ICCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4813, 31 August 1894, Page 2

ICCAL AND GENERAL

All the patients at tlio. Masterton 1 Hospital are reported to bo doing well Masterton . Mutual Improvement Society will meet as usual this ovoning. We need scarcely remind ouv rcadors of Captain Fred Thomas' entertainment at tlio Temperance Hall this evening.

The Clydesdalo stallion "Duke of Argylc" is notified to staud at To Oro Ore during the present season.

A respectable person Trilling to adopt a female infant is advertised for m another column.

Five hundred dozen eggs per week, for the Wellington market are required by an advertiser in our wanted column. Messrs J, Graham and Co,, have now on sale a handy and timo-saviHg apparatus known as "The Rapid Knife Cleaner." The articleis offered at the remarkably low pried of one shilling. ■ A poor Torquay widow imperilled her application for relief by appearing before the Nowtou.Board of Guardians recently wcariug kid gloves which she had had for two years. > A London eccentric envelope has puzzled the Post Olfioc authorities. It had the following address:—"Scivs Kx. Send down I love white." It took a sharp office lad to solvo that it was meant for "Susan Mark, Sundown, Isle of White.-2M. The Masterton Foresters' weekly dance, held in the Temperance Hall was well attended. Excellent music was supplied by Mr A. von Kcisenbcrg. The danco will be held in the Drill Hall for the remainder of tho season. A collision occurred on the railway lino between Benalla and Melbourne, the driver of a goods train being killed and tho fireman badly injured. It is intended to erect immediately at Westminster, in commemoration of Cardinals Wiseman and Maiming a Eomau Catholic Cathedral capable of scatiug 10,000 people. ■ The quantity of wheat and flour afioat for tho United Kingdom is 2,530,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,320,000 quarters,

The new steamer to replace the present Government fleet is estimated to cost £12,000.

Sergeant-Major Bczar is petitioning through Mr Duthic for recognition of his services to volunteer rifle shooting by the inventiou in 1871 of the "dummy" target system. Mr Hogg on Wednesday wished to re-commit the Shop and Shop Hours Bill to add a elauso preventing the hawking of fruit, &c., on half-holidays'. The Minister for Labour said it wits already provided for in the Municipal CorporationsAct.butif the Law Ofiicers thought otherwise (as Mr 801 l and Mr Button did) he would have a specific provision made in the Upper House.

In connection with the Paliialua Presbyterian Church, services will be held by llcv W. H. Philip on Sabbath next as under :'Pnhialua at 11, Ballance at tVrce, Paluatua at 7. Tlmbaokward condition of the flourishing town of Masterton in its arrangements for water supply and drainage is much to bowondercd at, says (he Paliialua EmiU. In every other respect the town is well to the fore, but m these particulars it is lamentably behind the times. Evidently the public men of the place hnvo little of the spirit of progress within them.

A ,young woman named Sarah Gregory has been arrested at Invercargill on a charge of infanticide in connection with the body of a child found in a creek at Fortrose. The body was fouud by the girl's brother, while looking for nests. Ho took it home, and it is alleged that his mother told hun to put it in a box and bury it, which he did,

Yesterday afternoon Mr William Witt, head of the fancy department in Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewcn's Wellington warehouse, was presented with an elaborate marble dock by Mr M. Laing the accountant, in the name of tho staff, on the occasion of Wr Witt's approaching marriage to Miss Clark, youngest daughter of Mr W. Clark of Wellington, The Auckland Herald relates the following:—The other day some boys at Waiwcka caught a hawk in a trap,! saturated it with kerosene, set a match to it, and then lot it soar away, a blazing ball of lire, It is almost inconceivable that boys could be found in any commmiity'who would be guilty of such horrible cruelty, yet wc arc recording n fact, and it makes one's blood boil to think that such an inhuman act is likely to go unpunished, A clerical correspondent of one of the Church papers relates that a certain prelate had great difficulty iu suppressing his laughter at tho consecration of a church the other day, owing to the device on one of tho school banners which was carried in the procession before the service. This banner was adorned with a very fierce-looking .lion, with terrible claws and teeth, while underneath him was the legend," Suffer littlo children to come unto Me."

ThoLegislatureofNorway has adopted a law that will introduce some important chauges into the system on which tho liquor trade of tho country is managed. Henceforward 65 per cent. of tho profits arising from the sale of drink wijf be handed over to the Stato for the formation, pf an old-age pension fund, ''

Says tho Napier 'Mcijrqjih: JJpw Zcalaud is a most unfortunato country. A few years ago it had not a noxious creature, except the Katipo and the log roller, and now it is overrun with ferrets, stoats and weasels, which threaten to be a greater pest thau tho rabbits fbey were to exterminate. ■ All inrpudiary has been lynched at Brodjpcp, jij Southern Hungary, Soveral unexplained lire's b n 4' follp>vctl each other in rapid! succession! Two natives of the village came across a l'n'an on the point of setting fire to a barn. They at once stunned him and threw him into the ilamcs, Both pcasauts havo been arrested

The Southampton police hayc made an arrest which'they regard of some importance, A man, evidently an America!), was nlfoged to have aiipcd at a boy whom he attempted to shoot. Oil bejjlg arrested a remarkable instrument was found on, him. It had a number of delicate springs. When closed itformed a knuckle-duster, ami by touching a spring it formed a dagger, whilst a second spriug converted it into a sixchambered revolver, A remand was granted.

A peculiar case came beforo the Laud ' Board yestprday inorm'ng. Somo timo 1 ago tho Pahlatiia! No, I Fpn llomp--1 stead Asseciatipn vim framed, pd ' a yoUng man named Daniel M'Curdv, a ' laborer, agreed to become a member. Beforo the ballot was drawn, however^ he left for Western Australia aud just about the timo of his departure the Board received a letter purporting to bear his signature, withdrawing from tho Association. The section allotted to him was thereupon transferred by the ', Association to a Mr Scalley,'for whom ho had been working, and Messrs Scalley and' M'L'auglilin, who aro brothers-in-law, afo''ndw 'jojnt'ojriiefs, M'Curdy foturned fp 'Wellington' a short timo ago, and dc'uiea that he had withdrawn" from the Association. He asserted that the letter sent to tlio'Boajrd was a forgery, and fhajf he had left monoy with which to pay the f cos on any section ij'Wcif li.o migjifc secure in tho, ballot, and ho askod the Board tp al)pw liim to take i»i tlio land, Tlioßqajd decided (says tho Bust) .that it was powerless in tho matter until ho had proved thattluj letter was a forgery, : InthoOantcrbuiydiQcc.se, the ofllep of Diocesan Inspector of Schools, ljas been attached, to that of Organising Secretary. The Bey J, F, Teaklp (formerly ofarasterton) has been appointed to the dual olflcc, and has proved himself a skilful inspector. - ■ The Gazette announces the disbandment of the langitikei Cavalry! Volunteers,: : .! ; :.-:'■ .' ; ' ■ ."■',.'■■;■'■ ■■-.-■

Local business at tho Masterton S. M. Court has bccu very light during the past month.";' Mrs Humphreys, of tho Select lie-' gistry Office, Mastcrton, notifies that a married couple, a ploughman, and a waitress wait engagements.

_ Letters of naturalisation havo been issued to the following persons: Clung Wah, Yco Wall, and Young Wall, fruiterers, Wellington; John Augustus Swanson, labourer, Masterton, Mr Piraui asks tho Minister of Agriculturo to consider the advisability of compensating any indigent person whose cattlo is ordered by tho Government Inspector to bo destroyed.

The second term at tho Ladies' Collegiate Bchool, Oxford House, Masterton, closes to-day. Tho vacation will be three weeks.

A pleasing recognition of Mr. W. Sollar's valuable services, in connection with tho Masterton Hospital Ball, has just been made. To-day he received a flattering lcttor from thn joint Secro-taries-tlie Misses E. J. Boddingtori and E.Nicobyon behalf of tho Committee, asking him to accept, as a memento, a handsome silver match-box and a sovereign case, both suitably engraved. Mr B. Coiibornc, from observations taken at tho Masterton Haihvay Station, informs us that 2'2G inches of rain foil during the past month on 13 days. ! Mr Cecil J, Stuart, of Masterton, who somo months ago started for tho United States, met with an experience in Sydney, which has compelled him to defer his trip, until after tho uorthern winter, He was walking out near Sydney when lie noticed a largo dog accidentally push a little girl into a deep pond. He leapt in with his clothes on and rescued the child and took her home. Unfortunately ho caught cold which resulted in inflammation of the lungs, and the doctor has forbidden him to risk an American winter. Mr Stuart has therefore returned to Wellington. _ Much colder weather has been experienced in Mastcrton during the past fow days.

Wo remind our readers of Messrs Hornblow & Co's sale of fruit, drapery, furniture, poultry etc., which takes place at their rooms, to-morrow after- 1 noon 'Die fruit sale commences at 3 o'clock and the general sale at 2 p.m. All doubt as to how one's clothes will look is now disposed of, by the use of the now transparent plate, which, when placed on a piece of tweed, shows exactly how the garment will look when made up. One of theso plates may now bo seen in the window of Mr John Henderson, merchant tailor, of Masterton.. Tiio usual monthly meeting of the Directors of tho W.F.C.A., was held at their office yesterday, lu addition to tho usual monthly business, the annual balance sheet to 31st July, was read and adopted. Tho result of the year's transactions is very satisfactory, and copies of the balance-sheet will be in the bauds of the shareholders in a few days. The annual general meeting of shareholders will be held about the middle of September. It was decided to proceed with tho erection of commodious brick premises atPahiatua.nt once.

Wc remind our readers of Messrs Lowes and lorns' Horse Fair, at the back of their rooms, Queen-street, tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 o'clock sharp, The stage at the Temperance Hall has been prettily furnished by Mr W. Whitr, for Captain Thomas' entertainment this evening. Tho Napier timing JViiM referring to an entertainment gived in Napier says:-" Captain Fred Thomas'' song and story' were equally taking, and kept the audience in a simmer of nmusoment, while his whistling ventriloquism was indescribable in its novelty and attractiveness, His ' steeplechase' item evoked loud and continued applause, ns it well deserved. 'Tho Captain is quite a host in himself as an cntortnincr."

During the month of August-ended to-day-ono declaration of insolvency was filed iu the Wairarapa making; a total of seven bankruptcies in this district for the year. In August 1893 three persons filed, and the total number of bankruptcies forthe corresponding eight months was twenty. Mr F. H. Wood, adds to his next Taratahi stock sale, which takes place on Tuesday next, several head of dairy cows, and a staunch trap horse six years old, . '

Nine persons were arrested by the Mastcrton polico during August, 1891. Tho offences wcro drunkenness 4; larceny 3; vagrancy 1; idle and disorderly conduct 1, The latter charge was withdrawn and tho van-ant got oil with a caution, Two children wcro also committed to an Industrial School during the same period, and six summonses for offences were issued by tho polico. . Tenders for tho formation of IGO chains of Saumler's lload wero received by the Wairarapa North County Council as follows :-W. T. Fletcher, £651 (conditionally accepted). Declined.Kennedy and Co,, £690; J, Walsh, £MO; M. P. Britt, £789 10s ; Woolf mid Donipscy, £866 8s; M. llyari,£Bßß; Grigg and Guild, £1,580165, The General Committee of the Mastcrton A, and P. Association will meet at the Club Hotel to-morrow afternoon. During tho month ended to-day, four first offending drunks- wero before the Court at Mastcrton, each being discharged with a caution. The Wellington Acclimatization .Society have allocated 125,000 trout fry t'qbedistnbutcd'tlfis s.pason in' Fortymile Bush river,?.' "' "•

| Court Loyal Enterprise, A, 0, F., Masterton, holds its regular fortnightly meeting this evening, At afaucy dress carnival at the Columbia Skatiugliink, Auckland, an accident happened to' Miss McCarthy, of Parncll, who was in a costuino representing "Snow." Her dress caught lire, pw'l'ng'loit being very inflammablo rontc'rjal, when fljc wcjrfijr 'approached too doso to pup of flic gas jets, the result being that the young lady waspiiiflfifjly burned about tho face, neck, and! shoulders before the flame could bo extinguished.

Moßsrs L, J, Hooper and Co. biwo purchased at enormous discounts, a largo por tion of Messrs Edwatdß, Bennett and Co.'s wholesalo stook from Ohristchuroh and will filter (he purchaso with the balance of their winter goods on Saturday, July 28ib. Every article in the Bon Maroho'will be marled down, and our readers may oxpeot some! Great Bargains.-Advt. j

We beg to notify that the following lines of Messrs Book & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists can be obtained at the WJ?.C,A.'s Fancy Goods Department;-Non Mercurial plating fluid Is Gd unsurpassed foroleaning gold or silver and ro-plating brass and copper, Book's Wuteaproof Cement, price is] will resist hot or cold water and repair ehiu'a, glass.'delf, leather etc'., etc. Camphytenc Balls, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, prico Is to keep moths out of clothing also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract prico Is an iofalliablo cure for toothache guaranteed hot injurious to tho teeth ot health; it stops the most aobto pain immediatley, ana proves a permanent euro in nearly all eases whore the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warts price Is • this iamous Bemedy will speedily and painj ,'lessly euro sott or hard eorns, also' wartsbunions and chilblains,-The Wairarapa Fariner's Co-operative Association, Ltd Am/TV

." It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," is an 'old saying but'none the less true Whilst' the'great: depressidri txialiiig in Sydney at'the present time' has 'caused a deplorable amount' of misery yet tti'o'people! of Wellington and tho surrounding districts will reap a gigaotio benefit.' During his visit to Sydneyrecehtly, Mr JaKes Smith purchased aj absurdly 16w' prices a large stook whiphjs now bejug'spld at the Wholesa'e Famjly: Warehouse! % Aro Housfy Wellington. ; ..'With a.view to making this sale tho evont of tlje year, two special buyers' wore deapatchedfroni To Aro Hops? to Christohurch one to.atlend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Go's wholesale stook, and the other to pick ouf bargains frpin "the maimfaoturers'of tho well-known Kaianoi Woollen Co, Both ■ the.se gentlemen naye! '< returned aftera. most successful trip, and'the total results of their efToriß is to bo seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at' tho tVholesalo Family Warehouse, T Aro Hosse,Wlupg>D,.^