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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5202, 9 December 1895, Page 2

The Kev. S, H. D. Peryman preaches at Mustcrtou next Sunday.

Carterton now boasts a sixteen-stoue cyclist. He rides a safety.

The Masterton School Committee meets this evening. Very heavy rain fell again in this district on Saturday night and Sunday morning, The Masterton cricketers were defeated by Greytown on Saturday by seven runs, The net proceeds of the Carterton School Concert, amounted to nearly £l4. A little boy named Btidd, aged 21 years, was killed by a blow from a cricket ball at Hobart.

A crayfish canning factory has just been started at Akaroa with every prospect of success. Heavy rain fell in Eketahuna all day yesterday, and it was still raiuing when the train left lor Masterton this morning. The Key W. liowsc and Mr Sussex conducted services at the Carterton Wcsleyan Church yesterday. The late Mrs 11. Broom, senior, was interred at the Masterton Cemetery yesterday afternoon, many friends attending the funeral.

Owing to the wet weather yery tew strawberries have yet been on sale in Masterton this season.

_ The Masterton Masonic Lodge holds its monthly meeting on Wednesday next.

Puyscgiir Point maintained its reputation tor moistness against the whole of the Colony last month. The rainfall there was "i'J'SO inches.

The liev. J. Dukes gave a very interesting address on " The message of music to the soul," at. the Masterton Wcsleyan Church last night,theoccasion being the Church licoir anniversary.

The Executive has confirmed the sentence ot death passed upon Thomas Sheridan, of the Bogus British Medical Itstitute, for having murdered Jessie Nicholls, in the course of an illegal operation.

The jury in the Harper case disagreed after being locked up all night. His Honor granted an application for a new trial with chauge of rem to Wellington. One of the most singular peculiarities of the floral world is the evening primrose, says a contemporary, which opens about 0 o'clock p.m. witli aa explosion, not very loud nor formidable, but still quite perceptible to anyone who is watching the bud. It remains open all night, A young native who had imbibed too freely, was doing a little circus riding in Queen-street on Saturday afternoon. With the proverbial good fortune of drunken men he escaped breaking his neck.

The liev. J. Dukes preached to fairly large congregations at the Mastcrton Weslcyan Church yesterday, both morning and evening. The first meeting of creditors in the estate of liupert Fairbrother, of Carterton, bankrupt, will be held on Thursday next, December 12th. The Masterton Juvenile Operatic Society expect to be able to produce "Pirates of Penzance" in less (ban three months from now.

Tho " big gooseberry" season has opened at Carterton. The Observer has been shown a line lot several being 4' inches in circumference.

A torpedo boat destroyer, built in London for the liussian Government, travelled 34 miles an hour during her trial trip on the Thames, tho highest record of speed at sea. Tenders arc invited for the supply of music and the privileges in connection with the Mauricevillc Athletic Sports, to close with the Secretary, Mr Geo Franklin, on December 14th.

Mr J. Carpenter, of boot and shoo fame, lias a now business announcement in another column, in which lie invites all those who have large families and little money, and who want boots ami shoes for the Christmas holidays, to pay a! visit to his shop n Qucen-strool. I It is a surprising fact that Dr. Barnardo's Homos have sent out over 8,000 boys and girls to Canada and the Colonies, and still more surprising that a success of 99 per cent, is claimed for this large output of trained and tested young lives. The current year is responsible, it seems, fomo fewer than 727 emigrants. The liev. J. Dukes in the coarse of his sermon last night, alluded to the fearful lush and struggle for existence now-a-days, and said that although the actual hours of labor were shortened, competition compelled men in many cases, to do as jnuch work in six or eight hours as their grandfathers did in three days,

Jits Goodall notifies in anothercolumn that she lias just opened up a really first-class display of millinery and dressmaking requirements, Tlio prices at which her goods are marked must ensure a big trade for her durine the holidays, The total receipts of the Masterton Operatic Society in connection with the production of" Los Cloches do Cnracyillo" amounted to nearly £IOO. The expenses, however, nro pretty considerablo and the sum taken will not leave much of a credit balance. |

At Nelson last week, says a Nelson paper, one of the emus in Mr Trask's Haddock attacked a peacock about dinner time and would have evidently made short work of ithad not the attack been noticed by a passer-by. - Assistance was soon procured and the peacock removed to a plsce of safety. TJio attack drew quite a crowd of people round the-pad-flock. The emu has -already killed a sheep, •" . " " . ''' ' '

It is rumoured that Sir Edwin Arnold ivill be the new Poot laureate. ] A six-roomed houso in Johnston-stroet s is advertised to let by Mr T.Wagg. 1 _ Tho Vonerablo Arohdescon Fancourt ' ts expected to preach at St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, next Sunday, j Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their ] sale list for Wednesday noxt 120 prime I fatewes, : _ Mr Charles Booking Carter is now on his wav from England to the Colony, and will visit this district. The barquo Weathcrsfield turned up safely at Wellington on Saturday morning. Mrs Lily Langtry has become an ardent bicyclist, and professes herself charmed by the exhilarating exercise. The first of a scries of contributed sketches of somo early settlers of this district, appears in this issue under the title" Early New Zealand," The Masterton Presbyterian Church was well attended yesterday, when tho l!cv. Kobcrt Wood gavo special addresses. The attendance in Auckland at Fitzgerald's circus for the first two nights was about 10,000, _ Messrs Lowes and lorns withdraw the line of 800 wethers from their salo list for Wednesday, December 11th. The examination of St. Patrick's School, Masterton, will be conducted next week by the liov. Father Goggan. The sum of money reported by us as lost on Saturday last, .was picked up by a commcrcialtravcller, and dulyreturned to tho person who lost it. Mrs Florence Maybrick was transferrcd from Woking prison to the gaol at Aylesbury with other female convicts on November sth. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce the sale next SaturJay of the rights and privileges of the Masterton • Upaki Jockey Club, the Wairarapa Caledonian gathering, and the Fire Brigade Sports. llie services in connection witli the Forty Hours Adoration commenced at

St. Patrick's Church, Mastertoii, yesterday morning. The Very llev. Father Devoy preached in the evening, special music being provided by the choir, and Mr Meadows singing " Calvary" with marked effect. " The Wellingtoman " for December in its description of its football team says that "E. W.Payton—half-back—was of immense service throughout the season. Played with great care and judgment. Much of the team's success is due to him. Has the appearance of being slow but is nearly always 1 there.' " A young man named lieid met with a

serious accident wliilo bushfelling at l'ongaroa tho other day says the Palliatua Herald. A tree in falling fell across his face smashing the bones of tho nose and completely flattening that organ, The sufferer was brought into l'ahiatua and taken to tho Empire Hotel where ho is being attended by Drs. Gault and Dawson, Hemorrhage has been profuse but tho patient is now progressing fairly well.

The Wellington Wcsleyan District Synod commences its sessions, under the presidency of the l{ev. Wm. Baumber, to-morrow, All the Ministers and Home Missionaries from Gisborue to Wellington are required to be present. The Financial District Synod will open on Wednesday, at which representatives from the various circuits, etc., take their seals with the Ministers, and prepare their business for tho ensuing Conlerence. Mr C E, Danicll is the representative from Masterton,

For some time past tho Kuripuni Wcsleyan Sunday School, has been sadly iii need of a musical instrument. With commendable zeal the members of the Masterton Wcsleyan Young Women's Bible Class havo, for months past, been sewing, working, collecting etc., with a view to holding a bazaar, tho proceeds of which are to bo dovoted to procuring the necessary organ for tho suburban school. It is proposed to hold the sale next Thursday m the Temperanco Hall. The young people certainly deservcthc patronage ofall their friends,

At the Annual Teachers' Meeting of the Mastcrton Weslcyan Sunday School the following officers wore appointed for the year:—Superintendent, Mr C, E. Daniell; Secretary, Mr W. Gillespie; Assistant Secretary, Master N. Williams | Librarian, Mr I', Hydcr; Assistants, Masters Fred Williams and 11. Perry i Organist for Quarter, Miss Tonaid. It was decided to hold the annual picnic on Boxing Day, at Messrs Donalds' Hush, Potirau, and various committoes were appointed to work the picnic up. Votes of thanks were given to the retiring officers.

A correspondent informs us that lie has lately seen loiters from a shepherd amhmall run-holder iu Otago, fully confirming the accounts which appeared in the Witum, of tho losses amongst the llocks iu some of the districts of that province, caused by the severity of the winter. On one block where Mossrs lloss and Glcndiuning havo been accustomed to winter some of their hoggets, a flock of 12,000 has altogether perished and on another nriyate run of Mr DalBetty's, 011 which they have been in the habit of shearing from 25,000 to 29,000 sheep, they do not expect (o shear a single sheep. This is on flat laud, some 2000 feet abovo sea level. Soft snow lell to start with, then camo sharp frosts and then more snow on the top, tho consequence being that not a particlo of food was available for the sheep. Many cattle, too, have perished from the same cause, The full losses amongst the sheep cannot bo known until the shearing is over. There havo been some very heavy losses in Canterbury as well,

An assault of a serious naturo was committed on a man named James Christopher Mailman in Abel Smithstreet about 11 o'clock oil Saturday night, says the N,Z, T\mes, It appears that Mailman, who was the worse for liquor, was outside tho Victoria Hotel, when another man picked a quarrel with him, and eventually, it is alleged, struck him a heavy blow in tho face. Mailman fell to tho ground, and as ho appeared to havo received considerable injury, some of the by. standers took him to Dr Mackin's surgery. On examination Dr Mackin found that Mailman had received a wound on the back of the head, and that his nose was broken. The man, who was unconscious, was at once sont to tho Hospital, where ho did not recover consciousness until yesterday evening. When Mailman was picked up and was seen to bo bleeding profusely, liis supposed assailant 'disappeared. Tho matter was roported to Sergeant Shirley nt the Mount Cook Polico Station, and yesterday morning ho arrested a young man named William Stopheus, who lives with his parents in Broadway terrace, in connection with the affair. On enquiry at the Hospital last night wo wero informed that Mailman was not completely conscious and his condition is regarded as serious.

cjtceplejacks, the men who climb spires nd lugli chimneys sometimes amuse iiemseif by alarming persons look jng up t tjiem from the pavement, An instance i given in an article in tho English Illusrated Magazine for October: —'' Tiro r three men wero busy mending the ;eathercock of a church near Fenchurchtrect.Thoy had put up tho shell of their caffolding and had found foothold upon few planks, at tho summit of the spiro. Ibserving that tho crowd below intersted itself in their movements, one of liem stepped briskly to tho very edge f the planking and proceeded to danco hornpipe for tho delectation of the pectators. Though he stood at an altiude of 120 ft., though tho plank upon rliich ho danced was not moro than 19in n breadth, tho scoundrel seemed as lomfortahle as a man in a hansom-cab. When ho had performed sufficiently, as Rethought, and those below had struck tlie.wholo gamut of oxclamation from the common place, 1 Horrible! 1 to the tragic and long' Oh!' ho wound up with that tandom-like application of tlio hands to the nose which was beloved of Mr Punch's bishop.' Then he resumed his wtork/and tho trembling'erowd dispersed,

Wo understand tliat Mr R. Brown, Returning Officer, lias now satisfied himself that Mr W. Lowes has not vacated his seat. No vacancy on the Trust, therefore exists, _ The Masterton Wesleyan Choir is being reinforced by soveral instrumentalists. We understand that Mr Davidson the pianoforte-maker has become a member, and will play the cornet at future services. A sitting of tho Native Land Court opens at Masterton to-morrow, bofore Judge Mackay. TheAkuraßlock business and the division of the oneth'ousand acre reserve at Hastwell will ocoupy tlio Court. Tho hearing of the charge against Mrs Brown at the Wellington Supremo Court has already occupied four days, and will probably not conclude bofore to-morrow. The jury are accommpdatcd nightly at tho City Buffet, and yesterday tho monotony of their eiistance was i relieved by a drive to tho Hutt says tho N.Z. Times.

Tho Wairarapa District Court opens at Masterton bofore Mr District Judge Kettle, on Wednesday next, Tho business set down includes the case B, Brooks v. S. P. Beard, £2OO alleged damages; Donald Donald v. Ah Lop, claim on judgment; two applications to enter appeals; four applications for dischargo from bankruptcy; two public examinations of debtors.

The following tenders were received on Saturday, by tho Wairarapa North County for contract Nol, Black Creek Road extension: James Russell £69 4s Gd accepted; declined—Tobin and Co £69 lCs 8d; M. Burko £9O; Mcleo and O'Dowd £97 lis.

A letter from Mr Lowes, in which he states that ho does not agree with the decision that his seat on the Masterton Town Lands Trust is vacant, appears in another column. Leave of absence appears to have been granted Mr Lowos, at tho October meeting of tho Town Lands Trustees, but tho fact was overlooked.

" Merrio England" dcalß with tho problem of bow to raise the masses; but to raise your bread, cakes, and scones there is nothing to equal Anderson's Jumbo Brand Baking Powder. Sold by all storekeepers.

Ono of the drawbacks o! country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased prico he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage, This drawback need exist no longer, (or extra charges are done away with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Te Abo Hoosb, Wellington, Under this syatoua, any of the parcels advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, rosi fbee, tho prices charged being exactly the same ns those at which tho goods aro sold over tho counter in Wellington, As may be imagined, however, this liberal oiler is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must be accompanied by cash for tho amount, before the order can bo executed at Te Atio House, Wellington.

In illustration of this system, we will give an example. Take for instance No. 3 Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White Mainsook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery nnd with the new butterfly collar j 1 Navy or Black Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new style; 1 pair of Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and 2 pairs of Ladies Black Cashmere Hose, This complcto parcel will bo sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, from Te Alio House Wellington.—Advi.