LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4742, 8 June 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Beoent floods in tho Manawatu Eircr havo swept away acres of soil from several properties, , The electric battery and weight-lift-ing machine still coulinuo to do a tlurivrag business in Masterton.

f Several residents went to tlio Masterton Park yesterday, armed with fieldglasses, i'liey did not require thorn, as all tho excitement was within raneo of tho naked eye,

A. singular accident happened to a commercial traveller named Stubbs, in Victoria tlio other day. Ho was a passcngor from Melbourne to Birchip, and was reclining in a carriage, when tho brake was suddenly applied, and caused a jolt, This twisted his neck) causing a Wring m the spinal column, which made him nnconscious,

Tho balloon wliicli was destroyed yescrdny was at tho top formed of live thicknesses of cloth, tho outside 0110 being calico, and tlio Dtlicrs fino Irisli linen.

Iho Fielding Star gives currency to a reportthattho Hon. Walter Johnston lost 100 lambs on liis Awahnri property during the Into floods. Tho total quantity of wheat and flour anoat for the United Kingdom is 3,810,000 quarters, and for tho Continent 1,680,000 quarters,

The Sum Canal Company has conferred liberal pensions on Viseomtc Do licsscps and his family. , TWct- L, M, Isitt, of New Zealand, is conducting a series "of Direct Y-to meetings at Sydney.

Special reduction in tlio price of macintoshes, oilskins, and overcoats, 's tho subject of a new advertisement jy ; Mr J, L, Murray, of Mastorton. During the passago. of the ship Mwoodirom San Francisco to (Juccnstown, shohnd several extremely imrrowcaunpcs from colliding with icebergs, On one occasion tho vessel passed so close to a berg, that tho backwash from it actually I flooded lier deck.

An unusually large number of country people were in Masterton yesterday to witness tho balloon ascent —wliicli diu not come off. We again remind those interested,''of the annual general meeting of the Masterton Horticultural Society which, takes placo this evening, The question of the undermanning of stops is exciting considerable comment in England just now. Tlio Board of Trade spoke very strongly on tho subject the other day reprehending tlio ; practice of relying on apprentices-mere boys-to act as regular hands, Miss Leila Adair left for Wellington by tlio 7.15 train this morning, for the purpose, she says, of getting tho other balloon ready. May she soon return!

The direct cause of yesterday's mishap on the Park Oval was the gusty wind which 1)W a ball of flame up tho furnace, direct through the intervening space, nnil on to the calico. Considerable trouble is boing experienced by sheep-farmers in some parts of he Waikato district owiug to tho groat nortality in weaned hubs. Item from the Mora' ng Advert iscr of a uimll'ed years ago The tax on attoricyn will operate for tho benefit of maniud, by lessening the number of petty oggers who have so long disgraced the ws of the country." the other day, Mr r alentine was driving homo in her (riv

when a sliaftof the trap ran into a liors ridden by a sou aud little daughter oi Ir Whitehonse, Tlio liorso blcdtc ith in fivo minutes. The boy aud girl aped urhurt, ,

iVo hear that Mr H, A. Parkinson I popular master of tlio Dreycrlon 1001, lins becu transferred toTc Aro 001, Wellington, His many friends I bo glad to hear tliat the trausfcr! cans substantial promotion.

Quite a number of weddings ore to be jbrnted in Masterton during the next few weeks,

A ypuiij} iMti who is fond of going to " parties; remarked to his wife the other night just before departing, "If I'mnot back at ten, don't wait for me." " No," she replied,'"l won't wait for youj I'll go for you." Ho returned at ten.

The Wnirarapa hounds meet at Tflulicrenikau to-morrow. i Spcnking with reference to the Hinemoa leaving "Westport for Onehunga, I with n eargo of 'ISOO sleepers last week, the Buller Miner says that this industry lias proved a blessing, and has k pt more than ono house from the pangs of hunger.

Much damnge is reported from the P jlinngiim district by the rcecnt Hood in the river there. It is fenred Hint a lnrgc number of stock have been drowned. Many of the settlers were forced to leave their bouses on the flats and seek higher ground. In one instance two cottages were swept down the river.

The floods, resulting from tho Eraser lliver, U.S.A., overflowing its banks, drowned 100 people. _ The floods in tlio Praser _ lliver arc increasing. Towns along its course are in darkness, the gasworks being flooded. Tho devastation is appalling. Whole hamlets liavo disappeared into the raging torrent. At Lyttclton last week a man named Arthur Wilson was sentenced to a term of four months' imprisonment with hard labour, for a cowardly assault on the wifo of the licensee of the Empiro Hotel. It appeared from tho evidence that the accused called for two drinks, for which he refused to pay, and on being pressed for payment ho felled informant with a | severe blow o£ his fist, which knocked out ono of her teeth and loosened several of tho others,

A strong force of men arc now engaged under tlio supervision of Mr Lawson, repairing the Aorangi railway bridge, 1 lies arc being driven with a view of reerecting tlio two spans that fell. Tho rails will be laid as soon as possible after stringers are in place, audthc Eugmeer hopes to have tlio work so far advanced as to allow traffic to pass over it ill about sovendays. Tho iron and wood work now lying in tho bod of the stream will bo used for repairing the bridge, but the piles for the new pier will no of iron.—Admte,

Our "Wellington correspondent ,'ites: -The popular concerts' hero aro still thriving, and Inst Saturday that under the excellent management of Mr it. P. Johnson attracted an audience which ■ filled our large Opera House to tho Mint of overflowing. Miss Jeanne! llimisiijy an Australian finger, with a fiiio volco under good control, was the vocalist whom most went to hoar, awl she rendered some ballads in a tlioroughly charming manner.. MrProuse also appeared to exceptional advantage. His tones are always grand in the dc-i scnptive and declamatory passages, and on' Saturday night he sang, as well, with l more than ordinary expression the sympathetic passages of the songs allotted Jinn. Mr B, B. Williams, our sweetest , teiior, is ever a success.. Possessing but a moderate voice ho is so sensitive musically that he simply loses himself in melody, and 110 singer in Wellington is so gifted with the passion and sentiment of music as Mr Williams. On Saturday night he sang "My Pretty Jauo" with eoiisummate taste and dainty tenderness. To-morrow night there he another concert in tho Opera Houbo, nndasMr Johnson lias again awanwd a strong 'irogramme, any of yon whoare down from tho country should mako & point of attending.; This season there is wisoly a constant change of performers, and at each cqiicert some fresh faco appears, i These popular concerts should also he ntado the vehicle for the introduction of now songs, There should hoanendeavourj to present at least one really new. ballad cadi time,; But, up tho country you arc worse offenders still iu this respect, and you have vocalists who absolutely never learu a new song. They sing the'same songs )iow that they did ten years ago, , amt {hoy wre. old.thpn, : This is what kills " Sixpenny Pops" jjp your way. I iivcryone now-a-days must have novelty and ranety.'

| P eo ' are agitating lor a

The operations of tlio Gear Company for the past six months havo been very successful, and the directors have been aWo to declare nn intorimdividend at the rare of 10 per cent per aununi. Pancras Coroner lias commi ted ko American, Gciieral Hewston IJo a street musician with his , umbrella), for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The defence wis that it was I due to nn accident,

Edison is producing in London tlio ur j ,°f Gnmdy'B " Sowing tlio Wind, jointly by tclephono and his new instrument, tlio kinetograpli. The latter reproduces 75,000 photographs. Wo notice that Messrs Wright and Pothnn, blacksmiths and wheelwrights, of Eketalivma, arc clearing in front of their premises, preparatory to erecting their new shop. A house with four rooms and three acres of land is advertised to let.

To-day, June Bth, is a great day with tho followers of Mahomet, being the anniversary of tho death of tho Prophet. The unusual scarcity of Maoris in Mnstorton just now is accounted for by tho fact that a big tangi is taking placo at Gladstone,

Tho rumour that the Tauherenikau school had been destroyed by lire, proves —wo aro pleased to say—without foundation,

I It is stated that the advertisements will soon disappear from the back of postage stamps and telegraph forms, the coni ract having run out.

. Dr Johnston, of Carterton, is promoting a juvenile operatic company to givo a performance in aid of tho Bolvcdcre school,

Somebody lias suggested that the name of Carterton be chained to "Socialtown.' iu view of the epidemic of that variety of entertainment which has of I Into broken out in that town,

From dcspntcliea received from Samoa wo loam that a war of great magnitude seems inevitable. Tho Samoa Herald considers that the situation is without doubt very critical, and that expel d^ bI<KK ' y flg ' ltillgl)oM[ y

The licensed victuallers of the liangi. tikei district gave a banquet on Tuesday night to celebrate the formation of an association in that district, Many toasts were proposed and honoured, and the proceedings were of a very pleasant nature throughout.

Mr FredNicol, an old Mastcrton boy, who is at present stationed in the Postal Department at Hastings, Hawkc's Bay, is at present in town for a foiinight's holiday.

Tho local Salvationists took their usual stand at tho corner of Church street last night, hut had opposition in the shape of a lightning calculator, who could beat them all at talking, , The gas supplied to Mastcrton con[Sinners although improved is not vet perfect.

The Kev. Father McKenna will ceta urate mass at Maryborough, on Sun. day next,

After the collapse of Miss Adair's balloon at tho Park Oval yesterday afternoon, the crowd rushed to the Bate to secure tickets, hut as they were insufficient a block occurred, and many were obliged to go away at last without any passes.

Masterton is just now receiving a visit from an agent for a new hook on the decimal system. This gentleman set up ms staud yesterday afternoon in Queen Street, and gave clever blackboard illustrations of some of tho rules contained m tho book,

Nominations for the Wairarapa Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting, to be held on 6th July, close 011 Saturday next.

An Auckland writer says: "At present it is difficult to say who owns the country—the squatter or the swagger, lhe parties themselves arc a hit uncertain about it."

It is alleged (says the Observer) that a Martmborongh divine who is musically inclined was presented by a small girl with a baton, and note expressing tlic hope tlwt lie would find tlio implcnic'it usofulfor beating time, or cracking his singing class (of juveniles) over the bead if they failed to keep time, Tlio usual monthly meeting of tlio Masterton Eechabite Tent 1.0.11, was held last evening Bro. Carpenter C.li, presiding. Ono new candidate was initiated. Bro A. E Lee of the Hope' of the Caiterton Lodge attended as a visiting member. The Lodge is now steadily increasing in membership and bids fair to become one of the lending Tents iu the district. We arcrcquestcdto rcmindour renders of the sale to bo held by Mr ]?. H. Wood at his Carterton auction rooms on Saturday. Among the consignment will be found 1 piano, 1 new double seated buggy, 1 second hand do., a quantity. of first clnss furniture, nnd a largo direct consignment of crockery, which includes dinner services of 72 pieces, tea services of 'lO pieces, etc. The sale is unreserved,

ThoNew Zealand Bauds Contest Committee has fixed tho ordcrof competition as follows Quickstep contest on Wednesday, 10th October; one selection contest on the llt.li; solo contest on tlio 12th; nnd the other selection contest on the 13th October, Mr G, i, Martin, Wnnganui, will be the judge. Mr 1 Bulch, Melbourne, will provide a quickstep for the contest.

Mr C. Y. O'Connor, Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia, in a long letter to the Grey lliver Argus, gives it as his opinion, after avisit to Coolgardic, that it is the most wonderful goldfield ho 1 has yot seen. Tlio extent of the field is enormous, and tlicro are a great number . of gold reefs. j

The other day several Makuri settlers who were driving sheep to a sale iu I'abncrston, arrived at a point in the road where a slip on the road barred the progress of the flocks. The only way to get past was to drive the sheep over the corner of a man's property—a grass plot a few yards square. The owner was present and actually charged the sheepdrivers half-a-crojvu per hundred sheep to pass the break in the road. Considering that he was himself a grazier, his "thrift," to put it very mildly,goes very dose to establishing a record.— Pawatua Herald.

At a special meeting of the Nelson Land Board on Monday a case of some interest was heard. A resident, Mrs Barnctty applied for a section of land at Tnkaha and was refused in consequence of an objection filed by Messrs Baigent who also applied for the section in question. The Board communicated with Messrs Baigent requesting them to apply by letters for the section, failing which the land was to be allotted to Mrs Bnrnctt. Messrs Baigent at onco complied with the wishes of the Board. Through a clerical error the laud was advertised for sale. Mrs Barnctt applied for and received the land, Messrs Baigcnt's application being over-looked. | This afterwards came to the knowledge of Messrs Baigent, who now, therefore applied for arc-hearing Of tho application, After soiuo discussion by couusol it was decided by motion, that Mrs Barnett's application should be annulled and that Messrs Baigont should receive a lease of the section,

Ooit Imports ot now season's Dresses Millinery and Mantles are now fully com pleted. 1 The choice <vo ate enabled to show and the striolly moderate prices charged are muoh appreciated. by our country friends while visiting Te Aro Houso, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Yerney, I from "Worth's/" Paris, is the leading dressonly to Frenoh dressmakers. 8 Our change for making dresses is from 22/6, al Te Aro Honse, Wellington. Ladies can do their shopping' by post, and sivq the inconvenience ot coming to town. Oar order department, has been enlarged and is under most effioieat' management Patterns;of all:out general drapery and Dresses wijlbesenf post free on spplioatio

At the PrcsbytcrianChurch yesterday' iby tho Boy. ltobert Wood, Mr Walter Cairns,' lately in tlio omploy of Mr Hijndys.de, of Akiteo, was married to Miss Isabella Clift, youngest daughter of Alexander Clift, of Brechin, Scotlaud, MrW. lioagerson acted as best man. The marriage was very quietly celebrated. Tlio happy counlo left'for Woodvillo yesterday morning.

Last Friday night a large number i of the residents of Hastings walked in procession behind an effigy of the Crowu witness in tho prosecution against Mr Newbigein, and subsequently burned it amid howls, hootiugs and execrations. Tho Hastings Band led tho procession. Before tho effigy, was carried a banner on which various complimentary references to traitors ana informers wore blazoned. The crowd sot about burning tho effigy in front of lacoy's residence in Markct-strcot, but this was prevented by Sergeant Mitchell, tho olßgy was then taken round to near the firp brigade station, and there consumed Mr Hcnry'Birch, foreman of the Wellington Gas Company, is now in Masterton inspecting 'tlio local gas works and inquiring into tho management. He will report in: due courso to tlio Mas* terlon Borough Council. Tho" moat / tariff is we notico lower at Carterton than at Jlastorton, i-o Carterton butchers more cntorprising? According to a medical paper, the intolerable pain wliich accompanies cancer is to subdued by citric acid in the form Of lemon juice, of which it is tlio active ingredient, Tho discovery is duo to Brandini, of Florence, who tried the remedy upon a female pationt, aged 73, who for years had suffered from an ulcerous cancer in tho breast, pronounccd incnrablo, tho tormonts 'of which were such that she not only got no sleep at night, but prevented the i other patients from getting any, A piece of lint soaked in lomon juice was applied to the afflietodpart and produced immediate rolief, The' pain absolutely disappeared for seven hours and when it'recurred, fresh applications dispelled it. for successively longor periods until eventually it ceased altogether. In a number of other cases of similar nature the results were tho same, j The Mastcrton branch of the Homo Beading Union met last nijht in the Wesloynn Schoolroom. Mr T,' Hutchison, S.M„ occupied the chair, and the attendance was fairly large. An essay was read on tho first part of tlio lifo of Tennyson, up to 1860. At the conclusion of tho essay, "In Mcmoriam," Cantos'2? to 34were read aud studied. At tho next meeting of tho Union, Canto 35 will bo read,

It will ho remembered that several months ago tiiero wefc it number. of slight acoidents at tho pigeon matches, in Masterton onuscd by by careless I persons "scouting." borne of tho Bitnie (taiup of sportsmen wero at work vesterday, and although no accidents liavo occurred tho matter has been put in tho hands of the police by the Club, as it been determined to pnt a stop to this dangerous practice. Mr D. Or. Frascr, engineer to the Paniatua County, has written to us stating that the contractors for tho Ngaturi bridge havo suffered 110 loss by the late floods. Their scaffolding was not even | erected, and no delay whatever has occurred in the progress of tho work. Messrs Lowes andlomsadd a consignment of 24horsos, inelnding carriage horses and buggy ponies, also 12 springiug heifers and 20 pigs, to their Masterton slock sale for Wednesday nest, June

A chaffcuttcr belonging to Mr Angus Fraser, of Kuripuni, was partially destroyed by fire last night, The origin of the lire is unknown. Tho machine was insured for £IOO in tho London and Lancashire .Office, of which Mr W, B, Chcuuells is the local agent. The roll of licensed victuallers present to-dav in Masterton is twonty-thrce.and together with lawyors, brewers and their agents, mako a crowded assemblage in the Courthouse. Ah Chong, of Greytown, Ims issned another summons against the young man whom ho alleges committed an unprovoked assault upon him on the 3rd ult. This case was dismissed by the S.M. at Greytown last sitting, owing to the absence of informant.

The usual meeting of tho Greytow ll Trust Lauds Trustees, to have beeu hcl d last evening, was postponed until nex 1 Tuesday. 11

A large number ot natives from the Lower Valley went through Grcytowu yesterday en route to thojangi at Gladstone of the late Hoiiii Matiaha, The Papawai Brass Baud discoursed music at intervals to fully five hundred aboriginals. Deceased will probably bo buried to-day.

I Tlio funeral of tho late Hon ■ Vincent Pykc yesterday was largely attended by town and country residents, including members of tho Masonic fraternity. Beautiful wreaths were placed on tho coffin, incudingthreo from the Ministry. The burial service was read by the Be v A. li.Fitchctt, and there was also a Masonic service by the officers of the New Zealand Grand Lodge.

Mr C. I'harazyu has been elected a member of flic Wellington A, and P. Association in place of Mr Beauchamp, resigned,

A nice array of cloven hogsheads of beer, was ranged outside a Masterlou publican's premises this morning. A number of Prohibition horses shied vio* lently at the—to them—horrid sight, while old topers cast longing, loving] glances at the row of barrels.

_ Mr John Scott who is delivering open air lectures on fun and figures in Mastcrton,has loft with us an ingenious arithmetical pamphlet. Wohavoomhavoured to estimate the chances of the lialloon goiug up on Saturday noxt.bnt it solves i all mathematical conundrums excepting i this,

ffebegtonottlj that the following lines o Messrs Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at the W.F.O.A'a Fancy Goods DepartmentKon Mercurial Plating Fluid, pricols 6d, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Bock's Waterproof Cement, prico Is, mil resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, dclf, leather, eta, etc. Camphyleno Balls, in neat air-tiglit jars, containing 18 balls, prico Is, to keep moths out of olothinK, at™ a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extriot, price Is, an infalliable euro for toothache, guaranteed not Injurious to the teeth or Health; it stops the most acute pain imimcdi»tely, and proves a permanent .cure in nearly all cases where tho teert are hollow, [ Gitman cure for corns and warts price Ib, this anions Remedy, will Bpeedily and painlessly, ura soft or haw corns, also wrts, bunions I and chilblains,-The TOrarapa Farmers (Jo operative Association Ltd. Advt

For the best value 111 drapery, millinery, and clothing, just cast au inquiring optic over the stock of Messrs £. J. Hooper and Co.,ofthoßonMarclie, Tlio firm have just opened their second shipment of ladies' and ehildrens' jackets, .French millinery,mackintoshes, dress goods, gloves, corsets, and etc, All kinds ;0f seasonable drapery, also au unusual large shipment of mens' and . boys' clothing from the best manufacturers in tlio colony. Wo should advise au early call to get tho first pick, Adyt.