Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price 1d. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1887.

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

Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price Id. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1887.

On Friday one of the boarders at an hotel in the district, left his watch, a silver one, in his waistcoat pocket in the bedroom be was occupying. During his temporary absence some enterprising individual (a visitor to the races probably l , removed the silver watch and substituted a brass chain. It is the opinion in several parts of the colony that Dr Russell, of Christchurch, is guilty because he has been found out. At) 'rl'oD, it is alleged, has been practised by severs' '--edieal men for years past. li is a rolT'Wk&Mr: fact that no agreement Ims h't.n C..1110 In at.' In tin v..n«C of the lon* depii-Mion. Shrewd biisimss men have fail« d to give a go..i reason fwr it, Uur have they been able to propose a way to make (hires better. J he rn-iid has suffered through depression f"r 11 *• n / lime, and disaster and riiin have hien (he Pd of many who once r tood high in irnumn-rciol cncles. It would however 11 “ I bough a change was lakin;; pW. lb do ha- been slowly and •tardily impio-,iop cable messages irom London slate that tho in-n, steel, coltou md Woollen trade i- -I,mvmg signs of mipiovt ment. "hii. r . no tkable industrial ievival has taken phi.-e ( on.uWiout America. Id fact all fcom-tni.. a.-c experiencing a charge (or the belter and this being so Now Zealand is eui •• to follow, ami we may cot ■ have to vait long before it is telt by all classes. We learn that the Rev Mr Western, Church i f lineland minister, has tendered his resignation in order to return to England. A convict; named John William Crabtree escaped from Mount Cook Gaol early Sunday morning, \ A lire broke out at Hascll and Co’s grain stole Lamblcn Quay, Wellington, yesterday morning at about 1.30, and after great exertion the fire wsa got under, the building being completely gutted.

The Timaru Herald of January 20 says ; —“ The crops in the Geraidire and WaitoJii districts are looking most deplorable, and in the majority of cases will hardly be worth reaping, and a blade ol green grass is to be met with scarcely anywhere.” Dr Lee, an old colonist, aged 7G, died at Auckland yesterday. The Rev W. C. Oliver, Chairman of the Wellington District, has been appointed President of the Wesleyan Conference. The Greytown Mutual Improvement Society meet at the Oddfellows' Hall lecture room ton morrow evening when vocal and instrumental music, recitations, addresses, readings, &c., will form the programme. It is desired that parents should allow their children to attend these meetings as they are solely for the instruction and advancement of the young in simple science and the various duties and responsibilities of life. Some adult friends have kindly promised to assist the Society with musical selections and addresses tomorrow evening.

At the E.M. Court, Greytown, on Friday, before J. P. Kussell, Esq., J Freer was fined £5 and costs for introducing the three card trick in the railway train.

An elephant escaped from a menagerie at Woolwich, and found its way into the back premises of the dwelling house of a working man. It succeeded in forcing its trunk through a window, and reached the table, upon which were the remains of the previous evening’s supper. These it quickly demolished, as also the breakfast for the master of the house, which was carefully tied up in an handkerchief, the animal having succeeded in undoing the knots after the most approved fashion. One of the inmates, imagining that burglars were in the house, struck at the intruder in the darkness with a poker, at which the elephant started a terrific roar to the consternation of its assailant. A light, however, was soon obtained, and when the true facts of the case were elicited, the animal was duly restored to the custody of its keeper. Lady Beautifiers.—Ladies, yon cannot make (air skin, rosy cheeks, and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics of France, or beautifiers of the world, while in poor health, and nothing will give you snch rich blood, good health, strength, and beauty as Hop Bitters, American Go’s made. A trial is certain proof. See