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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5014, 1 May 1895, Page 2

If the Colonies are bent Invading upon restricting the imJavan migration of Asiatics, they show no scruples in invading the territory of the " undesirable." Now that Japan and China have ceased firing, the trade prospects are being calculated, and the peace terms promise munh for commercial enterprise. The Victorians who have developed a praiseworthy mania for increasing the outlets for their produce, propose sending a trial shipment of live stock and fruit. The experiment is to be made by the Government, and the results will bo keenly watched by the rest of tho Colonies. The Victorian Government long ago paved the way for commercial relations with Japan. Last year Mr James Dyer, of Melbourne, sailed for Japan with somi-credentials from tho Government, as a tradingrepresentativo of the Colony. He took with him a varied assortmentof Victorian products for presentation to the the Mikado, and he reported on his mission as follows:—"I beg to report that, as authorised, 1 have duly presented letters referring to the Victorian gift of products to the Emperor of Japan to the vicc-Min-isrer of Foreign Affairs. I was introduced to tho Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, and was informed that some rulo precluded tho Emporor from accepting such gifts, but the Government would do so gladly. The Japanese Government felt highly llattoral nt be ; ng presented with such a valuable and instructive collection of Australian products, and promised that they would bring thorn under the notice of people interested in the best way calculated to produce the most satisfactory results. The means they are adopting to cany this into eifectare very ingenious; and should be productive of great good. The samples, which include meats, wines, dairy products, fruit, preserves ami other manufactures which Australia so well produces, Imvo been handed over to the Chamber of Commerce, who are celebrating the occasion with a banquet to members of Parliament, representative merchants and citizens. All liquors and every article of food on the tables will be the product of Ausiralia Regarding cnminsraal matters generally f might mention that the Japanese are about to establish a regular service of mail steamers between Melbourne and Japan, the actual vessels being already selected. I am told by Japanese merchants that with the establishment of this service they will be large and increasing importers of wool, leather, minerals, food products, Hour, wines, fruit and horses from Australia."

The trouble with the Nicaragua Central American Republic of Nicaragua has been browing for some time. The British subjects in that country could never obtain redress for their grievances, besides this, in August last year, Mr Hatch, the British Vice-Council, at Dluelields, in the Mosquito Reserve, was arrested by Nicaraguan troops, and conveyed to Grey town, being afterwards released on parole. An ultimatum was immediately sent to Nicaragua demanding the payment of £ISOO as compensation for the expulsion of Mr Hatch, and further that a commission bo appointed to decide upon the amount to beawarded as damages to British traders who were expelled from the Mosquito Reserve. The Nicaraguans were given till the loth April to comply with thoultimation, and on the IOUi April the British Government intimated that they would seize the customs unless the indemnity was paid. Three warships were despatched to enforce the British demands, and their guns now cover the town of Corinto, while 400 men from H.M.S. Koyal Arthur are now in possessionof the Customhouse. The Nicaragiinns will now understand the meaning of a British ultimatum

water :il Woodvillc. Only four petitions of insolvency wore against fourteen in April, 18114, The Key L. M. Isilt leaves Wellington by the Gothic for England on 2nd May. several wairarapa spotting men went down by this morning's train, to be present nl the Wellington Haccs, The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Upper Taueru lioad District, will be held on Saturday next at 2 p,i Twenty-two bankruptcies iiaye occurred iu Wellington since the for the corresponding period of 18! M, A Blenheim fishciman can jut a monster fish theothcrday which weighed 7 to !l feet in girth, | During the month of March twentyeight patients in the Wellington Hospital consumed 171-J pints of wine, spirits, »ud malt liquors, beiug about six piuts for each patient. Mr G, Avery, of Pahiatua, can set an example to liis neighbours in the way of remunerative farming. Tin's last'year We bought some of the Government lid postal cards this week. They are an al)omiu!itiou,with a nasty surface and a bad colour. The Department ought to be ashamed of turning out such rubbish, It is said that the word of command for action in the Chinese drill is first, 'Prepare to look fierce'; next, 'Look fierce'; and, thirdly, 'Approach the enemy.' StMalthcwsßoysClub will commence their winter session next week. The ltcv A. C. Yorke is trying to arrange the exclusive use of the Drill Hall for the members ou one or two nights in each week, for physical training.

Mr It. A. Davys an energetic young member of the Masterion railway staff has been transferred to Auckland. He lias made many friends in Mastcrton who will rogrothis departure. Mr Davys wrs scurotary of tlio Amateur Operatic Society, and his gratuitous services will be greatly missed. We understand Mr D. Halhaway, sou of Mr A, Hathaway, has been appointed !o the Mastcrton oflico from l'clone,

The Hawke'a Buy Herald slates that Mr F, L. Hutchinson, who for six years past has boon connected with the Banlc of Australasia in Napier, has rosigr.od In.s position with a view to proceeding to Munich to perfepf Ins art studios thore. k, rJn ; ~| «B!ayln%ierMrH!itchJu. S on,bym. S ono^ ,,lß « oDiftl^f°7»d social disposition, has inT 8 ■««»*« friends, His chief hobby-putting "0 n one side the, brush—is rowing, and as captain of the Napier Club, ho has done much to foster awniotics in oar midst. With paint, palette, and <W.?pl, however, he has been remarkably succ.essfuj, as far as his opportunities have gonje, and his productions of more recent date have been so full of jpmjso, that Ids friends aud critics are justified is hoping that with tho advantages oE tjdtiojf which will ho available to him in Europe, ■ Jib will eventually blossom into a master hand. Mr Hutchinson is, we understand a relation pf Mr G, S, W, P.alrymple, of Mastcrton, , ; ■

Tho annual meeting of the Wairarapa Licensing Committee takes place on 4th June.

A social in connection 'with the Carterton Wcsloynn Church takes, place in tho Assembly Booms n.i Thursday evening next.

llobert Goodin, carpenter, and son of Mr P. Goodin, of Carterton, has had the misfortune to break his leg, at Wellington.

The London Times lately to hand contains a notico of the death on 14th March at Wormsley, Herts, at the ripe "go of 79 years, Mr George Deller, father of Mr G. W. Deller, Mayor of Carterton. Extra mails for Wellington and Masterton now closo at the I'nhiatua post olllce on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2.15 p m., via Maugaonc Valley,to catch the early train from Eketalmna. New York is being defended with a sunken mortar battery. The mortars work by electricity, and project ICJDIb shot six miles,

A bashful gentleman who visited a school kept by a young lady was asked by tho toucher to say a few words to tho pupils. This was his speech:—" Scholars, I hope you will always love your school and your teacher as much as'l do."—A tableau of giggling pupils and a blushing teacher attested the effectiveness of his words.- Truth.

The township of Pongaroa is going ahead, says the Pulihilua Kemlil. A general store has been opened by an enterprising resident. The first bullock dray brought the stores (35owt) to the township on Friday last. The stores were brought from the coast, the freight and carriage coming to ,£4 per ton. A large boarding house is in course of erection and will be opened in a fortnight.

When a New South Wales Ministcrinl party (says the Bdklin) was Hying around Wynlong, right in the middle of a track tint seemed to run from nowhere. In nowhere, without n house or tent in sight, in the very bareness of desolation, a gaunt, brick-coinplcxioned, scarecrow of a man suddenly shot into sight—also from nowhere—and said, "Say, Mister, how many did George Gil Ten make in the larst lest match?"

Another experiment with tho antitoxin cure for dipthcria has been made in Wellington. Mr Donne, Traffic Manager of the Wellington Government liailways, and his elder son Cecil, both had diptheiia. On Friday last Dr Anson found that in spite of the usual remedies Mr Donne's throat was getting worse, and Cecil's case was developing. He therefore determined to give a further trial to the anli-toxin treatment, successful experiments with which in Wellington we rcccutly chronicled. Hypodermic injections were made, and after twelve hours the improvement was very marked in Cecil's case, and Mr Donne obtained temporary relief from pain, enabling medicines aud food to be administered, After 21 hours the diphtheria quite disappeared from the lad. On Sunday a second dose was given to Mr Donne, and after 12 hours the pain entirely ceased, and the diseased membranes disappeared from the throat. Mr Donne is now in a fair way of recovery, although much prosl rated, says the PusL Both patients are being nursed by Miss Wildmau.oiie of the proprietors of the private hospital, Grant-road.

At the request of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr Dragnlo, the Victorian Government viliculturist, who has just completed a tour of the colony, will deliver his promised lecture on vine and fruit-growing on Friday next. The general public will be invited to attend, in view of the importance of the subject and Hie desirability of promoting industries likely to settle the people comfortably on the land, there should be a large attendance. In Ihc interview recently published by us, Mr Bragato gaye some idea of the high opinion he had formed of Central Olago for vine and fruit culture. Having since then visited other paiis of the colony, his opinion will be now even of more value than it was on thai occasion —Otwjo Daily Hints.

We read sometimes in novels about a woman being maid, wife, and widow all in a single day, but such a thing is rarely, if ever, heard of as an actuality. An instance of this soit is reported by the New York correspondent of the Melbourne Age. Mr Hobarl, a broker in New York, was married to Miss I'cltit, at the house of the latter's parents. The couple intended to slart tlie following morning on their wedding tour, and concluded to spend the lirst evening of their married life in a visit to a theatre. Accordingly Mr Hobart secured tickets for one of the theatres, and the couple were on hand at the risiug of the curtain. Near the close of the lust act Mr Hobail gave a cry of pain, and fell from his scat to the flour, lie received medical attention, but died within twenty minutes of Ihc time when he was first stricken, and his wife, now a widow, was thrown into paroxysms of grief, and finally fell fainting to the lloor. The married life of the unfortunate couple covered only a period of eight hours A sensible American has lauglit his dog, a water spaniel, to extinguish lire whenever it sees anything burning. To [est the little dog, a piece of paper was ignited and dropped on the lloor. In an instant the dog jumped upon it, and very quietly extinguished it by rubbing it with his paws. The dog was tried with a lighted cigar with the same result. The committee of the Masterton Amateur Operatic Society met after the general meeting last night. Dr Douglas was elected Chairman of Committees; Mr N. Bunting,Hon Secretary; MrL. J. Fordo, Hon. Treasurer; Miss D. Bunting, pianist. The appointment ot Conductor was left oyer until next meeting, and also the selection of the Society's next production,

During last week one patient was admitted to the Masterton Hospital and one discharged. There arc (iyc patients in the institution at date. Miss May Yohe, the charming young actress, has fcr come months been Lady Francis Hope, although the marriage has been kept secret hitherto. In spite of her altered circumstances Miss May Yohe is still to be seen at the Avenue Theatre, as tho "The Lady Slavey." Miss Marie Castilla, Bachelor of Medicine of the Melbourne University, lias just been appointed permanent resident surgeon to the midwifery department of the Women's Hospital in Melbourne. Dr Castilla is Australian bom, and took lier degreo two years ago.

I At a silling of the Academy of | Science at Stockholm, in February, M, Andre, the celebrated Swedish aeronaut, explained a proposal for a voyage to the North Polo in a balloon, He expressed the belief that a balloon could make tho voyage from Spitsbergen over the North Pole in thirty days. The cost of the enterprise would be about £7220.

Hard-headed " Billy " Wells, of Boston, in the Exhibition Hall, nine times in a day, has large granite blocks broken on his skull, with heavy sledge hammers handled by the strongest men in the audience. The only protection is a a blanket, which keeps the sharp edges of Ihc stone from cutting his flesh which covers his tough brain pan, Dr Cooper, of South Carolina, was one ot the best-natured old gentlemen that ever lectured to mischiovous boys. On one occasion, when he entered the lecture room, ho found the olass all seated and looking very grave. Mischief, it was evident, was the cause, and it was apparent that they were prepared for a burst of laughter, as the old doctor waddled along up to the professor's chair, lor tisesatan'old he-goat, bolt upright, lashed in the chair. But they wero disappointed of their fiiu, for instead of getting angry and storming at them, lie remarked:" Ah lyouug gentlemen I quite .republican in your tendencies; fond of a rcprejentatiyo Government-elevated o/icoWour ojsti number to the chair. Ha! WplljW/iIJ, all jg quite right, I daresay tho present incumbent .can fill it as well as any of'y'oii! You'may Jito to his 'lecture' _' to-day, .Good-bye I Jj'gn't feel sheepish about it! And he went; without leaving a single smile jjejjjna bin}.'

Tlio shooting season h tliis district opened to-day, An infant child of Mr J. Judd, of Mastorton, died yesterday from convulsions.

The Customs duties collected at Wellington last month, amounted to £27,916 7s lid, as against £26,4C3 3s Id for the corresponding mouth of last year, and £28,62717s 8d for the preceding mouth (March) of this year. Cable advices have been received that at a meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of New South Wales held at Sydney yesterday, a dividend of 9 per cent was declared, and a sum of £21,818 was carried forward,

MrP, H, Mewell, who formerly resided at Masterton, has just received the degrco of Bachelor of Arts, Mr J. Oollio, also well-known here, has been awarded a Diploma of Honor in Arts, for political science and mental science. The special mission services at St. Patrick's Church, Masterton, are being very largely attended, aud the cloqvent [addresses of His Grace Archl shop , Eedwood, are earnestly listened to.

On Saturday, May 18th, at noon, Messrs Lowes andlorns will sell by instructions from the Hegistrar of the Supreme Court, a valuable freehold property at Miuriceville, particulars of which appear in our advertising columns.

_ Messrs Simms & Mowlem add to the list of entries for their nextstock sale iu the yards ou Wednesday Bth inst., 300 i ewes in lamb, 30 fat ewes, 3 first-class harness horses, aud ouc 2-year old colt by "Nil Despernnduru." A meeting of ladies was held in St. Matthew's Schoolroom yesterday afternoon, to form a Church Help Society, the objects of which aro to relievo distress and to assist those in need, irrespective of creed. A small fee for membership, honorary mombers subscribing what they please. Tho members of the Society will have a first claim for relief, the intention of the Society being to render aid and not to pauperize those receiving benefit. The Jiev. A. C. Yorke was elected President; Mrs Yorke, vice-Prcsident j Secretary, Miss Purser and a committee of eight ladies Mr It. K. Jackson is to be asked to act as Treasurer,

UcN.Z, Times' London correspondent writes:-"Mr Albert Williim Beetham, F.E.S., wlio succumbed to influenza at Dawlish last week, had, readied the ripe old age of 95. Mr John Dtilhie, H. 0., returned from Wolverhampton last Thursday, but left town again almost at onec, 1 hoar lie is suffering from an affection which troubled him in New Zealand, and has gone to Buiton or Ilklcr for massage treatment.

_ Onool the sights ot Wellington, at any time is nndoubtnbly the magnificent 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, dresses, etc., it is more than oyer a pleasure aud profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro House.

Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements ol country customers, and Hie result is co be seen in the immense and varied stock ot calicoes, shirtings, flannels, llaiuiellottcs, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing i'c. The choice in each depart, ment, is almost unlimited, as may bo imagined, when it is slaicd lhat of flannelotto alouc, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington.

A spocia'ly 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 aro invited to write for prices, or auy information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted thai nowhere can such n wide selection, or sucli sterling value be obtained, us at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Ann, What price '! Ask, listen, and wonder. Look at tho uew dresses, and tho jackets, and macintoshes, and millinery. Leek a', the clothing, mercery, and house furnishings, and gloves, and marvel when you hear the prico named. You've never heard anything like it before. You've been used j to getting your monoy's woith because you'vodone your shopping at Boopcr's. But these extra reduced rites, these extra low prices, they almost exceed 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 seorn. Walk round the shop, price everything, go somewhere else Igo everywhere! prico everything at tho other shops, aud then by every fcrcc of circumstances 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 Mastorton L, J, Hooper and Co's Bon MarcW. -Advt,