LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 March 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr F, H, Ibbetson, Returning Officer for the Electoral Distriot cf Masterton, notifies that the Licensing poll will be taken on Maroh 21st, Nominations will close on March 13th, A steady married man as shepherd, is required for To Rangitumau. The new Oddfellows' Hall ut FeatherBton is noaring completion. It is intended to hold the next meeting bore, and to hold ihe forms! meeting later on. When completed ibis will be the best Lodge-room in the Wellington District, excepting that of tlie City, ! Mr F. H, Wood's adds to the entries for his next Taratabi stock sale 600 ewes; 120 fat wethers; 100 good store ewes und 20 fat lambs. The only surviving child of Mr F. Hiley of Tauherenikau—a little girl aged fourteen months-died rather suddenly on Saturday last from convulsions, The Secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society gives notice that the season for shootiug red doer commences on the 2nd of April and closes on the 80th of April, and that licenses may be obtained fur £1 from the Postmasters at Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, and Featherston, The Duko of Fife is to be the President of tho British Commission for the Hobart Exhibition. A great Maori tangi is just now being held at Moawhunga, in the Haivke'a Bay distriot, Quite recently (sbys a correspondent of the Manawatu Stand aid) a paragraph appeared in a local journal telling of a peculiar freak of nature in the shape of a youth with six lingers including the thumb. But.Stoney Creek can beat that i wo havo in our midst a boy with six finders on each hand and six toes on eaclrfoot, Beat that if you can. • The offertories yesterday at St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, in common with the Antlicnn churches throughout .the Diocese of Wellington, wore in aid of ■ ;the Melanesiun Mission,

Mons.J.J,do Mey d'Alkemade left Mastertou this morning for Tenui, where he will be engaged for a few days inspecting tho sihools, ' A London cable aaya that it it reported that Lord Rosebcry will marry the of Albany. " Samivel beware of{ viddere I" Since '9} the population of marvellous Melbourne has depressed by 46,(100. Mr Hogg, M.U.E., will move the following resolution at the next mooting of tho Land Board" That the Minister for Lands bo recommenced to have the u:iBold land in ami around the Makltrj Gorge permanently reserved as a pubho park and pleasure ground fortheuso of the inhabitants of the district." Mr Buchanan, M.H.8., has given a pri?e of two guinea? for the opening matoh of the Carterton Riflo Club on Thursday next. Roberts is putting up some further records iu the match against Memmott tlie- Victorian billiard ohampion. His break of 861 is a record excluding of cpuwe the "jammed" and tho spot stroke brcujta. A writer in Tnilh sajs; —Wy own opinion is thit Pijnday land concerts out. in tho open-jn the Park or Gardenswould provide pleasant, instructive, and harmless recreation for the masses, and would tend to develop a love of music among our youth,

From an English paper :-"Mr James McGregor, one of the recently appointed Justices for West Hartlepool, was on Monday fined 6s and costs for allowing his refreshment house to bo open for the sale of fiicd fish during prohibited hours on Christmas morning." From which it would appiar (remarks Trwh) that even in England the Great Unpaid are not all ariatoprat* Germany Is mobilising her i|syal reserves for tho (jrat time. It is stated that the rymoura of Sir Wfstby B, Porcovsl'a retirement are sbsolptely yntmo. A Blackburn (Eng,) weaver recently tied a rope round his neck and jumped out of the window, In an interesting acoount of tho late Lord Crewe, the World says (hat while at Eton, nearly 70 years ago,his pervous system received a terrible shook when ho VfBB still a minor, by his tutnr committing suicide in his presence while on a Continental tour, from which he never entirely recovered, and to which much of his subsequent eccentricity was attn« buted.

The Tirnaru Herald says: "Boporte from the country state that threshing has dissipated entirely the expectations of bigyiejds. One-fanner in the Point distriot, w|io was confident of a 40 bushel yield, has threshed out lo'bushels to tho acre*; and another in theMaiihiki district, who, before cutting, boasted that he had the finest' padfdocfc of wheat between" Timarij and Oamahi, with a prooable yield of lj() bushels,' does not .expect toget'piore tjian 2(| bushels."' \ ■ Blpokititheforty-inileßustiare reported In condition and feci is tlenti-. fui: ' The Mopfijyati) hep that sfrlj Sicho))? has pipbased qn behalf of Mr R fl.. Qojlan, tj)e h|)ok, pmau, ai the good price of £235. The Rev J, W. Griffin arrived in Pahiatua on Thursday last, to take oharge of tho Methodist Church there,' The Fahlatua Fire Brigade is represented at the Napier Demonstration by Captain Pickering, Foreman Henderson, and FireInen F. Vile, Oldershaw, and E, Clark, ■ The Dunedin Star's correspondent In lowa United States, says-:Onegood result of the famine.of work has been to close thousands ot<w(*Jdj|, ■/Llmt saloon men will not run their business ftt if'lisiii ••• . > On December 28th an old t woman - at Lille was carried to her grave a second time, She was in her seventy-seventh year, and had already been oarried to her grave half a century 'ago-when ; she waa qulto a youfl'g womaii." She' had fallen'into a corpse-like dfod and laid in tift 'oDllji) and it Until the funeral procession, hild bjigim to start for tho churchyard that'she gave 1 any sign of life. The motion Beo'ms to have roused her. She awoke anjt was liberated '(nig'her coffin only iust in time and enjoyed Jiftj years of imd health after her' tithelj Wifrttiir' 1 1

Ho,w ia"it ? • Why is it 1 Thero are con toai' )!oniplaints down, toira'-about- the of travel it'is said that'customers pvee B)e shops are 'empty,'that in jpore than one larje esfah|islijj)eht the grass thef e. being - nothing ;to , (?Q'shopwtilkc|n no longor prpwl, ChMge'thb.pcepi! with top, step, aud jump and'yo'upe lp the Bon Marohor.th.e; premises ofMesirs Hooper'& Cj.; Bewiso aud remain dweyoW-sholiplflß !;thoy,ve ftlwys busy, they are never slack, they kn^rnoMemmqi We betw&n fheir<|ijor jioards, Dfuribg their meat sals, yhjjth jjf £'o;wpii,lsTO«j!jerf gumUteare ■■'red : to keep; |tho jfoor. li^etlThe

1 . A boy at Neath (Eng.) recently demon, strated to hia coinpauiuna hon ; a younjf inan'had been killed a fijw days before, Thi) lad - placed; bimseJf between thV 'buffers of two trucks.' It that moment the, engino. unexpectedly 1 moved: the trucksj and the lad vat Killed, A large crowd assembled at the corner of Queen aud Church Stwjts.Mnatiirton, on Saturday ovening, when Messrs 0. Sweeny and Harry Barton gave an open air entertainment, the expressions of approval'manifested by the public were frequent, and ; one item—a yodelling yentriluqutol act—waaleiceediDßly clever and gained an outburst' of ' applause which must Lave been very gratifying to to the, performer. Another open air entertainment vill .be given this evening and to-morrow night a .'performance will begiyeb, in the TheatreKoyal, when the piiblio will have an opportunity of hearinß sine; noine choice ballads. A varied and nnusual programme is promised, and as-the open air entertainments are given to advertise the performance whioh takos place at the Theatre Royal, a full house may reasonably be anticipated. : ' : r AVe bear that Mr. David Stone, son Mr J--Btone. the well-known' proprietor of the WaipouaNlirce'rj hit lelt Uaeterton' to. take upa» Government situation on the State farm'at Levin. ' .

Two first offsndori for diunkenness were discharged with the usual caution by Mr W. Lowes, J.P., at the Masterton Court this morning, Eleven cases were set down for hearing at the Featherston 11.M, Court this morning but all were either adjourned or settled out ot Court, Clover standing four leet high is common in the newly- sown landii of the Forty-milo Bush this season. Some of the cocksfoot is astonishingly tall. Another victory for women, Threw ladies have been appointed on the Royal Commission, of which the Rt, Hon Profepsbrßryce is Chairman, to iuquire into secondary education in England, There is still a great demand for dairy atook in the forty-Mile Bush, Good cows cannot bo obtained at any pneo just at present., To show how the establishment of creameries ir appreciated by the Bush settlors,a nuraberof instances have come under our notice where even the millr of one cow ib forwarded to help support the institution,

Mr Pulford, gardener at JBrancapath, met ,with a nasty accidnot recently, ripping one of his fingers right down the middle, Dr. Douglas' services were called into requisition, and the sufferer it doing as well as can be expects! : Settlers of Bastwell tp»ak highly of the bonetits derived from the ereotion of a creamery. 'As (liowinß the estimation in which colonial butter is held by thos« competent to judgo, it in interpatiug to learn that quantities of colonial buttor consigned to London aro sent to Cork, and thence re* turned to Manchester and the North of England as of Irish manufacture. Thus the British public is fooled and the Colonial producers do not get tho proper value for their butter. Cannot our London dairy expert remedy this ? Mr A. It, Macfotlane has been appointed Handicapper for the Autumn Meeting of the Wairarap* Racing Club. Notino is given in another column that until further notice the bridge ovor the Kopuaranga stream at Dorset's clearing on the Opaki road will be temporarily closed for traffic dating repairs, Se'tlera in the Mount Bruoe bluolt, between Hastwell and Eketabuna, have opened a temporary school, and intend asking the Ediipatiou Board for aid. The Hornet one of the new torpedo catchers, has attaied a speed of 28 knots per hour, beating the record. ,

The following Deputy Returning Officers for the Licensing Poll on March 21st, have been appointed by Mr F, H. Ibbetson, Returning OißoerMatter lon, Mr T. H, Ibbetson (EO.\ and W' Sellar, J, McKMiller, and Harcombe > Mauriceville W«Bt,G. S. W. Dalryniple' Tenui, C. H. Qayfer i Oahanga, AMoHulchon j Akitiu, F, 0. Bianchi i Droyerton,'W. Parkinson j Upper Opakii J. H. Haight \ Pahiatua, W. J, Reeve> Alfredton,E Darley; Eketahuna, T. 0' D'Aroy ■, Makun, T, F. Reeve; Mangamalice, F. Chapman; Hawera, J, B. Hopkirk; Tawaitii, W. B. Matheson j Kaitawa, Dearlove | Bideford, Vf, B, Ohennells; Grassendale, A, von Keisonberg; Ngaturi, E. B. Hbrej Bull Tail Homestead,T, H, Hart; Tiraumea, John Vile Jun.; Tawaitai, F, Jaeger, horn j Fernridge, F, Gover j Whakataki, A, D'Arcy; Mangahao, Geo, Moore t Mauriceville East, 3. B. W t ,r buys. Deputies for Waterfall Creek and Makakahi have not yet been finally selected.

This morning Mr 0. E. DauiJl made ft Btarfc with the now stables to the order of Mr Pinhoy of Maateilon, The utablea aw being erected on the section in Queen Street, where the old Argyle Boarding House stood. The building will bB 100 ft by 40ft, end will contain twenty stalls, six horse-boxes, harness and feed rooms, offices apd waiting rooms. The annual meeting of the Eketahnna Football Club was held at the Eketahuua Hotel on Bslvirdaj, with Mr >on Keden iji the ohair. The Secretary read the annual report, but tho balanpe sheet not being made up tho chairman intimsted thatthey would not receive the report, T|io election of officers resulted as fol-lowet-President, F. Ton lleden j vicePresidents, F. 0. Tumor, Vile, and Nicholson i Secretary, B, Williams j Treasurer, J. Anderson j Referees, F. 0, Turnur and Nicholson | Captain, W, T. Dowsett; Match Committee, also to sot as a.General Committee, F, 1), Polling, J. Anderson, ~ (J. and W, Dowsett; Delegates to Union, J, Anderson, F, D, Polling. Junior team—Captain, Hunter; yiee Captain, W, James; Match Committeo, Hodges, Toohill, Merryman, Hunter, James r Beferee«T Anderson, Polling, It was resolved that the subscription be 6s for seniors, 2s for juniors, And that no member be allowed lo play in any match unless the sub. scriptionshave been paid.

The .Great Realising Sale jawing for 20 jWi promises fo be' a glgaiif'lo • success The wfiplb sloe)! is fp bo offend at genuine reduced prices, nitty of the lines will lie taiitked at less than English'cost at !ft Alio Houiu Minglob, ' " v ' ' " liuring tup Great Sale, Ladies Aprons svill b<)'tipli| at j|', l Button Kid Gloves nil new ffeshgppdp at Is ljd pef paij, Whftj an/1 jince? at per m, Ladies Linen Co|lafs new shapes at 3d cjiph,- Boys Sbilpr ! Collars fit 3d eaehj sold everywhere at 6d, j at Tb Am Hodsb Wellington. I Jl will pay country customers to take a rijn down to the Great Realising Sale. They will BftVß all the expenses and bo money in pocket by buying nit Ihey want whilo good are bo oheap, Orders from the Counter will be carefully selected aud Bent carriage paid from the Great* Realising' Sale at Tb Abo House,—Advt, '

We beg to notify that the following, lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing.Chemists, can be obtained at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department Non Mercurial Plating Fluid, prico Is 6d, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver aud ro-plating brass aud copper, jtocji's Waterproof Coment, prico Is, will riWiotor'cMj wattr< and' repair- china glass, delf, leather, eta, 'etc, 'Oaifiphyfene Balls, in neat alr.tigbt jars," oontajning 18 halls, prico Is, to keep moths out of; olotblnk, alw a poifeot disinfectant, Herb Extract, price- Is, an infalliablo euro for toothache, guaranteed not injurious'\to 'the teisth or Health; it itops the rooßt aoute pain immedUtilv, and pfovefa permanent euro in near)/ajlpases. ftjiere the,teeth 'are. hollow. Own curtffor' eoMuujf warts forice'ls, this famous Bemefly' IrilV speeijily anil painlessly bnro soft or hard corns, also Tarts, 1 bunions amV chilblains. Mortein'lnsect .'Powder is wiihout doubt the most, reliable insect deitroyer'in the world, heing quite harmless to anitnal lift it is piefjnalled in destroyibg Flics,' Mosquito, Flos, 'Bugs, Lic!>, Wkroaches Ants, 'Caterpillar!, , Moths, feWotfiai, and all' iißCcts known,' To.itft Mofteih with profit it is best to get one of our Insect' Powder Spriaders, ibroughyhiohj by gentle pressure with the {(and, (hejiowder Is eiecMand spell diffused. J-jripd' fa each. Thb Waijappa Po:opprJiiyo;As!oplati6nLtd.iAnw ' TO N WAI HOW,'WMJTOS QUAY, WELLINGTON,'. Jlas ; tindergona : altefajlons latelyi>ud vißitors to Wellington' during tho holfdayi) i>ill find the accommoUoQ First Ota, • i The hote Is olose io the Station and can rely on beligcalle'd intimeforboth'the Walrir-

Some remarkably good burn have been obtained round about Etetahunaand tho Mount Baker £look this year, A shepherd (single) with good dog! ind a knowledge of eattle ia wanted. It is probable that Messrs Lowes, Hessy and A. Walker will be nominated by tlw Moderate party in Masterton for the Licensing Committee, arid Messrs lianiell, jFeiat and. Hornblow" by the. Ptobibitidn lite. Other candidates have not yet been finally selected." ~ A reward is offered in.another column for the return of alost pair of breeches. A lad named Lloyd Jones, son of Mr Riohard Jones of Masterton, was seriously injured yesterday while cut shooting with some companions on Mr I W, lorns' property. He wsb getting I through a fence when his »L\T*tfe"ntf off, blowing a<jßjrin'arga portion ol his hand. .Kr Morn's daughter very kindly drove the unfortunate youth to the Masterton "ospital, whore his injuries' were attended to by Dr W. JJ. Boiking. A young man, possessing good farm and station experience and thoroughly, accustomed to horses and sheep advertises in our wanted column for asituation.

A first meeting of creditors in -fho estate of Henry Stevens will be held at Pahiatua to-mnrrow (Tuesday), ■. Objections to the Wairarapa Jury List will be heard on April Gth, Thequartcrly meeting of the Masterton Borough Licensing Committee' will he held 011 March 10th, The following tenders have, been received by the Masterton Road Board for 60 chains of metalling on Dorset's Road;-Ij Dorset £(i6 (accepted). Declined, 4, Mckenzie £72; it. Manning £B7 15b ;M, Bourke £B9 7s (id: P. Carr f9o,B,Culloty £135.

The Rev, \V, 15, Paigo, referring yesterday evening to the unsatisfactory condition of domestic service in this colony, expressed his regret that the pleasant relations betwcon mißtress and servant -common enough in the Old Country, where a confidential family servant will reman many years in the .same househ'jld—were almost unknown in New Zealand. Doubtless there might bo some improvement in this direotion, and the foolish pride, whioh despisns domestic service and prefers tho "freer" life of barmaid, shop girl, typewriter or clerk, is evidence of little sense accompanied by much conceit, But it is open to question whether the fashion of the" good old days" was altogether so admirable as it is painted. Dean Ramsay in his 11 Scottish Life and Character" gives an amusing story of the old family retainer, who considered chat he belonged to tho household as much as the'' laird " himself, The latter irritated at last beyond measure by the unwarrantable liberties taken by the old sorvant and determined to gat rid of him said, " Well Jock I'm afraid you and 1 must part." "And whar' may ye be gaein 1 to," replied old Jock, never dreaming that his services were to bo dispensed with,