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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1120, 8 July 1882, Page 2

The Wiibhiiie 1 River Board meet at the • Institute; Greytown, on Monday evening, . : ■'.';',- ; • ': : The'usual monthly meeting; of .the' Waiuhine River Board .will be. held at the Seoretaryjs- office, .'Greytown, on Tuesday uextyV ' : '■'■■''■'■'-■' We learn that Mr Basil Gardener, who recently met with" a severe' accident,, at. Carterton, is mVtf, thanks to Dr.■■■ Bey's-' skill, abie-to leave his hed. •• ;''.-..,'.... ...The'committee of the Greyiown Citizen's Faiicy Dress -Ball met -'last evening, when all.acc'dunts were'settled and things satisfactorily'wound up for the season.

■' .In our notice of St Matthew's entertain! ment yesievdaywe accidentally omitted to refer to the '<>vei t'ure which was played by two littie daughters of -Mr, Oorbett, who evidently carry off the palm in Masterton for infantile proficiency.

The entertainment to be civet, at the Greytown Institute oh Monday evening, will positively be the last of tbeS.t Luke's Church series. A very good, programme has been prepared, which will ho doubt, as usual, draw it gi'nd house. The offertory in St Matthews Clrarch, Mastertnn; to-mouw will be devoted to the fund in aid of the persecuted Jews. On Monday afternoon a public meeting will bo held at the Institute to further the name cause, and will be presided over by his Worship the Mayor.' " A meeting of the Greytown Hoiticultural Society was held last evening, at Mr Webstera office, mid was fairly attended. Mr F. H. Wood in the chair. The meetin;; was called for the purpose of discussing tho advisability of holding a show at Carterton in connection with the Pastoral Association Sliows. After considerable discussion, a show Committee consisting of Messrs Wood, 3rooks, ; and Barratt, were' appointed to wait on the members of the Association lo ascertain what encouuragenient. or assistance they would render towards carrying out the proposed, shows.- . A proclamation is gazetted,empowering; the Featherßton. Highway, Board to limit the weight to be carried on vehicles,,and, to infiic.( a penalty of oiie shilling,..-'per, cwt/,carriediri -'e'XtfesV-otv'26'owt..on,.two .wheels,.orßOowt. on-four wheels;iff suph .wheels ie Ibbs than sin. in breadth..;'".

.:. An Italian colony has been he' r Gainsville, in Flprida','for; tlie .'cultivation of oranges and; lemons on 'a large' ■scale. . ... "■: '"-> ""■■ : It has been recently estimated' that 1 thgarrears- of rent' due ;.to^"lriali;'landlords: which they catotre'cOver amount to about; £0,901,000, -" ' f > ?>;■';;• ,r' Thv ',' Vagabond "states in;'ahlar.tjoJe ,published in-the.Australasian that-duririg the last financial- year the Chinese', mer- ! chants of Sau Francisco : contributed'twoi thirds of the customs dues received at that! '.Port',/ ;-'• ' -.. '!|" A midshipman on the Northumberloriij' was recently attacked by two Bailors of the; same ship, thrown.frorii:'tli'© landing atepi of Gibralter dockyard, info dhe water and nearly drowned by'them, "The men were coiirtmarti(\led:and Bohtonced to five and seven years'- penal servitude Respectively. ; ; The Wakatipu Mail says'that hundreds; of trout suffering-from fungus, weighing from about sevenrto .fifteen pounds, may be counted daily almost in the apace, of a stone's,throw,' and within a few;yardT from the tojwn creek—apparently, anxious to get up itV The still water is'stated to be" one of the causes of the 'disease.." The Stockholm paper Dagbkid-states that.Sweden has entered into an alliance' with Prussia toiinvade Finland in the event of fiusso-Germanwai'. ,

The Paris journals "state that ..very■ .sanguine anticipations are-ind'u]gerl ; in of l)rilliant-«nd-; "the success" sof ; ' the Meme ;for forming' "an jpland'sea in'tbe Sahara.". : M." de Lesseps and-, other "practical', and 'scientific' l men have given their opjgjop.th'af. the.enterprise is perfectly leasable, .and that'.the cost :will be relatively-small. .:• -..'-,

In London the "bobby" fares well, He has commodious apartments at the station house, has reading,'bath and"billiard rooms, and a. well supplied- kitchen',' There is also a. police fund, which goes towards supporting the ohildreri-of. deceased policemen. The Oamaru Borough Council have granted to a company the .use of .certain streetß for tramways ascertain" fixed annual rentals,' the concession' to be for fourteen years.. According to the Otago Daily Times, a rabbit-poisoning'experiment was made on ■Monday afternoon at the back oi' .the Farmers' Arms Hotel,.' 'Princess-street South.' An artifioml.waPr.en of. considerable extent was made,;, and .Wbbits having been put in boxes at the end "of,the fluming, poisonous .gas (caused' by'the■ burning vi a cartridge 'prepared for. the" purpose) was forced into the warren by' means of an.air. proved effective, arid the inventor t: .qf thiai process (Mr Forsyth)' is sanguitie that'He.has'dis;, covered a me t thp;d of effactually ;ramOving:, 'the rabbit.n'uijance,' "lhagreat advantage ' oiainjed fpt;:||Ssyii.fem i is, that the whble : - apparaiuVonly iwoighV a'few pounds,- and r that anyone can use' it,.-, J'qravth has applied for a ..patent, „drid;'when; -that'is; taken out ; j»'bbably;mpEe speoiSo informa,! tion wjll ; be given;-';'.:' _. • '•■'•

• Chewing.tobacco'is to be used for'-rei wards of merit in the Illionpis State prison each well behaved conviot. paper or a plug once a-weeki-.-;- '-■'