Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4720, 16 May 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SECOND EDITION

Masterton Masonic Lodge meets this evening. Nominations arc invited for a member of the Castlepoint ltoad Board, to 11)1 mi cxtraordiwy vacancy. Wcljcartlrat thc employes of Pilinulra iiiicid presenting Mr AV. E. Bidwill with an illuminated address to mark the occasion of his marriage. Mrs B. Eeillv, of Mastcrton, le-t for Auckland on Monday last, for the hcne : jit of Her hcEjlti), The Maiirieeville bache'orc-over to to the front aifflopco their annual ball for May 24th, Mr Keisenberg's band has bcjii engaged to supply music at the Mauvicrvillo Bachelors Ball on Queen's Biithday. An enteitainment and dance takes place at the Taueru on tho evenin? of the 21th of May. Mr T. Cotter, the new proprietor of the Union Hotel, Pabiatua,recently sold the Makim Hotel, "Yon must always deduct Wpr 50. per cc.it from the lpiyij iron) the other side," lcnarked Mr Valentine flic other cvcpjng in answer to a question, An effort is shortly to be made to form a Buss Band Association in the Wairarapa, with a view to regulating the prices fo: engagements, etc. There are nine or tai bands between Pahiatua end Featherston, and an annual contest is also spoken of. About forty members were present at the Boys' Club last night, when Mr 1!. J. Malcolm met them to give instructions in rifle drill and physical exercise. The boys seemed to take a thorough interne in the matter. Mr Valentine, Dairy Expert, advises inventive minds to think out a good, cheap, and substantial milking machine, and also a cheap and handy refrigerator! Tho Municipal Fire brigade return thanks to all who assi§t«( to make the late social a success, A later wire from the Pjess Associa ; (ion, received vostorday afternoon, states that it was John James O'Brien, not Brodie, whose discharge from bankruptcy was suspended for two years, .Under examination at the Wellington Bankruptcy Court recently, a debtor nude the admission that lie had been baukrupt boforo somo ten or eleven years ago, but had not received his discharge. No one troubled him about it, and he never said any more about it. i Our Imports ot new season's Dresses, Millinery and Mantles are now fully com-; pletjjil. Thei pbojes wo five enabled to show' and we strictly moderate prices charged are muoh appreciated by cur country friends while vißitinj To Aro House, Wellington. , Our new dressnialer, Mqdame de Vernoy, from" Worth's," Paris. Is ilia leading dressmaker in the oolony. Wopmranteo perfect fit and the latest tiyles and (iesigns as koowii only to Frenoh'dressmakeis, Our oharge for njaking dresses is from 22/6, at Te Aro H(raße;"We!liogt'jn,' 'Ladies can do their shopping by post, and I mj[;he inconvenience of coming jo town. 1 GJftrder department 'ha 3 been enlarged, flßg most, efficient mpjigempni: jHrqe' of aU'ojjr gcneityl drapqty and JHes will pqst free qn application Tewo House. ]

•Patieutß' fees to the Masterton Hospital lost year amounted to . An attompt is to be made to start a public library at Mangatainoka in connection with the school. The Masterton Towns Lands Trust rent roll last year amouutcd to £456 15s. During the year ending 31st March 1894, the Masterton Town Lands Trust I expended £BO in 6chool grants. Masterton Debating Society will meet in the Foresters' Hall this evening. The Christchurch police havo made a raid upon spiders, and at the. local Police Court yesterday four men were brought up on charges of vagrancy. A German named Beihm has made a sholl which he declares will plunge through troops aud leave them in complete darkness. The snioko will also make the men cough, sneeze, and cry till they are helpless. ThoHawke'sßay floods have given the agricultural districts of the South Island an additional outlet for their surplus produce, _ Postal arrangements for Queen's Birthday are published in another! column.

The sittings of the Bankruptcy Court at Wellington have been adjourned until Monday, the 25th June next Mr T.D Thompson, of the Empir. Mel, will have charge of the publicans booth at the Akun Eaces tomorrow.

Mr Williams, custodian of the Masterton Hospital, is to be asked to give his version of the man Conway's appli. cation to be admitted to the Hospital

, In Auckland alone the Kauri Timber Company is at present employing some 400 men, and are cutting up on the arerago 350,000 ft. of timbor per week. ; A rumour is afloat in Masterton that silver ore has been discovered on the .East Coast by some Natives/ Excellent acceptances/ lave been received for the Akura Eaces to-morrow, i and a j-«od mooting should result. A special meeting of the Masterton I Borough Council, to deal with the new I by-laws, will be held this evening. | Mrs Elizabeth Davies, of Devonport, Auckland, swallowed some match heads, but is now outof danger. She attributes tho act to great worry,' and says she did not know what she was doing, There wero 123 passengers from Australia by the Tarawcra yesterday morning, and of these 87 landed at Wellington, including 12 Chinese. , The late Miss Alice Holmos will be interred at the Masterton Cemetery at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning,

The total receipts of the Hospital Trust last year wore £1,148 lis 4d, and tho oxpendituro £BOS 7s 4d. Nominations of candidates for the Masterton Trust Lands Trust vacant ; seats will be received up till May 24th. The election takes place on May list,

A female stranger to Masterton, was noticed near the Eailway Station very much the worse for liquor, this morning. Dr Tracy of the Now York Health Board, is in favour of electric tramways for he says that statistics show that mortality is increased by proximity of stables, and v that large cities should have as few horses quartered in them as possible.

A Chinese hawker of vegetables has complained to the Wellington police that ho was set upon by six or sevon boys in Botanical load on Monday morning and pelted with stones, one of which cut him severely about the head. In roply to a question at the Carterton Ambulance Class recently, Dr Johnston stated that with proper attention tho life of a horse haviug had its jugular vein severed could bc-saved.

At the auction sale of townsruj) nnd suburbah sections in the Cheviot Estate, 35 wero sold for £876105. A run of 1642 acrps, flip ups.pt price qf wlucli'was £llO, spfd for £250. * ' • '

The N.Z. Timet understands that eight Maoris of the Napier district,who have teen converted to Mormonism, have made preperations to leave by the | San Francisco mail steamers this week, en route for Utah. One of the party is Ihaka Whahga, ono of the principal land-owncrs in the Mahia Peninsula. The Palmcrston Standard says:—Tho Eailway Commissioners have decided to appeal against the decision of Judge Kettle in the case Trask v. Eailway Commissioners.

With regard to tho extraordinary sccuo at the Ouehunga Borough Council's meeting on Monday cvening,a paragraph from Saturday's Auckland Star says that a requisition is being signed in Onclranga asking Mrs Yates and the councillors to I resign.

Mr H. Knight, who disposed of his Pahiatua property sonio months ago for the purpose of going to New Australia, and sailed from Sydney in December, h,as returned fo the latter city. His sons, who were Jo havo loft Pahiatua last week, have received a telegram directing them not to leave New Zealand. Mr Fish, Mayor of Dunedin, last Saturday secured three shceps' plucks from two hatchers' shops and sent them to Professor Black who reports that tho liver and lungs of all-three are badly affected with hydatids. The Profossor says he cannot condemn in language too strong the system by which it is not only i possible, but probably pretty common, to J distribute this fortile'soutee of disease

A deputation of women recently waited on the Victorian Minister of Lands. The Minister told the deputation that ho had been accused of being intoxicated when he visited the settlement. " So you were," coplly replied one lady, while another coaxingly added, "But it's, not so very dreadful to get : tipsy." The Minister denied that he was intoxicated on the occasion mentioned. He declined the request of tho members of tho deputation, who leff indignantly, thanking'gpodnqss that they would sooiil have another Minister of Lands.

A serious accident happened to a young man named John Trcgurtha, employed as a porter at the Wellington , Hailway Station yesterday afternoon, says tho N.Z. Times. He was ongaged in shunting somo trucks, and was struck by the connecting rod, the result being that his left log was broken near the knee. • The injured man was immediately placed on the ambulance and taken to tho Hospital, where it was found that amputation would be necessary, The i operation was successfully performed, 1 tho leg being taken off below tho knee, and the patient is now progressing satisfactorily. Tregurtha is about 19 I years of age, and is nnmarried.

Saturday's Ashbiirton Mail says Ministers have rccoinfehdod that tho title l | for life of "Honourable" bo conferred on Mr W. J. Steward, as Speaker of the j laßtParliament,and SirMauriceO'Borkc, as Speaker of previous Parliaments, un- ] der the new arrangement of the Colonial Office .mentioned, in last-week's cable news.

The Masterton Hospital Trustees now meet in the County Council Chambers, instead of, as formorly, in the Borough Chambers, Tho Chairman (Mr J. C. Boddington) remarked yesterday afternoon. that they wero quite satisfied with'their new nuarters, and if not so luxuriantly furnished, they were quite as comfortable as the old place of meeting.

The bound muggy days aro now about over. Fierce the bi)d is still in hjs noonday jjea(. But ere long thousands will be orying out/or wnrmerclothing, and blankets will be as welcome as acid drinks have been Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co,, of tho Bon 1 MarohS, have had the coming season in their mind's eye, and a praotioal 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 ventmo to assert a better display of the world's fashions has never been attempt^in t|ie Wairarana.'Every'department is resplendariU ith the latent novelties w#i? n si qnd the pric.qs are slgoifinant of their desire to serve all Mi Orders from any parrot the colony .are executed with that exactitude and' hberality that leave' no Worn for ojh'cf than eatialaotioD. .

Cricket is how played on Sundays in i the suburbs of Christchurch. A Parliamentary Union is in session at Wanganui during the winter months, A Frozen Meat Importers' Association, to meet every month, has been formed in London. They have "hard time socials " in the States now, at which, for refresh,'ments, hominy is served on shingles. The butter factory proprietors in the Taranati district are goiiig inlargelyfor refrigerators. /

A married woman, carrying a baby in her arms, was arrestaftat Mastcrton at noon to-day for drunWnness. The Hokitika GuMian is responsible for the statement tilt Hokitika people are pulling down Mses in order to save [rates, ./■

West Coast papers are giving credence to_ the rumour that the Eailway Commissioners have offered the Mokihinui Coal Company (Westport) £12,000 for i their railway line.

Mrs E. Gibson, a young married woman, of Sydney, complained of feeling unwell, and retired to hor room and shot herself. '

Some Auckland Justices remarked the .other day from the Bonch, "We get more truth out of children than out of adults." '

- A comet is now visible to the naked eve in_ a line between Canopus and Sir/us, in the western heavens. It has the appearanco of a hazy star, Baron de Hirch has again distributed the gross winnings of his horses last year-amontingio£76oo-among London hospitals; but, not content with following his own precedent, he has this year "gone one better," by giving the same amouut in "added money" makine a total of £15,000.

A pamphlet issued by the Imperial Federation Defenco Committee state's that the colonies, with a revenue of £43,000,000, contribute only to each £1 Great Britain spends on general naval defence, and blames Great Britain for not asking tho colonies to pay a greater share of the expense.

A fatal shooting accident occurred at. Nmtcd, a suburb of kunceston, the other evening. Two boys named Kobert Atkinson and Morton Douglas were staying with a relative, Atkinson read in the newspaper about prowlers infesting farmyards, said he was goingto take a pea-rifle to his bed-room. Douglas took the rifle in his hand, and not knowing that it had been loaded, playfully threatened Atkinson. The charge went oti,_ going right though Atkinson's brain, whose death was instantaneous.' Wo beg tonotilj that the following lines of Messrs Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at the AV.F.O.A'a Fancy Goods Department :-Kon Mercurial Eating Fluid, price Is Gd, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and reflating brass and oopp>, Book's Waterproof Cement, price is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, dclf, leather, etc.. etc. Camphylene Balls, id neat air-tijht jars, containing 18 halls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, also a ported disinfectant. Herb Extract, Price Is, an infalliablo cure for toothache, guaranteed not injurious to the teeth or health; it stops the most acute pain im mediiteljr, and proves a pernwnont euro in nearly nlleascs whorotho teeft are hollow, Gorman cure for co'ns and warts prico Is, this famous Remedy will speedily and painlessly euro soft or hard corns, also 'farts, bunions '■nd chilblains - The Wairorapa Farmers Co, operative Aasogittinn I,M. A.hvt.