PELORUS GUARDIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER .9, 1892,

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 3, Issue 92, 9 December 1892, Page 2

PELORUS GUARDIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER .9, 1892,

The Rev. Mr Harker will (D.Y,) hold divine service at Cullensville and The Grove on Sunday at the usual time.

During last month the arrivals in the colony numbered 2,011 and departures 851, showing a net gain to the colony of 1,160 persons. The Pelorus Licensing Committee meeting to have been held on Wednesday lapsed for want of a quorum.

Those settlers who have stock and have fondly supposed that their “ natural enemy ” had retired and no longer kept a watchful eye on straying cattle should take “a gentle warning” frpm the fact that Mr Tee is still acting for the Board, and if cattle are found on the road the result may be “ fined ss, and 7s costs.” The Secretary of the Jewish Unemployed Committee asserts that there are fifteen thousand unemployed in East End of London without work, and some of them so destitute that they have tried to sell their children. At the Supreme Court, Dunedin, Thomas Casey, aged 22, was found guilty of rape upon a married woman at Naseby. The ease was a very brutal one, the woman being left in an unconscious condition, and bearing marks of extreme brutal violence. A number of previous convictions were proved, and the Judge sentenced Casey to 15 years' imprisonment, wijih one flogging of 80 lashes.

A gentleman named Pattison, chairman of the Kent (School Committee, has had himself arrested and fined five shillings for employing a boy under 13 years of age. He did not know at the time that the boy was so young, buj; when he found it out he had himself jested and fined as a public warning.

A wild woman has been seen in Texas. A farmer detected her walking on all fours like an animal and devouring grass. He attempted to capture her by seizing one of her legs, whereupon she attacked him like a tiger, and then made for a wood which abounds jn caves.

A man named Yeron, a glassblower, recently arrived in Paris from Marseilles. He performed the whole journey on foot, dragging bis wife and five children m a cart. On reaching the French capital he was, with his family, arrested as a vagabond. He undertook the journey because he was convinced he would make a fortune in Paris.

We are advised by Messrs Bisley Bros. & Co., whose detailed advertisement will appear in our next issue, that thejr first consignment of Nelson wool has realised Sd to B|.d in Melbourne, the same owners wool selling fast year at Home at 7|d.

The Auckland wool sales opened on Wednesday with a good attendance and brisk competition. The largest buyers were from the South. Inferior cross-bred brought s|kl to 9d, medium do. 6£d to 6£d, good 6|d to 7d, fine do. 7£d to 7fd, half-bred B£d, merino 6|4 to 7d* Mastication of food has always been acknowledged an accessory to good health, and for that purpose we all require good jteeth, so for this reason, and purely in the of suffering humanity, we pall attention to an advertisement in another column which shows that Mr J. F. Wilson, of Blenheim, is prepared to alleviate suffering by removing teeth which have perished and substituting new ones at the shortest notice.

The Falcon left Lyttelton for Hayeloek yesterday morning. Her last trip down was one of the fastest on record.

Arrangements are being made to hold a variety concert on the 28th inst. in Havelock. Some new features will be introduced, and the whole affair promises to be exceptionally good.

The Town Board meeting to have been held on Wednesday evening lapsed for the want of a quorum. Owing to the Waihi being on the slip, and the Neptune at Foxton, the Marlborough portion of the 'Frisco mail did not arrive in Blenheim till yesterday, but was too late for the coach.

Mr E. James, eoaehbuilder, of Blenheim, has removed into new premises, where every branch of the wheelwright business is carried on, ami for excellence in workmanship would be hard to equal. We direct attention to his advertisement elsewhere.

Those 'requiring good iron-work or their horses'carefqlJy shod shouldtake a note of Mr Tunnie.liffVs advertisement - in. another column, as he is known throughout the district to be a first-class' workman. Mr Tunnicliffe has. removed into new premises where he has every convenience for carrying on every branch of the trade,

A pen of tea Lincoln ram-hoggets, exhibited ftt the Wellington A. & P. Show by Mr IJ. Mcllardy (Hawke’s Bay), and -which was awarded a Ist prize, has been sold to North Island breeders for 400 guineas. The fleeces taken from the animals were of unusual weight, turning the scales at from 291 bto 84ib each. Three Lincoln rams exhibited at the Show by W. Wilson (Wheriwakura) have been disposed of, and brought £3O and £35 each.

The ReVi E, Ensor will (D.Y.) conduct divine service on Sunday next as under—Onamalutu 11 a.m., Okaramio 3 p.m., St. Peter’s Havelock 7 p.m. Subject for the day “ The rights of children,” The Auckland Herald states that a number of men from the Australian Colonies are coming over, owing to the want of employment on the inducement of cheap fares. Mr Fergusson, of the Labour Bureau, states that they are good farm hands, who havm I g'paid their passages have a little money, and he has no difficulty in placing them in the country. He also states that the repayment of advances made to the unemployed to reach districts where work awaited them is being fairly madebytlm men. Among the men recently arrived from Australia are old Aucklanders in the building and other taades, who went away daring the depression in search of work, and have now come back through the bright prospects of New Zealand.

The programmes of the Pelorus Races and Havelock Regatta will be found in this issue, A fine, well-grown lamb was sold the other day in the Addington yards, Christchurch, having a pair of feet attached to each hind leg. It was run up to £7 6/-. During a violent storm on the Danube three ancient Roman vases were washed ashore. They had been sealed and were filled with gold coins. E. J. Warner & Co, Drapers, Trafalgar- and Bridge-streets, Nelson, desire to c|raw attention to the facilities they possess of supplying costumes of all descriptions' at most reasonable prices qn a few hours notice, and will esteem it a favour if visitors to Nelson will call and inspect their establishment before leaving. Tfiey are making great preparations for Xmas trade, and aie noted tor having in stock only the best class of goods at.the lowest margin ot profit.’ ‘Post-cards or letters addressed Warner and Co., Nelson, will find them immediately.—Advt. All persons -contemplating a visit to Wellington during the month of December, may combine pleasure with profit by palling at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House.

Our stock of summer drapery in all departments is large, well selected and extraordinarily cheap. Our warehouse is just the place where a good parcel may be bought at lowest wholesale prices, and, where iu acjditioi] tljp purchaser may select a Christmas Present, free of cost in accordance with the sale in the next paragraph, Wellington.

Specially notice this sale of amounts purchased and value of gifts:—Purchase 10/-, gift 1/-; purchase 15/-, gift 1/6; purchase, 20/-. gift 2/-; purchase 35/-, gift 2/6 ; purchase 30/-, gift 3/- ; purchase 35/-, gift 3/6 ; purchase, 40/-, gift 4/- ; purchase 50/--, gift 5/-; purchase 60/-, gift 6/- ; purchase 70/-, gift 7/-; purchase 80/-, gift 8/-; purchase 90/-, gift 9/-, and so on in proportion up to £SO, £IOO, or more at Te Aro House, Wellington.. Orders by post, if cash is sent at the same time, will receive every attention and gifts, according to value, enclosed with the parcel from Te Aro House, Wellington.