The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 74, 1 February 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1879.

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that there is a prospect of Mr King's plan for the Hurunuiorangi Bridge having a fair trial. We are pleased to learn this, as our County Engineer was a little snubbed by the department when his plan wns first submitted to it, aud the Council, rather than fall out with the Government, swallowed the leek, For many years Mr King has been erecting in all parts oftheMasterton" Highway District substantial bridges at very moderate rates, and it is only fair that ho should have an opportunity of trying his hand at a larger structure. There are probably few engineers in the Government servico who havo had the practical experience of Mr King in such works, and if it be found that a County Engineer can step in and make a substantial bridge at a price. one-third less than that the Public Works Office requires, this district will not only reap an advantage, but the Department will possibly learn a lesson that will prove beneficial to the Colony as a whole. We must say that Mr Blacketfc and Mr Maxwell have behaved very handsomely in consenting to a fair trial being given to Mr King's proposals. It is of course evident that they do admit that they are to a certain extent practicable, or the concession made would have certainly been withheld. There are many fine bridges in the Wairarapa built under the late Provincial regime, of which we have reason to bo justly proud; but wc anticipate that the Hurumiiorangi bridge at Gladstone, if erected by a self-taught Wairarapa engineer, will be the one which will redound most to the credit and enterprise of the Valley.

All Stations on the Port Darwin line are interrupted. Messrs lorns & Fergusson hold their extensive market sale this afternoon. Tho privileges of the Wairarapa Races will bo sold this day at the Rising Sun Hotel', Greytown. Messrs P. H. Wood & Co.'s general sale takes place at Greytown this afternoon at 3 p.m. The Rev Father Halbwachs celebrates Mass at the Carterton Church to-morrow at 11a.m. By the end of the season 10,000 bales of wool will have crossed the Rimutaka by rail. Mr and Mrs Bowden returned from England on Thursday last, by the Duke of Athole. On Monday next Messrs lorns & Fergusson sell at Tenui 120 two-tooth Cotswold rams bred by Mr J. D. Canning, of Napier, The Stockyard of Mr Gustaye Bengston of Elcctahuna is declared a public pound, and Mr Bengsten is appointed poundkeener. Messrs lorns and Fergusson aro instructed to sell on the loth Inst the household furniturcof Mr M. S. Bell of the Upper Plain. The Mastcrton Trustees hold a special meeting this evening. An application in the Tail-Murtagh embrogliois, we believe the special business. ' A preliminary advertisement states that SOUcres on the Upper Plain are now being subdivided into allotments varyin« from 3 to 5 acres, and that tho same willlo sold on deferred payment extending over three years. It was singular that the house of Mr C. Potts, which was burnt down at Carterton, was tho central one of a group of three; and that though the dwellings on cither side caught fire, it alone was burnt down, _ A fourteen-year-old girl was a witness in a recent divorce suit, and a portion of her evidence was as follows:—" Father got mad because mother starched his stockings. Mother picked up the stockings and hit father on the head with them, and it sounded as though they were sticks of wood. Father then stuffed a hot wheat cako down •mother's throat, then mother set tho dog on father and twisted the dog's tail to make him bite harder." Timber to the extent of about 80,000 feet a week, says the New Zealand Time 3, is being brought from the Wairarapa. The mills arc all very busy, for not only does the Wellington market need supplying, but there is also a, great demand in the Wairarapa itself. Tho Wellington market continues firm at late advances, in consequence of tho supply from the South having been considerably interfered with by tho AVaimato Plains fire.

Apropos of Mr Edmunds and the late Carterton lire, the Guardian says that, as the representative for the National Insurance Company, he telegraphed to headquarters to ascertain if he would be justified in going to expense in order to save property. The reply was, "Employ any assistance nccossary, immediately." As it happened the threatened danger was averted, but the National Insurance Company have set a good example. An improvement in the manufacture of horse collars has just been devised by a Philadelphia mechanic. The collar, being stuffed with olastic cork, is light in weight and adapts itself to the shape of the animal as readily as if it were moulded. It is highly elastic, does not chaff or gall the neck, and the cork being a non-con-ductor, injury from heat is prevented, The King of llarotonga is paying a visit to the Maoris. He is a new arrival, and in the course of his conversation (duly interpreted by PaoraTuhaere) lie confirmed the tradition that tlio Maoris are originally derivcdfroniHawaiki. This is curious, as being the first oborigmal (intelligently considered) comparison of notes. In personal appearance he is a Maori.—N. Z Herald. The Western Monarch immigrants are not going off. Up to yesterday (says • tho Southland Times) only eleven males and five females had beon engaged, while there remain in tho barracks about thirty or forty single men, five or six single womon, and the whole of forty-two families included in the shipment. The rates so far have ruled from £4O to £52 a-year for farm laborers, about 25s per week for ploughmen, and £2O to £4O per year for general servants. A\facetious railway guard, says an Exchange, on tho Otago trunk lino lately cried out as as the train was about to enter a tunnel "This is one mile long, and the train will bo four minutes passing through it." The train dashed through into daylight'again in four seconds, and the sceno within tho carriage was a study for a painter. Two young ladies were closely pressed by a. pair of masculine arms; four pairs of lips were glued together, and three liquor flasks, held by Bucolic matrons, flashed in tho air.

Entries for the' Wairarapa Races closo ' This is pay day for the Masterton Building Society, and the Wairarapa Permanent Investment and Loan Association; Mr F. H. Wood has been appointed to make a valuation of tho stock thai was saved from Casolberg & Co.'sstoro during the fire at Greytown. Our Carterton Correspondent telegraphed to us last evening as follows : Mr Phillip Goodin's house burnt down, nothing being saved, Five fires are burning. Booth's and Stewart's mills are in danger."—We learn thislnoiiiingthat the bush fires have gono down and that all danger for the time being is considered over. Thero will bo an election at the next drill of the Greytown Volunteers for a sub-lieutenant in the place of Mr Campbell, who has resigned. On last drill night there were three nominations for the appointment, viz,, Messrs Jackson, Scott, and Cameron, The following is the programme of the Masterton brass band for this evening : Millar's Quick March " Cheer up Companions ;" Cooto's New Burlesque Waltz; Strauss' Quadrille Potpourri; Basquit's Quick March, " Nancy Lee;" D'Albert's New Lancers; Metcalf's Quick March " Will the angel's come to me." A large bush fire has been burning at Papawai, near, Greytown, which entailed considerable watching on tho part of settlors in that neighborhood to save their property. Messrs Terry & Baillie's mill was at ono thno in great danger, and in fact is not yet out of danger. Mr John Brookling's house had also a narrow escape, as did also that of Mr John Skeet and somo smaller cottages near tho sawmill. ' Tho Evening Star, Ohristchurch, reports that tho local agents (Messrs R, Wilkin and Co',) of tho Osborne reaper and binder, dissatisfied with tho judging at the recent trial atAshburton, have offered to back tho Osborne against .the McCormick for simplicity of construction and strength of materials, for the sum of £SO, Wc are glad to notice that Messrs Salmon & Hathaway, of the Rising Sun Hotel, have their gas apparatus laid on over the different parts of the building. We understand the first trial will be made this evening, and hope it will prove a success, so that others may follow their example. Tho WAIKARAFA DAILY can be read In WELLINGTON at the Athemenm, the Umpire Hotel, tarrotl's Hotel, the Queen's Hotel, the New Wander Hotel, the Occidental Hotel, the Koyul Hotel, and Mr W. Frecman'B Dinin? llooms, Lambton Quay.