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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 878, 20 September 1881, Page 2

There is a sitting of the B.M. Court at Greytuwn to-day. A meeting takes place at theWhakataki Hotel this afternoon to form a Jockey Club.

| Messrs P. H. Wood & Co.' hold a horse land cattle sale at the. Pastoral Society's 'yards to-morrow. ! The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Mastortnn Lndao will be held at the Empire Hutel this evening. This evening the subject of "The natural enemies of the rahhits" will be discussed at the J'eatherston Debating Society, Mr Pharazyn affirming the necessity of I hem. Messrs J. lorns & Go's, sale at Mr E. Cohen's office, Carterton, of 20 building allotments in the estate of Tims. Bennett has been adjourned till Tuesday next. The central position of these lots should secure a satisfactory competition.

St Matthew's padsh gathering takes place to-morrow. Thorn will be a special service at 5 a.m., at which the Rev H. Vere White will officiate, which will be followed by a lea in the Town Hall, and an entertainment. A very large number of tickets have been sold, and the attendance at the Hall is pretty certain to be a Siitisfaetiny ono.

Dr Farqnbarson lias settlod permanently in Carievlon, having taken over the house, shop, and premises recently in the occupation of Mr T. Hooker, where he may now be consulted at any time. Mr Gibson, who bas for some time been attending to the veterinary and drug department, will still remain in charge of them,

We would draw attention'to the advertisement in another column of the salo of the furniture and household effects in the Royal Oak Hotel, Carterton, to be disposed of by public auction, on tlio premises, on Monday, 27th instant. The salo is wholly without reserve, At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Featherston,'yesterday, a case-F. G. Moore v. G. Wall, for breach of Rabbit Nuisance Act, ISJi), section 18-was heard. Mr Gray, who appeared for defendant, contended that tlio case must be dismissed, as no notice had been given under the section upon which the information was laid. His Worship uphold the objection, and dismissed the case with costs—l9s,

The following is the report of the Public Petitions Committee on the petition of John Quigloy. of Mastertmi: —The petitioner stales that in 1877 the Inspector of Police delivered into his charge a child of the namo of Liiffin, with instructions to clothe inid feed the child, for which he was to receive 10s per week, which sum was paid until January, 1879, .when notice was given to the oetitioner that the amount would be fa (id per week, to be paid by Ihe Wellington Benevolent Society, which amount was paid up to December, 1879 ; that ho has since applied to thu Wairarapa West County Council for maintenance, but was refused, mi the ground that the Council had no available funds for the purpose, Ho therefore prays the House to mako some provision fur the maintenance of the child from the 31-t December. 1879, and for its future maintenance, and I am directed to report, the Committee are of opinion thai ihcfiovernmeiitslioiilrl make a fair payment for the maintenance of the child to dale and for the future. The child should be maintained at the expense of the State if there is no local body that can be made legally liable. An adjournod meeting of the Clareville School Committee was held in the schoolroom on .Saturday evening last, when there were present —Messrs Biiirstow (chairman), Burgess, Francis, Goodin, Nicholson,|and Waldin. Tao minutes of the previous meeting wero road and confirmed The Chairman reported that agreeably with the resolution passed at the last mooting, he had made enquiries as to the number of scholars formerly attending the Clareville School who had entered, tlio Carterton Soli iol during the current yearjrom which it appeared that there wero nine who had been so transferred—this number corresponding with that given in Mr Barry's remrn. The following res iliition was proposed by Mr Waldin and seconded by Mr Burgess, " That this Committeo considers the letter sent to the Board by Mr Goodin as a tissno of falsehoods, as proved by information obtained from the Carterton School by the Chairman, and that this Committee fully approves of the teaching of the present muster." Mr Waldin, in spooking to the resolution, severely criticised the action of Air Goodin and other members of the Committee as f nding to injure the character of an upright and honorable man. In his intercourse with people m all parts of the district ho had never found any express an opinion unfavorable to Mr Barry except those particular members. The statements contained in Mr Goodin's letter wero utterly at variance with facts, as proved by the information obtained. Some discussion followed, and on the motion being put to the meeting, it was carried, all the members " except Messrs Goodin and Francis" voting for the resolution.

Carrion Crows nre destroying large 'minimis of Ininhs in iho western parts of New South Wales,

Messrs Fanner and Co pay the Sydney Morning Herald £3O per week fur one column in the first page of the paper. The owners of the other Sydney establishments grumble at this column being re served at this figure.

Lord Derby recently said a good thing. Referring te the "land hunger' 1 now being manifested in Ireland and Great Britain lie said we had only to look at the drink bill of the country to see that the people could not continue their present habits of intemperarco and yet bo owners of land. With every pint of beer, a working man swallows a square foot of land. This, at •the average price of land in England, can be proved to be a fact, so that some agricultural laborers swallow about 20 square yards of land per week all the year round. Eupp and Hare of the Emporium have for fiilb 500 bushels of splendid seed Tartarian Oats, which they are selling at 3s fid per bushel. As Oafs are advancing every day in price buyers would do well to secure Borne of them at once. They have also just received direct from the manufacturers;! large assortment of sheais, which they are selling at Wellington wholesale price. Wairarapa storekeepers can be supplied at reasonable terms,— [advt.J On:' reason for establishing a Woollen Mill in the Wellington district is that 1 am now silling Kaiapoi Tweed Suits, " Direct from the Mil!" ft t 555, Gas, .and 755, If tbtse gnnds were made nearer .Wellington, 1 could five a standiu" order for £2OO ,1 nrnnth Pall and see them. My stock of Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, itc., is a'so compete, Orders wi 1 lie pronv.tly attended to. Alex. Sample, Willia-Bt., Wellington.—[Adtt,]

.Notice is given that the sheep on the Te Ore,'Oroi run of Mr T. L. Thompson aroinfected'withlice, ;;)■-■ Mr James \ Cash man is the successful tenderer ..for inakiog the trusses bn the new Waipoua Bridgs, The first pile whs Btarted yesterday. It ii expected that all the piles will be in this week. The Mastorton Amateur Garrick Club had a rehearsal last evening which was " us good as a play" to those who had the privilege of witnessing it, The Club is likely to become more popular than ever with William Tell and the Fish Out of Water.

The D'Ortelle Tourißts had a fair house last evening, for the burlesque of artaxommeneses, and excepting that the gallery was a little to,pronounced, the.play wont off .well.; l'he concluded with the "Young: Widow.;" ;' The acting and singing of the Misses D'Ortelle were greatly admirqd and applauded. The company give to-night the "Ticket of Loave Man," with entrely new scenery. We are glad to learn that the early cloiing movement has been taken up in Masterton, and that nearly all the principal storekeepers have consented to sign an agreement to- cloße their establishments. We hope to-morrow to chronicle the movement as an entire success, and to publish the names of the tradesmen signing the agreement.

The mail carrier between the railway station and the poit office at Greytown is not noted for punctuality in his delivery ot the mail bags at the former place. Last evening the fltationinaato'r delayed the train fifteen minutes in order to give him time to arrive, but had then reluctantly to leave without the mail. This should be seen to, as it will probably cause a great amount of inconvenience to business people.

We have had the pleasure of inspecting the Brat " Cobb's cnaeh" built in Masterton, at Muir and Dixon -Bros. It ia most handsomely finished, and made of the strongest material, to the: order ot Mr James Macara. It seats eleven passengers, and judging from the way in which the body ia balanced in the thorough-brace Bprings, will be a moat comfortable conveyance, and well adapted for the work for which such vehicles are intended, The workmanship in every part of it reflects great credit.upon Messrs Muir and Dixon Bros.

A fire of a very mysterious character occurred at the Manaia on Sunday evening, which destroyed a house belonging to Mr Donald Donald. The place has been inhabited recently by a Mr Walker, who lemoved from it; on Friday eveninsj last, us Mr Donald required the promises. On Sunday night when Mr 6. H. Shuto was locking'up his House for the night, he noticed the house, which is opposite his own, and saw nothing suspicious about it, but in the morning when ho opened his door his sight met only a naked chimney. Sergt. M'Ardle was informed of the event, but has not yet found any one who even saw the fire. He has suspicions that it was the work of an incendiary, and will probably cause an inquiry to bo held so that he may have an opportunity of obtaining a clue to the perpetrator, The New Zealand Drug Company has declared.an interim dividend at the rate of 10 por cent,

From Sydney papers we learn that 40 cases of oranges are on their way to London, sent by a gentleman anxious to prove the possibility of landing them in good cundition.

An appropriate kitchen window plant is obtainable in a few days at any lime of the year, by cutting off obout 2 inches of the thick end of a carrot, scooping it out, hanging it in the window, and keeping it filled with water. It sprouts almost immediately, and in a very short time the old stump is barely visible through the pretty feathery leaves,

A flower farm has been started in California, and all the necessary instruments procured for the purpose of extracting the perfumes of tho flowers. The flowers under cultivation are made up principally of the tuberose, English violets, jessamines, oraiigo blossoms, and 'he Provence rose, and were mostly obtained from the south of Europe.

A bee farm, for the production of honey for export is being initialed in Canterbury. A suitable pieco of land has been purchased for the purpose on the Sandhills near Christchurch, and as a commencement forty hives have already been erected. The hives,- are being worked on the bar frame principle, which has been found to produce the honey in the form in which it is most marketable in England ami America. Mr J. Rutherford of Strathay, Ontario, is at present-says the Christchurch Press-causing information to he obtained ■ with a view tu settling in the colony for the express purpose of establishing bee farms upon a systematic basis. Mr Rutherford says he is prepared to incur heavy expense for some time.'aud without expecting any very appreciable pecuniary results. Tho information is being prepared by practical bee-keopersin Christchurch.

Any of our readers who aro requiring good and serviceable clothing, could not possibly do better than purchase from Gardener & Son, Criterion 'Store, Carterton, who are renowned for their moderate charges.—[Advt,] .