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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 15 February 1884, Page 2

The Masterton Road Board meets to> morrow. >

Messrs Lowes k lorns hold a sale of superior household furniture at their auction rooniß, Mastorton, to-morrow.

The quarterly meeting of the Wairarapa West County Council will be held at Carterton tomorrow.

Mr F. H. Wood sells at Greytown to-morrow .the privileges of the autumn meeting of Iho Wairarapa Jockey Club. l . Mr Parker's concert at the Odd Fellows Halli Featheraton, on Wodnesday oveninp last, passed off most successfully, the hall boinj! well filled, Mr Parker and Mr Craig opened the programme with nn overture, violin and piano, followed by songs and duels by I lie following ladies and Rentlemen, viz. Messrs Stevenson; Barton, Toocood, McMarlane, and McLaren, and Misses Beatrice Gundy, Annie Tocker, and Master Bicknell The concert concluded with fuo May Pole Dance by a numbo'f of Mr Parker's pupils.

Thetonder of Mr John Rose, lUihe sum of £l4O, for labor only, has been accepted by Mr William Riddell, fur additions and alterations to his place at the Whareaina,

Mr W. Bishop, whu has catried on the South British Forwarding A«ency at Wellington for some years, and has agents in Europe, America, and throughout Australia, has an announcement in our advertising columns. In the special prize schedule of the Masterton Horticultural Society which we published recently, a prize for gladioli of 12s fid ht, and 69 2nd, was omitted from the professional gardeners' prize list for the forthcoming show,

Miss Georgie Soiithson performed to a fair house in the Thea're Royal aj>ain last awning. The bill of fare waa faithfully carried out, and judging horn the frequent applause, the fair ait ste again gave complete satisfaclion. To-night Miss Smitiiaon appears Bt Carterton, and. to-morrow evening at Greytcfii. We are glad to record that one of the Masterton apple stealers has got a months' hard labor. This sentence will, we trust, act as a deterrent to professional tree ■trippers, Yesterday Mr Wardell, R.M„ •at on tho Bench to hear the double charge brought against au elderly man named Jones of stealing apples and vagrancy, .Jones admitted the theft, and was roputed to be a very bad qharactor. The Court sentenced him to a months' imprisonment with hard labour.

The trout hatched last year in the ponds of the Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society, are reported to be thriving in all parts of the Wairarapa over which they were distributed. They now average about a pound in weight. One young trout, about six months old when it was brought to Maßterton, was weighed the other day, and turned the scale at 21b.

We understand that Martin do Light, the foreigner who was arres'ed and taken down to Feathers'on last Monday on suspicion of a charge of robbery with violence is n'mmilly aggrieved that he should have beau subjected to such a humiliation. He loft the Court, howover, without a stain on his character, for when the prosecutor from Wellington confronted him he at once said "That is'nt the man."

Lowes & lorna add to their stock sale for Tuesday ->xt, 18th, twenty-eight head ot cattle, i.|-> Hi bohalf i>f whom it may ooncem,';liu wh.ln of he AhbortsfoH station plan , amoved in Mas irtun, consifllinj,' nf : ot'.ii). c.iiva, cart*, firm implemeats, urn! jiiT.oml station plant. Eakiy Ci,..si (t,-l'or ilin heuelit of the Public, and partio'iliirlv our employee, wo havo thnl'i f.i- h,. futuiu to close oar estibiiriliiitout «i S juj.k -i; n< & H,utE. — Adyt,

Wo havo had submitted lu us a copy of an Imperial Act amending the Friendly Societies Act, 1882, as far.as it relates to quia quennlal returns and relieving societies from furnishing thein on the ground that it is mexpudiaut to impose suoh a burden on thorn. In the opinion of many this inexpediency should bo recognised in New Zealand,

Mr G. B. W. Dalrymple, Estate Agent, Masterton, will exhibit at the Earn Fair, Carterton, on 20th inst., Woodcock and West's Patent Barbing Machine.

After several years' experience msupplying watches for the oolouial market, Littlejohn and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed the need for a thoroughly Bound English Lever Watoh at a lower price than that usually paid for suoh watches. It is only bj the judicious division of labor and by the manufactuie of large quantities on a uniform plan.that wo are enabkd to meet this want Wo have now the pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Silver liever. This watoh, being simplo in design, durable, highly finished, and accurate, fulfils all the requirements of a'pocket timekeeper, A written guarantee for two years will he given with .eaeh watch. Sent by post, senuroly packed, on receipt of Post Office order or chequo.—(Advt)

Never Kzturn,—ltisaaid that onoout of every four real invalids who go to foreign countries to reooyer health never return, except as a corpse. -'Tho.underlakers, next to hotol keepers, have the most profitable business, This excessive mortality may be preyontod and patients Bived and cured under the care of friends and loved.ones at home, if thby will but ueo Hop Bitters in time. Eoud, ■ Salvage Sale—3ss ladies summer visites for 2s fid;' 12s 6J 'oashmore jackets for 2s' lid; 18s 6d lace capes for 7s Gd; Te 'An Home, Cuba-btml, Wdlinr/ton—AmT, Salvage Sale-20 girls' summer ficbus for Is 4d each; 50 girls 1 print'skirts for 3d each; 100 girls' pinafores for 3d each; 21 girls' print costumes for 2s' Cd each: 12 black lustre costumes reducod from 18s Gd to7s 6d each; at Te An Home, Gubastreet, JFefiiKjftn.—Advt. Salvage Sale-5s ladies' print costumes for 2s 6d; lis Gd zophyr costumes for 7s9d; 21s sateen costumes for' 12s Gd; 37s 6d Madras musljn costumes for 13s 6d; 47s Gd black grenadine costumes for 12s Gd; 45s cashmere costumes, in ovening shades, for 12s 6d;»t Te An House, Cuba-street, Wellington,— Adyt. Salvaoe SAtK-Everylady should see our Block of capes, jackets, fichus, and costumes, as the prices- are unusually,low for the quality, and we are determined to clear them out during this sale, at TeAro Home, Guoa-ilrett, Fe/%ton.-ADvr. Salvage Saie-Ow French sateens are being given away, thuß—those at Is '34 for 9Jd per yard; those at Is Gd for Is;' and a splendid lot of diagonal oatmoal cloths, in bine, cream, drab, and pink, usual price Is 4Jd, will be sold for 9|d per yard, at Te An ffom,Cuk-stnet, Weninslmu-km, Salvage SALB-Girlß' straw hats, 3d; rash hats, 4J j feather straw hats Is; girls trimmed hatsi ls : 9d;'ladies' trimmed hats, Is lid j and all our miliinery bontets'at about one-half the usual prices at Te Aro Horn, Cuba strut, Wt#n,-ADVT,