LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4805, 21 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A general reduction of Bank deposit rates has tnken place.

A reward is offered in onr advertising column, for the recovery of a black ana white cross-bred retriever, Mr F, Hi Wood'makes 'several important additions to the entries, for. his next Tauhcrcnikau stock sale, to bo held on August '29 th, including the wellknown racing mare Delusion. The lines of the much abused capitalist do not always lie in pleasant plates. We heard the other day of a section of land, on which £2OOO had been expended—and that to all appearances to the best advantage-returns its owner £25 a year for rental!

The Wairarapa, which sailed on Saturday from Sydnoy for Auckland, has specie to tho value of £75,000 on board. It is believed that there are fair pros-' pects of a trade between England and New South Wales 'with regard to the export of rabbits, especially if tho rabbits arc shipped in January and February. ' Impartialrenortsiiidieato that Ireland is not disposed to support tho .Nationalists' agitation for a renewal of violence. The Irish farmers aro now busy gathering in tho harvest, which is a very good one. : Football, says Truth, "is tho pursuit of blown lcnther by blown humanity.

A new record for New Zealand—At Cromwell last Saturday Mr Solomon knocked down at auction a horse for sixpence.

, A Londoner, aged 97, lias just witnessed his 73rd consecutive Derby. The old boy ought to "know, something " by this time. 196 fresh cases of cholera were reported in St Petersburg on July 17th, with 79 deaths. There were 'l6O in the hospitals.

The Prince of Wales' biennial sale of hackneys bred in the Hoyal stud took place on Juno 29th. The buyers included the Czarcwitch ofEussia, the Marquis of Londonderry, Colonel' North (" the Nitrate King") Baron Hirsch, and many others. Fifty horses were sold for a total of

A reporter has just won his spurs by an article headed " Desperate Bloodshed—Tho Murdered Man not Expected itoLivo!"

_ The Coolgardic fover has caught on in Christchurch, and some of our young men have decided to try their luck. " Look before you leap, boys." There are few prizes, but many blanks, Supposing you don't strike a prize, what then P More than one man fronibitter experience has suggested that the name should be changed to Foolgardic— Truth.-

An effort is being made to. use burnt papa rock as a substitute for road metal on. the road from Pipiriki to Haetihi. The Herald says it can bo burnt in an ordinary brickmakcr's 'kiln, and is so hard that when struck with steel it gives off sparks similar to flint, and has also a clear metallic ring, As it can be had anywhere in unlimited quantities, the only question is that of the expenso of the burning, which it is believed is not great where timber is abundant.

An apparatus to register tlio time taken by each person in using a telephone has been invented in Germany. It is culled a telcphonemctcr," and it is the design of the fclcphone companies to use its figures as a basis for their charges for the use of the telephones. When this "meter" is attached to telephones talk over a telephone, it can be predicted, will be as concise as a telegraph message. From the evidence given at the inquest on the body of Annie Cross, aged thirteen months, held at Homobush yesterday afternoon, before Mr T. Hutchison,-District Coroner, and a jury of sis, it appears that the child, was left in a box at the hack door of its parent's residence, whilo Mrs Cross Trent to the front door to sco the butcher. She was absent about ten minutes, and on returning found the child had got out of the box and was uot to bo scon.. Sho called to tho: neighbours, and after about 15 minutes search tho body of tho child was found in the Makora creek, which runs close behind Mr Cross' residence. Dr Hosting was at onco sent for, and on his .arrival found the child quite dead. : The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally drowned," The first meeting of creditors in the estate of E. J. Scarl, will bo held at Feathcrston, on, August 29thEveryone in tho' Wairarapa knows Mr James llaillie, sawmiller, and most of them know his son " Tom," says the Standard, and will be pleased to hear that ho has passed his examination at Glasgow as engineer, and has received a first class ccrtilicatc. He now holds tho position of chief ongincoron one of tho largest steamers trading in those parts. _ A young gentleman had rather a nasty joke (?) played on him the other evenigg at Feathcrston. Being a lover of Terpsichore, ho journeyed from Gveytown on horseback, with his ball-room toggery strapped in front of the saddle to spend a pleasant evening at the Oddfellows' Ball.. Arrived on the scene, lie hitched Jn's horsoup, with the parcel attached, while ho had a peep in before proceeding tochepubtogetachange. Imagine his surprise on going to look for his horse to find it gone. He informed the liolico and the horso has been found, but tho parcel had been token. Peathorston possesses somequcer characters! —Standard,

. One of those, pleasing little affairs which pro"o the good fellowship existing between the young men of Masterton, took place at the Star Club liooms last evening. Mr Percy Galloway, who is leaving to-day for his new home hi Auckland, was. tho recipient of a vain, able gold lever watch suitably engraved, from his comrades in tho Bcd Star Football Club. Mr Wilsone, Captain, in makihg the presentation, spoke in laudatory terms of tho abilities of Mr Galloway, on tho football field, and of the valuable services he had rendered during the five years he had been a member, of tho Club. Mr Jeffries, captain of tho •" A" team, to which the recipient belongcdi'endorscd tho remarks of tho skipper,aiidlamehtedthe loss of 6110 wholiad been a credit'to tho Glub',Mh on arid oft' ftp field; 'Ho also''read'an'address signed by abut fifty members, wishing Mr Galloway cvory'success jn his now sphere of life. After a short and suitablo'rcsponse, three hearty cheers were given for the departing ono, and tho ceremony ended,

Mr 1!, E. Hornblow will, make his first'.appcarauflP 'as.-an. auctioneer tomorrow, when he will sujbmpio whole of Mr Wycth's stock under tho"hammer. Wo wish him success in his now'v'eu : faff. ■."',:■-■' •:■■■..■■."■■■':.;-',

poaching stallion Mazoppail has'ten' tdtcon to"Hawko's '?;■; - •--■■ ■ ?A first witli drankoh[ness,Tvas de/diiwith intho iisualmanner :by MMayor (Mr.Qeo.,H6ro'ii) at Mas. tcrtoui tWsmoming. ;';

' i.Tlioestimated receipts" and expenditure of tho Masterton Eorough Council appear k another column of this issue. The members of tho Masterton Ambulanco class havo just discovered that owin? to the class being a mixed one, the members arc debarred from ■apply-" : ing for. St. John's Ambulanco Society I certificates. It is therefore intended to hold separate meetings for male and female members next winter.'

Tho Minister of Lauds is ill, and was confined tobed yesterday. : ; : It is hardly necessary to remind lour readers of Messrs Horublow and Co's unreserved Bale of groceries, glass and Chinaware, bmshware,"eto.j 'to'i bo held to-morrow on Mr 11. Wyeth's premises adjoining tho Empire Hotel. A sale of this description seldom occurs' in Masterton and should induce a large attendance of buyers. A special feature' of. the sale will be tho submitting of small lots, thus giving overyono an opportunity to purchase The sale commences at 1,30.0 clock sharp,':.; : ! ■'; i.',; 1 . , "Wo understand that tho Masterton Firo Brigades aro endeavouring to got Dr Buteniont to repeat Ids series of tares on ambulance and first aid to .tho injured! ~ . Messrs Lowes andlorns have received tho following ■ entries .for tlieir Horse Fair on September Ist, at 1 o'clock : 1 clustnut gelding by Master Agnes out of aßungaraby mare, 3 years ;old unbroken j 1 bay draught marc, 4 years by Nil Dcspcrandum bred Mr T, Chamberlain; 2 light draught fillies by Gladstone; 3 good draught, horses, 1 spring cart horso. and 3. unbroken fillies 3 years old, ' The engagement has been' announced of Colonel Fox and Miss Cora Eussell daughter of Captain Eusscll, _ An effort is being made to form a limited liability company, toimprovcand carry on tho Masterton Theatro lioyal. It certainly is not very creditable to a town of the size of Masterton that it has no place where a theatrical company—worthy of the name—could give a performance, and wo have, no doubt that tho matter will bo taken up with enthusiasm, Mr C, A. Pownall convenes a meeting of those interested, at the Empire Hotel, on Thursday noxt at 8 p.m.

Mr E. H. Waddingfon Ims purchased tho section of land in Queen Street, next to the Prince of Wales' stables, aiid wo understand intends nbnost immediately to erect substantial offices. The frontage of the section is 33ft,"and the buildingifr Waddingtou proposes to erect will be a great improvement ou Queen Street. ''

Pressure on ourspacc compels us to holdover aletter from tlic Hon. J, G. Ward which will appear to-morrow. An advertisement elsewhere, notifies that the last "meet" for this season, of the Wairarapu Hunt Club, will take place on Friday'24th hist,, at the Kennels, Carterton. On the same day af 3 p.m. a meeting of the Stewards of tho Steeplechase Meeting and Sports Committce, will be held at Mr T. Hay's Taratahi Hotel.

A brilliant display of the Aurora Amtnilk was visible' throughout tho Wairarapa last night.

Mauy people may not be aware that a very useful and flourishing little institution known as the " Blue and Whito league" exists in Masterton The memof the Leaguo are boys under the ago of sixteen years, and all arc pledged total abstainers and non-smokers. Tho leaguo holds fortnightly meetings of a social character, at Oxford House, through the kindness of Mrs Shcppard, and very pleasant evenings arc spent, the youngsters looking forward eagerly to" meeting night." When the League was first started it had a membership of six, which number has now swelled to 41. Mr M, J. Symcs is tho. President, and Miss Shcppard and Mrs Fannin, VicePresidents, and they are to bo congratulated on the success of the good work they are doing. ■Wo remind our readers of Messrs lowes.and lorns stocksalo to-morrow (Wednesday), at 1 o'clock, at their lfcnall Street Yards.. The entries comprise:—soo fat and forward wothers, 250 fat and forward ewes, turnip fed, 150 ewes in iamb, 200 good hoggets, 80 two year old steers, 30 weaucrs and yearlings, 27/ two and three year old heifers, 20 eighteen months to two aiid a half year ola cattle, 5 good dairy cows near calving,. 12 good hacks and coach horses, and 2 four year old geldings by Tattler, good match, broken to saddle and would make a splendid pairof buggy Horses, ,-.■.;.!

There was anothor large attendance last evening at the, Mastorton Ambulance Society's meeting, when Dr Butement gave tho last of his series : of lectures to the class. .The- subject dealt witli was stretcher drill, and thevarkis modes of carrying injured persons short distances, or when.propcr stretcher's arc not obtainable. At tho conclusion of the address-a hearty vote of thanks toDr Butcmcnt, was proposed by Mr E.-E. Chamberlain, and carried unanimously. The greatest interest has been taken m the lectures, aud ii deal of valuable information obtained by Ihoso who attended. . . ~.■'■■ A correspondent of the Chicago Dispatch, desiring to knowhowitfoltto ibe rich, put the question the other day to tho great Mr Pullman, of palace car fame, who is said to possess £10,000,000 sterling. Mr Pullman said,. "I bplievc I am no better off—certainly no happier —than I was when Ididn'thavc a (foliar to my name, and liad to work from daylight to dark, Iworea'good suit of olothu)gthen,andlcan only wear ono now. I relished three nioals a day then, a good deal more than I do now. I had fewer cares, I slept better, and I. may and generally that I belicyc I was far happier in thoso days than I have boon many times since I becamea millionaire, And the correspondent added that Mr Pullman thereupon buttoned up p's, coat, walked slowly down tho stoi u and painfully entered Ids carriage. his younger days ho would havo walk ' aud would have been bolter for it." - The plans of the new central butter factory at Pahialua show a ground floor 63ft by 40ft, tliis space including a cooling chamber, churning room, and butterM'orking room and creamery, as well as a store, engine room, aud oiliee besides tho necessary boiler house and woodshed,

At the meeting of tho Christchurch Charitable Aid Hoard the other day a member is reported to have said that he had engaged a woman cook for his station at £4O a year. On lier arrival at tho railway station- nearest to her destination sho found that no trap had been sent for her, but that sho would have to go by coach, This however she indignantly refused to do, aiid returned: to Christchurch,

, A good deal of attention was attracted { la.it night in Mastcrton, by a most bril, liant appearance of the Atirorq Ms- ' tmlk. Many who saw tho beautiful \ phenomenon realised what it was/but other mortals less thinking, or less well- ' informed, liazarded many strange theories, One family, in a rather isolated position, became greatly alarincd at the meteoric flashes and in some vague way connected the display with the predicted Wellington earthquake, and putit down generally to fire, brinistono and general smash, They spent a most 'uncomfortable time, until rclicvedof theirfears by the explanations of a neighbour. Many ui Mastcrton 'suggested, that a distant urocajisedtltestrango'light, whifo, one man. absolutely insisted : that'itwas simply the mdoui An oldcrly son of Noptmio heard the various comments, arid after carefully adjusting his' spectacles, and; taking ono.of those long steady looks peculiar.to. the "aheicnt mariner,'ra'presscdhis disdain—with.a fall-sized' coloured adjeptive-at soinb peonlo's "hignoranec," gravely informing those assembled that it was tho "Mf&iliiiftotiitlii !" ■; That settled it , and everjbbdj went

' ■A. little lioy - named -Wiliio; Jtiics,* living in Dkou Street was struck on the lead by a largo stone.thjs mornings and ft nasty cjasli inflicted.yTlio "stone, was thrown by another boy;' y; J 5 •

MrHogg's Bill, spparat|ng4beTy'air- : arapa hospital district from Wellington, was killed last night in committee ''

The Otago Acclimatisation Society today decided to recommend the Govern,ineut to mako tho season for perch the sameasfor trout.- : • -••■-'•■•■■'■

; The criminal sessions of.the Suprom Court opened at Cliristolutrcllycstcrdtp, morning, before Mis Justice Seuniston His Honour said'the cases were of sucl; nsimplo character that thoy did not re. miiro Reference.', .Hugh llobert Bichy for stealing 600 sovoroip from the National Bank, pleaded guilt; and was sentenced to tw<C years -liari labour. Albert' Otton,'charged wit haying retained a; postaljilcttor whic! should'; liavb; Ijoen; delivered to atiothe person, was sontchc.ed to nino month imprisonment, Maurico Savage, : fo breaking into a hotel and stenlitij a number ; : of flasks •;, of; •; spirits was' sentenced to;,-four., ; months imprisonment. John Soranson wai found'-'guilty of larceny, and George James Eden- of forgery and uttering, sentence in each caso being deferred. Gcorgo Blaekmorc and George Sharkey pleaded guilty to having broken into a tiouso,nnd were remanded for the roport of tho Probation Officers, John Archer was acquitted on a charge of indecpnt assault, i j

The usual weekly meeting of tho North Wnirnrapa Liberal Association was held on Monday evoning. The meeting was of a purely conversational nature. Local pontics and matters relating to the management of tho Association wore the topics of discussion. .; A letter from the Premier was rccoived'and rend, in answer to a letter from tho As. socintiou. It was resolved that the next meeting be advertised in both local papers, the business of the meeting to.be a renew of the work of Parliament during the present session. Two new members were elected.;-;-:/-.. • <; ',-;?.:;'.: ;

Tho Mowing is an; extract from : a speech by Mr Joseph Cowan, tho wollknown English Radical:—"Tho things that are produced by man, purchased by him or given to liim by; others,; who fairly own them, are his. and no others: But it may bq said ho.has. fc superfluity while others wait, Possibly. Still the State cannot honestly or wisely sequestrate. It it could what would r follow? The man I - would : -cease"- to labour. He would not work !if the frtuts of Ids toil wero to bo confiscated, He may give of his freo will out of his abundance. This may be amoral obligation; _ but his obligation to give docs not cntitlo the State to take. Jjta institution of property mid-its arc the basis of civilization and li^^M Messrs L, J. Hooper and chased at enormous discounts, a tion o! Messrs Edwards, Bennett wholesale stock from Christ-church oiler the purcbaso with the. winter goods on Saturday, Jul; article in the Boa March! will benHßHr' down, and our readers, majr.gxpeotsome teat.BErga.uis.—Advt."""- ' ' We beg to notify that the following lines of Messrs: Book & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can lie obtained at the W.F.C.A.'b Fnnoy Goods Department :-Noa Mercurial plating fluid Is oil unsurpassed for cleaning goLUor silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's Wutoaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, delf, leather'etc, etc. Camphylene Balls, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, price Is to keep' moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract prico Is an infalliable cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to the teeth of health; it stops the most: acute pain immediatley, and prove; a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warts price Is - this famous Remedy will speedily and pain;' 'lessly cure soft or hard corns, also wattsbunions and chilblains,—Tho Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association, ,Ltd Advt. :■■■-.-.

'." It's an ill wind th at blows nobody good,, 1 is im old- saying but nono the less, .true Whilst,tho great depression existing in Sydnoy at the present time has odusad a deplorable amount of misery yet the people of Wellington and tho surrounding 'districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During his visit to Sydnoy recontly, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesa!o Family Warehouse,- To Aro' House, Wellington. 1 ' '■:." ';. ; '.\ With a view.to making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers wero despatched from Te Aro House to Christohuroh one to attend tho great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, > and tho other to pick out bargains'from the manufacturers of tho well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both theso gentlemen nave returned after a most successful .trip, and the total results of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishing bargains now being' sold at tho ffholesalo Family Warehouse, T Are House/ Wellington,—Advi '