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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1779, 4 September 1884, Page 2

The funeral of the late Jena Poles znorrow (Friday) afternoon,

Tho Wairarapa and EaatCoaat Paatural and Agrioultural Society announces its. annual parade of stallions for Saturday, September 27th, 1884. ; : r ,- la tho Whareatua diatriot there has been, we hear, a less rainfall than in this neighborhood, and the road to Tenui, barring mud, is in a passable state. Thirty thousand trout ova arrived in Masterton last evening from Duuedin in good condition, and have been placed in the new building erected by the Wairarapa Acclimatisation Sooiety in Ohapel street.

' Mr W. Lowea, J.P., aat in court this morning to hear a case of John Holes v Neil O'Kane, in which defendant was charged with using abusive and threatening language. As there was no appearance of the prosecutor when the case was called, it was dismissed. The following team will represent the Fire Brigade in the football matoh with the printers on Saturday i-Pelling (oaptain), O'Meara, Honnslow, Ewington, Morris, Croft, Muir, Wyeth, Keester, T. Dixon, Greswell, Mills, Allen, Jackson, Martin; emergencies, Langley, Peacock. The Hon. P. A. Buckley has accepted the portfolio of Colonial Secretary and has been sworn in this morning. . This local appointment will reooncile Wellington in a measure to the new Ministry. Mr Buckley is a smart clear-headed'man though not very profound. At the Wellington Poultry Show the Wairarapa exhibits, partly owing to bad weather, were not very numerous, Mr W. MoK&nzie, of Masterton, took first prize for Andalusians, and Mr T, J. James first prize for colored Dorkings. Mr Elkins took first priqe for silver spangled Hamburgs. The body of poor Jens Peter Petersen was found by a Maori named Banganui this morning a few chains below tho spot where he was last seen, Mr James Macara had offered a reward of £lO for its recovery, and the natives at Akura were consequently on the alert to find it. An inquest is now being held : on the remains.

The result of the nominations for the Masterton Road Board, is as follows : Mr E. D. Dagg lias been returned unopposed for No 2 Ward ; Mr Guilder Gunderson unopposed for No 3 Ward, Mr Chamberlain declining to stand again; Mr W. H. Beetham No 4 Ward ;' Mr E. Meredith Jun. No 5 Ward. Meßsra Lowea & lornß' market Bale yesterday was in a measure spoilt by floods, but considering tbe difficulties of ingress and egress, a fair amount of business was done. A mob of weaners sold at 21s, " Dainty Davie," the wellknown entire, fetched £BO, Mr B. McEwen being the purchaser. A bugay was knocked down at £4O, and a spring waggon at £3l. Haoks fetobed from £ 5 to £7, and a miscellaneous stock of saddlery realised fair values.

Mr Newman Shaw the driver of Cobb. & Co's mail coach between Masterton and Wondville, has just had rather a bad twenty«four hours. Yesterday morning he left Eketahuna and attempted to reach Woodville on horseback with the mails, but after a mile or two he found the road so blooked with Blips that he had lo retrace his Bteps. At 1 p.m. he started from Eketahuna to reach Masterton, and by b!x o'clock succeeded in reaching Stoney Cheek, where he put up for the night and came on into Masterton early this morning. Between Eketahuna and Stoney Creek he encountered numberless Blips, and in many places the approaches to bridges were washed away. In some spots thousands of tons of earth were over the road, and he states that though he got through, he is not prepared to repeat the attempt. Towards dusk he met an impassable barrier, and it was only by rolling his horse down into a gully and working round it that he managed to get by.

We hear that Borne of the prospectors round Masterton are gaining a reputation as •' frttuds." . They delude the unwary into' assisting them, and in return g}ve them unreliable statements of localities in which gold is to be fonnd, It is even said that Reefton specimens are imported to bait their traps.

W. Littlejohn and Son having discovered that inferior Batches bearing their name and address, which are not ot their manufacture, nor made to their order, have been sold by unscrupulous dealers, inform the public that they employ no agents whatever. Engravers and others using their name without their authority render themselves liable to prosecution.

Coach traffio between Masterton and Woodville may bo expeoted to be suspended for at least a fortnight. Should a strong staff of workman not be put on immediately the suspension will be for a much longer period than two weeks. Prince Frederioh Charles of Prussia is about to publish an account of his recent travels in the East. The work, wbioh is. to appear at Ftankfon-on-the-Oder, will be splendidly illustrated from drawings taken by a member of his suite. It "is understood that the narrative has been prepared for the preaa by Professor Dr. Brugsch, who aocompanied the Prince on his tour.

A diver engaged in diving operations off the coast opposite Gibraltar, under Apes Hill, with the object of ascertaining the whereabouts of a recent wreuk, has discovered at the bottom from 80 to 100 large gunß, mostly 24 and 82 pounders, and also two large anohors, They are supposed to have belonged to aotne large line-of-battle ship whioh sank in the old war, possibly after the battle of Trafalgar.

A lad; named Diokson, over meaty years of age, who lived alona in a house in Dundalk, has been found lying dead in the hall, Her teeth were knocked out, and there were appearances of violence, The room had been ransacked, clothing and other articles thrown about in oonfusion, and two gold watches taken away. It was at first supposed that she died of apoplexy, but it is now found that she was murdered by thieves, or died of fright when she found robbers in the house. '

After long negotiations, (he Spanish and French Governments have agreea. to authorise the construoiioo of two different railways across the Pyrenees-; the one line prolonging the Madrid and Saragoasa railway by Huesca and Oafranc to a tunnel four kilometres long at Sompoct, passing thence to Oloron, in France; and the second line crossing the Pyrenees from Lend*, by the valleys of Poguera and Pallareaa, to a tunnel three kilometres long at Solanut,. before the line enters the French department at Afiege.

After several years experience in supplying watches for the colonial .market, Littfejohn and Son, of Lamtton Quay, Wellington, have observed the ifab for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for snoh' watches, It ,is only b} the judioioua division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we are enabled to meet this want. We have now the pleasure of intfoducine our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever. This watch, being simple in design durable, highly finished, and aocurate.fulfila, all the requirements of a pooket timekeeper! A written guarantee for two years will' be given with eaoh wtfoh. Sent by post, securely packed, on receipt of Post Office order or cheque.— (Anvil

; The successful Wairarapa : exhibitors at the Wellington Poultry Show'were Messrs. A. JGlkins, W. G.< King, T J. James, L. M.'JEsitt and JP.-Seed; '■'. ' ' Messrs William Whittaod 0. Driholdson cabinet-makers, are about to open the premises lately ocoupied by Mr Moellerin Queen-street, with a stook of superior furniture.

Messrs Lowes and lorns make some extensive additions to their Saturdays sale comprising new furniture and, in consequence of the long catalogue: the hour ia altered from 2to 1 o'clock. The goods are now on view at the auction niart,

At a meeting of the Masterton Fire Brigade held laat evening the following officers were elected: —Lieutenant, Mr Keester ; Foreman, Mr T. ; Dixon'' 1 ; Branchmen, Messrs Oresswell and O'Meara, The meeting adjourned till Friday next, when the annual report will be presented and considered Three new members were elected at this meeting, g A very narrow escape from a Berions aocident happened this afternoon to a lady who was on horseback proceeding loan upoountry station, The wind suddenly blew off her hat, and, in reaohing out to stop it, Bhe over balanced herself and fell over the offside of the horse, her dress catohing in the pommel of the saddle. She clung to the reins, and was promptly resoued from her perilous position, replaced on the saddle, and proceeeded on her journey, The Buamahanga river has gone down very rapidly, and we aro glad to be able to report that not bo much loss amongst stook has taken place as was at first supposed, The fact is that farmers wore overtaken by the sudden rise of the water and being linable to drive stock out hid to retreat and leave sheep in moat oases to shift for themselves, We need hardly lay with wbat ; feelings of satisfaction settlers found that in many cases it had been touch ana go and that stock had not been washed away. This was in one case -that of Mr Wilkerson, on Kokatou, a most satisfactory experience. He had to leave about 100 sheep, and fully expected they were all gone, when, to his delight, yesterday morning he found them on a slight ridge dose to the edge of the main stream. Mr J, B. Penny was reported to have lose orer2oo sheep, but the loss turns out to be 25 only. Mr Edward Maunsell had to send his family away in a oanoe about midnight in dread of the flood'. Mr J. Baton's house, as in the flood of March 1880, was again surrounded, and he reports the flood to have been within the einhth of an boh. of the high water mark of that year. The water there rose one foot in ten minutes, Numbers of roads are rendered impassable through destruction of bridges &c.