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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5175, 6 November 1895, Page 2

The overdraft of tlio Masterton Borough Council is now £B6B 9s sd, Bain fell in this district again last night. The Canterbury Derby will be run at Eicearton to-morrow. The Melbourne Cup was won yesterday by Auraria, Hova running second and Buirabori third. One hundred and fifty candidates at the Masterton school were successful at the recent drawing examinations. A reward is offered for the return of a small roan pony filly lost from Mauricoville. At Hobart a publican was lined for selling half a pint of beer to a girl under the ago of 10. Ah interesting lecture will be given to the members of the Masterton Blue and White League, at Oxford House, this (Wednesday) evening. Tlielicv. Mr Philip intends starting Presbyterian seryices at Makuri. The first service will be held next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The sections which the Masterton Trust Lauds Trust are now offering under lease range in area from n quarter of an acre to four and a half acres.

An accident happened to Harding's Alfredton coach on Saturday last-, ono of the wheels coming off when ascending a hill on the road. Fortunately no harm resulted, hut tho conch was unable to continue its journey that day'.

flie first cricket match of the season was iihiyed at Ekelahuua on Saturday last between the Alfredton and Eketaliuna tlubs, when the latter won by one run, the stores being 58 and 57. Tho New Zealand Cup was won yesterday by Euroelydon, looked upon by many as a rank outsider. His backers were rewarded with a very nice little dividend.

Darragh has been committed for trial ou the cliargc of murdering a native at Hikulaia. Darragh placed a loaded gun in his house to trap a thief, and when lie came home the Maori was found dead.

The Inspector of Weights and Measures reported to the Masterton Borough Council last night that the Borough overdraft has been reduced by the munificent sum of fourpence, duly placed to the Council's credit by him. The Masterton Borough Council transacted its business last night to the inspiriting music of a circus band which was playing its hardest right opposite the Council Chambers. The business was pushed through with the utmost despatch in consequence.

Elsewhere in this issue Mrs Goodnll invites the ladies of Masterton to inspect the newly arrived stock of dress goods, including prints, cashmeres, etc., and a splendid assortment of millinery and underclothing. The dressmaking department in now tarried on at her private residence, in Queen-street, under the management of a capable dressmaker.

The late session of Parliament lasted four months and 11 days. The session of 1858 was of the same length; that of 1870 was four months and 10 days; that of 1877, four months and 21 days; (hat of 18H1, four months and three days. Two sessions of the 46 in our annals wore longer, another as long to a day, and one just a week less. So great is the dexterity of the employes in cigarette manufactories, acquired by long-coni in tied practice, that some workers make between 2000 and 3000 cigarettes daily; and, being paid by piecework at so much per 1000, earn about 25s weekly. The Ekctahuna amateur dramatic students have scored a distinct success in the performance of the farcical comedy " Snowball." Their acting has been so much appreciated that the piece has run three nights to good audiences. To Mr D. Simpson as manager, and Sir Marenzi, as costumier, the credit is due for having produced the play in such an entirely satisfactory manner, A meeting of the Mastcrton Municipal Fire Brigade Cricket Club was held on Monday evening, Captain Jackson in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Twelve new members were elected and the Secretary notified that trophies to be competed for during the season, had been kindly presented by Messrs C, A. l'ownall, O, Pragnell and J, Smith. Donations had also been received from Mr J. Maiulel (Club Hotel) and llev. Father JlcKenna. A team will be picked from the following members to play against the Midlands on Monday the 11th November Messrs Jackson, Pownall, Baron, Dement, Grieson, Fitzsinimons, Hughan, Harland, Braggins Edwards, Stinson, C. Bcntley, Prentice, and J. Bentley. Mr Frank Dtipre, for some considerable time past connected with Mr W. Dougall's well-known jewellery business inMasterton, has just completed arrangements for opening on his own account at Ekctahuna, and leaves for his new abode to-day. During Mr Dupro's residence in Mastcrton tic has made many friends, who, while regretting his removal, join us in wishing him thorough success in his new undertaking,

, A Mastcrton " sport" was seized with : an idea yesterday. It was to back Chaos ' for the New Zealand Clip, because—i after long and careful study and much i troubled thought and calculation—lie ■ discovered that the name of the horse i consists of live letters; the name of the , trainer lias five letters; the race was to ' be run oil November sth; that the yeni 'is 18951 that his (the " sport's") sur name contained five letters; that then ' were five wise and live foolish virgins i that twice live makes ten: and last—bu ! by no means least—he knew where h could raise live" bob" to go a plungei On the strength of the above lie went oi | the gamble—and went down for hi . little bit of " dust," 'Twas ccrtaiul; ' mighty hard, mid after such an claborat chain of reasoning this local Artist oitgh to have struck a dividend, but instead, h is nearer" broke" (another little won : of fiyc letters) than ever. However, ou , sporting friend should not despair; li had " a run for his money," and hi chaotic choice was not such a bad on after all, although the son of Tota Eclipso proved a Sternchascr to Euro clydon after giving the clean cut (i such distinguished company as tad; Zetland and the I'rimo Warden, aui proving a regular Skirmisher at tin Outpost. Had the gee-gco sclecte* possessed the wings of Pegasus he migh have proved just good enough to win am thus strengthen a silly superstition—o to put it more mildly—the reckless baselcsß Impulse which led him to pla' Solitaire with a slightly better chance o striking "rocks" than Quiltiri wouh have in trying to cross the Worth Atlanti by making a boo lino from Aldorshot with a Gipsy Grand upon his back a jockey, The latter would be an extraoi dinary Marinorai/w, but certainly abou as reasonable as a credence in dreams calculations, or other omens whichinduc the guileless backer to loso his 11 tin 1" When the Duke of Oxford, whos family name was Butlor, was going t take ppssession as Lord-Lieutcntant o Ireland, ho was driven by a storm on h the Isle of Man, wliero Mr Joseph, th curate, entertained him as hospitably a his means permitted. On his departur ho promised to provide for him as sooi as he became viceroy. Tlio curate waite many months in vain, and at last wen over to Dublin to remind his Grace of hi promise. Despairing of gaining acces to the Duke, he obtained permission t preach at the Cathedral.. The Lor Lieutenant, with his court, were at th church, but none of them remembers their humble host till ho pronounced lii text, which it must bo acknowledged was well chosen: "Yet did not th chiof butler remember Joseph, but foi got him." Tlio preacher one invited to the castlo and a good livin provided for him,

Mr E. E. Hornblow will probably stand for the Masterton Mayoralty,

An American millionaire has forwarded a Sedan chair of solid silyer to tho Popo,

Last year 1115 persons wero killed on tho railways in the United Kingdom, and 4120 injured, last year, in England, 1191b of meat 1 was consumed per head of tho population,

A Hobart boggar woman named l'oaty, has reported to tho police that lier hoard of £3OO has been stolen, A carpenter named Wiseman fell dead at Wyalong on Monday whilo reading in a chair. Tho shearers at tho West Mimosa station, Albury, have gono on strike' becauso one man was found fault with. A very successful practico of "Les Cloches de Corncville" was held last, OTcning by the Masterton Amateur Operatic Society. Miss Sheen, of Peatlierston, was present and went' through her part admirably. An unfortunate victim to gout, named John Stoue, was found in an oshausted condition on a rubbish heap in Moore Park, Sydney, by a constable. He stated that lie had been there three days, unable to move. There is a serious outbreak of skin diseases at Itaukokore, and one or two cases of leprosy are reported amongst tho Natives.

At Tindall's, Coolgardio, there is a great scarcity of mechanics, and carpenters are asking £1 per day. Galvanised iron is held for £lO a ton.

_ Tho rush for land in tho Upper Mitika Valley, during the last three months, has been so great that scarcely an acre of level ground remains unoccupied.

It is stated that tho Premier has under consideration, overtures which tho Maoris Imto made to dispose of their interest in the Wairarapa Lake to tho Government. Some years ago they refused au offer of £7OOO made by a former Ministry. Last week Mr Hoiiry Cronley, part proprietor of Tooboorac station, Heathcoto (Vic.), maddoned, it is said, by financial troubles, shot himself through tho heart.

A novel cricket mntcli ivas played at Bannockbum (Otago), last week, when eleven ladies ot the district mot .a male team, the contest being that the latter should bat left-handed and use broom handles The women put together the decent total of 95, and their opponents 38.

An enormous bullock was slaughtered at Warruambool last week. The total dressed weight of the animal was 1751 pounds; its tongue alone weighed lllbs, and its heart 101b,

A child walked in front of a train the South Melbourne suburban lines on Saturday, but escaped injury as the cow-catcher caught its clothes and lifted the infant clear of tho line.

Tlic crime euro is the latest idea in America. A Ncsv York doctor professes to euro law-breakers of their habits, all crimes being regarded by him as a disease.

A twelve-year-old girl in America weighs no less than 3101b. She walks three miles a day, rows on the river, and plays with her schoolmates.

A London magistrate in reply to a complaint the other day informed a wife that a summons could bo issued against her husband for remaining out late at night.

A London magistrate recently told a man of colour that there was no law to prevent boys calling him nicknames in tho streets,

Postal arrangements for the Prince of Wales' Birthday holiday, which will he kept up by tho Postal Department on Saturday, are published in another column, The public will do well to bear this in the mind

The licv, G, Nicol, of the China Inland Mission, who has been preaching in connection with the Presbyterian Church throughout the Wairarapa, is in Mastcrton, and will give an address on ' Mission work in China,' in the Mastcrton Presbyterian Church. Mr jSTicol has laboured for fifteen years in China, and will soon return to the work. His addresses hayo created great interest wherever lie lias spoken.

Minnie Miller, wife of a constable, was conveyed to a Sydney Hospital, on Monday last, with a lock-jaw, and her dying depositions were taken. The woman stated that lock-jaw had been caused by a blow received during a quarrel with her husband, Constable Miller.

Durrant, the Secretary of a Sundayschool at Sau Francisco, has been fouud Cuilty of having committed an outrago on a female teacher and subsequently murdering her. The body of tho unfortunate woman was hidden in a church. The trial extended over a period of three mouths.

The Aw 1 oil- World reports that a Mexican Judge at Xacapa, sentenced ten men, as heretics, to be burned alive because, he said, lie had received a divine command to avert vengeance on the city. The sentence was carried out, and the .ludgc, who is supported by the populace, has now been arrested. The regular monthly meeting of tho Mastcrton Municipal Fire Brigade was held last evening, Capt. Pickering in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary ami Treasurer's reports were read and adopted Correspondence was received and dealt with; and Mr J, Jones was elected a member. The various Committees reported favorably on the arrangements for the coming sports for Boxing Day. Koutine business was transacted and the meeting closed.

Bishop Ncvill, in tlio course of his id. dress to the Anglican Synod at X)uncdin, made reference to prophetic revelations, and said that if tlio great dragon who persecuted tlio woman anddrovolierinto the wilderness was the Mahoromedan power, then perhaps they might hope the time of deliverance was at hand, for tlio dragon's power was to be for 1260 years, and the Mahommedans had taken Jerusalem in C3G. Tho Bishop made reference to the Pope's address to tlio English nation, which, he mid, might he termed a wasted oft'ort; but the movement to unito the various divisions of Weslcyanisin should have their good wishes. It was possible the Wesleyaus would come tosee that every argument they advanced with so much force as to the evils of division was fully applicable to their own secession. The Bishop said the iron had entered his soul when he found that the diocese at large would not, as he had imagined, rise as one man and throw oil the debt of tho cathedral. Tho depression had, no doubt, much to do with this, but the discovery had been forced upon him that tho cause lay much deeper,-a want of living enthusiasm Mr I. J. Fake, formerly of Wellington, but now of Palmerston North, has brought under the notice of the Admiralty an invention which he expects to revolutionise naval warfare. He sends a Wellington paper the following particulars ; I noticed in a London paper some months ago that tho French had invented a submarine torpedo-boat to sink at will, and torpedo and sink vessels as they pass under them. I immediately made up my mind to checkmate this if possible, and I may state that after several months of hard study I have succeeded in forming a schome which irill allow our ironclads and cruisers to go into* action, and it will bo a matter ( of impossibility for a torpedo or any number of torpedoes to sink them, and tho present plan with booms and torpedo nets can be dispensed with. My scheme will also allow of a much greater speed without any increase of steam power j also our ironclads may bo built with lighter armour,, and bo perfectly safo from destruction by torpedoes. This scheme I have forwarded to the Admiralty as being of tho greatest importance to our nation at tho present moment, I ! notico that a man in Ballarat has in- j vented a torpedo which can be launched i through tho air as a projectile. My : scheme will resist this class of torpedo ] as well, 11

I Tho New Zealand Cup has never yet been won more than once by tho sarao liorso,

-'Brookfiold it is stated is being trained at Palraerston North, aud is owned by a Native sportsman. During the month of October, 13,068 rations were issued by tho Wellington Benevolent Trustees,

Forty-three horses liavo accepted for the meeting at tho Tarataki-Carterton liaco Meeting at Clarcvillo next Monday.

At Normanton, Robert Miller, a hairdresser and tobacconist, committed suicide by cutting his throat on the grave of his wifo and child.

Mr T. H. Smith, of South Carterton, has ripe strawberries, They are of tho Marguerite varioty. Mississippi has a convict farm, and it is not only self-supporting, but it actually yields a profit of somelhiuglike £IO,OOO a year. Tho Euapchu, which arrived at Wellington yesterday from Loudon, brings 165 passengers and 2100 tons cargo for New Zealand. Tho smallest field which has ever taken part in the Now Zealand Cup, was eight in 1891. The largest field was last year, with seventeen. A small flock of ewe hoggets iu the vicinity of Carterton, just shorn, has given the splendid average of 12Jlbs of wool; somo of them running as high as Mlbs, says tho Observer. A representee Hindu newspapor asserts that" there is scarcely an educated mm in India who does not read the Bible. It is impossible for a Hindu not to feel a proud respect for the Bible."

Tho Courts of Turin have annulled tho marriago of Robert Wilcox, of Hawaii, who took a prominent part in the recent political event there, oil the ground that he deceived his wifo, Rareness Sobrero, by pretending that ho wos heir to the throne of Hawaii.

There is nn uprising in Alabama against the New Woman and her knickerbockers, In order to throw ridicule on tho fashionable bicycling costume, a huge negrcss, of neither grace nor beauty, has been engaged to parade the streets in the new attire.

Mr C. J. Tully, lost a valuable horse at I'apawai last weok says the Observer. During the night the animal broke out of a paddock where there was good feed and ruuniugwatcr, into a sheep enclosure in which was an arsenic trough, and drank some of the mixture, and the next morning it was found dead.

Miss Sheen, who is to take the part of Serpolcttc in Les Cloches de Corncville, took part in the rehearsal at the Theatre Itoyal last night. Her singing and acting were very much admired, and with such lady principals as Miss Frankcl and Miss Sheen wo predict a highly successful season for the Mastcrton Operatic Society.

The Directors of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company, iu their annual report, state that a fair business has been done during the year, The balance to credit of profit and loss account, is £6476 16s lid, from which £'2205 was paid as an interim dividend in April. The Directors recommend the payment of a further dividend of 4 per cent, for the half year, absorbing £2940, making 7 per cent, for the year, and carrying forward £1331 IGs lid.

_ As the result of exhaustive investigations, a N.S.W, AgriculturalDcpartment expert has discovered that an intermediate host of the dreaded sheep-lluko is the common land snail, The discoyery is considered of world-wide scientific and general importance, and will form the ground of recommendations to be issued shortly for checking the disease. It has also been ascertained that the greatest friend of tho sheep-owners in destroying snails is tho birds known as tho common pee wee.

Major Sommcrrillc, Chairman of tho New Zealand liille Association, has (says the Oamaru Mail) received from Captain Aldershiiw, the lion, secretary of the Federal Association, the conditions for (lie Federal Match, which is to be tired at the rifle meeting to he held in Oamaru next year. Captain Aldershaw thinks that at least SO men will be over to the meeting and that the majority of them will bring their wives. As the New Zealand volunteers arc now being armed with Martini-Henry rifles, there is every likelihood that a very large number of new men will enter the lists, and the meeting promises to be attended by the largest number of competitors ever seen in the colony. Of course, a good deal will depend upon the inducements held out to marksmen to come to Oamaru.

The new physiologists who try to measure the movorucnts ot brain cells and invent machines to calculate the (low of nervous energy tell us that man is an unnatural creature. Ifc was not meant for any such work as lio puts himself to, It was not intended that he 1 should use his brain under pressure ten hours a day, and tax his digestion with vast quantities of food at intervals which keep the digestive process in constant and active operation, Considering the irrational way in which people live and work, the human race makes, they admit, a brave light for existence, and the fact that man manages to live so long as he docs, and leaves an ever-increasing progeny is a tribute to his prowess, Physicians have made great progress in the treatment of disease within a half century, and there is cycry reason to hope that they will make many conquests in the next half-century. Under their care human life ought to be much prolonged, i£ it were not for the fact that the discoveries of science hardly keep pace with tho new agencies of destruction which Mine with the highly developed conditions of society. Tho problem of lengthening the span of lifo is one of balance, the ratio of increase in death-dealing agencies and in preventive and curative knowledge. Pioneer days wore hard on life. We think of the fathers as old men when, iu fact, they were mostly young, Notonlywasmedical science in a primitive state, but conditions of life, exposure, ill-heated homes, badly-cooked food, excessive physical labour, the wear and tear of a civilised man's fight against nature for. existence iu surroundings hotter fitted for a savage—all made a more than average constitution a condition for even a modcrato span of life. Those evils have gone, but with than has gone the simplicity which robbed them of half their bad offcct. Tho modern man lives more comfortably, but he subjects himself to more external dangers. When ' he learns to mako use of all that science 1 teaches while at tho same time ho guards ] himself against the accidents of civili- - sation, and, above all, keeps himself < from being carried away by its unrest and its luxury, lie may fiope for a longer ] lease of life. It was not tho hardships , of the old time, but jts simplicity which | made vigorous men. It will not be the i comforts of the future, bnt its tcmpta- _ tions to unhcalthfut and unnatural liv- i ing, that willmostthreaten longevity.— 1 New York Tribune. i

Ono ol the drawbacks of country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price ho has to pay lor any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra oharges are dono a'tfoy with under tho new system which has been inaugurated at Te Abo House, Wellington Under this system, any of tho parcels advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post fbke, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods aro sold over the counter inWellioe'on. 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, before the order can be executed at Te Aito House, Wellington, In illustration of this system, we will givo an examplo. Take for instance No. 3 Pared, which contains 1 Lady's White Mainsook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery and with tho new butterfly collar; 1 Navy or Black Sateen Blouse, with whito spots, new style; 1 pair of Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and 2 pairs of Ladies Black Cashmere Hose. This complete parcol will be sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, from Te Aro House Wellington,—Ann,