LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4912, 28 December 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The feed generally around Mauriceville is much more plentiful than on the plains, and sovoral patches of oatsthcro look remarkably well, John Boyle who w,as run over by a train at Duncdin on Boxing Day, died yesterday, ■ William Boyish died suddenly at Dunedin on Thursday night, the symptoms indicating poisoning. He is said to have been in a melancholy state lately. Considerable trouble is being taken by those interested, to make big attractions at the next Danish sports, which will be held at Mauriceville licit jear on the Monday proceeding Ash Wednesday, Artesian water has been obtained at Waihakeke at a depth of 3<lft. 'l'ho flow is twofeet ahove the ground, and the water is good, The remains of tho late Mrs James C. Lea, of the Taueru, were interred at Masterton this morning, many friends attending the funeral.

" Yule-tide" has a pleasant sound to a mail in difficulties; it seems to say " You'll tide over'cm."

Tho galo'on the Mersey wrecked seven vessels, and 50 of thoso on board were drowned. '

Of 194 passengers from Australia by the Walcatipu on Wednesday night 10(3 landed at Wellington. _ A young man named Brown was injured by a bull at Christchurch on Saturday, and died in the Hospital yesterday afternoon. The latest addition to the discussion is tho contribution of a writer who declares that Titchbornc died in the same ycav as he landed in Melbourne, and was buried in the pauper section of the Gee.long Cemetery. Wo have to acknowledge receipt from the publisher, of a copy of tho Wellington Directory for 1895. For the New Year, Mr J; L. Murray, draper, of Masterton, offers further inducement to purchasers of holiday attire. The class _of goods kept are supcriorandthepricesmaybeascertained on perusing an inset published with this issue.

The attendance at the Mattriccvillc sports ground of a party of betting men. who evidently had a run of luck at the races on Wednesday, was not by any means nn attraction, and their conduct did not help the sports on at all.' ; • At tho Eketahuua Sports, Fairliowon the hammer throwing contest at 59ft Biu; 11. Carroll won tho half-mile flat race; Blanchctte beat Bambry (scr.) in half-mile walking ;E. Darley won tho Ekctahuna Handicap; Thompson tho 220 yds hurdle race, and Wycth tho mile race. In the tug-of-war Ireland heat the world, To-morrow afternoon Messrs 11. E. Hornblow and Co.. will sell at the People's Auction Mart, Masterton, a large consignment of clothing, furniture, poultry, horses, etc. For the convenience of those who have horses to dispose of,the auctioneers have decided in future to receive entries up to. time of sale. By the death of Sir Edmund Lechmere (says Christchurch Truth) a youug Cliristchurch girl will become Lady Lechmere. The late baronet's eldest son was here a few years ago and married a niece of Mr Charles and Mr W, E, Samuels, well known among us, arid by the death just aniiounced he succeeds to the baronetcy and the estate. On Christmas Day, in the Taranaki Street Wesloy.Church, Mr E. I'. Itisliworth, of tho A.M.R Society, was married to Miss Lackland, daughter of Mr Georgo Lackland, of Grey town. The bride,who was givon away by her father was dressed iu ivory cashmere, trimmed with iYalcncieunes lace and ribbon; and i woro the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, Tho bridesmaids—Miss Hilda Harland, niece of the bride, and Miss Emily liisliworth sister of the bridegroom—were in pink and nun's veiling, and wore wreaths of daisies and tulle veils, also carrying baskets of daisies. Mr A. S. Kishwortb, of Auckland, was I best man. The ceremony.was performed! by tho Eev. J. S.'Eishworth, father • of tho.bndeg'room, assisted by thoßev. W. Baumber,; As a mark of esteem and res-:| pect ..the choir. mustered in full force. The presents are both -numerous andj costly, the .bridegroom's present to tlie j bride being a handsome gold brooch.— i Post, „

A correspondent writing to tlio Otago, Daily Times on the inarringo question, in reply to ft let ter headed "A Mother's . Lament" .says corres-; pondent,■ E. Cobb, bewails her misfortune at liaving two daughters that nob'ody;w»nts. In this respect sho is not nloao; ninny mothers iu this community are like Her. / That . marriages iu r the coloiiies .aro a failure is, a lyell-kriown fact, and a good deal of the, blame 'lies at the doors of the parents of the girls.; .The girls arc' not domesticated;;; the majority of thein think; of nothing but gadding about the streets of an ovening in flocks, and if, they can raise abutolicr or an office boy/among . them they are setup, Instead of.this'they should, be helping their mothers'. ButXknoy many mothers say, "Oh, they are no help to me; I raid rather have their, room." Something wrong here, I have sons, and'would sboncr. "bury them than see, them married; as I see. lots of yoiing men many, and before six montbs'are over wish to goodness they were still single. Take'ii dozen ordinary' marriages, pd toil of tlin ipqn, if tlioy spoke truly,' would say what fools they had been; .but ;tlioy- don't, likp to own i it; And again, girls dress far beyond their station, and this helps to frighten the young,men, j: Letome give vou;one .'instance out of. many that have comui under my notice, showing how thoroughly : undomesticatedsome •.young womenare. Ayoung'couplelivingnext door had a pair . of rabbits sent them. 1 When my wife looked in at about 11,80 she found the yorin'g 'frifo in tears, arid Sayipg, "I have been all the morning tfeatjng, niem v like fowls! In my own j-'ASp I rjeckos I'got a prize, jjpt were I felp to-mojrori'' wilfiiot riijk it again. • To aU.TOHng men I wopld say ': my do better tliangive the same < as Punch' did, and that is ''Don't,'-I am, eto, Pateb," :

; Bolata, the product of a tree in B'itna. tra, is becoming a rival of india-rubber and guttapercha, . It is .Said tliat so.Brqat is tL6"anxietjr las to bad milk ana diseased cows in Napier' that ■ some people' there havo discarded the use of milk altogether.' •.V Last year Australia produced gold to the value of £1,000,000 iu excess of any other country. , ; In reply to au interviewer, at london Sir George Gi'ov, is reported to have said," my chiof staying ifr Europe is that I feel I could not stand another Auckland.; The : , heat . nearly killed me last year, and I am convinced it Would have finished me'this.-". '• ;• ;At Oxford on Nov. 13 Convocation passed a'decree admitting ofNew Zealand to the privileges of a colonial university, conferred by the I Statute.' : ] '

Young Burdekin, the Oxford student tho'committed suiciiejat London, left a touching letter, to which he tool farewell of his " deaiestf&thcr andinother," and begged them to forgive their unworthy son. '

/_ l |lief , l proved such an attraction in Mastcrton duririgthe past few days, will be open all to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon. .

A working man iii London possesses a beard 10ft long. To prevent it impeding his work lie plaits it and conceals it beneath his coat.

• Dancing is mentioned as. being beneficial .to health .and deportment by Plutarch, Lucian, and other ancient writers.

St.' Oyr, Napoleon's great marshal, was trained to carry a pedlar's pack,hut laid it aside for a gun, and rose from the ranks.

There arc nine times as many people killed in a year through drink as went down in the Wairarapa,—R W. Isitt. According to the Taieri Advocate a Taicri settler suffering from cancer in a bad form has received great relief from the cinnamon cure.

Tho Kecfton Tim says tlmt a Bank clerk not one hundredmiles from Broadway is said to liave recently remarked that "it was not the proper tiling for a gentleman in his position to be seen playing cricket with working men." , In searching the house of a Good Templar Lodgo Secretary, in Sydney, the police fouud a bottle of House of Commons whiskey, with a little of the spirit left in it The explanation' whs the whiskey had heen used for toothache,

Says the fy/rfuw; Moimi/ Herald Three steamers from New Zealand haye arrived hero since Friday, The Tasmania brought about 200 passengers, tho Talunc 120, and the Mararoa 250—a total of 570 passengers. "Things are absolutely dead" is the description given by some of the passengers when asked how business is in New Zealand.

The Secretary of the V.E.C. has a friend who takes liberties with the text, says" Woomcra" in tho Australasian. After the Oaks race at the lato Spring Meeting tho old gentleman camo up to him with the remark-" I say, Mr Moore, the Hoax race was a bit of a frisco."

The shortage in the clip of wool this season has been a topic of conversation for some weeks, says the Waipawa Mail, and we have been at considerable trouble to get authentic particulars concerning it. It has been impossible to get returns from all the stations, but from | twelve of tlie largest properties in the Wainawa and Patangata counties, we find that there is a falling off in tho value of the wool amounting to £22,100. The sumpcr hale has been estimated on the prices realised at the Napier sales. As all our staple products are at bottom prices it is very evident that we have i not yet reachod the bed-rock of tho depression.

An effort is being made to start a cycling club at Carterton. , A circular has boon issued by the Agricultural Department, containing instructions with regard to the cultivation of the sugar-beot, Copies may be obtained on application to the Stock' Office, Masterton. Themeetintr of creditors in the estate of Geo..Gray,: of Masterton, has been adjourned till Friday, 4th January, at iro'clock.';

' : A private wire received in Masterton, states that Messrs Harding Bros, were not successful in the wood-sawing competition at Invercargill.-

A meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association will bo bold this cvoning,

_ In France, although custom authorises a wife to take hor husband's name, her legal title is that which is written on her birth certificate. '

| Tho Salvation ' Army's' " Darkest England " social scheme has been the means of inducing 1,767 unfortunate woman to enter rescue homes, of whom 1,425 have been permanently resoued.

By the statistical information which tho Post and Telegraph Department's Christmas card contains it is shown that the number of cmployds (excluding mail contractors) is 2,1503, and of post and telegraph offices, etc,, 1,305. The number of lotters posted last year was 26,340,704; letters registered, 838,168; I newspapers posted, 8,856,731; news'papers delivered, 10.690,299; books, packets, etc,, posted, 6,648,789; parcels by parcel post, 163,328; post cards posted, 1,387,642; telegrams transmitted, 2,069,691; miles of telegraph line, 6,513; miles of wire, telephone exchanges; 24; telephone subscribers, 4,244; miles travelled, byj mail conveyances, 3,896,243; amount o'f money orders issued, £760,929 5s lOd; amount of postal notes issued, £100,007 15s 6d; amount of monoy' ordors paid, £645,490 13s 4d; amount of savings bank deposits, £2,386,089. 10s ,7a; amount standing to credit of depositors, £3,241,998 19s lOd; revenue £314,676 12s 3d; expenditure, '£293,704,7s 3d.

: There is .nothing in the world that delights , a woman more'thin a pretty bonngt I Itis ; the head and front 1 of her rejoioing; atones a matter of'self-congratulationj and amcanfl ! of revenge,"whether worn at Church, the , theatre, or. as part of promenade eoßtume; it ; is the finishing'touoh that'fashion givos; the coping-stone that caps 'the edifice of elegance. In order that these thiiigs may r he, and that the ladies of tho' Wairarapa ' may indulge to their heart's content, in the i delights of choice millinery, L, J, Hooper & •: .Co,, liavs opened up at the BonMa'rchS, tea ■ oases of high olass millinery, ■ spitable for tha 'Xrbas feecson, .Theirshowrooms are i a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's ■ choicest productions In Iheir loveliee t guise. , On every aido are trophies of the mantlemaket'a and Costumier's arte,' oharming ; millinery,i fashiojable: jaokets,, pretty | blouses,elegant costmneß,ind other season- • able articles too • numerous to particularize, i Advt. i! ■ i; '' ■■ '■;- : l ' The .unlimited' sale our Mortein .and Spreaders have inet with testify of its success in destroying all Bpeoies of inserts,Bueh as fleas, flies, bags, lice, oockroaahea, mo's-, quitoss," eilverfiah, moth in clothes, leach on trees; eto. The above and the following can be obtained at the Fancy Goods Departmentot the W.C.A.;-Bock's Puts Paste for cleaning and polishipgall irietal.outlery, windows, and paint work, Is; Book's Waterproof Cement, Is j Kon-Moreurial Plating Fluid, Is Cd; Oamphylene Mli. ls; Herb Estraot, an infallible Cure for t'oothaohe.ls; German Cure, for corns and.JVart;, Ib. P, Bock & Co,i Manufacturing Chemists and Importers, j y p / 7 ■ An'event'bf very special interest in Wellington is. the "Christmas Qjft. Fajri"wbioh is now beidg held at Te Aro House, The proprietor, fit Jas. Smith, has just made a visit ; to Ebgland and-th'o. Continent'of | Europe, daring which he hasko:eeded in purchasing at very'low prices a largo quantity of fashionable drapery and fanoy goods, these ate ; all being sold during the i Fair, at very small profit, so that, in most cases, the prices oharged are not inoro than usual English cost,. This is proving a great' attraction, .and the warehouse is daily crowded with buyers, ' In addition to.these special advantages in the way of immense choice at exceptionally low prices, each oußtomer at .the Pair is pre- ' seated with ft" 'Xmas Gift".in value from ; la aocotding to the of the pus '■ chase.- * and :i opq.ftttidea ofbeautyand utilit; a|pro i to: the season. A cordial invitation : isisi4i tended lo eyeryemeto come andmake seleo f'< lion at TeAro House, jWellington, .

: On dirifitmas Day a middle-aged ] vronm natncd. Bridge fell in a fit while ; walking at Palmcrston North and broke , Let leg. ; Several Invercargill firms, lmvo noti- : fiod ulerkß in their employment that on tho coming into force of the Shop Hours . Act they must. commence work at 8 instead of nmo in th? mornings as heretofore I Ernest Vonpien; aGisbornelnd of 17, ' fell from tho top of a load of hay on to the prongs of aliay fork, which pierced through Lis body at tho stomacru Ho 1 lies in a critical condition. • ; .j Mr'F; H. "Wood adyertises particulars ' of entries received to date for the Stock ' Sale to be held at the Taratahi yards on '] Tuesday, tho Bth January.'' ' A meeting of Directors of the "Waira- .< : rapa Caledonian Society is convened for <] 3.30 p.m. to-morrow at the Club Hotel, i _ A man was found unconscious suffer-' ing ; from sunstroke in Wellington yesterday. - <■ Advice has..been received by.the postal authorities that the Arawa, with the colonial mails of Ist December, . reached San Francisco on the 22nd, two • days late j and that the Mariposa, with the English mails of tho Ist December, left San Francisco on the 13th, time cable date. .'<■ ,; Mr F. H. Wood advertises for sale by public auction, a Valuable farm property .in the estate of the late Mr T. ff ttldih.. Full particulars appear in our advertising columns,- ~ y ' ' : 1 A social in connection with the Mastcrton Amatenr Operatic Society was held last evening. Dancing was inter- ; spersed with some excellent vocal items by Miss Myers (Wellington), Mr W. Simms, and Dr. Douglas. .MrMowlom also contributed a violin solo, Miss Pearson played tho dance music, Messrß A.vonKcisenbergandJ. Mowlemkindly contributing an extra waltz. . In our last issue wo called attention to a letter published in the livening Post on viticulture and written by Mr A. W. Hogg, Wo have been subsequently informed that we were in error as to the authorship, and that the writer is one Mr A. B, Hogg. Wethoreforoowetho former an apology. We draw the attention of our readers to Messrs Lowes and lorns salo of geese and fowls at their rooms, Queen Street, to-morrow (Saturday) at 2 o'clock sharp, LOWER VALLEY JOCKEY CLUB . The following are the results of the Boxing Day Meeting:— Hunters Hurdle Handicap, 1j miles Lord John, 9st 71b 1 Iroqaois, 9st 2 Time, 3min I4sec. Dividend, £2 6s. .Total, 284. Hack Hurdle miles. Half-caste, 9sfc 51b ... 1 Bird, 9s 51b 2 Nuts,loat ... 3 Time, 3min lUsec, Dividend,£3, ; Total, 176. . " . - , Maiden Hack Race, 6 furlongs, : , Slaiden, Bst 21b ... 1 Napoleon, Bst 111b ... 2 Gruavdamau, Bst lib ... 3 ... ( Time, lmin 28isec. Dividend, £4 L 3s. Total, i Martin Memorial Handicap,, . 6 furlongs. ' Avius, 7et 51b... 1, | l'uhitarata, 7st .. 2. | Von Tempsky, 7st 121b 3-. • j Time, lmin 20sec, Dividend, £4 , 12s. Total, £293. i ' Hack' Handicap, Ijmile. Royal Tar, Bst 101b ... I i Bouquet, 7st 71b „. 2 , 1 Brooklyn, 75t:... ... 3 Time, 2min 20secs. Totalisator. 271, dividend, £ 112s. •; L.VJ.C. Handicap, H miles, Von Tempsky,.7st 121b 1 ! Tuhitarata, 7st ... 2 ' Viola 11, 6st 121b ... 3 Time, 2min 47fsec. Dividend, £3 ; 9s. Total 338. Hack Handicap, 1 mile; Bouquet 1 j Royal Tar ; ! 2 • Merryman ... 3 ' Time, lmin sHsecs, Dividend, £2 7s. Total 240, 1 \ Saddle Race, 6 furlongs, 9st up, . was won by Napoleon, who paid a dividend of £2 6s. The total amount put through the J machine during the day was £ll

DREADFUL ACCIDENT. (ByTolegraph.—Press Association.) Wellington, Thursday. Hugo Muller, aged 19, apprentice on the barqne Silverstream, fell from the mizzen truck of the. vessel this morning. He died about, an hour afterwards, Where lie struck the deck his leg bone gouged a hole three inches long by one deep out of the deck plank. . . /.