Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price 1d. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1887.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2033, 21 February 1887, Page 2

Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price Id. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1887.

Yesterday Carterton was enveloped in thick ‘ smoke and bush fires were burning in 1 every direction around the township. 1 The Greytown Fire Brigade proceeded to ' Papawai on Saturday last, and tendered some valuable assistance in saving the house 1 of a settler there named Madsen. The oat- '• houses with a quantity of hay were all des. 1 troyed, and it was only with immense ' exertions they were enabled to rescue the i house from the flames arising from the bush ( fire. The Brigade worked in shifts or relays , until daylight yesterday morning. They were called out again yesterday afternoon. A cricket match took place on Saturday, Messrs Booth’s team beating Stevens’ in Ist innings by 106 against 60. Scores in out next. The Volunteer meeting advertised to be ■ held ou Tuesday is postponed until alter inspection parade on Saturday night. Negotiations for the purchase of land compassed in the celebrated Waimatino block, through which the North Island Main Trunk Railway is to pass, are progressing very satisfactorily. Already 100 out of 1000 shares have been acquired from the Natives, and the Court will proceed immediately to “ cut out ” the shares of non-sellers. It is expscted that out of the total area of 490,000 acres comprised in the block, the Crown will obtain 400,000 acres. Most of the non-sellers are scattered all over the country, but the signatures of all the principal resident owners, with the exception of Pebi Hano, have been obtained. It is telegraphed as something remarkable that day Gould has attended church services six Sundays in succession. Fifty thousand tons of soot were taken from London chimneys last year. Its value was set at £40,000 as a fertiliser. Boston has coined a word for the women who wear birds' plumage upon their bats. They are called " birdicidal women.” There is an artesian well 1000 feet deep in Aberdeen, Nob,, that throws out numbers of fish that look like the ordinary brook minnow. It is said that Italy is now in a position to mobilise and victual 400,000 troops, not counting the reserves. The work of providing the troops with repeating rifles has already been begun, and 1,000,000 of them will be in use in 1888. The French Government has decided to allow a series of bull fights for the benefit of the sufferers by the recent floods in the South of France. It is stated that thu Laddaise course in the Hippodrome, Paris, will be selected for the purpose. The loss sustained by t!io Canterbury Jockey Club in connection with tin hat .'imumer meeting ; s estimated l» reach On Friday ■ the -ioor- j- r H , ■ ■■u.:. : io -ntitib.i . I . »' u I'," I ■ bi.-al'i.tg tuttr J i.-ti,. y | if iiu-i •••l-vi’M it i . uat Greytown :f. -■ • ■ ,> fi *. T. 5o- .i nvvflhV. u: rJ ; j.lr 01 ; . t bn ulilllg n.O WIUuO'.VS lie KCHlt'fi j a rim:';,i tei.tu.ee. A imuibu ol pe-suns went to Papawai on Saturday upon hearing that ti.u Jubilee Singers wore going to see Iho natives. But there was want of thought in Europeans taking a place at the tables which were only laid for the native volunteers and a few invited guests. The natives took it in good part however, though the volunteers were crowded out and bad to wait while uninvited guests partook of their good things. It so interfered with the programme that the prizes fired for that afternoon could not be presented, and this was postponed until next Saturday. " Lucky ” Baldwin, the American turfite, has paid the handsome figure of £3OOO for bis two jockeys this year ; £2OOO to Mnrphy and £IOOO to West. Two hundred and eighty-four jockeys are licensed by the Victoria Racing Club, and 285 bookmakers—l6o lor the saddling paddock, and 125 for the bill. A large insurance company of Paris has issued a confidential circular to its agents, warning them against insuring persona who arc in the habit of dyeing their hair or beards.

As the express train from Sydney to Mel bourne was proceeding at a rapid rate toward Longwood, the engine suddenly rounded a curve when, a very short distance ahead, a gatekeeper was observed opening a gate athwart the line. The driver sounded the whistle and put on the brake, with the result that the locomotive immediately slowed in its progress. The gatekeeper nevertheless had not time to get out of the way, and with a crash the train dashed into the gate, breaking it to pieces, and at the same time striking the unfortunate man snob a blow tbat bis head was smashed beyond recognition. The horrified passengers, on looking out of the windows, descried the headless trunk convulsively quivering at the side of the line. Lord Dufierin in receiving addresses in connection with the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee in India delivered a speech, in which he expressed approval of the ambition of the natives to gain wider control of the domestic affairs of the country. He stated tbat he should be pleased it he were able to extend their political status. The occasion of the Qneen s Jubilee was celebrated in Mandalay in tbe most cordial manner.

On account of the low prices prevailing for dairy produce of late, settleis i i the Bangitikei district contemplate ke< dug sheep in place cf cows. Feminine street-car conductors are quite the rule in Chili. They are pleasant looking young women, who wear a uniform of blue flannel, white pinafores, and Panama hats. Napier possesses a bridge something like the Grey town platform structure. Too planks are described as being “ as loose as the keys of a piano.” Sander & Son’s Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases nod accidents of ail kitul , bo they wounds, burns, scalding*, bri;!---, sprain.-, it is tii -afest u r - !L> i'dhltUD- ’1 ii 1-i- ,li".S I ■ ' :. ' ‘:.■ ■ ‘••i i 1, • . ■■ : d,j ... - 1 l v. i' .l .ion, ...it-!.' : o.’i. I'm i in iiris approved Ui li'i-.: !wd 10 j.vt all Othe,:'. Hoatois lorve Him Up.—"ls it possible that Mr Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?" “ I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, aud with nothing hut Am, Co’s Hop Litters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he must die,” " Well-a-day ! If tbat is so I will go this minute and get some for my poor George. I kuow hops ate good." Bead •• Bough on Catarrh ' corrects offensive odors at onee. Complete cure of worst chronic cases; also unequalled as gargle for Jiptheria, sore throat, foul breath. At Victoria the trial of the celebrated case, Merry v. the Queen, has been fixed for May lb. Tins action is brought against the Crown to recover £500,000 for breaches of contract in connection with the construction of the Geelong mid Ballarat Hallway, Fraser and Nicholson are also defendants, and arc , h.ir-cd with fraudulently compromising the r>; Ms ~f the plaintiff, !; .! -1; ... Piles." ■'!.• r Fib'S 7 In (-biM I--lift .sods ■ Hip.s, i sue guaranlei 1 Ask lot “ Bough on Piles." Buie true for lUbiug, protruding, bleeding, or any I farm of Piles,