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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1741, 2 October 1885, Page 2

The electric light has been successfully tried in the Mosgiel Woollen Factory. The Taranaki farmers are putting in very little wheat this season, bat are generally increasing their acreage in oats. Palmerston North has already two evening papers, and it is rumoured that a new morning paper is about to be started.

The Land and Industrial Alliance in New South Wales, believe they can return 82 candidates at the general election. There is a serious outcry against the increase of foxes in Victoria.

It is proposed to float a loan of £170,000, for the further improvement of the Timaru harbor.

The Otago Acclimatisation Society have acquired two couples of Japanese deer. The oodlin moth is to be legislated against in Victoria. The insect has secured a good foothold in Ballarat orchards.

A Doll Exhibition is being held in Welling, ton. It has been organised in connection with the Girls’ Friendly Society, and special efforts are being made by the promoters to render it attractive.

Sir 0. Dilke about whom there is so much scandal just now, will shortly marry Mrs Pattison. Very shortly after the publication of the news of the impending divorce suit, in which Sir C. Dilke is co-respondent, Mrs Pattison telegraphed from India the announcement of her engagement. Mrs Pattison evidently believes that Sir Charles has been falsely accused. To show the advance in the value in stock which has taken place in the Kiwitea during twelve months, the Feilding Star mentions one case where a settler got 17s 6d for young cattle last year, and in the corresponding period this year, at Stevens and Gorton’s stock sale, at Cheltenham, he got 355. Good prices ate sometimes realised for land in Danevirke. The Waipawa Mail says Mr J. Halversen has sold his property, consisting of 40 acres which is situated opposite the Danevirke Railway Station, to Mr Jas Allardioe, of that township. The price, we hear, is LBOO. We understand that it is Mr Allardioe’s intention to subdivide the property at an early date. A new evening penny paper entitled The Globe, is about to be started in Sydney, and the projectors intend also bringing out in connection with it the Sunday Times, which will be the first Sunday {paper issued in the colonies.

One of the most interesting exhibits in the Exhibition—that is as far as dairy farmers is concerned—is the cream separator. Mr Maunseli is now trying to get a supply of milk sent in from the Wairarapa to the Exhibition, when the process of battermaking will be carried on the building. We advise our farmers to make themselves acquainted with this useful invention. It takes up but little space and the cost would pay itself in the saving of time and labour and quality of cream turned out. We hear that Mr Maunseli has ordered one for his dairy and we hops his enterprise may be abundantly rewarded.

It is gratifying to find so liberal a response on the part of vocalists to sing at the coming concert on be lalf of the funds of the Greytown Horticultural Society. There is also a sure promise of a full house. We hope that there will be a good selection of old songs. It is particularly requested that those ladies and gentlemen who have consented to take part will fix upon their songs and send in the titles to the committee. Among those promised are " The Fine Old English Gentleman,” 11 The Good Rhine Wine,” “ Home, Sweet Home,” and “ Ben Bolt.” We should like to see “ The Pretty .Little Ratcatcher’s Daughter” and “ Vililteus and Hie Dinah ” on the programme. The committee are anxious to know the names of the songs as soon as possible in order to publish the programme.

It is said that the victory of Prince Imperial in the H.iwkesbury Handicap cost the Ring about £20,000. Prince Imperial’s time (3.35J-) is the best record ever made over a mile and a half in any country. Advices received by the late mail confirm the report that Mrs Langtry has made up her mind after another American tour, to visit Australia and New Zealand. It is also said that Mary Anderson’s Australian tour is now a positive certainty. The Era officially announces that she leaves England immediately on a tour through the United States and round the world. Sarah Bernhardt, who pays a visit to the Brazils next winter, it is further stated, Lua received tempting offers from J. 0. WilhanioO'i, for a short trip round the Australias. A late parliamentary paper contains the following relative to land available for settlement in the provincial district of Wellington: —From Masterton to Woodvilie, taking in 1 country east and west, 200,000 acres bush laud of excellent quality, very well adapted for small settlers. A good deal has been done, and is still in progress in connecting the back blocks with main road and railway, by opening out cross roads. This land is now being rapidly taken up. Along line of Wellington-Manawatu railway is 60,000 acres, well adapted for small settlers, mostly bush. The disposal is in the hands of the railway company. Wanganui Harbor Endowment and adjacent Grown lands, 20,000 acre! bush laud, suitable for small settlers if more opened out by roads. Tbe endowment laud is disposed of by the Land Board according to Land Act. Wanganui district, 20,000 acres rugged bush laud, good soil, adapted for cattle and sheep farms. About 10,000 acres surveyed ; roads much wanted. Total for Wellington 300,000 acres. The total area available in the colony is given as 2,201,760, but that doss not include land in Westland, or the West Coast of the North Island.

A meeting of the Lower Valley Jockey Club will probably be held on Saturday week or the Saturday following for the purpose of drawing up the programme for the next Boxing Day meeting. All members are requested to be present. At the monthly meeting of the Board of Education on Monday Mr Beetham moved that a deputation, consiatiug of the Chairman, Messrs Bunny, Buchanan, Yeung, Dr Newman, and himself, should wait on the Minister for Public Works for the purpose of obtaining farther facilities for enabling the teachers and others in charge of schools to visit the Exhibition. This was carried. The Chairman than moved, that the fares of the teachers should be paid by the Board. This was also carried.

Strawberries are now being sold in all the fruiterers shops in Auckland. There will he a number of meetings at Featheraton on Saturday. The Road Board meats in the daytime ; in the evening there will be a meeting of the Oddfellows’ Lodge, to arrange for the forthcoming demonstration in Wellington ; then there will be a meeting of the cricket club, and there will also be a meeting of a Soiree Committee, to arrange preliminaries for the forthcoming soiree.

The Weliington-Manawatu line will be opened as far as Plimmerton to-morrow. Plimmerton is some four miles beyond the present terminus (Paremata), and 17 miles from town and no doubt, as the return fare has been fixed at the low price of 2s, there will be many persons taking a run out to this beautiful spot. Passengers to Wellington by the 9.50 special excursion train tomorrow will arrive at 1 o’clock. At 1.30, 2.15, 3.5 and 4.5, the Weliington-Manawatu train leaves the Empire city, which would enable Wairarapa visitors to go out and return at 4.38 or 6.3 p.m.

A boy, aged'eight years, died suddenly on Sunday morning at Oamaru. An inquest was held at which the medical evidence gave the cause of death as poisoning. It appears that the boy had eaten green rhubarb tops on Saturday last, and on Sunday night and Sunday morning was taken ill with vomiting and purging.

A Great Business.—The United States of America is the home of some very large enterprises, but none perhaps greater than the business conducted by Mr G. G. Green of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is the proprietor of the well known Boschee's German Syrup, which is unequalled as a remedy for Pulmonary and Bronchial affections. He manufactures also Green’s August Flower for Dyspepsia and disorders of the Liver. These preparations are used throughout the civilised world and thousands testify to their valuable curative properties. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on their merits. Sample bottles of each are sold at 6d, or full sized bottles at 3s 6d. All druggists keep them. A sentence containing every letter in the English alphabet, and a favorite, therefore, with writing teachers is—“ A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Arrangements are, we believe (says a Wellington paper) being made by which Cobb and Co.’s coach to and from Foxton will shortly run in conjunction with the Welling-Con-Manawatu railway trains between the city and Paremata. This will be a great convenience to travellers by the overland route to Wanganui, and the new time table will also be much more convenient than the present one for residents in the Potitua and Pahautanui districts. The coach train in the morning will leave town at 7 a.m., and the Government has agreed to allow the Wanganui train to wait for an extra quarter of an hour at Foxton for the arrival of the coach.

A terrible explosion of 170 packages of dynamite, one case of detonators, and 70 packages of lithofracteur took place (says an Australian exchange) about three o’clock on Saturday morning, sth September, on board the barque Rockhampton at Kimberley, on tbe north coast of Queensland The vessel was blown to atoms, and not a vestige of bet timbers could be found when daylight broke. According to a telegram from Normantown, the crew, whilst discharging cargo on Friday, became aware of the fact that there was a large quantity of powder on board, and consequently refused to unload the vessel, and abandoned her. The captain, G. Killen, appears to have followed the same course. The cause of the explosion is not stated. A well known gentleman of high banking and commercial standing (says a Sydney paper), holding a mortgage of £20,000 over a certain property, was paid off in a manner that was as inconvenient as it was novel. The mortgagor waited upon him in one of the leading banks, followed by a procession of heavily laden clerks, and laid before him the required “ legal tender,” namely, 20,275 sovereigns, to pay off the mortgage. There was no option but to accept; but the removal of the gold, weighing about 4251b, caused a considerable amount of amusement.

An extraordinary and tragic accident is reported to have occurred near Paris. A horse was seen galloping wildly along the road to St Germain, the vehicle to which the animal was attached being enveloped in flames. Several persons having succeeded in catching the horse, a dreadful sight presented itself. In the bottom of the burning vehicle the body of the driver was found reduced to au almost indistinguishable heap of cinders. It is supposed that the man, having lit his pipe, fell asleep and that the burning ashes set fire to the old woodwork. At a late examination of teachers in Hawke’s Bay the following were amongst the posers put: —(1) “ What is the feminine of bullock ?” (2) “ Form a diminutive from deer. 1 ' (3) '• What are the boundaries of Afghanistan ?” We invite answers on the, more especially with regard to the latter, a point on which we, with others, require information. The reporter to the Tauranga paper sometimes •' sees double.” Anyway, according to a paragraph in that journal he saw two moons the other night. This is very sad. That reporter should take the pledge. “ Rough Oa Corns.” Ask tor Wells’ "Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch. According to the New York Herald, the man Maxwell, who was some time ago arrested in Auckland on au extradition warrant, charging him with murdering a companion named Preller, has confessed to administering chloroform to the latter, bat says that it was given as a remedy for insomnia. Maxwell also states that bis real name is Brooks. The mumps are exceedingly prevalent in Wanganui just now, both amongst young and old. So common are they with the yourg people that the schools are being seriously interfered with. Catarrh of The Bladder. Stinging irritation, inflammation, all kidney and similar complaints, cured by “ Buobu-pniba.” Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents. Everyone knows how difficult it is to remove weeds from the garden walk when they have once become rooted and grounded. Salt is one of the remedies most frequently applied, and tbe following is said to be the best way of applying itßoil the salt in water, one pound to the gallon, and pour the mixture boiling hot out of a watering pot with spreading rose. This will keep weeds and worms away for two or three years. In subsequent applications the solution may be somewhat weaker. It will be as well to take care that none of the liquid falls on the garden mould. Flies and Bugs. Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed bggs, rats, mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by '• Rough on Rats." Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch.

Servant The butcher’s boy is at the door, sir, an’ says as how ’is master wants some money on that old meat bill at once, sir." Head of the house (slicing off a tender cut of unpaid beef) —“ Well, tell him to call again some time. I can’t be bothered with bills when I am at dittner.”

Nordenfelt is a colt (says « wriiwr) that has the appearance of -iinuti b belt public than in private. At an adjourned meeting of cirrioi" on Tuesday (says the Daily)i it ««' that in consequence of the Mined* r° Works having decided to lower the freight on wool and other goods on the Wellington rati way, no further action be taken in respect ol carrying wool ami goods by road between Maslertonjand Wellington. Mr Daniel Cameron, coachbuilder, of Greytown, has entered a protest against the det ision of the Judges in the carriage departmei t. We believe he has the support of seveial practical men.

The Wairarapa Hospital at Grcytown is just now well filled with patients, but none are suffering from contagions diseases, .three of the inmates are suffering from the resu ts of accidents; then there are some cases o rheumatic gout, diseases accruing from the effects of hard drinking, &c.

An Auckland telegram states that the proprietor of Fryer’s Circus has received cablegrams from Australia stating that the horses and other animals will be permitted to land either at Sydney or Melbourne. They intend to take them on there, afterwards oome back to New Zealand, unless the Colonial Secretary withdraws the restriction. A horse parade took place at Maiterion on Wednesday. Tuere were eight thoroughbreds present, {represented by Volligeur, Dubious, Treason, Lord Mandeville, Dan O’Connell, Lillipee, Tattler and Midge. There were five draught horses on parade, viz. : Rob Roy, Laird O’Largo. Dainty Davie, The Curate, and Gladstone. The horses were offered lor sale, and not fetching tne reserve price were bought in by their owners.

The annual horse parade, held under the auspices of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society, will take place to-morrow afternoon at Carterton.

W# learn from Masterton that Mr Hogg has had an interview with the Minister for Public Works, who nas consented to reduce the fare for adults accompanying ohildren.to the Exhibition by special trains. Mr Richardson also stated that when the season was further advanced, excursion trains from Wellington to the Wairarapa would run periodicals.

The following resolution was moved by Sir Beetham, and seconded by Mr Bunny, and agreed to unanimously at the meeting of the Land Board yesterday morning " That the Board respectfully request the Minister of 'Lands not to allocate any portion of the Mangatainoke Block for special settlement before the Minister and the Board are in possession of the scheme of settlement now being prepared by the Survey department. We would suggest to our local auctioneer, Mr F. 11. Wood, that he calls for tenders for an aerial machine, or balloon, to facilitate his travelling, as wo notice of late he has been covering a considerable number of miles in connection with his auction sales. By reference to our advertising columns, it will be observed that next weeks Mr Wood bolds a sale of canaries, parrots, &0., at hie Greytown rooms on Tuesday ; a similar sale at Masterton on Wednesday ; a large sale of geueral merchandise at Tenux, on Thursday ; another at Ekatahuna on Saturday. We wonder where next ? To-morrow, Mr Wood holds an extensive sale at his Masterton rooms on account of the Auckland Clothing Company. The quarterly criminal sessions of the Supreme Court commences on Monday next. The train arrangements for the month of October appear in our advertising columns today. On every Wednesday and Saturday during October cheap excursion tickets will be issued by the ordinary trains leaving Masterton at 7.30 am. 2.10 p.m., and they will be available for tbe return journey for one week from the date of issue. Tickets issued on Wednesdays will be available for the return journey until the Saturday week following the date of issue. On Wednesday the 7tn and 21st, and on Saturday the 3rd, 17th, and 24th, day return tickets will be issued, at Masterton, Carterton, and Featherston, at cheap rates, available by excuasion trains only to Wellington. Holders of these tickets, however, can return cither by the ordinary 4.25 p.m. train or by the exoursi on train leaving Wellington at 10.30 p.m. on the day of issue.

The friends of Mr B. Kimberley will leam with regret that he has lost his favorite entire horse Barry Lyndon. The horse had been suffering the last few days from enteritis and although every effort was used to relieve tbe animal ha finally sank from the effects c( the complaint.

A man named John O’Brien has been com* mitted lor trial by the Resident Magistrate'll Oourt at Lyttelton for breaking into the Canterbury Hotel at that Port, and stealing £6 odd. It is alleged that he got into one of the bedrooms at night, and ripped up a bag from which he abstracted the money. It is suspected that he is the same man who perpetrated several hotel robberies in Wellington, as when arrested he endeavoured to secrete a ring in his mouth. The ring has since been identified as one stolen from a Wellington hotel.

The nominations for the fre ihcoming Wairarapa Spring Meeting will he tonnd in another column ; there are some old favorites among the list.

Mr F. H. Wood s fm might, y slock sa'e at the Taratahi yards took [.lace y» sle.rday as usual, and the prices at which tnu lots were cleared were very fair, the bidding coming freely. The following prices w.-re realised : Dry owes, Os 3d ; fat ewes and wethers, 11a 3d ; ewes and lambs, 10s Sg to 13s 7d ; wether hoggets (heavy) Its ; store cows, £2 15s ; dairy cows, £0 2s (id , two year old steers, £3 ; three and four year old steers. £5 Is 6d ; yearlings, Ohs Before the buyer* dispersed. Mr Wood mentioned that hia next sale in the Taratahi yards would be on tbe fifteenth inst, and that he hid already got some entries for it.