LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4673, 19 March 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

: A concert in connection with Carterton school takes pl»oe at the Lyceum thia evening, ; .y .'•.'■ ' : '\\ : •

;-Typhoid fever is still raging at Hastings,- Hawke's Bay, .'■■'." Miners at Ooolgardie wash their faces once a week, water is so scarce, One on the field writing to, a friend "says : '•'Thisis the fifth woek I have had to wear the same, shirt unwashed,".. Masterton School Committee meet s this evening, It is rumoured that an enterprising Buah baker intends running to Masterton to cut the price of bread. Captain Hildredtlr of the'.Masterfcon branoh.of the Salvation Army, lost, his overcoat and a .packet of letters while driving to Woodville a tew days ago. ' A Sydney paper of a recent date tocorded seventeen'drowning fatalities and two deaths from chloroform in one day. The." swagger", damsels mentioned in our last issue .(says the Observer) are rumoured to he escapees from a martinet boarding school, This of course, is more romautio still, ■'■■•■.'. ■There were 4,100 weddings in New Zealand in 1893. . ; ; I)r Talniage,.of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, is expected to start for Australia andNewZealand in May, r Three first offenders-Irish 'gintlemen !■ who had been celebrating St; Patrick's bitthdayr were obarged with drunkeoness'in the Masterton S.M. Court this morning. They were dealt with leniently aslis usual in suoh eases, ' : ;.A- matf'wasTttrrcsted at Bawera on Saturday," oharged with stealing a watoh and money, from the person of a co> operative workman, ■'.,' f. '■■' Qut'e a dozen of. the most suspicious looking characters were in Pahiatua on Sunday, "Some of-the mob have the appearance'of old " M'agsoien.'] Thoy may possible be looked for in Jfastorton during the week, ;' The Masterton Football Club will open their season on Saturday, April Vth, with a "fancy costume" match, "' Fifteen bankruptciee have occurred in Wellingt in this year, .eight of them happening this month, The Government have now formed the road eleven miles beyond Makuri town' ship, in the direction ol Dauevirke and. Weber, and four miles of this distance is already metalled. Tho settlers hare also made provision 'for a loan to metal another five miles. Forty men are still employed by the Government iu continuing the road .works by making a dray track towards Panevirke, and a six foot traok on the Weber road,

A proposal ia on foot to start a Maori Club at Wellington for natives and their wivee and families to stay at when visiting the Empire City. Tho proposed capital is £5,000 to be taken up in £1 shares, Tho promoter of the scheme is a Mr John B. Blaine, well known in Greytown,' A strong provisional direo« torate has been formed including Messiß H. T. Mahupuku and Wi Hutatta, the former of whom is reported by Fair. Play to have applied for 100 shares.' A settler at Olive, Hawke's Bay, i s reported to have scattered arsenio ove r blackberries growing on his property to prevent auyone taking them., Mr John Holmes, prader to the Now Zealand Flax Miller's Association estimates the New Zealand flax trade' to be worth about £400,000 a year. It is stated that between fifty and sixty thousand bales of flax are shipped from Wellington yearly. .' In recent years the prioe of New Zealand fhx dolivered in London hna fluctuated from £45 down to £ls per ton.

The Wellington weekly journal. Fair Thy, ia to be enlarged, and issued in future sb a monthly magazine.

Mr Jolliooe is to leave Wellington very shortly on his lons contemplated visit to England,-; Sir Robert Stout, it is understood, will wry on his practise. The youth JUloyd Jones, whose hand tas reoently shactered by agunaccidont, b recovering very rapidly. H.M.S. Tauranga sails flora Wellington for Auckland on Wednesday, Mr Martin, 3.M., has fined a young follow at Wellington 40j and 2Gj ousts for oruelly kiokimr, a email dog, The anniversary Buiree of the Presbyterian Oburch is announced for Tueiday evening next. Addresses will be delivered by the Ohairman, and the Revs. Philip, Murray, Lymburn, and Dukes. The Lioeasing eleotion in the vVairarapa eleotorato takes place tomorrow. <E7e understand there is only one other district in the Colony in which the election is being held on the 20th, all the others being on Wednesday) 21stt " An eldorly man named Edward Gill died'while travelling on the Taupn ooaoh on Saiturdoy. • ". ' Two farms of 820 and 224 aorea "respectively, in the Pahiatua district, were offered at auction at Laery & Oo.'s rooms, Wellington, They were withdrawn at £lolos and £S.IQa per; acre, an'd are now open, for private sale.. The bot-fly is said to boattaoking sheep intheHwkes'Bay district,

The moaly-bughaibeen ray rampant in the Whangarei vineries this season.

Tho hog is said to Be. the only animal that is proof against tho bites ot venomous snakes... . •

The rat-tall grass in the. Whangarei. district is at present, attaoked by a fungus, known'in Amerioa as "Blaoks'eed."

' This year. (says the Dnnstan (Otago) Times).tohs of fruit in'varioiis parts of the country are being thrown to the pigs in consequence of there being no'mnrk6t. v '':■'

How wit? • Why is.it ?' There are con tinual oomplalnts down townabotjt the slaokness of .trade: it is said that oustomers are scarce and the shops are'empty, that in more than one large establishment tho grass is'growing through the floor boards, and there being nothing'to do shopwalkers no longer prowl, Change the scene with a hop, step/ana jump and you are in the Bon Marbhe, the' premises of Messrs Hooper & Co,' Be wise and r »main there till you've done your shopping: they are always busy, they are never • slaok, they know not depression, the'grass doesn't grow between their floor boards. During their great/sale, whioh is'nowon, two expert' carpenters are required to'keep, the floor in order, The ale.will continue for another week.—Aoyi, ; .The, Great ReaJisg «S ale lasting for/2 days, promises to, .bo giga ntio sucoies The whole stook is to' : flered;;atgenulne reduced prices, many the lines ■: wll.: b marie4'af loss than E, lish .cost at Ta Abb | House : Wellington.;"' ■' ;;!:,■* : -~" ' ; During the, Great .Sale,, Ladies Aprons wUTbesold at 4J,'4 Button Md;'Glovesall new.fresh'gbddsai Is 113 nerpahyi White' and OreojD Lacesat 9d per doz, Ladies Linen Collars'newJshapes.atM each/Boys; Sbilor Collars at 3d eaob, sold everywhere at 6d, at Tu)&o Hocsß>Wellihgtbh;^; ; : :; '■;;«':;'' ■;;;ll,vHll.paydbuiitry fan dowh,lo:tho Gieat;ReaUsing;Sale;jhey vrfh.save all the.einonsefl and befmbney ,in : are',sp3heap; ; ;^ will he carefully'sefeoted 'and sent carriage i paid from the;Great.-: Realiaing r Sale a»:Tj mmmmmmm

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There are now only two patients ia the males/ \ V'vV-'. :"{A large number of Visitors are in Masfo'itcra to-day purpose' of attend- i theOpaklrices.: >-.;V/:/-^-c '' ;:-!l'he: rain which fell yesterday has put the Opaki obtirse in good order, fif:.

;The telegraph-wire between Masterton and aetahuna;is ctowrii'ata point about 2? miles from ; Masterton.-::.;'lineman: MoKeiiaie haVgone out to effect'repairs,v The first sheep: : to'. arrive ,at"the Ooonobr Special Settlement" were taken thore last .week' by : Mr Whitta, who has bspn practically living inihe settlement foi-.threeyears. : : .■•.:'■'. ;Rabbitß; have'made themselves at home in Makuri, and oneeettler has had to employ a: man:trappihg. Bunny iB reported to havemade his appearance thrbnghjie bush from Alfredton, -:.; Aocbrdiug to the Post the first trace of George 'Anderson'a Operations in New Zealand so far found, is in the form of a Bank account at, Auckland, to which £4OO was paid by cheque of Charles Williams -.on-, the Melbourne Commercial Bank to an aocount under that name. Before leaving Wellington it was represented to Mr Loddor by Anderson that he intended'to 'back to - Maetertun, and that the Picketta were going: to Melbourne.by the Manap'ouri, Instead of doing this the Pickettg went to Sydney under their own names in the Tarawera. None of the went in NewZealaud appeared in th*e larawera's passenger list, but it appears that he shipped iu the steerage under the name of"Bolt," and on the voyage over BBoured a transfer to the saloon,where he occupied the same cabin as Mr r'iokett. The Hollanders are the greatest tea. and coffee drinkers using 240 ounoes to the. inhabitant every year.

At least half a dozen more new cottages, ranging, from four to six and seyon rooms, are to be immediately erected in Pahiatua, This together with the buildings now in hand, will show the position of the buildings made in the bush districts. , At Makuri the tent and slab whare is rapidly giving place to a more substantial class of buildings,' and several of the settlers have erected pretty and comfort-. able homes.-.. Mr W. Dunning has just finished a nice house on his properly, overlooking the townßhip,BC the entrance' to the Gorge.

We beg tonotil) that the following Jines of Messrs Bock & Co, u Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained:at the V.F.O.A'b Fanoy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial Plating Fluid, price In Gd,' unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's 'Waterproof Cement, price Is, will rosiat hot or cold water and repair china glass, dclf, leather, etc, etc, Oamphylene Balls, In neat air-tight jars, containing 16 balls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant,. Herb Extract, price Is, an infalliablo euro for toothache, guaranteed not injurious to the tcctb. or health; it stops the most ncuto pain immedhtely, and proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases' where the teefi are hollow, German euro for corns and warts price Is, this famous Remedy will speedily, anil painlessly euro soft or hard corns, also -varts, bunions and chilblains Mortein Insect Powder is without doubt, the. most reliable insect destroyer in tho world, being quite harmless to animal life it is unequalled in destroying F.ies, Mosquitoes, Fleas, Bugs, Lice, Cockroaches, Ants, Caterpillars, Aphis, Moths, Silveinsh, and all Insects known, To use Mortoia with profit it is best to get one of our Insect Powder Spreaders, through which, by gentle pressure with the hand, the powder is ejected and web diffused, l'nce li each,— The 'Wairarap Farmers Co-operative Association Ltd, Adv