LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4784, 27 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs.W. Hawke, and Kccble.and Co. notify that all calls to meet the morning train will be charged one shilling. At tho Maslcrton Mutual Improvement Society this evening, tho subject will be "An Evening with Dickens." Mr J. E. Hood has been appointed agent in Mnstciton, for Messrs Thos. Boyd and Sons' "Atahnta" Cycles, and and he will supply cnlologucs and give cvciy information to intending purchasers.

Bank of New Zealand shares (new) are quoted at £3los, and old at. £2los.

The shareholders in the New Zealand Ttiisfc mid Loan Company have agreed to assign the unciilleu capital assct'iirily for the debentures.

Buyers of drapery, and clothing nre referral to Mr 0, Prngiicll's new advertisement. Fresh bargains have now been brought forward at such prices as should connnitnd a ready sale.

The petition for divorce brought by Mr Itogcrs against Ins wife, the wellknown actress Minnie. Palmer, on tlio ground of alleged at'ultcry with Sir P.F Hose, baronet, has been withdrawn, the parties to the suit having arranged matters out of Com i.

In a new advertisement on the first page of this issue, the WairarapaFarmcrs Co-operative Association, announce the arrival of a stock of "Ideal" towel rollers and wood folding towel rails. These useful articles arc sold at the reasonable prico of one shilling. Messrs Hawkins and Oudaillo notify their clients that their next Ekctahuna stock sale will be held on Friday. 17tli August,. . Messrs C, Smith and Co. announce that their great annual sale of drapery and clothing is now taking place, amP bargains in nil lines are offered. ;\n eccentric old lady lives in one of the country districts in Gippsland. She calls herself "Mrs Gladstone, the Queen monarch of the world." In the. Sydney Police Court, she gave the name of Priscilln Victoria Gnclph Ewart Gladstone and brought a large number of documents to prove her claim to the name.

The Mastcrton Volunteer Fire Prigade held their usual meeting on Wednesday evening, Captain Payne presiding, :

The applications for, rc-iustatcment as amateurs, of Messrs (I. H. Perry, F. Iktcmcut, and P. Galloway (of Mnstorton) have been favourably received by tlio Executive of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Mr A.i\ T . Norton (of ■Mastcrton) is, we undcrstand.toapplyforrc-instatement in eighteen months. A slightly illiterate plaintiff, in n case that was heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, had appended to his summons a document which was intended for a detailed statement of claim, but which w-as very mysterious and almost indecipherable. The S.M. had no little difficulty in making head or tail of the account, and seemed especially mystified at one entry. Turning to its author,thc said plaintiff, he asked what it was. •' Cheque, £l," replied the unlettered one/ " Oh," said the Magistrate, " I thought it was' cheap-Jack.'" Finally His Worship stated that the document was "like a Chinese puzzle," and added that"' he didn't sec why ho should have to sit there and solve it!"

Strikes nvc generally very costly. That of the cab-drivers m Loudon -cost the cab-owners £Ga,OOO, Mid the railway strike in America cost the United States _ Governnisnt alone £200,000 arbitration would be far less costly. A boy, 1G years ot age has just been tried iii Aix, France, for killing an old man at his oivn desire. The old mini, who was suffering from a. painful and incurable disease, begged the lad to kill him, and at lust offered him a bribe of £72. The old man said he had religious scruples against committing suicide The jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty," but the Judge ordered the boy to be sent to a House of Correction for i years, A rather rich story was related to the AVoodvillc Emminer the other day. An individual had been very . unjustly treated by another occupying a good position, and the former was relating |iiis grievances to two neighbours (who, by the way wcro two J.P's) when they said i—" Go and givo the (any word will do) a good sound thrashing, and | we'll arrange to be on the Bench if you arc called Oil to answer a charge of assault.'.' We await developments.

Mr Gillies, the _ Victorian Agent. General, has had an interview with Mr Elliott, tlieLiverpool importer of live cattle from the Argentine, who believes that a similar trade could be opened up with Queensland and WesteniAttstralia. Thcstatistics submitted seemed to establish a prospect of the trade being made payable, and a trial shipment of 40 head has.been arranged.

Five Chinese gardeners atPalmcrston have been summoned lo appear before Ik Magistrate on a charge of committing a broach of (lie Police Offences Act on Bth July, by working on a Sunday,

The recent examination of the bankrupt Earl of Bticlian disclosed (ho fact that ho had transferred his estates to his oldest son sonic years ago, in exchange for an allowance of £SOO a year. The Earl now earns his living as it jockey, : From a Nelson paper we learn that fruit there is low In price,'* Apples are bringing from 3s Cd to 3s Odpercase, an unusually low figure for this time- of the year. A wonderful second growth of fruit has taken place in many parts I of the district, thus showing the nature |of the season. Large apples are to | be seen in many orchards, cherry plums in full sine, ami a bright rpd colour havobeeii gathered, and, bunolios of largo red currants wcrp pjeked jn; a gardepkst week, ~.■•'

Through an oversight Ju faming thp last Land Act, married-women wcro dpprived of the right fo hold Grown leases, An amendment wil[ bp madp when flic thp first opportunity occurs., , " ;

Tim Sydney Morning Herald, while stnlinet flwttlio New Zealand Financial Statoinon), is cottVuf de rose, commends tbp good cxainplp spfc in expending inonpy on public', works fromtho surplus rpycuue. Ij) coiicjusjonif, says:-"Taken altogether, the policy euuucintcd is pf that sensational character wliich has latterly been cliaractcristiu of the colony." .. ■

SomeVWopdtille funnyman to ;f!'Cliincso and I i Kwsiati papers please pto;". V A pjgeoii matolris'boing arranged by I Mr W. B. 'Bono, to tate-places; at TauI lierchikau on ThursdajV AugUat lCth.

, -H, "Wnlkoiyof Mangatainoka, a war veteran, andox-menibcr'df thoWellington Eifics, is petitioning for a grant of land.

Tho Doric left Mart yesterday afternoon for New Zealand. Shebrings 178 passengers. ■-■■;■•■

The Presbyterians iutend starting n Sunday Scboolat Cla'rcyille, An American spinster calls her cat "Thereby" for the very obvious reason that from it hangs a tale.

Tlicro are 202 telegraph'message boys employed in tho'colony, at from £26 to £3b> year each, j

Entries to date for Mr F. H. Wood's i'next Tnratahi 'stock sale,' 'which takes plneo on August 7th, arc published in another column. ! : Messrs Lowes and loms announce their Mastcrton Stock Sale for Wcdncsday, August Bth, at 1 o'clock. ; :

Sales of surplus drapery nro now tho order of the day, and Messrs C; Smith and. Co., ♦£ Mastcrton, annouueo that their sale will last for three wcoks only. A new style of dog-cart, known as tho "tandem sociable" has just been turned out by the Mastcrton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company. It is both handsome and useful, ami the price is remarkably reasonable. Pearson's Band has been practising new music of late, and intonds playing on the Mastcrton Park Oval oh Sunday, August sth, at 2,30 p m., weather permitting. ' :! We remind* our readers of Messrs Lowes and loms' sale of drapery, hosiery, jewellery, etc., to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, Tho goods aro of first class quality, and a tailor will bo present to measure purchasers of tweeds, who will have an opportunity of having their stuff mado up for tho small cost of 25s per suit,

Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co., of Mastcrton, have socured at a very low cost a large quantity of tho drapery, etc, of Messrs Edwards Bennett and Co, of Christcuureh, and annouueo in their space ovor leader a great salo to last for two weeks, and which commences to-morrow.

- With refcrcnco to the habit of rangers of dvivjng stock nt night, it was pointed out by the S.M. tins morning that this was a penal offence under the recent Stock Act.

Tho annual general meeting of tho Wairarapa Calcuoniau Society will be hcldnt 3.30 p.m. to-morrow at the Club Hotel.

Wo circulate to-day an inset from Messrs C, Smith and Co, drapers, of Mastcrton, in which they notify special bargains, to be offered during their sale of surplus stock.. ,

Tho Tain Admk reports the death iof Mrs Ewcn Cameron a very old resident. She nnived in the colony iui 1860 with her husband, who is now 90 years of age. Tho aged couple—the deceased wasi-80—celebrated their silver and golden wedding in the district There is a family of five sons and tlncc daughters 47 grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren. Wo remind Parishioners of St Matthew's of the annual, meetingi which takes place at 8 o'clock this (Friday) evening. Meetings of creditors in the estates of P. Carr and P. Hastic, will lie tomorrow (Saturday) morning, The Legislative Council is to adjourn to-day for ten days, as (here arc no more Bills'ready. Captain Edwin wires this day dications hard frost to-night." Mr W. Hutchison's Bill requiring second-hand' dealers to be licensed, passed its second reading in the Houso yesterday without any debate. According to a local paper, a tree, at Brniuicrtoii was broken down by lightning on Monday and the stump set fire by (he electric fluid, Mr A. C. Atkinson, third son of the late Sir Harry Atkinson, was married to Miss L. M. Lysaght, youngest daughter of Mr J. Lysaght, of Mokoia, at St Mary's Church, Hawcra, oh Tuesday. Thomas Sjott, an cx-sclioolmaster residing at Northcotc, Auckland, attempted suicide to-day by cutting his throat. Scott, who is 45 years of of age, has been out of employment, and has been despondent lately. [ '

In Political Notes in the Jf.Z. Timer, "111," writes referring to, tho debate on Sir Ifobert Stout's University Bill: "Mr Hogj- exhausts tlio subject of unirei'sity ctlucation. He begins by claiming that the placo which-wants university education the most is hisown Mastcrton; and ends by insinuating that there ought not to be a university anywhere on the face of the earth, except where the wealthy may think proper to eiidow them. Ho maintains that these establishments turn out nothing hut "lawyers and leeches of that kind." He would keep all,.the public money for the'primary schools. "I have seen, Sir, three generations growing up without being able to read or write." He ridicules the idea of university education. "It won't give >a man brains, Sir "-that is his opinion. He deals with Sir liobcrt boisterously. As he reads the history of Sir Robert's measure of 1887, Sir liobcrt interjects. We hear something of him until we become convinced that Mastcrton is not only addressing his titular town, but that ho is well heard thorp. Certainly no one else is audible anywhere near him. After some raspiiig advice to the wealthy, Mr Hogg sits down beside the primary system, which, on no account, must be interfered with." Mr Buchanan then dwells on the advantages of education, " 1 shall venture to say, Sir, (hat every member of this House, if he had his boyhood to go over again, would not fail to make better use of Ins educational opportunities."

Messrs L. J. Hooncr and Co. liavo purchased at onormous discounts, a large portion o! Messrs Edwards, Bcraett and Oo.'s wholesale stock from Christchuroh, and will offer tho purchaso with the balance of their winter goods on Saturday, July 28tb. Every artiste in the Bon Marohe will k marked down, and our readers may oxpeot some Great Bargains,'-Advt. , .

Wo beg (o notify that the following lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists oan bo. obtained at the W.F.C, Ai's Fanoy GoodsDepartment:-Non Mcrcural plating fluid Is 61 unsurpassed for clearing goU or silver and re-plating brass and copper; Bock's Wateaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, dclf, leather etc, eto. Camphylenoßnlls, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, price Is to keep moths oat of dlothtoft also a perfect disinfectant;" '• Ilerb Extraot price Is on i'lfalliable cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to the teetb of health; it stops the most aouto pain immediatley, and proves a permanent cure ju nearly all cases where the teeth arojiollow. German euro for corns and warts prico Is • this lamous Remedy will speedily and pain; lessly cure soft or lmrd corns, also warts- 1 bunions and chilblitios, —The; Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative] Association, Ltd. ADvr. '

"It's an ill wind lhat blows nobody . good Isnn old saying but none the less : true Whilst the great depression Misting in Sydney at tho present time has caused a deplorable amount of misery yot the pcopl of Wellington anil {bo surrounding districts will reap a gigantio benefit, During his visit to Sydney recently,- ijr James Smith purchased n( absurdly low prices, a. large stock which.'is now being sold at the Whojesa'e Family j -'Warehciuse, ; Te Aro House, Wellington. ' ■ , ~ j' With a view tomakiogthis sale the event of the year, two special buyers, wore deapatchedfroniTe Aro House to Chrlatchuroh one to attend the great salt of Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from-the mamjfaotmersof the well known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen, nave returned after a most sueoessfni.trip, and tlio total results' of their efforts is to be seen in the a'.tonishi'ig bargains now being sold at the vVholesale Family .Warehouse, \h Aro ,pOH3e,Wellin3tpn 1 --A»yi].';,

According to a statement mado by Mr Nairn, when in Mastorton, he has a grievance not only against tho Kv niny Fat, but also against thq'Eailway Department in connection with tho transmission to Mastcrton of tlio body of tho late Mrs Eichard Collins. Mr Nairn is | an old friend of the deceased lady, hav[ing known her for forty-fno years, A j few years back she requested him to see, after lior death, that her remains were interred in tho Mastcrton Cemetery by thosido of her late husband. Last week Mr Nairn,' who resides at Napier, was summoned so Nelson to the doath r bodof his old friend, and just arrived in time to close her eye's, He then. with ovcry care and attention to fullilhcnrishos, He, himself, superintended the,removal of the reniains.frOm tho steamer to tho lailway station, and thoro asked m olficial for a spocial • van ; in' .wliiclr they might be convoyed,' stating that- the case contained a body for interment He paid the charges demanded at tho Wellington end and camo on to Masterton expecting his charge to be in the samo train as lumsclf, but as ,a matter of fact it was riot sent dntill.the following morning.' Mr Nairn alleges that ho .was charged freight on the caso. contain? ing the bodyat both tho and; Mastcrton stations, and that instead of trying to evado the railway charges ho actually paid thcin twico over. . ' ■'■