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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4957, 21 February 1895, Page 2

A young mini able lo milk and do general work is required for 11 farm. . The Ileal yesterday was again very , oppressive in Maslerton. In Hie evenu iiic a little rain fell. Masterton Horticultural Society's L Autumn Show is taking place to-day, A Gisborne caterer was lined 5s ou s Friday for dispensing lemonade to four , thirsty residents on a recent Sunday. s The centenary of George Pcabody, the philanthropist, is being celebrated in Massachusetts. Thelicv. S. JL K-ryman, lectures at ■I Jiketaluina on the 2lilh, the subject bef ing " O'er Lake and Glacier." • The meeting of the New Zealand I 1 Hillc Association, is lo be held on the Mill of next month at Trenthain. The Auckland City valuer reports , that sixty-four new buildings have been " erected during the year. The sale of a merry-go-round, with ( full appliances, is announcod to be held on Wednesday next by Messrs H. E. Hornblow and Co. Three reliable - draught horses, and a shooting gallery, arc included in (lie items, and the - sale should prove an attraction to investors. Stephen Dunkley, of Esscndou, I (N.S.W.) salt merchant, lost in the 3 wreck of the Wairarapa, possessed prof perty valued at ±'1950, which lie bej, qucathed to his wife, i Once during the term of ofliec of the )■ Dibbs Ministry, at a time when a critical , division was pending, the late Premier, who was strolling about the main lobby " smoking, thus delivered himself: " If '' we're licked, I'll sling politics and lake - up pig and poultry farming. There's - more lo be made out of that, without I the worry." 1 An entertainment and exhibition is to - be held at Eketaluuia, on March 28th 3 and 29th, in aid of the building fund of 3 the new Ekctaliuua Wcsleyan Church. , The racehorse Viola 11, had a nasty ; experience the other daj - . She was in , a paddock at Tan hercnikau with Spring- , time when the latter lashed out at her I and knocked one eye clean out. ; The residents of Grcylown intend to , send a monster petition to the Minister \ for Labour, (says the Standard), praying him to adopt an order in Council or 1 some other means to enable the Borough ' to change the day of closing from Satur--1 day to Thursday, to bring the town in ' line with the other centres of tho Wairi arapa. An emergency meeting of the Eketa- ; huiia Masonic Lodge will be held oil ■ Friday eveniug next. > It is estimated that the death rate of t the world is sixty-seven per minute, yet ; the seemingly light percentage of gain - suffices to give a net increase of popula- , tion of ] ,200,000 souls annually. ■ The Waipawa Mail, commenting on , the fact that 10 nurses were reported to have bccu engaged in nursing 28 patients in the Napier Hospital, concludes:— ' Pleasant this for the public who iind the ' funds for this ridiculous extravagance. The number of unemployed in Great Britain is estimated at 250,000. The prevalent distress has been unequalled for many years. The Victorian Cabinet has decided lo retire Mr H. H. Hayter, Government Statist andAssistant-Kcgistrar-General, and Mr 1!. L, J, Ellery, Government Astronomer, ou pension. A Mexican professor of physics proposes to foretell earthquakes by connecting telephones to the pipes of deep artesian wells, and to metal plates sunk ill deep mountain crevices. Any unusual noise in the bowles of the earth ' would be audible in the telephone, and would indicate trouble, Summonses were part heard In Manchester the other day against a firm of jtea dealers who gave a coupon to tho pphwppfovery pound of tea, entit- ( ling part m a ballot for£6. | Tho prosecution calculated that beforo anyone could win the second prize the ! firm vouldliaye njadoa.profitoJE £3qQ,OOO sterling. <■

It is now stated that the first dividend / of the co-operative workmen engagedjn! '■ the Manganoho railway statiou painting work MS at the rate of 30s a day, and the avcrago earnings during the (. progress of the work came to 18s per day. An enquiry is to be held, MissJauc E. Davies, who is leaving the Terrace School, Wellington, to take ( up other duties at Clarevillc, has been presented with a gold brooch by the other numbers of the Terrace staff, as a token of the esteem and respect in which 1 she is held. 1 Messrs Simms andMowlcrahaverc- ' ccived instructions to sell the balance of I Messrs E, F. Temple andCo's iron- 1 mongery and electro-ware, on Thursday, t 28th February, at 2 pm„ the firm hay , ing decided to go out of these lines. Mr .1. Shackleton advertises in | another column that he will on and after | Friday next, run a cart round Masterton , and suburbs with prime mutton and , lamb for which he quotes low prices. ' " Peggy," said a schoolmaster to his faithful aged housekeeper, "can you give me a thorough cure for my cold ! J " " Oh! yes, sir," replied Peggy. " Just take some Rood hot gruel, with a good glass of whisky in it, and go to bed and expire." A story that requires an almost heroic , effort to swallow conies from America. , It is stated that at some out-of-the-way , township in that vast country a cow | gave birth to a calf, and to the astonish--1 incnl of her proprietor the milk proved i to be black in color. Notwithstanding ! its peculiar color the calf did Well on ■ this milk, which when set threw up a fair quantity of cream of a slightly . lighter color than the milk. The butter is said to have something the appearance I of coal tar, and to be of excellent flavor. i At Gorokc(Vicloria), Indian hawkers, i by permission, took the dead body of I one of their comrades in its collin outside the town, and placing it, on a large pile of bush which they had prepared, cremated it with tho observance of the ! forms and ceremonies peculiar to their > belief. Messrs Simms and Mowlem add to 1 the list of entries for their next stock • sale in the yards, on Wednesday, 27th - February, 100 fat ewes, 2 dairy cows in i milk, i young bull, J, f.m. Lincoln rams. ' A meeting of settlers interested in 3 the establishment of a Dairy Factory at f iiangitumau, will be held at the Bangi- . lumau schoolroom, at 7.30 p.m on Satur- , day next. Mr McEwan, the new Government Dairy expert, recently from 1 Canada, will address the meeting. Tho arrangements have been made by Messrs 3 J. Stnekey and Geo. Welch, and from 2 what we can gather there is no wish to B limit the project to residents and anyone - interested in the dairy business will be f welcome to attend tho meeting. J Owing to the darkness last evening, :i a gravel heap in Kirton-strect was not r noticed by Mr Harry Perry, who was „ driving with a friend, and running into it, his dog-cart capsized. Both the occupantsof the vehicle were thrown out, but fortunately escaped injury. The n lior.se becoming alarmed made off, and „ strange to say the trap righted itself .] and tkMvholehmi-out negotiated several ' corners and reached Quoen Street, where the horse was brought to a standi still, without much mishap. The cart c was however, badly damaged. I One morning a witty individual II wagered that he would ask the same t question of fifty different persons, and - receive the same answer from each. The I wit went lirst to one and then to another, . until he had reached the unrabcr of s fifty. And this is how he won the bet. K He whispered half audibly to each, " I say, hayc you beard that Smith has failed?" "What Smith;''" queried tho '" whole fifty, one after another, and it was II decided that the bet had been fairly t won. e In a memorandum acknowledging Mr '■ Hogg's letter in reference to the school - excursion from Masterlon, the Traffic l Manager, Mr Donne says :—" The exo cursionisls, one and all, were so good tempered and orderly that it was a pleasure to be associated with them, and it is to be hoped that the pleasant trip of 0 Friday last will be but the precursor of many a similar excursion." V A woman named Ellen Walker com- <■ milled suicide by drowning in Wellington harbour yesterday. s The cases in which Albert White, licensee of the Universal Hotel, (who I! was convicted by MrT. Hulehison.S.M., v on November lfjlh hist (1) of having sold liquor on Sunday, 21st October, aud r (2) of having on the same dale exposed ' liquor for sale), appealed against the above convictions came before Mr Justiecltichmond yesterday. His Honor t in giving judgment in the case in which '■ the appellant had been convicted of selling liquor, held that Sweeney was end tcrtaining these men and not acting as e their agent. A sale to a lodger for consumption by himself aud his friends was held to be lawful. It was with regret ' he had come to the conclusion to quash the conviclon, because ho thought the practice of lodgers treating their friends ! i during prohibited hours was a bad one d and should he put down, aud he felt sure I- that it bad never been intended that a e lodger could call in Dick, Tom, aud I- Harry out of the streets and treat them, e He hoped tho legislature would make !• an alteration in the law, so as to do away with this, In the other case His Honor i said that if the sale to Sweeney was lawj ful, the opening of the bar to supply him ~ could not be considered an unlawful ex- . posure of liquor. The two men who entcrodthe hotel might haye seen the liquor in the bar, but it was not oxposod to ? them for salo and they were refused it. He would quash the conviction in this 1 case also. No costs wcro allowed. f The announcement is mado in another part , of this pnper that a sn!o of greater magnitude ; than oyer yet attempted by To Aro House J is now being held, and should arrest tho at 1 tention, of everyone in this part of the Colony, To Aro House has long hold the , premier position as the leading Family , Drapery Warehouse in the city, and further r developments are now taking placo to inaugurate the new year of 1895. ' Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a < partnership in his business, a commercial i gentleman who has long been associated . with the London buying for To Aro House. . To thoroughly redueo and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will bo made : i in all departments. Tho stock must be re- • duced by £15,000, and will bo offered to the , . purchasing public at most tempting prices, . Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, ! careful housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of money by re- ' serving their purchases for this great part- ! ncrship sale, which commences on Friday, 4th January, 1895, at To Aro House. Just a word with you. Going into matri- ■ monialbliss.oh, say! go it boys. Your father . did it, and his father in his day. Why not follow his example? Try to compare the • man going homo to his cozy cottage, with ' all its comforts, and the single man going i ' to his diggings, Bab, you can't do it. Mighl just is well try to find a Drapery ■ [shop in the Wairarapa, that can supply i your requirements as good and cheap as L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon Marche. , Don't take our word. Judge yourself, and you will find it a sterling fact beyond dispute, that Hooper's is tho placo (or you and your moncy.-AnvT. One of tho most cruel ami crucifying pains , mankind is afflicted with, is undoubtedly j toothache. It will bo of interest to know that ' instant relief ran be obtained by applying a a littlo of Herb Extract, and Infallible Cure c for Toothache, which proves a permanent cure in nearly all csbcs where tho teeth aro s hollow, Everybody at all likely to get tooth- d ache should be provided with a bottle, which i can be bad for 1/- each (guaranteed not to injure the teeth or health) at tho W.F.C.A.'n Fancy Goods Department, also the following: ( -German cure for corns, 1/-; Mortem Insect powder and spreaders, 1/- each; Bock's waterproof cement, 1/-1 Book's Patz-paste, large U tine, 1/-.-P. Book 4 Co., Manufacturing Chemists and Importers.-ADVT,