LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4815, 3 September 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Bill to alter the name of New Zealand to Scddonia is expected to be the next surprise measure iu the House of Representatives. The Board on Nominators'of St. I Matthew's Parish, Miisterton, meet at I noon to-morrow, September Ith, iu St. Matthew's Schoolroom.

The tcmler of Mr H, Godfrey, of £lOl os, has been accepted for the erection of the creamery at Ballancc for Messrs Cook and Co. The New South Wales football team; was defeated by Taranaki, on Saturday by 21 points to six. Auckland was beaten uy Wellington by 13 points to nil.

Wo remind our readers of Mr F. H. Wood's Tanitahi stock sale, which takes place to-morrow, (Tuesday) Sept 4th.

In spite of the bitter cold and pouring rain, a large number of male football enthusiasts—and also one Maori I maiden—witnessed the Cartcrtou-Star 'match on the Oval last Saturday.

Under instructions from the Public Trustee, Mr F.H. Wood, will soil by Auction, at his rooms at Grcytown, on Saturday loth instant, a valuable acre section in Grcytown. Particulars of the property appear in our advertising columns.

Forty-six thousand Scotch miners have hallotlcd in connection with the strike, ami a majority of 5000 avo in favour of settlement by agreeing toa reduction of 6d per clay. The Great Western Itailway Company has ordered sufficient Ncw.Soulh Wales sleepers for a length of two miles, The Japanese have attacked Port Arthur by land and sea. The engagement is now proceeding. The Comtc do Paris, in a letter recently written, declared his belief that Franco was yearning for the restoration of the monarchy. To save the'country from immediate peril it would be necessary to undo the work of the. past 15 years.

llnbbits would appoar to be still on the increase in this district, says the Pahialua Herald. On Monday Mr Ellis' of Nikau, in the Woodville-Mangahao lllock, shot one of these troublesome rodents, He had suspected the presence of rabbits for somo little timo,aud obtained a good dog with the result that he started up and shot one Of the pests, Tlip rabbit shot jya.s the first seen in the WoodvjllprMangahao. A correspondent of Truth writes:—l send you the following, thinking {here might possibly bcsomceliurcluu Christchurch or neighbourhood which, might be glad to take action on tho precedent there established:—"An English Magistrate, at Chester, has established a valuable precedent by binding over an elderly spinster in the sum of £lO not to. sing'in church any more, According to the evidence tho lady had 4'.bigl), gritty voice, nnd never by any chance struck tlip right tunc.and moreover, she was generally feo orfhrce notes in an'car, When slip sang pip choir had to stop and laugh, andthci) the spinster boomed away by herself and utterly demolished the organist. The most vigorous remonstrances wouldn't induce her to leave ofisiuging, soshe was brought before the Police Court with the. above-mentioned result."

The question of solitary confinement in .connection wi/h the treatment of prisoners has caused much controversy' all over tho world, and it has been both warmly defended and, strongly condemned. Judging by the effect of tin's method of punishing prisoners as practiced in iielgipi it has not proved a success. As carried out f'licro tho inmates pf .a prjson never see'puch other, their, only human, intercourse iswiti»thpo.llicials,tli,ogovernpr,chaplaiu schoolmaster and trade instructors, who visit them,, no doubt often, but cam 1 not:il)o ; called companions, Olosoly hooded when at largo,cxcrcisiiigs l ,rictl y nloiic'rin.a, rami], triangular slice of yard.hcaring divine services through the';,open cell door,.cut off from all and everything but their ghostly advisors aud taskmasters, the Belgian prisoner thus spends any period of incarceration up to ten years. After that he is permitted to pass into association if he pleases, aud if he has sulHcioul wit left in his poor addled brains tomakc thechoice. The curious visitorwill find constantly in the great prison of Ghent a ward full of imbopilps, flic'degenerate products, of a strictly enforced, lipcluly prolonged solitary system; *•-■ Such-a' fearful example should chaiige the opinion of those who favour the adoption of such disciplinary lnothods in our New Zealand gaols, rfotf.-"■•:„■■' > ■

A mooting of tho Masteiton Agricultural and. Pastoral Association, will be hold on Woinesday aftorooon noxt, at 3.30 o'clock. - ~ < - .

The Mayor of : VTanganui: lias been elected president'- of tho Wanganui Orchestral Club, andJudgo Kettle vicepresident. ■•'•

I The boy-King of Spain has been provided with a costly toy in the shape of a juvenilo regiment. Four hundred children, ranging in ago from five to eight, .lmvo been gathered and provided with'miniaturo rifles and .a uniform. The king amuses himself by drilling the baby battalion. ' Constable Foley, of Wellington is relieving Constable May who is onsick leave,

A football player on the Park Oval on Saturday had his watch and chain removed from his vest during tlio game.

So light is the spider's web that a pound weight of it will reach around tlio earth, aud leave enough to stretch from America to 'Liverpool. Anyone can test this for himself says Truth.

. A meeting of stewards aud those interested in the Wairarapa Trotting Club will bo held at tlio Club Hotel, Mastertuu.qu Thursday, Sept. (ith. at 7 p.m. In ICO6 anyone absent from church on Sunday was fined ouo shillim;. ■ Married men predominate in the Houso of Commons, but in tho Canadian "Houso" 59 per cent, of the members are bachelors.

In the visitations of tlio cholera at Paris the epidemic has always beeu most fatal among persons living abovo the second storey. There is quito a race for tho introduction of tho best Stump extractor, In the latest copy of the Gazette wo find complete specifications lodged by two aspirants, one hailing from Ekctiihuua and the other from Mastcrton. Provisional specifications have also been lodged by another Mastcrtoniau, aud a resident of Daucvirke, for like machines, I It will quite add to the interest of our local shows if these several patentees will exhibit their inventions, and show them at work side by side, There arc at least live other patented stump extractors in the district, made by local tradesmen.

The committee meeting of the Master, ton Agricultural ami Pastoral Association, which sliould liave been hold on Saturday, lapsed for want of a quorum.

Three factories that make tho albumen paper used in photography use over 3,000,0 CD eggs every year, The Hawcra Star says: " Two weasels were secu in the middle of the town today, licsidents must look after their poultry, but be very careful the weasels are not hurt, for the law protects them!"

One of the latest atrocities in the interests of" beauty " is a corset for the foot. Tho now instrument of torture is made so as to enable a size smaller boot to bo worn than would be otherwise possible.

General Dodds (says an exchange) has handed to the French Marine Minister the crown of that fallen monarch, Behau. sun of Dahomoy. Curiously enough, it bears an inscription in English, an English admirer, probably a trader in his territoritios, having presented it to him. The crown is of copper and.coloured glass, with a covering of pink satin, torn and otherwise the worse for wear. Figures of horses and lions are carved in the inctal, and in the centre is an elephant embroidered in silver wire. Tho workmanship is described as execrable. Anltalian Court official,Barou Peccod, fell dead of apoplexy, during an ascent of tho Alps at Zcrmatt, in Switzerland. The Baron was attached by a rope to Queen Marghcrita, and Her Majesty was dragged to the edge of a precipice, aud narrowly escaped falling over, _ An expert gardener advertises for a situation, and offers first-class references. Mr F. H. Wood adds 12 calves, ten months old, to his advertisement of to-morrow's Taralahi stock sale; The estate of tho lato John Johnson amounted to £IOO. Mr J. Griffiths' pawnbroker's shop, Courtenay Place, Wellington, was destroyed by lire early this morning. The residence of Mrs Speed, next door, was also partly burned. At a meeting of the Taratahi-Carter-ton lioad Board held on Saturday it was decided to compensate Mr G. M. Eoss, of Kuripuni, to tho extent of £8 for the loss of seycral of his cows, which died through eating poisoned grass on tho main road at Taralahi. ■■

Three patients too admitted to the Mnstcrton Hospital during the past week, and one discharged. At present there arc ten male and two femalo patients m the institution, all progressing favourably. Messrs Lowes and loras.of Mitstcrton, stock, laud, sccd, ? and general produce brokers, have an important announcement in this issue.

Wo (Dimedin Star) have been permitted to make these extracts from the letter of an old Dunedinite, who, writing from Johannesburg (Transvaal) under da}c July 5, says:—" Tliis is a great place, but it js. terribly overdone, There are over 50,000 white inhabitants besides the 'niggers,' and they are hero by the thousands, in all conditions of dress from a white shirt to a full dress. This is a very sad climate for anybody who has 'got a liver.' There aro a lot of people out of work, but anybody who has a trade can generally get employment pretty easily. The wages run from £2O to £25 a month. Keeping cows -pays well here, You can gel fid apiece for a whiskey bottlo full of milk, aud there is a great demand for it. Cows arc very dear--£2O apieco for a good milker. People who have cows say they clcai £5 a month each cow. This is a happy-go-lucky sort of life, aud we live in barracks, two in each room. £5 to £6 a month is the general run of. board, Yon can get very good meals up town fqrljj—better than can be got in mos.t places jn flunedin. There aro some! not bad.-lopki]|g girls' up here, hut flwy can't come up to Ofago girls for good) looks," • ' ■ '" '

Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co. have pur- j chased at enormous discounts, a large por. tiono! Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co.'s wholesale stock from Ohristchuroh nd will offer tho purohaso with the balance o their wintor goods on Saturday, July 28! h, Every article in tho Boa Maroho will be marked down, and our r.-aders may expect some Groat Bargains.-Advt.

\yobegto notify that the following lines of Messrs'pek & Co., Manufacturing Chomists'pari bp'obtained'dt tho W.F.C.AJs Fancy QoodsDepartment:-Non Mercurial plating fluid Is 6d unsurpassed for cleaning goll or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's Wnteaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, dolf, leather etc, etc. Campliyleno 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 Malliable euro for toothache guaranteed not injurious to tho teeth of health; it stops tho most acute pain immediatley, and proves a porraanent cue in nearly all oases where'tho teeth aro hollow, German cure for corns and warls price Is ■ thie lamous Remedy will speedily and pain; 'lessly euro Boft or hard oorns, also wartsbunions and chilblaiis,-Th'e Farmers 'Poropbsatlye' Ltd Anvr.: . ... ' ' ■.' . '■ ', ~. \

" It's an ill win j that blows nobody good I is an old saying but nonei the less true Whilst. the great depression Misting in Sydney at the present Jinjo lias caused a deplorableamount'of misery yet the people of Wellington and the surrounding districts •will reap a gigantip benefit, During bja visit to Bydnoy recently, ljr James Smith purohasodat obgrjrdlyjow priaes a large stoot which is now being'sold at the Wholesa'o Family Warehouse,' To Aro House; Wellington, : ■-;.': . With a view to making this sale the event of the year, two speoial ■ buyers were : despatohedfromTo Aro House to Cliristohuroh One to attend the great sale'of Edwards; Bennett and Go's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the maiiai faoturers of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollpn 00, '■■ : Both f these' 'gentlemen lave: ro. ; turned after a most successful trip, and the totalresults of thoir efforts is to be seen in the aitonishlug bargsins now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse,!!!. ; 4ro House,Wel)ington.. , -ASYt V ■: : ;^ : :[:

Mr • John A. Gilruth, M.8.C.Y.5.; Government • Veterinarian, will pass through Maatcrton to-iuorrow en route for the to inspect the stock in the localities where tuberculosis has inado its appearance, Tho present spell of bad weather is very unfortunate to sheep farmers, as it is bound to make a big difference in the perccnta«o of lambs, which," up to last week, had been exceptionally high, On a number of properties in this district cattle have got into a rather low condition and tho recent severe weather has caused a good many to succumb, ' To-night Fcatherstou is to have an ex-, hibition from Professor Beaumont and daughters, whoso aquatic performances havo been drawing crowded houses in Wellington,; . Mr P. G, Mooro conducted services at St. Matthew's Church, Hasterton, yesterday. A man found lying drank outsido a Palmcrston .hotel the other night had £22 in Ms pocket,

An .unoccupied cottage at Belvedere, owned by Mr T. Grroubc, ym destroyed by fire Inst Friday morning. It was an old buildiuß, and uninsured.