The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1983, 6 May 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885.

Mr W. Skeet intends resigning - his office of Clerk to the Featherston Eoad Board, ;

The Waihora has arrived at Auckland fronj Sydney'with eight sixty- \ four' pounders, .and o'tljev >prlike stores, Air A,. Bradford, gunsmith, has fliey removed to his new promises, erected £o ■ replace those recently destroyed by fire, He has opened with a -good display pf ■ guns and ammunition, which will come in handy during tho present shooting season. Mr H, Ayrps, 'the well-known herbalist of Wellington, Jias forwarded us a Shakesperian Almai)ap '.% JLBSS, beautifully illustrated, also a list of testimpnials from well-known persons who haye' Been benefitted by the herbal treatment. He advertises his willingness to send the almanac free to all applicants. . Tjje }#9 W. H. Donald, .who bolongsto an old .G.ynjbgrliiflrt family, was born in the county pf D/jrljaj)); lii 1831 his parent# ciiiue to vosiije .01; sojr ancestral property, Sobv.ay h,o,use, ]Bo)y;i,es, He had two brothers and a sister, ,pi),o flf jt)io, former was a captain in tke ))ier,c.hant i service, and the other, who was Captain; Commandant: of the Carlislo Volunteer j Corps, died recently. The deceased, who waseyej'a keen sportsman, was master of the Abbey Borne hounds. Ho arrived in Wellington in tls jjhip Ushant, in the .year 1842 aiijj jiijaily in Masterton three ycite a/ter, yhe/:e ij« resided for about ten years before tls first settlers began to'iimko their appearance. The lata \v. IL 'Donald served in the Hutt war as a YoSkteer, and curried a bullet wound in his chest to the grave. The Dunedin Evening Star thus discourses about Mr krnach Here we have £ (prober of the Cabinet addressing his constituaji.ts, a few weeks beforo tlie session, declaring li/mself decidedly in favor of a land Tax anii tax in substitution of the present direct taxation, and in favor of a revision of the Customs \ duties in the direction of protection, and winding up with the astounding statement " It must not be supposed that I am no w giving the views at .the government, because 1 have been.away froi/i n?y soJleagues 'so-' much;that 1 have never had an opportunity of talking with them on the subject," Does MrLarnach desire to be understood that he joined the Government without troubling himself as to'their principles or policy, and that on the ploa of ignorance he can divest himself of responsibility for what-Mr Stout and Sir Julius Vogel may design to propose 1 1

The grievances of telegraph operators formed the subject of discission at a meeting in Sydney lately.' A resolution .was passed protesting against the action of the Civil Service Boardinclassiifyingoporators, whose duty is of a very delicate and responsible character, with, "charwomen, letter-carriers, and dnßtijien," as an operator graphically described it, It was statM that operators work ' longer hours that'members of any other department, havo no holidays, no overtime pay, no' provision worth mentioning for the future, and that, as a Bort of reward for years of. intelligent service, they are at last classified withlabourers,andplacedunderyouths just fresh from Bchool and without a tithe of their experience, or perhaps their mind,

Mr F, H, Wood adds to the entries for his furniture sale on Saturday, a trichord piano by Collard and Collard. Messrs Lowes and lorns notify that after this day poison will be laid on th® Cemetery Trust paddock. • A football match will shortly take place between a team of Masterton boys and a fifteen of Te Ore Ore Maori boys. Captain Edwin advisesßad weather between north-east and north-west soon and further fall of glass, Mr John Rayneiyof the Taratahi, has ■'jupt received por s.s, "Kaikoura" from England a cd'so containing eleyeu cwt. of Black Tartarian oats selected for seed in this-district, . Applications are invited by the Property Tax Commissioner from competent persons who are willing to act as Assessors for the next trienial assessment.. Particlara .can be obtained at the Post Office. The remains of the late Mrs Tlios. Parsons were conveyed to their last resting .place at 11a.m. to-day, and were.followed by a large number of friends of the family and other settlers. The Rev, ■ W. E. Paige conducted the service. "Milky White" and " Trifles Light as Air" are the two pieces selected for Messrs Foley and Berkley's next Monday evening popular , entertainment. ' , The funeral of the late W. H. Donald took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and was very largely attended, among those present being settlers from all parts of the district. The service was conducted by the Rev. W, E. Paige. A boat containing four men is missing at Wellington. - A boatman named' Ned Blanville and navvies named Timothy Doil, Patrick Hickey, and N. Neilson who left the defence works on Monday afternoon in an open boat to go to the head of Evan's Bay for a cargo of sand, have not since -been heard of, ggarph parties have boon out but have been nnsuccessful, It is believed that the boat swamped on returning. The Government has decided that in future Constables joining tho Armed Constablary Force shall be paid only five shillings a day, being a reduction of one shilling on tho present rato, Drill inhave not yet been appointed |u| mil ho m§ immediately after tho army#) <jjf cf Armed Constabulary from tlie rigifj{,"

Whatever tho faults of the Salvation Army may be, (says the Press), want of zeal is not to be reckoned amongst thorn. On Monday night, despite the pitiless storm, they marched thoughout the cjty, jo the skin, but still loudly cargllliig.'' fllwed, and when .their instruments,'' go.t' fijll of Hjey gm. The drum was present ovm fa t/is rtjie go]t so sodden that the dmim' jioaojmd out of it, and he, to l}fte<|. #p hij yyice. ' :

' A. special meeting of the MasteptQtl School Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Institute, to consider the appointments made by the Education Board of Miss Keeling as infant mistress

jto Jhe Masterton side school, and of Mr ije&chey .a,3 #ji assistant teacher in the main school mejnbei-s present were Messrs B uddi ngtop r an), Girdwood, Payton, Hogg, and Woofefe. |ha committee confirmed the Board appomtments, but expressed regret that tlio Board liiji fjs/t, in accordance with a previous request, .aeijjJ all the applications for ,tlie '.tgachonlu'ji of j|w Jp§ jjcliool. lii the case ,yf Mr * 'Beao^ey,' i'§tpno Application, and thes co'mmiiiteo drew f|fl of the Boai'd io'tKe fact th'at'fj r ail i§A(o)J of the""'vacaricy 'ffiey.-w' #' : f 9 1 ': if,' A Minn i r TOliSi was B<ye»P to $0 g Keeling for hw r,sy i^ppi/^pjiinji. A meeting of the Sc}l<)s Committee was held on Saturday May 2nd, 1885. Present—Messrs Bunny (Chairman), Donald, Matthews McDouf;al, Robertson, Barton, itnd Keys,. The' minutes of the previous meeting were ;x\ad and confirmed. The Treasurer's showed a balance af £25 5s 9d, The lipa| jute's monthy report was .read, also a'& $ jvlio did not .attend scho ( ol regularly."" TJI9 fy%ving M&j' ps from,the.Sbc'rotaiy of %, Edi|ca%i) JJprvrd.'To Heniy'Buniiy,, Esq,, Ohairinan Mm? Committee. "I have the honor to inform J.Jjat no circular or communication of any kind bearing upon matters between toaoiWs and Committees have been sent from this office. It is not at oil likely that I should ask teachers to cominunisatb with ! ijie m matters that should bo dealt with by the uplp the Board issued instructions to tllat'effegt', nuil gven then Committees would as ,1 li^ol^of.equity be advised if such a etej) was Mr Riddick reported on the wflrk performed by Mr A. Donald, and ifc' was resolved that throe cords of firewood be ordered for the use of tho school. It was also resolved that the number of prizes bo increased from fifty to sixty. Messrs Bar,ton W)4 Keys were appointed visitors for tho nsn|Ji.' The hotel of tlip Wai : . rarapa is very favorably cQnimenfed jjpojij by visitors to this (iistrist. Conspicuous among the many first-class houses js tho Whito Hart Hotel, Carterton, originally built with a view to accomodate the numerous visitors to the periodical shows held at the Wairarapa and East Coast Paste)] Society's yards which adjoins this handle e<!j/jpe. The present proprietor is Mr ty. ' ft well-known Wellington Bsnifjice, direction tlio house lias bi|t j'eceijtJy jjepft entirely renovated. There "is » mciflus dining ro'om capable of seating two liundred people, it being frequently tosted to its greatest capacity on gala days, A lofty, well-ventilated kitchen fitted wit)/ improved culinary appliances adjoins the diniiig ppm ft]id on the other side a bar There are m addition laf?p sitting rooms, commercial, room, room, and a well-lighted billiard ro,gni, with' 011# of Alcock's celebrated billiard bibles of tlie largest sizo. The passages are spacious, and a broad staircase leads to a wide landing 011 the first floor, on which are twenty-two single and five double bedrooms, in addition to privato bedrooms and sitting rooms combined, A balcony extends fp]J length of two sides of the building, d;i t,o ,yj)ich the windows of the bedrooms open, "fliere two fire escapes leading, from the balcony rani another from of the house, .T& stabling accommodation is perfect, and Mr Bishop has several large paddoqks, injludingtijg pastoral grounds, wliich he leases from tl>e fyoiefy, The house is :lose to the Carterton railway s.t&tfOi}, In: :onnection with the hotel. Mrßishgp ijag itted up, for the nse.of the many Glty iravellere wlio patronise him, convenient ample rooms, The rediscovery of lost qolonies in Siberia has been several times made,' The population of the Altais is composed of sectaries who migrated there during tlio last century, and whose 'existence was quite unknown uiiiill 1868, when a Russian surveyor found them out. Similar colonies have since been found on Kokonor,. Thesoare supposed to\havo been founded as late as 1800; but already the coloujsts have, become savage and predatory, .In another direction the Governor of Irkutsk came across a town called Ilihi, with 150 houses, four ancient cjnjrclies," and 500 inhabitants, It forms a small republic under the'rule of a "vetche," or public assembly, convened by a bell. Not ono of the inhabitants can read or write.

First clasi'j pick and shovel men are wanted by Mr A. McLeod on the Wangaehucontract. ' ; Messrs Hyndyaide, Roberts! and Co, of •Akiteo, advo rtisefor bushfaliersl