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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5028, 17 May 1895, Page 2

M r T. Hutchison S.M., holds a sitting of (lit- S.M. Court at Tcnui to-day. Bishop Wallis thinks the reason Hint Englishmen always want to climb hills when they see them, is to look what is on the other side. Ito admits (he TOikiiess himself.

The funeral of I lie late Mrs Mary •Jones of Ivuripiini. took place yesterday afternoon, Iricndsfrom la: and near attending in spile of the heavy rain. The ceremony at the grave was conducted by the Key John Dukes,

The annual social of Hie lied Star Football Club, is to be hcid on llic evening of May Mil.

A Soiitlihuidfarmcrrerenlly suggested (lull, owing lo the low prices of wool and grain, lawyers should be invited lo tender lo pul the farmers through (lie Court, at so much per head, in batches o( twenty-live to (illy.

c direct attention lo au inset, published with this issue, from .Mr S. (I. Radford, draper, etc., of Queen Street. The iii(|uest touching ihe death of Fred .Monk was opened yesterday afternoon al Mnsterton, and adjourned until Saturday next at 11 a.m. In spite "ot his bad health Mr W. Lowes braved the bud weather last evening, to preside at the Town Lands Trust meeting. Rishop allis created a very favorable impression by his happy speech al the social at Si. Matthew's, Mastodon, last evening. Mrs 'Wallis, wifeol theilishop of Wellington, was unable lo attend Unsocial at St. Matthew's schoolroom last evening. owing lo a somewhat severe cold.

Some genius has conceived the brilliant idea lo press all the lawyers into military service in case of warbecause their charges are so great that no one could stand lliein. A charge of embezzlement iias been laid by M rG reville,Government,ludilor, against .1. Heard, Cily Hale Collector, at Ohrkchiiivh. Jt is alleged that a shortage of Cl',ll has been discovered in the accounts.

Mr A. lirightwell.laleof Woodville, and son ot Mr T. Jjrightwell, won a wrestling match at Gisborne last week, says the .Em mi hit. The stakes were .fclOO. He met Malay, champion middle weight ot Gislijnie. Bvightwell also met the same man before for £:!() and beat him.

The licv. Archdeacon Fancourt will visit Pahiatua on Saturday next, and will lucfit the members of the vestry the same evening. The Archdeacon' will preach at the three services to he held in the mission room on Sunday. A London paper stales that Ihe licv. 11. J). Ottley, Vicar of Easthouine, has been presiding at a boxing competition. He is also given lo singing, his favourite ditty being: " Hard Times Come Again No Afore."

The Sydney Agricultural Show authorities this year spent over £2O in the purchase ol ribbons for prize-winners, liacli prize ribbon was between six feet and seven feet loin;, fu 1850, in Australia an ounce of gold would buy "ill bushels of wheat. In 1H">;) the price of wheat rose lo four bushels per ounce of gold. Now an ounce of gold will buy about iio bushels of wheat.

Considerable excitement was caused lately by the discovery of 115 sacks full ; oi human hones in tlu> cellar of a greengrocer in Chatsworlh road, Clapton, London. The premises had recently changed hands, and the late occupier requested the new tenant not lo interfere with the basement, as lie had some properly there he did not wish disturbed. The present occupier, however, out of curiosity, went into the cellar one night, when ho was horrified at finding human skulls and bones. The police me enquiring into the affair.

Rather a curious rumour has reached the London correspondent of the Emlcm Morning i\W, about club thieves in the West End. A member of a wellknow club lost a splendid slick, which he valued highly, and which had his name engraved upon'it. Someone saw it in a shop a short time afterwards, and told him about it. 1 fe went to the shop, and there was the stick. "] am just going lo lake tlienameofl' for a customer" said Ihe shopman, wlicii Ihe owner claimed it. Thy was coming back shortly for it, v f'ho owner waited; the man turned up—a member of his own club, a man the owner knew. He became confused, was threatened with exposure, and accepted the stick-owner's terms to avoid it—resignation of membership and paymeii|i of fuQ to \\ charity. Value of sl\dv £], A. Tramp Esq. writes as follows to the New Zculuiid Eiruh!From the cut of the nether portions of infantry garb,some of our army tailors must have served their apprenticeship to the business iu a prison. Why, theycry worms would he ashamed to make a rnpal of a volunteer who hqppfid to "ha' jjlivicd in his TPglme'ntal riigij. Oi|r brave boys aro of (ill leitgllis, shapes, makes, anil sizes, but thoir uniforms scorn all blookod out to tho one measuro. There doe 3 not appear to ho any regulation height for our army, and when it is drawn up in a lino it looks like an animated diagram of the fluctuations of the kiuri gum market.

, ® l . e ■lj' ol / Gibson holds service in tho Kaiwaiwai church on Sunday next. J

At St. Mark's Lodge, Carterton, on May evening, the Grand Lodge Superintendent,Bro. Williams presented Bro, T. Porritt with his commission as representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of Delaware.

Ihc New Zealand Shipping Company lias sold the sailing ships Waipa, Wiiiroa and Hurunui.

Mr H, Weir, who left Cliristchurch the other day for Sydney, has been appointed solo tenor in St. Patrick's Church in that city, Mrs J. Baumbcr, of Villa Street, nptilios that she has vacancies for two respectable boarders.

The intensity of the cold lately experienced in England, is illustrated in a recent number of The Chmid ami ' Bnymi. The picture shows the rising foam from two opened bottles of" phiz," to have frozen in a column to the mouths of the bottles, with the cork adhering to the lop of each. A third and final dividend of one penny m the ,C, is now payable in the estate ot George Anderson, late storeKeeper, of Masteiton.

In connection will, (ho Minimi' Ircsbytc.'ian Church, services will be 10 ? -M„i Vr cv " H " Sab. bal l li th May, as under :-Miatua jilt IJ.; llailnwii Schoolroom at 2.30■ 1 iihiatua at 7. ' The Hawera Slvr says:-A fresh nuisance to fnimers about Ellhani lias appeared m Ihc shape or (| )e won vine ol calves by si.ay dogs. Several settlors had a number of calves injured the other evening. The Bishop of Wellington and Mrs lis miend visiting Carterton next week Ihe Bishop will address the bnys iiml girls on Wednesday morning at n ipiiirter to nine. He will also preach in Ihe evening of the same day at 7.30.

Miss K. Godfrey lias entered a Melbourne solicitor's ollioc as uu articled dork, and is said to bo the first Melbourne lady to embrace law as a profession.

Of all the grudges we owe to Mother hvc, none is more serious than (lml of 'i n teeth. ttnl electrical ioree is now to be effectively applied as a medium of nearly if not quite, absolute relief to the patient.

Camillc Flamniaiion and three other astronomers will make a mode! of the moon for the Paris Exposition in WOO. It is said that "balloon journeys" will lie made around it.

_ Onee a man was brought before Juslice Eramwell on a charge of appropriating a hand-saw. His defence was that " he had carried it away for a jol;e" Said the judicial wit, " lfow far did you nifj,'!,- " Two miles," said (heman. " All." replied the imperturbable judge flints ciiirying ii joky lm ftn'\ six months hard"

At Cliri.stcliur.-li (lie other day, a mill ibi fed person was lined CIO or three months hard labor, lor purchasing a a glass of beer at an hotel. The defendant's son laid llie information. The dog which figured in a pathetic incident at the battle of Port Arthur, is now 111 New York at llie apartments' of the war corespondent who first saw her lying in the arms of her dead master t'elusing to desert her post in all the dm and confusion of the battle.

" A Miner," who has recently visited the Mahakipawa gold field, writes the Post a long letter pointing out the opening it affords for mining industry and the investment of capital. The alluvial deposits would pay well if systematically worked. At present there are only two claims being worked in deep ground. These claims are paying well. The depth of sinking is from 70 to 100 feet Some of the ground worked has proved immensely rich. The working is in wash dirt and cement, and there is about four miles of auriferous lead known. While our correspondent was on the field one claim of 30 acres was pegged off by a mining speculator who intends boring for the lead with an improved drill, and if successful to form a substantial company to work the ground upon a large scale. A real Coolgardie thus exists within a lew hours' journey of Wellington if only capital were engaged to develop it. Anywhere else than in New Zealand such would be rushed. While at Mahakipawa our correspondent met with an old Wairarapu resident, Mr J. H. Ewington, at whose comfortable hostelry, the Mahakipawa Hotel, he stayed while on the field.

At Liverpool assizes recently, Kiln Spooncr was .sentenced lo live years' pcmil servitude, lor ivounding Marion AnnctU lurton, aged 13, who had lived wilh her as servant. The prisoner burnt the girl with a shovel, and :hen applied xiiir ointment to the wouiuK She beat the girl with barrel staves, and burnt her tongue and bps with n liot poller. The girl ran away, and was talien by the poliee to the hospital, whence she was brought to give her evidence. When taken lo the hospital, her face, it was slated, was terribly bruised. Medical evidence was put forward lo the clTeel that the girl had a.yery strong constitution, or otherwise the burning injury itloNC would have caused her death. The face and body was a mass of bruises. She was not now in serious danger, but would most probably be lame for life.

[ The rc-appoinfnieiil of Mr Hogg, M.Has a member of the Wellington Land Board, is gazetted. The Gmcllr also announces that Mr Charles Hall, M.H.1!., has been re-appointed a member of the Land Board of Jlawke's Bay.

ThoCarlerion footballers had a rather unnjiie eipericncc last evening, As tlitir horses were being harnessed for ■the return home, something startled them, and a bolt occurred, the animals ranking straight for home. The " boys " 'had to stay in Mastcrlon till about ten o'clock, when a fresh team was sent from Carterton lo lake (hem to their destination.

The members of Ihe Mastcrton Ambulance Society Committeo met in the Wesleyau Sclioolroom last evening, hen it was decided to convene a general meeting, open to all interested in the work of Ihc Society, for the purpose of forming classes, and aiTaimuj; n course of lectures.

e have received a letter signed, ; Laugh at them, boys!" hut in the form in which it is written it is unsuitable for publication.

Messrs Lowos and lorns hold a sale of choice Australian furs, at their rooms to-morrow, comprising ihc very best varieties. They also sell furniture, clothing, produce, and sundries. _ Mr Johu Disher, at one time resident in this district, died at Three Log Whare, on Tuesday last. The Oriental football (earn defeated the Carterton Kovers yesterday by nine points (three trios) to three (one try). The ground was in a very sloppy pondi, tion, ana the gamo was n series of mud scrambles from beginning io end The grandstand ™ crowded with spectators who, enjoyed the exhibition of football. The liimutaka, from Loudon, via the Cape, arrived at Hebart at 3 a.m. vester, day. She was to leave foi; Wellington at 0 p.m., and shouhlj (l\cvtfoYo arrivo at that port on jjionday night or Tucs.

ihe Knights of labour intend consitlortng the following nice eomprohonsiyo little programme, at their next Wellington District Assembly That the Government be asked to establish otato lire insurance, and to axtend the municipal franchise to. adults, of twelve months residence; that the functions of the Post Ofei Savings Bank ho 01. tended by. allowing withdrawals by cheque; that with a view to an increased uso of postal notes the charge of 3d for £1 notes bo abolished; that the Govor«i incut he asked to reduce the duties on the necessities of life, the decency in revenue to bo made up by Increasing the ' tax on land or reimffog the exemptions mthe Land Tax; that the Government bo urged to open up now coal districts by co-oporativo labour."

| The Masterton Oporatic'Societ jis now over 70 strong.

'lhe ])ct A. C. lorkc accompanied Bishop Wnllis to the Taiteru this morn-

The Eev, W, Bradbury, formerly of, iunstcrton, is wo notice, in temporary charge of the church at Tauranga.

A notice to owners and driyers of vehicles, is published by tlio ilasterton Borough Council.

The postponed Hunt Club Sports will ue held on the Show Grounds, Carterton, on Queen's Birthday.

Just as we go to prcsn, wolcuni that Mr J{. E. Ifornblotr has decided to withdraw from the Town Lands Trust election.

Messrs ]!, E. Homblow, .T. Hesscy, and 1. IS. Chamberlain have been nominated for the vacancy on the Masterton Town Lauds Trust, caused by the retirement of Mr T. P. Lett.

Nominations for the AYairarapa Hunt Club s Steeplechase Meeting, which takes place on Thursday, Juuc 13th, close to-morrow (Saturday) night, 18th inst.

A meeting of delegates to the Thursday Football Union was held in Carterton last evening. The principal business was whether the Oriental Club he allowed to compete for the champiousliip, and after discussion it was decided uot to accept them,as it was considered that the trial matches had not been played on the true merits of the team.

What prico ? Ask, listen, and wonder, Look at the new dresses, and the jackets, .ind macintoshes, and millinery. Look at the clothing, mercery, and house furnishiiißS, and gloves, and marvel when you hear the price named, You've never heard anything like it before. You've licet: used to gelling your money's wotth because you've done yjur shopping at Hooper's, llui these ex ut leduced i,;tes, these extra low pries., thov almost exo cd belief, and hut that you tana toe Roods away in exchange for the prices quoied, you would be inclined to doubu yoav senses, and to fancy that things were no; what they seem. Walk round the shop, price everything, go somewhere else! go everywhere! price everything at tho other shops, aud then by everv fcrce of circumstances and from the strongest conviction that it is tho proper thing ta do you'll come back to spend your money at the cheapest and best shop in Masterton L, J. Hooper ar,d (Jo's Bon Marchi\ -Advt.

One n! tlic sights ot Wellin ton, at any time is undoubtably the magnificent establishment known as Te Aro Ilonsn, and now that every departmert 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 ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro , House.

Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, and the result is to be seen in the immense ami varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, liannc's, UnuiicUettcs, strong wearing dress matcrin's, men's ami boys' cloth'ng. Ac. The choice iu each depart, ment, is ahnosi uuHmilcd. as mav be imagined, when : ,is slated that of llannclcttc alore, over -'if>,ooo 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 mUorials iu stock, will be forwarded to any address, post free. Country residents are invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods r,-anted. It is confidently asserted that nowhcie can such a wide selection, or such sterling value be obtained, as at Te Aro House Wellington.—Advt.