LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4919, 7 January 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Business was very quiet iu Masterton on Saturday.

Masterton solicitors open for business again this morning. I A Court of femalo Foresters is to be shortly opened at Carterton.

A bridegroom died tlie other day at Auckland, while on his honeymoon trip.

It is stated that Mr Whiteman has refused eighty pounds for his colt Persimmon.

New .Zealand's net gain in population by arrivals m the Colony during 1891 was 2357, as against 10,412 in 181);!.

Mr W. S. Hudson, lato in the employ of Messrs Robinson Bros., Carterton, has startedbusiness as iv Avhcohvri«lit at Clarcvillc. n

Dr. Dawson, of Tenui, was thrown troifl Ins horso the other day,dislocating his wrist.

MrC. Warner, who is employed at Collicr's woolworks cut his wrist very severely with a zinc-lined packing case oil Saturday, the wound having to be stitched up by Dr. Ucin-tl.

Sheopstcaling nt Kumeroa, is reported to be largely carried on.

The sum of £2,001 passed through the totalisator at the recent Woodville races, agaiust .02,918 at the same meeting, last year.

A boy named Alfred Miners, aged 15, has been sentenced to one month, for house-breaking at Wellington. At the Baptismal service at St. Matthew's Masterlon, yesterday afternoon, five children were christened, The Mnslerton Municipal Fire Brigade and the \ olunteer Fire Brigade arc to compete at Groytown next Thursday afternoon for the following trophies Silver cup, presented by Mr Hillier-, silver-mounted biscuit box, presented l)y Mr Until ; dock, presented by Mr Adams.

The roof of Mr C. Fairhrother's house at Dalelield, caught lire on New Year's morning, but was fortunately discovered in time to save the building.

The merry-go-round " lately in Masterlon, is now delighting the Carterton youngsters.

A complimentary benelit dance will lake place at the Temperance Hall, Maslerlon, this evening. It has been arranged by Mr Filzsiiumons, sent, in aid of a young man named Brocklelmrst, who was seriously hurt by an explosion of gunpowder some time ago, and is now in a destitute state.

Mr C. Hall, M.H.H., is reported to have resigned his position as a Justice ol the l'eaee.

The Jin/miner states that over an inch of rain fell at Woodville on New 1 car's Day. Kite for the races!

A circular recommending members of the police force lo abstain from becoming members of athletic clubs, has been issued by the Commissioner.

The National Bank of Now Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, for tlio half-year period ending DOlli September, 18M. The Grand Lodge of Wcsf Virginia, U.S., has extended recognition to the Grand Lodge of New Zealaud, as a Supreme Masonic body. The next census will be taken in New Zealand iu April, 18110.

The first meeting of the lending Board, under the Advances lo Settlers Act, will be held this week.

A boy named l'ritclmrd had his skull fractured by a kick from a horse, at Palmerslon on Saturday.

The new Czar declares himself in favour of the promotion of universal peace.

The s.s, lonic left Plymouth on De. ceinber 2tlth for Auckland.

The Westminster GirMe thinks Stoddart's team can fairly claim to be stronger than anything in Australia. Mr J. A. Gilruth, Government \'cterimirian, after an ollicial tour of the South Island, slill is of opinion that there are no true cases of cancer iu sheep, in the Colony.

During last mouth 2057 persons arrived iu the Colony, and 101 l took their departure.

The Shaw, Savill Company's new steamer Toltomarn, expected iu Wellington this month, lias freezing space for about 100,1)1)0 slice)). Mr Martin's racehorse Review, originally purchased for £4O, has been sold to Mr H. Fletcher for £OO. Last Tuesday was the sixth consecutive wet New Year's Day at Woodville, Woodville has now another resident medico, Dr Boss having commenced practise.

According to the Examiner Mr A. Black intends starting a bi-weekly paper at Pahiat.ua. The Woodville Freezing Works commenced operations last Wednesday. Mutton is being retailed at 2d per lb iu Woodville.

Hum iu the Hush has spoilt a good deal of the hay crop. According to an American paper, Mrs Vanderbilt diurnally uses one gallon of can de Cologne in the water of her bath. Mr 11. Morey, manager of (lie Newcastle branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been transferred to Wellington,

Jl is understood that the Premier will address the people of Napier about the third week in January, Mr F. 11. Wood advertised a large number and variety of vehicles for private sale at imprecedenlcdly low prices, which are quoted in his advertisement. We have received from Mr J. Henderson, tailor, of Queeu-slrccl, a copy of his pictorial almanac, the subject being "Robert Rums."

On New Year's Day Mr Howell, of Timaru, was driving to the Caledonian sports there, and was just at the railway bridge when tlio lirst express came along, The mare in the buggy was so frightened that slio dropped dead nt the road side; the shock of the fright probably acting on a weak heart.

Mr 1). L. Stevenson, the well-known novelist, who died a few days ago at Samoa, was a nephew of the late Mr iMfoiir, marine engineer of Olago. ' Mr John Morlcy, neither skates, nor rides, nor cycles, nor tishes. His only pleasure is music, and lie is passionately fond of goiug to concerts,

_ Orange diet said to be a very effective remedy for inebriety, One orange before breakfast, another at 11 it.m, 3 p.m., and 0 p.m., with onejust before retiring, .is the pfoper dgse. The total revenue of the Masterton S. M. Court for the past quarter was £llO 12s, against'£72l6s last quarter, Some good bush bums have taken place iu the neighbourhood of Ballanco,

The bot ily is reported to be giving a good deal of troublo inmost parts of this district just now,

Messrs Temple and Co., merchants of Queen-struet, have decided to rolin quisli tlw ironmongery and orockcryware branches of their business so as lo enable tlicm to extend the grocery and provision trade.' An inset published by them in this issuo offers special inducements-to clear - their present stock of crockery, glass arid hardware,'.

At.Timaru on New Year's- riiorning a parcel of roughs" bohaved shamefully, Thoy : dariiagcd fences, gates, smasheiup a bathing machine, and did other mischief of a serious,character.

■ Ifo Pall Mall Gazelle of November 20th publishes an Jntorviow with Count Herbert; Bismarck, who says his father. Prince Bismarck, ; is weak and cannot last much longer. TlieWaiinate police havo'laiil informations again'Bttho'proprietor- of' the steam merry-gq-Kiuna for'not having a name p&^d^hi^;Waclioli enginfe, and

Tho Chess Tournament at Wellington j was pratically concluded on Saturday,' iMrMackav, ofWellington winning, the l championship, with Mr Cock's (Welling-1 toil) second. Messrs Barnes and! Edwards play oil to-day for third place, j The chicken-nock is rather prevalent in the Lower Valley at the present time. I

Paul Jones, an American journalist, i recently won tho following bet at Boston. H 6 undertook to begin again naked and penniless, to make a fresh living, to travel, and to economise 5000dols. All this 111 the course of a yenr. He 1 began his career without clothing by cleaning boots at. tho public baths. Then as an interpreter, ho got a free passage to ■ London. There lie sold papers. Next he wrote for papers, lheu he lectured and saved his oOOUdols., and lately returned to Boston to pocket his bet of lO.OOOrtols, more, We remind our readers of Mr F. H. Wood 8 next Taratahi Stock Sale.

At his Carterton Dooms last Saturday Mr F. H. Wood sold, under instructions from the Public Trustee, iu the estate of Thos. Waldin, deceased, a farm property at Clarevillo containing 130 acres to Mr James Smith for £DSO. Also under instructions from the Official Assignee, in the estate of Paraonc Mora, six acres Mnokakiti at £l3, (known as Mitchell's run) to Mr J. C, McKerrow for £lO.

The licv, A. C. Yorke mentioned last evening that a rumour had been circulated to the effect that he was only awaiting the arrival of (he Bishop of Wellington to resign the Incumbency of Mastcrton. As this was calculated to injure the work of the Church, he took the opportunity of saying that such a thought had never occurred to liim. So long as there was work for him to do lie would bo found ready to do it.

A reward is ottered for the return of a lost pass-book.

The animal meeting of llie contributors to the llastei'luu Hospital, will .be held at the Institute, Maslerton, on Thursday 10th inst, at 1 p.m. for the purpose of electing two trustees, I'irc Messrs W. 11. Deetlmm and (}. S. Dalryinple, who retire but are eligible for re-election.

Messrs Lowes and fovns add to their sale list for the !)lli inst,, 10 calves, and 1 tow.

_ The Customs duties collected at Wellington last week amounted to £5570, and the beer duty to JC2KIIBs Cd. The first civil sittings of the Supreme Court at Wellington this year, will be held on February 4th. Professor Lichtwavk, the well-known horse educator, has an announcement of interest in another column, to which we direct attention

A MastcrUm young lady now slaying at Forbes, IN'cw South Wales, does not seem to care for the Australian climate. Writing to a friend in this tow n she says: "I have had the sandy blight in my eves, it is such a nasty painful complaint, and very prevalent here. The heat, too, is dreadful. We have it over 108 in the shade often, and I simply cannot explain what the nights are like. We often do not get a wink of sleep till morning. How I long for A' cw Zealand weather again!" A Carterton resident who has about 700 fruit trees in his orchard, is very fortunate witii tliem, not the sign of a codlin moth being noticeable on any of the trees, Last year the trees were the same.

Messrs Simms and Mowleui announce their next stock sale will be held in the yards, (iueeu Street, on Wednesday, Mitli inst., nt one o'clock, for which the following entries have been received: ■lO 3 and i year old forward bullocks, 10 fat bullocks, 20 21 year old steers, 300 2-tooth wethers, 2"l)0 lambs in the wool. One morning last week a grocer in Auckland on opening his store found water pouring out of the front door, and on entering discovered water pourjing from the ceiling. Ou the second lloor evidence was found that some person had obtained access to the store during the night by a side window, and had turned the principal water tap full on, evidently with intent to swam]) the store and destroy or damage the stock. The damage done to flic stock is very considerable. In Nelson, the other day, a farmer, while mowing grass with a reaper, had to stop his machine to save a dog which had got dangerously near it. The dog did not move, so the farmer getting between the knives drew the dog out, throwing it lrom liim with an angry exclamation. This caused the horses to move ahead again, thus setting the knives in motion. The farmer realizing instantly the dimerous situation miulo a leap, but only just in time, for even as lie jumped the knives caught his boot and lie received a misty gash in Iho heel of his foot.

Messrs Lowes and loms add to their next Wednesday's stock sale, the thoroughbred racing stallion Fluxbourne. The Iforth Wairarapa Liberal Association meets this evening. The supplementary purse to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.1!., will bo formally handed to him at the Liberal Association meeting liiis evening. A youth named JlcGuire, who was in charge of a shooting gallery in Queen Street, on Saturday, was accidently shot through the hand. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale for next Wednesday, 400 ewes and lambs, 300 2-lootli mixed sheep. About 10 o'clock on Saturday night, as a man named John Harrington, a fireman, was returning to his vessel lie stumbled across a lever on tlic Eailwuy Wharf, Wellington, aud fell heavily. Dr Parkcs was called and found he was very badly ruptured, and ordered his removal to the Hospital. Harrington who is a single man, is between GO and 70 years of age, There is nothing in the world that delights a woman more tlmu a pretty bonnet I Itis tho head and front of her rejoicing; at once a matter of self-congratulation, and a means of revenge, whether worn at Church, the

theatre, or as part of promenade costume, it is the finishing touch that fashion gives; the coping-stono that caps tho edifice of elegance. In ordor that these tbiDgs may be, and that tho ladies of the ffairarapa may indulge to their heart's content, in the delights of choice millinery, L. J. Hooper &• Co., havs oponsd up at tho Bon Marohi, bu cases of high class millinery, suitable for the 'Xmas feson. Their showrooms are a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions in their loveliest guise. On every side are trophios of tho mantlemaker's and costumier's arts, charming millinery, fashiojablo jackets, pretty blouses, elegant costumes,and other seasonable artioles too numerous to particularize. Anvr Tho unlimited. sate our Mortein and Spreaders have met with testify of its suecess in dostrojinj all species of inscots,suoh as tleas, flies, bugs, iiee, cockroaches, mosquitoes, silverlisb, moth in clothes, leaoh on trees, etc. The abovo and tho following can bo obtained at the Fancy Goods Department ol the W.F.O. A.:-Bock's Futz Paste for cleaning and polishing all metal,outlery, windows, and paint work, Is; Book's Waterproof Cement, Is; Non-Merourial Plating Fluid, Is 6d; Camphylono Balk, Is; Horb Extract, an infallible cure for toothaohe,ls, German Cure, for corns and Wart:, Is, P.' Cook & Co,, Manufacturing Ohomistsand Importers. The announcement is made in anothe" part of this paper that a sale of greater magnitude than ovor yot attempted by Te Aro House, is now being held, and Bhould arrest the attention, of everyone in this part of tho Colony, To Aro House has lon* hold the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in tho city, and further developments aro now taking place to inaugurate the new year of 1895. ■ Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in bis business, a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with tho London buying for Te Aro House, To thoroughly reduce and prepare'the stook previous to the partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will bo made in all departments. The stock must bo reduced by £15,000, and will bo offered to. tho purchasing public at most tempting: prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, s< tilers, careful andold, rich and poor," alike,willsavo .heaps of ion'ey by; rbserving 'their piicchasea' for (his great part: nership sale, #ioh commences on Friday! l 4th January, 1895,' at lVAwHouse,'.' '

Captain Edwin wires at noon to-day: "North-cast to north and west, gale after 12 hours from now. * Glass fall" Tlio body of a man was found on the road between Lyttoltou and Christchurch yesterday morning,'and is considered to be that of Wm. Kobcrtson. A small strap was twisted tightly around his neck, ami the police think that ho committed suicide. He appears to bo about 35 years of age, and stands sft fin. Twenty-one tenders hare been received by the Department of Industries and Commcrco for the supply of timber for the trial shipment which the Government propose sending Home. The bulk of the tenders comes from Southland, Wcstland, and Hawke's Bay, aiid nearly all the tenderers undertake to furnish the entire shipment of 100,000 ft required by Government. But in every instmieo the timber has yet tobe felled, while that wliicli it is desired to scud Home is not grcon, but seasoned timber. Prices however, in this colony are so low that it docs not pay to stack timber for seasoning, and felling goes on merely to keep pace with requirements. This fact is greatly to be regretted (says tIieJS.Z. Times).a9 the object the Government has in view is to make a favourable impression upon the trade at Home by offering it timber of the finest quality and in the best condition which thorough seasoning cau ensure. As the Minister will bo at Wellington this week it is desirable that a speedy decision may be arrived at as to what is to bo done under the circumstances.

Some tunc ago a son of Mr Adam Johnstone, Okaiawa, was in the bush, when he struck his head against a rata limb. Not much notice ot the mishap was taken at the time, but subsequently dangerous results threatened, He became addicted to tits, being subject to as many as two in a week. It was, indeed, feared that his days were numbered. He was taken to New Plymouth aud placed under the euro of Dr. Christie. It was (lien seen Hint the only hope of saving the lad's life was by performing a critical and dangerous operation, entailing great skill on the part ot the surgeon. The operation ucccssitaled the removal and replacing of a largo portion of the skull bone, and removing the clotted blood. This operation was performed, the lad lining five hours under eliolorol'orm, and it ranks as one of the greatest feats performed in the Colony. J)r Mackenzie, Wellington, was present during the operation. The lad is in as good health as ever he was. —Hawera Slur.