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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1790, 3 February 1886, Page 2

The proposal to start a Special Settlement Association at Cartel ton has been energetically taken up, and a special meeting will be held this evening, when Messrs Buchanan and Runny will speak upon the subject. Andrew Black, charged at Wellington with having stolen a coat valued at £G from Alex Sutherland, at Greytowu, has been remanded until next week.

The Blenheim Meat and Rabbit Preserving Works have been burned down. The special time-table arranged by the Railway Department for the Hutt race days, Friday and Saturday next, appears elsewhere,

The Hon John Campbell died the other night at Sydney, aged 81. He was a native of the uolony. Among his many liberal gifts was one of £IO,OOO to endow the Bee of Hi ytijpa,

Mr MT'arlane, of Featherston, has been appointed to the Kaitoke School at a salary of £IOO a year.

The second day's racing of the (icelong Club was marred by a lata) accident, Hunt, the well known jockey, being killed in I bo steeplechase. Too sawmill owners of New South Wales intend urging on the Government the also* lute necessity foi Increasing the duty on foreign limbir as at presotu they am tvork- ' * mss. The iUO mills in the colony at .. ' —> to.OOl 1 nieil.

cu, 1 ,1,, y « -no in Canada A new sect has sprung -* scale, whose doctrine is that women nave n. because the btblc nowhere mentions women angels. Bt Maty’s, the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Hydney, has already cost LPJO.OOO, and ÜbO.UUU more will ho required to complete the design. Thu following is the flnnl selection for the Ansiralhm Team to proceed to limglami : lil.u lilmm, liiuce. M’llwraith, Palmer, Scott, Tmmblo, Spofioitu, Joucs, EvftUß, Bouuot, (mi lull, Jarvis and (i. (iifleu. His VVurship the Mayor of Mastertou, Mr M. Cusolburg, has returned, after a very ei.j pyal.lo tour of the Bouth island. II M.S. Nelson left Wellington yesterday P.i ii..burl. I ii.. 1 1,.|) 1 1, i,i announced of Captain Henry (i.ii.t, ..I I iniani. on old ami much respected . - I. ■ 111 ui. laimm Ingloy. wiio was apprehended by I ). I. olive Cliiystul on a enargo of sheep stealing, was brought before the Mastertou Dench ami remanded until Friday nut.

A meeting of the Kaitara School Committee w l ' l h'l.l in the Kaitara sehoo'housc on S unlay last. Present—Messrs Wakeliu (Chairman), Dick, Wood, Ward, Waite ami Hodge (secretary and treasurer). Many little business matters were attended to, which are unimportant in detail. The most important was the question of a pure water supply. The handle of the tap having been broken the tank could not be emptied so as to get a fresh supply of rain water.

Mr Joseph Saunders’ original contract for a portion of the Te Ato reclamation at Wellington is now almost completed. The Post says what has been done has, in a sanitary point of view, proved so valuable that the desirability of extending the reclamation round the remainder of the foreshore is selfevident. The only obstacle is the question of funds, and we ate pleased to learn that this is not likely to prove an insuperable one. The Corporation will in due time realise quite sufficient profit from the foreshore owners along the present reclamation to enable them to extend it ; and we learn that the contractor, Mr Saunders, has made a formal offer to the Corporation to continue the reclamation beyond the limits of the present contract to the extent of another £lO 000 to £15,000 worth, at the schedule rates of the present contract, and to wait for payment for a period of six months, or longer if necessary. This offer is a very favorable one to the Corporation, as the present contract was taken at, we believe, the lowest schedule rates ever paid for similar work in this colony. Mr Saunders having all his plant and men on the ground, has of course exceptional means for doing the work cheaply for the Corporation, as well as profitably for himself.

A rifle match is arranged to take place between the Carterton and Greytown Volunteers at the Carterton range on Saturday next, 6th inst, when the following members will represent Greytown, viz,—Captain Webster, Lieut Cameron, Lieut Porritt, Color Sergt Trotman, Sergt Willason, Sergt Gooding, Bugler Nelson, Vol Jury, Vol Tocker, Vol F. Collier, VolQ. Humphries. An accident of an unprecedented character took place on Sunday, on the Brancepeth road about a mile and a quarter from the Taueru. A huge tree (says the Star) came rolling down hill from a steep sidling on the Waipawa section, and, alighting on a 72 feet truss bridge, struck it heavily in the centre and knocked it into the gully beneath where it lies smashed in pieces. The bridge has only bean erected within the last few years at a considerable outlay. As the road is constantly in use Mr McKenzie, assistant County Engineer, and Mr Dawson, contractor, have proceeded to the spot for the purpose of erecting a temporary crossiog. A very absurd ease came before the Wel« iington B. M. Court yesterday. A young Chinaman named Ah Ling, was charged with having broken the 16th section of the Police Offences Act by selling two bottles of gingerbeer on Sunday, 24th January, “ the same not being a work of necessity or charity.” The reading of this portion of the information (says the Post) occasioned a roar of laughter, in which Mr Wardell, who presided, joined heartily. His Worship remarked that the case was the first of the kind which had ever came before him. The case was dismissed without being heard.

We have received Bishop's Benny Monthly Time table for February. In addition to the large amount ot useful matter, there is issued, as a supplement a sketch map of Wellington and country districts, showing the railways, roads, die , throughout the province, and giving table of distances and charges by coaches and trains, &c.

The proposition is said to be seriously entertained to arm the British infantry soldier with a shield. The new implement has a surface a foot square, is bullet-proof, weighs about three pounds, and is attached to the rifle. When skirmishers are thrown out they can thus carry their own cover with them, while, by fixing the point of the shield m the ground, they will not only be protected when firing, but will have a rest for their rilies.

August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-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, Heartburn, Waterbrash, 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, &c. 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. Sample bottles Od. George Thomas & Co report produce prices as follows :—Wo find no appreciable change in the grain market. There is no doubt the rain will do good to the grass country, but we think it has come too late to materially benefit growing crops, and may now interfere with the safe harvesting of wheat and oats, which is now iu active operation. Flour is ruling at L 8 15s to L 9 10a ; fowls’ wheat, 3s Id to 3s 5d ; pollard, L 6 ; bran, L 6 ; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; oatmeal, Ll2 ; maize, Is ; barley, 2a 7d ; beaus, 3s (id; oaten chaff, LI ; potatoes, L 3; onions, LlO per ton ; hams and bacon, BJd all round ; cheese, Gd to GJd per lb ; eggs, scarce at Is 3d per dozen ; salt butter, nominally wortly !)d ; fresh do, lid. Poultry has not been in such light demand for some time ; we quote -fowls, 3s Gd ; duoKS, 3s Gd to 3s Od ; geese, 6s ; and turkeys, 10s per pair. During the earlier portion of the week,fruit —arming, perhaps, too abundantly —ruled at very low figures, but has since revived, although at present there is no margin of profit for shippers. The unusual occurrence of a mirage was observed oil the Australian Coast by the steamship Norkoowa, the now steamer which arrived in Hobson’s bay recently. For two or three days before reaching port Captain Raison reports that his vessel met with dense fogs ; which retarded its progress. The mist was at times very thick. Latterly appearances took the form of mirage. During its prevalence the most strange and misleading sights were seen. The waves assumed the aspect of gigantic rocks, all rushing together as though a mountain were falling to pieces. At times such structures as large square bams would be observable iu the atmosphere, then steeples of churches would present themselves in the most unaccountable fashion. The atmosphere at the time was muggy, and evidently charged with the electrical element. The objects that appeared suspended in midair took all sorts of colors, and the smoke from the funnel of the steamer assumed peculiar tints. Complaints are now and then received that the Standaiu> does not reach subscribers regularly. We have just come across a case where a subscriber's paper has gone wrong. It appears that some workm u nlo j o by have been iu llio habit of withdrawing it from the parcel when left at the station platform. Wo shall expose the pilferers if any tat) l ' o complaints are made.

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The winning horse in a hack race at Napier on Monday paid £3OO as a lot ilisator dividend. It was the only ticket on him. The Shamrock Hotel, Wellington, narrowly escaped being completely wrecked by a gas explosion on Monday morning.