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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1814, 31 March 1886, Page 2

Subscribers to this paper are reminded that the present number concludes the present quarter.

750,000 acres have been put through the Land Court at Wanganui.

The Sydney labor market is much depressed, and relief works have been started. The Greytown Quadrille Assembly will hold their second dance to-morrow evening. The sum of £11,273 was the value of bottled, preserved and dried fruits imported into New Zealand during the year 1885. Mrs Askew, of Newmarket, Auckland, took an overdose of laudanum, which resulted in her death.

Mr A. Hammond, of the City Restaurant, notifies that extensive renovations to the premises have been completed, and visitors will find a good hill of fare. We are requested to draw the attention of militia officers to a district order dated 28th August last, which requires all such officers to send in their names to the District Officer by the Ist April in each year, otherwise they will be considered deceased and their names struck out of New Zealand Army List.

Mr K. Bayne, who won the match with Hodge on Saturday, has won twenty-three matches in succession. One ten-mile match he won under the hour.

Mr Stratford, R.M., will dispose of all important cases in Wellington during the illness of Mr Wardell.

In the libel case, Stewart v Wellington Evening Press, a verdict was given in favor of plaintiff, damages one shilling. The Herman squadron has arrived at Auckland.

At Dunedin a woman named Mary Edwards was found dead in her bed. Mr E. B. Holt, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney, has disappeared mysteriously. His busme.-a affairs arc in a must complete state, but it is feared his non-appearance is owing to heavy speculations on horse racing, in which he lost money.

A little boy named Gray was accidentally killed at Coalgate, Canterbury, on Saturday afternoon, being run over by a dray. At Gisborne, Mr G. B. Turtou, a lawyer, was found in a fit on some waste ground and sent to the hospital. He broke out almost naked, and gave great trouble to control him. He is now on remand, charged with lunacy.

In reply to a deputation from the amalgamated carpenters, at Dunedin, the Hou Mr Stout said Government would on no account encourage the immigration of artisans as cabled ; only farmers with means would be assisted.

A meeting of the Works Committee ofWairarapa West County Council was held at the Couiitil Council Chambers, Carterton, yesterday! The following tenders were accepted for tl» Wainuiorn Kaiwhuta Track No. 1 Contact, Gardener Kearns £IOO 17s; 2 Contract I. H. Rofe £lls 4s 3d; 3 Contrast, Gardener & Kearns £l4O. There were 13 tenders put in for the work.

A mcetii.g of the Tauheronikau Reserve Trustees was huM at Fealheistun on Monday. Pro ent— Messrs H. Bunny (chairman), J. P. Russell and John iiidwill. Some routine business was disposed of, aud several accounts weMipassed for payment. The Native Minister will be with the natives at Pagawai, on Friday. The promoters of the Hawke’s Bay Woollen Company intend, it is said, to amalgamate with the Auckland Company. Mr F. H. Wood offers 20 acres of first-class land at Carterton for sale. Also five sores with an eight-roomed house and other buildings thereon. Mr W. Toogood, of Featherston, is opening up new goods and quotes some remarkably cheap lines in to-day’s issue. Messrs Veitch and Allan, drapers, of Greytown, publish a lengthy circular addressed to their customers and the public generally in another column. A meeting of the Featherston Cemetery Trustees, was held at Featherston on Monday. Present Messrs H. Bunny (chairman), G. Reynolds and James Donald. The balance sheet was read, shewing a credit balance of £22 13s 6d, which will shortly be published. Some other business was transacted and the Board adjourned. A crowded public meeting at Adelaide passed a resolution that it was absolutely necessary lor Parliament to be at once called together to deal with the commercial depression, and for the purpose of initiating works of a reproductive character, reducing duties on the necessaries of life, and increasing the laud tax.

Beach, before leaving for England, was banqueted, and presented with a purse of 240 sovereigns

Mr P. W. Wiliiard, who has arrived from Japan, intends running a Japanese village in Sydney. The members of the village comprise 40 in all. A terrible case of attempted murder and suicide occurred the other afternoon at btrawberry Hills, Sydney. A young man named August Anderson, in a fit of jealousy, fired at a young girl and dangerously wounded her. He then shot himself dead.

A proposal has been made that the system already in force with regard to Canada of sending out English indnstrial school children as emigrants should be extended to the Auatralian Colonies. The Colonial office has promised to consult the Governments of the various Australian colonies on the subject with a view of ascertaining whether any objection is entertained against the proposal. His Excellency the Governor, Lady Jervois> and suite left on Monday night in the Binemoa for Onehunga. The 1886 Derby Stakes of the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club have been increase! to £l5O and £25, with a £5 sweepstake. The Mastorton-Opaki Jockey Club have decided to allow members to take two ladies on to the racecourse at each meeting free of charge. Sir Charles and Lady Dilke, according to the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Telegraph, are about to visit the colonies. Sir Charles Dilke visited the colonies on a previous occasion—in 1886—and on his return gave his experiences in the well known “ Greater Britain.”

Mr Stuart Cumberland, the thought reader, is expected to arrive in Melbourne shortly. The Moa Dairy Factory Company, Taranaki, is doing very well, and will probably pay an increased dividend. Enjoy Life—What a truly beautiful world we live in ! We can desire no better when in good health ; but how often do the majority of people feel like giving it up disheartened, discouraged, and worried out with disease, when there is no occasion for feeling. Green's August Flower will make them as free from disease as when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct cause of seventy-five per cent, of such maladies as Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous Prostration Dizziness of the Head, Palpitation of the Heart, and other distressing symptoms. Three doses of August Flower will prove its wonderful effect. Sold by all druggists at 3s 6d. per bottle. Sample bottles, 6d. Try it.

Lieutenant Holditch, R.N.R., who has been making some experiments on the use of oil at sea in rough weather, points out that fish or colza oil are the only varieties of any use. Re also points out that when tunning before the wind, the oil has most effect on the water when the bags are towed from the catheads. If the experiment succeeds, this will form a new utilisation of this waste product. The Melbourne Argns says :—However large a share the increased production of wool during reeent years may have had in bringing about the present fall in its value, there can be little doubt that if Australian merino wool, and goods made from it, only had fair play throughout the world, a largely increased consumption would be the inevitable result. By protective duties on raw wool in some countries, and on woollen and worsted goods in others, the price of wool is considerably enhanced to the consumers, who naturally cannot wear as much of them as they otherwise would do. To Victorians, who realise to what an enormous extent the demand for our wool is restricted almost all over the world by these hostile tariffs, it is humiliating to reflect that we ourselves are among the offenders, as we impose a duty of 15 per cent on woollen piece goods. Of course, when the protective duty was asked for, it wag chiefly for the purpose of inducing capitalists to embark in the industry, and to enable them to overcome the usual initial difficulties incidental to the establishment of a new industry. But after having enjoyed the very doubtful benefits,of Protection for nearly two decades, they appear—judging from the statements of the members ol the Woollen Factories Protection Union—to be far less able to carry on operations, except at a serious loss to the State, than they were at the commencement of the protective era. New Zealand’s bid tor email farmers and other fairly well off agriculturists seems not unlikely to bo highly successful, The experiment is being watched with the keenest curiosity by the representatives of the other Australasian Colonies, who are quite resolved to follow suit directly they observe symptons of its answering.

“ Bough on Corns.’’ Ask for Wells”' Bough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanen, care. Corns, warts, bunions. Kerapthorne, Prosser A Co., Agents, Christchurch. The correspondent of the Otago Daily Times understands that the functions of the new French Vice-Consul (Vicomte de Jouffroy), now stationed in Wellington, will be much more extensive than lias hi'herto transpired, and that he will from New Zealand, watch over the French interests in the whole of the Western Pacific, particularly with an eye to German advances. ’

Skinny Men. “Wells’ Health Renew,-’ restores health and vigor, cures, Dyspepsia impotence, Debility. At druggists. Kemp thorne, Prosser A Co., Agents. Christchurch. The Jewish subjects of the United States have presented to the National Government a colossal statue of “ Religions Liberty,” ns a proof of their gratitude for the protection accorded to their creed. The statue is the work ot Ezekiel, the great Jewish sculptor, and represents America with her arm outstretched, as a sign of shelter, to a youth typifying religion. The left hand of America rests upon a scroll of the laws of the Uuited States, which give religious equality to all her sons. At the feet is the American eagle, with its talons on the throat of the serpent of intolerance. The monument, which is shortly to be erected, will be presented by the American Jews as theircenteunial gift

Don’t Dio In The House "Rough on rats ” clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed bugs, flies, ants, moles, jack-rabbits, insects, gophers, Eempthorne, Prosser and Co., Agent*,

It is reported that the N S.W. Government has decided not to place on the estimates this year any sum for immigration purposes.

A Wanganui paper says it must be inferred, from the smoking caps and cigar cases shown at a Wesleyan bazaarthere, that the followers of John Wesley are particularly devoted to tobacco.

A Sydney lady writes ;—" Lady Carrington shows her good taste in wearing simple gowns not overburdened with trimming, after the fashion that so many of our Sydney dressmakers are inclined to design for us.”

There was a “ scene ” in Sydney City Council the other day, when Alderman Young threw a glass of water in Aldermm Taylor's face, and challenged him to fight outside.

The usual R.M. Court business at Carter ton yesterday was adjourned as only one J.P was present.

On Jannary 6, being the feast of Epiphany, the customary offering of gold, frankincense, and myrrh was made on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen in the Chapel Royal, St James’ Palace.

There is every prospect of a large quantity of Native lands being available in the Wanganui district for special settlements says the Wanganui Herald. The importance of opening up the country to the back of Wanganui must be apparent to all who have the interest of the place at heart, and there is no better plan of placing bona fide settlers on the ground than by giving them the facilities which the special settlements offer. South Australia holds a Jubilee Exhibition shortly. The buildings for the show ‘are rapidly being proceeded with. The Tainui, by which Mr Bryce returns, is due in Wellington on May 8, four days before the meeting of Parliament. A strike of unemployed has taken place in Sonth Australia, because of a redaction of pay at the relief works to 4s 6d a dry. A correspondent of the Star at Tenni says the natives on the coast are refusing to sign the census returns, as they attribute them to a desire on tbe part of the Government to get information of the native strength in order that if necessary thsy may know what force to prepare for their extermination. However, if the old men are a little thick in the head on this score, the young men are alive to the advantages of working their own lands. Some of them have already enrolled themselves under the banner of sheep farmers. They are possessed of about 800 sheep and are preparing for tensing in some more Native lands, the leases sf which expire next year.

The electoral law of Switzerland is a marvel of simplicity. Every male Switzer of 20 years and upwards his the right to vote, paupers, wards, bankrupts, and criminals alone, excepted, and everyone under the age of 62 is obliged to do 10, under a penalty of a fine.

The Catholics have upward of eighty members in the new English Parliament, while Scotland returns one for the first time since the Reformation. The last Parliament had sixty Catholics.

Another Native has filed his schedule at Gisborne. Debts £372 ; assets £7. Kapai te Maori. The Pukekobo railway station at Auckland has been entered by burglars, and a sale carried away a quarter ol a mile and thrown over an embankment. It contained £23, but the burglars failed to open it. Mr William White, M.H.R., tor Sydenham, has forwarded his resignation to the Speaker of the House, in consequence of bis medical advisers telling him he mast retire from public life for a year or two.

Thomas Gibson, ex-clerk of the Petone Town Board, has keen arrested on several charges of forgery. He disappeared from Wellington about 18 months ago, and was found at Balciutha. A lad named Morrison, son of a widow at Johnsouville, was thrown from a horse through the saddle girth breaking, the horse kicking him in the groin and inflicting severe injuries.

Speaking of the labor of Mr C. P. Powles in connection with the Wellington Benevolent Institute, the Post says- From its inception, upwards of eighteen years ago, till the present time, Mr Powles has been one of the most hard working members of the committee, and has spared neither time nor trouble in attending to its work, which, as Treasurer, was at the time very great.

A meeting of the members of tbe Wairarapa Licensed Victnallers’ Trade Protection Association was held at the Foresters’ Arms Hotel yesferday afternoon, Mr G. Wagg io the chair. Nearly all tbe members were present, and some important resolutions were passed. It was resolved to hold another meeting at the Empire Qctel, Featherston, shortly. At the Greytown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before F. H. Wood, Esq., (Mayor), and Dr Spratt, the only cases that came on for hearing were two civil oases in which Mr T. M. Drummond, surveyor, sued Martinga, Ngahm, and Eingi (Maories) for two sums of £l3 odd for surveying some land. Tbe defendants in each case denied their liability and tbe cases wets adjourned to be beard afresh on April litb, at 9.30 a.m. The Assessment Court was also adjourned until that date.

The Te Awamntu correspondent of the Waikato Times writes I heard a good story not long ago of how the tailwav department was outwitted, A certain landlord got a billiard table from Melbourne some time ago, and the freight from Auckland to Te Awamntu was exactly three times as much as it was from Melbourne to Auckland. On making enquiries as to tbe enormous freight —nearly £7 —he was told it was double the highest rate on anything else. Boniface sold the table after a while, bought anotner, and this time he determiner to be level with the department, so he had the legs, sides, lamps and fittings shipped as furniture, and the slates shipped us elates, aud the freight this lime was only a trifle over £2. or rather lees than one third of the freight on the first table.

A site has been purchased in Ghuznre street, Wellington, on which to erect a Girls' Friendly Society Lodge. There is a great scarcity in Wellington of lodging-houses hr young women, says the Post, who arc employed in the city in work of various kinds ciming the day, and whose friends live iu uthei parts of tlie colony or elsewhere. The premises which have been hitherto hired by the Girls’ Friendly Society are far too small, and not adapted to their olject, and it is most desirable that a proper house, provided with all the rcquisities for makiug a comfortable home for its inmates, should be erected. After paying for the site the Society has £9O in baud, but the building will not be erected until more funds are foithcoming. His Excellency the Governor lias promised a donation of £SO. on condition that five other subscriptions to the same amount ate obtained.

" Civis,” in the Otago Witness says :- On iht that a distinguished functionary ia bankruptcy —no other than the OtliciV Assignee, to wit—conducted divine servioo m a suburban church the other Sunday during tiie temporary absence of the pastor. Tbs text chosen, with an admirable sense of tbs fitness of things, was, •• Owe no man any. thing.” As every congregation now a-da'S may be tegarded as composed of insolvents In eme or in pom, I don’t doubt that the sermon was' listened to with peculiar and painful interest. Probably tbs Offloisl Assignee improved the occasion thus ; —“ My dear brethren, in these times of severe commercial depression there is no possibility of our fulfilling the injunction of this text, except by availing ourselves of the beneficent operation of the Bankruptcy Court. My advice to you, thereforu is—File ; file early ; (i e often.” This is how the sermon ought to have gone; but how did it go f Why we have no autheutic record ? Where wers the reporters ?

The usual dance took place at the Tovn Hall, Greytowu, on Monday eveo'lU. TheP was a fair attendance notwiihsUniing tha the weather was bad.

A match between the Oreytown ant Waihenga Cricket Cluba takes place oi Saturday next on the Greytown Reserve when a good game is anticipated, as tbt Lower Valley boasts of srme capital playera The Greytown team comprises H Hawk* Cox, W Ju Id, Cuff, Rutherford, Nation Henry, Knell. Webster, G Jackson, J Judd Emergencies—Tally, Maguire, J Jackson Eccleton, E Udy, A Hawke. Match wll commence at 30.30. Emergency men art particularly requested to be at the practice*.

We hear that Mr Tbos Porritt ha* b*er appointed by the Governor a member of tb( Greytown Borough Licensing Committee.

Persons about to furnish should read an advertisement in another column by Mr Henry Fielder, furniture manufacturer, Wellington. He has an immense stock of furniture, Ac., to choose from.

We learn from a correspondent in Brisbane that exceptionally good prices have been obtained for some horses recently sent there for sale. The following are example* :—A pair of carriage greys, 100 guineas ; a pair of hays, 75 guineas ; a black saddle gelding, 41 guineas; a bay cob, square tail, 28 guineas; a pair of roans, filly and gelding, £B6. This should be good news for breeders at this end of the world. Saddle and harness appear to be more in demand than draught hone*.— 4 Herald.'

The quarterly meeting of tha We* ley an Cborcb, Greytown Circuit, waa held at Carterton yesterday. There waa a large attendance of official*, the Key J. Ward presiding. The work of the past quarter and several contemplated efforts were fully discussed. Much satisfaction was expressed at tbe successful gatherings of the Rev J. War! towards reducing the Greytowu Trust debt. So far £l5O have been promised (or this purpose. The income for the quarter met tha Out,'o, and left a credit balance of Si Cd. In the evening a largely attended and pleaaant soiree was held—tbe tea in the Old Town Hall and the publin meeting in tbe Cburoh, Addresses were delivered by Revs Buttle. Ward, and Messrs Hillier, Hart, Catt, and T. A. Weston. Tbe new quarter’s work is commenced in a most hopeful spirit. Flies and Bugs. Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed bggs, rata, mice, gophers, chip munka, cleared out by “ Rough on Bata,” Kemptborne, Prosser A Co., Agents, Christchurch.