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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1613, 19 February 1884, Page 2

Mr Wardell, R.M., sits at Greytown to-day, The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Oddfellows lodge will bo held at the Empire Hotel this evening, Carriages havo been engaged by the Wairarapa Jockey Club, for tbe conveyance of visitors from the Featherston railway station to Tuuherenikau rncecourao and back at a moderate charge per head, Constablo Fleming is now busy collecting the agriculiurnl statistics in this neighborhood for the Register-General's Department. Messrs Rapp & Hare announce that thoy havo just received a splendid sample of all tho best known grass Boeds. The list will be found in another column/ ; Tho special arrangements on the Wellington and Masterton railway for Thursday and Friday noxt will be found in our advertising columns. On Friday tho 2 5 p,m, ordinary train will be delayed nil 5,30 p.m. Mr George, the weMnown prospector, intends now, we understand, to do rt little exploration on his own aooount iu the Miki Miki District, Mr Dalrymple will exhibit at the Bam and Bwo Fair to morrow, the patent barbing machine for which he is the local agent, A meeting of shareholders of the Kurupuni Hall Company takes place this evening, The girls in Mrs Paige's class at St,. Matthew's Sunday School, yesterday, presented their teacher with a set of Chinaware as an acknowledgement of the many Mndnessesß received by them at her hands, In Messrs M, Oaselber? and Oo.'sadvertising spaco in another celnmn apv pears an announcement ot interest tofarmers and graziers, They aro now in! receipt of a direct shipment of corn sacks, j and also of their new season's grass seeds,; a full list of which is given. The railway department have arranged; for tbe usual extra Saturday trains to run on Wednesday between Featherston and Maatorton for. the convenience of the public attending the Ram Fair. Messrs Wakelin and Hawkins are turning out fruit, butter, and other boxes from their Greytown factory, Messrs Bacon.&(Jo.,of the Waipoua mills, are also busy on an order for butter boxes, . In the second day of the autumn meeting a catch woight back race, one mile, for a silver cup, value 10 sovs is advertised, This cup is presented by Messrs Ludwig and Son, Wellington, Tabor k Co, hotel-brokers, valuers, and general commission agents, of the Star Chambers, Wellington, havo a notice in our advertising columns. Mr Short, formerly clerk to the K.M. Court at Charlestown, has bean appointed to the position of second clerk at the Masterton office in place of MrDe Castro, who has left the service. Nominations for all handicap races at the ensuing Tenui race meeting olohb at the Tenui Hotel at 8 o'clook p,m, to-day, The wolghts (except for tho forced handicap) will be published on Monday 25th inst. At the first meeting of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing Districts of Featherston, Featherston Town, and Greytown Licensing Districts, held at the P.M. Court, Featherston, yesterday, Mr Henry Bunny.was elected chairman of ewh committee for the ensuing year,

Messrs Murray, Roberts & Go. have received tho following cable from Meiisrs Sanderson, Murray & Co.:—London, February. 16.—The wool market is a half-penny below the dosing,rates of last London sales, scoured and washed fleece have declined to a penny. Sydney fleece is difficult of sale, The manufacturers are everywhere fairly .employed, At the R.M, Court, Masterton, this morning, Mr W. H. Beetham, J,P„.fined David Watson and John Spralt alias John Duncaster,five shillings each for drunkenness. Two station hands, A, Ross, and T, Smith wore charged with being illogally on the premises of Mr Oasclberg, but were discharged with a reprimand on account of previous good character, • Visitors to the Ram and Ewo Fair at Carterton to-morrow, need hardly be reminded that the sale commences at 12 o'clock sharp. Tho numerous entries of, pedigree stock,. which appear in the .announcements of our local auctioneers indicate that there will be an exceptionally good supply of purebred rams, and, we trust to hear of good prices being ob« lained. • ■ ■• . A notable occurrence, reports the Post, toolc place in Wolliiigiun last week, there being nn fewer ilian five refrigerating machine's at wmk'at tho same time.- One was a Bell-Ouleman machine and the rest of Haslam's manufacture. This circumstance has not been paralleled in any other, town or port in New Zealand, and shows the extent to which the frozen, meat industry lias developed in Wellington. The machines have each a capacity of freezing 250 sheep daily, making 1250 in all. The whole of the.sheep wero slaughtered by the Gear Meat Company. The machines used wore those of the Gear Company's hulk, Jubilee, Wellington Meat Export Company, ship Lady Jocelyn 6,5, Doric, and s.b. Bombay, " Early Closing.—J! or tho benefit of the Public and particularly our employees, we have decided for the future to .close ohr establishment at 8 o'clock—Rat? & Hark. Advi. Weils' " hough on . corns.—Ask for Wells' "Hough on Corns." 7Jd. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure, Corns, warts, bunions. N.Z, Drug Co, Indigestion.—The main cause ot nervous ness is indigestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach, No one can have sound nerves and good health without iwing Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach; purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the system, See. Lovely. Climes. —There aro lovely climes and places in which tho evening zephyrs are loaded with malaria, and the poison of fever and epidemics, To dwell there in health is impossible, without a supply of Hop Bitters at hand. These Bitters impart an equalising strength to the system, and prevent tho accumulation of deadly spores andcontagioß, Be sure and Bee, Salvage Sale-35s ladies Bummer visites for 2s Gd; 12s Gd' cashmore jackets for 2s lid. 18s Gd lace capes for 7s CJ; Tc An House, Cuba-street, Wellington.—km, . Salvage Sale—2o girls' summer fiohus for Is 4d each; 50 girls' print skirts for 3d each; 100 girls' pinafores for 3d each; 21 girls' print costumes for 2s Cd each; 12 black lustre costumes reduced from 18s 6d to7s Gd each; at Te Aro Home, Cubastreet, Wellington.— Advt, Salvage Sale-5s ladies' print costumes for 2s Gd; lis Gd zephyr costumes for 7s 9d; 21s sateen costumes for 12s Gd; 37s Gd Madras muslin costumes for 13s Gd; 47s Gd black grenadine costumes for 12s Gd; 45s cashmere costumes, in evening shades, for 12s Gd; at Te Aro House, Culm-street, Wellington.—torn. Salvage Sale—Everylady should sec our stock 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, Cuba-street, Wellington. —Auvr, Salvage Sale—Our French sateens aro being given away, thus-those at Is 3d for 9Jd por yard; those, at Is Gd for Is; and a splendid lot of diagonal oatmeal cloths, in blue, cream, drab, and pink, usual price Is 4Jd, will he sold for 9£d per yard, at Te- Aro, Home, Cuba-street, Wellington— Advt. - > ' Salvage Sale-Gutls' straw lnts, 3d ; rush hats, 4£; feather straw hits Is; girls trimmed hits, Is 9d j ladies' trimmed hats, Is lid; and all our millinery bonLets at about one-half tho usual prices at Te Aro House, Cuba street, Wellinqton.—kmr,