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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5186, 20 November 1895, Page 2

Sheep brought as high us 21s Get in Hie liangiora market the other day. The Wellington Hiicing Club's Spring Meeting opens to-day. The cheep and cattle yards at tho Ciii'tci'lou railway station, are being cemented. Mr McMillan, of Kumeroa, landed a 121b eel fpn the Mnnawatu on Saturday evening. Mr Owen Haycock, of Greytown, left Wellington last week for a trip to England. The rainfall at Wcstport for the mouth of October was Ml inches. Nineteen days were wet. The bodies of two infants were found on a rubbish heap on a vacant piece of laud in Melbourne recently. A young man named John Cameron was thrown from his horse at Magura, New South Wales, and killed. A little girl at Lismore has been rewarded for informing the driver of a train that a treehad fallen across the line The consolidated revenue of Tasmania for October was £lii),!l2l as compared willi .074,407 for the corresponding month of last year.

China has completed the payment of the indemnity to Japan for surrendering the Liatong Peninsula. A Church service will bo held in the West Taratahi School-room, on Sunday next. The shearers' annual ball will be held in the Town Hall, Gladstone, on Thursday, 28th November. Nominations for the Wairarapa Hack Guineas, 1897, lM guineas, will close on Saturday next, 23rd November. The nomination fee is 10s (id. Mr Joseph John Cadwalladcr was married last Monday to Miss Mary KmnmScwcll, at Wailmkckc, by the ltev S. .1. Gibson, Attention is directed to a new advertisement from Mr J. P. Elliot (late Mr John Watt) of Queen-street. Music can now be obtained from Mr Elliot at Wellington prices.

Mr]). Ji. Hornblowwill address the ratepayers in his auction room on Friday next at 8 o'clock, in connection with his candidature for Hie Masterton Mayorally. On Sunday evening, the Dev. W Ballachey stated that the Confirmation Service of the English Church, would be held in Carterton, on the 7th February, 18!K'i, One of the Yorkshire regiments, which was on its way to Aden, was intercepted at Gibraltar and ordered to Ashantce. An additional aid) men leave England for Ashantce, at once. It is now understood, says the Pnsl, that Sir Patrick Buckley will accept the proffered Judgeship, but that he will immediately be granted leave of absence on the ground of ill-health, and meantime an acting-Judge will be appointed to cope with the accumulation of work. Jt is reported in Wellington that the Premier is in communication with Sir Westby Perceval with a view to his consenting to the nomination for the (. liristchurch seat in the Government interest in the event of the Minister for Labour going to London as AgentGeneral, In another column Messrs Tilson and Jlacfarlaue, of l'apawai, Greylown, announce the terms on which their purebred Clydesdale" Pride of Strathmorc," and the thoroughbreds" ])emington " and "Lethe," will be at the service of breeders for the present season.

A Bench of live Justices and llic Stipendiary Magistrate, sat yesterday morning at Carterton, to determine an information laid by H. B. Tucker, licensee of the Marquis of Normnnby Hotel, against George Wall, for a breach of the Licensing Act, section 1011, in securing drink during prohibited hours, oil a false statement that be was a traveller: The Bench was divided on the question of facts, and the Magistrate dismissed the information with costs 2:ls against the informant, says the Olmw. In another column, Mr Waller Brown, of Feiilhcrslon-street, Wellington, gives a list of various classes of engines, boilers, and machinery that lie has for sale at low prices. Mr Brown has now a very large stock of new and secondband machinery, and is prepared to either buy or sell engines, boilers, etc. Those seeking cheap machinery, cannot do better than place themselves in communication with Mr Brown, _ Laukshear's well-known shop in Wellington has always been noted for its line display of Xinas and Year cards. We are assured that the present slock is a great advance upon the past, and would advise our friends wheu in (own not to miss it visit (o what is a most instructive and edifying sight, The cards in view range from the humble penny one to the lordly l'2s 6d one. There is a large variety, suitable for all tastes.

A Wangauui paper tolls the following story:—" A lawyer defending a promissory note case went to lunch leaving his books and citations on the table in the court-room. The opposing council sneaked back into the room and changed the place of all his bookmarks. In the afternoon the lawyer taking up his books referred the Court to his authoiities. His Lordship noted every page and volume down carefully, and took the case into consideration. In giving his judgment lie said; " I was inclined, after hearing the argument of counsel for defendant, to nonsuit the plaintiff, but I find, on referring to the authorities quoted by counsel, none of them bear on this case, and I am led to the conclusion that the gentleman has wilfully been trying to insult the court. He has referred to an action of an Irishman who sued the proprietor of a monkey for damages for biting him, to a case of arson onp of burglary, two pf petty larceny,and three divorce cases—none of which bears on an action to recover oupromis sory note. Perhaps the grossest insult to the court is the reference to Duckworth v Boozyman, an action charging defendant with breach of promise. Judgment for plaintiff with costs. The lawyer never knew what the matter was and to this day thinks the judge was out of his mind.

Mr Frederick Bell-Smith, a Canadian 1 artist, recently enjoyed the rare privilege of a sitting of the Queen, and lie now gives his impressions, through the Canadian Press. Mr Bell-Smith and the photographers were waiting for the i Queen when in comes l\ie Princess' Louise. " The Queen wants to know if she shall'wear her bonnet." "Yes please," was the reply. Almost at once the Queen entered, supporting herself with a heavy cane, and resting lightly on Hie arm of her Indian secretary, ;' lam sorry to' liaVc Itept you jra/fin/?," said Her Majesty, and hade tho'artist be seated. But thcris was uo chair close at hand, so' the Princess Louise was despatched to fetch one, which wc are told sho did " with the best graco imaginable," It was, the artist found, very embarrassing to " work closo to the wrinkles," especially as tlio Princess watched each stroke over his shoulder; but he was encouraged by such remarks as" It's very like you, mamma dear." The Queen proved an excellent sitter, aud at the end of an hour she rose, bowed to the painter and left the room,

Mr P, Gil), an old resident, is now on a visit to Masteiton. The overdraft of the Mastorton Jiorougli Council is now £835, ij-^Tr ol J?r liro , n,l)( ® o " ,e entries for Mr P. H. Wood i next Taratalii stock sale. Ilie Full Court has dismissed Mr bpeights application for a new trial in the famous libel case, Speight v. The Age. Two tame kangaroos, a wallaby and an oppossum have been presencd by Mr Mayor of Invcrcargill, for the public gjtrdpiis. 10 t'wtrical perruquier, of \\ ellmgtou, lias been engaged to make up the characters in " Les Cloches de Corneville," Messrs Lowes and loms add to their Masterton stock sale as above:—2 dairy cows, 2 yearlings, 2 primo fat cows, 1 well bred sheep pup. James C. Dromgool, of Tuakaii, has flon the Gillies University Scholarship of £SO per annum, tenable for three years.

Hie sports meeting of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club postponed from list Saturday, is to take plncc at the iiasin .Reserve next Saturday. Mr .J, J. Holland Ims been re-elected Mayor of Auckland unopposed, and Mr Button M.H.1!., Mayor of Birkenhead for the seventh timo unopposed. In February next the Scandinavians of Palnierston Worth are to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their arrival there ; by giving a dinner to the leading citizens. Councillor Jacob Marks, of West Melbourne, is an earnest philatelist. His stamp collection is the finest in Victoria, and has been valued by experts at cm. During (lie absence of Mr Gilruth from the colony, his duties, it is understood, arc to be performed by Mr Archibald Park, late Government Veterinary Surgeon of Tasmania, who has recently been acting as his assistant. At a meeting of the Seamen's Union, at Sydney, it was reported that the men on Australia-Canada liners, had been granted au increase of £1 per month, and n concession was also being obtained on somo individual stenuiers of other lines. Owing to the determined opposition of the public, to the use of post, cards bearing the advertisements of certain brands of beer and tobacco, the Victorian Cabinet has cancelled the contract under which they were printed, and refunded the money to the advertisers " Los Clo»hes de Corneville " will be produced at Grcytowu on December 2nd and probably at Carterton on December otli. The Society have received numerous requests to stage at the latter place, but are doubtful whether they could do the opera justice ou the Lyceum stage. Tlio Victorian Government has decided to introduce a Bill, during the present session, to assist the sugar-dcct industry. Ministers will make further advances to the Companies, to a total amount of £IOO,OOO. Mr W. li. Wilson has re-purchased privately the stallion Eiridspord, and the mares Melodious, Happy Land, Lady Carbine, Elsie, and the two-year-old Trenton colt.

Messrs Simms and Mowlem will sell j by auction in their rooms, Queen-street, , on Saturday next, 23rd inst., the tools, , stock-in-trade, rolling plant of one of I lie oldest cabinetmakiiig and undertaking establishments in tlw Wairarapa, Every ; line will be offered absolutely without reserve, and to enable the auctioneers to complete the whole catalogue the sale will commence punctually at 2 o'clock. A full rehearsal of Les Cloches do Corneville, was held in the Theatre Jfoyal, last evening, and went off without a hitch. The dialogue was capitally done, and the solos were reaily good. Theclioruscs—always themainstayofan opera—are perfect, and relied great credit upon those gentlemen who have ' laboured so earnestly to bring them to such a high state of perfection. Mr P. Gill, who has charge of the . National Mutual Life Association of Australasia in Napier, is at present in Mastcrtou on private business and is likely to remain for a week. Mr Gill will feel pleased to explain the inducements to intending assurers ottered by the National Mutual, the bonuses of which office are larger than any ollice in the Australasian colonics ofasimilaragc. Tim National was also the first ollice in the world to apply the surrender value of.-' Life Policies in paying premiums thus preventing lapse of policies until the surrender value is exhausted, which speaks volumes iu itself, as all the other offices followed their example. MrE. H. Waddington, of Mastcrtou, is the District Agent. The Australasian issue of the Berne of Berieies for October is to baud. In dealing with New Zealand the Bcciew says" Now Zealand, too, like Victoria has ended its tariff labours and in both colonies the experience of wrestling with duties and ' rings' has proved somewhat demoralising. Honourable members in the process have sometimes parted company with their tempers, sometimes with their principles, and not seldom with their reputations. Mr Seddon gave the House a ' free hand ' in the matter of tariff revision, and the result has been some weeks of mere political chaos, the tariff itself being re-cast no less than three times in the process. Mr Ward's position as Treasurer, during the whole proceedings, was somewhat trying. Ifa duty were reduced lie had on the spot to improvise some method of regaining the revenue lost, and even a heaven-born Treasurer might well sustain some loss of credit in such r business. Tin; New Zealand tariff is, on the whole, made more severe, and severe, too, at points at which the working classes are supposed to be sensitive. Such a dance of duties, however, has rarely before been seen in' Australian politics. Imposts rose, sank, vanished, and re-appeared in bewildering succcssion, a mere witches' dance of expanding or dwindling duties, The New Zealand House of Deprcsentativcs, it is to be noted, begins to manifest an impatience of what was formerly its favourite diet-Labour Bills, These measures no longer awake any enthusiasm. They linger neglected on the notice paper, they vanish unwept into the waste paper basket. Even that 1 stroke _ of legislative humour, the Undesirable Immigrants Bill, has disappeared from human sight, slain practically by the hands of its ownfondauthor. The House, by a majority, agreed to keapit on the notice paper; but that mnjority consisted of a single voto; and a Bill so uniijuo in character could never liopn to ride into law on the back of a solitary vote. So the Undesirablo Immigrants Bill has vanished from the 1 gaze of amused mankind. t itise in wool I To make your Scones, Cakes, Bread, etc,, liiSE, uso Anderson's t Jumbo Brand Baking Powder, Sold by all c storekeepers,

One qt the drawbacks of country life, at least to the' small Bcttler, is undoubtedly the increased price he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by | reason oi the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, tor extra charges ate (lone away with under tho new system which has been inaugurated at Tk AhoHodbk, Wellington, Under this system, any of the parcels advertised, will bo sent to any address in New Zoafand, post free, tho prices charged being exaotly tho same as those at which thb goods are sold over the counter in Wellington, As may bo 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 oxeouted at Te Aito House, Wellington, In' illustration' of this system, 1 wo will givo an esapplc. Tako"foj instance ifo. 3 Parcel, ivhiph contains J Lady's White Mainsook Blouse, trimmod with embroidery and with the new butterfl t collar; 1 Navy or Blaok Sateen Blouse, with whito spots, new style; 1 pair of Blaok 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/ c' from Te Alio House Wellington,-Am '' Mark Iwain s 'ioast.-Tho Babies-We have all been babies, Heaven bless them I To make thom strong and healthy use Dr Kirk's Farinaceous Food. Sold by all storekeepers,