The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 977, 18 January 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1882.

Mr Wardell R.M. sits at Carterton today. It iB sfttisfaotory to find tlut the Valuation for the Borough of Maeterton for the current year iB slightly in excess of last years' assessment. Excelsior is a good municipal motto. A meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club is convened at the Club Hotel on Saturday evening next, for important business. ' • Land in the Dixon Estate is advancing in value. We understand that Mr Charles Dixon has purchased from Mr Jacob Joseph section No, 14 for 195, the price it was disposed of a few weeks ago being £10.: . The Standard reports that the telegraphist at the Masterton Railway Station was uncivil on the occasion of the del iv »f the train on Monday-last. A .Reporter from this office was present on the occasion referred to, who states p'ositivnly that the accusation is utterly unfounded. Our contemporary should-exercise a little more oare in stigmatising a public offioial on the strength of-sbmi idlb-rumor. . Cr Gappei' stated last evening that the Masterton Borough Oounoi] wait nominally a Board of:. Health.We have fre- ; qnently complained that councillors do not realize the fact that they are actually, not' nominally, a responsible •' Board of Health, and are vested with full powers • under the Public Health Act.' A meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees was held yesterday afterri»m» Present—Messrs ft. Hare (Chairman), E. Feist, and J. Payton. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. ' A letter was received fmm Mr J. H. Corbett, asking for permission to erect a bathing shed on the bank of the Waiponn- The permission wits granted. A communication was received from the Colonial Secretary ehclosinc Gazette containing amended schedule of fees. It was resolved that the new scale of charges be adopted. The following wcounts were passed for paymentJ. C. Ingram, salary- and labor, £sl2s 4d; Institute, £l. ; The custodian reported that the expenditure for the year 1881 had been heavy for'repairs, fencing, paths, and the filling up ; of gullies, but the work done was a satisfactory equivalent, The number of interments' during the past year was forty. It was resolved that the next meeting be held in the evening at 7.30 p.m. The balance-sheet for the oast year was prevented by the Treasurer and adopted. ; ■

Han ea' work is n<.w in full swing, both fthe.it and oats being lipe. Mr A. W, fiennll will take the Ohdr at Captain Olliver's lectuie to-morrow eveni«ff. • The mid-day train to-day brought up a full load of passengers to Masterton .• Rabbit cases.will crop up at the RiM, Court, Masterton to-morrow. : Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a furniture sale for Saturday next .the -21stf ihstat'2.p.m. ' r A short sharp shock of earthquake was ■felt by- Mastertoniaus at about a quarter to eleven last evening Mr L. G. Hoopor has. been installed asArch Druid : of the - Stonehenge Lodge, vice Mr Corbett, resigned. Messrs F. H. Wood <fc Co. sell by public uuotioii ni Quiii's yards, Grey town, ou the 20th inat.,» number of dairy .cattle, young stock, and well bred horses. A petition will be presented to Captain' Buck on his arrival from Wellington signed by over forty members of. the volunteer Corps, asking liiin tn call a general meeting of the corps to receive the balance sheet for the pas! year, placim; the Band on a satisfactory footing, and the appointment of a finance committee and other business. - We were glad to noticfl that Messrs Lowes and lorns' sale yards were well attended by buyers this afternoon. All the cattle and sheep yarded were promptly cleared, principally to local buyers, before 'we went to-press, and when our reporter left tho sale a' very fair business'was being done in draft and hack horses. At a meeting of the Clareville School Committee held on Monday evening the. only, business transacted was the nomination of Messrs Booth and Buchanan for the Education Board, and arrangements for the distribution of prizes and treats foi the pupils on Friday afternoon next. The final meeting of the present Com- ■ mittee will take place on Saturday evening next. A meeting of the vestry of St. Mark's Church, Carterton, will take place on Wednesday evening. The Bisl.op will address the parishioners on Friday evening at the school-room relative to the general church fund. We have received from Mr Stone's, nursery at Waipoua some fine peaches, which are perfectly matured, and which vto believe are the first ripe fruit of the kind produced this season in Masterton. Captain Oliver has engaged the Public Hall, Cai terturi, for Friday the 20th iii St. Having lately armed from the home country, and obtained a well merited reputat or .as n successful lecturer among our American oousinßi we fell but little diffidence in advising all our Carterton and T. rata hi friends to attend his lecture on that greatest of England's naval heroes —"Nelson." •• • Carterton v Mastcrton. —As a proof of who. are the che;ipe3t..*,torejieeppra in the Waira-; rapawawish to dra>v! our 'readers!.ipccM attention to B. A, ifardener &"Sbn'4«dVor-. tisem-nt on our front page. This fiiinis determined to keep up their reputation. {From the-time of their commencing business in Carterton,-.they have repeatedly proved that they can 'withstanV. competition, no matter hoiv ationg. It is'therefore ri"diou. : louh for another.' storekeeper from a neighboring township to post price list- to theircustomers'' and pretead to sell at wholesale prices, .when for the smallest quantities B. A. Gardener & Sou supply goods in almost every instance 10 to 15 per cent cheaper, and iu large quantities still fucthor coaces sions'are|mnde,—(Advt