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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5000, 13 April 1895, Page 2

Moiijl|rTnext being Easter Monday, there wjll be no publication of (he Waihaiiaca Daily Times on dial date.

In accordance with the usual custom, the offertories in St. Matthew's Church to-morrow (Easier Su ulny) will lie a presentation to the Vicar.

liailway arrangements on the Wei-1 lington-Eketahuna section, for Easter Monday, appear in another column. HisExcellcncy thcGovcrnor and Lady Glasgow expect to be back in Wellington by May 2<lth, As a party of three Gladstone Maoris were driving through Parkvale yesterday the horse suddenly fell dead. The shaft 'of the trap was broken by the fall and the occupants had a spill, but were not injured beyond a few bruises,— Observer, Arrangements are being made at Townsville for the shipment of 11)00 cattle from Townsville to Loudon in September. A large steamer is being specially fitted up for the . radc. A man named Alfred Bennett, employed by Dr Morgan, died at Bowral recently from lockjaw. While working in the garden a few days before, he accidentally stuck a fork in his big toe.

Particulars of the terms of sale of the well-known liannockburu Estate, Gladstone, appear in another columu.

A man named John Law died at Fromantle the other day through eating inpnre canned tlsh and sausages containing decomposed meat.

We understand that the North Wairarapa Liberal Association intends making an effort to displace some of the present members of the Masterton School Committee, and to put in some of their own members. In connection with the Pahiatna Presbyterian Church, services wilt be held by liev. W. H. Philip on Sabbath, Mtli of April, as under:—l'abiatua at 11; 'Jfgaturi Schoolroom, 2.30; Pahiatna at 7. On Wednesday Elsie Vile, daughter of Mr F. Vile, hadalargodarning needle extracted from her thigh by Mr O.ltidd. The child had been complaining of acute pains in the leg for a considerable time, says the Pahialm Herald, but there was no external signs of the cause until yesterday, wheu the point of the needle worked through the skin. The needle must have been embedded in the llcsh for a very loner, time. The following extract from the programme of a race-meeting in Western Australia will be read with iuterest by sporting men :—" Farmers' ltace, one mile; 11 stone up; post entries 3s. Prize five bags of oats, value £o. Horses to be owned by faimers only, and the fact of entering a horse must be understood to pledge the owner to sew the oats, and sell the resulting crop to Messrs Gutteridge and Co. at market price. Fairy tale from the Bulletin :—Five years ago, or thereabouts, a settler near Wellington lost a horse. He reported the fact to the police, and the animal was put on the list of stolen property, and ever since then the authorities have looked for it at intervals, and never came any nearer to finding it—until the other day, when the animal suddenly dawned on them, in a maimer of speaking, The thief had doctored the brands a little, banged the animals tail, and cut his mane, and had sold him to the police department. Since then he had (lone many a long day's run while out looking for himself, and has conic back again i without seeing any sign of himself on the furthest horizon.

A Eallarat man owns the champion " refuser" of that part of the country. One day the animal stopped in front of a drug shop and declined to progress. In vain his infuriated owner hammered his ribs and twisted his tail. At last, exasperated to the pitch of emotional insanity, the driver jumped out ot tiic wagon, rushed into the shop and boughti a pint of tnrpeutirc. Half of this he poured on the hor..e's tail, borrowed a match from a bystander and set it on fire. The horse gaye one wild snort and made a straight streak of dust into the perspective. The farmer gazed a'tcr tlio equine comet for a moment, until lie realised that his wife and family, and a load of fresh eggs and butter, were in the wagon. Hastily emptying the rest of the turpentimc over his clothes, he cried to the same bystander: " Make haste and give me another match—l want to catch him!". An amusing breach of promise case; was heard.in the Melbourne Court last' wcok. Ellen Maudslcy, a domestic servant, proceeded against Frank Sinclair, a gardener, for JCICCJ, for breach of promise of marriage.- The plaiuliff met the detcndaiit at a boarding-house, and he proposed marriage, but afterwards declined to keep his promise. Dctcndant said they went to the Exhibition Gardens. She said "Iwould like to. marry you," and ho answered "You may if you like," but told her to hurry herself, and he would like to tliiuk over it, Ho gave her a ring, and she admiredit. Plaintiff told him she had been engaged to her cousin up the country. He then asked for the ring back, and she gave it. He never visited heragaiu. She asked him for the Joan of a few pounds to marry her cousin, but he declined. She then said if he gave her £3 she would not take the present action. Judge Gaunt said he hud no doubt the dofendant had mado a promise, and there would be a verdict for the plaintiff for £25. The following is a close approximation made by Mr C. E. Brcinncr, of the relative costs of metalling on the Masterton to Tauern Section of the Masterton to Waimata road, by contract carting, or the prcsont method of transport by the timber waggons working on that line. To the end of February, 342 cubic yards havo been delivered at a cost of Is per yard £l7 2s. Adding to this the cost of fitting the boxos to the waggons for carrying the gravel, £27, brings the total cost per cubic yard for this quantity to 2s 7d. Total cost £M2s 6d. Atthc lowest current contract rates the cost per cwt would bo 6s, representing an expenditure of £102125. The figures therefore stand as follows: Bate per cubic yard without boxos Is; rate inoludbg boxes 2s 7d; contract rate 6s.

Sfc.Matthow's Church will bo very prettily decorated for to-morrow's services, a largo staff of ladies and gentlemen being busily engaged decorating to-day.

Three Oamaru lisliermeu made a big haul of sprats llio other day. They lillcdolovui porter cases, niter lotting a largo tjunnlily go to ease the nets, Tlioy reckon tho original haul must havo been fnllv three tons,

The decision of the Canterbury .Toekoy Club to raiso the stake for tho New Zealand Clip to 15(10 sovs, and to retain the sweop, will make that raco tho richest in the Colony, and may lead to nominations being received from AusI tralia,

Great preparations arc being made by tho Excelsior Cricket Club for their annual Social and Dance, to be held in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening, Hie greatest success yet held under their auspices is anticipated.

In Auckland, snys a northei,i exchange, it is said that in one Bank alone fie amount of money banked on Monday mornings by Newtown tradesmen is £51") a week less since the Saturday half-holiday came into force.

The Wellington E.;cclsior cricketers willawivciu Maslerlon by this evening's train, and meet the local crickot loam on the Park Oval on Monday. London is well supplied with flowers, even through the Arctic wcalhor. They arc brought by the ton from the Jiivicra, some 6CJ packages of freshly-plucked violets, roses, and other (lowers arriving every dav.

The liush representative cricket team, accompanied by a number of enthusiasts, passed through Mastcivou yesterday moi .ling, cnroide for Grey town, where thev were to meet the Wairarapa team to-day. Owing to the sudden change in the weather, however, tho match hud to lie postponed, and most of the visitors returned home to-dav.

A young man advertised for a wife, says a contemporary, and his sister answered tho advertisement; and now the young man thinks there is no balm in advertisements, and the old people iliiuk it is pretty hard to have two fools ;, i one family. •

The cricket season in the Wairarapa Kids with the matches played on Monday, and the winter pastime—footballwill then he commenced in real earnest. It was lately reported (says an exchange) that liuapehu had assumed its normal stale. A view Irom the hills in the Hunlemlle District docs not boar out the statement. A large number of peopls have ascended the hills, and on a clear day have distinctly seen the crater steaming away as usual. It has been truly remarked that one swallow does not make a summer, but our Wellington correspondent, who prides himself on being a muiwkwir,\ writes us that one mralluw of Powers' L'ot Still Whisky would make a summer of the bleakest day. Powers' is a pure Irish malt whisky, old, mellow, of line bouquet, and rich flavour. The man who has not tasted Powers' Pot Still whisky has something yet to live (or. This genuine old Irish "potheen" is obtainable wholesale from Messrs T. & W. Young, the Wellington agents. Mr Sluckoy, of Levin, recently found out that some strange disease had broken out amongst his sheep, and he at once isolated the animals affected, and reported the matter to Die authorities, and Mr Gilrulh, the Government veterinary surgeon, has held a postmortem examination on three of the sheep, He declares that the disease is only a simple form of eczema, resulting from a disarrangement of the liver, and although the sheep look bad, with a running from the cars, nose, and eyes, there is no real difficulty in their recovery.—Shannon Fumer. Trouble is impending Cor the rimnirn; man who has ouce or tw ice competed at the Danevirke Sports as a "dark horse." At the last sports held at luglewood he won a race, and as he had not Hie best of reputations, he was required to sign a declaration that he had scut in his correct performances. This he did, but while the official's back was turned, he abstracted the signed form, and replaced it with another drawn up by himself. His little strategy did not pass unnoticed, however, and lie was disqualified. Gilbortian humour has just had more than exemplification by an incident reported from Soufhport. Decently, births took place in two families living in the one house on the same day In one case twins arrived, and a single in the other. The three children were being washed, when the father of the twins coming in, the triplet were placed in the one bed, with the idea of making the husband believe they all belonged to him. The joke succeeded to the full —tor a time at least—and then came the question of separating the infants, and restoring them to their respective mothers. Here a difficulty presented itself, and the women in attendance were shocked to find themselves unablo to say which was which. When the mail left, the identification had not yet been satisfactorily established. An important circular has been issued by tho Uniou Steam Ship Company to the officers in its service. It deals with the necessity for boat drill, and other matters affecting the safety of the passengers and crew, and makes very important provisions as to charts. The first and second olliccrs are to be provided with charts, and have a right, if they think that the vessel is not keeping her proper course, to point out the presumed error. The circular also contains regulations as to the sale of drink to olliccrs on board the steamers, This is to be done in future by means of cards, similar to those in use iu Clubs, It is ptovided that, other things being equal, those officers who arc total abstainers will be preferred in reference to promotion.

The story of the adventure of the present Premier of New Zealand with a pair of notorious robbers and murderers, is thus retold by a writer iu the North Otago2iW:-" The spot is at Staffordtown, and is even now pointed out to strangers as the place where 'Scddon euchred the bushrangers.' It happened in this way: One cloudy day in the sixties found Dick Scddon, at that time a jolly young packer, on the track from Stafford to Hokilika with pockets full of money, heart light and strong, and armed with a little " barker." Just J at that particular time, men travelling I along this road began to mysteriously disappear under unaccountable circumstances. " Well," Dick used to remark, " I always felt a bit queer on the doivn track because everybody knew I carried the gold for the supplies I was supposed to bring back next day. I had just got to a lonely part of the pack track, where tho bush grew particularly dense. Mindful of "possible contingencies," I kept a sharp look out, and presently my vigilance was rewarded. At a sharp turn, I suddenly saw, a chain or so a-head, a man right iu the track; he eyed me for a moment, and then disappeared behind a large pine tree to the right. Taking my revolver in my hand, I proceeded on, and on reaching tho tree, I coolly eyed the stranger, and he me, He had a thick, bushy black beard, and he answered not my salutation as I passed by-a course of proceduro that made me suspicious. After getting past a few yards, I behold another fellow—a sandy-complexioned follow-on tho track ahead. He also eyed me, and then, like tho first eccentric, disappeared, It was then I felt I was in a fix, for whilst my attention might be riveted on tho man in front of me, it would bo an easy matter for tho man behind to take a pot shot at m However, halting not in my gait, I travelled on. I bid the time of day to No. 2 as I passed, but no answer came, He eyed my little barker, of which I mado afreo flourish, and I was allowed to pass on unmolested. A short time afterwards I saw both men in the dock, being tried for their lives; one of them —Sullivan—was tendering Queen's evidence, whilst the other shot poisoned arrows at him. Ho was Burgess. I cannot understand why they did not stick mo up,"

Sir Charles and Lady Lillcy have re. turned to Australia.

The new Catholic Church at Martinborough will bo oponod on Sunday,2Bth ,111 st., by Archbishop Eedwood. Tho annual meeting of the Wairarapa Pastoral and Agricultural Society takes pluco on Saturday, 4th May, at uoon,

A Cliurch Parade of the Carterton Friendly Societies will he held at 2 p.m. on Easter Sunday at St. Mark's Church. No loss than 0,000 sheep were dispatched from Masterton Eailway Station during the first four days of this week. Steady rain set in at Masterton last night and lias since continued.

The trallie by rail, to and from Masterton yesterday, was not particularly heavy. About fifty passengers went through to Eketahuna by the late train on Thursday evening.

Special services were conducted at all the Masterton churches yesterday.

Several very successful private picnics were held yesterday.

_ On Monday next the principal attraction in this district will lie the Wairarapa liaciug Club's Autumn Meeting, which—providing the weather is fineshould prove one of the most successful gatherings this]iopularaiid well-managed Club has yet held. Special railway arrangements in connection with the meeting, appear in another column. Mr F. de J. Clere, the well-known Wellington architect, lias gone on a trip to the Old Country.

. A notice to trespassers on properties at Tc Ore Ore and Wangaehu, appears elsewhere,

During Hie week Mr liulhcrford of Carterton, shot a line slug at Gladstone. The antlers had fourteen points. There arc no alterations or amendments to the Hugby Football rules this year,

Thren noted lecturers are shortly to visit the Colony; the llev 11. E. Haweis, Mr Frederic Villiers, and tlie liev. Hesketh Smith.

We arc asked (o stale that Fattier Donnelly's art union, several tickets in which are held in Maslcrton, will he drawn next week. The delay has been caused owing to the tickets going off. rather slowly. The liev. .1. Dukes will conduct the services at the Weslcyan Church tomorrow :—Subjects, morning, "The Resurrection;" cvcniiii;,"' What isTrue Greatness." Special Mister music will he rendered by the choir. The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr,[. 11. Baker) returned last night to Wellington after making an inspection of the Jit. Baker, Pioneer, Masterton lieform, Kaikariki, and Stirling Special Settlement Blocks. He expressed himself greatly satisfied with what he had witnessed and especially with the work being done on some of the sections in the Masterton Itefonn Block. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Masterton Stock Sale 20 siips and 100 owes.

A little girl named Kva Preston, the ten year old daughter of Mr F. J. Preston of Xilbirnic, had her leg so badly crushed by the wheel of a sand lorry, that the limb had to be amputated.

In all probability astart will be made with some of the roads through the Masterton l'cform Block in the course of a few days, when work will be given to the members of the Association who have lately been applying for employment.

_ The great majority of the co-opera-tive laborers employed making roads in the Makuri and Puketoi districts have taken up sections of land with the view of making them their future homes The remainder have been warned that unless they take up sections, and make homes on the soil, thoywill have to make room for a better class of settlers. The liev If. Wood will conduct services in the Masterton Presbyterian Church to-morrow. Morning sermon on the " Gospel of the Insurrection," evening lecture, " Esther and Mordccai: some lessons from their lives."

A.s tlic result of a recent election, llic Kirk Session of the llnslcrton Presbyterian Ckurch liavo declared the following to be a church committee of management, for twelve months, viz.:—Messrs D. McGregor, li. Cockbum, I{, John, ston, ])r Douglas, W. Sinims, W. liayner, W. Dougall, \Y. Carey, Alex. Anderson, Adam Anderson, E, Jack.and John Morris junr.

The doors of the Station Master's office, at the Mnsterton Kaihvay Station havoall been strengthened and stout iron bars placed over the windows. AVe merely mention this for the benefit of the burglars who, oh two or three occasions lately, made unsuccessful attempts to rillctho safe.

Two Masterton residents had a somewhat exciting time yesterday afternoon. They rait out for a quiet drive, and when some distance from home, their horse suddenly became unmanageable, and after bolting, wound up by kicking the vehicle to pieces. The occupants got out just as the cart was capsizing. Fortunately for the travellers, Messrs J. Martin and McCormack, of Masterton, were riding behind, and very kindly rendered assistance iu liberating the runaway after the capsize. Subsequently Mr Martiu exchanged horses with the j driving party, who were thus ouablcd to get into town with the wreck.

Mr Arthur D. Kiley, Director of the Wellington Technical School, iu his annual report, says he would like to see conducted manual instruction classes apart of school work for boys, and cookery for girls, of the fifth and sixth standards. Manual instruction, apart from its own great value as an educative influence in bringing the hand more in unison with (lie mind and the eye, tends to redress the undue literary tendancy of our educational system. Further, it would give boys a higher opinion of the value of manual work, and a less inclination to seek clerical occupation, There are three lady churchwardens in the Anglican Church in Great Britain, the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, the Dowager Lady Northcote, and the Dowager Lady Hindlip.

An epidemic of diphtheria quite recently broke out among the cats at Brigstock, and orders were given thai all cats ailing should bo killed. At Lurgan 100 children died from the effects of driuking the town water supply, which was infected. Mr Millcr.tho PahiatuaCounty valuer, hasmadeamlicationthroughhissolieitor, Mr C. A. l'ownall, of Mastcrton, for the balance of 75 por cent, on his contract with the l'ahiatua Council. The clause 15 referred to implies that the amount stated shall be payable on the satisfactory completion and handing oyer tlio booksro the same, Mr Miller threatens proceedings if the amouut is not paid. A reply has been sent to Mr Pownall (says the Eemld), that the Council do not consider the contract completed, and will not hand over the money at present. Womenrannot leave the men alone, (says a writer in a contemporary.) That war-cry of theirs "Whatover a man can do a woman can," is pregnant, with the meaning of which they themselyes appear to be unconscious. Whatever a man does they do-chiefly because a man is doing it, They crowd all sorts of entertainments because the men are there,. They play masculine games merely because they are masculine. In golf, cricket, and even football, they cannot resist the temptation of trying their hand, I would venture on something of a prophetic utterance. It is this. If every man were to leavo off tcps playing to-morrow, there would not ho' n feinalo tennis-player in the country in a month, Where tho men lead, the women follow. Tho " dear creatures" always did seem to run after the men, and it seems jußt now that they are running after them a littlo harder than ever they did. The new order of things is their interpretation of " woman's rights." It is tho right of a woman not to be far away from a man.

Miss M. Butement notifies that she is prepared to. teach Pitman's Shorthand at a moderate fee.

_ The butter factory at Ballance, which is said to he one of the most conveniently arranged in the Colony, is turning out dOOllis of butter per day. Tho factory at Pnhiatua, which receives tho produce of a number of creameries, averages 17001bs daily, Each of those factories possesses large cool chambers, in which the butter is hardened to about the consistency of soap. A ladies riding habit is advertised for sale.

Tenders will be received up till Saturday, April 27th, for felling 500 acres of bush at Ditton, Wangaohu,

Scryices in connection with the Presbyterian church will he held to-morrow at Dreycrton at 3. p.m., Wangaehu 2.30 p.m., and Bidcford at 3 p,m,

As tho result of his visit to the Fortymile Bush, the Minister of Lands lias expressed both his surprise and pleasure at the extensive amount of settlement, and the valuable and substantial improvements that that have been made during the last tew years. Although he visited the same neighbourhood three years ago, ho had no conception of the quantity of roads and bridges constructed ; the many square miles of clearing effected; and the gardens, orchards, and—in many instanceshandsome residences erected by the settlers. He said that undoubtedly the Masterton district had been fortunate in attracting a thoroughly enterprising population, and lie was satisfied that I neither had markets nor difficult roads would stand between them and eventual prosperity. A good congregation assembled at the Wcsleyan Church Inst cvening.whcn the Pastor gave an address ob " The Seven last Sayings of Jesus'" Hymns on tho Passion were sung, and (he choir which mustered well, rendered the anthem " Christ our Passoyer is sacrificed for us."

In liis last monthly report to the Wairarapa North County Council, Mr C. E. Breinncr says:—" I regret having to report that Mr McLachlan, Assistant Engineer, lias been unable, through serious illness, to fulfil his duties since the 13th ultimo. For some days his life was dispaired of, and he is even now in a weak state of health. The doctors attending him, however, hope that he may yet make a good recovery, and under favorable circumstances, be able to resume work in the course of a few weeks,"

A widow named Mrs Mackrel, of liochester, was charged recently with attempting to drown herself in the river. The evidence went to show that the woman's home and children were scrupulously clean, but they were in terrible straits through poverty. A man stepped forward in Court, and made her an oiler of marriage, which she willingly accepted. The Mayor said they could not carry out the ceremony in that Court, but discharged the accused on the conditions that she would marry as soon as possible.

The Wairarapa North County Engineer, Mr C. E, Breinncr, writes:— '■ With reference to Mr W. C. Buchanan's letter on the spread of the willow nuisance which the Council referred to me at its last meeting, I may state I quite endorse theviews therein expressed with regard to introducing legislation to cope with the difficulty, which arc those I have persistently advocated to the Council for years past. In the matter of pruning the willows at sites which, excepting at the Tauoru river crossing, is usually performed once a year in the middle of summer, care Ims always been taken to gather the twigs and lopped branches above high hood levels. Iu the case of the growth at the Tauoru bridge site it has not as yet formed any appreciable obstruction to the water way, and the plants have not therefore been interfered with."

What prico '! Ask, listen, and wonder, Look at tbe new dresses, and tho jackets, snd macintoshes, and millinery. Look a! the clothing, mercery, and house furnishings, and gloves, and marvel when you hear tho prico named. You'vo never heard anything like it before. You'va been übccl to getting your money's woith because you've done yjur shopping at Hooper's, liui these extra teduccd rates, these extra low pricw, they almost excicd belief, and but that you take the poods away in exchange for the prices quoted, you wouldbe inclined to doubt your senses, and to fancy that things were not what they seem. Walk round the shop, price everything, go somewhere else! go everywhere! price everything at tho other shops, and then by every force of circumstjncM and from the strongest conviction that it is tho proper thing to do you'll come back to spend your money at the cheapest and best shop in Masterton, L. J. Hooper and Co's Bon Mavch6. -Advi.