LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4809, 27 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A woll-to-do widow hanged liorsolf in Paris because her pet dog was dead. The" lady commercial" traveller has become a recognised institution. We have received from that enternrising publishing firm, Messrs H. Brett nud Co., of Auckland, a copy of an original novel entitled" Utu." The clerical crusade against the Divorce Bill continues. Gambling debts are recoverable by law in France, Spain, Venezuela, and in some cases in Germany.

_ Insurance companies claim that cycling is more dangerous than travelling either by railway or by ship. Business appears bo improving a littlo in Masterton. Shopkeepers were doing more trade last Saturday than for somo weeks past t Although several residents are still indisposed, the epidemic of la grippe seems to bo dying out in Masterton. Yesterday (Sunday) turned out an exceptionally fine day, and a large number of people were out riding and driving. As an evidence of tho mildness of the season, many flowers may bo seen in bloom in Masterton which are not usually out till later in tho year. The influenza is no respecter- of persons. Both Dr Hosking and Dr Douglas were attacked, but wo are pleased to learn are fully recovered. The New South Wales representatives were defeated in their first football match in the Colony, Auckland beating them by fourteen points to cloven. Saturday's football match Masterton v. Stars, turned out one of tho most exciting games over played iu the Wairarapa.

" The Demon Influenza" is no re-

specter of persons, caste, or nationalities, two of the local Chinamen have him as a guest at present, says the Pahiatua Herald. The s.s. Miowera sails from London on the Ist October for Sydney, King Alexander's abdication of the Servian throno is officially denied. _ Admiral Hobcrt Jenkins, who served in the New Zealand war, is dead, _ An American cyclist rodofrom Washington to Denver, 2000 miles, in eight days. The Colonial treasurer informed tho House on Friday that the revenuo from tobacco was one of the steadiest and most valuable tliat was received by the Customs.' "If everyone who carries a carpet bag has to obtain a license, a good many members of this House will have to get apcrmit," said Mr T Mackenzie in tho discussion on the Hawkers and Pedlars Bill, Tho trout-fishing season opens on September 16th.

At Wellington on Saturday, an old man was convicted of drunkenness, and was ordered to be put on a train for the Wairarapa to-day. Another first offender charged with drunkenness, a resident of Ekctahuna, who had been in goal for a week on remand for medical treatment was convicted and ordered to pay expenses incurred. •Chinamen, when referring to their wives-wluch is as seldom as possiblespeak of them as " my dull thorn," or "the thorn in my ribs," or "the moan one of tho inner room." Children arc styled "insects" or "worms." A man named Selford, of Bichmoud.a suburb of Melbourne, who is believed to have become insane ov;r monetary troubles, murdered his son by cutting his throat, and then surrendered to the police. At tho Melbourne sheep sales Mr Eich, of Mount Eden, received £8 8s per ram, Mr Burrows, of Carterton, sold 22 Itomncy Marsh rams at an average of from £3 3s to £sl6s 6d, and ten liomncy Marsh ewes at from £2 7s 3d to £3 3s.

The Imperial Volunteers decoration for officers of over twenty years service in Volutcer Corps, has been extonded to the Colonics and India. The decoration consists of an oak wTcath in silver, tied with gold, having iu the centre tho lioyal cipher and crown in gold, and suspended from the left breast by a green riband one and a half inches wide, from a silver oak bar-brooch.

Mrl{.N.Sayer,ofDalefield, had a visitor at his farmhouse tho other morning at daybreak, that would have startled nianya timid-man, says the Observer. He was going iuto his cowyard when he was facet! by an enormous wild hog. To shut the gale ami mako for his gun was the work of a few seconds, and it was not long before the uninvited guest was stretched out with an ounce of lead in him. Ho proved to bo of remarkable length, and it was apparent had recently been engaged iu a liorcc encounter, for his sides bore many blcediug wounds. Mr Sayer has saved the tusks, which ore of extraordinary size.

In tko course of the discussion on the Hawkers and Pcdlnrs Bill, in thoHouso onFriday, Mr Beeves moved to report progress, as the hour for the supper adjournment was dose afcliand, and that there was somo other business to transact. But (says the Evening Pms), Mr ( Hogg wished to show his zeal on behalf of the poor, and much to tho chagrin of the Minister, who entreated him to sit down, tho monihcr for Masterlon launched fortli into a violent attack on the clause under discussion, A futher appeal from the Minister called forth tlus out-burst from Mr Hogg: "I am not going to have my mouth closed in this assembly by a Minister of tho Crown or anyone else." Having had his say, Mr Hogg sat down, ThesaleofMrWyeth's stock comprising groceries, etc, was continued in Messrs Hornblow and Co's new auction mart on Saturday. Tho attendance of buyers was very largo and satisfactory prices woro realised. Tho auctioneer opened the proceedings with a neat speech, in which he roviowed the pro, igressof the town and claimed for his new cnterprisoa fair measure of public support, Tho samo firm announce another- miscellaneous sale on Wednesday afternoon, full particulars of which are announced elsewhere,

The Wellington Acclimatisation Society received an order for 35,000 brown trout fry, from the Taranaki Society and a portion of tho fish will be forwarded to-day, The Hawko'sßay Society have also sent an ordor for ' 30,000 fish, and 10,000 will bo forwarded via Woodrillo on Wednesday,

Duringlast week three male patients were admitted to the Mastorton Hospifa} and two discharged. Tho total number of patients in the institution at date is cloven, two of the number being females.

■' Mr F. H. Wood adds to tho entries for his next Taratahi stock sale, for September 4th, 12 first-class springing | heifers and 2 good dairy cows,: J

The W.P.O.A require apprentices for the'dressmaking. ...■■•■•. The Works and Finance Committeo of tho Masterton Borough Council will meetthis evoning.' Some of the moro hardy Masterton boys have again commenced- swimming/ and some of them took their first "dip" in the Waipoua, this season, yesterday. _ Mr W. Hounslow, of Masterton, has just added to his collection of pigeons, another batch of 17 from Taranaki, including Jacobins, English owls,_long and short-faced Autwerps, chequered dragons, blue and chequered working homers and feather-legged rollers, Several of the birds are pnzetakers and wear tho Conference ring. MrE, Jones informs us that a six foot right-of-way through tho ccntro of the Theatre Koynl belongs to him. A photo of" Sophia" the well-known nativo guide at the Terraces, Eotorua, has been presented to tho Masterton Museum, by Mr J. A. McKenzio, of Masterton. Good congregations attended St Matthow's Church, Masterton, yesterday, both morning and evening, Messrs F.G. Moore and ft Brown takingthe services, Tho lessons at the evening service, were rcadbyMrD.Oobinson; An English mail, w'«- San Francisco, will closo at Masterton on Thursday, September 6th at 6,15 a. m, Tho Board of Nominators of St. Matthew's, Masterton, met at Wellington last Saturday, but no selection of an incumbent was made, owing to the meetbeing declared informal, Mr Natusch's seat being ruled vacant, as ho has re. moved out of tho Parish. An adjourned meeting will bo held at Masterton, as soon as the vacancy is filled. A resident in'tin's district who occasionally imports valuable pigeons, informs us that the great care exorcised by thcltailway authorities, in the transit of the birds, is vory commendable. Orer twenty anplicationshavo already been sent in for deposition of Custodian of the Masterton library, Tho Maoris now in Wellington, are to hold a meeting to discuss tho Native Bills, Messrs Lee and Fleming havo fixed the following dates for the examination of the schools in this district: Featherston, Monday and Tuesday, Ist and 2nd October; Greytown, 3rd and. 4th; Claroville, sth ;.Carterloh, 'Bth and 9th; Masterton,--Idth, 11th, and 12th : and Eangituniau tho samo week. ■ The scholarship examinations willbe held at Masterton and' Wellington during October.

_ The Traction Engine Owners' Association at Christchurch is sending a petition with closo on 3000 signatures urging tho repeal of the law requiring four mon to bo on each traction engine Ascttlcr on tho Pohangina road named Baiucs was badly injured on Thursday, being jammed against a post by a passing team laden with tirabor. Ho had his breast-bone and some ribs broken, and his lungs pierced. Ho is in tho Palmerston Hospital.

Another old identity has passed away Mr John Shaw, who died last week at Awahuri, Manawatu, Mr Shaw, who was widely respected, arrived in Wellington more than fifty years ago with the first detachment of the 67thBegiracnt He was 74 years of ago at the time of death.

One of tho most brilliant and withal truthful raconteurs ot the Press Gallery tells that, receiving two drinks from Bellamy's for himself and a friend the other day, he tendcrcdonoof Mr Ward's now postal notes for £1 in payment. To his nstonishmentit was refused. They would not cash tho note, and he had to ! ask Ids friend for somo chaugc. That a bran new note issued under tho authority of the Colonial Treasurer should havo been refused within tho precincts of Parliament for two drinks is rather rich says the N.Z. Times. Mr Ward, when ho heard the story, enjoyed it as heartily as anyone.

; Another old identity has passedaway in the person of Mrs Barton, senr,, of Alieetowu, Lower Hutt. The deceased lady, who was well known in tho Wairarapa, and had attained the ripe age of 78 years, arrived in the Colony 77 years ago with her father, the lev Mr Butler Church of England Missionary. For somo years sho resided iu the Bay of Islands, passing through the troublous times of tho Maori wars, and in the early forties she took up her abode at Trcntham, Upper Hutt, where sho lived until two years since. Sho leaves two sous-Mr John Barton, of Nelson, and Mr Williamßarton, now in England. During her long residence in tho Hutt district (says the Times) the deceased had taken a great interest in church matters, and tho churches in tho district owe much to her generosity, Her husband died 25 years ago. For years it has been the custom of the Postal authorities to send officers of their department to San Francisco on board tho mail boats to sort tho mails aud arrange them for immediate delivery at tho port of arrival. Tins is regarded, of course, as a very agreeable break in the round of offico work, and men arc selected in turn from the various branches throughout the Colony for the trip. But the young women employed in tho Postal Department fail to see why they also should not havo this opportunity of a run to San Francisco and back. Two of theni accordingly applied for permission to act as assistant mailagents on board tho San Francisco steamers. The authorities evidently do not viow the matter in tho same light as they do, for tho application has been declined.—iY.2/. Times.

Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co, havo purohased at enormous discounts, a largo por tionof tars Edwards, Bennett and oo.'s wholesale stock from Christchuroh and will offer the purchase with the balanco ol their winter goods on Saturday, July 28th, Every article in the Bon Marche" will bo marked down, and our renders' may expect some Great Bargains,—Adrt. We beg to notify that the following lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can be obtained at the W.F.O.A,'s Fancy Goods Department;-Non Mercurial plaiing fluid Is Cd unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's Wnteaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair ohitm, glass, delf, leather etc, etc. Camphyleno 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 infallioble cure for toothaoho guaranteed not injurious to the teeth of health; it stops the most acute pain iinmediatley, and proves a permanent oure in nearly all oases where the teeth are hollow, German oure for corns and warts price Is • thlg famous Remedy will speedily and pain; 'lessly oure soft or hard corns, also wartsbunionß and chilblains,—The Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Asaooiation, Ltd Adw.

" It's an ill wind that blows nobody good ' is an old saying but nono the less truo Whilst the great depression existing in Sydney at the present time haß caused a deplorable amount of misery yet the people of Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, , During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock whioh is • now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

With a view to making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers were aV patchedfromTe Aro House to Ohristohurch ono to attend the great sale of Edwards Bennett and Co's wholesale stool, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufacturers of the well-known Kaianoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to bo seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, T Aro Hope, Wellington,-Anyx '■■'•"