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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5017, 4 May 1895, Page 2

Sportsmen so far do not repoii any large bags of game. The wiutcr meeting of tha Wangamii Gun Club will take place on Thursday 2Snl inst, the day before the Wangamii Jockey Club's Steeplechase meeting. A very successful dance was held at the Tnueru last evening, a number of Mastcrton people bciug present. The period withm which the election of Boards of Conciliation may take place has been extended to the 31st of May. The Customs revenue for the March quarter was £411,778, as against b 117,773 in the corresponding quarter lust year. The naive pigeon, although fairly plcntiiiil in some parts of the bush round Mastcrlon, a few weeks ago, seems to have almost disappeared. Messrs C. E. Cockbuiii-1 food, .T. Mac llac, Jamis Miller, George McKay and J. P. l'eny have been re-elected members of Hie Upper Tnueru lioad Board, Mr and Mrs Elliston, late of the Hnih.-.ry Hotel. Ekctahima, left this week for Auckland, where they intend entering into business, The first mulch of the season was played at Ekclalmna on Thursday between the Ekctalmna and li'val football clubs. The liivals found their opponents too good for them, and suffcrcd defeat by twelve points to three.

Mr Fleming, the Education Board's Inspector, has finished the examination of the schools in the Ekctalmna District, and is now visiting those around Palmitua,

Messrs Feist and Daniel 1 arc the next members of the Mastcuon Town Lands Ti ast lo retire effluxion of lime. 'Mr T. I'. Lett's seat will also probably be vacant at the same time. The annual election takes place on the 30th. Bishop Wnllis of Wellington is. expected in Ekctalmna on the loth inst,, to settle various matters in connccl ion with Church work in Ekclalmna. During his visit, he will be the guest of E .- Bake-.

On the Wellington section of the New Zealand liailways, for the four weeks cndui<; March 31, the receipts amounted to ah) 7s lid, as against .CSllifi(is 3d; the number of passengers curried was •11,01)3, as against 33,155; the fares amounted to ,f'3()74 lis, as against C 33110 112s 7d for the cou'csponding period of last year,

The PalmcMon Tuna says:—"We believe that the Government Lund Purchase Commissioners have at last taken action respecting the acquisition of Mount Itoyal Estate for settlement, but it, will, we are given to understand, take some weeks to decide or complete I'ic negotiation." The owner of Mount ltayal is Mr John Douglas, the gentleman from whom the Government bought Pciniiihdka. Is the new purchase from him to be a similar ■' bargain ?"

An alarming stale of affairs exists at Constantinople. According to a well informed corespondent, the Christian population fear to go about the streets. The cut rent talk among the Turks is that the limehas come for them to asset their power to put down the Christians. The month cf fanaticism, Hamadan, is close at hand, and if the JRusshiu and British Heels arc not ready (says this Constantinople correspondent) to come here at a moment's notice the danger of terrible bloodshed will be very great, unless the Sultan before that time can he persuaded to make his will known in such a way that it cannot be mistaken by the Turks.

Tho return of the New Zealand railway receipts and expenditure for the four weeks ending 31st March shows I he fOl mer to have been X' 107,113 Kid <ld, and the lalle: £OI,OIO 10s Id. In the corresponding period of (lie previous year the ligures were J;10!),3Sl-0s lid and £(iO,S'l(i os ild respectively, According to Pcabody's Erpor'cn and Importers' Journal, the number of cases of kerosene shipped to New Zealand in IS9I was 50,750 and up to March 30th of this year 32,0 cases had been sbyped. Wellingi jii received 75,0 eases last year, but only 18,400 eases up lo March 30lh. For 1 lie whole colony 203,550 cases were shipped from New York, and for the first quarter of the present year the quantity is 02,152 eases.

Writing of the recent accident at Pleasant Point the correspondent of the Timnni Jlc vhl says :—Clara Cartwright attempted to save lluby Oliver. In doing so the wheel of the truck passed over the ankle bone of the leftfoot. Still trying to rescue the deceased, Clara suffered the torture of having the second wheel passing over her right foot. Tins literally crushed the big too. not minding her own injuries she ran nearly 30.) yards calling for help, when she was overpowered and sank with pain. She was attended to by Dr Mou'is, and then cairicd home. Towards evening the doctors wee afraid of tetanus, uud they amputated the toe.

The Bums Club at Pahiatua intend holding a liocitalion competition in August next. To encourage school children to compete, the club is offering three mizes, open to children between Ekelanumi and Woodville, both towns inclusive, for the three best recitations from Hums' poems, The prizes will be Ist, a handsome gold inedal,2iidaiid 3rd, two handsomely hound copies of the poet's works,

I It is not necessary for men in search of fiums, to encounter the privations ■ami hardships of remote up-country ! wilds, when a property like Bannockj bum is in the market, This estate, containing 1520 acres of excellent land, has been sub-divided "lto six convenient fniiiis ranging from J-2 to Gil acres and \ is offered to Hie public on easy terms, It ' is to be disposed of by auction on Wed- ! nesday next, at Mr E. H. Wood's CarI terton auction rooms, and as tlio sale is by order of the tuistces of the late owner each lot will lie for absoluto sale. The property is eight miles from Carterton, adjoins a school and post otlice, and shortly a dairy factory is to be erected in its immediate neighbourhood. It is not often thai, land of this high-class is in the market under such favourable conditions, and the sale outfit to he a success,

I The Nelson Colonist gives the following statement made by a settler at Aniseed Valley;—A horse belonging to Mr James Johuston had met with an accident, in consequence of winch he was left on the hills for a night near where somo men engaged in fencing were camped, During the night the horse was attacked by a'sfag, and gored in a ! most frightful manner, evidence ot the fact being apparent in the morning, when the animals' footprints and blood were traced from the spot where the liokc was left, to the edge of the stream, when tlio horse was found completely scarified, and just breathing its last, A few days ago another horse belonging to Mr Johnston was left at the fencers' camp, and this animal, but for tlio timely assistance of the men and dogs, would in all probability havo shared the fato of the o'her horse. A most unearthly noise awc':o the men, who, on. turning out oJ their bunks, saw by the light of the moon, an immense stag in the very act o': attacking tho horse, which seemed peli'lfiedbyfear!

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Ekctahiiim sale list for Wednesday next 5 head young cattle, Prior to the lato Bishop Suter being seized with .his fatal illness a sum ot money hud been collected to make him a presentation, but owing to his long illness nothing was done. Mrs Suter has now been consulted, and slated that it was a cherished wish ot the late Bishop to present an art gallery to the citizens of Nelson, and his works of art were purchased with that view. She was prepared, if the money subscribed was devoted towards building a gallery, to give the works of art, and also land in Hardy-street for (he erection of the gallery. A meeting will be held to further the object. A meeting of those interested in the Auslralnsiiin Home Heading Union, will be held in the Mnslerto'n Weslcyan Schoolroom next Tuesday evening at 7.30 p.m., the object being to forma circle for this session and decide on the course to be taken up. Mr John Hums, M.P., suggests that the workers in Kurope should unite and form a concordat guiding (lie employment of women and children, insurance, liability of employers, and hours of labour. He proposes to convene a conference to meet in London to discuss the matter.

lles-n's IViity it Forde architects, invih tenders for (lie erection of a residence at Lansdowne for Messrs 11. and F, Mnunscll. Messrs Simms and Mowlcm add to thi'list of entries for their next stock sale in the yards on Wednesday Bth ins!., 1 purebred Ayrshire bull %\ year old, 8 21-year-old steers, i IS-months-old heifers and 2 young cows in calf. One of the approaches to thcKokotau Bridge gave way yesterday under the weight of a traction engine. Mr C. & Daniel!, acting under the Engineers' instructions, sent a large staff of workmen to repair damages at daybreak this morning. The fourth annual meeting of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association was hold last night, Mr J. P. Firth presiding. There was a large attendance of members, The annual report stated that the roll of membership had increased from ItiC to lilt, of whom 150 may be looked upon as subscribing members. The balance sheet showed the funds to be iu a satisfactory condi Hon, there being a balance of £ls 7s 3d to the credit of the account at (he bank,

A Mmigaone settler had a curious experience during the April floods. The water came with a ruslf into his dwelling and when it was about four feet high, he and his family adjourned to the roof and sat on the saddlcboard for some four hours, expecting the building to be washed away. Then the water subsided and the drenched and somewhat lightly clad roof refugees, were able to descend and inspect damages. The Australian Mutual Provident Society have asked us to point out that Ifr G. W. Schroder is Iho only canvassing agent employed at the present time in the Mastorton district. Occasionally under a misapprehension, insurances are effected which are supposed to be with the A.J1.1". but are really not connected with il. It is to prevent mistakes of this kind that the Society desires it to he known that in the Masterton district Mr Schroder is its sole authorised agent.

Tho customary weekly meeting of the llaslerton Mulnallmprovcinenl■Society was held in theWesleyan Schoolroom last evening, the liev. J'. Dukes, President, occupying the chair. Three short papers were read on" The Advanced Woman," "Medical Electricity," and "Education" by Miss Dixon and Messrs House and iiigg respectively. The essays elicited animated discussion in which most of the members present took part. The ['resident will deliver a lecture on " John Wyclifl'e, His Life and Times" at the society's next meetiug.to which the public are invited.

A romantic incident occurred at the native pah at lioiorua the other night, which lends to show that the untutored Maori is susceptible to the influences of the green-eyed monster jealousy, It would appear that a young matron who had reason to doubt the fidelity of her dusky spouse, and rendered frantic by his attention to another damsel, endeavoured to put an end to all her troubles by plunging into one of the boiling holes in the neighbour hood of the pah. Fortunately, however, for the misguided young woman, the temperature was not sufficiently high for suicidal purposes, and she wasextricaled, certainly in a par-boiled condition, hut thoroughly alive to the fact that life was still worth living in spite of the dcJinfluencies of a philandering husband.

Sonic ingenious rascal in (lie land of wooden nutmegs, lias been playing low down on one of Hie Philadelphia banks. A ease supposed to contain medical trusses, arrived at Wellington the other day, consigned to a lirm with which the man in the street—who is presumed to know everything—was entirely unacquainted. The local hank which held tho draft, the invoice and the bill of lading, searched high and low for the consignees, and at length was forced to to the conclusion there were "no sich pussons." Information received from Australia also gave rise to the suspicion that the shipment was incomplete, and it was thought advisable therefore, before making the usual declaration at the Customs to send down an oliiccr to examine the case. On being opened up it was found to contain merely an empty packing ease, while of trusses there was not the slightest vestige. The presumption is, says the N.Z. Times, that some smart and unscrupulous person or persons in the Quaker City, whence- the case came, shipped the supposed goods, made a draw upon an imaginary firm in Wellington, got (lie draft discounted in Philadelphia, and made off with flic " boodle." It is known that other consignments of a similar nature have been made h Australia. The amount represented by Ihe draft in the instance we have montioncd would purchase enough trusses to lill a good sized room, while the bogus case opened up here measured hardly 10ft. cubic.

In nn interview with an Auckland [ Herald representative, Mr Komeo Bragalo, the Victorian expert in viticulture, who has been touring this Colony at the i invitation of the iS'ew Zealand Governi incut, said:-" The Hawkc's Bay dis- ' trict will be suitable for a little heavier • wine. It will produce a first-class • champagne, too, I never saw in tho > whole of my travels through Europe tho ' I'inot tribe to bp doing better than I I liaye seen it in New Zealand." "Canyon ' give ns any advice as to the methods of pruning ?" " That is difficult without illustrations. But it should be not more than seven to nine inches from the ground so as to get the heat from the soil and induce tho grape to ripen quicker. When on the other side I said 1 was going to Now Zealand to sec how grape-growing would answer there, people tbere poohpoohed it. But at Hawkc's Bay I saw 23 to 29 Tier cent of saccharine matter, and I had to toll them it was too strong, and they had better put water." »jj 0 you think it would bo well to establish a school of wine culture?" "Not at present. But I should advise the. Government to establish experimental plots in different districts.say in Central Otago HaTko's Bay, Wairarapa, Auckland, Wauganui, Tauranga, Opotiki, and Ohiwa, in order to show the people when Ik yipes aro properly chosen, trained, and cultivated, and'where there was a possibility of establishing the industry. That would induce many farmerstoomharkittthe industry, It would bo easy to find an intelligent farmer in a district an' acre to look after but the work after, should bo supervised by an officer of the Department of Agriculture. Then when the suitability of soil and climate arc established, tho Government could establish a viticultural school. Tho Government should givo full practical information, and assist the grower in order to makeliim embark in tho indu.6try.-_ In Victoria wo spent £25,000 in planting vineyards, and wo planted 20,000 acres in six years,"

The clioir at St. Matthew's-Church, Mastcrton, has been very considerably strengthened of late, and under the able direction of MrP; G. Moore is making excellent headway. At the animal meeting of the Masterton ftoad Board, the Clerk stated that there were now twenty-nino loans under the Hoard.

Mr N. B. Scantlebury, of Mt. Bruce Eoad, inserts a notice to trespassers, in this issue. Informations for alleged sly-grog selling on the Miramar Racecourse on Thursday have been laid by the police against Edward Mcintosh and Harry Cunningham, of the Lower Hutt, The cases will come before the Court, on Wednesday next, says the N.Z. Tunes Wtwtprico? A?k, listen, awl Minor,' Look at tho new dresses, and the jackets, md macintoshes, and millinery. Look at the clothing, mercery, imd house furnishings, and gloves, and niarvil when you hearth'.! price named. You've nevtr heard anything like it before. You'vd been used U siting your money's wolth becauso you'vedono y.iur shopping at Hoofer's. Bui these.ox:raieduccd rites, these oxtra low pricey, they almost exceed belief, and but that you tako the goods away in exchange (or Hie prices quoted, you would bo itiolincd to doubt your senses, and to faucy Hint thing! wore not what they seem, Walk round the shop, price ever) limit!, go somewhere else I go everywhere i j-ricc everything at Hi; other shop?, aud then by every face of ciroumst.iums and Irom the strongest conviction that it is the proper thing t-j do you'll come back to spend your money at the cheapest and best shop in Masfertou h. J. Hooper and t!o'a Bon Marche. -Advt.

Oucol tho sights of Wellington, at any timo isundoubtably the magnificent establishment known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to ovci flowing, with a bewildering variety of the 'cason's novelties in millinery, manth's.drcssts.eto., it is more than "Tcr a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro ilouso.

Particular attontion lias been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, anil tho result is to be Men in the immense and varied stock of calicocn, shirtings, funnels, flanneltcttcs, strong ■■rearing dress materials, men's nnl boys' clothing &o. The choice in each departinent, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is staled that of flannelette alone, over 50,000 y,,rds have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington.

A specially organised department, has been established tn deal with country orders. Patterns of any materials iu stock, will he forwarded to any address, post free, Country residents are invited to write for pices, or any infoinuliou regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted ilia' nowheie can such a wide selection, or such sterling value be obtained, as at Te Aro House, Wellington. -Adyt.