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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 2007, 20 December 1886, Page 2

Some interesting items will be found in onr fourth page today. Lyoett and Cross’s sawmills at Ormondville have been destroyed by fire. The Union Steam Shipping Company have announced their intention to suspend operations at their Eoranui, (Westport) coal mine at the end of the year. This is a matter of serious import to the district, and there is great public anxiety in consequence. Hall, charged with the murder of Captain Gain, has been comniitted for trial.

At the wool sale of the N.Z.L. and M. Go., at Wellington on Friday the prices ranged from 5d to 7Jd for greasy crossbred. The merino wool ottering was unimportant. There was a fairly satisfactory sale of skins after the wool had been disposed of. As evidence of the depression in the timber trade at Auckland, there are 17,000,000 feet of timber at Tairua booms awaiting a market. Hans Christiansen, boardinghouse keeper, was starting out on horseback from Master* ton, Friday, when he was bucked off, alighting on hie head. He was pished up, bleeding from the ears and insensible.' It is feared his skull is fractured.

John Moore, a Pahiatua settler, was found dead in bed at Manriceville the other morning. Anxiety is felt in Chicago that the Anar» ohista may take measures to damage the city. There are dark hints of blowing down the water tower with dynamite, and firing the city in several places at the same time. The Anglo-New Zealander solemnly informs its readers that “ Sydney Tarwhanga intimates that, unless the Maori grievances are redressed, it is possible, in the event of European complications, that be will not join with the English in defending the colony against external foes. This is dreadful to think of. Perhaps the Maori King is going to Parihaka to consult with Te Whiti, when be is released, as to how the potato is to be coeked. We shall all be cooked if Sydney Taiwhanga has his way. The body of a Maori woman was found on the beach at Oakaru, New Plymouth, horribly mutilated, She was blind, and left the pah three days ago to get flax, and was never seen alive afterwards. It is supposed she fell over a precipice.

Extreme disagreement has arisen between Sir Arthur Havelock, Governor of Natal, aud the Natal Government. In the Legislative Council notice was given of a resolution that the Governor had forfeited the confidence of the colony, and praying the Queen to appoint a competent Governor. The Greytown Mutual Improvement Society will hold their future meetings at the Oddfellows’ Hall. Tomorrow evening will be spent in musicrl exercises and Mr W. 0. Nation has promised to give the opening address. Parents and friends are invited by advertisement in another column.

John Duller, brother of Sir Walter Duller, was found lyiugvdead at the door of the stables at Mount Desert, Wanganui. Deceased left town for Mi Abbott’s residence at midnight on Friday on a vicious animal, which was found next morning saddled aud bridled. It is evident Duller had beeu thrown at the stable door. When discovered at 5 o'clock he had evidently been dead tome tin; ’ Deceased was about 40 years of age. The captain of the South Dunedin Volunteers being of opinion that many of the members of his company were not desirable members, called upon about 20 men to resign and hand in their names.

Sit Wm. Fox aud Mr Glover have been conducting a temperance mission at Wanganui, but Mr Glover has ruffled the feathers of the people there by insinuating that the number of lunatics for which Wanganui is famous was owing to the 21 hotels in town ; he also referred to the quantity of liquor given to a female patient recently at the hospital there, and hinted that she was killed by the medical attendants. Keigbily, a settler, at New Plymouth, while leading a bull, v, -s knocked down by ilm annual, which km-it on him. The bull was ahm-t to gore Keightly, when a neighbor, coming to his assistance, shot the animal. Knightly is not seriously huit.

Mr F. H. Wood udvetli-es a sale of drapery clothing, groceries and general merchandise, at his Greytown rooms, on Wednesday next

The Taratabi Carterton Horticultural and Poultry Association will hold an autumn show in February. A committee of the following gentlemen has beeu termed to draw np a catalogue and to report to the general meets I lug to be. held on the 7th day of January 1 next [—Messrs F. W. H Seed, A. Dooth, W. X. Barnard, and T. Price. The commit** appointed by the Featherston Road Board to open met at the Board office on Saturday. following tenders wore received; — For Cross’s Creek road—Burgess Bros, at £1 2s fid psr chain, accepted ; A Dick, at £1 ss, declined. Kabautara drain—Two tenders received. It was resolved that as the tenders lor KahanI'U i were above the estimate, Mr Sheet be authorised to see the work to bo carried out.

It was announced .yesterday at the aniver* eary services that the Carterton Wesleyan Sunday School would hold its picnic on Boxing Bay, and the Greytown School on New Year's Day. At the Ride Association's meeting next week at Greytown, ‘i'.hh and .'iOtli iust., the cash prizes and prizes in kind will be fully u „ ‘ '“at jeer’s average. The secretary, Sergeant .VUjor' *> a 4, b ,f l l f etivel * flar *- vassiug the district and T:'“ U^D - and haa »»t with due reward (or his exertions,

Referring to the recent Jewish bazaar the Christian lleoord says Doubtless we shall be accused of narrowness and illiberally for it; but we cannot help thinking that the object for which the bazaar was held—the liquidation of the debt on a Jewish synagogue—was one that Christians ought not to hare aided.” We read these words over and over again before we could be brought to believe that a professedly Christian editor could speak thus of his Jewish brethren. It is notorious that Protestant denominations take all they can get from the Jew, Roman Catholic, or heathen, to aid in clearing the debts of! churches built upon credit, and here we hare one of the organs of the Christian Church in New Zealand saying Christians should not have aided the Jews to pay for their synagogue. " Thou hyproorite, first oast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to oast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. The Carterton Wesleyan Sunday School, held very successful anniversary services yesterday. The Rev J. Ward officiated in the morning, and Mr J. Grahams, afternoon and evening. The children assembled in force, and sang with good effect special hymns taught them by Mr T. A. Weston, the choir master, and Miss Challis, the organist.

The aanniversary services of the Greytown Wesleyan Sunday School was held yesterday. Mr J. Grahsme, of Masterton, conducted the morning service, and the Eev J. Ward the evening. In the afternoon a special service was held, at which addresses were given by the Bev J. Ward, and Mr T. Johnston, the newly appointed superintendent. The attendance at all the services was good, and the singing of the select hymns by the children, under the leadership of Mr O. S. Gamble, really excellent. Miss Maggie MoMaster, the Sunday School organist, presided admirably at the harmonium. It was one of the best anniversaries the school has ever had.

One of the most vigorous workers for the late Featheraton Bazaar we forgot to mention in our report la*t f week was Miss Bell Toeker. We regret this, for she was one of the busiest on that busy afternoon. Through her activity and persuasiveness, she handed in one of the heaviest money bags at the reckoning ap time. The Featherston school broke up on Friday when there was the usual distribution of prizes. The list-will appear in our next. Oats are going down in price in the Wellington market. Potatoes (new) £5 per ton. Turkeys 10s, geese 6s 6d, ducks 4a, fowls Ss 9d per pair. Mr John Lewis Coster, MHB, for Heathcote, Canterbury, died at Opawa on Friday afternoon, after a long illness, aged SO. He was manager of the BNZ at Canterbury, and founded the direct steam service. This is the seventh member of Parliament who has died since last session.

Mr F. H. Wood held a general sale in his Greytown rooms, last Saturday and disposed of a large quantity of merchandise and miscellaneous goods. The Featherston Racing Club’s Privileges for the coming Taaherenikau meeting were also sold, with the following result Grandstand Bar and Luncheon Rooms, (Wilkinson), £ll ; Publican’s Booth, (Fabian), £9 10s : Refreshment Booth, (Grigg), £5 ; Fruit Stall, (Welbourne), £1 ; Horse Yards, (Crawford), £1 ss; Cards of Races, (Marsh), £5 ; Games, except Totalisatcr, (Crawford), 5s Gates, (Gray), £26. A yonng female teacher lately visited the Education Office, Melbourne, imploring a change from the school which she was in. She was in the depths of the bush, a day’s journey from the nearest country town, and compelled to board on a rough selector’s farm. To illustrate the sort of life she led, she stated that going to and returning from school she had every week to get over eighty fences. “ What splendid training,” said the sympathetic official to whom she was pouring forth her troubles. “My dear yonng lady, you should have entered yourself for the steeplechase at Flemingtoa next month.”

Mr P. H. Wood is fully engaged this week Tomorrow he eelle etoek at Featheraton sale yards; ou Wednesday a bankrupt stock at his Greytown rooms; on Thursday a sale of general merchandise for Messrs Brown and Co., at Masterton; on Friday a sale of general merchandise on account of Mr A. R. Armstrong at the Oddfellows’ Hall. Featherston.

Miserableness.—The most wonderful and marvelous success in oases where persons are sick or pining away from a condition of miserableness that no one knows what ails them (profitable patients for doctors), is obtained by the nse of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure fromithe first dose, and keep it up until perfect health and strength is restored. Refuse unless American Co.’s m.ire Notice.

“ Bough on Eats.” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits, sparrows, and gophers. At chemists and druggists. Mr George Chainey, a popular American lecturer, now on a visit to Australia, thus refers to the Melbourne Cup Day " Thera is a dark background to the picture of 100.000 on a racecourse gazing at the rushing horses ct3 one man, many other thousand hanging with breathless suspense on the telegraphic reports, Two million pounds gambled away ! What does all this tell of secret shame, pain, desolation, madness, and despair ? . Enough mohey wasted to ’ dot the deserts with arte« sian wells, causing the wilderness to blossom as the rose, aud to quench the blast furnaces from which the hot winds come.”

“ Buohu Paiba." Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney, bladder and urinary diseases. At chemists aud druggists. Kemps tborne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Dunediu.