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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 950, 15 December 1881, Page 2

A soiree is announced in the Town Hall Mas erton ft Dec. 2'2.

On Tuesday last Mr Harford drove the mail coach ri»ht" through to Castle'point, returning to M-sterton last evening. ■ The Mastsrton Juvonile Foresters meet this evening at 7 o'clock for nomination of officer.-! &c.

The llasterton Borough Cricket Club practices every at'.' eruoon in the Park at 5.p.m,

Messrs F. H. Wood &Cn. sell to-morrow the privileges of the Feiuherston Race meeting.

Tenders are invited by the TaratahiCartHi'tnii Highway Board for six road cunt- 1 nets.

Mr George Beethnm thanks thoelectors of Wairarupa North in another column. The Frisco Mail mav be expected in ilia v\ uirampa by tl-e 'ale train to-morrow The Mastenon Fire Br.gade held its periodical publico last evening. TJiero was a good muster of members. Dr Farquharson ot Carterton was unanimously elected Secretary of the of ihe Slur of the Valley Temperance Lodgo ut a meeting held on .Uouilay last. Messrs Kit|>p & Hare announce tho arrival iif now ami choice goods mill presents lor everv body. Ihoir new ail■vertiseineiil will shorily appear.

A man attempting to cross the lluamahuuya river yesterday coming from the ltangi miiau hud a very nanow escape. The river was high and running very swiftly, ami the horseman had very great dillicnlty m getting, out of it It seems a pity a road line is not

laid off from the Kaiigitiimau so that tho Te Ore Ore bridge could be used by the settlers there instead of risking lite and pi operty by fording the river. Mr Geo. Dixon aunouuees a* clearing sale of toys, tuncy goods, iVc., for tha Christmas holidays, and as he has an immense slock oi clieap toys the youngsters will have an umisual opportunity of investing their pennies.

Messrs F. U. Wood & Co, will sell at Fea'hersluii io-uii.riinva freehold property in that loivnslnp, by older of the public trustee. ■

The Times says Mr Ke'inll is not inclined i) take his tremendous drubbing in the

Niirih Wiiiiaropii in a meek and mild spirit! Thee is, however, no other alternative open to liini. A meeting of the creditors of Thomas

Lowes, late hotelkeeperat Masterton, wis held ut the Supreme Court buildings on 'Tuesday last The liabilities were siaied at ii7oo, and asses fclHu. Mr W. Sellar of Musterton, was appointed trustee. We direct special attention to Mr

Dei'tmi a advert isenient in nuuiher column lii iidiliiioii to a lar-je stuck of seasonable ;;iio(l.< in cricketing materials, Liwn Teuiii-i, &■.*,, Mr De ton has 3011 m very nice lliiver siamls in wireivnrk. Having a competent iviiuwotker on the premises any article required can be made to order on the sh"itest notice.

Mr Wood held one of his customary successful stock siles at the Pastoral Show grounds on Wednesday. All the cattle yaitled met with purchasers at fair prices, and "iie-ibud of the burses and mares a'su passed under the hammer although the attendance was somewhat 11 in 1 led.

Jiiliii Moiituiiinvry whs sentenced to seven (lays imprisonment under the Viwnmt Ac', mi Wednesday, liyMrß. Buys, J,P., ni Cirliii t' n, The delinquent was :iii old nlt'ender, hnviiiu Iwd tn interview the lucid mill) ri'ies on previous iicciiMnns, besides having been charged previously in Wellington fur a similar nllVl'Cß

Out. of 104G votes pol'ccl at tbe late War.irapa elji tion.i, lfiju we>e given to Ministerial candidates and 351 to tha Opposition. An analysis of the votes throughout the colony shows that the Hull Ministry enjoy the confidence of a arge majority of the people.

Sclionls in the Wellington district break up on i lie Kith iii-st. (io-morrow) and are allowed five weeks holidays. In the Masterton public school the pupils will not be able to begin their holidays till after the examination which commences on Monday next, Mr Lee with lm usual consideration lias caused the teachers monthly cheques to he forwarded in tithe for the breaking up. ' Yesterday an influential deputation of Hutt setters accompanied by Mr Booth, wailed upon the Premier re railway matters, The Hut people as usual, want trains every half hour.. Mr Booth wished the hour at which the late train leaves ■Wellington altered We have a very high opinion nf Mr Booth but we fail to see bis' loom standi' as tbe representative of the Wairarapa in' this matier. The Wellington and Masterton Railway cannot be made a profitable line if there is an undue interference in its management on ibe part of the public. Do the gentlemen who form these deputations hold that Mr Ashcrol'tis competent or incompetent to r.'«ulnte the traffic? If the former they should no' ignore him, if the latter they should ask for tbe appointment of another manager. It is notorious that log rolbng in railway matters among disinterested Hu't residents has increased tbe expenses and reduced the working profits of tbe lino

To Farmeiis —Just lan led, a large assortment of Scvtbes, So ? 'he-lmndles, Rakes, Forks, Churns, Milk Pans, to be sold at Wellington prices by Rapp asd Hake, of the Emporium.—[Anvr.]

Carterton v M:ntcrton. —As a proof of who :;re tho cheapest storekeepers in the Wairarapa wo wish to draw our readers' special' attention to B. A, Gardener & Soii : s advertised nt on our frontpage. This firm is dfetermiiind to keep up their reputation. From the time of their commencing business 'in ('artiirtoii they have repeatedly proved that iltey can w'ithstajvl' competition, no ■mitter ho v irfronfc.. It is. therefore ridiculous f.ir imotli r jtorclceeprr from a neigh- - lior nR to'vmhip, to ; o9h""iiiion I'sfs fo their customers mi I pretend to sell at wholesale, when-- for the quantities B. 1 UMuei S ft>;i siMyfcod-i in 'almost

Wo are requested -to state that the checks given at the Wealeyau Bazaar yesterday will be available tofdayi. r ' v' : :

A father amusing incident ocourred at the Carterton Pound on Tuesday last,' the constable, ' banker, lawyer,.'blacksmith, undertaker, and storokeeper, and ope or two others having their horses run in, The releHse took place.en maßse. The Carterton Brass Bafid give a seiree on Boxinq night, and we trust to see it well'patronized, as they have given their services gratuitously on so many occasions, while the progress, they have made under the able tuition of W. Berrill, late 1 of the Wellington Naval Band, has been moat marked and commendable.

The Greytown Volunteers rolled up well to their usual weekly drill on Tuesday evening last, there being 46 present all told, Captain Tully in command. The company were drilled by Col. Sergt.Hamilton, who kept them bard at it for upwards of an hour, the men acquitting themselves very well in both manual and sword exercise. The Quadrille assembly was held after the drill and was as usual ivell patronized by the fair sex; we are glad to see the company strong enough to resist the onslaught of the , ladies, who, during the winter months used to fairly outnumber them; but now with the present strength of the corpsthey can all find partners for a dance. The music was as usual supplied by the hand, and Messrs ltonaldson, Maxton, and Lewis. The installation ofthoW.M.'s elect of the two local Masonic Lodges took pl'ce last evening, TheMasterton Lodge 1480 E.O. was first opened and Bro, D.W. M'lntosh installed in accordance with ancient usage, P.M. Bro. Girdlestone acting as installing officer. The following officers were invested for the eusuing twelve months. S.W. Bro, R, Brown,

j.W, Bro. Chinchen, Clmp. Bro. Paige, Treas. Bro. Elkins, Secretary 3ro. Sellar, S.D. Bro. J. Williams, J.D. Bro. Hosie, IG, Bro, Galloway, Tyler, Bro. Robins. The brethren tnen repaired to the Thistle

547 S.C, to assist at the installation of

Bro. Corbett the ceremony being performed by P.M. Bro. Price. The officers for the year are D.M. Bro. Woolcott, S.M. Bro. Nicol, S.W, Bro Elley, J.W. Bro J. Ward, Treasurer Bro Gray, Secretary Bro Beutlev, G.D, Bro Dalrymple, J.D. Aro Skipper, J.G; Bro Thompson, Tyler Bro Richards. A.banquet to celebrate the occasion was afterwards held ■at Bro Elkins' Club Hotel. Over 40 of the fraternity were present, and did ample justice to the goods things, which were provided in profusion by the host. Visitors from the Greytown Lodge, St John's

L'jdge, Featherston, and Waterloo Lodge, Wellington, were among the number, and a very pleasant evening was spent, the proceedings terminating at 11 p.in,