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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2030, 25 February 1887, Page 2

On Monday Mr A. J. Armstrong, draper, of Carterton, will have an inset through that day's issue of the Standard m reference to his opening at Featherston. The Taratahi Carterton Horticultural and Poultry Show will be held on Tuesaay, the 3rd of March. The Brass Band will probably perform on the occasion.

Mr Nash has just completed the painting of the Morrison’s Bush Inn and its numerous large outbuildings. From the appearance of the hotel aed its suncundiugs now, much credit is due to Mr Nash lor his workmanship. Mr Hodge is much phased with the work. Mr Nash has been working fur about three mouths to finish the painting, and the whole establishment has such a rouovated appearance that it might he taken for a new one. Mr Basil Butch, while coming into Greytown iu a trap the other evening, stood up for some purpose, when the horse shied and he lust his balance, tie fell on his head and his mates feared he had broken his neck. Professor Moiley, homeopathist, happened to be passing and tendered assistance. He found that no bones were broken. Beyond a | iew bruises on the face Mr Burch was unhurt A comical accident happened on Wednesday afternoon in Church Street, near the Post I Oliice, Mastertou, Mr A. Grant, rl Gladstone, and a Companion, were driving iu a buggy, when the Article suddenly divided in two, and the horse, slmft, and fore wheels trotted along to Mr dame-; Boss’ smitiiy, leaving the travellers to roll over the apron and skin their paims on the road metal. The occurrence was due to the breakage ol the kingbolt -Star. We have received a c, py of a new sporting pager, Tbe Uefeiee. wiiicb is published in Sjducy The new journal is splendidly got u , hihnful of information, and is i ci edit to the promoters. All the : ua 1 in st ie.iublo information ... iiiiimo in 'ihe Btleios, and we reoom- - • id the piper t.. the spotting fraternity as a new bpi ei ,1 settlement Association, In,lending to ukc up land in the Forty-Mile Bush, is being formed in Mastortou. E'oity!iu intending members have sent in their Uiim-s. lire reserv ,ir «t .uoui im it i. which supplies \\chiugton with wilier has been leaking ;o l!;e intent of many thousands of gallons ■‘ai'y. This accounts for water being scarce iu Wellington. Sir Hubert Stout, in an article ia the Nine, eeuth Century, insists that colonial fedeca* Iqo amt precede Imperial federation,

The Wellington Education Board have accepted tbe resignation of Miss Jupp, of the Masterton School. Mrs Craig has berm appointed aewiug teacher at Featherston. The question of enlarging the school at Waihakeke will be considered at the uext meeting. Messrs Buchanan and Bunny are to report upon a site for a second school at Masterton. Tbe Board decided that the salaries of all those teachers who have not gone up for further examination should he at once reduced. It is proposed to abolish the Wellington Training College. Mr Howard, the principal, has received three months’ notice. On Saturday morning a man named George Conn was found dead in his bed. He lived at Takaka, Nelson, and on the previous day had been out fishing in Golden Bay, and retired to bed in his usual health. The cause of death was heart disease. There are twenty cases of typhoid fever in tbe Auckland Hospital. The New South Wales Government have discovered that £200,000 worth of war material, which was ordered by Mr Dailey without the sanction of the Cabinet during the late war scare, is now being shipped to Sydney. Nelson Bros., of Napier, announce that killing will be stopped for a short time at their works at Tomoaua. They have now 28,500 frozen carcases in store. There is a difficulty in obtaining vessels for their shipments. This difficulty is a very serious drawback, and has greatly interfered with a full development of the trade; bat, notwithstand - ing it is so early in tbe season, Messrs Nelson have sent away 90,000 carcases. It is estimated that over a thousand acres of grass have been destroyed by fire in the Lower Valley. Mr John Jackson, of Stonestead, is appointed starter at the forthcoming Greytown Friendly Society’s Sports, not John Armstrong as printed in Wednesday’s issue. Now that the harvesting season is over the Greytown Cricket Club have been able to arrange a couple of matches between the Palmerston North Cricket Club aud the Masterton Cricket Club respectively, Tbe latter to take place in Masterton tomorrow week, 5 th March. The match with Palmerston North takes place in this township on Easter Monday. We would advise our local club to go in for some genuine practice, also have some arrangements made for watering tbe ground ; to play on ground in its present stato is exceedingly dangerous. Tha second eleven are likely to have a few battles to fight before the season closes. A practice will be held to* morrow and every night next week. At Sydney, one thousi M of the unem ployed marched in proces-ion to the Benevolent Asylum the other day, and demanded food. A number of then afterward interviewed the Premier, who promised to deal

witli the question. It is reported that Mr A L Levy, who mysteriously disappeared from Wellington some months ago, is returning to Wellington. In spite of every precaution, Socialist pamphlets are being extensively circulated among the German troops. The Ritualistic vicar of Merthyr Tydvil has refused to confirm a young lady because she declined to express her belief in the necessity of confession, and, when the vonng lady got another clergyman to propose her for confirmation, the vicar refused to allow her to be confirmed in the pariah church. We hear that tho Railway employees at Cross’ Creek, have taken out hospital tickets to a man. This is flattering to the Greytown Hospital, but it does not show implicit faith in their own department. However, anxious passengers have their remedy, they can subscribe to the hospital too, and then in case ol accident all bands can turn in together. It is stated that a powerful syndicate of Auckland capitalists have made proposals to Sir George Grey to purchase Kawau. If the present negotiations end in purchase it is understood that part of the Island will be sold for summer residences, and the rest disposed of in accordance with a plan which has been agreed to by the syndicate. The price offered has not yet been stated. The Taratahi Carterton Road Board are calling for tenders for metalling about 30 chains of Woodland Road, 22 chains ol Opnkaio Road, formation, metalling and culverts, (about ten chains) on Somerset Road, cleaning ditch on Olliver’s Line.Waihakske, (20 chains), and cleaning out creek (8 chains) on same road. Tenders close Saturday, March sth. In a police court recently, when a man was about to be tried for assault and battery, he brought forward his boy, ten years old, as a witness. The justice asked the lad if he knew the nature of an oath, and the boy said his father had explained it. *• What did he say ?” asked the justice. “He said,” replied the boy, “ that if I didn’t swear that the other fellow struck first he’d tan the whole hide off my back.” He wasn’t used iu the witnessbox. The uext English wool sales are fixed to commence on the fourth Tuesday in March, 22rd prox. The New Plymouth Land Board have decided that holders of land on perpetual lease cannot mortgage. The sanctioning of such a transaction would tend to subvert the land policy of the Government. At the Redfern Sydney Police Court this week three men, named Flynn, Cameron and Page, were committed for trial ou a charge of having committed a criminal outrage on a girl named Mary Ann Mnrphy, aged 13 years. It is stated that the girl was a consenting party.

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It ie alleged that girls in the far North of Australia are either named' or kidnapped to the cattle smticn.t, wbeie they either become concubines, c.r are dressed in men's clothing anil are employed as fitockjiJe.s, The Ades laide Government have been asked to put a stop to the practice. " Hough on Rats.” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits, sparrows, and gophers, At cbuiusia and druggists, \

On account of imperative alterations having to be earned out in the school grounds, the Gruytown school is closed for this day only. There will be a full rehearsal of the cantata " Under the Palms,” in the Town Hull this evening at half past 7. Mr G. Pound is the successful tenderer for the cleaning, &c., of the cesspoolal the school grounds. The work is being proceeded with today. Mrs McLennan, of Masterton, now practises as a medical clairvoyant in that town. She undertakes cases recommended by doctors and clergymen free of charge. Those who have any doubts as to clairvoyance and its powers should pay Mrs McLennan a visit. Mr F. H. Wood held a most satisfactory sale at the Taratabi sale yards yesterday, over 100 head of cattle, and about 700 sheep being disposed of, the following prites being realised : —Fat wethers heavy 6s 6d ; ewes, 4s 6d ; store ewes, 3s to 8s 6d ; iambs in the wool, 3s Id to 4s ; dairy oows, 37s 6d to 85s; fat heifers, 60s to 765; bnllocks, well forward, 60s to 80s ; two year old steers, 43s ; heifers, 4os to 58s ; yearlings mixed, 21s to 24a ; calves, 10s 6d to 15s 3d. The Masterton Borough Council recently obtained a report from Mr J. B. George on the Municipal Gasworks lately erected there under the direction of Mr R. K. Smith. The report was published In the Daily, and now Mr Smith has threatened this paper with an action for libel for doing so, unless an apology is made. The Daily refuses to apologise. Relating to a paragraph which appeared in Wednesday's Stand abb re the Wellington Post Office. We are now informed that the Manawatu Times discovered that the statement was made hastily and could not be substantiated. Concerning the Masterton mail " going astray ” through a blander on the part of the head office,” we are informed by Mr Black, the Greytown postmaster, that it did not go astray ; it was merely left behind at the Wellington office aud sent on by a goods train arriving five hoars later, at Masterton. Still it was a blander on the part of the head office, but we are glad to learn that it is the first one of the kind which has occurred for many years.

The Masterton Horticultural Show was held ou Wednesday, but caunot be placed among the successes scored by the Society. “ There is no doubt (says the Daily) that the quality of certain classes exhibited have suffered through the drought, but it cannot be denied that the number of exhibitors in all classes except fruit and vegetables are getting beautifully less, and if the Society cannot devise some plan of popularising their Shows, it will, as it were, dwindle away imperceptibly as regards the classes alluded to. In the Show there were only three exhibitors in pot plants, and three in out flowers.” The bush fires at Matarawa, have been remarkably dangerous during the last few days. In the vicinity of Messrs Thompson’s and Johnson's premises, there has been considerable trouble in protecting the buildings from tire effects of the flames. Fortunately during the last few days the wind has shifted in a favorable direction, but should Ticehurst’s bush become ignited there may be some difficulty in saving some of the properties adjacent. As it is now, the fire requires continual watching. A fire of a destructive nature occurred on the Opaki between 3 and 4 o’clock on Weds uesday afternoon. Directly after the passing of a ballast engine flames were seen to rise near the farm of Mr T. Brown. The fir blown by the wind swept over the stubble and grass in a large paddock and travelled about a couple of miles when it reached two stacks of wheat, one of oats, and one of hay, belonging to Mr Robert Campbell. These in spite of e/ery exertion were totally consumed. The grain destroyed is estimated at 12,000 bushels wheat, 5000 bushels oats, and seven tons bay. and the value will probably reach between £225 and £250. The fire is supposed to have originated from a spark from the ballast engine.—Star. Mr John Carr Smith, son of Dr Smith, of Greytowu, has passed his examination in all subjects at the University of New Zealand, as a duly qualified practitioner.