General News.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2024, 31 January 1887, Page 2

General News.

Id advertises unreneral merchandise, m the sth, and at 2th Feb. Borough Council the erection of two r meeting of the of Druids will be at the Greytown Volunteers won the .turday against the t»y 69 points, committed for trial terton by Mr Von the charge of robbing a nrflre. The ooMuttee of the Amalgamated Friendly Society’s sports meet this evening it eight o'clock at the Council Chambers. Mr Allen Whitfield, of the Pharmacy, Wellington, has just received a large consignment of drugs, soaps, perfumery, and other articles, to which he calls attention by advertisement.

Mr B&llance, as the result of his visit to JRotomahana, believes the White Terrace still exists, though perhaps it is buried in 50ft of mud. He will get cross bearings taken and trial borings made to ascertain the site. He thinks there will be no difficulty in removing tbo mud if the White Terrace exists.

Messrs Caselberg and Co are holding a monster clearing sale, which is to continue for a month, of summer goods The attention of the settlers is specially invited. MrjGarratt, chemist, of Wellington, is known to many Wairarapa settlers. Today he announces that his white worm powders are the best. They require no nauseous aperient after taking them. It was hoped on Saturday evening last that the windows of heaven would be opened and that the much needed

rain would descend. It drizzled on and off for two or three hours, but beyond this no rain fell and the moisture had little elfoct upon the parched vegetation. Friday, Saturday and Sunday were much cooler than the days have been for weeks past. Cardinal Moran intends to make a determined effort at Easter to raise the funds necessary to complete the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Sydney, on which £IOO,OOO has been already spent, and which will cost an additional £125,000. Last Saturday morning what threatened to be a serious grass fire started on Mr Monckton’s land, between Battersea and Tauherenikau, on the Moroa Plain. Had it not been for a ploughed paddock it js very doubtful if the house standing on the property could have been saved. About 100 acres of grass were burnt, and had it not been for the united efforts of Mm A Mitchell and Mr Waite the fire would have crossed into Battersea and done much damage. Garden sneaks are about at night. Wo hear of several trees having been stripped in different parts of Greytown and Carterton. At Dunedin Mr A. C. Broad, a brushmaker, brought a charge against a policeman for assault. The policeman was fined £3 and dismissed the force.

Great Britain has now an army oi 10,900 men in Upper Burmab. Sheffield advices report increased trade with America. The London Daily Telegraph concludes a long and able article on continental affairs and the Eastern question with the following suggestive sentence ; —Modern Peace is a warrior leaning exhausted on his sword and taking breath for the next round of the unfinished fight.” The people of New Plymouth are troubled with a plague of sandflies. When the witnesses in the Hull case left Timaru it was like a wholesale exodus of the town. At a recent Southern regatta one of the boats bore the “ simple ’’ n»i™> of Te Bakamohakamatuka. The valuation in Wanganui is less this year than last. It is £38,70910 a as against £39,518 10s, a reduction of £BO9.

The telephone is being put up between Tologa and Gisborne. The valuation of New Plymouth shows a slight falling off' as compared with last year, the figures this year being £21,906, against £22,022 las!, year.

Nearly the whole of the passenger traffic between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington now goes by Palmerston and Wellington Mauawatu Co’s line.

Ihe valuation of tho Borough of Kapier is £76,432, being £3004 above that of last year, notwithstanding the loss of £IO,OOO worth of buildings by the recent conflagration. A new roller mill is being erected at lemuka. The turbine wheel, when erected, will have a force equivalent to 40 horse power, and the output will be about live sacks an hour. The poualty for procuring abortion or miscarriage is penal servitude for nfe, or for any term not less than three years, or imprisonment uot exceeding two years, and with or without solitary confinement.

Sanuiib i Son's Eucalypti Emiutt. Test ts eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza , the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be snr»in a W °i* n(lß .’i bur . DB, Moldings, bruiaes, p , • 11 18 Ihe safest remedy—no swelling * nimßt ' io “‘ Llke Bur priaiug effects ? aP ’ di P hth «‘W. bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, ate • auTnH 6 *’ dyiemery ; diß «a»esof the kidney. And ry i org * n *' Iu u ““ 81 hospitals clinlc * '• pstronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibi. on, Amsterdam. Trust in tbit approved article aod reject all others. Skinny Men. “Wells’ Health Benewsr' estorea health and vigor, cures, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At chemists nod eulpt horne, I’rosser Jt Co, Agts,

tomu!!n.. H “ l ‘ rßalsam ' 11 S»J. stores and ° r ' elegßnt dressing, softens BestorsfJva 1 * 8 *! N ° . 011 “ or K rt,Bße - A Tonic .1, . Stops liuu cooung vut : utteog* UIU4i ' beuU m(p a ' *