LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4704, 27 April 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two deaths uecurred on the last Home voyage of the s.a. Rimutaka. The victims ffereaMrsDoigen, who died rom sunstroke, and Mrs Lannard (late-of Maaterton) from an internal disease.

According to the Mamwah Herald HoamTaipua, late native M.H.R, is seriously ill, and his recovery ia despaired of

Instructions have beer; giveu that in uture New Zealand made furniture ia 'o be used in the Government offices.

Messrs ETomlinson (Chairman). H. Petersen, G. Hopkins, J. Koce. and H.

Tho Exami-er states that Mr A. Stewart, of Pahiatua. has been offered and haa accepted a J.P.ship.

Pines of £ fi f or g un j ay trad( and f 2 for sellinghquortoachild under thirteen years of a?e have been inflioted on the licensee of the Union Hotel, Pahiatua. Notice of appeal has been givon.

The Woodville Examiner statps that Mr Norman MoDonald. the well-known surveyor, has settled down in Samoa, where he haa married a Samoan girl, secured a cwoa-nut plantation, and been appointed Government Surveyor. Twonow State farms are to be oatab. hahed in Otaeo (says the Pod) the sites for whioh are being selected by Mr ; Mackay,of the Labour Bureau, and Mr i Adams, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Mr Logan, Superintendant ofTele> grnpha, ffBB j n Pahiatua on Tuesday, H e visited Mangatainoka and has arranged o have a telephone line laid between that growing little place and Pahiatua, i he construction party will be it Pahiatua at the end of the week (says the BeraU as soon as the Alfredton line hi finished.

A quantity of the cargo from the wreck <| Inostoaraer Kiwi haa come ashore near MrMooresstationonthe East Coast, close to whero she foundered. , A lerriffio gale Ret in ot Woodville on Monday night, and did a certain amount of damage The window of Mr E. Hall's shop was blown in, and BBheetofiron to blown ofl the roof of the Methodist Church. Mr J. Sowry saw the roof of the church giving way, and at once took steps to protect it, or serious damage might have resulted,

At the Land Board meeting yesterday, MrA.vV.Bogg,M.H.R.,speakingona letter from the Under-Seoretary for Crown lands to tbe effect that village homestead sections did not appear to be under the jurisdiction of the Land Board, and therefore there was no power to convert them into leases in perpetuity,wished to know whether the Under-Secretary was to rule instead of the Board. Mr Hogg.speakingwithconsidorahlewarmth, said that he was sorry that Parliament was not now sitting, so that they could have the matter out on thefbor of the House. The whole thing was most un. fair to the small struggling settlors. It was jumping on the little menbecauso they had not sufficient wealth to go into theSupremeCourt and fight their battles. Bo did not believe that.tho Minister was cognisant of tbe whole circumstances, and it seemed to him that the UnderSecretary was badly advised. Recent cables from America have in* formed us of the movements of" Coxey'a Army." who is Coxey and what is his Armyreidera may have asked 1 A Press Association wire explains that one of the developmentsjluoto the hard times in the United States is tho idea ot forming into a solid body all the men nut of work, jand marching on Washington, the national capital, whero the leaders are to ihy the case of their followers before the President and Congress, and demand immediate relief at the hands of the General. Government. The army ia exported to rendezvoui in Wash* iington.on or near Capitol steps on Ist May. It ia also calculated that it will numbor 800,000 undor tho leadership of a man named J. B. Ooxey, who ib considered in Conservative quarters a sort of American Jack Cade. The movej mentis certainly a wild and impracticable one. Ooxey will demand on bohalf of his followers the sum of £500,000,000 dollara in relief money, and- tbe employment of tho idle by the Govern ment making roads, including a great national highwayconnecting tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Taking one consideration with another New Zealand can congratulate itself on its |! unemployed," who are more moderate in their demands and moro sensible in their actions than oven their American or Australian brothers.

A telepm from Ashburton laßt night •ays that though the "Liconing Committee refased publicans' booth licenses for the race meeting whioh was accordingly run on tea and coffee principles, the nip of comfort mi there all the Bame."

It li reported that several young men in the Manawatu district propose to leave their hoaes for the Australian goli fields. B

A total of 59 fires occurred in Wellington last year, the loss being estimated at about .£7,000.

Oottages in Dixon street, and Ball street, property of tho Masterton Town Landa Trust, are advertised for lease by tender.Tendeis close on Friday May4th„

Beplyingto a deputation of mine owners respecting the Labour Disputes Bill, Lord Bosobery said Ministers were not united on the measure, which provides for tbe establishment ot Arbitration and Conciliation Boards and therefore ho would be unable to make it a Government question. A general committee meeting o( the Masterton A. and P. Association will be held on Saturday, May l 6th, to consider Mr J, McGregor's notice ot motion' that the question of. holding the next Show on the new ground be discussed,

We remind our readers of Messrs Lowea and lorna sale of furniture, the property of Mrs Boms and others, to-morrow (Saturday) blbo undor distraint for rent, a quantity o! groceries ftto. 'The sale will commence at 1 o'clock instead of fhe usual hour on account of tbe extensive catalogue

An advertiser requires superior board and j residence with a private family.' [ Mr W, H, Hawkins is reported to havi [taken over Mr'D, Orewo'd auctioneering [business,

Mr A, Busok, dairy expert is of opinion that any less weight than eleven lbs of milk to the gallon would not be fair to the factories.

We direct the attention of hqusewjves to an advertisement appearing on" the leader side of this issue in reference to "Silkstone Soap" an important commodity in every household, In this instance it is not a fanoy highly'perfutned arficle. but ip undoubtedly without equal for the every-da'y use of every housekeeper in tho countiy, The article in question is made from tbe best materials possible to be obtained, and may always be depended on for uniformity of quality, the makers having made up their minds to produce, at whatever cost an article that when onceused will be always used. The steadily increasing, demand for "Silkstone" has already proved that it is tbo best in the market, recommends itself whereevcr tried, and is oheaper in the long run, Tho "Silkstone Soap" can he obtained from the.various branches of the W.F.C.A Ltd, Messrs J.'Graham & Co, Maiterton, J. Jones & Co, Bketahiina, and we can confidently rccompeni] it to jlje public.

Obb Imports of new season's Dresses' Millinery and Mantles are now fully corapleted. . The ohoioe we areenabled W show and the strictly moderate prices ohargedare much appreciated by our country friends while Yi'siting Te Aro House, Wellington.' i Our new dressmaker, Madame de Vemey, frpjn' l ! Worth's," P-aria, is th'e'leadingdrejsiiiakep in (he colony. Weguaranteo perfect fitahathe'latestsfylesand designs asWown only to French dressmakors," Our charge for making dresses is from '22/6, at Te Aro House, WelliDgtpu. .' :'' Ladies can dd their shopping by post, i$ save the Inconvenience'or'oomhig'io (own. Our order department has been enlarged, and' Is under most efficient 'management, Patterns of all; w general drapery and Dresses will be sent post Iree on application jaiTe Aro Bouse, , •'

I If 18 stated tbt there are 80 stctiona in the various sp'eoial settlement blonke in this dtstribfc that are liable cfftorfeiture or which have beeu surrendered, the area represented being 13,130 acres. Drs. Hosking and'Buteinent examiued the man Frank Roso, who was remanded yesterday, at the Maßtertou S.M, Court, and have reported that though of weak intellect the accused is not a fit subject for admission to an asylum, The police have sent him lo Wellington. A Morse instrument is to be placed at Eketahuna in addition tu the telephone,

It has been decided to place a teelphone at the Tawatai toll gate,

Thn telephone line to All redton will be completed to-morrow.

Kotice is given in this issue by the Waiiarapa North County Council, of the various places where oopies of the Counties Eleotoral Bolls, and defaulter Hats may be seen till 15th May next.

; Quite a number of Maatertoti people intend attending the Hospital Ball at Qreytown this evening. A particularly severe froat was experienced in this dutriot last night.'

The Labour Bureau at Wellington during the last two days have had 45 married and 40 single men on the books of the Department as cut of work,

An information was 1«W yesterday by the manager of one if the banks at Timaru against Georgo Edwiu Best, grain buyer and sampler, on a charge of obtaining £BO by false pretenses. Beat is believed to have left the Colony by the last San Francisco bo»>.. The amount of his defalcations so far as is known are about £ISOO.

The Loan and Mercantile Company eipect to ship 4000 or 5000 purebred sheep this season from Auckland to Sydney for sale. Freight has been reduced from 7s Od to 6s through the agency of the Company. A man named Phillips, while travelling from Akarua to German Bay on Monday night, was thrown for hu horse, and suosumbed to his injuries this morning. The driver of the coach from Pigeon Bay to Akaroa found » man named John Keeaan lying dead on tho road to«day. The deceased was an old resident of Little River.

The N.Z. Timts understands that the Comaiitaiener of Crown Lands has rooeived intimation from the Land aud Survey Office that all matters relating to village settlements, under the Act of 1886, are in future to be dealt with by theCommisstoner and the Minister without Interference by the Land Board. The enforcement of the regulations and such matters as forfeiture, etc., devolves upon the Commissioner, The Commissioner informed the Board yesterday that ho would have to keep the-settlera up to tho strict letter of tho regulations, instead ofalloMingthelaiitudo often given by the Board.

Tno lads named James Suunex apd Robert Jensen wero crossing -the footbridge over the Hinaki river, on their way home from school, yesterday, (says the Utser er) when a boisterous big boy, striving to race them over, pushed them both into the water, Tho river was swollen at the time and fclie little ohaps immediately started to drown being out of their depths, An elder brother of Jensen jumped in after them aud with some considerable difficulty, aud not a little danger rescued them from tho icecold water. Young Sunnpx was much exhausted and could not walk home, bo a perambulator had to be procured to convey him thence, A short time back two little ones fe'l into the river at this point, and received a good ducking, 'the plank over which the youogatera have to travel to school daily is -a very temporary affair, and it something is not done to make it more secure, it is not impossible that a fatal accident will result, Some excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Hawera on Tuesday evening, through a large tree blocking the road on the Eketahuna side, and preventing tho wdggons of Messrs Budden, Spackman.Coe and Hall completing the journey to Pabiatua, Mr Vile'B evening coach from Pahiatua to Eketahuna was also stopped, and the psssen-gors-amougßfc them being Messrs Gully and Ciuickehauk of Wellington-being obliged to put up for the nightatthe Hawera and Wakakahi Hotelß. News that the road was blocked was brought to Hawera by Mr J, A. McKenzie, whose narrow escape we mentioned yesterday, tarly on Wednesday morning Messrs Spaoimau, MoKenzie and others got to work with oroßaoul saws, axes, and screw jacks, and in a short time succeeded in clearing the line, Mr George Spaokman was returning to Masterton last evening, with his brake loaded with skins and empty fruit cases, after a somewhat rough and eventful trip in the Bush, owin? to falling trees, etc, He reached the Waipoua river in tafoiy, but in the darknoss did not notice a heap of stones near the ford, and running againßt it, the vehicle capßijud and Mr Spackman was thrown out and stunned. The horsea made a spring lorward and by some means the cart righted itself, the frightened animala bolting, When Mr Spackman recovered consciousness he looked round for his brake, bat not Breing it, started out In pursuit, and soon discovered that the runaway had bsen stopped before any damage was dono. This was certainly a very lucky onding to a Bomewhat exciting adventure, neither man, horioi, nor vehicle suffering any injury, Some of tho sawmillers In tho Fortymilo Bush are complaining that the railway charges for the conveyance of timber between Eketahuna and Wellington art highly unsatisfactory. J t appears (aaya the Tina) that the freight for timber increases at the rate of Id per 100 ft every 10 miles up to 90 miles, but that at 00 miles this rate of increase ceases, and beyond that distance a much heavier rate iB levied, The result is that, although the rate for 90 miles from Wellington is 2s 4d por 100 ft, the rate at Eketahuna, which ib less than 100 miles from Weilington, is 2s lOd orCd per JOOft for the l eitra _ distance, It is also represented that timber carried for shipment to the seaport is charged 2d ner 100 ft extra, or 8a per 100 ft from Eketahuna. This is one way of encouraging the export trade, It appears also ; that more is charged for taking timber to Petone than for bringing it on to Wellington. •

In England there is a distinct change with the exjl of Mr Gladstone and accession to power of Lord Rosebery. The J3.0.M. always refused to entertain the idea of interference between labour acd capital, and the Eight Hours Bill received little support at his hands, Lord Rosebery, however, is takim; a much bolder line. A recent cable bays that the English mine-owners have sent a protest to the Premier against theKight Hours Bill on the ground that it will raise prices and prevent England from competing with foreigners. Lord Roaebery dissents from their views, and has replied that His impossible for long hours of labour to continue in European view of the extension of the franohise now in progress,

Twelve barristers and solicitors in the Mastetton and Wairarapa districts have forwarded & memorial to the Minister of Justice and the members for their districts to the effect that it i'b highly desirable the District Court Acts should be revised and'consolidated anil a new code of rules and forms of practice drtwn.up, and that with a view of saving expense to the Colony and of conveniens Ing the residents the criminal jurisdiction of the District Court should be extended to the Wairarapa district.— N.Z. Times. ' The hot and muggy days are new about over. Fierce the sun is still in his noonday heat, Bat ere long thousands will be crying! out for warmer clothing, and blankets will be. as welcome as acid drinks have been. Messrs L. 3'. Hooper and Co,, of the Bon Mareh6, hare had the coming season in their pud's eye, and a practical provision fo; its wants is a foremost feature in their programmo. They have just opened a magnificent slock of new autumn and whiter goods from the Parisian, London niarand ?e venture to assert a'be(ter <h> play of the grid's fashions has never been attempted in the W«ii'arapa, Every department is resplendant with the Iciest novelties and fashions, and the prices pre significant of their desire to serve all well, Orders from any part of the colony are exajjld with i that exactitude and no