LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4916, 3 January 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A notice from Mr and Mrs McLaren, of Mauriccvillo, appears in another column. The Wnirnrapa Farmers' Co-opcratiro Association, are now making special reductions oE from twenty-live to fifty per cent on summer drapery, to continue during the month of January. Tenders are invited for road work and culverts on the Aohongo Valley Koad. Intending competitors at the open Pigeon Shooting Match of the Wellington Provincial .Gfun Club are reminded that entries dose on Friday 4th Inst. The Tonghnkskvcfoundcd akingdom styled Kainnu, on territory in the southwest of Corea. They, have already enthroned a king. The .Tapancso Government has successfully founded a civil administration in Manchuria. The value of tho estate of Mr. "\Vnv SmcllioGrahame, formerly ot Now Zealand, has been sworn at £31,000. The Paris Exhibition of 1000 is to eclipse all its predecessors. It is to contain a telescope which, it is said, will enable people to distinguish the inhabitants, if any, of the moon. It is asserlcd that the Government are losing ground in the South Island, and that they will lind serious defections in the ranks of llieir party when Parliament again assembles. A Newcastle lady, at the breakfast table recently found a second egg, ijuitc intact, enclosed within one which she was ealing. Sloddart's team is the thirteenth to visit Australia, and there are thirteen men in it.

Tlie female clerks at the Central Telegraph Ollice in London are petitioning the Postmaster General in favor of a marriage portion. The inventor of the Christmas card is said to have been MrDobson, I!,A. who designed one for his own use, Anew society of moralists has just been organised at Chicago, whose object is to compel domestic servants and typewriters to retire to bed at 10 o'clock at night. Edward Moore, of Hastings, poisoned himself by taking a dose of carbolic acid in mistake for brandy. At the inquest a verdict of Accidental Poisoning was returned. The butter salesmen propose to call a meeting to discuss the disclosure made iu Melbourne that the brands of wellknown butler factories are being illegally used. They believe these false brands are paiily responsible for the fall in prices.

An endeavour will shortly be made to form a life and drum band in connection with the Masterton Blue and White League. Interviewed by the Olago Daily Times, Sir liobert Stout has given a decided opinion that the call in llic Dank of i\ew Zealand is perfectly legal, and admits of no possible defence by shareholders. Henry Buckle, a resident of Foxton, has received a wound in (he throat three inches long through falling on a slasher while cutting lias. A first offender was discharged with a caution, for drunkenness, in the Masterton S.M. Court this (Thursday) morning, by Messrs Price and Lowes, J.P.'s. Mr F. H. Wood advertises for private sale a Massey Toronto lleapcr and Hinder (or £ls, and a Hornsby Mower fori's, both in good order and bargains at the money. Much needed rain fell in this district during last night and this morning. The Gourlay Company will appear at tin* Masterton Theatre iioyal again this evening. The woman Palmer, recently before the Masterton Court on a charge of lunacy, was arrested last night as a vagrant.

An elderly woman known as Bridget Elizabeth Palmer, who was recently acquitted on a charge of lunacy, from Mauriecville, was again charged before Messrs Price and Lowes J.P's., at Maslerton this morning, with having no lawful visible means of support. She was found wandering about the streets of .Maslerton at a very late hour last Wednesday evening, by the police. The lieueh sentenced her to a month's imprisonment in the Wellington Terrace Goal, where she will receive medical treatment. Accused said she had been wrongfully 1 rented, and was no! a vagrant, and believed she had more money than those who stated that she was without any. Mr W. Wilton, of Kuripuni, informs us that the sparrows have taken the whole of his wheat crop this season, and that he will have to giyc up growing this cereal,

Up Bideford way they have got a new barometer. When line weather approaches the domestic eat leaves the hearth to hunt rabbits, but when bad weather is coming on, pussy returns to (he lireside. A good cat in Unit neighbourhood, will keep the rabbits down over two or three hundred acres of laud and is worth more Hum a profcsssiomil rabbiter.

A well-known resident of Happy Valley, near Nelson, Mr John Brown, senior, was killed on Sunday afternoon last. According to the Colonist, the deceased, who was SI! years of age was walking past a bull, when the animal rushed at him, knocked him down, ami charged alhim twice afterwards. Assistance was at once rendered, but when Dr Leggalt reached tho scene of the accident ho found that the poor old man's spine had been fractured, and that death had already occurred. We understand that the picnic of Mr Danicll's employes yesterday was such a success, that it is intended to .make it an annual affair.

There is nothing in tho world that delights a woman more than a pretty bonnet I It is the head and front of her rejoicing; atoncc a matter of sclt-congraiulation, aud amcans ot revenge, whether worn lit Church, tho theatre, or an part ot promenade costume, it is the finishing touch tint fa;Mon gives; tho coping-stone that caps tho edifice of elegance, In order that these things may be, and that the ladies of the ffairarapa may indulge to their heart's contont, in tho delights of choice millinery, L, J, Hooper & Co., havs opensd up at tho Bon llarclie, tea cases of high class millinery, suitable for tho 'Xmas Serson. Their showrooms aro a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions in their loveliest gu ; sc. On every sido aro trophies of the mantlemaker's and costumier's aits, charming millinery, fashiojable jackets, pretty blouses, elegant costumes,and other seasonaiilo articles too numorous to particularize. Aovt The unlimited sale our Mortein and Spreaders have met with testify of its success in destroying all species of insects.such as fleas, flies, bugs, lice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, silvcrfish, moth in clothes, leach on trees, etc, The above and tho following can he obtained at the Fancy Goods DcpartmcntotihoW.F.O.A.: Bock's Putz Paste for cleaning and polishingall metal.cutlery, window!, and paint work, 1b ; Bock's Waterproof Cement, Is; Non-Mercurial Plating Fluid, Is Cd; Camphylene Balta, Is; Herb Extract, an infallible cure for toothaolio,ls; German Ouro, for corns and Wart=, Is. P lboK & Co,, Manufacturing Chemistsaud Importers, An event of very special interest m Wellington is tho " Christmas Gift Fair,"which l is now beiug held at Te Aro House. The proprietor, Mr Jas. Smith, has just made a visit tq England and tho Continent of Europn, daring which he has suoseeded in purchasing at very low prices a largo quantity of fashionable drapery and fanoy goods, these aie all being sold during the Fair, at very small profit, so that, in most oases, tho prices charged are not more 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 otimmousc choice at exceptionally low prices, oach customer at tho Fair is presented with a " 'Xmas Gift" in value from j l.i to £5, according to the amount of thd purchase. These gifts ii oln:le a thousand and one articles of beauty and utility appropriate to tho season, A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to iome and make selecf tlon at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Messrs Lowes & lornsii general sale for Saturday next. We would draw tho attention of tlio members of the Masterton liechabite Tent, to the advertisement re the Quarterly Meeting to bo held this ovening. It is reported that tlio Japanese Government urejin treaty for tlio purchase ot the s.s. Port Melbourne, now at tho ißlulf. A Kanaka, who cither fell or got knocked about, it is] said by larrikans, on New Tear's eve while in liquor, was arrested for drunkenness, andremanded to the Auckland gaol for medical treatment, where ho died yesterday. At the Fcatherston llaccs Mr Joseph Ames registered £3337 on his totalisator for yesterday, making a total of £7217 for tho two days, as against £7121 put through at the corresponding meeting last year,

A total of £29,720 for the three days, or £950 more than at last ycar'smcctmg was put through the machines at the .recent Auckland Meeting, i A quiet wedding look place at St. Matthew's, Masterton, (his morning, when Mr Charles Henry Hartley, son of Mr D. Hartley, of Masterton, was unitedlto Miss Kate McGuinncss, also of this town. The bride's two young sisters and the Misses Maggie and Fanny Elkins acted as bridesmaids, the bride having been in Mr A. A. Elkins family For the past ten years. The ceremony was performed by the Bcv. A. 0. Yorke. The _ young couple leave by this afternoon's train on their honeymoon trip carrying with then a host of good wishes .for future happiness and prosperity.