The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1248, 8 December 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1882.

The man Tliorby who came to grief on the.Opaki coui-Bo yesterday, hiu been admitted into the Mastorton Hospital, and the broken bune just above the ankle, has been set.:

The full programme of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society's nieetinp is published in another column, ; •'

Meaars llapp unci Hare havo shown us speoimens of some very handsome chronio lithograph almanacs which they intend to present to their numerous customers durthe the coming festive aeason. • On Friday 15th instant Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co. hold * large and important sale of lauded properties 'when amongst the properties in tho estate of Lipman Levy will be sold part of noction 20(3, Taratnhi Plain Block, known as: now in the occupation of Dr Watts, and part of section 308 Carterton with the dwelling and boot ; -shop occupied, by Mr Peters. This auction will afford purchasers of property in Carterton an opportunity of securing bargains, as the Bale is by order of the Supreme Court, and to close estate, accounts and. therefore without reserve.

A very, pleasant concert was given last evening in St Matthew's schoolroom under the auspices.of the Masterton Football Club. The programme opened with a brilliant overture from the Maiterton String Band,.played in perfect .timo and tune, which was followed by a quartette from Messrs Stevenson, Bunny, Bish, and Moore. Mr Stevenson then gave au old favorite. "My Pretty Jane." but was scarcely in hi* usual voice, but sufficiently So to ' evoka"-loud applause,' "Dame Dnrden," another, popular piece, was skilfully rendered by Miss Nicol and Mes'-s Stovenson and Moore. Mr W. Q, Burd then read with marked success a romantic episode entitled " Amelia's Young man.;' ■ Mr, W, Lowes secured the first eneore by his spirited rendering of " The Stirrup Cup," and Mr Gant, who came after him, was equally successful in pleasing ; the.audience, Miss Nicol, who followed with ''ThoLiquid Gem,"! was loudly applauded. An excellent programme.wound up with an Orpheus glee by the quartette party, " The Poaohor;'' by Mr Moore(enthusiastically and a nautical ballad from Mr llapp, which was most successful, and which was persistently redemanded. The : final quartette was the piece of tho evoning, It possessed a refrain which slightly tickled tho fancy of th& audience, iand, the spirit of laughter spread from the audience to the singors, who after struggling with the demon till they ware black in the face were conquered and entirely routed by the onemy and rushed off the stage in apparent .convulsions,- The spelling bee which was announced to conclude the entertainment. fell through for want of candidates ''"'," A Pahiatiia Correspondent writes .as fol-lows'.-The valuator has recontly visited us, and has 'certainly conscientiously carried out his task, for he has personally inspected every section tint is taken up in thu Block. Some of these are extremely difficult of access• and many .valuators would.uave'Vttluea from hearsay,' Wii. are informed that our Mauriceville friends are anxious,to join us informing a Hii>hway Board. This is extremely courteous on their, part, and lam sure we' ; all ap-

preoiate the compliment. At. the sumo tiiriel venture tojprediot that.if Pnhiaiuii is over included in a newly constituted road districtj that district will bo an judependent one. ; Oil Saturday the meet.: irig citnie"- off aa'announceil and iwaaf i' decided success. Further comment is not necessary as" two' gentlemen" connected with the press' were prcsont, besides four more residents of Maaterton'who cameiup expressly. ".'" '-' " ; ■"•'■'';' li :' i - ,;.?' . We have, juat receiveda-larKeiconsigi)-jrieutrof- teas, specially selected- by^ouY 1 Agbnta -in India .and China. For all'kirids'ofhuusehold Rtorea,-; Rapp and HarVbf theEmpifiu'm >Wi(l ; be; found the oheapest house in town.'--:

v uttual .weekly; illustrated.iuppieinetitf will be pqbliahed to-morrow,] : % • f The MftVtertnn Opaki ;Jookey Cluii sQltla upto-morrow evening at 9. o'clock. '-V.:; The Masterton" Volunteers parade;.f6r company drill this evening. ..•-''" Mr A. P. Feilding advertises that he ii ■receiving orders for fruitß'-fpr-jaaiß.'.. ->...,,„

v A man from the bush] named' E:/Joliik stoniwas fined five.Bh|lhngaJFpr drunken- • riess by; bis Worship the Mayor "this morning at tbe Mas'erton KM, Court.

Mr John Young, ironmonger, Willis-sf. Wellington requests us to notify that special attention will be paid to the requiremnnts of the Wairarapa settlers should tuey gave him a call for any goods thoy may want in electroplated ware, cutlory/or household ironmongery.

The settling over the late racei took place at tho Victoria Club, Melbourne, on the 6th, and the rooms at night presented a very lively appearance. All the members of the ring were present and..paid up, and a large amount of money changed hands. There were no great winners, either in the ring or among itbe public, the'latter having been rather heavily bit over the defeat of Darebin. in the Canterbury Plate, One gentleman won on Commotion, and offered to take '£lo,ooo to £SOOO more without meeting;with layers, The next- largest winner was an Adelaide bootmaker, who some time: ago backed Assyrian to. win JftOiX), BD d was forced to stand his book, as he .could not hedge. ■, .;,,.;' The annual distributioaof Christmas' Gifts is'now taking place at TeAro., : House, and, will continue -throuchout the -month of.December. We have provided'a' 4 large assortment of reallyarfcistic chromo'piiturea which will be presented)to o ™ r y purchaser of 58 Worth and upwards.. Great oare has been taken to provide such only as shall be wortblyof acooptanceiby all who may pay a vjsit to Te Arojwjufio.' The subjectsWthcse c'nrbmos are many' aud .va-ied, comprising landscapes, Beas'capes v copies of Landseer's meat favourite and popular will be' ; exceedingly.attractive to.visitors and purchasers of Te Are Houso.. The mode in which it hits been determined to issue those gifts is of a most liberal character,'ant) will during the merry Christinas seasonj-'be * source of gratification to the numerous oustomers of James smith, Te Aro HoUße.'Cuba* street, Wellington.—Anvr.