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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 893, 7 October 1881, Page 2

Surveyor Jackson has come forward again for the Hutt.

New potatoes have already made their appearance in Carterton this season.

A meeting of stewards of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club will be held this evenins,' at the Cluo Hotel,

The Masterton Debating Society's meeting this evening is postponed till Friday evening next,

Messrs F. H. Wood & Cn. sell on Thursday next the hnusliold furniture of Mr W. Hainnierich, who is leaving Greytown for his new quarter at Pahautaiiui,

Mr Reese, the contractor for the Waiobine bridge, is erecting the machinery for pile driving. The umber for this structure is all supplied from Terry and Baillies' saw mill.

In our report of the Carterton R.M. cases yesterday we stated that in one, Nicbolsuu v Spargo, Mr Beard appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Gray for defendant, \?« should have said Mr Bunny for plaintiff and Mr Gray for defendant.

We beg to remind the settlers of Greytown and adjoining districts of the meeting to be held at the Institute this evening re the butler and cheese factory question.

The first match of the season by the Greytown cricketers will be played tomorrow afternoon in Stewart's paddock, Married v. Single. Wickets will be pitched at 2 o'clock,

The annual meeting of subscribers to tho Wairarapa Hospital will be hold on Tuesday next, at 4 o'clock, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and to receive report and balance-shoot. Mr J. Mnnleith, of Medical Hall, Wellington, advertises in another column hia Iron and Quinine Wine-one of the besl tonics procurable. Mr R, H. Ohinchen is the Masterton Agent. We remind persons who are furnishing nf Messrs J. lunis & Go's sale of Mr G. T. Parmer's fnrnituio to-morrow. The catalogue of the side includes a splendid hack, a breech-loading gun, a milch cow, Ac, A 'bus will leave Queen-street at 1.30 p.m. fur the scene of the sale,

1 lie Bishop of Wellington in hiß opening address to the Synod admitted practically that the general church fund was as yet unsuccesßiul. He also declared that the revised version of the Testament was in im sense unauthorised and could not be used in the public services of the diocose. Messrs W. and G. Turnbull & Co announce that the splendid iron clipper barque Glenlora will be the first woolship of the season and will arrive in London for the February sales. Cargo is now being received,

Tho Lower Valley Ploughing match is, through the unavoidable absence of some members of the Committee, postponed till Wednesday, 2(ith Oclober. Mr S. Vennell lias offered a special prize of a twoyearold heifer fur the best ploughing in the single-furrow class.

A picture framing establishment has just been started hv Mr Thus. Beadnall in Willij-sireet, Wellington. Mr Beadnail re gilds and lenovatea old frames as well as making new ones, and being practically acquainted with every branch of his business, guarantees to turn out a satisfactory article. The Masterloi Amateur Dramatic Club held their final leheursal last evening for the performance to-night of the "Fish out of Water" and " William Tell." The scenery and properties for the latter are excellent, and several local quips and a .Veal song which will be introduced into the play are certain to be appreciated. Both pieces are of a sparkling and amusing nature, and all who witness them are sure to bo well pleased.

Mr Bunny M.H.R, for the Wairarapa, says tie N.Z. Times, lias secured telegraphic communication from Featherston to Martinborough for the convenience of the inhabitants of the the Lower Valley and obtained a promise from the Hon. John Martin to give a freehold site for the telegraph building so soon as the land is needed. The author of such a boon will doubtless meet with the appreciation which he deserves.

Tho Masterton Volunteers and Cadets paiadcd for inspection last evening, and it being moonlight were headed by the Band and marched along Queen-street, where they were exercised by Lieut. Wyllie and Drill Instructor Bezar. After parade a mc-ting of the match committee was held in Ihe drill shed, and the following shots chosen to represent Masterton in the final match with Carterton on Wednesday next:—Sergts. Wilton and D. Dixon, Corp. Wood, and Vols. C. Bentley, Atikelell, E. Kihblewhite, W. Dixon, A. Matthews, W. Kuminer, D.McLachlan, and 0. J. Frcoth, Emergency—Sergt. Williams, and 6 Ward. RefereesLieut. Wyllie and Sergt. J. Williams. The team will start for Clareville by the 1.30 train.

The fortnigh'ly meeting of the Waste Land Board was held yesterday morning. Present-Messrs. J. 6. Holdsworth (in the clwir), Thos Mason, and E, Bunny. The Commissioner reported that since last meeting 737 acres ot land in the Waipawa district had been applied for at the upset price of £369,192 Ss having been received on acconnt. Mr Brandon's application on behalf of Mr. G. Surman and others to select 300 acres of land in the Belmont Survey District, at 25s and 35s per acre, in exahango for four supplementary land orders <%' the New Zealand Company for 75 acres each, was submitted by the chairman, when after discussion, it was decided to defer the matter till next meeting. An application by Mr Stuckey to erect a fence on certain Crown land was also allowed to stand over. It wac resolved to forward a letter lo the Chairman of the' Manawatti Highway Board stating that the Board had decided to vithdraw the approval entered on its minutes of the 28th July, sanctioning the expenditure of £92 lis 8d on roads within the Kiwitea Block, that block having been sold prior to the passing of the Land Act, 1877;'' further that a sum of £12012s 2d is available for expenditure by the Manawatu Highway Board within the Orona Survey District on acconnt of certaiu deferred''pay meat sections. The Board then adjourned.

MasterlO'i or Petone- some say Kaiwarra, Where is the wwllLu'mill'to be ? The fact that I am selling Kaiapoi Tweed Suits, nt 55s shows clearly the necessity for a mill nearer Wcllinctpir connected with this ■department. I 'jwep'every requisite, for a geiillemairt outfit. Shirts, .bais,;-,ia6»rfg, igloves.; :co'la.re,^um!irdla , !^|ravji^;'l)aßs;

Street preaching in Calcutta has been prohibited on'account of disturbances, and five Prostestant missionaries wore recently arrested for violating: the order •of the city authorities,

. A man in Rhinebeck, New York, being unable to support his pretty wife sold her for £4OO .to .a wealthy bachelor about twelve years ago, the papers being reg-' ularivdmwii up by a lawer and all right and litie' io her transferred to the other man.

A iienr-sighted man was rifling in a li'irse-cur the other day, whon a lady opposite bowed tn him. He returned the bow, raised bis hat, and smiled sweetly, and was just wondering who she was when she come over and whispered in his enr, " Oh I I'll fix you for this old man V Then he knew it was his wife.

The Kieff newspaper Labour publishes a telegram from Pontivel, in the province of Kurisk, which states that 119 men and girls, having been shut up in a bam by the steward of a property called the Bolgin, for refusing to workj were all burnt to death by a. village mob settinj; fire to' the building. One person has been arrested, and confessed to his share in. the orime. The Golos, in reproducing this news, characterises the story as inoredible.

Mrs Parnell, the mother of the leader of the Land League party, when in Europe gave frequent evening parties, which linger still in the recollection of her guests. Miss Anna Parnell, who conducts the Ladies'. Land League in Ireland, is remarkable for beauty and liveliness of mind. Her fixed ideas in political and social matters are similar to those of her brother. There is a married sister in Paris who has opposite views. The German Government is studying over a plan for uniting, by p system of canals, the rivers Elbe, Weser, Ems, Rhine, and the Meuse, English capitalists propose also to connect the Baltic and the North Sea by a deep-draught canal from Kiel to some portion of the Elbe, most probably near Gluckstadt, by which Kiel, the most important harbor and naval establishment in the German Empire, would be connected with the Rhine by a direct route and join the German canals with the water ways of Holland, Belgium, and France, The Standard ■ understands that, in addition to the honors conferred upon British regiments, Her Majesty Ims sanctioned the issue of a general Order by the Government of India extending to the _ regiments .of the Native Army of India the privilege of bearing the words " Ali Musjid," " Peiwar Kotal," " Calml, 1879,". "Ahmed Khel," " Charasiah," "Candahar, 1880," and "Afghanistan, 1879-80," respectively on their standards or appointments, in commemoration of their gallant behaviour during the recent campaign iu Afghanistan. Ihreu boys, who surreptitiously took a tradesman's cart and drove to Epsnm races, have gone for four years to a reformatory to expiate the enormity,

A suicide of a most determined and horrible character wag committed by a woman named Bridget Coyne, ntMoseley, Lancashire. She first poured the contents of a paraffin oil lamp over her head and clothing, and, applying a lighted match, set fire to herself. She was, of course, immediately enveloped in Barnes, and died in a few minutes. It is supposed that drink led to the commission of the horrible deed.

A new manafactnre has recently sprung up in England and one which promises well for those who have embarked in it. This is the manafactnre of fire-bricks from flint. Such bricks have been tried in various steel and iron works, in furnaces developing intense heat, including Siemens' regenerative furnaces, and the results in all cases are reported to be most satisfactory, The second annual Printing, Stationery, and Paper-making Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall was opened on July 14 by Sir Sydney WaterW, Bart, M.P., and remained open till July 28. The exhibitors numbered close upon 200, while there are upwards of a thousand entries of printing, paper, bookbinding, and motive machinery, stationery trade appliances, raw and finished material, and miscellaneous objects connected with the industry. The foreign contributions are numerous.

fkpp and Hare of the Emporium have for sale 500 bushels of splendid seed Tartarian Oats, which they are selling at 3s 6d per bushel, As Oats are advancing every day in price buyers would do well to secure some of them at once. They have also just received direct from the manufacturers large assortment of shears, which they are selling at Wellington wholesale price, Wairarapa storekeepers can be supplied at reasonable terms.— [alvt.J

It is a fact that Messrs Gardener and Sou sold last season more sheep shears than the whole of the Waivarapa stovekeepers combined, and this season it is their intention to offer the 100 dozen pairs which they have imported at less than Wellington wholesale prices. We cannot understand how this well-known firm sell all their goods so wonderfully cheap Their stock is splendidly assorted, and we would call special attention to their magnificent stock of drapery, which surpasses any we have yet seen in the Wairarapa. —[Adyt. 1