The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1237, 23 November 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1882.

Court Loyal Eutoiprisp, A.O.F. meet this evening, The opening of- Ilia nativo .school at to-day, ( • We leifn that: the kiok; sustained by Mr Percy's sou yesterday from a vicious horse resulted in several broken ribs, The directors of the; Wellington Meat Export Company meet at Wellington to. morrow to allot applications for Bpaoo in (be Lady Jocolyn.

Tha amiual matting of Wairaraps M< County Council, which was to have been held to-day, did not take place, as only two Councillors, Moibk J. V. Smith and J. Barton, attended. The Clerk therefore adjourned the meetimj for seven daysj in accordance with the Act,

: Mr 0. Jury has succeeded after a great deal of trouble, in obtaining a 21 yean lease of that fine block of land, situated about'two miles from Gr'eyto'wn, known as the Pukeugaki Block, and owned by theNativesi: There are about 8000 acres in it, most of it being bush, of which (here ia a splendid lot of.Totara, Matai, and other valuable timber. Mr Jury has been trying for this lease for the last five yeare, and has onty managed to eeoure it this week/; Ha has in conjunction with Mr Cooper; also-secured; a lease of a portion of the Tamata Block; adjoining the Pukengaki eeotion, ■ Mr shocaj Sbaw iate of Tauherenikau lias been'appointed manager of the Grey. town butter and obeese factory. He has gone to'Edoudale in Otago, lo serve a •bori apprenticeship in the Factory there, before, .taking charge of the' Greytown Factory, which will bo opened in about a fortointy. >Theoontraotorßareputtingthe finishm? touches on now, tho boiler and engine.beiug almost ready for work.: : Wo are glad to see that several ol -the residents in the Main Street Grey town are cleaning .the side of the street in front of their houses, this is a stop in the right diction and will help the.Borough Council greatly. It would be vary little trouble for all the rosideulajo followthe good «: amble of those who are doing so, and so save tho rates, which could be spent to more advantage elsewhere, ■, ■ : ■■ i■ • : Yesterday about one o'clock as Mr Bell wsi serving bread at the Wairarapa Hospital, Greylown, he left, his horse and trap at the gale in charge of a lad, when the horse getting impatient made fur home The lad in oharge'.;cbuid i hot s'top:. : the horiejaflftthinking discretion' the better part of valour jumped out of the trap withont injorins himselfi»Theilicrse left to itsown guidance made the running' up the Majn Streef,; Greytown, and got as far as the Wairarapa Institute-without ben¥ slopped, when going to the side of the street,! the/trap rfouled a .telegraph .'poleand was npset at once, and very badly smashed. n fortunately-tho;.horse was cleared from the debris before injuring Itself in the slightest, and .was taken home seemingly none the wbrsa for the run. I A stalwart citizen ofMasterton wired to theßM.at Carterton yesterday that he fould nc!t appear in Court in answer to a ? U Wf' ru h -\ ; f own ' : the. meldUs/ Later in the" 'evetiiijo'tho R. Mv cowing up by the train saw, standing on the railway, platform the ..unfortunate invalid apparently • imthe'enjoyment of robust health. ; Mr Donald DonaJd'securedo'second Witt for his wool prets at the Ohristchurch likibitioß.

: A letter frum Mr J 0. Fergussnn, the coholueion of the. meeting, and other matter is'orowded out of out present ißsue. \ Mo[. Booth has been unanimously reelectedjohnirman of ; tlie; Wairavupa West Country the members of the Council bearin? high testimony of the value of his aorvicea during llifl past year, _ The Mostertpn Opaki Jockey Club havo. made several improvements in ..their published programme which will be found in another column, They. havo also, inserted the amounts which aroto "be run for, which total about £26 more than last year.: At a meeting of the Stewards' last evening two new members, Messrs R, H, Chinchen and W. Wardell were elected.

. Mr J. Wilson M.H.R., the managing director of the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory was in Masterton to-day. The: observatory at Pihautea is, we understand, completed. It consists of a wooden structure for astronomical iiißtriiments erected on briok foundations carofully laid by Mr Maguire of Greytown. A wire has also been stretched from the observatory tothe adjacent telegraph lines, aDd the " larvants" are about ready for Venus,

A splendid fishing bank has been discovered about six miles due east of Timaru iu 12 fathoms of water. Steps'-will be taken to work it without delay, as hitherto Timaru and tho district has been dependent on.Christchurch and Dunediu for their supply of fish, A large multitubular boiler for Messrs Terry and Baillio'a' saw mill, Papawai, came up by rail to-day from Robertson's foundry Wellington,

Welcome Jack has been scratched for the Wellington Cup-., Some fine Merino rams camo up by this morning's train, their destination being Bow lands, the station of Mr R.. S Uawkina.

•We atatod yeslocday that a telephone line waa being kid on from the Summit to Featherston, we should have said from •the former place to Kaitoko. The uprights to carry the line are completed to within a quarter of a mile of the Summit, and tho whole will he in working order in a.fortnight, when the principal stations between Wellington aud Masterton will bo all connected. . MrJoneu who has the contact for 'delivering the mail between the Greylowu Railway station and Post Office, waited on the Ohief Postmaster when in Wellington this week, with a view to have a shod orectod to put the mail Bus' in while waiting for the train from Woodside, :asat present it haa to stand exposed, to all weathers. Mr Butts promised to have tho necessary shed erected, and, stated that (but for an oversight) it would have been doue before.

The following pointed notice appeared in a late issue of the " Murrumburra Signal":-" Notice to Showmen -From this dato all theatrical advertisements will be charged double rates; and unless the companies are favorably known to us, the money will have to be put down in advance Paragraphs concerning the merits of ontertainments will have to be paid at the rate of three shillings an inch. This- is purely a businoss notice. When tho public want to go to a show, it must put down its money for a start. When a show wants to guimothii paper it will for the future commence by putting down the coin. Wo trust respectable journals in other towns will copy this notice into thoir columns, and faithfully stick to its terms."

The programme to be considered at Ihe Irish Conference whioh meofcs shortly will bo tho extension of tho parliamentary and municipal franchises: the advisability of peasont proprietorships, the State advancing the money for the purchase of holdings, and' the ropaymeat to be made within 63 years; tho creation of County Boards; the compulsory purchaio of unutilised lands; and the 'qttojtion of abolishiing tho Viceroy will also be considered,

Astwsomers assert that our long-tailed visitor is on its last rouad, and that when it re-appoare newspaper men especially will find it particularly sultry. In the meantime, we should strongly adviao them, and everyone olao, to purchaso one of Muik & Dixon Bros.' celebrated buggies, when they can most certainly feel assured thoy have done the correct thing for once in their lives .--[Advt.] '

We direct attention of farmers and station-holders to an advertisement in another column of 15 tons No. 1 fencing wire, at the exceedingly low price of £ls 15s per ton at the Mastertou railway station. For further particulars, apply to Eanp and flare, Emporium.—Advt.

2/6 will uurohase a very durable useful tweed, shirt, for men's wear, at Jameß Smith's Te Aro House, Wellington. For 6/6 you can buy for your boy a Rood useful tweed bicker suit, at James Smith's To Aro Houso, Wellingto i. 6/6 will buy a pair of man's strong twee 1 trousers, at James Smith's, Te Aro House, Wellington. 12/6 will purchase meu's summer trousers and vest, worth 21/- at James Smith's Te Aro House, Wellington. 18/6 will purchase mon's real navy serge suits at James Smith's, 1 e Aro House, Wellington..

For 27/6 a man may purchase'a capital, strong, and nice-looking homespun tweed suit at James Smith's Te Aro House, Welling, ton.—Advt.