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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5194, 29 November 1895, Page 2

Tlic general manager of Now Zea. land Railways invites tenders for timber supply contracts. Tho linnl performance of" Lcs Cloches dcCornevillc" takes place at the Masterton Theatre Hoyal this evening. Mr Ealli, of Werocata Station, near Adelaide, is making some interesting psppnm,ents with Shropshire sheep with a view ,o£ testing worth for mutton PlffWps. A lot of 50 Shropshire wethers, jrhjcjf tiro' bejng sent'to England alive, veto '£ flock lambed in June JB9<j. Tjip best of the solection turned the scale at 1721b, gnij the worst at 1321b. The live weight of the whole 60 is calculated to average close jipon 160, The sheep were entirely fed on grass, apdiio .extra earo was taK.cn jyitji tJiero/ Tpn ffonj tfre samo flock sold fni "flip Adelaide jnaflcet brought from 8s to 9a, th.e>e); price obtained for merino wethers was ifSs 6d« It is claimed.that Ib.o raperiwent has proved that a Shropshire cross ffiyps maturity in lij months, while it takes three yep to mature merinos for niijttoD. piirppses,'

, Che Opaki Seliool Concert takes place this evening.

, Kingfishers are reported to be destroying the young trout in the Bush streams. . r . 9' invites residents to yisit his establishment, as ho claims that it is" the hest and cheapest in town." The programme for the Wairarapa Caledonian Society's next Sports, is published in another column.

The W.P.C.A, notify the arrival of the new season's fruit. It is of very fine quality, and opens up in first-class condition.

The Oman Mail says that a wellknown resident of Studholme is to be prosecuted for putting a dead horse down an unused well belonging to a neighbour,

An inquest on the body of Arthur Tyler, killed at the Wcraiti sawmill yesterday, takes place this afternoon. Entries to date for Mr P. H. Wood's next Taratahi stock sale, which takes place onTuesday, December 10th, appear in another column.

The Eev. J, Dukes, of Masterton, expressed the opinion at the public meeting in the Pahiatua Methodist Church, that £12,000 was annu ally s pent in drink, in Pahiatua.

Two patients were admitted to the Masterton Hospilal last week, and one discharged, leaving five male and two female patients under treatment at present.

At the inquest on tlio lea fire a verdict of accidental burning from some unknown cause was returned, the jury expressing siuccrc sympathy with the Eev. and Mrs J, C. Andrew.

Nominations for the Masterlon-Opaki Jockey Club's Boxing Day Meeting close with the Secretary, Mr E. H. Waddington, to-morrow evening, Saturday November 30lh, "Tlio Government is very inconsistent, said the Eev. J. Dukes, while recently in Pahiatua, "in allowing the lotalisator to be worked, at the same time professing to putdowntho gambling evil.

Messrs C, Smith and Co,, the cash drapers of Queen-street, Masterton, are again to the front with their second shipment of goods for the holiday trade, Everything is being sold at strictly the same prices as at the firm's Wellington shop, so that real bargains may be looked for.

A very large audience was present at the Masterton Theatre lioyal last night when " Lcs Cloches do Corneyille " was repeated by the Masterton Amateur Operatic Society, To-night concludes the season, and those who have not been should take the opportunity.

A marriage took place on Wednesday at the house of Mr George Dcvenport, U]>per Plain, when the liev, E, Wood united Mr Walter M, llamsay, of Makuri, to Miss Mary Dcvenport, The newly married couple left by the midday train for the Forty-mile Bush. Thus the Wellington Post:- 1 "It is not, perhaps, too harsh a thing to say, that worse and more inadequate tram and 'bus accommodation could hardly be found in any English-speaking country in the world, than in the capital city of New Zealand." The Wairarapa Eille Association held a meeting in Mr H, S. Izard's office last Tuesday night, and arranged the programme for their summer meeting, to be held at the Papawai bulls on Thursday (Boxing Day) and Friday, 2Gth and 2/tli December, 'llio meeting will be held a month earlier than last year. The programme is a good one with a large amount of prize money and several trophies to back it up.

Mr James Gilford, M.A,, formerly Assistant Master at the Clyde-quay School, Wellington, and well-known in Masterton, who some months ago went to England op leave of absence, for the brnclit of his health, has accepted a Mastership in the Glasgow High School, and has therefore sent his resignation to the Wellington Education Board, A telegram to Inspector Pender from Constable Darby, of Carterton, states that James Meyrick, late licensee of the Queen's Hotel, Wellington, attempted to commit suicide on Wednesday evening by taking " Hough on Hats," but was arrested in the act. The constable was in the act of serving a summons upon him, when Meyrick pulled the poison out of his pocket and took a mouthful, but was prevented from swallowing auy of the mixture. A little girl, daughter of Mr Walter Archer, of Melbourne, narrowly escaped death by poisoning at Wellington a day or so ago. She swallowed a mouthful of a corrosive solution at the residence of her grandparentsandwas taken seriously ill. Fortunately she soon vomited a good deal of the fluid, and thus saved her life, A stomach pump removed the remainder of the noison. The stuff which the child swallowed was a portion of a liquid purchased n few days ago from a hawker for the purpose of cleaniug the staircase rods. During the progress of the cricket match between the Midland and Excelsior teams on the Park Oval yesterday, Shaw, one of the most prominent of the latter Club, was rendered insensible from a blow received whilst batting. A cab was at once procured and lie was taken home in an unconscious condition. Dr. Butcmcnt attending the sufferer and all cricketers hope to see him speedily about agaiu. His injuries are rather serious, but wo learn that lie is a little better this morning, |

The Amalgamation of the United Farmers' Alliance Limited and the Manawatua Farmers' Co-operative Association limited having been completed the name of the new Company has been changed to the " United I armors Co-op-erative Asssoeiation, Limited " and as such the Association has an announcement in another column inviting entries for its series of auction sales of wool to be held in Wellington. The Association is also prepared to make liberal cash advances on' wool consigned to London for sale through thp Agency of the Association,

A suit in which Miss Ellen Eves sued the Omaka lioad Bofjrd for £IOOO damages was heard bv the Chief Jttstico and a special jury at Jllenlieimon Mon. day. The circumstances of the case were that as the plaintiff ai)d another young lady were being driven from Waihopai into Blenhpimon the njghtof tho 31st July last the horso shied at some heaps of timber which had been left on the road-side for repairing work, upsetting the vehicle and throwing the occupants out on the road. Tho plaintiff claimed to have sustained injures from which she would suffer for tho remainder of her life, The Board denied the charge of negligence, and asserted that the accident was the result of careless driving. The jury foundfor tho plaintiff, but assessed the amount of damages at £l2, and costs were allowed on the Magistrate's Court scale, Miss Gibbie also claimed £IOOO lor i injuries received in the same accident, and was awarded £35, with costs as in other case.

, At "Les Cloches do Corneville" last [ night, at the Masterton Theatre Eoyal bouquots were showered on the princi' pals in a most remarkable manner, and 1 at surprisingly unexpected moments For instance, Father Gaspard was assaulted with a bouquet in the middle of one of his most thrilling soliliquies andprobably to the chagrin of the thrower -was obliged to ignore it. Another collection of plants, thrown with eighty-one-ton gun-power at Serpolettc, struck Mr Conductor Keisenberg a fearful fe'lf fty fiddle of the back, and' a little later another contributor, whosA deep admiration of the'fair GrCrmairie had utterly ruined and wrecked his aimi heaved his bunch of violets violently at a lady violinist, knocked her music stand over and upset her nerves for the restoftheeyoning. We draw attention to th.e above because, although the'performißrjliketp get marks'pf admiration mtpslifpe of floral'tributes,'and'the j audienpe—bspeci ally the pif—lity to see i j the stars .thus favoured, 'it is 'just as ] well to use a little discretion in tfie' tinie! j .of firing the salute and tlie regulating'of tho power eipplby ' 1 lj

' Forty-seven members of the present House of Commons, take daily tides on the bicycle.

_ The Empire of Morocco is the most important Stato that is absolutely without a newspaper. , Texas permits aristocratic convicts to hire substitutes to work for them in the convict camps.

The Christmas holidays at the schools will commence this year on Friday, 20th December,

We inadvertently omitted tlio name of Miss Stempa from the list of members of tlio Masterton Amateur Operatic Society's chorus yesterday. Beliot College, ono of the principal educational centres in America, has thrown open its door to women, Thirty, three girls entered with this year's freshman class,

Highly ornamental bicycles arc the atcst freak of frivolous riders, and it has become the fashion with some luxuriously-minded wheelwomen to trick out tlio bar and gong of their machinos with torquoise, pearls, and other stones.

_ A tiger-snake created quite a sensation in a shearing shed in "Victoria. In his fright one shearer nearly cut off his hand with the shears.

A negro preachorin Chicago, amid the cheers of his auditors, said one Sunday: "If lynching doos not cease the torch will be appliod to those cities where it is practised,

Wo remind our readers of Messrs Lowes and lorns' sale of new and second-hand furniture, clothing producc, jewellery, etc., at their rooms tomorrow (Saturday), at 2 o'clock. Messrs Simms and Moslem add 140 head of cattle, (including 3 and 4-year old bullocks, 2-year old steers and heifers) to the list of entries for their next stock sale iu the yards, on Wednesday, 4thinst.

The case Sewell v. J, Mcltae, has been further adjourned until next Court day,_ at tho request of defendant's solicitor, to enable further ovidcnce to bo produced.

The Wairarapa North County Council givos notice of confirmation of special orders ia connection with tho Tiraumea Bridge and Maungatakato road loans.

Notice of intention to make a special for the repayment of tho "lack Creek Itoad loan, is givon by tho Masterton lioad Board,

A first-offending drunk was brought up, "t Masterton, this morning, and being penitent, was discharged with a caution.

Mrs Fake is reported to have made such good progress in tho Hospital that she was ablo to be out nearly the whole of yesterday, and will probably leave tbc institution to-day,

Another great auk's egg has recently been sold in Loudon. The price realised was 165 guineas. This egg, which is slightly cracked, it is said was taken in Iceland, sixty-fiyo years ago, by a St. Malo shipowner. We are indebted to Mr J, P. Elliot (successor to Mr Watt) for sorno. ycry fine specimens of 'Xmas cards, which he has forwarded to our office as specimens of his enterprise in providing for the coming festive season.

The number of stray dogs in Wellington has been considerably reduced of late. Within the last three or four months about 150 have been drowned by the Corporation officials, while about 50 have been sold.

Some ingenious rogues in Calcutta and Bombay purchase favourite brands of liquor in the original packages. Jhcy rcmoye the good liquor without touching tho cork or the capsule, and substitute vile stuff. This is done by drilling a hole in tlio bottomof the bottle. A caso in which George Arnold, of Masterton, charged Karailiana Kom with assault occupied the Masterton S.M, Court this morning. Dr Beard gave evidence tliathe had treated George Arnold for a wound on the forehead, The wound was rather a severe ono and the man had since recovered from tho effects. Other evidence was given, the case not being concluded whon wo went to press.

Ilio latest thing in American enter, tainments, is "poverty parlies." The invitations, printed on coarso brown paper, request all ladies attending, to dress as plainly as possible, and to avoid all external appearance of prosperity, A schedule of lines is prepared, and eacli guest who in any way looks well oft, is mulcted in a small amount. The The wearer of gold-framed glasses, has to pay 2J-d; diamond ear-rings fid, and so on, The money thus raised, goes to chanty,

AnEdinburghmanhas taught acanary toperform, forthat bird, a ratherunusua! musical feat, thatis to whistio distinctly two lines of the song "Up in the morning early. The bird is of tho common breed, and is but fourteen months old. While training the canary the owner kept it apart from birds of its own variety and surrounded it by linnets. An information has been laid against H. J. Walter, licensee of the Western Hotel, Willis-street, Wellington, for a breach of the Shops and Shop Assistants Act in failing to allow ono of his barmaids a half-holiday, The case is set down for hearing on Monday next says the M. Tims.

Wednesday, the 25 th, Thursday, tho 26th, Friday, the 27th, and Saturday, tho 28th, of December, and Wednesday, the Ist, and Thursday, the 2nd, of January, 1896, are to be observed as holidays in the Grorernment offices throughout the Colony. Mr Georgo Tucker, a Victorianfarmer, recently exported thirty fat sheep through the Geelong Freezing Company to London. The averago weight of tho frozen carcases was COlb. From the account sales to hand, twenty-five of thorn realised 3d per 16, and tho slightly 1 damaged 2jd j the total sales amounting to £2O Is od The shipment and other charges amounled to £lslßs 6d. The net rpturn, after waiting a considerable tjmo. is £sl3s Id, or a little ovprSs 9d per head. The local markpt value of tho sheep was 7s Gd per head before beingscnj for freezing. Until the heavy charges in connection with the export trade aro considerably reduced it is not hkely to Ijnd fayour, as othor farmers havo had similar experiences,.

a Tho Melbourne Argus publishes tho following paragraph. ;-''Among the dut--0 ies which 'An Ex-private Secretary' ; writing in a London review recently, say j 1 it was forgot to assign to a Governor's r wife in Australia, that one of her duties 1 is that of decorating the winner 1 of the Derby with the traditional bluo t riband of tho turf, Though Lady Brasr soy, therefore, was unprepared to a t certain extent for the task which lay i before her, it must be said that she t, parried it out with tact and deterpinar tioniu spitcof allobstacles. In previous , years tho Derby winnor has usually i bowed his head to receive the riband on the lawn in front of the grand.stand, while at the same time flourishing his t heels in a most discourteous manner in i the faces of the assembled gathering of • society ladies._ On this occasion it was 1 deemed expedient to perform mony on the racecourse, and Lady Bras- [ sey approached hw task with the confi- ■ dence of one who is no stranger to ■ horses, Wallace, however, regarded 1 that half-dozen yards of fluttering blue and silver with profound iuapioion, and by' the cut of his jib,' to Use a convenient yachting expression, hor ladyship must have known that she had to look 1 out for squalls. Wallace showed a strong 'disposition to go astern instead of i coming 1 ahead, and about from j port to starboard at the same time fn' a most exasperating mahntr. He could ■ not be iof'to remain on Woven keeli'so to speak, for two consfecutiytj seconds'- ! but ler ladyship had'ijot'bu't of many' I ' ivorse difficulty than that, and in a few 5 moments'she had the satisfaction'of c seeing Wallace sailing'oft'towards tho ] | saddling pfiddoci at a speed of sixtoen ' kips or' .thereabouts, towing a 'small jockey-boy along by'ths bridle and fly. (