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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4956, 20 February 1895, Page 2

A M'akiuro settler named Frederick Hope, has, says the Paliiatua llmdil, been arrested by Constable Cooper on a charge of cattle-stealing. Mr Pulmer.Governinent Fruit Expert, is now in llie l'ahialua District.

Parkville Creamery is now receiving WO gallons of milk per day. Mr Geo. Edwards of Eketahuna, is reported lo have purchased the draught stallion Marquis of Salisbury. Yesterday is generally admitted to have been the hottest day this summer throughout the Wairarapa. Tenders are invited by the Mastcrton Eoad Board, for formation on the Opaki District Hond. Active preparations are being made for the Maslerton Horticultural Society's Autumn Show which lakes place tomorrow, (Thursday), Thomas Moll'at, for .'1(1 years resident in the Wairarapa, and brother-in-law to the late Mr Unit I'dy, dicdalGreytown yesterday morning, aged 87.

Awell-knownnativc—HaweatcNaera —died al Papawai on Sunday night. A large tangi is being held, A special train of 25 trucks of sheep, lefl Maslerton this morning, besides 14 trucks with the ordinary train. An aided school is being established at Wainuiorii.

At the enquiry into the circumstances attending the lire at Mr W. Jiidgway's, at Miki Miki, the jury returned a verdict, that there was no evidence lo showhow the lire originated, The anniversary services in connection with the Belvedere Weslcyan Church, will be held on Sunday, March 17th.

It is slated (hat the head-i|uarlers of of the A'ew Lcaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) are about lo be removed from Auckland to W elb'nglon. Mr T. H. Hanna, who has for some years been in charge of the company's business at Blenheim, has been appointed to succeed Mr W, G. Foster as manager in Wellington.

The plcasantest abode in Masterlon, at this sultry season, is probably a small tent pitched on the bank of the Waipoua by two astute Indians who are sojourning amongst us, and who appear to be perfectly happy in the picturesque spot which they have chosen for their camp.

The Observer states that Messrs li, Bright and H. Morison have applied for letters patent for a racestartiag machine which (hey claim is in every way superior and simpler thau any al present in use, and can be supplied at a far more reasonable price. The Secretary of the Star Cricket Club, Wellington, has written to the Carterton Club to arrange a match on Saturday, 13th April. The Stars expect to play Grcytown the previous day (Good Friday). Both fixtures arc likely to come off.

To get lost iu cocksfoot stubbie sounds somewhat unusual, says the I Otenw, but we aro assured on the most reliable authority thai such a thing occurred recently out the Coast way. The grass had grown some eight feet high and had been harvested for the seed. Afterwards a young roan (himself quite six feet high) attempted to cross the field and got loss. We told our informant we had heard a few snakoyarns.bul lie assured us that what he said was a positive fact, and gave names and places —we think ire had better omit them—in proof of his assertion, and we have no reason to douhtit.

The Eangitikci Adcoealc reports that a man named J, S. Clark, ganger on flic Manganoho-Huntcrvillc section of the railway, committed suicide at Huntervillcon Saturday by hanging himself. His wife and family live at'l\irakiua,aud arc said lo he totally unprovided for.

We have been shown ut letter from the manager of licnmorc station, says the Otago Daily Times, ia which lie informs the general manager of the company, that " Stuart, the waggoner, reports haying been nearly burucd out I on his wy down with his last load. While preparing to camp a little way off thctrack somewhere about Awamoko, two persons accosted him, using very, insulting language to him about nonunion Benmorc wool, and then deliberately set, tiro to the grass to windward of the waggon, Stuart could only catch one horse (the rest stampeding), which fortunately was strong and staunch, and hauled the waggon on fo tho road—not, howovcr, before (he waggon was scorched. Ho lost all his horse covers ni>d feed. The scoundrels took to their heels when they saw the Ore round the waggon. Stuart cays lie will recognise , pno of tho {el}ovr? j{ |je ever meets bin),",

Several informations for failing to destroy rabbits liave been laid against settlers in this district, and will come on for hcariug at Mastcrton on March Ist. We understand that over 50 summonses have- been issued at Mastcrton for the recovery of sheep rates, The trade in bicycles in Great Britain now amounts to a million pounds sterling per mouth. The dome of (ho Palais de Justice in Brussels is made of papier-mache, and weighs 10 tons.

A special general meeting of the Mnstcrton Football Club, will beheld at the Club Hotel on Saturday next, at 8 p.m. to deal with the Worksop Uoad Ground.

The stork sale advertised to be held at Martinborough yards on Thursday, the 28th February, Ims been postponed until further notice.

i A Pahiatua resident was yesterday lined £2, for supplying liquor to a prohibited person. The Bench intimated that any similar case would be dealt with more rigorously. •Tolm Cummins, bankrupt, of Pahiatua, was charged before Messrs W. W. McCardle, Archibald Stewart and H. W. Briggs, J.P.'s, at Pahiatua yesterday, under sub-section (!, section 137 of the Bankruptcy Act of 181)2, with obtaining credit under false pretences, and committed for trial. A second charge, of having no reasonable or probable grounds of expectation that lie could pay certain debts when they were incurred, was dismissed.

The lire which recently destroyed the residence of Mr E. 0." Smith at the Taiteru was the subject of an inquest held yesterday before the Coroner, Mr T. Hutchison and a jury consisting of Messrs T. P. Lett (foreman), J. Wood, J. Mulvay, Slack, Henderson, and C. Brenchley. An open verdict was returned.

f The Secretary of the Maslerlon Horticultural Society will be in iittcndauce at the Drill Hall this evening from 7 lo 9.1)0, to receiveenlries for the Autumn Show to be held to-morrow.

The Mastcrtou Horticultural Society have received a large wax doll dressed in Hie latest fashion, to be disposed of through the bran tub, the proceeds to go to the Society's funds. The Salvation Army in .Melbourne has obtained for .CIH.oOO, it line block of buildings which cost the Y..M.C.A. £55,000.

An Adelaide paper says:—" Democracy has goncto seed in NcwZealand, and the Colony is naturally in a bad way."

A man named McLean ami another named Elliot had limbs mangled in threshing machines at Longlauds and Chesterthorpe, near Hastings on Monday. The thermometer at the Government Observatory yesterday registered 88 in the shade, which is the highest reading ill Wellington since 1884, lil years ago, says the Jf.Z, Times. The nearest approach to it within (lie time was 85 degrees on the 21st February, 1883. We have received several new lcallets to farmers, issued by the Jf.Z. Department of Agriculture. They include treatises on the Hessian Fly; the Giant Burdock; the leather Jacket (Daddy Long-legs); the I'otato Moth, and the Stoat and Weasel.

The representative of Messrs Yates and Son, seedsmen of Auckland paid his usual visit lo Maslerton yesterday and destroyed all unsold seeds. A firm that regularly pursues this course ensures that their customers will only be supplied with lirsl-class fertile seeds as the season approaches. Messrs ,1. Graham and Co., are now sole agents for Yules' seeds, with power to appoint sub-agents. A sensation has been created in our Bush districts by a ncwly-lledgcd J.l'., who took his seat for (lie first time the other day in company with two other justices who possessed" a little more experience. The counsel for the defendant made a strong appeal lo the Bench on behalf of his client, and the new J.l'. at once expressed his concurrence with this view of the case. The two senior justices gasped for breath when they found their colleague anticipating the verdict after this fashion, and when they recovered their composure promptly convictedand lined the defendant, and sat on the new J.l'. The (afterthought he had better not remain for another case, and to the amusement of the onlookers retired a sadder and perhaps a wiser man. The value of the Vatican, the Pope's residence at Dome, and its treasures, in money would exceed £30,000,000. The North Olago Tim stales thai ono day last week a farmer on the Kakanui flat was shooting rabbits, and observed a rabbit chasing a ferret which was running away. The farmer fired, sliot the ferret, and broke the forelegs of the rabbit.

According to (he Auckland Herald, hotclkcepcrs have been instructed that they must not sell a cigar on a Saturday altcruoon after the regular tobacco shops are closed. The Newman school committee lias decided to vote for Messrs Hoberlson, Brady and Dr. Newman, at the coming Education Hoard election.

For stealing watcrcressvaluesixpence, the Grantham (England) Magistrate recenlly sent an offender up for one month's hard. At Pcntridge two men charged with trespassing in search of game, on whom one rabbit was found, were each lined £5 and costs.

The Post is informed, that a recentlyreleased prisoner named Thomas Eastwood, has preferred to the Inspector of Prisons, sonic serious complaints against one of the gaol ollicials at Point Halswell, where Eastwood was recently engaged iu working out, his sentence. The charges involve the whole question of prison discipline at the Point Halswell Gaol, and will no doubt be thoroughly enquired into. Eastwood was one of the men convicted for what is known as the lish cement case.

A correspondent of a Wellington paper calls attention to the fact that Victorian Hour is finding its way into New Zealand, despite (he duly of 20s per ton. He knows of one baker using it, and last week 25 tons, in 1001b and oOlb bags, was landed for grocers' use.

Mr JLogg, M.H.K., has written lo the Traffic Manager of the Wellington Kailways (Mr Donne), warmly congratulating him upon the success of last week's school excursion from Mnstcrton, which ho attributes largely to the excellence lof the arrangements made by Mr Donne land his staff.

A straight tip from tho Thames Ad-iw(!sw:-Wc acknowledge with deep regret that oursporting prophet in Auckland did not spot a single winner in Ins tips for tho Takapuna races. We don't think we'll trouble our readers with any more "tips" after this signal breakdown in our first venture. 'ln the present state of racing the hest horse rarely wins. We recommend our sporting friends to draw a horse from a hat in future. They'll just be as likely to strike the winners this way as by listoning to all the "tipsters" in the country.

The death of one or two Englishmen who lately had a water-drinking match is recalled by the recent painful death of a well-known Melbourne cricketer, who wagered that he could eat six ice creams after playing cricket all the afternoon. He got through four, and after being carried liomn, died (he following day of peritonitis.

Mr J, T. M. Hornsby, late of Napier at a public meeting at Christehuroh the the other day, says a Napier paper, in | connection with charitable aid, in the icourse of a speech said:—" God help the poor if you leave litem lo the tender mercies of the wicked scamps who call themselves tho administrators of ehari-l table aid in Christchurch."

Mr Johnston of Kaiapoi has been appointed successor to Mr J. Bagge at tho Mastorlon Post Office, and tajecschargo after 31st of March, Mr Baggc retires with his family to a farm near Marion, whore we trust he will spend many' pleasant and prosperous years. He will carry with him tho respect and hest wishes of a host of friends in this dism ' ■'" ■

Apparently Mr Ah Lop Considers that lie has a case against the -persons who annoyed him on Saturday and although the police decline to prosecute, informations have been laid against a number of young men for "wilful trespass," and "feloniously stealing." Queensland has joined the other colonies in the cable guarantee. The shipping returns at Auckland for the year show an increase, both in inward and outward vessels.

By the explosion of a magazine in a fort at Formosa 50 soldiers were killed.:.

The quarterly dinner of the Woodville District Farmers' Club atEuddick's Club Hotel was a great succes.

At the Horticultural and Industrial Show, to-morrow, Mrs Arnott's prize for the best water-color painting, is to be given to a local amateur. In Juno Australia's armies were mado upas follows; Victoria, 5340; New South Wales, 1775 ; Queensland, 2707; and South Australia, 2300.

The London Times draws attention to the rapid progress of the passion drama and the freedom with which thocourtcsan and her interests arc now discussed on the English stage. Two streets in Clerkcnwell, London, will bo known hereafter by the names of Phelps and Grimaldi, in memory of the famous manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre and the celebrated clown. Phelps was the greatest actor ot his time,

In 1893 the number of eases of lunacy in the Wellington police district was 103. Lust year they numbered 92. The number of eases of attempted suicide was 15, against 9 in 1893. A telegram has been received by the friends of Mr Geo. A. Cameron, who is representing a Wairarapa syndicate at Coolgardie, slating that he is dangerously ill with typhoid fever. The marriage of Mr Lionel Caselberg of Masterton, to Miss Cora Alexander of Auckland, is arranged for the 20th inst. The ceremony lakes place in Auckland. The date on which Mr F. H. Wood will sell (he furniture of Mr K .1. Searl at Featherston. lias been altered to Monday next the 25th insl.

Ail important sale of horses, waggons, ect., will be held on Saturday nest, by .Messrs Lowes and lorns. The sale will on the ground immediately behind their auction rooms. Particulars appear elsewhere.

The announcement is made in another part ot this pnpor that a sale of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted by To Aro House is now being held, and should arrest tho at tention, of everyone in this part of the Colony. Te Aro House has long held the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in the city, and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the new year of 18115,

Early in Hie year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the London buying for Te Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will be mode in all departments. Tho stock must bo reduced by £15,000, and will be offered to the purchasing public ot most tempting prices, 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 commences on Friday, •lib January, 1895, at To Aro House,

Just a word with you. Going into matrimonial bliss.oli, aay! go it boys. Your father (lid it, and his fa thcr in his day, Why not follow his example? Try to compare tho man going homo to his cozy cottage, with all its comforts, and the single man going to his diggings. Bob, you con't do it, Might just as woll try to find a Drapery bhop in tho Wairarapa, that can supply your requirements as good and cheap as L. J, Hooper * Co., of the Don Marche. Don't take our word. Judge yourself, and you will iind it a sterling fact beyond dispute, that Hooper's is the place for you and your money,—Anvr,

One of the most cruel and crucifying pains mankind is alllictcd with, is undoubtedly toothache. It will bo of interest to know that instant relief can be obtained by applying a little of Herb Extract, and Infallible Cure for Toothache, which proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth nro hollow. Everybody atall likely to get toothache should bo provided with a bottle, which can bo bail for 1/- each (guaranteed not to injure the teeth or health) at the W.K.C.A.'s Fancy Goods Department, also the following: -German cure for corns, 1/-; Mortem Insect powder and spreaders, 1/- each; ISnck's waterproof cement, 1/-; Bock's l'atz-pastc, large tins, j|..-]\ Bock k Co., Manufacturing Ohcinists and Importers.—Ann.