The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 358, 8 January 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1880.

J&iMurtiJm#* -whether-a iumane atul eiiljigliten§.c| public ..expects- leaders from us whsi the. thpi'mpmetei; a red ieatin the shade and a white one in the sun.. We do notposSess'a thermometea' ouiiselves, but we-hear terrible. qf ,thfi great things which someof them are doing,/rom our friends wha are' more'"fortunate , than ourselves; However, without tli aid of a scienti-. have a dim consciousness of sultriness, ; - and>a-profound coitviction-that'the lesV we say and do while this weather lasts.: the' b'eiteV 'for our'selves~ and' possibly 'fbr^iir'frMdsi ,A the waift efth'6 ther-' ih6mete>r' do'eS' n(ft"feubleug aiiy' i mo):e than it"did'tKat sagacious 'mother"who,', was recommended'ty the family doctor. to''procurd one -fdr' iier infant's''bath.ift Why/' urg6d-Blie; ""Should one. If -b%'comes 1 out" 'blue; ctoii't I know that'the Water'iS'"too"ed'd, 1 and"if it- ■ comfes;oul red; - tfoii't' I' 1 'know 'tliat" tile 'bath" is "considerable imottnt ofwdiiess 1 lias"been'apparent generally for the last few'dayV andwe venture td rMy'upon "oui ; • assertion rem.aining; has, thermometer or no thermometer,,been hot, ; ~ In .cold .bracjng .weather the human system readily digests heaVy .foods and strong liquors;-, but when, the dog days are about a lighter diet Ind more sparkling'tipple are considered beneficial,'."'"We 'feer'sorry f or all who at this sultry season feel it incumbent upon themselves m'their leaders to be" solid and argumentative; who imagine, that the public can absorb and digest logic all the year .mind. We would remind our colleagues in the Press that this is a sort of-big gooseberry season—, a time when Argus eyes should be allowed to Mir ' their' vigilance, ancj ' even wink occasionally. A time wheii oVaeles may cease and heavy .organs-changetheir solemn 'key" iipte. 1 We do not anticipate that t|ip hot for an'undue iime, oii ye should e.nyy „t]»e mobta.-Maori who in his native lair strolls from his whard' to the river side, clad onljnifa 'three-! quarter toga ./that j, cuticle' Toe impervious to and:sandflys)| but whilerttoinoni&teft keep up a innumerable .itill/1 -ffcflifit * ! i w- k: '

heats, wo shall ask the indulgence of our readers to receive just as niuch editorial pabulum as we may choose.to. give them, . A meeti|io^ai|ki|Ves||o&y ,i Council Willi helaJatfe/WtewV' this da y. ,$4 I| ik onMondsMf lj§\ W<f The next monthly meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee takes place on Tuesday next,. .-. Sergeant Henry, the. new Drill Inst™-, tor, la'at afofflng. at/ We remind burgesses of their duty in recording their votes at the municipal eleetion to-day. The whereabouts of Justin McCarthy, late of H.M. Indian Navy, is advertised for. OOPI ml- ii! /. The election for theMasterton Borough Council comes off to-day. Messrs J. H. Corbett and Walter Perry are the two candidates. ' M Y.\ (jrlpsk |u(g)on-deni3)i,l]ias; p&stpbifea nis-yiaiti to Masterton -to 'tlid 13th inst, Wo call attention to an advertisement in another column, offering for sale that compact little, pr,oporto jcnpwn as. ,tliQ Seven tenders have been received for Mr Meredith's hbufee oit-the Wpper'Pkin 1 by Mr 6. Fannin. Messrs Jans Prederiksen & Co.. have the contract., , ■. Thg members of the! Mast&lon Young 1 ' Men's Mutual Improvement Class are specially requested to mseyl))Sr evening/, to arrange a programme for the ensuing I i. .u.l .. -.11 .n - '

It is believed Jst,% cpstjtfttljeicolpny, of M'Lennan's trial on the charge of wifemurder will probably exceed £llOO. -S'HyM 1 ?# •.lOij.-ithe Upper Plain, Next week it will be in full ■lffing;ajl;flw.ithe.districts,i.'.- t.~n Mr X of sistown, r fyiaJ'Tn consequence of ill-Kealtli, received three months' Ipaye of duties, ' "" The following relative to an oJ.d settler 11)1 GSeytaMn willjp|A''e|iht6MingU maiijJ ;of olir'readersß,' Charles,'if Terrace End, Palmerston, builder, will regret having visited the Rangitikei races, We learn from the Manawatu Times that while'■ stall,dihg' : iii--the 'gro'unSa;' abdut c thirty or forty feet from a shooting gallery on the course, he was shot down by a gun in the hands of a drunken individual whp, was amusing himself shooting, • sl3 bullet entered the fleshy part of the thigh, and with the groimdpwndi W and the shock, He was immediately afterwards removed from the grounds, and medical attendance having been summoned, the ball, after |)W tWubl|) |ridj pain,| i/afi jexlracmd. 'Dn'tlle'niclit if' the acciiieni lie was soweak that it was not deemed advisable to remove him from the hotel at BdlMliW' he now lies,

"WregreTfthat the following portion of ( our report of | the | mte;tftinmeut J dn,.aid of. flie GreytoVrT Snhool, was accidentally omitted in our yesterday's issue, and as we doping,, we ao not hesitate in offering our apology for the omission. The next on the programme jjrasa prp rpcitation by Master PW ISm apolfligy for 4ing scarce 'three feet high, and the allusion to the greatest statesmen of the day living had like should not New Zealand produce such men I—were quite loriginal j •' ture to say that both Miss Mills and Master Porritt only require a very little training, and that confidence acquired by practice to enable them to compete with many of their elders. The song " Speak, only Speak," was substituted by a duet, whistled by two members of the company. This being a novelty, it was well received', and. creditably gone,through., ; It must • 1W& required some amount of peirve toAfter this, followed several pieces by the scholars :■ updo: Mrs Scale, (The, piece, The Farmerj.jgby,'.'; seemed, .to .be* the-'favorite, j "There is no doubt ..the school, -children ,added.. theiriull'l quota-fo the evening's amusement and acquitted themselves admirably, When we consider that they have no instrument in the school, 'the greater, to Mr Porritt, Mrs Scale, and the junior teachers, who all take part in. this parjlipu--laf br'anclrof thchihg,'aM encourage the children as much as possible, We hope to be able to report an entertainment with stillimore items 'by -the-' children -on the programme.. •• 1 . • ■' t 'At" the E, M.; Court,, Wellington], on 'Tiieljdajr laat t %oseJy,._<Bdera. ivas lpst_received; ,th.eisu'm.. o£ "£32 from-Wil-liam Boflth, ~ofi.Oartgrjo'ny-sawmill pro.•pr\etor,.;he Bemg..:attiie timfe a'baiik'rupt, .ana..the:sum- received- part of- the : estate, with intent to -defraudiis'creditors -; and iurtherj'ith'at'ho'.did riot, when:undei:,exa- ' estate all 'the pr6perty of' which lie was then possessed. ( MrFitjzQerald prosecu|.tej/' and Mr"(Jo.nolly defen<Jed.. ..William : 4 ''d'epqsjed jliat on ;the.,Cth..November he paid the accused £32,.f which "-closed- an account between , them. He was not at that time" awaie 'ttiat He accused) had •filed'W declaration 1 bf insolvency, In his dealings with him he had always' found him straightforward. He was of an excitable temperament, and might, through that, have omitted to include everything in a statement which was made under circumstances which must have excited him. Alexander Dimant, the trustee in the estate, proved that the accused had filed a declaration of insolvency, and produced his statement of assets when under examination. His Worship considered the evidence sufficient to warrant him in sending the case to the Supreme Court, The accused was therefore committed for ■ trial, bail being allowed, himself in £2OO, .and one surety in £IOO, ,„Pip,to I last,i)ight. t 'rib'sMelly had been found, :. !; : - Subscription-lists Kivlleen opened in Somersetshire for presenting, Colonel Person, of Ekowe 'fame, wi'th a sword of honor. A bust of the late Mr Summers, the Australian sculptor, is to be pjj»p,ed in the ' 'MM hall df ! Somerset, of' which County he was a native. Ten million paper bags were made by a factory in Ballston, N.Y., in one month ' recently, and yet the demand exceeds the b w!L...,;uo ,1 i" official iinquiries" - show • ihafc 'AJsace-liorraine contains 1,272,000 civilians who speak German, and 259,000 ' who speak French. The body of. the late Duke of ' wick has,been removed to the mausoleum 1 erected to .his memory by the city of Geneva, and which is now finished, j

Twenty thousand pounds' worth of hazel nuta are shipped yearly from Turkey to England. The total value of the nperals produced last year in tho United Kingdom -was £56,264,495, mor.e,. Jhah/j£2,6QQiO(fe tlie 4 ralue ofi:M&inei|| raMiff H li 1 I li SI road from;Put'hta Arena's to Sffi Joisffarflr thence to Port Limon, has been awarded to a Pateraon, N.J., firm, ... .The nounced, named SaiiiaKum ami Norwe-, |giu^.( i by'/tlfel W'ffQf' I giutn was detected in a metallic con pound of arsenic and nickel. qw\ TheLochjel works at Harriabut*a, , which have been idle for five years, have an order for 30,000 tons of ljilroad , jron. Every industrial establishment in HarasUurg will be running January. A special telegram from St Petersburg states that Kear-Admiral Aslenber» will shortly proceed to Naples, where He will jhdiit his flafe ddtlfejfrigatMiiifii, aid will Sthen sail Make command "of "'the Worth Pacific squadron. An ironfounder in Melbourne lamed Denny has invented a new gold extractor, revolutionise I gold miilinjj fin fifefds' wlficft are thbught to be played out, and enable fortu les to . from them. , The deposits in the postal savings rnnks Gwt Britain from their establish lient, Moutfifjfoen )em ago, |o Jlije pi esent. date) foot "up over £111,000,000. We sums drawn out amount to £80,600,000, leaving a balance on hand of £30,000,000.