LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5716, 20 August 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A. J. OrJish, of Dalelield, who was seized with paralysis on Saturday, is not improving.

The axle of Mr J. Mander's baker's cart broke at lutripuni yesterday afternoon. The horse being a quiet one no further damage was done. Mr liobrrt lkekeridge lakes over the lioyal Hotel, l'catherston, uext Monday-

An information for alleged assault lias been laid by A. M. Murray, a surveyor, against a young man from Carterton. The assault look place en the read between Carterton anil Greytoiva.

We remind our readers of the social to be giyen the Her. and Mrs A. C. Yorke at Masterton this evening. Typhoid lias broken out in (he neighbourhood of U'auganui. The Xewmau people want to know why Mangalainoka should have a sta-tion-master if they can't have one, Mr H. Jilvlli, well-known in Masterton, and wlio has lately been stationed at a Wellington JiraiiehtJank, is reported as missing since August 2nd. lie was last seen walking in the direction of his home.

French papers insinuate that the Comte de Turin wore a cuirass as a protection in the duel with Prince Henry of Orleans. Mr li. F. Temple, of Maslerlou, intends making a visit to England ami will leave at as early a dale as possible, lis is now arranging his business mailers preparatory lo starling.

Some yery pertinent—and alas I impertinent—remarks (particularly the latter) were made by a party of small boys at the back during the progress of the concert at St. Matthew's schoolroom lust evening. A shockingly inhuman wretch living at Brunswick, Victoria, came home drunk, threw a cup of hot tea over his wife, ami ciideavoured lo tlmisl :i shovelful of hot ashes from the grate into her mouth, burning her month and tongue terribly. He was let oil with six mouths imprisonment, One of the most effective and universally used remedies for nil all'cctions arising from catching cold, bears the cognomen of" Frog-in-the-throat," 11 has been used in Masterton by a large number of people who have known its Value for ail throat ali'eciions, and have known it to be worth their while to seiid to Wellington for it. At the request of a number of those who are using it, Mr liton, Chemist, has obtained a full stock of this popular remedy and although, he has only had it two days he has already sold a very considerable quantity. It is very largely used by singers mid public speakers, and being in the form of a lozenge it is readily taken by children, who have the usual winter cold and sore throat.

It must not be forgotten that the purveyors of entertainment at country fairs are progressing like oilier people. Fat women and double-headed children still draw, but they have formidable rivals in such inventions as the phonograph. The villager's intelligence must he quickened when he hears Hie actual tones and words of Mr Gladstone issuing from a mysterious mahogany box. Ail excellent practical suggestion for improving the morals of these gatherings is that decent people should take a part in llicin. Does anyone want lo see a race meeting where (here is nothing to olfenil good taste jr good morals 'i Let him go to a Breton village, and sec the Cures in their cassocks mixing in the crowd of spectators.—Spectator,

The late Professor Huxley some years ago attended a meeting of ihe .British Association for the Advancement of Science at Hclfast. All the savimts iu the town assembled regularly at a certain lull. Professor Huxley rose late one morning, and feared he should be late at the meeting. Coming out of his lodgings, iie hailed an outside car, and mounted it. "Now drive fast," he said to the driver, "for I'm in a great hurry." Oil' went the driver at a mad pace, which almost threw Ihe professor off his seat, and began charging along the road in a somewhat Melinite way. Presently it occurred to Huxley io saj', as he held on for his life: " My good man, do you know where I want you to go ?" "No ycr aimer," answered coolly: "you didn't I ell me where to go, lmt,aiiiiyway, I am droiving fast, as ye lonld me!" Year by year foreign competition hecomes more acute. In the butter market we are steadily losing ground; there is little doubt that the milk trade is to be the next point attacked, The lilthy conditions under which milking is us : - Hfllly conducted disgusts foreigners, who view our system with amazement: sterilised or partly sterilised milk is largly used in continental cities, and will probably be on the English market in a few months. Frozen milk is already imported from Norway and Sweden in small quantities. There arc those who think their serious dillieulties may be met by lowering the rates of rents, by diminishing transit charges, or by some form of protection. This is not the forecast of a self-conlident prophet —not the mere theory of a doctrinaire -not the fanciful notion of a faddist, The remedy here proposed lias been Iricd in many lands, with varying conditions and diverse races, and has nowhere failed to bring rural prosperity in the place of agriculture disaster. The germ of this remedy is to-day in our own hands in each elementary school, liural prosperity is within the reach of every village that will equip itself for the industrial conflict.—bmpmi's Mtu/iizine, All our foreign Consuls arc unanimous on one point. They all give the same reason for failure in Dritisli commerce in foreign lauds, and they all speak in terms which seem to have gone beyond the stage of mere ndvice, and to have reached that when irritation at the continuous necessity for repetition sets in, " Wlmt on earth is the use," they seem to say, " of British merchants sending out catalogues and price lists in foreign tongues and measures to these illiterate folk?" Success would ho but limited if the information was tendered inalangungcwhicli the people to whom jt is offered could understand, lint when it is presented in a tongue of which they have no comprehension it is worso tlnm useless, for unscrupulous pprso||s—(jcrnians, for cxmn])ic —actually mako use of English illustrations to explain and force the market of their own goods 1 Men should he sent, and not price lists and catalogues alone. Men, too, with a knowledge of the country, the language, the manners, the people, and the folklore. They should go with samples or models and he willing to exhibit them. They should be persons acquainted with the little feelings and susceptibilities, lliedelieatcniceticsoftlie people with whom they seek trade; they should have winning smiles and persuasive tongues, uncommonly thick skin), nt|d no small modicum of pluck ; they mist have all "the virtues' of an Englishman judiciously tempered witlj Oie !! vices " (jf Hip (fcnn«ft! M above all tliey must havo samples in their packs and catalogues in the tongues of their desired purchasers iu their pockets. The Engineer.

Mr J. Ashcroft, Official Assignee, is on a visit to Masterton to-tiny.

Mr J. Young, of the Wellington Mncation Board, visited the Masterton School yesterday.

11. W. Briggs has been appointed agent for the Public Trustee at Pnhmtua.

The Clii'iatchurch Oj cling Club is arranging a novelty in the shape of a hill-climbing competition. Sergeant OMlalley had three boarders in the Masterton police cells last night. They were all dealt with this morning. Master Victor Bell of Masterton, was able to get up to-day for the iirst time since severely injuring his knee by a fall.

A meeting of shareholders in the N ,Z. Farmers' Dairy Union, will be held in the Club Hotel, Masterton, to-morrow evening,

A man well-known about this district ns •' Crooked Mick " was sent to gaol for a month this morning, for imposing on the Worth Wairarapa Benevolent Society.

OnrFeathcrstou correspondent writes: —" Mr T. Denton, junior, of Kaitvaiwai, has had to go down to the Wellington Hospital, on account of illness of a serious mil lire."

The lady visitor.; of the Wellington Home for tha Aged and Needy think the master of the Home, the matron and all the Trustees ought to resign and start fresh!

Archdeacon Stock is confined lohis bed as the result 01" an accident. lie Ml downstairs in his residence at Wellington recently, and was much shaken.

The Acting Premier has promised the settlers in the Waihoki Valley, Alfredlon district, that, he will obtain an estimate of the cost of extending the road from the Waterfalls to the Jluia Junction.

Mr F. G. Moore, at. the close of liis plantiilion son.;; at I lie concert in St. Matthew's Schoolroom last evening, asked (lie audience lo allow n live minutes' interval, as lie was sure it would t ike the choir fully that lime to recover from the clTectii of his son);! _ A drunk captured in Maslerton last night told the police he had been on the tramp continuously since February 2Sth, when he left Auckland. He had not he admitted, done any work on the road.

Two old men, one a stranger to the town, and the other an old resident, were before Messrs L. J. Hooper and Geo. Heron .T.Fs., this morning charged willi drunkenness. The former got oil' with a caution, hut the latter attempted a defence which did not avail, and a line of us was inllielcd. A " Professor," who was some time ago in the ointment business, was delivering' a public oration in Queen-slreet, Masterlou, yesterday afternoon, Noticing a policeman watching the performance I'rnm lung range, with a steady, steely, cold-blue look in his eye, Ihe ointment man diyed through the front door of a handy pub, and as he was not noticed by Ihe inmates, it is supposed lie went out over the back fence. Atanyralc he lias been "missing" since.

A telegram from Auckland says llial a question as to the liability of publicans willi regard lo serving prohibited persons came up at Ihe Police Court, the licensee of the Waiicmata Hotel being charged with supplying a prohibited person with liquor when a prohibition order hail been issued. The only intimation the hotelkeepers receive is a notice which is poslcd lo them. In this case the name was spelt wrongly on the order, so that the pronunciation of it was entirely different. His Worship therefore dismissed the case and ordered a fresh prohibition order to 'ue issued so as to obviate all possibility of any future mistake.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Charitable Aid Jioard a letter was approved, staling that it would be inadvisable to suggest that the fluids applied to charitable aid should be made a charge on the Consolidated Fund, but, as there is some check upon tlic disposal of funds by the present system, the Board prefers to await the issue of the proposed legislation before discussing it, and, as it is thought the proposed conference in Wellington would carry small weight, the Board considers (lie oxpensc of sending delegates is not warranted,

A Palmerston North correspondent writesMr Perry, manager for JI is Honor the Chief Justice's Fitzherhert estate, informs me tlmt ho has lost a number of ewes lately through an attnek somewhat, similar to apoplexy in the human system. All the ewes that are attacked in this way are invariably in extra good condition, and generally piTtty close lo lambing. In fact, in some instances, recovery comes when the lamb is removed from the sheep. .Mr 1). liuiclt has had similar experience with some of his sheep. There are scarcely any indications of disease except froth about the mouth. So far no remedy has been discovered that has proved uniformly successful in eases of this sort.

Mr G, W. E. liussell has been giving the Young Man some interesting details of his "links with the past" In his earlier days Mr liussell met an old lady—she was a hundred and one—who recollected the execution of Louis XVI —that is lo say, she was at a children's parly, which broke up on hearing the news- and, to complete her record, she lived to see the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria's reign. He has a kinswoman still alive who buckled the Duko of Wellington's sword when lie started out for Waterloo, Jlis uncle, Lord John liussell, was the only man ho has ever known who had actually talked with Napoleon the Great; and as an instance of whatchangcs time brings, a cousin of his, Sir Hamilton Seymour, formerly Ambassador at Vienna, ami who die.! as recently as JBSO, had the pleasant experience of being slopped by highwaymen in Grosvenor Place I A trial of the Masscy-Harris plough was held at Mr Sievers' property, Taratalii, yesterday afternoon. Several farmers were present, and also Mr J. J. (Juanc, (lie (inn's representative, and all expressed their high approval of the work done, and gave testimonials lothis effect. The plough was tried in stiff stoney ground and was worked by Mr S. JI. Liddington, who has several limes taken first prizes in ploughing matches, Mr Liddington, juur., had ploughs of two other celebrated makers working in the same paddock to compare the work done, lie and others present giving the opinion that the Masscy-Harris plough did decidedly the best work, packing the furrows well and being easily handled, The plough is of great strength of beam and i is exceedingly light in the draught. J Messrs Mowlein and Co. are the local , agents, and a further trial is, (o. Hp held J near Masterton shortly. The plough was purchased by Mr Liddington, senr.

It is now stated, says a correspondent of the iV.Z. Times, that the Pnliintua County Council has decided to proceed with the formal preliminaries in connection with the proposed loan for the construction of its portion of the Pal ift-erston-Paliiatua-road, afld in; ' ihe Fitzherhert lioai( lioiml ||as declined to receive (he nptitio'u of Ihe settlers to raise a loan of .CI2OO for the oilier portion of the work, the Government will be asked to construct it. The Paliialua County Council will then erect a toll gate, and, of course, appropriate tho takings, leaving the Filzherbert Iload Board in the unenviable position (should the Government accede to tlie request of 1 tlio Paliialua CounejlV of having to maintajn t|ie portion of road within its boundaries without deriving any revenue from it. Much disapprobation luts been expressed at the action of the Fitzherhert lload Board in refusing to accept the petition of the settlers, and a _ suggestion is fliado ' that t|ie petition hp presonlod again, so fej (lip mombers may have time to reconsider the position. It would be littlo short of disastrous should the forthcoming summer be permitted to pass without 'the Pahiatua road beiii" formed and metalled for tho eight miles i jet requiring to bo made.

The heavy beams to support (he roof nf the Mastcrton Town Hall, arc being placed in position to-day. Mr J. liayner and Mr W. MeKenzic are canvassing Mastcrton to-day fur the Carterton Show prize-list.

A new adjustable chain into which links can be inserted without tools and without delay is ouo of the newest inventions, The feature of the chain is the use of a slotted link, which can easily be slipped on or oft! its holding rivets.

Messrs Barron and Dement, the. contractors for the Mastcrton Town Hall, expect to liaye practically com' plcled the brickwork by to-morrow ot-inid-day. The plasterers will probably commence the stuccoing next week.

The Count dc Grefl'ulhc has settled £I,OOO on a young footman who sayed the life of the Countess-Dowager at the Bazaar de la Charite by carrying her out of the furnace, risking his life in doiug so.

Mr L. P. Aysou has received a circular from Mr Nat Tone, in which it is urged that expressions of opinion should be obtained on questions affect, ing the fishing season, particularly as to the condition of trout in September and April from all fishing centres. These opinions are to be submitted to the Acclimatisation Conference, which takes place in Wellington in the first week of the coming parliamentary session.

A fatal accident has occurred in tlic Waitchuri Company's battery. T. Woods, sixteen years of age, was in charge of a department containing a Krupp ball mill. He was apparently oiling the shaft when his coat got caught, lie was carried round with tho shaft and shockingly mutilated. No one was present at the time. Woods had, perhaps, been dragged round for liall'-an-hour before he was discovered. Death must have been instantaneous. When tbe body was discovered it was almost beyond recognition. A French paper claims for France the distinction of the longest reign of modern history, It says that on the 20th of June Queen Victoria had reigned nine mouths longer than Geo. 111., and has therefore established a record so far as England is concerned, lint the record reign of modern history is that of Louis XI \ r ., who was king for 72 years and 1011 days. Ho was placed on the throne of Franco, in fact, on the lltli ol May, Kit:), when only four years eight months and nine days old, and he died on the Ist of September, 1715, (lie twelfth Sunday after l'eiitecost. Our contemporary then expresses a wish that Queen Victoria may live to beat Louis XI V.'s record.

The recent Grunt celebration in New \ork has palled forth many stories ol the General. One is lo tlic eft'ivt that particulars of his giealest buttle have never heen published. It was not during llio hlo-xly vears between 18lil and ISllo. It wa; not waged during the stormy administration in the White House, hut it came during the last few mouths of bis lilc, when, bankrupt and made penniless, when nicked with pain and enfeebled by disease, he shook his list in the lace of Death, and wrote the hook which made his widow and his family wealthy. To read it you would not think that much of it was dictated in a voice not above a whisper, and while its author was sulVering great pain. Tew books have had so great a sale as that of (.'rant's. Hundreds of thousands of copies were sold, and Afrs not long ago said that her royalties upon it have amounted lo more than half a million dollars.

The Department of Concessions of the Omaha .Imposition lias received an application for space for the erection of a mechanical device which will, it is hoped, excel the groat wheel in novelty and engineering ingenuity. It resembles the tramework of a gigantic umbrella more than anything cise. The monster ribs arc raised by hydraulic power, acting by means of steel cables operating through the cylinder, aided by a mechanism greatly resembling that portion of an umbrella which comes into action when the umbrella is opened. Cars are carried outwards and upwards when the umbrella is raised until they reach a point of 250 ft. above the ground, the diameter of the huge circle formed by Ihe suspended cars being also 250 ft. W lien the highest point has been reached another mechanism conies into play, and the suspended cars are swung slowly around in a circle, after which they are lowered to the ground.

A voyage of discovery like that of Dr. Nansen lo llie Polar regions is fraught with possibilities of which even the discoverer himself might not dream. It seems probable thai Dr. Nausea's discovery of a Polar ocean will go a long way lo remove the dillerence of opinion between astronomers and gcodesists with regard lo the exact shape of llie earth from its behaviour as an astronomical body, 'i lie gcodesists rely upon measurements with trigonomieal instruments on the earth itself. For some time back astronomers have held the opinion that the southern hemisphere is not exactly the same in shape as the northern. All the measurements of gcodesists have been almost altogether made oil the northern hemisphere; they have taken it for granted that the southern hemisphere would not he different. Dr. Nnnsen has proved that there is a deep sea over the Pole; and, curiously enough, his soundings of the Polar sea are yery much the same as the heights of the Antarctic continent which were observed by Boss. The inference that may here be drawn is that the North Polar area is really Hatter than the South Polar area. While the former sunk beneath the waters of the sea, the latter rises high above them. This {jives the earth a shape roughly approaching that of a top, the South Cole corresponding to the spinning point. As a mutter of some interest, though of very secondary importance, it may be noticed that the familiar analogy with the orange may be retained. The part of the orango which was fixed to the slalk is not, as a rule, so depressed as the opposite part, If (he former is made the South Pole, its slightly protuberant form will present a contrast to tho depression of the other end of the axis, which very roughly represents tho distinction now drawn between the North and South Polar areas.

Messrs J. Motvlcm and Co make further additions to their Mastsrton Stock Sato list.

A reward is offered lor the return or a lost biir.glo.

Messrs Lowes and lorns sc'l at the parsonage, (/huroh-strect at 2 o'clock to-morrow on acoount Itev. A. C. Yorko, whq is leaving the colony, the whole of his high-class furniture. The sale will be an uurescrvcd one and well worth the notice ot parties furnishing a home. |

The msh to the Cojlfjaulio goldlields is gradually subsiding; peoj-!c aro paying nttcutiou to more sensible things, Family folk have been much attiacied lately by the successful results of Wood's Great Peppermint Qu(C for coughs aud colds. That such a reliable remedy cin be procured from any grocer or chemist at Is Cd and 2s CJ, is a I boon to everyone.—Auvt.

It is ono of the curses ot our civilisation that, as a rule, demand is tho sure destroyer of quality. "No man," says a writer of tlio 17thcentury, "wnsoverwritten ftuiobeputalion but by himself." The same with inanimate thins*. No first-class article ever dfpreciai'ed aavo by the cupidity or carelessness of tliosc producing it, To have surmounted a human weakness of this nature is something to be proud of. The demand for Walker's Whisky is enormous, yet Walker's remains the best I-Aim,