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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5163, 23 October 1895, Page 2

The Jiev. J. Dukes Tin: has iinide a rocord iibv. i, uukks', amongst Wesleyan Ministers who have resided iu Mastertou, not only by the length of his stay amongst us, but by the good work carried out wide]' hja auspjees. The most progressive local ministers of this denomination whom I we can recall, have been tho Rev. L. M, Isilfc, to whom the schoolroom and tho parsonage are mainly due, and the Hev. John Dukes, who undertook tho enlargement of the church and the general improvement of its sur-' rouudinps. The Eev. Mr Dukes during the past fiyo'years,' has, irri-' sp'ectiyo of creed,- displayed an

intelligent interest in the moral welfare of the community generally, and established a reputation for usefulness outside his own community. It will be difficult to udeiquately replace him in this town, and both Wesleyans and non-Wes-leyans will wish him and his family a pleasant sojourn in bis new proposed sphere of labour at Waimate, The body of another infant has been found in Wellington Harbour. Last Monday was the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, Inspector John Druinmond, of Hawkc's Bay, is on a visit to Mntterton. Several additions are made to Mr D, Crcwo's Pahiatua bull sale, Tenders arc invited for the purchase of a valuable scctiou in Bannister-street. Church-street has been greatly improved in appearance by the removal of the long grass from the water-tables. A crowded house is anticipated at the opening performance of" H.M.S Pinafore," at tho Masterton Theatre Boyal this evening, We remind onr readers of the Wairara pa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club's Sports, which take place on the Masterton Park Oval to-morrow. For having in his possession four flounders of a less size than nine inches, George Otlaway was lined at Balclutha £2 and costs 15s. The Napier breakwater was opened with great eclat by Lord Glasgow yesterday. Mrs Swan (llio Mayoress) with His .Excellency's sanction, named the wharf " Glasgow Wharf." We regret to hear that Mr C. E Bremner is again laid up with a sharp attack of illness, but may shortly he expected to bo about again, as improvement is already reported by his medical attendant. An excellent selection of songs and dance music, including the latest favourites in both classes, is offered for sale by Mr G co. F, Parsons, of Lmnblon Quay, Wellington, Details will be found in another column. Orchardists should be on the alert and carefully watch their apple trees, for the scale has commenced lo move, and now is the time for persistent spray, ing, so that (he pest cannot spread further on the branches. A quiet wedding was celebrated yesterday, at the residence of Mr David Dixou, Hall-slrcci, when his second dauglitcr,—Lillian May—was united to Mr David Harris Knowls, lale of Timan. The licv. John Dukes performed the ceremony, the immediate friends of the young people only being present. The friends of Mr and Mrs Knowls unite in wishing thorn future happiness ami prosperity, The Hastings correspondent of the lluide's Bui/ Herald interviewed what he calls a " modern Cyclops" the other day in the shape of a lamb with one eye, nostrils halfway down ilsnnse, the head terminating in an " almost perfect rabbit's mouth," This Cyclops was in a bad way-in fact he was dead. Itis solitary eye (which he is understood to have winked deliberately at the byslanders just before his decease) is described as having been twice as large as the ordinary optic of a sheep of that age. We had almost forgotten lo remark ihat Ihe creature is looked upon as a " itm aw" and that it was born at Frimley, but became motherless through desertion immediately afterwards. The Drutjtm (the Bull's' regimental paper) now proceeds to add stories to the incidents of the Cliitral campaign beyond those told by wareorrespondents. This is the first instalment :-At Swat Valley, when the lltli Bengal Lancers did such execution, one of the Lancers saw five Swalis take refuge in a tree overhanging a large well (such as is often seen in this country), He roined his horse lip under the tree, and with a wellaimed thrust with his lance speared one Swat and tumbled him down (lie well. Inlike manner anotherfollowcd.and then another, till only one remained. This man had seen how his companions were disposed of, and directly the lance was thrust at him lie caught it by the point and pulled with such force that the Lancer and horse were jerked over the brink into the well, pulling the remaining Swati with lheni, who as he fell was impaled on the lance. The whole performance had been watched at a distance by some staff officers, who promptly rescued the Lancer from the well, quite unhurt, although his horse was killed,. "The Lost Chord" has been rediscovered by an ingenious Yankee who has patented it under the prosaic name of" The Cash Itegister." Mr H, Phillips, of the Occidental Hotel, showed us one yesterday, in his bar, which he has recently purchased. It looks like a big typewriter, but Ihe keyboard expresses certain cabalistic signs ranging Irom threepence lo ten shillings. When money comes in, Ihe attendant Hebe touches a key—the right key-a bell sounds, and as the tinlinabulation strikes the car of the proprietor in his snuggery, he knows that money is jingling into his coffer, and "(he Grand Amen" is reproduced on the mortal plane. Madame Calvo, the famous singer, recently had nit experience of 'the courtesy of Spanish thieves. Two well' dressed strangers in Madrid stole her handbag, which contained some money and a number of luck-pieces and talismans, including a bunch of dried flowers from her father's grave. The loss as may be supposed worried the artist, but when Ihe newspapers reported the theft the thieves sent her the precious relics neatly enclosed in a packet, in which was a polite note,'begging that'the " finder-" might be permitted to keep |hc money "as a souvenir" of the charming vocalist! The following Bills were introduced in tho House yosterday, and read a first limo: -The Criminal Code Act Amendmontßill (No. 2), Mr C.H.Mills; the Limo Lands Acquisition and Hcscrvaliou Bill, Hon, J, MeKenaio; tho Natiyo ItosorvosAct Amendment Bill, Hon Mr Scddon.

A return prepared on the motion of Mr Carroll shows that there aro 24 secondary schools iu tho Colony, iu in which 131 toilers arc engaged in giving instruction to 2454 pupils. It is calculated that of the pupils attending thpsp secondary schools tlicro aro (approximately) 500 who could not pass Standard VI. of the primary schools. The cost of the secondary schools in 1894 was £'18,390.

An exciting adventuro with a tiger is narrated by a woll-known sportsman in India, Ho had been out all day beating a jungle, with the worst of bad luck. Finally lie discoycred a Luge blue bull -nylghau—and ordered his beaters to drive it towards him while he posted himself bohind a clump of thorns. The beaters sot to work to follow his instructions, but without success, and suddenly an eiciting thing happoncd, Ho says: "I was just going to mora away when the boaters shouted frantically 'A tiger! a tiger!' I could sec nothing, and, supposing it to be only a. hyena,or' perhaps a jackal, I stepped out from my place of concealment, Aud there, lying between my bush aud the nextono was mi enormous tiger. We were about eight feet opart, and as thoro was no getting through the bush on either side, one of us must give wayor die, ' I think we faced each other for half a minute. If ever I saw wrnth personified, it was then, With ears Hat against its head, and contracted lips showing its white teeth, tho tiger glared at me with its fierce eyes, keeping up a snarling growl aud lashing the ground wi(h its tail. Slowly, slowly I raised the hoavy rifle, and aimed at the broad chest just where tho chiu allowed me to see it. I loco i. lectnow that I remembered to allow for thoriso of tho ball at so short a distaiico, aud, taking a very fine sight, I pulled the trigger. As I did so I jumped back anddrowniy knife. It was uunecessary. As the smoko cleared I saw a fierce head dropping on (he pnws, and t|ie great cat lay still. The'shock of tho heavy .bulletM prevented a single Movement,

Ouly £9 an aero was realised the other day for land near Deal that brought £2O fifteen years ago, A Hungarian couple hare reached tho 100 th Anniversary of their marriage. They live in the Tillage of Zsombolga. A London company promoter desiring good offices offered £1,000,000 for the Mansion House. The offer was rejected. Several settlers in this district will bo present at tho Palmerston North Show to-morrow. We have to acknowledge receipt of complimentary tickets for the Carterton Show, which takos place on Thursday and Friday, October 31st and November Ist. Messrs Pinhoy Bros, and W. Hawke run eicursions to Brancepeth to-morrow. > Goods traffic attheMastertonßaiforay btation contiuuos to increase, and is just now very heavy. Wool is now pouring into the Masterton liaihvay Station. Over three Irondred bales from Brancepeth alone liavo already been tracked, A Lincolnshire farm of about fifteen acres, which was sold for £1250 twenty years ago, ouly realised £750 when sold at auction recently.

A dangerous lunatio was at large in Paris the other day. He enticed a boy to a lonely spot, cut off the lobes of the lad'j ears with a pair of scissors, and escaped. The entries for the Carterton Show are expected to exceed those of last year. Some classes will show a very considerable advance,

Mr Sawcrs, Government Dairy Eipert, paid a visit to the Daleficld Dairy Factory on Saturday, and Taratahi Factory on Monday,

A monster col was captured by a Carterton resident on Saturday night. Its weight was about 171bs, and the length of the fish was over 4ft.

The progress which (lie choruses are mailing in Los Cloches, Musi be very gratifying to the conductor, Mr A, von Jvcisenberg. Mr Alfred Woodhouse, well-known in Xaiwurra, where he was highly esteemed, died ut tho Wellington Hospital yesterday. He was only 24 years of age.

As more convenient to business people it has been decided by the Mastertou Jlorouglt Council to keep the Prince of Wales' Birthday holiday on Monday November 11th, instead of Saturday the t)th.

The Law itofomi Bill, simplifying and cheapening legal processes, and rendering entrance to the profession uiuro easy, has been introduced in the South Australian Assombly. At tho Melbourne Sewerage Works tho other day a young woman named Hannah Maria Guest, aged 23, living with her parents at Yarraville, was looking down the sewer shaft when she lost her balance nud fell a distance of (iO feet. She was killed.

Miss Sheen is to take the part of Serpolette in Lcs Cloches de Corneville.and will most probably be present at next Tuesday's rehearsal. Miss Sheen's abilities are well known in the Wairarapa, and she recently scored a great success with her singing in Wellington. The Mastcrlon Society is fortuuatc in securing her for this part. Notice has been given of the introduction of the following Government measures:—The Goycrnmont Loans to local Bodies Act Amendment Bill (Hon. Mr Ward); the Limo Lauds Acquisition and ltcscrvation Bill (Hon. J, McKcnzic), and the Native ltcserves Act Amoudmcut Bill (Hon. MrSeddon). A clause has been added to tho Keserycs Disposal ami Exchange Bill, providing that with tho consent of the School Commissioners, sections 128 and 135, Cartorton district, containing 100 acres, and 2 acres 2 roods, may be exchanged for Crown land of equal value, as an endowment for the Borough of Carterton.

An octopus, said to bo tho largest yet caught in the waters of Port Philip, was captured by somo fishermen last week. When stretched taut the tentacles measure fully 1G feet from tip to tip, and are plentifully supplied with suckers.

A cabman named John Huntley mot with a peculiar mishap in Sydney. He was driving his vehicle along Oxfordstreet, when the horse attached to it dropped down dead. The sudden stoppage threw Huntley off. He sustained injuries to his back, and was admitted to tho Sydney Hospital. Convicts in tho Michigan State Prison aro allowed to keep birds, and as a result of this, there arc fully 600 feathered songsters in tho prison, all owned and eared for by tho prisoners.

A London clockmaker discharged his assistant recently. At midnight there was a tremendous noiso in the shop. The police rushed in. The dismissed employe had set all tho alarums to strike at that time.

Very extensive improvements arc now being mndc to the cattle yards at the Mastcrton Itailway Station, the whole of which aro being re-pitched with stones aud afterwards cemented. An additional yard, capable of accommodating live hundred sheep, has also been added, aud whon finished the yards will be as large aud convenient as any in the Colony. The work will not be completed for somo little timo yet, as tho runs to the trucks arc also to be re-laid in specially made bricks. The yards will hold a total of 2,500 sheep.

A small Grazing Kun of 857 acres at Waimiioru,, adjoining Mr Goorgo Simpson's property,' is to be sold on Friday uoxt, the 25th iust., by Messrs Harcourt & Co., at their auction rooms in Wellington. It is a block of good sheep country, reached by a good hard road, and 170 acres have been felled and sown with English grass. Thcso improvements fulfil tho conditions required by Government. Thepresontowner'sinlerest iu the lease, is to be sold to the highest bidder without auy reserve, so that there will probably bo an opportunity to pick up a bargain. After tho Opori Home concert last night, tho chorus and orchostra romained in their places to. be photographed, Three pictures were taken by the aid. of tho magnesium light, and the camera being stationed in a commanding position in the dress circle Though i tho preparations for the photographer's task occupied some time, the patience of tho mombors of tho Society was piemplary to a dogreo (say* the'2V.& Times), but at length, ono witty moniber of the orchestra ontored his protest by slyly playing tho first fow bars of " Wo Won't go Homo till Morning!" a sally greeted with a round of laughter and applauso.

Miss Prankel, who is to take the part of Gcrmaine in the opcraLos Cloches de Corneville, was present at the rcheaml last evening, and look her solos with great success, The Society is, indeed, tobe congratulated uponhavingoblained tho services of Miss Prankcl, who has a sweet and well cultivatod voice. We understand that sho will remain in Mastorton until the production of the opera. Complaints are- made of luncheon being stolen from the school children at Carterton, says the Olumr. The kits hang in tho lobby during school and playtime, a nd w h en the dinner hour arrives many a child finds itself minus its midday meal, "My boy took an apple to school for his luncheon every day, and it was regularly stolen from his kit," remarked a Committeeman, At last ho struck a bright idea, he scooped out tho inside of an apple without much damaging the skin, and hat was prigged as usual, but it was he last one, the thjof never came back for any more, Two thousand persons recently wrote claiming relationship with a Bermondsoy policeman who was supposed to have inherited vast estatos. The policeman 'having given up his position, found tho report of his good luck to be a hoax iS'One of the now-found relations came forward to assist him, in his' subsoquout i trouble. Howa.sfinaJlyMonbackon W9 force, -\