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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 30 June 1883, Page 2

Tho ) .Government refuse this year to renew the,vote to district libraries. .>

j| The' fortnightly practice of the Greytown ' Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening, but there was not a very large attendance;. however, ■ a fairly good praotico was held. The summoned, meeting of the Court Wairarapa, A.0.F., was held on Wednesday evening, The following officers were elected.—Bro, J. Baillie, 0.R.; Bro. 0, Beard, 5.0.R,; Bro, Arrastrone, S.W.; Bro. J. Eeynolds, J.W.; Bro, J, Skeet, 5.8,; and Bro, F. Hayesj J.B, Bro, ■Baillie was elected delegate at the District meeting. At a meeting of.the Masterton Town Lands Trust held last evening the following members were present, viz., Messrs Feist, (ohairman), Gapper, and Perry. It was resolved that, a' clause should be inserted in the Bill now before Parliament Riving effect to Messrs Carter and Benall's wishesfWith.respect to appropriating the revenuo from town acres 42,106, and 111 to the purchase of school prizes, &o.

; The funeral of the late Mr Satchell, Native teacher at Papawai, took place at (ireytown'yesterday, and was followed by a lame coHOoutse of both Europeans and Natives. : A fifing party of the Greytown Rifles also took purt in the procession, the officers and surgeon of the Company being also present. Owing to some unfortunate misunderstanding, the band did not attend to play, but several of them joined the Company. After the service at the grave had been Conducted by the Rev Mr White, three volleys were 6red, the firing parly being under the direction of Sovgt.-Major Bozar, who attended on the occasion.

i The following iB the text of the opera, tive clause in Mr M, W, Green's Bill to empower shopkeepers and others, to regulate the hours of business" Whenever not less than two-thirda of the various persons occupying the position of shopkeepers.or merchants, and carrying otiatiy trade or business of the same or similar nauira, either by way of manufac tare '.'.'aud;'sale, or by sale only, and whether by wholesale or retail, in any oiiy, town, municipality, or borough, within the. colony, shall a memnritl in the form of the first sohedule appended to| this A'cr, agreeing to Close their places of 'business at a stated hour of; the evening on the: six days of • the week, such agreement shall be, published twice in r nut less than one _ newspaper circulating in the locality, and shall then have the force of law, and shall be binding upon the persons signing such memorial, and, also upon all other pet sons in the said city, tuijn, municipality, or borough, carrying on the same or a similar trade or business; and such agreement shall have the bind ing force of law until not less than bo thirds of the same persons carrying on the;same or a similar trade or business shall sign a memorial in; the form of the second schedule' appended to this Act, stating that they will no longer be bound •by'BUotagreem'en|, and suoli memorial ahajl :be ad'yerlißed "as provided. in the case of the;agreement;aforesaid."'

The Grey town, oitizfihs plain and fancydress ball held on Thursday evening last, must be pronounced the most successful thing of the kind yet held in the Wairarapa, and every one present were agreed in this one particular. Everything went «ff without a hitch. ' In the first place, the nail was beautifully decorated with evergreens, flowers, and flags, and has never looked so well on any previous occasion. Then the refreshment room was pll that it could be desired and it is sufficient to say that it was in Host Jones' usual siyle. The music was supplied by the Mastertoti String Band, and was de ol.are ; d by everybody to be the best that theyihad yet danced to, and indeed it was j excellent. We next come to the oharaoters, and this is a subject that it is always a: delicate one to deal with, but as it]must be done, it will we think be at once.admitted ; that the "Belle" was Mrs as "Britannia," The character l was •. excellently represented, and suited Mrs jCamerun to' a nicety, Opinion was pretty evenly divided between those present as to whether the Spanish tambourine girl, represented by Miss; A.' Fuller, Night, represented by Mrs Loasby, or the bride,' represented by Miss A, Ya'es, were the better chataqter, suffice is t'j siy that each oharaoter wus beautiful and suited the ladies who represented them. Mrs Bright and Mrs Hi: Humphries, represented Little Red Riding Hoodj'and were everything thai could be wished. ; Mrs !Trotniaii appeared as Mrs and looked oxtreuiely well, as also Misi Fuller and Miss Haigh, who were rivals as Starr; Night! Miss P. Fuller looked well as the Colleen Bawn, and Mies Murphy as a Vivandere. There were alio flower girls, parlor maids, housa maids, Ac, As for the* male characters they were nomerpua and varied, ahd included clowns, riavalofficers, French couuts, Spanish noblemen, kings, courtiers,! hi'iKanas, outlet,,,.Frenoh' fishermen,' court paces, Chinese ambassadors, foot bailers, cricketers, step dancers, Ac., &c, The clown caused a considerable .amount of amusement ( when> he appeared about 12 o'olook and frolicked "roand the - room, j: There . wera : between 40 and 60 couples presebt, and; everybody:enjoyed themselves and kephthe daoeing up to 4 o'clock l with great The committee may be oongt&lulitw upon the very iuo> ce&Bful'iQaaeofthe and ltmuit have r&pajd .them their trouble, to witness the 'thorough'; enjoyment qoK those; present.; Messrs Bright ind l Ganirob 'ftbly the offioe of-MiO.'s, .

'tTfie meeting nf the MasfertonDebating Society fell thronch list evening. r -We are glad to report that Mr Wyeth Leejii from the accident ,hemetiwithaweek ago'ai to be?able'tn [ wait about again; >vhtiehiß:brotJ]tr,:!Mr Percy Lee, who experienced concaiiioD of | the Maaib M- the reaulti of ib'e is [programing favorably. \ The half-yearly meeting if ;Lo#ge "Totara" A.0.D., take* place *l"the Forestera' Hall. Ojrtertori, om Monday evening at 8 p.m

. Our vreatlier reporter writes as follows! —ln the early part /of the past week it war dull-and breezy, then vet for two days, and the latterpart frosty and (fine; Ruin fell on two daya, giving a rainfall of 1'055" inch.The .barometer hat been .fluctuating, varying from 30.15 Inches to 29,31 inches. The mean reading of the thermometer iß.:6lfahi f Thj) wind was •breezy at times>irid,froma'northerly direction. It was frosty for three day*, and when it yields wo may expect rain. -For star-gazing one or tiro nights hare! been favorable, and at,present .there are. several' groupß worth looking at, vi?., ;3oopion : Aio, aud Triangnlus.

;, Dr, Watts has to-dtyj (Friday) reported 'to ua'a seriouß accident that occurred oil (the rang# about five miles above Mr Bunny's Wainxawft station on Wednesday. | ,The raan whq met with the acoi'dent (Wai upin a sappling, cutting ;wo6d,l.«ben it 'way and' lie fell, his in s the fork of the tree, and he was lift hanging or ik feet;' with "his head. dowswar'ds. The sufferer, Hans Thornton, tried to extricatehimself fromiiis dangerous position', and ullimttely freed his leg froni the tree', failing itunned' tbHhe ground.' On recovering consciousness he-found his left •leg was despite this managed to.orawj: over half a] mile' down .the bush track, till bej'oame pppoßite to. Mr Bobibson's'hnase on;the other side of,the rifer, | where h'elcqoiedj and his cries brought aissistande,- and [.he;' was carried'. to Mr ,Robinson's 'house.- Dr. Watts, as the nearest medical inan, he at present being resident on his farm at.Taratahi, was at once sent for, and on examining (be wounded.man, found both the larger and smaller bones between the ankle and the knee, driven through the skin/ .He reduced the compound frasture, and he is to be removed to the Masterton Hospital to-day. •'

, Baron Werlheira, th« most prominent and wealthiest manufacturer of Austria, baa juit died at; hia rasidenca in. Vienna. Baron 'Wertheim .made hit fortune by the construction of iron safes on a system of his own invention. He started life as a grocer'apprentice.

The Treasurer of . the MastertonHos pital acknowledges the receipt of the following aubßci'iptiona :-L. J. Hooper £l, T. G. Mason £1 la, W. Lowes £l, T. Wagg £1 Is,. E. Brown fl, Rapp & Hare fl Is; J, H. Cnrbett £2 sa, Club Hoipital box £2l6a 3d, Empire Hospital box for June 3s

A first dividend of three shillings in the pound is announced in the estate of Mr Job Vile by Mr Arthur Hasel), the creditor's trustee.

We mnst congratulate ourselves npun having beeu favored wiih remarkably fine and pleasant weather during the present week. We have experienced frosty nights aud although the'early part of each succeeding morning lias'been hittetly cold, the week generally has passed with line bracing woather, We must expect durintf the following two months cold, boisterous and unpleaßant days accompanied with thunder aud lightning, and heavy flunds, and shall expect to hear of serious damage paving been done to bridges, &c., by large trees being washed down the rivers,' We 1 wouldrecommend our tinny friends. to pay an • earl) visit to the Hall of Commerce, and em brace the opportunity of purchasing some of the many 'bargains' 'now being offered for sale at astonishing low prices. We saw purchased ' yesterdaychildren's sox Id'per pair, girls' hose 4d, ladies hose corsets Is 6d, whi,te liandkerchiefs 4d each, towels 2}d eaoh,'curtains Ss Gd pair white calioo 3d ydj brown calico 2Jd. yd, dress gnodr '3d, " costumes 5s 6d, white sheeting, Is, brown sheeting 9il, B'ronsx tweed is lid, carpet Is 6d, girls' hats 6d, women's hats Is, boy's hats 9d, men's hats Is, men's pants 6s 6d, men's shins Is 6d, Men's heavy tweed suits 22s 6d, collars fid, men's woolsox It, men's cotton sox fid,.strong shirting 6d yard, boy's and youths' velvet sujts, 'richly trimmed, 16a 6d,' men's, ove'rooats I7i 6d, ladies' ulsters 10a 6d, ladies' jackets 9s 6d, children's .ulsters is: 6d and 38 fid, , We must .'.also mention that although the Hall.- of Commerce. . :was densely} ; customers, we received our large parcel in good time, and on opening up our purchase we. found , the .goods. gave every satisfaction and in conclusion we must aaythat the Hall of' Commerce is the. cheapest and most satisfactory drapery warehouse in Masterton.—A»vr. :

Louise Michel, the French petroleuse says that Englishmen treat work ing women far better . than the French* men do. Women labourers at Lille work fourteen hours a day for a franc and a half (fifteen pence). In the south of Italy matters are far worse. There may be seen gangs of women half naked dragging the plough in place of oxen and urged on by the farmer's goad, whilst for payment they receive a few bronze coins and a handful of lentils.

Capital sentences are: seldom oarried out ia Germany j nofc that murders are not committed. there often enough; bat the warrior Emperor has a decided antipathy to the infliction of the death penalty. The office of finisher of the law' is almost a sinecure, although the mode in which that functionary has to perform the fatal operation is one that demands a skill only to be acquired by long practice, He has to behead his that he trains for the task by chopping logs of wood. The miscreant who suffered in Berlin on Monday, April 8, richly deserved his fate;'but was it merciful to keep him'lingering in the condemned cell for six woeful raonthß of suspense? It is to bo hoped the sight was not so brutal and so revolting a&. that which was presented at the last decapitation in Denmark, less than a year ago. When the oriraiiia] laid was so . nervous, from heavy drinking on the. previous-'day, that he .struck him. across both■,.shoulders .first, -wrenched the axe-out of the - Wund then struck him high on' the occiput, aiid only succeeded in. cutting 'through the neck at the; third?attempt./ Such] was the revulsion of.,sentiment; .at the disgraceful - spectaole that tho Minister of Justice brought in a Bill substituing the guillotine' as ;an ? instrument :of death,: and that; there rshould le no monpubiio executions,4'Stan> dard.' ut

(Mr John Rutherford Blair has been appointed a Sohool Commissioner for the digtriot,of Wellington vice the Hon . 0." J. Pbarizyn; whose term of office has expired. , ; i; John; Siagleton was charged before Vr Lowm, J.P., this morning with bqmq A. fine of fife jhillmga'i' thij being his first offence, was mflioted,

One of our. n amerouß z readers, being of an of mind,nays that he has tried every. drapery and clo'thing •establishment m .the Wairaraca for the purpose of finding out .who keepi the taut stuff Bnd Bells the cheapest ■ He say's ho has had considerable experience in (he drapery trade, therefore considers- himself a competent judge. He. gives his opinion in favor of L, J. Hoopbb & Co., ot the Bon Marchi Warehouse, who, he states, has a larger and better stuck to ohooß6 from' than any oountry, store in New Zealand,'and fit for any town in the colony.—Adtt. :

The extraordinary sale of Surplus Winter Btook at Te Aro House, Wellington, should bo a matter of some interest to all readers of- the Waimrapa Daily for these special reason?, let, because of the largeness of the stock,.. 2nd,: because of the short duration of the eile, 15 days only, 3rd, because of the unpreoe. dentedly low prices. Oar price list, issued with this piper, should, we think, astonish everybody, kcLvery- certain it is that V trip to the sale would be money ia pooket to every Waitarapi resident that should try it, . If not able to come, their orders, accompanied with cash, would be as well exeouted as though selected personally. It (imply means,2oa for 10 a, or evea less in many oasea, therefore try it, 0 ye residents, and that right early. Bear in mind that we have no country ; - baaicesses whatever, no branches in any township, aud no one is authorised to Bell for us, either regularly or irregularly, :; Wt have only one place $ biuinm in the province, and the public wonld do well to keep this fact in mi#l when sending their orders, or visiting Wellington, that our sole establishment in the oolony is that known aeJAME.t Smith's, Te Aro House, Wellington.—Advt.