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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 660, 6 January 1881, Page 2

' Mr ,6. ' Bowles, butcher, of'Carterton, notifies! ilmt hil overduo accounts must be paid b)' tho' 15th lii'st; 1 Mr Alias Cohen, of tho Marquis : of Normauby, Carterton, has tiled his schedule"; the firstfmeeting of creditors taki'S place im Moudry next. ' The quarterly returns of the Inspector of Sheep for the Kuril) Wairarapa District, which is published in another column, indicates '"flint, scab lias increased to a .scrious.'extentin-t'hatueigliborhoou, . The iiumber of objections to tho property, assessment in H.-uvlios Bay is' 130, pffncipally from tho assessed Jmviiig solci out since i ho assessment ivas"made.' The number of persons holding property' above .tho value of £SOO is 900: estimated amount the tax will, produce within the Haivke'sBay assessment district, £IO,OOO, The Greytoivii criqkfltere ineau"to haveenouiih'practice. . Short.scratch matches aro ,|o be played .every evening in O'Con-nor's,paddodk-ivhen there-are ei«ht or nine on ,each side. We understand that they" play, the:..Enrata'\vliiti 'dub oi'i Saturday next,'wickets to be pitched' at--2.30 p.m.

• We have Keen requested to stato, in .order to prevent' mijapprehensioii," that dogs used on farms ami runs fur rabbit purposes, will, nn "the"certificate.of the Inspector-fif a rabbit district, lie exempt frmii the license feo of'leu sliillinjis,' The Mustei tou.Vulunteer Fire Brigade invite special subscriptions to enable members to obtain a proper supply nf iielmels and axes, 4Ye understand that the sum required to be raised to purchase 'tliein, i<° about £lB, at any rate they can, be obtained now at that price. If, how ever, they were procured from the inanufacturen, the'eost would beat least half as .much ajiain.-,,.. The nomination for Nelson suburbs took place on Monday last when A, S. Collins": and A. Harley , were: nominated', Mr. Oswald Ourtis, iii propositi" the firstnamed said that in the-present financial position of the colony it was 'especially ij matter of-the. almost importance that the best .men available.should 'be' elected; The show, of hands'" was Goll'ius-19 and flarie\l4. ' A poll was deipanded, and it takes place on the llth iiistailt.- - ■■'- •• • In 1800 sixtieii students presented themnelves at the matriculation examination of the October term in the Melbourno University, In 1870 the number was 164, and in the year 1880 it haa been 782,

;..Mr AYiliitnu Alexander -publishes ; mi. aij<&&tp\ilio burgesses of Masterton, in •anpthsc^ : Wg understand that onli! s o.f .land. in', the Piihiiiiua blnck will lio held iii'tlirt' .Town Hall," Maatcrtou('dh tlio'■ Bth -and•loth February, Mr Paige ia now paying a brief visit .to Ciditerbury, prior tosettlinu'down permanently nt Maslerton. Next Sunday the Bishop of Wellington will take tho services in St' Matthews' Church. At a meeting of tho Yestry held, last evening, the following resolution' was car: ricd unanimously That the best thanks of tlie Vestry be ten lered to the ladies who released St Matthews' parish from a-very.. heavy debt by I heir industrious, persevering, and most successful efforts in connection with tlio Into bazaar. Wo reported 001111011101' Gnpper, in our last issue, to say that, the Lincoln roadplan was tho first plan over laid before the Council. What CouncillerGapper.didsay was that this particular plan was the first 0110 which had been considered and adopted by tho Works Coinmitteo before being presented to tho Council. By ii notice in another column it will be seen that there were three nominations yesterday for tho vacant office of Councillor in the Mastci'ton Borough Council, viz —Mr William Alexander, Mr John Hicks (hrbutt, and Mr George Dixon, The poll will lake place on Wednesday, the 19' h inst. Some time ago Mr J. 0. B, Golder, jeweler and prophet, of this town, finding that, tho former occupation would not support the latter vocation, departed for fresh fields—leaving his family bohind liini somewhat unprovided. Apparently the nolieo took an. jiitei'dit in him, for thoy traced him up to Auckland, and arrested him I hero on a chargo of deserting his spouso mid offspring. To-day Mr Golder - will re-ciiler Mastertmv under the escort of Constable Flomniing. Tlio following, are llio names of the Greytnwn and Kurutawhili teams, who will play in thojnatcli on' Saturday next in O'Connor's, paddock Greytown : Ronalilson,/ Cuff, Sherriff, O'Connor, W. G. Beard, Hirschberg, o.'Beard ,Webster, Wiukerson, Freeman, and Avery. Emergency : E. Bishop, and W. Hirschberg, Kurutawhiti: Bock .(Captain), L'dy, Saywell, (4), Hollard, Hawke, (2), Toclter, Fisher, Emergency :J, Fisher, and' W. Jackson.

Tlio polling; for. the election -of a councillor to fill, the vacant seat'in the Greytmvn Borough Ooimcil took place.yesterday. There was very little interest shewn throughout. One of the candidates hid-soino.p.osters with the usual directions to vi)teis. Up till niU-diiy,' miive -th,-tii.it-score could not have recorded ■ their votes, but in.the afternoon some little olunv was made,- •• when a few vehicles began to bring in a few voters, but the. voting altogether shotved that elections are not the. weak point of the people of Groyto'wni : or,-iii faclV'(is;far as that goes,. the interest of the-place at large nt all. Very shortly after -six- o'cjock, the returning officer declared the poll'as follows •Gallagher,: Barnard,' 74, H.•:[%,' 66, informal, 5, Mr'Gailagher was therefore" duly elected. . . We hear upon good-authority that Mr Marchant, surveyor, with Mr Wright and Mr Barraud—all of 'Wellington—hud some-novel- experiences in the Tararua ranges recently. They went into the ranges', at Kaitpke oil. Friday, Mr Marchant. upon some business, we believe, iin connection with the .'surveys',.and the othoT gentlemen weiif with" him for the i • trip. All went' well until Sunday evening, when the thunderstorm burst upoii-thetn in "all Its fury They say that it was the' grandest but most aivful thing they ever heard or vivid flashes of lightning aim the claps of; thunder in the »nll 63, which reverberated'from side to side. Their experience was. a new one, no doubt, but we fancy they would rather have seen.it from a greater dhtanco, and from more comfoitiblo-(jimi'tors They arrived in Oreytnivii hy- tjie Waiohin'e river bed on .Monday, iiune the worse for' their rough journey. A little past noon yesterday Mr.Oharles. Hare met wiih an accident. He was in charge of a dray-to which was attached a pair of'horses;' and which had on board a wmnoiving machine and portion of a hor'se-powerthreshiHg-machine. He had stopped his horses in ihe road near; tlie 'Waipiiuit, and w;ts talking iq his brother, when the animals iuddenly started. UharJ.es Hare made a' at the reins, but missed them, and was thrown down; one of the, wheels passing over his foot, and crushing it severely.. The horses boiled as faras'tlicClulvlio'tel, wheii'rliey.' were ' cleverly , stopped,/ ;Dr Beard was called.in to Mr Hare, aiiif under-his care his injury is receiving every attention, but it will be some time before will be able to get about again, '

Tliero was a very small attendance at the inspection parade of the Groytown Volunteers on Tuesday last. When they were fallen in, Uiiptain Macaw came forivimkmd staled that lie wished to inform i hem that, owing to his at present sending liis Commission to tho buT he wished-to tell them so before doing it. After breaking off a general meeting of. the Corps was held, to take into conside-" ration ilio question of disbanding, Sergeant Av.ury and Oorpoml Loasby spoke nt some length upon this subject, and after some discussion it was resolved that if the attendance during the next tnree months the Corps disband, There, is no better material iti'lhis valley anywhere than" -there is in Greytown for a good, conriiny, if- they would only . work to■'.'get'liev and with spirit they need not fee ashamed to go-liefoVe any inspecting officer'in New Zealand ; and lirrriltlißrashame for the Wairarapa as a whole that tneyjcanoot bo better represented at any any annual gathering than tlfey were last ■ year. ~For. the matter of lhat they ought "toiiave a'good annual gathering; of their .own, .•/:.■■ .. ' -A'Victorian,paper s.tat'e3 that the first sheep were shorn in "that coltjhy' by • Mr Kenneth S. Clarke, manager of Vail, Diemen's Land 6reat Company, This interesting .'event took place on the 9th of October, 1836, on'the Bank of the Saltwater River, opposite the'racecourse. l The-former teacher of the Deaf and Dumh-Asylum, Victoria, «ot a year lately for dninkeriess ■ and disorderly conduct. Ho was a we'll educated tiiiiri, possessing the University degree of L.L.D.- Haviu° given w:iy to drink, lie had gradually fallen into the most miserable,condition; l '• A Napier teWram to the Christchurch Press says:-" The funeral, of the old chic'f-Tareha will be a grand affair. Hundreds of natives are arriving fromailparts at 'I lie. Government expense. A grand mausoleum; to be. faced witl} marble, lias been erected, and the tangi' is a greater nffiiir than has been held for 80-yeara. It is calculated to cost about £2000.".. ' A correspondent of the' Times says that, stripped of metaphor, Te Whiti's repjy to' Oaptaiii Knollys means-" I am helpless,'' and at tho mercy of my oppressors. It is' 'for.him in whose name'tiro wrong is done.-to-sjivb.us relief, It. is liseleis to complain to'tha agent.' 'lf the Gove-nor comes, lie will cmno as tlio doctor to.the l ick man'. The sick lies in his place, ami the doctor goes to him." The nut vm say that Te Whiti has told them to mike no further lefereuce to the letter; for if the Governor is a good Governor he will come to him,

, Lieut, Maclaino'p murder, almost the last] trU'gedy .'of the.. battle in which General Bobertsdofeatciiiiiff Jfcr rout. "the fprcaa. •_t)f was a peoulfarly afrotiious'--crime. In Ayoub's camp;' ; «Ki§bly :giarded and a prlsonei/waa who fliußt;havc been sfru'isk down'- by his guards Wf tlie very movement that' our men forced the ou.trr fringes of the Afghan camp; himself had given the cold-blooded .order , that in case the day went against him" the . prisoners were to be murde-ed, and as soon as tlio British cheers were heard ringing ,in between tlio gusts of musketry the .prisoners were called out and tlie dreadful end came. Some fled, and a few in, the 1 confusion- of the. headlong rush a? the "English .forced the front of the Afghan lines on the rcsae.ive, escaped 1 -■-But Machine could not turn :his "back and make a run for it. As an ■ officer ond c gentleman he musttface his foes,, .and so, with a calm and quiet dignity, hb'met a .death none the iess tlian it wa's sudden. AVlien the Jjnglish soldiers" found Ms body it was only a few yards from (lie tent in which he had been, imprisoned, and where his pipe, his journal,, and ji hit of dry crust of which he is supposed to havo been making. his last meal all bore, pathetic witness to the murdeivin man's final'"moiiienis,' -'War is a terrible thing at the best,; deeds liko this, makeithoirible.