The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1885. THE MASTERTON PARK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1934, 9 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1885. THE MASTERTON PARK.

Our local contemporary may have a vendetta against the Masterton Park, but that does not justify him in writing of it in the following terms:—"Needy local institutions such as the Public Park Trust, which has expended £IOOO in the cultivation chiefly of grass, weeds, and vegetable refuse." The misrepresentation in the above paragraph is so palpable and extravagant, that much comment on it; is unnecessary. The Park is; rapidly risJirig in public favor, and even the sneers of our contemporary will rioti'• prevent it from becoming, in the 'brdadest'-sense of the term, "a people's Park," in which every resident in the town will take! a

pride. We noticed on Saturday last that the visitors from Greytown who wero engaged playing cricket in the Park, spoke ' 'in terhißlof admiration of the splendid • .oval and the beauty, of its Burroundlngs, Instead, of the £IOOO expended by the Park"Trust on ".grass, weeds, andvege. table refuse," as. our contemporary illnaturedly puts it,' there has' been somewhere about six or seven hundred pounds'! expended on trees, on fencing, and".on. ! . .the construction ■of the Park oval, arid we ' feel certain that tho people. of Masterton .have value for the money which has been laid out. ' • • . ;

The poll for tho Masterton Gas loan takes place to-morrow. Recognizing that the progress of the town and the interests of .every ratepayer in it will bo advanced by its success, we' earnestly hope that a sufficient number of votes will be recorded to cany it, We shall regard the introduction of gas as the first of aseries of public works which will give Masterton its due position as the first inland town of the North Island,

Mr Hugh W. Jackson advertises for sale thirty young and quiet dairy cows, and two Ayrshire bulls. Mr W. A, Ellis, the medical clairvoyant has altered the day of his visit to Masterton from Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday. ;The dispute between Sir Julius Vogel and the New Zealand' Times has been terminated by an apology from our contemperory. Messrs. Lowes and lorns publish a numerous list of entries for their next market salo on the 18th Inst, . To-morrow traffic will be stopped in High street from Pybus' blacksmith shop to the boundary of the Borough, in order . to effect repairs to a culvert. The fee for a petition in bankruptcy has been raised from £3 to £5 6s, The poor man will soon be unable to file.' Tenders for laying nagging arid curbing are invited by Mr H. Sullivan, Specifications can be seen at Mr G, Dixon's shop, The -Masterton Freethought Association have made P offer for the Kuripuni Hall, Thoro was a orumb of comfort for {opera in the R.M, Court this morning, A man had admittedly stolen a horse, but ■ escaped the consequenoes of his act by a • plea of drunkenness. Two and a half acres of land, with coti tage, outbuildings, and orohard, are adver- . tijjed fpy sale in another column, the terms i being exceptionally easy. Particulars : maybe plta|n : e,d qn application to this i office. ' ' The Masterton Gold-mining Company ' are in difficulties, The shaft sunk under the 'auspices of Mr Wright not being properly puddled has partly caved in 1 under the influence of the late rains. Mr ' Wright judiciously cleared out before the j catastrophe occurred. On Saturday last the quarterly licens- ; ing meeting for the Alfredton Licensing I District was hok} at the Eketahuna schoolhouse, all the monitors being pre- , sent, An application by John McLennan ! to transfer the license of the.. Eketahuna I Hotel to James Tonner was granted, and the meeting closed. Mrs Basgett sen,, who had a paralytic ' fit a fortnight ago, writes our Carterton correspondent, is so far recovered as to be able to walk about again, but she has not , fully regained her speech, being only just ■ able to mako her nurse understand her requirements. ! The' New Zealand Rifle Association meeting commenced this morning, The weather was fine though dull, with astrong north-west wind blowing straight down the range,... About 210 competitors were ■ present, Major Butts adjutant of the Wei. lington district in command. Sixteen targets are in use, 6 at 200 and 300 yards, and the remainder at long distance, The shooting will probably extend over eight days, If possible the championships will be decided on Friday afternoon, Several showers fell at 11 a.m. and firing was stopped for a few minutes, but at noon it was beautifully fine, No, 3 target is disabled, and in one or two of the others the ' paper which covers the canvas came off and they had to be re-papered.- The first match, which is the Wanganui match at 200 and 500 yards (7 shots) has commenced, Only 90 men at-present have fired. The following regulation is published in reference to the "catlap of-goods to and from the Exhibition on Government railways;—" Goods consigned for exhibit at the Industrial Exhibition, to be held at Wellington during August, 1885, will be carried free on the New Zealand railways, provided that they shall be so Carried at the sole risk of the consignors, and that each package shall be consigned to the secretary of the Exhibition, and marked legibly 'For exhibit at Wellington Industrial Exhibition,' and. that the loading and unloading shall be .done at the expense of the consignors, and that in £he event of. such exhibits being sold, the'full rajlway charges Bhall be paid. Exhibits returning may be conveyed free, proyided no. sale or exchange has been effected. A certificate to this effect must be produced, signed by the secretary of the Exhibition, before the goods can be received for transit free of charge. Friday, the 6th inst,, was a gala day at the Opaki in honor of the first entertainment that has ever taken place at the schoolhouse, The object, a most laudable one, was to provide prizes for the children at their impending school examination, and we were glad to Bee tho good people of. the Opaki turnout in force to make •the affair a success. A lengthy programme of vocal and instrumental music was gone through. Pianoforte duets were rendered by Miss and Mr Downes, and the Misses E, and D, Welch; a pianoforte trio by the Misses Biown, Herbert, arid ■ Bannister, and a solo by Miss A. Welch. The vocal portion of the programme was sustained by Mr T. Brown, in the evergreen " Nancy Lee Adams"; " Midshipmite" by Mr T. E. Downes; " Apart" by Miss N. Herbert; Silver Threads Among the Gold" by Miss L, Jackson. Duets were rendered by the Missea B. and G. Brown and Bannister, and Messrs T. Brown, Herbert, and T. E. Downes, The elocutionary part was done full justice to by Miss L. Jackson and Messrs Downes, Brown and Welch. We must not omit to mention that Mr H. Jackson proved himself equal to the song he had selected as his share of the programme. A dance after the entertainment was indulged in and kept up until one o'clock with great spirit. We understand these entertainments are to be periodically indulged in during the winter months and will, no doubt, prove very acceptable to the district. . ■ Heilbron's German" Worm Cakes and Fitzgerald's KonniAo Extract are Patented.—ADT!i. Lovelyclimes—There are lovely climes and places in which the evening zephyrs are loaded with malaria and the poison of fever and epidemics, To dwell there in health is impossible, without a supply of Hop Bitters at hand.- These Bitters impart an equalizing strength to the system, and preverit'the accumulation of deadly spores of conta?ion, Be syre and tee

A meeting of ratepayers in favor of the gas-loan is convened at tho Oounoil Chambers this evening.' . The Harvest festival;in St. Matthew's: Church is fixed for Sunday next. ■..• '.",'. The Salvation' Army Barracks yesterday were decorated with fruits,.lowers, and cereals,, and the services"' had 'special' references as a Harvest Thanksgiving. We again remind our readers of the excellent programme offered this evening at tho Theatre Royal, by Messrs Foley and Berkeley and their amateur, assistants. • A daring robbery was committed at. Marton on Saturday night. A man went \ into the house of Mrs Goodhue during the absence of her husband, throttled her and robbed her of £23, The robber has not yet been arrested. ' , The case of Adams v Price came on for hearing in tho R.M. Court this afternoon, Mr Bunny appearing for the plaintiff and Mi- Shaw for the defendant; Our report of it. will appear in our next issue; ,; A certain lot of people are on a desert island and have only enough food to last' a short tiino; but thero are two ships, ono is rotten at the bottom, and the other is quite sound and can bo relied upon.' Of course tho experienced sailors take to the good ship, and beg all the others to go' with them, but some say they don't believe the chart, and would rather die where they are than be mad enough to goin'either ship. Others say they know': quite enough themselves and take the ship with the rotten bottom on their own hook, rather than go with the experienced' sailors, Well, the experienced sailors beg and pray both the foolish ones,on the island and the ones on the rotten ship to go with them, but neither, .take any no-: tice, and so the experienced sailors who are thought fools by tho ethers,' have to go by themselves. My dear reader, which class do you belong to? Some, stick to this world, and will not start for the other, where there is Life Everlasting ; and some start in a rotten old ship, sinning all the way, for does not your chart tell you that without Holiness you cannot enter Heaven, Have you tried both sides of tho question yet ? If not—. Do I And if you want to learn to navigate your own vessel, go to the Salvation Army meetings.—Advt. Well's "'rough ok Com",- AskforWoll's " Rough on Corns". 7Jd. Qulolcrellef, complete ermanent oure, Corns, Warta, bunions, Moses, Moss, k Co,, Sydnov, General Agents,—Advt Thiok heads,—Hoavy stomaolm, biliou conditions-" Wells' May Apple Pills"—&nta bilious, cathartic, Od and Ib, N, Z, Drug Co