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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1901, 12 November 1886, Page 2

A concert takes place this evening at the Tauheronikau * Schoolroom, the proceed* k® devoted to prizes forthe school children. no doubt there will be a good attendance. The Auckland City Council have gone * n for retrenchment at the rate of £IB,OOO a year.

Mr John Thomas Backhouse, who has been engaged on the Queen's wharf, Wellington, for 20 years past, died in that city on Wednesday morning. In answer to a numerously signed requisi tion Mr Caselberg has consented to again come forward for the Mayoral office at Mastertou.

Agnes Sorgenseu, charged at Oauutu with the murder ot her illegitimate child, has been committed for trial. The prisons'- has reset ved her defence.

'I if ,-.-.-iidvers-n-y ; • and public meeting In conm.'tih.u with tit-' V. csl.yau Sunday School, M.sli-rlnn, earn-" oh on Tuos 1 iy. The report is a veiy satisfnc ■ry one, and shows a good work going on among the young people. About ‘.'o-t ‘.vn.Mi of silver plated i disappeatel rayste;i nt-I? during the r ..n journey by irai" in in Waikon.ie, after bis Excellency lad diivco " rue lost spike"on the Wellington-Manawatu railway. A few good milking cows are advertised for shj by Mr Coleman Philips. • The Wellington Mauawatu Railway will be opened for regular through traffic on Monday. -IHh inst. Last week the Company brought down 2300 sheep, 269 head of cattle and 218 pigs by special slock trains.

The new townshio on. the MastertonMangihoa BUick hai been named BalUuos, after the Minister of Linds.

01 Wednesday evening Mr Coleman Philips read a paper to the members of the Wellington Philosophical Institute upon the interesting subject ef " Vital Force."

A new store is now in eouite of erection next to tbe Working Men’s Club, Gieytowu, for Mr B. J. Thompson. It is a good sign to see fresh buildings continually going up in the face of all the depression. The weather, this week, has been anything but agreeable. Gales of wind with driving rain, has spoiled all outdoor sports, and yesterday tbe cold was felt as much as during tiie winter months. The high winds havo thinned the fruit trees considerably. It is stated that Sir G. Grey intends to lease or dispose of Kawau, and make Auck» land his home as soon as his library and ait treasures are removed to the Auckland Free Library.

Three thousand people visited the Auckland Agricultural Show. The roan bull, Duke of Newcastle, for which £I6OO was offered in vain in Sydney two years ago, found only one bidder at 16 guineas and was withdrawn. The unfavorable weather spoiled the holiday. The Greytown Private Brass Band have decided not to hold another concert for some time to come. *

Twenty years ago Caffrey’s father committed suicide by shooting himself on account of family troubles. The programme of the concert iu aid of the Ghnrch of England, Featherston, appears today, and is of such a high character that it cannot fail to draw a good house. We hope the promoters may have a fine night, and that the results, financially will be to their entire satisfaction.

The cricket match, Victoria versus Shaw and Lillywhite’s team, was drawn. Tbe Wellington Opera House is to be opened on the 17th with the " Silver King.” We understand that Captain Sommerville has definitely fixed on February the 28th as tbe opening day for the New Zealand Bifie Association meeting at Christchurch. A clergyman’s wife calling on Mrs Gladstone at Hawardeu, remarked, in speaking of the elections, that these were troublous times, “But,” ejaculated she, piously, “ There is One above that will guide us.” “Yes,” said Mrs Gladstone, “ he will see us through it; and if you will take a seat, I dare say he will be downstairs in a few minutes.” In a sensible letter on Bishop Cowie’s reply to the Auckland Orange Lodges, " A Protestant Minister ” says “ Let Protes» tants by all means defend their opinions, but let them always remember the following facts: —There are two sides to every story— Bomauists have used tbe stake, the faggot, and the rack—so have Protestants. Romanists have persecuted to death for religious opinions, so have Protestants. Romanists have banished men from their native land, so have Protestants. Bomauists conspired against Governments, so have Protestants. In .a word, there is hardly a charge against the one that may not be brought against the other. Let each bury the hatchet, and in this new land cultivate that charity without which all else is a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.” Farming is supposed to be a paying occupation, and no doubt under good management the land is capable of producing a fair interest on tbe money expended in its purchase. But there are times when it is extremely difficult to make farming pay, and the following figures, which are taken from official returns, show that this is the case. The Minister of Mines, iu opening the conference, which is now [sitting in Sydney, said that he found that the value of horses, cattle and sheep in the various colonies was esti. mated at £78,984,871, and that the gross income which they produce is estimated at £33,669,973. The capital value of land, improvements, and (plant, with stock added, represented £859,000,000. By calculating the interest which this sum represents on the capital, wa find that the average procaeds of farming in tbe colonies may be put down at twelve per cent gross. The net income is very much less, and can be arrived at by deducting the actual cost of working eto., 3 and this differs with different managers. Skill in the 'Workshop.—To do good work the mechanic must have good health. If long hours of confinement in close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let him at oace, and before some organic trouble appears, take plenty of Dr Soule’s Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuvenated, his nerves strengthened, his sight becomes clear, and the whole constitution be built up to a higher working condition. Bead

One can get some good tun down at the Empire city in session time, by watching the speakers in our own House of Parliament. A Southern paper says Sir Robert Stout commences by buttoning up hia coat with a sort of “ come on ” sort of attitude, and repeats the process every now and then throughout. Major Atkinson works his open hand vertically with the action of a meat chopper on a block, the motion being in concert with the sentences, the violence of the former depending on the energy of the latter. Sir George Grey rises with great deliberation, leisurely unwinds a huge comforter, then takes off his greatcoat, begins with a long drawn out “ Sir,” after which there is a considerable pause before he commences. When excited he beats the air with his right hand, pulpit fashion. Dr Newman closes bis right hand, and keeps it going with a circular motion, as if playing a street organ. Mr Soobie McKenzie tugs industriously at his waistcoat, as if afraid of one of those uncomfortable intervals, a sort of silver streak, between that garment and another one ; and so on all round the House.

A correspondent of an Auckland paper says “ Considering the havoc created among the grass and crops for the last few years by certain kinds of caterpillars and beetles, I think that something of the same kind might be done to get rid of these pests, and I feel quite certain that if such a thing was started many farmers would contribute towards a prize worth gaining, in order to obtain any practical means of ridding themselves of these foes. In my opinion they are rapidly increasing, for with one turn of the spade as many as a score may be exposed. In many respects they are worse enemies to. the farmer than the small birds, for the latter, although doing great harm, kill many of the destructive insects, while these grabs, or caterpillars eat nothing but the roots of the grass and crops; and on account of the depth to which they bore, are invulnerable to all the farmers’ efforts to destroy them. I have seen thouof their holes at the depth of three feet, and’ i^f se ted Pt' ll further down. They are just now turning fro® their caterpillar form into that of beetles, and will BQ OU be heard in the evening, this being the on!y time they are above ground. 1 thick no pains ought to be spared in order to obtain quickly some means of destroying them.” What a paradise New Zealand is becoming at any rate for rabbits, small birds, caterpillars and beeties.

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Thrones are cheap in France. Two made for the last Napoleon are now valued at £2O each, and find no takers.

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.* funiinu 0..,,.us uf ilioir list of prices at the September wool sales. Compared with those of last year and tbe earlier sales of this year the prices are remarkably good, though they do not approach those o‘f the prosperous years 1872 73 74. The best class of New Zealand greasy combing merino wool brought as much as Is Ojd per lb. which is a great rise from the 8d or Bjd of a few months ago, but is still a long way from the Is 6d, or even higher, of twelve or fourteen years ago. At the September sales the best greasy crossbred wool brought better prices than the merino, a lew bales going as high as Is 2d per lb. On the whole, greasy wool is better than washed or scoured to judge the market by, as though the quantity of grease is variable it is less so than the quality of the washing or scouring. We have been much pleased with tha the inspection of some fine cabinet portraits turned out by Mr T. Price, of Masterton. For style end finish they equal Wellington productions, and we feel sure if residents in the Valley would visit Mr Price’s studio they would he well satisfied, instead of, as many do, being under the expense of going to Wellington for photographs. An Auckland telegram states that while a * party of cricketers belonging to the Ohacwai team who had been playing against Bnsaell on the 9th, were returning home they were caught in a sadden squall off the entrance to Waitangi, and the boat capsized, precipitating all into the water (about 7ft (deep). There were in the boat Mr M’Namara, the brothers, William, Louts, and Addison Goffe, and two natives. They werejjseen; from Mr Bnsby’s estate by two men, who hastened to their rescue, bat they only succeeded (in saving four, viz., William and Lunis Goffe, M'Namara, and one native, Addison Goffe and a native named Tarara being drowned. The cause of the accident is said to be'that tbe sheet was fast at the time of the squall. The Lyttelton Times states that steps are being taken to endeavour to hold a show, for the first time in New Zealand, of wool, grain, seeds and other local produce, the first prize exhibits to be forwarded to the Imperial Institute as a contribution towards a New Zealand Court. The marvel is that clasaes for these articles of produce have not found a place in the prize list of every Agricultural Society’s and Farmers’ Club show in the country. These, exhibitions seem in too many cases to make prominent almost every line possible but those of most interest and advantage to farmers. About 200 persons gathered at the old Town Hall, Carterton, to partake of tea, on Wednesday evening, the occasion being the anniversary of the Wesleyan Church of that town. At a meeting which followed, Mr Q Oallister presided, and the report of church work read by tbe secretary, Mr Andrews, indicated that a progressive and genuine work was going on. The Bevs IN Buttle and J Ward, and Mr S Hart gave addresses and the choir enlivened the evening’s proceedings with some nicely sung anthems and pieces. It has been found impossible to arrange a cricket match for to morrow between the first teams of Featherston and Greytown, as several of the Featherston players are away. The match, Matarawa v the second eleven of Greytown will not be played yet. Under the circumstances the Greytown club will play a scratch match among themselves. Strange Insurbordinatiou.—Who has not experienced a sort of malady when all the faculties seem in rebellion, and labor is absolutely impossible ? It is a condition of nerves and stomach and brain that can only be cured by the use of that irresistible remedy American Go's Hop Bitters. Bead Last Thursday evening at tbe Gar ter ton Lyceum Hall an entertainment was given for tbe purpose of raising funds to provide prizes for the Belvedere school children. Mr MoFar< laoe, master of tbe school, assisted by Mr Downard, worked energetically for the occasion, and several ladies and gentlemen contributed handsomely for the tables in good things to eat and drink. The concert was most enjoyable, and when the room was cleare for dancing the company kept up the fan until after midnight. Altogether the effort was most successful in every respect.