LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4920, 8 January 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A\ r , Hodmond, well-known in Palnatua, in connection with the hotel trade, takes oyer the Maslerton Star Hotel next AVednesilay, Greytown people are in favour of a Saturday half holiday. Greytown Presbyterian Sunday School picnic takes place on Thursday, January 17lh. The annual meeting of contributors to the Greytown Hospital will be held at Mr Wood's ollicc on Thursday next atß p.m.

All advertiser requires a good cook immediately. ]n all the annals oi horse-slcaliiigs.no more ingenious defence was ever ml. vanced titan that of the sailor conviclcd at the Preston Sessions. How feeble is fiction after a narrative like this:—"The night was line, the dew falling. Passing through Garstang, I came across the mare, and its it seemed to be going the same way as myself, iro jogged along together. I called at a tann-liotiso and asked if tlioy knew the owner, hut they did not, and I borrowed a ]>iccc of sacking and it bucket of water, and bathed some sores the animal had on its back, and proceeded on my way. after being advised to turn the animal adrift. When I came to two hue cuds I tried to drive tlic animal away, but it knew who had treated it well, and followed me. Had I wanted to steal a horse I could have stolen a horse, gig and a splendid set of .harness two miles lower down the road." The story bristles with circumstantial details—service of ninety-eight ships, a fall from a building eighty-seven feet high, ami over three hundred characters. And, alas! that to these figures lour i mouths' hard should now have.to be! added,

Stamp collectors have quite n folklore of their own (says tho London correspondent of the ihiwkster Coitrinj, but I doubt whether the following true • story of the 'cutcness of oue of the kings ' of philately is known to most of them. • It goes buck to the time when there was not such n boom in stamps as there is nowadays, and shows the advantage of being first in any field. Just before the Zulu war there was in Mauritius a ccnllenian who had prosci'vci) from his schooldays the taste for" collecting 1 stamps. .He was a friend of the chief of the local post ollice, as was perhaps ouly natural. Learning from hi:n one day that there was to be a clearance of old stock, he got permission to collar the unused " blocks ' of stamps and other valuables of the kind which were about to be thrown away as waste. This suggested to him that there might be similar spoils at other of our small colonial offices. ' He'' moved found,"'acquiringthem without difficulty. When one learns that a single one of his Mauritian trophies fetchrd £BSO not so long ago, one is riot surprised to hear that by judiciously feeding the market he has realised a competence of something between £20,000 and £30,000 by. this judicious foresight. A Koumimmu naturalist (according to the Pall Mall Gazette) lias been studying the niurriage customs of the octopus. In his love affairs, it would appear, the octopus is" childlike and bland"; ho behaves, moreover, " with a certain delicacy towards his companion." We will suppose an octopus smitten by some fiu'r female. Ho takes up his position at a considerable distance froni liis lady lo,ve,.and stretches out the third arm on the right, scientifically the hectocotylized'ariii. With its extremity he caresses tho object of his affections. The ' female doc's not attempt to move. (Wo I aro supposing, tho wooer to be troll-1 favoured and well-to-do withal.)' After remaining in a passive condition .for an hour .or.more,' the octopus withdraws .his arm from tho extensive waist ofhis ladylove and places it m tho 'saiue position as his other arms. Butwoe betido the ■ unfortunate damsclif she reject tho ad- ■ vances of her many limbed suitor. In | the event of herproying refractory, the i inale ejects'thick- 1 clouds of' ink and' ', stiffens out a few-of-his arras, -raising ■ tlicniwithawariiingmotioii. This ac-v ' cordingto Mr'UacoTitzu, is: generally enough to bring tho femalo to a proper ' itato of mind- '' . 0 •; ii 7 '■■■. .'.': '

Mastorton Hospital Trustees meet this afternoon, ' . •';'- Mild dysentery is still prevalent .'in Mastorton. _ Yesterday was one of the hottest days in Mastorton this summer. ' The late rains did not do much good, being too light to soak far into tho ground. A meeting of delegates to the Wairarapa Crieket Association will lie held at Carterton next Wednesday evening to efrrnngc the second round of the championship matches. A Mhstcrton resident who lias just re turned from a holiday trip lothc Mannwatu and West Coast districts, saysth a business nil along seems purtic'ulnrl dull and lifeless.' Counsel has advised that Hie shareholders'in the Hunk of New Zealand are unable to resist the call in accordance with the charier. An avalanche which fell inn village atOrlii, in South France, demolished 1G buildings,, and 15 people lost their lives The prospectors For mi Auckland syndicate have just secured n lease of. the Lake Cowan reef at Coolgardic. Six feet of gold is visible all through. • His Excellency (he Governor, accompanied by Lady Glasgow, and suite arrived m Mastwlon by special tram yesterday afternoon. They left Mastcrlon forllraiiccpctli in the 'evening. Messrs Simms and Mowloiu notify by advertisement in another column, that tlicv have in stock the Alasscv, Hams Co Ltd Minder Twines aiid. Harvest Oils, also A, Young & Co's ffiirvest and Lubricating Oils. Samuel Wiiig.liook-kccper to Jlnllaby Bros., butchers, of Auckland, while proceeding home on Saturday night through Newton, was stuck up by two men, knocked down, and severely maltreated and robbed. His assailants escaped, It is believed that a great strike of builders in London will take place in the spring.owing to non-Unionisls being employed. The Unionists have raised ,650,000, and the masters are issuing notices of resistance, _ The sea fishing season has now set in in earnest, and we hear of large catches being made at Cashpoint, Townsfolk wishing for a change should make no mistaken! choosing Cashpoint, as there is certainly no belter marine retreat in this part of New Zealand. Mr W. A. Pitzherlicrt has been informed that it is intended to re-appoint him to (ho Wellington Land Board. Mr F. Pirmii's Icrm as a member of the Wellington Laud Board expires on January 17lh, and Mr A. W. Hogg's term on April 13th.

MrH. Eslall, who was for 11 years at Barber's dying works, has now slarlcd in business for himself at ;)0, Courlcnay Place, Wellington. Mr Eslall claims to be a thorough expert at his Iraikand assures us that his charges are 20 per cent, less than any others, while the quality of the work done is as good, if not superior lo any other Wellington dyer and cleaner. Country customers will be treated liberally. Captain Graham, of Fihgeralds' Circus, had a large tumor removed from his breast yesterday, and eighteen stitches put in. Jle disdained the useof chloroform, while DrWillisopcralcd. In the evening the Captain entered thelions' den, as usual, and this morning heslartcd to walk to liecflon. Captain Graham is not by any means a delicate subject.— Wcstport Times. Mr AV. T. Holmes, late General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, bus joined the London Board of Advice of that Bank. The oldest shipmaster in N.Z. passed away at Nelson last week, in the person of Mr James Mclumzie Machircn, at the age of ivS. He hud lived in the Colnny since IKBO, ami prior to that was mato of the barque Cheviot, which traded between Sydney and this Colony, Of laic years hohaslived on'liis holding at the Croixellcs. The Smthhml Twits oi Monday, has the folloing paragraph :-Georgo iiobinson an old Skipper's miner, was travelling from Skippers to Maori Point on Wednesday night after dark, when he walked over a cliff about I,oooft high, and after falling a distance of some 700 feet landed in some bushes. About :100 feet from (he top his hat was found, and 150 ft further down his handkerchief, the rest of the distance was through scrub, (hiring his passage through which the side was lorn out of one of his Wellington boots, liobinson remained in this I place tinlil seven o'clock next morning when he was discovered by some men [who were working on the other side of the river and heard his cries. He sustained a fracture of his left collar bone, and some fearful cuts on the head, and is in a very critical state.

The s.s. Port Melbourne, by which the "Hon. Undesirable Bill " Jiccves returned to the Colony from Sydney, has a Lascar crew. The sight of their (lark faces grievously affected the Minister of Labour for the lirsl day or two, aggravating the pangs of ml tie !mm When he had somewhat recovered .beheld forth to (he Captain on the I subject, predicting that the day would \ soon come when all ships would have to be manned by men of our own race and colour. The Captain listened patiently and deferentially, but in silence. Coining on deck next niominpf, he found the Minister of Labour reelmingluxuriously on a deck chair, while a Lascar lad was humbly tying the Ministerial shoe strings. "Ah," said Captain Hichardson," you would not get seamen of your own race and colour to do that." We have received from Messrs T. and W. Young, llio Wellington agents, a samplo of Sir John Powcmud Sons' pot slillwltidi/. i\ow the editor of this journal drinks tea, and the sub-edilor says he draws tlio line ul champagne, and we had a dillieulty hi doing justice to the sample placed at our disposal. The ipvintors dent offered to taste it and write his experiences, but our P.D. is | quite lively enough without whisky. Wc j therefore secured the good olliecs ot a friend, a native of Ireland, who has given us his verdict on the blend. He I says that the bottle was hardly big [enough, but from what (hero was of it he is prepared to allirni that this whisky takes the cake for mellowness and strength. He also sends us some origiuniverses, the first he says that he has ever written. These are very promising, and if our friend had a full sized bottle of the inspiring tipple, wc do not doubt that he would go through Tom Bracken and come out top as New Zealand's Poet Laureate.

The Daili/ News of Dee. II published a Ihrcceolumu leador from Constantinople. The writer says llint from nil the evidence he has been able to gather in regard to tho numbor killed and villages destroyed, the Armenian outrages cannot bo compared with those of the Bulgarian Kurds. Ho believes that the Government approves of (ho outrages, and unloss thoy are dealt with as Canadians or Americans would deal with red' Indians under similar circumstauces, they are incapable ot understanding to tho contrary. If Great Britain and liussia jointly insist on reforms, there will Lo a chance of success, because in case of need thoy compel attention. The Turkish Cabinet had along meeting, at which Armenian affairs were almost exclusively discussed. It is considered probably that the Ministry will rcsigu. In Brisbane the other day, tho solicitor acting foi* au insolvent, called a meeting of creditors, hold proxies for all the creditors represented, took tho chair I and then moved, seconded and carried resolutions granting the insolvent a dischargo from all his debts, etc. Ho was -the only person present. The Supreme Court, when appealed to, held that tho proceedings were strictly legal under tho Insolvoucy Statute, and blamed Parliament for passing such a statute., In-this case tho persons-in fault were surely tho creditors, who wero so. unbusinesslike.as to send their proxies to tho insolvent's, solicitor, v Messrs Lowe's and'lorhs'idd'to- their sale list for-to-morrow, 60, wethers, 25 owes',' 50 owes and lambs, and 6 pigs,-:'

Messrs Lowes* lorns soil at their yards to-morrow 1,300 slice]) comprising fat ewes, wethers, store wethers, ewos and lambs. Also fat steers, heifers aud cows, mixed cattle, calves, bulls dairy stock, pigs, horses etc. The Governor and party, now the guests of Messrs Bcctham Bros., aro expected to leave Masterton for Wellington next Thursday. The number of bales of wool sent from Masterton Bnilwny Station this season up till date, is 7,100. Wo remind all those who take an interest in the horse, of Professor Lichtwark's class lesson at the Masterton Theatre lloyalon Wednesday afternoon. The information gained at these lessons is simply invaluable, and ovcryone who possibily can do so, should attend. Mr D. S Papworth recently introduced to this district a new variety of cucumber railed the "climbing Japanese." Within six weeks of the time of arrival of the seed ho cut his first cucumber and found it of an excellent j flavour, equal f o any greenhouse cucnm her. Tho supplementary purse containine; twenty sovereigns wiis presented to Mr A W.Hogg at last night's meeting of the Liberal Association, making a total contributed by the constituency of £l5O. Mr .John Sawers, Government dairy expert, is of opinion that the export of dairy produce from New Zealand this season will be much larger than last year. At the Masterton S. M. Court this morning, a man named Michael Shea, uluts Patrick, alius Jas. O'Connor, was brought before Messrs Price and Hughes, J.l's,, charged with vagrancy As he was an old offender and a public nuisance, tho .Bench sentenced him to one month's imprisoameut wilh hard labour. The Theatre lioyal has been specially arranged for Professor Lichtwark's class lesson on Wednesday afternoon, Mr J. JI. Hickson, is clerk of awards in Wellington under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act The Lkzdk notifies that the close season for seals extends to the end of June, and that any person taking seals during the prescribed season is liable to a penally of not less than £25 or more than £sOll. The Palmerston North ram fair is to lake place on Thursday and Friday, 31st inst and Ist February. Mr A. vonKcisenbcrg notifies that he will resume pianoforte tuition on Thursday, January loth. Captain Edwin wires the same weather indicafions as yesterday, with further fall in the glass _ Professor Lichtwark's new hook, entilled ".Educating the Horse," is now published, and is certainly a very valuable work. Ucsidcs a full description of the Professor's methods, the book contains numerous photographic plates showing the exact way to handle ahorse while breaking it in to saddle or harness. There should certainly he a large demand for (he work.

The U-iklo iu Ik- live sheep, from Maslerlou lo Wellington this season, is very slight as compared with lust season. The annual balance sheet will be reeeived at ut committee meeting of the Jlasteiton A. and I'. Association tomorrow afternoon. Messrs U. F. Temple and Co nsk us to slate that they arc positively dealing out their stork of crockery and ironmongery, ami do not intend to replenish it. Arumour lhat the sale is not a kuu ,/Wcone is contradicted by the firm. Hubert Fitzsimmons, a New Zealand pugilist, knocked out Con liionlan, his sparring partner, at Syracuse, New York, oa Nov. 1(1. in the first round of ln's usual exhibition, and a few hours Infer Kiordan was dead. The blow was a right-hander, and caught liionlan squarely on the chin. Ho did not fall to the lloor from the force of it.but sank slowly till he measured his length on the stage. liionlan had been drinking hard all day, and was intoxicated when he ciiinc on to spar. Fitzsimmons was held on lOOlklol bail. The autopsy showed that liionlan had three blooddots on the brain. He was a native of Sim Francisco, and as the Catholic clergyman of Syracuse refused the body a Christian burial on the ground that liionlan was not in good standing with fhe church, the remains were put iu a metal eollin and forwarded to his brother in California, The coroner's jury exonerated Fitzsimmons. A correspondent writing to a contemporary, says: It lias often occurred to me to ask why parsley had not been sown on the plains of Canterbury as feed for sheep. It is a fine feed, aud they are very fond of it, and during the summer months when the grass is burnt up with drought, the parsley serves for herbage aud they have the dry grass to counteract the eft'ccl of sconriug It imparts to their flesh a very agreeable flavour, making a greater demand for the sheen fed on it. Some farmers say that parsley is an effectual cure for rot in sheep, although I cannot sneak on this point of experience. Some will say how could they buy parsley seed at Oil per oz to sow in their fields with the grass seed? They will get over this dilliculty by the following advice: Sow lib of seed in some corner of the garden mid although parsley only seeds the sccoud year utter it is sown, yet in two years you will have about two bushels of seed from (he seed you have sown. ' Continue to sow every year that small ' quantity to keep up in seed, or more if : you inleud to follow it on a large scale, i I may tell the critics that this is no plagiarism, but my own practical experience oil a small, light, gravelly hill . farm in Scotland,

; There is ncthing in the world thai delights j a woman more than a pretty bonnet 1 Itis ' the head and [rout of her rejoicing; at once ' a matter ot Bolt-congratulation, and ameans ' of revengo, whether worn at Church, the : theatre, or as part o! promenade costume, it i is the finishing touch that fashion gives; i the coping-stone that caps the edifice o! t elegance, In order that these things may t be, and that the ladies of the vVairarapa . may indulge to their heart's contejt, in tho I delights of choice millinery, L, J, Hooper & Co., havs oponsd up at the Bon llarcbe, tea ] cases of high class millinery, suitable for 1 tho 'Xmas Setson. Their showrooms aio '. a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's ! choicest productions in their loveliest guise, ; On every side are trophies of tho mantle- . maker's and costumier's arts, charming millinery, fashioaablo jackets, pretty blouses, olegant costunies,and other seasonable articles too numerous to particularize, Ad\t The unlimited sale our Mortoin and Spreaders liavo met with testify of its sueocbs in destroying all species of msccts.stioh as lleas, ilicß, bugs, lice, cockroaches, mos(juitoos, silverfjsh, moth in clothes, leaoh on trees, etc. Thoabovoand the following can bo obiainodattbeFaaoy Goods Uepartmentot the W.F.C.A.: -Book's Futz Pasta for cleaning and polishingall mctal.outlery, windows, and paint work, 1s; Book's Waterproof Cemont, Is; Non-Mcrourial Plating Fluid, Is Gd; Camphylene BalU Is; Herb Extract, an infallible cure.for toothache.h | German Cure, for corns and Warts, Is. P Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chomistsand Importers. The announcement is mado in anothe- part of litis paper that a sale of greater magnitude, than oyer yet attempted by To Aro House is now being hold, and should arrest the at' tcntion, of overyono in (his part of the Colony. Te Aro House has Ion? hold the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouso in the city, and further developments arc now taking placo to inaugurate the new year of 1895, Early.in tho year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial ' gentleman who.has long been associated i with tho London buying for To 'Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare tho ' stock previous to the' partnership stook- ' taking, sweeping toductions will bo made ' in all departments. Tho stock must > here- ] duoed by £15,000, and will bo offered to the ■ purchasing pubTto at moßt tempting' prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, a.ttlera, ' careful housewives, youug andold, riohand ' poor, afike'will save heaps of rrionoy by ro- . serving'their'putchases for this great part'- i |nership;6ale,whioh'commences on 1 Friday.-i jib January, 1895, at To Aro Houee, ' ■ i'