LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4802, 17 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shags aro reported to bo more than 1 .usually numerous about Mastcrton tills year. ■■,.•■'■: , v- r

_ Mr J. L. Murray, of Qucen-strcct, Mastcrton, announces "that liis general clearing sale is now oil. '"'• .'■■••> x ! Subpoenas have been served on several Mastcrton residents' to appear as Tvitucsses in the Pukctoi enquiry at the Wasto Lands Board office, on tho 27th instant, .

Mr George Hutchison considers it scandalous, that '.in. these progressive daysivomon should bo excluded from the legal profession, 1

Mrl'iraniis urging that publicans be supplied with photographs of prohibited persons. - • ■ .

Mr O'Uoguu yesterday incideutally referred to the Telephono Exchange staff as "these unfortunate young women," iMr Meredith thought they wcro "most fortunate young women." The reputation of tho Mauriccville Minstrels is spreading boyond local bounds. The company perforins at Hastwell and Drcyerton during this month, and have already been invited to visit Ekctnhuna and other places whoro good music is appreciated. ,

The Haskell Brass Band, assisted by local vocalists, intend giving a concert in aid of tho band funds,. in the Choral Hall, Mauriccville, on Wednesday next tho 22nd inst,' v The contractor for the erection of the ncwPahiatua Post olßco has commenced operations.

The Pnhiatua Fire Brigade would be very pleased to receive a ilag from some lady admirer (says the Herald), that could bo hoisted on the bell tower to notify meetings, practices, etc. ■ The Hastw'cll and Drcyerton School Committeos arc each objecting to the Education Board's nominees to tho headmasterships of their schools, and have i selected another candidate in each case for the appointment. Newman residents are petitioning the Education Board for the erection of a school in their district, Up to tho present time, the local Hall lias been utilised for school purposes, but better accomniodntion is urgently needed. Thero aro now nearly 50 children in the school, witli an average attendance of about 35. The popular teacher, Mrs'Jfelson, is raising fluids for the purchase of a■■ piano for school use, and has already a good sum in hand,

The Mnuriecvillo Amateur Minstrels, —a very good company of local burnt cork artists,—intend giving a perform, anec next month in aid of the funds ol the school libraries at Mauriccville Easl and Central.

Mr F. H. Wood, in our advertising columns, announces his intention of holding regular general sales at Fcathcrston, tho date period for first of same, being Saturday, Ist of September Mr Wood also announces that Mr C. J. Kent-Johnstone, is his resident agent at Fcathcrston, .

The Vestry of the Pnhiatua Anglican Church have petitioned the Synod to grant tho franchise to women in church matters. ■.

The plant of tlicßallaucc Butter Factory is to be removed to Wooclyille, says the Jixauiker, where it will be lilted up in the new creamery to be established on Pinfold Bond.

_ Mastcrton Mutual Improvement Society meets this evouifig.

The Hon. Mr liollestou is to be cutertnincd at dinner at Bellamy's by personal and political friends on Saturday evening.

Mr'-Larnaeli considers it impossible for local bodies to keep up main roads under present conditions, The Petitions Committee finds that J. J. Ereeth ha? no claim on the Colony for extra duties imposed on him as Uegistrar of Electors at New Plymouth at the time of tho General Election.

A new arrival from the Flowery Land was referred to in the Wellington Supreme Court during tho Wong You case, by one of his countrymen, as a " new chum."

In connection with the I'ahinlua Presbyterian Church services will be held by the Hcv. W.H. Philip on Sabbath, 19th August, as under: Pahiatua at 11, Kaitawa Schoolroom at 3, Pahiatua at 7.

1 Pencil trees arc .commencing to bloom ' in the l'ahialua district. Potato planting is in full swing (that is catlies), but there is always some anxiety about this , crop owing to frosts. We recollect in ' November of 1897, remarks the Woodvillo tiaiiniiKi; that thcro was a severe frost of three days runuiug, which played ' sad .havoc in all gardens. _ A little girl named Elsie Pearl Baker, nine years of age, died at her parents' residence, Gcorgc-strcct, Sydney, from, the effects of a blow from a cricket-ball; She was playing in the yard some weeks ago, when a ball from an adjoining yard struck heron the head, / A boom is setting in at Coolgaalie, froiitages'iulhryloy-strcctin good positions bring as much as £2O per jfoot, Prices have advauced-50 to GO per/cent, since the recent rich developments. Money is coming in for iuvcstmcjiitfroni all parts, A well-known firmiu Adc- ' Initio wired instructions to purchase all the town lots offered at the nest auction ; sale, / Supposing the frco woiil tariff in America to be a reality/and wo can . hardly believe it till we soe it iii operation (says the Js'w% Pifis) ; opinions , vary widely as to the prokblcdcgrecof , its effect on the price of/our staple pro- . duet, As to our guessirjg the sum per lb. which it will put cWtlio value of wool, the thing is an absurdity. Tliero ! is one effect, howevjSr, which wo may confidently anticipate; that is, that it will give a great impetus to the local sales. American buyers will come here instead of to London to get their supplies. The TJ.S.S. Co., a contemporary says, is prepared ,to put a stdamcr on to San Francisco Jb assist ip taking the supplies of colonial wooljtliat will be wanted iu the' Western States. Some Wellington fjrms, we learn, 1 also arc bestirring themselves to iriako preparations for holding local salts bii a more extensive .liitliorto. Wc should at fest run level (with Napier in the matte; 0 f , VO olsalW Wo have not, however,, donp so iutho [past, , Part'tular attention il directed to Mr J- B- ftulbert's new adlvortispmcut iu our ifsuo of to : day. Mr J, H. Hulborl (yhjso address is 18ff, Upper Willis is lone of the most bootmakers inj the Colony, his Jung experience in somp of the; leading of London houses,'having given him a ( ' knowledge and skill possessed by'few, oclf-measureniciit chartswill be fohvai'dedto any address upon receipt of a stamped envelope. Jockey and riding boots and runniiigand cycling shoes arc; Mr, ■, Rulbcrt's speciality., Boots and jslioes for deformed feet' are also mttdtj' upon the latost scientific principles, jOur readers should notfail to write for Mr Hulbert'strcatise on the foct-priceiGd—which will bo sent on application. . Wo remind our jrcadors jof Messrs Lowes and lorns' sale of newjand second hand furniture, clotljing aiidjmndrics at their'auction rooms to-morrow (Saturday) at 2 o'clock, I- . j . In. the recent lawsuitbotwocu two Flowery-landers atitho Supreme Court,', the majority of (iho : pities being Chinese, both sidcsjbngagcd interpreters, so that ouomight afct as achcilk upon the other,.Somo amusement wis caused at the attempts of one interpreter to trip up the other, and frequently appeals wttp made by ono pr the othjr to .other Chinese jn tlip jbpdy of tlfe.Court for corroborative tc'stiinony as to* the genuineness of thotraiijslationsi'.. Isjonmtimes tho wjtness could speak'fm'rly gpoi sll. glish, and was able to assist tlie Court; Itop interpreter, (Jay?, the, A;<) wanted' \ to bet tho Courttliat his vcrsioii.was'the' cprrect'pne; Mif is! ftoijour appeared' to' thinlt that thcro should be an indepon-. deut Cliiuese iutefpifetci' attached totk'o ' Court,- ;\[, : - [

td his lift of entries for next Tuesdays Taratahi stock sale, 40 2-year-bld steers ■ 20 3-year-old steers j and 30 iat withers; "«

, Very cold raiii fcll'iri Masterton this hjorning, and tlio weather'stitt continues \'<m unsettled. : •■'■\-Wyf[. ■ : TiMiders aro. invitedL for: foiling '3OO acres-fl!bush,■■'■■"■' ■•^'•: : ' Court >Lpyal Enterprise A. 0, F, Masterton, riteets this evening,;

The many frieirtls of 41 r Homy Owen, will bo pleased to., hear that ho has almost recovered from his recent illncss. . .■ \ ,'x^ Tho annual genorai' meeting of tho Masterton Onaki JockeyCluVis to bo held in tho Club Hotel on Wednesday next, at half past.sbyenp.ni, '.. ' ThcEcy.'A. C. Torko lectured at tho Hastings' Theatre oir Tuesday las( on "The Mystery nndEomnueoof A.8.0." Letters of, naturalisation have been issucd'to the following :—Welliugtonj George Sum Too, George Bouzard, Wong She, Wong Hum, Wong Chung, Wong Quing, King Choy, King Fco, Fook On, Fung Some, Ah Hung j Palliatua: Jon Aancnscn, .■,■,,'•■,'

One or two petty larcenies have been reported to tlie Masterton police lately, The" Mock Trial"'by the'members of the Masterton Mutual Improvement Society, this evening, will bo open to tho public.. . Sixty ftvo-ycarold steers are added to the. entries for Messrs Lowes and lorns I next Masterton stock sale,

E, ,J. Senrl, of' Fcalhcrston, late t hotclkccpcr, was adjudicated a bankrupt to-day. ■■."■"■ :":■•'.'■ Any applicant for tho position of Custodiau of tlio Masterton Library, who cither personally or by letter shall canvass Councillors, is to be disqualified for the position. This step has become necessary owing to the number of candidates for the position, and tho way they are botherinn members of the Council. A witness in thcuMastcrton S. M, Court this morning informed tho Bench, that he recognised a mainvho camo into his shop, as a "bad character," having met him before, a prisoner, (ravelling to gnoliathesnnic railway carriage. Tho answer seemed to load the Bench a little astray, tbo S. M. asking "Were you a prisoner too, then P," to which the witness promptly'replied,, with somo indignation, "A o, Sir, I was not." The Marlborough Times speaking of tho recent visit of. M.H.I!, s,says:— "ThoHoii.Member for Masterton mired' growing potatoes where there were not any. But as in addition;to being an M.H.Ii. hois also a journalist it is not to lie wondered at. The combined duties seem to concentrate a power for seeing things tlmt don't exist, unequalled by any other combination; in; the world." ' ■ ' / Mr J, 0. Hayward has, we hear, pur. chased the .thoroughbred stallion' Ascrfl', owned by the late Mr S. TowolL Ho should be a great, acquisition to tho Wairarapa, as he has sired a,number of good horses,'including Norton' (winner of the N,Z.G.iS T . Steeplechase), and that sterling colt "Monro Carlo," who ; is now being well backed for tho N.Z. Cup. Ascot is a very stout bred horse/ being got by Kelpie (imp) out of Thjb Thorn, by The Barb, (winner of the Melbourne and two Sydney Cups) from Brown Duchess, g.d. of the great ,'Abercom, from Clove (imp). He will/be located at Kniwaiwai, along with/ho Musket horse Derringer, ' ■ William Higgins ulip O'Connor ullm Price, a well-known character, with several previous eoimctions ngainst him, for vagrancy anuV potty, larceny, was brought before Mr T. Hutcliison, S.M., ■at Masterton/ this morning, charged with attempting to steal from the premises of Mc/ssrs Diuigan and Maltby, Queen street, a cooked ham valued at lis, and -.also with being an idle and disorderly person, without visible lawful means of support. It appears from the/evidence that accused went into the sheip of the prosecutors, on Wednesday / night, and was caught with Ins hand ifi the window, 1 reaching after a very nice-looking ham. On being discovered tho accused said "Give me some oysters,/'but instead of granting this not uncAntnon request, Mr Maltby promptly ejected Higgius and subsequently gajfc information to the police. Scrgcaut McArdle stated that knowing accused v/uy well, he had been watching his; movements with the eye of suspicion, ,nud finally decided to arrest him, aljtcr receiving certain information from Mr Dungan. The accused gavo a Hat acnial to the charge, and in the courtfc of a long rambling statement remarked that "he could kiss the book on

it, that ho had never been iu informants' shop, and did not know where it was," Appearances, however, were sadly against Mr Biggin's, and the S;M. dopuled to inflict a_ sentence of three , ; months hard labor," Thoro are indications of a good lambing season _ in Wairarapa (says the Obwreer), judging from the healthy look of the owes everywhere. A good spell of fine weather would bo exceedingly beneficial just now. The following Directors' report is for presentation at the annual meeting of the Dalefield Dairy Company, next Monday: -Tho Directors beg to submit to you tho Eighth Annual Balance Sheet of the Company, During the past season tliero were 316,117 gallons of milk supplied to the factory. From this CO gallons were re-sold, aud the rcmaindor was made into cheese producing 319,218 poiuuk- The management of the Factory continues to be highly satisfactory to the Directors, and the quality of tho cheese has bcoufuUy.maintained. Aftor setting aside £9llos for the Purchasing Fund, and £l6l 17s Id for tho usual dividend of 10 per cent, on the paid-up capital, thcro remains £11)09 lis 8d for distribution amongst the milk suppliers, This will make the actual return for milk for the whole season 3fd per gallou.. The Company's.investment iu the Groytowri Building Society shows a profit of £55 Is Gd for the year, aud the present dato value of the shares is £709 Is Bd. The retiring Directors aro Messrs Stevens and Ordish, who are eligible, and offer themselves for re-election, ; Messrs L, J, Hooper and Co. have purchased at enormous discounts, a large portion o! Messrs' Edwards, Dennett and Co.'s wholesale stock from Christchuroh and will otter the purchase with the balance of their winter goods on Saturday, July 28ih, Every artiole in tho Bon Marohe will bo marked down, and our readers may oxpeot some Great Bargains.—Advt. ' Wobcgto notify that tko following lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can bo obtained at the W.F.C.A.'s Fancy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial platted fluid Is pd unsurpassed for cleaning goll or silver and re-plating brass arid copper, Bock's Wnteaproof Cement, prico Is, will resist hot or cold water, and repair china', glass, delf, leatho'r etc, etc Campbylene Bails, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 ballß, price Is tp keep moths cut of; clothing, also a ported disinfectant. Herb Extract price Is an iafalliable cure for toothfioho guaranteed not injurious to the teeth of health; it stops the most aoete pain iipmedlatloy, and proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases, where tho teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warts prico Is • this famous Kemedy'will speedily and pain; 'lessly euro soft or hard corns, also warts-' bunions' and chilblains,—The Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative; .Association,- Ltd anvr.

' " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good,, 1 is an old saying but none the less true Whilst the great depression existing in Sydney at the present time has' caused : a deplorable pount of misery yet the people of Wellington and tho surrounding 'districts will reap a gigantic benefit. "'DuringIhis 1 his viaif (o, Sydney recontly, Mr .James Smith purchased af absurdly |6y price's a large stock which „js now being sold at the Wholesale Family ■Warehouse' To Aro House,. Wellington, ■ I' : With a view to making thls'sale the event ot the year, two special ;,buyers; were de'spatchedfrom Te Aro House to Christchuroh one to attend the great s sale, of- Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stook,. and" tho o]tb.er to pick but bargains, from the manufacturers of ffoollen.Co.'', ;Bqth., these' gWehjen'-.hayo'' returned,after,a njost suooessful ; 'iri j| and (ho' total'iesults of then seen in the astonishing bargiiiis now being soldat the vVholesalo Family Warehoote,] T Aro HoHse, ;. * -; : ;-;;;