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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5176, 7 November 1895, Page 2

Sunday excursion trains will rcsuine running on 'thi? Wclljngton-Manawatu liji,enextSun(|ay." "■''" ' "' A 2000 candle power electric lamp is being creotcd on the approach to the Queen's Wharf, Wellington. There was a sharp frost in this district this morning, a good deal of'snow having fallen on the ranges. Gardens will suffer, bjjt hot fo j' serious oijeut. • I

Collot Dobson is ' now running a Royal Irish Dramatic Company in Southland.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale list {or Wednesday next 100 fat eivcs and two fat cows,

Late prodnco reports from London state that it seems probable tho advance in wool will bo well maintained at next sales,

A produce report circular dated London Gth September, states that a big clearance of rabbit skins has just been made at firm prices, Out of 2,262 bales offered 2,098 were sold.

The ltev. C. Cargill (father of Mr W. C.Cnrgillof the WmmrajiaStar) arrived by the liuapehu from London on Tuesday, on a visit to the Colonics, The rev. gentleman is at present in Masterton, As a (lower giving greatest diversity in shades of colour the carnation is perhaps unique, having flowers of a self or single colour in pure white, lemon, yellow, buff, terra cotta, pink, rose, cr'imson,brilliant scar)ot, red, maroon, brown, bluish-purple, grey, and all intermediate shades.

Messrs Thos. Wngg and Co, of Mas-! terton, announce that they arc prepared to construct and repair vehicles of every description, of best material aud workinansliip, at current prices. The firm also undertake all kinds of general smith's work. As agentsforthe Walter A Wood harvesting machinery, they will supply every information respecting these excellent implements.

,lolm Ifenry Brown, his wife Annie Drown, and Thomas li. Ellison, appeared at Wellington on remand yesterday on a charge of having performed an illegal oppcration upon Alice Mary Marshall, who died some time ago at Palmerston North. Accusedwcrefurtlierremaudcd, on the application of the prosecution, till Friday next.

The dogs at the French wateringplace Trouville arc a source of unfailing amusement. A white terrier belonging to the Comtesse do Brcteuilhadqnwhito , doeskin leggings the other day when it was muddy,and a correspondent counted five different coats on one white pug one day, all embroidered with heraldry. It is considered singular that two three-year-olds should win the two Cups, thcCaulliehl andMelboumc, iuonc year, aud the history of the two races does not_ contain another such coincidence; while the Cauficld Cup in 18 years has been on only one other occasion won by a three-year-old, viz., Little Jack in 1892. Singularly enough, too, Auraria is the only filly that has won the Melbourne Cup since Mr Wilson's (illy won in 187G from:):! opponents.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in a letter to Tk Tims, denounces the Australian cattle traffic us inhuman. The letier points to (ho result of theshipments by the Woclloomooloo, Perthshire and Southern Cross, as proving that it is necessary to suppress the trade. In a forest not far from Vienna, the body of a well-dressed man in a slate of decomposition was recently found. A watch and chain and money were on him and a revolver lay at his side. Some children had seen the dead man lying in the wood every day for the last week, as they picked berries. They say they look him to be very drunk, only wondering that he took such a long time to wake up. A letter received in Masterlon lately from Mr S. Cockroft, the well-known footballer, stales that he had the misfortune to break his collarbone and sprain the sinews of his leg in the final football match for the Brisbane championship. " Sammy " had just gained one try and was on the point of getting another, when the accident happened. The letter was written in Coekroft's well-known jovial style, and finished up with "Notwithstanding that the mainstay of the team was thus mangled, our side won the game." Kauri timber seems to he making its way into favour in the Old Country. In a letter to a relative in Clirislchuveh, a gentleman in the timber busiuess in Manchester, says:—" We arc usinc; now, a fair quantity of kauri pine, which, I believe, conies from your part of the world. The great advantage in it, is that it is so wide and very clear from knots."

A whole village of well-to-do Italians, speaking English with an accent, is one of the most astonishing things that Italy offers lo the tourist. They arc retired organ-grinders, who have acquired comfortable fortunes in England and have gone back to their beloved native land to live in affluence with their families in this strange little colony, which they have founded among these sweet Italian mountains. The stranger, in walking through the quiet streets, is often astonished at the sound of a hand-organ sending forth the familiar strains of a once popular air, An Irish paper tells the following election story:—A capital incident was reported from Belfast. Four voters were married to ladies whose political yiews differed from those held by their lords, and on the polling day thcgoiitlc dames rose early in the morning and left their respective homes, carrying every stitch of male attire from the house, aud locking their unconscious victims in. Fate, however, was against them, and they had reckoned without the canvasser, who before the poll closed, discovered the elothcslcss ones and having wrapped them in blankets, had them conveyed in carriages to (he polling-booth where they arrived just in time to record their votes.

Ladies who arc ambitious to cater the matrimonal stale may do worse than lake a trial trip to Western Australia. That, at least, is the opinion of Tk Gilunies tinil liuthi, which states that " not long since at Coolgardic a young widow was proposed to by all the parties with whom she had come in contact during last illness of her hushaml. The doctor who attended him, the chemist who (irepared the prescriptions, the undertaker who buried him, the parson who read the burial service, and tho owner of the cemetery, all asked for the hand of the widow, who, however, being largely in debt to her landlord, a lucky digger and well-to-do man, got out of her embarrassment, as also hor financial difficulties by marrying him."

It is wonderful says the Ladies' Gazelle " how many unexpected uses thrifty people can find for worn-out and apparently utterly worthless articles, Take, for example, an old, battered, and dilapidated high silk hat, which is not worth doing up again, aud is in 100 disreputable a condition to wear. The idea occurred to one of those notable womon who love to turn everything to account that, by stripping the silk off her husband's discarded" gossamer," she would have a delightful piece of material with which jo make one of the useful and smart-looking little handbags that are so much in use at present and which prove such a convenience when one goes to the theatre. All appoarauce of being rubbed am| worn entirely disappeared when the silk was removed from its stiff foundar tjon, ai)(J a linjqg of bright gold-coloi(rod satin seemed (he most appropriate contrast to the soft b|ack niatprja) of tho little bag, a drawing ribbon of the same shade being provided by which to hang it on the arm, ' What a lovely plush your bag is made of,' all her friends remarked, and she is too proud of her ingenuity to conceal from them that she defrauded the garden scarecrow in order to provide herself with this pretty and , original little handkerchief bag. Supposing anyone to be lucky enough to hayc among her possessions an old white silk hat, such as some of us may perhaps remomber having seen on the heads of an elderly beau several years ago, would not tin's look pretty liucd with a delicate skdoqfpinkoibliiof"

A nijw pencil has been invented in which the place of pod'is fakeri by tightly rolled paper wound jn short strips; the' Vidth'of cacK"strip bijing marked ddwn the sido of tjic pbhcil fry a slight perforation. When'' t]ic policil gets worn down one of these strips ii torn off, and in this way a froih piece of load is mado available. It is decidedly an ingeujous jdea,' ' J

tho Masterton Town lands Trustees meet to-morrow afternoon.

Entries for tho Wellington A. and P. Association's show close to-day. Two patients vero admitted to tho Masterton Hospital last week and thrco discharged, leaving five under treatment at date.

The Dalcfield Dairy Factory is now I receiving 2400 gallons of milk daily, and j the Taratahi factory 1600 gallons. This is greatly in excess of last yenr.

A. witness in the Masterton S.M. Court this morning said that although he sometimes had a glass he "nevcrmade a beast of himself!"' The court said that nothing of tho sort had been suggested

It is announced that "H.M.S. Pinafore " will bo repeated by special request at the Masterton Theatre Boyal on Monday evening next, by the Masterton Juveniles.

Mrs A. Mutrichas presented the Masterton Library with tho following books :—"A Golden Sorrow," " Five Old Maids"aud "Tho Blossoming of an Aloe."

A six-roomed house at Hastwcll, owned and occupied by Mr Fred. .lannctt, was destroyed by fire Inst night. Very little was saved. Both house aud furniture were insured in the New Zealand Office, of which Mr Burton Boys is tho Masterton agent.

At the Masterton S.M. Court this morning judgment was given in the case Urcv. Nicholls, claim for £2O under tho provisions of a lease. His Worship decided to non-suit the plaintiff. Mr James Smith, tobacconist of Queenstreet, notifies that he has a large stock of books, stationery, and toys, which he purposes disposing of at very reasonable prices,

The Cromwell Argus understands that ihe sentence of six months passed upon Thomas Lake for using obscene language in Cromwell is to be brought under the notice of the Minister for Justice as being unnecessarily severe. It is stated that one of the presiding justices was greatly adverse to imposing a sentence of more than three months, but his fellow justice insisted on the heavier sentence.

The regular meeting of the Masterton llechabite Tent, No. 38, I.O.I!., was | held in the Foresters' Hall last night. llro. W. M. Easthope, C,l!.,in the chair. Tlie Tent decided to hold a combined picnic with the Carterton Tent on lionii»y next, November 11th, atDalclield, conveyances to leave the Foresters' Hall at fl a.m. Three candidates were initiated members of the order, and one was proposed for membership, A huge floating stable for the conveyance of horses by sen, is owned by Mr Pierre Lorillard, the American gentleman who has rented Hare Park from the executors of the late Duke of Hamilton. The building in question has livingrooms, stalls, and coach-houses, not to mention cowsheds. In order to keep the place cool and avoid oscillation, tho erection is propelled by two steam tugs instead of having engines on board. As Mr Lorillard is entering horses pretty freely for English races, it is possible he will bring his floating stable across to that country. Sonic people have a queer idea of a fair offer. A certain Masterlonian who was sued for the recovery of £2O this morning, said he had made his creditor for the amount" a fair offer." Asked to repeat the offer he replied that he had expressed willingness to pay 2s fid per week until £lO was paid off ami then the man to whom the money was owing could cry quits I During the evidence of Mr Alex. Baillic, in the Pahiatua case, Black v. liriggs, heard yesterday at Wangamii, witness said that when thoy bought the Slur from Grcville, Black objected to a phrase in the leader, stating that " the hatchet had been buried," and said" he wasd—difthchatchctwasburicd,"and that if that leader went in tho paper he'd go out, and witness thereupon told him he could go to—."

The proprietor of the Majestic Hotel at New Haven, Conn., where the Cambridge athletes wore recently stopping, excited the wrath of the NewHaven citizens by running the British Union Jack above the Stars and Stripes on his hotel. People coming down to business saw the English ilag floating abovo the United States flag and at once protested, At first, Mr Gay, the ownot of the hotel, refused to take it down, saying that he. put the British flag uppermost out of courtesy to the Cambridge men. This did not satisfy the protestors, for a committeo of merchants waited upon him and demanded that the Stars and Stripes have first place. He yielded, and the Union Jack was hauled down and the Stars and Stripes put on top.

Since assuming possession of the old established hair-dressing and tobacconist's business at the corner of Queen and Perry-streets, Mastcrton, Mr James Smith lias spared neither trouble nor expense to make the premises attractive and comfortable. The many patrons of this old-establishment, and the pablic generally may rely on Mr Smith making every effort to secure and retain their custom. The premises have been redecorated and refurnished and are now in overy ,way suitable tor carrying on an extensive business. Tho shop is well supplied with tobaccos, cigars, etc,, and all the requisites of a smoker's outfit. The baths have been attended to and should be largely patronised. Mr Smith in his announcement which appears elsewhere, solicits a share of public patronage.

The Australasian has the following particulars respecting the marriago of Sir Henry Parkcs, notified a few days ago by cable:-" Sir Henry Parkes was married for the third timo on October 21, to Miss Julia Lynch, who for four years past has tilled a domestic position in his house. The marriage took place at Parramatta, being of tho quietest description, only ono or two persons being present. Tho arrangements had been entrusted by Sir Henry Parkcs to Mr Hugh Taylor, one of his oldest and staunchest friends, who, without notice, was asked to undertake that duty. The bride was married from Sir Henry Parke's household. Tho only persons present at tho ceremony w»ro Messrs H. Taylor and 11, L. Dunn. Tho marriage was performed by Archdoacon Gunthcr, who is a very old friend of Sir Henry I'arkes. At tho close of the ceremony, the newly married couple drore away in a cab to Hyde, where they luuched. The bride, who was very quietly dressed, is tall and of a very attractive appearance. This is the third timo that Sir Henry Parkes has niarried. His second wife died on July lGtli last, while he' was ongagod in conducting his candidature against Mr Itcid, for the ling Division ot Sydney. Ho has families by both his former wives, thoso by his first wife being of maturo ago. His oldest son, Mr Verify Parkes, is a member of the Assembly,' and a strong suppler of the licjd Administration, which his father tried so strenuously to defeat at the last election. Sir Honry Parkes is now 80 years old, while his wife is in her twonty-third year,".

One of the dr&wbaqlw ol country life, at least to the small settlor, is undoubtedly the increased price ho has to pay (or any articles of clothing or general drapery, by I reason ot the extra chargos lor freight or carriage, This drawback need exist no longer, (or extra charges aro dono arfay with under tbe new system which has been inaugurated at Te Ako House, Wellington Under this system, any of the parcels advertised, will bo sent to any address in I Now Zealand, mi hiee, the prices charged I being exactly the same us those at which tbb goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may bo imagined, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash oustomers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must be accompanied by cash (or the amount, before the order can beexecutedatTis Alio Houbb, Wellington. In illustration of this system, we will give an example. Take for iustanco No, 3 Parcel, which contains v Lady's White Mainsopk Bjouse,'trimmed wjth embroidery and with the now butterfly collar) 1 Navy or Black Sateen Blouse, with'white'spofs.'new stylo; 1 pair ! df 'Black' or Coloured Taffeta Glovea.'and 2 pairs of liadies Black Cashmere Hose. This complete parcel will be sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, frbm'Tß'Aiw'HojjßE Wollingtk-ADVT.-"