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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4944, 6 February 1895, Page 2

_ Mr Tanner, M.H.U., recommends licensing tobacconists.

Shot')) worrying by Jogs is causing a lot of complaint round about Carterton. Considerable rain fell at intervals yesterday, throughout the district. The Government is considering the advisability of taking over the Maungatoro Estate near Danevirke. The Government steamer Stella is under offer to Mr Brown, of Jinrotonga, tor the Island trade. The Minister of Labor is expected to deliver an address at Chrislchurch, this week. A young woman named Annie ])udd, charged with vagrancy at Wellington, has been committed to the Asylum as a lunatic. The Government does not intend to appoint ut butter expert to succeed Mr \ alenline al present. Mr Giles Edwards, an old Hutl settler, died on Monday hist.agcd 70years. He came to (lie Colony in 1842, Mr William Nelson, of meat-freezing fame, contemplates an immediate visit to London, it is said. A Yucca in full bloom is somewhat rave in the Wairarapa. One is to lie seen at present in Mr W. Parker's grounds, Cart erton, says the O/wmw. The plant is six fcctliigh and the flower gives forth a powerful odour. Notice of application for the transfer of the license of the Martinborougli Hold from P. T. Spillane to Alex. G. Stewart is given by Mr li. Aehcson, solicitor. The Upper Taueru Hoad Board invite tenders lor the formation of the Mangapurapura lioad, eight feet wide. Mr J. "Watt, bookseller of Queen sired, is now running an up-to-date circulating library, particulars of which may be obtained on application to him. Onehunga has to be added to the- list of boroughs declariug for the Saturday half-holiday. Ninety-live per cent, of the London shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand have paid the call. Messrs li. E. Horublow and Co.'s new lot of properties appears in to-day's issue, to which we invite our readers attention. J. Carpenter, of Richmond llivcr (N.S.W.) aboriginal, in a cricket mutch between two aboriginal teams the other day, look II wickets for 17 runs, Tenders are invited for the formatiou of 82 chains of the Muugerai bridle I track, four feet wide.

Mr Kirby, of Shannon East Eoad, brought to lliis office 'says the Fanner,) a splendid sample of a whilo Chinese radish, 1) inches in girth, 17 inches long, and weighing over two pounds. The radish was sound all through. Mr Andrews, the General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, left last week on an official visit to Melbourne and Adelaide. It is possible that his tour may be extended to London. The Hinemoa was detained in Paterson's Inlet, Stewart Island, for three days during the laic gale. The Governor and party were on board. Trout are said to be dying in hundreds in the Mauniratcrcre stream at "West Taratahi The causo is said to be wood ashes from the bush fires poisoning the water.

The recent bush fires in and arouud the liclvcdero district have caused a considerable amouut of damage to tho grass and feuces, says the Observer. On Mr W. Booth's farm, sheep have died in numbers through suffocation, and some were actually burnt alive. Lois that arc still alive arc running about in a very deplorable state, having the wool burnt oil their backs. Notice of application for a transfer of license of tho White Hart Hotel, Carterton, from J. Bertie to E. H, Buekcridge, is given by Mrß, Achcson, solicitor. Mr A. P. Eawson.surveyor, is now engaged iu laying out a township and farm allotments, on Messrs Heel-ham Bros.' Branccpcth estate. The township will be situated about midway between the Homestead and Taucru. It has been decided that tho Wairarapa Cricket Association shall accept a challenge to play a representative match at Pahiatua, on the 16th lust, and the Match Committee will meet in Masteron Saturday nert, after the match here, to select a team. The enterprising Napier Telegraph has celebrated its 25th year of publication, by enlarging its sheet. Wchave been shown shown some fine specimens of cucumbers grown by Mr ,]. I)ay on his property in Villa Street. They arc as fine as any produeod iu Mastcrton this season I A special train of fifteen trucks of sheop left Mastcrton this morning, six trucks also being attached to the passenger train. The sheep totalled 1,800. A traveller new to tho country and not having had any experience in horseflesh, visited a station in ltiverina, and was taken out for a drive. One of tho horses was a fiea-bittcu grey and the other a skewbald. Ho remarked on the peculiar colour of the horses, especially \ the grey, "That horse with all the ■ spots on him is what we call a Ilea- I bitten grey," explained Hie host, "How ] very remarkable," replied the new chum, I "what bit the other one?" '

A terrible story of misery and suicide comes from tho French capital. A mar' riedcouple lost their three children successively, after longillnesscs. The fourth was taken to the hospital with a wound caused by a shoe wail in the sole of her foot which necessitated amputation. In a fit of despair the husband hanged himself, and shortly afterwards his little son, Athanaso Humbert, only ten years of'age followed his oxamplo.. The unfortunate mother found him liangiiip; from the samo peg upon which Ms father had carried out his' .terrible purpose Madame Humbert a few \ows afterwirds wished to throw herself out of the window, hyj was prevented by $» polite, . v-M ..-• ■.••■■ ',

Messrs Lowes and loms add to their stock salo list for Wednesday next, yearlings, wcancrs, cows, etc. In consequence of the Earn Fair being .held to-day, Messrs Lowes and Horns' regular stock sale takes place to-morrow (Thursday). The entries of stock are large, together with a number of thoroughbred horses. The appointment of Dr. O'Heilly, Bishop of Port Augusta, to succeed tlio late Dr. Dcyuolds as Archbishop of Adelaide, has been confirmed. The Wellington S.M. held that the partnership between Walter Bentlcy and Manfred llose was not proved, and therefore judgment would be for the plaintiff against Hose for the amount claimed, with costs amounting to £2 Bs, and for the defendant in the case of Bentlcy, with £1 Is costs. Mr Gray applied tor leave to appeal, which was refused.

The regular monthly meeting of the Mastertou Municipal Fire Brigade was held last evening, Captain Pickering in the chair. Accounts from 0. l'ragncll, C. E. Danicll, and J. G. Gilbcrd (Napier), were passed for payment. Long-scrvice-medals were granted to W. Fellingliam, E. Brnggins, H. Mutric, I Butcher, senr. andjunr., and A. Pybus, and a three years' certificate to Custodian Hewitt, of Kuripuni. Secretary Pragnell presented the balance sheets m connection with the Brigade's recent torchlight procession and picnic, which siiowcd a substantial credit balance. Other business of a routine character was transacted, and tho usual vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. A case of some interest to stoek-owncrs was heard in the Police Court at Han. giora on Tuesday last (says the Timaru llmtltl) by the Stipendiary Magistrate of the district. The defendant was charged on the information of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with having been guilty of cruelly to certain cattle in his efforts to dehorn them. The beasts were from three to live years old. From the evidence it would appear that the process used, involved some cruelty, but the evidence for the defence was to the effect that tho cattle appeared none the worse on the following day. The magistrate not only held that the operation had been cruelly performed, though not intentionally so, but that it was cruel to dehorn cattle at the age stated. A nominal penalty was inflicted. Deferring to the Wellington College, the Vml says:—"That a school so distinguished in the fields of learning and of sport should attract attendance is but natural. We arc. not,thereforc,surprised to learn that the college opens the. year with a roll of upwards of 11)0 boys—a record in its history, and more thnn double the number on the roll at the beginning of 181)1, when Mr Firth took charge. Such a result is more titan satisfactory, and justifies the heartiest congratulations to Mr and Mrs Firth, the Governors, the masters, and the boys attending (he College. iN'or arc the citizens of Wellington to be omitted, for they too may be proud of possessing such an institution for the education of their sons. It is nu slight boon." A private letter from Adelaide says : " The result of our harvest, so far as it has gone, has been almost disastrous. Dry winds and intense heat up to the middle of December shrivelled most of the whaetthat was not then ripe, and the damage done was not over-estimated. Since then we have had excessive and general rains, and whilst much that was stripped and in heaps, waiting cleaning and bagging, has been injured to some extent—the heaps being partially protected by the chafE they contained—all tho crops that were standing had been more or loss bleached. It is a miserable outlook both for millers and corn men. and 1 dread the season. The yield will not exceed live bushels an acre."-Clirisl-church Press.

lieporl goes that female football leums will shortly contest in public, and the problem is how, on (he one hand, to make (he performance graceful and, on the other, not to spoil the game. Whether the renl game, played by women, is a graceful or a disgraceful 'sight, Mrs Grundy must decide; and whether [lie game, played in a ladylike manner, is worth looking at, will doubtless soon bo settled by the polite frequenters of the football field who, we may be sure, will not be backward in expressing their opinion. In (he mean, time, we enter our protest against the whole performance. If girls choose to kick a ball about a Held, between their lessons, no one need object; but for young women to attempt to play at football, as played, is another matter. Many of the sudden jerks and twists involved in the game, arc exactly such as are known to cause serious internal displacements, and it is impossible to think of what happens when the arms are thrown up lo catch the ball, or when a kick is made with full force, and misses, without admitting the injury which may be thereby produced in the inner mechanism of the female frame. Nor can one overlook the chances of injury to the breasts. The influence of such injuries in originating the develop, racnt of various tumours, may bo more or less hypothetical, but at least (here is a slrong consensus in its favour. - British Medical Journal,

_ The Mastcrton Catholic School has just been re-painted and tho roof covered with iron, The Catholic Presbytery at Masterton, has lately been added to and much improved under tho direction of the itov. Father MeKciina, and now presents a very comfortable appearance.

Messrs Simms and Mowlem advertise the following additions to the list of entries for their next stock sale in their yards, Queen Street, on Wednesday, 13th inst, 1 purebred Berkshire boar, two and a half years old, 1 bacon sow, 11 wcuier pigs. Mr P, Holloway, butcher, of Queen, street, met with an accident yesterday afternoon, which it is almost a miraclo did not result fatally. He was mustering cattle in a paddock oft! the Lincoln lioad, and while endeavouring to head tho mob, his horse tripped and foil, rolling right oyer him. When picked up it was found that he was merely stunned, and but for some sevcro bruises about the face and body, he was not othcrwiso injured. We must congratulate Mr Holloway on his very fortunate escape.

The Folding Siar publishes tho following opinion of New Zealand volunteered by a New South Wales man : "Look here," said he," I have travelled through a great part of America, I have been through Canada, the Argentine Eepublic, Victoria, and have been settled for snmo years in New England, some three hundred miles back from Sydney, but I have never seen such a beautiful country as you have got here. I intend, when I go back, to try and sell out, and come over here and settle, Why, man, you have a typical paradise here, compared to us in New South Walos, and you talk about the hard times. It is nothing to be compared to the state of affairs over with us, The banks own pretty well all wo call ours over there, and you know what the banks havo been doing lately."

A Glasgow paper received by last mail contains the following:—" The General Medical Council has under, consideration the caso of Eobort Masters Tlicobald, a member of tkoEoyal College Surgeons, Edinburgh, who was charged with having published and circulated a hook named 'Electro-lioniaipathicMcdi-cine/in which cortain cures and medicines of one Count Mattel wcro commended. An analysis of the medicines showed that the bottles containod a cloar colourless fluid of the specific grayity of 'distilled water, which left nothing on evaporation. It contained no elcctrio properties. Mr Theobald's name was erased from the register."

MrF.H, Wood adds to his already: extensive list of oatries for the special i Horse Fair to be hold by him at Carterton on the 12th inst, 1 brougham, only in uso a month, 1 pair grey marcs, 1 set of brougham harness (doublo), The perusal of the advertisement of tliie sale mllwejlrop/petijsil, '

Tho Cabinet meets at Wellington-to-day.

Lhe Grand Jury threw out the bill in the Frnuz shootingeascin which Schnicr, second niato of the barque Franz, was charged with shooting Earnest Thompson. Mr J. F. Mercier, recently gave an address at Hastings, on "The Aims and Objects of the New Zealand Workers' Union. The stallion Seaton Do Laval, purchased in England liy Mr Nathan, of Auckland, has arrived at Melbourne. The Wanganui Jockey Clubkvc completed negotiations with Mr Crawford of Wellington, for four of his starting machines to be orectcd on the Wanganui Bacccourse.

The men McMahon and Stirling, charged with stealing money belonging to their mates employed on co-operative works, were discharged at Eketahuna on Monday. The Masterton Catholic School still maintains its good attendance. Under the direction of Mr B. J. Dolan, the school has made great strides, audis now a model in many respects, particularly as regards discipline. _ Vcvcra, one of the survivors of the ill-fated steamer Elbe, declares that many of the passengers were crushed like rats m the hows when the collision took place. The screaming cf women and children, he says, was only equalled by the praying of others, but lie also asserts that the blasphemy of a number of men on board was something fearful. The ordinary monthly meeting of the the vestry of St, Matthew's Parish, will be held on Monday, Uth February, at 8 p.m., in the Sunday School-room, when Mr W.G. Beard will move the following:-" That in the opinion of this vestry, the collection of the subscriptions to the General Church Fund, will be better effected by the appointment of a Special Collector for the whole of the Wellington District." At Decringullcn, Goulbourn, N.SW., a dog dropped upon the canvas of a Buckeye rouper-and-bindci that was being worked in harvest Geld. Before anyone could interfere the dog was carried by the elevators to the binding table, lied up in a shcal of wheat, hound and tossed out. When the sheaf was unfastened the dog walked stupidly out quite unhurt, Cases iu which J, H, Martin, A. Money, A. W. Bootlunati, ]{. Itedc, M. Majcroni, Ida Grcsham, and Milfred Bolton sued Walter Bcntlcy for wages were heard at Wellington yesterday. After a lengthy hearing His Worship gave judgment against Mr Bentley for the wages owing since the signing of the Auckland agreement, and also tor the plaintiffs' passages back to Melbourne. The exact amount to be paid will he fixed tin's morning. In giying his decision in tho case Martin v. Bentley, His Worship said lie would basoit upon the equality and good conscience clause of the Act, Sir liobert Stout said that in that case there could bo no appeal from the decision, and he must therefore accept it as conclusive.—K '/,, Times. At Moore fN.S.W.) the other day the Chinese boss of a gang of Chincso shearers gave tho boys the ' office' to down tools and come out, which they promptly did. The cause of this unprecedented action was that threo European shearers had been put on, and the Chinamen said they were a bit particular about whom they associated with, so the whiles had to go! This throwing down the gauge by a handful of the despised race in a foreign laud to the powerful Shearers' Union shows that there arc some uufrightened Chinese in the world, at any rate—Sydney Daily Telegraph. A Korth country gentleman was left £BOO a year by his deceased wife so long as he remained a widower. In the event ot his remarriage the money was to pass to the dead wife's children. The gentleman, falling into financial difficulties proceeded to London and married the inmate of a workhouse, aged 87, at a register's office, the brido returning to her old quarters after the ceremony. By this step the creditors wero unable to touch a penny of the money, which passed at once into tho hands of tho children.

The Sew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) has rescived (he following cable message from its London olficc.dated Ith inst :-Frozcn ! meats—Million market weak, lamb market quiet; Canterbury mutton, 3-] d; Wellington mutton, 3Jd; lamb, prime New Zealand, per carcase, ojd. Tallow there is a rather better demand; lino mutton, 23s Cd; good beef, 21s. Butter j —Market dull; New Zealand, fine qualities, 91s to 90s.

It is quite evident some owners still thiuk that a jockeys'" ring" exists says " Gipsy King" in the Mail. Ata race meeting held during the present month not 500 miles from Wellington, two different owners asked me if I could get them or recommend to them, a good horseman. I suggested the nanus oE four different horsemen, but they shook their heads, and said they were not having " Oh, it's not good enough putting up travelling jocks." 1 explained | that all jockeys had to travel to the different moctings to obtdu a liyiug, j but they remained obdurate, and asked if I did not know of anyone that was connected with some stable, as that was sufficient proof that they wcro not idle half their time, making tho acquaintance ofdoublfnlcharactcrs.andunscrupulous :'■ punters." Personally, I would not like to say that a jockeys' " ring " does not exist, but I know several owners who hold very decided opinions that such doos exist, aud they make no secret about it, but steer clear of tho alleged " ring," by employing inferior jockeys, who are not at the hock and call of " punters,"

In these times of taxation and bad Government, when no man knows what will be tho next move, or how soon the country may have to Clo its schedule, it is well (or individual citizens to keep thnir weather-eye open, Dot rs much as you can for your money, bo that it the crash doos come you may be able to hold your head abovo tho universal deluge, Remember, the school commences on Monday, and tho boys must look nice. If you can get a suit, and a good one tor three half-crowns, why piy four and so on. L. J. Hooper and Co. have oponcd specially for tho boys, ten cases Kafapoi and Boslyn tweed suits, good sound tweed, a real bloesing to fathers and mothers of this glorious country, The assortment is unlimited, tho patterns new, the stflo irreproachable, the finish Al,tho fit undeniable, the suits perfect. Tho aim has been to make them nice, as well as neat, natty in design, aswollas nest to nothing in cost, Down town houses might bo able to sell them at say 20 per cent, more, but even that is doubtful,—Anvi

The announcement is mado in another part of this paper that a sale olgreater magnitude than oyer yet attempted by To Ato House is now being hold, and should arrest the at tontion, of everyone in this part of the Colony. Te Aw House has long held the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in theoity, and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the new year of 1895, Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a conuneroial gentleman who has long been asßooiatcd with the London buying tor To Aro House, To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to tho partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will be made in all departments, The stock must be reduced by £15,000, and wilt be offered to the purchasing publioattnost tempting prioes, Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, careful housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of money by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which oommences on Friday 4th January, 1895, at Te Aro House.

Ono of the most cruel and crucifying pahs mankind is afflicted with, is undoubtedly toothache, It will be of interest to know that instant relief can be obtained by applying a little of Herb Exlraot,'and Infallible Cure for Toothache, whioh proves a permanent euro in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, Everybody at all likely to get toothache should bo provided with a bottle, which can be had for 1/- caoli (guaranteed not to in; juio the tenth or health) at tho W.F,O,A,'b Fancy Goods Department, also the following ■ -German euro forcorns, 1/.; Morton Insect powder and spreaders, 1/- each j Book's waterproof cement, l/-;,Book's Potzpaste,laree Wl/ r P,Boox i *Ofc, ManufacJ (Mm ltd Itiportetß,-Apv], •" •'