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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4961, 26 February 1895, Page 2

Mastertonßorough Couneilmccts this evening. Latest reports slalc that Sir liobcrt Duff's health is improving. Manawalu Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting opens 10-dity. Swaggers seem lo lie increasing again on the roads iu (his district. A nugget of tin weighing 5100 pounds lias been found in Tasmania. Stakes nt the recent Dnncdin meeting amounted to JC2,«;12. Messrs Simmsaml Mowlem publish a list of their agencies, etc. Telegraph poles arc now madeof paper pulp in the United States. MrF. If. Wood notifies that he has English Leicester rams lor private sale. Ohrisl church tradesmen are growling at the calls that are being made on them for prizes for picnics. The "Slum and Drift Cliildrcns' Friendly Society " is the latest in Auckland. Mi'G. Williams has taken over the coaching line between Greytown and Marliiiborough. Mr McEwan, the Dairy Expert, today inspected the proposed site for a creamery at Te Ore Ore. lievT. Cook—r am sometimes asked why so few in the world join the church; it is because so many in the church join the world. Mr McEwan, Government Dairy Experl, gives an address in the Masterlon Temperance Hall this evening. Two Tinline scholarships conferring three years' free tuition and hoard ai ; the jSplsoii colleges, fall vacant this year.

Patriotism runs so high in Japan just now that even feminine ornaments and childrcn'splaythings bear upon the great event of the war with China.

_ At Christmas every polk'cmau in (lie city of London receives from Lord liolhschild, a briarivood pipe and an ounce of tobacco.

A man named James Henry Pidgcon, died at Tnvcrcargill on Sunday, through inhaling a new rabbit poison he was mixing.

The committee of St. Luke's Ladies' Guild meet on Wednesday at the Greytown Sunday school-room, at half-past three.

Messrs 1!, E. Hornblow and Co., start the first of a series of auction sales at Mauricevillc to-day at 1.30 p.m. The sale lakes place in Mr Cotliss' Hall, At 2 o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, Messrs 1!. E. Hornblow and Co. will submit to public auction a firstclass Merry-go-round, with all fillings etc. Particulars appear in another column.

We understand that a general carrying company is being formed in Masterlon lo convey goods and passengers lo and from the East Coast and Lower Valley. A number of individuals "known lo the police" arc now prowling about Mastcrton. licsidriits should therefore be on the lookout.

Entries for the Mastcrton-Opaki Jockey Club's March Meeting arc a record for tho Club's St Patrick's meeting, ■ nnmhering—without the Maiden and Selling entries—no less than 73. The Chinese in New Zealand are at last becoming civilised. The whole front row of reserved seats at"Erminic," at the Grey, were occupied by Celestials says the local paper. _ A young man advertised for a situation as son-in-law in a respectable family. Would have no objection, lie said, to going a short distance in the country.

The Melbourne Womon's Franchise League is enquiring into the truth of a statement that a large Melbourne linn had issued orders that nono of its female employes should join any women's franchise league,

An invalid, after relurning from a Southern trip, said to a friend: " Oh, shnrc, an' it's done mc a wiirruld o' good, goin' away. I've come back another man altogether, In fact, I'm quite mesclf agin.

A widow, Aim Call, died suddenly al Tavistock, Bridport, aged 102, in possession of all her faculties, a good appetite, and scarcely a grey hair. She is said to have enjoyed her "nightly grog," up to the last.

It is alleged thai, a cure lias been found in kerosene for pleuro-pucumouia. It is administered by thrusting a sponge saturated with oil into ono nostril and holding the other tight, so that the animal must inhale the remedy with its breath. Perfect success is claimed for the new remedy.

We understand that another " nice point" iu connection with the half-holi-day question will come up for decision in the S.M. Court al Greytown, says the Standard. It will be remembered that Mr Hutchison ruled that a wife who assisted her husband in his shop was a shop-assistant. To get over this objection one shopkeeper made his wife his "legal" parte, atid kept open onj Saturday afternoon last, and au information is to be laid against him accordingly. MrMillward, Secretary to tho Gear Company, has drawn attention to the fact that the weight of old ewes scut for boiling down is growing less year by year through breeders taking the most forward tops, which were usually the best ewe lambs, and freezing them, while they were keeping back the inferior lambs for breeding ewes. The result is that year by year the old ewes sent iu for boiling down are _ deteriorating, aud, in his opinion, it will bo a serious thing for the North . Island if breeders flonof stop the practice.

The quarterly session qt the Endeavor Lodge, 1.0.G.1'., Masterton,'wßS held in the Temperance Hall, on Monday ovcji, ing, Sister A. Warner, Chief Templar, presiding, One now member was adlnittenYaud two candidates proposed for mjpborskip. The election of officers for the ensuing ''halted asfollows: -C.T., liiu'tt' I'O'l&vji V.T./Sistcr J. Elder; Treas., J3ro. O'Loiry; gee, Broi G.' L. Braggins; F.S., Bro, W, Morris j .Mavsliall, Bro. W. I. Joliusfonp; Guard, Sister (Motto | ECT„ Sister iW'arnw, .

Lord Brasscy sails for Melbourne in tho Suubcam iu July, President Eruger bos presented (lie Pope with a diamond wishing 971 carats, said to have no equal in the world. London financers subscribed 120,000,000 dollars for the United States loan of 62Smillion dollars. Mr T, B. Liglitfoot.ManaginKDirector of the Liiulo British KefriGcratiiig Company, thinks it is possible to carry chilled meat from the colonics to England by circulating cold air amongst the meat by means of fans, The Timaru Herald reports that on a station near Waimato, employing between seventy and eighty hands, the men have been given notice that on account of (lie bad pices of wool, grain and stock, the management will be compelled to reduce their wages 25 per cent. Tight-lacing caused the death of an actress named Catherine Ewins, professionally known as Kittic Tyrrell, who died in London on Boxing Day. Apropos ol this a London paper remarks: It is to be tcarcd that, though all the journals or the world were to simultaneously sneak with the tongues of men and angels, never a woman the more would lie converted from tight-liiciiig. Hecently a letter of introduction was ' handed by an aclorlo a manager, which described the presenter as an actor of much merit, and concluded: - "He plays Yirgmms, liiehclieu, Hamlet, Shylock and Billiards. Ho plays billiards the M'st. •» Sis ! cr '!; Wamcr llils hm clcctwl l(e?iilav liepreseniativo for the Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., Muterton. at the Grand Lodge Session, to be hcliliu Duncdm on April 16th next. Bro. W. L. Johnstone was elected Alternate lie]ircsentative. | A man who stumbled over some railings in front of an East London Baptist Chanel recently sued the minister for damages. The judge mainlained that the mimister was no more responsible for the chamber in which he preached than a judge was for the court iu which he administered justice. A woman with a wonderful memory is on exhibition in London. She can work out the most difficult sums without writing down a figure, plays games of draughts, dominoes, and cards simultaneously; tells almost without a pause, how many seconds a person lias lived, upon the date of birth being given, also telling the name of the day upon which such individuals were born.

Little lins been lioftvd of late of Peter While, who went out lollurniah from England in ipiest nf Thoebaw's missing crown jewels, of which lie professed lo know the whereabouts, ft seems, howover, that White arrived in M'mdalay in due course, anil was for some lime in the station seeking employment. Eventually he is said to have disappeared.

The olliecrs and men of the " Mack Watch " have been commemorating the centenary of the " Pcd Hackle." A hundred years ago the %al Highlanders were on active service under the Duke of Cumberland in Flanders and at Oiiildcranalsen were ordered to re-rap. tare guns which the French had taken, With a wild nicer the Highlanders charged down upon the French scattering litem in all directions, and brought back the guns in triumph. It was in acknowledgment of this feat that each officer and man received a red feather to be worn in his bonnet,

lhcGasand Library Committee of the Mastcrlon Borough Council met last evening. Present His Worship the Mayor, and Cr.s Hughes, Hornblow Wagg and Yates, The Manager's report was read and adopted and accounts amounting to £2(io Ids lid, (including £2ii() progress payment on the new tank) were passed for payment.

Mr Sam Haigh, of Groylown, the leading butcher in that township, advertises million at the following cash rates: fore quarter lid, hind quarter 2d, shoulder 3d, leg, loin, and chops lid. This confirms the statements we have made respecting the high rates charged ill Masterlon.

The sentence of a flogging passed upon a young manuamed .Robert Strong for a brutal assault upon a sailor belonging lo the Wolverine was carried out recently at Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney. At the llrst stroke the prisoner broke down utterly, howled aloud, wept, and prayed, his ejaculations," Oh God! have mercy!" being beard outside the unol. At the last stroke he emitted a sullen roar, then bis head fell forward towards the supporting triangle. When released be was able to walk away without dilliculfy. The morning his short term of imprisonment expired his last words to the ollicials were, "No more of this for, line. I'll keep out of the bands of. the' police in future."— JSxrlmnge. A stage tragedy is reported from Pramysl, a Galieian fortress town. A theatrical entertainment by amateurs look place recently, under the direction of a social club, and a play was performed in which a spy is stabbed by a patriotic l'olc. The spy was enactcd'by a clerk in the municipality's scrvieo.and the patriot was in real life a gingerbread manufacturer. When the latter bad to use bis dagger be accidentally thrust it right into the heart of his fellow actor, who fell dead on the spot,amidst a scene of most intense excitement. There was no question of foul play.and the unhappy amateur, who was arrested on the stage, was speedily set at liberty. He is, however, almost out of his mind nt the consequences of his own realism.

The question has often been raised as to whether the female teacher is destined finally (o oust the men from (be teaching profession of this colony, and the relative merits of male and female instructors is a point of the greatest import ancc. The experience of America in this matter is highly interesting and equally instructive. In answer to the question "Is the lady teachcrholding her own ?" the official statistics give a very decided answer, In 1888 it was found that -12'8 per cent, of the teachers in the United States were men; ten years later (be percentage bad fallen to 3-V5, whilst ill 1891 it was further reduced lo 337. In the last mentioned year of 468,781 teachers in the United States, 221,312 were women. For some of tho States tho returns are most remarkable; | thus, Uciy Hampshire entrusts its educational interests to 305 men and 2,820 women. .Tnstiee compels us to add that economy, rather than a desire for efficiency, governs the distribution of labor. In tlic State last mentioned schoolmistresses receive on an average 25d0l a month, wbilstschoolmastcrscost 48. In Indiana, where tho salaries of the two sexes arc nearly equal, men form 51 per cant, of the teaching body. To sum up, it would appear that women teachers are displacing men because the larger supply of the former renders them more cheaply obtainable.—jjmitfiijc.

■' Women cannot lcavo the men aloue," says a writer in All the. Ymrßoitnl ''That war cry of theirs, "Whatever a man can do, a woman can," is pregnant with meaning of which thoy themselves appear to be unconscious. Whatever a man does, they do-chiefly becauso n man is doing it. If a man did not do if, they would not do it either. They crowd the risky entertainments because (he mon arethero. They road and write I tho suggestivo hooks, because their first and foremost tlicmo is in. variably tho relations of tho sexes. They play masculine games, merely because they are maseuline. I would vcuturo <ra something of tho nature of a prophetic utterance. It is this. If every man were to leave off playing golf to-morrow, there would not be a femalo golf player left in England in a month. Where the men lead the women follow, Thp f cleap as tho old-time' bucks' used to have it, always did run after tho men; it seems that just now they are running afler them a little harder than ever they did. That, from the social point of view, is the Alpha and Omega of theory of the ' independent' women'; that is not seldom the meaning of women's rights.' Kis the right of a woman not ti) he far lavayfro'm'awan,"" "■'. ."''■'■ '

Mr Knott, Temperance lecturer, is at present in Masterton.

Mr F. H. Wood adds to the list of entries for the next Tnratnhi stock sale. Masterton Town Lands Trustees meet on Friday evening next. Mr T. E. Price has been elected President of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association. Messrs Lowes & lorns advertiso for private sale a superior dwelling house and land in Miriam-street. The contractor for the Grandstand on the Masterton Park Ovalhas commenced placing the timber on the ground. They have started a new paper at Earatonga, It is printed with a cyclostyle.

_ The typhoid patients under treatment in Masterton, arc all progressing favorably towards recovery. Mr Curliam, the Manager, of the Masterton Gas "Works now reports the plant to be iu good working order. Messrs Norbury k Trevor have completed about two-thirds of their contract at the Masterton Gas Work.

A great deal of wrangling is going on over (he distribution of the Wairarapa Relief Fund.

An English mail via Naples closes at Masterton to-morrow, Feb. 27th, at 2.30 p.m., and one per lonic on Wednesday March Gth at 2.30 p.m.

The French Government has prohibited the import of cattle from America owing to the fear of introducing plouro-pnenmonia.

Eighty out of the first hundred appli' cations for loans nniler the Advances to Settlers Act have been granted. The amount to be advanced is £9,000. _ A passenger train on the Manawalu line, m\ into a ballast train yesterday morning. No one was injured, but the engines and permanent way suffered some damatre.

Messrs F. V. Waters (Wcllirglon) and W, McNickle (Dunedin), have been elected to represent their respective brandies on the Post and Telegraph Appeal Board. At the Masterton Afagistrate's Court to-day, before His Worship the Mayor a lirst offender charged with drunken, was convicted and discharged. Offing to owners neglecting to send in their nominations before the closin j hour, the Secretary of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club has been compelled to decline six nominations.

A half-caste Maori hoy tired at a scttlerncarChristclmrch, slightly wounding him. The settler-John W. Otten -returned the shot and the boy is not expected to live.

TtisunderstoodthatMrMalcolmMacrhcrson lias been appointed by the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, general manager in .New Zealand in succession to Mr F. Baltley, who recently resigned through failing health. To those wishing to secure a nice convenient dwelling house, also superior furniture and pianoforte, Messrs Lowes and lorns sale at Mr C. Anketell's residence, Hall-street, to-morrow, offers special attraction. The presenl condition of the local laliourmarketfsays Christchurch Tntli) may be gauged from the fact that a citizen has received tenders for a small unskilled labour contract at prices ranging from £9 to £ 17.

Twenty-one tons two cwt of coal was carbonized at the Masterton Gas Works last month, producing 215,400 cubic feet of gas, as against 11)5,000 cubic feet for the corresponding period of last year, being an increase of 20,400 cubic feet. Messrs Sinuns & Mowlem hold their usual forlnightly stock sale at their yards, Queen St, to-morrow (Wednesday), the 2/th insl., when an exceptionally full list of sheep and cuttle, which willbc found in ourndrcnisingcolumns, will be submitted for sale.

A handsome bell with heavy silver mounts, has been presented to the Maston Cricket Club by Mrs Solcr, to be presented to the most useful member ot the first team, This trophy is on view at Mr A. H'emlcrson's shop, in Queen Street, the silversmith's work having been done at his establishment in a masterly style. The reserve tor travelling stock, on (ho banks of the Mnkakahi, near the bridgo at Newman, has been changed to a public recreation ground, A notification to this eft'eel, appears in the lasi Government Guzctlc. This is the piece of bush to which Mr Hogg, M.H.li,, recently called the attention of the Land Department, as there was a danger thai, unless vested in some local authority, its attractive features would be destroyed. The area is eight and a-half acres. Some of the bush is very pretty, and (here is no doubt that, if care is taken to preserve it, tho reserve will he of great value for recreation purposes. A Marriage Itsuranco Scheme by which English girls may bo granted a certain dowry dn theirmarriageora lived income if they remain single, is being promoted by the Norwich Union Life Insurance Company. Particulars of the scheme are given by Miss Eceles in the Windsor Magazine. By it parents will be enabled by easy payments to secure for their girls a portion on marriage, ot if they don't marry, with an annuity, beginning as may be arranged, at (lie ago of fifty or lifty-fiye, the entire sum invested to he returnable in case of death before the marriage or the age selected. We propose (writes Miss J'kiclcs), that this may he absolutely secured to the daughter in question, so thatil may he for her sole use and benefit, and cannot possibly be j mortgaged nor otherwise fjieuntcd. H a girl does not touch her dot at marriage, but prefers to let it remain out at interest, without further payments until she is fifty, she may then be in such circumstances, that the pound, two or three pounds, or more a week absolutely secured to her like a Government pension, an annuity over which) a drunken, gambling, or spendthrift husband has no control, may be the salvation of herself and of her children.

Just a word with you. Going into matrimonial bliss.oli, tay! go it boys, Your father did it, and his father iu his day. Why not follow his example ? Try to compare the man going home, to his cozy cottago, with o,U its comforts, and the single man going to his diggings. Bah, you can't do it. JliglK juat is well try to find a Drapery bhop in the Wairarapa, that can supply your requirements as good and cheap as h, I Hooper & Co., of the Bon Marcho. Don't take our word. Jud«e yourself, and you will find it a sterling fact beyond dispute, that Hooper's is tho place for yon and your money.-ADvr.

One of tho most cruel and orucilying painß 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 Extract, and Infallible Cnro for Toothache, which proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, Everybody at all likely to get toothache should bs provided with a bottle, which can bo had for 1|- each (guaranteed not to injure the teeth or health) at the W.F.C.A.'s Fancy Goods Department, also tho following: -Gcrmau cure for corns, 1/. j Morton Insect powder and spreaders, 1/- each; Bock's waterproof cement, 1/-| Bock's Putz-pasto, large tins, 1/-.-P. Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists and Importers.—Advt,

Tho announcement is made in anothcr|part of this paper that a salo of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted by To Aro House is now being held, and should arrest tho at tentlon, of ovoryono in this part of the Colony. To Aro House has long held the premier position as tho leading Family Drapery Warehouse in tho city, and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the new year of 1895. Early in tho year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the London buying for To Aro jjouse. To thoroughly reduce, and prepare the' Btook previous to tho' partnership stock-' taking, sweeping reductions will.be made in all departments, Tho stock must be reduced by £ 15,000, and will be offered to tho purchasing public at most tempting prices Heads ol families, storekeepers, settlors' carefid_ housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save, hpaus of money by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which commences on Friday l# fon»wy, 1895, »tTe Aw How*,