LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4733, 30 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

_A torriblo Btorm was experienced at Woodvillo on Monday'night, and still, continues. Nearly two inches of rain fell. Drßakowell, whoso recent article in tlo Rintkentii Century on " Woman Suffrage in New Zealand" has been so widely canvassed and discussed, lias decided to practise his profession in Napier for a time. Tlio Mnnawatu famtr says that an Otaki farmer states that Otaki contains some of the very best quality land in New Zealand, He knows land that runs 6 sheep to the acre, but unfortunately it i s all leased by one individual. Tho first practise of " The. Sorcerer," by tho Masterton Operatic Society takes place this evening. We remind our readers of tho Masterton Town Lands Twist election, which takes place to-morrow-. The C.J.C. has boforo it an offer of a totalisator which is said to bo an improvement on anything yet seen in public. With tho advent of Lord Roscbery to power there has como an increasing demand of the special style of collar affected by his Lordship. Au Australian nativo is reported to have made a small fortune by purchasing several thousand acres in tho Waikato, planting it with gorsc, aud fattening sheep on the young growth. We clip the following rather ambiguous paragraph from a Southern contemporary:-" The friends of-Mounted Constnblc Day will regret to learn that he died yesterday at the Hokitika Hospital. In ono sense death was a happy release for the poor fellow, Be kata a yowujwifeandaMd," The other day a-young gentleman of aggressively calm bearing walked into a railway refreshment room about a minute before the train was to depart. He asked blandly for a cup of coffee, which was at once handed km by the young lady officiating. He drank up tho coffee with infinite relish, and turned to go, "Sixpence, please," cried the young lady. The youth turned and put down the required coin. " It's a had sixpence!" exclaimed the young lady. "So was the coffee! Ta, Ta!" replied the young gentleman, and jumped into the last carriage, . Tho engineers, with a view of obtaining greater speed and reducing resist--1 nncc, have increased tho weight of the new Atlantic cable from 'IOO to COOlbs per mile. It is suggested that this will be suitable for the Paoific cable. Mr Virgoes, Secretary to tho Young Men's Christian Association iiiAdclaide, is asking the Young, Mcu's Christian Association of. England to appoint for two years a Travelling Secretary in Aus- ; tralin, with the view of establishing extonsivo organisations in the Colony. Horses are very cheap just uow. In Gisbornc one was sold out of the pound by the Borough Council to a man for sixpence, The purchaser used it for a packhorse, but finally abandoned it on the road. It was again • impounded, and the pound-keeper killed aud buried the horso at a cost of 10s. It's hard luck when you have lo pay twenty times as much for a dead horse , as a lito one 1 It is very evident that (he good old > days of piracy aro not over yet, at least not in the Chinese seas, Recently, a ' steamer, thcTaiyan, left Canton for Whampoa, with 80 Chinese passengers. p When the steamer was well at sea seven : of the passengers suddenly produced weapons, and "went for" the others. Having looted the wholo vessel, and > frightened the crew into obedience, tho rovers ordered the ship to be steered into a small creek, where they . were met by and taken ashore in a boat belonging-to some confederates. Complaint has been made to theChincso authorities who arc expected to arrest and punish the desperadoes, _ According to the Shannon paper, a - singular phenomenon was observed at • Paraparanmu during tho recent earth- ■ quake. Some persons were working on ■ tho bauk of a small pond, when the water , was seen to sway backwards and forwards for a few moments, and then com--1 nicnco to work as if it were boiling. This commotion lasted for several ' seconds, aud ceased at once when the earthquake had passed over, '. Mr J. Jones, of Ekctahuna, wishing to ■ go to Wellington yesterday afternoon, 1 drove to Mauriccville as the line was i blocked north of that station. He arrived just seven minutes too late for the train, aud therefore drove right on to Masterton. His journey was a particularly rough one. , Sir G.E.Dibbs, Premier of N.5.W.,! is physically one of the finest living specimens of the native born Australian, He stauds Cft 4in in his stockings. Many prominent Otago footballers now say thoy will never listen to the affiliation question, An instance of men's devotion to an employer's interests, which is worthy of record, was brought out by the storm of the last few days. A staff of men employed by Mr 0. E. Dauiell, in charge of Mr Fletcher, the bridge contractor, were building a bridge over the Taucru river, near Weraiti saW mill. Whcu the storm commenced the mainspan, of sonic 8G feet, was partially erected, and resting on scaffolding standing in the direct course pf flic .stream. It was seen on Tuesday morning. that tho water had risen nearly 20 feofc and was still rising, carrying trees and logs against and about the scaffolding, and threatening to destroy the wholo structure. The men, realising the position and its dangers, iu spite of the wind and rain, set to work at daybreak, sticking to it fill 12 o'clock, when a lot of trees and logs accumulating against the scaffolding, the stays were cut, and tho whole mass floated down the stream, leaving tho bridge safe. Dnt for the action of theso men, thcmill owners would have been heavy losers, and some twenty hands kept out of employment for probably several weeks. A Japanese resident of Thursday Islaud was hanged on Monday, for tho murder of a countrywoman. When mm sP!|tpnco, ho made a statement that ho intended f o marry his victim, but sho was in debt, and ho refused to marry her unless she paid her dobt s. •' Sho was unable to do so, and suggested that they should die together. Abbe agreed, and sfabbpd tho woman over the heart, then cut bis own throat, but fainted from loss of blood. The police camp on the scene and conveyed him to the hospital, whoro lie recovered, was tried and ultimately hanged, Wonderfollowswondor with alarming rapidity in America. Tho latest in the religious world is Master Frank Gun. ningham, of Baltimore; a precocious boy prcaclier. He is only 15 years of age, but has already preached in a hundred pulpits, Ho is described as possessing a "sweef, pcrsuasivo style of eloquence which draws cwsj-ds of people to hear him. Master Cunningham goes Jo school like other boys, but he spends his holidays in a way that small boys arc not likpjy (o copy. He arranges a prcaeliing tour, and goes from one church to another until hi.s vacation js '■ oxhausted. A bright looking lad he ■ wears a Lord Fauntloroy milt of blno '. with a Byron collar and a carnation in his button hole. His friends think that even Mr Moody will need to look to his laurels,—toktijc, Webegfonotllj thatthe following lints o McssrsßockiOo., Ifomifaoturhig Chemists, can be Mined at the W.F.O.A's Fancy ooouj Department :-Non Mercurial Plating j Hold, impels 6d, ananrpaßsed for cleaning gold or mt and re-plating brass and copper, , Bock's Wtterjptf «3enjent, price Is, mil resist hot or cold water'and repair china, glass, delf, leather, eto.. et«. Camnhriene ' Balls, in neat air-tight jars, containing I'D ) balla,'. prices, to keep moths out of olothing, I alto a perfectdisinfectant. Herb Erfract < price ft, anintalliable cure for toothache, f guaranteed not injurious to the teeth or ] ncalth j it stops the most acute pain immediately, and prores a permanent cars in nearly altyijp when the teetH are hollow, Qfjtmimcurfl!orpomsaniwa);tspricols,thls { anions Remedy will speedily and painlessly 8 ure softorbanl corns,' also Tarta, bunions, I Wt chilblaiM.—The Wairarapa FarmenlOo I opwHre Association IM<Adtt ! ]

The French Government is instituting proccediugr against the authorities of the World's Pair, Chicago, claiming the sum of £200,000 for damages caused to exhibits by fire. .It is reported that the Duko of York lias given a tentative pronuso to visit Australia in 1895. The mail from tlio Bush was sent on to Mauricovillc by coach, but missed i tho train this morning. Tho Advertiser says tho fact i of tho Australian exports exceeding tho i imports by £11,000,000 is encouraging 1 and proves the vastness of the resources ; of tho colonies. It predicts a speedy re- . covcry to the former condition. ■ _ During hev slny iu New York, somo 1 six montlukclc (says the Sydruj Momi ing Htmld of Saturday last), Madarno Melba informed some of her friends—- _ Mr and Mrs Tandcrvcer Green amongst ' others—that she would revisit her native land during tho year. Madame Melba still holds this good rosolutiou, as Mr i Charles Hucnerbein hns received a i letter from her by tho last mail stating i that sho would positively "revisit dear old Australianoxtycar." ) % The Wellington City Couucil has dcJ cided to charge all hawkers a licenso r fee of 5s per day. We regret to hear that Mrs McCallum, ) TO has many friends in this district, is ■ amongst thoso recently prosecuted for ■ alleged fortune-telling at Auckland, The wcokly meeting of the Mastetton Literary and Debating Society takes ■ place to-night at 7.30 p.m., in the • Foresters' Hall. i 'A stock of the celebrated" Easymind • Fireguards" has just been received by i thcW.F.C.A. J ( In another column Mr G. K. Bond ' calls for tenders for the erection of tho . Catholic Presbytery at Pahintua. > An interesting experiment in fruit, i growing is to be made at once by the , Duko of Bedford and Mr Spencer , Pickering, F.H.S., who have nrrangdd to s start a model orchard, in ordor to ini vestigate, both scientifically and prac [ tically tho culture of hardy fruits. ! Ono patient was discharged from tho j Mastcrtou Hospital last week, leaving 1 six males and ono femalo nt prcsont in • the institution. \ The known murderers in America in 12 months numbered 6790. In fivo years 1012 supposed murderers were • lynched. , Tho Auckland correspondent of the j OtagoDaily Times telegraphs <" Private j letters received from Sir George Groy stato that his health had improved very much, and that he was deeply impressed > and gratified with tho cordial reception > lto had met with from all classes in Eng--1 land." f * . A [very handsomo painted glass win- . dow has just been finished by Mr A, Chisholm, of tho Mnstcrton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company, for Mr W. | B. Clionnelk The scroll work is particularly lino, and consists of a J process of etching on gold, the groundI work being black and green. , Members of tho North Wairarapa j Gun Club arc notified by advertisement ._ in another column, that the match pro- , posed to be held on Thursday, the 31st „ May, has been postponed until Thurs. day, the 7th June, in consequence of tho , bad weather, t His Worship tho Mayor and Mr T. a E. Frico, J.P's presided at this mornr ing's silting of tho S.M. Court, James i, Stephenson pleaded guilty to an infortt niation charging him with tho larceny j of one saddle, stirrup leathers and irons ~ valued at £1 Scrgcaut McArdlo dcI posed that on the 17th May, Mr F. Price, D the owner of the saddle, left his horse „ saddled, outside a blacksmith's shop, y whilo ho went up the town to transact ; t some business, On his return ho dis- . covered that the saddle had been re--0 moved during his absence. Subsequent lt enquiries showed that the accused had taken the saddle to a tobacconist's shop, stating that a Maori had given him it • to sell. He asked sovcral persons to 1 buy it. After consultation, the Bench n " sentenced the accused to four weeks' im--11 prisonment. . Says Mr Labouchero in Truth :-I . have received in my time some queer ~ epistles, but few more funny than the 'l enclosed, lately addressed to a firm at e Liverpool by a customer. Not the least ludicrous point in this composition is tho uso of tho phraso "YourHcspectiul " Servant," If this is the language of n ; respectful servant, what is to be expected \ from a master ? " B—, 21th My,, • 1893, Gentlcmen-Whcrcfor havo you ' not sent me tho sopc, His it because ' you think my money is not so good as i noboddyclscs. D—you—Cowherfor have you not sent the sopc. Please send sopo nt onco and oblige your resj pectful servant . P.S,-Sincc , writing tho above my wife has found the sopo under the counter," s One would think (says the Napier , Mies) that tho number of accidents which have occurred through young lads being allowed to carry firearms ! would make parents a little more care- [ ful to keep such dangerous weapons out [ of their children's bauds, But such ap- - pears not to be tho caso. Tho'other day ) two boys, both vory young, were amus- , ing themselves with a loaded gun near i the Tnradalo bridge. One of thnra recks lessly fired tho rifle, and the bullet j narrowly missed striking one of a boat- • ing party on the river. Had an accident t resulted from such rash conduct, there i would psssibly havo been an outcry I from the public, atjd indeed in such a , caso it woidd have been well merited. , Mr Burns rccontly gave what he ( called the bntchor's bill of labor: "First , take tho butcher's bill of tho railway I companies. Last year 10,000 railway | servants were injured and 549 killed, In . factories and workshops, 8717 workmen . were injnrcd and 79 killed. At sea, over I 1000 wcro lost or injured, Out of 700,000 , miners 120,000 (or ono in five) wcro | killed and injured. Of those, more than | 1000 wcro killed ontright.and 4000 wero . seriously injured. Taking tho past thirty years, 12,000 railway servants had been killed and 100,000 injured. During ■ tho past seven years, out of 14,000 ) engaged in shunting, 1120 wcro killed i and 11,690 injured. This meant that of ; theso men 83 per cent might look for- ;• ward to being either killed or injured. • Taking the sum of tho lot, in mines, rail, i ways, factories, and at soa last year ■ 6009 workers wcro kiljcd. and 154,009 . were injured. Given a good' Bill,' the : fencing; of mnchinary, and shorter hours of work, theso figures-would be reduced 50 per cent in two years, Theso figures didnotincludo navvies, bricklayers and ■ unskilled labourers, The dangers of deep-sea diving oven though protected by the most modem appliances, arc illustrated by tho following sad accident that occurred at Thurs. day Island somo days ago. A "Jap" diver working on tho lugger Ivy, went down without waiting to ascertain the force of. the tide. On reaching the bottom, ho signalled for the anchor to be heaved up which was done, Tho lugger commenced to drift rapidly and soon tho life-line becamo fouled, The anchor wosdropped: but was not long enough to take the strain off the air pipe which was thus, forced to bear tho strain of tho boat. Very soon the pipe was torn away from tho diver's helmet leavlnghimbplow without air connection with tho surface, Some time after another boat arrived, and a diver went below and cleared the Japaucse, who roso feet foremost to the surface-dead, ura imports o( new season's Dresses Millinery and Mantles are now iully completed. The choice *e mo enabled to Bhow and the strictly moderate prioes charged are much appreciated by our country friends While visiting To Ato flouso, Wellington. • Our new dressmaser, Madame de Verney, ! from "Worth's," Paris, is the leading dress- : mate hi the colony. Weparanteo perfect fltandthelateststylesanddesigns asknown ' only to French dressmaker?. Oarobarge ■ for making dresses.ls from W, at J e'Aro , House, Wellington. V . •' Ladies can do their shopping by post, and ' sm tho inconvenience of coming to town, ! Our order department has bees"enlareed, i and ifl under most efQoiettt nianagemont. ] Patterns of all our general drapery and Dresses will beeent post free ori Application j TeAwHoujs, \ 1 ■ ; ',':.' ":. v ?' r ".". ■

5 Messrs Wagg and Co., of Mastcrton, £ havo just finished a very liaudsomc, light, s well-proportioned and substantial gig, to i tlio order of\Mr Skoy.'of Clarevillo. [ The vekiclo in question is fitted with . patent balancing goar and powerful I uralo, and is kngonDonnett's springs, with parcel rack attached. The gig is painted'in crimson lake, picked out with ( | black and fino lines in gold, and uphol--1 stored in tan leather with buffi trimmings. Altogether tho gig is a credit to tho t Mastcrton Factory and its employees, ; At Dunmow Parish Church, recently, ] > tho wedding of a coal porter with a young woman, formerly employed at 1 the Vicarage, was, it is stated, inter- ( roptcd in a curious matter. Tho brido c 3 and bridegroom rao-kficoling at tho s . chancel steps for tho first part of tho £ d ceremony, as theyroso to go to the Com- ( - munion rails to complete the rite the £ t best man, probably thinking it was all b over, hurriedly snatched a kiss from tho . i bride, mnecordauce with an old custom r which is still observed in many country c i towns. The officiating clergyman was * ; most indignant at tho proceeding, and s r ordered tho wedding party to leave tho i tho church for haif-an-hour. ''Tlki i . partially married couplo lingered about j 3 tho precincts for that period of time',, i when tho offended clergyman returned, ■> and, after admonishing tho best man, i who is. tho bride's brother-in-law, for c s his levity in interrupting tho service in ( r the wanner hehad.heprocecdcd to finish ( tho ceremony, 1 As a parry of horsemen were taking a ' ' ride down the beach south of tho Mana- ( ■ watu River tlio other day, says tho l Poxton Herald, they found a coffin open c 1 with a skeleton inside. The skclcion had ] j ovidontlybcciiintcrrcd a long time,as the bones were rotten. Tho coffin ap-. , poarcd to have been made out of whito ' s pine, which was also rotten, securely 1 nailed with old-fashioned 3in iron'nails. * , Apparently the now system of afford- \ ing relief to tho unemployed in Wei- ' ' lington is not a success. The practico I lias beon to accommodate as many a '\ possible in a shed, fitted for tho purpose i j All who cannot get a bed in this place ] ' rcceivo a pass, admitting them to tho Benevolent Home, It has beondis- ) covered, however, that these men con- ; sumc too great an amount of provisions i in this, manner, and it is probabiothat < in future arrangements will be mado ' i with restaurants to supply them with i 5 provisions at the rate of 6d per meal. 1 5 Instead of using the Homo they will be, i provided with some new shed whero \ thoy can lio in their blankcfs. : B The criminal sessions of tho Supremo i j Court open on Monday next, The fol- j . Wing cases are Bet down upon tho j j calendar:—Arthur McKoo, libel • John j Canning, alias Campbell, larceny; ' . William Albert Edwards, forgery; * John Oakley, forging and uttering ' (two charges); Thomas W, Twist, forg- " nig and uttering; ChristopherLockycr, ;' keeping a disorderly house; Henry '• 1 Harness, cheating at play; Henry | • Dovoy,horsestealing; Walter Charles Prior, forgery (four charges); Charles a Percy Manning, fortuno telling; Lily ' • Carolino Hansen, fortune telling; Zinga Lcc, tortunc tolling; George Anderson, ' it defrauding creditors; Martha Tahinui, i t forgery (two charges) ; Hindolona : i- Dowson, larceny ; James Eastwood, i it alias Bodgcrs, and Thomas Eastwood, i- alias Mite, conspiracy to defraud; o Samuel Trudgeon, alias Barker, larceny; Harry Tomkinson, larceny; John Street, i larcony; James Haeltett and Priscilla ''_ Hackctt, conspiring to defraud. s ._ At Erfurt, says tho DcUyNtw, there '. is a young man who has concoivedso y violent a hatred for tho existing form of s government in Ms country that he has \ !. had tattooed all over his body plirascs !, which are described as insulting to tho c Emperor William. In the middle of his i, chest are the words "Niedcr nut dem it tyraniicn " (Down with tyrants). In i- iugland, anyone might with perfect im- !- punilyinduljroa harmless littlo occont tncily of this kind, but unfortunately d for the young Socialist in qucstion.thcro i, is the conscription in Germany, and !t conscripts are subjected to a minute ino spection by tho army doctors. When it li camo to liis turn to be examined, tliero ; - was quite a commotion. Tho captain who presided at tho ceremony ordered j hnn to bo put under arrest, and he now r awaits his trial for high treason, c In giving judgment at Invcrcargill in t tho cycling case of Blaikio v. Nisbct t and others, a claim forM) for injuries 0 rccoivcdin consequence of tho contra--1 vontion of tho Southland County Conn- ; a cil by-law requiring bicyclists to disi mount 20 yards from an approaching ~ horse, and by which the plaintiff was i ii «°™ ftwn a buggy, the Magistrate c (Mrltawson) held the by-law was uas necessarily restrictive of a common law ■- right and oppressive, and thereforo o ultra nre». He also expressed the i- opinion that tlic defendants had not beon . c guilty of culpable negligence, and gave ■ 0 judgment in thoir favour with costs £5 '■ 19s. In eating moro sugar than the people r of any other country, Australians would ■ s seem to havo boen acting mora wisoly : 1 than they know. According to Professor \ s Anderson Stuart, sugar is really a food • stuff of very high value, and is no longer ' tto be regarded as a luxury. lulu's ad- '• dress to tho Boyal Society rccontly, he ' y said that four times moro sugar disap- i - pcared in the muscle during tho activity ■ r of musclo than while tho muscle was at • rest, and Vaughan Harloy had recently , t shown by experiments upon himself that i • B«gM taken as a food was muscle ' t fooi Ho found that sugar taken about ' 0 3.30 m the afternoon obliterated tho ( f daily fall in the muscle power common ' a to us all, and usually happening about 6.30 p.in,, so that "afternoon lea" too, : might bo justifiable on physiological ] J grounds. These, he said, were interest- ; ' ing results, and, takon with tho present \ prices of meat, breadjaud sugar, impor- >■ tant also. Assuming that 1361b of ' bread contained 701b of carbohydrates, and that bread was- 1} per lb. ] r carbohydrate foods, which were abso- < 1 lutcly indispensable in some form or i ° other, were now as cheap in the form of \ sugar as in that of bread. It was true , ' thai bread contained also the nitrogenous < ' elements of food, but these iu Australia - j wore generally preferred in the form of ' > butcher's meat, which was cheap enough and copiously indulged in. This now < position of sugar in tho dietary of the < masses was of far-reaching importance, r ' and quite a thing of our own times. 1