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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5061, 26 June 1895, Page 2

Mit Hogg has moved Hit Hogg's r ov a census to be Census, taken on all properties ovev a thousand acves, giving the ncmbor of bauds employed at the present time and at the corresponding period of last yeav, We regavd th's notice as a bit oc fireworks, as we fail to see low iuo information can be collected. Evea Parliament canuotcompel aproporiy owner to state the number o? bands employed by him a year ago, Tbe motion is utterly impracticable we regret to say, because we should not be altogether sorry to see such a return. It would be an object lesson showing the injury done by labour legislation to pastoral interests, and the loss it has occasioned to the working.nen of the Colony. In (lie noilkv.i districts of New Soulh Wcs ihcro are said (o be 20.C30 Kanakas, who havo dribbled through from Queensland. In England, Smith is the name most l'.T quently fouud; in Scotlnd it is M acDo.wid, aod in Ireland Murphy. 1 jc Noiiii Ota to potato crop is very light, sonnof the k-jd producing less ihjuha'f the we.'ght that was expected fiomit, . lulSoG Mr Wm. Wilson gave £33 for • one season's crop off iwo walnut trees i at Akatoa, from which ho raised 70 young trees that sold rcr d ;i .y at £l2los • pcrhndred. . Last year there were . ;- i Great lhiia'a [ 231,328 Vnluuleers—a number exceeding chat of aoy previous year since {lie iusii.uiio'ioHhe force in 1860. The lignvcs for 18113 were 227,711. Wo rcjj.'ei; to hear HiatCaptamlJussc!'. - has decided io rei : rc u'om the lev?, says the Hunk's Buy Herald. During I lie last two yean he has had very had luck, having lost the pick of h ; s youngsters through d'fl'ereut causes. Mrs Morloy, an ecccnltx Montreal widow, lias ID cats in her house. She recently had eighteen boys nrrosicd for - stoniug her pels. 3 ] Mr O'Began wants the Colony to bo called " Maoi'ilimd." Would not i " Midland" he more appropriate ? Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.li., wants travelling concessions for members wives uud families. Is not £240 a yeav and expenses sullicieut for a Tnrauaki lamplighter ? Ttie wife o£ the Mayor ot Gore re--5 cenlly gave birth lo a sou, and at (lie j next meeting of (lie Borough Council 3 the following resolution was moved : > "That the unmairicd couueillors be instructed to inspect the latest municipal i an-ival and report at the ncit meeting." ' The Mayor, assuming an air of becoming gravity, said lie could not accept the ' motion, which was quite out of the o.'der. There is sonic talk amongst the settlers ■ of this district says,thoPahiatuai/i:K(/(/, about foimiug a fanners' union, raaiuly [ lo act as auctioneers and commission agents, This step is in consequence of i the rise in commission made by the local auctioneers. The North Tiraumea settlors are endeavouring lo have a factory erected on ! (lie banks of the Tiraumca, adjacent to Mr King's residence. Already 210 cows • are promised. The factory will be on ' the same lines as the Ballancc one. The Wairarapa hounds are to meel • at Masterton to-morrow, but at present i (he wealhcr is not veiy promising. A ■ splendid l nu has been obtained over the i properties of Messrs Adams, Malthcws, • and Wilton, adjoining tho Opaki road, ■ from which the whole of the jumps can ■ be plainly seen. , Some specimonsof apparently blighted pinis iimijnis and wl'iitc gum, were i recently forwarded by Mr Stone, of the Waipoua Nursery, to Mr Kirk, the Government biologist, who reports that ■ the white particles on the pine arc not insects, but gum. The blight on the gjm leaves is an aphis, which can be kept h check by spraying, but for large trees the natural enemy—a species ol ; ladybhd-mustbcro/icd on. Duilnglast uight'shoayygalc, Captain ; Jones' well-known barque, "All aboard \ for Mavricevillc," while beating up foi the railway anchorage, was struck by a squall which carried away a good deal of • her top-hamper, and—it is supposed—- ) damaged the steering-gear, as the craft , r became perfectly unmanageable and ) with the helm lashed hard-a-pou—after 3 a few mad plunges—went ashore on the starboard bank. The helmsman went ' overboard and the rest of (he ercw were submerged. Fortunately on this trip, Ibc vessel cswied no passengers, or the I' disaster ni'ght have been much more 3 serious. Signals of distress wero flown, i and 0010 aua Barilclt's " Palace Car" 5 came lo the barrpio's assistance, and at t high-water this morning succeeded in [ lowing the wreck to Mr James Muir's , dry dock, where the necessary repair.: 1 wi'l bo effected. It is suggested that n ' recent splice in the main-brace had ■ become jiimbcd in the yard arm block, , and this somehow accounted for the t mishap ; or in other words owing to a j combination of unforeseen, utterly unprcventablc, and most unfortunate ', circumstances, the gallant skipper sudj denly found himself sitting in the middle of a mud-heap with his cab ! wrong-side up, near at baud. r _ Though the death penalty was practically abolished in Belgium over thirty i years ago, the punishment of those con- • victcd of capital crimes is so awful that , | none has yet been ablo to endure it more < than three years. Another curious thing | is that little Belgium until recently had , two public executioners, while but one was sutlicicnt for her vaster neighbour France—Dcibler, otherwiso known as " Monsieur de Paris." The King of ! the Belgians recently ordered the retire- ■ ment on a pension of 1,837 francs of • (he " executor of high works " (as ho is i euphoniously termed), who was sta- | tioiied at Icigc. The executioner at Brussels still holds his place. The duties of public executioner in Belgium, arc singular but not arduous. The ; courts still continue to sentence male- : factors to death, buttheguillotinohas i been replaced by a scaffold, on which is ! posted a copy of the sentence. Much i ceremony is obsotred in affixing this , document A troop of gendarmes, with their imposing helmets plumed with [ horse-hair, is drawn up''about the place of elocution, which tlioy gravely guard ' with sabres drawn, while the red-robed 1 executioner mounts tho steps, nails up tho decree of the Court, and after a r moment, takes, it down cgain. But the condemned man might more mercifully have perished by the aroorropo. He is placed in a dungeon so constructed that from the moment ho enters it, ho will never hear {ho sound of human u.of see a, jiving ho'pg. His, food is. passed in through a sliding panel in the door-of his ccl; Not'pjo pf these p;!sonersha,s beep abjo to survive tb : s. confinenient pro than tW yon:?. . The authorities have striven in yain to prolong the : r lives by varying their food as much as possible j but those who are moderately or lightly nourished gradually wasto away, while those who are gene:onsly fed go mad and die miDg maniacs, • >!

The. members of the Masterton I JuveniloTent'of Kechabitesmeet this'; 1 evening. " I Thursday, November 14th, has been! fixed as the dato for the Wanganui I Agricultural Show. The Speedy Kollor washer now being delivered in tnis district, is giving general satisfaction. We hear that Mr H. T. Marsh, .who for very many years past 'has been a most active and energetic member of tho Masterton Municipal Firo Brigade, lias resigned from membership. The Wairarapa District Court at Masterton was formally opened by Mr F. H. Ibbctson, Registrar, nt noon today and formally adjourned until noon to-morrow, owing to Sir District Judge Kettle being unavoidably detained, Advices received from Messrs A. & A. Marks of New, York, show that tho artificial leg ordered for Benjamin Morgan is on its way, and may be expected in a week or two. A Bread and Butter dance, in connection with the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club, takes place iu tho Temperance Hall this oven'ng. On account of the inclement weather the trial at Captain Holmwood's of the " Favourite" grain and manure drill has been fr.ihcr postponed till 'Tuesday noxt. At the Hawke'i Bay Gun Club'i Wintor Meeting, which was held at Hastings yosterday, Mr C. Chavanne, of Wenganui, and Mr McCulloch tied for the first prize. The former receives £GO and the latter £3O. MrChavainc killed 'ls pigeons iu succession. We remind our readers of the important sale of freehold properties which takes placo to-morrow, nt the Eoyal Hotel,, Fcatherston, when Mr F, H. Wood, will offer three valuable sections under instructions from the trustees of the late Mr C. Cundy. Also from the late W. W. Tnylor/atthesamc time and placo, a number of draught horses and dairy stock will bo offered for sale. Tho commiUco of tho Bentlcy benefit social to beheld to-moirow evening, are expecting a largo attendance, as they feel sure the public will support so deserving an object. Eveiy preparation is being mado to ensure sui-ecss, includhg excellent refreshments and a full at-ng band, One of the earliest settlers in Wellington passed away on Sunday evening at Murphy-strcct-Mrs Martha Chapman Oakley, widow of the late Josiah William Oakley. She arrived with her parents (Mr and Mrs S. J. C. Better) by the ship Lord William BentinckiiiMay 1841, haviug been born on the voyage, three weeks previously. " A Miuer" writes from Mahakipawa under date 18th June, to a Wellington paper as follows: —There was a very nrrrow escape here on Monday morning last. The King Solomon's lower shaft burst about •' )ft down. The men were i preparing to go on shift: a boy named Thompson was down, and he barely escaped; but being near the ladder, lie got out just in time. The company were leaving the shaft in a w."ck to work their new shaft in the lower end of the ground so that the loss is very small. They had driven the headings back, ar.d were clcan-)g up the bottom, and the manager estimated tho washing-up to be for the week about 20 ounces. j An extraordinary scene was enacted ri Loivy Bay the other day, says the Wcl'ingion Post. Hitherto no deer have been seen on this side of the range, but yesterday a line buck, well antlered, (nine don n Howard's Point and plunged into the sea, swimming iu the direction of Soamcs' Island. Two men went after him in a boat, and having lassoed him by casting a rope round his horns, proceeded to take possession of thoir captive. But the deer was of different view, and promptly started for sea, with the boat in tow. With some dilliculty the crew managed to head him towards shore, for which he swam rapidly, and the moment ho felt bottom ho started to gallop up the beach. The boat was whirled through the water till it struck the sand, when the deer was promptly thrown down, and the two men thrown into the water by the shock. A crowd had by this time gathered, and the captors, recovering themselves, made frantic but unsuccessful efforts to secure their captive, which resented with lowered antlers any approach. Finally, theliangcrfor Acclimatization Society, Mr Moorhouse, came up andsaton theaiiimal's hond.whichstemcd to steady him till others roped his feet, Mr Moorhouse however, took possession for the Society, and wished'lo put him into Mr Bell's stable, but this his antlers would not allow, and finally it was decided to let him loose, when he promptly look to the harbour once more, swam out near Soames'lsland, and then turned and landed near the Hutt river. It is especially desired that he be allowed to get back to the ranges, and that he uot be harmed at the Hutt. It is supposed that, getting out of his latitudc and seeing tho sen, he took it for the Wairarapa Lake, and swam out from shore to get his bearings. A return of the nationalities, religions, and previous places of residence of the in-patients ot tlicjWellington Hospital during tho year which ended on 31st March last has been laide before tho Trustees of the institution by the House Steward (Mr Wikcs). Tho patients came from the following places:—Wellington, 816; Manawalti, 72; Wellington Suburbs, 69; ships, 54; Wairarapa, 50; Lower and Upper Hutt, 30; Otaki, 32; Petone 28; Levin, 20; Johnsouyille, 12; Wcstport, i ; Hawke's Bay, Wanga-1 nui, Chatham Islands, Timaru, Paremata, Auckland, Blenheim, and Port Chalmers, leach; licoftonaud Bangitikci, 2 each; Nelson, -1; Napier, 6; Christchurch, 3; Grcymouth and Taranaki, 2 each. Tho religion of tho inpatients was as follows:—Church of England, 586; lloman Catholic, 243; Presbyterian, 151; Wcslcyan, 88; Salvationists, 17; Methodist, 22; Baptist, 21; Creole Church,.).; Bible Christian, 1; Brethren, (i; Disscnlors, 2; Unitarian, 1; Evangelists, 2; Church of Christ, 11; Lutheran, 0; Confuciani, i; Hebrew, 9; Congregatioiinlists,3; Episcopalian, 3; Mahommcdan, 1. Fifteen of the inpatients professed no religion. The nationalities of the in-patients were as follows:—England, 382; Scotland, 78; Ireland, 122; New Zealand, 479; Germany, 13; Wales, 5; America, 11; Sweden, 12; Italy, 5; Tasmania, 2; Norway, 11; Australia, 25; Denmark, ■1; Grocco, 4; Kussia, 3; China, 4; France, 2 j Nova Scotia, 3; Assyria, 6; Canada, Poland, Finland, Portugal, South Africa, India, and Newfoundland, 1 each. The sale of drapery and olothing announced in another column, will comonce on Saturday Juno Ist, at the Bon Marche, Messrs L. j, Hooper and Co,, have decider) to dispose of tho whole of thoirnew season's stock of drapery, millinery, olothing, household furnishing, woollens, blankets, etc, This is a ohance tint very seldom occurs and buyers would do well to visit tho sale early as there is no doubt tho goods will 13 sold independent of cost prioos and at great sacrifice,—Advt, One ol tho sights of Wellington, a( any li'no is undoubtedly the ma,gnif{cent catab. lisbmont,known as Te ivo House, and now that every department within its mVs is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety ol the season's noveltiea in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc, itis more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te in Bouse. Particular attention has been paid |this year to tho requirements of country oußtomerr, and tbe result is to bo am in tbe immense and varied stool of eah'coes, , shirtings, tUnnoh, fiannellettcs, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' ' ty, choice in each deparU ' ment,. is n'most unlimited, as nay be I imagined, when it is stated that of flannel- i ette atone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, ! Wellington, ■■■■ ■ . 1 A specially organised department, has I been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any matorials in stook, will bo i forwarded to any address, post, free. , Country residents are invited to will for : prices, or any information regarding gqods < wanted,' It is confidently, assorted, that i novvhere can such a, wide'selection, wsuoh , storVis i(a.lue ho obtained,' as at Te Aro PousoliVellingMn,-ADvii ,; '"• ' : •