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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5196, 2 December 1895, Page 2

The annual second-grade examination ia drawing look place at Masterton on Saturday. Mark Twain lectures in Wellington on December iltli.

A confirmation service lakes place at Masterton on February 12th next. "Les Cloches do Corncville will be staijcil at Masterton on December 20th.

Wool is again coining iu to Masterton in considerable quantities.

The Gas and Library Committee of tlic Masterton Borough Council meet this evening.

The liev. S. J. Gibson conducted services at the Masterton Wcsleyau Church yesterday. Tlio lambing in New South Wales for the present year shows a heavy decrease.

" Les Cloches de Corncville" is to be produced at Greytowu this evening by IheMastertonAiiiateurOperalic Society.

Mr 11, S, Wardcll, who lias been relieving the Stipendiary Magistrate in a Canterbury district, returned to Masterton on Saturday last.

We direct attention to a new advertisement from Messrs H. Hannah and Co., which appears iu auother column. The dairy produce taken from the colony by the iiuapehu on Friday, con, sisted of 2G4 tons butter, aud 141)j tons cheese.

The vital statistics of Wellington for the month of November arc—Birlks, 85; deaths, 32; marriages, 41, The school excursion to Greytowu arranged by the Wellington Terrace School Committee, is to take place on Wednesday next. (Swcctuiitu, the cabman implicated in the Mount iieiinie case, lias been released, after serving nine out of the 14 years of his sentence. The nominations for the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club's .Boxing Day meeting, appear in another column. The last two days lmvo been decidedly summer-like, and there appears some chance of a spell of line weather.

Mr A. W. lIoRg M.H.H., has been elcctod lo represent the Wairarapa local bodies on the United Charitable Aid Board.

The Auckland Okenw says, the en? gagement is announced in Wellington, o£ Mr Fred Pierce, to Miss Jessie Cameron, of Greytown.

Owing to tho recent moist weather there is an enormous quantity of feed on mosf of the properties in tho North Wairarapa.

Not a single sheep has been shorn at Branccpcth last week, and only a few hundreds during the preceding week. Shearing started again this morning. Only about one fourth of the sheep ami lambs on the station have been dealt with as yet.

The funeral ol tho late Arthur Tyler, whose sad death at the Weraiti saw-mill we recorded last week, took place at Masterton yesterday afternoon. The funeral was largely attended, many members of Court Loyal Enterprise A.0.F., to which dceoascd belonged, being in attendance, The young man Shaw who was badly injured while playing cricket at Masterton last Thursday, is, under careful treatment, progressing favourably. A subscription list is circulating amongst the local cricketers on his behalf.

Tho Women's Christian Temperance Convention, at Melbourne, on Friday last, adopted resolutions condemning the widespread disaster of the drink Waffle, the sale of tobacco, and the injurious effects of the sex noyel. The [Convention urges the popularising of the use of pure water, m preference to so-called temperance beverages. It also makes a strenuous protest against the proposal to enforce the Contagious iJis'ca'jcs Ac}, aiid Ija's decided to''forward a protest on'thc subject, to the Medical Congress, which meets in New Zealand, nest'year, The Victorian Government Pathologisthas discovered thatthcdiscase known as water rot has carried off about 1000 sheep in the Western district. It has as its immediate hostone of the commonest of fresh-water snails. All the phases of the development of lluke have been o|)serv«j. A similar discovery was recently jiade'in-New South but the host' tljcre is : ii iljn'cfenjrspecies'of simil. ''

Qitle has discovered a champion moan woman in Adolalde, Sho wanted a pound of sleak from her butcher, but stipulated for the fat fringe to be removed from it, so that she mighthaye her "pound of flesh," It was done; and then, in a wheedling tone, siio requested the llesher to throw in the fat to fry it with! Robert Darrah, the settler at Hikutail'wh'o'was ctfiivicted of manslaughter —s : cft|(ig 'fl! iioadei] ; gjitl" 1 fot a 'Jjiirgki*; wjil)' fatal' resijits-jfas On 'paturijsy spptei|ce,d at the Supreme Coijrf ft) t\vo years' hard labour. Mr Justicp Copolly said he looked on the crime as very nearly approaching murder. He hoped tho sentence would be a warning to others not to set traps to take away human life or injure people

TJjq criminal calendar at tho present sitfflgof'tk Supremo Court, at Wellingtpn,' contains 28' ca?etf, against 21} pp®| ( as fdlowsP. Davyi breacu pf Tfqjlp Maiis tycriry liigg", (Joing grieyoj'is fotjijy liarm • Afpzajidpr tow Webster, larceny of cheijucV(tfiree charges); Thomas Fester, perjury (two charges); Clm Queen, broach of Hank* ruptoy Act; Alfred Yates, doing tfricvous bpdilf itflTTO; Janes licid, alias Burns, breaking and catering i Jfenrjr poombe, theft; William blmmonds and Harry Woodward, assault and robbory; William Doylo and Edward Eyan, assault and roblieryj'TMmas Nordisli, alias &fn-liorso, o£c._; Cafcric ingj William I{.ejj(!!)j)erg, assault with intent to do grievous' iioflily PFffli William M'Dermott, slioop-'stPfllingi Otene Kukti Karaitiana, false pretences (two charges); George Curson, ! %gerv and uttering; John H. and A&ti'ilj! Brown, procuring abortion (two charges)' fed suicide; Frederick ArfioM Gfaorgp Bauson, assault and robberyi; Albert Jc-ITfiry, causing actual bodily liarm; |Fal)ian,larc&y, ;:; --' . .-t

Heavy rain fell at Eketahuna last night and this morning.

The lambing average at Brancepeth this season was 921 per cent. Funds are being raised at Leyia for the erection of a Koman Catholio Churoli in that township,

A royal edition of one of the great dailies is prepared and issued daily for the Queen's special sight, Tho rainfall at Masterton during the month of November was 7 63 inches on 17 days.

A baptismal servico was conducted at St. Matthew s Church yesterday afternoon by tho lJev. A. C. Yorke. Messrs Lowes and loros add to their Masterton sale list for December lltli, 500 first-class woolly hoggets and 100 first-class ewes,

A rehearsal of the opera, " Pirates of Penzance" will he held at tho Masterton Temperance Hall this evening, by the juvenile amateurs. The llov. Robert Wood's postponed on " Scottish Pictures and Songs, will Lo given in tho Mastorton Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening nest.

Horatio Nelson Jonos, botelkeoper, of Gisborne dropped dead in the back yard of the hotel. Tho cause is supposed to be lioart disease.

Tho measurement freights by sailing vessels from London to Melbourne and Sydney will bo raised 2s Gd por ton about the middle of December. Mr Jcynes, of Wanganui, preached at tho Eketahuna Wesloyan Church, yesterday. Tho lawn tennis match between Masterton and Carterton, on Saturday, was won by Masterton,

A burning flue at Mr Stempa's shop, caused an alarm on the Church-street fire-bell, this morning. No damage was done.

During (lie mouth of November just ended, twenty-three births, five marriages, and two deaths, wero recorded at ilasterton, by Mr S. Johnston, the District Bcgistrar.

During a storm at Qnirindi, New South Wales a treelimb erashedthrough a tent, killing John O'Neill, a tinsmith. Two other men had a narrow escape.

Eighteen decrees nisi were granted by tho Divorce Court, Sydney, and 15 decrees nisi for the dissolution of marriage were made absolute ono day last week.

An American girl performed an heroic act during the recent forest fires. She was 12 years old, and fayed hor little brother of two by runniug with Mm 011 her back down the railway to a neighbouring swamp. Although he has been singularly fortunate as a commander Lord Wolsclcy has been wounded, sometimes very seriously, in almost every engagement in which he has fought, Messrs Simms and Mowlem add to the list of entries for their next stock sale in their yards, Q.ueen-strcot, 011 Wednesday, December 4th, 16 2-year old steers. At a Brisbane hotel liobert Dickie, a wharf labourer, who was jocularly poked in tho ribs by a friend, fell, struck his head against a wooden screen, mid died in ten minutes.

At a recent meeting of the Balloon Society in England, Mr Hiram Maxim referred to the Hying machine, and said his experiments were at a standstill; not from any want of faith in the project, but for want of time.

A Gipsy woman laid a malediction on a farmer who refused her a night's lodging, and prophesied that bad luck would befall him. Within two weeks, an uncle of his died and left him £35,000 in hard caih, He says he'd like some more of tho Gipsy business. A man stepped into a hatter's shop in Boston and remoyed the wrappings from a soft felt hat he carried in his hand. " How much will it cost to have this dyed a light gray to match my hair ?" lie inquired. "It will cost you at least a dollar," replied the halter. Tho caller wrapped it up again. " I won't pay it," he said decidedly; for thirty-live cents I can get my hair dyed to match the hat, Good day, sir." Since certain of the Sydnoy tram conductors were dismissed a couple of months ago from the Ocean-street cable tram, the receipts from the line have averaged about £7O a week moro than they did previously,

Lord Drassey has consented to preside and distribute the prizes at the Wesleyau Ladies' College, and at Melbourne Wesloy College, at tho Christmas speech day functions Sir James Stephen, the father of the late Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, once smoked a cigar, and because it was so delicious never smoked auotlier. This fact is _ stated in Mr Leslie Stephen's interesting life of his brother, We roßrot to loam that Percy Pay no, aged 16 years, son of Mr H. Payne, of Mastertou, died last Friday night. We understand that the unfortunate young man has been for several years a sufferer from Briglit's disease. He will be interred in the Mastertou Cemetery this afternoon.

On Thursday, February fith, Mr F. H. Wood will hold an important E« e Fair and stock sale at tho Maryborough salo yards. Over .1,000 ewes have already been entered and further entries are invited. Mr Wood hopes, with tho assistance of settlers to make the aalo sufficiently largo and attractive, to induce southern buyers to attend,

Aunt Thankful Taylor, of Washington, Vermont, how past 90, "began ahout a year'ago to study-Greek, and ' she is now ab)i! to read (he Now Testamen} in fhaf toiigue. Abopt Ave years ago Aunt Thankful took up tho study of Latin, and is able to converse fluently in ■ that language now.

A really splendid collection, comprising some thousands of themost beautiful 'Xrnas and New Year cards, has just boen opened up for sale by Mr J. P, Elliot (successor to Mr J. Watt). By reference to another column, Mr Elliot s prices for goods suitable for seasonable ■ljjfti can'bp ascertained. A finer assortment of this class of goods if has rarely been our lot to wituoss,

Mr E. E, Chamberlain, of Mastertou, met with a nasty accident whilo riding his bicycle on the Taratahi-Carterton Eoad on Saturday last. Ho was going along steadily whon tho machino suddenly collapsed without any warning through tho fork breaking, and Mr Chamberlain fell with such force that his collar-bono was broken, Mr ChamberlamVmauyfriondswish him a speedy recovery.- 1 A rather sinjpllar thing i« sonnecifon with''t]ioalffiir isi)iofacfct|itit arrangements for insuring kiuisslf' ijni} his employes against 'aecideiit'hail oijly just been completed,

There is much tribulation among vocalists in Munich and in all Germany, concerning the overcrowding of that profession. The prima donna at one of the ordinary subsidised opera housos of % Fathprhnd, is by no means the pfe'ttedliimyidual in Londoi). In (lie ieventy 1 Opera houses of GeMtony, there is np foofli for ni,qrc than sij or seven iMiitqnlej ij year,' and "there aro, it seems, live times 'the number pf #pp]j. cants for each vacanoy. The pay for an operatic debutante, it js said, is about fc'6 per month; and, with a few exceptions, vocalists, ovon of reputation, rarely got i nioro than about £2O per month.

In a Bermon at the Parramatta Wesleyau Church recently, the liev. P. J, Stephen, asked iT-Tau you imagine anything .more ridiculous, -jtlian- ■ that <[ust, aad .stapd ffr loiirs'Hn'dfr a blajjqg sjjii, sss | fpS'lipFsp? g?llop oflco or twjee rop<) a psddopk, rfddeij liftlpcrpalures like dressed iipiponkeysf , , , And yet this is not half so pitiful as tho millions of fools who nover go to Flomington, and wlio hardly know tho differencp between a horse and a mule, but still eipoist''t& igtojf rieli Jiy jilting against a bookmaker on ja : hprso"!thcy have neyer 6een,. To my npd.this.ij nothing better than lunacy,'! , •'

In England, a lady recently sent her groom with her bicycle to a funeral, instead of her carriage. Attached to ,the bicycle was a wreath of white flowers.

A unique occurrence is recorded from the races at Mentonc, a Melbourne suburb. _ Tho last raco of the day was a trot, Leithamstead was winning easily; but his victory did not suit the flatites. Thoy had evidently backed tho second horse. So they swarmed across tho course in front of the post to stop Leithamstead. They did not succeed, however, as he won by half a length after all. Then he wasprotested against for galloping past tho post, but in vain. I hero wero only two horses out of sii starters backed, and the riders of four of them havo been hauled before the stewards for suspicious practices. Warm work, even for a suburban trot! One ot tho drawbacks ot country lite, at least to tho small settler, is undoubtedly the increased prico he has to pay (or any artioles ot clothing or general drapery, by reason ol the_ extra charges for froight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra chargos arc dono away with under tho new system which has been inaugurated at Te Abo Hoobb, Wellington, Under this system, any of the parcels advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, rosr free, the prices charged being exactly tho same as those at which the goods aro sold over the oouutcr in Wellington. As may be imagined, however, this liboral oiler is only extended to cash customers, and all orders tor advertised parcels, must be accompanied by cash lor the amount, bcfnro the order can bo executed at Te Abo House, Wellington, la illustration o! this system, wo will give an oxample. Take lor instance No. 3 Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White Mainsook lilouse, trimmed with embroidery and with the now butterfly collar; 1 Navy or Black Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new stylo; 1 pair ot Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and 2 pairs of Ladies Blaok Cashmere Hose. This complete parcel will bo sent, post tree, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, from Tk Am House Wellington.—Ann. " Merrio England" deals with tho problem of how to raise tho masses; but to raise your bread, cakes, and scones there is nothing to cijaal Anderson's Jumbo Brand Baking Powder, Sold by all storekeepers.