LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4774, 16 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual weekly Band danco' at Eketahunalast Friday, was very .well attended, . '""".'",

MrWagstalFsMangatainok&Browery is .being .enlarged and: extensively altered. '. S - ; .' ; i '■ '■'■. '■■

; Mr Alex. Doss, Saw and Tool maW of Dixon Street', Wellington, announces in another übliimit tliiit lio'lias' just janded'now'lsiipplies"of--'Verti'cal" t 'attd circular saws, jliles. belting and other accessories whfclr'have' been ''bought cheaply and Viil be sold at a low price.

] Owners are reminded thatnominations for the Palijierston Noi'lh Trotting Club's Winter meeting, close on Tncs- <%•' , ■-|_' : - ; ; A cMo-injrhicli a resident of Ekctubuna is charged with permitting gnmb: ling on liis premises, will be liciird next, Wednesday. : ;-|

: ,A.settlers' Social will beheld atEllis-' ton's Hall, Eketahnna, on August Ist. \ The Gas and Library .Committee of; the Maslorlon Doroiigh Council will: meet this.evening,. . ~..„ ......, ...... ..> The - Masterton Ambulance Society will meet this evening.

\ Mr Gcoijgc Pilcaithloy 13. A., second master of tho-Normal School,- Chris'-' church lias IXoh appointed second mas-l terof tho Najiiwdistrict school. There were twenty-seven applications for tho position. ; \. .■ The Prince of Wales' yacht Britannia' has beaten Iho .Vigilant six limes insuccession. . / ...

■ ThoNewKealaud Trust and Loan Company declares n dividend of 9 per. cent. ' ■ '•.- .'

i- It is reported tliiit Hid Bank of iNcw Zealand issue has been underwritten at 101$, the no'f proceeds lo the Bauk being par. . ; An Engineer named Cnmpb.cH, residing in JS'orlh Sydney, luul a quarrel with his wifo, and stabbed her to death with a bread-knife. . • ■ •■'... ■'■■■■ \ The Federal Judge of the Argcntiiio declares (lint the c t x(rudit:on treaty, with &reat Britain does jiot apply to j.abpfc S. Balfour. The astronomer,. Sir Eoborl Bull, cm. phatiwilly declares, that ho believes Mai's is inhabited by some sort of crca - turcs, •.{■.:,,.-.. • • ~. ■ Worn out billiard balls"arc usually cut up inlcj dice The lntek flying is being tested by I flic Austrian - Government. It is the ilvciition of George Wcllor. Heavy ijlipoits of English coal into Germany have cut down prices to an ox-, tent ruinous to home minors. . : A meoling of parishioners of St. Mark's, Carlerloii will be held this evening. The Wiirarapa Hunt Club will hold it annual .'jail in the Piilncc Hall, Grey, I (own, on Thursday, August 23rd.' • ■ Ainnniii Cliicagoslolojiis wife's, false (colli, and applied for a divorce' on the ground of physical dofocls. Ho is looked upon as (ho meanest man in the world. ',""■. : Oranges arc being successfully grown in Hawb's Bay, ' l Several persons liavp ti'ccjfkdbnwith fruit.

I Wo remind our readers pf flip llcvE. Wnlkcr'n, address, in (lid Temperance Hall thij evening. The "Ijir'st lamb of the season " a lino healthy.fellow, may. be seen disporting himself jin the' paddock of Mr Jas Strang, (jarterlon.— Obstrur. ll'Tllc, Bpv E. Walker, of tho O. Temperificp AUiaucp conducted the sprvices at the I'lkolahunn Wcs,lcyan Church yesterday, • ...•' , A correspondent to the London Daily Skndafd stales that thciiieinbcrshlp of tho Salvation Army blioivs a dpcrcii.spof 6000,' and he believes a crnshniust coino before twoor three years have flown. ' Up to 31st March, 1891, £1,396,0/0 16s3d ! liad been expended by Governincnt on tho purchase of Native lands, ami for this- sum tho Colony has acquired (he title to 0,833,GGJ. acres. There is now:under purchasp 1,'182,022 acres', oil wldclt £87,000 Us od hasueen'ospci|dcd.

;,An iivcnioiv'whoihas.produced a bnllct-pWof fabric; shoots nt lijs daugh; (cr cljiq jn. thc.bullct-proof suit on a Lou'don stage', . .w; f '. ;

:!'lt's an ill wind that blows nobody gopd'! isan iold.'sajiiig'bnt.nono tho less' truo. iWhflit. 'fte. great depression .listing, in py'dß|yii|'fhehreseiitti,me 'has caused 1 a deplolaWe amount, of pis ( ery yet (he people pf TTfilljnglon a'n|th,o. surwunpg.djstridl's wiilM.j.^antip-beiiefif.. ,'Pgrjng. f)is WtilisW aj absurdly Jos'. prfes s a' -ta wtwk Kbich?.!»•-now,-.:being.sold a( lfo\ AVholfisale ■ Family .Warehouse, ■ T§ : Arp House,-Well(ngtqni'.------ ' : ; ; ,.' ■■■• -■ : c-Witlf 'R- view- to making (his sjilo the ovenj ! ofthoyear, twosiiecial-'hitjprs .wpre'.'des.-' lohi To MHpuse to'jChrlstohnrch sale of Edwards,' bd Go's'wholesale stock, .and-the lickbut.bwgdmsfrom-the.'manu-Joth:these,- genilenieh:iiavev.'reer a most su'coessM' trip; and the' ts" bitheir/efforts'' is fo be seen in shing bargains now being 'sold' at' isalo Family' Warehouse, To Aro BllingtoDi-ABVIi':..

The Ma3temn ll <Pfes?y '^sfairl7^w|ll^UVd4aßMuii^T^V^ing,; thp,occisjba bolfigWadpjhby cburso'waa dolryerod'by tilb'iße%ontlo|tA r notificnH6u\rogarding*tliOiiiWaik. rapaHuht (fluVfflalpfo. beheld 5 ' on August 23rd, appears elsewhere. 1

Additions aromatic to tlio entries for Sir P. H. Wood's next taratahi stock inle, which takes placo on' Thursday

During thojast week ,thrco males were," adinittcd \o tho Jfasjerfotf Hospital, 'and?three'males; liu'd'onc, female if creTdiscliargc^,'" lbavmgTscvcn > aiialo patients iu the lustitntion lit prcsont. Captain pidredthf/oj tlic Salvation Array, leaves Mastortohtfor Newton on Thursday morning. He will be sue. cccded- by Captain Hughes, of Blenheim, r , A, farewell, tea-meeting will be tendered to CnptainHildrddtuWmorcoV evening.,,,,,,,..... .. ■ ! At tlioSJfhstorton Wcsloyan Clmrch yesterday,' the servicos; both in tho morning and in the evening, were conducted by Mr-iWra. 1 /, Sussex, :Hom6 Missionary,, of ■; Featherston. jjn-.the evening he gave an address .on* "The Preciousiiess of Christ" !fq a congregation..; '.',' " r '*'■'' ' ' Captain Edwin wires at noon to-day: —"Strong north to west nud south-west winds, and'glass rißing." , deductions in municipal oxpendturo in Auckland arc being made at the rate of £2ooOayeaiy ■,,:-•,/,.;,' s T.<nr " England, a country far behind New Zealand,'.' is Mr W. ,H. Montgomery's description of the Mother Country, - ■'."The' Labour Journal '-is a very interesting publication," says Dr Newman, "but its statistics are unreliable." Mr Buclinniin 'informed ,'tliq. Housb on Friday'that he had liad to shelter <MO swaggers in 59 days in the Wairarapa., Tcn.dor9.arb invited by the Wairarapa North County for footpath formation on the Waingawn-Camp road, "It is probable "that the,. Financial Statement will be delivered on Tuesday. The brother of Cctcwayo, according to Mr Eider Haggard, was at one" time almost persuaded to becomo a Christian,' but when he was told- that he must put away life wives lie refused to accept tho condition;: .':^ : - ; '^

1 Says an/exchange. ;—Mr Scobio Mc- ■ Eopzio'sjdcfeat'for iho Turipcka electorate appears.to hivo.been : -due to tho fnut that ho' had not time to address all tbtf : various communities of peoplo through; out tho electorate, ami to the further fact that tho solid Catholic voto of some 800 electorswas pollcdugainstliiin. The Archduchess Elizabeth, (laughter of the Crown Princess Stcphace,' says the Hanover Gunner, is the. possessor of the smallest dog in the world. "This little dog can rest comfortably iu the palm oflicr hand, and can bo fondled by children without fear of being hurt, as .is'oftcn tho case with a cntor a r dog ; of ri larger growth. It is about fire'inches high, and six and three-quarter- indies long, and weighs about linlf-a-pqiiiid.'- ■'•[ The scales .used in tho London' Mint can show a difference in the weight of a card after a name lias been written upon it. - ,-,, -. ......

: Bacchorscshavclheirups and-downs in lifc. ; George Frederick,.winnerof 'the Derby in 1874, was sold some ( weeks Since for 30s to ii knacker. ; ;'• ■''■'■

i A Maori girl witness at the Napier Supreme Court said she did not know what it meant to be swer.i, but asked if she knew what would bo done to her if she. told falsehoods, she smartly replied "I will bo judged by God." ' " ■ Mr Justice Jichniond on Saturday morning ordered that Tninahau Malmpukn, executor under; the'..trill of Tiki Mahupuka, of Wairarapa, should filo an inventory and account within three weeks. , . . ;.,..

: The tender of- the Hawke's Bay Timber Company, Limited, of Napier, hns been accepted by- tho N.Z. liailwny Department- for the supply of.fotarutimber at Lyltcllon and Port Chalmers, Tho-price,'delivered at Lylteltonis 16s fid per 100 super feet, and 18s per 100 suiier feet at Port Chalmers.

County Councils'applicatiouslor loans under the Loans to local i Bodies Act, for tlie financial year ended 31st March I last, amounted to £61,361. : Of! this' amount Pnliintua applied for and' was granted £6,4-70, During the same period Iload Boards applied for. £'10,396. Of this amount the Masterton lioad Board applied for £810; Mauriccvillc, £262; Eketahnna, £5,200 ;'Alfredtou (now merged into tho Wairarapa North County) £2500. The total amount advanced to local bodies up to 31st March Inst, was £5.i.1,91710s lOd. : . ;'.' ; .;; •

From arctiirnprcscnlcdtol'arb'ament we notice some fancy prices paid for Native laud during the past financial year.. Paoroa township, 181 acres, 3 roods, 30 porches, * cost at the rate of £l2 7s per acre i the. To Aroha Domain Extension of forty-six acres;'cost five pounds. per. acre; and 1,500 acres in Horowhonua Block cost the taxpayer four pounds sterling per acre for the purpose of forming the celebrated State Farm. . : -..• ■•■■ ■ .■■. -,,.

Out of the North Island Main' Trunk. Loan the sum of £219,909 13s Bd, has been paid for Native lands, £31,501 lCs lid of which has been paid on account of uncompleted purchases, Tho area purchased is 1,137,377 acres freehold; 120,115 acres leasehold • the' total cost of which is £238,535 Us 2d. The total area of (he Awarua Block of native land purchased by tho Government is I<l-2,08d acres for which £77,G19 has been paid, (ljp ra(c per acre for ll(c different sub-divisions varying from six shilling to twenty-seven'and sixpence per acre. 76,306 acrps cost six shillings per acre j 19,587 acres,, seven shillings per acre; 1,510 acres, fifteen shillingsl per acre; 36,486 acres, twenty shillings per acre; 7,162 acres, twenty-thrco shillings per acre i aud 1,201 acres, the top pricp.' • '' : ; ".' ''■' '■

Mr Buchanan was very severe, on Friday, on the reports in the Journal of Labour respecting the stafe of labour in (he Wairarapa. He particularly condemned the repeated reports of a MarI linborough agent, whom ho described as I "one of the Premier's proteges—an l electioneering agent." While this man j was reporting that there were no unem-ployed,-menwero starving all over the Wairarapa. Ono old' settler l;ad just pilfpi) to him (Mr Buchanan)—'-'Wjiaf arc you legislators going to do for tho jinemploycdp It is heartbreaking to sec the number of men—lipnpstly, ; p bplipyp—looking for .work.. Not only do ivc liavp to give tlicrn food, but very pftcn c]o(hps too." , Mr Buchananialso told of one jady to whom, ihch'all the men of the stalion wero away, a servant girl came to say there were a number of men at. the kitchen asking for. food. The lady decided to give them it, but on going out found so .-large a number of nfen that she said there''was not enough food in flic place• for theni. .Thc ( men respciffuljy but firmly urged that' the'y were starving, 'mi([wouldboquitounable to reach the next station) and so the lady gave, them all the food ready in the house, and more had to be cooked before the employes on the run returned home! Yet it was from the Wairarapa 'that thesp glowing reports 'cnmo.that'wcro published by the Labour Biirca'n.^JPwfc .: Always op : the look out for bargains. Oar v Mr Hgoperitruok oil last,week; |ust read, a "feiy olourpnrcbasosa'nd note onr i,ntpations;—l6 nieces,' papne)ette' boogbt' 'for JJdwesballsell at 3laV 15! "pieces'ditto tyhite-lilahklts bought for 7s,' Wm shall sell 1 at;7s ill}, -20' 'pieces'.'white flannels bought fop Ojd yard, 1750 yawls dresastulJbonghta'r.'jsßJ ynrd wo shall parUitbthom at ')s 6d yard, t clearing lipe of ladies ulsters and mantle?: nearly givon away wo.shallqnit them on the, same terms, 57 men's colonial'twcod stiits bought for 21s .ve:ih"a'U'iell,'at.22s-(M,-31 inon's miwintosli boats bpiight al 21e, anyone dan Have them for 22s 6d each, Alsoa lot of hosiery, men's hats, and-seVefal other lines', quit them; at the samo rates, It. J, Boom to Co,; Bon ;•■■ ,;'.;.;;. •:.'.; : :^,<

JOift-or two Jlnfetoii 'tmainess; liiph tiro .moving"in'the direction of forming a iimited liability compniiyj'.to.tako over thoMastcrtoii Tjiontro ltoyaVaiid|liiftko 'several alterations and improvemen^io yesterday afternoon the licv % Jj|C. Andrew visited St. Matthew's Sfuidayschool, while work was : in progress - ; and 1 spoke a' few words of encouragement to tuotenohersiindpupils. ■'"■■.. "..'"";

Tho annual inbeting of tho MastortonOpnki Jockey Club will be held early Spccinlcffprts.aro to bo mado thisycar, to niakotllb. Mastcrtbn MasonipMbne' ,q£ ; tlie,, nipjgt'.epj pyal)lp., gatliofinga.^yct held in this.distriot.--- .-«■■.■:•- - ■•"■■

S "If you call pressing a man for inctitlditiug an(a'n pay;2s;6d feriTfeoKto ptiiigtiishadcutof £W, tlien I did presshim, " said au .|riite fioditor at a mnctinginibarikuptcy tha pthcrday.

; Mr Duncan is asking thoMiriisier for Lands to bring down a Fair llout Bill this session.

j;Mr Montgomeryis urging! that .parents may, be given tho option,of .having their children vaccinated with lymph direct from the calf.' ■' ■ : c ■;•'•• "U,k; :;.-.

j Mr Flntninu is to mbvo that tlio rev-' enno derived -from the totalisator bo doubled arid co.to an ;old,f'hp[6''ijonsi6n fund. fi f:\lim 'i is%% '■ A number ofMasferWpcoplointond being present at the opening "ceremony 6f tho now/JPpjjii ; MrF. H, Wood advertises hisinext Tauhcronikau stock sale for WedncVd«jj : August Ist. .',','; V I «-!'■.-':) U.V. i*;?"' ( A Manakau correspondent of tho Fanner states that a local oxporihibritor in horticulture grafted a' Scotch' : tliistle to a.fnclisia, that tho'graft head,' yjae greatly admired as' an exceedingly pretty specimen. V> (;':"!? i 3 uV -M.

Tho General Assembly, of the Prcsbyteriaii Church of New Zealand j.offers a scholarship of £25 tenable for three yoars, for competition,.by-, those who pass tho junior scliolor'sh'ip bxamiiiatipnibr.lß9i'' The object of this is to , 'facilifatc'th'e object of 'students'who intend stu'dyiiig for the Ministry of tho Presbyterian Church. .*:-;fc. *;»-■'-rav".

j The House is ina decidedly- virtuous mood, (says the Nnpicr 7V%rapA). It has" resolved to close its liquor shop; and it is enthusiastically supporting Sir ltobcrt Stout's.Bill for the repression of gamblihg..;TJie'so.things,dr6. ; both' signs of thetinics-7-signß.thatwolivoinanew bra. "Whether the change is,due to tho liolitic'cl women we cannot say, or whetlicr tho political- wbincii is herself an effect rather than a cause. But a clmngo is most.unqucstioiMbly coming oyer the spirit of dui* politicians.'.'.' . '.'..,""'

.; James Bailey, "of Hawera, cattle dealer, was before MvKettlc S.M., 011 Saturday niorning, on tlio.cliiii'g'o'of 'absconding from his'creditors, and was fruthor remanded till Monday, tp: allow of the accused cabling to .New; South Walcsii'o tliojecnrity of; tho ..money. placed to his credit at tlio Dubboibranch of-the Bank. South'"Wnlos, amounting 1 ' to £035 after--which the I quest ipn of bail will be considered. .

; According' to the ■ Ina'ngaWia Times the gentleman who is said to havo "split"upon the' liihngahini still and who'gav'e away the wliolo of tho. northern.. trade; at s one stroke!; to the pol ice, acted ina similar capacity oncc'beforo—possibly' years ago. .In those days ho was just as perfect an artist, as lie. is to day., Ho had' a still of his oiyn away back. After a.whjlo the diggings began to ..encroach ..upon; the gully, ; and tho game ofbrcwjngbccamotooriskyTlien the informer startled the police one day with tho "tales" of,a still—to cut short iili)ng: story—aetually:pilotcd a'ltrbrig ■revenue ppsso ' to'his"ovn'i worked-ont plant. Ho' was' duly -rewarded with £2OO. v :.- ..'i ■■■:;■?, .-.„■

; .Tho following is the programme for flic concert in aid of Presbyterian Church organ fund, to b'oholii&thp schoolroom on Friday, iiiglit.i—Pionb[duet (selected), Misses Ebist aMiihtmV j'jis'olo,,'.' Bring back mj;islicr;B'oy,"'MisS Crriiij solo, " j duct| ;;^mtido;!iM«B|Porrjr: : nnd'Jlr Boagpy.';"Ksoloy'.' Maid of Atlichsi" (viqliii obligSto,; Mr t :;j&fofrloia); 'Mrs'Tfc.' Memo'nt .Masfcrtbiii Orchestra; solo, .tompo'st-king," : Mr : D. ;B. l!objus6if[^ chi son"; 'S7OI in solo' (aiolepied)} r Mr MOW 7 lem; solo,?' : Tho brjdgpjvMiss. lohnstohi solo, ./'The :H. AstaU-V ; ipK»^ißi^itßjfet&LP^)icftra ! j solo, i';.! Tlio holy oity,;'rMis9'Pcfry I splo, "ThoStlb 'pto^Mr{J;lßpii^|iblpi ing song," W$R ; Sinims^j||^?| : Tho AUvedton-WoborMiiKplibii-anga and other main ronuTiwpiigh tho' country between M'akuri and:tti<£ valley of the Tiraumca and Dauevirk'c,''will cost, it is estimated,, about t £3.8,000 for formation ' only.' Tho' construction of liorscrtracks, tlu'ongk the social settlement blocks in tho saiho neighbourhood will require an The loading charge of os per acre on the special scttlpnionts will produce, about m,(m.-^.Z.Times,' ■ ■ At St. Matthew 1 s'Ghurch, Maslerton, the llov. J. C. Amlrow conducted the services in the moniing'iiid evening yesterday, when the Church was wcll-hllcd. In the morning the text chosen was St, Matthew YIL, 21,, In the eveniug he preached a powerful sermon, taking as a text Acts XX., 19, ]{o roforrcd to tlio necessity for t)ie members of the Church uniting together at the present time to get a new clergyman, and also to flip growth of Masterton; what it was wl\oir lip first know it, and what it is now, Ho mentioned the comparative numbers and wealth of the' community at tho two periods; and tho consequent progress of (he Church, [He considered'there ought to be no difficulty in making up the rcr quisite sum. If, say, 25Q families subscribed £1 each, there would be no difficulty in obtaining another clergyman. Thcv could quilo pasily do so, and might lo subscribe tho money, beg to notify that the following lines qf Messrs' Book & Co., Manufacturing Chcmists'can bo obtained at the W-F.CA.'s Fancy Goods Department: -Non .Mercurial plating fluid Is fid unsurpassed for clearing gold or silver and. re-plating brass and copper, Book's Watcaproof .Cement, price p, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, delf, leather etc, etc Cainphy leno Balls, in neat air-tight jars coctaining 18 balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract price Is an iof&Uiablp cure for toothache guaranteed nolinjurious to the teeth of health; it stops the most aonfe pain imrncdialloy, ana proves a permanent oure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and worts prioo Is - this lamous Beniedy .will speedily and pain; lessly oure soft or hard corns, also : lyaftsbunions and chilblains,-The Wairarapa Fanners Co-operative Association, Ltd.