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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5002, 17 April 1895, Page 2

Mr George Thompson, founder of (lie Aberdeen line of clippers, is dead.

The" meet" which was to have been held at Featlierston to-day has been postponed until next Wednesday, 2-ltli iust. The next English and European mail via San Francisco, closes at Masterton at 6.15 a.m. on Thursday next.

The number of unmarried women in England and Wales exceed the number of unmarried men by a majority of nearly 2CJ,O. Forty fenders were received for three small Imsk-felliyg contracts for a private land oiwier at Ashurst, a day or two ago. Two Liverpool girls have found newspaper hawking so profitable that they have banked £2C) each,

Witliiu the past four years France lias recorded 2(i,0 suicides, while in Italy the number has been only SC3O. An attempt is being made to induce the authorities of the principal commons near London to consent to Sunday golf. In this issue the steward! of the Wnilarapa Racing Club notify the postponement of the races at Taulicrenikau, till Monday and Tuesday next. The adjourned meeting of settlers interested in forming a company to acquire the Waitigawa Boiling-down Works, will be held at the Prince of Wales' Hotel this evening. A meeting to consider what steps shall be taken to prevent the further encroachment of the AVaipoun liiver, takes place at the Temperance Hall this evening. The w.'nter stock of the D.I.C. to which attention was drawn by a notice in our issue of tlic Oth iust, is set forth in the new advertisement which appears elsewhere. A valuable horse owned by a settler near the liuanuihutiga, after standing looking at the rushing torrent for some time on Monday last, delibcralcl" jumped into the river and was drownca. Miss Jessie Harriett Dabingion, eldest daughter of Colonel Babington, was mairied to Mr P. C. Cunningham, eldest son of Mr P. Cunningham, of Mcrivalc, at St. Marks Church, Gpawa, on Tucsany. The officers and crew of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Matatua had a startling experience on the voyage iromLondon toPortChalmors. On 21th of February when ten days out in latitude 19*58 N., longitude 17*43 W., at 2 p.m„ smoke was discovered coming ont of No. i hatch and ventilators. The vessel was slowed down and all hands were mustered to fire stations, and on removing one of the hatches dense volumes of puugent smoke emerged. Sevoral attempts wcro made by the captain and some of his officers and men to go down the hatch, but all had to ho pulled up again, and were in a suffocating condition on account of the smoke, but not before flames were seen and a loud crackling noise heard. After some time the scat of the firo was ascertained, and water directed thereon, and after some hard pumping tho fire was extinguished, and the ship put on her cottrso at full speed. It was found on the scene of tne fire being reached, that it had originated in the centre of some cases of oilskins, which were stowed amongst a quantity of spirits, matches, and other inflammablo goods. The burnt cases were hoisted on deck, as wero also all the other casos of oilskins in that hatch. At 11 o'clock the same night one of the cases of oilskins, previously taken on deck, though not on fire at tho time, was found in llamos, so tho caso was jettisoned. Had the fire not been discovered when it was, or had any time been lost in taking measures for its suppression, the spiilts would undoubtedly have ignited, says tho Post, and serious results might hayo ensued.

Mr .W, Hutchison, M.H.R,, paid a visit to Masterion this week. Mr C. E. Bremner has leftMasttrton for Eketalmiitt to inspect the damage done to the roads.

| Notice ot election to fillthrcc vacancios on the Mauricevillo Hoad Board is given. All the events of tlio Championship Itegatta at Picton have been postponed till 9.30 this morning. The Wnnganui Borough Council is taking steps to suppress the nuisanco of travelling hawkers, A double bass, burned in the recent fire nfc Paluierston North, had been in it s on ner's family for 114 years, Shoals of sprats are visiting Oaniaru, and have attracted thousands of mutton birds. : The estate of the late Hon John Smith M.L.C., of Sydney, was proved at £135,0. lbrcc sportsmen in the Manawatu district, bagged 375 ducks the other day. A comic song competition is the latest sensation in the musical line in Christchurch. Messrs Simms k Movlein announco their next stock snle in their yards for Wednesday, 21th inst. The entries at date compnsc6oo ewes, 300 lambs, 200 wethers. A young ladv at Perth, named Grace Wilson, has been awarded £250 of George Graham's money for breach of promise, Shops arc to bo built on the site of tlio theatre recently destroyed by lire at Pnlmcrston and it is possible that for some time the town wilt be without a theatre. Mrs Hutlierford, a ludy mountaineer, has lately ascended Mount Tekoa in the Amuri district. Its height is 5291 feet. Melbourne has had the excitement of a ladies cricket match, A large number of onlookers were present. The offer of several Indian princes to assist the British in suppressing Urnra Khan iu Chitral, has been partially accepted.. The London salesmen are aghast at the enormous shipment of rabbits made ifom Australia, and do not expect they wiR realise above (id each. The English Cabinet lias decided to proceed with the construction of the railway to Uganda, and resolved to abolish slavery in Zanzibar and the Pemba Islands, oft' I he coast of Zanzibar, On ami after to-mouwv, Cole & Bartlclt propose running a coach daily to Eketalmna until railway communication is established. The coach will leave the Post Office at noon sharp. licpoits state that unless peace is concluded the Japanese intend to advance on Pckin.

Just before the arrival of the express (rain from Christchurch on Saturday, at SeaciilT, a quantity of sleepers were found to have been placed on tlio line. On .Holiday last the water in tlio tVaiimioiu Elver was elose up to the flooring of the bridge at Bankview. 'Liis means a depth of sixty feet in the stream. Says Ilev L. M. Isitt— Don't always believe all the doctors or lawyers say, for all the fools of the family have not gone into the clerical department. _ Numerous slips of more or less mag. : mtude, haye occurred on most of the roads ; n this district, with the exception of the main road south to Carierton. The NOl ill Wairarapa Liberal Association met last cven'iig, when a letter was received from the Premier promising to give careful ccnsideiation to an Old Age Pension Scheme. Messrs Cole and Bartlett's coach arrived in Masterton at a quarter past one to-day, with the Bush mail and a big load of passengers. The horses, however, looked us if they had had a big struggle to pull through, TheNoith Wairarapa Liberal Association lias decided to wipe out the present Mastu'ton School Committee altogether-with the exception of Mr W. I'ragjell! Messrs A. Vile, T. E. Price, and It. E. Horublow are amongst the candidates selected by tlio Association. The rusli of surface water and the freshets in the rivers have done some little damage in various parts of this district, says the SUiiidtird. We hear that Mr Mnunscll, o? Waihakcke, lias lost 25 sheep and 25 head of cattle, Mr L. Nix, 12-5 fat wethers, Mr J. Oates' Tamaiti property is coyered with water, and it is reported that Mr Stevens of Carterton, lias lost all his workinc bullocks. Miss Arabella Brown, eldest daughter of Mr James Brown, was married at St Mark's Church, Cailcrton, yesterday, to Mr Taylor, of tin Cauerton branch of the W.F.C.A. The ceremony was performed by the Ibv. W. Ballachcy, tlio church being well-filled. Mr J. Poss, of the West Coast, acted as best man, Ihc bride be ; ']g attended by her four sisters, the Misses Margaret, Hilda, Millicent and Gladys Brown. Mr and Mrs Taylor left by the afternoon train for Wellington, cii ra\oc for Sydney, where the honeymoon is to he spent. Mr J. C. Mdington, who spent his Easter holiday at Flat Point, had a somewhat rough trip back to Masterton. He stalled to return on Monday, accompanied by his son "Bosun" andllr Thomas Mackay. It was raining steadily and ereiy creek was flooded, to say nothing of occasional slips on the road. The party proceeded without misadventure, till the Pahaua liver was readied. In crossing this stream, " Bosuu" Boddington's pony rolled over, and its lider, without losing his presence of mind, swam for the hank, and was dragged out of the water some distance down, by Mr Thomas Mackay. The next serious difficulty occurred at Jackson's creek, where Mr Mackay himself got washed off his horse, and with some difficulty extricated himself from the flood. It was then found nccessa; j to retrace their way, and the liartv returned to tlio Wharau, where at Mr Veimell's wliare, the travellers were hospitably entertained for the night. On the following morning, a t/esli start was made, aud Masterton was reached by 2 p.m. Mr Mackay's intimate knowledge of the tipography of the district, alone enabled the travellers to complete their journey, as the state of the roads and streams compelled frequent deviations from the regular tracks and fords. Tho experiences of Messrs Wright, McGill and Ollivor, of the Police Department, who, in company with Messrs Hawke and T. Jackson, weul out to Wa-'mii-o-mata Valley last Saturday, on a fishing and shooting excursion, arc woiih recording, says the Post, The party put up in a substantial and wellfurnished wharc belonging to Mr F, Whitley (of Kcichardt's music warehouse), situated near Mr Elliott's farmhouse. About eleven o'clock on Saturday night, two of the party, who were sleeping on the floor, awoke to find water coming in upon them. Everyone turned out and scrambled into some clothing. Inside of five minutes, there was three : feet of water on the floor, and to escape to liigher ground, they all had to wade breast-deep through the muddy torrent brought down upon them through' a huge tree blocking up the culvert which carries a small creek underneath the roadway a short distance below the wliaro. _ They carried their guns away with them, but on attempting to return to the wliare to rescue the remainder of the contents tho water was found to be too deep. The same night wliare and contents disappeared dwvn stream. The party were taken in by Mr Elliott, and hospitably cared for until yesterday morning, when they were able to got back to town, Mr Wliitloy will be a considerable loser,as tho wharc was very comfortably furnished. Ho and a party started on a shooting expedition to Orongo-Orongo at the beginning of the holidays, and are probably woather-bonnd, Tho road alongside tho blocked culvert has been scoured away for about a chain, and tho creek which formorly ran through tho oulvort was yesterday a river.

A tolegiam'has boon reoe'ved in Masterton from Mr W. B. Chonnclls and party who went out to Castlepoint last Friday, to say tlioy have been blocked by slips, but hope to reach Mas - terten this evening. Tbus Mr Graham, on the liquor questionlf you have prohibi'. tion to-morrow, the result will be that you will liavo moro drunkenness, and of a worse character, than you hare it now."

Messrs C. Smith and Co. notify by inset circulated with this issuo, that the balance of the assigned stock of drapery etc., in the estate of Mr George Johnston, which for the past week has mado Messrs C. Smith's shop the centre of attraction, must be cleared within the next few days at any sacrifice. The agents for the Santonine Balsam request us to state that they arc willing to dose for any sheep-owner in the district, fifty hoggets twice, free of charge. The very worst they have got in'the flock suffering from scour, lurgworm, or any internal parasite, as a trial to show the great benefit sheep will receive from this remedy. Mr F. Hartmann is acting as locum teneiis for Mr F. Allen, supervisor of examinations for the Institute of Actuaries London Examinations will bo conducted by Mr Hartmann, at his office, Westminster Chambers, Wellington, on Friday and Saturday next. There are fiyc local candidates, says the N.Z. Times.

There is a likelihood of a famine of cod liver oil, Nearly the whole of litis medicine is obtained from Norwegian fisheries, and during the last two years the cod caught have been so lean and in such poor condition as to yield hardly any oil. The wholesale price to hospitals has already risen from £3 a barrel of twenty-five gallons to fiye. guineas, and it will probably go much higher. A similar famine occurred a few years ago. In the up-country town of Scarsdalo, in Victoria, the Mayor and the local constable came to a disputation over a drunken prisoner the constable was locking up. The upshot was that the constable locked up the Mayor, and the dispute cpntiuuing after he was bailed out, locked him up a second time. The local police magistrate lias adjudicated on the dispute, and lined them £1 each. Cat worship is the new fashion for pets. The Princess of Wales has lovely blue Persians; the Duchess of Bedford never travels without her favourites in well-lined baskets. A swordfish, eight feet four inches long, and the fork-tail fin two feet eight from extremity to extremity, was found strandedia! Shakspearc Bay, Picton, last week, The old times were not good times for servants. Here is a deed which nowadays would be deemed most brutal and unmanly, recorded mi " Pepys' Diary" as rather commendable than otherwise: " December 2nd, IGBO. This morning, obsei i-ing some things to bo laid up not as they should be by my girl, I took a broom and basted her till, she cried exceedingly." A pious old lady recently sent as a silver wedding present, a pair of flatirons, a rolling-p'u, and a molto worked on cardboard, reading" Fight on." Ono ot the sights of Wellington, at any time is nndonbtably the rangnilieent establishment known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dressts, etc., it is more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro HoUuO. Particular atleniion lias been paid this ,vear to tlie requirerceuts of country customers, aud the result is to lie seen in the immense and varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, llannellettes, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing, &c. The choice in each department, is a'most unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is staled that of flannelette alone, over 5G,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington. A specially organised department, has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any materials in stock, will be forwarded to any address, post free. Country residents are invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted that nowhere can such a wide selection, or such sterling value be obtained, us at Te Aro House, Wellington,—Amx What price V Ask, listen, and wonder. Look at the new dresses, and the jackets, and macintoshes, and millinery, Loek at the clothing, mercery, and house furnishings, and gloves, aud marvel when you hear the price named. You've never heard anything like it before. You'va been used to getting your money's woith because you'vedone your shopping at Hooper's. Bui these extra lcduced rates, these extra low prices, they almost exc;cd belief, and but that you take the goods away in exchange for the prices quoted, you would be inclined to doubt your senses, and to fancy that things were not what they seem. Walk round the shop, price everything, go somewhere else I go everywhere 1 price everything at the other shops, and then by every fcrce of circumstmns and from the strongest conviction Ut it is the proper ihingtD do you'll come back to spend your money at the cheapest and best shop in Masterton, L, J. Hooper aud Co's Bon Me ohe, -Advt,