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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1788, 15 September 1884, Page 2

The Phcenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T. meet this evening at the Temperance Ball, Chapel street,

Mr J, B. Harcourt and Mr Goorge Beetham,' M.H.R. have joined the New Zealand Directorate of the ■■Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Sooiety. Mr C. Smith announces the opening up of spring and summer novelties. The time for receiving tendera for Mr D. MoMasler's new residence is extended till Monday the 22nd inst.

The adjourned general meeting of the Tradesman s Cricket Club takes place'at the Fire Brigade Btation to-morrow evening.

Two dogs have been poisoned at Kuri« puni. It is supposed that the providers of the medicated meat were the owners of lambs in that neighborhood. Messrs L. J. Hooper & Go's new announcement notifying their grand display of spring and summer goods, will appear to-morrow.

We have received a letter signed' J.Q,,' which, acoording to journalistic rules, should have been addressed to our local contemporary,

On Saturday night Mr A, P. Fielding inadvertently locked a big dog up in his shop. On Sunday morning the sagacious animal carefully and gingerly effected his oßcape by making a hole in the window pane,

r We regret to record the death of Mr Easton, a well known Maaterton resident, who succumbed somewhat suddenly to pleurisy on Saturday last. The deceased for many years was a leading teacher in St. Matthews' Sunday School, and we understand that it has been arranged to hold a choral service in connection with his funeral, which takes place to-morrow at 3 p.m.-.-;,.'

Mr J, W. Glover, the Gospel Temperance Missionary, replied as follows to an invitation to visit Mastorton:—" Wellington, Saturday,—Very sorry it jb impossible to come. I leave to-morrow by Hawera and straight on by 'Frisco Mail for America, at the same time I thank you and the friends very much for your kind wißhes." We have received from Mrs Palmer, a lady formerly residing in Masterton, a publication entitled " 'Twas but a dream," in which words and music are the composition of the lady, to whom we refer. Both are characterised by musical expression, and indicate a refinement and finish which is not often met with in colonial musical productions, '.fho publishers, Messrs Lyon and Blair have done justice to their part of the work, and' we commend the very pretty sheet they have issued to the notice of our readers.

Captain Francis of the Salvation Army yisited Carterton with a contingent of officers and soldiers on Sunday afternoon, and had a "hallelujah" meeting in the Publio Hall, which was well packed with a vory appreciative audience. The ohoral part of the service was led by "Cornet" Spooner, and addresses were given by Serceaats Lee, Bedding, Spooner, Lawrence, and other Masterton and Carterton Salvationists, Two came out to the penitent form. In the evening the Masterton barracks was thrown open to the publio, and some very earnest addresses were given by soldiers and visitors, During a very impressive address one lady fainted, At the prayer meeting, in response to an enquiry made by Captain Francis as to-who would come out and make a bold stand for Jesus, one young man from the body of the hill shouted " I will," and went up to the penitent form Before the close of the meeting there were five volunteers enrolled,

Henry Ellis waß charged on remand at jhe Masterton Police Court this morning, before Mr Wardell, R,M„ with being drunk, whilst in charge of a horse on Friday, September 12th, in tho public street, to whicn he pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s or 14 days, A second charge was also made and proved by the police of obscene language oii the same occasion. Prisoner was fined £5 or one month's hard labor, the sentences to be accumulative. The prisoner said he had or £7O in the hands of the manager of Anniedale station, and His Worship gave him the chance of finding substantial bail for his appearanoe on Monday next, Prisoner said he knew no one in Masterton, and His Worship told him he would then have to take the consequences of his conduct, A further charge of damaging property in thelrjiico of Wales' Hotel on the same day to the extent of 6s waß proved. The prisoner rode into the bar on horseback, and, in getting off his horse, fell on the counter and smashed seven tumblers. There being no apparent malice, prisoner waß obliged to pay the value claimed, namely, 6s. A long Ijst of fines and imprisonments for offences of a similar nature wero recorded against the prisoner,

• To-day is the 45th anniversary ofthe time when five vessels, the Aurora, tho Oriental, the Adelaide, the Bengal Merchant, and the Duke of Roxburgh, left Gravesend with the pioneer fathers and mothers of Now Zealand,-

Mr_J, H. Corbett has filed a petition to be adjudicated a bankrupt. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers parade for inspection on the 25th inst,, and tor class firing on the 26tb. We understand that Mr W. F. York is about to apply to the Borough Oouncil for permission to wash the flax in connection ; with his new mill in the creek running by his premises, and that there is likely to be some opposition to his application.

How-to Get SicK.-Expose yourself night and day. sit too mncb without exeroiso, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time take all the vile nostrums advertised- antf then you will want j;o know

After several years experience }n supplying watches for the colonial market, iiftlejohn and Sod, of Lambton Quay, have observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watdh at a lower price than that usually paid for suoh watches. It is only bj the jiidioions division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we are enabkd to meet this want. We have now;.the pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever, This watoh, being Bimple in design durable, highly finished, and Mcnrate,fulfils, all the requirements of a pocket timekeeper, A written guarantee for two years will be gjyen jyi|th each w*t«h. Sent by post, securely pwkpd, (W reopjpt of Post Office order or otegue,-/4pro ' i

We direot attention to an advertisement in another column notifying the publio that the new .fire bell—which was successfully hoisted into its position in the tower this morning by the members of the Maaterton Fire Brigade under Captain Keester, will be rung at half past five o'clock this afternoon.

There was rather a poor house at the Theatre Eoyal on Saturday evening owing ts the inclement atate of the weather, but .notwithstanding the Birtall attendance Millis carried out his programme to the entire satisfaction of the audience, being more Buccesßtul, if that were possible, than on the previous night. During the evening he was several times encored and was loudly applauded ever; few minutes. His imitation of a dog howling under the stage was immense and at once a spaniel, which happened to be in the theatre, started off barking at n great rate. The local hits, too ,were very happy.