LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 6432, 3 January 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lirsl oH'onder for drunkenness m convicted and discharged at Mustcrton this morning by Mr If. K Eton, J .P. The friends of Mr Marley, of Vavasour House, Masterton, will be sorry to learn that ho is rather seriously ill with inJlueiizii.

At the tennis tournament at Palmerslon North yesterday, the Ladies' Championship Singles was won by Miss Nunneley, and the Men's Championship by Mr Hooper. Our Kketalwiia correspondent informs us that splendid weather has been experienced in the Forty Mile Bash during the holidays. Ekelahuna was treated on New Year's eve to selections of music by tho local band.

Tho three pipers who gave such excellent music on the Masterton Park Oynl on New Year's Day, are all colonials, and two of them at any rate, are lit to hold their own with tlio bagpipes anywhere.

Although certain extravagances nre indulged in, and even overlooked, at Iho New Year, it was certainly beyond a joke to remove the bell-clapper and rope from Iho Victoria-street lire-bell. The Fire Urigadesmen uro so much annoyed that they Iniye put the matter in the hands of the police.

On January Ist, a Post Ollice wis opened at Mr l'aul Paulson's residence, " Tanglcwood," Mr Paulson being Postmaster as well as mail contractor for the service formerly known as" Masterton mid llidcford." In future it will be " Masterton and Tanglcwood." The following interesting weather notes have been kindly supplied by Mr S. Mawlev, of Dittou, Ilangitumau Rainfall for 1899, ol.oSin.; average for previous eighleeu years, 50-78 in.; wettest month, February, 8.78 in; driest month, January, 2.27 in.; maximum rainfall in twenty-four hours, 4.52 m., on lillt February.

It is understood Mr Tiios. McKenzie, ex-member for the Clutlin electorate in the Huuse of Representatives has received the appointment ol colonial adviser to iho Loan and Mercantile Agency Company of New Zealand. A Melbourne telegram states that a picnic van containing sixteen persons was crossing the railway line near JJendigo when it was run into by n train and two men Lmiglcy and Burston were killed, A women uamed Criscal and two others were badly injured. Births registered nt Masterton during the quarter ended December 31st 1899, were lifty-lire; marriages, thirteen ; and deaths, fifteen. During the inonlit of December births were twentyone; marriages, six; deaths, live. This morning an accident that might have had fatal results occurred at the new building now being erected in Masterton as Post and Telegraph ollices. A bucket of mortar was being hauled up to the tower of the building and when near the top, a distance of about fifty feet from the ground, the bucket became detached from the rope and it fell with a crash on to the pavement below, only a foot or two from four workmen who were standing there. Montgomery's Cinematograph am! Concert Company gave their second exhibition of living pictures illustrating a number of British aud American battles. In addition various pictures were shown, sorno humourous, others instructive. Among the latter was one which if watched closely gives tho impression of being hurled along in a railway train. Fields, hills, houses, bridges, railway tunnels, tolegraph posts, fencing and other objects on the landscape are passed in the journey and so real is the illusion llut a visitor at the Town Hall last night said ho thought ■\lr Montgomery ought to be entitled to-make an extra charge for the ride. For his singing of patriotic -songs Mr Montgomery was loudly applauded and had to respond to encores, as also had Mr Harry Hall for his humourous rocal contributions. Thckinematograph was ably manipulated by Mr Monk.

A Boer, shortly after tho Jameson Raid, was loudly asserting that they could easily drive the English before theminheadlongconfusion. An Afghan, a resident of Johannesburg, quietly remarked We understand the great linglish in our country; you people do not. Sometimes wo haye a little trouble, and thoy send a few men, and we wipe them out, A little time goos on, and tliey send anollicrlot, aud we wipe them out; and yet again we wipe out another lot, and we say we have finished with them, All this timo tho English hnye lmd a little book, putting it all down. Then they add it up and come to us with a great force, and show us a little account, and say ' I'ay,' and we have to pay. You have had Laing's Nek—it's down in the littlo book. Mujuba Hill—that's down in the littlo book. And Jameson's ltaid—tlmt, also, is down in the little book, and it's all added up now, and you'll have to pay. Oh! we know these E'iglish."

Whilst volunteers for the Transvaal were being enrolled at Sydney it lad of ten, dressed in a white sailor suit, walked tho orderly room at tho barracks. The attendant hardly noticed the lad, whose face betokened his intense earnestness. The boy's face was almost girlish, He had deep blue eyes, and, for his age, was short in stature. "Is this tho place whereyouvolunteer?"heasked. "Yes," answered tho orderly, casually. "Will yon give me a form please ?" " Certainly," said the orderly, thinking the youngster wanted it for something else. But no. He took it, looked carefully over it, and going to a writing table sat down, and in a bold schoolboy hand filled it up. Ho looked puzzled when his task was almost through. " I want to go as a doctor's messenger," he said simply to tho orderly, without relaxing an atom of his perfect self-possession; "where shall I put lliut ?" " lu the margin," tho orderly suggested. Tho lad wrote it, looked tho form up and down, handed it to tho orderly, and then walked away, perfectly oblivious of the interest hehad created. His mind wasoyidently centered on far away South Africa " Can there be any fear of the supremacy of a nation that breeds youngsters of that type ?" said a bystander. His name is Frank Wilson. Ho was in deadly earnest. The one incident broke tho still-necked monotony of the otherwise strictly military proceedings,

At last meetiußof the MastertonKoad Board, at which Messrs W. H. Beetham, W. J. Welch, W. Harris, and D. McKenzie, were present, the Chairman was authorised to sign the agreement for (lie expenditure of £250, an additional grant for the To Whiti bridge. Mr Bcetham reported that he had inspected the Femyhurst-Waikaraka and the Puketiritiri- Crlenburn-roads, as instructed. Ho expressed the opinion that the cost of maintaining the portion of formed road east of Whakatamahino 13ridgo is in excess of tho district rates collected in the locality; that the Board is not therefore justified in voting a considerable sum for expenditure on that road. It was resolved that Messrs MoNaughton, Chalmers, and Dully, tho property owners concerned, be informed that the Board has adopted Mr iktliaui's report. The Clerk was directed to write to Mr J. McGrath, informing hiin of the necessary procedure to obtain a road to his property through tlje iiativo reserve at Ofojejtott,

Wellington beat Otogo by an innings and 250 runs, in the cricket match concluded on tlio Bnsin lioscrVe -yestcrdaj. Trooper Ji.Filzgonld, who lias volunteered for the Now Zealand Contingent in South Africa, was for some timo iin the office of Messrs Lovin nml Co., at Masterton.

.Hx-Police Inspector Tlioni]won,«lio is now connected with tlio Industrial Schools Inspectorate, Ims been spending a fuvr days in Miistcrlon, nml stayed at Mr J. Hiifoviuh's Central Hotel,

The Wairarupa Caledonian Society will bo called together next Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, to receive tlio report and balance sheet of the KalherinK held on New Year's J)ny.

Miss Violet Doddington has resigned her position as teacher at the Dreyerton School. Her connection with llie school terminated witli the commencement of the midsummer holidays. Before leaving Miss Boddington was presented by the pupils with a silver breakfast service, and by the headmaster, Mr lleaglehole, with a very handsome photo frame. Both master and pupils were unanimous in their expression of regret at Alias Boddington leaving tlio school.

Our Kketaliunn correspondent writing imdorycstcrday'sdate snysSorrow lias pcryadcdlhetowiishipof Nowmaneauscd through the death of the seventeen months' old son of Mr James Amos. The fatality occurred by accident of burning while the mother was away in Wellington and the father at work at Ifukanui, Tlio child was in charge of an elder brother, who after returning from getting wood for the (ire found his brother's clothing 011 lire. With commendable promptitude ho smothered the flumes and got the unfortunate little fellow into bed, Mr Amos, who returned home shortly after tlio sad occurrence, took his sou for treatment to I)r. Murray-Aynsley at Ekctahiinu, who found that the injuries were so severe as to render recovery hoplcss and tlio child succumbed ut four o'clock yesterday morning. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon and the funeral took place to-day.

This is a description oE the negro jockey as he appears on the racecourso in the \Vost Indies: "The negro boy is clad in a cap of wonderful construction; fastened uiulor his cliiu by elongated earflaps, and made of serge or 901110 similar material, and a jacket of material and proportions no less strange; he is encased so far as his lower limbs are concered, ed, in a pair of Holland breeches, reaching to somewhere between his knees and his ankles; the black extremities are bare save for a pair of black spurs. So dressed and equipped lie climbs into the saddle. In this wonderful piece of furniture lie places himself, and fixing his breech firmly at end lie grasps the irons. which arc hung at the other end between his great (great, indeed, they are) and second toes, with his four lesser toes 011 Iho bar of the stirrup, and his great toe firmly entwined round the inner branch. He now clutches the reins and is ready. And now thoy are oft. How does he ride ? With body bobbing from stirrup to rump and rump to stirrup with reins loose. He stabs the unfortunate horse he bestrides from shoulder point to stiile, while with relentless right hand he cuts back over his left arm at liis horse's quarters, raining blow 011 blow on quarters, tail and under the tail. This from start to finish, half a mile or four, easy lirst or lagging last. , . .

See the horses now the race is over, heaving, reeking, Hanks and quarters covered with welts, cuts and blood."

Tenders are invited by Messrs CockburnHood and Walker for felling -100 acres ol ti-tree scrub.

Situations lor several domestic servant arc advertised as vacant, by the Dixon-stre Registry Office,

Mr 1\ Thomson, boot and shoemaker, ot Queen-street, Maslerton, has an announceumnt in another column in reference tD h : s wares. Mr Thomson effects all kinds of repairs, and can build a boot with the best of them.

A once popular ditty in old times commenced ; "Oil, the rum, therum ;oh, the rum, lln Brandy." In New Zealand it has come to be reeoanised that the Bruneiy is the " 803mcrang." I'lih brand is advertised iu another column 11s llle ksl by a lending Wellington linn whoso recommendation is conclusive.

The biggest handicap race in the world, tho Austral Wheel ltace, was run in Melbourne on SiUmlay last. This is one of tho most dillhult races to win, and Percy Beauilnmp may we 11 be proud of his success, It is rather remarkablo that the winner ot last year's race, Finnegan, also rode the same make of machine as Bsauchamp, viz., the easy running Massey. This celebrated Wheel achieved further successes at tho meetiug on Saturday, a3 thowinnersof Victorian tnib and the liye-inilc scratch races were hoih mount :d on Miisseys.— Advt.

Workers' Mutual Building Society pi) night to-nisbt. A few shares still left foi disposal,—Anvr.

THE AXOW-XOT - ZEAMXU CYCtiE C). We have to anuounce that wo luivo appointed Mb J. C, Ewijmtox, as our agent for the district of Mastcrton, lot out widelyknown and popular Bicycles the " AnoloSi'ECU'i," " Homueii," and " Ossioxd." lit Ewington will bo glad to show his old 'Customers and the public generally simples of these muchines, when they will find that there aro few other machines in the marko to equal thorn, mi l none to surpass theni.— —Advi.

The show rooms at Hoopnr's are now stocked with the pick o! the world's fashions, charming English and French millinery, pretty blouses, tailor-made costumes of the latest out, smart jackets, etc. Hoopjvs' ore also showing a magnificent lot of new goods iu all the newest colours and materials, kid face cloths, alpacas, piques, muslins, latvns, prints, drills, shepherd's checks, etc,, eta. Their advertisement appears iu another column aud will repay perusal—Advt.