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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1476, 6 September 1883, Page 2

An extra drill of ihe Greytown Rifle Volunteers was held on Tuesday at which & fair mailer was present, An hour and a ball's drill was indulged in,

An instrumental band is being organised at Featheraton by Mr Lund^viat. _ The ploughing match'committee have invited His Excellency the Governor to be present on the 13th imt,, and His Excellency has expressed his willingness to accept the invitation if other engagemerits permit him to pay a visit to this district. Mr J, Devonshire's well bred bach stallion Mischief and the well known coaching stallion Young Oamden are announced to stand in the Wairarapa this season, Mr P. 11. Wood is favored with iostruc liona from Mr D. MoMaster to sell privately the well known Tulntarata herd of purebred shorthorn cattle and Hook of stud Lincoln sluep.' Particulars pf the various lots appear in our advertising columns. An inquest was held at the Ashburton Hospital last Thursday touchinsr tho death of a child two years of a*e, the daughtei of Mr William Byrne, who resides near the Woollen Factory. Prom the evidence it appears that on his premises the father of the child had a barrel sunk into the ground for the reception of slops, &c. The child had fallen into the barrel, and being unable to extricate herself waa drowned before assistance readied her. Tho jury relumed a verdict of" Acoiden tal death.

ThV travelling correspondent of the Dunodin Star hardly does Carterton jus tice to Carterton. Ho simply remarks that "it is a Scandinavian settlement, containing two hundred inhabitants." Suroly he must have seen this locality from the window of a railway carriage", and have been hoaxed by Borne fellow traveller upon whom hp relied for iqlprma tion. The following are hji remarks upon this town'j-'iMasteiton claims the premier position among tho townships of the Wairarajia, and is a thriving locality, with a population o{ 3,000. In addition to the usual number of churohoi, it basi's Town Hall, Imtitue, Post and Telegraph offices, two sawmills, two flounnills, a large building now the Theatre Royal, and several large stores, foremost among which ia that of Messrs M. C:»selber>» and Co., the most extensive shop on the ground floor in the colony. Two evening papers are published here-tho Wairarapa Pailt and the Star-and they have the appearance of being well patronised by advertisers. The Masonic fraternity ia represented by two lodges—Scotch and English ; the foresters and Oddfellows have lodges. and last, but not lesßC, Masterton lays olairq to a debating society that settled—so the story goes—trie Irish question in one evening: Maoris arenumerous in this district, and many of them, attiied in varied garb?, congregale in the street during the daytime, There is the dirly swell with a peacock feather in his hat; (he (atoned "beauties" with shawls wrapped around their heads and dirty dresses hung around their bodies j those who wear Blockings and hoots, and others who go barefooted. The latter class, however, is not numerous, and Maoris are often to be seen not only riding good horses but driving in their busies. It is, however, the exception to behold a decently- dressed Native, although someol are 6aid to be well off. There is somo good grazing country in the Wairarapa district; but this part of the Colony is not likely to produce cereals in largo quantities. The potato crop last year wsb a failure; but large quantities of butler have been sent from this district to other parts of the Colony. The pastoral interest is well represented in the country sur rounding Masterton.

The regular monthly meeting of ihe Waiohine River Board was hpid on Tuesday evonjng. Present Messrs Kimberley (Chairman), Wyett, Judd, Maigh, and Gallagher. The minutes q( tho previous meeting were read and con firmed. Correspondence —Outwardswas read from tho letter box. The Bank overdraft was reported, debtor £6B 2s lOd, and raies collected during the month, £§i 5s id. A number of accounts were presented and passed for payment. The overseer's report was read. Tenders were oponed for stores and ironwork, but were held over till next meeting so that the overseer might give an winuce of the articles most in use. The CK-rit was instructed to write to the CauiuinTaratahi and Featheraton Highwav Boards calling their attention to the staie of the river at Fuller's paddock and at the Black Bridge. The meeting then adjourned, The Ma'sterton Rifles have decided to send to England for their now scarlet uniforms, the order for which will leave by this week's mail. Why our Volunteers prefer to send away for their goods which no doubt could fob obtained equally as well in the colony, is engaging attention in other part* of New Zealand, as well as here, as the following lettsrby " Snider" to the ' .Otago Daily Times' shews :-I have often thought that there must be something wrong when I Bee fluttering reports of tho various new industries, amongst othen the clothing factories; and then immediately afterwards comes a report that No. 1 Company of Volunteers have reoeived their new uniforms, or have sent away an order for unifortmuo Hobsonarid Sons, of Loudon. No later than to-day I read in the' War Cry' that arrangements have been made j with a large firm in Melbourno for the | supply of Salvation uniforms in large quantities and of various sizes. Ntv, Mr Editor, surely you will admit that while so many tailors in (he Colony are idle it mighi have at least bten expected that tenders would have been called for the supply of these articleshere beforo further impuverising the country by sending away money that might have been kept at home. In regard to volunteer uniforms, I look upon it as the duty of the Government to see that pnblio money is spent in such a way as will be of most benefit to the public; but, instead of making any effort, to attain that end, they are regularly sending away orders without even giving the colonial manufacturer a chunco of competing.

It appears (says tho Chrißtchurok Press) that there aro not leas than fivo claimants for the reward of £2OO offered hy Mr Deans for the arrest of Henry Jaoksnn, who shot at him in the Eiccarton Bush. The claimants begin with the pany who Buapected the man was the" convicted prisoner, and go on the persons who identified him about the bush, and tho person who knew all along it was Jackson ; then the civilian who actually arresied him under the command of a constable, and the latter also puts in a claim. An inquiry has been opened, with a view to the proper distribution of the reward, and possibly a lawsuit at the instance of some of those dissatisfied will follow,

A meeting of tho Committee of tho Wellington Poultry Show was held lost Tuesday night at their offices, Willisstreet, Mr It. E. Bannister in the chair. It was stated that owing to the unfavorable weather during the show, the receipts had fnlVeu short of the expenditure by £3B. The Secretary, Mr E. E, Edmunds, who had taken £ls in prizes, kindly made the Association a present of this amount towards' making up the defioienoy, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to him for his liberality.—Evening Post.

The bankrupt stock of boots lately purchased by Eapp and Hare, is going off veryTapidly. All the settlers who want boots at less than wholesale prices should not forget to call at the Emporium,— ApyT,

Mr J.'Birred, i>f the well known fatiov repository, Cuba street, Wellington, calls atteniionthroagh our acivertißing columns' to the leading lines in his large and varied Block.'.';:.. Great complaints are made by a number of the parents of the children attending tqe Greytown school at the change in the dinner hour, ns it is a source of great i'neonvenienoe to many, particularly-the laboring class, It jb probable that the matter will be brought before.the Commitlee at;|heir next meeting. DruidiaP and celestial fire ."with magnesium light and maypole dances are parts of the programme for the Cartorton festival this evening. Shears I Shears! A large assortment at wholesale prices, at Bapp and Hare's Emporium,—Advt. ■ . Lowes and lows' stock sale yesterday was well attended, considering the rough state of the weather. In entries battle''' wore well represented, there beim; upwards of 100 head, but owing to their poor condition the prices realised wero low. For three-year-olds, £4 12a 6d; two iind two and a half year'olds', 65s to 7?9 61; two-year old ho'ifera, ,52b 6d to 655. Store cows brought/from 60s to 65*, dry dairy cowb trow 70s to 80s, and yearlings 40s. No horaeß were entered. Pigs fetched, from 14s to 203." A buggy went for. 123, and a brake £5. The Bilui'ii'bus waa passed in. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale of furniture, &c, at their rooms for n«t Saturday, the Bth/' r ; . - ';••;■!>

Parliament (reports the N.Z Times) will practically close to-day. The House is to meet at eleven a.m'r.-tb-pass' the Appiopriatinn Bills through* allatages;The Legislative Council will also lit today to receive and pais these Bills, The report of the Patgavilh) Commiiteo" is expeoted to fead to a lengthy dligflisrcln' in the House, on a motiotvjto adopt tho report, which is a direct censure on Mr Dargaville, The prorogation ceremony will take place on Fri lay. '■" V,' v ,- r . The Hall of Commerce surplus o!ea'nrjf| ; sale will continue, until Satgrda/'neiit, during which time settlers will have ah' opportunity of purchasing every description of drapery, at English'M'prices. G. W. Sohroder will offer today and the following week an immense. assortment of remimnis of new goods; calicoes, sheet' ings, winceys, flannels, &e. , at very low priceß. Boy's, youths' and men's ow coma are being sold rapidly at greatly reduced prices.—Advt.

A company has been formed at Now York to lay two new transatlantic cables.

A peculiar phenomenon was recently observed hi the sky, new t(f the very oldest inhabitant at Tientsin, This was the appearance of three rings or holes round the sun, which the Chinese look upon as an omen. Sonje.say it portends a prosperous season j others the outbreak of war, : It was, however, treated, like an eclipse, to a severe dose of gongs, What is called a Working.Men's Congress was held in Paris recently, but it ended in a general fight between' the sections of the meeting described •as "Anarchists" and " Possibflists," M. Moffrin, a Municipal Councillor, was very roughly treated. Ono man was stabbed, and agreafc many wounded by blows with sticks and by being knocked down and kicked.

How to Get SiOK.-Exposa yourself day uud night, ait too much without exercise, y.n'k too hard without rest, doctor all the tinn>, take all the vile nostrums advertised, ana" then you will want to know

How to Get Ww,-Which is answered in three woijds-Tako Hop Bitters | Road. Fhm anjrlfofls, beetles, bed-bugs,,.rats, mice, gophers, jack, nbbits. .cleared out by "Rough on Rats," 7Jtl. Moses, Moss A Co,, Sydney, General Agents. •■-,:

Thick heads, heavy stomachs, pimoos coNDiuoxs.-Well's May Apple PiH ß "—antiUlious, catharsic. -5s and Is. Moses, Moss k Co., Sydney, (ienenl Agents.

The extraordinary' sale of Surplus' Wintar Stock at Ta Aro House, Wellingtonshould be a matter of somo interest to all readors of the Wairabapa Daily for these'special reasoni-, Ist, because of the largonoss of the stock, 2nd, hecauso of the short duration of the silo, 16 days only, 3r<?, because of the unpreoedtmtedly low prices. Our "price- list, issued with this paper, should, we think, astonish everybody, and very certain it is that a trip to the sale would bo money in pocket to every Wairarapi resident that should try it, If not able to como, their orders; accompanied with c.'tsh, would bo as woll oxooutodas thoughspleotcd personally. It simply mews, SjOs fp/lQj, or oven less in many pases, therefore try it, 0 ye residents, and that right early, Bear in mind that we have no country basinosnes .whatever, no branches in any township, >'aud no one is authorised to BoUte us, either regularly or irregularly. We have oily one place of bunmt in the province, aud the public would do well to keep this faot in .mind when sending their ordors, or visiting Weiington.that our solo establishment in the colony is that, known as James- 'Smith's To Aro Honim. Wolliiu/ton.-ADVT. .