LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4713, 8 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i A Southern paper Bays:—"Dlok Seddon. is the lather, tho Liberal party is the family, and tho family likeness runs all through."

Greymouth Star says: Mr Seddon hae got the Samoa fever very bad indeed, and the retrain of his song, in moments of delirium ii" Samoa shall be ours,"

' Masterton Football Club is arranging a grand concert for Queen's Birthday, May 24th, .' ' Mißterton Borough Oounoil meets this evening. Mr F. H. Wood adds to tho entries lor hii next Taratahi Stook Sole.

The Stwiard states an epitlemio of drunkenness appears to have broken out amongst the Natiyes round about Greytown.

The Pahiatua County Council has resolved to ask the Government to give £ for £ to the Cotmoil, to permit tho engagement of the .unemployed in the district on neoessary road "work.

At the laB& nio6tifl&! of'he Foathewton Road Board, Mr Nix Baid-(ie_Waihenga road whare was simply a home for'swap.-. gers who should be stopped. They took a bottle or two with the them and had a lively time, and would burn the place l down sooner or later'

Mr O.J, Beard of Greytown has driven an Abyssinian well at the sobool grounds and struck a splendid spring at 27 feet. A slight earthquake was felt at loveroargill yesterday, London wool buyers are hopiful that the duty on the import of wool into the United States will aoon be mm jved,

Tho Euglish wheat market is dull, says the latest cable from Loudon, ithe Continental inactive, and the Amer can declining.

The miners now on strike in America are evidently throwing off all restraint. Their latest action is the brutal murder of a manager whom they kicked and beat .to death,

There are 92 schools in the Wellington Educational District, employing 812 teachers, including 5 sewing teachers. Regarding tho vaoant See of Wellington, the London correspondent of the Ohristchurch Press writes :-ilude and irreverent people are beginning to poke fun at New Zealand with reference to the numerous abortivo attempts which have been made to fill that vacant bishopric. The returns for the March quarter shows that i>t the end of that month there wers 12,720 children on the school rolls for the Wellington Educational District, the working average being 10,524 and the strict average 10,449, Visitors from this district to the Empire City should not fail to inspeot the tastefully selected stock of Mr A. Hicol, watchmaker and jeweller, of G9, Willis-streef, Mr Nicol has on view as pretty a stock of all kinds of novelties as in to bo found in toon, and prices being low, and all goods marked in plain figures, no better establishment could be selected for the purchase of presents. The latest novelties hold by Mr Nicol are ladies gold watches, Fob alberta, gold brooches of the newest designs, (set with chrysoprase and pearls) gold links, and silver broaches. Thero are also a few charming novelties in sterling silver and E.P. goods.

Most of our readers will remembor the visit of the great contralto singer— Madame Patey-to Wellington, and many who listened to her magmficont voice then will think now with foelingn of sadness that her divine music will never morethrill the hcartsof mankind, When tho great singer was in Wellington, with that ready kindness and courtesy which has characterised her actioDß through life, she w»b good enough to signify to Mr llrookon, the manager of the Dresden Piano Go., her high appreciation of tho quality of the instruments supplied by the Company for her concerts, A letter was also written by the talented pianiste of Madame Patey's Concert Company, Miss Emilia Wood, expressing the same views, and this letter, whioh is one of the Dresden Piano Company's most valued documents, serving aa It does as a memento of the great contralto's visit, will be found printed in another column,

Flaying football at night on tho street of Campbelltown (N I),is the latest craze in ' that rustic township. "Judges make the laws to-day, but Anarchists will make them later," is tho : cabled retort of Faranii, the Anarchist, when sentenced to deaih by Mr Justico Hawkins. Even an Anarchist should know that judges do not make tho Iswb 1 to-day and that Anarchists will not make them in the future, since even if estab- ; lishedr-Anarchy would simply mean a • return to | "The good old rule, the simple plan, I That he should take that has the power | And he should keep that can," , We understand that oomplaint? have ' been made by a Maurlceville resident, to ' tho effect that he was stack up on Satur-

I daf night by two young men, who used rery threatening language.. Such proceeiings, if indulged in, are likely to get the offenders into Beriona trouble, Tke number of bank fraunds that hare been discovered all over the world is a ture Bign of bad times. Put a roan in a corner, runß the old saying and he will do queer things, That Bank director#, company directors, and other financial magnates will alio do queer things, and sanction shady transactions, when hard pushed, has been clearly Bhown by the action of direotors from the Bank of England downwards. The trial tor the Italian Bank frauds it now being held, and the oable tells ua that Signor Tau-longo,ex-Goveroor of the Hank of Koine, explained during his examination that former Ministers, with a view to raise the price of Gorernment stock, compelled tho Bank to sanction procedure involving large losses. A meeting of the "Workt and Finance Oomraittee of the Masterton Borough Oounoil was held last evening. Present His Worship the Mayor, and Crs Chamberlain, Hessey, Cullen and Mutrie. The Overseer's report was read showing that road repairs had been completed in several parts of the Borough, the staff being at present engaged repairing Short Street. Tho report recommended the repairing of a culvert in Bailway road opposite Yates, and that UallStreet and Lincoln Eoad be metalled. The Town Glerk was instructed to give notice for the immediate payment of foothpath asoounti. Accounts amounting to £.183 (Is 5d wore recommended for payment, J and the meeting adjourned. Yet another football club has been formed in Masterton I Last night at Te Ore Ore the first meeting waß held and a number of officers appointed. The selection of captain was held over for the next meeting, to take place shortly. Mr Manihera E. Maaka waa appointed President, Mr Uru Secretary, and MrO, Pratt delegate to the Kugby Union. Messrs A. W, Hogg, M.H.R., and W. 0, Buchanan, M.H,R„wereelected patrons, and a number of gentlemen conneoted with the distriot,Vlce-Pioaldents. Mr W, J. Palmer, the Government fruit expert, is now in Masterton, and informs us that he will be glad to see auyone Interested in fruit growing, who may like to call on him at the Occidental Hotel. To-morrow he pays a visit to To Bangitnmau, He has visited several of the orchards in this neighbourhood, and considers the district specially well adapted for the cultivation of prunes and grapeß. In other fruita he questions whether we can compete with the Auckland district. Oun imports ot new season's Dresses' Millinery and Mantles are now fully completed. Theohoice wo areenabled to show and the striotly moderate prioes charged are muoh appointed by our country friends while vlßiting Te Aro House, Wellington, Our new dressmaker, Madamede Veraey, from "Worth's," Paris,is the leading dressmaker in the colony, Wegoarantee perfeot fitM the latest styles and designs as known only to French dressmakers, Our charge for making dresses is from 22/G, at Te Aro Houße, Wellington,

ladies can do. their shopping by post, and ' savo the inconvenience of coming to town. < Oar, order department baa been enlarged, i and Is aider most 1 effioient management.: , Paiternß; ot all, our, general, drapery and , Dresses will be sent post free on application 1 alTe;&roBom; : • i

The Marquis of Salisbury,reoeiitly said! 11 The wish of my life Is to' see the Home of lor'dß reformed, but I do not believe in U being swept away altogether," • Tenders are invlted'for outtlng about I thirty cord of maire and mixed firewood at Akura.

A Wairarapa." Ooanty Bettler" writei to the New Zealand Timts in support of the tender system (or public and municipal works, He maintains it is the fairest and beat system for all parties, for the employer, the employed aid the body for whioh the trerk is Tho Te Ore Ore Football Olub intend to put a first fifteen in the field this season,

A final dividend in the estate ot W, Hull, of Pahiatua, of 2s in the £ is now payable. Notice is glveu elsewhere that Messrs J, Moßao, J, P. Perry, O,E. Oockbum* hood, J. Millar, and U, MoKay have been elected wardens of tho Upper Taueru Road Board.

The Wairarapa schoel teachers hold a oonrersastone at Maatortori on Friday evening next.

I ...A_%amber of Commerce is being formed" at'Gistaft. Ten Chinese gambling dens are stated to be in full swiuii in Dunodin,frequtnted by men, women, and oven children. A wedding which will exoite considerable interest will take place about the end of this month, when Miss MoKenzie, of the Eon J. McKenzie, Minister ofLands, will be married to Mr Cameron, of the firm of Cameron and Christie.

_ Mr T. R, Fleming, one of the Educa« tion Board inspectors, tells a very funny answer given by a child in a class which was being inspected by him in an upoountry school. The subject was history, andMtFleming was explaining the moaning of the couplet in the reading book, " When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then (he gjntlemin?" Who, he niked in conclusion, was the gentleman ? and immediately a brightlittlo fellow of tender years sang out, "Please, sir, Satan." That boy passed.—N.Z, Timu, The ladies of Palmerston and district (says tho Oamaru Jfati) Intend to establish a world's precedent by giving a banquet to their member on their own This function, which should become historical in the world's annals, has been appropriately fixed for tho 24th May.

A number of Chinese miners employed by Mr Sew Hoy near the Monui, in Otago, (truck the other day for an increase in wages. They were told by their Celestial employer that if they were dissatisfied they could leave the works. That knocked all the strike out of John, and work was resumed at the old rate of Caper day. A cruel but common thing in the Coolgardie districts is to quench one's thirst and refuse to give any water to the horseß. A returned prospector recently said, " Either ourselves or the horses had to go without; so we tied them up and went into the bush to drink, Yes, 1 have Been a horn shed tears as ire walked away with the water baos."

Schoolgirls playing marbles are frequently to be seen in the street) of Wellington.

A Chrysanthemum ball is to be held in Greytown on Queen'! Birthday in aid of the funds of the Fire Brigade, Triplets, girls, haying been born in Oork workhouso, a question has arisen whether the mother or tin guardians should receivo the Queen's 13. In some parts of Berlin there are special publio houses for ivomen.

Eight attempts have been made by assassins to kill the Queen.

" Kristsearch, Kantorberri, Knew Zilan," waß the address on a letter which turned up to the person for whom it was Intended last mail.

A shorthand writer in Bsrlin attends the funerals of prominent persons and takes down verbatim the addresses of the officiating clergymen.Ho prepares highly ornamental copies of these, and sells them to the Moods of the eulogised dead. He is doing a roaring trade, It may be of interest to state that the present Lord Tennyson has beenap proaohed with the object of securing his consent to a shilling Tennyson,

the latent sensation in Berlin ia a love 'tragedy. When two young persons were informed that their parents had declined to sanction the much desired union, the girl repaired to the house of her sweetheart and shot herself dead on the doorBtep,

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the following amounts on behalf of the poor woman whose case we referred to In our lastiiauo" Sympathiser" ss, "AFriend" 2s 6d,and"H"6s, We have advanced the money that was required to retire the bailiff, The Southland Acclimatisation Society, after purchasing and paying £225 for the fishponds at Wallacetown, where hatohing operations are oarried on, commence the new year with a credit ballance of £99 8a Id.

The ho', and; muggy days are now about | over. Fierce the sun isstill in his noonday heat. But ere long thousands will be crying out for warmer clothing, and blankets will bo as welcomo as aoid drinks havo been Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co,, of the Bon Marohfi, havo had the coming season in their mind's oye, ondapraotical provision for its wants is a foremost feature in thoir programme, They have just opened a magnificent stock of new autumn and winter goods from tho Parisian and London markets, and we venture to' assert a better display of the world's fashions has never been attempted in tho Wairsrapa, Every department is resplendent with tlie latest novelties and fashions, and tho prices are significant of thoir desire to serve all well. Orders from any part of the colony are exeouted with that exactitude and liberality that leave no room for other than satisfaction

"\V o beg tonotilj that the following lines o Messrs Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department Ken Mercurial Plating Fluid, price Is 6d, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Bock's Waterproof Cemont, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china glass, clolf, lcatherj etc., etc. Camphylen Balls, in neat air-tight jars, containing 1 balls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing alfo a perfect-disinfectant. Herb Kxtraot price is, an infalliablo euro for toothache guaranteed not injurious to tho teeth o health; it stops tho most aoute pain im medntelv, and proves a permanent euro in nearly all cases whero tho teert aro hollow. German euro for corns and warts prico Is, this amous Remedy will speedily and painlessly ure Boft or hard corns, also Tarts, bunion and chilblains,—The IVairarapa Farmers Co operative Association Ltd. Advt'