The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1883.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1267, 2 January 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1883.

/Jihe Mastorlon Borough 1 Council meota this evening.

'Oh'Sunday lust the Rev. Mr Grant of the Hutt had crowded congregations both at the mormn« and evening services of the Presbyterian Ohurch at Maßterton. .. ' ' ■■ • '■ :l >i :■ ii f \ A new Terawhiti Gold Mining Compuny has been registered, nominal caoital £15,000, amount paid up nil, This is the way things are done how, '; 'A' iiui Mr Eobert Yule of South Featherston, one of the oldest Wairarapa sottlers, died on Friday,the 30th, , He { boon suffering a Ion;; time past from internal'di. ease, which proved to.;be : ,a cancer of the pancreas. His funeral takes place to-day. Fomihafions for the' Harididap Hurdle Race, Maiden Plate, .Tara,iahj-Oartertun Handicap, and Sapling Stakes 'of the Taratahi Carterton .Races,are to be made in writing, stating name, pedigree, description and name,of horse, and colors of rider, and to be sent in, accompanied by. the nomination fee, to the-office of iho Hon. Secretary, 0. H. Giles, Carterton, on or befoWThursdayi'atep.m, I tances dose on the 10th inst,

On New Year's Day there was the customary largo gathering in, the,paddock kindly lent by Mrs Yates on the Upper Plain for the Presbyterian Sunday school picnic. There was apparently an iuexhaustible supply. Of children,'; a small army of teachers, and ut host of visitors from- all parts. From Worn' till 'dewy eve the managing committee worked hard to feed and amuse the little ones. The ueual juyonile sports,wero,k.ept,going continuously and Ihe customary liberal prizes were presented ,to, the youthful cempotitora. Tho ..heat of "the sun was teiii|<ered'by.a;ploasan,t;breozpi but even with the latier mitigation lliu woather wa? almost too only the enthusiasm of young and old that enabled them to withstand it, : ■. : ■•'- ■'

In Mastorton the .agreeable, process of sleeping out the old year-arid dreaming in the new one was somewhat rudely disturbed. Lnrrikinism on this occasion asserted itself a little too strongly. About a quarter-before' twelve • it' rang'the' fire bell as a preliminary effort, waking every slumberer' within a half-mile' Mmi. Next came a section of tho Master'ton Brasß Band, which'struck'up' " Auld Lang Syne." Then the larrikins took a turn again, lotting off crackers atid cheering. Then there wus a short silent interval, which, no doubt, won devoted to liquid refreshment,: which.was followed by a_ medley of noises. After this the larrikins spread themselves.out to:,see. what they could do in honor of the occasion and of themselveai The repdr't of damageo is not a very Berious one. A canvass imard was torn' from 1 Mr ; Fielding's shop window, a window pane was broken in Mr' Bell's •eslablishment;' Mt"B. V. Smith's horse was liberated, and its feed distributed aboiit'the pad'dock. A brake was moved,,and,some iof -tl)e, Christmas ornaments about the town pulled down, The police^,y/ere., gave the rioters one,or two gentle hints which had the effect of making them a /little' ioafeful of tho extent to which they carried their amusement.- : ;i;;: -'' ;ii '' '■■<»--'M"Ji

■'i Amurdenofaboybyihismother,com' milted in Paris more than n yoaf ago," haa nnlyiuk been'' discovered. A Worian if bad character, namedßobert, had Aith hev in a lodging in Rue do Greneller boy whom she' called her nephew. It was I remarked by. the ; neighhora tJ)at the child, was ihin nnd looked ill treated. Last ■-ycarl lie digiippejred-,; and;the ;r ,;wp.ojnp i enid she had sent him home to his parents.; jjeinjj .turned,.out,'for nonpayment of rani, she a'skecl'a neighbor to Ulie'.care of! ( k / b , 6x4.>r!h , ey! ;[ ''A'rter l a ! iiye'i^baa : Vm&t Wwayin> l ff<)ni',tlie^/ l if! i M'Op^ne , d,: and under a lit'apj'of ragg was, discovered.'" The woman,'who was found! Jrampijij^no^^ bus been avri'Btb'd,' and confesses ffiat* the murdei'td boy was her son.'

■ The Watch Night Service inVthe iWesj': Mastertou, waß]yoll,arije)i|| disturbed by the [ringing of the'.fiiilellf and other ebuilitioifiu .of larrikinisiiipol whipji'a roferonce is'made el3t(»herfi.'4:| _ The Weliingtori'-t'nder'writerß' Assoriaj tion have mado a very 'acceptable New--Year's Gift to the Masterlon Volunteer Fire Brigade jijbe shape ofa donation or£2(T "lHrnust be gHtifyTnllolhT brigade to Arid its' efforts' j appreciated, iji/ sueh.a practical'.manner 1'.." ..',. ..''..'J_

Ouvreport of the presentation of prizes by the Faatoral Society at Carterton on Saturday last is, with other matter, crowded'put of our present issue, but will duly appear tomorrow, y Mr Julian Oleea advertises for sale on deferred ■ payments 162 acres of land at Mangahaio, in the far fattied P.ahiatua neighborhood,

We beg to remind our readers of Lowes and lorns sale on 13th when they sell a number of residential sites, an'dtaking into conaideration the fact oHlieir'-being unreserved, the sale parties anxious.to secure aJiouBO,"""

We would remind tho sale of stock by Mr'P. H. 'Woo'd aj the PastoraTyardfl, Oartertpn/'oh Thursday afternoon at 2 o'olqck, \- Upwards of 100 applications h'aveibeen made by, local bodies under tlie-.Roads and Bridges Construction Act '.AJarge number of these, however, are jncomplete, ~*!''

Messrs Lowes and lorns give a preliminary notice in another, column of a salo of superior furniture by order of * genjliiman who is leaving tho distriot. :.;: j^ a ,« , . Tho Brass Band, assembled lat.l the vacant allotment opposite the Bank of 'New, Zealand, Carterton, -about- ; 'nine o'clock on Sunday evening! and played sacred music until midnight, when thoy started to make a tour of the town with more-lively strains Mb usherjn thoinew year. Thero were a good many about, though"comparatively few'bame about until the: dying hour of (the old year, though fewer still went home much before daylight,; In the ovening thero was a ball given by. the Brass Band at the public hall, whioh drew together', a Jarge assemblage of people,-and the programme, nucjboring sixteen dances, and not being started until about nine, the email hours of the 2nd much broken'into before the lights were put out,

The competition for the pup presented to the Carterton Riflo Corps by Major Bunny took place at Ihe Taratahi butts on Saturday morning, 'the ranges being 200, 400, and 600 yards', five shots ,at ,each range, at the old square target;'-There was a light south-easterly breeze blowing, but it was of a shifty, uncertain nature. Fifteen members nf the corps took part in tho contest, Capt Bennett marking at the firing point, and Corporals Bennett' and Reid at ."the mantelette. Private P. Goodin, who bonded tho score, was the ultimate winner with 52 poiuts out of a possible 60, Sergeant T, Reid and Private J, Reid being noxt on the list with.49 and 48 respectively. ;:'. '„ j . Tho Times Geneva correspondent-says that goods traffic on the St Gothard .'railway is increasing so fast that the rolling stock is proving quite inadequate to the demands upon it. ■

The /siulio are netified that the Great Gift Distribution commoncos to-morrow at Happ & Hare's Emporium, Every'oash purchaser of 2s Gd worth ot goods will ( be presented with a Chromo-Litho Picture, and every purchaser of goods to the amount of 203 will be allowed to ohoose their own present to the value of 2s Gd, For Grocery, Clothing, Boots and Shoas, Ironmongery, and Crockery, Eipp & Habe oaunot be beaten,—Advt,

The annual distribution of Christmas Gifts is now. taking place at Te Aro House, an>l will,'continue tlirbusHoatlnV'month of Deceihbe'r,', TYe ha,ye' provided,' a large' assortment of really artistic chromo pictures which will be presented', to; every purohaser of 03, worth ana upwards. Great care .has been .taken. to,proyide suoti'jqn'ly as'shall' lie wprthly:of.aM.eptanco by all who may pa/.a visj't,to ,To Aro House. Tho suMeijts of tliese chromes, are' many,, and', va-iud,' oomprisini most favourije bo Exceedingly; attractive'..to', visitors ■ arid purchasers of To'Afo'House./iKe I'mo'di in which it has teen determined to'issue these 1 gifts is,of a.inost;liheral',oharacter,.and will dqyibg the' merryj Christina's season, bo * source of gratification''to the numerous oubtomers of James smithVTfr Aro Houaei Oub&'streot, Wellington,-: Advt.