LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4857, 22 October 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We hove to acknowledge receipt of another batch of Parliamentary papera

North Wairaruna Liberal Association meet, as usual, this evening,

The Works and Finance Committee of the Mastcrton Borough Couucil meet this evening. Three. candidates arc out for the Mastcrtou Mayoralty, Messrs G. Heron, It. E. Hornblow, and C, A. Pownall. Mr W. Oiillcii lias decided not to stand this year. Shearing commences at lea on Thursday, November the|Bth.

The Eov. A. C. Yorkeannounccdfrom the pulpit on Sunday evening that he would mako his first personal call on the members of his parish, whorcside in the country, early this week. Tho Caullield Cup, run on Saturday, !to won by Paris with Devon and Bruin second and third, Ttvonly-iiiuc started..

We (Carterton Observer) arc reliably informed that Mr F. Feist has just about completed the sale of his Clarevillebusiness to a gentlcniau of,'experience in slorckecping from Ihe South Island. There arc 70 condensers at work in Coolgardie At the present timo water is Gd per gallon. A settler in Ballance has lost seven cows from lumpy jaw this year. Mr Eli Smithis, wo are glad to notice able to leave the Mastcrtou Hospital. A meeting of ratepayers in tho Castle Point Hiding is convened for Saturday next in the Townjfall, Tcnui, todiscuss the question of road maintenance etc. The Hon. Patrick Dignan, M.L.C., (lied suddenly _at New Plymouth on Saturday morning. Dr Richardson, for 17 years in practice at Hawera, died suddenly from apoplexy on Saturday moruiug last. Heller's Bonanza Coterie, a clever threatrieal company, will appear in Mastcrtou next week.

It is stated that Mr James Wrigley's large valuable, property in Lincoln lioad has been disposed of at a very satisfactory price to a wealthy native.

The first of this season's wool to be delivered at the Maslortou llnilway Station, was trucked on Friday. Itwas a farmer's parcel from Te Ore Ore. A sharp frost was experienced at Mastcrton last night. Eain set in at Mastcrton on Saturday afternoon, and continued until a late hour.

Mr W. C'orrio Johnston gave an interesting address to a good congregation at the Temperance Hall last evening. All excellent portrait in oils, of Mr 0. M. Uallantyne, painted by Mr E. 0. Turner, of Masterton, is now on view at Mr W. Whitl's shop in Queen street. • Some clever artistic hand-painting of show bills, the work of Mr George Warren, the advance agent of the Mackenzie Company, may be seen on the hoardings round Masterton.

The attendance of children at St. Matthew's Sunday School'is steadily increasing. There were one hundred and fifty-seven scholars and fifteen teachers present last Sunday. A large number of natives were in town on Saturday afternoon, and made things exceedingly lively. The cause of the excitement was the leasing of about 5800 acres of the Afnori Hills at To Ore Ore, to a Masterton farmer. The roads round Masterton are now in excellent order for bicycling, and tho number of wheelmen is increasing rapidly. Every evening strings are to be seen wending their way along the Opaki lioad, which is the favourite run. Tho total value of the scheduled claims under Ik Naval and Military Settlors and Volunteers Laud Acts, computed on the ordinary scale adopted hitherto for ollicers (£200), non-commis-sioned officers (£4O), .and privates and volunteers of all ranks (£3O), amounts to £'00,985. The total valuo of certificates issued to 31st March, 1891, is m.mm

Masterton is to be deprived of the promised visit of Pollard's Lilliputian! Operatic Company owing to the Theatre Eoyal being closed. Correspondence has been goiug on as to a suitable building, but an opera could not be staged in either tho Drill Hall or the Temperance Hall. Masterton is now the only town! of any size in the Colony without a decent Hall or Theatre, At a mcctiug of creditors in tho estate of Albert Dclaucy, late of the " Troc'adero," Wellington, the Assignee stated that the proof of debts would eventually amount to £7OO. Mr Eberle, Hie holder of tho lease, had offered to take ovor the stock at £350, aud make no claim for arrears of rent, Tho Assignee thought the estate should pay Gs or 7s in the £. MrEberle's offer was accepted/and tho meeting approved the assignee's action in prosecuting the bankrupt, and also agreed that he "may act as advised in rpspect- to the. debtor's brother. ■ ij At Mr P. H.Wood's sale of ptivki leges lastSalunlay,'tliepublbn's booths at the Taratahi-Cartcrtou lfaeing Club's next meeting were purchased by Mr P, Ifilcy, who paid £lO for the inside and £l2 for tho outside booth. Mr A. Li Whytc bought both refrcshmpnt booths nt £5 each, and Mr Geo. Cokc'r gavo £3 10s forthe fruit stall. Tho Carterton! i Show privileges fetched :—Publican's booth—J. Sortie,. £2l j refreshment booths—A. L. Whytc, £l4'and'£7; fruit stall-G. Colter, £4. ; Another version of how tho Anarchist " scare ".first started in Masterton, has .'just reached us. It is that a certain young bachelor, who is au ardent,disciple of itcmcnyi.s'pcnds a good deal of sparo timo practising on the violin, but as yet has not appeared in public A few nights ago, on reaching_ his bachelor den, he found to his dismay a large card attached to the door,'on which' was written—in red iuk—the following:—' ,"Take.-wariiin'—lf your fiddel-.is .not . smashed or'otlierwis' destroyed'tritliin six hours, your house will be burn'd to] | sinders;' Signed, oil behalf of the Icaus ; that lacks assistance,' Anarchy. 1 " The' !bachclor'jyas so scared that ho has : .shifted his quarters] ■''.-.'■ . -,j

jfi.'-lady;-doctor rdSfiiaresTtlioit" raoro j jpmeitdio in America from tight-lacing 'than from contagious diseases.;.' I ■ <Tlio latest canine favourite in London is the chow-chow, or Chinese ediblo dog. Its peculiarity, besides .being an article of! food among : tlio GMiieso, isjn tlio tongue, which is blue-- Its'price runs iBIR.:"'-.-""" .'.':■'■'."-

Oil should not bo allowed to touch the rubber tyros of bicycles as it is an enemy to rubber.

In sorno London cliurchcs umbrell stealing, detectives report, has become quite a fine art. A coroner declares that 1000 infants are overlain by their mothers cvory year in London.

It was seriously proposed to purify the Tliamos by importing a school of crocodiles to act as river scavengers.

It is rumoured that frilled shirts mil be tlio rage for inch in the coming winter.

'Mr J, Hood's'premises in Queen Slrcet nro being enlarged by adding the shop next door, and making one front..

Taratahi-Cartorton race-meeting privileges for November 9th, fetched £4l 10s, and the Carterton Show privileges

Tlio Eev John Dukes last night, in alluding to the special services to be held this week, said, lie'trusted, the services would be the meaus of causing j a big revival in Masterton,

Thellevi A. C. Yorko will preside over the meeting of St. Matthew sßoys' Club on Tuesday evening, and will also deliver a lecture to tlio boys of the Blue and White League on Wednesday evening, at Oxford House.

An item from the report of a recent meeting of the Onelmuga Borough Council-.—Mrs Yates, coaxingly, to errant Cr Jackson—"Now, my Jmr man," Cr Jackson, indignantly—"Oh, no, madam, I'm not your dear man." (Laughter). The Mayor of Onehunga called on the town clerk to proceed with I the next business.

The United Fanners' Alliance Limited, have arranged to hold their annual wool sales at Wellington 6u December 7th, January, 18th, aud February loth. Clients aro.,rcquested to furnish particulars at nu "early date of any wool they may wisli to offer. The Allinucc offers most exceptional facilities for the shipping of wool and other produce to the London market, aud liberal cash advances are made free of commission .on all produce consigned to their charge. The Allianco lias ou sale every kind of farm and station requisite at the lowest market prices, aud customers aro mostjlibcrally treated. Special services are to bo conducted in tho Mastcrton Wcslcyan Church every evening this. week. To-night ami Tuesday evening the llcv Mr Perymnn, of Ekctahunn, conducts, aud tho remaining evenings the Kcv. Mr C'arr, of the Hutt, will preach, The services begin at 7.30 o'clock. The Iter Mr Carr will also conduct the services in the Church next Sunday. _ The. Dresden Piano Company publish in another column extracts from letters received from clients in all parts of this Island praising their time payment system on the grounds that special leniency is shown to those who by sickness want of employment, or any other misfortune are unable to meet their payments regularly, As has been remarked over and over again the Dresden l'iano Company's system is the most liberal ever introduced into this Colony. There is no doUbt that they have been tho means of introducing into thousands of homes, what undcrordiiiary circumstances would have been an impossible luxury, namely the possession of a piano. Mr William Mackenzie, the Scotch vocalist wired to his Manager (Mr Warren) on Saturday, to the effect that through unforsccu circumstanccs.he will not be able to reach Mastcrtou until Thursday morning and will therefore only appear that night, at the Theatre Itoyal in his unique entertainment. Speaking of the performance the Wellington Post says:—Mr Mackenzie was rapturously welcomed as he deserved to be. His song "lionnie Prince Charlie," was an excellent specimen of vocalism. Ashoproceedcd,lns hearers dwclton his notes with pleasure and when lie had finished they made him come back again and again.' Popular prices are announced, and we trust'that all lovers of good music will greet Mr Mackcnzio and his company with a full house, Captain Edwin wires:—"Indications for a very cold night," We understand that shearing commences at Bnincepclh on Wednesday,

Notice is published in the Gazette that ferrets, cats, stoats, weasels, and mengooso, as. natural enemies to the rabbit, arc protected. The Masterton Operatic Society bold another , rehearsal in St Matthew's schoolroom this evening. A New Brighton man lias set up a "sand yacht," a wheeled.vehicle driven by sails ou the sands. Willi a moderate breeze on the quarter ho can get a good speed out of her.

It is said that there are 1008 Chinamen in Westland, in shop kecpiug, gold gcttiue, and other pursuits.

Weasels arc becoming very numerous in tho northern district of Canterbury, and complaints of their depredations aro frequent. A farmer at Kaiapoi had fivo lambs killed by them on October 10th.

A wife, aged 20. complained to the magistrate at Cyiumcr that hcrhusbaml; only one year her juuior, had left her, after live months of married life, and returned home, preferring his mother's company to hers. The husband was ordered to allow his wifo 10s a .week, . ;

An advertisorrf quires board and rcsi* deuce in a private family, ■•' ' ; ' . Messrs Lowes audlorus lnukoscvcral additions to their Masterton Horse' Fair for Friday next, 26th Oct. iucluding 1 i timber waggon (nearly new,) ■ Au unusually largo inunber of passengers passed through Masterton \ai route for tho Bush by the mid-day train.

_ Two men brutally assaulted a Wei liugton Chinaman on Saturday night, '

Hooper and Co are now opening at the Bon Maroh6 their first arrival ol new •Spring and Summer goods. Tho latest novelties in millinery, the latest novelties dress goods, mantles, prints, etc. Everything now I Everything nico I Particulars in atuturoissue.—Ann,

_ " It's aoill wind that blows nobody good,' is an old saying but none the lesa true Whilst the existing jn Sydney at tho present time has caused a I deplorable amount ot misery yet the people of Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a pgantio benefit,.- Daring his visit tq Sydney rccontly, Mr laiijcs Smith purchased at ab'surdlylow'pripes a largo stock which is. now being"eqld'at the Wholesale Family Warehouse. -To Aro House,-Wellington, With a viow to making this sale tho ovent ot tho year, twospeoial buyers were despatohcdfromTc Ato Houß9 to Chriatohurch, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from tho manu. facturersof the well-known Kaiapoi Wool.' lon Co, Both theso gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of thoir-efforts is to be seen in thcasioniabiiig bargains now being sold at: tho Wholesale Family Warohoote, To Aro' House, WelliQßton.—Arm.

We beg to notify that the'following lines of Messrs Book : & Co., Manufacturing' Chemists can bo obtained at tho W.F.C.A.'s toy GooAb Department :-Non Mercurial', plating fluid Is Cd unsurpassed for cleaning igoH or silver and' re-plating brass, and . copper, Bock's Wnterproof Cemont, price. Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair chiua, glass, delf, leather etoi, etc. Oainphy. ,leiie Bails, in neat air-tight jars containing [ 18 balls, price Is to keep moths'out of clothing, also aporfeot disinfectant; Herb Extract price Is an icfalliablo euro for tooth oebe guarantoed not injurious iothe teeth of health; it stops the most aoute' pain 'immediately, ana proves a permanent cure in nearly all eases where the ; teetb are hollow German cure, for corns* and warts .price Is'this famous Iteinedy will speedily and pain'lessly cure soft or hard corns, also warts' bunions and ohilblaius,~The Wairarapa' Farmore Co-operative Association,' Ltd Joyr. :.;...■:; "■■■■•:

!•' MiEliSmitlvJ.P., lcttMostertcln for lEkotalnma this morning.'■■.;. !' The Hon. J. ltigg, : H,L.C;,is a visitor to Masterton to-day. •'. X : 'I ;';s : ! Pour men named John McDonald, Ronald. McDonald, Kcnnard, and Graham, were drowned at Hokitika on Saturday, through a boat capsizing.