WHAT WE ARE COMING UP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5139, 25 September 1895, Page 2

WHAT WE ARE COMING UP.

With the advanced charges for boots, the Evening Post thinks that the new tariff will add tenner cent.

Will iUIU lull JJBI'VBIIt. to tlio cost of living. This ten per cent, will fall on the poor man as well ns on the rich, and the result will bo that in very ninny instances the pool' man's child will have to go without boots altogether, and if the child happens to be sick, and cries for an orange, ho will be told that an orange is too dear under the new fruit tariff, and that he must go without.

The Mnstcrton Borough overdraft is now £lB9. Tlic population of Wellington City is now reckoned at about 37,000, Steady rain eontinuod all yesterday, the weather turning lnuchcolilcrtowards night. It is stated that Sir Maurice O'Eorke will probably retire from public life.at the end of this Parliament. The Wakilipu, which arrives at Wellington from Sydney, to-morrow, brings a large English mail. Further improvements arc about to be made to the playgrounds of Wellington College, at a cost of nearly £IOOO. The Mastcrton Borough Council will ' meet at 7.311 instead of 7 p.m. during the summer months. Bullion to the value of £252,018 has , within the last two years been extracted by means of the cyanide process, on the Northern goldfields. Tlio Wellington Girls' High School is ■ in a good financial position. It has now a credit-after paying all accounts due—of £2087.

The road on the Borough boundary, leading from the West Bush-road to the Waingawa, is to be thrown open. It will prove a great convenience to persons' driving stock, etc. At Carterton yesterday, H. Franks, licensee of the Koyal Oak Hotel, was ihargcd with permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises on September 22nd. The case was dismissed. Tho Masterton Borough Council has decided to again call the attention of the police to the nuisance caused by persons loitering on the footpath iu Queen-street. Mr John Groves, of Mungapakeba, is reported to have obtained Its (Id per head for a line of sheep recently sold to the Gear Company. The Wairarapa Hunt Club's annual Ball at Greytown, to-morrow evening, promises to be a big success, Several Masterton residents intend being prostent if the weather is fine. The annual general meeting of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club, takes place at the Club Hotel, at 8 o'clock this evening. The police have laid three informations against Mr Thomas Gomm, licensee of the Star Hotel, Woodville, for alleged Sunday trading. " l'almorsburn" has now been suggested as a new name for I'almerston North, in view of the frequent tires which have of late occurred there. Under the Advances to Settlers Act, the greatest number of advances (119) has been made in the Masterton electoral district. Of course this includes tlio Forty-mile Bush. A veteran member of the Masterton Borough Council fell asleep last night, during a discussion on the gas tank. He continued in the "Land of iS T od" until a brother Councillor shouted in his car: " The Council stands adjourned!" A pel goat kept on board H. 11.5. Goldfinch fell overboard the other day as the vessel was coming down the coast to Wellington. A boat was promptly lowered, and the animal was rescued, greatly to the delight of the crew. ThcLondon Standarisnys theinajority of the Southern Cross' bullocks are scarecrows, and adds that the result of their voyage, fortunately for the cause of humanity, shows the futility of attempting to establish the live stock trade. A trial has been given in London, of an instrument largely used on the Continent for the more humane slaughter of animals. A steel-pointed projectile is fired from a shooting apparatus through the brain of the animal. The machine having been placed on the head of an ox and fired, death is instantaneous.

Messrs 11. E. Hornhlow and Co. advertise a detailed list of very desirable town and suburban properties, highly suitable for residents wishing to become (heir own landlords, Special terms can be arranged with the firm, which is prepared to assist purchasers very liberally. For further particulars, we refer our readers to Messrs Hornhlow and Co.'s advertisement. Mr Alexander MoLeod, Sen!'., has presented to the Masterton Museum, some very choice marine shells, amongst winch are to be found specimens of witliiumgiganteaiii, tolnta undulata, mitm episeojialis and a good many of the Ci/prm, both Tigris and Mappa. As tfiey arc all in a good state of preservation and many of ihem rare, they will be a great acquisition to our local museum. A characteristic story is going the rounds concerning Stcinitz, the famous chess player. Stcinitz is said to sometimes slaud quite still in the midst of a crowded thoroughfare while he mentally considers some opening or end game in all its bearings. "More on." said a policeman to him on ono hog your pardon, but it is your move," said Steinitz, courteously, but with firmness. Mr C, Bcetham has planted haiku* acre of grape vines on his Pine Hoad property, says the Pahiaiua Rcrald. Mr D. Crewe lias done likewiso on his property. Mr Wakeman's vineyard lias proved that grapes can be grown in the open, and the success he has experienced has influenced others to follow his example. The Great World's Fair at Chicago was no tinpot exhibition where everybody got a prize. Exhibits wore sent from overy corner of the Globe, and each exhibit was judged solely on its merits by an unbiassed jury; it was therefore a proud moment for tko proprietors of Q.K.O. tea, when they learned that their brand had been awarded a Diploma of Honour. 0.K.0. Tea had previously won a gold medal at the Jamaica Exhibition. It is not surprising therefore, to learn that a tea so highly honoured by experts should have become so popular in New Zcai land. The proprietors inform us that the success of 0.1.0. Tea in this district hai far exceeded their expectations,. .

Messrs Lowes and loms add to their i sale list for October 2nd, dairy cows and steers, and also the draught entire " Premier," The Self-Doaial Fundscollectedby the Salvation Army Central Division (which consists of 22 towns), amounts to date to a little over £750, 1 Mr F. H, Wood advertises a most | desirahlo freehold homestead property, at Carterton, for private sale. A small slip occurred on tho Manawatu Gorge line yesterday, trains being delayed about two hours, An exploring party in the vicinity of Norscwood, recently discovered a curio in a kind of flax which possessed elastic qualities, A survivor of Napoleon's Grand Army lias lately died in Belgium. He lived to attend the golden woddings of three of his children. In the tenth century no woman was allowed to appear at church without a veil, covering and entirely concealing the features, so that the prayers and meditations of the men might not be disturbed by the sight of feminine beauty. The Yankees certainly have a summary way of dealing with jockeys. A rider, who threw away a race which he thought he had won by a neck, was recently fined £lO for careless riding. Mr L, F. Ayson gives notice that persons trespassing on any part of the Acclimatisation Society's grounds, with dog or gun, will bo prosecuted. Four female highway robbers were arrestedlatelyinLondon. Theyattacked a married woman, threw her down, and

secured her purse, which they discovered by tearing open the front of her dress, The gentle Crick, M.P. (N.S.W.), addressing the electors: " Why, gentlemen, the dastardly proposals of the ]feid Government arc enough to make you shrink into your socks-thoso oi you, of course, who wear aocka.—(Groat cheers.) Mr P. A. Eivc, storekeeper of Masterlon, announces a clearing snle prioi to alteration of premises. The sale will only continue for a short period and housewives should take advantage ol the bargains to be offered. 1 A Victorian lawyer the other daj explained that for the last two years hi had lived on articled clerks. Five at t : promium of £2OO each was a good lift in dull times, ! Messrs Simms & Movrlem will hold - an unreserved sale in the mart on Saturday 28th inst,, of household furniture . (new and second-hand), also crockery, , ironmongery, and poultry, including five pairs of purebred hrown Leghorn fowls. > The usual weekly meeting of the i Mastcrton Blue and White League, will be held at Oxford House, this evening, when in all probability the Her. J. D, , Bussell, of Bulls (Hangilikei), who is 1 expected to he in Masterton, will address the picmhers. A large gathering is ' anticipated. , The Poverty Bat/ Herald of a late date, says:-" What might liavo proved a sorious accident was to-day obviated 5 by the use of Sniaill's patent releasing >' gear. A lady from the country, with ■ her child, was driving down l'almerston road, when the horse took fright and bolted, The lady, with romarkable presence of mind, pulled the spring which released the horso instantly, leaving the buggy standing still," Dr Mullius, of Sydney, iu a recent article in the Australasian Medical Gazette, in reply lo a Berlin professor about tiio reputation which Australia enjoys for the rarity of consumption and tor the favourable influence of itsclimate upon the course of this malady, shows that consumption has bceu decreasing in a marked manner in every colony during the past ten years.

The best briar root from which pipes aro made comes from the borders of Italy awl France. In the mountainous districts ol these countries roots are dug out that have grown for ages, and aro sometimes larger than a man's body, woighmg hundreds of pounds, _ The Poverty Bay Herald has been informed that a cat caught a weasel on the I'aratu station. This destructive little animal is spreading all over the district, as records of such captures have been received from all parts of tho surrounding country within tho past few months. The cricket season iu Masterton will be opened to-morrow bj the Excelsior Cricket Club, when tho following teams will compete:—Captain's team—E. Harland, 11. Wrigley, J. Wickcns, W. Mason, L. Williams, T. ltoss, W. Thompson, G. H. Green, F. Worsfold, B. Weller, F. Appcrley, J. O'Leary, J. Deunington. Vice-Captain's team—W. Johustono, A. Bennett, H. 11. Baggc, A. C, iN'icol, S. Minitie, T. Fitzsimmons, M. Meadows, T. Wickcns, F. Ibbetson, F. W. Green, F. Jago, B. Mason, T. Wrigley, In spite of the wet night, the members of tho Masterton Operatic Society attended in good force for rehearsal at St. Matthow's Schoolroom, last evening. Exceptional heart was thrown into the work, and the opera is now so far advanced, that a special meeting of the Committee has been called for Thursday evening, to fir the datos of production. The Birmingham School Board recently appointod a lommittco to roport on the handwriting in the Board schools and their opinions as to the methods of improving it. The Committee lias recommended in its report—" That the slope of the letters should be left in any school to tho discretion of the headteaoher, but the hygienic and practical advantages of an upright or nearly upright method of writing, point to the desirability of the general adoption of tho svsteni,"

The Greymouth Star is the authority for a statement that the Grey Valley Company has disposed of its mines and plant, and will on and after the Ist of October cease to eiisfc as an active corporation. The purchaser is the Greymouth and Point Elizabeth Hailway and Coal Company, which will in future carry on the business in connection with its own mine, which will now bo opened with all possiblo speed. It is also stated that the Westport Colliery Company's interest has been absorbed, while tho Union Company and Mr M. Kennedy will continue to hold a sharo in tho new concern, A French writer has undertaken to instruct his readers in the mysteries of cricket. "It is," he says, "properly speaking, a game for males," and consists in launching a ball ("launching" is good) at three " sort of bars stuck in the earth, on which is placed transversoly a bar of less importance." It is not easy to knock off this fourth bar, because the defender wields " a sort of mallet of a peculiar form," and trios to ward tho ball off with this strange instrument. A mallet resembling a cricket bat would certainly have a very peculiar form indeed. Furthermore, a cricketer must be either a batter or a bowler. Of the former Dr Grace is the champion, and he has recently, after vanquishing all the foreign players who have tried conclusions with him, succeeded in securing a thousand points in one single match A remarkable brotherhood exists in the Department of the Nord. It is called " Broken Plate Club." A fewyeanago so runs the story, a number of merchants wero dining together, when aplato rolled from the table, fell to the ground, and broke into a number of pieces. As it happened, the number of fragments exactly corresponded with that of the guests. The coincidence was regarded as a good augury, says the Telegraph, aud tnon and there a Society was formed which imposed on its members bonds of brotherhood. _ Each man as he left carried away with him bis fragment .of plate. According to the rules no now member was to be introduced, and at each death the bit of porcelain which was in the possession of the deceased is restored to the President, who glues the' fragments together. The last surviving member of the Club is charged with the duty of cementing his piece to the rest, and when the plato js reformed, it is to be buried,

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce Iheir sale list for Eketahuna, October 9th. Mr F. H. Wood advertises 1000 first class hoggets tor private sale; also 20 springing heifers. Three packhorses, eaoh carrying a load of fencing wire, were swept away in the Patea Kiver, a few days ago, and drowned; Parliament was occupied all yesterday with the tariff discussion. Mr Saunders has resigned his position as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee on account of ill-health. In order that the business before the Committee shall not be delayed by the absence of members, Messrs Larnach, Hogg Button have been added to the Committee. llio wot weather having interrupted the delivery of his course of addresses, the liev. Mr Yorke informs us that the announcements for this week aro cancelled. After his return from the Synod Mr Yorke purposes to resume the course of open-air addresses, and instruction inside the church. The life of a missionary in tho Santa Cruz Group is not a very happy one, judging from a report received by H.M.B. Orlando, which returned to Sydney recently says the Chmtehmh Prets. The Orlando cruised through the group and received a visit from one of the lay missionaries, who stated that his life was in danger and asked the protection of the admiral from a hostile tribe. It appears that there was an epidemic of influenza upon the Islands, and the missionary was singled out as the evil spirit who had brought tho malady there. Tho natives thereupon determined to kill him. According to his report it took him all his time dodging bullets and spears. On nine different occasions in a fortnight he had been made a target for Snider bullets and poisoned spears, and he owed his life to tlic fact that the hostile natives proved indifferent marksmen. An officer from the flagship went ashore and cautioned the natives as to their future behaviour to the missionary. Probably one of the fleet will be sent up shortly to hold a full investigation into tho matter. The natives are said to bo very dangerous and treacherous. Their arrows are pointed with splinters of human shin bones.

It is pleasant to find that beer and teetotallers are not always at daggers Here is what tho Licensed Trades' News says of aa honour recently paid to a prominent teetotaller:—" We unhesitating join in the chorus of congratulation which has ascended in connection with the appointment of Mr Joseph Malinsas Eight Grand Counsellor by the International Supreme Lodge of Good Templars in session at Boston, United States. Wo trust that he will add fresh lustre to his already admir-ably-won and well-sustained position in the teetotal world. We know that Mr Malins is a' stalwart' in his opposition to us. We know that oa the great points which we strive for Mr Malins is against us with a face of Btcel. That docs not affect for a single moment our just appreciation of his fighting powers, our satisfaction at the recognition meted out to a sturdy Englishman by his American cousins." Messrs L. J, Hooper & Co., of the lion Marcho, are now opening up their first consignment ot Spring and Summer novelties, and will make their display in a tew Jays. Elegant millinery, fresh from the bands of Parisian modistes; gems of Inshion in bonnets and hatp.togcthtr with thi irown 'ireitions, copied from the most stylish models. Abundant supplies oi sailors hats in tho most fashionable s'uapas and colors, extensive varieties of children's millinery, unlibiimed straws in tho newest styles, dress goods, mantles, blouses, parasols, prints, etc—Advi. Ono of tho drawbacks of country life, at least to tho small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price ho has to pay for any articles of clothing or genera! drapery, by reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done arfay with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Tk Aim House, Wellington. Umler this system, any of the parcels advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, rosi knee, tho prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagined, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must be accompanied by cash for the amount, hefurc the order can be executed at Tk Ano House, Wellington. In illustration of this system, wo will give an example. Take for instance No. 3 Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White Mainsook Clouso, trimmed with embroidery and with the new butterfly collar; 1 Havy or Black Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new style; 1 pair of Black or Coloured Taffeta Glovcs,and 2 pairs of Ladies Black Cashmere Hose. This complete parcel will be scat, post free, to any address, on receipt ot 12/0, from Te Abo House, Wellington,—Ann.