Alfred and Elizabeth Gelletarosnugbtby their sister Caroline; r Alfred in July, IH6O, waa with the 67th ' > Regiment in New Zealand. Thomas ■ i Poole left London 21 years ■ ago for ' ■ Canterbury, New Zealand, and has not ' i been hoard of sinoejhia -brother i (W.e.P,)asks. , I ...' i 1 'The Great Realising Sa)e lasting for 21) i days, promises to be a.gigantlo success. ; i The whole stock is to bo offered at gennjne i reduoed prices', many of the lines will be marked a't less than English, cost at TeAbo BopsEtWellington. . ' ■ ■■;.''■ • Curing (he' Great Salo,-Ladles Aprons | . will be sold at i j, i Button Kid' Gitivei all ' new fresh goodss at Is lid per pair, White audCpniLaeesiilOd per do?, Ladies Linen ' Collars now shapes'at Ifd each, Boys Mor „ Collars at 3d eaoh, sold e'verywhere'iit' fid, ! atTß.AnofJopsß.Wellington.' ; - ■:■;■■. - J ;.Jt will pay country customers to'take a , run down to {hq great Realising Sale, They : will save all the expenses and be money in l pookctiy buying all thoy nodi. .wbilei-gooa'" •are so oheap,..Orders iropTTEFConnfer „ will be carefully selected aM sent carriage \ paid from tho Great, Reallfflbgj-Bale at 1t. ., A«o House.—A»ti. J- '.-.■ S'V". ' J,

A warrant has been issued at Welling ton for the arrest of a woman named . Alice o'Donnell,upon a charge of assaulting an elderly man named H, J. L. | Augarde, , •' < A writ claiming £IOOO damages for ' alleged libel was served on the Wairarapa, i kiar yesterday by Mr W. B. Edwards; acting fur Mr ft, P, Greville, surveyor of Pahiatua. The aließed libel was contained in 'an artiole published some two months ago relative to the way in which curtain works were being carried out ' under.tho Wairarapa Worth County ■ Ceuncil. The case will, wo understand, come before tbe .Supreme Court at Wel> ; lington, next June,, Mr John Cotter, of Mural, met with aßomnwhat peculiar and very painful accident on Tuesday. He w staying with his father-in-law, Mt M. H. Jackson, of Slonestoad, Greytown, and was getting over a wire fence, when his foot slipped along the wire he was standing upon, and he fell over on to the top of a post.. The result was a very nasty jar, and two ribs broken.-iSfatidard, A phrenological professor announced a Bhow in Greytown and our Masterton contemporary on the following day stated that, the lecturer gave an interesting . addresa and that a fair audience enjoyed i tile fun, The nastiest "bump"ofall I waß a reminlerfrom our Greytown con- ,. temporary that as on the occasion referred to the phrenological man was in Wellington, he consequently gave no lecture and had no fair audionoe. Our ' Masterton contemporary got over tho ' difficulty in a characteristic.manner. Ho I nrrote an artiole to show that ms were untruthful I " /■■ v' • inOnaT practice for the two men. i coupling event, at the Napier Fire' , Brigades' Demonstration, was held last . night by tho members of the Masterton Municipal fire Brigade, Threotoams entered, the selection falling upon Secretary Pragnell and Firoman P. Reynolds B Engineer K. Braggins and Branchman t Ewington wero selected for the two men f ladder rescue competition, and in the . one man ladder race(twoentries allowed) Engineer liraggms and Fireman Reynolds were chosen. Captain Pickering II and Fireman VV, Fellingham kindly ] acted aB timekeepers and examiners, ' For a couple of days lately two. of the i telegraph wires between Wellington and ! Auckland, Nos. 1 and 3, were useless and b no messages could be g"t through them, i The stoppage was located as between ] Greytown and'Featheraton, but tho linoman travelled u,i and down in vaiu' until at last ho noticed a piece oi fine twine fluttering over the wires. Of course this 1 could not causo a ''contact," and ho was ) at first disposed to disregard it, Not: discovering the fauK huwever, ho returned and removed the string, when ho fuuud that at one end of it «as a small wcight,and atthe other a piece of fine copper wire, ''.'he cop|.or had go', across the two wires and made a "short aircuit," ut Now our local telegraphist is looking for thoowr.or of the string, with weight and e wire attachment'— Standard.

Objection to the Voters' List of the Masterton Toivn Lands Trust will be received by the Trustees.to-morrow (Fri* day) evening, A Catholic social ie to bo held in con, noclion with St, Patrick's Churoh, Mastorton, on Easter Monday. Messrs D. and A.Speedy invito tonders for the erection of a sßven roomed houso at Tinui, Flam may be Bean at Messrs Lowes and lorns' store, Masterton, or at the VV.F.O.A. storo, linni. It is stated that considerable improve, ments and alterations mil shortly be made in and about Government House, ' The license feoß paid to the Acclimatisation tiooiety this year, in this district amount to £l4O, TlnrPremior, in his position of Native Minister, intends starting on Tuesday next on a visit to the chief native oantrea

, Masterton anglers aro much annoyed Bt the wholesale mannor in rvhich the Maoris are allowed to remove trout from the streams in this district, apparently no ctibrt ia being made tn secure convictions by the Acclimatisation Booiety. It is said that a party of about 40 Natives are camped on.tlio banks of tho Ruamahunga, and are taking every fish out of theri'/or.

Mrs Anne Randall Kebbell, widow o' the late Mr John Kebbell, and an old Wellington identity, died on Tuesday at hor residence, Taranaki-plaee, Wei lingtun, aged 76 years, Deceased, who wss well-known in the oity, especially for tho interest she took in the \k%. andra Hoine until about a year ago, whon failing health compelled all active work to be relinquished, came out to the colony in tho Bhip Philip Lane, arriving on Ohristmas Ere, 1856. Her husband can.o ont in 1841, but returned dome and brought his family out, De> ceased wab born at Yeovel, Somerset, England, and the immediate cause of death was failure of the heart's action.— Press.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next Masterton stock sale for Wednesday, 7th March, at 1 o'clock. The ontries at date comprise 1400 ewes, 600others,and800lambs, '.'

Yesterday" we mentioned that a Mas. tertnn settlor had bis stirrup irons token away and io placed with old worn-out ones, This morning tho settler happened to bo in town again, and saw his property attached to the saddle of a Maori borso, Be promptly secured them in the Native's absence, and the dusky ono is now probably regretting the exehango he made,

Eenry Stevens, Btorokeoper, of Pahiatua, has filed a declaration of insolvency. A meeting of creditors In the estate will be held on Tuesday, March 6th, at 4 p.m.

We remind out readers of Messrs Lowes and lurna Bale of lintisehold furniture and effects at the residenco of Mrs j?. Dickson,. Worksop Koad, toraorrow (Friday), at 2 u'olock. The list includes piano, American organ, double and single -bedsteads, btussella and tapestry oarp'nts, cooking utonsils, and all kinds of household requisites, The furniture is a very choice lot, most of it nearly new..

The ram of £165 hasbeon awarded to the'Bydney policemen engaged in.the recent encounter with burglars in Bridgo street, the amounts ranging from £5 to £25 per man. 'he ex«Becretary ui the Hunter Rivet Building Society, Singleton, has, been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. The defalcations are alleged to amount to soma thousands,

i A meeting of the Stewards of the i Wairarapa Kaoing Olub was held last evening, It was resolved not to erect a Steward's Stand until after the. Autumn meeting, but to erect, 8 stalls, and 41ooso ■boreß at once. Mr Donald's tenders of £2sios for two boxes, and £l9 5a fori four stalls,being the lowest, was acoepted, the extra stalls and boxes to be erected' at a proportionate price. It was resolved to go on with the earthwork and concrete oulveta for the training track at once, ■ " . "Doyou oall that fhing a bonnet 1 /" said Mrs MpßnnfPecorf ;tb a royal porsonage, looking with withering scorn upon its awkward appearajice. Jtwas severe, but it is just as well a lady, even a queen, should knpwher faults and (hoimperfections of hor style nai} bcaripg. Pid every anyone talk, to you like that? Did ever a friend or anad-quaintanooover-look'at your headgear and say, ' Do you call tbat thing a bonnet ?" If t ever octiurred don't let* it occur again, make sure of the approval of the world in tho matter of. bonnets. Bo so dressed that wherever you pose asawiell dresseu'woman.V'Howto.doitisfo buy your millinery : and dresses'at t. J. Hooper &Co,'s fashion able drapery warehouse) .<jueen-Bireet, ; Mas» 1 terton? A.greal sale is nljw on bo Yislieaily i

The Whakataki and Oaatlepointßnceß) [ that'most popular .little flutter on the sands which attracts so many visitors year Ky. year, are announced for Starch 10th. There will bo aix events, and entries for " the leap" close on the eveting previous to the gathering. The Hon. Mr Ring has been re-eleoted President of the Wellington Tailoreas 1 Union. In the Masterton R,M. Court, this morning, Mr Beard complained of the ' negligence of a constable at Mattinboiounh in serivng writs, His Worship aaid he would enquire into the case, Mr F. H. Wood adds to ihe Stock Sale at the Martiiiborough yards for next Wednesday, 000 good store ewes. ■No-12i of the " Journal of the De partmont of Labor," is to hand,, and contains, as nsual, muoh interesting matter. A young man named Hodges fell out of a cart at Ekotahuna yesterday, and was run over, He escaped with a few bruises, A cricket match, Married v Single, is being arranged at Eketabuna. The Masterton agent of (lie Labour Bureau reports :—"Fairly busy. Harvest operations ara being carried on, which are giving employment to a number of men in ihe district," A social 111 aid of the .funds of the Anglican Church was held at Eke»ahuua last night, and turned outa very success. Jul gathering. .The ca»o of Cassidy v. Oassidy and Lowes, which has occupied the attention of the Court at boitib length on a previous occasion, was withdrawn to-day by Mr Pownall, the defendants having paid Ihe amount claimed. ' Ekotahuna licensed victuallers met yeaterdiy to consider- the forthcoming licensing olections, Our Ekotahuna correspondent writes:—"Bo far tho l'empor> ance party is silent." THE NATIONAL HOTJ3L, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON, Has undergone considerable alterations lately, and visitors to Wellington during tho holidays will find the accommodation First Glass, The hole is close to the Station and Quests can rely on being called in time for both the Wairarapa and Manawatu Trains, Tariff 4s 6d i' per day, Wairarapa paper" filed. Tuos ; White, Pronrietor.—Advt.