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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5016, 3 May 1895, Page 2

A Christchurch paper The accuses the Wairarapa Swagger station owners, who reQuestion, cently intimated their intention of musing hospitality to swaggers, "selfish, cruel, and embittered." Truth, a journal published in the sanio town replying to this says, " On the contrary, we tbiuk the Wairarapa station owners took an open, manly course in announcing their intentions and giving such due notice many weeks beforehand, that none could afterwards complain of surprise. They have only told swaggers that after a future date free hoard and lodging will not bo provided. Where is the cruelty, brutality, or selfishness in such a decision, of which ample notico is given ?

There has been a phenomenal The rise of the New Zealand 3} Loan per cent, slock to M{, and rJooJl. this taken by itself is a mat-

ter for coneratulation. But the advance is attributed to the statements made in London respecting the Colony by the Hon.- J, G. Ward. The truth of these is questioned, and if they turn out to be misleading the boom is secured at the cost of the Colony's good name. It would not, (ill Mr Ward returns to tho Colony, ho fair to conclude that he Ins made statements which cannot he justified, and we sincerely trust that he can exonerate himself from charges which aro being laid against 'him on this score. Still pending the clearing up of this matter it is undesirable either to condemn Mr Ward on the one hand or to congratulate him on the other.

Mastohnn Tow a Lands Trustees meet tins evcrug. Heavy ruin fell iu th ; s districtyeslerday afternoon. The IViiirai'apa Hounds meet at Gladstone on Saturday afternoon next.

Messi\sHornblow& Co. advertise their usual weekly sii !e at the People's Auction Mart, forio-moiTowat2p.nl,

ThcrainiallforApi' l as recorded at AVaihakeke, by Mr it. Braithwaile was 9'25 inches.

Nine extra clerks were dispenscdwilh . ;, i the Tax DopiK jnont at Wellington, at the end of last month, By a change from colza o". to kerosene for the engine headlights, the .liailway Department of Victoria is now saving i.'2oayear. The total quantity of wheat and (lorr alloat for t'le United Kingdom is 3,W'},o quarters, and for the Continent 1,'M3,0 quarters. The American visib'c supply of wheat is 80,C),C]0 bushels.

The Khun oE Dir effected the capture of Slier A fznl and his followers by driving them i-ito a snow field, wheie they were starved into siii/cndor'ng. Umra Khan's followers, with (lie exception of (he loaders, will be released.

His Grace A"chbishop licdwood will visit Carterton next Sunday and conduct a brief mission, commencing with service at St. Mary's Church at 7 that cvor'ng and conlimng on Monday and Tuesday. Messrs Cook & Gray of Wellington, notify that the stock-in-trade, goodwill, etc., of P. Campbell, storekeeper of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, will he sold to the highest tenderer, Tenders close on Monday Gth inst,, at nooni All particulars can be obtained from Messrs Cook &Gray, on application.

A Windsor resident some short lime ago travelled up in the Singleton district, iS T .S,AV,, in search of work, but soon returned, and in answer to an inquiry, said that you could get plenty of work there, provided you found your o\\ a" tucker," and did not want wages. We [Obicncr] regret to have to record the death at the early age of 32 years, of the wife of ifr W. Sheridan. Mr and Mrs Sheridan had just settled on a farm at Inglewood, and her health, which, since leaving Cartel ion, had not been of the best, began to show sigosof improvement, hut lung trouble supervened, and she succumbed on the 19th ult. In connection with the Pahinlun Presbyterian Church, scryiccs will be held by ]{ev. AV. H. Philip on Sabbath othJliiy, as under :—lW.ntuu at 11. sermon to children j Ballaucc at 2.30 j Pah'atua at 7.

_ Mr George Bcntlcy, of Maslciion, has just undergone n very serious operation nt tlic Wellington Hospital.

It would not be surprising if as a result of Mr Bragaio's lecture, a syndicate were foiaied in Dunedm to take up vine-grow.'ug in Central Olngo. Such a th'ug is talked of, says the DunetU,i Ski:

At Bjndnberg a verdict of Guilty was returned against six Kanakas charged with the murder nl Avondale of an old white niau whose name i? unknown. The prisoners were soul ciicrd to death.

An octopus live feet long crawled on to a fcny-boat that was running "i Sydney Harbour on Wednesday nisbt, and caught hold of a lady and gentlenian, It was ten lignites before it could he got oil them, when it returned lo the valor.

A large transaction in horseflesh was noted quite recently in the horse market, J says Tivtlt. Am>nimal found a purchaser at 158, to whom the auctioneer advised that if it was fed with oats, had its tail banged and new shoes put on its feet, the horse would fetch a noble price. The purchaser bck the advice to Jicait, put the on!,; into the horse, banged its tail, and put shoes on its feet, then offered it next sale day, and seemed pleased when it was sold for 10s.

A coi respondent states that the settlers in. the Braidwood d ; stiict (New South Wales) aro having a very un pleasant experience. They rcpoi tto the Minister of lands, who has been yisi t"ig tlto locality, that they could make both ends meet pre it not that a d ; seaso known as .Tver rot has played havoc among their flocks'during the past two j or three years.' During 1894 one settler lost 7,C) sheep, another 11,0, and'a third IC.CDO sheep from liver roYand fluke. As most of the owners kcop only small flocks, such moita'ity has almost ruined many of them.

A peculiar case has been commenced in the Equity Court, aga'ust the Commercial Bonk of Australia. The plaintiff, who is a lady, seeks to recover the possession of a cheque for £27C3, and a deposit receipt for £fCCI Tlio statement of claim alleges that while the pla : ntiff's son-in-law was in the service of tlio bank, he misappropriated the I funds of tho Institution, and that tlic'' Inspector of tho Bank offered to release £SOCD of the deposit receipt of £7O, tho balance remaining on deposit, the whole amount being hold under the reconstiiictipn scheme, if the plaintiff would pay the defalcations!' Plaintiff under pressure, complied with the request in order to save her son-in-law, and she now seeks to hayo tho sct{tloment decided void.

; Mj'ff' 0. Tucker, 'late of the Masterton relegrapli Office hasbecntransfcrred to Wangnmii, Tenders are- invited for felling 300 acres of busk, in six blocks. Messrs Lowes and lorns nnnounco their next Stock Sale at Mastcrtoii for MaylCtb.

Mr C. Hughes has formally resigned Ins position as a member of the Master, ton Borough Council.

Mr Edward Bannister, of Woodlawn, lormia, is lying dangerously ill at Jralmcrston North.

A first offering dimik.ivns brought before Mr T, Hutchison S.M., at Mastevtou to-day, and cautioned and discharged.

Father T. McKenna, who has been present during tho Catholic Miss'on in Mastirton, returns to-day to l'ahiatua. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court to-day, argument was continued in the case Hooken v. C. S. Walker. Messrs Simms and Mowlcm add to tho list of entries for their next stock sale in the yards on "Wednesday, Bth install, thirty 18-inontlis-old steers. A man named Henry (Jlialkcr has been sentenced to one month, at Weilmglon, for layiug tolalisator odds at the Hntt liaces.

A young man named McG uire was admitted lo the Masterton Hospital yesterday, suffering with a broken leg, sustained in au accident on the Opa'ki road.

Messrs Simms and Mowlcm will offer for sale by public auction to-morrow (Saturday), at 2 o'clock in their rooms Queen Street, 5 shares in the W.F.C.V.

They have some queer police judges in Jacksonville, Fla. One of them locked u]i a woman for using profane language, and then let her out so that she could attend divine service.

All election will be held on Monday 271 h May, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr C. Hughes, who represented the East Ward of the Borough of Mastcrlon. Nominations must be made on Monday, tho 13th instant. Church of England services will be conducted on Sunday next, May sth, by Mr W. H. Jackson as follows : Opalci at H a.m.; Te liangitumau at 3 p.m.

Edward Williams, 15 years of age, whose parents reside in South Duncdin, was killed at Burt's foundry at luncheon hour yesterday. Deceased with other boys, was playing with a crane in the yard when the jib fell, rushing in his chest. Death was instantaneous. Tho monthly meeting of the Masterton Tent of IndependentOrderof Italiabitos, was held ia the Foresters' Hall last evening, Ero. J Carpenter, C.H., in theeha'r. The usual routine business only was gone through, and the meeting closed

The great boon conferred upon local bodies by I'arliiimciit-Ihe right to rate Native pi jpwiico—resulted as follows in Cook Countiy last year, says the Pufcrli/ litii/ Ilerahl :—Total oouut collected, £;)0 2s 7d; cost of preparation of rolls, issuing demands, etc., BU.

The Secretary of the Masteitoi Foofball Club has received word fron Carterton that the Carterton Club ii unable to send ;i team up to-morrow ai aiianged,but w lllscndonc upon the 11th A practise match w ; )l therefore be lick on the Hospital Ground.

" Just to show you how those China, men fight," says Mr Frederick Villiors, the war correspondent, "at Port Arthur tlioy had sis different styles of rifles, and, of (ourse, six different kinds of ammunition. When the Japanese came upon them they got those arms and ammunition so badly jumbled up that their guns were as harmless as walking, slicks."

A tragic and mysterious occmmcc is reported from Moy, County Tyrone. A farm laborer mimed Blayney and his wife retired to rest at the usual hour on Sunday night, but on awakening in the morning Mrs Blayney was horrified to find her husband dead beside her. The woman fainted, and although every effort was made to restore consciousness, she died on Monday night.

The following game licenses kve been issued lit (lie Pahialua Post Office to dale :-0. J. .Norton, AT. IVnkeman, I). Puckle, Or. T. Avery, J. W. Gardner, .1. 11. Wod, C. Cooper, J. ChamDion, 1L W. Brißjs, Dr Gault, ff. Procter. A. Wagner, H. H. Huglies, W. MeOardlc, jr., ,1, Thomas, A. Caselherc;, C. E. Cockburn-Hood, 1!. Seymour, P. J. Quirkc, G. H. Smith, G. A, Williams, F. Goodwin, J. Hunter. Licenses have been issued at Mastcrlon as under:—John Longslaff. John Holmes, Henry Holmes, Joseph Dickson,

The Wellington correspondent of the Christclmrch Press, writes that the Ministerial partyliiiscffcetuallycaptured the New Zealand Times, which will in future be published with unswerving and uwlevinling regard to the political welfare of the Premier and his merry men. Some lOC J. shares, hitherto unallotted, have been successfully placed among mombers of the Government and their friends, including IGC3 shares to a Director of the Bank of New Zealand, and oO to a prominent member of the Civil Service. The 2'iWvmay now be said to be, as to its proprietary, the most remarkable paperin this hemisphcrc.aud the most astonishiug example of political journalistic enterprise; and all because the editor'of the Post refused to say how lie got the l f ox correspondence, and the Times editor said he did the right thing in so refusing.

Mr Gordon, head of the Gisbornc Company, who secured the lease of the Campbell Islands, has chartered the ketch Gratitude, and left last week with a party for the Islands, taking <!3O sheep, (JOC3 feet of timber, and 12 months' stores, The Snuthluml Nck.i, stales that Jlr Gordon's original intention was to have taken down some cattle and horses, but the limited space available will prevent his doing so en the present occasion. When the requisite buildings, yards, etc., have been erected it is proposod to place a further draft of 2C ;3'shcop on the islands, the carrying capacity of which is estimated at from 12.CJ0 to 15,000 sheep, 500 head of cattle, and such horses as may be required for station work.

The many ffieuds of Mr 0. l'oi.'itt ivill regret lo learn of his depnrtui'e from Pnliiatua, says tlic Herald, lie having been transferred to Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmcrslon ollico. During his residence in this town, Mr Porrilt, by his geniality and good fellowship, lias made himself a favorite with everyone. He will he greatly missed iu social and oilier circles. Mr Poi.ltt was a valuable member of Pahiatua. Cricket Club, and in the field was one of the most popular players iu the Club. He will cany witli him to his new sphere of labour the good wishes of all who havo had tho pleasure of his acquaintance. Onoot the sights of Wellington, at any time isundoubtably the magnificent establishment known as To Aro House, and now that ovcry department within its walls is filled to •byerflOwing, with a bewildering variety of the reason's novelties' in millinery, mantles, drcßses, etc, it is more than over a pleasure and profit to visit tho wholesale family drapery warehouse, To Aro IJou;o.

Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country customera, and too rcsu'tis io be seen in the immense aid varied stock of calicoes, shirting", flannels, ilanne'lettcs, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing. &a, The choice in each depart. racDt, is almost unlimited, as may bo imagined, when it is staled that of flannelette alone, over 60,000 yards have this seasou been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington,' .;" ■

A specially organised department, has been eßtablisbed'to deal wiih country orders, PaltoMsoSany materials instooi, willhe forwarded to any 'eddreas, post free. Country'residents aro invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted', It is confidently fisVtcd that nowhere can Biioli'a wide'selection; or audi sterling value be obt ?: ned, us at To Aro Hbiise,Wellington.—Advt,