LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4888, 28 November 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An ordinary piano contains a mile of Tiro, " .

Every animal kopt by man,-excepting the 'cat, is taxed in Austriaj and now tliero is actually a proposal to tax cats,

It is possible for any Chinaman, on the payment of a sufficiently largo sum of money, to becomo a deity in the Celestial Empire, Mr 0. A. Popall on Mr Hornblow's chances for thi' Mayoral electionMr Hornblow: says he is certain that ho will bo at the top of the tree. Well, perhaps so, ljut in tlmt case; the tree trill be bottom upwards I" . . Tlio show of frnit this year in Mr Gru'sclibiv's. gardon is 'a very fine one,! and should the season coiitiiuic favourable the picture presented. by ■ this orchard will well repay a visit. Already Mr Gruschow is marketing gooseberries in largo quantities, and they are exceptionally fine fruit.

■ Heavy rain fell iu Masterton yesterday afternoon. : The Mayoral election is proceeding to-day, a fair amount of interest being displayed,'

In Coreaumbrellasarc of oiled paper, have no handles, and aro simply worn overtho . Australia lias more places of public worship in proportion to population than any other country.

Scottish salmon is rather superior in quality, and, a& a rule, fetches tlio highest prices at Billingsgate.

■Tho average weight of fish received at Billingsgate Fishmarkot is about 2,500 tons per week, or upwards of 'IOO tons dailv.

Mr Dlomquist, nurseryman, of Carterton informs us that ho has procured twenty new and ehoico varieties of apples not previously cultivated-in this district. He has'also got a fine show of black-cap raspberries, a sort said to be unequalled for marketing purposes,' insolnuch that besides being well flavored, they aro ahardy fruit that will come any distance.

• A rcward.of twenty shillingsis offered for the recovery-of a bay mare, lost from Mr O'Donnell's farm,at Tawataia. Mr Eichardson.of the firmof Osborne and ltichardson,storekeepors,of "Wliakataki aud Tinui, who has been staying in Masterton for some time past, for tho benofit of his health, had the misfortuno to be thrown from a horse on Monday afternoon, sustaining rather serious injury to his head andarms. The | accidont is the more to be regretted, owing to the weak state Mr liichardson was in. AVe also understand that he was contemplating an early visit to some relatives at A T ew Plymouth,

An English paper says" In temperature .NewZealandresomblos France and North Italy, but tho humidity is considerably' greater. Eapid changes aro a notable feature of tho weather." On tho Island of Trinidad there is a lake of mineral pitch, 90 acres in extent-, containing nil almost inexhaustible supply. Die climato of St. Vincent is considered one of the finest in tho West Indies. It is humid but healthy.

It is rumoured that Carbine has beon sold to go to America.

Hearn & Kennedy's stables at Momohaki, Waitotara, and six racehorses— Tramore, Ngatioma, Buckler, Insignia, aud two young ones— were burnt during Monday night. , The firm of Henry Monteith and John I O'Meara, auctioneers, Woodvillo, has dissolved by mutual concent. Mr I O'Meara will stait again on his own accouut,

Mr C. A. I'ownall addressed a largo and enthusiastic meeting at the Temperance Hall last ovening, with reference to his candidature for tho Mayoralty. Mr W. Eowcs occupied the chair. The Natives at Moawhanga have pulled up tho survey pegs of the new police station. liecc'nt Ta'smaniim papers contain the news of the death and burial at Norfolk Island oE Gabriel ltcid, tho discoverer of one of the most famous, goldficlds in these Colonies, Gabriel's Gully. When those comprising a party from Woodville were on their way to Makuri on Saturday.says tho Emminor; the horse driven by Mrs Girdlcstonc backed, in turning, over' a bank. Mrs : Girdlcstone and Miss Gilbert were thrown out and fell a distance of ilOft down tho bank, but wcre'fortuuatoly unhurt, Although tho liorso and carriage were turned clean over, no damage whatever was done.

The Bulletin says:—Tho dreadful Kcdfcrn railway accident has started the fish and gun liars ou another track. To hold everybody who claims to have been a passenger the unfortunate, train must have reached from Syduey'to l'arramatta; and at least 17,000 passengers besides wero going to travel by it and turned back to get their pipes or kiss tho baby. Human nature is a fearful aud wonderful thing, , A farmer at Ilford, Sussex, hung up his jacket on a farm gate, 'and,when- next he wanted his coat found a JcnnyWren' had built a nest and laid fivo eggs in one of the pockets. The story liardly seems to, haug together, says Jenny Wrens do not build their nests in a'day or lay five or six eggs a day. Unless it" was tho farmer was different to tho formers wo 'know,and hadlotsof spare coats.

A Bclford farmer mimed T, L. Johnston had a duck that wanted to bo an ostrich. The diet of the latter did not agree with it very well, and tlio duuk was killed and dissected. Its stomach contained 30 nails, 4 screws, a uunibor of carpet tacks, and one rivet.'

The high-grade "linpid Cycles" manufactured l)y Messrs Whllor, Myhre and Co., of Christchurch arc machines of exceptional morit, and combine lightness, strength, and durability, the special features that wheelmen look for in a good roadster or racing cycle.' The liapidis undoubtedly a popular machine, and has made good records on the racing track. Intending purchasers aro invited to send fqivcatalogucs and terms. Not yot twelvo inontlis havo elapsed since' Mr E. Hale, ofNelsou, commoiiccd to establish a nursery at a section on the To Oro Ore gronndnoar tho'Mastcrton Hospital, But in tho short tirno in which lie has been been engaged there Mr Halo has shown whatit is possiblo for a'practicnl man to perform. - A considerable mi has. .been carefully trenched up, and : yoling "trees 'in large numbers havo been planted out and grafted including many varieties o£ tho fruit, forest, audomaincntaldescriptiims, together;with s6mc'ch6icb kinds of rose and flowering shrubs, The quality; of tho land selected .satisfies' Mr Halo that he can successfully carry on the business in which' he is engaged, 1 and' is' the situation is convenient there is everything in his favor, so that -, in a: few years he will haye one of tlio finest nurseries in tho North"' Island '-Besides being employed in his own nursery during tlie' .winter mouth's, Mr. Halo'did a largo amount of tree planting and orbhard'work for a niunber of Masterton residents.

1 yoMgNcwZealnnilcr who irciitto study Thcosopliy iu Loudon expresses the following opinion about the busiiiess —-"There is;.uot much fun. ahont the breaking of lienrls through villainy, the ruining of lives through fraud, etc-. I have seen more of human nature in tliis ; last eighteen months in • my / connection with the Tlioosophiral Society I than , could havp. beoa trowded into a;tcn ■, years' -.'cpurso elsewhere. Trickery, , I fraud, cruelty, crankiness, and madiicss : havo'tftkea up iiy,attflutM fbr mouths, j and lam convinced now thatthe,Society i i is rotten with fraud and lying. : ; .1 came ' hero in tliO:Bearch for truth concerning Theosophy, and now I liavo found it I ' am v;not 'Jishamed to. saythat I am a :

>i Strawberries grown atiV'Miatua aro | being sent to Wollington for tho retail trade,- -' i ■ Attlio I'olico Court ja -Aucklaud, a lawver encouraged his clieut'to.giTO his evidence by saying, " Spit it out, can't you?" ' . Wairarapa Trotting Club's Akura Meeting takes to-morrow, . A good day's sport is anticipated. . • A million matchos aro used in Europe overy twolvo minutes. British India has-20,417 liconsod opium shops. Tho strawberry crop, this year in Mas-; terton is a failure, anavory few arc- to be got at any prico. ; . ■ • A' hew.' arid novol use lias been discovered foritho snapshot, At Hastings (England) a • singular, suggestion was I made by a local Magistrate. Amarried woman was drunkenness, and the Chairniah'of tho Dencli, in .speaking of her : condition, thought that in tho future tlio polico sliould be supplied 1 with' photographic apparatus; as they might bo able to take snapshots of intoxicated persons, which would do a deal of good. ■ ' •; The Sultan' of Turkey is sending, at his Own oxjienso missionaries to spread Islamisiu in Africa, : with a view to checking : tho. advanco of Christian Powers, , ; ; Two boys at Waipawaquarrelledover a starling,'and a struggle took place in which ono boy named Briggs drew his knife and stabbed tho other in thcthigh. Fined £1 and • costs or a month, and ordered to find sureties to keep the peace. A social is shortly to bo given by tho members of the Mastcrton Opcratio Society and their friends, to celebrate the recent successful production of "Tho Sorcerer."

The newest, thing in America is a musical diuner service. The soup-plates, as tlioy arc put on tho table, play a march, the dinner-plates miscellaneous melodies in sots,while tho dessert-plates i dispenao light operatic airs. General Booth has gone' to America to find out why, after buying infinitely more copies of his 'magnum. oph In Darkest Englaud " thantho " tarnation i Britisher," the wily Yankee has not sent asiuglo sixpence for the scheme. ■ A largo number of local trotters have been in training' for to-morrow's trot at tk'oAkimu

- Mr A. Silk, representing Messrs HofEmamianil Sons, is iiowiriMasierton and is prepared to undertako' tuning: of pianos etc. Orders may bo left with Mr Watt, bookseller.

A specialist, after extensive investigation, states that the marriage of cousins'is more likely to produce deafmutism than tho inter-inarriago of deal mutes.

Three candidates aro out .for the Mnsterton Mayoralty. Each believes ho can win, but their methods of expression are slightly differentMr Pownall:" lam not 'certain of election, gentlemen, biit-I hope to bo returned by you at tho head of the poll, to-mor-row." Mr Hornblow; " I'm in. It's a dead moral. I'm going to poll as many votes as Iloron and Pownall put together." Mr Heron; " I'm preity right. I don't think my old supporters will desert me," It remains to uo so 11 whether Hope, Assurance,, or Cautious Confidence will carry the day. An American cyclist named Lyman Parkos, living in Indiana, lost his eyesight recently by the explosion of tho pneumatic tire of his bicyclo. lie was cinwrfc to Cordydon, twenty-Qvo miles distant, when in some manner the inner air tube of his wheel exploded. After having adjusted a new one, Parkes commenced to inflate the tube, and this exploded too. Fragments of the tire struck Parkes in both eyes, from the effects of which ho bccamo totally blind.. A young woman, of what police court reporters would call" prepossessing appearance," has been recently in trouble in' Brussels for kissing men in the streets. She used m violent language; she simply kissed; Unfortunately, somo of the gentlemen; so favored wore ungallant enough to object, and a gendarme was sent to arrest her in her own house. Him also slio kissed, and to his credit, bo it said, he received the salute like a policeman and a man,previously to making the arrest. Arrived at the station slie tried to kiss th? " chief," but though, as a man, ho might have given way to the softer emotions, as a superior oilicer lie was adamant. He rcmui lied unit issed, and the fair chnmpioncss of women's rights in tho osculation line was handed oyer by an unapprcciative Court for medical examination. Truly the nineteenth century is a hard age. Still there are men Mark Twain waiting: in his bath for soap—must be protected, especially in these days ■■ of advanced ideas J; Eyeing the New Jorusalonv it is only ,tho kissof peace that is allowed, and if any open-air privilcgo iu this line were conceded to women that imitative creature, man, might be inclined to put in his own claim thereto—Exchange,; The Herald saysA case of interest to canvassers and "canvassed" was heard in tho S.M. Court. Messrs Bain and Stnbbs sued Mr F, Bug, of Palliatua, for breach of contract in refusing to keep a sewing machine supplied to order, and for tho expenses incurred in sending the machine to and from Paliiatua,. I'laiutilf's agent deposed to getting ' the ! order from Mrs King and forwarding tho ~machincon, It was afterward'' returned with a mcssjigc that it " didn't suit." The evidence of Mr aud Mrs King (taken at Pahialua) was td.thc;effcct thqt ( tho inachiuo was not •' in- good repair,- This tho plaintiff denied, The Eonch said the evidence was simply oath against oath. Tho plaintiff should have established ia stronger case. He would be non-suited with costs. , ■;

' A fearful : occurrence look place; at Zacatecas, in Mexico,at ahull-tightou a recent Suuday. A bull which had been goaded to madness, was quicker than the imtador, and gored the man to dcitli, Tlie beast ilien leaped over the barrier among the excited audience. The picadors an'd ; attcndants '.were powerless; to help the panic-stricken people, and be; fore the bull was fatally stabbed tlircc persons had been gored to death. In the terrified scramble to escape a largo number of people wero injured, some so severely that death is oxpcctcd.' "j Wo have been tisked what is a spcoialist ? and to make it as clear as possible to our readers we will give a practical illustration, In the generally acoepted sense of the term a specialist is one who bos made a study of some particular thing, and.is therefore.best able to give advico or to deal with your requirements,' L, J, Hooper & Co., of the Bon Matchi, are specialists in drapbry and clothing, devoting the whole of their time and attention to this biisiecßS, and to!no other. . If you are requiring mil|iriery,dress goods, fanoy drapery, house, furnishings, clothing or mercery put .your; requirements ih their hands, they will 6erve you well,and at tho lowest possible prices,.- Amif 1 The most successful and perfect cleanser cpd polisher for nil kinds of motalj especially tinware, also windows, cutlery and paintwork, is Bock's l'utz Paste;' fold at the W.F.CU, Fane; Goods Department, in large tins Is each', • Also tho following lines of V, Bock ind Oo.'s are kept in stockMertoin Insect I'owdor and Spreaders ls.cacb, No.i-Mercu'rial Plating Fluid; Is GJ, Bock's Waterproof Ciimtat, Is, Cam phoyloDoV Balls for Moths Is each jar. Herb Extract, an Infallible Gore'for Toothaoho b, German Curo for Corns and "Warts Is, The Wairarava Farmer's Co.Operative Association, Limited, ... >

'." It's anlli wind that blows nobody good, is un old saying but none the -less, true Whilst 'the great depression tasting! in Sydney at the present time has caused a deplorable amount of miscrf yet the people of .Wellington and tho surrounding districts wiil reap a gigantic benefit, During big visit to Sydnoy recently, Mr James Smith purohaaed at absurdly low prices a. large I stock which is now. , being sold, at the .Wholesale Family Warehouse.',, To Aro House, Wellington! : With ai view, to making this sale the ovent 6f the year,.'two special'" Jjiij Wera' fa patchcdfromTo Aro House to Ohnstohurch' oae to attend the great sale of Edwatda Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the othei' to pick 'out Jjargfilna from %%'nu;' faoturersof the well-known Kaianoi Woollen Co. ..Both .theso gentlemen lave ; i re-" turned'after It'most successful'trip, and-the' total resultfei ot their.efforfsus to be seen in theastonlshiiig bargains now being sold! at the ■Vholeeale family Warehoope, Hi Aro Souse, WfiyPffen,—l i % »js^

Onoot tho dentists .in' Broken Hill hangs ont tho laconiosign" 2th pullin'." It costs Great Britain £4OOO to scrapo tho barnacles oil the bottom of one of her big men-of-war and repaint it, 'and this has to bo done twice a year in tho case of nearly every vessel. : ' His Worship tho Mayor, proclaims a general half-holiday in Masterton tomorrow from ouo o'clock on the occasion of the Trotting Club's Baces. Several rabbit cases will bo heard at Masterton on Friday next. With such horses as J.H., Vancliifo, Eotherdm,. Jumbo aud.Yorcmont all competing in one event, the trotting : it Akura to-morrow should bo as interesting as anything over before- seen in tins district. : - Tho residents of Paris last year ate twenty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-one horses;-two hundred and twenty-nino dontoys, and forty mules;; A novel mowing machine is ' being built for use on tho;Erie banal.'. It is'lto' run over tho bottom' of'tlib 'canal "bed and cut tho long'grass which grows there. Girls' High School/for whwlrMr C. B. Izard- gave the sutn of £SOO, !is, at tho donor's request, to be callcd'the Mary Scholarship, ■ ■ ■ ' i Tho Government liavo decided to expend £7OOO in opening up lands for settlement'in diftcrent parts, ; S of tlie' Colony. . | An enquiry is to he held this evening, by the. Committco of Iho'.Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club,into the, charges against tfro members for jostling; at tlio recent Sports. } .. 1 At Simbnry. a gentleman ■ was'sued for .'non-payment of a year's rates. The defendant objected that for half a year tho house was sliut up wliilo ho was living in town. The magistrate decided that lie was not liable to bo rated while the houso was empty.

Professor Tliornliill, Electrician and Phonographist, will give an interesting entertainment in tho Masterton Theatre on.Saturday and Monday next. Particulars of the concert to bo delivered by tlio Piierepliontf and lecture on medical electricity, will appear in our noxt issue. ■- V -'

Blood oranges are uow prepared artificially, the ordinary ; orangos being punctured aud a small quantity of claret injected,

An English lady missed hor wedding ring after feeding her fowls. When recovery seemed hopeless, she caino upon the ring in the yolk of an egg she was eating.

Bailey) Magazine has an artiolo on the toialisator in which tlioro is a statement that tho maohine was invented about tho year 1868, and was first used outhoWolverhampton(Eng.)racecourso in August of 1870. !' Mr Kobort'Hare was to-day elected to represent tho Masterton Borough Council on the United District Charitable Aid Board.

Up to tho time of our going to press, about 150 votes were recorded at tho poll for the election of Mayor of Masterton. : ■ :

The -following additional subscriptions havo been promised towards tlio new Grand Stand ou the Masterton ParkW. H. Williams, £1 is; W. Pragnoll,£l Is; J,Camoronsenr., 10s; Tlios. Gillespie,; 6s; Jl'. Caselborg, ss; Hugh Campbell, ss; Alcx.'McLcod, 6s. Thero was a fallof snow on tlio Tararua ranges on Tuesday evening , lightly Covering them tho whole depth of the snow line, which accounted,,' no. doubt for the intenso cold experienced on that day, • " ' ..

Sereral Wellington horses arrived by tlio midday traiii to-day to take, part in tho Wnirarapa Trotting Club's races, to lio licld on tlio Akura racecourse tomorrow.', . Y j ■:

Mr J. 0. Martin, S.M., of Wellington, has accepted the position of Canterbury delegate on tho Central Commltteb of tho Wairarapn Belief Fund. The Wellington Benevolent Trustees have decided to forward back toSydncy tlirco destitute individuals wlio recently arrived from that city by one of the cheap steamers, and who were likely to become a permanent burden upon local charity. ; . An old lady who claims " to know all about it" says tlio only way to prevent steamboat explosions is to mako the engineer#" bile llicir water on shore." In her opinion" all thc.bustin' was done by cooking tho stoaui on board tho boat."

Three thousand women and children arc employed at hop pickingin Tasmania earning from 'ls 6d to Cs per day. , A writer in the Melbourne Ago 'has the nssurtinco of a gentlenwn well acquainted with the Hivcr Clutlia, that enough gold could bo' taken from ; its bed to pay the whole of the debts of tlio colonies; .

"It is stated that a number of changes a'rtf about to take nlaco • 141 tlte:.Salvation Army; Colonel Bailey, who has been in charge of the operations pf the Army for over 'three . years, goes "to' Australia, Commissioner Coombos, .Genoralßooth's reprcsentativo; in Australasia,' is about to;visit Auckland \nth Colonel Bailey, when all tho officers in the Northern district will assemble"' Commissioner Coombcs will tato charge of New Zealand,"

f Cr von lieden was to-day re-oloctcd Chairman of.. the Wairar ap&' Nortli County" Council. 'Crs Beetham and Maunsell the proposer and seconder spoko highly of the. caro and attention with which Cr von lieden had carried tho duties of that office during the past year, y,

• For striking llio jockey T. Sanders in the faco aftcraiace at Moouco Valley recently, tho well-known horseowncrJ; Wilson, junr-j was fined £SO by the stewards, It appears that Totes, owned by Wilson, was beaten for tho Brawsliaw Handicap by jEgyptiis, ridden by Sanders. After tho. raeo Wilson accused' Sahdcrs of having interfercd'wiili Votrcss, and struck him in tho face,