Belgian Manufactures.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1663, 21 January 1885, Page 2

Belgian Manufactures.

Oua Wellington correspondent writes:— M. de Harvea, the Belgian Commissioner, has been in town for some time past and has on view at the Chamber of Commerce a varied display of articles manufactured iu Belgium. These include samples of tweeds and other cloths which are admirable in their beauty of design and exquisite finish. The other articles shown include cigars, tobaccos, Geneva (spirits), soap, paper refined sulphur, wheat, starch, and other things. New Zealand can, however, manufacture most of these articles at home. I fancy that some trade might be done with Belgium in cigars, spirits, paper and fancy goods. Belgium, on the other band, might take some of our wool, frozen meat and tallow. M. de Harven is a very well-informed and courteous gentleman, with whom it is pleasant to meet. I hope he will succeed in establishing a reciprocal trade between this colony and Belgium, and that a few special settlements of Belgians may be established in New Zealand. The Belgium small farmers are frugal, lmd-wm-kiug and handy people who would make good colonists.

The Taratahi-Carterton race meeting takes place to-morrow. If the weather continues as at present it is anticipate! that an immense concourse of people will he present. Fverv arrangement has been made hv the Secretary (Mr C. H. Giles) and the Stewards, (or the successful carrying oat of the event. We hear that R public dance takes place at Pea'herston to-morrow evening, breaking up at twelve o'clock. The Festherston School picnic is an avoid • ahlv postnoned sine die. A meeting will he held on Monday next in the school, when it, is nrobahle that the day for the picnic will he fixed. Dae notice of the same will he advertised in this paper. A meeting of the directors of the Qrevtown Buffer and o'ieese Factory 'will be held this evening at 7.30 To a report of the Gr°vtown school picnic committee, the name of Mr Trotter was substituted for tbit of Mr Hotter, jun., in a vote of thanks pronosod hv Mr Trotter. This was purely a printer's error, and wo feel it is due to Mr Hotter to make this explanation, ns he has worked with energy towards the success of the school picnic. Mr TTehlev, bootmaker, of Greytown, has lately gone in extensively for bee keening, and bas taken recently a fine quantity of honey. A fair sized penguin was captured at the Snit, Napier, the other day by Mr D. Higgins. August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventv-five per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects : such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Waterbrasb, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of (he Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coafed Tongue and disagreeable taste in the month, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, fie. Go to your Druggist and get a bottle of August Flower. This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers and is known in all civilized countries, Two doses will relieve yon. It costs only 3s fid a bottle, Sample bottles fid. We hear that the “ Consnl ” consultation was drawn last night, and that three tickets in a Grcvtowa booic have secured horses. A cricket match was played at Waihakeke, on M°ssrs Braithwaite and Acocks land, on Saturday, between an eleven of Mr Price’s resul ting as follows ;—Pil Ke sT!vi iMlj -8 Steven’s Mill 61 and 33. Messrs Stevens, Price, and Tunneoliff, made large scores. The party desire to thank Messrs Braithwaite and Acock, for the use of the cricket ground. The Canterbury and Nelson deputation have left for England ts try and induce capitalists there to undertake the construction of the East and West Coast and Nelson railways on the terms authorised by the Act of last session. The Summer Show of the Horticultural Society held at Wellington, last week, was a decided success- " Corpuscle's" lines cannot be inserted, as we cannot depart from the rule in the matter of anonytnons correspondence. A Melbourne journal referring to the suggested change of name for this colony, says that it ought to bo called “ The Great Loan Land.” At Melbourne a Collin a-street frontage has been sold for £7BO a foot. A thousand volunteers are to be encamped at Stoke, Nelson, during Easter week. Two young men named Wallac and lleddie were charged at the Magistrate’s Court, Carterton, on Monday last, with causing a disturbance and using bad language at a Salvation Army meeting, on Sunday. •' Corporal ” Grigg, on behalf of the army, accepted an apology and withdrew the charge, the defendants being discharged with a reprimand. It appears that the London butchers try to palm off inferior English mutton, by dressing and packing the carcases in bigs to represent New Zealand mutton, while importers from the Continent have sheep frozen to represent the prime article received from the Antipodes. That these means are being adopted there is indisputable evidence. Eashberry vinegar isjbeiug manufactured in Nelson. A Canterbury paper notices an oar of barley containing twenty grains on each side. It is of the Chevalier kind, and was grown on ihefarmof Mr 1. H. James, of Leithfiold. At the late Pastoral Show held atEllerslie, Auckland, a sheep with horns (natural) was exhibited. Mr Evans, of Martinborough, will run a brake from Greytown, to the Taratahi race course, to-morrow, leaving Standard Office, Greytown, after 9 am. Mr Evans informs us that he will continue to run to and from Greytown and Alartinborough respectively on Monday’s if he gets sufficient encouragement. Two tons of cheese leave the Greytown Factory, for Wellington to-day. The Greytown Volunteers met for drill last night. There was a good muster. The monster school picnic, takes place tomorrow, in Steward's paddock, Greytown. Everyone invited. Don't swear in the streets, or you’ll bo am in under the new Police Offences Act. You have not the option of a fine but off yon go to durance vile for any term varying from twenty four hours to twelve mouths. A man named Lambert Lawson was sentenced in Wellington on Monday to twenty four hours for this offence. An amusing story comes from Auckland. Two men of the American warship Iroquois were reported as ‘ stragglers,’ and £1 a head was offered for their apprehension. Constable Christie slipped out of the station and up the street. He presently saw one of the men who answered the description, and, accosting him, informed him that his mate was in the station, and he had better come and bailhimout. The bait took, and when the tar got to the station, they ‘ ran him in.’ The constable went out on a fresh scouting expe iition, and was successful in descrying the other man. Said the constable —" Your mate is in ohokee, come and bail him out ” Tar No 2 went with the constable like a lamb, and also got run in." The constable pocketed £2, and much rejoiced thereat. There was a sitting of the Supreme Court in civil juris fiction before his Honor Mr. Justice Richmond the other morning, when the suit of Buchanan v. Ngatuero came on for hearing. Mr Izard appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Chapman for the defendant. The suit was brought to recover possession of a small block of land in the Wairarapa district, and after hearing the evidence, his Honor gave judgment for the plaintiff. The Court then rose.—Post The children attending the Matarawa Sunday school, hold a picnic to-morrow in Mr Jones’ paddock. The committee have taken steps to make it an enjoyable affair, and there is no doubt that there will be a good muster of both children and adults. The Napier Telegraph says that the graziers aid farmers in that locality are complaining that the Messrs Nelson Bros, have a great monopoly in the sheep market, and instance that buyers for the Gear Company, of Wellington, are giving from 2s to 3s per head more for sheep in that district than are the buying agents of Messrs Nelson Bros., although the sheep for the Gear Company have to bo driven to Wellington at a cost of about 2s per heed. The Hinemoa leaves for Auckland on Saturday next, with the Hon Mr Ballanoe and suite, the Native Minister intending to visit Rewi and WaUanuiin the Waikato, then proceeding to the Thames. Tauranga, and Tologa Bay, whore he will meet Major Bopata. The Hon the Premier is to address his constituents in Dunedin on this (Wednesday) evening. On Tuesday a boat npset in Lyttelton harbor, and a man named Sing van dimed.

The Wellington Meat F.xnort Homnanv have leaded the s.s. Arawa with 5000 frozen sheep. A sale of privileges in connection of the Taratahi- Carterton J, C. Race Meeting, was hold by Lowes and Irons at the Marqnis of Normanhv Hotel on Saturday and tbe following prices were realised:—Gates Mr Roberts. £55; Nos 1 and 2 publican's booth, Mr H. Hodgins £l9; refreshment booth, A. L. Whvte, £8; sale of race cards. 3. Giles, £4 10s ; horse yards, W, Morris. £1 5s ; saddling paddock, O. Giles, £5 ; right of games. C. Giles, £2 12s Cd; fruit and fancy stall, D. Barratt, £2 12s. Mr Cameron's new advertisement, re coach hnilding, <tc„ will appear in onr next If, contains a number of attractive inducementstothe public in this line. We would draw the attention of onr readers to new advertisements hv Messrs K>kcaidie and Stains, Messrs Graves and Fleming and Afr Thorhurn, of Wellington, and hv Mr R Muir of Greytown. gentlemen are all in the drapery and clothing line. The ss Wallace left Nelson the other night and got ns far as the Be°f Barrels, near 'he Frcnchnass, running at the rate of ten knots, when she got fool of the sln-re, breaking off all the blades of her nmnellcr. and denting h°r bottom plates. She benan to make water and was only got back to Nelson bv keening three pnrnna going. The injury was slight upon examination, and the boat is now ready for again. The Fentherston Rifle Volunteers met for the first drill in the Oddfellow’s Hall, on Monday night. There was an excellent mn«ter, Captain Dudding was present, and one of the Lieutenants. Sergeant Major Bezar nut the company through some manual exorcise, and the members appeared quite cnthnsiasMc in their duties. The handsome new uniforms will be commenced next week, a tailor will attend to take measures for same. The funeral of the late Dr Henry William Diver took place at Wellington on Sunday afternoon last at the Thorndon cemetery. The weather was magnificent, and thousands of people turned out to witness the ceremonies attendant upon the occasion. The funeral being a military one, presented nn spectacle, and not less than 10,000 nffiple turned out to witness the procession. Jyms the most lingo demonstration of before seen in the streets of Wellington, 0/ Mr Ballaoce remains in Wellington till Saturday, when he starts for the north with the object of completing arrangements with lof rtfe*ho'fiiiei'a ,f '£l'uV/lif 1 - l9.t!fe. T land required Wo hear that Mr T. \Vagg. of the Prince of Wales Hotel Masterton, died yesterday, aged 61. His funeral takes place on Friday next at eleven o’clock.'J The steamer lonia arrived 5a Wellington harbor yesterday morning after a good passage from England. She brings 479 passengers, 217 of whom are nominated emigrants. She landed eleven passengers at Hobart. News was conveyed to Masterton on Tuesday afternoon, that a man named Peter Sorenson, a Scandinavian, who has been working for some time at Mauriceville. had died somewhat suddenly. It appears that Sorensen, who bas a wife and family in Masterton, took ill on Wednesday last, but thinking he would soon got better, refuse i to see a doctor. The police have been communicated with, and an inquest will probably be held.—Star. A letter from G, (Featherston), will appear in our next. The jury in Waring Taylor's case have returned a formal verdict ol guilty of the fraudulent appropriation and conversion of the whole 778 shares. Owing to a notice of appeal being given by Mr Shaw upon some technicality, prisoner was liberated upon sureties amounting to £2003, and personal recognisances of £2OOO.