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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5048, 11 June 1895, Page 2

An cfEorl is to bo made to form n : Farmers' Club at Eketahunn. 1 Euur inches of rain fell at Eketalmna last month, against nearly eight inches for the corresponding period of last year. Tenders arc invited by the "Wnivnrapn North County Council for getting anil carting road metal. The number of young ladies present at Mr Buchanan's meeting at Carterton last night was a noticeable feature. The weather which booked threatening in the early part of lust evening, cleared up beautifully about .10 o'clock. _M nslei ton Hospital Trustees meet this afternoon. MrW. C. Buchanan speaks atFcnthcrston this evening. The JL.dxj Buy Hemhl gives currency to the rumour that'Mr W, C. Smith is to bo called lo the Upper House next session, Fifteen year old Highland Whisky distilled in 'BO, ought to be a drink for kings—nectar for the gods. But kings have no personality in New Zealand and onr ideas of a mystic deity aro vague indeed. Thus what should be monopolised as a royal beverage—or as an inspiring medium for the, celestial aliinity—becomes a delicious drink within tho reach of every counoiseur iu the colony. Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky --for it is that renowned brand which has earned this eulogy—is kept by every reputable hotelkeeper in tho land and those who ask for it, (writes our Wellington correspondent and critic), should sec that thoy aro supplied with tho right and real article,

A certain Glasgow councillor, on being romoted to bailiedom, gave a grand lpper, at which his health was" drunk i connection with his new dignity. In 10 course of his reply, ho said—"l mna but say I'm kind o' entitled to 10 honor, for I've gone through a' tlio irious stages o' degradation to reach it." Mr P. A. Hive, of Perry-street, Masu'ton, notifies that lie has a large assortieut of lamps of every description inch he will offer at cost price to clear. The Steeplechase meeting at Clareille next Thursday is expected to be a ig gathering. Mr W. .McKenzic, the opular nud energetic Secretary.is leav«g no stone unturned to make the day ■ pleasant one in every way. Notice is given by Mr W. Gr. Beard, hat James Peters, of Carterton, will ipply for his discharge from bankruptcy | it the next sitting of the District Court s it Mastcvton. Mr Easthope says that the Trust | Liwids Trustees want to build a " dancebouse" with the funds of the Trust, i ivhich should be applied to make Mastei'ton qual in educational advantages to the best scholastic 'towns in England. The Mastcrlon School Committee will increase their application to the Trust Londs Trust this year, for agraut in aid, by £lO. This extra amount it is pro- I posed to expend on the School Library. Mr F. H. Wood has been instructed by the Trustees in the estate of the late Mr Charles Cundy to sell the valuable freehold properly at Fcatherston, known as Fcniside, on Thursday, June 27th. Full particulars will appear in our next issue. Messrs Feist, Beard, Prnguoll, and Easthope have been appointed a deputation from the Mastcrlon School Committee, to wait on the Toivn Lands Trustees and urge that body to abstain from pledging the securities of llic Trust for a Town Hall. Mr H. 5. Wardell, of Mastcrlon is now relieving Mr K \V. Bishop of his magisterial duties in the North Canterbury district. Mr Ecetham, S.M. at Christchmvh, is absent on sick leave, and Mr Bishop is tilling the vacancy. We arc sorry to learn (says the Post) that there is little or no improvement in the condition of Mr Wilson Littlejohn, who was seized with a paralytic stroke a few montlis ago. Mrs Goodnll,milliner and dressmaker, of Queen Street, Maslerton, announces that she will undertake all classes of work at prices to suit the times, and that ladies can have their own material made up. Tho Taratahi-Cnrterlou ]ioad Board invites separate tenders for additions to the Hurunuiorangi and Koliotan bridges Plans etc., may be seen at the County Engineer's ollice, Masterton. JS'ews has been received" from Waiotahi, neat Opotiki, that Arthur Chapman, brother of Mr Frank Chapman, a member-of the Licensing Committee, was killed on Saturday by the accidental discharge of a gun. Mrs Catherine Pull', a widow aged 73, died suddenly at TCaiapoi on Saturday. She had been ailing for some lime from inllucnzii, but-was able to get about A neighbour discovered her sitting in a chair, quite dead. There is a rumour abroad, says the Christum Ovthmk, that the New Zealand Estates Company are going to ask Parliament to legalise a great lottery for the disposal of (lip assets of (he Company. It is said the Government is disposed to look favourably on the project. AVe are not in the secrets of politicians. We do not know what truth there is in it. It may be a kilc-llying or a nuitml. We hope it is the latter. If there is any foundation for the report, we have no hesitation in denouncing such a proposal as the most infamous that was ever submitted to a .New Zealand Parliament. Lotteries under Stale sanction, and on such a scale, are only the desperate resorts of communities half-civilised, and with a blinded conscience. They may make money, but they ruin manhood. They may enrich a few individuals. They demoralise (lie nation 11 such a proposal ever does conic befon the House it will be the duty of con stitucnts to see thattheirrcprcscntative sit up straight and make the Govern ment do the same. The great Frencl economist M. Leon Say, writes " (ha whoever yotes to establish a lottery votes so many thieves and sui, ides pe annum." Thai is not what ive send on representatives to Parliament to do; am if they choose lo betray our trust, am throw a legal sanction mum! a mora wrong, we shall know how to deal will them, We have faith ewm'.di in lb public conscience of the i.'ohiiy t believe that it will relegate the man o Ministry that would support a proposn to nationalise a gigantic swindle lo wlm Swinburne calls" the dead cold damna tion of disgrace." Sir Wcstby Perceval, Agent-Genera for JN T cw Zealand has asked the Boari of Agriculture to permit New Zealam vessels to touch at coaling ports withou the Board insisting on the immediat slaughter of the live stock conveyed b; the vessels on their arrival in England fut reply the President of the Board, II If. Gardner, stated that ho would rcquir proof that New Zealand was free I'ron disease. During the discussion at tho Schoo Committee last evening, Mr Beard ex pressed the opinion that the Enablinj Act, or powers proposed to be sought ii Parliament by the Town Lands Trustee would not be [the mere bagatelle tlia was stated, but would in all probabilil cost £SO or £OO. The first meeting of the new Juvcnil Tent of Ecchabitcs takes place to-mor row evening, at Mastcrlon. ■ Tho" Magic" speedy roller-washer i the latest novelty introduced and for i is claimed many advantages to house wives. The " Magic "is like tho ordin ary wash-board, except that the llutci ribs revolve, and thereby make the laho of washing very much less and at tli same time more effective, with consider ably less wear and toar on the material An agent in now in Mastcrlon bookinj orders, and the price of the washer i; within the reach of every housewife. Messrs Lowes ei lorns hold their fort nightly stock sale at their yards to-mor row, the onirics for which include, 100! owes in lamb, from 2-toolh to full mouth fiOQ wethers, fat forward, and stores 300 forward empty ewes; 100 fat ewes 200 lambs; 8 fat bullocks; 20 springiii| heifers; slow cattle; fat and storo pigs 8 fat porkers; horses, etc, The trial of the man Charles Nichol son lor llic murder of Annie Friend wa commenced in the Supreme Court yes tcrday. A great deal of interest wa: taken in the case, and throughout tin day the body of the Court was crowdei with a large number of spectators Between 30 and dO women, luelndiiij several young girls, were in the htdies gallery,' whore they appeared to taki the greatest interest in listening lo tin evidence. The case was resumed at 1( o'clock this morning, previous to wliicl the jury viewed the house in wliicl Nicholson and the deceased lived.—lf .Z Times. We deeply regret to announce tin death of Miss Martha Myers, fourtl daughtcrof Mr Judah Myers, which tool place at her parents' residence at si; o'clock last evening, says the ivcio Zealand Times, The young lady's illness was of comparatively short duration, and up till Saturday last hopes were confidently entertained that it would not have a fatal termination., She was amembei of the Ladies' Committee for the fdtc given to poor children of the city on tho (Queen's Birthday, and that was the last occasion on which Miss Myers appeared out of doors, On the following day (Saturday) she complained of a severe headache-', and as slio was no better but rather worse on Sunday, Dr James was called in. For some days later no danger was anticipated, but after this tho sypmtoms of meningitis, or Maniation of the covering membranes of the brain displayed tliomselvos, and as the malady ran its course it developed into typhoid fovcr, Meningitis is very often tho last stage of typhoid, but it is qmto exceptional to find it in the first stogo of the disease -