LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4758, 27 June 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lini'c was sliot tho oilier day, near Pahiatua. , -

_ The Tiramnca Valley road is almost impass&blo. In some places it is simplj a sea of mud.

inv Ellingwouh, employed on the Tivailiuea Bvulgo contract nl Jfgaturi, foil and broke his thigh oa Saturday- His condition is critical,

'Hie poll on tlio question of raising £I,(D for tho construction of the Ilmraua lload, has resulted in tho proposal being chu'cd. : 1 TJ >° proposal to raise £1,030 for 'formliiir Dagg's lioatl has been rejected. With the last thirty-livo years the average weight of fleeces produced in the United Siiilcs has doubled, snys nil exchange. This is due to the fe Mint the sheep have been better cared for in every, way than formerly and more intelligently managed, especially with reference to breeding. The noxt meeting of tho Mastcrton Ambulance Society will be held on July Kith., as several members arc away on vacation.

In the action brought by Howies and wife ngainstthe Victorian jJaihray Commissioners .for damages sustained by the fcmato plaiuftff by falling off a moving torn, by which she lost her am whilst oil her honoymcm trip, on the Brighton • railway sfa.lon, ' the jray found for plaintiffs, and awarded them WJ, :

Tho Hawke's. Biiy : Herald reports that a young man named Frank Smith, , wlio lias boon oil Maraokakalio station for a number of years, met with a bad gun accident on .Tuesday, Having shot a hare ho dismounted, from his horse and picked up the game, placing his gun, which had one' barrel loaded, against a w»:o fence. He then remounted, and as lie lifted the gnu bv the huikelc the triggor caught in the wires and the charge wont through Ilia r'jht wrisl. Ho galloped back to fhostauoii, and Mr A. McLean had a team of horsos harnessed, and conveyed the sufferer '.o Hastings, llio injured man was put under chloroform, and hiswouudwas attended to.

A virulent potato disease lias made its appearance in Queensland. Thoori&.'n ot the d'sease is at present a mystery. No one can say whence it camo; it is nmv to science. As far as is at present known, it is confined tote or four comparatively small areas, but unfortunately those areas are so wide apart that there is room for a fear that it is widestread over tho southeastern portion of tho colony.

Alluvial milling appears jo bo 'improving in Uio 'district (savs the Nelson'' ' Colonist') and many miners arc repoitcd to oc mnkiug good ivanfcs.; Tlio luutuna is now attracting special attention. lwt opcratrous avo somewhat. retarded by the I/a'id Hoard having granted a lease ovot a large area of laud known to bo auriferous, ]N T o doubt Hie objection trill soon bo removed,' as a petition is now in circulation throughout the district for signature, praying the Land Board to oxercise its po\yci\s and rami! iho land for niio'jjg piji'poscs,,

Tlifl Coutovcssed Fodder Association of Bnlinrat Infvp docidpij io ofFpr a bonus of £l5O fortlio consinictioT) of imiaejiipe capable of compressiug 20 tons of fodder h 10 hours,

A novelty, in electioneering Ims Lcen struck by a candidate for Parliament at the iicxt English general election, who is sending round the constituency a fl'ircnologicnl chart of his Jicnd. i domestic semitrecenlly recovered

£l5O damages from Mr j. H/Parkui* ft Livcipool dentist, whose assistaut, | was alleged, placed licv umlcr clilor form and extracted all her teeth again licnvill. A lately-developed occupation is 11k of the "Shoe-breaker." Au: America paper says;—"Au Englishwoman wil for half-n-crown a pair, take your ne shoes and wear thorn , long enough t takeoff the tight, stiffness thai nc shoes are apt to have. ■ ]t takes ahou . threw days to bring them to the linpp condition of comfort which poets sing o! I and in busy times she has as many a six pairs going at once, weaving cacl two hours every day." The Labour members ofthoHousi have already organised their ranks (say: the. Evening jVif); and will meet peiiodically to discuss Labour lcgislatioi jnffotyce.i) during tho session. It has prant'cally hcpji tjccided, however, thai the action of the Labour party shall not conflict with the cause of the Liberal J'fii ty generally. The strength of the Labour I'qrly, is such this session, however, that Its wishes arc likely to have very considerable weight In determining the action of tho Liberal Party, The Labour members- mctoiiMoudayevcning a,id considered tho resolutions passed at the recent Typographical Conference. Many were approved; others amended, and some held over for consideration until tho i Bills to -which tlioy refer arc I iiutroduced into Parliament,

. Says yesterday's' Press'At the meeting of tjic_ Education Board tomorrow applications for the positions of, hciii-nMs'pr pi assistaut at the I'ahiatua school, ai|d tljiriJ, assistant at the! Newlpyiji; jbjiqp). \yj|l Ip.'eoiisiijercd Up to this niorpiog 18 applica|ibiis jiarp I liecn received for the iii'st lijontiouod position, 10 for the socontl'aud 10 for the Ural." .: '

Apublio trial ot Dudson ''improved wool press " will be given (weather permitting) next ■ tho Marquis of Normnnby jSotel, Carterton,' on Thursday nest, 28th inst. Liltely buyers woulddo well to witness tliejfja) bofjro. nphasirig elsewhere.— hm ' v 1

"It's (tn ill wind that blQwg noljg'dy ■ good',' isnn old Baying but nons the; less; fruo WWW.'' the . great, .depiesslon' tiiiisting ' in Sydney at the present time ' has, caused a deplorable amount' ol misery yet the people of .Wellington and the surrounding districts mil reap a gigantic benefit, During. his visit to Sydney recently; Mr - James Smith purchased at absurdly low , prices-' a : . large stock which is.now being sold at the Wholesa!o;Family Warehouse, -To Aro Housd, 'Wellington.' ' ; ' ',. .With a view toWaltingthla sale tha-eveiit ofMyW/fwtfjpeotal ?;trajerelv(ore des ; pjitchcMmtt'AroHousefo Ohri'stehurch onis tj) ; o'f tdwMds, other to gigk obJ; bftirgi»ina"|fOTtt f tli6" fdoturers o{ - tibe • wei t Idfl Co.i Bothithese : getitttaien have, rt. turtodfaftftc#^ total leaults ..01. thoir ; efibitsfttowesfieiiiii biirgainfl now! beflfei soldlit

The Wairarapa Hunt Club is stated jo liavo cijliiccn lady morabcre, i Wo (Observer) are glad to learn that Mr Middlefon,, late of Carterton, lias ibeciv thelreeipient/of £IC3. from the benevolent fands '.of an English law association?- ; * • j i The ltov W, E, Paige and Mrs Paigo left Melbourne for the Old Country; on Saturday-last; fWe are sorry to learn that .during.their' stay''iu Melbourne Mrs Paige was suffering from a severe cold.

We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of official papers front the Government Krister.' ;•* '•=;:« =i.ii /'i; . ..The, Mastoiion; Wosloyah Sunday School wilV liold four moro sixpenny coneciis Ibis winter, which wi'l bo followed by, a eomplimenLry benefit: to the Mastertou Orchestra. . 1 The many friends of the lato Mrs Isabella Dixon, of Cartel ion (says the Observer) will be sorry indeed to hear of her'death; which occurred on May 6, at her_ brother's,, Mr James: Tobb, Woodbiuo Farm, i Easingivood, Yorksliire.'

i .iny. ncrson trcspiissiug: with' l dog or gnu:Ou.tuc i Wc"ington Acclimatisation Society's grounds or paddock, at. MasJoiioii.will be prosecuted. Tliis.action lias become necessary,' oroj.to jflio persons '• scouting " afici* stray pigeons, wlum. shooting matches avo going on'at Messrs Lowes and lotas yards, actuaHy clmsiiigtUe'stray : birdsto within a few yards of the place where the Imported English ducks are kepc. _ On Friday night(Juueloth) a Syduoy girl named Esther Levi, who had been cast off by a young man named Lawrence Curley, met her quondam lover, and asked Inm to honourably many her. Curlcy scoffed at the request, and the girl suddenly dvcw a tabic knife from her dress and slashcdit across his'hroat, almost severing the wind-pipe, Curley is s : ill alive, but in a precarious condition. The couple quarrelled and. separated some months ago, and the girl's mothcrwassodistrcssedathcr daughter's condition that she committed suicide. Since: then the girl Esther has been a prey to resentful melancholy. It is stated tlnit Colonel Fox is about to seltle as a squatter. "i Hawke's Bay. According to a Dnizicl cable message "Mark JVnih'spublishingboitse, Messrs Charles L,.Wcbstcr and Co., has failed, the causo bein® business depression," Tin's firm was originally founded by Mr Samuel L. Clements, otherwise Mark Twain, to publish General Graut's memoirs,. , . The Committee ap pointedby the Masleii'oii Borough Council, to join Mr H, Bcctluim in iutorviewmjMr 6, W. Woodroolfc, with respect to the Pciry Street -footpath docs not meet until Monday uoxt. Ono month's leave of absence from Parliament has been granted. to Sir George Grey, Mr ]?. H. Wood publishes ontries for l»s next Tarataln Stock Sale. Two Maori skeletons were unearthed at New Plymouth the other day while some men were excavating in a back yard. Tho remains were claimed by some Maoris, The object o£ Mr A. W, Hogg's Wairarapa Hospital Bill is to separate the united charitable aid district so that the district of Wairarapa, including the counties of Wairaviipa North, AYairar«pa South, l'aliiatua,.and the boroughs of Mastciion, Pahiatua, Carterton, and 6 rpj hm n may administer their - own ]Voor relief without having tlieir funds mixed up wjtli those of the city of Wellington. ■' : v ■

SirMbii Stout has given. i|otico of the following motion as a mutter of privilege:—"That a respectful- addrejs be .prppiteil to His Excellency the Governor praying him to appoint some eligible person to tho position of Scr-geaiit-at-Arins," The Wellington" Lower Court was yestefdny attended by quite ail iifiity of Chi'pien, whose eountenancesbctrayed i} ccftaiu tjmoi"it of expectancy, says tlip if ,Z. Times, Two of their number wcpo' mixed up i-i an assault case, it last tlip Clork of tlio Court called tlic ease of Jim Lee versus Wang Huug,'aud tho two liaitios stepped forward, accompanied by ■ a sliy-lookins Chheso iuLcrproter. Sir Harnien appeared for Jim Lee, who was clmrged with nssaultinnf Hung in Taranaki Street. The defendant was represented by Mr Wilford. It pcarcd that Hung tramped .on Lee's toe m jthe. street i Lee knocked hjm down without waitiugforauupology.imd'Hiing got up ami obtained a chomwr from a neighbouring tenement in order to kill Lee. The latter, however,' run away. Instead of Huug suing Leo forassautt, the reverse was tb'o ease. The Magistrate ■said there was no assault on Huug's part at a", and dismissed the ease, Mr Haunen intimated that ho had only been instructed after the issue of the summons.

Fresh light will no doubt he thrown poii the dark and tragic story of Khartoum bv tho book ot General Gordon winch the British Museum lias just received. It consists of au Arabic wimuscript, and is written entirely by the hero of Khartoum, It is principally a record of life in tho besciged garrison, and contauis incidental dissertations, in tho General's M-kuown nutuuei', upon I his peculiar theological v h?]JS- It is Stated that only two otlier copies are in existence, oue htiviiigbeen sout to Her Majesty iin'd'tlie oilier [o Mijjs Gordon. A third copy (says the' Chronicle') ad. dvcssjd to the Khedive, became lost iii tvansit, and the museum copy lias been' somewhat damaged by tho waters iof the Nile. Tho wore has beon translated with a vi.ow to publication. 1 ■ At tho S.M, Court this morning, before Messrs T. E. Prico and G. W, Woodroofe, J.P.'s, George Carter 'pleaded] guilty to a ehargo of using obscene language, and of stealing ono.pair of blucher boots, the property of Clement Walker, boot importer, valued at 6s. On' the iirsfchargo lib was.sentenced to two months', and .on the second to one month'simprisoiiincnt, with hard labour I jii tl(o. Wellington Gaol, thc,s.onteiiccs to fun.'iipi}(:jjiMt|yi : ; Ainomh'cf of'a licensing committeQ was heard in a _ railway carnage the other day describing an interview with a mother and daughters, in Iwhich they wept and prayed of him not to'be one to take the licenso of the hotel- they occupied. On tlio whole, the lot of a committeeman cannot,lio an easy one in these •times,;.and"" those who occupy tlic 'position arb not to' bo envied. — 1 ij j ; •: ' Wo beg to nqtify that thg fol|o)ying ljneg .of-. Messrs, Bock & ■ Co.,' • Manufacturing Chemists oan ho obtained at the W.F.O. A.'s (Fanoy .Goods Department :r-Non .Mercurial plating fluid Is Cd unsurpassed for oleaning gold, or; silver. and, .reflating brass and copper, Book's Witeaptoof' Cein'ebt/ price Is, will resist hot 'ot'eold' water and repair china,'glass, delft leather %td.ia'to. Oamphy leneMsi'in 'nc&t air-tight* jaiscoctaining 18 balls.'price; r-la Jito'-keep moths f out 1 , of clothing, also ftpericot jHerb acho giiaranVled ootiajurioua tjie' teeth oV neaflj' ij)l f|e hollow' .Oomau'Qtire: fqr ponas 'ani J wirjs'pfi';}i; tble ianidaa wHl apeedily a£d paid lpaaly.cure BofCor hdM'oorns^'xol^^wartg,

Scobio MoKtozio will contest Uio Tujipoki scat after all,-: Mr Bawlins to*' tiring in his favor. •. . ~"v. •Two horses entered for anetion at® Cliristclmrch salo yaid'Tcre Beized iuid destroyed by the police. One; iwas, broken doirn from old ago and tho other. to suffering from a spinal complaint, : ttis Honor District : Judge. Kettle arrived in Masteiton liy this morning's traiv, pi Wellington.

, During last week tlirco male patients wero discharged from'. tjii)' 'Mastoi (Oil Hosjiital and ono admitted, leaving in tho institution at present; seveniinales: aiid ono female. ' ,;■ "

- MrMert Pnrkr,of.Wellington, was to liavo given a music lecture at the State' on- July 14ih, tut.pmng to j]ie: : lii sfound? it necessary to'postpone his visit-until August 11th. Mr li, E, Hoinblow notifies that' 'W outstanding' accounts for the Methodist Itecord artel for printing'up toMayl9tli, \mist 1)0 settled before tlio" lOlli proximo otliorwiso proceedings mil lw taken for theirrccovoiy. : V. :• Ailittlo girl named Julia Butler was slipping iu company: <vritli v lwr 'sis'tof companions, yesterday morning, in tlio play-ground of tiio main State School,whore slioisa pupil.,wlion die foro-arra. 1 »llie limb?was;atanc6 set by the Head Master, • Mr Jackson, and the little sufferer conveyed homo. Dr Bchrd altebdcd ;licr ( - .and, learn/tliat slio is Mow ! progressing very favourably. ' Constable Stewart will leave' Mastpr-: ton by this, afternoon's train,' to-convey George Carter to tlio Summit wlicro he will no met by. a .Wellington constable. Carter has been' sent- down for two' months., _ : ; .'.4 f Mr James Mneaialas'ibocn; Rtoviii j at Eotoiua,. during the pastfow days. He expects to return to Mastorton iu the course of next week. , A person who is alleged to. hare been found preparing legal documents and' chawiug, ; for': thcm; -without ,be : n"3|A solicitor, wiis'brought boforo Sydnev Ml Coui v last week, j The Law 'lnstitution i soiijht '.to' liiive- ;in 'order made against,, him for; the of £4l' and - costs,' in' connection with an application inado to prevent i him performing {he duties of a solicitor. The offender who was a man with !a wife and six children was ordered to pay £5 iu satisfaction of the claim and the Court gavo him till July 31st to pay it. ; After the usual practice of Pearson's Private Band in the Theatre lioyal last evening, a presentation was'ma x de to Mr George Gray, junior, by the members of tlio: Hand, oil the eve of his marriage. Mr ]V. Jeffries, after n neat and eulogistie speech, presented Mr Gray with a silver kettle, on au electro-plated stand, with silver spirit lamp'attached.' Tlio kettle was mounted with flowers, and inscribed as follows:—"Presented io Bandmaster George Gray, junr, by the members of Pearson's Private Hand, on the occasion of liis marriage, June 27th, 1894." Mr Gray briellyrcspon/ed, and after ringing clicors had been given for the recipient, the company jsoparated. Messrs Lowes & lorns' havo received instruction from a gentleman'leaving tlio district, to sell tlio whole*of - his .household furnituro and olfects oil Saturday ilext, at 2.o'clock.

Wo remind those in quest of a small fir ill, (hat Messrs Lowes and lorns have two sections still remaining unsold iu the Te Oro Ore estate; These arc now offered at it Very reduced price to 'complete the lot, and as they contain 62 acres of really good land,. we have no hesitation in recommondjn;; them at the prices for which they arc now offered.

For the best value in drapery, millinery, and clothing, jußfc oast iin ewiuiring optic over the stock ol Messrs L. J, Hopper and Co.; of the Bon Marohe, The firm have just opened their second shipment-ofjadlesl and childrons' jackets, F.'ench millhery, mackintoshes, dress gooJB, gloves, oofaeta, and ete. All kinds ot seasonable drapjry, ftliio an unusual, large nUipraont ol mens' and boys' olothing from tho' host manafadturersin tho colony. % should advise an early call to get tho first f,