The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2123, 19 October 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1885.

The meeting of the Freethought Society last night was well attended. A special feature was the instrumental performance of the quintette club, which elicited signs of the most genuine admiration. A number of other instrumental pieces were also performed, while tho vocal musio was also very pleasing, We have had an interview mth Mr Aniesbury, dentist, of Willis-street, Wellington, who informs us that ho intends to reside in our midst, and to visit the idjoining districts regularly throughout :he year, Mr Amesbury is well known ihroughoufc the colonies of Australia and Netv Zealand, and bears a high reputation or eliill and ability.

lwo of the spans of the Waipoua milway bndgo are almost completed, and tiie material for the remaining third is all on the ground and ready to be placed. The willows that have been planted along tho bank of the Waipoua to protect the town, appear to be flourishing. They have, at any rate, thrown out numbers of branches, and, provided no hoavy fresh occurs to injure them before they have taken firm root, they should soon be strong enough to serve their purpose admirably. In another column appears an advertisement from the well-known and long established firm of iron merchants, etc Messrs E. W. Mills & Co. This firm lias at present on hand a large stock of agucultural machinery, more especially hat branch which is used in harvest time, Specially mentioned are the Hornsby reapers and twine binders, and the buckeye harvesters.

Tho Mount Alexander Mail, a Victorian paper, describes an unusual and difficult surgical operation, which was successfully performed in the local hospital" It consisted of the excision of the lower jaw for death of the bone, Chloroform was administered, and tho articulations of the jaw, with the skull on both sides, as well as the intervening diseased bone, were completely removed. It appears the operation was. a most formidable one, owing to tho number of blood vessels, and other vital structures involved It lasted for ono hour and a half, and'lias seldom been recorded in the annals of surgery, The patient was as well as could be expected after undergoing such a dangerous ordeal," Tho proud possessor of an Exhibition hat got into trouble on Saturday night though losing the tile. He was showing it to some friends, when one of them, merely for the joke of the thipg, effected aa exchange, the article given beinc an old one, all spotted over with paint. °The owner of the hat then wont to have his hair cut and it was not until this operation was completed that he noticed the difference. The result was that tho hairdresser was taxed with having put the old one in place of the new one, and upon a point blank denial from that individual, tho use of some strong words, which led to the ejection of the man who used them, and to his subsequent arrest for drunkeness, with which offence he was charged in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, when he was ordered to pav a fine of 10s.

A scratch cricket mutch was played on the Park Oval on Saturday between teams chosen by Messrs Williams and O'Connor. The ground was in anything but good condition, being verg bumpy. Mr Williams' side (9 players) succeeded in putting together 74, of which no less than 30 were byes. The manner in which these were piled up while McKenzie and Williams were together was highly amusing, no less than four being got for two overthrows off one ball, The highest scores were Mcl?en?ie 13, and Ewington 12, O'Connor was the niost successful with the leather, but_ Beechy shewed that he only wants a little practice to be very dangerous, The other side only scored 57, of which 15 were byes, O'Connor 11 and Jackson 7 were the highest scorers, The majority of the wickets fell to McKenzie. Practice will now be held eveiy evening on the Oval.

A peculiar piece of news is contained in a cable message received by the Press Association. It is to the effect that New South Wales made a suggestion to the American Government, asking them to refuse to undertake the carriage of the mails in America, but that the lattor refused to accede to it. This undoubtedly refers to tho New Zealand and Australian mails via San Francisco, It is certainly

very strange that such a request should have been made by New South Wales, considering that she herself is concerned in the contract, and that she is therefore specially intered in the conveyance of the mails. In any case, the Government of New Zealand should certainly have been consulted before anything of the kind was done. The New South Wales Government has recently done some very strange things, and this, if the whole thing is not a mistake, is one them. bullock driving, according to the doctrine of the followers of the art, cannot- be successfully carried on without swearing, To tell a bullock to go to a particularly hot place, or to threaten him with being turned into mincemeat-with the whipin less than no time, has, according to tradition, the effect of making him pay proper attention to his duties. Captain Bates, of the Salvation Army, is, however, of opinion that the animal can be successfully punched without the use of swear words, and he claims that he has demonstrated the fact. The other day he captured a bullock driver, who, according to his own statement, has had considerable experience, and last night tho Captain I announced that the man had driven bullocks for two days without swearing, and got Oil very well, There are two causes for surprise in tins—firstly, that the driver actually succeeded in changing his vocabulary, and secondly, that°the bullocks understood the new one, The returns of revenue and expenditure on the New Zealand Government Railways for the first 2t weeks of the current financial year are now complete, says the New Zealand Times. The gross receipts for the 1487 miles open amounted to £468,758, as against £488,132 for 1424 | miles in the corresponding period of last year, a falling off .of nearly £20,000. The expenditure was £321,228, as against a slight increase, and the ratio of expenses to receipts was 08 per cent, as against 05 per oent last year. On the Canterbury-Otago lines the receipts were nearly £40,000 less than last year, while tho expenses absorbed 0(i per cent,, as against 65. The Wellington-Masterton line, on the other hand, exhibited an improvement of nearly £4OOO in receipts, with a decrease in the ratio of expenditure from 75 to 71 per cent. This speaks well for the management, especially considering the heavy nature of the line. Of the other railways, the Auckland, Napier, Nelson, and Grejmouth sections show improvement, and the rest are almost

stationary, A most distressing case oatne under the notice of the Resident Magistrate on Saturday morning, when a respectablelooking woman named Mrs Mary Jane Foden applied for a married woman's protection order. She stated that her husband-Arthur W. Foden -was a Venetian blind-maker by trade, but he would not stick to it, obtaining his livelihood as a musician. He made good wages, but he was addicted to intemperate habits, and for years had subjected her to cruel treatment, On Wednesday last lie locked her out of the house after ill-using her, They had been married eleven years, and there were five children, the last only seven weeks old, She was in danger of her life, beoause latterly he bad been subject to delirium tremens. Constable Leahy deposed that the defendant was generally under the influence of liquor whenever he saw him. The husband did not appear, and Mr Wardell R.M., granted the order applied for, and further ordered defondant to pay 35s per week for the support of the children. Subsequently, Mr Wardell altered the amount of the maintenance order to 60s, —Evening Press. Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufactory, All Blinds guaranteed of the very besv description. Price list on application to R, W. Henn (late Henn & Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Bactory, Weiinpfcon,—Advt

An alarm of fire was given at 2.30 p.m. to-day. The cause was said to be a foul chimney in Cole-street.

'. A meeting of shareholders iri the Kiirupuni Public Hall Company is advertised for Wednesday next,

The sotting of grass' seed on the' :new race course of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club was completed onSaturday by Messrs Buick and A. Stuart.

A general meeting of the Masterton and Tradesmen's Cricket Clubs has been convened for Wednesday evening, to receive the report of the ground committee.

Messrs Duncan and Son request by advertisement-elsewhere that all accounts due to the late firm of Duncan and Graham bo paid without delay.

The Rev J. N, Buttle conducted the anniversary services in connection with the Carterton Wesleyan Church yesterday morning and evening, and had very large congregations at both services,

The Committee of the flower, poultry, dog, dairy produce, &, section of the show which is to be held on the 2nd of December, under the auspices of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society, held a meeting on Saturday at the Council Chambers, Carterton, for the purpose of drawing up tho programme, We understand that a complete programme was agreed to.

Counstable Oollerton arrived from l Castle Point on Saturday afternoon in charge of a man who was suffering from delirium tremens, and required medical treatment. The man had sufficiently recovered this morning to be brought up in the Resident Magistrates Court when lie was fined 10 shillings, and ordered to pay £l4s (id for medical attendance. Tenders are invited for tho erection of a cottage for Mr Robert Johnston at South Masterton, The plans and specifications may be seen at the architect's, Mr J. King, Kurupuni, The result ot the Caulfield Cup was circulated from the Daily office on Saturday night, and created a good deal of interest. The full report, which we now publish in anothe.l column, will be read with even greater interest, There wore no less than 41 starters, and 14 of these fell all of a heap, one jockey and one horse being killed, and many injured, Amongst tho horses that fell was the New Zeaknder Winchester, who held a good position.

Bridget McMullen, the thirteen month old daugntcr of Mr Michael McMullen, of the Wangaehu, died oil Fridny night at the residence of her parents, arid, not having been attended by a medical man, ifc became necessary to hold an inquest. A iury was t?ot together, and at 9 o'clock p.m. on Saturday Mr St vatford took hisseat at the Court House, Tho evidence of Dr Hosking was to the effect that the cause of death was inflammation of the lungsand dropsy of the heart. The child had been m a weakly state for some time, The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes,

The duties of the Clerk of the Court and the Bailiff with regard to the service of a summons was the subject of a short discussion in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, A summons had been taken out against a man supposed to reside at Featherston, but it was returned with a memorandum from the local bailiff to the effect that he had left the place about six months ago. Mr Bunny said he had heard that the defendant had gone to Wellington, and if the Olerk of fclie Court or the Bailiff knew lie was there, was ifc not their duty to try and find him 1 Mr Stratford, R.M., said that it rested entirely with the plaintiffto say where the porson whom lie sued was to be found, The Bailiff w-juldtry and serve the person with the summons, but the officers of the Court could not take upon themselves the responsibility of goin„' outside these instructions.

In the Exhibition there is one special exhibit, which is greatly admired, namely, the wool mat 3 and portmanteaus made by Mr Field, of Duiiedin. The whole of the exhibit has been purchased by Mr Tliorburn, the clothier, of Willis-street. Parties wishing to purchase any of the above can now selec them, to be (jßlivsrfid on tliG lsfc of November,—Advt,.