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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4731, 28 May 1894, Page 2

Tho Prince of Wales weighs 14sfc 21b -an excessive weight for his height. .

Public tenders will close at noon of Ihursdoy, June 15th, forrocd formation lOntlieAohongaValloyEoad.

A cake show and concert takes place at Cartertou on May3lst.

A Napier paper complaius that Tasmaman apples are underselling the locally grown fruit Three policemen were in Grcytown when Trudgcon escaped on Friday night. . '

The complaint known as "mumps" is very prevalent at Pcatherston ust now.

Mrs Harry Wilkinson, of Lake Meadows, Feathorston, who has been an invalid for some time past, is about ag™.

Feathorston is reported to possess the ' handsomest, fiuest, and biggest baby of tho ago! A Brisbane "wifc-bcatcr" was sent up for iix months for thumping his wife with a Bible.

Very heavy raiu fell in this district on Saturday night. It is stated that several people were robbed in broad daylight ot the recent Otaki races. One man had two tickets on a winning horse snatched out of his baud, ami had to stand by while the thief drew the money, The Hon Johu McKcnzic recently said/' he liked td meet his foes face to

A Bi'l has passed uniting New York' Brooklyn, aud adjoining towns into one city, the population of which will he 3,003,000.

A young lad named Sadler reports beiug stuck up by a masked man on (he Opunake Head aud robbed of £2. The harvest of 1879 is said to have been the worst ever known in Eu'jlimd. Between 1869 rrd 1888 only 121 pc • sous wcro reported iu Loudon vs haviug died from hydrophobia. The Tower Bridge, iu London is to be formally opened iu Juab by tho Priu'io of Wales. Mr Balfour M.P., receive 3 £1.425 n year as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Next Sunday afternoon (weather per. mi; ting) Pearson's Private Baud will play a specially selected programme of music iu the Mastcrton Hospital grounds when a collection will bo taken at the gates in aid of tho funds of the institution, Mr W. H. Jackson conducted the services at St. Matthew's Church, Masteiton, yestcaday. TllO Countess of Glasgow returns to Now Zealand at the cud of July. The P. and 0. Company declares a o per cent dividend on preference shares, and nn interim dividend of 7 per eeuton deferred shores. . . MrG.Newncs, M.P., proprietor of Til B'l\ and other publications, has been created a baronet. The Government has decided to build tho Sunuyside Laundry and Palmerston North Courthouse on the co-operative principle, Mr W. CBuchanan, M.H.11, has just returned from a visit to flic Cheviot , Estate, undertaken, says tho t'osl, with the v!ew of acquainting himself with the position of affairs there,

We have been shoivn a letter Lorn the Minister of Justice to Mr A, W, Hogg, M.H.11., in which he slates that so many have been recommended for appointment as Commissioners of the Pence, tlwtlvc foors it is imposs ; ble for ' the Government to comply with all re. quests' made by members, anil hopes that none of the nominees suggested by Mr Hogg, will think ho is to blame if they are left out.

Some Now York mothers have organised a school at which their children are taught good manuors, A chimney at a cottago in Church Street caught fire one day last week, and some of the sparks set tho roof in a blaze. Two members of the Mastcrton Municipal Fire Brigade, passing at the time, gave prompt assistance, aud were undotibtedly the means of preventing a considerable destruction of property, as, if the fire had got a good hold, the houses on cither side must have gone. ( Wairoa ff«m!ian says: "It seems hard flirt soberlinrdlrorkingmcu should be out of work while spielers and rough disorderly fellows appear to have money to squander."

According to the Palmerston Standard Mr E.Burtouof Mastcrton is at present ill the Manawatu district giving exhibition of stump extraction by steam power.

. There is a proposal on foot in Christchurch to form a NewZcalaud Chrysanthemum Association. Wo regret to have to record the death ofMrsliobcrfcLangdon, senior, which occurred on Saturday lastatTcnui. The deceased lady was oro of the pioaecr settlers of the district, arriving iu the Colony in 1810 and lirst settling at Wellington and subsequently atPetonc. About 35 years ago Mrs Laugdon accompanied her husband to Tcnui, where she Ims since resided. Her husband—Mr Bobei t Laugdou-dicd about eight years ago. She leaves three sons and two daughters, a!l married, with the exception of oue son. The deceased has been ailing for the past twelvemonth. Hpr only sister, Miss Scllar, has been her coustant companion since her hus ; baud's death. ' I

Early on Sunday morning Mr Braggins, niglitwatclmiau, discovered some rubbish in an outbuilding near the back of tho Theatre lloyal to be on five. He at once called up Engineer Braggins of the Municipal Brigade, and together they succeeded in putting out the fire. All being safe, Engineer Braggins, who resides iu a cottage beside the fircbcll, was just going in, when Mrs C. E. Goodgame, well-known about Mastcrton, rushed up and before she could be prevented rang the fircbcll. She was promptly ordered away, and the alarm —owing to the stormy weather-seems to have roused very few people. On the scene of the fire being examined, two empty brandy flasks and a bag of lollies were found, snowing that some person had been there, and had evidently cither wilfully or accidentally caused the lire. Chief Justice Madden, of Melbourne, has intimated his intention of passing exemplary sentences in all cases of robbery m\ VJolpnce. 'ln'ths Criminal l Court last week 'Aijdrpw'Mjller came before His Honor charged with robbing with violence John Mitchell, a coachman. According to the sfatemcut of the prosecutor he met Miller aud some other men in Bourke street, aud they were drinking together for some lime. He had occasion, to go into a right-of-way, and whilst there was knoekcddowflbyMilkr, who robbed |ujn' (jf a diamond pin, £2 in notes and a purse confaiprag six sovereigns., 'When lie was insensible on the ground Miller kicked liini brutally _ about tho body. Prisoner, who admitted to a previous conviction of three years for wounding with intent to do bodily harm, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, with two Hoggings of twenty lashes each.

For the best value in drapery, mil. lincry, and clothing, just east an inquiring optic over the stock of Messrs L. J, Hooper.and Co., of thoßoiiMarchc. The firm have just opened their second shipment of ladies'aud ehildrcns 1 jackets, French millinery, mackintoshes, dross goods, gloves, corsets, and etc. All kinds of seasonablo drapery, also an unusual largo shipment of mens' and boys' clothing from tho best manufacturers in tho colony, We should advise an early ,61.11 to get tho first pick, Apvrr

Captain A. G. Wilson, retired English naval officer, talks of building an indiarubber steamer of 400 tons.

The newest walking stick has an clccI trio light hidden in the handle.

Recently two London physicians ad-' Tertisediii tliencwspapers offering f 1000 to a man who would submit to an experimental surgical operation involving some risk. There were 142 answers to 'the advertisement.

An inquest was held at Lamoeth on May 30th, on the body of a boy, fifteen years of age, who, during his Bank Kolidayatßlackhcath.atotlurty oranges, a cocoanut, cake, and mince pie, washed down by somo.tca, cider, "mineral water champagne," ami lemonade. Io died in the street shortly after midnight of cerebral apoplexy.

A Melbourne firm have recently recently received an order from a London house to supply several million oppossum skins. ;

A Melbourne stockand share-broking firmis said to be liable for £1,000,000 in calls on shares which it bought in it own name for clients, who are now "men of straw."

_ Tho Taicri paper states on the authority of Messrs Irvine andStcvcnson that one fruit-grower was paid £IOO this season, for his crop of gooseberries grown on one acre of land. It is rumoured on good authority that Mrs Annie Besimt, who is nothing if not variable, has sought fresh fields aud pnsiures new in flic religious line. The latest faith which it is claimed she has added to her extensive list of creeds is the Hindu,

Wc uudersisnd that the Ecv. Mr Beard, brother of Mr W.G, Beard, of Masterton, is about to revisit NcwZcaland for the benefit of his health.'

The Westminster County Court Judge has ruled that a father could not be compelled to pay for dresses supplied to a tlnrfcy-f Lve-yep r-old daughter. _ A company iu New York, which deals in hair-dyes, is being sued by a lady for changing the colour of her hair from Week to red, whereas she ordered' a soft brown tint. 1

The Pnlmcrston Standard snys that an able-bodied oud full-flavoured stoat was annexed by a cat in Fcilding the other day. The light was warm while it lasted, but pussy was the victor. A Boston woman is a licensed tinder--1 taker, One of the nicest things to have about. Irom the cradle to the grave, is a winsome, kindly-disposed woman. The man is n churl who wouldn't gladly let a pretty lady undertaker embalm Irm. An advertiser requests the return of a macintosh, taken by mistake yesterday from the Presbyterian Church. Amonj every 1,000 bachelors there arc3B criminals; among married men the ratio is only 13 per I,O'JO.

Queen Marguerite of Italy is fond of smoking, and is said to have declared that her cigarette is more essential to her comfort than anything else in life,

The revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, which the Prince of "Wales receives nro nearly £70 : 0"3 a year, Tlio Queen receives the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, whichareovcr&O.OMyearly. A Sydney man proposes tolkwta company with a capital of £5030 to establish a "Dogs Home." A schoolmistress at Waipawa gave a boy a severe thrasliinj, and committee said she did quite right in doing so. . The new voters' roll of the Masterton Trust Lands Ti'ust will contain nearly 1,410 names. Mr Prccce, an ciniuent electrician says:—"lt is no wild dream to say that we may yet communicate by telephone with the planet Mars. Never a flay passes thattlicMclbournc papers do not conta'n one or more reports from country districts concerning the frozen meat industry. There can bs no doubt Hint Victoria, at least, of the Australian colonics, is thoroughly awake to the importance of endeavouring to " cut ; n" for a share in the trade. Auckland " Searchlight" says Cr Tnpii caught it hot from Her Worship at Ibc last mceliug of (lie OmJmngn Borough Council. He told Mrs Yates that if she were a mother she would understand a mother's feelings, and Her Worship resented the romark as'personal.' 'Sit down!' screamed Her Highness, and then she insisted on an apology. The intrepid Tapp demurred. He murmured thatlic didn't know what lie had to apologise for. ' You have insulted'me, said the only female Mayor. ' Well, I apologise,' replied Cr Tupp, ' only there are plenty of women situated just ns you are.''Your apology, sir,' replied Her Worship with exasperatioi, 'is worse than the original insult.' Miss Helen M'Kcnzic, eldest daughter of the Hon. John M'Kenzie, was united on Wednesday to Mr Maurice Pollock Cameron, of Wellington, son of the li-lc liobcrt Harvey Cameron, of Glasgow. Tho ceremony which took place ctHcaihficld (theresidence of (lie bride s father), Shag Point, wa» performed by the Itev. Mr Scott, Presbyterian minister, assisted by tho licv. Mr Clarke, Palmcrston, in the presence of a large gathering of (he relatives and friends. The bridesmaids were Miss Mina M'Kenzie, Miss Barbara Boss (Duncdin), and Miss Lily Campbell (Invercargill), and Mr W, P. Hilson, late of Jedburgh, Scotland, acted as best mau. The bride wore a dress of cream Ucngnliue silk trimmed with lace and shoes to match, aud carried a boquet of white flowers- and white heather, her ornaments, being gold brooches set with pearls, presented by Dr Caliill, of Weiiington, and a gold bell bangle, presented by Mr liobcrt Leckie. The bridesmaids wore cream crepon, Tho bridegroom's present to the bride was a gold wnieh, aud to the bridesmaids gold bangles with padlocks and initials, After tho wedding breakfast, which took place in a large marquee erected in the grounds, the bride and bridegroom left for Oamaru en route for Sydney. Amongst those present at the ceremony were the Hon the Premier and Mrs Soddon, the Hon J. G. Ward, and the Hon Mr Montgomery.—Duncdin Star.

Hero is an anecdote as to (he perils of 'exfemporc prayer, given by tjto Pall MftlHtat'e,' A well-known solicitor, great at ovanwllstic work, had been away for a holiday. On his return he rc-appcared at the parochial prayer meeting. Imagine his anguish when a neighbour, offering prayer, returned thanks for that "our dear brother W—has safely returned 'from going to nnd fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it,'" Those whose knowledge of the Book of Job is shaky will find that tho quotation refers to Satan.

_ An Enoch Ardcn in real life lias made his appearance in Brussels. A year ago a man's body was fished outoftho river at Antwerp. It was identified by the wife of a inau residing in the Buo des Navcts at Brussels as that of her Imsband, who had recently disappeared. The body was buried at her expense, and a few months afterwards the widow, as she imagined herself to be, married agaiu. Her husuaud, however, lias, just returned from America, whither ho had fled, and so far from imitating Tennyson's hero, he has prosecuted his wifo for bigamy. Upon the technical point that hehnsbcen officially declared to be dead, the husband l|as been defeated in a first encounter intholaw courts, but lie has now brought an action to Lave his cortilicatp of death' annulled. Who the dead man really was will probably never be ascertained. We beg tonotiljthatthe following lines o Mcsarsßock&Oo., Ifonufacturing Chemists, can be o'jia'ned at The W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial Plating Fluid, price la U, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper. Book's Waterproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china,* glass, dclf, leather, etc,, etc. Camphylene Bills, in neat air-!i»K jars, containing 18 bai'j pKco Is, to keep moths out of/cloShing, also a perfect disimectant; Herb Extract, prico Is, an hualliaUe euro for toothache, guaranteed not injurious to, the teeth or Health jit stops the mosi' acute pirn irameduiely, and proves a. permanent cure in neerly.allcases wherothe teelh, are hollow, Qurman cure for corns aid warlj nrice Is, this .anions Remedy' will speedily and painlessly ore soft or hard corns, also wta, bunions and ottilblainß,-IheWairarapa Farrows Co. ppentire Asawlttton (Mi AdtjJ

Alnd named Davis, living near the Victoria mill. Poliangina, picked -up 'a dynamite cap which had fallen from a shelf to the floor the other day,, and, happening to press it, an explosion took phce; Tlio result was that lie lost two angers and half his thumb. The Mastcrton Uoad Board has resolved that it ean only grant £1 towards protecting the Fernndgc road from the i eneroachmont of tho Waingawa, Biver,

Messrs Lows and lorns add 2C3 owes inlnmb.lOOfoiward wethers, 120 fat wethers, aud 120 fat owes to their Mastcrton stock sale for Wednesday next, 80th May.

' Aflothcrwatehmater is shortly to start business in Mnsterton., , We understand that the Municipal i Band will follow the lead of their brother i musicians, and play for the benefit of j the Hospital in the grounds, on Sunday afternoons,

Tlia first rehearsal of "The Sorcerer" will tnlte place on Wednesday evening, Members of tho Masterton Operatic' Society haying copies of the score aro requested to take them to the rehearsal.

The funeral of tho late Mrs Langdon senior, of Tcnui, will tako placo at , Tc'nui to-morrow (Tuesday) at 2 p. m. ThecasoS. E. Capper v A and J McLaren, in which, plaintiff, claimed I £IOO damages, alleged to hare boon sustained through defendants failing to' deliver an engine which they had agreed to supply at a specified dato, was concluded on Saturday afternoon, the S. M nonsuiting tho plaintiff with costs £l4 OS. . .

MrJas,Sillarshasinfornicdthopolico '. that during Saturday or Sunday night, several artolosreo stolonfromhis shop in Queen Street, It appears that a broken , pano of glass in a door, had been blown . or knocked out, aud through tho hole the ' articles were withdrawn. They includo shirts etc., valued at about ten shillings, andwcreluingingonastringwithinarm's length of the broken pane of glass. Last Friday evening the Bov. A.V. Grace presided at the first weekly congregational singing practice of St Luke's Church, Grcytown. A prayer was first offered and a hymn sung, alter which the Eov gentleman gavoa short address on tho lifo of Saint Clement. The practice held afterwards was very satisfactory, and we hope it will have the desired etM. Four boys-n son of Mr B. G Williams, two of Mrs Young's boys, and a son of Mr Charles Dixon-went out rabbiting on Saturday last, and not returning at night caused some anxiety to their parents. 'A search party was instituted, including Messrs T. Jago, Bowser, It. G. Williams, andC. Dixon, and after some hours search the youngsters wcro met making for home, having taken refuge the night before in a rabbiter's wharc at the back of Mr William lorns' property, owing to their being overtaken by rain and darkness. The Government that loves the people also loves cheapness-in somo tilings, says the Hawko's Bay Herald. A day or two ago we called attention to the fact that most of tho articles in use iu the colonies hearing the words" made in Germany," were the products of prison labour let to sweaters at nominal prices. A correspondent calls our attention to tho fact that all the inkerasers used in the Government offices arc of German make and aro imitation Fabcf'spatcut. Thoy arc made especially for (he Government as the words "Now Zealand Government" arc impressed in ' bold letters on one side, on tho other being tho "Made in Bavaria" in very small letters. This is the. "patriotism 1 of our pretonded Democrats.' , The Agricultural Coufercnco will

commonco at Wellington, to-morrow. Mr W, Mitchell the woll-kuown Parliamentary reporter states that as he was ! proceeding to "his lodgings in Upper Willis street on Saturday evening he : was attacked by three men who knocked , him down aud rendered him insensible. They rifled his pockets and abstracted his gold watch aud a purse containing about threo pounds. The matter is now ill the hands of the police—Jf. Z. Times,

The Bcv. J. K. Elliott, of Kent Terrace Church, Wellington, conducted tho services of tho Presbyterian Church', at Greytowu, yesterday, and on each occasion preached an eloquent though simplo sermon. Very nearly ono and a half inches of ram fell in this district during last Saturday night. The Vinccntian Fathers will hold a mission iu Masterton in about threo weeks time in connection with St Patrick's Church,

At a meeting of the Kangitikci Acclimatisation Society a motion to amalgamate with the Wellington Socioty was lost by one vote. Tho N. Z. Timw states that two families, who have been at the Islands after mutton birds, have returned after an absence of sii weeks with 20,000 birds, the value of which is £360.

Giles Kceloy who was run over by a plough at Springtown on Tuesday died yesterday. Wc regret to have to record tho sudden death of Mr Henry Blundoll, which occurred at liis residence yesterday evening. Tho deceased gentleman had been ill for about a wcok past, but his ense was not considered imminontly serious until yesterday afternoon. During 1 tho week lie was confined to his house, but.there was every expectation of his returning to business shortly, yesterday afternoon, howovcr, brontliitis set iu, and grave fears were entertained for tho issue. These unhappily proved to be justified, for iu tho eveuing thoro came a sudden failure 6f the heart's action and all was over. Mr E Blundell, who was a native of Dublin, where ho was born in, 1845, was the second son of Mr Honry Blundell, tho founder of tho Evening tost. In tho earliest years of that journal he was associated with the managing department, having early developed a talent of business, and in the course of time ho made his mark as a business man of first rate ability. Not a public man in any way, Mr Blundell gave himself up to the duties pf office, and was a popular and genial figure in tho life of flic city, A tew years ago, he served in the City Guards as lieutenant, and at tho time of his death he had been for some years n Justice of the Peace for tho Colony. Mr Blundell was (says the Times), one of tho most generous of men j his subscriptions to the various charities were numerous; no distress that came to his notice ever went unrelieved; the number of suck cases indeed is far larger, those who know him fcol sure, than tho public has any idea of. He was a man of honourable instincts, upright in his conduct, public spirited and outspoken on all occasions, Ho leaves a widow and large family to mourn his loss at the comparatively early age of 49 years. Our imports ot new season's Dresses, Millinery and Mantles are now fully completed. The choice we are enabled to show and the strictly moderate prices charged aro ranch appreciated by our country Wends while visiting Te Aro Houso, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Verney, from" Worth's," Paris, is (ho leading dressmaker in the colony. Wogiiarantce perfect fit and (he latest styles and designs as known only to Fre'noh dressmakers, Our charge for making dresses is from 22/6, at To. Aro Houbb, WefiiDgton, Ladies can do their shopping by post, and sive the inconvenioo.ee of coming 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 tree on application To Aro House. . •