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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 8 September 1884, Page 2

Correspondence and reports including a letter from Mr. £, 8. Hawkins, are orowded out of our present issue.

; .Messrs J. &C. announce that till further arrangements are'made they will supply first class beef and mutton in Masterton per horse and trap. ; Mr King, the County Engineer is able .now to test the grades and surface of the County roadß with a bicycle, j. The amount of damage done to County I .roads and bridges in Wairarapa North by I the late .floods is estimated at £2000.,

.. A poor woinah lost a .five pound note from her pocket between one and two o'clock on Saturday afternoon in Queen street between Mason's shop andClayson's corner. Ten shillings reward is offered for its return'^ Mra' Moßeuzie, who was drowned : in the. Manawatu on Tuesday last, would have been safe had she'remained-in her whare. Though the flood surrounded-it, tho building itself was on high ground and was never touched by the water, Messrs Lowes ,& lorna' Sheriff's Bale takes place cn Thursday, September 11, at 2 o'olook. The goods comprise Bedsteads, Mattresses, Toilets, Couches, Fatioy Goods, &c, Mr F. W. Milliß, the Ventriloquist, is announced at Featherston for Tuesday, the 9th inst., Greytown the 10th, Carterton the 11th, and Masterton the 12th. All who heard Mr Millis on the occasion of his laßt visit, will welcome him back to this district,

Mr George Beetham, M.H.R,, paid a brief visit to Masterton on Saturday last in connection with the special difficulty under which the County labors in finding ways and means for repairing the bridges which have recently been damaged by floods, It is possible that he rray obtain help for the County from the Roads and Bridges fund of the general Government.

The traces of the late flood are rapidly disappearing in Masterton, thanks to the energy whioh the Borough Works Committee has displayed in repairing damages. Flags are placed on either side of the Wawgawa river to mark the best crossing place. The ford is { a good one, being in no part three feet in depth. We understand that an attempt will be made to-day to co'nneot the Waipoua bridge with the embankment on the Masterton aide with a footbridge. • The ohaßmis ninety feet cross, and, consequently, something more than a big plank will be needed.

The Pioton launch has returned to Wellington with the three lost men; belonging to the Lastingham. They were' picked up by the sohooner Maud Graham yeatesday morning and afterwards landed at Mr Jones' station, where the launch brought them from. ■ The beach near the scene, of the. wreok was strewn with wreckage and a mast of the ship w'aß visible.

Out Carterton correspondent is informed by the chairman of the Taratahi-Carterton Highway Board that owing to the' great damage done ,by the late flood to the roads and bridges in this district) he will foel it his duty to oall a meeting for the purpose of levying a speoial rate in the. respective wards that are most interested,' and also to consider the state of the Waingawa bridge. In the Dalefield road alone wo believe it will cost something like £IOO to replace the bridge that has been carried away, It a good deal to slop Cobb & Co when passengers are waiting to be oarried through, We stated that the road to Eketahuna was impassable, but Mr James Jlacara has just started through to Woodville with four passengers. How he will get there with them is a mystery, but any one who knows him will back him to take them through to time. In a day or two .ordinary traffic will be practicable along the line, but in the interim Mr Macara, believing, that Cobb & Co can travel wherever a wheelbarrow can go, will convey all ppengera who may present themselves

Mr King, the County Engineer, has had a busy time since Tuesday last, He' has travelled through ; the County as far as the Manawatu Ferry, made estimates of the damages done by the late floods, j pat some forty men to work at different points of the road to remove obstructions and after befog out of bed for two nights, met the Works Committee on Saturday with a full report. We are. gjtjd to learn that the aotion he had taken in putting on a strong staff of men was confirmed, and that he was authorised to use every available means to open uptraffio again oti the County roads, . ; , There was a good attendance at the meeting of- the Masterton and Opaki Jockey Club oonvened at the Club Hotel on Saturday evening last, but the Presi* dent and many members were, engaged at the Institute, meeting. . Mr Puyton was voted to the chair, and it was arranged 'that the election of officers should be adjourned till Saturday to secure a full muster of members. The secretary announced that the purchase of the new course had been arranged and tife dppoeit paid on the same, Eight new ipembere were duly.pjjosed- and elected

We' visited yesterday the ipene of the late flood at Waingpa, Tlja speotaclo was not a very cheerful one, Under the long bridge where the river ought to run was au immense bed of shingle, The stream itself- has taken a new course rounds the Masterton end of the struoture after carrying away, the approaches at the opposite terminus.' Higher up, the battered and brplfflt) pjleg of. the railway bridge formed a melanolioly picture. A Btronf- Btaff of men,-aided by thp motive power ol a railway, engine, waß at work driving iu new pijes, and with the resources at thp.disposal of.the department, through traffic; to t|)p : Maato'rtori station ought to be practicably bythe middle of this week,

■ The candidates for municipal honors address the "burgesses in the Theatre Royal this evening, At. the present time there are several burning questions bt fore .the public;and;the opinions of the aspirants to office will no doubt influence votes and in a great decide the election; Fortunately I "tlie' eight candidates are not all orators,. If they were no meeting of any ordinary length-would suffice them, No doubt each one will have an opportunity of etdting his views concisely on leading municipal topics, and that it all that sensible paopla -will. d«ir«,

"" It js(qpdGi'dtobd|that Wi Pern cepted a seat in the Executive which la attached a salary of £4OO per annum.,; '/ '

The'.football match Combined ■WairaV rapav (Whined Wellington was played in Grpyfcpwn on-Saturday and resulted in a win for. the latter team by a goal to loVe., The matoh between the Masterton Fire Brigade and, the printers.of the town'was' played.' in -' Meaara Loader and' Hawked paddook, Bannister-street, on Saturdayafternoon, and resulted in an easy victory (or the printers by two tries tonii, Hawlse and O'Connor each scoring. The printers took the ball over their opponents line on three other occasions, bnt twice it' was called back, and the third time it went into touoli in goal. The Fire Brigade made, a good fight, but the printers khew i oo much for them.

There was no attendance of creditotsat the meetings convened by the Deputy Official Assignee to-day in the estates of R.' H. Ohinohen and Harvey & Sons. • An adjourned meeting of the Masterton Chess and Draught Club take 3 plaoe at the Institute at 8 o'clock this evening to paBS rules &o, In' another column will be found an address from fir James Muir, one of the candidates for municipal honors, giving his views upon local questions of importance to the public in general and to tha ratepayers in particular.

The Bteamer returned from Jackson' 8 Head tbis morning, but on ncoount of th e weather was unable to get round to .tli* side of the Head on which the Listing, ham atruok. Parties were landed on this side of the Head, and croseed over! the hills to where the vessel lay, and found her lying on her port bilge, with the deok slanting seaward and mast standing out of water.

' Tlie following information re the Eketahuna-Tinui road has been placed at our disposal for publication:—The Engin neer's report on the direot line by way of Castlepoint Hill is a satisfactory one and will save some £6OOO in formation and bridging. The nature of the Rround.on this line will cost much less per mile in formation and maintenance ever after than on the proposed route. From these considerations the Oounoil should have no hesitation in ohoaiog the direot line as the main road; The proposed and partly formed way is round by the Tiraumea, but the present and most direct line is by Castle Bill but not over it. It comes through by the bottom of the range and joins the present line that is being formed by the Alfredton Board about two milea above Mr Alpass' homestead.

Lovers of Scotland's popular game will appreciate the following, given by the North British Mail" An irate skip, greatly disgusted with the play of his leader, but not wishing to send him direct to a certain nameless region, had recourse to the following delightful euphemism: <( Man, Jack, it's a guid thing ye're gaun where there'll be me • f. »

Alexandre Dumas was one day the guest of Dr Gistal, a leading practitioner in Marseilles, After' dinner, while the coft'ee was being handed round, the 'host requested the great novelist to enrich his album with one of his witty improvisations. "Certainly," replied Dumas with a smile; and drawing out his pencil he wrote, under the eyes of his entertainer, the following '.ines;—" Since Dr Gistal came to our town, to cure disease casual and hereditary, the hospital has been pulled down ——" " You flatterer !" here exolaimed the doctor, mightily pleased; but the poet went on —" And we liave made a larger cemetery." ■ What is a kiss'] The question can only be, answered by experience solvitua oscidando. But it is easy after a decision in the Lambeth County Court to say what a kiss is not: it is not.legal consideration. A surgeon in Lambeth kissed a working man's wife; the husband valued the kiss at £5; and the surgoon gave him an I 0 U for that amount. A month after date an action was brought oh this document, but the judge promptly ruled that there was no consideration, and gave a verdict for the defendant. Perhaps the lady was in Court and the judge may have been influenced by that. For even the poets admit that there are " kisses and kissesthe interesting question is whether the judgment was meant to lay down a general principle, or whether every case must be decided on its merits,

Cut readers will be glad to learn that MeßsrsL, J, Hooper (S Co. have completed arrangements to get their new stock conveyed by waggons from Dnnale's Sidingjas poon as a ford is made ovef the Wajngawa river Their customers will no doubt have ■the opportunity of inspeoting the Grandest Show of Spring and Summer Novelties the early part of next week,—Adyt,

After several years experience in supplying watches for the colonial market, Littlejohn and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for suoh watches. It is only b) the juflpiogsijivisjon 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 introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever. This watoh, being simple in design durable, highly finished, and all the requirements of a pooket timekeeper, A written guarantee for two years will be given with each wrinh. Sent by. post, securely paoked, on .receipt of Post Office order or oheaue.—(Advtl

NEGLECT is often as fertile a cause op SUFFERING as tho disease itself. Human nature warnedas it is. by repeated oxamples, is prone to forget tho salutary lessons they inculcate and apt'to lose by deferment, the good it may redeve from prompt and decisive action. When the means are within our grasp, it is almost sinful to allow their escape, and hose who overlook the virtues of UDOLPHO WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS must stand forever self-criminated and reproached