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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 976, 17 January 1882, Page 2

The Masterton Borough Council holds its usual fortnightly meeting this evening..! The Turkish Telegraph route is interrupted beyond Busreh. A sale of special value lands m the Forty-Mile Bush is advertised in another column.' Major Atkinson's youngest daughter, a girl five years old, broke her arm by a fall yesterday afternoon. August Volbracht, merchant, of -Wellington, and the promoter of cultivating the tobacco plant, in New Zealand, has filed his schedule. Fresh tonders are invited by the Turatahi-Carterton Highway Board for cleaning out aiid trimming about 55 chains of ditch at Matarawa. We hear that Mr M. Caselborg received by the last mail tidings from England of the death of his father, The trouble in Baunistor St. is over, the excavation having been filled in, and o'ur. special, reporter detached from the scone of accidents, Among, other lines in connection with Messrs Lowes and lorns stock sale tomorrow, is a spring cart, brake, handsome bug«y, and a" bridgo plant. Mr Wardell has a heavy days work to get through at the B.M, Court, Grey town to-day/:'' The valuation list of the Masterton Borough District is now open for inspection. . . The Now Zealand Times has how tor its Editor the Rev Mr Bruce, a Presbyterian Minister. The oorner shop in Cookburn'a block, lately occupied by Mr J..F. Ward, is now to let. The Mastodon Slar Minstrels npiv playing in Wellington are forty strong. This smacks of the " Arabian Mights." . .Mrs Hampson has finished Evangelising Wellington and has now gone for Nelson. -■ The Rov'H. V. Whitepreaoned in Wellington on Siinday'last aiid the Post at the request of. th'e.Maynr published.a portion nf what bis Worship called a very instructive andablesermon.. •■ • . . : The celebrated historical; lecturer, Oapi Jain Oliver'(late of the.'British■ army) isannounced to lecture in the Town Hall, Masterton next- Monday evening, on ."Oliver Cromwell." Mr Marterv.pf -Masterton has ■ been appointed agent in New Zealand for the latest wonder of the world—Balmains' Luminous Paint.' This pigment absorbs ; light during the day time, and throws.it otlt at night.. It is capable of being util- ; fced forjrhundred different purposes of . -illumination, - •••'•' . a John Savin, one of Messrs Boo.th's [employees,''had his leg'bi'pkon between •tlje-ankle.and .th'e.knee yesterday after•noon by the wheel,of a trolly striking.it[while he was placing acho'ok in the break, |Mr Booth' sent the ; sufferer, down to the iGreytown Hospital in a brake in charge of some of the mill hands. ... > The inspection parade of the Carterton ■ Rifle Volunteers took place on Monday evening last; Captain Snodgrass, Lieut; •Beennett and between 20 and.Bo members being present;, ,A. march out took, place, headed by the band.,. The dismissal taking plaoe about 9 o'clock. Kobler's Waxworks exhibition opened last night in Carterton, and was a big • .draw, the' Hall being crowded all the evening up .till nearly 11. o'clock, The exposition remains open to-day and tomorrow... SittGeorge Grey is to move next session for a parliamentary inquiry into the hooka of the bank of NewtZealiind. 1 We thought. that something otyb.iß.sort wpuld.happen when Mr.Sherrin'published his brochure nn the same subject*, If .the inquiry ba aareed to, who, we w.onder, will make it. If Sir' George himself had the books at his disposal for a twelvemonth he would' be just as wise at the end of that period as he was at the beginning. He never ■*&< at home among figures, and his imagination | is far to vivid fot arithmetic