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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 9 November 1895, Page 2

Monday next being a public holiday there will be no publication of the Waiiiaiiapa Daily Times. Mr J. M. Richardson has retired from the Wellington Mayoral contest Monday being a public holiday the II asterlon Borough Council office will be closed. The liev. George Nicol preaches at (he Maslerlon Presbyterian Church, tomorrow. The Anglican Hyuod at Diinedin has passed a resolution in favour of providing religious instruction in schools. Jt.M.S. Pinafore will be finally produced at Masterton on Monday evening next. Several picnics have been arranged for Monday next, in anticipation of line weather. A party of hardy mountain climbers intend milking the ascent of Mt Holdsworth during the holidays. The next criminal sitting of the Supreme Court at Wellington commence on Mouday, November 18th. Special railway arrangements in conned ion with the Wellington Show are published iu another column The Maslerlon portion of (ho last San Francisco mail reached here this morning. A special advertisement from the W.F.C.A., with reference to kid gloves, l appears on our second page. The Maslerlon Post Ollicc will be open this evening for the delivery of correspondence over the counter. Special facilities for reaching the • Tiiralitlii-Curtcrtoii Racecourse on Monday, by road and rail, will be provided for the people of Masterton. The annual examination in secondgrade drawiii'.', will take place at Maslerlon, on Saturday, November JOlli. The Jlev, John Dnkcsivill conduct scri vices at the Masterton Weslcyau Church I 10-morrow. The Sunday School Aimi- ! verairy hymns will be repeated during ihe day. The Masterton Town Lands Trustees are going lo consider the advisability of Inking over the local museum. The exhibits, which are now fairly numerous and of considerable value, have been got together by Mr H. Drown, who lias devoted a good deal of lime mid money to the collection. A representative of a Sydney sportsman oil'ered JMOOU for Auraria, the Melbourne Cup winner, but the owner declined lo sell for thai figure. Mr George Fisher has been nominated for the Mayoralty of Wellington by Messrs James Lockie and W. M. Mas - kell. General Duchesne has wired that the, situation in Madagascar is improving. The Tnmiitavc and Maganga roads have been rc-openccl, and the native ollieials arc returning lo their posts. A gentleman at Sydney who has prominently interested himself in thoTichborne ease has received a power of attorney from .England to proceed in the matter of establishing Crcsswell's identity. The matter has been placed iii the hands of a linn of solicitors, and [hoy will shortly move in the law courts. Messrs. W. k G. Turnbull & Co. have issued a writ claiming tiiis damages from Messrs. Johnston A Co. for alleged misrepresentation with reference to the "New Venus" brand of tobacco, for' which the former linn are agents says the J'vsl. Messrs. Johnslon and Co. are agents for the "Ascot" brand, liolh brands are manufactured by Cameron and Co.

At yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Masterton Town Lands Trustees, Air A. Vile moved lliat £5 be granted to the Masterton School, and ,£2 Ills each to ihe Fernridge and Si. Patrick's Schools to be expended on prizes for regular attendance during the coming year. Messrs Hornblow and Danicll supported the resolution, which was unanimously carried. It is given as a remarkable fact thai most of the bookkeepers and cashiers employed in Japanese business houses arc Chinamen, who are given the preference for such positions because of their honesty. It is said that a Chinaman will cheat if he gels a chance, but if entrusted with money he keeps it safely, and if in making a promise he tillers Ihe words " cuu do," these words are as good as a bond. The manager ol a Hongkong bunk declared recently thai, after forty years of active business life, he had never known of a Chinese defaulter. Mr James A. Robertson, who for some time past has been connected with the commercial department of the WaiiiAiiAW Daily Times, severs his connection to-day, to take up the duties of Resident District Agent at Masterton, for the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited, of which Mr Arthur E. Gibbs is Secretary for New Zealand. Mr liobeilson's many friends, we arc sure, unite with us in wishing him success in his new calling. AViiilcin our service Mr Robertson has proved himself lo be a highly honorable and trustworthy employe and lie carries with him in his new career our sincere respect and kindly regards. Recently no fewer than 9000 pigeons for liberation, arrived at Swindon Station. The baskets iu which they were confined filled six vans, and five attendants travelled with the birds. A feat was accomplished in their release, Ihe attendant!, wilh local assislancc, selling something" like 7000 of the birds free in one and a quarter minutes. The majority of them were returning lo Ducup, liollon, Ylau:hcster,BttrleyandMiiccleslield. Aluminium neckties have been introduced into Germany, says a contemporary. They arc really made of the cosmopolitan metal, and frosted or otherwise ornamented in various shapes imitating the ordinary silk or satin article. They are fastened to the collarbullon by a band wound the neck, and arc particularly recommended for summer wear, since I hey cnu be easily cleaned wlicu soiled, while they are not perceptibly heavier than cotton, cambric or silk. In another column Mr Geo. Cochrane, of the Bon Marchc, Cuba-street Wellington, has an announcement which is well worth perusal. Mr Cochrane is a direct importer, obtaining his goods direct from the manufacturers. His shop is just now well stocked with ehinn, glassware, and fancy goods, all of which are of the most modem description and suited to local requirements. Mr Cochrane has just landed from New York, a choice consignment of novelties in aluminium, while from London he has obtained a very fine assortment of Bohemian glassware. Mr Cochrane will give country' orders his personal attcntiou, and all goods bought, will be carefully packed and forwarded, free of charge, to railway stations or wharves. Some think that the vendetta is now little more than a legend in Corsica. It is quite otherwise. The police reckon' the number of bandits in the forest by hundreds. Since the Franco-German (war lawlessness has increased by great jstrides in the island. From the magistrates down to the peasants, all i find it _to their profit to run [atjlt against the immaculate figure lof ideal justice. The man who pays his | (axes or auy other dues must be either very rich or very simple. The wronged Corsictiu who trusts to the law to right him so as to satisfy his own exacting proud heart is sure to be disappointed, j Killing is still les° a erimoherc than j anywhere else in the world, and the doctrine of blood for blood is taught to babes, Not long ago a Corsicau priest of the Catholic faith, in acomplimehtary address to President Carnot, used t|ie phrase having" hatred in'the heart" as 'if it were a virtue to hato. In truth it lisso in Corsica. The man who has no • feud with another is reckoned but a pitiful fellow. He is regarded as a friendless man would be regarded elsewhorp.—CW/W.

A monster Salvation Army picnic ii to bo hold on Monday next inMr H. Jones' 1 paddock near the Waipoua Kiver. | Country Wcsleyan Church services 1 will be held to-morrow afternoon at ' liangitumauandWeraiti, ' Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their , stock sale list for Wednesday next, 750 ' good woolly hoggets, 1 good dairy cow. ! Messrs Simms and Mowlcm add <M head head of catt-lo and 10 wcanor pigs to the list of entries for their next stock ; sale in their yards on Wednesday 20th ' inst. The pcoploofEkctahuna wantauother ' local Justice of the Peace. Mr P. C. ' Tumor is mentioned hi connection with ; the matter, as a most suitable man. j A meeting of the members of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.P., Masterton, , was held last evening. One new mem- i 'bcr was initiated. The S.M at Masterton (Mr T. Hut- '■ | cliison) this morning characterised tho ' case of Graham v. O'Brien, as "one of ' considerable novelty and difficulty." Services in connection with the Masterton Presbyterian Church will beheld in the following outfields to-morrow afternoon .—Bidcford, Waugaclm and Dreycrton. The largest luncheoti booth built by . ! private enterprise, is now being put tip | on tho Wellington Show Grounds, by Mr A. L, Whytc, the well-known and popular Wairarapa caterer. Mr T. Fitzsimnions advertises a dance to be held at the Masterton Temperance Hull, on Monday oyening next. The young man Charles Machin, who was injured by a fall of earth in the drainage works in Buckle-street on Tuesday, died in the Wellington Hospital last night. ?.' There was beautiful weather for the " people's day " at the Canterbury Show yesterday. About 20,0:10 people were on the ground, and the sum of £9OO was received in admission fees. Captain A. Drew of the Masterton Corps of the Salvation Army has just received word that Adjutant Vcitch (at one time stationed at Masterton) fell dead the other day while on a visit to his daughter at M elbourne. A memorial seryico will be held, in consequence at the Masterton Barracks to-morrow evening. Her Majesty's present idea is to visit Italy again in the spring, and this lime (o take a villa near Naples, instead of returning to Florence. It is a great pity New Zealand is impracticable on account of its great distance, Captain Faiivhild, who is to go Home to superintend the building of the new Government steamer, will start on his journey as soon as the Hinemoa returns from the Kcrmadecs. During his absence the Post slates that Captain Neale, the present chief olilcer, will have command of the 1 lincmoa. Some person possessing cool impudence enough for anything went to Mr J. lorns' residence last night-amicaught ln's horse in the paddock, afterwards going to the back of Ihe house and taking the saddle and bridle and riding away. The horse was discovered by a Native this morning, turned loose at the Taueru. The Jiev. It, Wood will deliver the second of the course of Christian Evidence lectures in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening the subject being "_ Why I am a Christian and not n Buddhist." The service will close at 8.15 to enable the congregation to attend the Jiev. G.Nieol's United Missionary meeting in Theatre at 8.31) p.m. A few days ago some young children perpetrated an act ol wanton cruelly at Masterton. They went to the back of (lie Jtev. A. C. Yorkc's residence and after smashing all the eggs in the fowlhouse—even the chiua nest eggs—took a splendid hen out into «ut adjoining paddock, and beat it to death between two stonei. In the Wangaehu School-house last evening, the Hcv. Geo. Nicol gave an address loajgood audience on " Missions in China." The Hcv. 1). Wood presided and Mr John Graham took part in the meeting. Mr Nicol spoke (or about an hour and told what he had seen of the moral victories won by Christianity in dark China He spoke regretfully of the anti-Chinese agitation in New Zealand. To-morrow evening, in the Theatre ltoyal, Masterton, nt 8.30 p.m., the Hcv. George Nicol, of the China Inland Mission, who laboured for fifteen years in China, will hold a Missionary Service and give an address on "Missions in China." The various religious bodies in Masterton arc co-operating to make the meeting a success. Mr Nicol will also conduct the morning service in the Presbyterian Church, Masterton, and will address the children in the Sunday School, in the afternoon. Among the ninny improvements which have from time to time been added to the Singer Sewing Machines, arc the oscillating and vibrating shuttlles, the latter enabling the machines to do all kinds of art needlework with tho utmost case. The newest machines are now made without cogs, and run more easily without tho least noise, The Singer Machine Company turn out no machine without their trade mark, and the sole agent for Wairarapa, is Mr Collins, of Masterton. | This is about the best Cup time the ring have experienced for years, says a writer in the S.Z. Muil. Waterfall was hardly mentioned in New Zealand for the Caullield, Eurorlydon was not backed very extensively for the New Zealand Cup, and Auraria would be a real turn up for layers in the Melbourne Cup. We shall soon sec Waterfall Lodge, Euroclydon Villa and Auraria House ou the fronts ot (he mansions tenanted by wieldcrs of the pencil. This is their ' usual method ot showing their appreciation of an outsider getting home. The Paris correspondent of (ho Daily Tck<[M)ih has collected some additional opinions of French ladies upon the vexed question of potlicoats versus pantaloons, controversy upon which, he says, rages to the exclusion of everything else, One newspaper started a scries of consultations upon the subject, another has organised what itealls a "plebiscite feminine." Unlike Mdmc. Adam, Yvctte Guilder!, Mdme. Breval, of the opera, and most of the others who have bcon consulted, a few of tho ladies who have already sent in replies to the plebiscitary appeal are enthusiastically in favour of the trouser, and also of bicycling exercise for women, a question which lias been collateral to the other, Tho death took place at York a few weeks ago of Canon Harpcr,aged eighty. He was tho author of the well-known phrase, "Beer and the Bible'" The Times says it was founded ou a sermon which lie preached on June 10th, 1877, ; in York Minster, in which the following passage occurred:—" The spirit mid the body were the Lord's, and tho Bible and beer, taken rightly.wcrc the Lord's, too. The beer would not do without the Bible, and the Bible would not do fullyand perfectly without the beer," The ideas conveyed in this extract were fully dealt with by tho late Canon at the - Church Congress hold in Sheffield during the following year, when his address aroused considerable comment. , Here is the latest millionaire story. A well-known baron, whose stables were amongst the most elaborate in Paris, told his servants one morning that lie was not going out. But a couplo of hours or so later he had occasion to alter his ■ plans andorderltis carriage. The butler came back after a short intoryal, and announced that tho horses and carriages were in the stables, but that the coachman had gone round to the saddler's, and . oil the grooms on various errands. The millionaire instantly left the house, • hailed a cab, drove to the nearest horsei dealer and coachbuilder, brought them back with him, and sold on the. spot i every one of his hqrse's and'carriages to them. What, then, was the amazement of the small army of coachmen and i grooms when they camo homo to find , that a clean sweep had been made, and . that their occupation was gone? Now • the baron always goes about in cabs, and says he profcrs them,

Amongst thoTurks hath moncyalways forms an item in every marriage settlement, the bridegroom undertaking to proyide his spouse with a certain sum for paying for her ablutions. If this he withheld all the lady has to do is to go before the Cadi, and turn her slipper upside down. Should her husband then not fulfil his contract his failure to do so is considered a reason for divorce, New hats are much in evidence as the result of election bets (says a Home paper), and it is stated that one prominent member of the National Liberal Club has won seventy-five of them—enough to set him up for life. Mr Laboucliere is one of those who have to provide a new hat for an opponent, as he is reported to hayo taken Mr Druekcn's curious bet that, at the late election at Northampton, there were twenty-one different ways of voting. When Mr If. C. liichards" contested the seat, Mr Laboucliere won a hat from him, the price of which Mr Iliohnrds promptly returned in his election expenses. The greater part of the lions exhibited to the public luive, according to a show, man, been born and reared in travelling menageries or caravans. Nowadays the breeding, training, anil rearing of wild beasts constitutes a regular business, 'and is carried on systematically. As soon as a lioness has a litter of cubs they are taken away from her, and given to a collie, Newfoundland, or other canine foster-mother. As a rule, a woman looks after both nurse and cubs, the tusk usually falling to the lot of the mistress of tho caravan. When born, the lions arc like young cats. The little family is usually accommodated in a comer of the caravan, or in the trainer's private apartment. In their infancy the young lions are treated just like kittens. When they arc able lo walk, they have the run of the place, play about, and seem to look for and enjoy the tit-bits and caresses that arc bestowed upon them. They recognise for a long tune the authority, so to speak, ol the foster mother, and arc obedient to her wishes, even after they have considerably outgrown her in size. The recent escape from French Guiana, of seven desperate ruffians, five of them cold-blooded murderers, and the other two men condemned for most serious offences, lias called attention to the frequency o[ such disquieting occurrences owing to the lax discipline in the French penal settlements, says (lie J'»«. Al. Vcrscliur, auentlemaii who went out to Guiana not long ago, declares as a result of his experience that the French penal system requires a thorough reorganisation, No one, he says, wlio Ims not been among the transported prisoners, can have a notion of what goes on there, He describes the settlements as sinks of iniquity, where lawlessness and wrong-doing go on practically unchecked. .During the night-time the prisoners arc left to their own devices, and even in (he daytime, when they are at work, it is easy for one ot them lo make his escape, as each warder is in charge of a party of iifly or sixty men. So notorious are these facts, says M. Ycrsclinr, Ihat lie has heard it seriously maintained at Paramaribo, that the French Government winks at the escape of the prisoners, because it is glad to get rid of them. Sooner or later, however, the men get back to France, mid they generally succeed in . falling once more into the dutches of the polico, but not before some unfor-! tunatc person has suffered at their i hands. Only the other day, a returned i escaped convict was tried and sentenced for burglary, whereupon he openly boasted that he would soon be" back , again." ; Mirk Twain's Toast. -The Babies- »'c have all been babio;. Heaven bless them ! i fo iinilic them stron • and healthy use Dr . Kirk's Farinaceous Fcod. Solitbyallstorc- . keepers, ; One of the drawbacks ot country lite, at ( least lo the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price ho has to pay tor a;iy articles ol clothing or general drapery, by l reason ol the extra charges for freight or i carriage. This drawback need exist no ! longer, 'or extra charges are done a.ray • with under the new system which has been t inaugurated at Tk Alio House, Wellington . Under this system, any ot tho parcel ! advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post hiee, tho prices charged , being exactly the same us those at which the '. goods are sold over the cou iter in Wcl--1 lington, As may be imagined, however, this liberal oiler is only extended lo cash , customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must be accompauied by cash for i the amount, bef ire the order can bo e.xc- , cutcd at Tk, Ano House. Wellington. 5 In illustration of this system, we will give au example. Tnkc tor instance No. 3 ' Pares], which contains 1 Lady's White i Mainsook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery ) and with Ibo new butterfly collar; 1 Navy or I Black Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new i style; 1 pair ot Black or Coloured Taffeta I Oiovcs.and i pairs of Ladies Black Cashmere ■ Hose. This complete parcel will be sent, post tree, to any nddrets, on receipt ol 12/ li, from Tk Ano House Wellington.—Auvi,