LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4726, 21 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-day, May 21st, is Proclamation Day.

_ I« several provinces in France wheat is attacked by a white mirerobc, which kills the root

lhc Eussian warship Krcisser, after visiting Noumea, is, according to a Sydney paper, to visit New Zealand.

During the past nine months, in Brishaiie alone, £6522 worth of food has been distributed by the Government to the unemployed.

Tickets for the Mastciion Volunteer Fire Brigade Ball, on May, 24th arc reported to be going off well, and a large attendance is anticipated. . Tlte Gas and Libnuy Committee of the Mnstciton Borough Council will meet (his evening.

Mr John Watt, bookseller and stationer, of Queen Street Mastciiou.advcrtises a large stock of altraciivc pictures for sale.

The Tiiratnlii-Cartcrton lioad Board hnve accepted the tender of Mr llalpli Manning at £37 for 40 chains formation and part metalling on Norfolk road. The amount ot Customs duties collected at the pi of Wellington during the week ended Saturday, May 19, was £4638 9s, aud the beer duty for the same period was £49 OsGd. A. remedy has recently been discovered which will infallibly produce hair on bald heads, and promote a strong and luxurious growth. The new specific is known as "Wilson's Hair Bestow," and the wholesale ajents aro Messrs Sharland and Co., Limited, of Wellington. Wilson's Restorer not only restores failing hair, but completely sweeps away scurf and dandruff and other complaints of the scalp. The proprietors of this invaluable specific have received-numerous testimonials, of which we havo seen the originals, testifying to its valuable properties. All wno have used it speak in the highest terms of praise and state that anyone giving the restorer a trial will be completely satisfied as to its efficacy. It reolly would appear that in Wilson's Hair Restorer a very valuable specific has been discovered,wliich,whenproperly : known, should conuupiid a ready sale, attention is directed to the advertise- . incut iu out business columns.

Yesterday being Trinity Sunday, special services were held in St. Matthew's Church. Theßcv. W. Hwaldson olliciatcd, and preached to large eoHerc-gi-tions both morning and evening, °At the latter sci rice the anthem " Call to Ecrocmbrimco" was rendered by the choir, Miss Jago taking the solo parts. The rev.gcntlcmanaddrcsscdtlie Sunday School children in the afternoon.

The number of unregistered useless curs wandering about Mastcrton, is increasing. Wc shall soon be subject to a plague of dogs.

The novel sight of an inebriated aboriginal on crutches, was witnessed in Queen street the other afternoon. Two of his friends—iu nearly as bad a condition—were assisting him to a place of refuse, aud the trio quite took up the footpath. •

The many friends of Mr George Witt, the genial and popular representative on this line, of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen, will be sorry to learn that he was taken rather seriously ill last week with internal inflammation, and is still confined to his room at the Occidental Hotel, Mastcrtou.

The Mi'iicr safe which was in the fire at Bock's good-shed, Pcathcrston, lias hcen opened, and the books which it contained were found to be in quite good condition. Their contents were still legible, the covers only bciug singed.

The resignation of Mr Charlton, Government YcterinarySurgeon, forwarded prior to the late Commission of Enquiry, has been accepted, but Mr Gilruth has withdrawn his resignation sent in some weeks ago, and it is proposed to place an increase of £IC3 in his salary upon the Estimates, bringing the salary up to £350 and travelling expenses. The report of the recent Commission has been received back from the Governor. The finding is to the effect that the charges brought against the Secretary for Agriculture, and Mr Hull, Stock Inspector, by Mr Charlton, were altogether groundless and frivolous, and should never liavc been made.—Post,

The proposed enlargement of the Woodvillc School will probably take tlic form of an infant school being built separate from the main school, The blacks arc giving the miners much trouble at the Coolgardic diggings, A recent visitor there informs the Icmniiier that one digger became so enraged at the nnuoyarcc of the blacks that lie shot a black gin, tortured her for a day and a night, cut a scar with his knife down her back, and then cut her into pieces. Such an abominable outrage savors more of what we hear of the lawiless districts of America than of an Australian Colony, The man was arrested, but escaped unpunished,

Mr W. J, Wise has started in business in Mastcrtou as a carver and turner,

A burning flue in tlic West Ward, caused the Mastci ion fircbcll to ring out au alarm on Saturday evening,

_ We remind our readers of the meetiug to form an Ambulance Society in Mastcrtou, which takes place this evening, For the best value in draper/, millinery, and clothing, just cast an inquiring optic over the stock of Messrs h J, Hooper and Co., of thoßonMarchc. The firm have just opened their second shipmet! of ladies'and; childrcns' jackets, French millinery, mackintoshes, dress goods, gloves, corsets, and etc. All kinds of seasonable drapeiy, also an unusual largo shipment of mens' and boys' clothing from tlic best niamifaciurors iu tho colony. We should' advise "an early call to get the first pick. Advt,

We beg tonotil) that the tollowin; fmes o Messrs Buck &Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can be obta'ued a. the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods pjjprtwW-Notf'Merrarifl Platingi FJu'd, prco Is fid, qißiirpansed"for o\eaniQg : go!dois ! l/«'andie-pfatii)jl)ra.s{wd'copper, : BocVk Wato H itoo!" Cehiont, prioßJs) wj|j, resist hot or. cold water repair' china,] glass, delf, loatW,' etc., 'etc,'Camphyleto' Balls, in neat a'Vvijlit jare,' containing 18 balls, price ]s, to keep moths out of clothing, Hjib JSitraot, price 38, an .'n'oilVw cm ibr toothache, guaranteed not in.ji''.w.\s to !be teeth, or nealih; it stops tho mod acute pam/'im mcdiii-ety.andprore.'. a permanent cure In nearly all pa:ei where (lie 1 teeth aro 'hollow, (Jiraian eyre /or tens epd warts price Is. this famous Re'n'idy '\yill »|lbedily and painlessly core so't or hard,corn's, also waits; bjnions and cbUblama.-TheWairarapa Farmers Co, operative Association Ltd. Advt, f ■ ■■■■-.,,'5:1,.->':■:■;.

I The annual report of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company shows tho profits | for the year to amount to £IB,OOO A j dividend of 41 per cent, will be decked. U,^ rc Pf,°fti«> loss of the yacht Valkyrie off tho coast of Africa turns out to bo unrtue,

Mr George Williams, who founded the loung Men's Christian Association m London, 18M, has been granted the I'recdom of the City of Londou.

Two Maori girls, whose ages appeared to be about thirteen and fifteen years respectively were to bo seen hi Hj ß h street, Dnnovii'ko recently in an advanced stage of intoxication. It was a distressing sight, The girls were taken charge of by their relatives, who had tlieni conveyed to their homes.

A smart shock of earthquake was noticed in Masterton at about five minutes to ten tins morning. The direction wns apparently from cast to west,

When the firebell rang out an alarm last Saturday evening, Queen Street was crowded. As usual on'such occasions a number of excitable individuals started running in tho direction of the supposed fire. One man came to grief on a banana skin, and in his downfall ! knocked a lady who was standing on the footpath into the gutter. Several dogs became excited at the people runuiug about, and in'their wild career brought several people down, and caused more damage and confusion than the fire itself.

. Captain Edwin wires:—North-east to north and west, gale with rain after 12 hours from now. Glass fall.

Mr Sydney Johnston is reported to bo crossing his Orouawharo (Hawkc's Bay) flock with leicester rams this season, and MrLeithead intends making a departure at Mokoia Station by crossing the halfbred Downs with Lincoln rams.

Mr L. F. Ayson is sending a consignment of young trout from the Masterton Hatcheries to Wangauui to-day, A similar case to that mentioned by us on Saturday, of a kingfisher swallowing a small bird, is clironicled in a recent number of the Australasian. ■

Owing to a fresh disease which has broken out amongst sheep in the Woodvillc district Mr Leithead is having tho wool of the sheep on Mokoia well cut off aloug the belly simultaneously with digging, and he thinks this will prove an effective remedy. Examiner. The Hincmoa, recently sent to the Auckland Islands to intercept and prevent the Norwegian vessel Antarctic from sealing, succeeded in her mission. The steamer Chelmsford has been successfully floated off at Tutakaka.

Church, Grcytown, is to be transformed into a congregational practice in future. The Eev. John Dukes returned to Masterton from his Auckland trip, this morning. He looks much benefitted by tho change. The fiev. Mr Pcryman preached a vcrv able sermon to a largo congregation at the Masterton Wesleyan Church last evening.

John Ross, for the third timo within a week, appeared before the Magistrate's Court at Masterton this nioming,charged with drunkenness. John, who appeared to be suffering a severe recovery,plaintivelyinformedtheßenchiMrT.iPrifc, J.P.), that this was positively his last appearance, ami he was let off with a fino of 20s or in default 24 hours.

Tho following tenders were dealt with at the County Council olee, on Saturday last i-Mount Baker Eoad contract, No. i; clearing Tawataia creek :-M P. Britt and Co., £59 19s 6d, accepted. Declined—M. llyan, £73 lOsOdj K. T. Fletcher, £79. We regret to hear that Mr F. H. Ibbctsou, Clerk of the Court at Masterton, is rather seriously ill,

A billiard match—2so up—for a£s stake, was played at the Club Hotel on Saturday evening between Joe Enraitianaof Masterton andW. Hutchinson of Wellington. The contest was an exciting one Karaitiana winning by six points.

The rainfall for April registered highest at To Kowhai (Hawke's Bay) ll's'l inches, Otago Bay coining next with 10-88 inches j Gisbornc 7*23 inches, On the West Coast of the South Island, Greymouth and Hokitika eadi has 771 and 779 iuches. The lowest rainfall for the month was registered at Nelson where only 0.27 of an inch fell. The report of the Probation Officer; being favourable Eoberfc Crombio was admitted to probation for three months at the S. 11. Court, Masterton, this morning, and ordered to repay the sum stolen and the costs of prosecution in monthly instalments. The Anniversary- Services held in the Masterton Presbyterian Church yesterday were well attended. At the afternoon servico a large number of prizes were distributed to the scholars, The new organ was used for the first time ani is a very powerful instrument, Mr H. Lee acting as organist. Thollov, llobert Wood conducted the services. The conversazione in connection with the Anniversary will bo held on Thursday, (Queen's Birthday.) The takings at the gates at the Akura liaec meeting amounted to £57 ss. John Street, charged with stealing a watch and chain from Joliu lioss, was brought before Mr T. E. Price, J.P., at Masterton this morning and remanded till to-morrow at the request of the police.

Oon imports ot new season's Dresses, Millinery and Mantles are uow fully complete). The oboioe we are enabled to show and the strictlymoderato prices charged aro much appreciated by our country friends while visitins 'fe Avo Houso, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame do Vcmey, from" Worth's," Paris', is the leading dressmaker in the colony, Wo guarantee perfect fit and the latest styles and designs as known only to Frenoh dressmakers, Our charge for making dresses is from 22/6, at Te Ato House, Wellington, Ladies can do their shopping by post, and sive tho inconvenicuce of comiog to town. Our order department has been enlarged, and is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and Dresses will be sent post free on application Te Aro House,