LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4921, 9 January 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A good rain sot' in at Mastertou yesterday afternoon. Mr C. E. Danicll's tender for drainage work at the Mastertou Hospital has been accepted. A number of youths arc to lie charged with pitching trout, at the Mastertou S,M, Court, on Friday. Mr Tosswill reports the Pahiatua rainfall for December last to be (VB4 of an inch. This is the lowest on record. From November 16th to December 31st, the Ballance factory turned out eleven tons of butter. We remind our readers of Professor Lichtwark's class lesson this afternoon, and his public exposition this evening. The Upper Taueru lioad Hoard gives notice of intention to strike a special rate of 2 MOcl on the rateable value ot certain properties, The latest novelty in London arc postcards with pretty views neatly engraved upon tlicra. Mr \Y. Dougall, walchmakcr.of Masterton'Jias a new business announcement in this issue.

In some parts of the district (says the Emmiiier) a little black grub is doing great damage to the roots and fodder crops. The I'rcniier is expected to return to Wellington from the West Coast, at the end of this week, The months of January, February. March, April, May, and June are declared a close season for seals. The German residents in America intend to present I'rince Bismarck on his eightieth birthday (Ist April) with a silver obelisk six feet high, .surmounted by an eagle holding the German and American Hags. Japan refuses to agree to an armistice during the negotiations for peace. The Mastertou M unicipal Fire Brigade has decided to hold a monster picnic on Anniversary Day, January 22nd, the following being elected a Management Committee :—Captain Pickering, Lieut. Hunter, Foreman and Engineer Jlraggins, ecretary Pmgnell, Treasurer iiwinglon, and Firemen Filzsimmous, Jackson, and Symcs.

" The Chieftain," a new comic opera, by Sir Arthur Sullivan and F. C. J)urnand, editor of l'niwli, was produced at the Savoy Theatre on December 13th, and met with a favourable reception at the hands of a large and distinguished audience. Mr J. E March, Supcrintendanl of Settlements in Jicw Zealand, is to accompany the Hon. Mr Garrard, Minister of Public Instruction in New South Wales, during the tour which the latter is about to make through New Zealand for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the working of the village settlement system in this colony. The Pud stales that the Minister is a brother of Captain Garrard, who was drowned in the Tavarua. We hear from one of our correspondcnts.that Mother Mary Joseph Aubert iiad lately to comedown again hurriedly to Wellington, to bottle more of her valuable preparations, including a large stock of her new remedy "Waiiena," which is reported to act almost like magic in every case of deep wound, cut, etc. It is really gratifying to know that so many complaints can be safely cured by the use of preparations made in our midst out of the pure vegetable produce of the forests of the land of our adoption.

The Uev. John Alexander Doare, hailjug from Australia, who keeps what is known us Ike " Divine Healing House," at GO2O, Mgerton Avenue, Chicago, has got into trouble on account of a young man named Albert Garbctt dying under his treatment on 2nd December at that institution. He shows all newspaper men the door when they call, and if they do not leave quickly enough threatens to kick them out. A loyal contemporary, speaking of a visit to the Duchess of Tech to a London hospital, alludes to that "great" lady as a "ray of sunshine." Her ladyship is a somewhat substantial ray, She weighs 18 stone in her evening dress. The Bmlm, a new paper of which Lady Colin Campbell is the editor, appeared in London on November 10*] i, and was favourably received. The lirst issue announced that the Duke of Argylo is engaged to Miss Kiiox-Litllc The following are the payments made by the Woodvillc Jockey Club (or their New Year's Day meeting :-W. [{. Douglas, £BS j W. A. Donald, £SO j 1!. Humphries, £35; W, Katlibone, £3O; T. Quinlivan, jiuir., £3O; G. Fuzard, £3O ; W. Davis, £10; J. Hiekton, £5 ; C. Stowe, £5; H. (jaisford, £5, Total, £2BO.

General William Booth, of the Salvation Army, is making a sort of triumphal progress through the Unites Slates. He addressed three big meetings in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 18. All the members of the Pacific Coast Division of the Salvation Army in California and Nevada will assemble in San Francisco lo greet General Booth, who is expeeled to arrive about Dee. 15, During his stay there will be meetings in the Metropolitan Temple and the Pavilion, and also open-air meetings. A tour of the Paeilie Coast States will be made by the General and his party. The regular monthly meeting of members of the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade was held last evening, Captain Pickering presiding. The Town Clerk wrote notifying that the building regulations must be complied with as regards the Hand shed. The Wellington Fire Brigade wrote enclosing a complimentary ticket for the annual Ball. Accounts as presented were passed for payment. An application from Lieut, Prentice for a three years certificate was granted. Arrangements for the Anniversary Day picnic concluded the business. It is reported from Milan that the whole iioyal Family of Italy delights in the practice of bicycling in tho park. Tho king learned lo keep his balance in the saddle after two years practice; Queen Margaret needed two days. The Prince of Naples is a passionate cyclist; the Count of Turin is the cleverest, and the Dukes of Aosta and Abruzzi are also eager followers of the sport. The Milanese manufacturer of machines has presented the Crown Prince with a very elegautone, with ivory handles aud the royal arms in gold, The residents of Daucvirke evidently have a warm time in store, says the Napier News. Within tho last few months tho bush at tho back of the railway station has been fclled,and it is now getting dry, and may bo set lire to at anytime. A day or two ago it hap. poucd to cafch alight, aud the whole town was restless and anxious as to what the result would be. A party, however, was organised, who managed, after a good deal of trouble, to extinguish the lire, as it had only a small hold, But the longer it remains the more dry it will become, and therefore the greater heat. When it is considered that, in the direct line, the bush is not more than about six chains from the town, it will be seen that the residents have reason to dread the conflagration.

A conti'ibulor to the Marlborough Timet, writes as follows:—"! week ago one of our local farmers advertised for twenty boys forpca-pulling, and oil the Monday morning lie started them to work tip to the number of fifty, though this did not by any means exhaust the I supply, but it was all lie could. employ. I However, tho young unemployed continued to congregate at the .sceno of opcra'tioiiSj and up to the number, of some twenty-five followed the wholo labor party's lines.of barracking and chiacking.'tho workors, affirming that ond was notable to work, auother was a duffer, while a third ought to be at home helping his mother, and so forth and so on, over the'whole > crowd at work, This is an indicutionof the times in which wo live, and bears a strong likeness to somo of the tactics of the labor leaders of the day, and is ovideucc that as, "The old cock crows . the young one learns;"' ''-it is.'the casein this instance," ■--■■■•■ • ■ *.

Mr W. W. McCardle, of Pahiatua, has gone in for a milking machine. Some Wellington youths mado an : attack on a Chinaman's shop a few days ago, and damaged 11 good deal of property. Tlie granite memorial selected in England by Mrs Bnllancc, to erect over the late Premier's grave at Wanganui, has arrived in the Colony. It is said to weigh six tons. The crew of the Dundee whaler Terra Nova report having extracted from a whale killed by tliem at the Davis Strait lishing, a harpoon bearing the name of the lioness wlmlcv Jean, which was lost in the ice 37 years ago. In Melbourne it woman gels 2'.d for mating a shirt, while a Ch'innincn gets 6d for washing it.

As a part of the marriage ceremony! m Seryia the bride lias to hold a piece of sugar between her lips as a sign that sho will speak little and sweetly during her married life, The Greytown Borough Council has resolved to increase the dog registration fee, so as to lesson the number of inferior useless dogs. • Prince Joseph of Battenberg, according Jo the London correspondent of the Christchurch Press, has left .England for India on his way to Australia and JN civ Zealand, On her next trip Home—she leaves Wellington on (ho 2 Ith instant, says the pass through the Strait of Magellan, and will also call at Monte Video.' A Sydney clergyman says thai last year there were close on lOiji) child criminals in JN'ew South Wales, and that in Sydney alone there were over 701).) street arabsor worse.

A Marlon man has been writing lo the local paper lo complain of "(lie horrible clang of the horrible bells belonging to the Anglican and Presbyterian churches." A Kaiapoi elector is puzzling himself with the question-" If the Bible iskept out of public schools, how long will it be before Christianity becomes extinct? German post ollicc employes are not permitted lo marry without the special permission of the Government. Among the 27 applicants to the Wallscud Council for work in cleaning strcetgntlers at as per day were au alderman, an ex-publican, and a number of miners, The Pull Mull fce«csays: Japan promises to become shortly a nowcrful rival in the markets of the world, more especially in regard lo cotton goods. From the single town of I'orec, India, there are sent out every year no fewer than 70,0110 Hindoo missionaries lo proclaim the worship of a single Hindoo god. A New York correspondent reports that in the stale of Sew York the Quakers have discontinued silent services, peculiar dress, ami " thee " and " thou," and that they have started salaried ministers, each in charge of a particular congregation. The services in the new Quaker chapels are, it is added, scarcely distinguishable from those hold by Presbyterians, Baptists, aud Methodists.

On the field of Waterloo a topaz seal set in gold was recently found, bearing the arms and motto of Viscount Barrington, ft belonged to Ensign Harrington who was killed at Quatre Bras, June 10,1815, and had lain undiscovered for eighty years. A new departure in liussian journalism has been initiated at Hclsingtors with the establishment in that city of a newspaper, cditedaud conducted by a stuff of ladies. The managing editor is Miss Minna Kant, a lady hitherto well known in Finland as a successful novelist, Tim Noith Otugo limes says :-Mr C. Wilson, the winner of the Two mile Walking Handicap at the Caledonian sports at Oamaru, is spoken of as being ■ the champion walker in New Zaaland, and his " limes " prove him far ahead of either the Christcliuivh or Wellington cracks. Mrs Luugiry is said to be worth £70,000, Edward Terry £,0,000, ami Charles Warner £20,000, while Mrs Laue.ot the Britannia Theatre, owns up k arly £200,000. A man who went to hear a trial at a German law court, and was too late in taking oil' his hat, was sentenced lo six hours' imprisonment for impoliteness. The sentence was carried out. An electric _ cane has been invented abroad, it will doubtless be useful to people who have occasion to be otil in the dangerous parts of big cities. By merely touching an assailant it will be possible to give him a shock which will be of great value as a means of self-, defence.

According to the Huntervillc Expim Mr John Andrews, for the last two or three years a labourer on the co-opera-tive works at Makoliine, has been left by relations in Hawkc's Bay the handsome fortune of £IO,OOO. The secretary of tho Ballarat Hospital recently wrote to the Earl of Yarmouth (skirt dancer and comic vocalist) asking him to give an entertainment in aid of that institution. In his reply the Earl declines to perform, owing to the unsympathetic criticisms which had appeared in the Melbourne newspapers. While a gas-well contractor was drilling a well a few days ago in Indiana, the heavy drill, which had penetrated the cartlrabout 120 ft, plunged downwards nearly a thousand feet, as far as the ropo would permit, into a cavern. At Blufftou, 10 miles from Sclinii, a similar cavern was found recently, A New York policeman has had a strange adventure. Finding a man in-sensible-the officer concluded the case to be one of drunkenness-he carried his charge to the station, and a doctor was summoned. The policeman then discovered to his horror that he had been carrying a corpse, for the doctor gave his assurance that the man had been dead for several days. An extraordinary duel is reported by French papers to have taken place in India _ between two English olliccrs, Captain Phillips and Lieutenant Shepherd. They caused a venomous serpent to be shut up in a dark room. An hour later the two adversaries simultaneously entered the room by different doors. Ten minutes afterwards Lieutenant Shepherd was bitten. Ho died within a short time. As for Captain Phillips, whose hair had turned completely white, heistobccourt-martialled.

People should be careful not to drop lighted matches on our bridges, The Balclutha traffic bridgo narrowly escaped destruction by fire last week, says a contemporary. A lighted match carelessly dropped setfjre to some rubbish, and the planks then eaugfrt. Fortunately it was noticed and suppressed before much damage was done, A trout, which measured 33in in length aud 22jn in girth, and weighed lflpb, was caught in the Waingongoro river, Taranaki, A number of boys were bathing iu a pool, and some horsemen were also in the stream, when the fish was discovered, having apparently been injured by one of the horses, Some of tho lads with difficulty got tho fish into shallow water, and thus secured it. The trout, which was in splendid condition, was sent as a Christmas gift lo Lord Glasgow,

There arc some lively specimens of humanity at Hawora. The local paper says:—A dastardly outrage was committed on Christmas Eve.about 9 o'clock. A young lady who was coming to town along the South road was spdken to by a young man. liecoiving no answer, the latter passed the lady, and turned the corner into Princess Street, On the lady reaching the corner the man stepped out from the hedge and struck her i heavy Wow on the forehead, presumably with a stick, She screamed, and her aggressor decamped. The' young lady went to Dr JJuokloy's, where it was found J necessary to stitch up the wound,

In one of the largo apartment-houses in Now York city there are 226 pianos, one to every four persons, together with a whole orchestra of picolos, violins, guitars, cornets, and one old-fashioned parlour organ. It is said to be tho noisiest house in America, A copy of the first number of the Buluwayo Chronicle, published in the town which only a few months ago was the capital of a savage potentate, shows the extent to which the newspaper forms portion of the ordinary life of the nineteenth century Briton, The Bulmvayo Chronicle affords a number of very interesting fads about life in Matabcland. From the market reports it appears that butter is 4s per pound, and flour U 10s per bag. Carrots are 1s a bunch, ami eggs us a dozen, paraffin 7s Gd per gallon, and candles 31s a box, picks 7s (id to 12s Gd, and shovels 8s (id. An advertisement states that all entitled to share in tlio loot taken in the late war must send in their claims immediately. There are advertisements from the Buluwayo Permanent Building Society, the Buluwayo Chamber of Commerce, and the Buluwayo Aerated Water Company and there is an announcement that Jem Alnee, the pugilist, was shortly expected to arrive

The London correspondent of the Christchurch Pirn, writing of Sir Geo. Grey, says:—"As a pleasant illustration of the venerable ex-Governor's kindness of heart, I may mention a little incident which recently camo under my own notice. On his arrival in London he promised a young lady, one of his New Zealand friends, that she should have a day's treat whenever she liked to claim it from him. She called with another New Zealand lady to enquire after his health, and lie at once reminded her of his promise, inviting her to choose her Ireat. Somewhat to his surprise she chose a visit lo the Bank of England, tie at once rang and summoned a cab, droye with the ladies to some bankers in

tlii' City who iiw connected with him by marria.'e, got llu' head ol the linn to accompany ihemto Ike olliceofthe " Old Lady of Thrcadneedlo street." hunted up thu Governor, and in the end the two New Zealand ladies saw all the wonders of that marvellous monetary establishment the more juvenile one, in whose special honour the expedition was undertaken, enjoying the pleasure of holding in her hands more than a million ot money in bank notes. It is needless to say she returned home in a state of high glee, even though she was unable to carry that million sterling away with her.

liecently Truth gave a romantic story about the wife of the Court tailor at Cabul (an Englishwoman) being captive iu the harem of the Ameer of Afghanistan. Itturus out to be all puro imagination, and Mr Laboucheiv, in apologising says a clergyman was his authority for the statement, and consequently he thought it was all right. He then goes on to say:—" This case is a lesson to mo although I confess with shame that it is a lesson I ought not to have needed. Often have I vowed that never again would I make a statement in Truth upon the authority of a clergyman Once upon a time I published certain allegations about n village pump. They were commuuieated by a clergyman. The village pump cost me .0100 in damages, and I forget how many himdrcd pounds in costs. Two or three years back 1 made some remark about the relations of a Yorkshire squire to the Churchy My information that time came exclusively from clerical sources. It cost me £l5O in damages and over £IOOO in costs. On four occasions in my editorial experience have I come oil' second best in a libel action, and for two of those the clergy have been the cause of my downfall. Now comes the above instance of the accuracy and trustworthiness of information from clerical sources. Henceforth, if the whole Bench of Bishops send me a joint communication, countersigned by the two Archbishops, I shall decline to look at it until the statements are verified by iudcpendent evidence." A sitting of the District Court was held to-day.tjic Kcgistrar (Mr Jbbetson) presiding, when a lengthy judgment in Ihc case ol the Ollicial Assignee v. I'ilmor for the recovery of .Cl5O paid out of the purchase money in the transfer of a lease from I'. J. Donovan, a bankrupt. His Honor ruled that the payment was a preferential one, and ordered the amount to be refunded with costs of Court and counsel's fee £'a os. Mr l'ownall received judgment for defendant, MrEunny for the Assignee. There has been some correspondence in the Australasian about the biggest litter on record for Australia. Sixteen living puppies was considered to be the record, but that is beaten by a greyhound slut which had the following lifters :- On June 7, 1887, sixteen puppies; on February 13, 1888, seventeen puppies; on October 31,1885, sixteen puppies, all alive and healthy. The owner fancies that this slut's fony-nine puppies in about sixteen months is n world's record. According to MrLabouclierc in Tmth the Duke of Beaufort, said to be one of the most tyrannous landlords in England, assumes to dielato all affairs of the town of Stoke Gilford. His Grace took objection to the election recently of Admiral Close as a churchwarden, and served notices to quit on the tenant farmers who voted for him. The Duke afterwards announced that he would withdraw the notices only on condition that the Admiral resigned. Iu order that the farmers should not suffer the Admiral did resign. It now appears that Admiral Close himself was a tenant of the Duke, and lie also received notice

[ to quit his house, the lease of which had just expired. "Ho has practically boon ' evicted because he was chosen church. 1 warden without the Ducal authority. ( The Southland News says:—(Jorse hedges have some notably good qualities. They arc cheaply raised, hardy, i form the best shelter iu exposed situa- ■ lions, and, on a pinch, may be made to ! furnish food for stock Their bad ones I arc great inflammability and a tendency ' to spread out by means of seedlings in n i most vexatious manner. This refers to the ordinary kind, but it seems • there is another, possessing all the good I and scarcely any of the bad properties of the plant. On this, point a ; correspondent writes:—"When passing Mr Cleavo's farm and nursery the other 1 day I was very much taken with the ap. 1 prance ot a hedge of double ilower- ; ing or seedless gorsc, It stretches in an '_ unbroken lino of half a milo or more, ' and is certainly an object lesson of the first importance, Here we have a hedge I 1 planhvhichnora'sheds any seed; which : ncycr gets unsightly though the prcseuco of a lot of dead stuff caused by profuse seeding; which does not require much slashing; which is net so inflammable as the common kind, and the blossoms of which arc decidedly nioro beautiful, the flowers being double and of a deeper orange," With such recommendations, it is needless to say that the new will soon supersede the old or seeding kind, for, although more expensive in the first instance—having to bo raised from cuttings—tho subsequent saying of trouble far outwoighs the difference. Five gentlemen of France, and as many ladies have determined to realise Utopia by taking off their clothes and going to live in caves in- the forest of Auvergne, They will subsist upon chestnuts and the proceeds of (hoehaso. In order that the chase may not bo too arduous they have slocked a plantation with rabbits, goats, pigs, cows, and fowls and fenced it in. They have also laid in a stock of cigars. The idea is to live a life of case and pleasure withoutwork, which is a good enough idea, But we rather doubt whether the nineteenth ' century Frenchwoman can become prim. ' oval at ten minutes' not|ce,~Pqll Mall ' Endgot. i

At a meeting of tho Auckland Hospital and Chanlablo Aid Board to-day a report was read from the master of the Costley Homo, stating that ayoune woman pare birth to a child in a cab lyhilo being convoyed from Auckland to the maternity ward at the Homo-ii somewhat • similar occurrence' to the Charlotte Chamber episode, On arrival there the .matron did all sho could for tho mother and child. The infant was found- alive in tho cab; and is now getting on we 11,.., ■ ; '. ~.;.<.;■:;, °.

A httlo girl named Doris West, daughter of a-news agent at Adelaide, fell into a tin of boiling water in her home, and was scalded to death. Dr Wm, liynn, of Woomargarana station, Germanton, has met his death m consequence of his blood being poi. soned while ho was treating sheen for iooti'ot. r ~ A meeting of Stewards of the WM ton-Opaki Jockoy Club will be heS tins opening toarrangc aprogrammofor btlatneksDay,and to transact other business. Messrs Simms and Mowlem add to the list of entries for their next Stock Sale, in the yards, Queen Street, on VY cdticsday, lb'th January, 20 good dairy heifers to calve in the spring, and 20 three and four-year old bullocks. A quiet wedding was celebrated at St, Matthew's Church, Masterton, 'this morning, when Mr Eichard Frederick Purser, of New Plymouth, well-known in the Fcatherston district, and Miss Margaret McGillivray, of Wellington, were united, the l!cv. A. C. Yorkc performing the ceremony. ' The racehorse, Matchbox, which was sent from England to Austria, on Not. Uth, was insured for the journey for £IB,OOO.

A boy named Eichard Hayne, aged 11 fell on the handle of a cricket bat' tf Broken Hill, and received such injuries' to his stomach that his life is despaired of. A shunter named John Travcrs, attlie Spencer-street railway goods yard, Melbourne, was killed last week tlinwflf t getting jammed between the biiffcts'lr two trucks. Two very handsome specimens of tho hum, finely mounted, have been presented to the Masterton Museum by Mrs Coubourno of Mastcrtou. Owing to wet weather, the meeting of delegates to the Cricket Association will not be held at Carterton this evening, A young man named John Stephen. I son, while engagcdsliiinlingtrneks with Hi horse on the pier at L'ort Chalmers, Jell and one of the wheels of the truck passed over his left thigh almost severing the leg from the body He was brought to tlicDuncdin Hospital where |he died after the leg had been ampuI tated. '

lenders are called in this issue, for the lease for 21 years, of tho properties of Mr C. It. Carter. Particulars of the properties appear iu our advertising columns, A young man named Harry Eiclmrds slipped while jumping off a tram at \\ cllington yesterday, and the car went over Ins left foot. Three toes had to be amputated. Mr F. Bright advertises for abulki driver. iT^Two hundred Arawa natives are leaviiiß liolorua for Wellington to-day, mid the Mayor of the latter city having been asked to extend hospitality to tliem, is iu a quandary as to what he shall do. Captain Edwin wires: " Strong southerly winds, and glass rising." Replying to a recent deputation the Minister of Labor said:—lt was quite clear in his opinion that the meaning ot the Shop Hours Act was that from the Ist January every shop (excepting thoso that were specially excepted) ought to close on one half-day of the week. It was equally clear that until the conference fixed the day each shopkeeper might decide for himself on which half, day he would close his place.

One of Mr Courtney's last batch of immigrants applied to tho Wellington Benevolent Trustees yesterday for as. sistance in getting to Mastorton, where ho said he had a uephew. He stated that the promises made as to his getting constant word had not been fulfilled. Oa, arrival at New Plymouth he hatftF ceived two or three days work at 5s pSr day, and after that he was put on a job grubbingfnrzo at os per week. Ho decided to give this up, packed up his traps, and came to Wellington. He had been employed on tho Midland liailway In England for 23 years. The Trustees decided to send him to Masterton. There is nothing in thoworhl that delights a woman more tlmii a pretty bonnet 1 Itis the head and front of her rejoioingjatonoo a matter of self-congratulation, and ameans ot revenge, whether worn at Church, tho theatre, or as part of promenade costume, it is the finishing touch that fashion gives | the coping-stono that caps tho odiiico of o'.' Banco. In order that theso things may bo, and that the ladies of the vVairorapa may indulge to their heart's contojt, in tho delights of choice millinery, L. J. Hooper & Co., hiivs opoiud up at tho Bon Marehd, tea oases of high class millinery, suitablo for the 'Xwas Sesaon. Their showrooms aro ,a blaze cf beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions in their loveliest guise, On every side aro trophies of the mantlemaker's and oostumier's arts, oharming millinery, fashiojablo jackets; pretty blouses, elegant costumes,and other seasonable articles too numerous to particularize. AIIVT

The unlimited salo our Morieln mi Spreaders have met with testify of its suafc cess in destroying all species of inseots.sdHf as lloas, flies, bugs, iico, cockroaches, raos? quitoßS, silverfish, moth in clothes, leaoh on trees, etc. Thoabove and the following can bo obtained at tho Faaoy Goods Departmentot tho W.F.0.A.;-Bock's Putz Pasto for cleaning and polishing all niotal.cutlery, windows, and paint work, Is; Book's Waterproof Cement, Is; Non-Morcurial Plating Fluid, la 61; Camphylono Balls, Is j Herb Extract, an infalliblo cure for toothaohe,ls German Cure, for corns and Wart:, ls.P Bock & Co., Manufacturing Ohemistsand Importers.

The announcement is made in anothe- part of (his paper that a salo olgreater magnitude, than oyer yet attempted by To Aro House; is now being held, and should arrest the at. tention, of everyone in this part of tho Colony. To Aru House has long held the premier position as tho leading Family Drapery Warchouso in the city, and further • developments are now taking place to inaugurate tho new year Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has long boen associated with the London buying tor To Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock provious to the partnership stooktaking, sweeping reductions will be raado id all departments. The stock must be reduced by £15,000, and will be offered to tho purchasing publio at most tempting prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, careful housewives, young and old, rich an poor, alike will save heaps of money by jtfW- , serving their purchases for this great PHmH [nership salo, which commences on Frida^B 4th January, 1895, at To Aro Houbo. '