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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 14 March 1882, Page 2

The Masterton Borough Council meet this evening.

A meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee was held this afternoon. Messrs Kirkc'nldie & Stains hive a new advertisement on our front page. The Carterton Fire Brigade meet this evening at 7 o'clock for wet practice. A full muster is looked fur.

The Hawera Borough Council has authorised a municipal loan of £5,000. Its present income is £963. The Greytown Volunteers meet tomorrow evening for their usual weekly drill, in view of the forth-coming review a full muster is expected. We have reseived the March number 11 the Wellington Industrial Gazette, which fully maintains the high reputation it hat won in its special field of usefulness, Messrs Lowes and lorns are instructed by Mr A. MoKenzie to sell at their yards Masterton on Saturday next, 1,300 sheep, consisting of cross-bred ewes, Merino ewes, and croBS-bred wethers.

The Tnnitahi-Carterton Highway Board notifies its intention of making a rate oi one shilling in the pound. The rate book is now open to inspection, The members of the Greytown Yolun" teer Fire Brigade meet at the Town Hall on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock to receive committee reports, and other business,

On Thursday next the Maories in this district hold their annual gathering at Te Ore Ore. This time they will have in the dog tax a gnevanoe which may be expected to elicit that eloquent declamation for which the natives are so famous,

The Returning Officer n[ tho Wairarapa West County has fixed Friday the 24th Inat. for the n uninatio i of a candidate at the Council Chambers, Carterton, for the Carterton Ridine, and Saturday the 25th inst. fur the nominaiimi of a candidate at the Featheratmi Town Board office, f■: the Fe.vherstiin Riding. Messrs Jmiherl & Twopenny hm-e telegraphed to the Premier exo'essing a tie ire tn invite the principal M .Oil chiefs tn ihe exhibitiun, and inquiring the proper B;ep to lake for tliut purpose. TheFeraridge school was examiroil by the Inspector ou Monday. Mr Lee expressed himself us highly pleased wrh the proficiency of ihe children. A hue mimher of the candidates, viz., l)|j r - cent,, passed in the various stund-n-ii-The school now includes on mr-li nearl-,' 90 children A French settler from Maurieeville way came into Mastcrton this nn-niing to search fur his wife who had decamped in the middle of the night. Through the assistance of the police he ascertained that his better half took the early train to Wellington. We trust ho may recover his help-mute and find her worth the trouble and expense of a recapture. Tenders were opened by the vestry nf St Mark's Church, Carterton, on Salurday evening for the enlargement of the ohuroh, Not one of th.ise received were accepted, but we understand ou 'reliable authority arrangements will be made during the current week for the erection of both the church enlargements and the parsonage and alteration of the Sunday school site,

An error occurred in reporting the destruction of Mr Baumber's house in yesterday Yistue, which being calculaied to injure Mr Baumber's nephew, we haßteu to correct it. It Bppears that the young man having placed the expiring match in the candlestick, finished dressing in the dark, so that the conflagration could not, as might be inferred, have been caused by the match being carelessly used. - The fire is supposed to have been caused by a defective chimney, as it was the wood work near that structure which was first observed to be in flames.

Last evening while the natives who attended the funeral of their late chief were reviving their sad feelings in the usual style at one of the hotela, thoy were suddenly thrown into dismay by a pair of horses attached to a buggy containing t, native woman and child suddenly taking fright and bolting up the street It was thought that serious results would follow, but after the affrighted animals had turned into Chapel-st and proceeded as far as Chamberlain's mill, their career

was successfully stopped, and the escapade terminated without any damage being done. Mr J. .Lloyd and a native pluckily rushed to the horses' heads and endeavored to stop them at the outset, but failed in so doin? A special meeting of the Taratahi-Gar-terton Highway Board was held at the Institute, Carterion, on Monday, Present—Wardens Booth (chairman), Braithwaite, Boys, and Vile. The minutes of tho last meeting were read and confirmed. On the" motion of Mr Braithwaite, seconded by Mr Vile, it was resolved that notice be given of the intention of the Board to strike a rate on all rateable property within the district of Is in the £,. The chairman stated a letter had been received from Mr Webster, the secretary of the Waiohine River Board, and he thought with the assistance of Mr Welch the Botrd would be able to adjust the question of rates in the district. A letter waß read from the vVaiohine River Board, requesting this Board to strike a rate of Is in the £ within the Rivet Board district in this district. On the motion of Mr Booth, seconded by Mr Vile, it was resolved that the rate suggested bo struok and necessary roll prepared, The followiiie; accounts were passed for payment:— County Council's proportion of cleric's lalary, 12218s 4d ; rent of officeß, 110; T. Gird wood Price, £lp"3 18s 9d: C. H. Zabell, £lb. The meeting to strike the ■ rate was fixed for tha 4th. -Afiri), --1882. Mr Boys in the course of-debate Baijiad .jliere been a Warden present to second his motion he would have moved.for.thi striking of a 9d rate.

The Masterton Druids met last evoning. The business transacted was purely for mal.

The Wairarapa Jockey Club notifies that it will receive nominations up to the 20th but. for the Champion Stakes, 1883, of 90ioTi,, and the Wairarapa Diitriot Produce, 1885, of 125 aovs. Fuller particulars will be found in our advertising columns,

Notice is given that* poll of the ratepayers of the Featherslon Licensing District will be taken on the 29th of March m order to determine whether the number of publicans, wine accommodations, or bottle licenses shall be increased with. in the said district.

An elderly vagrant from Wellington lamed lohn Dixon waa tueictfully accurled one month in gaol by Mr Lowes, LP., at the R.M. Court, Miistertwi, thin

morning He was without any visible means of support, and the police found it necessary to arrest him.

A curious incident happened durina the passage of the Wakatipu from New Zealand . _ A large fish got jammed across the luff of the vessel, where it remained for 24 hours. Attempts were nude to secure it, and grapples hooked on, but, owing to its Rieat weight, the fish was lost. The weight of the monster is supposed to have r.eeii about two tuns. In Ireland a scheme has been started

winch bus for its object the payment of those Irish Home Kule members who support Parnell and his programme in the House of Commons. It is suggested that these members, shall receive i'3oo a

year, the funds necessary for the purpose to be raised by a rate levied upon electa and by £20,000 which the Irish National Land League offer to appropriate for the purpose. Some valuable additions to the live stock in the Wairarapa have been made, within the past few weeks, By the Ringarooma, on Friday last, the Hon J. Martin liupori.ed 25 choice Lincoln-rams,-all in excellent condition,'and-a short time previously the same gentleman received four pure-bred shorthorns. Both importations have been forwarded on to the Maryborough estate. The English Eleven suffered a third

defeat in Australia. The Australians were largely indebted to McDonnell,, who scored 145, and Bannerman 70. The former was missed two or three times, but nevertheless played good cricket, and made some fine hits, including one of five over the pavilion On the side of the English, Shrewsbury made the top score, The team generally did not show good form in this match, The usual meeting of the Carterton Rifle Corps, held after the inspection parade, at which Captain Snodgrasa, Lieut. Bennett, Surgeon Watts, and 30 rank and file, were present on Monday niuht, it was resolved that all members

desirous of joining in a review to be held at Greytown on Easter Monday, should signify their consent beforo next Monday, a letter having been received from the secretary of the Greytown Corps stating thati as the encampment had fallen through such an invitation had been sent to the Wellington and Valley Corps. The Captiin stated that he hoped to have plenty of ammunition in hand this • week, that church jiarade would take place on Sunday, and the final shiui'titm for Cnlunel Petier's p-izes on the 27<h inat. The meKiiii}; br ke up shortly after nine o'clock. Tho Coramitloß of the GreyWnHmt'.cultural 'uid Industrial Sticieiy im-i v. Mi \Vt!»9tet*H iflkc yes erd'.y -fim, on, Pt.es-'lll —MfS-l'S limit llW.il e(tfil:lir|||,i;) iln,.rs bur 1., lWks, and Yd k, Tu«

ireiisuroi'a -tiiemeiif, as 'reu-l, slie.-.v..i .'■sneta at £23 13s, and iiatiiliuesai t'27 o .

Ii was resolved tlmt all accounts bt< p.«ni as f.ii* «3 possible, and that ibe. Tiu»tut» ■if thu Hull baahktd to refund 'he lent, An miunminiis vmo>.f "ha'ikii wispusicd '■.> -lmsi' gentlemen «ho actmi us judged ■a A :cH t ;ers, mid also Id thu baud. Tl<e

s.-:eivti;y was iusnucied In uoiify in ,M ; .?,.-:;ilii:rB ■•hat nil cliiimsinußti:B will in •') Ap'-il Ist. It w,iß iltjiiiled ih.it the '.hiiiml meeuiiu lie held on Saturday, Ist April, at 7 o'clock

It is noticeable in the. Wairarapa that wlii'ii a cricket, club lms not had a vtry lively season,-they, in mnkVamends call

a meeting af the f •mbal] olub in the height nf the cricket season, and elect their officers, and do heaps ot other business, but before the season arrives their enthusiasm uets expended, and ihinjiß are generally worse than- if they hud called their meeting at-tho proper season, The boys football club at Grey town is no exception to this rule for the} have had a meeting, yiven themsoKes a name—Rising Star—elected a captain— D. Baillie, suboaptain, F.Pelling, made their captain secretary and treasurer, and have decided that their colors are to be red, blue and black, All this looki business like, but we hope they will depart from the rule, and. that a successful season awaits them.

The proceedings at the grave ot the ohiefTe Retimana te Korou yesterday were conducted in thorough European style, the only addition being that the women took off the green boughs. which' they had bound round their, heads, and threw them into, the grave, The responses to the service were..inade by . the natives present (who'all'had Maori.prayerbooks) in dear and distinct tones, the effect being very impressive. This is the first native interred in the Matterton Cemetery, and a very large number of spectators assembled to witness the ceremony. We have been informed that the oorpse would have been kept at Mantua much longer but the. Masterton natives had apprehensions that their Mataikuna relatives would: come down and claim it to take to their own neighborhood and hold the usual Maori rites over it.