LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4811, 29 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| Mass meetings of Radicals areagitating against the British House of Lords. From about two months licnco the New Zealand headquarters of the Bank of New South Wales, willbo in Wellington, (lie Inspector, with Ins staff, removing from Cliristcliurch,

Mr Collins, the new Manager of the Masterton 6as Works, will take up his duties about tlie middle of next month, At a meeting of iiondon shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand, the Chairman (Mr Glyn), in his speech, asserted that the laud policy and the system of taxation in New Zealand had stopped estato sales, Tho directors appointed previous to 1890 wero mninly responsible for the late difficulty. The Government hadacted promptly and in a statesmanlike manner.

A correspondent in Truth says: Talk about hard times in Canterbury! A few days ago I had occasion to visit an up-country town. With a friend I entered a local pub and called for two " refreshers." ' Such an order appeared to surprise the landlord. I platiked down a florin, and received as change three threepenny pieces, a penny stamp, a halt-penny stamp, auda lemon, and I was told that I had taken all the available small money intended for the Sunday church collection. Times aro 'ard. Tho annual report and balance-sheet oftlicPahiatua Football Club will he presented in about a week's time. As the Club made a good financial start at the beginning of the season (taking about £2O on the Queen's Birthday) it is expected there will bo a handsome balance in hand when tho report is brought forward—Herald.

An inquest is to be held in connection with tho fire at Messrs Williams and Bcctliam's Waingnwa property. Different opinions according to different standpoints. Napier News—''Mr Seddon is a rough hewn Napoleon, distinctly a powerful man and a born leader." _ Napier Telegraph-" The country is disgraced with a couple of Bumbles in office like Mr liichard Seddon and Mr Johu'McKcnzic,"

The man who gave his name yesterday as liobcrt Graham, when charged with stealing a swag, and who was sentenced by Mr T, Hutchison to one month's imprisonment, was subsequently recognised by Sergeant McArdle as a personage he had been looking out for since May 23rd, 1803, when under the name of Alexander Grant he purloined a The man was taken before His Worship again and another month added to his sentence.

No less than fifty applications for the position of Custodian of the Masterton Library, were received last night. Tho whole wero opened and read—with testimonials—to tho Council, after which it was decided to make a selection at a special meeting to be held this evening. A family lives but in Oregon (U.S.A.), lias a peculiar religious faith. Each member of it takes six baths every twenty-four hours. No outsider is allowed to enter their dwelling. They work every day for six years, and then abstain from labour a|l through the seventh year. A number of Pahiatua residents have caught the' gold fever," aud several persons have signified their intention of leaving for Coolgardie shortly. A trio, consisting of Messrs li.- Bourltc, C. Ecnmant, and Lawrio, will, in all probability, take their departure for West Australia next week. Wo wish them every success in the distant colony.— Emll

_ A very enjoyable • private dance was given at the Tempcrauce Hall last night by Mrs A, B.Yates, to celebrate her daughter's wedding. A large number of guests were in attendance, aud a really pleasant evening was spent.

A writer in tho Nelson Colonist, says: —"We cannot stand our own Captain Edwin and Mr Wraggc iu one winter. They must divide their forces, for since Mr Wragge laid down his new 21-inch water pipe, we havo figuratively, been living m a water-butt. Mr Wragge's last consignment came duly to hand, viz., three watcr-spouts complete, two typhoons with earthquake attachments, four superior thunderstorms, jewelled with lightning in every hole, and enough wind to blow Now Zealand inside out. We do not think wc shall require more, until we have dug ourselves out; hut should like to know if all our last consignment was f.o.b. During the summer months wc could place a few firstclass Queensland thunder-bolts, and- if Mr Wraggo has a second-class" Aurora Australia,' colors warranted not to fade, we know of a good market. Our Capt. Edwin will shortly visit Australia with assorted "southerly busters" and Antarctic butt-enders, and with a reasonable concession in the tariff, no doubt a lively business might be done. Mr F. 11. Wood adds to his entries for Tuesday's Taratalu stock sale, 300 2-tooth ewes in Inmb, and 300 hoggets mixed sexes, also 1 4-year-old heavy draught mare guaranteed quiet and staunch. The woman Anderson, who was sentenced to death at Melbourne, for the murder .of her lodger, Fraser, in a fit of jealousy,has had ncrsenteuce commuted to imprisonment for life, The first dividend has been deolared from the Wealth of Nalionsmine, lately discovered by Dunn Brothers, at Coolgardie, The amount is£looo per share, [ ■ Wp f.egrct to learn that Mr P, Houripi, of Masterton, is seriously ill with inflammation of the lungs,

Hawks liavc been very destructive this season (says tlio Woodvillc Examiner) to young lambs, attacking those at nil weakly and picking out their eyes. Messrs Moncton Bros, inform us that hawks arc unusually plentiful this season. , . A singular prosecution is reported to liavo been instituted by the police against a married woman resident at Marat East. It is alleged that tlio woman, who is childless, some time ago ' took over an infant, tlio offspring of a 1 young girl residing in the district. The ' foster-mother led her kusbamltobelieve tlio child was her own, and it is stated i she speijt several days in the seclusion of licr bed .chamber, The iufant died, however, and l,afer on'flip woman, through flic agency of anadvcrtisemeijt, became possessed of a second child, bplonging to a jingle wopn residing in Baliarat. In this instance also it is alleged the woman misled her husband by telling him the child was her own, Singular to . say the man believed the story. She registered the child as her own, and the police aro proceeding against her im summons for a breach of the infants' ■ Protection Act, Tlio authorities, however, feel that tlio accused acted in ignorance, Story of the London cab strike from ' Modern Society/" A blackleg cabmpwas in Charing Cross Hospital, his jyoseucnflierc being duo ,to nioral suasion of his faji ijtjjjo eo'mpeers.' ' Will you givomp 'something jto diink?' v he askedfain.tly of a nurse,. ' Certainly]'' said the nrn-se, offering liim a glitss df ; water, He put up- his hands feebly. ' Give it to mo a spoonful at o, time, J please,'lie .whispered huskily,' till I . get used to it.'. J

Taieri Advocate thus politely raps up a local item" An. enterprising in- : dividual paid a visit to the farm of Mr E. Charters tlie otlior day, and expressed liis approval of the quality of tho farm ! hand's clothes by Wiring off with them. Writing of the Seaward Bush unemployed,'B correspondent of the Southland Jews says;—" Can you tell mo what tho term 1 unemployed 1 means P Does it mean thoso men who are kept steadily at work for years at a rato of wages higher than is prevailing in tho country generally ?" - Messrs J. Lush. and Co., of Willis Street, Wellington, notify great reduction in the price of waterproof coats, rather than carry forward tlie stock. Thelatcstlazyman effort was on the part' of a young farmer who takes a greater interest in photography than in counting sheep. He therefore photographed the flock, developed the negative, and printed the picture and finished it. l'hcn he set to work with a pinto count the sheep, and found four short. Next day lie had the mob rounded up into the yard for counting to ascertain whether tho photo apparatus lied or not, On tho motion of the Mayor, a general rate of Is in the £, and a library rato of Id in the £ has been struck over tho whole Borough of Masterton. Constable May is, wo are sorry to learn, confined to his rcsidonce with sickness, - Sergeant McArdlo, although not fully recovered from his attack of influenza, has resumed duty. Messrs lowes and loras adds 10 fat bullocks, 8 2 and 3-year old steors, and 80 first-class hoggets to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday, Sept. sth. N An alarm on tlie Masterton fire-bells was sounded about half-past eight last evening, tho cause being a burning flue in tho West Ward. Forty-three persons residing in Mas.torton, three at Wellington, tiro at Carterton, ono at Greytown and ono at Opnki each desire the position of Librarian at Masterton. A young Carterton girl caused grief to her parents some months back by running away from home, and was after great difficulty brought back. This ■ morning she again lied away, going by • train in tho direction of Wellington. , Her friends got to tho station as the . train moved off and tho girl espying them gave voice to'somo disgraceful ; and defiant language, says tho Observer, , She is not yet 17 years old. ; On Sunday afternoon next, tho 2nd . September, (weather permitting) Peari sou's Private Baud will play tho following programme of musical selections on the Masterton Park, commencing at { 2.3o:—Contest March, "Typhoon"; I Scotch Fantasia, "Echoes of llothcsay"; Waltz, "Hose of England"; March, "Tho liiflcmau"; Contest Selection, | "Verdi"; Waltz, "Light and Shade"; ' Galop, "Electricity," The Band has ■ been practising assiduously of late, in 1 view of tho approaching Band Contest, ; and it is probably tlie first country Band in the Colony that has tackled such a test piece as " Verdi," a splendid selection, which gained a prize at the last ■ Christchurch Contest, | Tho applications received for the | position of Custodian of the Masterton 1 Library, camofroma surprising number ■ of , sources, good, bad, and indifferent, the only apparent qualification in many 1 cases being the fact that the person ap- ! plying, wishes to obtain the billet. Tho ; ages of applicants range from thirty to ' sixty years and include 16 married 1 women, with husbands living and more or less family; 15 widows; 11 married ! '"oil; 4 singlo men; 2 single women i and 2 widowers. 1 MrF.H. Wood adds to tho entries ■ for his general, salo at Fcatherston, ' which takes placo next Saturday, one - piano, a mangle and a suite of furniture The Bishop of Nelson will hold a Con- - firmation Service at St Mark's Church Carterton, on Monday, September 10th. The Maryborough Constable was . visiting the new library the other day, and when entering the door, fell up to | his knees in a hole of water lightly covered over by a sheet of felt. This is a capital idea for keeping people from seeing a thing half done.—Ol/sener. Notice is given in another column of the coming ■ Municipal election, Nominations closo at noon on September 6th for the three scats. One benevolent and kindly Masterton gentleman gave testimonials to no less that seven applicants for the position of Librarian at Masterton. Ho must have been kept pretty busy, A Sydney man was recently sentenced to two years' imprisonment, for approprinting the whole of £9OO won in a sweep, in which another man held a half-ticket with him. _ At yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Benevolent Trustees a sturdy, handsome little boy was Lauded in, together with tlie following letter:— "My name is—,1 am destitute, my father married my luothcrfor her money sjjent it all, ordered mo out into tho world against my will, and now leaves us both to starve. My mother has taken service to support me, but having gouo through so much worry and starvation, her health is broken down completely, and she lias been obliged to leave ono place after another. She lcftlicr last on Wednesday with 10s; 8s she paid for my week's keep, and herewith 1 beg to hand you her Inst two shillings and myself. My mother has hardly any clothes and only what food people aro kind enough to give her. She is now sleeping behind the door of a registry office, waiting, like Micawbcr, for something to turn up. She has parted witli everything except her 'Scotch pride;' she has no idea that somebody is qcljng t-lje part of' Miriam' forme, and. is worrying her hcqrt oi(t as to what is become of me. I believe she would starve rather than apply to you for relief, but as I am only gf years old I am not yet educated up to this refinement of feeling, and I am not at all particular who feeds me so long as I am ' fed." The 'Trustees decided that, as the , boy was in capable hands, tlicy would allow for his present reliof, and do nothing further until tho mother had been interviewed.—N.Z. Times. 1 Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co, have purchased at enormous discounts, a large por tion o! taw wholesale stock from Ohrjafphuroh and will 1 oiler tho purchase with the balance of their winter goods on Saturday, July 28Sh, Every article in the Bon Marchj will lie marked ■ down, and our readers may expect some s Great Bargains,-Advt, i

o tyo beg to notify that the following lines 0 of Messrs Ijock & Co., Manufacturing » Chemists can bo'obtained at tl|e W.P.C.A.'s p Fancy GoodsDepartmeniSon Mercurial plating fluid Is Gd unsurpassed for oleacinß gold or silver and ro-plating brass and copper, Book's Wateaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair 3 oliina, class, dplf, leader e{o., etc. Camphyu lenc Balls, in neat air-tight jars containing t 18 balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing, also aperfeot disinfectant. Herb Estraot price Is an infalliable oure for tooth- ' ache guaranteed not injurious to the teeth of 1 health; it stops the most acute pain im- > mediatley, and proves a permanent oure in > nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow l German cure for corns and warts price Is • i this lamous Remedy will speedily and pain' 'lessly oure soft or hard corns, also warts! bupions and chilblains,-Tho Wairarapa Fanners .Co-operative Association • Ua Apvr.' ' " '• It's an ill win<J that blqjvj nobody good" is an old saying but'non.e'the' less true Whilst the great depression existing in Sydney at the present tunj' a deplorable amount of misery yet th'epeople of Wellington and tho Bnrrounding dlstriols will reap a gigantic beneßt. . During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a / forge stock which is now being sold at the Wholoeale Family Warehouse, To Am House, Wellington. ut With a view to making this sale the event of the year, twospecial buyers were, despatohedfrom Te Aro House to Christohurch one to attend the great sale of Edwards Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to- piok out bargains from the manufacturers of tlie- well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these' gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their effort# ij to be seen fa .the astonishing bargains now being sold ft i tho Wholesale Family Warehouse,'! Aro House, Wellington,—Anvj • .

The Mastorton Borough overdraft now stands at £989. , ' 1,;..

Wo' are informed, says tlioClmstoliurcli Press, tliat it is probable that there will shortly ho a rise in wages among the men engaged in tlio various trades connected Tvitkouilding.

Beferring to tho la to Christehnrcli Pigeon Show, the Canterbury Tim savs!" The Dragoons—which the compilers of the catalogue described as " dragons" comprised perhaps the strongest class in this section of the exhibition. :Mr Burton Boys' birds—most of them imported—were of ft very high orderof merit, and tho Mastorton fancier would, with such a stud, bc ablo to hold his own in any competition in tho world. Messrs J, o,.Clarke, T. Lovick, and John Capstick were the other principal winners, but their birds could scarcely comparo with those exhibited by Mr Boys." An accident which might liavo been attended with most serious consequences happened at Mastorton on Monday. Miss Wallace, sister-in-law to Mr W. Hirschberg, was crossing tho Waipoua bridgo with one of Dr Beard's children in a perambulator, vrhon ahorse attached to a light trap—which was crossing tho bridgo at the timo—was frightened by a schoolboy swinging his satchel, and swerving suddenly, overturned tho babycarriage. Miss Wallace was thrown down, but very courageously protected the child from harm, and wcaro pleased to say, escaped with nothing worse than some rather severe cuts and 'bruises about, the arms. Tho child was not injured in tho least.

In our issue of the 20th inst we wrote, "ABilltorepealthetentlicommandment" should havo proceeded tho introduction of " tho Land for Settlements Bill," The same idea scorns to have occurred to the Hon, Mr Pharazyn, for yesterday ho is reported to have said, " Thero aro a certain number of Ahabs who covet the goods of others, and who are in favour of this Ml (Lauds for Settlement), Meed, I think that the Tenth Commandment should be included in the schedules as repealed." "What is the Tenth Commandment ?" said tho Hon. Sir P. Buckley. "Thou shaltnot covet" replied tho Hon, Mr Pharazyn." My friend has evidently forgotten it, and the others also." (Laughter), ...

At the annualmceting of the Wellington Meat Export Company, held yestcrday,the Chairman stated thatlastyeartho Company had been able to deal successfully with 40,000 cases of butter, with large quantities of fish and game, and meat for local consumption, and milk, and they were in a position during tho coming season to deal, without interfering unduly with their meat business, with 200,000 eases of butter, and ho was glad to say they found it not only ail advantage to have what he might callthoso subsidiary sources of rovenuc, but they were also ablo to do the work at a lower price than would be possible at an establishment built ana worked for that purpose alone.

Deferring to Captain Thomas' entertainment at Napier the Hawko's Bay Herald says Captain Ered Thomas, who has a powerful baritone voice, sang "Kemembcrme no more," and tliea proceeded to tell somo good stories we'll told. These thoroughly pleased the audience, who quite enjoyed Captain Thomas as a raconteur, Tho mirth-pro-voking part of the entertainment moro than fulfilled expectations. His humorous stories kept his audience in roars of laughter, and his whistling vont riloque was phenomenal. He whistles in the ordinary way, his audience afterwards hearing the reply from any or all parts of tho hall, just as the Captain wills,"