The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,1884.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1863, 12 December 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,1884.

Another candidate is announced through, our columns for the Central Insurance Board in the person of the genial Mr Thoff, Dwan, ...... We have' been requested to state that the amount of the life insurance policy of the'late Mr Henry Welch has been incorrectly reported at ;£SOO. The correct som is 1200. . The Examiner : hears of a party of Hawke's Bay settlers who talk of acquiring a portion ef. the ; Mangahap Block under special settlement conditions. Already two of the promoters have vi«ited the block and are highly pleased with it. We have received this morning a bound copy of the statutes of the late session from the (iovernment printer, and feel grateful, because hitherto we have always had to bind annual copies ourselves, The Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral society distribute prizes won at the late show, in the Council Chambers Carterton, to-morrow afternoon. We romind householders that Meaar 8 Lowes and lorns dispose of valuable line 8 of furnituro under bill of sale to-morrow Mr A. McLeod is the successful tenderer for the alterations to the Waingawa bridgo at £598195, Palients suffering from diseases or the eye, ear, und throat, wishing Dr Schwarzbach, M.D., to visit Masterton professionally will kindly communioate with the doctor at the Wellington Empire Hotel. Totally blind or deaf persons or those afflicted seriously had better apply to him personally in Wellington at an early dale. News reached us yesterday, writes the Observer, of.a Beries of robberies whioh occurred at Gladstone recently, The Maories at Whakawhirinaki, Kiarariki and Pauhi had gone shearing, and left in their homes articles of bedding, clothing, greenstone ornaments, and other valuable nicnics.. Eoturnirg home on Monday, they were surprised and grioved to find that their places of abode had been forcibly broken into, and a clean-sweep made of their goods. The individuals •»ho are known to have committed these depredations are a email party of swaggers on whose tracks are Constable Darby and a Masterton policeman,

Mt P. H. Wood holds a general, unreserved sale at bis Carterton Auction tooms.'io-morro'ff',' 1 " " '•;. ;It./iB. reported that Mr 0. B, Morißon .the well known solicitor is likely to open ■ an-.office at-Napierl-.. ■ ; N ? : A'Meting of' Hugh Millar's oreditors is; convened-for eleven o'clock to-nlori;ow,

Tile" annual meeting ot the Masterton Aquatio : Club will be held in Mr Ming's shoe this oveniug.'.

Luscious sttawborries, alluring goose-

berries, and'fascinating, r.ed currents are profusely displayed in the window of -Fielding's fruit depot tp-dayj •'

' We'are ; requeSted to remind those, who; have kindly promised contributions to the' for.tligQihiug. Wesleyaa Bazaar that their gifts' should be sent in-tosome meraberot the Committee by Monday next, ,

In consequence of large importations D. AsheY, bf' the cheap fanoy bazaar, Manners St:,~Wellington, lits opened the adjoining sbdp'to his premises, and will thus be enabled .to.displaj ..his Christmas nov.eliiei to greater. advjtnlaga, Tenders are invited for the purchase ot •the. lease of the shop in Queen-stroet occupied by Mr Evens Chemist,

A commercial .traveller and a local

res dent, who was lately fined for a breach of the peace, odmmenced a pugilistic encounter at the corner of Queen and Perry Streets this morning. The appearance of a constable was a signal for adjourning the combat.

It ib understood that Sir Julius V»gel has instructed his solicitors to proceed against the New Zealand Times for the

long series of alleged libels in which it has indulged respecting him. The proprietors will be served with a writ for £IO,OOO as soon as the' declarations can be put in form.

Mr Chapman completes to-day in a very satisfactory manner, his contract for the erection of a neat fence round the Park oval. The fence is ornamental as well as useful, and foods to set off the Park grounds to advantage. As soon as the subscriptions are all paid we will publish ji list, of the contributors to this very useful work.

'The premises adjacent to the Club Hotel which have recently.been taken by the New Zealand OlotUing Company have been refitted and renovated throughout. To-m6rrow they will be opened with a large stock of men's youth's and boy's 'clothing,- of the quality for which the company has acquired its colonial reputation,'

The Gazette notifies that after the representations made by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, the name of Louis Sinclair, registered on production of diploma of licentiate in dental surgery, R.O.S 1., has been erased from the dentiste' register for New Zealand,

The Mastevton Teut 1.0.R, held their ordinary fortnightly meeting laßttnght when the following were nominated for the various offices for the ensuing term:— C.R., Bros. Easthope and W, Duncan D.R., Bro. Stoue; Seoretary Bro. J Brown ; Treasurer, Bros., Ingram, and Carpenter; 8.5.. Bro, Falk. The quarterly meeting and election of officevs will tako place on Thursday December 18, as the regular meeting night falls upon Christ** mas day, A plan of the proposed new Temberance Hall was submitted to the meeting and the question of how much increased rent the Tent would be willing to pay for the new building was held over for the nuxt summoned meeting. Mr Walter Monson is the successful tenderer for the grass-cutting contract advertised recently by Mr James Macar'a Yesterday's Gazette contains the order directing additional postage to be charged on all letters, newspaper, &0., sent from the colony by way of Suez and Brindisi. The charges are-Oue shilling por halfounce fur letiers ; threepence for every two ounces on book paketa and parcels; and twopence for each newspaper. ,The new regulation will effect all correspondence leaving the United Kingdom on and aftei January 1 npst. The following circular cablegram has been receivod relating to the colonial exhibition to be held in London in 1886. The Government are at once taking it into their consideration;-His Royal Highness, the Priuco of Wales, requests us to telegraph the substance of the following points-Guarantee Fund , India guarantees twenty thousand ot the fifty thousand which it is estimated will be sufficient, and hopes that the Colonies will combine to guarantee thirty thousand pounds. Previous international exhibitions have involved, no call on a guarantee. The cable then enters into detail of space allotted, which have already been tele--graphed. HK.H, the Prince of Wales is President and Sir Cunliffe Owen Secretary. His Royal Highness hopes that each colony will be represented by a single. Executive Commissioner, and it will give run great. pleasure if the AgentsrG.eueral of all. Australian colonies are nominated, to be assisted by hot more than two. or three Commissioners, It is suggested that a restaurant'be attached for colonial meats, fruitß,..and wines, and there will be a special. Bpace for living ' animals. ?till particulars afe.'baing warded by outgoing mail. ■ R&pp .& Hare-arc instructed to sell at mill prices the following-goods {■"•'Mosgiel Clothing and -Hosiery;- Kaiapoi Clothing, Auckland" Clothing, and Wellington Clothing, We .intend' to clear- our large stock at immense fe'djuotiens, '.and offer. a bonus of 2s in the £ cash'toall purchasers to the value of £l. Don't forget the address.—Advt. - • -

. 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 such watches. It is only I)) the judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that to are enabled to meet this want. We have now the pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Bijyei Lever. This watch, being simple in design durable, highly finished, and accurate, fulfils, all the requirements of a pockot timekeeper, A written guarantee for two years will be given with each w»toh. Sent by post, securely packed, on receipt of Post Office

order or cheaue.—(Advtl NEGLECT IS OFTEN AS FERTILE A CAUSE OF SUFFERING as the disease itself. Human nature, warned as it is by repeated examples, is prone to forget the salutary lessons they inculcate and apt to lose by deferment, thogood it mayrccicvefrom prompt mid decislvo action. When the means a e 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 reproved,