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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 166, 24 January 1888, Page 2

The ’Frisco and Direct Service time tablf » will be found above. •a lii< r • inmendation of CT. Crewe, 1 • ( ..Imam' has been appointed tin’ of c.langiiter-houses tor the 11P..1 uu. ti • : by tlie County Council. W t le t. 1 tliat f everal more prosecu- *.• ■ hkeiv to take place for unlawMr i. M. Davie leaves Pahiatua to take I]> In i> 1 lence at Kketahuna ne\t mfat.i. It is rumored that no new .■I. • r wili l»f appointed to the Balfour esiuie. ?>i:t tli.it tne laud will bo cut up and sold or leased. Mr J. M xe.ini has disposed of his coach » rv.ee* b. twi n Paimersioii and Manga- • t Mv -i s Jones and liuuter, the well-known Olivers. >l. l:i 1 has 10.000 bricks for sale In -.pert ,011 invited. Dll i: the month of December the arn i .-i 1 : fumy numbered 1470, and , ie :.i' 7.Mu For the port of Weiif: u iff numbers stand thus —Arri\ : ..*(•; departures, 107. ?»!r llilclun, secretary to Athletic S'l-n-t;.. . t/t > t!:at pri/.e money will be paid on aj'plic.ition. The Colonial Treasurer will, on the , 1 1 1 ; :ry. ie prepared to receive apj •. i. f:n 1> v al bodies under Govorti* ! i:• ni . \ tenlay's sports were a ;re.U .i'pt >s, the money taken at the L.aUs alone being over d. 14. ! i « \imiver ury Ball, held last night in \! r Bml* *’ a .etion room, was attended b\ .1 1 a* nmubi r of and visit. i v. und it j ». • »-d off ni a most eoioyable ii.mm. r. Met -rs (j. Avery (violin) and ill * j i.u oi KUpplicnl dance music of the \* r\ \ . -t deM i tptiou, and the dawn commenced to break before their kind ser\.e» --V Well h pt n>e«l witli. The prt.seeution <»f Messrs Orr and 1 r aiinlty.ui for a breach of the Cemeteries An, br. ’iglit on.* poculmr fact to light, in., v.tit habit- to a )m nahy of d‘f*() for burxii- • where they did, but they arc likewise habit* to a similar penalty for re-M-.vin/ the hodi* without the .<f the Coltminl Secretary. St ientihe rardening i« nil very well • S:. wait has I ad a scientific gardener at w-I for him. I Van that reached the bright of mx fee! were not slaked, but l it ,:rf /nun*, have been beautifully supported. The peas fell to the ground m a confuted maea, whilst the benns siin]*ly ho. lat the itlea of the stakes being put to support them. I>r floilu'-«oi) makes the following calrnlalmn . Th* interest paid every year

• n ih»* debt is. in round numb« «». i 1 ’»•; and if this were paid in w heat it v alt. rr«purf nearly fifteen mil--lon b di*4* three times the gross proil oi tl. whole colony, or. if in frozen ii.cv. it uo*:ld r<K|uireC,4oo,oootatabeep, at b* Hit each*

The half-yearly election of olhcers in connection with Court Pahiatua. A.0.F., took place on Saturday e vening, resulting as follows : (Ml., Bro. W. Wiles; S.CJC, Bro. J. McDonald; Secretary Bro. \V. B.i ick**; Treasurer, Bro. E. Baucke; Bro. J. Manson: J.W., Bro. W. Hall; 5.8., Bro. 11. Thomas ; J. 8., Bro. E. Coates, We are pleased to loam that the lodge is steadily gaining strength, now numbering about thirty good imam cial inemboi's. It would be well if young men belonging to no beiieiit society would think over the advantages they would derive by joining the Foresters. 'I lie Wairarapa Daily says they have evidence submitted to them which is convincing that the discovery of auriferous quart/ up tin* Waiohiuo is a bona fide find, and which is likely to lead to very valuable results. There is also reason to believe that gold-bearing quartz exists iu the neighborhood of the YVaingawa. A Russian lieutenant of engineers lias perfected an apparatus for intercepting telegraph and telephone messages in timo ot war. The apparatus is contained in a small oblong box and weighs rather Jess than three pounds. The telegraphic receiver is of the recording type, and a battery for returning false messages to the enemy forms part of tbo equipment. An invention of the nature above described cannot fail to be dangerous in the hands ot unscrupulous persons. Tho following challenge appears in the New Zealand Times ot Friday :—“ 1 will back a man to light Harry Laing for £.jo or TIOO aside, whole of gate money, and the Championship Belt, any time within three months. A speedy reply will oblige. —Joseph Riley, Tost Office Hotel.”

The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb, ” Ne *essity is tho mother of invention.” A Basque regiment was hard pressed by the enemy on a mountain ridge near Bayonne. One of the soldiers suggested that, as their ammunition was exhausted, they should fix their long knives into the barrels of their muskets. The suggestion was acted upon. The first bayonet charge was made, and the victory of the Basques led to tho manufacture of tho weapon at Bayonne and its adoption into the armies of Europe. The Fiji correspondent of tho “ Sydney Morning Herald” states that the Wesleyan body in these islands claims to have 101,156 attendants, including Fijians, Tolynesians. India coolies, and other aliens, at public worship throughout this group. They have established 1735 day schools with scholars in attendance to the number of 41.718; 41,432 Sunday school children; and number in their rank 5390 lay preachers and teachers, 1030 candidates for the ministry, and 50 ministers, native l ijians, at work iu the islands.

There are some pecular trees in existence in foreign parts. Sonnr of these are the following:—The “life” tree, found in Jamaica, is so designated because it is impossible, either by plucking off its fruit or chopping it down, to stagnate its living propensities: it is destroyed by tire alone. The 44 butter ” tree is both useful and peculiar; it belongs to Central Africa, and Livingston states that the butter which is made from its kernel will keep for a year. In such a hot climate tliis is indeed remarkable. In Japan and some of the Pacific islands flourishes the •• camphor” tree —a substance well known for its disinfecting properties. But the inhabitants of the island of Fierro (Canarlcr) depend more upon a tree anil its fruit than perhaps any other coiniiiunitv. 1 his is the ** w ater” tree. It is constantly surrounded by a cloud, which it condenses, and is the sole water supply of the island. A v> nderful new clock is nearing completion at Waterburv, whiqli has been five years in construction. It will be 18 feet high, 8 feet wide, and 7 feet deep, aud will rival the famous Str&sburg production. The mechanism of a large number of wheels contribute to an exhibition of historical events, 'i he moon and planets are given in nil their phases. Several hundred figures represent distinguished men and are carefully carved from good likenesses. Occupants of the pulpit generally have matters all their own way, but a good story is told of a Methodist preacher at Tennesse, who found his match in an opera singer. The Rev. \V. Chandler severely attacked the stage, illustrating his remarks by reference to 44 Abbott’s Opera Company,” then on a visit to the town. Miss Abbott happened to be in the church, and when the preacher had finished his sermon she stood up in her pew and gave a discourse of her own in delence of her profession. She quoted the exemplary lives of Jenny Lind and her company, and ended her speech amid loud applause. The lady's courage and skill received its reward, for next night the opera-house was crowded to overflowing. There is a Manchester tradition about an occasion when a clergyman was much harasse d by the extraordinary number of working-class couples that came to be married in one morning. One ceremony had, as the story goes, to serve for a great many brides and bridegrooms. At its close one woman was found to bo in great consternation, because, as she believed, sin* had been married to the wrong man. ** Oil,” said the clergyman, ” I’ve said the marriage service ami married the whole crowd of you. If anything has gone wrong you must sort yourselves out tho best you can.” Say the Mas tort on correspondent of the M airarapa Standard :—We have a ** White 1 .laphant” in tho shape of a Theatre Koval. I shoul ibe very sorry to t >uoh on tho financial affairs of private individuals or companies, but it has been an op n secret for some time that the pecuniary difficulties attending the management of this property has been great. Ihe shareholders, however, did a wise or unwise thing lately—l do not know which -in apppotnling to tho position of managing director, a gentleman interested in printing and advertising. The consequence is he is prejmred to run any sort of show from a “Gordon Forlong” to a** Glove Contest.” I believe that is the correct expression. We had one of these interesting! instructive! and entertaining exhibitions, which was attended bv between 200 and HtK) of the larrikins and working men of the town, interspersed with a sprinkling of bank clerks, squatters and others, who ought to know bettor. These exhibitions are being put down ami discouraged in most towns, and I hope they will aoon have the same fate here. I ady BKArnrtKß*.—Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks, and sparkling ayes w : th all the cosmetics of Fr nee, or leautifiers of toe world, when in poor health, an 1 m thing will give you such rich blood. g«*od health, sU-ngth. and bear-tv as Hop Bitters, American Co's made. A trial u certain proof. t>ee.

Two young electricians of Munich, named Moslem ami iiclidobler, have invcnu i a sort of telephone winch fixes the spoken word on a chemically prepared sheet of paper.

An English paper circulating among capitalists and investors, thus addresses its readers: — 4 * A word of advice to those who hold Colonial stocks. Let them watch passing events very closely, ami lighten their holdings a* soon as it is possible. We very much fear that New Zealand and (Queensland are on the evu of severe financiul troubles; and if these do arise, the whole of the Colonial Bond market will be most seriously and ndversaly a lectcd. The fact is that our colonies of all degrees aud status have been allowed to borrow fur too freely und far too cheaply during the last seven or eight years. We think it tolerably certain tliat New Zealand ami Queensland will not be* able tc pay their way much longer without having recourse to further loans. These, in the present temper of the public, would not be readily subscribed, if they were subscribed at all, and asus}>ensi on of interest, or a compromise in some shape or other, will in that case, we believe, have to be made at no distant date. Our readers, if forewarned, will at least be forearmed.”

During a hailstorm at Mors, in Denmark, a flash of forked lightning—the only one occurring—struck a farm, and having demolished the chimney stack and made a wreck of the loft, decended into tlies living rooms on the ground floor below’. Hero its career appears to have been most extraordinary ; all the plaster around doors And windows having been torn down, and the bed curtains in the bedrooms rent to pices. An old Dutch clock was smashed into atoms, but a canary and cage banging a few inches from it were uninjured. The lightning also broke 00 windows, and all the Illinois in the house. On leaving the rooms it passed clean through the door into the yard, where it killed a cat. two fowls and a pig. and then buried itself in the earth. In one of the rooms wore two women, both of w hom wore struck to the ground, but neither was injured. A special meeting of the Wairarapa North County Council was held on Wednesday, for the purpose of considering tho question of constituting new ridings and altering the representation of the Cyunty. There were present —Crs. T. Mackay (chairman), W. 11. Beethom, F. Maunsell, R. D. Dagg and E. Meredith. An opinion was read from tho Council’s legal adviser to tho effect that the Council had no power to alter the ridings as proposed, except in the case of the Castlepoint riding, which embraces two road districts with several representatives, and consequently comes under clause 45 of the Act. Some discussion took place, and the opinion waa expressed that possibly under clause 320 tilt* ridings might be altered by getting tho Governor to make an Order-in-Council enabling tho Council to carry out the necessary alteration of boundaries. It was resolved on the motion of Cr. Dagg ‘* that the Clerk bo instructed to draw up a statement of tho case and submit the same to His Excellency, and to ask w hether an Order-in-Council can be made to enable the Council to give effect to special orders immediately on their passing.” The constitution of the Castlepoint ridings will he carried out at once, and the election of two representatives for Castlepoint and one for Akiteo will probably take place between February and March mootings of tho Council.—Star.