BURGLARISING MADE EASY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5119, 2 September 1895, Page 2

BURGLARISING MADE EASY

Tho Queen - street burglar is a humorist! Lust night, ho seleoted for his

scene of operations, premises adjacent to the police station. Ho evidently thought that it the police would not keep an eye on him, lie would keep a watch on them. The now night duty is somewhat a fiasco. What is* wanted, is a thorough clmrigo in tlio police staff. The present members of the force are well-known to ovorybody, their little habits are familiar to all, and the well-informed burglar cannot he surprised by them. The town is not safe, it is simply at the mercy of certain night-prowlers, and the sooner this state of things is brought to an end, the bettor. Owing to some unaccountable delay in transmission, our usual budget of laic telegraphic and cable news, did not tome to hand to-day in lime for publication. Most of the dairy factories and creamcries in this district re-open this week, Another sharp frost was experienced in the Wairarapu hist night. Mr C. E. Button, M.H.H., of Aideland, is to preach at the Maslerton Wcsleyan Church next Sunday. The Albert Lucas Company appear al the Maslerton Theatre lioyal this evening, The liev. Dr Hosting; gives an address at Maslerton this evening in connection with the Wcsleyan Home Missions. A meeting of milk-suppliers to (he Fernridgc Creamery takes place this evening. The Maslerton and Carterton Eeehabitcs are arranging to hold an amalgamated picnic on November 9th, Prince of Wales' Birthday. ' The Maslerton Licensing Committee ' hold their quarterly meeting in Master- ' ton on Friday, -lth September, at noon. The Wairarapa school team were ; defeated by the Wellington boys, in the 1 football match on Saturday, by 17 points to nil. 1 The funeral of the late Mr Alexandci JJi'iice, of Drcycrton, look place lasl Saturday afternoon, many iriends following, and the service at the grave being conducted by the liev. Jiobcrl Wood. Eton now has 1019 students. Amoiif them are four earls and seven eldest i sons of peers. 3 A French Canadian editor has had tc 3 pay a line of £-10 for calling a brothei editor a Methodist. 5 It was a saying of the late Profcsso; Huxley that the best equipment in lifi 3 is a sound stomach. ' A French physician warns lodic: ' against kissing their lap dogs, the pet; being one of the great agencies fo: j spreading disease. The Oddfellows of Carterton liavi • decided to hold (heir plain and fane; 'i dress ball on the 131 h of September. The Wcsleyan Church, Mastcrlon 5 was well-filled at all services yesterday i, the liev. Dr. Hosking, of Chrislchurch occupying the pulpit. The petition for the division of tin Borough of Carterton into wards i: 'j signed by ll'J Burgesses having 12( voles, and representing nearly .638,001 worth of property. While removiug a hedge at Wither J idge, Devon, a labourer discovered thro huge earthenware pitchers, containing i T number of silver coins, the size of half crowns, dating from 1000 to 1(380. : The midsummer morning meeting o the Early liising Association was Tide on one of the heights in the north o r London at 4 a.m. the other morning ■ when the following resolution was car ' ricd :—" Early rising, being conducive to health, wealth, and long life, shouk be practised by all desirous of obtaining long life, wealth, and health." i Humber Cycles have proved (hem selycs to be excellent machines for al , practical purposes and have in consc ipienec established a reputation with al classes of riders. These machines an ~~ now being offered to the Wairarapi people through the local agent, Mr J ilowlem.on easytimepayments, Atllu I' Dumber Cycle Depot, 40 Manners . street, Welliugton, the chief agents Messrs Inglis Bros., have a largeuumbc; ~ of machines, also a complete assortincn: ' of sundries. y The sale of a church by public auclioi j deserves lobe recorded, Inconscrjucnci ' of the union of tho West and Soutl . United Presbyterian congregations ii Duns, the church of the former was m a longer required by the congregation. I n has just been put up to pubjic compe - lition, and knocked down at £l7O. I i cost £2OOO to erect seventy-four year: o »B<>0 The champion Clydesdale sfallion " " lienfrcw Jock," is announced (o be a s the service of breeders in the Waira y rapa, during the present season. Tin. J horse is now four years old, and sine: taking the championsh jp as a Ihrcc-ycar D old, has vastly improved, and farmer: 1 will lind him an excellent horse l< ' improye their stock, ' A shower of black ants fell in tin s city of Winnipeg the other day. Tin 3 sidewalks, the roads, the roofs, and tin insides of the houses were thicklj 3 covered with colonics of black ant! i crawling about, and they were found ai j plentiful in the outskirts of the city as r in the main streets, They were large, I black-bodied specimens, about the size 3 of a wasp, and had the strong nippers ol 1 their race. t To cucouragc the members of the re- , ccntly formed Juvenile ltcehabitc Tent, two handsome prizes were offered foi P the two best essays on the llcchabitc Order. The judges have awarded \fa 3 first prize (presented by Mr I. Sykes) » to Frank Temple, and the seeondfMr F, .' W.Tciuple's)to George W.Scllar. The > presentation will bo mado at the next : . meeting of the Tent, which takes place , on. Wednosday, ! The crowd who gather round a fallen t jockey during a steeplechase aro (says [ the Sydney Bulletin) not always enI tirely disinterested. The late Tom l Corrigau once lost a valuable scarf pin ' whilst unconscious from a spill, it hav- ' ing been removed by a thoughtful I onlooker. AndthcothcrdayaVictorinn i jockey was lying on the grouud, nppar- , cntly pconopious, waiting forthe atnbu- . lance, a couple .of kijid persons' rubbing ; his hands to promolo circulation;' ' Bill when he fejt his rings b,cing gently ' rubbed off his fingers, he objected to (heir circulation being promoted, so he quietly grasped his whip, and, jumping up, suddenly dealt out viciously all around him. No less than nlno charges of vagrancy wero brought before Mr Martlu, S.M„ at Wellington, on Saturday. Samuel Cousins was sentenced 'o three months' hard labour, John Coleman and W. Wyllie were discharged, and a remand for enquiries was ordered in tho cases of Jeremiah Driscoll, Arthur Poulson, Edward Dobio, Thomas Eeardon, W. Hulchinson, and Edward Eyau. Mr Wilford appeared for Poulson, Eeardon, Hutchinson and Wyllio,-s#. Hmt.

In twelve months 1000 tons of chickens left Sussex for tho London mar- di kel, the total number of fowls being m 660,000. 5 I It is stated that a lady in Dunedin ri sent the late Mrs Dean a present of £4O ni to aid her in getting legal assistance at cl her trial, w William Lambert, an old blind man, ° who was found in a neglected state in an ' empty house, at West Maitland, and l taken to the hospital, was discovered to i, possess bank deposit receipts of £lslO. 0 Tho leaders of the Salvation Army in e New York have decided to mount a o corps of" oflicors" upon bicycles, and tl send them throughout the country among v, the wheelmen, especially on Sundays, ii Fish live to a wonderful age. Pro- [ fessor Daird tells of a pike in Eussia " the ae,o oE which dates back to the !' fifteenth century. In the Eoyal aqua- ' rium at St. Petersberg there are fish that l have been there for one hundred and r forty years. s A prohibition order against a Mas- r lerton resident was issued by Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., this morning. During tho month of August, just ] endcd,twcnty-onc births were registered ) at Maslcrlon, four marriages, and five ; deaths. \ We regret to hear that diphtheria t has broken out at Taucru, Dr, Hosking i suggests to us that it would be as well 1 for the local School Committee to oxer- c cise vigilance to prevent its disscmina- t lion. J A lady visitor to this town informs us 1 that within one half-hour during an ' afternoon last week, she counted no less ' than nine drunken men in the street, s two of them hanging on to the Court- ' house fence for support. ' Mr J. Kearsley presided at the organ ! at the Masterlon Presbyterian Church, ! yesterday, ; Messrs Simms and Mowlcm announce ' their next stock sale in the yards, for Wednesday, 11th September, at 1 oclock, for which they have received the following entry:—loo ewes in lamb, The town clock, over Mr Dongall's shop in Queen-street, is undergoing its periodical clean. A Copenhagen gentleman has just celebrated his second silver wedding. His first wife dying soon after »tne twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, he married again and lived to repeat the festival of 27 years ago. Particulars of a very important sale of pure-bred Eomncy sheep, machinery, tools, household furniture, etc., to be held by Mr F. H. Wood, at Dalelield, on September 7th, appear in another column. The sale will take place under instructions from Mr T. Price, who is leaving Ike district. The Albert Lucas Company gavo a good entertainment at the Mastcri ton Theatre Eoyal On Saturday evening, ■ the programme consisting of dramatic efforts and recitations of a varied nature. , Doth Mr Lucas and Miss Lilla Wilde [ came, in for well-merited applause after ; each number, those present expressing the opinion that these artistes had never appeared to better advantago on any ' previous visit to Masterlon. ' The annual meeting, at Wellington, of j the iVow Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union [ was attended by about thirty shareholders including delegates from many of the districts where the Union has > creameries erected, Mr I.Sykes, rcprc-' sailing Fcruridge. Owing to the balance sheet not being ready, it was i decided to adjourn the meeting. Mr L. • J. Nathan explained how his linn came to be connected with the Union, and f stated that the interest charged was , simply bank overdraft rate; had never been more than 8 per cent and was now per cent. Later in the meeting Mr s Nathan signed an agreement reducing s his firm's commission charges to 2j per f cent on Home shipments, and 5 per cent on local sales. A vote of thanks was 3 accorded to Mr Nathan for his attend- ( ance and explanation. In roply to questions the Chairman slated that the Union would be compelled to forco the ' Featlicrslon suppliers (o send in (he milk ' guaranteed, Creameries now closed ' would start work again as soon as suppliers wero ready. The meeting then > adjourned. s Miss Frances lioss, who with a strong > dramatic and comedy company, opens ) at Maslcrlon on Wednesday evening, made her first appearance on the stage . with Messrs Brough and Eoucicault, B at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney, i While playing there, she was seen by . the groat Shakespcrean actor, Mr G. C. Milu, who immediately secured her , services for a tour through India, China . and Japan, where she created a decided I impression, and received the highest' , praise, alike from the press and 1 public. At the conclusion of cngagc- ' inent with Mr Miln, she went to LonJ dou, where her services were inimcdi- ' atdy secured by the well-known writer, » Mr Henry Hamilton, (o create the part of Ellen McAllister, in the "Lady's • Maid," produced at tho Priuec of Wales' 1 Theatre, and for which she received the ■ highest praise. After an extended tour 1 in England and Scotland, she returned b to London under engagement to Mr i Augustus Daly, the great American , manager, for tho opening of his new b Theatre, Leicester Square, London. ■ Speaking of_ this, the London Daily , Telegraph said:—" All the best known r actors and actresses iu London, wero t engaged for this great event, with one exception, viz., the talented young New i Zealauder, Miss Frances Iloss, she , was the heroine, and a more artistic con- , ception of a true woman's part—wise, , firm, virtuous and lovcablc - it would 3 hardly he possible to find." EveryI, where she has appeared, she has won . golden opinions for her quiet, ladylike t acting, s " Tho Bohemian" in the Chrislcluirch Press writes:— " A cortain lamp post orator not uukown to fame has disI covered an explanation of the recent . earthquakes at Taupo. I overheard s hira addressing an audience of what he c graciously calls liis/Wfa mrkhuj men, . " Wot has this ere Guv'mcnt doiic for s the workin' man I arx ycr ? They talks , surplices ; they get millions to give away to banks; they trips it round the country. But what have they goto ; for the workin' menP And now titer's ; Mr Scddon been and spent £BOO of your ' money—yours, mind yer—in fmmpiu' round the King country—a blowin', and I abraggin' and a gassin'—and what's tho j result? Why, a bloomin'eruption. It ' took the country a week to blow off his I gas.'" [ It was Mr liicliard Carrow (not Caromman, as stated in Friday's telegram), who committed suicide at I'crlh ■ Water. He placed a revolvor in his , mouth and fired,, shattering his head. • Ho was formerly well-known in the i Government seryico in Wellington. The amount taken at tho gales at Newtown Park,Wcllington,on Saturday, , was £ll2. Tho takings for the two football matches against Taranaki and Auckland, amount to £214 2s. Tho premises of Mr Carpenter, bootmaker, of Queen-street, and Mr 11, T. fiolmps, bookseller, whoso shop is next door to Mr Carpenter's, were entered sometimo between midnight on Saturday and yesterday evening. So far all thatis missed is afow shillings iusilycr from Mr Carpenter's till. The police, who now havo the matter in hand arc of ' opinion that the burglar is a boy, and i have some hopes of capturing the i culprit. Mr Holmes shop was entered through a back window and several books wpro taken Out of the shop and planted in the bank yard. Mr Car- '. penter's shop was entered' by a window at ' the side, but no boots arc missing. Some writjng scratched on the door of ] Mr Holies' shop, goes to support the , police theory that the intruder is a boy and gives a cluo to the porpetrator. As ! thorp are the marks of a" jonvmy" on 1 Mr Carpenter's till, the "boy" must know something of tho business, ( A first-class trout-fishing outfit is offered 1 for sale. Particulars appear in another ( column. A married oouple, without encumbrance, seek employment, An advortisor has a single seated buggy ' fots&lo, l

An usually fino opportunity was affored those on board the Adelaide Comiany's s.s. Bullara (says the Sydney \lonkg Herald) while on her recent un down the Queensland coast of witicssing that rare maritime spectacle—a onflict between a thresher fish and a dialc. An 9 a.m. on Tuesday, South if Lady Elliott Island, the steamer lassed within 60 yards of a blowing vkalc, and shortly after the whale was :cen to be attacked by a thresher. Tho atter, which seemed to be a dark-col-Hired fish of Bft, or 10ft. in length mild he seen throwing itselt twice its iwn length into tho air. glistening in lie sunlight, and falling heavily on the diale, the latter spoutiug water. It _s supposed that the whale is prevented from sounding by the attack of a swordfish from below, always acting in combination with the thresher. The sea was lashed into foam for some space around Ihc combatants, and so long as they remained in view of those who saw this sea fight, the thresher could be seen leaping and falling with almost the regularity of a machine. Mr Justice Grantham and a special jury lately had before them in tho Queen's Bench .Division the ease of Griffiths t. the Graham Life Assurance Company, in which the plaintiff, Mrs Margaret Griffiths, of Swausca, sought to recover the sum of £3OO on a policy of insurance upon the life of her late busband. The defendants denied liability on the ground that the deceased, in his proposal form, had made certain misstatements of the fact in December, 1892. The deceased, who was a publican, took out a policy with the defendant company, and in his proposal form, stated that he was in good health: that he had never been under medical treatment; that his beverage was beer, and that he cousumed about three pints a day. The accuracy of these statements the defendants traversed and alleged that the deceased was a heavy drinker, that he took whisky and not beer, and that instead of being free from disease at tho time be took out the policy he was suffering from elephantiasis, which was practically incurable. A number of witnesses were called to prove that the deceased was a sober and a tenipcrato man, and that the swelling of the foot was oulj the result of a sprained ankle, and in nc way affected the deceased's rjenera health. Some amusement was causet by the evidence of a witness namcc George Williams who when askct in cross-examination, by Mr Jclf, whal he considered a heavy drinker, saidi man who drank twenty-two pints of bee: and a glass of whisky,—(Laughter. A light drinker, witness contiuued, wu; a man who consumed three pints of bee a day aud two glasses of whisky. 1 moderate drinker was a man who dranl something belwccnihetwo.-(Laughter. The case was not concluded when th mail left. If jou study practical economy you wil buy your drapery anil clothing at Hooper' Bon Marche. You ask why ? We'll id you why! You've twenty pounds to spew or tweuty shillings it you like. Your obj»c is to get all you require for tbo money yo have. If you buy ot Hooper's you will ge all you determined to secure and a bit lcl lor someihing olso. Also jou will get tli h'st of everything; tho goods of standar immihv-turciv. If you buy elsewhere you ■wenty pounds or tweuty shillings, as th case may be, will not go as far as yo thought and yoa will either have to sinkth quality or sln-ll out more cash. Will tha suit you? Wo trow not. You're no fool you've been wandcriug up and down thi blessed world for years and you know you book. One may say this is only assertion wherc's your proof? We reply, uso you eyes, exercise your judgment and criticis and compare, and your verdict must bo fc Hooper it Co., ready money drapers. Bo: Marche, Jlasterton. -Advi. One of the sights of Wellington, at an time is undoubtedly the magniliccnt eslal lishment.known as Te Aro House, and no\ that ovcry department within its walls i filled to overflowing, with a bewildcrin variety of the season's novcltica in mil linery, mantles, drossis, etc., it is more tha ever a pleasure and profit to visit tho whoh sale family drapery warehouse, To Ar House. Particular attention has been paid thi year to the requirements of country custom crs, and the result is w be soon in th immense and varied stock of calicoes shirtings, flannels, llannclletlcs, stron wearing dress materials, men's and boyi clothing, &c. The choice in each depart mont, is almost unlimited, as may b imagined, when it is stated that ot flanne' etto alone, over 50,000 yards have thi season been imported at Te Aro Housi Wellington.—Advt,