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Wairarapa Daily Times, Issue 1038, 1 April 1882, Page 2

Mr Thomas Wrigiey invites tenders | for 27 chains of fencing, | An adjourned meeting on the Rabbit Dog question will be held at the Empire Hotel this afternoon. We understand that there will probably bo several cases for the sitting of the District Court at Masterton next month. We notice by our exchanges that Mr,P, Tancred's cli.g. Odd Trick won the Pailway Plate of 30 sovs, at the Egmont Races. The usual monthly meeting of tho Greytown Borough Council will be held on Monday evening next.

A Clmich parade of tho Groytown Volunteers will be held to-morrow. Members' of the Corps will fall in at the Post office at 10.30 a.m.

Stops are about to be taken to elect a School Committee for Carterton, all tho members of the original one having vanished into space. Oats are still rising in value in Masterton, Good .samples now fetch 3s 3d per bushel, and we have heard of still higher rates being demanded,

Notice is given that a meeting of the Masterton Highway Board will be held on lsth April, for the purpose of striking a rate of Is in tho £, .

It has been decided to ibsuq "Travellers' annual tickets," available over the whole of tho New Zealand Railways for one year from the date of issue, at a charge of £SO.

Messrs Laery Campbell and Co, are instructed by the Registrar of _ the Supreme Court to sell on the twelth inst, 189 acres of valuable bush land two miles from Carterton, and adjoining tho Railway line.

A meeting of the Masterton Amateur Dramatic Club is convened at the Club' Hotel for Monday evening, at which the attendance of any gentleman desirous of joining the Club is invited,

A special meeting of the Wellington Diocesan Synod is to be held this month, to mend the General Church fund Aot which is hardly producing the results which were expected from it in the first instance.

Mr E. Gray is making good progress with his Foresters' Arms Hotel contract. In place of the low cottage portion of tho building, he has erected a wing two storeys high with a balcony along the front. The whole of the building has beeifroofed-witb corrugated iron, and is being newly painted, and we have no doubt that when Mr Gray hands the job over as finished, it will rank as one of the best hostelries in the district,

The origin ot the joke of April-fool has J puzzled antiquaries, but the most probable conjecture is, that All, or Old, Fools' Day, is derived from tho Feast of Fools, a mockery of tho Druids, and the Huli Festival of India in celebration of the vernal equinoix, In Scotland, the sending any ono on a nonsensical errand is called • Hunting the gowk'-gowk being synonymous with a cuckoo, ono of the most silly of the feathored tribe; whereas, in France the butt of ridicule is styled ' Un Poisson IcV Avril,' an' April Fish, 1 the mackerel being a fish easily caught by deception

A very handsome trophy is now on view in Mr J, Williams' shop window, being the cup to be presented for competition among tho members of the Masterton Rifle Corpi by Leiut. Donald. This work ot art stands twelve inches in height, and is an admirable illustration of the perfection to which electro gilding has now attained. The cup is supported by throe rifles, artis tically piled, and is suvmounted by a llifle" man. The olmsiugou the body of it \ R very elegant, and taking the work as a whole,, it is by far the handsomost prize that has as yet been offered to the Company.

gays the Melbourne Age:—lt would ap" ?ear that the Government of IJew South fales contemplate the imposition of a land tax at an early date, Mr James Thomson, chief inspector of revenue and public accounts, is now on a visit to this colony, He visited the Lands Office on Monday and was rcoieved by Mr Morrah, the secretary, of the department, Mr Thompson is collecting all the various forms of .information regarding land in this colony likely to assist his Government in framing a, Land Tax Bill adapted to the require-

ments 'of that county. Mr Morrah gave s Mr Tliomppon all the information likely to be of service to the Government of New South vVaie's,' that delating to our tax Jaw .and pyenue. Mr Thomson goes fo Tasmflflja' at ah early date, to collect whatever information that colony may be able to afford on the subjeofc.

The following produce telegram has been received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company, dated London, 28th March:—Wool-Competi-tion is increasing, and (notations avo, on an average, Id to l{d at the opening, Up to date' 22t,0utrba\o8 have been sold, 125,000 of which-have been taken for export. The sale programme has been ourtailed for four days. Long staple merino, secured, washed, and.light in grease, are firmer; short staple merino, heavy in grease, are easier. The fine cross-bred market is firmer, and coarse cross-bred market easier. The next sales are limited to 350,000 bales, and will commence on 16th May. _ Advioes of short supplies from> Australia have been received. Wheat-The market is quiet, Adelaide being worth 54s sd, and New Zealah|f/2s"per 4j)6lbs. Tallow'is dull of sale, best'mutton frelne worth £42 and best beef 139 per. ton. Loather.-The market is firmer. Best sito are worth Just landed, 10 tons feMg wre, No 6, £1510s; No 7, £l6los;*NojS. £l7 10s. look out for Eapp MBpe's price list of autumn and w]HV iQ g< Largest and best stock of qflHqds in the Wairarapa,—[Advt.l HHL Carterton who are the cheapest Wairarapawewish to draw, our wPrs' special attention to B, : A, Gardener feßp's ftdypr-. tisement v on our' front page.,;. This 'firm is determined to keep up their repuiilibn, From tho time'of their commencing business in Carterton ; they have repeatedly _ provedthat 'they : .can Iwiths'tan'd •competition,. .no .matter.how 'strong; :i Ifiis',thersfore ridiou ; ■ ilous forianother' storekeeper from a neigh' borjngf township .to jpost price-lists to: thehv cußtomera;,and; pretend to, sell at 'jpiriceßjV.TiyhfOrlfQt.theteMeStiqufm A.'Qafderieri;Son'supKyfgb'oilst-in 'almost every instance i 0 to IS per cent oheaper, and in large quantities ctill further Donees rionß are made,—fAnvr^

: Rates have beep paid freely during tho '. Since the latrimeetingy{\tiie>Ooano]ltheoverdraft , has been .reduced by about SSO. ' A gardeneralfßangiora,named Thomas, killed himßelf by drinting half a pint of the solution used- in (jalyanio-batterieß. Ho had been suffering from sciatica, for whidh he -was using- the battery. It is supposed, he. drank:tho stuff by mistake, - A private rifle match took- place at the Taratahi range on Friday morningbetween Messrs 1. C. Goodin, P, Goodin, and D. Reid, at'two four, and six hundred yardsjS shotß at each range with the foiling result :-T. Eeid, 48; P. Goodin 46 ;C. Goodin,44;D. Reid, 41; Col, Sergt, Campin was the non-commissioned officer in attendance, The election of a councillor for the Carterton Riding took place yesterday, the 31st March, Messrs A. Armstrong and Henry Braithwaite being the candidates nominated for the vacant seat on the Council. The number of voters on the roll was 451, but 'of these 109 were absentees, reducing the- possible number of those who could have exercised their franchise to 812. The total number of votes possibly recordable was 618, but those, prior to the opening of the poll, ' were reduced to 471 through the absentees. Mr H, H. Wolte'rs acted, as returning' officer. The' Riding for both candidates had been freely canvassed, and the dose of the po)l resulted as follows:—Mr Henry Braithwaili, 115; Mr Adam Armstrong, 67 ; majority tor Mr Braithwaite result is an extremely satisfactory one, there having been from a bounty point of view not the slightest doubt as to which candidate was eligible and which was ineligible.

A Demon.—la it worth knowing ? Mr G. E. Stacy, Electro-Biologist, has been called a domon because he cures any case of corns in a few minutes, {without pain), and guarantees entirely positive and immediate relief. Thousands of leading residents in the Colonies testify to. the fact."' Mr Stacy will be staying- at'tho Empire during the week, and will attend anyone on communication.—Advt ,