LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 6667, 27 September 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probablo that King Mnhuta will visit Parihab on bis way buck to Wfliknto. The Ancklnnd butchers, who recently advanced tlio price of meat, contemplate « further inereave in price. There is nn outbreak of diphtlicra in Pahialtia, and thero has been already one fatal case. When the alteration in the Ormondyille railway lino takes placo, there is a possibility of the itation being removed completely away from its present site. Tliero was a shorlago of labour for discharging at the Queen's wharf, Wellington, yesterday morning, which considerably delayed oporntions, livory available berth at tlio wharf was occupied. Donald McDonald, the war correspondent, in an address to the members of Hie Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui, told the members of the Club that" any man who gave up New Zealand for a life in South Africa was a lit subject for a lunatic asylum." During the'month of August 2185 ewt of butter and l(it)8 ewt of cheese were exported from tlio colony to England. The value of the buttar was £10,895 and that of tlio clieeso £'{26 l. The dust from blast furnaces litis hitherto been considered worthless metcrial. In France, however, successful experiments Imvo been made with it for fertilising purposos. The land, it is said, responded satisfactorily. The dust contains ingredients which the earth finds to be stimulating, In one of the main streets of Wellington a few days ago we(l)aii f mm) saw a dairy-farmer delivering milk and collecting hog-wasli in one act. Same man, same filthy hand*, same filthy carl, served both purposes. Time the Dairy Service introduced a little pure culture into the methods of lhc City milk-suppliers. A correspondent of a contemporary learns that the Land Purchase Department has had Mr Derrick's Forost Crate property (Waipawa) valued, and has made was is considered a reasonable offer for it. Further, iliafc the Government will purchase the Milboumo estate, known better as "The Brow," of Stokes' run. The new railway viaduct at Piripiri, near JJauncvirke, which is built wholly of concrete and steel, will be ready to hand over to the Department nest week The centre span is carried on sleel supporters, rising to a height of sixty feet from the concrete basis. The preparation of the metal work for the Mangatcra viaduct, is to be commenced immediately. H. If. Elliott, of Foxton, has been recommended, by the Public Petitions Committee, a payment of £2O by way of refund of moneys actually paid out of pocket at ihe limo tlio members of tlio Wellington Defence Force at their own expense ntide their way to the front some thirty-odd years ago,

A l'i rkshire Vicar tolls how he once received the following note from one ol his parishioners "This is to giro notice that I and Miss Jemima Drearley arc coming to your church on Saturday afternoon next to undergo the operation of matrimony. Please be prompt as the cab is hired by the hour. Forewarned ;s forearmed,"

]n the Home on Tuesday, Ihe Premier advocated the utilisation of prison labour in planting waste lands, lfe said that if lie had his way he would take prisoners from the large centres of population and put them at work on the plains in planting forest and fruit trees, The Premier, addressing Mr T. Mackenzie, said," Jieforc I meet you next .session I will have prisoners on those plains planting timber." Mr V. Granville, of New Plymouth, was called in the the other day lo attend a draught horse which was suffering from a stoppage of the bowels, He saw at onco that the case was hopeless, but the owner hoped against hope. The animal succumbed, and when opened it was found that the stoppage was caused by a mass of ironsand, weighing fully oOlb:". Mr Granville tells us—and lie gives the advice gratis—that the stoppage would not have oceui red if the horse had always access lo rock salt. It was a natural craving for salt that caused the animal to pick up the sand The following remarks are taken from an exchange" When is the 'inspector craze' going to abate ? There aro factory inspectors, inspectors under the Shops and Shop Assistants Act, meat inspectors, dairy inspectors, rabbit inspectors, sheep inspectors, inspectors of nuisance, inspectors of machinery, and various other varielics of these inquisitorial persons, This session the Public Health Jiill made opportunities for creating more of lliein, and now we haye the Municipal Corporations Bill proposing to do the same thing. The latest craze is the inspection of lire escapes in private houses. On tho face of it this seems an interference with private property, and an invasion of the domestic circle wliMi should be relisted."

Olago mining affairs, says the 0%0 lFilm, have assumed a new complexion, and people are beginning to realise that a crisis is imminent. Tlio" criiss" apparently is an ordinary easo of repentance after debauch. We have gorged more than we can digest, and have washed it down with more vinous liquids than we can carry. There is nothing for it hut to " suffer a recovery " indue form; and the recovery will probibly he slow, What are we going to do about Ihe £3, 003,008 of liability to which, in a moment of intoxication, we set our names and pledged our credit ? Of this sum the liandsomo share of £2,000,003, it is said, is Ihe private and peculiar responsibility of the Duncdin people alone. The same Dunedin people, it is further asserted, are at this present moment, £IOO,OOO to the bad in arrears of calls. It now seems assured that a considerable number of Maoris will proceed from the Worth Island (o Christeliurch to take pait in the proceedings in connection with the Jubilee Exhibition. llr Carroll, the Native Minister, lust week, promised a Canterbury deputation that they might reckon on some two hundred and lifty Maoris from the Norlhlslaod visiting the Cathedral City. The Maoris from the Waikato would bring with them war canoes, and would take part in the regatta. One of their canoes, lie said, was a very large one, beautifully carved, and capable of seating eighty men. Natives of the Maori race would also go from the Hawke's Jjay and the Wairarapa pas, and a band of girl poi dancers would go from Wanganui. The people of Christeliurch would, he said, be expected to make arrangements for the maintenance of these natives while in the Southern City. The only dilliculty in the way at present was in getting them from Wellington to Lyttelton, but ho would sec the Premier about getting the Jliiiomoa to convey them South.

Our Special Contributor in his Farm Notes this week (appeuringon the fourth pago of this issue), covers a lot of ground, dealing with quite a yariety of subjects, lfe gives the opinion of an expert with regard lo the necessity for proper treatment and handling of sheep and lambs, aud points out some of the mistakes which are made by which mortality among llocks is increased, Tho prevalence of blood-poisoning among sheep at shearing-timo is referred to, and very probable causes, other than those generally ascribed, arc enumerated in detail, It is shown how the use if an unclean knife, as well as mi unclean yard and surroundings, may produce unlooked for aud undesirable results. This part of the chapter should receive specially careful attention, There are also somo valuable hints on shearing small llocks, incidentally with regard to kcepiug the wool free from foreign substances, A very simple and effectual recipe is given for the destruction of lice aud vermin, iu

stock, with particulars as to tho proper manner of preparation. There is also an excerpt from a report of tbo head of an American Agricultural Colloge, relative to tho system necessary for breeding a good milking herd, which, it is claimed, is within tho limitations of every breeder, The secret lies in careful and judicious selection, and breeding only from proved good milkers. Thero is also a dissertation on judging at shows, pointing out tho necessity (from nn educative point of view) of judges giving specific reasons for tho awards made by them, for the information of those seeking to gain experience,

There aro noveml ensoa of measles in Mastorton at present, Tiiirty-aoveii Soulhorn dredges report avoragos of uOoza. for last week. Tho South British lusuranco Co, shows a profit for the year of £37,192. The incandescent street-lighting in Pnhintua continues to giye ovcry satisfaction. Tho German lines of steamers will probably call at Itoborl noxt season to ship fruit fur tho German market.

Ovor lO.OOOcnirics liavo been received for tho L'lunecslon Agricultural Show, I to bo hold next month. liusaian law allows a man to marry only four times, and lie must marry beforo 80, or not at all. Wo have received a shilling for the Fcllingham fund from each of thofollowing natives.—l'ua I'nkn, Te Whetu and I'orangi. Farming operations aro in a forward stato in Southland. Tho lambing season in the district has been tho best known for many years. There are evidences that the dairy industry is progressing slowly, but steadily, in the districts around Auckland. Wc understand that Mr T. Thompson has disposed of liis interest in the Te Nuihotol, to Mr Harrison, of Masterton.

Mr Hall (Waipawa) has presented a petition from thirty-tivo rcsidenls of Waipawa and district, asking the House to suppress tho gambling evil. Tho Minister for iiailways, replying to Mr Napier in the House, said he was not yet eouvineed that tho Zone system of railway tariffs in Hungary is an unqualified success.

Mr Marryatt,representing the Dresden Piano Co., is now on a visit to Masterton to buok orders for pianos and organs. His stay is necessarily limited. The agency is at Mr J. P, Ulliot's (stationer).

A moa's head in an admirable state ol preservation wai found in some sand at Arahura, West Coast, the other day, It looked as though the bird had not been dead more than a few months, instead of perhaps some hundreds of years.

The Pukiutuu Herald understands that tho police arc at present investigating several serious criminal charges in which some Mangittainoka residents are alleged to be implicated. Arrests will probably bo made. Telephones aro nearly unknown in China, but a small number exist in the ports. Shanghai, one of ihc most important commercial centres, has 380 subscribers, and makes 1000 connections daily. Kansas farmers have a bigger crop of wheat than they cau possibly harvest, and have imported 20,000 labourers to help them save it. The estimate is a hundred million bushels, which is the biggest crop Kansas ever bad.

At Melbourne, Arthur Burch, of Wongn l'ark, 10 years of age, was playing " Father Christmas" in a children's theatrical performance, when his mock beard caught liro, and the poor boy was burned to death.

During the last few weeks the supply of fat sheep at the various markets in llio South Island has been rather short, but on Thursday Ashburton put up a record in this respect. The entry of fat sheep consisted of one solitary animal, which sold at 21s.

It is surprising (says the Christchurcli Prets) that more Devon cattle are not bred in this Colony, as for prime quality, and beef of nice bandy weight, iheycannol be beaten. When any fat cuttle of this breed come into tho market they aro certain of commanding the highest prices. The following high prices for horses sold at Greymouth will giveau indication of their scarcity: Tiro draught horses, at £35 10s each, one draught horse at ,CSU, one spring catfc horse at m.

A resident of Norsewood has on his farm a dwarf calf, which, though over three weeks old, is not much over twelve inches high. It drinks as much milk as the larger calves, and is perfectly healthy, but does not appear to develop tosvards maturity. The barque Iverciiuld, which arrived at Melbourne last week, from Liverpool, had a bad passage. After rounding the Cape, a north-east gale struck the vessel, a:id increased in violence, seas breaking abojrd with alarming frequency, and thus spoiling all the fresh water supplies. 'J he only drink available for twenty-three days, for all hands, was bottled slout. A man named Edward Horton was charged at the Dunedin Police Court yesterday, with receiving goods and knowing them to have been stolen, This is a sequel to the case in which a young man ivas charged with theft, it having been alleged that he was induced by Horton to steal from his employer. Horton was committed for trial.

The forthcoming show of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society bids fair to be far aad away the best ever held in the district. The prize-list is the most liberal ever offered for a show in Hawke's Bay, and thcro is ut corresponding increase in the number ol entries. Several miscellaneous events are catalogued, which should prove an additional attraction to intending visitors.

While some people at Hokianga, Bay of Islands, were cutting up a puriri log for firewood, they came upon an old stone axe that had apparently been embedded in the tree centuries ago. The wood had grown completely round the axe, hiding it from view. The axe must havo thus been embedded in the tree when it was very young—probably 400 years ago.

We would again remind our readers of the entertainment to be given in ihc Town Hall this evening, in connection with the Masterton Municipal Band. The programme to be submitted is full of merit in every detail, and the object sought to be assisted is a most deserving one. As the weather promises to be fine, we look forward to a crowded house, and thus demonstrate the public appreciation of one of Mustorton's most worthy in-stitutions-the Municipal Band.

The decision of the Thames-Hauraki Goldliclds Compauy to relinquish pumping and drainage operations at tlicljuecn of Beauty shaft, is to be di-cussed by a public meeting as a protest against their doing so. The Company received a Government grant of £25,000, provided that the shaft be sunk 1000 ft.; but after deepening it by 80ft., it has decided to ccasc work, on account, it is alleged, of financial difficulties.

In Ormondville, on Saturday, a rather gross case of cruelty occurred. A young man who was in charge of two horses and dray, calied at the local station for a load of goods. In taking out the leader, prcparaory to loading up, the shafter fell down and ou being removed from the shafts, the animal's back was discovered to be a mass of sores, from which matter was oozing, The driver was compelled to give an understanding not to use tho animal in its present state.

Tho Wanganui tradesmen complain bitterly about tho dust blowing in the streets. A correspondent of the Chm'iAv thus voices his own views of tho matter complained of i-Passing down the Avenue I noticed a butcher cutting a succulent steak from the buttock of one of your prime bullocks. It was no sooner laid upon the scales than a cloud of dust (the excrement of horses, dogs, etc.) entering by the tride-open fronl, laid a thick stratum upon the surface of the (otherwise) rich-looking morsel. Was litis on its way (o the table of one of our somnolent Councillors? Shades of Koch and all other bacteriologists, think of the result!

Mr Ashcroft, the Wellington Coroner, has had printed for private circulation an open tetter on the state of the public morals in New Zealand. He lays great stress on the decrease in the birth rate, and quotes statistics showing that notwithstanding the increase in population and number of marriages, the births are now 8000 per annum deficient compared with the rate in 1882. Mr Asheroft says ho feds so strongly on tho subject that he is willing to devote tho few remaining years of his life to aiding in something of a nature of a purity crusade, and suggests the formation of an association to take sceiously in hand the work of stemming tho tide of evil inlluences.

MrHonolleke, M.H.11., favours the introduction of licensed houses for the sale of liquor in tho Maori country. Speaking on the subject in the House last week, he asked what wore the privileges of tho English-speaking race? "Long beerj," intorjected Mr I'irani, who holds opposito views to Mr Heke. "Yes," added Mr Heke. "Beer has really been tho milk that has nourished the English race, and led to its present greatness." "What about whisky?" interjected another member. "Whisky," said Mr Heke," was also a liquid, but it was attached to tho Scotch race." "And tho Irish," added yet another member, amidst some goodnatured banter,

Wellington Education Board's schools aro to liavo a holiday on Labour Day. Tho Wellington Eacing Club lias granted a jockey's licoiise to Stephen Carkeek.

Tlioro is littlo prospect of tlio straight' cning of tho Wollington-Pctono-ront] bciDg undertaken at an early date. Mr llornsby, M.11,1!. is to bo granted a week's leayo of absence on account ol ill-health.

We regret to hear that Mr J.Maxte ofKuripuni,is somewhat seriously with an attack of influenza.

that Mr A, li, Bunnv' Taipos Station has been sold to Mr'l Moore.

A monster flight of over five hundred homing pigeons from the Basin Iteservo will inaugurato the opening of the flying season in Wellington next Saturday, During the fight at I'rieska, a British gunner was hit in the left breast by a Boer bullet. It went clean through a pack of cards, barring tho yery last, which was the ace of spades, That saved his body and earthly existence. A rehearsal took place in the Masterton Town Hall, last evening, in connection with to-nights concert. Several of tlio competitors in tho instrumental solos acquitted themselves most creditably, as also did the vocalists. There wcro most touching scenes in the London law courts when the death of the Lord Chief Justice was announced. Strong men, eminent ia their profession, broko down with emotion, and eloquent tributo was paid to the late Judge's magnanimity. Mr Mackenzie, one of the South African war correspondents, gives an example of how llie censorship is exercised. The following telegram was handed in for transmission to a newspaper:—'"Heavy Boer attack. Guns rain shell fire on position. Screre losses both yesterday and to-day." When the message reached its destination, it read " Heavy rain yesterday and to-day." It is slated (says the Levin paper) that the salmon trout are destroying the white-bait in the Manawatu river. White-bait fishers have reported as to catching the trout in their nets, so eager has tho trout been after Ihc little fish. It is also stated that trout arc very numerous in tlio Manawatu river.

The Maslerton Borough Council lias offered to accept tlio services of the Volunteer Fire Brigade as a salvage corps. The Urigade meet the Council to-morrow evening, at 8 p.m., to arrange matters.

At a recent meeting of the Squatting Investment Company, at Melbourne, the chairman made references to ilic drought in Queensland, saying that £IO,OOO had been spent on maize and oats to keop the company's ewes alive.

In consequence of a visit by a Native Commissioner recently, to Ilic districts around Hawke's Bay, and advice given by_ him, the Maoris living in the vicinity are having their boys apprenticed to various trades, A report was current at Palmerston North yesterday that samplci of coal had been obtained oil Mr J. K, lYathan's property, The rumour was subsequently proved to be not without some foundation, for while sinking a well, the men employed penetrated a stratum of black lubstanco, which has proved to be lignite. The seam was discovered at a depth of about twenty-feet, and is about sis feet in thickness. There aro no fewer than nineteen boroughs, with a population of less than seven hundred and lifty in New Zealand. The smallest is Hampden, iu Otago; its population is only three hundred and twenty. Gladstone, in Southland, has only an area of f irly acres, and its inhabitants only total three hundred and eighty, yet these boroughs haye all the ollicial paraphernalia of much larger towns. It is felt that they should be iu roads and town districts. _ iVleltcr withn somewhat inlcresliug history arrived in IVendon, near Gore, the other day. It Ins.been sent by Mr D. D. Scott, Olago University, from Cromwell, to Private Earle, No. 2 Contingent, about the l?t of March, but it never reached him, as it was seized by the Boers, Somehow or other it was subsequently rescued, and though slightly singed by lire, has reached the homo of (he pareuls of the volunteer, with the words," Looted by the Boers," written across the envelope. Sunday is spent in various ways in different countries and cities. A writer in a Brisbane newspaper explains the Charters Towers (Queensland fashion. He says:—Last Sunday, when attending a funeral, I saw tliousandsof peoplecongrcgatcd togelhcr witnessing the opening football match of the season. That was on one side of the road leading to the cemetery. On the other side the rilles were cracking alt the afternoon, Members of the defence force were engaged in their usual Sunday afternoon practice In Ilawke's Iky, according to the liabbit Board, the rabbit pest is on the increase, and more stringent measures will have to be tak en to cope with it. In some parts of til? South Island bunny is threatened with complete extermination. Trapping for export, says the Cromwell Anjtts, seems to have played the mischief with the rabbits in that district. We are informed by one of those who went to Alexandra that ho uever saw a rabbit during the whole journey. Three years ago the country between Cromwell and Clyde was cran ling with them.

In a speech delivered in the Legislative Council, in support of Jlr Jennings' training ship scheme, the H-m. C. C. Bowen said, in elfect, "Has the Burnbam Industrial School ever been in a satisfactoiy slate? It has nerer been. There is a half-smothered mutiny always going ou in that place. I don't kuow trliy, but I tbinli it is in part due lo a want of the discipline that men accustomed lo the sea nre belter ablo to enforce. lam quite sure (hat boys trained in oue of these ships would be more likely to turn out better than boys brought up at places lib Ikrnham, where they do very little part of the time, and are doing what they don't like the rest of the lime."

In his charge lo the Nelson Grand Jury at the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice incidentally referred lo the question of ut means of avoiding the theft of sheep nnd cattle. His Honor said that it had occurred to him that if every purchaser and seller of sheep and cattle was required by law to forward a list of the number, fojciher with the brands, earmarks, etc., to a central- registry office, it would prove a little deterrent to theft, and would thus be highly beneficial to the settlers. The Legislature, however, had not yet seen Gt to adopt such a system, and it was probably owing to the lack of it, that sheep and cattle were sometimes missed, and not accounted for,

! In reference to the shortage of sheep, ' it is interesting to recall (says a Christclmrcli couteinporary) that Mr E. G ' Staveley, in his annual address asl'rcsi- ' dent of the Canterbury Agricultural and i'as'.oral Association in 1895, said ! "Whilcon this subject lie would again , express his earnest conviction that for the good of our flocks, and the maiulou- , ance of that staudard of excellence in i mutton for which Canterbury was renowned, there should bo some restriction , placed upon the export of our best ewe iambs. He might also remind them that the freezing companies in Canterbury were then disposing of about 35,000 sheep and lambs weekly, a total : sulliciently great to make an impression on our surplus stowb at no distant date." Telcpliono bureaus between Masterton and Palmcrston are now all in operation, but the communication is not as satisfactory as might be (risked, the messages at times being almost inaudible. This is particularly so between the stations furthest apart, probably on account of tho possible induction from other wires, and probably the stale of the atmosphere may havo something to do ivith tliciudislinctnesscomplaincdof. For instance, yesterday, a subscriber from Palmcrston North rung up a resident of Maslerlon during the forenoon, but the result to tho receiver was so unsatisfactory that it was found necessary to postpone further communication till the afternoon, when the attempt was more successful. The fact, neyortheles ?, of the existeneeof tcleplionecoinmuuication between so many places in the district must bo recognised as a very great boon to the community, and one which will bo appreciated more and more as lirao goes on. Tho charges arc based on a moderate scale, and for a shilling a conversation extending over fiye or six minutes can bo carried on between porsons many railos apart. For subscribers the charge is siipcucc for first six minutes, or fraction of six minutes. As regards tho East Coast, telephone communication is available right through to Castlo Point, All things considered, tho result is congratulatory, beingdistinctly typical of the wonderful progress of the' country in i respect to rapid and easy communication between the residents of different I districts, compared with the isolation wliioh preyailed until reoently,

After heavy rainfall last night, the weather changed this morning, and was almost of summer heat—a lovely day, in fact, fortownand country alike. Owing to tho popularity of Mr Mao dona d s lectures in Wellington, lie has decided to cancel liis proposed Wairarapa engagements for tlio present. Tlio Wellington Education Hoard has passed a resolution that Whitcombeand 'iomb's Imperial Headers ahall be into general use in the sehooli or tlio district, Mr Buchanan was the only dissentient. A circular to the foregoing effect is to be sent to all the headteachers under tlio Board's jurisdiction,

We regret to hare to announce the passing away of Mrs James .Ralph, who died last evening, at tho age of seven A three. She has resided in Masterton lof « a period of twenty years. The deceased had been ailing for some five months past, but tho actual causo of death was tho bursting of a blood-vessel, ihc late Mrs ](aiph was a prominent member of the Wcsleyan congregation, A family of seven, all grown-up, are loft to mourn their loss.

At the lata meeting of the Manchester Jioad Board, Mr Lethbridgc said tho Government had not yet decided to ic* tfept the Commissioner's report on tho rebuilding of the Gorge bridge, and would not do anything until after the session. The Minister also said if the report was accepted, tho Government would contribute £ for £ on tho total cost.

Ihc North Olafio Tmet understands that wheat freights by, steamer are now #- 20s n ton, and a large quantity of cargo ' is offering—larger, indeed, than room can be found for in the meantime. It will be some months, however, before frozen meat cargoes aro available, and following steamers may bo able to take wheat, although the wool clip wilt take first place. The scarcity of frozen meat has given the opportunity for shipping away grain. Only for that, all the g« would have remained in the colony.

There died at Timaru, recently, an old colonist named S. J. Passmore, who bccamo a resident in (hat district by necessity. He was ono of two men on board the ketch Prince Consort, which foundered in the roadstead in a bad north-easter in 18GC, His companion < was drowned, but Passmore was rescued • r from the mast of the vessel after he had been several times dipped under the • water, as the vessel gradually heeled over through the shifting of the ballast. This was the first wreck that occurred at Timaru, Passmore became a boatman on the beach, and when-surf boats were dispensed with, he became a carter. He was one of those whose names are recorded on the wreck monument as having taken part in the efforts to savo life at the wrecks of the Brnvenue and City of Perth, in 1882. A furnished bed-room is required by an advertiser. The Borough Council invites tjnderafor drilling and tapping water-mains, making house connections, etc, Why keep coughing disturbing tho /amilies rest, when Sykes 1 G'ura Cough is near 1 —Abvt. r

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notice. In order more fully to meet tbo requirements of our Wairarapa clients, we have appointed Mr B. P, Johnson to represent us more permanently in Maeterton and surrounding districts. We have engaged very convenient sample rooms in Queen-streot and it is our intention to keep our agent fully supplied with a complete set of samples, from which orders may be taken. Orders entrusted to Mr Johnson will receive our prompt and best attention,-The Drapery and General Importing Company ot N.Z., Limited.—A. A. Oorripan, Manager.

BHOXCImiS, COLDS, CAT4KED, ETC, Tuaiccm is especially efficacious in tnoscuuL colo ; quickly relieves the breath* ing and at once allays the feverishness, the running at tho nose and eyej being usually checked by the first dose. Tussicoba is one of the most valuable remedies known, and should always be kept ready for immediate use. As a powerful Lung and Stomach Tonic it is unequalloJ. colds are the At common of all ailments, and the importfln of CHECKING TIIEM IN 11IE EARLY SHOES CIS. Nor be OVIR-ESTIJU7ED. BJe manufacturer and proprietor, S. J, Evans. Procurable all merchants throughout the colony. Messrs Sbnrland and Co., Agents, Wellington and '» Auckland. ' John Tucker, Prince of Wales' Hotel Masterton, desires to draw the attention of the public to the fact that he has secured the large consignment of twelve quarter casks of Old Highland Whiskey, landed and - - bonded in Wellington, ex ship" Crusader," on June 25th, 1894. This whisky, which is guaranteed twelve jears 1 old, is now offered as the best draught whisky over placed in the Wairaiapa. Per staple bottle, ss.—AdvTi