LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4786, 30 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr C, E Dnnioll, builder, of Masterton, has on haiidalnrgc supply of whitepine shingles. ' ' At Tauranga the other day a horse died of fright immediately after a traction had passed the paddock in which it was grazing. Mr M, Eyan gives notice ot intention to apply for a transfer of the lieenso of the Jtoyal Oak Hotel to Mr Janies Cress.

Mastcrton Ambulance Society.will meet this evening. Mr and Mrs Pulpitt, of Mastcrton, arc now en nw/c from England in" the s.s. liuapchu. Mi 1 Hale lins expressed an intention of celebrating Arbor Day by presenting a dozen ornamental trees to the Acclimatisation grounds. - - The Works and Finance Committee of the Mastcrton Borough Council meet this evening. ■ ■Forty vessels have been wrecked altogether at the Chatham Islands. ... A large number of-visitors from the Lower Valley and Forty -mile Bush arc expected to bo present at the Mastcrton Masonic Pall, next Thursday. The lied Star football Club intend holding a social and dance in the Drill Hall on Thursday, fortnight, the 16th August. A strong commitccc has been formed and the affair will probably bo a' great The South Canterbury footballers will be iu Mastcrton on that day and will be guests of the Club. The Wairarapa junior representative football team, leave .on Friday next, playing at Nelson on Monday, tho Gth August,.and-Blenheimon the Bth, returning home on'the 10th. Mr David Guild has been elected President of the Wairarapa Caledonian Socicly,for the ensuing year. Messrs A. Walker and J. Payncr have been appointee)'canvassers for the Wai'wapa and East Coast, in cornicetion with the Mastcrton Agricultural and Pastoral Society. ' A correspondence of t-hc'Prwi i\ rites: —"Twoneighbouring farmers- in the Kaikouras offered a reward for the destruction of pigs, one paying for the snouts,: the other for tho tails. It scenis

that an exchango of snouts nnd tails was effected by the people who cluiincd tho reward, and tho : pigs were paid; for twice over,

It is proposed to erect in the chapel of JSton College: (England), a suitable memorial of the late Dr. Harper, formerly Bishop of Christclmrch and Primate of New Zealand.

At St. Mark's Church, Carterton, last year, six marriages were celebrated, and 73 children baptised. .'

' Sir '.Robert Stout is expected toleciiire in Carterton on Monday, 13th August, taking for his subject Tho trite Liberalism and the false;"

A West End dressmaker says', that'a woman of fashion expends about £IOOO a year on her wardrobe, although some spend six times, that amount. •;'.".'

As a matrimonial braud, it is suggested mnrricdmenaud women should be tntoocd round Ihe third linger on the left baud. . A woman said to be 103 years old, has been granted parish relief at Naas, Ireland. Her husband had died on the previous day, aged 109. Mr aE. Pulton SLH.It, conducted the services in tho Mastcrton Weslcyau Church last evening. There was a very largo congregation. Mr Button discoursed on- "Tho Duty of Uccognising God's Hand iu our National History," taking his toxtfrom the 78th Psalm, hrst eight verses. Tho servicewas concluded by the singing of a hymn' composed by Mr Button,, . '• ;

Sheep stealing is again rife in the southern district, snys the Christchurch Shr, the latest reported disappearance being sixty frep/scrs from a'paddock hear liangiora. • ■■' ■

Tho public arc greatly indebted to the proprietors of popular brands of goods for the care taken by thorn, thaf inferior kinds aro not goltf for fhp genuine article, When Messrs John Walker and Sons, of Kilmarnock, found some years ago that an imitation of fheir whjskoy was being shipped fo South America, they adoptcda water-mark signature on I their well known label, as a preventative against fraud.-This was only doilo at considerable expense, but the security |it afforded tho. consumers of Walkers Whisky amply repaid the firm for the outlay.' : ;

I The two Atlantic liners, Mnjcsfe and Paris, arrived from New, York almost together. For three days the vessels remained near each' otlior.thc 2400 passengers being much excited over the progress of each vessel, although it is denied that an ocean race' was indulged in. " ■'' : ■'■•,

V" How, seldom -uow-a-days, alas,-isthe principle of thoroughness applied to"any of biiraetioiis. Expediencyisoiirwnlchword, and we do not so much care how wc perform our allotted tasks as long as we can get through them somewhow. It would almost appear that in tho hurry and • bustle of thisyin it. sic'cle stnge ot our' existence' that thoroughness has become a lost art, However, some people are conscientiously thorough and aim nt perfection.in all they undertako. t Amongst these exceptions is the Empire Tea Company, of Wellington. This Company has ever aimed at perfection in jts methods,and it is therefore to-day jn ; thp lirond position of being ablp to boast tlint-ifs (eas arp abouf as near perfection 'as it is possible % them to be, A Company's advertisement in ' another column will show ho«- this highly de : sirnblc rosult. lias been arrived at, !

I; The' Shah has a Court paintorwhb is a grcat'favburitc. One of tie grandees of the Court, wishing, to see tho artist at work, one day.-walked into his studio vvitliout even knocking ntfhcdoov. The artist was so annoyed that he flew at his •vijiit.Qri anjl (giiijearc4 In?' face ;«}f ovpr w;th flic.sj-cfc pnijjt-bjriisli he liiut )n his Iwnd.. Tjipji,'^npiMai ho' had don?,))ip took,ipihisJice}?Jbpfoipthe' astonisiiftl iioblcmiin conld recover liim; seli-Jlt struck him as lio ; ran .that lie had better niii to thb,Sliali; : aud','tell liis sfyry,'.Jicjbpj; jtJie enraged grandee could recpmitihis; yersiqn ,of the affair,' The Shah listened, waved jilslia'nd I)uuq'v'olently, ii'iidtolftheirtiiiter ii'ot''to!'feiir, ,Xi| -f. f,e)v : .'jni)'iiites,iii- cauie'the'lihjhiy; .coloured' jmtlec.; hjs. com|)laij)t,/,riyfl^,Kre;:l|rjlip:j^iig,";,d'e. ! clared the Shahi "-you notonlyfoitcibly i broke ; liito ■ Ui'6 Jjnfrj'dii'stoJoi a | |jianti|y p|,pniiijTpt)fc oHfc~f sco'Miow | bii'youffrice.-' c ¥oii are : sbntpiicfd tp I years' imprisonment for violence and I ■theftl":>..-. y ■.-." 1

TkeWairarapa Farmers' Co opcratn c I Association? advertises ) for a strong' hialcoriraphorse. W/IS-.•»<-,,./ - A>rowai!d islofWdforltho return of a lo«Wmbrellß.,'.?■■;; £&)?!} . : /Mr J,;Macaraliias: accepted-Mr M, Kcrms4cudei''for : ploUgluiijforlry; acres of,BhibUe..l j. \f./, ':'■' : M'.' : Country selidbis.iuAuoklandaro being cloaca owing to influenza. ■ Tho Maori chief To Whiti is dangerously ill from influenza at Parihaka, Somcono who believes that 'brcvityis the soul of wit' writes: "Don't eat stale' Q-cmnbcrs. They'll W up." .' "' 'Mr W. K JonesJof' Greymoiitli, challenges,, fifteen Hokitika mon, ovor fifty years of ago to a-football match ?or the bejieiit of local hospitals.' i 'Times' tliinks Sir E ■Parked may yet possibly realise his conception of an Australian federation, an[d so fitly crown a long career, j : A petition asking for' a i reduction of rents was circulated recently for sigua-' turoum6ng;tho Cheviot settlers hut it was subsequently decided to defer sending it in'till next session. ;, _ Wo believe (saysihe Evening Prm) if any onc'will put the question'to Ministers whether their Land Tax/Pill was notbrought'ilown lis the result of a conversation with Mr John Murray,' they will liudthat.Ministors will not venture to deny that such was tho case, j ' 'At the Kimherlcf Diamond Market recently, Darroll Smith, a well-known labor agitator, was tarred and feathered by the members of the .Labor party, in presence of ran immense, concourse of people, in conscqucusc, it is alleged, of disloyal action on his part.: i ':- ; : A Brc occasioned by a dirty chimney destroyed a of 6000 inhabitants. The people removed their furniture, hut even that was carried away by a.cyclone which burst oyer them while they were encamped iu tho open fields. ; The Pahiatua Bcrnlrf, aLibernl organ, condemns the budget's bastard borrowing proclivities. Mr W. B. Chcmiolls, D.0.A., lcftfor Pahiatua this morning.... ■ The services at SfcMatthow'sCJmrch, Mastcrton,yesterday,' were-conducted by Messrs It. Drown and W. H. JacltSOli. ,-:

A meeting ot thonowlyclectcd Vestry of St Matthew's Parish will bo held on Thursday cveniug next; ' Messrs Lowes and lorns add 150 owes in lamb and 50 fat turnip fed ewes land weathers to their next Mastcrton Stock Sale for Wednesday August Bth. A meeting of tho General Committee ; of the Mastcrton A. and P. Association will bo held on Saturday next at 3 p.m. . On Wednesday next, tluy Camp Post Ofliceisto.betransferrcd'frbm Mr 0. E.OsbornotoMrG.Frauklin, /...:, : 'Air L. F. Aysou packed to-day (50,000 trout ova 60,000 of which areto fill'.'au order from tho Commission of Fisheries of JN T cw South Wales, and 10,000 arc being sent to Mr Sherwood.of. Waipird,' Poverty Bay, . . '.:■'■'.' During: last wcok one rhale patieut and one female were admitted to the Mastcrton Hospital, arid one male'(listcharged. There' arc now seven male's and two female patients iu tho instifu--tio'u. r

A curious co-operative yamcomes to us from Eketahuna of a pairof co-opera-tive men who struck oil ou a six weeks job which yielded them tlirco pounds per diem, The return was so good that it wmdd not have been divulged, only the boss man of the couple is said to have appropriated two pounds out of the three to himself and hauded only one pound per diem to his mate. Theindignnnt mate therefore has told the yarn. ■■'..■■■:. i

The services at the Mastcrton Presbyterian Church yesterday'were conducted by Mr W. Hutchison, M.H.11. In tho morning he took for his text the Kith Chapter of St.Jlalthciv.audtliolGth verse; a very eloquent discourse being delivered. In the evening 'ho took for his text Numbers 22ud chapter and 23rd verso:" Be.snre your sin will find you out." The attendances at both morning and evening services were fairly large, j Dan Parry was ouco playing in mi up country township iu Victorin, mid as he had advertised vicc'-rcgal patronage he determined tohavo Sir Henry.Lbeli at any cost. The viceregal: party, however declined Dan's offer to como a"iid see his blood .and thunder, dramatic show; but notliing daunted, Barry rigged up a super a la Governor, and j another as his. privato secretary, : re- , served a front scat draped it with Turkey doth, played tho rational Anthem as the bogus vice-rcgalist entered, did the show to a packed house, and not (ill the next day did the villagers drop down to the trick that had been iuposcd'W them. ...

At the end.of December last there were 2031) insane personam tho asylums of tjiecolony, 1229 males andßlofciualcs. This was an increase of 122 ou the previous year, '.,•;■■,'.

. Major Steward's Shearers' Accomodation Bill-provides for an Inspector to Jiavc ingress and egress to sheds. The Major seems to fear that his proposal Inspectors nnght get in and never more | be heard of; He does : not 'describe -'in jus Pill how the egress njight'-bo facilitated, Nor docs ho provide that his Inspector may have a shake-down like a Chinaman or a negro in.a separate blink, nor whctl|cr he' njay "claim a free fpe<! ofsfafioiirafiop. Tho Pil|,'.however, has got to go into Conunittcc to be licked into shape.— Truth - •

• A mau pamed Easjn Christian, a maiiph, who had been brought in by Constable Collorton, was charged before Mr lrli, Price I P., on< Saturday with having abstracted a cheque for & from a letter given to him to post by a native Horem Piripi'on the 19th June Ihe police applied on behalf of neensed for n remand, as tho prisioncr could not get his witnesses down iu lime to be heard. It was therefore adjourned until lhursday morning next. Pail, was allowed, accused £IOO, and twosuriliesdr Meach. , : ■

Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co. have purchased at enormous discounts, a large portion o! Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co.'s wholesale stock from Christchuroh, and will offer tho purohase with the balahco ot thoir winter goods on Saturday, July 28th, Every article m the Bon. MarcM will bo marked, down, and our waders may cxpeot sonic Greatßargains.-Advt. ■ . • . . .!

: \Ve beg (o notify that tho following line's of Messrs Book & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists oau be obtained at the W.F.CA.'b Fancy Goods Department:-Non Metourial plating fluid, Is Cd unsurpassed for ctcacinir gol'l; or silver and re-plating brass arid copper, Bock's Wntcaproof Cement, pride Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair chma, glass, delf, leather etc, ek CampJij. leneßalls, in neat air-tight jars coctainiag 18 balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing, also apovfcot disinfectant, Ifob Extract prico.ls an infalliable cure for toothache guaranteed riot injurious to the teeth of health; if stops the most acute paia immediatley, and proyes a'permanent ouro in nearly all oases where the tcetli aro hollow Gprman ouraforcomsrand-warts-pricp Is - ■this famous Itemcdy will speedily and painlessly ouro 6oft or hard corns, also watts! bunions arid ohilblairis,-The Wairarapa Fanners Co-operative, Association, Lid Anvrv'' ~ ■■■ ~•• ; .. ,_•

t ■■■■". .-i ■■■<;..■ ,■;>■ i "It's an.ill wind that. Mow; nobody .good , is an old saying but none tho less true , Whilst tlio great depression Histiog.jn , Sydney at the present time: has caused ! a ; deplorablo amount'.of 'misery yet 'the peonl of WellingforJand tho siirfonndibg'districts will r«ip.'ft : gigantic benefit. ' During-hiß visit toSydnoy recently,Mr 'James' Smith pnroh*ased at absurdly Jo* prices'a'large stook which',..is, now -being:sold at the Wholesale.: Family. Warehouse,:. To*, .Aro House, Wellington,' .....,...j '•,•;'-' i . .With a'yjevf.tijWingihis sole tho Went of the year, two special buyers 1 were^espatohedfruni Te Aro House to Christohurcb one to.atad the "great-sale of Edwards Bennett'and Co's wholesale stbek/'arid(he other to pick outbargains from'ihe maniifaoturorsof tbe'weMnownlJaiapoiWoollenCo.'']3btli%Bp:gcritle'inen have re 1 - •' tamed aftera most'speccssful trip, and the total results, pf ; thgit effortq: js, |o be seen ih ' the now being sold at the Wholesale family Warehouse, %t -& 1 ,House, Wellington. —Ai>¥i : ; > : ;/;:'- ;■ {

Tho rosidenooof Mr J, Tait; of Larisdowno, had a narrow cscapo- from destruction ' by. firo yesterday,. through some window curtains being accident; ally ignited. Prompt 1 the budding which was insuiM\iri tlio North British offico, of wliich Mr|E.il{, Waddington is tho local agent, c! j i; j : The caso Drako v Paaskbtin-wliicli plaintiff claimed a brake, horse and liar-; ness, seized by a creditor of defendant's, has been withdrawn owing to the bankruptcy of Paaske. The Pigeon Match at Tauhercnikau will take place on 16th; instead of 2nd as previously stated.