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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 894, 8 October 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa West County Council meets to-day.

Mr Jas Brown announces that one of the shops in Cockhurn's block is to let.

Notice is given that Monday the 17 day of October is a special bank holiday.:

Applications ate invited for leasing the Oddfellows Hall Peathevston for a period of one year.

Age nernl meeting of the members o he Greytown Working Men's Club will be held this evening at 8 o'clock.

Messrs J. lorns and Co.'s s~ln of Mr G. T. Fanner's furniture takes place today. A 'bus, for the convenience of buyers, will leave Queen-street at 1.30.

The concluding winter entertainment, on an extensive scale (the Featherston Amateurs assisting the local artistes) will be held in the Public Hall, Carterton, in about ten days or a fortnight, A London telegram says:—The mutton brought by the steamship Orient from Australia has realised an average of sixpence per pound at the Smithfield market. The condition of the meat was superior to that of previous shipments A few days since one of Messrs Booth'R employees, named Blackett, jumped off some logs that were loaded on a trolly while it was coming down an incline, and catching his foot on the wheel, was thrown down, aul has been laid up since from the shaking he received.

The following persons have been appointed Warding for the Castlepoint Highway District:—No, 1 Ward, James Miller No. 2 Ward, James Laugdon: No 3 Ward Hugh Belliss, No 4 Ward, John Williams No. 5 Ward Thomas Mackay: No. G Ward, Edward Carew Smyth.

" Chang," the world-renowned Chinese giant, has been announced as having arrived at Masterton, We beg to caution our readers against interviewing him, as he is simply a fraud—a large figure of wood, and the panorama announced in connection with him merely a chronological map. Mr Mr Coleman Phillips' residence not being convenient to intending subscribers to the Jewish Belief Fund, Mr M. Caselberg will in future receive contributions at both his Greytown and Masterton stores. As the list closes for the November mail, subscribers are invited to forward the amount of their subscriptions.

Next Monday evening one of the best programmes of the season will be presented at the cricketers' entertainment to be given at the Institute, Greytown. Among others will be a quintette by the " Udy" family, a duet, cornet and piano by Mr Hollard and Mrs Knell, and a selection of songs, readings &c. We nnder'tand that this will be the last but one of the cricket series, and hope it will be well patronised.

A meeting of the Stewards of the Mas-terton-Opaki Jockey Club was held Inst evening. Present,—Messrs Gray (in the chair), Chamberlain, Hester, Jas. Macara, Elkins, and Kimberley. The following programme was ageed to:—First dayMaiden Plate, L 25 ; Opaki Stakes Handicap, 2 miles, L3O; Ladies Purse, L2O; Hack Race, L 10; Hack Race, L, Second day-Handicap Hurdle Race, L 25; Hack Hurdles, L 10; Produce Race, L 25 ; Hack Race, L 10; District Handicap, L4O ; Hack Race, L; Consolation, Lls. The days fixed for the events are Wednesday and Thursday, 7th and Bth December.

The " Conditions for trout fishing in Wellington" appeared in yesterday's " Gazette' 1 the regulations having come into forco on the Ist instant. Licenses will he granted to fish with rod and line witli artificial flies only as bait, in the river Hutt and its tributaries except the Paknratahi and in the river Wainui-o-mata such licenses to remain in force until the 30th March 1882 and to be obtained from the Secretary ot the Acclimatisation Society on payment <>f a fee of twentv shillings. Trout not exceeding eight inches in length must be immediately returned alive to the water and for neglect of this, or for fishing without a license, offenders when caught will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O. Any person using live bait, ground bait, net or other engine, instrument or device for taking fish in any river or stream within the provincial district of Wellington will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £'so.

The following letter has been received liv Mr Renall:—Railway Department, Head Office, Wellington, Sept 30, 1881. 1 Sir—With reference to the petition forwarded by yourself on behalf of various residents of Mastevton, wherein the attention af the Government is called to certain matters connocted with the Masterton and Wellington railway, I am directed by the Hon, the Acting' Minister for Public Works to state, in reply, that he has giren the matters his careful attention. As to the question of' tariff, he regrets that, taking into consideration the cost of working the line, the Government would not be justified in making any general reductions in the direction sought for, but such modifications in the rates will be introduced from time to time, as experience in working proves to be desirable. With regard to the recommendatioot made in respect to the time-table, lam desired to state,that these will receive considera'tion.-fl have, &c, A, W. Werry, Under-Secretary for Railways.— To _A. W. Renall, Esq., Masterton, Wairarapa, ■'

•During the temporary absence of a Quebec tradesman from his shop, a clistomer dropped in and left with his little boy the sum of £8 in bank bills, the amount of ari old'debt. When the tradesman returned, his son 1 handed him the money, but thinking the.boy was playing April tool with him he threw the roll into the fire.

The' 1 Medical Council of St Petersburg has. authorised women to practice in pharmacy, so that Pnssian women have. now.fvee access to all the practice of medicine. . ' : '

'The Grand Duke Nicolas Constantinovite'n is said to he very handsome and fasf/inating, brave as well as clover, and, against the lato Czar's orders lie married tlie lovely daughter of a postmaster'when h| was m exile at Orenburg. | A foreigner in China can get .a discount M one third the price of his purchases if lie speaks the language. The Chinese 'have so great a veneration for their native tongue that they pay a tribute 83 per cent i'to the foreigner who talks it .... i '■.,'.'.■■ 'Masterton .or Petpne—some say Kaiwarra.; Wherein the woollen "mill to be ? The fact, that I,am selling :KaiapouTw,eedSuits':at

iV'.Tho Committee of the Wellington City Council, Appointed for the "purpose, left Wellington by the first train, this morning en route to inspect the Corporation endowment in the Mftiu?atainoke.' They willbe mef/at Masterton by Mr P, 0. Frazi, surveyor, who will accompany them and point ..ii ihe reserve.--

A lirsl meeting of creditors in the estate o( Thomas Scholes, of Bideford, Wairarapn, was convened for 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The debtor's liabilities amount to £66 13s lOd, being composed of the following items:—Turnbull, Smith &Co., £34 12b lOd; W. ft 6. Turnbull &Co £l9 Is; M. Caselberg (Masterton) £9; D. F. M'Oarthy (do), £A. The assets amount to £95 of which the sum of 140 represent the estimated value of book debts, £ls the .stock in-trade, and M) household furniture, &c.

It is 'a fact that Messrs Gardener and ,Son sold last season more sheep shears than the whole of the Wairarapa storekeepers 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. [Advt.l