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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1765, 30 November 1885, Page 2

The first rail of the tramway from Christchurch to the public cemetery was laid on Friday by the Mayor, Mr Hulbert. From Nelson we learn that Mr William Black has issued a writ against the National Bank, claiming £3OOO for alleged wrongful dismissal. For sis years Mr Black has managed the Nelson branch. Downing and Co’s Brewery at Whangarei, Auckland, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday morning. The loss is about £2OOO. The insurance is £BSOO, mostly in the New Zealand Office. Mr John McLaren, an old Dunedin identity while playing bowls on the Cumberland Street green, was seized with a fit and died within an hour. Baldwin, of clairvoyant fame, is said to have come in for a legacy of £BOOO by the death of his father.

We hear of £6OOO having been subscribed for a church in Napier. One gentleman gave £2OOO, a certain Trust another £2OOO, and the remainder has been promised. According to the Ilawera Star, Mr Fisher made the following very fair and even liberal proposal, viz,, to find building and plant at his own cost for making cheese, paying 4d per gallon of 101b for milk delivered at the factory, sound and sweet; payments to be made monthly, deducting I-3d for every 100 gallons supplied as interest on money bor. rowed to purchase milk, and one month's milk always to be left in arrear of payment, always provided that the contributors combine to give him a joint guarantee that they will supply not less than 300 gallons daily.

The Daily Bays—We have been informed that upwards of £l2O was collected on the ground of the Musterton Agricultural Association towards the liquidation of the debt of the 7vH::;l ra Pa Pastoral Society. This is certainly an excellent illustration of the old adage of “ Live and Ut Live.” The Queenslander says : “ Too groat a greed for hind has caused hundreds to fail as fanner ain this colony. The simple fencing required by a large block has absorbed more money than would have sufficed to enrich and bring in a good return from a smaller area. The adage that a small farm well tilled means a pocket well filled, is a truism. Many a selector has lost heart through spreading his labour and capital over 320 acres in the hush, when, if he had been eontnnt with 32 acres near a market, ha could have made a competency. Our agricultural reporter mentions instances of farmers rising to comfort, amounting almost to affluence, by being content with 8 or 12 acres of good land neat to a market, know of similar successes after a few acres of pineapples, orchards, from vineyards, and from garden produce. In general it is the man who concentrate*! hie energies and his capital upon a small area that lives the most comfortably, and is moat free from the worrying cares of life.

The barque Hudson, after a passage of 95 days from London, got ashore on the 90-mile Beach, Timaru, at 3 o'clock the other morning, but was got off again without sustaining any injury.

A young man named William Porter, a nephew of Dr Wallis, of Featherston, died rather suddenly on Friday night, of appoplexy. Deceased formerly held some military positions at the Cape Colony. He recently was connected with the Featherston volunteer* as sergeant. Deceased was 33 years of ege,

The infant son of Captain Macey of Lyttelton, was found face downwards, smothered in bed the olher morning.

The Majeroni-Wilson opera company appear at the Theatre Koyal, Wellington, to-night. Messrs Hoadley & Co., on Saturday continued the sale of the Biverslea estate at Hastings, Out of 1000 acres 300 were sold, realising £45,000. Time did not permit any more to be offered, end the balance was reserved for private sale. The theatre at Woodville will cost £IOOO. It has been decided to give a luncheon to the Premier, on the occasion of his visit to Masterton on Wednesday,

Trenton has been scratched for the Auckland Cup.

Sir Modred, the well known New Zealand thoroughbred, who was lately in Melbourne, has been purchased by Mr Huggin, a Californian breeder, for £IBO6, and shipped to San Francisco by the City of Sydney. An order has been made by the Registrar of the Supreme Court to wind up the Pioton Coal Company, on the petition of Mr John Renfrew claiming to be a creditor. No opposition was offered by the company. About 50 persons visited Terawhiti on Thursday, and went over the Golden Crown and Albion mines. The Minister of Mines accompanied the party. Mr Pennefather, the Governor’s private secretary, met with an accident at Christchurch on Friday. He was riding, when his horse fell and rolled over him. He was stunned and bruised and considerably shaken, but Dr Prins, who attended him, does not apprehend any serious results.

Some young ladies the other day down the Lower Valley suddenly found themselves on the horns of a dilemma ; an eligible youth had kindly undertaken to take a quartette of the fair ones for a drive, hut unfortunately in crossing a river the noble steed persistently refused to proceed when about the middle of the stream ; here was a nice fix; they could not stay where they were, and to wade through with a young man looking on was out of the question. The young gallant came to the rescue and proffered to carry them one at a time, which was considered' equally also out of the question for a considerable time, but ultimately the damsels, after having held a council of war, determined with great resignation, to accept the inevitable, and allow Alonzo to carry them in his arms.

A soiree, of a very enjoyable nature, was held at Feathevgton on Friday night. The gathering was for the purpose of raising funds towards the piano account. Mr Barton acted as M.0.,; the Oddfellows’ Hall was well filled with a most sociable company, who kept up the dancing with great spirit until an early hour in the morning. Mr W. H. Speakman provided the refreshments in a most excellent manner, and Mr Parker provided the music in his usual good style.

The Belvedere estate sections at Carterton seem to he going off very well, and there are now not many left unsold. From advice given us by Mr F. H. Wood the following allotments are those which have just been disposed of '.—Section No 14, containing 21 a'U'ea to Messrs W. J. and J. Bond ; section No 22, 13 acres to Mr J. D. Manning ; and section Nos 31, 32, and 33, containing 160 acres, to Mr W. M. Scott. In consequence of the steamer leaving Wellington two days previous to advertised time it will be impossible for the Faust Family to perform at Greytown. The performance advertised for Wednesday will not therefore take place. Queen Victoria is believed to have set her heart upon putting one of her sons at .the head of her army and another at the head of the navy.

A Western timber-buyer thinks that if the original black walnut forests of Indiana and Ohio were standing to day they would be far more valuable than the farms to make which they were cleared away. Miles and miles of fence in those states, he says, were laid with black walnut rails. A farmer who began making his farm thirty years ago spent eight years in clearing it of walnut timber, eighty acres of which he burned up. After 30 years of cultivation the farm is worth £I6OO. If it had its walnut back it would be worth £20,000, This farmer is only one among thousands who for years girdled, cut, and burned the great forests they found occupying the land. A Beautiful Painting.—Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.A., is presenting to druggists and others in this country some very fine pictures in oil of his magnificent house and grounds and laboratory at that place. Mr Green is the proprietor of Boschee’s German Syrup and Green's August Flower, two very valuable medicines, which are meeting with great favor, the first as a remedy for Pulmonary complaints, and the latter for Dyspepsia and disorders of the Liver. These preparations have obtained an immense sale solely on their superior merits, and are sold by all chemists throughout the world. The price is the same for each, 3s 6d per bottle, or sample bottles for 6d, The sample bottles enable sufferers to prove their value at a trifling cost.

A ludicrous incident occurred at the Hawkes Bay Agricultural Show, which is thus narrated by the local paper:—The ladies’ hacks shown were supposed to be ridden by ladies. One buxom lassie was dressed well, and rode well, but seemed so be bursting with laughter at some very good joke. As she passed a group of men a gust of wind blew aside her habit, and revealed a “ beetlecrusher ” of potentious size, well studded with big nails. “ Great Scott ! ” exclaimed one of the group, “ what a foot! ” The amused smile on the face of 'the rider deepened into a broad grin as she said, “ Don’t you know me Jim ? ” “ She ” was a boy.

In several of the districts of the Auckland province self-acting cheese making machinery is in use. It is said to be entrrely automatic, and does aiiay with all labor in cheese making ; makes a larger percentage of cheese and of better keeping quality than can be done by the English process. The manager of the Hamilton Dairy Factory reports very favorably of the Centrifugal Cream Machinery and Butter making plant in use at that factory. He says the machine for separating the cream was run at the amazing speed of 7800 revolutions per minute, instantly separating the cream and readily discharging skim milk from one pipe, while the cream was running from the other. The results were highly satisfactory, and it is believed that the introduction of this machine will entirely revolutiuige dairying in the colony. Plies and Bugs. Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed bggs, rats, mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by " Bough ©n Bats.” Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch.

Wise Folly.—•' For ten years my wife was confined to her bed with such a complication of ailments that no doctor could tell what was the matter or cure her, and 1 used up a small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw an American flag with American Go’s 11 op Bitters on it, and I thought I would be a fool once more. I tried it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now as well and strong as any man's wife, and it cost me only two dollars."—H. w. Detroit, Mich. Read

“ Rough on Corns," Ask tor Wells’ "Roil" 1 on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Kemp, thorns, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christchurch. Can’t Preach Good.—No man can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, doctor a patient, or write a good article when ho feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and unstrung nerves, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little American Co’s Hop Bitters. Look for

Catarrh of The Bladder. Stinging irritation, inflammation, all kidney and similar complaints, cured by “ Buohu-paiba.” Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser & do., Agents.

Last Saturday morning, when the train bound for Wellington had got about a mile or two beyond Featherston, a passenger who was somewhat the worse for drink lost his balance and tell from the platform of one of the second class carriages. It was only when the train got as far as Pigeon Busbjthat it was generally known. An engine running up to Featherston picked up the man, who was found to be rather badly bruised about the shoulder and head. He was sent down to Wellington by the afternoon train rather sobered by the fall, which might hate cost him his life.

George Thomas and Co report produce prices as follows:—We are not aware of any changes in tbe market since last week. The sale for all kinds of horse and cattle feed is now greatly reduced in consequence of the plenitude of green food. Salt butter (newly potted) and cheese has had a little attention for shipment to the Australasian Colonies. A very early drought seems to be prevalent in New South Wales districts, which if prolonged will prove beneficial to New Zealand dairy farmers. We quote feed oats from 2s to 2s 4d ; oatmeal, Lll ; flour, L 8 to LBlos ; fowls’ wheat, 3s to 3s Id; bran, L 4 15a (scarce); pollard, Lsto L 5 10s ; feed barley, 2s fid; maize, 4s to Is 3d ; beans, 3s 4d ; oaten chaff, L 4 ; old potatoes do not command much attention at L 3 pet ton ; onions, 2d to 3Jd per lb ; new potatoes, L 6 ; green peas, 7d per peck ; gooseberries. 4s per half case ; strawberries, fid per quart; cherries, 11s per half case ; eggs, la Id to la 2d per doz ; salt butter, lOd ; fresh do, 8d ; cheese, 5Jd to fid ; hams and bacoo, 7id to 9Jd per lb; live fowls, 4s ; ducks, 4s fid ; geese, fin fid to 7s ; turkeys, 11s fid per pair.