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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4940, 1 February 1895, Page 2

Mastcrlon Town Lands Trustees meet this evening. The high wind continued all yesterday. So far the damage reported is not great.

I'orly-mile Bush settlers report some of the cleanest burns this year, ever known in the district.

Much colder weather is predicted by weather prophets. Mr J. Candy resumes violin tuition at .Mastcrlon on February Ith.

A protest lms been entered Ivy tin: Afiilarawa Cricket Club, claiming the match played against Fealh; rston last Saturday. A meeting of delegates will he held next Holiday at 7.30 p.m., at. Carterton, to decide the matter.

The Czar of .Russia visits England in June.

The Huddart-I'arker Company's new service to A off Zealand will ho iiiauguas a fortnightly one on 271 h February,

February 2l)lli is the day fixed by the Victorian Government for the simultaneous destruction of rabbits throughout tho colony.

The officers of the schooner Senta, from Jew Main to Sydney, report that the mate and two of the crew were murdered by the natives of .Sew Ireland while recruiting. A trust with capital of 16,000,000 lms been formed at Jicvr York, to control the chief harbour stove and grain elevators, these have a water frontage of three miles, and steps will be taken to prevent competition.

The Government is purchasing the liotomahana- I'arakarangi block of country affected by the Tarawera outbreak, says the Pud, and including the once I beautiful Tikitapu and olher"liikes, at 3s per acre for 1(>7,0U0 acres. The Tariff Commission begins its sittings at Wellington next Monday, and will report in April. England is spending about £0,500,000 on new war-ships, this year, A heavy gale continued all yesterday clouds of smoke being driven into Alastcl'toil. Several narrow escapes from injury by falling tret limbs occurred to travellers through the Hush yesterday and Wrdnosday. Between twenty and thirty people had to camp between Jlastwells and Eketahuna for the night, a few days ago, owing to the road being blocked with burning timber, The last telegram we received from the weather Bureau was signed—as of old -■' li. A. Edwin." Did the gallant Captain return to Wellington yesterday with a special double XXXX southerly brew? Alnsterton people could quite believe it from the weather lately experienced. A large station in the Eivcriua district, is said to have lost 40,01)1] sheep, during the past year, from footrot. Decently nterrific thunderstorm broke over Eendigo, and for a couple of hours there was an almost continuous roar of thunder, varied by loud peals like the discharge ok heavy artillery iu the streets, Such a storm had not been experienced tor years, and uo little alarm was caused by the yiolent electric disturbance. The downpour of rain was very heavy, one inch 12 points falling while the thunder continued.

It is reported that Sir liolnnd V. Williams will resign the Judgeship, and will puhlisli loiters received from high personages condemning his action with respect to the dirceto.s of the iNcw Zealand Loan nud Mercantile Agency Cowpuny unless the proposal to remove him Irum (lie .Bankruptcy Division of the High Court of Justice is cancelled, The Tiniaru Herald, referring to the resolutions passed by the Conference on the half-holiday at Wellington to the effect that the day should be fixed for the whole colony, and that there should be no exemptions, says: "It is advisable to enter a protect at the earliest possible moment against the mischievous muddling on the part of the Wellington Conference. It should have confined itself strictly to (ho business allotted to it by the Act, and not have set itself up as au adviser for the whole colony," ■

William A. Hotting of the firm of Page and Notting, of Melbourne, has been committed for trial, for committing a serious assault on Stephen Inch, an ollicoroftbolirgistrar-Gencrars Department. A dispute arose over statements alleged to have been made by Inch concerning Nottiug's sister, and Molting went to Inch's office and assaulted him I so severely as to leave him in a semiconscious state. Inch was in a hospital for eleven days after the assault.

Prices realised by Messrs Simms and Mosfkjii) at their last Mastertou stock sale, .we as follows:—Fat wethers (light) were sold at 7s j faf lambs, 6's 2d; 2-tooth ewes, 5s to 5s JOd; 2-tootli wethers, (is fid; breeding ewes, Bonisey Lincoln cross, 4-foolh to f.m., 6s to lis 3d; culls, lambs, Is 6d to 2s; aged ewes, 2s; fat heifers, £4 7s; store bullocks, £4 17s to £5 ss; springing heifers, £3 to £3 JOs; yearlings, 35s to 37s Od; calves, 23s to'2fc; horscs,ltacks, £6 to £10; draughts, no sales < Jjght unbroken, £3 to £-1; pigs, small entries, but no sales. A painful case f» reported from Albury, where Wm. Cuff was charged with staling the furniture of W. H. Murray, of Tcmora. The prosecutor, a married man with ten children, said at cuscd was courting his eldest daughter, but was refused tho paternal consent. On reluming home ou the 7th, witness found that his wife anil accused had eloped, taking the furniture with them, 0)l d lcavinc the children. At Albury his Wife ana accused were residing in the same iipusc, Cuff being passed off as lier sou. Cnil said he did not steal the furnitiive.aiid tlm(, jtwasiii Mrs Murray's name at the railway Ration. Murray, who was moved to tears iu fhp witnessbox, said he was now penniless, irjlli seven young children on his hands,' Hud that he would have to tramp back to Tcmora. Accused was remanded to Temora, The old story.—Says the Jfopra Star : Cricket is ao dead in Manaia, that the- Secretary complains of not being able to get enough old members together on Saturday night, .to bury tho mortal romajns, amoxwt to £9 or

Colonel Talbot-Crosbic of the 60th Eifles, and Captain Phibbs of the Connaught Hangers, are in Wellington. Tliey are touring the Colonies. At the unanimous request of the Wellington Board of Education, Mr J. B. Blair has consented to reconsider his decision to withdraw from the Board, and will again stand for re-election. This being so, Mr Edwin Feist, of Masterton, has decided to withdraw his nomination as a candidate for a seat on the Board,

J he Ohsener hears Mr Jamos Cross, of the Eoyal Oak Hotel, Carterton, is about to become a benedict, and will be married this week, at Wellington. "Iknow nothing against the character of either pni ly, Your Worship," said the local constable to the presiding Magistrate, at the Carterton Court, on Wednesday, "they are married, I belicTc,_ but tlic woman's former husband is living, and they were never divorced. But then, Your Worship, the first husband is married again, and has been so a long time." There was a smile all round, jsaj-s the Observer), and His Worship said, something in an undertone about "bigamy," but the proceedings continued.

Some discussion took place at the meeting of the Land Board on Thursday upon an application from some settlers in Hie Wellington Fruitgrowers' Association at Waikanae to be allowed to transfer their interests. It transpired that no fruit trees had been planted on one section, grass being the only product, and that the residence conditions had not been complied with. In one case the proposed transferee was a toe plate manufacturer, who made a declaration that he intended to reside on the land. From the surrounding cireumslances it did not appear thaUlic fruitgrowing industry in that locality was assuming extraordinary proportions, and the Board decided to ask the lessees for their reasons for desiring the transfer. -Vml.

Few pcoplu l;no\v liow strong was tins love of tin 1 lido Cznr Alexander for a plaything. He had in Ids collection some of the pivtt.io.st models of ironclads imaginable One of lliem cost over £loDii. There was another in solid silver, awl a superb wooden model of it full-rigged ship, whieh would be it dream of delight to the dullest hoy. His last purchase was the model of an Atlantic' steamer. It was a great piece of work, the ship being a yard long, and an exact reproduction of one of the most recently built of all the lineis. At the Kelson Police Court recently a resident was lined £1 with lis costs for unlawfully torturing poultry by eonlining them in a yard in a muddy and unclean condition. It was proved defendant had 108 fowls, S!) duehs, and 10 geese, while the fowlhouse measured Bft 'tin by oft 7in It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless a fact, says the North Otai;o Times, that the great heat of Saturday last prevented an Oamaru citizen carrying out his intention of fioin? to Coolgardic. When he discovered thai the heat in the shade on Saturday was a trifle over 90, and remembering that it sometimes went to 110 in the shade at Coolgardie, lie thought it better to he starved out in Xcw Zealand than roasted ulive in Western Australia.

There are ten newspaper editors in the House of Commons, six printers, and three stationers. I The forfeited deposits of candidates at List general election amounted lo £l5O. The Prince of Wales has his double m London Society to whom people are constantly bowing with a yast sliow of respect. At Palnicvston North, recently, a six year-old child was nearly poisoned through taking an overdose of eucalyptus oil, and was only saved by the assistance of a doctor. Shearing in some of the Mackenzie Country Sheds is (says the South Canterbury Tunes) being interfered with by itilltieuza. In connection with the l'ahialua Presbyterian Church services will be held by the licv. W. H. Philip on Sunday next, as under•—Palliate at 11 (sermon lo children), Ballanre at 2.30, Pahiatua at 7. It is expected that the Woodvillc Freezing Works will have a pretty long season this year, says the Emminei: They are putting through, between 'IOO and 500 sheep a day at present, but the quality of the mutton is not so good as might have been expected from the season. A person who has resided in Waipawa for twenty years informs the ifuil that lie has never known work so scarce throughout the district as it is at present. He says that there is hardly a working man in the place in employment, and that carpenters, plumbers, and painters and looking in vain for a job. If this stale of affairs exists in the summer what can he expected in the winter.

Mr Hutchison, S.M., said in the Mastcrton Magistrate's Court this (Friday) morning that cases had come under his notice in Jfaslcrton, where ladies had been obliged to leave the footpath to make room for cyclists. At the Mastcrton S.II Court, yesterday, after considerable evidence had been taken in the case Hayes t. G. Daysh, a disputed wages claim, it was decided in favor of defcudant with costs against plaintifE. The total number of sheep despatched from Mastcrton to Wellington, this week, is between 4000 and 5,000. A special train ot 13 trucks went down this (Friday) morning. A dispute aroso in tlio Masterton Court this morning as to where the footpath really was in Perry-street, now that the road has been widened opposite the- properties of Mossrs W. H. Eeetham and Jas. Wriglcy. It was subsequently held that only that portion of the old footpath fronting Dr Beard's could now be considered a part of the footpath in that street, Messrs Lowes & loras add 500 lambs to their Mastcrton stock sale list for Thursday, February 7th. A rather singular discovery was made yesterday morning, in a yard at the back of the Bank of New Zealand, Masterton, when a ladies silk umbrella with rustic handle; a man's soft felt hat; a walking stick and a patent key, were fouud together on the ground The articles have bten handed to the police who have not jet lolvcd the mystery or obtained a clue to the swners.

Forty factories hayc been registered in Masterton under the Act. Owing to the bad weather, no fish were caught by the local anglers last night, for the Hospital. The Ecy, A. C Yorkc rotumod to Masterton last evening, Owing to tho rough weather, business is practically suspended to-day in Mastcrton, The Timaru EimU says:—The Harbour Board now owes £IB,OOO for interest unpaid in tho last three years, The arrears are still piling up. Mr F. H. Wood adds to Vw next Taratolii Stock Salo 300 breeding ewes, 70 iambs, and 20 rams. The Queen's Drive, Wellington, is now completed. The work cost £3,300 Twelve men wore recently convicted in Buimah of being concerned in a rebellion, Two of them, Buddhist priests, were sentenced to death, and the rest to penal servitude for life, They appealed asjainst their sentences to the Judicial Commissioner of Upper Burmah and the result of their appeal is time the whole twelve were sentenced to death.

There was a large attendance last night at $o Wcsleyan Schoolroom on the occasion of ih r p" fruit social" got up by the' Young Ladios' Bible Class, in aid of the Church Trust fund.' I'lio tale ot fruit realised £3 12s', 'exclusive of • tho jjajp pf.tickets, which return' lias 'yet td ,como Jif. An 'excellent programme of mus ! ica,rjteinsyjsmothrough', which, had'been arranged by Miss Williams. I Wo congratulate tho young' jadie's on l the success of tUe

A meeting of members of the Wai-1 rarapa Trotting Club was hold last night at Carterton, but no business was transacted and tho meeting was adjourned for ,i fortnight. The whole of the country behind Carterton and along the rauges, is more or less on fire, and had the wind not changed yesterday afternoon serious damage would have resulted iu the town of Carterton.

Wanganui Chronicle says:— There is one, man (or woman) who gets full value out of the Public Library. This individual took out last year 236 novels, and 112 miscellaneous periodicals making a total of 328. Mr E. H. Waddington leaves for Wellington to-day, to assist at the opening ceremony in connection with the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Druids for the North Island,

Mr J.JSimuis, who for some time past has been residing in Masterton, leaves on a trip to the United States and Japan, at the beginuing of next month. An alarm of tire was rung out by the Kuripuni tiroboll at eleven o'clock today, and as with the present gale blowing any outbreak of fire would have been difficult to check, firemen hurried to tho stations. On reaching Kuripuni it was found that the alarm was caused by a fire iu Walton's bush, which it was feared would spread across Rutcher-st. and endanger Mr Cavanagh's house, which is nearly opposite the burning bush. As there was no immediate danger, a fireman was left to watch the fire and the others returned to town. Messrs Simms and Mowlem add to the list of Hums they are instructed to sell at the forthcoming Fair in Masterton, twenty two-tooth, and ten fourtooth Hoinncy Marsh rams, bred by Mr Jas. Wilkinson,

Considerable anxiety existed yesterday in Carterton, on account of the surrounding tires and the heavy westerly gale Many buildings were in danger, the roof of Mr A. L. Whyte's premises actually catching fire, but il was speedily put out. There is a largcfirein Gray's bush on the Taratalii and close lo the outbuildings. Things must he pretty bad in Christchurch, says 'lrnlli, when you find the young fellows shaving their moustaches ! off so that they cau smoke their cigar- ■ ettes shorter. This is economy with a • vengouanee; no wonder the Customs . revenue is falling,

One nf t!.c most cruel Mil crucifying pains mankind is afflicted with, is undoubtedly toothache, It will be of interest to low that inbknt r- lief ran be obtained bj applying a little of Iteli Extract, ami Infallible Cure for T-iotlmelie. which prov-s a permanent cure in marly nil ea-ojs win-to the teeth are hollow, Kvi-iybwly at all likely to get toitliuulio should be provided with a bottle, which can be. hul t ,r 1/- each (gujra.teeil not to injure the tenth or IwjUh) at the W.P.C.A.'a l'aiity trodi IJi'imtincnt, also the following: —Gorman cure for corns. I/-; Mort»in Insect pointer ami -oiva-lrri, l/-eacli; Hock's waterpr of cement, I/-; Hunk's Patz-pisto, large tins, 1/-.-1 1 . ])i:ck .v Co,, Manufacturing Un.mista anil Importers.—Awn.

The announcement is made in another pirt o! this paper th .t a saleof grater magnitmlo than ever yet attempted by Te Am House is now being held, aud should arrest the at Icnliou, of everyone in tliis part of the Colony. Te Aro House lias Ions; held tho p cmior position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in tho city, and further developments are now tilting place to inaugurate tire new year of ISIIS. Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership iu his business, a commercial i gont-lcmnn who has long been associated with the London buying for Te Aro House,

To thoroughly reduce ami prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking, sweeping i eductions will bo inado in all departments. Tho stock must bo reduced by £15,000, and will be offered to tho purchasing public at most tempting prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, s ttlers, careful housewives, youiy and old, rich and poor, alike will save iicaps of money by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which commences on Friday, •Ith January, 1895, at To Aro House, In these times of taxation and bad Government, when no man knows what will bo tho uoxt move, or how soon the country may have to file its schedule, it is well for individual citizens- to keep th<dr weather-eyj open, Get as much as you can for your money, eo that if the crash does come you may be able to hold your head above the universal deluge. Remember, the school commences on Monday, nud the boys must look nice, If you can get a suit, and a good one tor three half-crowns, why p ly four and so on, l„ J. Hooper and Co. have opened specially for the hoys, ten cases Kaiapoi and Eos jn tweed suits, good sound tweed, a real blessing to fathers and mothers of this glorious country. The assortment is unlimited, the patterns new, tho stylo irreproachable, tho finish Al.thc fit undeniable, the suits perfect. The aim has been to mako them nice, as well as neat, natty in design, as well as next to nothing in cost, Down town houses might be able to sell them at say 20 per cent, more, but oven that is doubtful.—Adit