LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4917, 4 January 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs Baumber has vacancies for three respectable boarders. Last night was the coldest wo linvc had for some months past. We have to acknowledge receipt of an office calendar from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs Messrs Stone, Son, mid Co., have sent us a copy of their oliice calendar for 1895, It is one of the handiest and neatest we have seen. In the second test mutch at Melbourne the Englishmen won by ill runs. The Gourlays conclude Iheir Masterton season at the Theatre lloyal this evening. Fruit is cheap at Carterton. Apples are on sale at Id per lb, and bananas at 3d per dozen. A special train of 1000 sheep for freezing went down to Wellington from Carterton yesterday morning. The poll for (heelcdion of a member of the Carterton Borough Council is taking place to-day. M essrs G. A. Fairbrother and W. Hcrcock are the candidates. A special meeting of the .Education Board has been convened for Wedne.sday, the Hth instant,, lo consider the last communication of the Carterton School Committee. Mr .1. Williams, Custodian of the Mastcrton Hospital is, wc arc sorry lo li'iini, still confined to his bed with illness. The next Cabinet mcctine will probably be held on Wednesday, January 9th. In St Mark's Church, Wellington, on Wednesday, Mr .1.1 1 . Fry, of Featherston, was married lo Miss Maria Ann Calcinai, youngest daughter of Mr tr. B. Calcinai. The Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington for the monthof December amounted to £24,!)2t tos ltd, as against ,£27.77!) IBs 7d for December, 18! W. Mr T.!{. Fleming, Assistant Inspector of Schools, will be. the supervisor at the annual Civil Service and teachers' examinations, which are lo begin in the Board of Jiducation Oilices, Wellington, next Tuesday.

The New Zealand Church jN T ews suggests that the General Synod should consider the adoption of the title" archbishop " for the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical province. Mr John Burns, M.P. speaking at Philadelphia, said the millions of soldiers were only legalised murderers. Militarism drove the best men to foreign lands. Mr W. Booth is expecled to return to Carterton to-day. lie has been at Auckland in connection with Bank of New Zealand business. Lord Avne, Grand Master of Ihc Loyal Orange Institution, lias issued a manifesto urging resistance to the " proffered bribes" of money and land, which lie says are deadly devices of the enemy. The Government proposal would strengthen Mr Morley's hands, and lead to confusion and disaster. "Young Adelaide" writes to the Times in reference to Lord Londonderry's speech at the Farmers' Convention, pointing out that the speaker forgets that Australian butter arrives in winter, when the article is scarcest, and comes as a real boom, Mr Thomas Taukersley, of Masterton, was assaulted last niftht by tlircc men, it is alleged with intent to rob. The assault took place at about !U0 p.mal Mr C. Hughes' corner, in Queen-street, Two of the mcu were arrested by the police last night, but the third got away, Mr Dilworth, of Aticklaud, whose estate is valued at £150,000, has, after providing for Mrs Dillworth, left £SOO to the Young Men's Christian Association, £250 to the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, £IOO a year to the Jubilee Kindergarten, £IOO a year to the Bishop of Auckland for the augmentation of the stipends of country clergy, and bequests to relatives and servants.

' A Carterton youth, A. Smith, was ' bathing in the Matmgatariri Stream on " Tuesday afternoonina deep liolo when' 1 lie was seized with cramp ami sank. Two ■ or three other lads were bathing at the ! same spot and they went to his assis- ' lance, one of tlicm named J. McKcnzio [ going in after him as lie sank for the second time, succeeded in getting him to j shallow water, when others helped to get him on the hank. Young Smith soon ' came round, and appeared afterwards to 1 have suffered 110 ill effects from the • eausualty.—Observer, > Mr E. A. Ilaggcn, Mayor of Wood- : villc, writes to llr Hogg, J1.H.1!., as ! follows Permit me to congratulate [ you on the successful way in which you j have emerged from your duel with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, The settlers owe you their gratitude for the way in which you arc lighting their battles under the cruel wrong sought to be imposed on them. It is said that" a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind," and it is uow about ten years since I hecamo involved in a similar trouble with my fellow members of the Hawkc's Bay Land Board, for my advocacy of the interests of the smaller settlers who were being unfairly treated; and knowing_ tho unpleasantness of such an experience in fighting the cause of right pi have my heartfelt sympathy in what is too oftcnathankless task," Mr Chas. Nordell, of Newman, Ekctahuna, writes on the same subject:—"On behalf of my fellow settlers, I tender you my heartfelt thanks for tlio outspoken way iu : which you have vindicated us against j tho CoininissionerofCrownLands. The , seetlers in the Stirling Block havo a strong point in their favour, They pro. i tested against tho ballot taking place i beforo the price of the land was known, i and also against the demand for interest < on money not expended. I presume your re-appointment on the Land Board is certain. If not, a petition will ho \ prepared and every settlor will put Us j name to it. Strong efforts will possibly c he made to unseat you, hut men like c myself cannot afford to lose your scr- ] t [ vices; neither.can the colony." t

The coutce of the Waipoua river is being turned iuto one stream instead o£ two, a little way abovo the Queen-street bridge. Two agitators, named Mnshovichand Sima, alleged to be in the Kussian pay, are being tried at Belgrade on a charge ot attempting to administer a dose of ! poison to King Alexander in his wine. Their object; is supposed to have been to get Prince Karageogeviteliplaced on the throne. Mr Henmili, formerly o£ the Ballarat Fire Brigade, and a relative of the Premier, lias assumed the duties of Chief Housekeeper at the Government Buildings, says the J'osl, It is understood lliat liu will also continue to act as Inspector of lire appliances at the various Government institutions throughout the colony. Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their usual weekly sale to-morrow, the list embracing new and second hand furniture, geese, fowls, etc. Messrs lowes and lorns add to their sale list for Wednesday next, calves, pigs, milk cans, and farm marcs. At the seventeenth annual meeting of the Edinburgh Australasian Club, Mr S. W. B. I'itchett was elected lion, secretary, Mr AV. Anderson hon. treasurer, and Mr C. M. Hector member of committee. All three arc AW Zealanders.

Writing about the new Bishop of Wellington, Bishop .Tenner (the lirst Bishop of Dunedin) says;—"ltis a grand thing for N civ Zealand to have such a really eminent man lor one of its bishops. He is bound to be a good man in every sense of the term, if only from his intimacy with the Bishop ot Salisbury." _lt is quite within the region of possibility that Australia will be visited very shortly by the champion oarswonuin of America. Miss Mosentheim, who is 21 years of age, lias In™ jiaiMlinf* in raits and rowing skill's on the Mississippi all her life, and easily rows 31 strokes to the minute. She will probably be brought out by F. JCosuig, the champion amateur oarsman of America. A steeplechase at Havre (distance one mile anil seven furlongs) recently took lialf-an-liour to finish. All the 'horses engaged fell when the signal to start was given, and only one prad was equal to the task ol gelling round lie turned a seven at every fence, and the jockey, seeing no competitors behind, leisurely got back to the saddle every time, and completed the course amidst derisive appbmse and ironical cheers of a much amused crowd. At Blenheim one night last week Mr Burton a bandsman, ran against a barb wire fence. The barbs struck him in the face, and, as he fell heavily, lore a deep ugly gash, and several smaller ones down one cheek, the eye luckily, just escaping injury, The unfortunate bandsman laintcd several times after being picked up; (lie wounds disfigured the face terribly. At the inquest on John Henry Shecliy, of Ashtiekl, A icloria, who shot himself recently, a vouug woman named iS'ellie Slriteh gave evidence which showed that the suicide was the result of her rejecting the deceased. It appears that Shecliy accompanied the girl and her three sisters home, and at tea announced that it would be the last time he would have tea with her, and Unit lie was going into the country. Afterwards several songs were sung, and prior to leaving he asked her if she would marry liini, On her refusing, lie asked, " Are you determined ?" She replied," Yes," and he said, "So am 1." He then turned away, and drawing a revolver from his pocket, sliol himself through the heart. A few minutes before this Shecliy had sung thesong. " I've Just Come Away from the Inquest."— Exekmtje.

The Gourlay Company played (o another very appreciative house at (lie Theatre Jioyal, Masterlon last evening. Mr \V. Gourlay's coster songs wore certainly iniinense, while Miss Amy Gourlay quite surpassed herself. Amongst other items on the programme were the following:—"The Tale the Mowers Tell." Miss Amy Gourlay; "TheStovm Fiend" Mr William Gourlay; "Marguerite, and Skirt Dance," Miss Amy Gourlay; " Queen of the Earth," Mr Morion Trior; "Mary Green," Mr William Gourlay, followed by his eccentric dance; "Difference Between East and West," Mr Morion Prior; " The Stormy Winds Do Jilow," Miss Amy Gourlay; "Sever Introduce Yer Donah to a !'al,"Mr William Gourlay." Kncores followed almost every item, and iu several instances were responded to. Sketches and a very amusing comedietta comprised the second half of the entertainment, To-night is the last appearance of these clever artistsin Masterton, and they should therefor* play to a good audience. An exchange says there is a working man in London with a beard ten feet long. A parallel case was in Akaroa about thirty years ago. Someyears before that a friend of M. Hmeri (le Melmanche was starling for atrip to France and the hitler vowed lie would refrain from the use of the razor until the former returned. The trip was years longer than was expected and M. De Melmaiiehes beard grew to such an enormous length that he had to plait it and slow it away in the bosom of his blouse. When the friend come back he was delighted as well as astonished at the way the promise had been kept. The writer does not remember the precise length of the plaited beard, but it was over seven feet when lie saw it, and il was allowed to grew for some years afterwards.— Feihlhuj Slur. We (Wanganui Chronicle) hear that it is in contemplation to invite Captain liusscll, who is practically the leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, to deliver a political address here some time next month. Captain Eussell is a capital speaker, with a very pleasant, style, and should lie favour Wanganui with a visit, we feci sure his address will be listened to by a large audience.

There is nothing in thcworld that delights a woman more than a pretty bonnet I Itis tho head and front of her rejoieiug; at once a matter of self-congratulation, and ut means of revenge, whether worn at Church, the theatre, or as part of promenade costume, it is the finishing touch that fashion gives; tho coping-stone that caps tho cdilice of elegance. In order that these things may lie, and that the ladies of the ffairarapa may indulge to their heart's content, in the delights of choice millinery, L, J. Hooper & Co., liavs opensd up at tho lion Marclie, tea j cases of high class millinery, suilaHo for the 'Xmas Set-son. Their showrooms are a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions in their loveliest guise, On every sido are trophies of the mantlemaker's aud costumier's arts, charming millinery, fashionable jackets; pretty blouses, elegant costumes,and other seasonable articles 100 numerous to particularize. Advt The unlimited sale our Mortein nnd Spreaders have met with testify of its success in destrojiug all specicsof insects,such as fleas, flies, bugs, iice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, silverfish, moth in clothes, leach on trees, etc. The above and tho following can be obtained attheEaaoy Goods Department ot the W.F.O.A.Bock's Putz l'aste for cleaning and polishing all metal.cutlery, windows, and paint work, Is; Bock's Waterproof Cement, Is; Non-Mercurial Plating Fluid, Is Gd; Camphylene Uallj, Is; Horb Extract, an infalliblo oure for toothacho,ls; German Cure, for corns and Wart;, Is. P liacii & Co., Manufacturing Chemistsand Importers.

An ovent of very special interest m Wellington is tho" Christmas Gift Fair,"which is now being held at Te Aro Home, The proprietor, Mr Jas. Smith, has just made a visit to England and the Confident of Europe, daring which ho has suc:eeded in purchasing at very low prices a large quantity of fashionable drapery and fancy goods, these are 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 tho way ol immense choice at exceptionally low priceß, each customer at tho Fair is presented with a " 'Xmas Gift" in value from Is to £o, according to the amount of the purchase: These gifts Include a thousand and ono articles of beautyand utility appropriate to the season. A cordial invitation is ix< tended to everyone to dome and make soleo, tloa at Te Are Home j Wellington.'

An elderly man suffering trom a form of delirium tremens was taken into custody at Masterton on Thursday. _ The Westport audience at Fitzgerald's circus got a start when Hiss Sutton, performing a trapeze act, came 111 contact with (lie chandelier, her hair being set on (ire. The flumes were quickly extinguished by other members of the company, ami Miss Sutton pluckily proceeded with her trapeze work. Mr A. Gambling, a butcher at Inglewood, was recently mounted on a pair of stops doing something to his shop front when the steps gave away, ami he was thrown against a hook, which entered the llesliy part of the right arm, and he was suspended in this way till someone came to his assistance and lifted liim down. A correspondent of the North Oimjo Times reports that the shearers at Eenniorc station are giying every satisfaction, Twenty bales n day are being turned off the shears. Some of (lie old hands who struck last year are engaged at the sheds, and one (Hall) is putting 200 sheep a day through his hands, while two or three of the other shearers come very close to his tally. The shearers speak highly of _ the methods of the manager (Mr Middlcton), who is doing everything to make them comfortable. Wm. Heritage, aged 70 years, a Mlarat East (Vic.) miser, died somewhat suddenly on November 21, and the police on searching his one room abode found money hiding in all directions. The " find " included £59 in notes, 42 sovereigns, and a half sovereign, a quantity of silver, a bank book showing that deceased had a credit account of £72 8s Sd. Heritage, who followed the occupa-' tion of a shoe maker and cobbler has no relatives in the colony, but he has a sis(er residing in Cheshire, England, named Molloy, a silk weaver, in poor circumstances.

The artillery, while travelling through irom Bathursl to Sydney, camped on Hackct's .liacccoursc, St. Mary's, for d:nncr. They put up near the Chinese gardens, and took their horses down to the creek lor water. The Celestials got out the back way like winking, and made tracks lor the town to Unci out what was the matter. When informed that the soldiers had come to take them away lo light against the Japanese, says the Armidale Repress, their excitement knew no bounds, and they scampered away into (he bush lo await results. A tier the soldiers had packed up and cleared out, it was amusing to sec first one Chinaman, then another, making his way back quietly lo the gardens. The Eiffel tower, built wholly of metal, is an example, and a good example, of a step in the direction which architects will be driven to follow in llie lutuvc. The great railway stations, exhibition buildings and other structures ol steel, concrete, paper and glass,which the needs and inventions of our day have called into existence, show which ivay Hows tiie stream of tendency. The new building material has come lo stay. In another century houses may not merely be built with steel girders; they might be made of metal frames bolted together, and gripping walls of papier lnaclie. Then the age of the tent will return. A man will buy his from a manufacturer and will hire a site to set it upon. When he moves from one place to another lie will take his home with him. Building leases will die a natural death. Towns will wander about, and a groat many curious results will arise. A terrible scene was witnessed at a place called Cosne, in France, on Nov. Urd. Carrere, the well-known lion lamer, was set upon by a young lion, whom he had not yet succeeded in reducing to a slate of proper control. The turious beasl knocked him down and attempted lo seize him by the neck. Carrere struggled desperately, and the two rolled about the lloor of the cage. At last (lie man became exhausted and the lion then pinned him down. Carrere, by a great effort, succeeded in gelling his head from under the animal's paw, and buried his teeth in its upper lip. The manager of the menagerie then came to the rescue with a pitchfork, and drove the liou off. The tamer,although bleeding from several wounds he had received in the struggle, iusilcd on continuing the performance.

Mr J. Charlton, desires us lo explain with rclcrence (o a local which appeared in our columns a few days ago, that lie was not pounced upon by the Grcytown Constable, but tluit a few residents being alarmed at the extraordinary sounds issuing from the organ while being tuned, brought the constable upon the scene, who at once saw his mistake and after apologies left at once in excellent humor. At the recent meeting of tho Jfew Zealand Educational Institute a proposal to purchase IheiY.Z, Schoolmaster for the official organ of the Institute was entrusted lo the executive, who were also authorised to have the Institute registered as a corporation. Another first offender was discharged with n caution for drunkenness, in the Masterton S.M, Court, by Messrs Price and Lowes, .I'.lYs, this (Friday) morning. The following comparative record of the rainfall at Otaliuao, during December, is supplied by Mr Jos, Bennett 18M—070inches, on <1 days,, 1893 i!'2o inches, on 15 days; lSUis-—i-3a inches, on 0 days; 1891 - T9l inches', 7 days. The total rainfall, for the twolye months of 1891 was 30-25 inches. Shakespeare tells us that "the quality of mercy is not strained" and Messrs Kelson Moate and Co., the leading lea firm in the Colony, tell us that (lie quality of their ten is not altered, as is apparent from the fact that in spite of tremendous opposition and much persistent and determined advertising they are still in the proud position of being first in the market, against all comers. The proof of the pudding is in (lie eating, and (he public are not slow to recognise when they have got a good thing and lo pin their faith to it accordingly. Hence it is that Jlessrs Nelson Moalc and Co.'s teas still hold pride of place.

j The Misses l'crry, of Kirlon Street, ; Masterton, arc about to establish art j classes in the Wairaiapa. aud arc now , receiving the names of intending pupils, ■ [ The Fcathcrston cricketers visit ! j Masterton to-moirow to play the local : I loam. If the ground were rolled sufficiently this evening, after the recent rain, a decent pitch could be made. The comedietta " Tiiat Awful Girl," played with such success by the Gourlays at the Masterton Theatre Ifoyal last evening, is an entirely new thing, just arranged by Mr Gourlay and his sister. Among the incidents of the naval battle off the Yalu Kivcr, it is narrated that in a party told off to bring up ammunition for one of the guns of tho Ting Yuen was a new recruit, a lad of fifteen or sixteen. During the fight a shell fell among this party, killing one man and scattering the rest. The boy remained calm amidst the uproar and the flying splinters. The gun ho served was badly in want of ammunition, but he was not strong enough to cany the heavy box. Seeing a European officer, lie drew him by the coat towards the box, and by signs made known to him the urgent need of the gun bcinc; supplied. Together they lifted and carried the box to the gun, which was thus able to continue its working. This example of the useful " powder-monkey" broughthis comrades to a sense of their duty, and their work went on to tho close of tho battle. The North China Herald says:" We regret that we hayc not the name of this young hero, but we may yet get it, and will record it wlien it reaches us." The quarterly meeting of tho Master. ton Ecchabite Tent was held iu the Foresters Hall last ovoning, Bio. J. Carpenter, 0.K., presiding. Several Carterton brethcrn visited the tent and roccived a hearty welcome. Nominations were rccoivcd for officers for tho ensuing quarter. Ono new mombcrw'as initiated. ■

There are to bo three moro tea' matches between the English and Australian cricketers—the next atAdelaide on the llth-15 inst; another at Sydney on tlio l lst-oth February; and the final ono at' Melbourne on the lst-sth March. Some misguided youths informed some men, who were the worse for drink ■hat a free concert was takiug ptoXLat the Theatre lioyal last evening. T®\., plicants for admission on the" Sp" became rather noisy on finding they had been misled, but the timely appearance of a policeman, acted very soothingly, i, and no trouble occurred. ' Messrs B. E. Hornblow and 0., hold an extensive sale of furniture, clothing electroplated ware, carpets &c, also horses, two milch cows and poultry, at tno Peoples Auction Mart to-morrow. The ex-race horse Frolic had his lei? accidently broken yesterday, by a kick from another horse, andhad to bo des- V troyed. F. H. Wood adds to Ms list of en. tries for next luesday's Taratahi stock sale, 21 steers, 18 months, and 3 first class heifers, near calving. Services in comioction with St. Matthews Church, will be held on Sunday next, at Opaki at 11 a.m., and at. Bann. , tumau at 3 p.m. C" ( Children's services will behelOSt. Matthew s, Masterton, on Sunday afternoon, ami ut Baptismal servico at 3 p.m. The monthly meeting of the Mastertoil iown Lands Trustees takes placo this evening.

An inset from To Aro House, gard to the great partnership salcMish » commences to-day, is circulated with this issue. The Minister for Lands intends,during February, to deliver an address in Dunedm. and afterwards address his constituents. The body found yesterday in the Christchui'ch Avon, has been iudontified as that of Mrs Selina liussell, wife of a marine engineer. Shewas deafauddumb, I and was subject to fainting fits. 1 Clias. J. Stevens, a Nelson photographer, was gathering apricots yesterday afternoon, when the tree split down the trunk, and lie fell, the small of his back striking across a fence, with the result that his spine is paralysed below the waist. Mr William Sinclair, one of the crew ol the Lyttelton, who rescued two sons of the Hon W. C. Walker, who fclloTcr the cliff at Godley Head on Nov. 9th, has been awarded the bronze medal of the Australasian Humane Society. A firm of cordial manufacturers in Dunedin have purchased the mineral springs at North Taieri, to bottle and sell the water. t Captain Edwin wires to-day :-Jk?ng south to east and north-cast winPßiiss fall.