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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4681, 2 April 1894, Page 2

We published in our last issue a grapbio account of s duel between the yn§ef;georetßry for {jsnijsjwiio has the Minister at Lis elbow, and the Commissioner of Qrown Jjnnds, whQ has two members of the House as his bottle holders, whiob promißes to be interesting. Bntpraotioally the quairel is OD# between the Minister of Lands and the Waste Lands Board. It is an open secret that the Hon. John McKenzie is a dismal failure as a Minister, and that occasionally even a warm Government supporter like Mr Hogg, Jaaq to fal| o|it with hit)]. Of course, in the present instance, if the row continues, the bjame will probably fre thrown on the shojjldprs of Mr'j3arron, the UnderSecretary, but we fanpv ourselves that the real culprit is. the Mipjste;,

An Athletio Park Club has been founded in Wellington, and a similar movement in this neifniotirhood would be. very advautagooiftr --It' yyould be quite possible to plnoe, say, flite hundred fivp pjjupd scares in Masterton if athletes, ipo|ufjjng foot maae a earnest effort to float auoh an undertaking. If such a Club were formed it might lease the Park (tyal at a.peppercorn rental, and with the five hundred pouujls at {tß command make this favourite rcsort'apredittbthe dietripb. Qf course a five ppunjl. sjiare svpu)fl not require to be ppup ptpnoe, for without inconvenience tbe term might be extended to/five -yeaiß, and the calls only amount;to one .pound per annu'p. We do not .brieve, that an pjfppnditore pf less thap five hundred pounds flrpujd pajspa perfect feoreatiou ground, aiiicl wjs poiijd (ijte |p see the yoflDg generation; us feeing. an amount, ; Some people may imagine that it .would be difficult, to.get 1 a hundred r ebaresiaken ; up,bQt we

.Cold wet has been experienced |™gnoutjt hi 8 diitrwfc during the past

Some Feilding Salvation locscb aro learning to play brass instruments, iam (' h ' i. W ?? d Wlll6oll u P wanls °f 4.UUO sheep, besides other atiWc, at his iarafcahi sale on Tuesday next. Bergeant Henrv MoArdle, having been granted twelve days' leave of absence, th(j Maaterton. Polios Station is temporjarily in chawe of Oonstable M. Oashion. •; Beer in Melbourne iVdown to 2d ner pint. Tea ia 3d per onp, ' Inspector - Pender says After a police experience of forty years Iconaider Wellington a sober and orderly community." /

Mr Justice Richmond says:" Dealing with a new Act of Parliament'is like making a new track through a bush," - Sergeant Villars, stabbed by Stephen Weaty, at Wanganui. is recovering, but 18 not yet out of danger, i.

. fftiald regrets to hear hat Mr J. H. Walker, of Mangatainoka is likely to become totallv blind. CJdg of out American corps (says the War Cry) has a Frenohmanas Captain, one Englishman and two Spanish lieutenants. The blend is beautiful. The Englishman is hot, the Frenchman hotter, and the Spaniards hottest, ® ™ a suggestive fact (Bays the Post) • V f" bill's Rroom, O'Oonor, who is in the habit of accompanying him on his rounds, has now been taken to the Weilmgton Hospital, also suffering from typhoid.

A; accident is reported from Auckland to the little son of Mr Earle, grocer. The ohild went into the baok yard, when a rooster flew up and peoked mm in the eye, injuring it to such an oxtent that thp sight has bean destroyed_annual report of the Maaterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company has now been circulated, but shareholders were Bomewhatsurpriked to find the contents of these documents published in a newspaper before the reports themselves reached them, It is usually understood that shareholders aud not the general public are entitled to a first peruaal of euch documents. " •

.Some of the excursionists, who recently went from Wellington to Pictori, slept in the gaol, aB lodging accommodatiofl was scant. They seemed to be quite Bt home there, but whether'they had previous experiences of similar Quarters is a point on which they have been reticent,

Our Eketahuna correspondent writes! Further particulars Ercrn outlying districts sbow tliat the late fire has been very, disastrous in many instances, |sett|ers jn Central Mangaone suffered heaily, Mr B. Berg lost all, sheep, cattle, house and furniture •, Mr Prenoh also lost his sheep and cattle j Mr von about 303 being dead within a radius of thrJß chains Settlers report that i lot of the ground gone oyer by the fire is burnt six ihchen deep. This means that the whole of the land will have to be fresh sown with tjrass seed. On some ol there is not a blade of grass, for the settlers during the coining winter is a poor one." ■

! Referring tp Inspector filler, of tho Stock Department, appointed to succeed lnsppotor J. Wallace Smith in this diatpiot, the Oamaru Afaiisap;-Nobndv but lb© rabbits will be pleased to hear that Inspector Millar, of the Stock Department, is being transferred to the charge of the Wairarapa district. During his term of office here he has proved himself to be a hard-working and onnaoieutioue officer who has ever fulfilled his duty,not always of tho moat pleasant nature, without tear and without favor, We 'do not know what Wairarapa experience in the past may have Been, but we oan warn the peats up there to look out now,

The invitation hall giV6ft-bjrMr W. p, I Thursday fiven'J inglaßt, was a Buccenaful and enjoyable gathering, The duties of M.U;, were' admirably carried out by Mr Kennedy Mr Buchanan's manager,the mnsio being supplied by Messrs Keisenberg and Candy, and the refreshments by Mr 0.. Winoheater, of Maßterton.

Ac Motuoka recently (say's an exchange) a'female teacher whipped a child for misbehaviour. The latter's fond and dpting mother parent called-round the next morning and laid a stout supple jack over the shoulders of the schoolmistress with considerable stress and with veiy oronounced results, A court case en. sued when the defendant was fined 10a and costs or 3 days look up. She seemed loth to part with the money, and Bug" gested with naivetd which "brought down the house" that her husband might go through the incarceration in her stead,

The Customs revenue collected at the Port of Wellington for the mon'.h ending on Saturday last, was 131,018 10a 4d. Wellington's contribution to' the beer duly for March amounted to £663 9sßd,

A eensatlonal trial ended in Copei lagenon sth Matoh. k pereon kauw is Wilhelaine Koellet, occupying tj) position of matron- at the Children'; Asylum at Kana, was condemned to death for mqrderiug a boy 14 years of age. After medical examination the fact was developed that the supposed tfOipan wasaman, ■' '

The following are the weights of the horses not included m the list published for the Woodville meeting: Triokey Jack 7et in .the Stewards' Handicap, Split Link flat'3lb in the High-Weight, and Minora 6at 71b in the Flying, The quaterly meeting of the Masterfcon Cemetery Trust takes place on Thursday evening ueit at 7-30.

: Ap English journal devoted to science seriously makes the suggestion that all unhealthy or deformed children should bo painlessly pat. to death by anesthetics :TJie Napier Telegraph saysWe have a sigh of relief, March is nearly o'er. What with firemen, bowlers, six days' raging, etc., etc., etc., little Napier has really gone the space. In two short weeks the people of this district have put through the tqtalisitor £2O 8101 Let us hope that April will be just a wee bit quieter,' 1 . ...

The Hawke's Bay BeroWsays VCases of typhoid fever from the coiinity are ati|i being recoiled attfie'tfapiej hospital, - T|iero 9fe strong groqnda for believing that a great deal pf mischief is being done at present by infected milk. To obviate danger from this sou'rce-the most frequent one-all milt should be boiled before'use. The settlers in all 'districts would also do well to keep their local governing bodies up to the mark in panjtarjr matters, eßpepjally in the re«l 1 ipspeojjori of (Jairies, holies, and all.. places |}eosying animal'; and vpgetable ; pifermayip expected to be found. On cutting through a teak login the saw mills at her-Majesty's'Dockyard at Sheerness'reoently, - a hollow place was discovered )n the centre, in- whioh was a bird's 'nest pojitajpingjour eggs; Me lo| formed sojjie mopliig smce irom'Jndia." Here is an access's (Jesoription of the Mormon homo, Salt Late City: "It ■; is aj) unbrokep- panorama of- loveliness-fertile (Coltenßuriace of the Great Salt take; ■the east and Booth the Rooky Mountains, Broken into mighty groupings,"always mowBtoped, alwaya throwing baok the purity of pavmto the., idqudiess azure of the sky? l I ;The .hot and 'muggy.days are now.about the'eun isstill ItrHs noonday I out'fpr : wirinir olothlng, and blankets wil U' '.aoiu ; difnkahaw beea Messrs'L; 'f.''Ho6per and Oo.| of the Bon have had the-coming, season 1 , in | tljejf iindV>y?, . and a practical provision' | for it^ftnt/ls'a\Jbrejj(6pJ.fe^t^re i in jtheir I programme; opened Rdi^from'^ k£ts,'and vfnt(ue to a.Esert' a better ppj'ttw worlds faßhipnj':|)^npveir,bffin ffleiitiEteEplendantmlhttielateßtMfepa and (ijflhloiiaVarid thepriciacare slßhSjant

Captain Foster who was in charge of the Masterton branoh of thsTSalyation Army sotno years ago, is now on a visit to : Maaterton.- -

One male patient was admitted'to the Maaterton Hospital last weetr, two males and one female being-discharged; There aro at present five male patients in the institution,

Mr Geo; Clarke,' oadet in the Postal Department; has been transferred from Otaki to Masterton. ■ A man-at Auckland haß been fined £lO for altering the date of a railway tioket. ' ,

During Mr Fish's speeoh at the Oily Hall recently, a voice frum the baok of the audience made the remark, " You want to go baok to the house, do you ?" Mr Fish replied that he should go there right enough. The time that the electors had given him for improving his mind had made him more fit than ever to re> preseut'their interests, and if he was in good health in three years time he should undoubtedly present himself again.Dunedin istur.

_The Bame year—lßo9— witnasaed the bifths of Gladstone, Tennyson,-. Darwin, Lincoln, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mendelssohn, Elizabeth Barrett, Brown* ing, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Favre, • The Uhimtt hears that envious hoodlums of cowardly instate who werenot invited lo the ball at Gladstona oil Thnrsday'vented their spleen by cutting tails off hoises; throwing rotten eggs and running buggies about in all directions, In spite of the wretched weather there was a large congregation present yesterday evening-at St. Matthew's Ohuroh, Unfortunately, owing to iaditpnailion,' Mrs Butement was unable to sing the duet, "Oh Lovely Peace, 1 ' with Mr Nichollß as had been arranged, but at the morning service " They have taken away my Lord'' (Stainer) and in the evening the Harvest anthem " Fear Not, Oh Laud" (Oooke) were effectively aung by the choir, All lovers of good churoh musio will regret the approaching de j parture of Mr Nioholls who has done bo muoh to improve the singing at St. Matthew's Ohuroh,

The 'election of oicers of the Pahiatfo Chess Club for the ensuing year resulted as follows:--President, Mr O. W. Lee; Vice-presidents, Mr J. O. Norton and Mr ,T. Vile; Committee, Messrs H, Tone, J Taylor. Mayne, Braufort, Levin, Godtfichalk, Radford, and officers, ofliw i Secretary, Mr' M. Wood; Auditor Mr H, Smith. Mr W. M. Service the New Zealand Agent fortho "Kaleigh " Cycles, expeots to be in Masterton about Wednesday, when ne intends exhibiting a number of the " 94" patterns of his cycles. The time (tan by Mr Service oould not be more opportune, as he will meet a large number of wheelmen who will he in town for the sports to bB held the following day.' The maohines to be exhibited include the"M" roadster, also the '! 0" liffht roadster with gear case and racing "A" "A"withtheflewPopular tyre. A number of Auckland wheel* men accompanied Mr Service bb far as Napier, and may possibly come further fOUth,;

A writer in theTaraualfi Nm has tk following"lf my prohibition friend prefer to drink a glass of ginger beer o lemonade Ipt. them do so. I do nt complain if they prefer it to the ros Simon. Pure. If they prefer tea, whj bike it, although' it is more likely t poison than beer, Take' away a Engliahman'B right to his (.lass of bee and crust of bread and oheese, an the world has no existence. My graud father drank beer, my father drank beet I drink beer, and so far they outlived th Bpan of life, and were honoured men. M; friends who have not' Seen me for year invariably remark that I laok younge every time they see ine. 1 tell them it pure bear and pure air and el contagtei mind, for 1 never abuse my fellow towns nien for jinking their or (jinge boor if tjiey prefer it?' " V At the County Oeurt, Ba|larat~ 8- fev days ago. before Jqdgo Worihiugton,\i oajpenter named Christian Jensen, pro oeeded against W, T, Stevens, a sowinj machine agent, for the recovery of £l9 damages for alleged libel, It was show that J&naen was indebted to Stevens it: the BUid of 58, fot which a demand wai made through the medium of a pasta oard, The debt war paid and subsequent!} plaintiff received another postal-card, it which it was stated that there was still la 2d due to Stevens, whose signature was appended. Later on a third postal was sent to Jensen by Stevens, tyhc wrote that" men like were not worth wiitjng to wlion evory shilling had tQ bo dragged out of them," and •• that his (lensen's) custom was not worth having." Stevens who defended his case in person, said that in writing the objectionable words o|i tjie poatAl cards he had not been actuated by malice. His Honor, however, replied that the statements on the cards were uncalled for and libellous. Plaintiff, he thought, had not suffered by the receipt of t|)e cards,and ha would therefore merely giye him a rejdict of Is damages, with £3 3a costs. A despicably mean trick was played on 'he Salvation Army yesterday, Half-a-'town was tendered at the door and 2s Id demanded as ohango whioh was given, The light was doubtless rather dim ior he bag holder short-sighted for on counting up the ineney the" fyilf orown" vaa discovered to be a bilyered penny, Phe offender is known and the best hinghecando ii to, return his ill* [otten gains,

The figures in connection with Baron tlirsch's attempt to establish a series of colonies of Eusso-Jewish' refugees in the Argentina show that i 500,000 starling has been spent, of which £216,000 has been expended in land. It appears that £140,000 is regarded as irrecivorable, but that £145,000 will yet be received from the colonists. The settlers • are working the land will) assiduity, and the villagers are no longer disturbed by .jealousies, :

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday, 4th April, COO ewes; 800 lambs; 19 pigs (slips), and & ramß. .

. Mr W,R, Bone, Superintondent Collector, eipeo|s to have the Agricultural Statistics for the Wairarapa North and Pahiatua Dis- : triota complete' by Thursday nesf, Mr F, von Beden J.P, at the Masterton Court this morning eonvicted and discharged two men arrested for drunkenness on Saturday.

Mr G. Vf. whose leg was severly Injured by a fall irombis horse on ftp Alfredton road on Saturday last, was [ jnaured in the Npw Zealand Accident Ofllce.

, A gruesome case, known as the Harrow mystery, came before the Common Serjeant for trial at London in February last. A wretohed-looking woman, Clara Derville, pleaded guilty to the concealment of birth .qf her tour children and was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, Here concealpent of'birtl? WM'iter version qf'jbe ftffajr pltbelafbadaosolutely no evWenoe on whlob.to frame a more serious oharge, The four children or the remains of thorn iq the shape of certain bleached bones calcined oat of all recognition were found in the house in which the prisoner lived during her temporary absence from home, That absence was due to the fact that she was giving birth to a fifth child at an infirmary. First a single skull was brought to light f\nd then a more 'careftjl search le§ to the discovery of a whole anatomical museum of remains, The unhappy being had nofhing to say but that her cMldran were bom dead, and that ehejoncealed the births, as they took place, forlear of being turned out of the house by I her father. The bones were so boiled or burnt that it was impossible to ford any opinion as to the way in which the infants came by toeir deaths.' . . The Great Realising Sale. lasting for 20 days,: promises to .be a: gigantic success Thewnola stook Is to be offered at genuine reduoed pficea, many of the lines will be marked ams than English cost at Te Abo House Wellington.: r ■ ; • ■ During tHe-Qreat' Sale,; Ladles Aprons will be s'Old ai'ty 4 Button iMVGloves'all ! hew at' Ib'lidjper,. pair, Wbita and CretoEaces a} 9d per dozVLndies Linen Collars frewshagSS at 3d' e&cbtßoys ;• SUlor Cbllara'at Bfe»sb^ld'|ivcfyifhef6'at; 6d, V , ; will pay" fo lake a jpn 4own Eealpg Sse. Their 1 wjllsftvea)ltboeiwnsM>niili m9no;.in j pie! by buyipg Ml they ibtegoM \ .ajre-'so'cheap,■ W1 be <aatf y selected 'arij^Kiifefl,

Mr w\ Hummer's woobhil. I i coutentß, at Upaki, including a'Voapf and binder, were destroyed by fire at abeut.li.3o on Saturday alternoon. The building was insured m the New Zealand Office. Mr. Kummor estimates the loss at about 1200 over insurance. A very auocessful picnic in connection with St. John's Church Choir and Bunday School was hela in Mr Monoton's paddook at Featherston laßt Saturday, at which about 100 persons were present, ■ ~ The Featherston Football Oliib opened its season last Saturday with oi Bcratch match. The dairy expert, Mr Valentine, who has been touring the Wairarapa.returned to W ellinsjton on Saturday. ?' Another rcagnificent wreck is to tour Australia aud Sew Zealand. Last tune it was Antoinette Sterling, now it is to be Sim Reeves, 12 years of age and as might be expeoted, no voice. We shall soon have Gladstone.

Entries fo/the W.A.A. and O. Olub's Bioyclo Races will close this evening and handicaps will appear to-morrow.

; Notice iB given olßewhere that public tenders close at noon on Saturday next | for carting 250 cube yards of metal on the Masterton to Waimata Road.

A very ematt shock of earthquake was felt in this district at about a quarter to 2 o'olook this morning..

A prominent settler In the Forty mile Biuh informs us that the late fires ivere far worse than reported, and aocounta published by the Waibarapa Daih Times were in no way exaggerated.

An advertiser wants to lease hot more than 200 aores of sheep grazing country in the Wairarapa. Tho following eleven has been ohooen to represent Wellington v. Hawke'sßayi —F. Aahbolt, R. Blaclclook, A. Blacklook, Ombs, Dalton, Fitzaimons. Holdehip, Meldrum, Niven, Upharn and Wynyard.

To judge from the magnificent display of fruit, flowers, vegetables eto which decorate the Barracks, the Salvation Army has a Btrong following and many sympathizers in Masterton. Yesterday was celebrated as the Harvest Featival' and the Anniversary day, The downpour of rain prevented many attending but doubtless there will be a large number present this evening when Captain, Foster of Auckland, who is'ona visit to Maßterton,Rive,B a special address oh the Prison Work of the Army. The offering to the Army which ino'.ude a Koat, a calf and rabbits besides the vegetables, fruit, eto.,will be sold to-night for the benefit of the corps, Mr T. R, Fleming, School Inspector, is to eiamine the Wairarapa country schottlson the following dates Monday 2nd, Kaitara; luosdayand Wednesday, Brd and 4th, Waihengaj Tliureday, 6th, tfirinoa; Monday, 9th, Tauherenikau; Tuesday, 10th, Matarawa; Wednesday and Thursday, Uth and 12th, : Kaiwar wai; Friday, isth, Dreyerton •, Tuoaday, 17th, Mauricevillu East; Wednesday, 18th, Maurioevillo West; Thursday, 19lb, Hasiwell; Friday, 20th, Kaipororoj Tuesday, 24th, Belvedere; Wed. ÜBSday, 25th, Daleiield; Thursday, 26th, Kaitpna, Friday, 27th, Fernndge. . The finder of a kit containing a shirt, etc,, is requested to leave same at this office.

A Ban Francisco mail reached Maßterton at noon to day. Mr Geo. K. Bond, of Worksop Road, announces that he is prepared to receive pupils for tuition in geometrical,meohaniml, perspective, and arohiteotural drawill?, also in elementary and advanced mathematics,

Among tne passengers to Auckland by the was Mr John Jordon Warner of the Swedish ABacoiation Press Bureau, who 15 his way round the world as the T e Wlt of (i wager with his brothet journalists that he would make a tour of the world without (he assistance ol money in any shfcpo«form within Bis months. He is at present working as n steward on the Alameda, and went on to Sydney.

| We beg tonotitj that the Mowing lines of 1 Hock!i 00,, Manufacturing Chemists, W be obljMicd at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Gooi'iDepauinent i-Non Mercurial Plating FMr-pr ce Is W, unsurpassed for cleaning golclotiwer and lc-pMnj brass and copper, BocM, ivWeipt'gcf Cement, price Is, will lc l liot water and repair china 3IIIW, delf, lei%r, cto.j etc. uamphylene wife, m i'e«t n' Mt jars, containing 18 w!k. pi' le Is, w Lxeptaoihs out of clothing, abo & peuecfc d'''Hfecwtfli. Extract, Js, An Mfivli'dbla t'ov toothache, uerKii |lt atopi the most 'arate pain ta. mcd;,ialy, and p :OVC3 ft pei-nmnent cure in new\vaUcaso3 whera T.ie teetra are hollow, Chieuro for corns and warts price Is, ibis amowj Remedy will speedily ami p'&inleaaly ure toft or hard corns, also bunions na .Wairarapa Farmers Oo* pcratire Association Ltd. Advt, J