The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1007, 24 February 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

Messrs Lowes & lorns advertise a sale ot furniture for Saturday next at 2.p.m.

A cricket match Tenui v Masterton will be played to-morrow in Mrs Yates' paddock near Masterton, The tenders for the Greytown and Lower Valley passenger and parcels service invited by Mr F. H. Wood, close tomorrow. It is expected that an eligible one will be received.

Notice is given that Messrs John O. Bidwill/H. Bunny, H, H. Jackson. E. E. Martin, and S. Vennell have been elected to.serve as members of the Liceni sing district of Greytown. We learn from Mr J, Bagge that a ;box for loose letters has been fitted up imthe Railway Guard's van in which late letters] can be posted for places between Masterton and Wellington. Letters forwarded in this manner will require a single postage rate affixed to them, in addition to the ordinary rate. Messrs Murray Roberts & Go. advertise a large assortment of grass seeds which have been well cleaned and carefully selected, Particulars will he found in another column, The Assessment Court for the Carterton Local Board, and 'Taratahi-Carterton, Highway Board sat at Carterton on Wednesday, There were eleven objections to the former and four to the latter, which were disposed of in the usual manner. Yesterday a Maori desired to invest ten shillings in the totalisator on the ground that he was a poor man and could not afford to spend a pound, He was informed that the plea of poverty was inadmissible.

Only a nominal publicity was given to the train arrangements for the Wairarapa Races, This, in a, measure,-accounted for the attendance' being less than was anticipated. Though the Seorelary ot the Jockey Club made a timely application to the Company for a special train service, it was not till ths last moment that he was informed that his raciest was granted. When will the Government see the plain fact that there is no traffic manager on the line, that Mr Ashoroft is burdened wjth other duties which leave him little or no leisure-for looking After the passenger traffic, and that every day the line loses trade from mismanagement? The Clareville School Committee meet this evening at 7 o'clook p.m. at the schoolhouße on notice given to the several members by the Chairman, As the Wellington Board of Education met on Wednesday, there will probably be a considerable'amount of busineßß to be transacted, and we hope to find the obsequies performed oyer, the " war hatchet." From the decision of the Education jß.oard it appears the Carterton School will hav,e to do without rauchjjcommittee work this 4W. J

MrH. H, Jackson, Junior, of Greytown has filed a declaration of insolvency. The tender of Mr E. Wrig'ey (£260) for additions to Chamberlain Bros, mill has been accepted, The Greytown Fire Brigade Oomittee have decided to obtain a fira engine from England, The oro> is to be sent for it at once, '■; ,

Aspeoial meeting of-'the'Masterton Town Land Trustees will be held this evening to hear and determine objections to the voter's list. ' Mr T. E. Proctor the well known ocoulißUptioian may be consulted for a few, days at the shop opposite the New Zealand Times Office, Wellington, lately ocoupied|by Mr Barnes, A poll will be taken to-morrow at the Highway Board office Masterton for the election of a warden for No. 2 ward. Messrs B, D.Dagg and James Stuckey are the candidates.

A large number of pleasure seekers were disappointed last evening in consepuenceof Hart's Happy Hours' entertainment being postponed through the indisposition of Mr Hart.

The Industrial Gazette for February has reached us. It is a publication which does credit to the City of Wellington, and which is rapidly obtaining a recognition ae the leading journal of its olass in the colony,

It is a sign of the times that onr contemporary the Post is going in for a five million railway loan, The country districts of the colony could get on very well without more borrowed money but the towns cannot.

Coming home from the races' yesterday a trap wheel came off, capsizing the vehicle and dislodging its sole occupant, a gentleman who had evidently been enjoying himself, The latter quietly rolled round into a comfortable attitude for repose, and slumbered off oblivious of his misfortune.

Messrs Lowes and lorns sell at the Association Yards, Featherston on March Ist ten head of beef, twenty mixed steers and 150 good young merino sheep. They also add to the sale of Mr Buchanan's sheep on Maroh 2nd 150 Lincolri-hm lambs from the well known flock of Mr H. McMaster.

Last week Mr Pharazyn, the County Chairman, accompanied by Mr King, the County Engineer, went on a visit of inspection through the Forty-Mile Bush. The line throughout is now in very good order, Out of one hundred rotten bridges ninety-five have been replaced by the County staff, and iii moat instances inexpensive culverts have been substituted fo r the more costly structures built by th B General Government Engineering Staff, Messrs J. H. Corbett, E. Feist, and A. W. Renall have been nominated for the vacant seat in the Masterton Borough Council. The fact that the two latter candidates are ex-Mayors will add a speoial interest to the contest, Masterton is called upon to choose between the genius of order, as represented by Mr Feist, and the "lord of misrule," in the person of Mr Renall. We have every confidence in the istue 1 The election is fixed for Thursday, March 9th. Mr Feist was nominated by Mr R, H. Chinchen and Mr W M. Easthope, Mr Corbett by Mr E. Wrigley and Mr G. Coker, and Mr Renall by Mr J.' J. Smith and Mr J. E. Thompson. The "biggest" grain elevator in th» world has just been erected in New York by the firm of Messrs David Dow and Co. It has 1,200 feet water frontage, and the main building includes three towers 100 feet apart and each 175 feet. The maohinary in the elevator can take train at the rate of 8,000 bushels an hour from the barges at the pier. .The grain is elevated sifted, and fanned, weighed, stored put in bius, and then transferred to vessels at the pier. About five miles of beltipg, called conveyors, cany the grain uptat railroad speed, No shovelling is necessary.

The attendance at Meaerß Lowes and lorns' fortnightly stock sale on Wednes< day was very numerous, and the whole ot the sheep and cattle changed hands at very fair prices :—6 4-year-old bullocks £6 10a; 12 2f year-old Bteers, £4 15s; 30 2-year-olds, £3 loa; 20 heifers, 2-year-olds, 13 7s Gd; 12 2-year-old heifers, £3 10s; 18 mixed heifers, £3 7a 6d; 112 and 3-year-old heifera, J4; 12 cows, £4; 6 dwry cows, from £5 to £% 10a; 12 yewlings, £2 10s; 20 calves, 80s; haok horses, from £2 to £2O; buggy do, £29 10a; 100 ewes, aged, at 4s 3d; 100 young ewes, fa 3d; pigs, 17s 6d each; and a quantity of sundries concluded the sale, the total proceeds were upwards of £BOO. MeßOrs F. H. Wood & Co, heldafurther sale at their auotion rooms in Carterton on Wednesday afternoon of the unsold sections of the Belvidere'estate, Beveral of those sold previously having since ex-' changed hands at an advanced price. There was a fair attendance atr.the sale, but buyers were scarce, the total sales'.of the afternoon only reaching £1956,15. We append a list of lots, prices per aero, and tlie respective buyers. :—Section 16 and Bub-seclions 1 to 28 and 43, 48 acres, Mr W. H. W- Haines £773; section 17, 18 acres 3 roods 4 perches, Mr G. Penny, £6 per acre; sections Ito 6,60 acre's 0 roods 89 perches, 6. Dew, £l4 per aore; sub-sections 29 to 43,39 acres 2 roods 8 porches, Messrs Zabell and Hooker, £8 per acre.

The fortnightly meeting of the Waste Lands Board was held yesterday. Pres-ent-Messrs. J- G. Holdsworth (Chairman)j.T, Mason, and H. Bunny. It was decided: to withhold the section's in the Mount Cjsrbprns and Aohanga districts from salo at present, It was resoyed that the four sections in the Block be subdivided'and a road laid off fp eaoh section, and that the sale of the U sections bo withheld until this is done, At the request of the Under Secretary for Crown Lands, it was decided that thd regular meeting of the Board be held fortnightly, on Thursdays, at 12.30., p.m., and that the next meeting be on Thursday Thursday, 9th March. The 87 seotions of the Wanganui Harbour Board, unsold on the 24th January, v w,ere deolared open to purchase on application at tlje Land Office, Wellington, on the 27th March'. The ohairman reported that at the sale of the Wanganui harbor endowmont 11 D. P, Beotions were sold out of #5, the prioe realised being £228913s 64' j apd three cash sections realised £492 18s. Total £2782 Us 6d. Leave of absence for three sittings of the Board was granted to Mr H. Bunny, Special attention is called to Sapp sjd Hare's price list, which will be found on our frontpage. For clothing, boots, ironmongery and grocery, they will be found the oheapes, and best house in the trade.—To FarmersJust arrived, Harvesting Gloves j 1,000 Corn Sacks, equal to .new, at 7s 6d, per dozen,—[Advt.]

Carterton v Masterton.-As a proof of who are the cheapest storekeepers in the Wairarapa we wish to draw our readers' special attention to B. A; Gardoner & 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 pOBt price lists to' their customers and pretend to sell-at wholesale prices, when for the smallest quantities B; A. Gardener & S.on supply goods 'in.araost every instance .10 to 16 per cent cheaper, and in large quantities still - Jarther oonces sjons are made,— l Advt: ' T. ' I ■':'■:>'

The outgoing' Sari Francisco Mail doses atjie Masterton .office to-morrow at 1.80 'FJ?- , :vjV'Vv^'^'- , - i ' ,;; '' :, : A fre'enidd property in Carterton with 8; 'iijnfe-roomedrdwblling' house is advertised for sale. Particulars may be obtained from Mr J. G. Collins, solicitor. . '-The Rev, Mr Robs of Turakina who is favorably knowniin ( this district preaches in Sunday next. programme of the Greytown Volunteer Band's serenade tomorrow evenilng:—Maroh, "Scenes that are brightest"; Sohottisohe," Berlinda"; Quadrille, " Luoia de Lammermoor"; Galop, "Lullaby"; March," "Bells"; Polka', "Oiroassiah";' Waltz, "Happy Dreams."

Great interest is being taken in Greytown in getting a direct service from that township to the Lower Valley. Already an influential committee have taken the matter iii hand, and a large sum has been promised by the settlers towards subsidising the contractor, so we hope shortly to report that Greytown has once more direct communication with the.Lower Valley.

Tho beautiful drama of Faust was presented to a poor house last evening. Many who would have attended were detained at Featherston by the delay in the train arrival. The Boeneryand dresses were very excellent and.appropriate, and the music of.the Masterton String Band was extremely good. The final soene where Faust is hurled through red fire by Mephostopheieß was well done, and thoroughly effective. The pieoe is presented again this evening. A meeting was held at Waihakeke last Monday evening to consider the adoption of plans and specifications of a email building to be erected church, Mr E, 8. Maunsell in.the chair. At a previous meeting a resident had offered to furnish the settlers with a suitable design. However this resident .having it seems previous to the meeting devoted certain hours at the shrine of Bacchus and being convivially influenced thereby gave a description of a obauoel vestry and orchestra, the space allotted to each being 6ft by 6ft, at the same time apologising for his ignorance in designing such parts, not having l been in. church for seventeen yisars, and also expressing regret for the' ethereal effect produced on his •mental, faculties tlpugli previous.conviviality, No conclusion was arrived'at. The question of £ b d from the magnitude of the amateur architect's proposals deeply impressed the meeting; and-the usual adjournment under such oircumstances followed; • '■