LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 2 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest London quotation for colonml butter n 85s pet owfc, ffiH meet on Juneßth at noon, ia the Court House, Carterton, The funeral of Mr William Taylor, J.P,will eave t he Maaterton Hospital ot three o'olookthiß afternoon. An effort ia being made to form an Operate bociety in Maaterton. All ins terasted are invited by Mr W. Simma to meet at U. Matthew's Schoolroom to morrow (Thursday) evening. Mr G. Harold Smith has accepted the Presidency of the Pahiatua Football Olub and Mr J. J. Breeds the cffioe of vice-Prosident.

The Maaterton .Municipal Fire Brigade has fifteen honorary raerabora. iourteen of this number have formed a Fire Brigade Band. Mr T.H.Hill, one of the famous Sir Hundred, diod recently at Enfield (S.A.) [at the age of 63. Not so bad in these times. Arabbiter in Southland got a cheque for £37 10s for a month's work latoly."

A smart little boy in Norwich, anxious to be a lelUi; carrier, secretly Beonred a bundle of old love-letters that Mb mother had treasured since her courtship days, »nd distributed them from house to house throughout the neighborhood. According to the Hebrew Times, Mr , Sultan, formerly of Sydney, but now of New Zealand, ia about to receive a legacy [uf £90.000. b '

Twelve months ago yesterday Mr Pinhsy started the first dab service in| Masterton. For several months Mr Pinhoy remained in undisputed possession of the field, but to-day there are half a dozen landaus plying for hire, and the old 'bus service is almost a thing of the past.

At the Masterton Bailway Station yeatorday afternoon a number ol friends and well wishers assembled to bid a final farowelltotheEev. W. E, and Mrs Paige, who left for Wellington an route-for England. All who know the reverend gentleman and his wife will join in wishing them a safe and pleasant voysge to the Old Country.

Mr W. E. Bidwill of Watrarapa South, was married to Mies Mildred Edith Ehodcß, daughter of Mr Joseph Rhodes, of Hawke'B Bay, at Napior on Monday last,

At the New Zealand Workors' Union Conference, at Ohristchurch recently, a hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Mr Hogg, M.li.R, for his services in con. nection with the formation of the Masterton branch, and regret was expressed lit his inability to be present at the Conference. The Woodville Jockey Olub is to be congratulated on haviug made a profit of £204 on its last race meeting,

' The Pahiatua Salvation Army now posscßs a first class band of nearly a dozen instruments. The players understand their business, the result, it is stated, being capital music The potato crop in the Pahiatua County has not been considered a sue cess, owing, it is said, to the wet ana cold nature of the ground at planting time. In consequence of this potatoes aro likoly to fetch a good price this wintor,— Emminer.

The Woodville Jockey Olub will have a sum of J>Boo to the credit of their bank account this season.

By yesterday afternoon's train Dr. C&hill, tho popular Wellington medico, returned to the Empire Oily, having suffioiently. recovored from his recent illness to be able to travel. Dr. Cahill TO attended by his nurse, and the Hon, Sir George 'Whitmore accompanied lnm as funs Eketahuna, where he was met,' by the Hon. Sir Patrick Buckley, who returned with him to town. The Pahiatua JTpraW regrets to learn that Miss McKenny, of Pahiatua, diod yesterday in the Palmorston hospital,' Miss McKenny wasooe of the assistant teaohers of the public school, and has always been highly successful Her Bad death is due to an attack of fever, contraded at Pahiatua. Last week at Mangahao, tsya tho Examka\ Mr John Harding, of Woodville, had his jaw broken by his horse striking out and hitting him on the jaw with its forefeet.

The Maslortou MunicipalFiro Brigado has decided to make a distinction in the uniform of its officers,

A number of young larrikins behaved in a disgraceful manner at the Drill Hall lustnight, Stones wore banged at the doors, and one or two windows broken. We understand that £4 was cleared at the Wesleyan sixpenny coiiceitlast night Considering all the counter attractions this is a very satisfactory return,

Thoßev. Mr Dukes intimated last night that while not wishing to clash with any other society, they had decided to make Tuesday night a fixture lor their entertainments mi that during tbo , winter sixpenny concerts would be held every fortnight, commencing from last night,

The woodpecker has a three barbed tongue, like a Fijian spear, with which it dtawß out tho worm whioh it has excited by its tapping.

.At Burloy, England, rooently a sweep was fined 5s and costs for appearing in Oourc with his face t(irp'ugh work,

Thieves and rogues aro dealt with in a (find and fatherly manner by San Fran-. Cisco judges. Recently two footpads wero convicted at Oakland of robbing a man of four cents, Twenty years ponal servitude each.

Ho fewer than H persom worn ad. judged bankrupt in' Wellington during April. This is stated to be a record so far as Wellington is cencered,

The Customs revenue collected in Wellington for the month just ended amounted to £20,40013s Id, ap agahiat £3(i,1?210s in April of lost year,'

The preliminary trial of the Barraba prisoners is likely to last all this week, The identification of Lees is almost couclusive, and the police assert that they will bo able to positively identify Cummins

_ A man named Richard Lawson Williatus has beon arrested at Takapuna for unlawfully wounding a man named Charles Deoring, by striking him on the head with a garden fork, •

A novel strike took place at a Vlotorian racecourse recently, when, the bookmakers in the paddock, being dissatisfied' with the Judge's decision in the second race, olpsed their books and declined to do further business.' According to the juage'B verdict the race resulted in a dead heat for first place between Barefoot and Submission the latter of which had beep spported'till ho started a warm favourite at Bto 1 on, The members of the ring wero of opinion that.llium, which was placed third, had won, and folt so aggrieved because their opinion was contradicted by the judge' that they wont on strike, and refused to bet any more during tbo afternoon. The proprietors of the' course gave the occupiors of tho paddock every opportunity to bet with tho outside bookmakers who did not strike, but the prices obtainable from this Bcction of the ring were not attractive enough to, lead tdffiii'oh'busjnew. ' ' : '

The hot and muggy! days are now about over, Fierce (he sun is sfifi in his noonday heat, But ere long thousands will be crying ouUor warmer clothing, and blankets will be as welcome as aoid drinks have been Messrs L, J, Hooper and Co,, of the Bon MarohG, have had the coming season in their mind's eye, and a practical provision! 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 markets, and we venture to assert a better display of the world's fashions pa.3 never been atteppied in the Wairar'apa, Every'departjrienf Isresjlendarit with the'lalest noveuies fi'ndiashionji, a,nd th| price's 'are jtanijleant ot tbeir desire to tone ali well. Orders from any part of the colony are'exeouted with thalj.exaotitude and liberality tbatjleaye -no room to other testation

The Mayor of iuoklnnd has been ap proaohed by aonie parties with a view to having a night retuge established on the lineß of those of Sydney and Melbourne,

Very many people will regret to loam that it is stated in Otago that Mr Vin- ! cent Fyke's health ia so bad that there jb little probability of his being able to take his seat in the Hoaße for Tuapeka, as he [is thinking ef resigning. The beet duty collected at Wellington last month amounted to £574 14a !)d bb as compared with £43117 a3d in the [Same month of last year. What shall we do with our daughters ? Mrs Cane, the wife of the founder of New Australia would reply " Send them to the new settlement." The cable tells us this woman baß returned to Australia for the purpose of organisingashipment of women to loave for Paraguay on the return trip of the vessel. "A season of prosperity is not far distant" predicted the Chairman of the Bank pf New South Wales in declaring a dividend of 10 per oent and carrying forward £21,000. It.is to bo hoped hois correct in his forecast, though the shareholders might well think the season of prosperity had already arrived. At one time it was considered a most heinous orime for anyone t'a entor the Royal Seraglio in Constantinople, and death was a common punishment for anyone caught within their precinta. The "Siok Man uf Europe" must now be very weak, for the cable infnrim ub that the Prenoh Embassy at Conslantl nuple demands an apology for the treatment of some French naval officers who wore arrested for visiting the Seraglio, but afterwards liberated. Formerly something more than an apology would have boen demanded from the French Embassy.

Much feollug lias been areused in the Wairarapaof late by the eight of wonion tramping the country with swags on their backs, like m6n seeking work sometimes singly, aometimea in couples and groups It is the first time such a thing has been aeon thero. Recently about half-a-dozen respectable looking female swaggers were encamped for some time in a hut on the Rirautatas abovo Featherston. Many of them are said to be new arrivals from " the. other Bide," who find thoir way across thorange from Wellington, In one peculiarly distressing instance recently some fall arrivals from Australia—a raanaiidhißdelicato-lonking wife, with two weo children, the youngest about five months old-passed through the Upper Hutt, where the local publican gave them tood and shelter, and procured them a lift in a wool-dray over tho range, Otherwise they wero tramping it and camping ont. In Wellington they had slept in Newtown Park, whore, they said, many bucli had found a temporary homo. Like to many more, tuoy landed penniless.—Pes!.

Tooth brush drill is the latest idea in ] soino English achuols. The dental ] surgeon to the London County Council baß presented hit report on tho results of his examination of 661 boys at the In- 1 dustrial Sohool, Feltharn, Middlesex. ' Ho states tint moro than three-fourths of them had decayed teeth. In the caso I of children, who, during Hie growth of I Ihe body, bad not merely to maintain nutrition, it is surely, ho says, a matter of unjenoy that all the organs of digestion shonld be kept 'in a state of functional integrity, and if, ob seems tu to tho case, diseases of the digestive organs are increasing, it is evident that any depatturo from tho normal dentition places the child and the luturo adult at a disadvanlngo, Instead ot waiting until a child suffers pain, and thus directs attention to a decayed tooth it is far hotter for both patient and operator that the earliest appearance of caries should ba noted and the prowess prevented by a regulated system of inspection and prompt treatment. Under such circumstances dental disease and the necessity for painful operations oecoiuo reduced to a m m'munv, and at the same time the function of mastication is retained in accordance with what is now recognised as the most beneficial • practice Five hundred and thirty-eight i boys hove among them 1,744 unsound '• teeth, 741 of which are permanent teeth ' requiring filling, This points tho way so clearly that he has no. hesitation in , recording his opinion that a qualified . dental surgeon should be appointed to , tho sohool. He also suggests lint a tooth brush and simple tooth powder should be provided for every boy, and that a tooth-brußh drill alter the last 1 1 meal of (he day be instituted.

A case ot interest to travellers who are apt to leave their luggage lying about on platforms, etc.,ocoupied tho attention of Mr Martin, S.M., at Wellington, for some hours, on Tuesday. Tho claim was brought by Benjßtnin Cohen, hotelkeeper, for £l2 damages for the loss of ut portmanteau containing articles of pern boml attire, the defendants being the Wellington and Manawatu Kailway Company, who, it is alleged, lost tha article through negligence in conveying it fromFoxtcn to Wellington. Evidence was given by the owner and his daughter as to tho valuo of the portmanteau lost It appeared that Cohon left it on the platform and went in search of a vehicle, but upon his return missed it. Mr Travers, who appeared for the defendant company, contended that the company had. fulfilled their contract when thoy placed the portmanteau on the platform, aud that the owner was then responsiblo for it. Mr Skerrett appeared for plaintiff, and argued that tho company were still responsible. His Worship reserved judgmeht.-iVsjj,

The Christian IforW suggests that the Home Secretary might take a hint from the novel experiences of a Russian gaoler, with an account of which it has been favoured. The gaoler was Colonel V,, and ho and his wife had just arrived to take charge of a large prison in one of tho central provinces. The Colonel was a terrible disciplinarian, but a kind enough man in bis way. His wife was a gentle little enthusiast, and had made up her mind to reform all the fennlo prisoners. This particular gaol had a very bad imputation, and the female prisoners especially were often in 1 mutiny, Colonel V. got along famously with the males, but the females wero too much for him, and he meditated flogging and all sorts of terrible measiirps. Unco Mrs V. took a walk through 'the' prison yard when the female prisonora wero bxcrcisiug, Behind her walked a nurse, with hor baby, The prisoners, as soon as they got sight of thu baby, flocked around and Mrs V,, at first fearing violence, j was relieved to see that only habiolatry ! was intonded. First one and then another of the women begged to hold tho child a moment, and some laughed with joy and many shed tears. Madamo y. had a happy thought, and she spoke it Oijt, "The best conducted woman of you all at the end of the week will be allowed to nurse baby for half an hour." Never was a chango aq instantaneously wrought, llto women beoame as little children, amenable to every word of the warder?, and at the week's end it was with the utmost difficulty that Madame V, could decide, among so many wellconducted prisoners, which had the best claim to the promisedreward, Tho baby's visits were afterwards frequent, and the female wards were completely reformed,

At a meeting ot tho Waivarapa Licensing Committee held at Carterton yesterday it was decided that the Committee is of opinion that the Government should institute a test case with a view of clearing up the question of whether informal votes may] or aray riot be counted, It was also resolved that all Mure conditional licenses be'granted from 12 a.m.''to i that £l|ie'rdienibethefeeforso£Qe, j Wo beg tonotiiy that the tollowing lines of] Messrs Bock & Co,', Manufacturing Cbcrniflts, can be obtained at die IV.F.O.A'a Fancy ] Goods Department i-Non Mercurial Hating Fluid, price Is 6il, unsurpassed'for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper Boclt'a Waterproof Cement, price Is, will! resist hot or cold water and'repair china glass, delf, leather, etc., etc, Camphylen Balls, in neat air-tight jars, containing 1 balls, price Is, to. keep moths out of clothing also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract price Is, an inMljaplo cure for toothache guaranteed noHnju\ious;''to ''the'teeth o Health Jit stops the most acute ' pain jm wmi Mmm Pwmanaif cuw in nearly ai| cases #retheWft "are hollow, Herman cure for corns and warts prico Is, this amous Remedy trill speedily and painlessly uro soft or hard corns, also Tarta, bunion and chilblains,—The Wairarapa Farmers Co operative Association Ltd, AdvtV

The Mastotton Volunteer Fire Bri-i gado are making groat preparations for their annual ball, to be held at the Drill flail un Queen's Birthday.

The son of Mr Conkling a New York millionaire is supposed to have been kidnapped while returning to scnooland a reward ot £ 1000 has been offereed tor his recovery. A contemporary says that age docs not count over steopleohaso country, ' Why Not who won the Liverpool Grand National SlcopleohftEe last week is rising 14 years; 1 yot he carried list 131b and easily heat his younger opponents, ■-- Hawks are very destructive to hares and pheasants in this district and a gentleman residing near Feilding informs tha local paper that game has been quite cleared from his farm, where a few years ago there was abundance.

TheSyAity Jform'nj Herald resents the statement that Now Zealand is relieving the surplus labour of Sydney and Melbourna and asks how many years have passed since the surplus labour of Now Zealand was seeking refagoin Australia from the direst distress. Only lately, the Hirald says, a number of Now Zealand miners were applying for froo passes to Wyalong,

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, speaking at a banquet of the Press said;-"I have often been pained and .astonished at tho frequent appeal of editors aud proprietors of newspapers to their subscribers urging them to pay their just debts. Catholics at least cannot be unaware of their obligations in this matter, and that absolution to a penitent heartily Eorry for Mb Bins, does not free him from tho obligation of paying his debts. Thß atonement for oblivion of justico ia this world will certainly be enacted in the next. The editors and proprietors of newspapers, on their part, give their time, the product of high educationoud eiperienoe together with the money for stationery, printing, and wages to employees and they expect, and should have, in common justice, a return, oflen by no means adequato to their outlay. A man who will not pay for a paper ho subscribed for, rtjad, and whose oontents he enjoyed, is a retainer of another man's goods,',

The appeal oase of v. Dal-1 rymplo ia being heard today. It arises .from an aotitin originally brought before. District Jud?o Robinson, at Masterton, | to recover i 2OO as commission on tho sale of land, Judgment was given for tho plaintiff and then the case went on appeal before tho Chief Justice, who affirmed the decision given in tho inferior Court. Appeal is how made from l tho decision of the Chief Justico.

The W.F.C.A, have a new announcement In their apace next the Wanted Oolumn.

An important Bale of pigs at Grey town dairy factory in advertised by Mr F. fl. Wood In another column to. which the attention of those interested is directed.

A case of allegtd nidecont assault sill probably occupy the Masterton S.M. Court on Frdiay.

Tho civil sitting of the S.M. Court at Maaterton tomorrow wiil probably be a light one,

Five hundred yearling trout are to bo forwarded from the Maaterton Hatches ies to Wangsnui to-morrow.

It has been at last decided by tho, Government to a<i unco invito tenders for the eroction of the Fahiatua Courthouse,

A first offender was discharged with a oautionbyMrG. Heron J.f„ in the Maaterton Court this morning.

Yesterday the shooting season opened and although a large number of sportsmen were out, the sport generally was poor, voiy few birds beinj; obtained.

The poll in connexion with the £3222 lonn for works on Saundors Road in the Alfrcdton District takes place at Mr Lohndcrf'a Homestead on Saturday, the fifth instant and not on tho 15th as previously notified.

Our schools, private; as well as public, turn out every year scores of young peoplo with blunted consciences nnd sharpened faculties for cheating to take up the most responsible duties of life, "Cribbing" goes on more or less in almost every school, and honest children are discouraged and conscientious parents are annoyed.- Lyttelton Times.

A fine enlarged photo of Mr W, Houiiblow's pigeonlofts, ia on view in MrT. E, Pnco'a window. In Queen Street.

Geergo Anderson, of Maaterttiii.criarped with fraudulent bankruptcy, appeared again boforo tho Court yesterday. The caße was remanded until Friday next.

Tho reference depurtmenfc of the Public Library was opened at 10 a.w. yssterday, Tho first person to mako uao of it (aaya the N.Z. Times) was Sir R Stout, M.H.K.

Tho funeral of the late flerbort Edmonds, took plaoo yesterday sfternoon tho remains being Interred in tho Karoti Cemetery.

Twelve pair of poachard duds, too pairs of Califomian ducks and one pair of fiordwall ducks aro expected to artlvo by the lonic, for tha Wellington Acclimatisation Bociety, and will bo forwarded at onco to Mastorton. Mr Ayson is busy building a, speoial house for the new arrivals,

A (youth named Marsh was driving' one of the W.P.0.A., delivery carts ttii&l morning, whon his horso stumbled and fell on its head in a most peculiar' manner,, throwing young Marsh out on his head. The accident which occurred opposite Dixon Bros. Cordial Factory wus witnessed by Mr .I.Dixon and the employes at Messrs Chamberlain Bros,, Mill, who were speedily on the spot, tho animal boing quickly liberated, Strango to sny neither horse nor driver wore at all hurt,

A correspondent in a contemporary makes a very amusing suggestion, which msybocommendod to the authorities. In the present dilemma of tho Anglican Church in Mew Zealand ho sayß, I beg,to offer a suggestion as to tho filling of tho (penpal throne which la now going | bagging in England, and for which no colonial clergyman yet mentioned seems to meet with the favour of tho majority of the electors. Moscb wao not only tho i temporal but also tho spiritual leader of the Istaeliloß in their wanderings in the | desert; tho Popeß have till recently I wielded the temporal si well as tha spiritual power. Her Majesty is head of the Church oTEngland. I suggest that it will bo strictly according to precedent to elect King Seddon to the yacant see, thuß adding ouo more to tho many offices he has recently grasped, and tho pies he pokes hia nnae into. An ecclesiastical banquet might celebrate tho happy occasion of his enthronement, and the Apostolic blessing would theroppon doubtless be given with full unction by thehaughty prelate.

Thai; very popular Institution, Pearsons Brass Band, hns decided to rive the public of Mauletton tho pleasure of listening to another of their al frtm concerts, in tho Mho Park, on Sunday afternoon next, commencing punctual)* at 230 o'clock. Y?o are glad to learn however, for the first timo, that' very saored music' will bo strictly adhered to '< which will undoubtedly bo the means of a greater number of people attending, as hitherto it has been cußtoraary for the Band togivo a varied programme of Bocular and sacrad items, Mr George Gray, junr., tho indefatigable conductor, onbehalf of the BancUas writtenaletter to tho Secretary o'fthTnoTpital Trustees offering to givo ono of these sacred concerts in the Hospitsl Grounds on the following Sunday afternoon, the proceeds of which will be devotdd to the funds of tho Hospital.

Oun imports ol new season's Dresses' Mi lmery and Mantles are now fully completei. Tho choice we are enabled to show and tho strictly moderate prices charged are much appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro Ho;ise, WeUington Our new dressraabr, Madame de Verney from WS 'r/fe Wegufttanteeperieci fitand the latest only to tarn dressmakers, ' Our chnrce , for matag tees is from 22/G, at Te A pause, Wellington, Ladies can do their shopping U pos t, and" save the wjonrenience ofcoml De to town Our orderdepartment has been entail