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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1765, 19 August 1884, Page 2

The death of an.old settler, Mrs John Mcintosh, of the Low,er Hutt, is recorded. Mr Win, Booth is now so far recovered from his late illness that he is able to get out a little every day. Mesßrs Henry Owen & Co,, of the Hall of Commerce announce that Saturday will be the last day of the great clearing sale of drapery. Major Pollard, of the Salvation Army, has cabled from Melbourne that he has arranged for the return to relatives of the young woman who went off with Captain Bedriingfield, The Post regrets to learn that Mr Harry D. Bell, Crown Prosecutor, is seriously ill, and is likely to be an invalid for some time to come. He is suffering from a severe and uncommon form of cutaneous disease, which, although not dangerous in itself, is often followed by dangerous consequences,

We are happy to state that Mr T. Barnard, of Carterton, who some ton days ago entered tho Greytown Hospital has' undergone a successful operation and is now on the road to recovery. Messrs Barker & Williams have commenced their contract for converting tho front of the Theatre Royal into shops and erecting in the Theatre over the baok of tho shops a gallery that will increase the present sitting accommodation, Messrs Lowes and lorus will offer at their stook sale to-morrow the following entries:—soo superior Merino owes in lamb to purebred Lincoln rams, 100 good crossbred ewes in lamb, 2 good dairy cowb, 4 young heifers, 1 double furrow plough, 1 set harrows, 1 scarifier, 2 single furrow ploughs, 3 splendid draught horses, 1 cart and harness, 1 spring cart and harness, 1 hack horse, 1 new dog-cart and harness, Also Nelson fruit trees and shrubs. The Hope of Carterton Tent, No. 42, 1.0.' R., celebrate the anniversary of the formation of the Tent by a soiree and social gathering at Carterton knight. A uumber of the Masterton fraternity will pay their neighbors a visit. A summonsed meeting of Masterton Loyal Oddfellows takes place at their lodgeroom, Empire Hotel, this evening, to which Brothers visiting the. district are cordially invited. We remind our readers again of the Rev. L. M. Isitt's lecture this evening on " General Gordon." The celebrated football contest of the ! men of iron versus butchers and bakers : comes off to-morrow afternoon. There ' will bo a largo attendance of exci'ed spectators. We are not informed whether 1 a brass band has been engaged, but we trust that an effort will be made to secure the services of one. W.C.T. Bro, Redding presided at the weekly meeting of the Phcenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T., last night. The attendance was 1 good, considering the weather, One I candidate for membership was proposed, and the evening was concluded with harmony. At a meeting of the Masterton lire Brigade last evening a challenge from the Greytown brigade to play a. football match on Saturday next was considered After discussion it was decided not to accept the challenge, as the Brigade was not in a position to put a fifteen in tho , field. Mr F. Bennioii, of tho Government Insurance Department, will doliver an address at the Masterton Institute on 1 Thursday evening next. Mr A. R. Bunny hns, we are informed, consented to take the chair at this meeting, Ad- , mission will bo free, and ladies are i particularly invited. ' Rapid progiess is being made in the ' improvements at the north end of Queenstreet. The accommodation house build- " ing to the order of Mr R. Hare is keeping n good many hands at work There are a great many hands also at work on the alterations and additions to Mr Sullivan's . house (late James' furniture warehouse), plans of which were laid before tho last Council meeting. About 9 o'clock last, night some person, attracted doubtless by the cheapness of the goods, in his hurry to mako a purchase, walked through } the window of Mr Berry's shop in • mistake for tho door. Mr Berry . hastened to see who the customer was I but found him not. Ho was still looliing T up and down the street this morning ■ when we passed. An Amateur musical and dramatic , entertainment is announced in our adver- . liaing columns to take place at the Theatre Royal on Friday next for the benefit of ' the Catholic school fund, The programme i will be supported by the Masterton 3 Amateur Dramatic Club, the Masterton 1 String Band, and the Orpheus Glee ! Club, Tickets, which are fixed at very moderate prices can be obtained at Messrs W. Bell's, T. E. Price's, or from tny 1 member of the Catholic School Com- ' mittee. It seems that instances are by no means 1 , rare of tho scant ceremony with which the 1 authorities treat the workmen on the ; railway works that are being carried or. i by Government above Masterton, To- , day we are informed by Mr William ! Morris, farmer, of Carterton, who has been employed most of the winter carting ' fascines to different parts of the works, ! that he has just returned from Masters ton where he has been by appointment for i the fourth time to receive money due to . him, but the paymaster each time had t failed to put in an appearance. He |. assures us that it is hard to earn money under such circumstances, but it is a 5 great deal harder to get it when earned. [ Tho Duneain correspondent of an t Otago country paper eiyes the following , account of the compromise between the members of the present Ministry ! When Mr Macandrew saw Sir Julius Vogel on Saturday he refused to join him i without Mr Montgomery. Mr Montf gomery then came to see Sit Julius Vogel, t and both refused to act with him unless Mr Stout was Premier, with Sir Julius as Treasurer. Sir Julms Vogel Btated that [ he would take the subordinate position if : the men who looked to him as leader i were agreeable, provided Mr Stout would ) accept his policy in toto, and waive all 1 obiections on the land question. The , three agreed to swallow Sir Julius Vogel's J policy, provided he was not Premier, giving as their reason that it would not do for thorn as Radicals to serve under a 5 Premier whom they considered a Conr servative, and alleging that their followers 3 were of the same opinion," f The settlors at Dalefield are in the I hopes, writes the Standard, of having a i schoolhouse erected before - long. A I meeting was held at Mr Price's residence t last Friday evening, when Mr J, G, Cox, the trustee in Mr Hirschberg's estate, j interviewed the settlers respecting an ' acre which Mr Hirschberg had ■ willed for the purpjse of a school in that i locality, Mr Cox informed the meeting t that a good title to the land could be j secured if the Education Board would build the school at once, Mr Chew has very kindly given another acre adjoining 1 that of Mr Hirschberg'e, as the Education 5 Board considered one acre would be i insufficient. Mr T. Price stated tint he 3 had written to Mr Buchanan on the 3 subject, urging him to look into the f matter. A deputation was appointed, consisting of Messrs Price, Chew, and Powell, to fait on the Education Board after a reply had been received from Mr Buchanan, M.H.R. i The real name of Henry Greville, the , Frenoh novelist, who has written such j striking scenes of Russian life, is Mine. t Alice Durand. The only people who practice sea j burial are the aborigines of the Chatham 1 Islands, When a fisherman there de* parts this life they place a baited rod in his hand, and, after lashing him last in a boat, Bend him adrift to sea. > In Victoria they are going to introduce 3 a novelty in railway travelling, Instead 3 of setting aside carriages for smokers, 1 carriages are to be reserved for nonsmokers, it is calculated that 99 per cent, j of the male travellers smoke. j The Duke of Edinburgh has obtained t permission from the Queen to make his s son a sailor ; and, in due time, he will , probably enter the navy. Prince Alfred , is to accompany his father during the summer cruise of the channel squadron, '

The attendance at the Theatre Royal I: last evening was spoiled by a heavy down s 'pour of rain, and ho performance was consequently given. f Our obituary column contains a notice , of the death of the Rev James Bagge, of 1 'Youghal, in his 87th year. The deceased 1 gentleman was tho father of Mr J. Bagge, of Masterton. The adjourned impounding case, Collier v Ewington, was decided in the R.M, Court this morning by Mr W, Lowes, J.P., Mr Beard appearing for the plaintiff and Mr Bunny for the defendant. Mr Frazi, surveyor, called by the former, proved that he had satisfied himself that the island from which Collier's horse was taken was on Mr McKillop's section. • Mr Bunny contended that Mr Ewirigton's lease extended to the river, and called Mr W, H. Beetham to prove that the river boundary had been altered by floods. Ho also contended that Mr Frazi's survey was insufficienttoconstitutelegal evidence. The Court held that the balance of evidence was in favor ot the assumption that plaintiffs horse was impounded off Mr McKillop's land, where he had permission to run it, and gave judgment in his favor for a refund of poundage fees claimed and costs, Captain Morris was sworn in at noon to-day as Commissioner of Customs, Messrs Stevens and Gorton are about to erect stock Bale yards at Woodville, There are some fine totara trees on the land recently sold near Makotoku. The : Waipawa Mail hears of one that is 42ft in girth, and more than 35ft upwards, iA iatal accident occurred at the Petone ' railway workshops this morning, A young 1 man named Albert James was engaged in 1 Suing a driving belt on to a pulley when he slipped and fell on the pulley whicn i threw him on to the saw bench head first, { a distance of ten feet. Ho was at once i taken to town by a special train, but died i just before reaching the Hospital, He , had only recently arrived from England. ' A meeting to present Mr W. W. McCardle with a testimonial, and also to i form a Liberal Reform Association will i be held in the Theatre Royal on Saturday | evening next. Residents who desire to desire to join in this testimonial are , requested to communicate at as early a , date as possible with Mr J. lorns or Mr j F. T. Redman. Mr Phillip R. Mcßae, of Welds Hill, t Blenheim, has been fined threepence each ! on his flock of 20,000 sheep, which are 1 infected with scab. The dafendant was given three months to pay the fine, and an 1 application for the remission of the .. amount is to be laid before the Depart* 3 ment if the sheep are declared clean by that time. 5 The first race meeting of the season is . a match between two well-known subur. ban residents of Masterton, Messrs , Bernard and Quigley, which is to come M off on the Opaki racecourse next Saturday 3 afternoon. Heavy bets are said to be j pending as to the respective merits of the two chargers entered for this event, They [ are both reported to be fit for the mile distance, which they are expected to