LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4675, 21 March 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ The committee of' the Presbyterian Church,.. Pahiatua, • invite competitive plans for the erection of a Ohuroh, ;A syndioate of-'-station-hands -in this i district drewa £4O prize in Tattersall'B last Bweep ' I: The New Zealand Loan and Mercan- , tile Agency publish a general trade anI nounoement to their clients in another column of our present issue. ':

Tbeskina of LOOORussian mice forined the ooat worn by a Russian emigrant who lately landed in New York, • A Beechworth(V f ctoria> man was reported to be missing and a long search was made, dams dragged,'and'holea explored ero he- was found;. To the Police belongs the honor of his dis'coveiy, He was serving a sentence in the local gaol.! ■ Captain Edwin says there are now evidences that the weather will be generally fine, until the 24th inst, Saturday next,

Mr W. Adams give* notine that a light grey mare, running on his land, will be sold to pay ' expenses, unless olaimed within fourteen days. : 1 Madame Patey has left an only daughter who Is likely to distinguish herself as a painter. - .

! The wharf labourers' difficulty at Adelaide is virtually over,- the union deciding to place no obstacle in the way of members working alongside non-unionists, ; The Eketahuna footballers visit Feild* jng on Maroh.2Bth, when a matoh is to be played.

Our Eketahuna correspondent writes: —"lt was reported in' Eketahuna on Monday that a son of Mr Steehan, of Parkville, had fallen off the Parkville t>ridgo and been drowned, A-searob party hunted the river for sonde time, but found no body. It wss afterwards discovered 'that the youngster had been hiding to avoid beiogsent tosohool." The Greytown correspondent of the pbsemr writes The patty of prospectora hailing from Greytown, who hunted tho Tararuas last week in search of gold, have returned, but owing to the hard climbing and roughing it. are re-, ducedin condition'considerably. They sesrohed the various tributaries of the : WaiohineandTauherenikau, but failed to find the color." >.

Mr Everton, B.A. has been appointed to succeed Miss Falla, at the Makakahi School. ;• : --- Railway arrangements for the Easter holidays oil the Wellington section, are published in. another column of this issue. •, .

Acceptances for the first.dayal the Wairarapa Swing Club's Easter Motting close this (Wednesday) evening at 3.30, at the Empire Hotel, Featherston.

The premise of the W.F.0.A., Queen Street, Masterton, were lighted up last night for tho 'display of autumn and winter draperies and clothing. An excellent show was made and quite a large number 'of people turned out to see i\

It is understood the first championmeeting for Now Zealand of the New Zealand Poultry Association will be held in Dunedin at the annual show of the local Fancier's Club early in August. It is said that when Edison, the inventor; was a baby, six months old he sat in his mother's lap eyoing his own cradle, to Bee if he could not Invent a better or at loast suggest Borne improvement.

The Sydney Bulletin says Australians are now divided into two classes —those who have Been better days and those who never will."

Tomatoes are to be had by the ton in I the Cromwell district this year This is. no mere figure of speech'. The 1 Cromwell Argus' knows of one man who oan supply at least one ton, and plenty of others who can do business up to several hundredweights, A stranger in Brnsßels just now iB rather puzzled in passing by certain shiips in the main thorougfares to see an attractive, stylishly-dressed young lady inside the establishment tapping at tho window and beckoning to him. while Bmiiing in a most amiable and engaging manner- If the stranger is a young man, he generally turns round and walb back to see who is the pretty girl who thus seemsjo claim acquaintance with him; but only to discover that he has been taken in with a cunningly-devised automaton, For sometime past, little comical figures in motion have been uetd for the purposeof drawing attention to shopkeepers' wareß, and the 'beckoning lady is the latest development of the trick.

A correspondent writing from Melbourne says :-" Onr prospect of a fruit crop is all de'troyed, Birds take the plums, and sweep "off all the cherries; oidium spoils the grapes,codlin moth the apples, leaf elugs.the penra, black spot tho apricots, and tho cabbage blight is aB bad as it was the worst years we were at Connor Creek (forty years ago, when a dray load of okm cabbages was sold wholesale for 24s a dozen)." Commenting on the death of Captain Wilson hi the Matabele canpaign,the Weslnmkr Gaidk remarked "A wonderful fatality seems to have attached itself to Captain' Wilson's family, All the members that have yet died have been takon away by accident or violence. Only a week or two ago his aged mother, unconscious of her gallant son's peril or fate, snpeumbed to paralysis'. The husbands of two of his sisters have fallen a prey to the dangers of the deep. T*o brothers were drowned on an expedition in South Afrjca. There remain? now the eldest son, Dr George Wilson, the medical officer for MidWarwickshire, himself a pioneer of sanitary science and a genial lover of fox and horse and hound. It iB pleasant to hope that t|e naiqe of Wilson will be cut deep in the annals of South Africa.

The largest lot of dairy produce that that has ever loft the Wairarapa for one ship went yesterday, says the Olisemr. Nine trucks loads of butter and cheese left here yesterday for shipment per s.s. Xaikoura and three more trucks left l)alefield this morning.

The following are the returns from the MangatainokaFaotoryforthe week ended March 18th 1891:Supnliers, 33; milk, 4619 gallons, butter, 16371b5. Fourteen tons of butter were sent away on Friday.—lkamltur,

Notice of intention to raise a loan for metalling the Te Ore Ore-Bidcford Load is given by the Wairarapa North County Council.

days the Manawatu SWarifi-Herbert theater, who is well'knowri as a butter oyer on this coast, has come to gM in .uokland, where he has been sentenced to welye months imprisonment lor obtaining loney by false pretences During tho hearig of the case- it was stated that Chester's mplover had come out from England, being issatfsfied wifh the manner in which .he ras conducting the business, and discharged in,. Chester was known to have gone the ace (hat kills," The Momng team will represent the jahiattfa Cotraly in the cricket match gainst the Wairarapa eleven at Greytown n Saturday next:—Hawkins, Scott, Gault, ),F, Hewat, Chambers, Rutherford, 0, H. [pith, Reeve; G. Griffith, Williams Jl, Gri9th, Kmer&noy, G. Bottomley,, It is statsd on good; authority that one I the. moat sensational bigamy oases oi aodern times will shortly engage the atten* ion of the London maturates, • Accordeg to theDai'/j Mraacoused is alleged to ittve no fewer than six wives. In allprobibllity five of .them will be present when the icoused. is brought before a magistrate, - At resent he is in custody 'abroad, but will «removed to.London and oharged, • Tlje .Great Realing Sale lasting for 20 !aysi':MOß)ises;.to. : be a; gigantio- suocess, foe whole .Btook is to lie oSered at gennitie eduoed prices,'many' of the lines will be a&rjied at less,than English cost at ts ASo Jposß Wellington. During the Great Sale,. Ladies Aprtins riil.be sold at 4J,'4 Button Kid ■ Gloves all iey fresl} goods, a\ lid per" pair, White ndCreiunLacesatOd per dozj Ladies Linen Joliars new shapes at 3d eaoh, Boy's" Sailor 'ollars at.3d eaoh, sold everwhto'iat ;6d. tTs AboHocbb Wellington,' \ \ - It w. copiry j.cujtprnera'tq takea tin down' to the GrCat Realising Bale; They rill gave all .thjß be money }n ooket by buying (di |hey want while' good i revßooheap.' Orders; from-, the. Counter rill be caref|jlly> selected and sent carnage aid from, the; Great* BealislngJSaleJt 18 1 ifo HoSu.—Abvt, *

A.couple of Wairoa apefialatora drew: prizes at Tattersall a sweep on the V.R.O; races. A syndicate got a £6O prize, whilst another party - drew Repudiation (aetarteriu the Newmarket Handicap). ■ horse- ridden by Mr Nordell, of Eketahuna, collided with a luggy driven by Mr Herbert, near Newman, one i ( ■ the shaft) enteringthe chest. of Mr Nordell'a- horse and kiilini' it immediately. , '

iMr Lawrence Wright, one of the candidatej; for the VWiipawa :• Licensing Election, writes. / to', the' : Woodville Examiner s! follows on; the: subject:. 6f the reduction of licenses|' I recognise that the voice of the people in the looality ooncerned is the voice that should be first attended to.; I scarcely think it right to elose as far as the law allows for this season. ]f lit the first meeting aa many lioenses are refused as the law allows,those remaining know that the Committee have none to the length of their power and may act accordingly. But if those remaining know that the Committee have the power to close say two mote houses I venture to assert that the management in some houses will be much better." ■

If (says the flera'-d) every oitizen were as assiduous as Auckland's new Stipendiary Magistrate in the exercise of citizenship lights, there would be little need fursuoh societies as that for the Croelty to Animals. The other evening as Mr Northoroft waa proceeding home; when passing through Newmarket, his attention was drawn to a young man ill-treating a horse, The Resident Magistrate watched fur some time, ali3, then crossed the road and remonstrated. The offender, hdwuyer, did not appreciate the interference of a stranger. After cyoiug Mr North, 'croft up and down for a few moments, he demanded by what right he' was questioned, and concluded in a peroration of the choicest fWers of .an extensive vocabulary. The Magistrate again quietly ventured to point out the mistake that the man was making, but ikwas of no avail. Mr Northoroft said nothing, but thought a lot, .Next morning on arriving in town .he laid the case before Sergeant Gamble, with the result that a few hours later the man received a summons to appear at the court the following week. The disoovery that the quiet-mannered man of remonstranoe was none other than the • Resident .Magistrate himeelf, brought the offender to his knees. Mr Northoroft pointed out to the man the mistake he had made, and let him know that any oitizen had a right to do what he could to prevent dumb animals being ill treated. As the mau would, in all probability, have lost his billet had the ma'Jsr been brought into couH, Mr Northoroft did not press the charge. But the lesson, went home all the samo, and that Jehu will bo a kinder and less voluble man in future when he is remonstrated with by a stranger. Short weight in coal, by which it was estimated that Londoners atone time were defrauded to the extent of from a quarter to half a million of money annually, has oertainly been put down by the Control Department of the London County Council. The dogged perflistenoy -of the Council's inspectors compelled the dishonest dealers to give fair weight. It was hardly to.be expiioted that they would air turn honest men. They gave up short weight, and turned their attention to elateß and other rubbish as marketable substitutes for coal. But six or seven of them were dragged into court and exposed, and the poor fellows were for a time nonplussed again, Thousands of torn of noncombuatible stuff that had probably fetchtd eighleenpenoe or a couple of shilling at tho pit's mouth, stoodfor a time at some of the coal depdts absolutely unmarketable at any price, What has become of those stacks nobody seems able to say.

Very particular attention is directed to tho announcement in our "wanted" oolumn from Messrs Dryden Bros Dairy Tinsmitliß and Coppersmiths, of Ba Manners Street, Wellington. This enterprising firm only started business in Wellington a few months ago, and are already firmly established.'"' Messrs Dryden Bros have a very strong grasp of the requirements of tho 'Dairy and Pig Industries having manufactured for years past in Australia ' and elsewhere, tne various utensik'etc., used in the trade, They will deliver anywhere, freight paid, a- patent box-flue 12 gallon portable boiler for 80s, the nsual charge for' which i» 42a 6dj and is inferior in make and quality to the article turned out by .Dryden Bros, We have inspeoted their workshops and are satisfied that nothing but genuine work at lowest prices is done there, Messrs Dryden_ Bros, have already filled large orders in New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, and the country district's, and we .hope that a share of the Wairarapa trade may go to them also, for they are thoroughly reliable and expert-; enced workmen. 1

A unicjue house i> being built in Paris for a private gentleman. There will be no staircase inland yet it will be a home several stories high," This ioun'da like a paradox, but it is explained in this «ay, The street in whioh it is being built is the Hue Muller, which has a steep gradient. A large frontage has been secured, extending to the corner of Rue Lamarok. As the ground risw the level of the floors rise, and there are fivo gradations, equivalent to five stories, It is in this way that visitors to the house Will step directly out of the street on to tho fifth floor, as well as all the otherr, The concert and Social to be held in the Pnll Hall on Eester Monday night promise to be as successful hb any that have, yet been held. Ahumberof ladies met at Father MoKenna's house yesterday afternoon, and formed themselves intoaoommittee to provide aqd attend to the refreshments. We understand that thodecoraticmsjiroln the hands of MrJago.Three staoks of oats containing about one thousand bushels, were destroyed by fire at Messrs Holmes Bros' Matahiwi property yesterday. The origin of the fire is unknown, The stacks were part of a lot of 22, and were insured in the Phnnix Office (of : whioh the W.F.C.A. are the local agents) at the rate of Is Id per bushel, so that Messrs Eolnieswill be considerable losers by the fire. The publio Trustee notifies has money, at lowest current rates on mortgages of real estate, worth at least twice the amount tequired, Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale of freohold property, consisting of 7} acres land on which is erected a well built family residence/ with all necessary outbuildings for Saturday, 81st March at 2 o'clock.

The weights for the Grandstand Wolter Handicap, on the first day at the Wairarapa Raoing Club's meeting, were correct as published by usyesterdpy.

The Frisco.mail will close at Masterton at 6,30 a.m, to-morrow (Thursday) morning, instead of 2.30. as advertised. A "jibbing" horse created great excitenieni inFeatheraton last evening, After aboutau hour and a halfb persuasion the horse was at last started by the application of buckets of water and holding carrots in front of Its nose,

ffe understand thai th 6 slipennj enter, airmenta which proved eo popular last rinter,ln oonneotion with the Maeiorton 7esiej*n Choroh, are to be resumed luring the coming winter, , - <We beg tonotii} that the following lines of leaars Bock & Go. a Jlanufacturing Chemists, an be obtained at the W.F.O.A'a Fancy] JoodeDepartment i-Kon Mercurial Plating fluid, price 1r 6d, unsurpassed for: cleaning ;old or silver and re-plating hr&aa and copper, Sook'B Waterproof t Gemont. price Is, will ■esist hot or cold water; and. repair china [lass, delf, leaiher, eto.j etc. Oamphylene Sallßj in reat aiv-tijhfc jjb, containing 18 alls, price la, to keep inoiibs out of clothing, ilso aperfeot disinfectant. Herb Extract, price . Is, 'an infjilliabk pure for:, toothache, guaranteed'hot-injurious' fe',the'teeth or health j it stops the most acute pain to. medivlehr, anu pioyes a perisacent cure, in nearly all cases where itie teeth. are 'hollow, German cure te, co> M and war ts price' h, this faaoujKeiredy.-vilbpceilily aw painlessly cuio eoft or.hard corns, also:, .warts, bunions and; ihilblainir,' ■ Morteia f JmreotV Poyvder' is without , doubt the. most' reliaUo inieot destroyer in the wovld," beiiig ■_ qwfe hannleM to animal life ii is unequalled in destroying F,ies, fosijuitqei, Fleas, Bugs,' Lice, CookroiMhes;' intaVCbteipniim t :, Apnb;^Moth^vSilverflsb; indalii use Mortpln with profit itis besttoget oneof our Insect j'owder M ' >?d,we-

.It was-stated at'the meeting of-the Trustees of the Wellington* Benevolent Institution yesterday that -a family :of husband,wife.and seven obildren w ere in such poor. oironmßtances that -they were unable to provide one of the boys with books for use at sohool,and t hat the unfortunate ohild had beßn thrashed inconsequence. The Trustees did not see their way olear-to givingths boy bookß, but deoided to supply' the family with food and some newssary : 'artioles'of clothing,-rimes, - .v! '' Attention*wes called last night in the Presbyterian Church to the increased interest shown by the congregation in Home and Foreign' Mission. ■ A Ladles Missionary Jiuoiety had been formed and over £42 had been raised, Mrs Wood's young, ladies olass, supports i. natiye teaoher in the New Hebrides, at a coat of £6, and the Sunday School contributed over f8 to the Mission.' Over £66 was thus given last year to objects outside the wants of the looal congregation. Mr P. H. Wood's position on the Wait, arapa Licensing Poll is a disappointment to his friends, but he was not on. either tieketand as a rumour was industriously circulated that he was disqualified, his total is quite as good ascould b« expected. Skey'a traction engine went through a culvert on the Martinborough side ,of the Waihenga bridge yesterday and re« mained fast all day. ■ ... Mr T. Kennedy's' horses were stand., ing attached to a brake' at Martiabor ough, when one of them rubbed its winkers off. The pair bolted and smashed the brake to pieces. A man : named J. Morris who was in the brake at the time was thrown out and-vary much shakeu.

How is it ? Why is it ?. There ate con tinual oomplaints down town about .the slackness of trade; it is said that customers are scarce and the shops are empty, that in mora than oqg large cstablißbnient the gross is growing through the floor boards, and there being nothing to do shopwalkers no longer prowl. Change the scene with a bop, step, and jump and you are in the Bon Marohe, the premises of Messrs Hooper 4 Co. BewjEe and remain there till you've done your shopping: they are always busy, they are never slaok, they know not depression, the grass dosiu't grow between their floor boards. Durli,j their great sale, whioh is now on, two expert carpenters are required to keep the floor in order, The ale will continue for another week,—Adti.