LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4710, 4 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

'Mayor" Yates says she will not slop until she is a member of the Bouse of Representatives, The monthly meeting of the Masterton Town Lands Trustees takes placothlsevoning. Typhoid and diphtheria aro still very prevalent in Victoria, Many unfortunate men who went to the Clyde rush in hope of finding gold are now begging their way back, A tigress in the Adelaide Zoo has given birth io Jour cubs, three of which are white in color, Victorian'dairymen are advised to fatten their calves with separated skimmed milk and slein, as at three months old they are worth £olos. each in England, .' - ■ Mr TosswlU reports that during April rain foil at Pahiatua on 13 days, the total fall for themonthbeing 3*58 inches, |of this quantity about two inohes fell Uithin 24 hours,'

~ Dr Stuart, late Bishop of Wniapn, who 18 at present in England asserts that jhe colomsis ■of Sew Zealand owe their position to tho labours of the pioneer missionaries,. ■■; Thopriz* bridal bouquet at the' Maßterton Show last evening, exhibited by Mrs T. Hutchison, wbb the cynosure of all eyes, and it ia said that there were some young ladies, who would look-at nothing else. It was quite an artistic composition of white chrysanthemums and maiden-hair fern, 'sftfriect Spiikkmhm, which was almost a liberal education. '/''.- Any new musical combination should be hailed wilh pleaßiiro by the music loving part of .tho community,' There it no doubt that the reconstructed Munioi* pal Brass Baud, undor the dircctiun.ot Mr J. Candy, desorved all the favourable comments they elicited on their first appearance In front of tho Drill Shed last night. The band muatora fifteen por. formers; and no doubt will receive their share of publio patronage, k splendid overture, and the mUBio for the dancing was played by the. Masterton Orchestra under Mr A. von Keisenberg; The Orohestra boasts cf ten pprformers, and ia undoubtedly one of the best thiß side of Wellington. Tho Asbburton'Mnil says:-Wo hoar It rumoured that Mr S. 0. Jolly, who contested tbe Ashburton seatin 1884 unsuccessfully against Jfessrs W. 0. Walker, J. C. 1 Watson, and I. K. 0.0. Graham, ia about ■ to be called to the Upperßouso. Mr Jolly i claims to havo been the originator of the , loans conversion scheme, and it is said he is I to be compensated in this way for having been a benefactor to the oolony, Tho cane ia Baid to be exercised as freely ahd-jndiscriminalely as over in Board Schools, As wo predicted the now regulations respecting corporal punishment aro a sham,

The horses ridden by tho Barraba murderers have been fully identified. One of them was givori to Cummins (the man under arrest) to traiu as a racer,

Tho English Courts aro enqeiring into the Banity of the JRer. Mr Tolleranohe, vicar of Whitwick, at tho instance of his brothers, and seeking to have his estates and money invested in Consols put under proper control. Amongst other eccentricities the vicar amusea himself by blowing a policeman's whistle during service

Mr W. H, Boelhum as President of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association, will occupy the position of chairman of tho forthcoming Agricultural Conference.

A large number of ladies .and gentlemen attended'the meeting in St. Matthew's Schoolroom last evening, and formed tho Masterton Amateur Operatic Society, Dr, Douglas occupied tho chair, and several gentlemen spoke of tho advantages of having a musical society in our midst. The following provisional committee was elected to mako formal arrangements :-Dr. Douglas, Messrs F, G. Moore, W. and J. Simms, L. Caselberg, A. von Keisonbergand W, Jeffries. Mr Davys was appointed Secretary, and all intending members Bhould forward their names at onco. A general meeting ol members will be hold next week. At the Auckland Police Court Antonio Rosa was charged with having been found in the To Kopuru school-ground at night with a loaded revolver and an axo. i'risoner pleaded guiity, and the Bench sentenced h'rni to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour, the axe and tho revolver being forfeited, The eamo prisoner was further charged with having damaged three telegraph poles at Te Kopnrii by partly chopping them and burning one of the valuo of £6 10s. ■ On this oharge accused was committed for trial.

A return of the travelling expenses drawn by the.Educatiwi Boards ot tho colony during tho past ■ three years haß beeii prepared. Tbe amounts wera as follows:—-North Canterbury,i-6(i6 lOsfid Otagi.. £492 ,5? sd; Wm.ganur £4BBl4s!)d,Kelson, 4481 13s 3d; .Auckland, i'3lol3a: Grey, £'l9s 2s 6d; ■Taranaki, £lO4 Oa 6d; South Cantorbury, 4166175; Southland, £139 8s lid; Wellington!'£7o 8s 4d. Tho xlawkes, Bay and Marlborough Boards received nothing, The Wellington.. allocation was divided by-Mr W. W. MoOardlo and the late Mr H.'Bunny, Mr Francis Newton, 0.M.G., who holds the position of Colonial Secretary at Beohuaiwland, has been appointed, the cable tells ua, special commissioner to enquire into the cause of the Matabelo war. It is difficult to understand what good purpose will be served by any enquiry. Lobengulahab been slain, tho flower of hia army destroyed and tho land occupied by tho British. Cecil .Rhodes is not likely to forego any advantage that his chartered company may have gained, and the enquiry will only stir up bad blood which might well be left alone.

Her Majesty, wheu Bwearing Sir Geo. Grey of tho Privy. Council, would nob permit him to kneel, She thanked him for his services to the Empire, and expressed tho hope that his visit to England would benefit his health. .She also mado cordial enquires about the colonies,

Mr F. H, Wood makes soveral additions tn the entries for his next Mnrtinborough stock sale, including 500 owes in lamb to Lincoln rams,

The New Zealand Land Association (Limited) has received tho following London market cable, dated Ist- inatant: -Wool—The sales opened fairly well. Since the oloso of last Bales greasy meririo, super, medium, and inferior, aro par at Jd per lb lower, Coarse greasy crossbred market is easier, but other descriptions are unchanged. Wools of a faulty character aro neglected. The attendance of both Homo and foreign buyers is normal. Tho total quantity availablo including wool held over Irom last Beries, is 478,000 bales, 90,000 bales of which havo been forwarded to tho manufacturing districts direct. WheatMarket veiy weak. New Zealand wheat f.a.q. is worth c.i.f to arrive, 24s 3d per 4801b, while average is worth 25s 3d por 4901b. Other quotations unchanged since last telegram. Butter -"-Market dull. Fino ,q»ality New Zealand butter is worth 90s porowt

A Mutual Dissection Society is the latest outcome of civilisation, It is established in Paris. A few dayß ago a wellknown medical practitioner there, M, Condoreau, received a letter from a 1 member of tho Society, aayitig:—" I intend to kill myself. Please come and take my body to tho Anthropological Laboratory, lam n member of theMulual Dissection Society," M. Condereau went to the address given, and found that the wretched man had suffocated himself with charcoal fumes, The family of tho deceased were opposed to the disposal of tho body sb intcnded,and had it buried in the usual way.' As the man in his will had foreseen this possibility, and had left a will depriving his heirs of half his possessions, which were to go to the city of Paris should they oppose the dissection of his body,the municipality are bringing an action to recover the amount, Mr Spofforth tells a good story, in his paper in an English review, in illustration of the height of intercolonial jealousy. Charles Bannerman, an expert swimmer, coasting along New Zealand In a terrible storm, was usked what he would do if they were wrecked, "First," he said, "I'll save Alee "(his brother)," then Murdooh, then yourself." "But what about the Victorians?" Spofforth asked, "Let them drown,", he replied j" d'yoa think I'm going to risk ray life for toil'' Our imports ot new season's Dresses'. Millinery and Mantles aro no,w fully completed. The choice we are enabled to show and the strictly moderate prices charged aro miioh appreciated by our country friends whilo visiting Te Aro House, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Vcrnoy, from" Worth's," Paris', is the leading dressmaker in the colony. Weguarantee perfect fit and the latest styles and designs as known' only to Frenoh dressmakers, Ourokarge for making dresses is from 22/G, at To Aro House, Wellington. '•'.'.. Ladies can.flo their shopping by post, and save tho inconvenicaco of coming to town. Our .order department has been enlarged, and is under most efficient management, Patterns of alb our general drapery and Dresses will be sent post free on application House, ■': :i

Judging nt tho Mosterton Chrysanthemum Show was kindly undertaken by MrE, Hale, late of flelsou. .

Theifemale dupporte'ra <Af : the Hon. John M'Kenzie propose to entertain him at Palmerston on the Queen's Birthday, The Kev. W. Bauciber (Wellington), Rev. \V. Leo (Palroorston North), and Messrs W. Harris (Ohristclmrch), H. E. Perryman (TaiTapu), and G. fl. Blackwell (Kaiapoi), have left as delegates to tho General Wtsleyan Conference, which opens in Adelaide on the 10th inst. A writer in the Foilding Star says that he is informed that tho turnip crops throughout the district havo beon a failure, Of course there area few ex* ceptiona. It appears that ft blight similar to what is known as tho leech blight has destroyed the crops. Thia may count as one reason for tho low prices of sheep at the preseut time, as It, will mean a soaroity of food for tho winter. The rain yesterday interfered considerably with the attendance at the Masterton Ohiysanthemum Show. At a meeting in Melbourne ot tho I Snlional Bank of Australasia - one of the reconstructed banks—the chairman said that in spite ot the undeserved misfortune which had fallen upon the shareholder £176,000 in calls out of £187,000 duo, had already been paid, The expenses in connection with the reconstruction of tho institution had amounted to £23,000, which was almost provided for. The meeting deolared a dividend of B per cent, on tho preference shares, and 4 per i cent, on the ordinary capital.

In connection with the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church, services will be conducted by tho Rev. W. ,H. Pbilipnext Sabbath, 6th May, as under: -Pahiatua at 11, Ballance at 2, Pahiatua at 7. v The Pahiatua Ecmld states that thero aro within the Borough of Pahiatua at the present time at tho very least 68 unemployed labourers, of whom 28 are marired, and 23 havo been discharged from the co-opotative works. Thia does not include swagmon, but is composed entirely' of local workmen. The writer adds : It is a scandalous and disgraceful shame that cities like Wellington and Christchurch should be assisted to shunt their unemployed on to insignificent hamlets like Bket'ahuna and Pahiatua, taking the very bread from tho mouths of the local unemployed.

In Franco there is a society against tho-' abuse ot tobacco,' which in despair of converting Frenchmen to ita views, doos the utmoßt it can to restrict tho übb of smoking in publio places. Tho latest move in the game has been to petition tho Prefect of Police, with a raw to getting him to forbid pipes and cigars on the platforms of omnibuses. It is acknowledged that Bmokors may indulge themselves on tho outside seafs, but the platform is a dobatable land, neither inside nor outside, where passengers stand in a serried mass when the othor parts aro full. Although there are no seats, it is a toooguised thing that a onrtam limited number of passengers may stand there. It is not long ago that the Prefect acting on the advice of the Society issued notices deafened to prevent the filthy practice of converting the omnibuses into what Thackeray called ' expectoratoons.' A remarkable Buicido occurred at Preston Park, near Brighton, recently, A police constable, named Brackpool, who was _ attached to the Preston Polioe Station cut his throat with a razor, «nd then, not succeeding with that, he picked up a carving knife, and before anyone had time to interfere, completed his work. There 3eeins littlo doubt that bis mind had become unhinged, as before taking his life ho pinned a note to the wall with a pin drawn from his Bcart, asking thai whoevor found the nnto should pierce his sido with a pin, On the table he left 10s and a note for his landlady, Hin comrades, on "searching his room, found nearly £BO in gold. A curious featuro of the case is that Brackpool is said to have had his "banns" published on Sunday, Last July Police Constable Brackpool was the victim of an outrage, which -excited consideiable interest at the time, When walking at Burgess Hill with the young wotcan to whom he was engaged, he was stopped by two men, who, after somo questioning, pushed him about and struck Him on the face,- The constable went away to a neighbouring shoeing forge to wash away tho traces of the injury*, when tho men with three others, followed him, and picked up a sledge-hammer, with which they broke his arm and nearly murdered him.

In France it has become no much the custom for juries to acquit husbands who take tho law into their own hands to revenge themselves for tho infidelities, real or supposed, that it is ioally becoming dangerous for a man to go now a married woman in tho absence of hor spouse. An unfortunate glazier in Paris has just had a very unpleasant reminder of this fact. Ho was sent (or by a lady to mend some windows in a flat near tho Boulevards, and was in tho recess of a' windw, busily at work, when a gentle* man came in, and spying him in tho recess, hiding, as it appeared, behind a curtain, took out a revolvor.and.without asking any explanation, shot him. Tho gentleman was the husband of the lady who had Bent for the glazier, and ho seems to have been suffering from uneasy suspicions aB to his wife's conduct. Fortunately tho glazier's wound was not fatal, Ho .intendH to bring an action for damages against his aggressor, who is naturally very penitent and very much ashamed of the foolißh mistake he made.

] The Government hayo under consideration tho advisability of extending from £IOO up to £2OO the jurisdlctiop of Magistrates in all the principal districts of the Colony, under the powers given for the puvpoßO.il the Magistrates, Act of last session.

MrD. Crewe's'Eketnhuna stock salo will take place on Friday May 11th, not Bth as previously announced. Mr W. li. Ohonuella D.0.A,, left for Pahiatua this morning to preside at a meeting of. creditors.

A series of special services are to bo held by tho Mastertpji branch' of the Salvation Army. A powerful liine-light lantern will be introduced to illustrate the subjects. On Saturday night the piece will bo " Cridor the Army Flag" and on Sunday " The Life of Christ", and "Darkest England." These subjects havo attracted crowds in every town where meetings of the kind havo been held, and should form a big attraction in Masterton,

Wo aro requested to call special attention to the large salo of vehicles of all claases, farming implements, furniture, and produce, to he sold by public auction at Mr F. B, Wood's Greytown rooms to-morrow at 2 p.m. Tho list includes: wagonette, double and single buggies, rustic and sprint; traps, spring dray, gig, harness, saddles, piano by Bord, &o, For full particulars seo advertisement, A striking illustration of the value of vaccination, says the Loudon Times, is afforded by the recent experience of the nurses at tho Birmingham workhouse and the workhouse infirmary. These institutions are close to the city sraall-pox hospital, and on tho occurrence of the recent outbreak tho guardians deemed it advisable to have the nurses vaccinated. Two of Iho nurses rofused to Bubmit to the operation, one of whom caught the disease and died about two months ago, and tho other, who was also seized, died recently, None of the nurses who wore vaccinated have been affeoted.

The hot and muggy' days are now about over. Ficroe tho sun is still in his noonday heat, But ere long thousands will bo crying out for warmer clothing, and blankets will be as welcomo as aoid drinks have been Messrs £. J. Hooker and Co., of tho Bon Marcb.6, have had the coming season in their mind's eye, andapraotical provision for its wants is a foremost feature in their l 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 dis. play of the world's fashions has'never been attempted in the Wairarapa. Every department is resplendent with the latest novelties and fashions, and the prices are significant of their desire to serve all well, Orders from any part of the colony are exeoutcd with thai exactitude and liberality that leave no room for other.thaji satisfaction

In the adjourned case of Dudding v. Dal ( rympleMrSkerreltwas heard yeßterday in argumont for the respondent (Dalrymple). The learned council flnlsliod at 8.80 pm. and their Honors reserved judgment, Mr.J.L, Murray notifies the arrival of new winter goods. Mrs George Bain, of Bnlolutha broke her left leg on Thursday through falling ovor a stone in her garden. 'An attendant at the Adelaide Zoo named Bradshaw was severely bitten while a surgeon was performing an operation on a tapir. The animal was given sufficient morphia to kill a pig but the dose had no effect on it,. Mr Justice Harding, of Brisbane has granted a rulo nisi calling upon three jus» tices of peaco at Mitchell (Q.) lo defend their action in convictinga local gravedigger on a charge of fighting while a burial service was being read, Last week a Chineso gardener at Lawson's Creek .despatched two truck loads of cabbagoto Bydneyforßft'oand when his agent's return carao so'liasd he was astonished to find that he was called upon to pay £2 18s, above the price of tlio vegetables in order to defray expenses. According to a Press Association telegram fromDimedin, tho Hon, Mr McKonzic's statement at the opening of tho Hyde ex-tentionoftheOlago-Central liailmy that' only an area of 50.000 aores of Crown land was available for small settlements in the area _ to be _ opened by the line is attracting considerable attention, A fierce correspondence has begun over it, ano Mr Frasor7 member for Wakatipu calls tho Minister to account for a reckless statement calculated to damage the future' prospects of the line. . .

About forty ladies and gentlemen wero present last evening at St. Matthew's Schoolroom to discusa the formation of an Operatic Society. A Maori football team has been formed , at Papawai, Greytowh.and officers were elected. They intend joining tho Union) having already 20 members, Messrs W. B. Allun, G. W. Dellor and James Stevens wero yosterday oleoted members of the Tnratahi.Oarter'ton Boad Board after a well fought out contest. The classes for instruction in Technical Drawing, etc, conducted by Mr Geo, K. Bond, of Mastertun, have been affiliated to the Technical School oi 'Wellington by the Education Board. This will enable the pupils to obtain tho certificates of the South Kensington Institute, City and Guilds of London Institute, awd.the Technical School, Wellington. All interested in the Masterton Operatie Society, are invited to send their names and addresses, as early aB possible, to the Secretary, Mr B.A, Davys. The monthly meotiogofthoMsstorton RechabiteTent.No, 38, was held in the Foresters' Hall, lsst evening, Bro. J. Carpenter, 0.R,, in the chair. The miautcs of ihe previous meeting wore read mid conlirmedand one new member was proposed. This conoluded the business of the mooting.

A meeting was held at Papawal noar Grey town last Wednesday, nhon several chiefs laid their troubles before Messrs T. Hutchison B.M. and J. D. Heagerty, Mayor, 'They wanted power to punish their own race tor branches of the peace, which the S.M. said ho could not grant. He pointed out that they had their remedy in the S.M. Court, A luxurious spread was provided for the visitors, the tho wifeof H. T. Mahupuku, Chief of Ngatihikawera tribo officiated as waitress.

We beg to nohtj that the following lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at rhe JV.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department :-Koi Mercurial Plating l'luid, price Is 6d, unaurpaßsed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper. Bock's Waterproof. Cement, prico Is, will resist hot or-cold water and repair'china glass, dclf, leather, etc, etc. Camphylen Halls, 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 infalliablo cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to the teeth o health;it stops tho most acntc pain im medhtely, and proves a permanent euro in nearly all cases where the teeth aro hollow. German cure for corns and warts price Is, this amous Remedy will speedily and painlessly uto soft or hard corns, also wts, bunionand chilblains,-Tho Wairarapa Farmers Co operative Association M. Anvr