Untitled

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 22 September 1883, Page 2

The Featherston Racing Club hold their annual general meeting this evening Mr F. H. Wood offers for private sale 500 aorea of first-class land in the Mastertun distriot, The same auctioneer annsunces a sale of drapery, grocery, &o. ut the town hall, Waihenga, for Wednesday next. The adjourned annual meeting of the 1 Masterton Opaki Jockey Club takes place at the Olub Hotel this evening.

The Masterton Tent of Rechabilea resolved at its last meeting to invite the other Friendly Societies of Masterton to a conference on the registration question with a view to do away with the registration of Friendly Societies as at present existing.

The police have mado enquiries re Hedgeland, the misting shepherd from Langdale Station, but as yet there is no tidings of his whereabouts, Prior to his disappearance he was apparently under the influence of some, religious melancholy, and there is very little hops of his

being still alive. Messrs' Crawford an 4 Erickson have just completed at thoir faotory, Carterton, a serviceable waggonette, which for style and finish is a oredit aliko to the makers and the district, With such coaoh and carriage builders as Wairarapa now possesses there is no need to cross the Riinutaka to prooure any sort of vehicle. The Maetorlon Institute Ooixtmitlea met laßt Thursday evening. Present :- Messrs D. MoGregor(in the chair), Feist, Rapp, Grundy, Beard, Carr, and Easthope, the. treasurer reported a credit balance of 1919s Bd. A suggestion for procuring a map was referred to the bdok committee. On behalf of the book committee, Mr Grundy reported re objectionable books, and suggested that the German books be disposed of, In accordance with the recommendation of the house committee, the ouitodian's son was appointed caretaker on Sundays, at a remuneration of 2s por week. Mr Carr reported the result of his interview with the Town Lands Trustees re a special grant for a ..mnieum. It was deoided that the Gerjuanboolsi be sold by oration, The Salvation Army in Timaru (says the Herald) has at last been subjected to the " perseouHon" they seem to glory in —when it is not too pronounced—but it was of a mild type, On Saturday evening a citizen, who, by the way, took up a position in which ho could not be mo, turned a hose on the proceision and

vetted a few members thoroughly, Bona pasaevs-by alio coming in for a "share of his favors, We wire greatly amused by & scene we saw one day last week. In one of the quiet streets of the borough we mot a number of toddling youngateia,

who had formed themselves into a procession after the manner of the Salvation Army. With a kerosene tin for a drum, bits of sticks for flutes, and waving their handkerchiefs, they marched gravely

along, singing with all their littlo might. The burlesque was extremely rich. Our weather reporter writes:—Upon the whole, the past week has boon a fine

one. In the early part it was dull, then damp, and the latter part fine and frosty. Bain fell on three days, giving a rain-fall

of ,205 parts of an inch. The barometer has been very steady, and varied very little; the mean for the week is 20'88 inch, For the thermometer, the mean is 44'5 Fah. The wind has been light, and principally from the S.W. for rain, and from.the N.B. and S. for fair, if vow readers in the Hutt district had

noticed the paragraph which was published in your Monday's-issue rearing to the meteor seen on Saturday night at Masterton their minds would not have been so Ion? exercised about " the streak of light" which was seen in the Hutt valley about 7 o'clock p.m. on that day.

The assessments made on the various parishes in this distriot by the Synod are as follows:—Masterton, j6300 ; Greytown nrrd Featherston, £200; and CartertoD, 1175.

Birds in their little nesta agree, but clerical dignatarles don't, The Post reports of the Synod .:—Archdeacon Stock's motion that the Synod go into committee to oonsider the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Pension Fund, elioited a lengthy discussion as to a point of order, the President ultimately ruling that the motion was out of order, because the proper course would have been to introduce an Amendment Bill embodying the recommendations. Archdeaoon Stock expressed his dissatisfaction with this ruling, and retired from the Synod. A meeting of the Masterton Park Trustees was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Meurs Payton (Chairman), Feist, Boddinglon, and Hare. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the aeeretary read a report from the ranger, slating that the fence near the river had been moved, and all dead trees in the perk replaced. A letter was read from Mrs McKensie re a debenture for £4OO given to her by the Park Trust in 1878, and aikiig for part repayment of it. After some discussion the following resolutions were passed : (1). That it is desirable now for the Trust .to at oioe establish a sinking fond towards the liquidation of the debt inoumd five yean ago; (2). That arrangements be made for renewing the debenture, and that if praotioable Mrs MoKenzie's application for part repayment be complied with; (3), That eight investment Bhareß be taken up in the Building Society as a sinking fund for the Trust 'debt; (4). That Messrs Boddington, Hare, and Payton be appointed a Committee to carry out the proposed arrangements. The meeting then adjourned,

There are five candidatesaominc; forward for the vacant seat in the Masterton Borough Council. We arealittlesurprisedtbat Messrs Hessey and Charles Dixon should come forward to oust an old and trustworthy representative like Mr Feist. Mr Shute is nominated, but we fear bis enthusiasm has carried him a little too far. The other candidate, Mr Fielding, evidently does not know at present his municipal value, hut his eyes will probably be opened when the poll is declared and the numbers are up, Of course any ratepayer haß a right to come forward, but the burgesses rightly regard a Beat in the Borough Council as a distinction, and they will probably put down any presumptuous claim very speedily. The Hall of Commerce surplus dearing sale will continue until Saturday next, during which time settlers will have an opportunity of purchasing every descrip '■■ tion of drapery, at English cost prices. 6: W. Schroder will offer to-day and the following week, an immense assortment of remnants of new goods, calicoes, sheetings, winceys, flannels, &c, at very low rAioesi-jJtoyV youths' and men's overcoats "hts..bejrig I ;ibld rapidly at greatly redueeipce'B.—Advt :•• Flies And' Bugs, beotles, inseots.roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack, rabbits, cleared out by "Rougnon Eats," Moses, Moss & 0e„ Sydney, General Agents,

We have received a pamphlet entitled " The Land Question, with apooial reference to New Zealand and Old Scotland," by Rev James Maogregor, Oamaru, New Zealand. The author treats bis subject in two forcible and enthusiastic lectures, in which he points out the evito of the aggregation of large estates in Scotland, and the need of the avoidance of similar evils in New Zealand by the nationalisation of the land,—N.Z. Times. '

The annual production of clothespins in America is estimated at about 1,002,000,000, and what becomes of them all 1 wo household ever has too many, and the market is not glutted. Rev. Dr Morris, Cincinnati, has from the statistics of the Presbyterian Church for the past thirteen years, found that three churches are organised every week in the year, and every week dissolves one, while every four days a minister dies.

A point of aonle importance to aspiring politicians has been determined by Judge Cope, of the Melbourne County Court. During the height of the Sunday-closing agitation Mr Thomas Walker, the well-known seoularist lecturer, attempted to address a public meeting in the litzroy Town Hall; hut as he persisted in talking when the meeting refused to hear him a ratepayer named Thompson threw him off the platform. An action for assault, was brought by Walker, who obtained a verdict for 40s, the amount paid into Pourt. This verdict was appealed ugainsti and on the application for a hew trial Walker's counoil contended that as the meeting was advertised as a public one, Walker was justified in attending and trying to speak at it. Judge Cope, however, hold that Walker was a trespasser, inasmuch as the meeting was only open to the ratepayers of the Fitxroy Borough. A new trial was therefore refined.

A French painter has a comical little servant. The other day madanio scolded her for being away, all day. 'Madame does not know,'replied the ingenuous soubrette, 'that monsieur ordered me to go to the salon and remain all day.' 'Whatfdcf 'To be a crowd in front of his picture.' Catabhh of thb Blaodkr.—Stinging irjitation, inflamation, all Kidney and similar Complaints, oared by " Baohu-psiba," Moses, Mobs & Co,, Sydney, General Agents. Gorged livers, Bilious, conditions, constipation, piles, dsygepsia, headaone, cured by " Well's May Apple Pills." Id and Is boxes at druggists. Moses, M«s, k Co,, Sydnty, General Agents for Australasia.

Bkihju Men.—" Wells' Health Konewer" restores health and rigor, cures Dyßpenflia, Impotence, Debility. Moaes, ifloss &. Co., Sydney, General Agents,

The extraordinary sale of Surplus Winter Stook at Te Aro House, Wellingtonshould be a matter of seme interest to all readers of the Waimrapa s Daily for those special roasonb, Ist, because of tho largeness of the stook, 2nd, hceause of the short duration of the Bale, 15 days only, 3rd, because of the unpreoedentedly lew prices. Our price hst, issued with this papor, should, wo think, astonish everybody, and very certain it is that a trip to the sale would be money in pocket to every Wairarapa resident that should try it, If not able to come, their ordors, accompanied with cash, would be as well executed as though selcoted personally.. It simply means 20s for 10s, or even less in many cases, therefore try it, 0 ye residents, and that right early, Bear in. mind that we have no country businesses whatever, no br.incb.es in any township, and no one is authorised to Bell for us, eithor regularly or irregularly. We have only one place of business in the province, And the publio would do well to keep this fact in mind when sending their orders, or visiting Weiington.that our sole establishment in the colony is that known as James Smith's Te An> House, Wellineton.—Aovr.