The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1884.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1876, 30 December 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1884.

Ferrets once more on .the war track ! On Monday morning Mr Dan Cross ■ was unfortunate enough to find seventeen of his young fowlß and ducks hors de combat. On searching for the cause he found a large dog ferret laid up close to ther dead poultry under a . log. Mr Cross made sundry attempts to capture him alive, but without avail, so rather than let him go, he slaughtered the savage murderer in his den.

Between Cross' Creek and Featherston writes the Standard, one day last week the driver o( the train.observed an object on the lirie ahead. It turned out to be a drunken man, and the driver stopped the train; One of the permanent waymen dragged-the inebriate out of the way and thus a terrible accident was averted. Leo's consultation on the MastertonOpaki Handicap was drawn on Friday evening and'resulted in the First prize £6O going to a' resident of . Mauriceville. the; second' £25 .to", a TaliQru .settler,the. ••'tWi and-tjie pther. horsed va^ingir6ro'. : £3 to: £6 chiifly to fedy residSitta of Owing--to pressure on hip time teo ( in. 'tendw : i£tiringfroitf the speculative arena been'prevailed tj} titai and it will lie seen TtJat one o[$0: subscribers-is 'apooitctd' •on tftt ff.' o,'Hapc^.^.;-,

Tho train arrangomonta for Now Years' Day are published in another column. The Tolephono newspaper, published at Gisbome, has ceased publication. _ The Masterton Borough Council .holds its fortnightly meeting this evening.

Tenders are invited for the erection of .schools at Breyerton and Te Whiti, and far Editions,to the Masterton School.

The-parado of tho Masterton Volunteers was,, attended --Jjy thirty-four lM%e'ning. v Color-Sergeant DM being in command. Drill-Instructor Bezar was also.present. • y A'meoting of directors of theWairarapa Society is convened this even;;ing'forifflp'6rtaatbu'aiiiessr . Aji_ important-jtneeting of the Stone-, •liengfl Lo3go,*"aneiohb order ,of . Druids,-.at-4iho-Empire-Hotel-this •evening-; \ We hear,the latest item on the programme of the'.North Wairarapa Settlers Association is a proposal -to give-a public dinner to, the Hon v Mr, Ballance.

James "Bishby- and Martin Neetham wero'brought before Mr Lowes, J.P. this morning, charged with.-drunkeness. It being their second offenco they were fined .twenty shillings or forty eight hours each, The following team will represent Mas■tertori in the cricket match with Greytown on [Saturday next';— Messrs' Hathaway, Hiutisoiv Petty, Whatman,. McKenzie; Minifie, : Egguldeii v Moor,e, Isitt, Sleeman, and J..WiUUi«i"'

At'a-ilpeciftl,meeting-of the Masterton Volunteer Eire. Brigade held last night the, ■ following mdmbcrawdro'pioked as'.a team' to. tpke part in ; ths'competition at Duiiedin on the 28tfi of January Firemen Creaswell,' O'Meara, Mans oil,' Hounslow, and-' ; Ewifigton.' Secretary -Easthope to" goat delegate' and Captain Iveestor as officer in charge. ' . . There was a good attendance of members at the-Good- Templars Lodge last night. •Six new names were proposed for membership and'three initiations took place. : A communication was received on behalf of

the Band of Hope asking for the use of the Hall for meeting*, to commence the beginning of the year and permission to use the Hall on the usual conditions was granted, • The meeting concluded with harmony.

Sir Julius'Vogel will leave by the Hinem'oa for Hawera to-morrow. The Hon Mr Buckley also leaves in the same veesel.and will disembark at Napier, work-' ing'his way north, inspecting charitable institutions, On his way from; the South tlj'e Premier had ;an interview with the Governor respecting;the Gorman annexation of; New Gainea, and a meeting of the Council, is being held this morning to decido as to what answer should be sent to the circular cablegram sent by Mr Service.

• A.poll of the Pahiatua-ratepayers was taken on Saturday on the proposal to levya, special and general : rate over the, whole district of |d in the" £,' for the purpose of repaying a loan under the Roads- and;

Bridges. Construction-Act, of £2806. The result was in favor of the property represented by eight individuals, who polled thirteen votes against seventeen bona fide settlers,: >lmmediate steps, writes our correspondent, are to be taken to get this Road .Board- District made a separate

Riding to escape, the Alfredton special

rate, as it is rather rough on. .residents to have to pay for a road seventeen miles away when wo aro so badly in want of roads ourselves, : Mr James Ross has just completed additions, to his blacksmith shop and

added a new forge,,which has been rendered necessary byhia increased business,

He has now five forges in full work, and keeps no less than nine men in constant employment Mr James Ewington, who ■manages the wheelwright branch , of tho business is just putting'the' finishing touches to a double shaft wool waggon, the first of its kind ever built in Masterton, It is to the order of Mr T. Dillon, of Tinui, and is for employment in trade from-Tiraumea Valley to Masterton and to Castlepoint, The waggon is built of the best colonial timbers and is furnished with a single screw and ;lever brake, It is capable of holding seven bales of wool in the bottom and will prove of immense convenience to tho district to which it is going. - -

The installation and investiture, of officers of the Masterton Masonic Lodge, 1430, E.C., took place in their Lodge room Bannister-Street, 'yesterday. The Rev. W, . E. Paige, W.M,'; .■ was Installing Master and conducted the proceedings in a .very • imoreaaivo manner; The following officers were,, installed:— I,P.M. Bro W. Lowes; W.M., BroW. Sellarj S.W., Bro R. J. Fitton; J.W, Bro S. H. Wickerson; S.D., BroS, Kingdom; J.D., Bro E. Richardß, jun, j Secretary, Bro W. T.-Grundy; Treasurer, BroR.SL Galloway; Chaplain,' Bra W. E. Paige;l.G., BroThompson; ,Ty)er, Bro W, .T, Kobinp. The brethren afterwards adjourned : ,Cluli Hotel) 1 where the worthy "host,' Bro A. Elkins •had a splendid,banquet Juy. which the party sat. TheiW.'M,, sro Sellar v o'ccupied,ih&; chair supported on tho right' and',' Ipft hands by Past, Masters E. Bipwn'and,D. W, Mcintosh.. After the edibles li/td 'been disposed of, the usual loyal fcoastß were given, followed, by others of a patriotic and fraternal description, interspersed with, songs and recitations, and a very onjoyable.evening was spent,' Several visitors ' from the Sister Lodges of South Wairarapa" on arriving at the'Waingawa fiver," found the stream so much swollen that they' could' not cross over, and were reluctantly compelled to turn back, lUpp & Hare arc instructed to sail, at mill prices the following goods; Mosgiel Clothing and HosieryKai.apoi Clothing,. Auckland Clothing,''find "Wellington Clothing. We intend to clear'our large stock at immense reduc.ticna, andnfftrt' a bonus of 2s in the £ cash to all purchasers to the »alue of £l. Don't" forget the address.—Advt.

NEGLECT IS OFTEN AS FERTILE A CAUSE OF iUFFKRINd as the disease itaolf.j Human nature, varned as. It's by repeited .examples; is prone to orget the salutary lessons they inoulcale ami apt to ose by deferment, thegood it may rc'cieve from prompt ind dcelslvo action. When the means a e within our , »lmoßt sinful to alio* their escape, and hose' who overlook the virtues of UDOLPIIO WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS must itand forever Beltaiminatcdind reproaihcd.