LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4735, 1 June 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The louder of Mr J. Caudy'soreheslra of six instruments has ken accepted by the ',omuiittccof the Maslcrton Hospital Ball. ' A trotting match for £lO a side, 1} miles, was settled yesterday afternoon between Mr Brown's "Jfcvcr Sweat" ami Mr Gordon's '■ Hickory." A large number of enthusiasts wero present at the race, and a considerable amount of wagering was indulged in. The heavy ground suited Hickory, and he won rather easily. Lovers of tho sensational arc alout to enjoy a delightful shock. There is to be a balloon ascent—probably from the Park Oval on Thursday next—and a lady parachutist is to dart down through the ether and alight swanlikc on mother earth. This is a fascinating spectacle which has never yet been presented to the residents of this town, aud it ought to draw belter than a circus. Sergt. Donnelly recently tnado the round of Wellington hotels, and took a number of samples of liquor sold, which were duly scaled and forwarded to the Colonial Museum for analysis. The analysis is now proceeding, Some 21 samples sent down from Hawcra hotels recently proved to be up to the standard,— Post, For the best value in drapery, millinery, and clothing, just cast an inquiring optic over the stock of Messrs L. J. Hooper and C0.,0f thoßonMarchc, Tho firm have just opened their second shipment of ladicß' and cliildrens' jackets, French millinery, mackintoshes, dress goods, gloves, corsets, and etc. All kinds !• of seasonable drapery, also an nmisnal largo shipment of mens' and boys' clothing from the best manufacturers in tho colony, Wc should advise an early call to got tho first pick,

Tho slip on tho railway lino between [auncovillc and Ekctahuna, is more o ifhcult to clear on this occasion, owing ii i tho fact that no engine or trucks are s< ; tho other cud, so that only ono gang n m bo employed, Largo flocks of wild ducks came with * ie rain and settled on tho banks of tho ]l Paipoua near Mastcrton. They arc * spected to disappear when the weather Icars, j In his will, the late Mr H. Allright ; ;ft instructions that a sum of money \ tw to be deposited, and tho interest rising therefrom, was to be devoted to lie pureliaso of blankets for the poor nd needy of Lytteltou. On the Queen's Sirtlulay, in accordnuco with this renest, a number of persons were proided wilh blankets, which proved most ( eceptablc to them. A boy named Fred Hnreombo son of ifrE. J. Harcombc, of Mastcrton, met nth a nasty accident on the Akura lacccourse, yesterday afternoon. He ' rasttoown from flic horse he wnsridiug md in falling received a kick, which relilted in the fracture of his right leg. hung Harcombc was doubly unfortunito, yesterday, having been severely nttcn by tho saino horso earlier in the ' lay. j The sum of £720 was on Wednesday ■ laid over by the Treasury to the Bene, •olent Trustees as tho Government sub- : ady on tho sum actually collected by tars Boss, Gale, and M'Lellan, ami Mid into the special account for tho tVelhugton unemployed. Things are looking anything but bright it Coolgardio. What liltlo water there is ' o be found in the neighbourhood of tho liggmgs is of a fearfully bad quality. Jwing to this, the death-rate there is ■cry much above that of any other part it Australia. Typhoid fever is rampant, md mcdical_ relief is hard to procure, the necessaries of life arc very expense; water-such as it is-costs'fis a jallon, flour Gd per lb, potatoes £lO a on. while carnage of produce varies rom £OO to £7O per ton. The vital statistics for Wellington for astmoutharcas follows:—Biiths, 113 tenths, 31 j marriages, 33, The next European mail, tin Son raneiseo, closes at Masterlou ou the 14th mst. Mr RE Wood notifies that he Ims jdded for next Wednesday's salo at the lauhcronikau saloyards,so ewesiu lamb md6o wethers (forward). , . Mr B. Coubourno informs us that the rainfall registered at the Mastcrton Hailway Nation, during tho month of May, ivas 6.38 inches on 12 days. Mr Tlios. Gardiner has presented an old fashioned pair of horn spectacles to the Mastcrton Museum. _ Tho slip on the line at Manganiahoe, is slated to he two chains long and 15 feet deep. The New Zealand Land Association (Limited) received yesterday the Mowing London market cable message, datcd29th iust:-Whcat market very weak, New Zealand wheat f.a.q. is worth c.i.f. to arrive 20s 6d per 4801b. New Zccland wheats, longbcrricd and average arc respectively worth 25s and its per 4961b. Tenders arc invited bytho Wnirarapa Hunt Club for tho privileges of its Steeplechase meeting on the 6th of July, lenders will close on Friday, Juno Bth, The Bcv H.E.Tnekcy, of Wellington, will conduct the services on Sunday next at St Matthew's Church, and will celebrate Holy Communion at the U 1 o clock service. The rev. gentleman will also attend in the afternoon for the baptism of children. Landowners are requested to take effectual means to destroy rabbits. In cases of neglect or failure to destroy, after this date, proceedings will be taken, It is alleged that Coolgardio was boomed m Ihc interests of a certain firm of speculators, In Church-street last evening the gas rat out at 8 o'clock, only the stench remaining. This is the third time witliin a mouth. What is boycotting? "It is (says Mr Gladstone, combined intimidation made use of for the purposo of destroymg the -private libortics of choice by fcarof ruin and starvation." Mr W. Wells of Lcith, Scotland, has recently invented a boatwhichis claimed to lie unsiukable and instantaneously self-righting. The boat which is mado of steel is constructed in Ihc form ot hollow cones thoroughly air and water-tight Tho invcutor claims that boats of this class are eminently suitable for pleasure purposes of all descriptions as they maintain their buoyaucy when ' completely filled with water. They can be disjointed for the purposes cf transport. The difference in the cost of sending a mob of sheep by road and by rail from Longbeachto Belfast in Canterbury was yesterday stated by Mr JohnGrigg to be-by road 17-8(1; by rail 9Jd.lu tho former case the sheep lost 4)bs in weight in tho best season of the year, Mr Grigg says he will tramp large numbers of sheep l>y road during the best season of the year, but no lambs. These he always scuds by mil.—Frew. We draw the attention of our rcadors to Messrs Lowes and Irons sale of fruit and ornamental trees from the celebrated nursery of John Hale of Nelson to-morrow (Saturday) at 2 o'clock, after which the firm will sell five shares in tho Wairarapa Farmers Co-opcrativo Association, 2os per slum) being paid up. A meeting of tho general Committee or carrying out the Hospital Ball, was held in tho Temperance Hall yesterday, 35 ladies being present. Mrs Boddinglon was voted to the chair. Very salisfac- | tory reports as to the prospects of the Ball were made, Tenders for the music were opeucdand resulted in Mr J.Candy's band bciug successful. The meeting adjourned untill Wednesday 13lh Juno, the Management Gommittco to meet in tho interim, The following is the comparative rainfall record, asrcgistcrcdatOtahuao, by Mr Jos. Bcnuett: May, 1891, US inches on 11 days; 1893, 3-39 inches on 10days; 1892,6*82 inches on 14days; 1891,2'0 on 11 days. From the above it appears that last mouth was unusually wet, although it is well to note that 5'67 inches of rain fell sinco tho 26th. At the Agricultural Coiifereuccyoslerday Mr Stuckcy movcd/'That this Conference suggest to the Government that a clause he inserted in ihc Fencing Act of 1893, making a wire-netted fence of dimensions a legal fence, and compelling adjoining owners to participate hi the cost of construction and maintenance, and that no larger mesh than If in be recognised." The motion was carried. We beg tonotitj that the following lines o Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department i-Kon Mercurial Plating llttid, prico Is 6tl, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brats ami copper Bock's Waterproof Cement, prico Is, mil resist hot or cold water anil repair chiun, glass, delf, leather, etc, etc, Camphylone tolls, in neat air-tight jars, containing 16 balls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, aW a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract price Ib, an infalliablo euro (or toothache' guaranteed not injurious to tho teeth or health; it stops tha most acute pain hnmedhtelv, and proves a permanent euro in nearly allcaaea where tho tectH are hollow German cute for corns and worts prico Is, this" i araous Remedy .will speedily and painlessly uro soft or hard conn, also farts, buniona and chilb!ains,-Tho Wairarapa Farmorn Co operative Association Ltd, Advt (Job imports ol new season's Uresses Millinery and Mantles are now fully completed. The ohoiee we aroenabled to show and the striotly moderate prices charged are much appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro Honso, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madanio de Verney from "Worth's," Paris, is the leading dressmaker in the colony, Wogtiarantee perfect nt and the latest styles and designs as known only to French dressmakers. Our charge for making dresses is from 22/0, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Ladies can do their shopping by post, and sive tho inconvenience of coming to.town! Our order department has been enlarged, and is under most efficient management! Patterns oi all our general drapery and Dresses will be rant post free on application To Aro House, s.-

At the Supremo Court, Christchureh> n Thursday, W. Do Woston for crim" ml libel on Detective O'Connor, wa s entonend to throe months' imprisonmen"' rithout hard labour. A largo houso has been burned at lavelock, the occupants, JohnSnthcrind and family, barely escaping with lieir lives, There is a rumour that tho Huia ifaori newspaper, now running at Hastugß weekly, is shortly to be published laily, half in Maori and half in English. 't is stated that a capital of £-1000 has loou subscribed.