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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1500, 4 October 1883, Page 2

Messrs Lowes & loms held- a' very successful stock sale at their yards yesterday. Galtle were in abundance and all found purchasers at fair prices, Two and three year old steers from 1310s to £3; beef, £'G lu's; csws, from £2 15s to £0 2s Gd; : heifere, 12 10i to : £3 10a, yearlings, i'l 10s to £2 ; fat wethera, 15s; ewes ami lambs, 8s to 13s, The sixth competition of the Maslerton Volunteers for Lieut, Williams' trophy was finished yesterday at ihe ! 'Manaia buttsj Corpl Kibblewhite winning it for the second time with a score of 60 (3 points handicap. The other scorers being Vol. Minifie (15 points) 57 ; Captain Donald (scratch) 43; Vol Blane (3 points), 48. ■

The list of nominations for tho Wairarapa Jockey Club spring meeting as published yesterday was incomplete, the names of Loch Lomond and A. 6. omitted in the Handicap Steeplechase and that of Loch Lcmioud in the County Plate. The number received for the three events was forty,'being eleven for the Steeplechase, fourteen for the Cup, and fifteen for the County Plate, This isan increase of thirtoon on the nuniher received last year, when there were four for the Hurdles, thirteen fur the Gup, and ten for the County Plate, This year there are six horses nominated from Blenheim, three from Napier, and one from Wauganui. With the haudicaoper. now rests the responsibility of largo acceptances, and we feel sure that Mr Kimberley will do his best to put his Belds together, A meeting of the finance committee of the Masterton Fire Brigade waß held at the Temple Chambers last evening. Present Messrs Pay ton (chairman) Muir, Dixon, and Sellav. The minutes of the previous meeting havinu been confirmed a letter was read from Mr E, B. Evens, declining to act on the committee, The appointment of officers for ensuing year was then made, Mr Payton was re-elected chairman of tho committee, Mr 6, Dixon Hon, Treasurer, and MrSellar Secretary. An honorarium of five guineas was voted to the latter fur his last year's services, Mr A, Halhaway was elected auditor. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £2O 15s Id, and subscriptions in arrear £?! 8s Gd, total £3B 3s 7d. Against this thsro were accountsand liabilities amountill!; to £42 8s (3d, The following accounts wore passed for payment:—T. E. Mason, 19a Cd; engine keeper, £3 ; Caselberg and Co, cloth for trousers, &c, £lB 2s; Smith & Hogg, 14s 3d; rent £2los; rep lira to engine, 13 3s, Tho Secretary reported that Mr Galloway's tender fur men's trousers was acceted as being the ln.i-.Mt, and that the work had been donu n a very satisfactory manner. Thd Fiuonce Committee authorised five long service modals to be obtained for the following members, who have served in the brigade for five consecutivo years:—Messrs Muir, Keester, T, Dixon Langley and W, M. Easthope, The Secretary was instructed to apply to the Masterton Borough Oouncil for a grant at a pound per pound subsidy on the amount of the subscriptions raised during the past year, The meeting then adjourned, Mr Wyllie who hitherto has had by a dexterous use of camera and scissors a monopoly of the cartoon busiuess in Mastetton has now a formidable rival in a youth who draws original and spirited figures with considerable skill. A sketch from the latter appears in Mr Williams' window and is entitled " the triumph of tho Bantam!" Little. Feilding, a won derful portrait, is being driven alung by Captain Jones, the well known Dutch craft watching the procession from a distance. Under the chariot wheels are apparently Messrs Dixon and Hessey, and following after it Messrs Dalrymple, Shute, ltenall, Gilbert, and Woodham are easily recognisable. Unfortunately for the bantam the poll declaring his triumph is inverted in order to bring him to the i op, and the noses of the donkeys who draw the vehicle are turned towards a BUg!>estive hangman, The sketch as a whole is by far the cleverest that we have yet seen executed in this district.

An addition to Daniel O'Connell's performances, in the season of 1881, when the horse; stood in. the Marlborough district, appears in our advertising columns. A local consultation of (our hundred members at five shillings on the Opaki Stakes to be run on December 11th is announced by "Gobo" in another column,

Notice is given that the sheep kept upon the llev J. C. Andrew's run at lea' are infected in the meaning of the Aot. The fortnightly social gathering of the Mastertun Firo Brigade took place last evening at the brigade atation and was well attended. A very interesting and instructive lecture on astronomy was delivered by the Seoretary, Mr Basthope, who handled the subject in a manner that shewed he had carefully studied the question He was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks by the members at the close of the meeting.

An energetic effort is being made by Mr Hessey and his friends to day in favor of his return' to the Borough Council. He may, thrmigh his activity in canvassing, boat Mr Feist, who, apparently, reßts his claim for re-election simply on his past services; Mr Feist has a perfect right to lake this stand, though it is not exactly the way to win an election. The contest practically lies between Messrs Feist, Besßey and Oharles Dixon, whose friends outnumber considerably the supporters of Messrs Shnte and Fielding, Visitors to Masterton from the Empire City are loud in their expressions of astonishment at the splendid displays of drapers' and milliners' goods to be seen in the windows of our various business establishments. Mr G. W. Schroder's, Hall of Commerco, receives special notice, and his stock of Parisian and other spring novelties is pronounced by persons who have travelled iu all the fashionable cities of the world to be the most recherche, ever seen in a colonial store,—Advt,

: Captain Cbllfey, of the Salvation Array; has roturnedr,jto Masterton.'intendinfj.to stay :hero a wd|k, for" the bji'neflt of, his .health' ';■''-. : ■'{■■■: .. ■ , '' : M

Earl Granville is 'small, >lim,'strai(tlit, of the .most symmetrical fieure, with white skin, pink cheeks .and gray hair, and drejfos nattily in the style of a quiet, fashionable youth just nf age.: Ho has reached the scriptural-limit of, years. < The-old slave market 'of Zanzibar, whero formerly 80,000 slaves were Bold annually, has been- iransforraed into mission premises, under the charge of the Universities' Mission, Btarted in 1850 at the suggestion of Dr Livingstone.

The largest gas main in the world has just teen laid in London. Its diametre is four feet, and over twenty-three miles of llns main has.been laid in four diverging linos from the gasworks at Lecklon. This new main line is not available for the diroot service of lights ai-.il lamps within the district ihrough which it pusses, bet will be used solely for ihe supply of the uaa-holdors in the dilTeient disticts. i

Circulars have been issued by the Prefect nf Neuchatet, warning penplo at their peril neither to hold Salvationist prayer meetings in their own housei nor to ai tend any that may be ehewhere, This is a gross violation of the Constitution, but sn strong is the popular feeling against the Salvationists that there is little probability of any attempt being made to test the legality of the proceeding. One of the telegrams in the San Franoiscornail summary was of a puzzling nature. It purported to tell the story.of a rival of Captain Webb, who was .drowned on ihe same day in the same manner, in a dreadful whirlpool, but where waß net slated. The exact particulars are given in the Pall Mall Gizelte of August 8. The man was a -Preston Butcher, named Murphy, who Mid a bet that he would swim across Stone Delph, a very deep and dangerous part of the river Eibble at Preston, where; ■a ; small whirlpool exists at high water,' The. man entered the'water, and swam ■eightyards, then sank, and was drowned.On entering the water, in the presence of several people, he exclaimed, " I'm aotin'g Captain Webb." The body was afterwards recovered with grapnels. Don't die in the house,-"Rough on ■Rats" clears out rats, mice,beetles, roaob.es, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects,; moles, jackrabbits, gophers. Moses, Moss, fl Co,, Sydney, General Agents, How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit ton much without exercise, w.irk tno hard without rest, doctor all ths timi-, tako. all the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know

How to Gkt Well.—Which is answered n throe words-Take Hop Bittors! Road,