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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1665, 26 January 1885, Page 2

At the Wesleyan Conference the following appointments have been made, subject to revision :—Wellington, Revs \Y. C. Oliver and L. M. Isitt; Masterton, Rev W. Slade ; Greytown, a probationer. If the conference removes the Rev Mr Young from the Greytown circuit there will be deep regret at his departure, for ho has worked energetically for the churches under his charge, and has found a place in tire hearts of the people. He has sown liberally in spiritual tilings, but we regret to say that bo tins not reaped in the temporal what was his due. Should he be removed wo hope it will be for his benefit in every way. Since he has been located in Grey town ho has striven hard to place the church in a pood financial position, but if a probationer is now sent to this circuit —a man of little ability as a preacher and a financier—the Wesleyan cause will drop below- zero. Even now the only unity known By many members of the church.es is that of being frozen tmjethcr. There is at present a very destructive insect notably in the Wairarapa district, attacking plum trees and indeed all trees bearing stone fruit. The mode of operation is this, on nearly every leaf, eggs are deposited, which produce a small black slimy worm or maggot. Throe or four are to be found on each leaf affected, and this post strips the leaves of all the surface coating leaving the foliage in a withered and skeleton form, and thus stinting the growth of the fruit, and also diminishing the yield. The gardeners in the district are anxious to hear if a remedy could bo found, and if any check can bo recimended to (ho ravages of the unwelcome visit.:, A resident in the Karere district (Manawatu) having received a cheque for £25 for milk supplied to the local Butter Factory was at the same asked by tbe Secretary : —" Do you ever pray ? ” The settler for a few moments labored under tho impression that the genial Secretary had joined the Salvationists or broken out as an evangelist, but was reassured 1 as to his sanity by a merry twinkle in the eye, of the official. “ Why do you ask ?” he said. “Because if you do not, you should commence at once. Take this cheque with my blessing, and go home and pray fervently that this factory will continue to flourish.” The settler departed and has been regularly praying ever since that the Butter Factory may flourish oven like unto a bay tree, and that many more “ stiff ” cheques may be paid by the Secretary thereof to himself. Wc are glad to learn that the family of Mr J. G. Cox, which has lately been suffering from diptheria, at Featherston, is rapidly approaching convalescence. Mr B. S. Maunsell is appointed returning officer under the Native Committees Act for the Wairarapa district. The body of Heury Lloyd, the third man who perished by the tunnel accident at Pukerua, near Wellington, was dug out early on Saturday morning. The town was thrown into a state of much surprise yesterday when it was rumored , that Mrs Hammerich, wife of the landlord of the GreytfAvn Hotel, had been found dead in her bed. It appears that Mrs Hammerich, who was usually the first iu the house to rise on Sunday morning, did not appear at breakfast. Some of the servants proceeded to call her, but ou getting no response, Mr Hammerich, who had been about some time, entered the room at about 8.30, and found his wife lifeless. Great sympathy is felt for Mr Hammerich, who has lived in Greytown a number of years and is very popular. , On Friday, at Greytown, another of the early settlers passed away—Mrs Smith, widow of Mr James Smith, who with iier husband and six in family, came out in tho ship Lady Nugent (Captain Sentry), which sailed from Blackwall, and after a voyage of exactly five months, arrived in Wellington harbor on the 17th March, 18H. They landed at Pipitea Point and lived at To Aro for some years. Mr Smith and his eldest sous, soon' after landing, went to Porirua to cut a bridle track, there being no other road in that locality at that time. Mrs Smith, who was left a widow in 1871, then came to Greytown, and has passed the remaining years of her life in tills town. They, like their contemporaries in those days, have seen some rough times, and have had numerous struggles. The old lady has had thirteen in family, of whom five sons and four daughters are still living. Mr James Smith, of Masterton, is the eldest, aud all the daughters living aro married to settlers in the district. Mrs G. Snyer is one daughter, and Mr Job Smith, tho second son, drove the first herd of castle to the Wairarapa from the count. Deceased came from a parish named Westweli, in Kent (near Maidstone), and was about S3 years of age at the time of her death. Her remains were followed to the cemetery on Saturday by a number of friends who will long cherish her memory. A Battle.-, Mice's Bile.—The quick venom of the r'i.'isnako has not killed so many people as more insidious but deadly poisons found in the air of foul rooms. Tbe aeration j of the blood by the lungs becomes impossible * sometimes, and the failing health, growing • weakness, and loss of appetite are harbingers i of approaching death. For such eases Hop Hitters arc the potent aud all powoi /n! reno into diive all fevers out of tho system, purifying the blood, aud giving a new and happy , |6aso of life. Notice I

A correspondent of Uio Lyttelton Times writes 1 imi afraid that this year (ho grain results will he ns disappointing to many Canterbury farmers as those results were hat year. The season has generally been backward, and tbo summer has boon far more of the character usually marking rho tail end of a Canterbury winter than anything else. We certainly have bad a few hot days, but they have been so awkwardly sandwiched between excessively cold and wet woathei. and these the most frequent, that lam alfaid tlie yield will la as [ have indicated above--disappointing. August Flower.—The most miser.iblc beings in the world are those suffering from Dvspepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-live percent of the people ace afflicted with these two diseases and their effects : such as Sour Sumach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costivcr.css, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn. Watcrbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, Ac, 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 you. It costs only 3s 6d a bottle, o o-pie bottles sd. We wi.ald irmind the lunar-holders of Greytown, Feathersto'i, Clnreville, M-utiuboroueh. -Masterton, Matnrawa, Morrison’s Bush, Wailiakekc, Papawai, Kaiwaiwai, i'auhercnilam, Diileheld, and all the other school districts within our circulation that the annual mteting to elect school committees takes place to-night at 8 o’clock. Indigestion and Liver Complaints.—For th-t-se complaints Baxter’s Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, acting powerfully on the liver and mild tv on tiie stomach. —Sola everywhere, or post Lee I from J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch, for ig or 44 stamps. Wells’ “ Bough On Corn?." Ask tor Wells’ " .Hough on Corns.” Quick relic!, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions, Moses, Mos* .» Co., Sydney, General Agents. £IOO Reward.—Tlr-v cure all diseases of lb ; stomach, bowels, Hood. liver, nerves, and kidneys, and ,£’loo will be piid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them—Hop Bitters. Test it, Bead

The New Zeu'and Times of this morning puhlh-he; n eaVc message stating t |v t (tie House of Ouiuoiuiih and Tohci of Bo" 1 - ‘ir has been damaged by an explosion of dynamite. Parsons and Btuaii'e si.wmms hi the S - en.'y Milo Bush has been dcstnyul hy lire. Joseph Davis, licensee '■{ the Tim Manns Hotel, mar Blenheim, has boon commitel for trial for unlawfully altering a cheque on the Bank of New Zealand. The competition for the Cartel ton Bide Volunteer Cnp was fired off on the 20th, Vo). E. Goodin being the winner with 65 points, Vol. J. Boys being second with 57, Sergt. T. Reid IS, Corp J). Bei l id, Vol. P. Goodin 10, Lieut. Hooper i t, Stagi. W. .Moore 40. It is reported that the wife of a settler at Morrison’s Bush has elope 1, having gone to Nelson with her lover. The funeral of the late Mr Tiros. Wagg. of Masterton, took place on Friday and was attended by a large number of persons. Mr Pickett, the Carterton postmaster, has got two months' leave of absence. We Jnqe to hear before long that Mr Black, the Gmytown postmaster, has got a holiday also. Mr McKcrrow, f urveyor general, and a staff of a-sistants are now engaged in the Forty Mile Bush. A cable message received auuouncfs the departure of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co.’s .chartered steamer Coptic from Bio de Janeiro on the 15th instant for Loudon, her frozen meat being in good order. Ah the New Zealand Shipping Co.’s steamer Kaibourn, which left the colony 27 hours after the Coptic, sailed from Bio for London on the 11th, it is evident the Shipping Co.’s boat will beat her opponent by over a week in the run Homo. The public schools in the Wuirarapa were opened to day. Many parents ore glad that the holidays are over. Two letters from Featherston are left ovei till onr next. £,Tho line district of Wnihakeke was the scene of another picnic last Thursday. The Carterton Wesleyan Church choir and their friends, to the number of fifty, upending a very enjoyable day'. A meeting of the Grey town school committee, prior to the annual meeting of householders, will take place to-night, at 7.30. The sale of n portion of the Government shipment of stoats and weazels, which came to hand by the fi s. lonic, took place at Wellington, on Friday, at Laory A Campbell's mart. Six stoats realised £5 2a Gd each, and 20 wearies £3 10a each. Part were purchased for Wairarapa and part for Blenheim. The estimated cost to the Government was about £5 as per head all round. The remainder of the shipment are to be turned loose in tbe back-country of Canterbury and Otago. J. C. Frew, a civil engineer at Hokitika, was found with his face frightfully shattered by the accidental discharge of a gun. George Thomas, of Wellington, reports produce puces as follow.; ;—Potatoes are now coming to hand from all sources, and average L 5 toLS 10s : onions, fairly active at LIO to Lll per ton. Oats aie lightly held, pending the possibility of lower values for the new grain ; present quotations, 2a lOd to 3s Id. Hams and bacon are still firm at lOd all round ; cheese od to uid, eggs is. fresh butter does not command any alteration. From last Sydney reports New Zealand salt butler is valued there at lid. No doubt this price will tempt holders to consign a few shipments, as at present there is no local demand. Fruit has arrived iu large quantities from all sources, and fruitcreis are more than supplied. The want of inducive bidding was painfully apparent at our last produce sale, ilt is estimated that over 1600 cases were passed under the hammer during this week. Tiro recent sale of sections ia the Forty Mile Bush has resulted most satisfactorily, A report was laid before the Land Board recently showing that up to date 10,352 acres have been sold, the amount realised being £14,1)53 16s 4d.