LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4892, 3 December 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ekelahuna Wesloynns arc about to build a now church.'

Very stormy weather and much rain was experienced Inst week in the Bush.

Whalebone has lately been sold in Dundee at £2OOO a ton.

liabbits aro taking possession of parts of the Cheviot estate.

It is reported that cocksfoot will be scarce in Taranaki this season owing to l-ho bush fires.

Many -women who arcnot cyclists now walk about the streets of Paris in knickerbockers.

Jewellers declare that the regularity of the running of a watch depends upon the magnetism of the man who carries

A special meeting of members of the Mastcrton licform S,S. Association is convened by Mr A. W. Hogg for tin's evening at 8 p.m., at the Municipal Fire lirigadc Shed. Nominations tor the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club's Boxing Day Meeting arc i in excess of those of last year, ThoGas and Library Committee of the Mastcrton liorough Council meets this cvoniug.

Dull and oppressively hot weather has been experienced in Masterton during the last fow days. The usual weekly meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association takes place tiiis evening. Great preparations are being made to ensure the success of Mr Hogg's social on Thursday evening next. A special train of seventeen trucks with 1100 sheep left Masterton at six o'clock this morning, Anderson's Hall, Ekctahuna, is to be altered and extensively improved. Mr Allan Maugusonhas lately taken Mr By into partnership m his livery stable business at Ekctahuna.

Woodvillc Cheese Factory is now receiving over 1000 gallons of milk per day.

A hundred tons of eats' tails arc said to have been sold iu London tho other day in one lot for the purpose of ornamenting ladies' wearing apparel. A cable received by Sir George Grey's friends this week shows that Sir George is still iu London. He has, not yet determined his future movements. Owing to the boisterous and wet weather the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club's Sports have been posttill next Saturday, Another meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa Amateur Atliletic Club is to be held on Wednesday evening next to finally consider the alleged jostliug at the recent sports. All the evidence is to bo in writing, and will probably be forwarded to the headquarters iu Christehurch,

The building trade at the present time is fairly brisk iu Mastcrtou, aud several new residences arc in course of croction. The Itcv. A. C. Yorke addressed a large congregation at the Church btreet gate ot St Matthew's Church last evening, after tho regular service.

Newman school cluldrcn contribute* 16s (id to the Wairarapa llclicf Fund.

The remains of the late John MeLcod were interred at Mastcrtou on Saturday afternoon, tho ltev. Eoberl Wood performing the ceremony at the grave.

Mr J. H. Hcmpton, the champion amateur sprinter of the Colony, is at present on a visit to Masterton. ltipe cherries and tomatoes were exhibited for sale in shop windows in Mastcrtou lost week,

A large seal measuring 10ft 3in was captured at Castle Point on Friday last This is by far the largest ever taken on tho East Coast. The skin is now in the : possession of Mr Pull, and is a very handsome one.

Tho Mastcrtou Cricketers were defeated on Saturday last by a team from Morrison's Bush. The local men arc drawn to play Castcrton next Saturday, and it is to bo hoped the members will pull themselves together, and endeavor to raise their poor record so far this season.

Eleven hundred and eighty acres in Block 1, Mauejahao, is declared a State forest.

The Bank of Now Zealand Estates Company is about to repay £750,00( worth of debentures, ■

Mrs Talcs states that; nolwithslam ing her defeat for tho Onehunga Mayoi ally, she will again contest the seat.

Mr Charles Bergs, representing a leading American meat firm in Liverpool, is about to sail for Sydney and Brisbane to' purchase cattle .direct-for shipping Home. Ho has credit to tho extent of mm-. .;

■_, As Mr Martin, S.M, of Wellington, is likely to be detained in tho South during thewholoof this week, Mr T. Hutchison, S.M, of Mastortoii, is to take up the criminal and civil business in tho Wellington Court from to-day. .'•

' There wore .five bankruptcies in Wcl lington during the month of' Novcmbei against two in the same month last ycai Sinco the beginning of the year,' 6 | estates have passed through the Assip ncc's hands.

, _ The second grade drawing cxamum- | lion look place at Masterton on Saturday, 23 candidates from tho district schools presenting themselves.' Thirty two papers were worked, comprising freehand, perspective, model and geometrical. The ltev. Uobcrt Wood acted as'supervisor, : ,

■ The Examiner hears that Mr Sandcl of the Masouio Hotel, refused to 'open his bar on Sunday to over 20 persons. Mr Sandcl deserves credit for his observance of tho licensing law in this respect. The Nelson Colonist hears that : stoats are so numerous in the Maitai -Valloy that dornestic poultry aro 'being rapidly reduced by them. The quail, too are disappearing before these pests, .and tho blackbirds';.nests. arc,being robbed, In sbnio instimcos nests havobech found with notlmig. but the legs or some other slight remains of young blackbirds. ■ ' f Stanibouloff, the Bulgariaii ex-Minis-ter, was in his younger days apprenticed j 'tb'a/cobbler;' OnbeeomingPriinoMiuiste'r' lie 'his former master, | tho cobbler, prefect of police at' Sofia, as a mark, of respect' for his, just and unerring severity and his remarkable talent. , for flogging. ■ :-■■..' ■-" ■" '■"/ K \. j

. One patient was admitted, to'the Mastertou Hospital 'during .last, week : aiid one tlisebfu'gbd. There are at presenitin tlie institution four riiale atfd 1 tivb'femalo 'patients; •" •ASydnoy violinist was arrested in Brazil and narrowly escaped being shot, Captain Kane, of Calliope famo, lias received a goodservicopension of £l5O a year rendered vacant tnrdugli tho pro-' motion of Captain Arlington '; to iflng I rank, ' ; ' > • .;■.

A Napier paper has been shown a specimen of the gooseberry " borer" in full working order. This industrious little creature makes his way into tlie'stoutest limbs, and armed with a formidable apparatus, saps the life froiu the trees which thereupon fade and die, to the great astonishment of many orjchardists,,. ,'..',■ ,„■ | Dawes, who rodo Patron in the Melbourne Cup, is a vegetarian.

;■'■..ARussian gentleman'•'named Lewdnberg contcmplfttes going in largely for tho cultivation of sugar beet in the WaiI kato district

The Maitland. (South Australia) correspondent of the Adelaide Advertiser \rritcs ir-Monday™ the day set apart for sparrow destruction in .jtliis muhicipality,poisoncd wheat being the means used,-' Much to the chagrin of several of the householders, tho sparrows seem as numerous as over, while about half the geeso and duoks of the town arc dead,

A West Coast paper says:—Wo are sorry to nolo the shrinkage but too apparent in tho fade.at the port of Hokitika by the last report of the Harbour |Board., The receipts from all sources were £5lO for seven month's or £B7O per annum. Owing to this falling off the jcxpenditnro had to bo reduced by £27 per month.

Tho Syduey Bulletin says that one reo labourer s tally at a Queensland ihearing shed for a day's work was one ■am, and ho had to kill that beforo he ;ot the flccco off.

Two o£ tLo. largest hotels in Napier have placed Cimstclmrcli made cider on tap,' and connoisseurs are loud in their praise of the article as •of great merit. Cider should become a powerful rival to beer during the summer mouths. ;

Helena Elliott, a young lady of 21, recently from Adelaide, 'was found dead on the railway line at Scarsdalo Junction, near Ballarat last wcok Her head was severed from her body by the Stawoll train. It is, apparently, a case of suicide. Her braiu had been affected by a recent fever. I

■ According totliqlaro.2Vi»raalawy'er is badly wanted in'the' Falklands. Though there is'a prospect of earning from £SOO to £IOOO a year at the start, no one, it seems, has-been found with enterprise enough to emigrate, men preferring to face the struggle for existence hereto enjoying a moderate competence, and 250 vet days out of 3G5 in the Falkland Islands. . At the Adelaide Police Court last week, Gustavo Hittman, a labour ageiit, was sued by the liailway Commissioners for selling half of a return ticket to Melbourne, and fined £2 2s and costs. Notice of appeal was given. A similar case was tried in the Supreme Court in May last, when it. was dismissed, the Chief Justice holding the'view that the railway by-law declaring tickets nontransferable was iillmdim, >

During a southerly buster which broke over Sydney on Nov., 12, ■the schooner Janet F. Price missed stays, and wis driven against Wilson's Point railway station. She struck the building stem on, the jibboom penetrating the roof and tearing off several sheets of iron. The jibboom subsequently carried away, and the schooner got broadside on to the rocks. She was tugged oif without much damage. Whilst the storm lasted the city and harbour wore enveloped in clouds of dust. A boy was walking up Oxford Street, Lyttelton, says a southern paper, carrying a large bundle of straw on his back, wlicu he was overtaken by another boy, who stealthily put a lighted match to the bundle. In an instant the strawblazed up, and the carrier had to drop J it very quickly to save himself from the flames. It was a good thing for him that tho bundle was not attached to him in any way, or fatal results might have ensued. The straw lay iuflTic streot and was burnt, while the perpetrator of the mischief and a companion looked on, evidently considering the owner's loss a splcndidjokc.

Tho Wairarapa (says the Melbourne Age) wus iihvnys uolccl for the regularity of her runs between tho various ports. It will be remembered that some ten years since the Wairarapa whilst racing tho steamer Adelaide, escaped a serious collision near the heads with that vessel. The two steamers left the bay together, rau into a fog near the Heads, and became " entangled." No fault was found with the master of the Wairampa, but tho certificate of the master of the Adelaide was suspended for some time,ho having been considered to blame for tho occurrence.

Marcus Clarke (the author) was evidently a bit of a cynic himself. Tlus is is what ho has to say about" business men" j—¥ou may work like a horse, and give all your goods to feed the poor, but if you are not a business man you arc sounding brass or atinklingcymbal. To be a business man is a special gift - a sort of inherent virtue, like a cast in the eye. If you are a business inauyou will succeed in business—that is to say, you will bo a good husband, a fond father, conscientious Christian, always vote with tbc Government, and when you die you will go straight to Heaven. If you arc a business man, people will shout for you, the papers will writo you up, and your friends will give yon praycrbooks with gilt edges.

Sonic tune ago Mr Trcwby, of Maurahao, forwarded some twigs from a plum trco on his property to the Agricultural Department (says thoPnhialua-JferaW) and has received the following reply : "The twig from plum tree, forwarded by MrV. Trcwby, of Mangahao, ; is covered with the tiuy black eggs of tho Headless Fly (Hemps bmnuem), they causing tho sooty appearance. Sometimes after a scyero attack, the young shoots of fruit trees die back. This lly has greatly increased during the last few years. Aspraying withkcrosenecmulsion especially if a little glue bo added, would prove boncficial when trees arc found to bo covered with the so-called 'black smut,' This would cause the eggs and younggrubs to perish." The following reply was also received .with regard to a beetle that MrTrowby sent :-"Thc beetle sent, is. known as the Giraffe Beetle (Lasiorhpchis luiiiconisj,:oa account of the very long snout it possesses. The specimen receded is a ifcmale, tho inalc being much larger and haviug a very much longer snout. The grubs bore into standing limber. The species is a native, and not uncommon in New Zealand. ] ' : -' :; • ■ j The following singular story is told a reporter by \a missionary connected with ono of the Loudon polico courts; but names are emitted for obvious reasons. Some time since tho missionary befriended a family when the husband and father was dyiug from consumption. The poor man diod and the missionary got the children cared for. and .scut the widow to be trained as a nurse.-The poor woman got her diploma anda good connection amongst the medical profession.: One of her patiouts was a lady stricken with' fever. Good "nursing and careful -watching; could alone sayo her,' ami this .'tlio'.uurae gavctmstintingly. The lady recovered, aud was,told that | she owed this more lo tlio,good nursing than to the doctors. One day recently the lady wipto to the, missionary, mentioned; asking: for ail appointment, as she-wished to make her ,will m favor of tho nurse. The missionary advised a pause for consideration. Was she dealing justly jwitli ;her, jrqlativcs ?,!' Oh, • yes; the relatives were only cdusui's,aud were .all. richer, than she." And then I t!id ,; lady hiado her will; leaving £G,t)OO to thopoor'.widow andher'thrco children, andnppointingtho missionary as oxcciitor .and truslec.-witlra sM]lcgacy : for;liis [trouble,

Carterton lias contributed £3O to ..the WairarapaßeliefFuud. : ' : ■ ;'■; Tito funeral of the lato',Mrs iW. Tiuikerslcy took place atMa'sterton yesterday afternoon, _ a largo numbor of friends and relatives attending. The Iter A. C. Yorke conducted tlio service at the grave. ■' . , . . Some people, nvo. expecting scienco to, proffer aid to kill in a manner that savours more of thefaboratory than that of the armourer. Tlio experiinonts of Mc'ssner' arc'in"point, "Ho'testcd the effect of rifle bullets purposely infected with, microorganisms. Tlicso wcro (lis.. ;^rgedat t tiu:bbxc"sfiUcdwit3istenlised gelatine peptone, and the channels' made by the shots were examined. It was found that in spite of the beat of the. discharge, and the violence and briefness' of the .impact,; cultivations of bacteria arose in the gelatine. In .other cases, the boxes had wrapped around them tlauncl infected with various bacteria, aud T unaffected bullets wcro fired through flaiincl and gelatine, Growths 'of bacteria derived from this cbveriug appeared' in the gelatine, i','.

A good many boys were late for school in Mastorton'this morning and. wo trust were not caned in cb'nscquerice.'.ns there was somo excuse for their delay. "Poor pussy in the well" was onco regarded as a sensational incident* but on /the prescntoccasionthero; was 'a.phenomenal catastrophe, viz: "Poor liorsoyj in the woll." A steed owned MrrDaysli slipped into a cesspit opposite tho Post Office and iloluidoredin lipid hastiness. In about an hourthepoornnimnlwas cx ; triedted with a block and tackle and to the surprise of cvery-one was little theworse for Jiis experiences as, an '.'explorer;; of. civic nuisances,' People hardly .knew what receptacles for; filth exist in tlio centre of the town till the sagacious animal stumbled'into one,of them. Thanks to a horse, the public now have some slight idea of the pollution which is tolerated in this, town. \]

Professor Thornhill announces that he will give an entertainment at tho'Theatre Koyal Masterton this evening, at prices to suit the times, . i Mr P. H. Wood's Tauheronikau Stock Salo takes place to-morrow.

A man named Lsngley, a prohibited person, was fined 5s for drunkenness at Masterton this morning, Messrs' Simms and Mow) om add to entries for their stock sale to-morrow (Tuesday), two good young hacks, one first-class dairy cow to calvo on Gth inst., and 50 fat sheen.

We remind our readers of Messrs Simms and' Modern's sale of Btock in their yards, Sfc, to-morrow (Tuesone o'clock. Tho entries include: 160 fat sheep, 200 dry ewes, 20 cows with calves at foot, 30.we1l bred young cows, 5 dairy heifers (springing), 17 yearlings, 10 fat bullocks, G fat heifers, and 0 good useful hones. Suck is tho scarcity of domestic servants in Montreal that mistresses visit the city prisons, and willingly cngogo females whose term of imprisonment is nearing its cud.

It is suggostcd that children should be taught to write with' both bauds, following the practice which prevails in Japan. At some American weddings the principal bridesmaid is termed "best girl," to match the best man. . At noon to-day the thermometer registered 70 in thc;shiidc at Masterton. . Itis now possible -. 10. speak betweeu Ipswich and London. The now truiik telephone line between Lpndou, Chelmsford, Colchester, and Ipswich was opened recently. ,'■'■''. The Hcv. K. : Wood conducted a communion service in the Church at Drovertan yesterday '.afternoon.; The Church was well filled and the whole,congregaremained to tho closo of the service. This is tho first communion service hold in the district, ■'■"'.' .

At the statutory meeting of the Waira'rapa South County Council on Saturday, Or H. 11. Bunny was'unanimously re-elected. Chairman, Crs H. Braithwaite, H, E. Biinny, and W. Cundy were elected members of the Wairarapa Hospital Board, and Cr Buchanan to represent the County Council on the United District Charitable Aid Board. Cr Coleman Phillips was appointed a delegate to vole at tho election of a Wellington Benevolent Society. . Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale list for December 12th, 2 heifers. Particulars of the social to be tendered to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.1!,, appear in another column. In tlio'Mastcrtou Presbyterian Church yesterday,. thero was a special communion service.; There was a largo congregation and about sixty remained to the Communion.

The Rev. John McNeil, tho Scottish Presbyterian- Evangelist, who has been drawing large crowds iu Ditucdin and Christcluirch, begins a mission.in Wellington next week. His mcclings will bo licld in the Skating Eiuk,

In preaching on " Mutual Burden Bearing" at the Masterton Wcsleyan Church yesterday, the Kev.J. Dukes took for his text the sixth chapter of Galatians and 2nd verse, and spoke'of (he evils of indiscriminate charily as most relaxing to tho moral fibre of (lie recipients, and destructive to all those manly attributes winch it is so important to conserve and strengthen. He gave credit to the various Friendly and Benelit Societies,, such as tho llecliabitcs. Oddfellows, Foresters,.etc,, based as thoy were on the essentially broad principles of brotherly love and mutual help, and contended that their action iu promoting thrift and frugality and personal independence, enabled the members to help each other, not only without the slightest deterioration of'moral character, but with the best moral and social results. Ho said every young man should associate himself with one of these orders, for they were based upon the impregnable word,of God, and hi agreement with tho' most enlightened pnilanthrophy. The Customs duties collected at tho port of Wellington last month amounted to £26,289 Ob Gd as against £27,31(1 19s Id for the corresponding month of last year, and £31,021 Is <kl for the previous month (October) of this year.

We havo been asked what is a specialist ? and to make it as clear as possible to our rcadors we will given practical illustration, In the generally accepted sense ol tho term a specialist ut one who. has made a study of some particular thing, aiid is thorcfore best ablo to give advice or to deal with your requirements, L. J. Hooper & Co., of the BbnMarobfi, nre specialists in drapery and clothing, devoting the whole of their time arid attention to,this business,andto'no other. If you aro rcpriog millinery, dress goods, fancy;.drapery, houso furnishings, olothiog or mercery put your requirements in their hands, they will serve you well.and at the lowest possible prices!—Abvt. -, ,The unlimited sale our, Mortem and Spreaders have met with testify of its success in destroying all species of mseots,BUCh as fleas, flies, bugs, Lice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, silverfieh, moth in clothes, leach ontrees.eto.-The above and tho following can bo obtained at the Fancy Goods Department ot the W.F.CA,:-Bock's PutaPaste for cleaning and polishingall roctal.outlery, windows, and paint work, Is; Bock's Waterproof Cehient, Is; Non-Mercurial, Plating Fluid, Is Gd; Camphyleno Mi/la i Herb Extract, an infalliblocure fortoothaohe.ls; German Cure, for corns and Watt;, Is. P, Dock & Co„"Manufacturiug Ohbmlata and Importers. •'-

" It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, is an old saying bnt none the ■ ; less truo Whilst the'great depression existing in Sydney at the present time has caused a deplorable amount of. misery yet the people of Wellington and tho surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, During his visit to Bydnoy.recently,-Mr Janes Smith purchased at'absurdly low < prices & /large stock, which is: now* being sold at tho Wholesale Family.Warehouse,' To Aro Houso, Wellington.' With a' vieittoniaking'this sale the event of theyear; two special' l buyers' were. despatched from Te Aro House to Christohujeh. one to attend'the: great s'alo of,-Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the. manufacturers of the well-known Kaispoi Woollen Co. .Both the'so'gentlemen' nav'o returned after a most'.sucoesstul trip, and tho 'total results of their effort's is'tone seen in now being Bold '• at the -Wholesale 'Family \VarehoaFe,Te», Aro [Boase; Wellington-Ann- '■■'■• .'■'■ ■',

•"' Thd'Gas and Library Committee of; the Masterton-Borough Counoil moot this evening, y ' • Mr W. H. Jackson conducted services . inconnection witliSt. Matthew's Church, at Opaki and Bangiluraau yesterday. The Premier expects to return to Wellington about the 16th inst., and immediately after his arrival therq...will be a full Cabinet meeting, -- * ~ The Kaikonray from London, reached ■ Hobart on Salurda/. r ßh'e VaMoJcavc foYWellmgfoh'ai 6 a.'nt "yestefdayi and should thorefore arrive on Thursday. ■;A' meeting of stewards of'the.WiirarapaTrotting Ciub'will' be 'h'eld Wthe Club Hotel, Mastorton, on Wcdnosday next at 8 p.m. ..Mr']?. H, Wood announces the next stock sale at his Tnratahi yards, to be held'on Tuesday the llth inst.f Particu-' law of entries to date are advertised and further entries invited.

. .Thus tlio Jjiittelton Tijnes about the defeat,' of ; #rs Yates iV'The*Lady Mayorjias fallen a martyr to the cause of cleanliness,' '■■'drainagcj'akd:. general sanitation, at the hands of: a jqmmunily whoso habit's are repiitcdly asllifty as their .matmors are, : proved; to be execrable,'' "'.:.'': ,';. ■ " ,'liiii 'Edwin wires > tAjy : Nnftuwcst'toivlforthand.-Wesrgalc after*lo hours from now., Glass j fall.