The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2012, 10 June 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1885.

. A lengthy account of a football rate'r which appears in the Yi'aipawa Tvlail was written hy:: Jlaori kd, who is shwkit at flic To Auto Colb,v. Tho report, the Mail inform,; us, ha:; not boon revised, and is both iutollk'ontly and correctly written. Tlie atlioii of (lie Salvation Anny evidently WiV-n-s in variety. They are continually liglaiiw- at times with "sin", and on other occasion with " drink," etc—and oil Wednesday iu-.U they ;ire going in for a "tea-fight," 0»' this occasion the attack will be led by Hfall'-Caol.ain Hawkins, who has been placed in charge of the Wellington division /)f the Amy, From arrangements which are be/iis njafjfi, the public should be provided wtt]i apy ,<Jf/antjty of good things for the' satisfaction inner man.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee was held yesterday afternoon, Present: Messrs Boddington, (chairman) lorns, Paige, Payfcoji, B, P. l'eriy, and Fulton, The minutes ?f the previous meetiug having been confirmed, $e Treasurer reported a credit balance of £9l §9, A letter was received from Mossrs Cockbijrji Hood and Walker inclosing a cheque on' bejialf of thoir late 'employee Mr Blaket, Ha following accounts were passed for payment:—M, Caselberg and Co., £lO 10sU; % Jago, £7; J. Payton and Co,, £3 lis fej The date of the annual meeting was fixed for the 14th July, and tho Chairman, Mr Pajge,su<J tho Secretary were appointed to' draw ftp the annual report. Mr J, Bennett was nam&d as visitinsr member for the ensuing: month. The meeting then adjourned,

We are glad to see that the Government recogjws the growing importance of Pahiatua, -witeg ,Qijr correspondent, by their actio# in giying $ jtejpphonic communication with the \vjorld',at jn fact the time is nflt far distant \y£e)j will he the depot for the Palnjerston and Napier coaches. With an eye to that time our indefatigable boniface is making gigantic efforts to keep pace with the requirements of the times, by putting up what is intended to be the half of a large hotel, which, when finished, will share the honors with Murphy's Woodville Hotel. The bridge over the Manawatu will soon be finished, and then that abomination called a ferry will be done away with. The present ferry-man'is so disgusted .yis }t that immediately his time expires he ipteridis to give it up, Mr Campbell is erecting sawrniijl plant, which will be a great booh to' lie district, tim'ier boing in great demand/ ' Our school is flourishing, and a : teacher's residence is about to be built by Mr Miller. A curious document, drafted bytbe Rev 11. Vere White, was brought up in the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Wellington, during the hearing of a charge of absconding from the service of Mr E. Bannister, preferred against a lad named Mason, who, it should be explained, was formerly apprenticed to Mr White, and transferred to'Mr Baiinister. The following is an extract :--"He (the apprentice), shall not contract matrimony nor commit fornication within tho said i cim. Hurt to his master he shall not do, nor cause or procure to be done by others. 110 shall 1 not play at cards, dice, or tables, or any other unlawful gainosj whereby tho said master may have loss with Ins own or other goods during the said term. Without license of. his said master he shall neither buy nor sell; he shall not haunt or use taverns, alehouses, or playhouses, nor absent himself from his master's service day or night unlawfully; but in all things as an honest and faithful apprentice lie shall behave himself towards his said master, and all his, during tho said term."

: Messrs Lowes & loms announce an important and unreserved sale of furniture for Saturday next.

';' The Nelson Evening Mail asserts that the large quantity of hops grown in the .district tliis year has reduced prices to t iuch an extent that growers have lost by ';the crop!

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce an extensive sale of fruit and ornamental jtrees from the well known nursery of Ml' John Hale, of Nelson, for Saturday tlic 20th inst. ■ ■•The rate .phenomena of a frost in daylight was to be seeii this morning, '•Cliere was Scarcely anyfrost'to be noticed •w]um the sun rose, but by 9 o'clock all |kdy places'were perfectly white. I pwing to the extremely unfavorable pf the weather there was only A limitedattendance at the meeting called rio'tomu .Chess Qlub,'- last night, and' 'those'present deemed it advisable to I adjourn till 8 o'clock this evening which jwi'w accordingly, done.

The anjiuiil licensing meeting for the: Ciistlepoint'Bisti'lct will be held at Tinui on Friday next atjnoon, when two new licenses will i'bi?applied for. To one ;ofthese, the Whartea. Hotel, pii the read from '.Tiiiu) to Alfredtoiiv, .an objepfiion has befffi lojjged. ,' J*f" • Wo, learn that |ir Geo. Dixbn 'hasdisposed of the tobgpconist's and.'fancy goods business on jjyhim, to Mr 6. JTarmer : wllO;Svill cariyitoiuiu the future, Mr Ifyriper jg well;-known in the .district, having,; formerly , beeil in another business numerous friends will,'no doubt, give liiip ample support,., "y^.

The Wairarapa East County' Council has cut the Gordian. knot which has troubled it meeting after moeting, by taking the celebrated Mungapakeha metalling contract out of the hands of My' Burgess, the contractor, : For the greater part of two yfears the work has boon in hand, and latterly, aooording to the Overseer (Mr Perry), more harm than good was being done by carrying on the work. The whole of the plant has been seized, and the work will now be carried on by Mr Perry,

In the face of the severe weather that set ip last evening, the Carterton Choir considered it advisable to postpone thoir visit to Mastorton to a future occasion. Some fifty or sixty people wero present at the Temperance Hall, and an apology m tendered them in lieu of tho service qfjom? "Eva," whilst itwnp intimated that the tjokeja woiflij {]q returned. A very successful teniporanpq' hold, 'lioweycf,' the principal' sptjakors being the Rov. J, N, Buttle, and'Mesp Girdwood aiid'Eastliqpe. Mr E. Duncan presided at the harmonium,' and several so)octiQ]iß froii) Saiiley's'Hymns wore sung % flip auijiep, & B(t'b&ta))tjftl' fea hadbeon 'lit QlaysonV ffjr the expected visitors (two or three of whom arrived in tlie earjy part of the day), and full justice wa3 (}onc''it(j i'f tyf several of the local shining lights of temperance"

fpfv pf ttyose who take an interest in the quibbje wjuoli Ijas'iwoiifly iajged by a section""'!)!' tjie Sehoql Coipijiittee," are prqbafiiy aware 61 'tlie reasons' which' }ef tq ft"; 'Afer (jarefijl gM!|ifV p Jearii fhat "the question' is really one of jtijpp y Mis? Reese. Tho former lady is a'teadhor able experience, and lias, so entirely the best of it, having boon selected unanimously by the Board, while tho appointment has been confirmed by the Ooipnttec. Miss Reese is a sister to one of the members of that Committee, and thatapjiears tq be % niqat nportant point on which her"claim'is based, \Vo J.'i pot wish to cqmment any 'further upon the subject, as we feel convinced that parents are quilc abjo to judge for themselves whether the opposition tq Miss .J upp was raised on public grounds (jv not.

Mr F, il, Wood will sell one hundred Norwich canaries and a iniiiiber of goldlinches at his Mastorton auction rooins on Friday ajfernoon next. 0n Saturday he will oiler similar birds lit the Odd'FelloW Hall, Featl ''ston.

The local lodges of Odd Fellows, Free? masons (Scotch constitution), and Druids, who have for some time past held their meetings at the Empire Hotel, will have to £ii(l another lodge-room shortly. Mr Thoii/pso)' !;aa informed them that he requires the r'ooih j'or sther purposes. It is probable that oifche/'the' Hall, or tho upper room of tho Institiitb will be takon.

Tho Government has appointed eighty pay/ Justices of the Peace. Among s),efli ][<"§ iWtiiie the names of Messrs J. Bailapce, Waij®mjiJ ( Qlpjand, Lower Hutt) |. A/Haggen/ WqpMjJe; J, Liuilifflaii, Wejlingfen'; %'' gf.cim Featherston; J, ffieyii.pi4.s, 'fetahf; t J. F. Handyßide, Wairarapa Ea#: F. H. Wood, Greytoivn; W, R, Waters, Wellington, and W. R, Willlums, Wellington, Major Atkinson addrossed a veiy large meeting last night, at New Plymouth, J£e went over the same ground as previously, JVith reference to immigration, ho regretted thai sl9 system of nominated immigration haH'to appended, and thought it a great mistaKi''' , wk quite prepared to support a vote for ml purpose, but was doubtful whothor it would be wise to go further, He thought the direct steamers a good' advertising if they could be subsidized so as fif gis .the passage money reduced to about tho sa»i£,amount as the passage from England to AmeWca," \if,e v would soon divert the stream of imml^a' tion to this colony. A unanimous vote of confidence was carried.

yp;/ Can Be Haity if you will stop all yoijir (fy&tyrjtyg yourself and families with expensive dQtffoi'fqjr cuttwiUs that do only harm, ptj u?e Ifatufe'smeiietj for all your jyill b.e wellVip happy and save greatest remedy for'this, the great, and good will tell you, is American Oo* Hop Bitters.