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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 830, 27 July 1881, Page 2

Mr Moffit surgeon dentist will ,be in Masterton to-day.

MemiF.H. Wood & Co., sell Mr W. >V. Oorpea household furniture at Taratahi to-morrow at 1 p.m.

Hie Lydia Howard troupe played on ft onday night last at Featherßton to a rather thin audience: '

llie Masterton Debating Society meets tins evening to discuss whether trial bv jury 18 conducive to.justice. '

To-night the Lydia Howard oorps iJramatique, perform at the Public Ball; Carterton.

To-day the election of a councillor for he Carterton Hiding of the Wairarapa West County, takes place at the Institute, Carterton. •

The competition between'the Masterton and (Jorterton Fire Brigades has been postponed, owing, to. the inclemency of the weather, to the 3rd prox.

A poition of the San Franoisco mail arrived at Mastet ton last evening The sorters m Wellington must have been smart to catch the train with any of it, We understand that some dissatisfaction is expressed in Grey town owing to a juedical man not having been appointed o till the vacancy created by the deparT ■ , « Smith 011 the, Wairarapa Hoipitnl staff. We trust to see the defect soon remedied,

The following amounts have been paid to cate to some of more illustrious New Zealand pensioners Sir Geor™ Arnev. W-50; H. S. Chapman, £4312 10a; A Dimie'.t, ±'5222 4s 8d ; Cx, E, Elliott £3233 Gs 8d; W. Fitzherbert, 13412105' H ' P ' Wesson,' £4312 10s; R, Parria, 4s; ]). Kough, i' 3371 3s Id; A, C. Serhocle, £4214 (Js 8d; W. Swainaon) £3388 3s Gd, una W , \oung, i' 5075.

rile Rabbit Board for the Carterton District met at the Institute on Tuesday, at noon. Present-Messrs Boys (chairman), Reynolds, Welch, and BraithWaite. llie minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the treasurer's balance reported at 5 S §d, The inspector's report' having been read, directions were given that legal proceedings should be taken against certain landowners if requisite steps were not taken by inspector's next visit. A letter from ' • Levm fts to poison furnished was directed to be acknowledged, and the clerk instated to give iiotice in the papers that all rates not paid by the 10th prox would b a sued for. The meetinc then broke up. b

An inquest was held.at the house of Mr PliiilipGoodin, sen., on Tuesday, the 26th inst., before the District Coroner, to inquire into the cause of thedeath of Henry boodin. A jury of twelve having been impanelled, a foreman chosen, and the remains the deceased viewed, the,evidence of his brothers, who were with him at the time of the accident, was taken. This went to show that the three brothers had left home about 8 o'clock in the morning to shoot rabbits. At about 10.30 a.m., when they were some 20 chains from Mr W. Fairbrother's residence, one of the dogs they had with them caught ho d of one of his pigs, and the deceased holding his gun by the barrels, only one of which was loaded, tried to push them off with the stock. In doing so he missed the dog, and the slock struck the ground, and the contents of the barrel were lodged in his left side. He ran to the fence and got over, and then lay on the ground, telling his brother Ellis that he was s hnt. His brother Richard ran up to Mr \\. Fairbrother's house, to which they subsequently carried hiui, Ellis going off to Greytown for the Doctor, ihe bod was produced, one the deceased had been using .on the Coast for the last six months, and it was found that one of the locks went off at full or half cock by a mere touch of the finger without the trigger being pulled. Dr Watts deposed that he was called to see deceased on Saturday, about 11.30, at Sir Fairbrother's, He found the sufferer in a state of severe collapse, arid soon after his arrival he vomited about a pint and a half of blood and some food. There was a gunshot wound in his left side, about two inches and a half from, and rather above, the navel. Ihe charge had taken an upwards direction, probably lodging in the spinal column, after passing through- the stomach and spleen, and probably severlug some of the arteries. He had done what he could, but had at once seen that tils case was hopeless. Deceased was Tery clear, and quite sensible. Be remained with him until about 4 o'clock; when he left he was in a dying state, and had died, as he had been informed, about 7 o'clock. The injuries would cause death. The Coroner having- referred to the danger of. persons carrying weapons such as that' produced, the jury at once returned a verdict of" accidental death from a gunshot' wound." The funeral took place shortly after the conclusion of the inquest,! the cortege numbering'the members and friends of the family of the deceased, and being numerously attended. The deceased prior to his deatlij executed his will, devising all his property to his toother.

A poor immigrant, passing- througa a village; in New York, saw a crowd of people, approaching which made him inquirq what was ,the mattea. -He was answered: " A man is going to be buried.;" "Oh!" replied he, "I'll stop and see him, They generally carry, them where I come from."

The latest dispute among the people of Masterton is the unfortunate squabble between the Institute Committee and the ratepayers. There are a great uuraber of. opinions on the rights of the question, but alti are unanimous in admitting that Muir and Dixon Bros, have the best and cheapest Btock of carriage lamps to be found in the provincial districtand that the best .workmanship and soundest materials are always, turned out of the Masterton Coach Factory.—[Advt.]

! ;Tho ordinary?monthly meeting ot tbe Mattelton-Inßlituto■'Committee was held Foist (Chairman),, ;Sellarf'vjHoli]away, McCardle,'; Payton, :Bbdding|)n\ McGregor, minutes of the. previous; the,Seo?eMyj«ad Bin report for the pjtst ffionthr-Tlie principal matter in it was , the .-Borouglj. Surveyor to license'the upper room, as he considered certafiU ; altemtioriß-irv tlii - staircase sary, also, thatit.should.be..widenfid.... A 1 ldng discussion TooK place, oii WiO'epprfc, an. opinion • being thatatbel'e--quirements of.tliS" k'rvfiySr littletoo a resolution, was' passed appointing Messrs Benall, Vile, and McCardle a sub-committee with .a. view, if possible, to satisfy .tbfe requirements of the Inspector an expense beyond the.meanf qfthefcom; mittee. A letter of apology for iion-' attendance was received from Mr Carr. Mrs Bennett applied for, the yard at tiie back of the' institute' residence to ..be and it was' decided 'tocomply witlv the request maik .• The v following notices of motion were given:—l, To rescind ' the : lesolutibn passed' at the late ■ special'.""meeting' "re 'letting the' -building. ta.. private parties, mover—Jfr McGregor. [2, That j, sum of £4OO lie borrowed for a period of three or five years, and that the, Borough; Council be asked to become security for its repayment. Also, that in view of the •reduction of annual charges for interest and reduction of debt by such an arrangement, the Library be made free to all ratepayers—mover Mr Payton; 3, That a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs Boddingtbn,' Sellat\ an'd' the mover (Mr Payton) be appointed to revise tbe Library rules;

The Taratahi-Carterton.Highway Board met at the Institute qn\ Tuesday.. Present Mestrs Boys (in the chair), Braithwaite, Welch, Parker, "Vile, andßeynolds, The minutes of the" last' meeting wfere read and confirmed. The balance, to the credit of the Board at the Bank was reported at L 239 14s Bd, and the following accounts passed for payment Petty cash L 5; Main road staff, L 33 Os Ed; Moody, (Oliver's line, L 3 subscribed by ratepayers in Ward) L 7; Anderson; surveyor, (Middletbn and Gladstone road) 'LIO 3s; Wadham, (Beetham's road) LI 15s. Warden Parker reported that the tender of G, Gillard had been accepted for clearing 10 chains of drain on Moreton's road at 2s fid per chain. Mr Hooker being in attendance requested to know what action had been taken on the resolution passed at tl.e last meeting as to the tramway on Arnold's line, as Mr Chew was taking no action to remove it. The letter to the Board's solicitor was read, and the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, stated he could give ; Mr Hooker no further information, but would see Mr Booth on the matter as soon as lie' returned from town. Mr Welch was authorised to have six chains (more or less)of drain constructed road at 9a per chain, the contractors contributing Ll,towards the cost of construction. Mr Reynold was authorised to instruct Mr Anderson to survey and lay off gravel pits on Francis' line and East Taratahi road. -The .correspondence outwards and inwards was mostly of a formal nature. Mr Wolter's security was fixed at L2OO, and the wardens furnished him with similar information as that given him by the Local Board on the preceding day.

We regret to record that one of the most golden opportunities ever offered to the inhabitants of the Wairarapa'will be concluded at the end of the .month—uamely, Schroder, Hooper & Co.'a' monster; clearing sale. In another column they announce' that Still Greater Bargains will be offered," in order, to clear out the whole of their surplus .stock by the end of the present' mouth. Winter Drapery,' Millinery, arid 1 Clothing will be disposed of at,.less than manufacturing prices, We alipuld advise everyone to call and inspect the Bargains; the like of which, we can confidently say, his never before been offered to' the inhabitants of Maaterton,. The sale is now on at Messrs Schroder, Hooper & Co.'s Hall of Commerce.— [Advt,] ■ "