LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4797, 11 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Asked for the name of the world's greatest composer, a smart Univeristy youth promptly replied "Chloroform.''

What is habitual drunkenness ? asks Hon. Mr Kerr. Is it a person getting drunk once n week, once a mouth, or once in six months? In another column will be found the list of speunlcheap fares,whichhavc been arranged by the railway department for tlic Representative Football Match at Grey town, on the 14th inst, '"Which pays'you best, stumps or spuds f" is the somewhat novel heading to a Stump Extractor advertisement in a Palincrston U ortli paper.

The rabbits have.commenced breeding very early this year, nests of young ones' having been found in several places.

The monthly meeting of the Mastertoil Hospital '.trustees takes place next Tuesday.

An advertiser wishes to lease from 2o to fifty acres of land with cottage attached, near Mastcrton.

'" Tlio library and Beading Doom at. Martinborougii will shortly be open to the public.' Roads in the Lower Valley arc generally in very good order, considcring the past wet season, ' ~

The hares liberated'near. Mastcrton some time ago, do not appear to be increasing in numbers very fast. A little boy returning home from school yesterday afternoon, was struck on tlio head with a stone, in Quccn-st., and a nasty cut inflicted. This stonethrowing is becoming too common, and a sharp oxample needs to be made..

■ A house of fivo or six rooms with nboutlivo acresof land is wanted near Mastcrton,

The Mastcrton Municipal Fire Brigade Band hold a social on August 11th iii the now Band ilicd. , 'Dessie Doyle, who is to make her first bow to a Mastcrton audience at the Temperance Hall on Monday,has undertaken the arduous task of riding from Wellington to Auckland, giving concerts ch ronlc. Our readers must not forget that tlio seating capacity of the hall is very limited, and it would be well to secure tickets in advance from Mr Hood,

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court,at Wellington, concluded with the acquittal of Charles Robinson—against whom n charge of misappropriation of partnership monies, was brought by Messrs Tint and Gapper, of Mastcrton, and fniliHg to keep an account of the same. The defence advanced by Mr Wilford was that there was a elauso in the agreement entered into between the parlies under which money could be devoted to expenses in connection with the chaff-cutting machine, and that the only amount to be delivered Gamier, the bailor, was an account which hod been delivered every month, of the quantities ofcliafE cut. The jury returned n verdict of Not Guilty on the first indictment, and the Crown Prosecutor then withdrew 11 second charge against the accused. i Attentipn is directed to the announcement in our advertising columns from Messrs Allen and Hartmann, Grey St. Wellington, importers of lviucs, spirit's, malt liquors, and cigars. T)ic firm lias for some considerable time been noted for the excellence of its importations and those interested should write for quotations., The linn's specialities arc Walkers Whiskey, Aitehison's Ediuborough Ale, in bulk and ease, Gonzalez Sherries and Cockburn's exccllentports It is not generally known that Martinborough possesses one of the most compact and best appointed boot factories—for its size—in the Colony. The proprietor, Mr A. MeLcod, has had iinny years practical experience in the Old Country, aiul on his arrival. in this Colony, decided to start a factory, He employs a considerable number of hands, and turns out renlly first-class .goods. ' Mr 11. Burton, engineer, of Kuripuni had a successful trial of his "Eclipse Stump Extractor" _on Wednesday last in the paddock adjoining Messrs Lowes and lorns sale yards, Tlio "Eclipse " is mado differently to any of the other machines in the market, insomuch as it is a compounded block and fackle action, and worked on the principle of a ship's capstan, about three incites of lift being made by every complete turn of the disc, The machine shown was worked by one maiij with either the short or long lever, the latter of which is made to double tho purchase, but two men can manipulate tho extractor easily, and being sec on wheels, it can be moved about among stumps. with ease. Mr Burton is in a position to make the machines of anysizo required, and by/ removing the drum on which tho steel ropo is wound up, when at work, steam power can be applied, which will .be a decided advantage in the caso; of. large and deci) rooted stumps,' All who witnessed tlio trial on Wednesday expressed themselves pleased with the working of tho "Eclipse" and wo expect that Mr Burton will havo n considerable demand for his invention. An advertisement in j reference to tlio machine appears elsewhere.

Tho Wtofapa'>jimi6r footM 5 toftm roturacd ; sfrora4their.trip lakt vnight, ill first-ratf vconditidn after enjoy- %\ '-ftji! A;]':■ t'p .-

■ ;Tlio libw l'ebf discovered by tho Dunn brothers'-in Wciterndustralia,' runs on tlio.'/'surfaco for^lOOO...yards, showing gold cverywlierc." A little boy writes to the Post to know whether there is not a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, ashesawanold man in Willis Street 011 Friday morning holding a littlo boy on the ground ana punching him awfully. ■■ 'Y ■ . . "

'There is every indication of tho rabbit nuisanco being troublesome in the Wairarapathis year, ,■ The mild wot winter is stated to be favourable to the increase of the pest. -;; j The RevWJallachcy of Carterton, will conduct services at Stllatthcw's Church, Mastcrton, to-morrow, bothmorning and evening,' Holy Commuuidn will bo celebratedafter the eleven o'clock service, and Baptism at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, i .

Seeing the intorost lately takeii in the efforts to bring out new and usoful machines for stump -pulling)- and the fact .that the removal of all tiinbor aiid stumps must have an important-bearing on the the suecess of the bush' settlers, wo would suggest that the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations in the Wairarapa offer a substantial prize for the b6st machine for stump extraction. Mr ■ Sussex, of Fcathorston, will preach in tho ; Mastcrton, .Wcslcyan i Clmrcli to-morrow, morning and ovening. . . , . i

Mr Burton Joys, of Masterton, fias won the Pigeon Championship in the dragon class at tho'Christchurch Show. Ho has also taken three first prizes. He only sent four pigeons down to tho Show, his : success therefore is almost phenomenal. . : 1 1

Major Yiuce, of the Salvation Army, reached Mastcrton to-day,' and will con. duct special services to-niorroff mid Monday. Tlio late wife of Mr J. Groves will ho buried at Tenui, to-morrow, tlio licv. J. Dukes conducting the service. i The excavating for the extension of gas-main in Dixon Street, has ken commenced.

The friends of Mr B. Eoilly arc invited to attend the funeral of his late wife, which will leavo the Masterton Institute at 3.30 p.ni,to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon. ■ His Worship the Mayor has instructed the Town Clerk to specially notify Councillors of tho funeral of the late Custodian of the Masterton Library.

_ Christchurch cabinetmakers aro petitioning for an import duty of 50 per cent, on furniture. Austrian chaii's are specially mentioned,

A pigeon match takcsplace'atTaukereiiikau, next Thursday, particulars of which ay_ published elsewhere.. Mr W. .Haiglnvill nctiis reterec. Mr J. D. Heagcrty has just cut into chaff the crop of oats off eight acres of his farm. It averaged twenty tons to the acre and it bagged at the rate of twenty-live bags to; the ton., The. product is of remarkably good quality, and has probably not been beaten this season in the Wairarapa.—Skmhrtl.

Mr W. H. Beetham returned to Masterton from Nelson, last evening. Permission has been granted by the Carterton Borough Couucil, to tlif; Wairarapa. Kugby Union, to make a charge at the gates on the occasion of the rep, match next week,

The Masterton Presbyterian Choir members arc arranging to give a concert at Drcycrtonou Friday week. \ The old established butchery business at Mauriccville so long carried on by, Sir John Bannister, changed hands last week. Tho new proprietors are Mr Smith, formerly of I'ctonc, and Mr Tillotson of Mauricevillc. Mr llanuister will engage iu funning pursuits on tho Opiiki.

Mr Fleming is on his annual visit of inspection to the bush schools, Hastwoll and Mangmahoe were , visited on Thursday, and Mauricevillc East and Central on Friday.

The trout spawning season is now finished, and thoriumberof ova obtained by Mr L. P. Ayson, curator of the Mastcrtoii lisli liatcherics, is as follows : American brook trout, 00,000; Loch Levcn, 73,000; rainbow, 30,000; Scotch burn; trout, 10,500:; bi'own trout, 1,055,000: total, 1,231,500. Tito curator reports that although the result of the river ova collecting for the season is very satisfactory, the work was carried out amidst greater difficulties than lie had ever' experienced thera previously, [owing to the very wet season keeping the river continually high and causing a lot of extra work in repairing and reerecting nets,

To give some idea of the difficulty experienced by the police in dealing with the hawker nuisance, the following will he interesting. A smiling East Indian was slowly walking down Hnll-street—-in the middle of tho road. On his hack lie bore a huge bundle neatly covered with calico. The constable on duty approached the smug stranger and asked if lie was a hawker. The traveller said he was not—at present, Further that he had no license to hawk, that he was quite within his rights in walking on the road, as. by so doing he avoided any chance of arrest' for ; obstructing footpassengers with his bundle. Also that lie was not exposing goods for sale and had no intention of doing so—while the policeman was within hail. The limb of the law bowed sorrowfully, inwardly admitting he had caught a Tartar,and the Eastern wanderer passed on with a grin of satisfaction ami a cheerful ■' Good morning, Mr Plccccman!" The moral to be deducted from tho above, is, that if people arc really tired of the hawker nuisance, tllcy should assist the police'by asking itinerant vendors of cheap'rubbish, to produce their license to hawk goods,as soon as ever tho wares arc exposed for sale. By "following this course' tlie police would be assisted, and a conviction or two might be obtained.

Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co. have purchased at enormous discounts, a large portion of Messrs Edwards, BennottandOo.'B wholesale stock from Christchurch and will offer the purchase with the balance of thejr winter goods on Saturday, July 28th, Every article in the Don AlarcM will be marked down; and our readers may expect'some Great Bargains.-Advt.

We beg to notify that tho following' lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can be obtained at the W.F.C.A.'s Fancy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial plating fluid Is Od unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and I copper, Book's Wnteaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water: and repair china, glass, delf, leather etc., etc. Campliylene Balls, 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 iofalliab.'e cure .for toothacheguaranteed not injurious to tho teeth of health; it stops the most acnte pain iramediatley, and provos a permanent cure in nearly all oases where tho teeth aro hollow, German cure for corns and warla price Is - this tamous Remedy will speedily and pain; 'lessly cure soft or hard corns, also wartsbunions and chilblains,—Tho Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative ; Association, Ltd Advt.

V It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," is an old saying but none the less true Whilst the great depression misting in Sydney at the present time ; has caused a deplorable amount of misery yet tho people of Wellington and the surrounding 'distriets will reap a gigantic benefit. . During his visit to Sydney.recently,'Mr James 'Smith purchased »t absurdly low, prices; a. large stock which is .now .being sold at ,t£e Wholesa'o Family, Warehouse,; Te Aro House, Wellington." ■ With li view tomakirig this sale the event of the year,'two special; buyers' '.were , deipatoliedfrom To Aro House to.Christchureb ono to attend tho great rale of Edwards, Bennett and Go's wholesale stock, and the other to pick outbargains from the manu> faoturers of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these; gentlemen have tel. turned after a inost successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at tho Wholesale Family Warehouse, T Aio Hoase, Wellington, —Advt, i

Mr P. H,- Wood adds 6 cows in calf, to the entricsfor his nextTaratalri stock sale,' : sj<&§ ££'- Last OTeuiug Mr W, H. Jackson delivered a lecture entitled "Glimpses i of Science—some of the.wonders of wator" under tho auspicics of tlic cMasterton Mutual Improvement Society; Tho. Wcsleyaii schoolroom was crowded with an enthusiastic audience who, during tho coirso of tho lecture, which lasted two hours, frequently applauded the ledtnrer. Experiments werousedto illustrate tho lecture. - Tlio Eev J, Dukes occupied tho chair, Mr Jackson 'was awarded a hearty vote of thank's ' on the' motion of Mr lligg sectijided by 'Mr. A'.. Donald. A " Mock Trial" will be staged at the. Society's next meeting, to which this .public'; will be admitiod rhiidi a collection will bifmado'to defray expenses.

Tho Industrial School report' laid i oh tho, table yesterday shows that 209 chil-. tlrcii wcrpfadiuittcdjn 1893' as against' 215 in tlio -^previous'ycari >Thc number of discharges were 148, and the number of names on the books | rose .from 1-189 to 1550.", Eight deaths occurred 'during the year. Tile gross cost was. £14,720, and tho not cost £071)1. Of those admitted during the year, 90 belonged to. tho Church - of England; 82 wcro Soman Catholics, 23 Presbyterians 12 _ Methodists, 1 Church of Christ, > 1 religion not known. Missiovy, assistant teacher at Petone lias been promoted to tlio charge of'tho Mangaonc School and will assuino her new duties at the end of the mouth. : . The Financial Debato concluded last night, The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Hill has passed tho Upper House. The Council's amendments in the Bill are to bo considered by tlic Lower House on Tuesday. The contract for the fencing of the Mauriccvillc East school grouuds lias just been completed by Mr C. Brooks. A substantial nine-wire fence has bocn erected with an ornamental double gate at the main entrance, and a close boarded fence separating the boys' and girls' playgrounds.

Tho Board of Nominators of St Matthew's Parish meet, at Wellington next Saturday to' consider the selection of a chn'gyman forMastcrtou. Messrs C.E. Brcmncr and W. H, Jackson will attend, but Mr Natusch, the other Nominator of the Parish, has'notified his inability to he present,, The selection.will in ail probability, fall to" the lot of the Her A. C. Yorkc.. . : [

The following orders for eyed,.ova have been supplied to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society;— New South Wales Government, 50,000 ; Poverty Bay Society, 27,000 ; Otago society, 5000 j Oamaru society, 2000 ; Greymouth society, 30,000; Fcilding society 14,000. . The Key. Itobcrt Wood, has so/far recovered from his reccilt illness that lie hopes to be able to conduct servicos hi tlic Masterton Presbyterian Church tomorrow. .