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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 683, 3 February 1881, Page 2

The Duke of Manchester is now in Queensland,

. Mr and Mrs .Cotter, p{ Grey town, aro about to make the grand four'to the Exhibition at Sydney, Mr D, Asher announces a special cheap salo at his fancy bazaar in Maiiners-street-Wollington. The Maslerlon Town Land Trustees .meet this evening, We understand,a poll will be taken on the question of exchange of school sites,

Thost.eonjpr Prntoa; has. braii'cliartordi fur two more voyagpa between Ai'istralii and London, to bringcargoes-pf fresli meat, :aud other articles of food, ' ' F.H. \Vood &od;'s cuttle' and .blocl sale lakes place this afternoon-at 2 p.m in the Rising Sun Hotel yards, Greytown.- ■.-•'■ .■ '■ ■■■ •' '". '.

The es'.aut of to-day' ia the'receptioi) of ■His Excellency Masterton; He.is expected to reach the Club Hotel at 3.30 p.m.',y.' :/- -*■';'■ " ..■:" . Notice is given .that.the.'.pi'jvate, rind through allotment 40, part'of-section 26. Opaki Block, will, backedat the,',endjyf .fourteen days from date. ■;<- '■'■■ <'• ■'■'*'■- '■;'. ' Biscuit and-'Confec-tionary tpomniuiy has taken :.bver tJie.lfito business of Mr S.ft-J|fif[h£'a'nd are now executing orders; Mr Henry Jfembo'f" acts-as manager to the Company, ' J : t ■ The adjourned Of the lapsing of the prjoroiie' 'owing to a /jwun_i of .the Commissioners.'.iiot being present}' pf the Carterton Local' Board took place;nn. Monday, but no business of importance was transacted, ".

The Gieytown Rifle-Volunteers-had a good muster at Inspection parade on Tu.es,day last, After Inspection' they marclied out, and being divided into' attackingaiid defending parties, they had some skirmishing with blank cartridges, .. The usual, monthly meeting of of the Waiohine River Board was held on Tuesday. There were present—Messrs Caselberg (chairman), Haigh, Gallagher/and Jackson, The minutes of the previous' meeting were read and confirmed. The Clerk was instructed to write tothe Town Clerk, urgu/ig him to collect the rates outstanding as'speedily as possible j also to tlie Carterton-Taralahi Highway Buard, re same, Wages account amounting" to £(34 was paid; '-■•, ■ . '■:■ ;

■ A public mooting is culled for.Monday evening next in Masterton, at Bo'clock, for. the-purpose of considering tlio proposal of the Trustees to give Town acres Nos.' 52 and 54 and the remaining part of 50,' and pay the sum of £4OO to the'Educa- ; tion Board- in exchange for tlie present aero and buildings.- _ ; •• ••■ i ; : ' i

' The d.-il'ferton Volunteer-Fire Brigade' liefd tlietr-. asual.'weekly• practice on Tues'day.oveiiing'Avith'ii'goo'd' rnustei of- members' under:LieuC'■Bowles; after wlitch Hie. monthly'jiiee'tiiig was. held.at the secretary's ojßce. '• Beyond the appointment of Brigadcsni.an..Robinson' as 'Foreman and the. confirmation' of "the' election .of Jour "now members, the business paper contained items' relating tu the 1 internal working of the Brigado only.

As bearing out the remarks in our.leading article on .Tuesday last, we note from our Wellington files that at Messrs •Kennedy Macdonald & Co.V, land sale on Monday .last there wiis considerable competition for the for the several properties, the sale being a most successful one, and realising about £2300, a, d Mr Macdonald ii-eports that he was enabled for the first tinio since tho .financial depression to quit to an outside buyer a heavily mortgaged properly, at a price which will imt only 'clear off the first and second mortgages, but leave a small surplus.

Messrs Hutchison and Blair, members of the Education Board visited Masterton yesterday, and wore received by members of tlio'School Committee and of the Town ; Lairds Trust, who shewed them the old and new school sites, and gave them all 'the.information in their pnwor.i'especting llieinl-1 Wo understand that Mr Ockenden ' is'carrying round a petition in opposition .to.the hew school', wliich'liAs'beondrafted '.()y. : MnVo[)di ; Dofo. Should this wonderfiil, 'document, with its rich and varied phraseology, reach.Wellington, it will-fur-nish the: Board-with amusement for a week. A meeting of tho members of .the Waihenga School Oommitteo was held in the township on the'eveiiing of January 23th, for the pleasing purpose of presenting Mr James Badland, the master of the school, with a purse of sovereigns- Mr McLeod, ,jthe. Chairman of-the Committee,'referred in gratifying terms to Mr Ba'dland'a long :counection with the school (six years) and to'the regret of tho Committee in losing his services. As Mr .Badland has received a step in tho way ot promotion we must congratulate him upon both events. Wo hear Mr Badland has been a most painstaking master, and that tho Inspector and the parents of (lie children under his charge aro well satisfied 'with the manner in which he has discharged his duties, The Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and •Agricultural Society advertise thoir annual ram and owe fair to be held.in the show grounds Carterton on Saturday the 26th day of February. Entries required to be lodged with the Secretary by the 17th inst. We call attention to the instructions given in another column for 'the'convenience of exhibitors. ' Wo trust -to seo a general effort, ma'de this year'to'' make a show worthy of the name.. The Committee of the Society will do its part, the able Secretary Mr Wolters will'also do all that can be done to mako. Hie fair a success, It- only remains for sellers and' oxhibitoM to. po'oduce their stock,. for buyers to attend the/sale, and for owners .to encourage buyers by hot .'putting fancy reserve prices'on thoir stock, but allow ing. them to take their chance in the open market.

_ Thero will probably be the grandest cisplay of our " military." to-day that has yet taken place in tlie Wairarapa, the following being Hie list of officers, non-coin.-missioned officers and'privates,.who will take part in the proceedings:—Capt. Commanding Guard, F. W. Ruck,i\fastei'tbii'lliflo .Volunteers,'. Oartei'touß.V. ,1 Lieut. l'SergOo rank' and file, .Grey'totfn RAVI rank nnd file. Masterton RV. 1 Lieut,. 2 Seigts, 25 rank and''file.' Masterton Cadets, 2 Sergts, .25 rank and-file.' The .Masterton Bund will also attend,; Several members of the Masterton Corpiwill b'e i'amiverte'd into. Mounted rßifl.es, arid will 'meet the vice-regal party on the road, 'forming a mounted escort into the town,, .where they wiil be joined-by the rest of the.guard. Wo are requested to state that before the parade, .the.District Instructor, Sergt. .Henry,'will pay to all .winners at tlie recent Government prize firing tlirougho.ut.lhe amount »f prize-money due.to them. ■The parade takes place at 2 p. m.

iSiij'B an English paper .--If tvo may form aii opinion from recent developments' of grain growing iu Now gealand, that colony will shortly become a competitor wirh the United States and Canada in the • markets of the world. It is true that it is severely handicapped Ivy distance, but as the cost of carriage when onco shipped is merely nominal, the imports from the; Antipoduan colony limy act us a check on the rapacity of the shippers in America;' who now get. decidedly the best of the bargain, the actual raisers receiving very little of the money paid for tho crops.'

A Russian lady was travelling on the Fastova line of railway in a first-class compartment on iSeptemder 17, tlio only other occupant of which was aii elderly cavalry pnptajii/jfitli whom she casually entered into conversation.. Arrived nt tho Ustinovka station she summoned- a gendarme to the window of her carriage and' in-, formed him that she missed I.ls roubles'from, her hand hag, and suspected her travelling companion of having, stolen them, A few minutes, previously 6|)e had requested him to take her ticket out of the bag, which he had done; and since ttat time she discovered Iwr loss. The money was found on his person."To avoid arrest, the paptaih drew out a revolver from the bre-att.jincbtjof hia coat, set its muzzle'against his' right, temple,' and blew • his I brains out- • . '. ' "

"A:meeting of the creditors of Philip • JolmMurtagh','horse dealer, lipwerHutt, "as held oh Thursday last ,'Mr Wylie in -thechair; The dobts are'LblMzard & • Ml (judgement); LlO6 ; J. Cane, Up, ■ W," Wpod?,vLso;..and/smaller ainourits--Tlid oiyty ; a3sat;badraiight mare'-value'd at•Lop.SfrvaoA;'.ii'ppearg4 fqp tlij.'dsftei'.'' Siit.sras ■opposed'by'lifr,Sqll, who. proposed Hr-tt-A. Bak(ii';..Tlje.ip;endniehfc; , however,.ff:iß ■n'Dtsecandecl, aud:l\rr AY:yliowas do'elar6d elected. Mr Bell, haviiig-bewvuled out ;of order by tho diairraan wlißn about to pya his; reasons" tor Wylie : siiid lie ehoyld publish tlww'rppoija. The. debtor madea' mi m tier, iff observotions to the effect tha-, hu did not owe lizard ashilling-heha&never employed them and Mr' Bell know.in his conscience the claim-was ,an unjust one, .It was ■ that ' which had compelled hiimto file, in justice iohbpther.creditors. He would undertake that at some future time all his other creditors should be paid in full, but: not Izard & Bell. He had no property now aird would bo left' with' only what he wore! Mr Bolltook exception toMr \Vood's claim' : and flip Irnsteo promised Jo investigate it'' .Mr Bell also wished to examine "(lie debtor, but it'was'agreed to be postponed for a week. ■ Mr Bell'said he wished it to Bq clearly, understood that lie should fry to upset the arrangement.that had been come to ■. He should move in 'Chambers to get another';trustee appointed, Mr Wylie said of course Mi' Bell could" ta Ke what steps he chose,- but ho: thought.' jfc was hardly .worth his while. • Tlie then endetL-JfiZ; Times. ••"■' "

J A correspondent of a London paper supplies the following chapter of adventures :—At, half-past eleven on Monday night, a cabman in Upper St. Martin's Lane was hailed by a gentleman, who handed him a shilling for his fare and got into the cab, - As-the' driver was abput'to put the .coin, into his pocket a.passer-by tßriatclieikit. arid ran awayr'Oabby jumpe'tl'' : dow'n,"arid whilst he r 'wa'sih hot pursuit of 'the thief another man got on the box and : droye away. He came into collison, however; with a brougham standing outßide;Mr .-.coachbuilder, ••■36 -St. Martins Lane and was .thrown, to. the. ground..- The gentleman who-was inside -the cab, and who was found to be drunk, was also thrown out.. At this moment the cabman appeared on the scene, and Mr Howroys went across the street to ascertaishis number. Whilst : doing so his ,watch was stolen. '

' Strangers paying a visit to and upcountry settlers arriving in Masterton are often at a loss to know which is the cheapest and beat house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, Olothine, &c, Schroder, Hooper & Co., Ball of Commerce, offer special advantages in this line which cannot be met with elsewhere, their slock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa. Their prices arc lower then any house in Wellington, their goods are all new and of the most durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash. This establishment is situated directly opposite tho. Otub Hotel. Remember the addressSchroder, Hooper & Co., directly opposite the Club. Hotel. Read their advertisement on the front pago.of this paper. Advt),'