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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4983, 23 March 1895, Page 2

The Mauriccville lioad Board invites tenders for several works. Masterton A. and P. Association meets this afternoon, The Cohimt says that two Nelson young ladies were the fortunate winners of some £(io in one of Tattcrsall's sweeps. From 10,000 to 12,000 skaters were on the ice nt licgents l'ark, London, one morning towards (he end of January. The WdpmmMainm been shown a sample of wool from the Ascot estate which measures 2ft 2iu in length. The dairy produce taken from the Colony by the Tongariro on Thursday was made up of LIS tons butter and 325 tons cheese. | Voting papers have been printed and circulated for the election of Committee of Management in the Masterton Pros- ] bytcrian Church. The papers must be , handed in at the services to-morrow. Thomas Jackson, a labourer at Den- ' ton Valley, near Gravcsend, on Monday cut the throats of his two sons, aged eight and ten, and then committed suicide. A hint for our women : In Austria no married man is permitted to travel beyond the frontier without the express permission of his wife. In connection with the polling at Evesham, England, a serious affray is reported, a man having discharged a double-barrelled shot gun at a Liberal crowd and wounded throe men and a woman. Mr.ll.C. Black, Postmaster at Grey, town, is being transferred to .Hiyerlon and will be succeeded by Mr Slanton of Waverley, at the end of this month. Slalin Bey, in escaping from Omdurman, travelled 120 miles in 20 hours ; pursued by 300 cavalry. The Chvistchurch Star says that it has been thoroughly estimated that within a radius of ten miles from Cathe-dral-square there are something like 1500 cycles in constant use. A cottage has been, burned down at Annadale N.S.W, and with it two children named Hoare, aged live years and IS months. They were left in the 1 charge of a boy of six, and a Handle ' caught the bed curtains. ■ The deatli occurred rather suddenly, ' at Woolshops, Halifax, of Mien Lewis, a Yorkshire child, eleven years of age, but of extraordinary size. She had been 1 exhibited as "the finest baby in the world ; a mountain of liaby ilesh ; turning the scales at 15 stone.'' The Tararua ranges were covered with a coating of snow on Friday, which still remains. It is earlier than usual this 1 season, as last year the first snow fall was not till the 4th of April, At the Presbyterian Church Choir meeting last night, regret was expressed at the loss the choir would sustani through the removal of Mr John Johnston to Tenui. In our report of the Masterton Weslcyan Church meeting, we slated the membership to be 201. The llcv. Mr Dukes points out that this should have been 101. Speaking of the Salvation Army No. 2 Guards Band, of Victoria, which is expected to shortly tour through New Zealand, a resident of Masterton, who has heard them in Melbourne, says they arc a real musical treat, having reduced their playing to a line art. Messrs Kirkcaldic and Stains, whose names are familiar as household words, on the lips of Wairarapa ladies, have something to say to them in their advertising space, in our present issue, about black dress cloths, and coloured dress materials, for the present season. The public of Masterton and district, are offered special bargains in boots and shoes, at the Wairarapa Boot Palace. Mrs C. _S, Walker announces elsewhere, in this issue, that she has purchased the stock of boots and shoes in the assigned estate of Mr George Johnston, and will offer the same to (lie public at considerably less than the maker's prices, As the slock is good, and iu first-class condition, the opportunity is one that is bound to be largely taken advantage of by those who appreciate really good bargains. Messrs Thomson, Lewis & Co., loraled water manufacturers, Lorne-slreel, Wellington, have just been re-appointed contractors to the Wellington Hospital for the fifth year in succession. This film has also for the past nine years been contractors to the U.S.B. Co. of New- Zealand. All Messrs Thomson, Lewis, and Go's waters arc doubly purified and it is this which has gained them such an cnyiablc reputation for excellence. A writer in Christchurch Truth says: "Alas, another blow to the hero ol our youth. A Masterton resident writes : The desperado I wrote to you about in my last, gave himself up. Your young Hairy and others of his kidney, with a healthy appetite for dime novels about pirates and so foich, will recognise here an awful falling off iu the noble outlaw, How dreadful to have to conclude the yarn of the "Ruthless Hand-bag Snatcher, or the Midnight Marauder of Masteilon," with the prosaic ending that he was bailed up by a very mild young Hospital assistant, who asked lum to please refrain from stealing the apples belonging to that institution, and that he (the desperado) simply explained that he was tired of this blooming rot, and cheerfully marched, accompanied by his accostcr, down to the police station. Here he was fed, clothed and bedded down, and he told the bobbies gratefully, as he turned oyer in his comfortable bed, that he hadn't been so jolly snug lor weeks. No tiring of revolvers! no whistle for the black steed of priceless worth! no stabbing! no blue fire! I fear young Harry will weep at the recital," There will be a special children's service to-morrow afternoon iu the Masterton Presbyterian Church conducted by Kcv E. Wood, On account of this servicDthcre will be noscrvice at Taucru. Capt. H, It. Wood of the Groytown Hover CO., together with Mr Leo. St. George, secretary and treasurer, and Mr S. F. Fuller assistant secretary, took train for Ekctahium last Saturday (night, starting at 6,30 a.m. on their bikes for Awahuri, some twelve miles along the llangitikci line, arriving there at noon on Sunday. After a short rest the wheelmen made a start for home reaching Eketaliuna on Monday, which place they left at 3. a.m, on Tuesday, but being strange to this, part of the country headed for Alfrcdton. This slight mistake added about 30 miles on . to tlw distance-. The roads were found i to be in fair ordur, with tho exception of i that portion between Ekelahuna and i Hawera, here the bikes had to be lead i i miles. The riders did tho finish in i good style, making the run from Mas- J tertontoGrcytown in-lOminutes against i head wind. The distance covered was I 2CD miles, averago speed including i stoppages for refreshments, 10 miles por ] fow.—Standard, j

: Mr Morrison, of Geraldine, Canter- ; bury, will preach ftt7.3o p.in, to-morrow . in the Temperance Hall, Masterton. The liev A, 0. Yorke will continue his series of addresses at. St Matthew's Church to-morrow evening, _ A sharp frost was experienced in this district last night, At Mauriceville it ■ was very severe. ; No less than 52 arrests have been made by the police in Masterton since the beginning of the year. Miss Johnston, dressmaker, of Queen street, has been appointed Masterton ; agent for; Powell's Columbia Fitter," , and full information can be obtained on application to her. Messrs Hood & Co. grocers and fruit- , ercrs of Mastertou, were the successful . tenderers for flic grocery slock in the ' estate of Mr George Johnston, , A proposition to effect certain im- ( provements in the arrangement of the iieading lioom at the Masterton Jnsti- | tute, will be dealt with by the Library 1 Committee on Monday next. In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary moved the second reading of the \\ elsh Church Disestablishment s Bill, _ which was carried without a division. 5 The liadical newspapers fear that Lord liosehcry contemplates resigning , the Premiership at any early date, , owing to his ill-health. A drunk was brought ! before Messrs Price and Woodroofe, , J.P s., at Masterton this Saturday) morning, and convicted and discharged. , The balance sheet of the Australian , and Kew Zealand and Mortgage Agency Company for the year shows a profit of £SIOO. A dividend of 5 per cent, is ve- > commended, and £'3ooo carried forward [ to the next year. Two trucks ran.off the line at Ekcta • hima this iiicriiiiig, and blocked a number of trucks of sheep and other goods, ' wl ich had lo remain until the afternoon ■ tram. Messrs Lowes and loms announce th'ir next Masteilon stock saleforWed- ; nosday, April 3rd, at 1 o'clock. The j entries irt dale comprise lO lambs, 200 breeding ewes, 5002-tooth ewes,and 2oi) lorward wethers. Messrs Simms & Mowlem report the 5 sale of a property in Hall-street, on ac- ; count of Mrs Fai'(]iihar, of Wellington, > at a satisfactory figure. The house referred lo is thai now in the occupation t of MrF.fi Moore. s A young man named Chas. Carlson, 1 was sentenced tu one months' hard labor this morning, at the Masterton S.M. 1 Com t, by Messrs T. K. Price and G. W. WoodroolVe, J.l'.'s, on a charge ol vag- . raucy, In the Wcsleyan Conference at Kelson, _a sneaker mentioned that -Maori missionaries had ])itt a half-crown in the - collection plate in the hope that the s Maoris would be induced to giyc something. Not they, however, and the plate j returned with llie lonely halL-crown. t A purveyor of fruit travelling by the. - train lo Culvcrden last Friday (says the c Katkuira Slmj ollered three oranges for sixpence. "What," said tli? farmer I to wlioni llicy were tendered, "three , oranges for sixpence j why, (lint's the . price of three sheep to-day? No thank l> y° u '" e Cisbome Breakwater is in a serious condition: and there are grave fears that unless a wave-breaker apron is speedily thrown out on the seaward side of the l>ier the blocks will lull into the ehannel ■I «»<1 completely stop the navigation of p the port for even the smallest of vessels. . The Hoard's money being tied up, it can do nothing to preserve the pier. i Saturday was the day appointed for 1 the weekly half-holiday in Gisborne, s but slmpleepers and the Borough Conn--1 eil being desirous lo get the day altered to Thursday, the Mayor, after'an interr view with the Mmister for Labour, proI claimed Thursday a public, half-holiday. , Tlie half-holiday was strictly observed . oil Thursday afternoon, and the shops will open all day to-day, . A meeting of creditors in the estate of , Peter Hansen, bankrupt, was held at jj Pahiatua on Thursday last, Mr W. B. „ Chennells. D.0.A., presiding, and Mr A. W. Gould appearing for the debtor. The debtor was examined at consider- • able length, and also his wife Johanna Hansen. It was resolved that the Court r expenses incurred by Messrs Wilkins 1 and Field be paid out of the estate. I A well-known Jewish resident of Timaru arrived at Chrislchurch on Monday with the excursionists, and drove in •' a cab to the Hereford. " What's the ' fare,"" lie asked, " One shilling," re- : plied cabby, who on receiving two sliil- • ling touched his hat and said, " Thank you." '• Don't touch your lint to me," 5 said the excursionist, who poses as an advanced Democrat. "I saluted the , scarf," said cabby, pointing to an enor- ( mous green scarl worn ostentatiously by . the worthy .Jew ia honour of Ireland's , palron saint, St, Palriek.—2V«M. ( During lasl November, before the I arrival of Mrs Yorke in Masterton, the residence of the fiev. A. C. Yorke was . entered—it is believed in the daytime—and electroplate and silverware to the j value of £3O, were stolen. The matter f was duly reported to the police, who L have since been unsuccessfully" investigating," liccently, a Wellington detective was called up to sec what lie 1 could do, but as the robbery occurred so . long ago, he thinks there is little chance 1 of tracing the goods, and has left the ; 1 town, having apparently given up the i task. j The Dublin Jirpras publishes an ac- ' count of a scandalous scene at a wake > recently in Galway. An old rag- • gatherer died, and at her wake a number 1 of men danced jigs to the music of a ■ tin whistle. Atlength two men held the corpse against the wall, and with its : arms beat time to the music, while an- • other, after bowing to the body as to a . partner, danced an Irish jig in front of it. The scene is said to have created ; peals of laughter amongst thoso present, "Hush Farmer" writes in the?!mrnaki —I was pleased to seethe 1 notice in your last week's issue with reference to the Talnc of salt as a fertiliser. A neighbour tells' me that last winter lie applied salt to the roots of his fruit trees, Jiesult: Immense crop of apples, entirely free from codliu moth. He attributes the latter fact to the action of the salt killing the larvaj of the moth in its incipient state while in the ground. In support of this theory he instances his neighbour's orchard, which is full of the pest. Can some of your readers more versed in the chemistry of agriculture than myself toll me whether this is likely to be the cause, and also whether salt does not possess other valuable properties when applied as a fertiliser? An odd specimen of the genus smallboy, by name Arthur Jolmston, aged I], fell into the hands of tho police on Thursday. Ho was found on board the s.s. Charles Edward. The story he told, was that his mother lived at Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, and lie left tliat city about a fortnight ago on tho buffer of a railway engine, which carried him as far as Lvttclton. Thore he stowed away on a steamer and went to Nelson, saw the sights of that town, and went back to sea, finding a hiding place on the Charles Edward, which sailed for Wellington by way of Wanganui. Unusual things happened on the voyage, i Some clothing disappeared, and every ' night there was a mysterious dis- i appearance of eatables from the i pantry. On arrival in Wellington, the 1 explanation of the goings-on was sup- i plied by the discovery of Master Jolmston, very much disguised under a coat- 1 of rust, secreted in ail unused locker, l Hp had taken the clothing to lie upon' I aud pilfered from the pantry to supply the demands of small-hoy nature during ( the voyago, The police at first dis- t credited his story, says the Post, think- i ing he had run awav from the Nelson i Industrial School, but enquiries mado « at the Education Department satisfied s them that lie does not belong to the s school, and lio is now kept in custody, t pending advico from his jqothor, wins i has been communicated with, 6

A lady who inherited a fortune of ' £1.200,000 has taken her tinal vows at a convent near Torresdnlc. She is the , daughter of the late Francis A. Drexel, i the American banker, and is 30 l'cars of age. , A London stationer had to pay £65 > damages for infringing a copyright by transferring a picture on to a magic lantern slide. , A young man named C. Finderson, who left Blenheim for Cooigardie about six months ago, writes that, working in ( a clainuvithtorty others, he has already ! earned £3CO. J i H. Wood will hold an entirely unreserved sale of salvage from the lato _ lire at Grcytown, on Saturday next at 2 . p.m. Particulars of the sale will appear in our next issue. The Journal of Ik Department of Labour for the current month was is- ' sued yesterday. The labour reports for ® Wellington provincial district represent trade to hare been on the whole quiet, ' Under the hcadiugof "unskilledlabour" it is stated that C 8 men have been sent s away from Wellington to privato and f Government employment; 20 were t married men and'i2singlo. a Dr Russell, in a paper on " High Pressure," especially as existing among t the educated classes at the present time, 5 and the injurious effects, from a medical i, point of view, read before the teachers' meeting in Scotland, said that with L respect to schools, he was of opinion that , children were sent to school at. j far too early an age. Since the passI ing of the Education Act disease of the brain had increased in children. In II England <]o'l per cent, of the children J attending school suffered from headaches, Another speaker referred to the ■ result of high pressure in teachers, ' schoolmasters having to retire when they are betweeu fifty and sixty years .. of age. " A war correspondent, writing alter familiar association with Japan's lead--1 ing soldiers, says:-"The Japanese olliccrs are a mixture of the French c olliccrs and the German sous officers. . They live right among their men, sleep ■ near them, eat the same food in sight of , all, expose themselves to all kinds of 1 danger and hardship. No wonder the soldiers have the greatest confidence in c them! I found every Japanese general _ I met to be brave, generous, kind, polite, ready to give his life for his men and for ' his Hag. When the detailed history of j the life of some of these men is written, it will, undoubtedly call forth the admiration of the world." A writer iu Farm, Field ami Fireside, ■_ commenting on various interesting form : of national salution, remarks"l'he ] Arab salutes you with 'May God strengthen your morning,' the Hebrew says' May peace be with you,' while! ; the Chinese ask'Haveyou eaten your '' rice?' In addition to this tliey have e a whole scries ot salutes from merely c bending the knee to complete prostra- • lion. The people of Cairo salute you C with an odd question. It means' Do, you perspire IJ'1 J ' It is explained by the c /act that tliey icgard a dry skin as the 0 symptom of a morl.il malady." s A Vienna correspondent writes:— r The Emperor lias conferred the silver " crown ol merit upon a young gendarme e who has paid a high price tor the dcvotion with which lie saved a young girl's life, lie was patrolling outside s the town of Gupanjag when he heard a t young shepherdess cry for help. A viper had bitten the girl's hand, and the gendc arme did not hesitate to suck the wound ■1 and the girl did not suffer from the { poison. Tlio young man's face, howSi eycr, swelled alarmingly, and soon after ut lie began to suffer from epileptic tits. For sii months he was in a hospital alternating between insensibility and r delirium, lie has now been dismissed as a hopeless invalid. j A singular case has been bofore the' t> courts at Uendigo (Victoria). A constable was being transferred,and a presentation '' of a gold chain and locket was got up j for him. Most of the money was collected by Mr John li.clly, a retired s engine-driver, and Mr John Price, an hotolkecpcr. They purchased the pref scutalion gift from Mr Herbt. Credgiug,t ton, jeweller, of JOendigo. They paid !. £lO for the goods, but induced Mr Credgington, to make out a receipt for •. £l2los, the extra 50s going to tlio col. '• lectors, to recoup them for the expenses a they lmd incurred. The matter becamo •t public, and the police took proceedings s against Messrs Kelly, Price,. and Credgington for conspiracy to defraud, f ihe case lasted two days, and a strong bar appeared fo: the defence, The Bench acquitted Mr Credgington, who had not L , participated in any monetary benetit bej'ond his trade profit, but committed [. Messrs Kelly ana Price for trial. The | ; ease had been postponed until the return " of Mr Credgington from New Zealand, ut where he had gone on a holiday trip, e On the Utli inst. Mount Ruapehu was • visited by a party including Messrs McLean (woolsorter at Mr Studholme's s slation at Karioi), D. Sutherland (head shepherd), Chase (contractor for carting the wool), a lad named Craig and others. ° Young Craig went up the mountain as c near to the top as lie could got. At that s time it was belching forth gigantic rocks " in the direction ol Tokaanu, Steam c was coming from the crater, which at r the mouth is estimated to be 10 chains 5 lonp by liye wide and the mud was noticed to be very thick and gradually approaching to the lip of the crater. The e sulphur streams running through 3 the mud give the latter a most e peculiar appearance, tingcing it s with rainbow colours. The supposition p is that the steam will gradually burst up the mud, and fears arc therefore enter- - tained that before long there will be a ; big upheaval. Mr McLean states that • a perfect panic lias set in amongst the r settlers in the vicinity, nearly everyone 1 having left for what is considered a place : of safety; as a matter of fact only sheps herds remain to look after Mr Stud- ■ holme's very large flock of sheep. The i Wangachu River is thick with debris [ from the streams running into it,— I Wanijanui Herald. 1 The announcement is made in another part ■ ot this paper that a sale ot greater magnitude s than ever yet attempted by To Aro House ! is now being held, and should arrest the at- , tention, ot everyone in tbis part of the Colony, To 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 now year of 1895, Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the London buying lor To Aro House, To thoroughly reduce and propare the stock previous to the partnership stookbiking, sweeping teductiona will be mado in all departments. The stock must bo reduced by £15,000, and will be 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 reserving their purchases for thw great partnership sale, which commences on Friday 4th January, 1895, at Te Aro Houso, THE TWO ~ , GENUINE ARTICLES: CLEMENTS TONIC FLETCHER'S PILLS, IMITATED! BUT UNRIVALLED AND UNEQUALLED. CLEMENTS TONIC is a scientific ' chemical food and restores the tissue * wasted by the vocation of every day life, t is a prompt and safe remedy for ncu- i ralgia, nervousness, weakness, debility, i liver complaint, dropsy, and chronic J ludigestion. FLETCHER'S PILLS euro heart- 1 burn, backache, headache, liyer tor- J pidity, dyspepsia and all complaints of ' the stomach and bowels. c Thesotwo remedies have bceli thor- d oughly tested in all the hot countries of t the world, They are sold at a price a within the reach of all people, Eyidence i is forwarded free on receipt of uaiue'M address that will satisfy the most sceptical as to thoir virtues. They arc a sold everywhere, but care must be taken e that tho genuine aro obtained or the ? monejr and time are wasted and tie l disease so much the more serious. fi