LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4659, 27 February 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is reported that spurious baltaoye. reignn are in chculatlonin New Ply-! mouth, The present rain is pretty generally welcomed and should prove of benefit to pasture generally. ,-_ Archbishop Bedwbod baa laid the foundation atone of the new Roman Catholic Church at Stratford whicis to cost £IOOO. . The inquest on the man Clark, killed by a train at Monganui,, resulted in an open verdict, The coroner is 1 forwarding tho evidence to the K.M, recommending further inquiry, The Greytpwn Blyer Board election took place at noon yesterday, There was no contest, and the following settlers were declared duly elected:—Messrs Aiup,Haigb, Heagerty, Loasby and G, Wyett, ; Sir Robert Stout is now, we'take it, a duly constituted member of the House of Representatives. If be ha» arrived there honestly, we heartily wish hirrt ioy of the position'./'lf he has attained his seatby dishonest praotioe.; we do put suppose that apy words ef ojjrs, trill parfuade .hiu./.,tol;;^ipquiah 1 ;-!ib.,'qr^will

■' The.W.F.G.A; announce the arrival of W'O'bqfcai of oartridpes. " V" . Masterton Borough Council meets this' evening.: ■ The Kditor of a Glasgow contemporary has received a£s note from a'' grateful" reader. Wa could do with a few " grateful" readers ourselves. Item from a Sydney paper:—"A woman named Kate Brooks was found dead in her home, near Regent atreet, I Redfern, yesterday, by two baliffs," A joint commission oi the Methodist body, in Adelaide, by 19 votes to 4, has carried a motion favouring tho early organic union of the Methodist churches in the colony. Mr Hugh Douglas who for.: some months has been staying in Mastetton, leaves for Wellington on Thursday eit roufe for England.

Dr. and Mrs W. H. Hosktng are oxpeoted to reach .Wellington on Wedneaday,and will probably arrive in Maaterton on the day following. Snell, an Adelaide cyclist, rodo from Adelaide to Melbourne in -3 days ohm 42min, thus lowering the record by 18hr8.18jmin. : Mr H. H. Hayter, the Vioiorisn Government Statist, bas estimated the population of Victoria at the ead of the year at 1,174,000, and thai of New South Wales at 1,223,000,

Our local contemporary says that our Carterton luuiier finding business dull haa taken refuge in the Old Men's Home. The jest is rather a brutal one, as the writer of the paragraph knows that the man he is hitting at is not only veiy old and very poor, but is also a cripple. Some two years ago- an AuoVlander received £IO,OOE from a legacy, He knocked the amount down in riotous living in just nineteen months-then cheerfully tackled hard work. A little time since he received intelligence that a further sum of £fiooo had; been bequeathed to him. 'Jurt like my infernal lack." he said, "how I've got to go through another fifteen months of it, I Buppose."-2Vtt(, , t, Wo have received a letter from Mr A. Vile, denying the statements we made about the meeting hold in the Temperance flail on Saturday evening, We sent a reporter to that meeting who was refused admission, After this we decline to accept Mr Vile's statements as to the proceedings. If out version be inaccurate, Mr Vile by oxoluding our reporter is responsible,

Our contemporary claims that an overture from the Park Trustees to take oyer the reserve was niado in January At that time Mr Feist (a member of the Borough Council) sounded the Trustees as to whether they would be willim> to make such a transfer and waß told that if a proposal to spend a definite sum of money wero mado it would be considered. The overture came from the Borough Council per Mr Feist.

At the banquet at Foiton.the Premier favoured the oompany with tho song "Hard times osmc again no more." For the sake of tho plucky inhabitants of the port, we would wish that the wurds of Mr Heddon's song may prove a true propheoy. From tliß Rerak we learn that the Pre'. vnier was especially pleased at the open, hearted manner in which he was received ami entertained by the Foxtouians,— Manawatu Times.

On t!io suggestion of the chairman, tho Library Oommittee of the Masterton Borough Couuoil has decided tn ask i number of residents to act as an advisory committee to go through the present catalogue of tho Mastprtun Library, and report as to what books are required to bring the library up to date in standard works, exclusive of works of fiction. ' The Gas and' Library Oommittee of the Moaterton Borough Oouncil root last evening. Presenters Feist (chairman) Yates, Hornblow, Perry andWion. The Gas Managor's report was read showing an increase of 26,182 cubic feet in the output of gas for the last month as against the same period last year. It was divided to take no further action with regard to laying the gas on to Mr E, Pragnell's hou-e in Smith Street, at present, on the eronnd ot expense, A complaint wbb made at an inquest he|d recently that much of'the oatmeal now sold is adulteratedwjth barley dust and rubbish, and the foreman ofthe jury expretatd the opinion that the sickness that is at present so prevalent might to eomc extent be caused by people taking porridge made trom oatmeal of that kind. Vunidin Siar. Mr J. J. Freoth, for many years Clerk of tho Magistrate's Court at Masterton, but now stationed at New Plymouth, is to retire from the Service on pension at the end of the present month, and will be succeeded by Mr U'Callaghan who is at present clerk of the Court at Blenheim. —Post.

Esau Avery, an old man of 64 years, has applied to the North. Wairarapa Benevolent Sooiety for relief. Be informs the Secretary that he wbb in constant work until a few days ago, when he was tripped up by Borae young larrikins outside tbe Theatre Royal, his collar-bone being badly broken in the fall, He is rjuito unablo to identify his assailants. Brethren of the Maionio order are reminded that the funeral of the late Bro. 0. MoShane, V,k., of Featheraton, takes pUc'e to-morrow (Wednesday), at 9.80. No regalia will be worn. Special attention is directed to MrF, H Wood's advertisement of his Feathereton stock sale, to be held on March 6th. Settlers in the district should read the notice whioh appears in another column,

A correspondent of Southland Ne<ri writing from Eastern Bush, Southland, eaya:—•' Harvest hss commenced here, The birds are worse than eyer this year. It) teeing a senseless thing for men to son acres of oau to fill the hungry maws of olouds of Bparrows and linnets." The first meeting of I ho Executive of the new Liberal Association is to be held at an hotel this evening, aiid it is expected that a programme for the eomiiiß Licensing election will be arranged. It is nndorttqod that the trustees of the late Mr tahanan are willing to sell the Elsthorpe estate, Hawke'a Bay, conBigtinßof 10.000 acres, to the Govern. ment for £5,0,00(1. The New Zealand Land Association has received the following tolegram from its London sgents:—"Frozen Meats!— Mutton markets quiet, Canterbury mutton is worth 4|d- per lb. Other quotations unchanged." The Great Realising Salo lasting for 20 days, promises to he a gigantic success. The whole stock is to be offered at genuine reduced prices, many of the lines' will be marked at less than English cost at Ti Abo House .Wellington. During the Great Sale, Ladies Aprons will be sold at 4 j, i Button Kid Gloves all now tali goods atlsljdpor pair. White andCreamLacesalOd per doz.Ladies Linen Collars new shapes at 3d each, Boys Sailor Collars at 3d eaoh, sold everywhere at 6d, at TeAro House Wellington. It will pay country customers to toko a run down to the Orcat Realising Sale. They will save all the expenses and be money in pocket by buying all they vtant while good arc' so cheap. Orders fronv thd "Counter wjll be carefully selected add sent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Tb Abo Hodsb;—Advt. \ '"' How is it? .Why is it ? There are continual complaints down town about the slackness of trade: it is said that customers are scarce and the shops are empty, that in more than one large establishment the grass is growing through the floor boards/and there'being nothing to do shopwalkers no longer prowl. Change the scene with a hop, step, and jump and you are in the Bon Marohe, the promises: or. Messrs Hooper & Co," Be wise and remain there till you've done your shopping: :thpy are always busy, they ate never slaok,'they know not de-pression,-the grass doesn't grow between their floor boards.. Soring their great salo, which is now oil, two expert carpenters are required : to' -keep (be- floor in order. -The 1 sale, will oontinae'for another week.—Advt. ,;THB.N ATIONAL.HOTBL, LAMBTON QUAY," WELLINGTONS considerablo, alterajjoris lately, and visitors to Wellington "during the holidays will find tKer adcpiilmodatlon'.-Firat ClaßflV./ The hote. is close to the Station aid Guests' oan rely on being called intimefor both the Woirar• per \day,. WajrMojOM^yjgi,

1 Grey Kim Argw .says:—Trouble u'i looming ahead (or Government in con-

nection with our Oharitable Aid Board." '. Onefifteentlyjart et/the population of tho United Kingdom live by crime. A Sydney paper s»ye:-" The living will Boon be hemmed in by the dead if we do not adopt cremation pretty soon.' i J. Wright, a young man belonging to Petone, died in the Wellington hospital on Saturday night from injuries received through diving in shallow water (about Bft) whilst bathing-in the Hutt Biyer a week ago. Thor'e were W paßsengera for New Zealand by the s,s, Mararoa, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney Testerday. Cheviot to be proolnimed a licensing district, It is alliged that sly grog selling goes on to a large extent. A Scotohfirm of lawyers is enquiring for George Murray,- last heard bj their principals as having been in Hokitika. Something good is evidently in store for lucky George when, he turns up.— iiisnya/itia Times. According to the Echo :-" New Zenlend w now railwayed for the requirements of ten years hence." . Bishops Selwyn and Abraham have written m the Guardian "In merrior* ism" notices of the late ei'Frimate of New Zealand, Bishop Harper. .

London Tma considers that "the Act passed by the Legislature of New Zealand during the late session for the regulation of the sale of liquor in the colony is tolerably drastio in its I proyiiions,' 1

" A year or two ago," says tho Mmy UwH Rtmw, "New Zealand lay under a heavy olpud of disoredit and great misfortune was predicted with her, yet New Zealand has coine up again." The moral deduced is that Australia will" go and do likewise.' 1 A matrimonial advertisement wioda up I as follows; "tfortuue no objeot, but ahould require the girl's relations to deposit £SOO with me as security for rhe good behaviour," A boy named, Tough, 16 years of aee, was killed at Dunedin on Thursday, the wheel of a threshing mill passing over him, He was standing on the shaft with the driver, and fell off. A repetition of the great fire of 1886 was only prevented at Stratford by the rain which fell on Saturday night, A music hall actor has been convicted at Southwark Police Court, London, of making counterfeit pennies. He employed a little girl, who generally purchased a farthing's *orth of sweetstuffs and returned prisoner the ohange. Two boys at Ghent recently fought a duel with pistols one of the lads being I killed.

For kissiog agirlin a paadock at Adelaide, a boy aged 14 w»a ordered to receive ten strokes of the" oat,"

The output of gas at the Masterton Gs Works for the past mouth was 31,403 cubic feet, agiinut 191,220 feet, for the corresponding period of last year Masterton Town Lands Trustees meet on Friday next. France is about to try tho plan of printing postal cards in blooka, with studs like a cheque bo'ik, so that the writer can keep noles of his correspondence. Miss iUy Frank, of Oakland, Oal„ is to be ordained soon as a rabbi of the Jewiah Ohuiroh, and will bo the first of her Bex', it js sajd to occupy suoh 4 position, Typhoid fever is prevalent in Auckland just now (says the Star), At the present time there are sixteeci males and six females in the local hospital suffering frn,n this disease. A man arrested at Te Auto tho other day, suffering trom the effects of drink believed hiuiself to be the Redeemer, and thought the mob was going to murder him. A charge of lunaoy was preferred against him, but he has since been released from custody.—Kapier Ttlf graph. William Williams, aged 74, has applied to the North Wairajapa Benevolent Society for assistance, Williams resided at Tenuj until about tw«lve months ago, when he came to Mastertoh,and has since supported himself, but finds he cm do so no longer, Instead of putting on warmer clothes now that a sudden spell of cold weather is upon us, the good people of Masterton exclaim with a shiver " Isn't it cold f" Mr F, H, Wood announces his neit regular Taratahi atock sale tor Thursday, Bth March, Entries already received are advertised 111 this issue,. and further entries invited,

The boarding-out Bystem for children committed to industrial sohools is to be enlarged and developed by the Minister of Education, who considers that it will be more economical, and will add' to the moral and physical well-being of industrial school children,

Messrs Lowes and, lorn? add 1000 breeding ewes, 46Q lambi, and 100 fat ewes and wethers, to their Masterton Stock sale for Wednesday 7th Maroh. The rate collector for tho Borough of Masterton is about to sue for all outstanding rates without further notice.

Enquiries are bjiug made by the Government (says the N. Z, Times) as to the quantity of fruit in various districts lof the Colony whioh could be brought to markets if the railway freights were reduced, and also as to tho quantities of I cheap fruit that are being brought to New Zealand from Australia, thereby flooding the local market; to the "detriment ot the home producers. Representations have been male that it costs more, for iustanoo, to convey apples 60 miles by rail to Auckland or Wellington than to carry apples to these placeß from Sydney, When this information has been collected, tho Government intend to submit.it to the Railway Oummiß« sionary in order that they may consider Whether some concession might not be granted to Sew Zealand growers of fruit, so aB to enable them to compete on more advantageous terms with their Auskalian rivals,

We have been shown to-day a handsome and comfortable landau finished in the best style at the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company's premiios to the order of Mr W, flawke. The new vehicle, which will be at the service of tho publio in a day or two, reflects the greatest credit on the workmanshipoftheOompany'aemployrfa, particularly their painter (Mr Chisholm) and Mr Toovey, upholsterer. We congratulate Mr fiawke on the possession of so fine a vehicle. The landau in question it built on tho Clarence design, and is a fats simile of the Btyla of carriages built by the celebrated firm of Messrs Peters, of Longacre, London, Tlw proportions are to all appearanoa perfect, and the vehicle is fitted with all tho latest improvements now in use in this particular trade. The springs are well arranged and consequently the comfort of passengers is ensured, the trimmings are especially rioh beingindrabbea»erolotb.,witbhandsome carriage lace to match, which blends softly with the' cushions of maroon luather, The top isspeoially built higher than usual, allowing a ventilator being fixed, Attached to the oarriage and directly under the driver'a seat is an oleotrio bell whioh enables tho passenger to communicate, with the driver in the easiest possible manner, Mr Hawke. may rest confident that his carriage is equal to anything turned out in the colony. Although only a few months' in New Zealand, Mr Paul Bock has met with remarkable success with his goods, and as then;'value' becomes more generally known, tbe publio will appreciate and patronise them the more, He baa Bhown us practical proof of the remarkable efficiency.of several compounds, notably tbe waterproof cement, and .the non-mercurial plate fluid the latter renewing electroplated ware most brilliantly, Ho has .many: other compounds quite hew and of sterling .value,, which'we caonotliere enumerate, but whioJ tho public nill do'well to inspect and try.' ?H W J.O.A/.have been appoihN sgenta ■ fie wop; however,' attention of oiobardltfs and others ttortelniueotpowder,'. It has beenJp^H