LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4875, 13 November 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A young man named Murray Tuckwell. died in the Greytown Hospital, on Sunday, from lung complaint. Messrs Henry Wood and W. A.Tate, young (xr'eylown residents, laft yestcr'day morning on ,i holiday trip to the Australian Colonies.

Notice is given in another column that Mr Charles Becker has ceased to represent the D.1.C., and is no longer authorised to. do business for the Company. •

, Inspectors Lee and Fleming m their report on the Masterton Sclioolcxaniinations say that the general work of the School is well sustained as a whole, but tlie,-.changes in the. teaching' shiif of Standard 5, .have been trying to the management. The general control and up-kccn of tlio school are very commendable. ,

: The display of horses at the Wellington Show on Thursday will be belter than in previous years, as all classes have filled well, llie jumping contest is expected to bo keen and very exciting. A number of noted lenpers from Mann-' watu, liangitikei, Hawke's Bay, and Wairarapa will compete against the local hunters.

Avery heavy gale prevailed m Mas-' terton last night, and although the weather has moderated, there is still a high wind.

A salmon trout weighing five pounds was caught near the Star Boating Club's shed, at \\ elliugtou, on Friday last. _ The British training cruiser Calypso is overdue. During the gale oil the 24th nit. she separated from llie licet licar the Canary Islands, and has not been seen since.. The Admiralty believe that the 'vessel's machinery bus broken down, ADuncdin wire states that there are 114 candidates for tho culmination for Sew Zealand University degrees, of whom 20 arc young women. Of the total 10 arc for M.A. pass or honours, 24 for LL.D or law professional, 14 for medical preliminary, and lGfor medical professional. Messrs Dryden Bros of Wellington draw attention iu our advertising columns to the " Oonc " and "Simplex " Aerator coolers which they state are superior to all others, The Wairarapa Fanners' Co-operative Association are the local agents for the Aerators Messrs Tait and Cox arc again the successful tenderers for the carrying of the Pcatlierstou-Kahautara mails.

Mr F. 11. Wood, of Greytown, has received a letter from the Dowager Puchessof Bnccleuch, speaking in high terms of Mrs Bnlrhcr nnd hcrbeautiful voice as the Duchess remembered it, nnd asking Mr Wood to forward Mrs Butclier'sinterest and render her any assistance that lies iu his power.

Nominations for the olliiio of ■Mayor of Miislerlonivill lie received on Monday next, November 10th. | The Waipawa Mail is informed Hint " Micro is every wobabilily of the Town and Suburban, Herbertvillc, Onga Onga andWoodvillc Jiacing Clubs being refused totalisator permits next season. This, of course, will mean that these clubs will cease to exist," ...

A coloured'maii has been committed for. trial at Newcastle, on a charge of having bitten off the ear of a seaman during a quarrel.

It takes no less than 2000 cedar trees annually to supply-the wood for the pencilsniauufiU'turcoftheUnited Slates.

A lady of Indiana, U.S. has just marvied her ninth husband. It takes nine taijors to make a man, but this, lady requires nine husbands before she is suited,

; A Georgia undertaker has adopted-a novel method of increasing his business. He advertises:--" Funerals' oil the ''fa.' stalincnt plan. Two dollars a week will bury your best friend,", . A Napier solicitor who left town last week on business elsewhere, says the Tdetpypli, .will have', a nice little'bill awaiting him oii his return, arising out of "unforscon circumstances." In the ImiTV and excitement of tlio moment he left the gas burning in his office, and locked the door behind him, thinking no more of tlio matter,; Someopp, noticed it during ono afternoon, and after'sonic' trouble, a key was found to tit the door, and the light extinguished.

The usual weekly meeting., of-tlio North Wairarapa Liberal Association was held on Monday evening. Correspondence was rend from the licv. J, C. Andrew,_ in answer to a letter from.-the Association on the rabbit question, aud from Mr W. Cullcn notifying the meeting thaUio had retired from the Mayoral contest in favour of Mr C. A. Pownull, and asking tbo Association to give Mr Pownall its undivided stipporj, Tj|n Committee whiclj was appointed to toppft op the lialibit Act, was granted an extension of time, as they had not been 1 able to hold the conference necessary bn so important a question. Mr Mcrcicr.'l therepresentative . i-.of? the .• General :Woriia-si'.- tliat.iip'- had i had,'a most -successful four through the sheaving sheds.' bet^een : Jfaslei'ton- and Napier, and had only. beta.treated discourteously once,' and that'was' jiJ-Jho bad of his tour, elosp to Masterton, . •'

; Although it is thirty jeurs since the mavriago of tlio. Priueo nml, Princess of Wales', 'it is.somowhat übtablc tliat r evei'y 9110 of the eight then young ladies who, were bridesmaids' is, still living. These 1 Indies are all married with tlio exception of.Lady VictOiw'-How-itrtl; ; '

| A pcflitpi|tiary„ convict-, from (vinciij. unti, who dropped dead from heart disin PhiJ|idelphii)i pre;, dieted the day aud hour of his death, Whoij.ho was received,at the, prison he, ih'ote his'prcdieliftii I 'in'u'slip of' paiior,' which he gave to another convict to keep. The' paper was examined after the miiii's death, and found to, .be exactly (riio,:,:

; A tlirilling iiipi;{6nt,, occurred .on ,tha LMltujil bridge, nciii' fnlU'mjf in' mowk,.|ipitH : iS!ww ( ■ Mr J. w- « amj ■[dllipctl over tlio llfife ■ Stfaiigoly MMPoil's legsfpaitght in .toil, AntV Mr liiinsdift licephig a fmh-liiltL of wo reins, the hnimil w^s'snsponW over the bed of thcfcr&k.'riboiit'ls ''{ij. 10w,;... Afsis\qflc(jftp quiokly, nl; hand mitUk horse lowered dovrn mtlrvcry little damage. ' . . ...

I Mr J; E. Hood informs Wthafh'eliaS'' been appointed agent for IN*elson'Moafe ; and Co.'s celebrated teas;. and'.iiiteiids giving . ; away .one pound; of sitghr'fritli every pound • of tea piuchaSed atliis !shop., ■ y 1 '-t -,.^1

The jiopuhitiouof tho'city; ofßiiciios Ayres is estimated , at'-680,0QiJ.V The birth rate' is high, but 13 percent. are out of wedlock.

The central portion of New York Statois being overrun with grasshoppers. Buckwheats potatoes, and beans nave been destroyed in large quantities by these pests.

Tliero are lying in the, harbour, of San Francisco' id!o ships amounting iii tho aggregate to 90,000 tons. It is stated that some of these vessels havo been in the harbour without charter for months.

Naturalists assert that a healthy swallow will devour GOOD flies every day. ' ..._

A Sydnoyite lias tauglit a blind man to type-write at the rate of fifty words per minute.

: M Dnpiiy And M.' Declasse, each 42 years of age, are the oldest; men in tho French Cabinet.' ~

The 'thirteenth general Synod of the Church of England assembles at Nelson on Jnmuirr 31st.

The consecration of Veil, William Leonard Williams, Bishop of Waiapti, takes plpee, at S.ayier on January, 20th, and of Bcv Frederic Wallis,, at Wellington, oil January 25th. ' ■

,' Tho postmen ofLondontogctbenviilk something like 48,350' niiles' per'day a dsitane'e nearly equal to twice the circumference of the globe. Says Sydney Truth Tlie political cry of tho Maori land women is "Down with drink.' The men do the deed, and don't make so much noise about it." Mastcrton Hospital Trustees. meet this afternoon.. :

A message from Philadelphia dated September (J, says The mining town of Scotch Valley in Lackawanna County consisting of twenty houses.'was'yesterday swallowed up, owing to a.cave-in caused by the giving way of tlio timber supports of the workings of the Mount Bookout colliery, in which no operations have been carried on for two years. The inhabitants received warning m time to reach a place of safety, but fifty miners who were working in a iicw portion of the pit had a narrow escape. ' ■ A successful attempt to cycle' across the Bristol .Channel from Newport to Weston-super-Mare was., made by, a man named Brown, the invclitorof a water cycle. The passage was completed in three hours and a half, Brown showing considerable exhaustion on landiug at Weston. A .'tug-boat, with friends on board, accompanied the cyclist down the river mid across, the total distance travelled being twenty-live niiles,

Ayoungmau cn route to Coolgardie from Sydney ' dreamt.'that the Sow Guiueii, by which' he wiis sailiiig, was wrecked and all on board drowned; mid when tlie vessel put in at Adelaide' lie could Hot be persuaded to go auy further in her, notH'ithstiiiidihg the efforts of his mates. The young fellow, seeing the'illfated liodomlo in port, took' a berth in her, bidding the passengers of the New Guinea "good bye." As is well-known, the llodondo was wrecked, and the dreamer was one of the four who were drowned.'

Commander Lewis 1), Sampson, latci of H.M.S. Swallow, committed suicide oil August 28th at Mosscl Bay, Cape Colony. He had been invalided o\)-|ng! lo a severe attack of tropical fever, aiid was proceeding to England by the steamer Spartan. He was under a delusion that lie was to be tried by court, martial. At Port Elizabeth he got ashore, and struck inland, but was followed and brought back, When the Spartan arrived at Mosscl Bay he came on deck about half-past eleven o'clock at night and made for the side. A quarter-master seized him, atida struggle ensued; but ultimately Captain Sainpj sou jumped overboard, and nothing more was seen of him. •

Can monkeys smoke ? is a question which may now he answered in the I adirnu'tive. 'l'he discovery was made at the Jardin des I'lantes by a band of mischievous urchins, who freely distributed to the occupants of the monkey , house, lighted cigarettes. They took lo the weed very kindly, and pulled away to the great delight of the boys, until the advent of the dismayed keepers and the siibscqucaliippeai'aucoof llie lads at 1 the police station proved to them that mankind still menus to maintain a monopoly as regards the consumption of tobacco.

The following programme, m addition to the comedietta "The Lady Mayor" will bo given at tlio entertainment in aid of St. Patrick's School Fund on Thursday Overture, • selected, Circytown Orchestra • Duet, " Night is down the Valley Stealing " Messrs F. 0. Moore and L. J, Fordo: Song, "The Miller and the Maid " Miss E. Cornet Solo, "The Death of Nelson " Mr j. Muguire; Song, selected, I)r Douglas-: Qtiartctte," Come Merp'Jly Love lies Dreaming," Messrs. W,and J. Siminij, li. Langton, S. Ilaiph; Song in eharartor,-" The .Vagabond," Mr F. G. Moore; Song, "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs," MiisMaguire; Song," Carissiiiia," Mr W. Simnis; Quartette "Ilomembmiico" Messrs Gray (2) Minifio and Nicol. It is reported—and there seems.to lie some authority for the rumoilr, says tie Pusl—that' the Union Steam Ship Company has chartered the s.s, Arawa (the charter of Mvliieh by Ruddart, Parker and Co. will / shortly I ,' expire) for .the San Francisco service, and that the Mbnowai will be brought into requisition for the intercolonial service, replacing, the ill-fated Wairarapa. The Arawa wilt be retained in the Sau Francisco service until the arrival of the company's .'low vessel ..from ,period of about.sixmonths; TheMonowarwill be kept in the intercolonial trade. Whilo at Lyttcjton, 3Jr Jajiies, iVfills, Managing Director of the Union Steam Ship Company, mado a careful survey and notes of the s,s. Tainui, sistor,ship to (libArawa,'• . :

The Itev. Dr Wattcrs of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, will conduct services at St Patrick's Church, Mastertori,'.next Sunday in conncctian with the Forty Hours Adoration. Hooper and Co mo now opening at tbo Ben Marohfi. thoir first arrival of new Spring and Suuimer goods. The novelties in, millinery, the latest novelties, dress goods, mantles, prints, s{«. Every, thing now ('Everything nice I Particulars in a future is3U|!.;rrfll>Yl,

".{ft wriU wind that blows nobody good,' is nn old saying but none the less true Whilst the great depression existing in Sydney at the present time lias caused a deplorable amount of misery yet the'people of Wellington and the surrounding' districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During hii visit to Sydney recently, Mr James, I purchased at absurdly low -prp ft,large stock which.-is'now bett sold at the .Wholesale Ffirfliiy Waroliouae.-: :Te Aro I Witfi'ii view tohiaklcg this sMo'tho evoiit of thoyear, • two special buyers we# dss-i patohedfrom To Aro House to Ch'risiohiirch one to attenii'tho great, sale, oi EdWards,: Bennett arid Co's wholesale Btook, and the other to pick out bargains from the' manufacturers of Kiijapoi Woollen Co. flplli.- these, gontloiien hwte returned after a most successlnl trip, and the total,results oJE 'tjlipir efforts.i; to be seen in t(icastoiil«hiiig basins now being" sold' at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington;—Apvr .V; ■■ f,

lYobej»to n6tify that the following lines ?fi J3ock &. Co., Kannfaoturing Obomista cau bo obtained at the W.F.CU.'s . t'aucy Goods Dopartiucnt:— Non Mercurial plating fluid 1b M unsurpassed for oleani(ig gull or silver, and ; re-plating I>j;as3 and copper, Book's Waterproof .■ Oeihentj)^,'". ltV! 11 f sist 1 h w F air : tig(it jnrs containing ,i"'fius, ( priiio ,1s .to lseep motha. out ,of clothing'', aiw li petfeot disinfectant, ; ,„Merb Bstract pricQ la ati lifaliiKblo' euro' for tooth to the'Jt'eeCii of Health ;jt stops tho. most. aodte jsiri 'inimediately j'&na' prdVe'9. ei perauneht ouifd. id dearly tdi< jases whoia tlio teetfi ho hollow (((pan dure "for'eoSa; tyld *aris JttWli* thie speedily and pain ; 'lossly cure scft or hard corns,' also warts bunions aad chilblains,-The- Wairarapa FanASrs ;',Co Operative. i. Asßooiatiori,.. L d Anvr,

'.■■ Ait?-, •••'. .*• -.7,-: if.'This 'evening a concert in'-aid of the scho,ol funds, will bo held iii the Featherstori Town Hall, and'as .there isa very gOodtirogramme provided, and'adeiil of, (rouble has been taken in getting up the entertainment it is to be hoped that iigoby, attendance will result '.

: : TVo" aie requested to remiud ; oiir. readers of Messrs Lowes and lorns fort, nightly stock sale' which takes placo at tlie KenaU St. yards to-morrow.. The entries at present comprise, 400 owes in lamb, 101) woolly hoggets, 60 dry ewes, 20.young, steers,'B dairy cows, 3. springheifers, 4 draught horses, etc.

The Bcv Father 'McKcnna informs' us that the Theatre Boyal is tp .be spfcc : ' ially cleaned iip, before tlio entertainment to bo given next Thursday evening. ...

' The following nominations 'wei'e. received last night byMrW. 11. Quick, returning officer, fov two representatives for Wellington ami the country districts tp tho General Synod if-Messrs Geo. Allen, 8.-0. Hainerton, Tliomns;-Pilchcr junr., J.'S.'''Jnincson, : aii(lWi Grill. The' election will take place on December 10th. '-

Mr F.-'H. Wood-is instructed by the Official Assigueelo sell by public auction at- Maryborough ou ; Tuesday tho ■ 20th iiist at 1 o'clock, on the premises, tho house, • stabliug, and land, now in the occupation of Mr W. H. llcevcs, after iviiichhis well-known carrying plant will bo sold. Full particulars will be found in'an advertisement appearing in this issue.

,: The following, cominitlcc has been appointed to collect subscriptions at Carterton for the relief of sufferers by the Wairarapa shipwreck Messrs 1?. Fairbrollicr, J. Dudson, Jils. Stevens, C. J. Keinhlc, F. Feist, with Mr W. Moore, Secretary, and His Worship the Mayor, Treasurer. The following subscriptions arc acknowledged:: W. 0., Buchanan, £5 os; W. Booth, f-2 2s \ F. Feist,-£2 ;W. Moriartv, £1 Is; W. Moore', £1; Jas. Stevens, £1; Bev. % Ballachey, 10s Od; Weslcyau. Church collection £3.