The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 630, 27 November 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1880.

It has been announced that a grand exhibition of wool, woolen nianafactures, and allied industries will beheld

in the.Crystal Palace-London, between •Time and October of next year, The object of the Directors, is to hold a series of special International Exhibi-

tions, 'and they propose commencing the series with an exhibition of wool, and its varied applications and manufactures. It is pointed out that it is to the Australian and African colonies that Europe is now mainly indebted for its supplies of supericr merino wool and that of the 411,000,0001bs of wool imported into Great Britain i* 1879, nearly 355,000,0001bs came from Bri-

tish possessions, The Cliristchurch Press commenting on this announcement says:—That this colony is deeply interested in the wool industry,is sufficiently evident- when it is stated that of the total productions of the British possessions New Zealand contributed over , one-sixth, or over 62,'000,0001b. An opportunity, therefore, of bringing prominently before the buyers of the world the character and quality of our wool ought uot to be neglected. Already action is being taken by the Government in the matter. The Agent- [ General has been instructed te apply fpr space on behalf of. New Zealand, and to receive ahd ; attend to all exhibits, so that the only cost exhibitors will be put to will be the freight from this colony to London. On their arrival there our representative will .undertake the duty of placing the exhibits in position.' The Directors of the Crystal Palace will make no charge to exhibitors for space, and will fumiih

[motive power foi* .working machinery i free of cost. The exhibition' will nofc i be confined merely to .wool and its •varied applications, bufc'to allied products, such as rabbit skins, goats wools i the skins of fur-bearing animals, rough' aud prepared, bird skins and feathers, .for clothing, ornament, or fabrics, bo. In fact the exhibition of 1881 will furnish' tin opportunity to producers Of wool find allied products in this colony to bring under the notice of the world at huge the varied resources of' New Zealand such as may not.occur, again for some time to come, It is to be hoped, thererore, that a strong effort will be made by the members of the mercantile interest to insure a proper representation of this colony at the 1 exhibition. Th.p Chambers of Com | merce m the various provincial districts might easily succeed in enlisting the sympathies of those wlio are in a position to send suitable exhibits. The danger, however, is that the matter will be too long delayed/and that from want of a little energy, a splendid opportunity will be missed of placing our leading product in a favarable light before the manufacturers of the old world.

Tho Mastertou Highway Board meets to-day, Messrs J. lorns 'and Oo.'s great sale,of stock and of the Opaki (privileges commences at 2 p.m. to-day. . Mr Sellar notifies that he has been elected Creditors trustee in the estate; of Mr 11. J, Greening.

The Greytown Borough Council meets on Monday evening next. The Masterton Volunteers ■ and Cadets hold a Church parade to-morrow morning. Mr H. H. Wolters, of-Carterton, notifies that he is a cash purchaser of rabbit skins.

We. are authorised to state that Mr Proctor, en route for Napier, will positively lecture in Masterton on Thursday, 2nd December,

A Judicature Commission is sitting daily in Wellington, ,

There areloß brewers in the colony.

A meetfog of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Committee will be held on Wednesday next, for the purposo of settling up for the late Show. The following additional case 3 have been disposed of in the R.M. Court, Masterton, this weekW. J. Nathan v John McKenzie-debt £3B lis sd,Mr Beard for plaintiff. Judgment for £23ls 2d and costs; and F. ,W. Halos v Robert Donald —debt £9l lCs Bd, Mr Bunny for defendant. Judgment for £lB and costs, The new American edition of the " Douay Bible," which is so highly spoken of by Bishop Redwood of Wellington, Bishop Moran of Dimedin, and all. the Catholic clergy of the colonies, is now ready for delivery. Mr T. Smith has received a shipment to replace those lost by shipwreck, and all orders given to his agent, M. E. Porter, will be delivered forthwith,

■ Billy Wilson, of Georgia Minstrel fame, was triod at the Supreme Court, Wanganui, on Thursday last, on a charge°of receiving stolen property and was found not guilty. The Judge congratulated him on tlie lenient view taken by the jury, Clarke, another colored man and member of the same minstrel company as Wilson, was found guilty of stealing money and was sentenced to 13 months penal servitude.

As a Fenian procession was parading tho streets of Cork on Wednesday last, a collision occurred with the police, upon whom Boveral shots were fired by the mob, Fourteen of the Fenians were, however, arrested by the police, and will be placed on their trial. .

Captain John Robertson, signal-master at Port Chalmers, was drowned last Wednesday night. He fell from the gangway of tho ship Dunedin into the water." He was "'aoou picked up, but all efforts to restore him to consciousness were without avail.

We understand that the following gentlemen, at the request of the Government, have consented to act as Reviewers under the Proporty Assessment Act for the Wellington District :-Mr Burton Boys Carterton; Mr.F, G. Moore and Major J. V, Smith, Masterton, The work will be purely honorary. Some time since a "bee" was held to clear a portion of the Greytown Park Reserve, and under the able supervision of MrSkeet good work was done. We would suggest that another day should be appointed, before the weather gets too hot, for stumping, (fee. In a short time the manuka would be fit to burn, and o ground cleared sufficiently' large for recreation purposes.

An entertainment in connexion with the Greytown school is proposed for the 17th December, in the Town Hall, when the prizes will be awarded to the successful scholars, The programme will compriso overtures, chorusses, quartettes, and recitations by the children and the school band; the presentation"of' prizes; and glees, solos, arid duets by ladies aud gentlemen, The admission will be within the reach of all, aud any surplus'devoted to general school purposes. Mr Olias, Pharazyn has. been asked'to .present the prizes on benalf of the committee,

Mr Barraud, the representative of the North British Insurance Company, was in Masterton yesterday, to inspeot the InstiHe was of the opinion that the building was, in a great measure, saved by the efforts made in the .interior; A hose was taken .up the 'staircase, and a stream played on the under part of the roof when it was a mass of flames, We mention this now because in our report of the fire we omitted .to state that members of the brigade and others,who. acted as volunteer firemen by means otthe staircase went, at some peril, to the very heart of the fire.