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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1717, 23 June 1884, Page 2

Sittings of Andalusian eg£[B from pure bred poultry are advertised in another column, ...Mr H.H. Smith, late of Marten, has been appointed Manager of the Bank of Australasia at Masterton.

Tho Freethinkers of Mnstorton propOßo ereoliug a Lycraum in this town, Bushfallers aro wanted to full 200 acres as advertised in our" wanted" column. Lowoa and loms will offer at their sale on Wednesday the 25th several pens of 'prize poultry, Mr George. Beetham, M,ER. is oxpcctod to arrivb in Masterton;on Thursday next. Ofr Wednesday he attends the sitting of the. Education Board at Wellington. In another column tho consultation of the Sydnoy Turf Club is published. The distribution gives the first horse £B,OOO, The amount distributed is Tho Wakatipii arrived in Wellington, from Sydney, at 7.15. this morning, .during tho voyage Mr Wilford Smith, of Lyttlelon, a saloon passenger, died of consumption. Tho:.New Zealand Footbailers wore among the passengers,

Persons who have signified their will* iiignoss to form a Jockey Club in the Cashpoint district aro requested to meet at the Tenui Hotel on Saturday noxt, Bt a meeting of tho Odd Fellows Lodge convened for to morrow evening, officers will bo elected and arrangements made for celebrating tho anniversary. Wo understand that Mr Whatman, a solicitor recently arrived from England, has purchased tho Abbotsford station, and that two of: his sons who havo had previous experience of station life in New Zealand, hive taken up their residence on this fine property, The Inspector of this district notifies that a penalty of not;' less than £5 or moro than' .£2O is imposed by law for killing ferrets or other natural enemios of the rabbit. Anyone finding a ferret in his fowl-house afier such a notice will act prudently by not wiling in witnesses to seo him knock it on the head,

A meeting of the Mastorton-Opaki Jockoy Club was held on Saturday even" ing at tho Club Hotel, about ten members being present, Ihe President (Mr Lowes) in the chair. Tho minutes of tho previous meeting wore road and confirmed, and after somo discussion a committeo was appointed to make arrangeinonts for a course'for the next season. Tho annual report on the WellingtonMasterton railway, as prosonled by the General Manager, is as follows!—" The increase of goods Iraffic has been over 25 per cent. The passenger traffic does not show an increase, owing to special causes. The growth of traffic has been chiefly in those classes of goods the rates for which are very low, as minerals, grain, sheep, and firewood: hence the goodsrovonuo has not increased in proportion to tho goods traffic, and the passenger revenue is iess, On tho other hand, the unavoidable expense upon lails and sleepers, and upon materials for bridge and stock repairs, has been heavy, Too net profit is, therefore, less than Ihe proceeding year. 23 wagons have loon added to tho stock, and 5 bogio carriages are being built at the Potono workshops." At the R.M, Court this morning, before Mr IT. S. Wardell It,M., a vagrant named Charles May appeared in nuswor to (lie following charges, (1) stealing a ladies waterproof, tho property of James Nicol, value twenty flue shillings, (2) stealing a pair of boots, tho property of Wrn, Walkins of ihe value of ten shillings, Tho accusscd pleaded guilty to both charges. Ho said when he took a little drink ho did not know what he w«b doing Ho had been twelve months in the district, Tho police reported that they wero prorious records against tho accused, The Court said the plea of drink could, not be acceptod in melioration of the offences. Tho sentence would be two months hard labor on each charge, or four months in all. A further charge of vagrancy was withdrawn,

Wo have received the following latter from Mr J". L. Fisher:—Sir,—By the kind permission of Captain Bowerman of the Salvation Army, a portion of the Saturday niclit's service was devoted to the ceremony of prcsoutins;- a beautiful yolumo written by tbo Rev. 0. H. Spnrgeon, by Mr T; W. Shute to a youth of our town, William Gillespie, connected with the Army, in appreciation of his general kind and courteous conduct, as manifested by him in his every-day life. In presenting tho book, Mr Shute addressed a fotv words to tho audience and to tho lad, who was tnoovorcomo at the time to reply, hut which was very ksndly done by tho Captain, The matter was very attentively listened to by all present, after which tho lad ejp'eased his thanks to the givor most heartily, I beg to hand you the particulars of tho book " Flashes of Thought" herewith enclosed, asking you tokindly givo it a local notice: " Willi'im Gillespie, Hopo street, Maslerton.—This volume is presented to him as a mark of appreciation of his general good conduct and courtesy as. manifested in his daily duties of lifo, by his sincero friend and well wisher, 1884, Thomas William Shute, ' Trust in God and do tho right.' ' Flashes of thought' being ouo thousand choice extracts from tho works of 0. H. Spurgeon."

Sir Julius Vogel in a letter to the Post, flays, "Though I think the Government has outlived its usefulness, I recognise that it has boen strong to do much that was unpopular, because it considered it was doing right. Major Atkinson, in going to the country, probably does not consult hia- own political interests 60 much as those of his colleagues, And whatever the result Major Atkinson will have no cause for regret, for whilst he has received ample proof that tho political feeling of the country is against him, lio had received no less ample proof that ho is held in the highost personal estimation. I can assure tho Times', writer I havo no object to gain, My wish is to see a strong Government, and I believo'a'strong ono can bo formed if tho Opposition have tho opportunity of forminge, Government and going to tho country or'not, as may be necessary, : It mafters. littlo on how many matters tho ! Government may disagree, if on broad grounds itjeah work together, and.abovo'all remove the iugubrious impressions which the prosont melancholy-minded Ciovernmonc havo fastened on tho peoplo,'' We want a Government that will say to the colonists, Eecovcr from your oppression; do not fear to seek for tho mineral tresuros of colony, becauso a few people in Dunodin lost money. Tho rowards of mining are unoqual, but you havo in the colony as groat an encouragement for a mining industry as can bo found elsewhere. Do not fear agricultural pursuits. It is true thre price of wheat is somewhat low just now, hut you can got thirty bushels to the' acre, whilst oilier colonies are delighted with an average of ten, Do not ,fear commercial pursuits because of over.importing. Let those who over import suffer; the prudent can- still succeed, In short we want- a Government that will inculcate confidence, and not defend in dogmas tho rational conclusion from which is that the people should live on roots and clothe themselves with leaves, -