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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 989, 2 February 1882, Page 2

Tenders aro invited for erecting two miles of wire net ing for Dr Hosking. Tenders are invited by the Colonial Architect fur additions to the Post and Telegraph-Stations at Carterton.. Messrs .Schroder Hooper & Co of the iHall of Commerce have a new announcement, iii our advertising colurrns, • -A-meeting of the members of'theCirterton Rifle Volunteers will be held after parade next Monday evening to electa Sub-Lieutenant,

Messrs T. Kennedy MoDonald & On. are instructed to sell nn Wednesday February 15th, the splendid hotel property at Featherston, known as the Empire Hotel, The sale will be an unreserved one.

1,000 sound-mouthed merino wethers, 600 full-mouthed merino ewes, and 500 mixed 2,4, and G-tooth ditto, are advertised fur sale in another column.

The Central Temperance Political Association of Wairarapa meet to-nii»ht at the Temperance Hall, Chapel-at,, Maßierton.

We understand that Dr .Farquharson of Carterton has accepted an appointment as surgeon to a hospital in the middle Island.

Mr D. Crewe announces that he is supplying new milk daily at 3d per quart all the year round. He also splits and delivers firewood, post rails, etc

Mr A. L. Webster commenced his duties yesterday as Town Clerk to the Borough of Greytown, he has also taken over the business, and office of Mr. W. Book, who.is about leaving the district. Mr Jas. Clayson intimates through our advertising columns that he intends to abandon the delivery of bread by cart, and only sell it for cash at the : .shop, : Healso ttives notice in those indebted to him to pay up promptly.

Major Bunny of Featherston, is appointed to command the Wairarapit District. In farmer years he proved an efficient and capable officer.

Welhngtohians who occupy brick buildings were' soared yesterday by the earthquake, and the stampede from the Supreme Court and Police building as well as from the lar«e brick warehouses was rather ludicrous. The shook is stated, however, to havo been exceptionally severe in Wellington. - -■■■_■

Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Greytown was visited by a very Bevere earthquake, lasting about fifteen seconds. The upheaving were very heavy, but there wan an absence of sharp shocks, consequently no damage was done. The Voter's List for the Maßterton Town Land Trust is open for inspection at the Council Chambers, Any person who resides in the Borough of Masterton and Small Farm District, is entitled to have his name inserted thbreon, and all who take an interest in the Trust shiuld see that this is done.

About three minutes before three o'clock yesterday there was a heavy shock of earthquake at Carterton, very little less in intensity than that experienced some seven months ago. Bottles were either twisted round or thrown off the shelves in Mr Hooker's chemist shop, and goods in other stores came to the around. Immediately after, the clouds, which had been gathering ail the morning, poured down a torrent of rain.

. The members of St.Luke's Church choir Grey town presented, to 'Miss Humphries on the occasion of her marriage ta-day, with a handsome white marble timepiece in : rec'ognition of the valuable services rendered by her to the choir, during the number of years she > has been connected with it. The timepiece was beautifully mounted, and upon a silver plate was the following inscription.—" Presented to Miss Humphries by the members of St. Luke's Church Choir, Greytown, Ist of February, 1882."

We notice that the " Grand Worthy Chief Templar" of New Zealand, in an appeal which he has published to the ratepayers of the colony in the new Licensing Act, does not ask them to confine their choice of representatives for the Licensing Committees lo teetotalers, but puts the question on wider grounds. He says:-" It is most essential, in order to' carry out the provisions of the Act successfully, to socure the election of suitable men on the Licensing Committees—men of undoubted integrity and unswerving principle-men who will honestly and fniihfiilly administer the Act with a view to secure the greatest aood to the greatest number of the people." We direct special attention to Mr W. Clark's advertisement which appears in another column. Mr Clark has introduced the cash system into his Drapery and Clothing business with a comiderable amount of success, both to himself and to those who patronise him. The cash system is undoubtedly the fairest and most legitimate way of doing business as it enables the settler to offer his goods at the lowest possible price, and to those who have cash it enables them to obtain all the advantages which they are entitled to. Mr Clark advertises that he ut a direct importer from the London markets so that customers can rely on his goods being new an J seasonable, . A fatal accident occurred at Sandon on Saturday last, of which the Advocate gives the following paiticulars .—The deceased, named Lorenzo McKenzie, aged 18, a son of Mr Duncan McKenzie, had been engaged in the afternoon hauling firewood from a bush in the occupation of Messrs Green and Gower, about a mile from Mr McKenzte's residence, He had already brought one dray-load up, and m he was more than an hour beyond the time he should have arrived with the secoinl load, the children were sent down to look afier him. About three-quarters of a mile away from home they fjund him lying on the road, quite dead, and they could see th«t an accident had happened. Quickly hurrying back with the news, assistance waß soon at the spot, and an examination showed that the near shaft had broken 08 within an inch of the dray, and that a lot of the timber had tilted out It is conjectured that the unfortunate young fellow was walking alongside the horse, and that, the timber in falling must have knocked him senseless, and that he was suffocated with its weight. Carterton v Maatortbn,—As a proof of who are the cheapest storekeepers in the Wairarapa wo wish to draw our readers' special attention to B. A. Hardener & Son's advertisement on our front page, This firm is determined to keep up their reputation, From the time of their commencing business in Carterton they have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore ridiculous for another storekeeper from a neighboring township to post price list) to th°nir customers and pretead to sell at wholesale prices, when for the smallest quantities B. A. Gardener & Son supply goods in almost every instance W to 16 per cent cheaper, and in large quantities still further couces ions are nwde.—/Advt