LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4780, 23 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Cornelius Dixon informs us that if any tree pinning is to ho do'ie by the Maslcj ion" School cJi'Mta on Arbov Iky this ycai'j i'c will be pleased to give iliem about fifty suliablo trees.

Au American Iravcllor says the cliccpest cipiiat of Euvopo to livo in is Alliens.

The .latest craze iu pels i'i Caupila is for Hie c!ianelcou. .

A_ siiolcton tliscofc.'cd at Aboukir lies bcc'.i ••ecognisjii.bya locket round t'lciicck, nsttin.t of im English officer who M ,82 ycr,:* ago. MrW. Fa i'e'.l of M'akaMu is reported to be sc'.'oi'.siy ill. The Makrtniii covrospoadeiit of file Pii'i-iuuii w"<ics: —"Tlio poncla■'On. Oi |I|"S d'.iitivct is an jilnrn'og e:;.ciii ; . 'there 'jare been about hal f adosctt hero tin's week, Alt re doing well and room for millions more.

Mr Wis f;om Fca[ije.s[on lias bought Mr AndeiWs farm on the IWlgc roiicl and ielcnds snpji'ying the c.'eaniei-y iv.-lJi ni'lk ne:;t season.-—J?ak-isiim Uta'il.

'J.'lio lier J. Dnirns announced in the MfstKioaWestern Clwch las! ercoiiiS that Mr 0. E. Eiu'oa M.H.11,, for Anel-ir-.iul woaitl cooclttei; (!io service at i-io Oba'cli next ':uiHhiycicuing. A very !a«o lumber of 'Masie.'lon people visited,'he To 0;c 0:c Prh yesiccday to witness ilie M..131 oror tlio «. mains of ;'ic lave M"s Maii,:«.

Wc a :c so- / io learn that-Mr Butler po.'k teller, of QuconSi rcetMaslerbu, is soffc.-iog f.om a daogcioiis aiiaclc of inlliimmaiio'i of tholu'.igs supowco'iig on la tiitfiie. Many Miuistct'-al suppoiic.s in (lie House favotu' a two million loan to be expended at the rate of kl£ a million per annum.

_ A Maslertoti resident was paying a yisit recently, to a friend living near a lake iu the Hontklsland. He mistaking a stroll round the water 0110 dav. when he met a resident, and asked'if there was any good fisliiag in (ho lake. The resident was an American, andansivcrcd "res, stranger." "Arc thero any large fish to bo got ?" "Yes, stranger,"How big was the largest you evee c&ught ?" "AVell, stranger, I'm an honest man, and wouldn't like to toll how big that fish was, butwhen I pulled tnat-fish out, the lake went down a foot." Then lie smiled pensively, and went 011 his way. The Home Secretary has ordered an enquiry willi a vW to suppress massage houses in Loudon, on the ground of immorality. There arc reported to be Ragrant cases of open vicein these places and it is asserted that society women iiro in the habit of visiting them,

The New Zealand and liivcr Plate Land Mortgage Company, Limited, inlends to reconstruct under the title of the Consolidated Land Mortgage Company, with a capital of £1,C00,000, in 380,000 preference shares of 10s each and 180,000 ordinary shaves at £■! 10s, A lady resident i'lfoims us that a nuinler of hoys are in the habit of congregating in (ho paddock next to the Masterlon Hosprial and playing football on Sunday afternoons. This is not tho worst pai t of the matter, however, as our informant states ilnit some of the lads use very bad language,

111 another column Messrs KirkcaMic and Stains draw attention to the latest editions of their illustrated shopping guide, which is sent post free to any address where it-is desired.

During the progress of a Ba'l at Gladstone last Thursday evening, some larrikins behavedinascandalous manner. Buggies were misplaced and overturned, horses were found wilh their tails cut, saddles ripped by knives, and utterly) spoilt; harness transfei/cd to strange quadrupeds, reins cut off near the bit, hacks turned adiift, ilie furniture in the vehicles overturncdand wheels reversed, Tho settlers are naturally intensely annoyed, and tliefoimationof a vigilance committee is spoken of, to deal with this and similar acts of vandalism.

It may be news to many to learn that Mr F. C. Solous, the well-known African Imnier, is the original of " Allan Qjiaifermain," tho hero ofseveralof Mr Kider Haggard's stories.: A good lady onco' remarked to Dr Adams that his sermons were too long. "Ah, sister," said he, "I'm afraid you don't liko the sincere milk of the word." "Yes, I do, said she, "but you know the fashion now-a-davs is to buy condensed milk." . ' The Island trading schoonor Thistle, which arrived ac Sydney recently went out of her-way to the Island of Santa Catalina and-took the crew of the schooner Ariel on board, conveying them to Bundtthcrg, It will bo remembered that the Ariel, a N.S.W. schooner of 138'tous;' engaged in the labour traffic, was wrecked on the abovo island on tho 9th of April last, tho weather bei'ig very foggy,

Swaggers arc still numorous m tho |^turar*pa..' ;■

► Early lambs may nofr bo seen oil several properties, rouiid> 'ahout Masterton. &

: Somo EfigM' women" aro talking of producing a daily papcrforthoirofln sc\ At an orchid sale in London recently, one plant realised 100 guineas, . A farm in Kent of BC3 acres, forme.!,y let at a rental of £l2O. was re-let recently at a rental of £303. Electrically operated typen liters are noivin use, Aninsli'ument may bo thus'automatical'}' worked at any instance.

Yesterday turned out a beautiful day tho weathor being perfect, ; ;i .

_ Cheeso and butler factories arc rapidly rising up in ihe South. Tho Cii'istchurch Parliamentaiy Assembly has ICO members, i There aro 25,886 scholars on; the rolls of tho ])iiblic schools for tlib present quarter.'

A Conference of County i Councils meets in Wellington on August 1. A German savant says that. the -rodbacked spider, common'about Sydney is the most poisonous spider in the world.

Tho Government is to consider the question uf a Jridgc evee tho T'-'eumca a Hall's Crossing for which the settlers promise loraiso a £IOOO loan. ,

It is slated in Wellington ihatGoorge Gardner, the New Maude? whn iws one oE the lucky prospectors of the Londouderry find, and sold out his share for £*10,030 is the Mr George Gi,:d»ie? la'o of tho Government Insurance Department. who left a shoii time back for tholicld. ' ' i •

Dr. Bnlcrocut trill lcctui'c this evening under the auspices of tho Mastcviou Ambulance Socic>, on ( lie best methods of rcstoringapiwrcbtly drotincil porsous, Pah'aiua Volunteer Fire Brigade lias just seemed a lire engine. Mr Gladstone is to undergo a second operation for cataract on tho oyo.

A niaii'n Germany was charged with marry'ug seven wives. Ho pleaded that he was .trying to get a good one. The ranges near Mastcrton have an unusually heavy covering of snow just now.

Tho Hon W, liolleston has. been spending a few days 111 tho Forty-milc Busli, as the guest of Messrs Piatt und Abbott, Maiigamahoc. The following tenders wore dealt with by the Wnirarapa iVortli County Engineer on Saturday last:—Contract No 1, forming B'oo chains of footway between the Waipoua bridges, Waingawa to Camp Eoad-S. Eartlctt, £l2, accepted; declined—G. Blano, £43;; W ( Fletcher,' £49; M. Kerrins, £sßlos. A recent report from Chinastates that a squadron of six cruisers is under orders from China to proceed to the tho Straits Settlement. At Singapore they arc to disperse; and two of the number will come down tho coast of Australia,' calling at the chief ports, and afterwards visiting Hew Zealand.

The cargo steamer now being constructed by Messrs' Swan, and Hunter, of Wallscnd-on-Tync to the order of tho Shaw Savill and Albion Dompany, is to be delivered in November. She will carry 80,000 carcasses of mutton (against the Moari's 70,000 carcases) and 9000 bales of wool (as compared witli 6000 bales). i . j Wcnotico (says Tnith) in a accent number of the (fcrflc that William Shakespeare has been added to the list of J.P's. Wo wore under the impression that William died m 1(516 at Stratford-j-on-Avon. That does notnialter, however. The Radical Government is intent on making Justices, arid they'll make 'em dead or alivo. : i

Tenders aro invited by .Mr James Macara for ploughing about fifty acres of stubble land. : ' • ■ ■

'By'this morning's train Mr L. F. Ayson sont 5,000 rainbow trout ova to the Otago Acclimatisation Society.

, At the Magistrate's Court this .morning, before Mi\ T. E. Price, J.P., a first offending iiicbriato was convicted and discharged. ; A so-called "Bc«r War" is said to be raging in Berlin and other German towns. ' '

From tho Auckland' Obsernr.:—Pirani is the shortest and Steward the tallest members of the House! 'ln a fight most people would back the" little 'un.'' ; A consignment of 16,000 brown trout ova and 8000 rainbow trout ova will bo forwarded to-morrow from the Masterton Hatcheries, to fill orders from Poverty Bay, • Messrs Lowes and lorns add 131 ewes and 185 ewes in lamb to their,Masterton itock sale for Wednesday,' 25th July.. ,

Mr W. Bcsaut, though ho writes a good deal about love does not look like a a man of sentimental inclination:' His high forehead and his full beard siiggost a scientist, and lie is sedate and middleaged. ,

Count Tolstoi now lives entirely ou bread, vegetables, fruit, mid porridge. He is a teetotaller and non-smoker, and instead of tea drinks a beverage made out of hot water and raisons,

On Saturday afternoon live'young men went out sailing on tlio Wellington harbour in a IG-footopen boat, When off Evans* Bay, tlio throat, of llic boom carried away, and caused the boat to capsize. Twoof them swam ashore, 11 distance of about three-quarters o£ a mile, and the other three clung to the boat. The latter were rescued by the s. s, Southern Cross.

For the month of June Tologa Bay bad the heaviest rainfall, 18 27 inches being registered; Gisborne IG'G2 inches and Maliia Peninsula, lfi'36 inches arc the next highest, The heaviest fall was on the 18th, To Kowhai, Hawkc's Bay, registering Sinelies, Gisborne 7'ao inches; Maliia Peninsula 7,72 inches, and on the same day s'(iß inches at Tologa Bay, An American paper says:—"There is a mean man who owns a quarryin Maine. Kcccntly, one of his hands was tamping for a dynamite blast, when lie was blown up, until he was most out of sight, By good luck he came down in exactly the same place, and resumed his work. At the end of the week he was charged with seven and a half minutes lost time, and the amount deducted from his pay," We arc pleased (0 learn that Messrs W. Gillespie, W. C. Tucker, and A. P. Bennett, officers of the Mastertoli Post and Telegraph Office, have cachrcceivcd substantial promotion. Cadets Clark, Price and Mcintosh have also been notified of an increase in their salaries. This is certainly a recognition of the |rowmgmportancc of the Mastorton

1 _ The barque Tlrarso which left Wellington for Xcircflstlfl last Wednesday, was at sea during the thunderstorm on Friday, and her mainmast runiiiiig-gcar was struck by lightning. This caused all the sails, etc, oii the mainmast to come down with a run. The barque was forced to put back at once; 'and arrived under Kapiti Island yesterday, where she was spoken by the s.s (Jueon of the South. On examination her main top-gallant mast.proved to be injured, and she will probably remain at Kapiti until her repairs arc completed, A romantic double suicide is reported from Italy. A young' sailor, accompanied by a beautiful girl, hired a boat at Santa Lucia, and, sending away the boatman; rowctl out to sea. As tlicy did not return, a search was madoand the boat was f<iu£iil cinpty j only a woman's'hat, the sailor's cap, .a' parasol and some, cigarettes were to be scenj. It was soon known that the vanished persons wero a mau-of-war's man,named Francisco Coseia, whose parents live in Naples, and a young woman named Midielina. On May 18, at dawn of day, the crew of the American yacht Uo.vana; on entering tlio. port of Naples from Corfu, saw a strange heap floating on the soa, which proved to be the two dcndhodi.es tied together. The girl's right arm was bound tightly to the loft arm of her lover, showing that the double fcticido was premeditated. .

. Mr W. Crowther, M.H.11, was in! Mastcrton to-day. Mr Eoith, of Wollington, conducted services at the Mastcrton , Presbyterian Church yesterday. :'J; \ Additions itromado to the entries for Mr F. H. Wood's Tanheronik.au Stock Sale, which will bo hold on August Ist. Mr F.H.Wood adds to tho entries for his next Taratahi Stock Sale, which takes placo to-morrow (Tuesday) 60 fat wethers; 20 fat ewes; 80 forward ewes; and 60 fat wethers. ■ A man named Frederick Parsloe, aliai Pratt, alias Grove, alias France"; was arrested by Chief-Detective Campbelliat W on.Saturday oifiom' clmrges of forging cheques. Other charges of a similar nature aro pending. Apetition, numerously sighed by ladies at Pahiatua asking that the services of Miss licese bc retaiiicd- nt tho public school there, is proscritcd by Mr Hogg, M.H.11., nt the next meeting of tho Education Board. 1 Miss Ethel Gordon, a traveller through Napier, tripped on tho breakwater in the dark'last night, and fell into the sea. A young man named Jnnby pluckily jumped in after her, enughtjher ]ustas she' was sinking,- and' her to tho stops in safety. Denby will be recommended for tho Humano Society's •-•: • • . :

' Alwajs on.the-look out for bargains. Our Mr Hooper struck oil lust week. Just read a fen of our purchases and note our iutea* tions :—l6 pieces flannelette bought (or 3Jd we shall sell! at Bfd, 15 pieces ditto, bought for Wa shall sell at l}d, 100 pjiri white blankets bought for 7a ad we shall aoU at 7s lid, 20 pieces white flannels bought .for. GJd wo shall retail at GJd per yard, 1750 yards dress stuff bought at 4s 31 yard wo shall part niith them at 4s 6d a olearing line of ladles ulsters and mantles nearly given nwaj we shall qnit thetn on tho samo,terms,: 57 mon's colonial Weed suits bought 'for 21s we-shall te}l at : 22s.6d, 31 men's macintosh coats bought at 2!s, anyone can have thorn for 22s 6d each.': Also a' I lot of hosiery, men's lists, and several other lines, bought at half their value, we shall quit them at the same rates, L. J, Qoorsn it Co., BonMitche.

' , Wo beg to notify that 1 tho following lines of Messrs Jiook, & ,C 0... ilanafaoluriug Chemists can bo obl»ine(l at tho W.F.C.A.'s ,Fanoy Goods Department; -Non Moicurial plating fluid Is 6d unsurpassed, for deaning gol I' or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Bock's Wateaproof Cement, prion Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, delf> leather eto„ eto.;Gamphylenc Lulls, in : neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract price Is an iufalliablo euro for toothaelio guiirantoed not injurious to tho teeth oi health; it slops tho most' acute pain imm'odiatloy,l and proves a permanent cure in nearly nil cases where the teeth aro liollow, Gorman cure for corns and warls prico Is - this ianioua Remedy will speedily and pain; less'y ouro soft or hard corns, ulso wartsbunions L and chilblains,-Tho Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative. Association, Ltd, Am. ■ 1 "

"It's ta ill wind that blows noboly good ia nil 'old saying but none tho less true' , Whilst ll\o great depression ~- existing in Sydncy'at tho present time has caused a deplorable amount cf misery yet thopoopl of Wellington and tho surrounding'dislriots will reap a gigantic benefit, ' During hisvisit loSydnoy recently, Mr James Smith j purchased at absutdly low prices a large stock which'is' now , being sold at the Wholesale Family .Warehouse, ,Te Aro House, Wellington,' ' - With a view to making this'salo the pyent of the year, two special buyers wero 'des-' patohedfrom To Aro House to Christohurch one to attend tho great sale of Edwards, Ncnnett and Co's wholesale stook, and tho other to pick out bargains from the 'mauufactuiersof tho well-known Kaiapoi' Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen havo returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their offorls is to bo seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at the tVholesile Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, —Advi