LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 March 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr District Judge Kettle arrived in Masterton last; evening, Mr J. L Murray notihes the arrival ot Winter macintoshes and oilakini, We (tot attention to an announce mentln another column from Mr 0, Pragnell, draper, of Queen Street, Mr Jno Bagge baa not yet deemed to take up his residence at Grejtown sa reportprj. Inspector Miller, of the Stock Department, has arrived m Masterton from Oamaru, to relieve Inapeotor J, Wallace Smith. , - The Pabiatua Klfle Club lodes about £2O by the burning of its targets m the late fire. ~ We remind our readera of the Star Football Club's social this evening, which promises to be a very enjoyable affair. jawTlie Wellington Educatlpn foard. has ■| adopted the new ;'

.• tM, half the-total number v<ited> 'thus i : makingthe : polleffßotivbi. :•;■;.. 1 '" Wms Reeves ia still Binding, and roi £ P t™™ g -S e *^*'Easter:; r i V^'ff ing on : ;M6hday < „• !,V^ rT!I . om »»flMle>afked'ho»tDioh 1 Mrlsittpaidin rates'and taxes. Mr hitt !o «Mthat the Prphibilioni»t nempapera 1 is P? ld more in wageathan Mr Harley did. ] „ Heand his brother worked hard for the i i, paper without profit,;, ';A11 went t6;the i | 9 printefa. '.■ ..ofr:-.;: ■>. ■•.••v-> ■■■ . !* :A correspondent tel)s r Vstory in'jhe ' v if«W of a fox terrier,. that-- having sot ' mto a burrow and being uuabie to: get ' out again, went for four woekß and five ■■ days without foodordrink; At the end of that time it was found and dug out, it id wob then too week; to afeaiid,; but it has < since recovered.;: As far as fasting is 1 ;: conoerued the terrier's record has been ' beaten by njeii, ; but.the fasting man haß < genera ly,l believe, been alluded- water j to drink, aud has not aiulered the inc'bn- , - vemenoe: of being buried alive at tho' aametime. It ia possible-thaV a human ' . being might be able te. do as muoh j I ' fi know Beveral wffom ■ I should be' Very . glad jo see engaged- in the attempt; It cettainly geeniß to be'asoheap a way of T spewing a month ashaß been discovered •■- ■: Anotherof flew.Zealand'spioneer set- - tiers, in the person of Mrs Frethey, wife j, of the late Mr Thomas Frethey, of the '. LowerHutt.diednt her residence after along and painful illness on the even- „ mg of. Easter Monday, says the&Wa \T i .^ ft «*«>.:iM weU'toown in to tn« dutnct and vas mdob' tegpected. by , e . all who kuew hor, and her chief charnj aotonatio was that uf a muafc pious and , .oonßistentOhrißtiaii woman. She was - '"*, Beoun l daughter of the late Mr G. , Wilkie and sister to Mr J. Wilkie of 'i Breytown, ana came to this colony in its infancy with her. parents in the ship Olympus in. the early pdrtbf 1841, and settled in the Hutt district, remaining , there up to the time of ber death. She wai married in 1847, and leaveß a grown, upfamily of three.sbns and four daughters to mourn their loss. Bhewasinher . Gbth year. Like the autumn loaves all our early Battlers thus fade away,"•'. - ThefoUowihg:from the Kelson Odtma. ut refers to the father of Mr H. Wimsett * of Thursday .last, ™ Fotetnan.a, Wimsett, who Had "been a J, g™k}r. of ; the Nelson Volunteer Fire „ r"P? fot 2? y em > was removed «• by the hand of death, ana tlie tolliugof »« the firebell at. the Brisjade: Station ' intimated the fact to his comrades. Mr' H. Wimsett was also for a long period a _ member of the H Battery and he used to take a .keen interest in shooting. Hiß an funeral-will toko place tomorrow afternoon, the members of the Fire Brigade and Salvage Corps will take part iu the last solemn rites, and'thus ovidenoe , their osteem of their departed comrade. I, I'he.. Oddfellows, of which Mr 'Wimsßto us was a member, will also attend the 11, funeral," jj t .interviewed in Sydney by a reporter, A( Mr James Mills, manager of the Union n Steam Ship Company, gave some statistics that are worth reproducing, " When m all our ships are in oommifsion," he - said," we employ afloat 1710 persons, \ ond our monthly wnges payment run to = something like £16,000. In addition, of course, we have an army ashore in var< ious capacities—officers, meohanics, coal laborers, and so .on. Our vesßels • steamed during the last twelve months iaß over 1,800,000 miles, with a total oon- _ sumption of 170,000 tons of coal, and in = that period we carried no less than 160,000 passengers, For the 'Frisco steamers alons We purchase locally well s on 25,000 tons of coal per annum, and our annual Sydney disbursements in connection with-that line amount to =? £60,000. m The ohampion mean man is a Mel* ~ bourne land agont, who recently rushed • round to the landlord of a swell hotel on a Sunday morn and said:-" I'm in n- an awful fix, My rascally wine merchant is has disappointed me and I have a lot of i CS friends (including two M.P.'s) coming 0 y to dinner to day. Could you oblige me ■ by putting a case of ohampagnem your ' buggy and running It round to ray house 1" on the quiet?" The fizz was duly de. « hveredandduly drunk, but the bills ad sent in for it were treated as so much waste paper. At last the publican bailed s0 his debtor up, and said :-" Look here, "ad if y° u don't settle up for that champagne nt I'll take legal proceedinga against you." in . "Fire- away," wbb the mean man's reply ; 8 h "but if you do I'll have yon up for in- bunday trading, and as this will make ne your third offence, what price your m blooming license then Truth; m- , The Bishop of Deny was recently Heest coursing to a working men's dub in his ire cathedral city upon amusements, and he betting in connection with them, In the ! re course of his address he told an amußing m ! story of the endeavour made by a olergyon man , wnomll olinew to Btop the practice in> in his own house. The olergyman had a n j billiard table for the use of his sons, but dd on 6 Bunda y morning, jußt as everybody he was gokg to churon, he said that he jre must have the table given upjas he heard [or the, boys were in the habit of betting, is "Well, father," said the eldest of the rd, young men, "if that ia the case we must in have ho sermon in ohurch this morning, *'• beoause just as yon spoke touawewero j S J arrangingabet whether you would preaoh . forty-five minutes, as you usually do, or eel onlythirty.fiveminutes." The Bishop's o jj moral was, of course, the obvious one that if men were determined to bet they , will, and that it is worse than uaolenß to ne condenm any amusement innocent ia 18- itsel! because it may be perverted to an ot evil purpose. . The ship Blairmore, which arrived at Newcastle from Buenos Ayres on the ut 20th mat., brought very unpleasant ined telligence from' Paraguay. The vessel re left Buenos Ayres on 31st January, and ao Captain Caw was frequently interviewed j,, by men from the new settlement bogging jj a passage baokto any part of Australia, Four men offered £lO each, but Captain " Caw declined to take them. The Buenos 'J. Ayres journal brought by Captain Caw tO publishes a letter signed O. H. Manning, re 15th December, 1893, giving a vivid aoat count of the hardship endured by the ,d settlera, 85 of whom hod left in a body, iy penniless, in order to interview the Gov- '' ernment of the couhtty with the view of ■ gelling away altogether. Thewnter.im. '" plores the editor of the Beviai) tj tfo , id jßitw Plate to telegraph jq.the authori' j in ties in Australia to warn people not to i i 0 come to Paraguay. Another letter ap- ; r . pears in another isßQe of the Bsme paper ! „ in defence of the settlement, accusing the : '. secedew.of drunkenness apd promoting ! :j difloontont. It alfio etatoß that whea thoy j wdnt- away" they were provided. with i II .plenty of •food, and also jnthlOOdol. each i d for single men, 400dol, tor married men ; I 16' and lOOdol. for each child. . The editor < l 6 of the journal regards the.whole scheme ' k as ohime'rical and founded upon ptinoi- ( plea at present far ahead of the progress f . attained by mankind.—Newcastle corre> ' Bpondeht/?^)icyllfor«i*)ij : So'aii' ! WebegtonoW/thatthetoUowiiigtaof ' McssraßockA Co., Manufacturing Chemists, ' .can be obtained at the AV.F.O.AVFsiict I n Goods Department !-Konlfercutial Plating t Fluid, price Is 6d, nnsurpa&sed for oleaning 1 | gold or silver and>re-platmg brass and copper, j '? Book's .Wateiprobf Cekent, price Is, will j resist hot or cold water and. repair china. ! : ; gUss,.delf, leather, .etp,,,etc. Oamphylene .:■ Balk, In neat: air-bgU jare,-contaminj 18 '• baUs, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, i ;-. alfp. a perfect disinfectanj, Herb Ejtraot, 5 prioeSlß, an mfaUlable cure for. toothache, r "■ guaranteed.'jjotdnjuriotts to the teeth or « B health j It'atop the qiost acute- pain Im- \ .: a permanent cure 'in . >■ neu|yau^,wh^tlw:twA':an' : .h9lloWi' ' . wniiancpfbr:(»rhs'an4wa>ts : -1 > and painlessly '? B cure.; soft or hunloiia a : and.chilblains.;.. Mottein Powder' Is ( j' without: doubt ..the.; moat' reliable Iruect Aes- X p toycriatbo world, being -quite i£andlßMM i anlinaUifflitisuiiequalledfaileitrbyiij^^B ; ■Bug&'rUwi'iCookH^M Ants, Caterpillaie, Aphla,' Mo^ai^^H iDSMUhown.i.TouwHcjj^^^H S'rofit It is best to get one of ' withth'tihaSd,thepo|^^^^^^^^H

Bit Thomas Molltfwith'ias'anaiiged to deliver an address to ithe Colonial patty of .the-HoUsejof Commons/ Sit JohnQorat that in fu'ture'all iromineot Colooial politicians visiting England should be invited to address the party, The opening "meet "of the Wairarapa Hunt Club takes place at Mr W. B. Buiok'a this nfternoou, the " throw off" being arranged for 2.30. It is understood that the only insurance on property destroyed by the late fire at Manricevillß was that effected by, Mrs Riogard ou her house. A contemporary says:—lt is a singular coincidence that. as the alleged Liberal patty came into power in New Zealand the pheasants began 10 die out." Why certainly, adds Ohriilchufch Tmlh, look ab the number whiob. must have bean consumed in the Seddonian banquets. It is stated that there are about 11,000 publio-houses in Allowing- a Irontage of twelveyarda to'each of theih this is a sulcient' number to form, a continuous street containing nothing but liquorshopj from London to. Beading' ' Avpable informs.us 'that 'ihf Qmi' Templars'' Conference has; opened; and that.a hearty welcome has been extended; tpithe Australian delegates, dent said South' Wales lodgoß .had beena tower of strength in making, members of Parliament Good Templars. How about the Oopeland incident ?; ■:'• We understand that' Mr W. Simms rejoins' the Masterton btanoh of the Bank of JS T ew Zealand next month, and that Mr G. Norton will be transferred to PalmeratonNorth, ;.. >.;.'' •';.■ . ; Baya JTestpprf Therespected Sergeant of Police Imb not a keen sense of smell. He produced a malodorous sheepskin in' Court 'to-day, and was apparently surprised at the sensation this'exhibit'caused. TbeOlerkof the: Court rather objected to film? the akin with his papers, and the sergeant thought he. hid better get ib salted, v; ;: Captain Reed, of the ship Star of Russia, whioh arrived at Melbourne recentJy from at Kosalta, a port on the Gulf of California, brings news of a part of the Near World about which little ia known..; The Captain took a cargo of coke fromv .Newoastlo-on-Tyne to a French, mining company whioh. has taken up a large traot of country on tho Paoifio coast, and after a voyage of 140 days brought his ship; to au anohor off St.. Rosalio, The vessel waß detained for two months unloading, and during' that time provisions and fresh water were very expensive, A mutton' chop was,a'luxury whioh could-not ba. obtained ;for love :: or ..money and beef of a; very inferior quality cost 7d pev' pound."' The water, for drinking • purpbsescost lj per gallon, The country • is very tiohin ore, and theFrenoh Company)/ which- has taken ■ over several • Mexipßri mines, is working the ore on the moat eoientifio'principles. .>■:■. A Napior bankrupt recently paid a dividend of 4s 3d. in the V His Honor i Justice Richmond mailed, aud said that i was quite ai handsome dividend -for a New Zealand bankrupt, .'>*'"'■, ; An announcement appears over the 1 leaderof. this issue, setting torth the spe'oial advantages of the " Kaipai," "«,A,0„" " Sewnwelt" and "Featherweight "brands of boots, These brands are specially reootritnended to the.pablio ( for the reason that they are made to suit the requirements of all olasses, and include the best value in fine; light, or i Strong boots, Mesirs Maokay, Logan, , Steeu aud Co,, ate the wholesale agents. The Boston lever is the latest style of [ watch added to the stook on Bale'by Mr i A Henderson, of;Masterton. These i new watches are strong good time* . keopers, aud well adapted for general i wear. Mr Henderson'? new advertisei meht will appear in out next Issue, 1 Inspector J, Wallace Smithy of'the Stock Department, will not now be 1 transferred to Nelson, but will remain in the Wairarapa for some little time yet. 1 We understand that it is probable he will before long retiro from the Publio Serr vice to settle on a property in. this disI trict, whioh he has recently acquired. I The functions of olergymen in Awer- , ica appear to be even, more extensive and eittausting than those of'their ' brethren on the ofchor side of the Atlan- ; Jlo. The New York Nation tells an i anecdote of a colloquy between two old college class mates, one of them a clergyman, ten years alter graduation,' They were comparing notes about intellectual growth and their opportunities for it, and . the clergyman said grimly-"You will Bee atoncehowmuoh wiser I am than when in college, when 1 tell yon that 1 have Bince gone to two or three hundred afternoon tea, have played five hundred seta of tennis with the daughters of my parishioner, have attended many books of receptions, and gosßipped three hours on an average at each,_havo presided at a thousand or two meetings of Trustees and Boards, circulated a couple of hundred subscription papers, and built three .churches, two chapels, and a rectory. I need only add," heconoluded," that in my ohuroh the wild Western sign, ' Don't shoot the organist, for he ia doing biß best,' has been transferred from the organ-loft to the pulpit," D .MrA. i W,Hogg,M.H.K.,andMrA,R, Bunny yesterday interviewed Mr Haselden (Under Secretary for Justice) to represent the expediency' of conferring ciiminal jurisdiction upon the District | Judge at Masterton,. Tbey pointed out that this wonld relieve the pressure of : work now entailed upon the Supremo Court, would save the expense and inconvenience of bringing witnesses to , Wellington, and would also afford larije 1 facilities for defence to accused person's, as the Crown does not undertake to defray the travelling expenses of witnesses for the defence. Mr Hasel. den promised toascertam what proportion of criminal oaßes came from the Wairarapa district during last year, and to see whether on economio grounds the proposal submitted to him was a good one. N.Z.Timts, Amongst the new instructions to teaohers under the Wellington Board is the following -Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted except ia extreme oases and only by the head teacher, or teaober in charge of a sohool; andtheteaotor must keep a record In thesohool log book of the time and place at whioh pupils were corporally chastised, the amount of suoh punishment and the nature of the offence, The instrumeni to be used shall be a leather strap commonly called tawse the end by which the punishment is inflicted shall'be divided into not less than five strips. Corporal punishment of girls is absolutely prohibited. A well-informed Wellington correspondent writes to AuoHand Btating that there iB hardly any doubt now about the Speaker of the new Parliament as It .is'-asserted beyondqu&tion that the Government nomination will be'for Sir QeQrge Manrloe O'Rorke Major Steward is believed to be out of tho fanning, _ During last year upwards of 11,000 Finnish emigrants left tho ports of Helsingfors and Hango themaiority going to the United States. In 1892 the number of emigrants did not exceed 6,000. It Is expeo'ted that the exodus during the ourrent year will be considerably greater than,, in 1893. .The oauEO of this ino'easing desire on the part of the industrious Fiona to seek a home beyond the Atlantic is to be found undoubtedly in the gradual abolition ot the autonomous rights and privileges hitherto enjoyed by the Grand Dnohy. Finland is already, indeed i practically reduced to the. dependent Blafaa of an ordinary Russian province. Its Parliament exists in name only, as its freedom isnowabsolatelyoontrolledby the Imperial Ministry through thepersoa of the GovernorGeneral of the Duchy, - .. .'■'-" . . The ■ Great Realising Sale lasting for 20 days, : promises■ to be a ipgantio -success The whole stock is to be offered, at genuine j reduced price's, many'bf the.'lines.willbe mukedat less than English cost at Te A?o Hoysß.Welngtbn.' ;■;;■;■.:..■:'■•■'.;■ i : Dnririp the Great.Sale t : Ladles Apron's I wpl be sold at 4J," i Button Kid Glbveaall i :Cfcllare hew 1 ? eve'rvwhere-ati6d. I

Friday io'st^^^^^^^l Beethan^^^^^^^^^l destroyed; j^^^^^^^^^H given about run^^^^^^^^H was so^^^^^^^^^^^H mates escapec^^^^^^^^^^H said to hs^^^^^^^^^H exception S^^^^^^^^^^H consumed. An Exche^^^^^^^^^^H Georga^^^^^^^^^^H as Mr^^^^^^^^^H only a d^^^^^^^^^^H thing n^^^^^^^^^H Home Bule^^^^^^^^H wnting^^^^^^^^H 80 of t^^^^^^H a evej^^^^^^^^H own exn^^^^^^^^^H The meets achoolronu^^^^^^^^^^^^H I . Mr ' The W^^^^^^^^H i until to-oiH^^^^^^^^^H ' Messrs'Eo^^^^^^^^^^^l i Mastetton Stoo^^^^^^^^H Apnl.^^^^^^H wethers;' : 2000 b^^^^^^^H lambs; 60^^^^^^^^H bullooka. ' ;^^^^^^| The raUway Bse^^^^^^^H recovery from thefl^^^^^^H train arrivin^^^^^^^^H behind time-there^^^^^^^H A sale of Work in col^^^^^^H stipend arrears wiir^^^^^^H | Matthew's bchoulroon^^^^^^H ; April sth. Particulaj^^^^^l are adveriiiu'iW^^^^^l ' ■ The local competitors forT^^^^B ' meeting of the Amateur Atlr«^^^| 5 Cyohng Club, are reminded. ttt^^H ' entries close on Saturday next at^^H ' at the Mutual Life Buildinga^^^^ ' the Seoretary will be in atten^^^H y tillthat hour.; Entry fornjp^^^H grammes maybehad ati^^^^^^B or Messrs f White :^^^^^^M tho^^^^^^H Monday, 2nd Arn^^^^^^^^H adveftiss^^^^^^^^^H which is of nn^^^^^^^^^H readers,; app^^^^^^^^^H Association the of-Ballantyn^^^^^^^^H take charge c^^^^^^^^H at: Ma^^^^^^^^^^H she b^^^^^^^^^H Plains' thy|^^^^^^^H rely onfl^^^^^^^^^^H the'^^^^^^^^^^^H - art, »■ ■' A meel^^^^^^^^^^^H HaU, Feath^^^^^^^^^H the most si^^^^^^^^H in twenty-five B^^^^^^^^^^^H factory were pn^^^^^^^^^l the directors, Mr tendance, the 8 chair. After & lengthy "■ resolved to erect Mr ( bburn at the Kaiwaiwat ' work and pack the butter at r factory, The old factory will bTleraß i with ell possible speed, lf At a publio meeting at Wellington r last nighti several people made aoausae tioris against the ofHoials at the late , licensing; eleotion and the following j resolution was: passed:-"That the ~ cross irregularitiea tolerated in various polling booths at the recent licensing elections in the City of Wellington, and 8 the attempt in many cases to keep back 3 the more important of the two ballot a p&pere from electors, call for the • immediate attention of tho Returning II Ofiicor and the Government," .Tho tour of i inspection whioh Mr Valentine (Ohief Dairy expert) has jußt completed extended through the " Waikato, Taranaki and Hawke's Bay 8 districts, and thence to Palmeraton, He r considers that dairying has proved a • great boon to the farmers in the Waikato J Khile laranaki is by far the best distriot 1 for this industry whioh he has yet seen. • Ho was highly pleased with Hawke's ' Bay, and thinks Danevirke and WoodJ vilje.will become important centres of ] dairy production. Darying will attain a 1 large development in the HawJre's Bay j distriot once the milking machine has been brought nearer perfection, and the 1 cost of production is thereby oheapened, ' Producers need never apprehend an 9 inadequate demand for their produce bo s long as the quality is good. Co-opera-tive dairying is going ahead throughout 1 the Colony, but Mr Valentine consider 5 agreathindranoe ,fo success-would be • removed if eaoh company left the [ management to a managing direotor, • who should work in ooncert with the '• manager. Farmeta also require to tako 1 greater care with their milk, Refrigera- > tion is still sadly wanting in the factor- ! ies, but Mr Valentino has every hope of > this being generally adopted. He again ealla attention to tho importance of a , better system of distribution at Home, . Mr Valentine ie to pay his first visit to . the Wairarapa district early next week, j .--]!I.Z• rtmw. ' '; • ' The hot and muggy days are now about 1 over. Pieroe tho sunisstill in his noonday f heat, But ere long thousands will be orying j out for warmer clothing, and blankets will 1 be as welcome as aoid drinks have been. , Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co,, of the Bon j MaroM, have had the coming season in their mind's eye, and a practical provision j for its wants is a foremost feature in their , programme. They have just opened a magnificent stock of new autumn and winter ' goods from the Parisian and London mar--1 kets, and we venture to assert a bettor dis- • playoftheworld's,fashions has never been ) attemptedin the Wairarapa, Every depart- ) ment is resplendent with the latest novelties I and fashions, and the prioes are significant of their desire to terve all well, Orders from any part of the colony are executed with that exaotitude and liberality that loave no I room for other than satisfaction,