Untitled

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 425, 30 March 1880, Page 2

A reward of £5 is offered for a diamond ring lost.

Our, report of the Featherston Highway Board meeting,'and other correspondence is again crowded out,

Mr Geo. Fannin, architect, calls tenders for repairs and painting at the Bank of New Zealand, Masterton.

The Masterton Rifle Volunteer Band favored the settlers in Masterton with a musical selection yesterday afternoon, Mr H. J. Goodman, on behalf of the. Trustee in 0. Wilton's estate giveß final notice to debtors to the same that accounts must be paid forthwith. An inspection parade of the Masterton Volunteers is announced for to-morrow evening. This extra parade will give those members who have not made up their drills, a last chanoe.

The Trustee in the estate of Edward Sraggins, convenes a meeting of creditors for this evening at 1 30 p,m., to consider the final winding up. of the estate and granting the bankrupt's discharge A man named Frederick Amoor, one of the hard labor gang at the Wellington gaol was killed by a fall of earth on Thursday last, Deceased .leaves a wife and two children.

The Marquis.of Normanby Hotel is again to change honda, Mr and Mrs Cook the new proprietors having arrived yesterday. The new host, some time since, wa3 at'the hotel at Kaiwarra,

•The Anniversary Tea Meeting in the Wesleyan Church last evening, and the reception given to the Rev Mr Duke were all that could be desired. Out report is crowded out of our cresent issue.

Complaints are made that the Wellington unemployed in the Government Cottages are stealing firewood, poisoning fowls, and behaving generally in an indecent and improper manner. We do not ourselves assert that these statements are correct, but we hope, for the credit of the men themselves, some investigation, will be made into the truth of them. The brother-in-law of the late Mr Geo. Jennings, of this town has requested us to forward him a copy of our issue of Dec. 29,1879, which -contains a report of the unfortunate young man's death and burial. We have made every effort to comply with this request, but cannot procure a paper of that date, beyond the one on our file, and we would ask any of our subscribers who may have a copy of that issue to kindly forward it to us for postage to Mr Jennings' relation. On Saturday last a deputation consisting of His Worship the Mayor and Crs Gapper, Vile, and Perry, waited on P. G. Moore and D. McGregor, the Public Works sub-Committee of County Weßt to ask them if it was not the duty of the County to take steps to protect the banks of the Waipoua, under the 85th section of the Public Works Act, and to charge the cost of the works to the Borough Council and Highway Board. The members of the sub-committee replied that they had no authority to take up any such work, though in a case of emergency they believed the Council would back them up in over-stepping their powers. After consideration, though admitting the urgent nejessity for the work, they decided ■ that they could not undertake the work under the 85th section of the Public Works Act, 1876, as there was no bridge, ferry, or ford at the spot where the river overflows. Nor under the 176 th section of the_ same Act, as the houses and lands requiring to be relieved of flood water are entirely within the Borough of Masterton, Mr King, who was present, said that the permanent works'necessary for the protection of the town would depend upon the nature of the works which the Government constructed higher up the river. The temporary work proposed was the cutting of a short channel to lead the river back in its old course. Cr Gapper estimated the ooat of this cutting at £IOO- - for labor, and £4O for land,

Mr Gladstone is severely indisposed. His illness is'cuused by ovei-woiknnd iliu jiii'in attending elebiiuiieering. It is announced'that Piiiice Leopold will shortly 'leave, England on a t< ur through Canada and the United States, It is reported that at the Tauanui Station, Lower Valley, between 1,000 and 2,000. sheep are drowned., Mr Hume, the proprietor, is away from home. 'We trust his loss has' been over estimated; ' i

From another column it will be Beenthat Mrs W. E. Cross, of the Royal Academy of Music, London, is prepared to receive pupils in music and singing. Mrs Cross also teaohes German aud French, the latter being acquired on the Continent,

We learn from. Mr T. Thompson that the Taueru road is. well-nigh impassable, through the recent' heavy rains. A very large, slip, has occurred near'a locality known as the Blue Spur. Mr Thompson also informs us that the Taueru River was again very high on Friday night, Mr John Yates, of the Upper Plain, Masterton, expired on Sunday last at the ripe age of Hyeais. The deceased settler held high rank as an Odd Fellow being one of the oldest of the brethren in the Wellington Provincial District. On Sunday last a little child named John Carrol, aged one year and nine months, fell down a well at the old house near the Waingawa bridge, An inquest •was held by Dr Spratt, the district coroner, at the Railway Hotel, and a verdict of "accidently drowned" recorded. The father of the child is a laborer on the railway line, Land on deferred payments has been Bet apart in the Mangaono District, Wellington .Provincial Districts, comprising sections in Blocks VI., VII., X., and XI., varying in area from 54 to 211 acres. Suoh lands will be open for application at Land Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, 27th April, Land on deferred payments iti the Wanganui and Poerue Survey Districts, Westland, will'be open for application on the 29th April; in the Gampbelltown Hundred, Southland, on the 26th April; and for village settlement, Woodfield, Southland, on the 10th May next, Bacheldor's Oolossean Pantascope opened to a good house last evening, and the bright scenes depicted were well received. The entertainment, as everybody knows, is one of the best all-round attractions in the Colony. Chalet, the extremely clever ventriloquist, is a host in himself, and the distribution of gifts is a genuine feature in the programme. Want of space prevents us from doing justice to the programme in our present issue, but we cordially recommend everybody to go to-night, see it and enjoy themselves, . '"■. .■•

A correspondent send? tho Rangitikei Advocate the following social anomalies, which at one time would have been thought paradoxical; but"which, owing.to the present exigencies of fortune, farmers are daily becoming' accustomed "to '.—£ bushel of wheat costs 45.. and the : millers' will give y0u.421b5.-of flour for it;or oharge you 19s. for lOOlbs. of flour, or not quite 2i bushels of wheat, which, at 4a. per bushel are worth 10a. Moral: Grind your own wheat. Anomaly No.' 2.—A laborer obtains 6s, per day for binding; oats are sold for Bd. per bushel; enjo, a binder this last season was paid 9 bushels of oats for his day's wages, Moral,—Sell your farm and go to sea.