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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 303, 30 October 1879, Page 2

The Rev Mr Hinton preaches in the old Town Hall, Carterton, this evening. Mr Macandrew lias permitted the jSTdconfidence motion to lapse.

Mr E, Richardson has taken his seal for Christchurch, vice Sir George Grey, disqualified. An old settler, Mr Chavannes, of Wangiirnii, formerly host of the New Zealantler at Wellington, is dead. After Saturday next M. Cnselbersj & Co.'s tailoring branch will bo carried on in their brick store.

The next Licensing Courts will be held on Tuesday, December 2nd, Applications must be lodged by November 13. Tenders are called for the rebuilding of the Victoria Hotel, Featherston. Messrs lows and Fergusson announce a large sale in the estate of T. W. Tankersly, of properties, stock, farm implements &c. 'A meeting of cricketers of the Opaki and Upper Plain Cricket Club takes place this evening at in the Institute, at 7 p. in, Some nightingales are on their way to New Zealand—may they survive the trip. Mr Crosse., dentist, announces that lie will be at Masterton on November 18 and stay a few days.

The police are prosecuting the Loftus Troupe at Dunedin. At last this daring company has found a virtuous city in New Zealand.

The House has granted supply to the extent of £200,000. Contractors who are anxiously waiting for their money may now cheer up! A general meeting of the creditors of Joseph Cundy is convened by the Trustee for Wednesday next to consider the debtor's application for a discharge.

By a typographical error in our last issue, the date of receiving tenders for properties in the estate of J. A. Petherick appeared as the 18tli November, whereas it should have read Bth November.

A meeting in tho bankrupt estate of Henry McArdle, police constable, Masterton, was held yesterday at the Supreme Court, Mr Lewis representing James McArdle, the petitioning creditor; and Mr Stafford the bankrupt, In consequence of the creditor having appointed himself trustee, Mr Stafford advised the bankrupt to leave the meeting, which he accordingly did. We were woke this morning by a'smart shock of earthquake at 2.30 a.m. Mr Ingram, the Night Watchman, who does not require a young earthquake to rouse him, has favored us with the following memo. :—" Rather severe shock of earthquake at 2.30 a.m., which made tho buildings creak considerably. This is the second I have felt within a few weeks." We do not know whether the recurrence of such shocks be ominous, but if they are we should advise all good people to prepare themselves for any eventuality by paying their newspaper accounts.

A meetina of the Masterton Borough Cricket Club was held last night, when it was arranged to play a match with Greytown on Monday, Prince of Wales' Birthday, The team will be chosen from the following :—Messrs Lister-Kaye, Tancred Harrison, Wardell, Hawthorn, Fitton, Garrard, Hood, Iggukleu, Green, Ward, Fergusson, R. G Williams, J, Williams, Moore; Mason, scorer; Gawith, umpire, The committee will have to hunt up a ground, as the park ground is too rough to play on. A scratch match, married v. single, will be played next Saturday afternoon, wickets to be pitched at 2 p.m. The following will represent the married : Hawthorn, Johnston, J. Williams, P, G. Moore, Teakle, Bayliss, Green, Girdlestone, Elkins, McCarthy, Harrison, R, G. Williams. Single: Mason, Wardell, Fergusson, Bish, Gawith, Brig.js, Bunny and Garrard.

We are informed by persons who have visited some of the battlefields in South Africa (says the Colonies and India) that while the bodies of Zulus and of horses and cattle slain there have been devoured in a few days by tho carrion crows, the bodies of white men have been left untouched by these scavengers. This was observed particularly on the field of Isandhlwan?, on its being revisited for the first time after the disaster to our troops there, when the bodies of the European soldiers were left untouched, while those of the Zulus were almost entirely devoured. The reason of this preference of the birds for the flesh of black men ii difficult to understand. Possibly the fact of the Europeans being clothed, while the Zulus were naked, may help to explain the circumstance, though this solution is not entirely satisfactory, as some of tho bodies of our fallen troops were stripped by the Zulus.

Tho Masterton Park Trustees moot tomorrow evening nt 7 p.m. The Mauriccvillo settlers have gone to head quarters I They have signed ut petition to the House of Representatives asking for a grunt in aid of their roads, We are not sure that a petition of this kind is regular, but it will help to keep their undoubted claims before the public.

The Greytown Rifle Volunteers held their usual weekly drill on Tuesday, and, die night being fine, they marched out, headed by their band. After drill, Captain Macara asked all the boys present (who were many) to come next night and seo what steps can be taken to organize a Cadet corps, Tho entertainment in aid of the Cricket Club to be held at Greytown, to-morrow evening, promises to be one of the best ever presented to the Wairarapa public. The first part consists of various songs and choruses, which are well arranged. The second part, solos and duets by ladies and gentlemen, and the third, a burlesque on Maritana. We hope there will be a good attendance,

Mr Hutchison, M.H.R., is trying his prentice hand at legislation with a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. Like most ultra-Liberal measures it overshoots iho mark, and will have the effect of limiting the poor poorer and the rich richer. If reasonable protection for creditors is done away with credit will be restricted, and the sufferers will be the poor people who depend upon it.

We understand that Mr Skeet has kindly promised to survey off a couple of acres of the Greytown Park for recreation purposes, and that it is the intention of the Trustees to call a " bee" for the purpose of having it cleared when laid off, We have been kindly shown over the piece of ground by one of the Trustees, and can only say that with very little trouble it could be made the nicest place for recreation purposes that could be desired. We would suggest when the "bee" is calh.d, that it be under the patronage of the ladies of Greytown, who have always had great inflvence when they have used it in any public matter.

Dtring (ho past month Mr E, J. Martin, of Kilmore-stroet, writes the Press. has been engiged sinking an artesian well nn the premises of the Christchurch Club. On Saturday he got to a depth of 200 ft from the surface, the pipe used being 2J- inches in diameter. The lower the pipe was driven, the harder became the successive strata through which it was driven, the last three-quarters of an inch before the water was reached requiring 0300 blows from a 2cwt, monkey before it was bored through. At this depth it was found impossible to penetrate furiher, and the plug had become immovably fixed n the pipe. In this emergency the contractor applied to Professor Bickerton to clear the pipe, and lhat gentleman, assisted by Mr Gray, showed himself quite equal to the task. Two half-pound charges of dynamite were lowered to the bottom through the pipe, each charge being pierced with a platinum wire, which was connected with two insulated guttapercha wires, attached to a twenty-ce'.l battery on the surface, The force of the charge, when exploded by electricity, shattered about a foot of the lower extremity of the pipe, and at once released the water, which rose in a magnificent upward stream, twelve feet high. The experiment was a great success, the well being the deepest in Christchurch. /Egles in the Australasian, relates the following incident:—They have pleasant, free-and-easy ways in some of the bush townships. Last Good Friday, at Cockertown, the Church of England parson disposed with the usual service, as there was an interesting cricket match in which his skilled assistance as champion bowler was required. In the team there also played the local constable, and he bnught with him as umpire, a prisoner charged with embezzlement, for whom the P.M. had refused, bail The Presbyterian minister, on his arrival in the township, found it deserted in favor of the cricket-field, and also joined the sport. This was indeed a match which had the sanction of both law and gospel.

The number of killed and wounded in the celebration of the Independence Day in America this year was just under 1,000. New York, thanks to an urdinauce passed hy Hie Bniird Aldermen against pistol firing and crackers, came off with the wonderfully light list of 7 people shot dead, 29 dangerously hurt, and 19 conflagrations caused by fireworks, The first victim was the Dean of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, slini dead in the college grounds, while taking ;i moonlight walk, by sumo uneautious patriot anticipating the glorious dawn: and the next a well known writing-master—Oliver Goldsmith—who prudently resolved to go to his olhxe at 7 cm,, to escape the crowd, and who was shut in the back on his own doorstop. An unfortunate lady had her ib'essset on lire by crackers, and was burned to death in the streets ot Matta-

ftangiora possesses a jewel of a borough councillor, who has lately presented himself ior re-election, with what success we know not. His name is \V. White. In the course of his address to the burgesses he stated he did not often address so large an ordinance (laughter), and that he had .supported a shilling rate for the sido of his subsidies. (A voice: "Subsidies!") Ho would l)e glad to have all their support spiritually (laughter) not mentally (renewed laughter), This gentleman then passed through the catechising ordeal with unusual credit. We gather some curious information from his replies as to the properties of R:mgiora roads and gas lights. Mr White said the lamps had not been erected as the Council had found they were too costive. (Loud laughter), He was in favor of having gas to improve the fulminating of the roads. (Laughter). A questioner asked Mr White if a 2ft pipe could go through ;i Gin. grating. Mr White said it might and it might not. (Roars of laughter), He was not bigoted on fords, (Laugh* er). This kind of thing reads like a burlesque of the broadest kind i but it is a genuine extract from a report in a very respectable and matter of fact paper—the Press, Christchurch.