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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2039, 11 July 1885, Page 2

MrR. J. Gill is gazetted a Judge of the Native Lands Court. Mr W. C. Buchanan has made a donation of LlO to the Featherston Institute. The Hon. J, Bryce has been gazetted a School Commissioner for the district of Wellington, vice the Hon. Sir William Fox. i Messrs Foley & Berkley intend,giving entertainments at Carterton and Greytown towards the end of next week. Mr F. H. Wood announces his next monthly stock sale at Ray's yards, Taratahi, for Thursday the 23rd inst, The usual open weekly meeting of the Masterton FreethoughtSociety will be held at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening Mr Ward, in addition to his usual boat load of fruit, has this day received a large consignment of boiled sugar lollies, made into every variety of design, and flavored to taste.

Mr Alexander Mackay has been appointed Crown Lands ranger for the districts of Wellington and Hawkes Bay. An address will bo delivered at the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening, the subject announced being, " One who, being dead, yet speaketh." Messrs Shute and Jones, carriers, notify that all debts due to them must be paid on or before the 31st inst, For the convenience of their customers Mr R, Brown has been appointed to receive money on their account. Miss Clara Francis, of Clareville, is the winner of the prize of L 3 offered by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for an essay on the subject of kindness to animals, to be competed for by pupil teachers in the schools of the Wellington district.

Sir Arthur Sullivan, says a London correspondent, leaves shoi'fcly for Australia, travellings via San Francisco. Sir Arthur has some recently orphaned relations in one of the colonies (New South Wales or New Zealand), and comes out more especially to look after them.

Mr T, Hooker being about to leave the district, has placed the whole of his household furniture and effects, livestock etc., in the hands of Mr F. H. Wood, to be sold by public auction. The salo takes place at his residence, Clareville, on Tuesday the 21th inst. The battle of the barmaids was fough in the House last night, when the motion of the Premier, that they shall not be employed except between the hours of 8 a.m. and G p.m., was negatived on division. There appears to have been a good deal of animation in the debate, in which Sir George Grey once mora repeated his standing phrase that the limitation of the hours wouldbe aninjusticetoall mankind. The division shoulddisposeofthe barmaid question for the session,- as any further discussion on it would merely waste the time of the House. A meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees was held at the Institute last evening, Present;— Messrs Payton (in the Chair) Yilo, Perry, Bunny, and Hourigan. The minutes of the preceding meeting having been confirmed, the Treasurer reported a credit balance of £35 4s Bd, and accounts to the amount of £7 3s 8d were passed for payment. On the motion of Mr Vile it was resolved to plant the river frontage of the reserve with willows. The other business transacted was merely of routine character. Messsrs Bunny and Hourigan wero appointed a works Committee for the ensuing quarter. After six days, during which time only five hours of sunshine were experienced, the clouds lifted a little this morning, and though occasional showers appeared to fall in distant parts of the district, the light southerly wind which prevails, together with a slowly rising barometer, give promise of a return of fine weather. On Wednesday and Thursday a dense fog, in a manner of speaking, "sat" on the town, although rain fell at intervals. In the memory of the proverbial oldest settler, such a tiling was never before known in Masterton, The streets in the town, as well as all country roads, are in thoroughly sloppy condition, and as regards the former, a couple of hours of heavy rain would probably wash all the mud into the gutters.

Tho mannor in which the final match for the Union football cup has been put off has elicited a good deal of unfavourable comment in Wellington,. A writer in oqe of tho eroning papers very pertinently remarks it not soein singular, if true, that tho final match for the Union cup, between the above named-dubs is to be put off for six weeks. Reason : because of a team going down South next Sunday. One might reasonably imagino that, in placo of deferring the match, it ought to be the strongest inducement for playing it on Saturday next. For, just at present both clubs are in the best conditions for playing, and it is just possible—anyhow, very probable, that a namo or two might bo changed in the solocted team to go South, if the match comes off. And I understand, if the match is not played next Saturday the Masterton Club will not only retiro from the contest, but will dissolvo with tho Union. This would bo a step to be deplored, for the other country clubs mieht follow suit, I therefore trust tho Union Committee will take the matter in hand, and in doing so prove they have the interest of the country clubs before them, and not the town clubs only." Another correspondent asks the reason why none of the country forwards have been given a show. Tho fact is, the Match Committeo has taken tho best means possible to exclude tho Wairarapa clubs by not allowing the final cup match to be played in Wellington. There are certainly no better forwards in Wellington than Udy, Beard, Hounslow, and several others we could mention, while Whatman is equal to tho best of them anywhere, except, perhaps, as quarterback. No doubt, they will show what they are made of if the combined match Wairarapa v Wellington comes off, At the Local Bodies Conference yesterday the following resolution was adopted: —"That the Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill appears to deal with the matter in a way that may be made satisfactory, and may be amended so as to make it a most useful measure. That tho amendments essentially necessary are that the interposition of a District Board should cease to exist when once the local authority is constituted; that any local authority contributing to the expenses of any hospital or charitable institution should be represented on the governing body in proportion equal to its contribution."

The Hon, Mokene Kohero, whoso vagaries wo noticed a day or two ago, has turned up safe and Bound atTupurupuru arid was to have left for Wellington' to-day. ; .Captain Edwin telegraphs at 1 p.m. to-dayßad weather after twelve hours from now, between North-East and North and West, and weather warmer. Glass (falling again within that time. , A deputation from the Local Bodies Conference waited on the Colonial Treas.urer yesterday. We are unable to publish a full report of what took place. The gist of the proceedings, however, was that the Chairman, (Mr Sutton) proved that the data on which the Treasurer had based his calculations as to the amount which eachlocal body would receive were entirely erroneous, and further, that in the case of a Road Board of which Mr Sutton was Chairman, the Board would not know what to do with the subsidy if it got it. In discussing the Charitable Aids Bill, Mr) Mackay pointed out that many country hospitals were at present kept going by subscriptions from people residing in the district. In reply to Mr Hawkins, the Colonial Treasurer admitted that it would be awkward if the Masterton Hospital were to be managed by a commitcee meeting in Wellington, but said it was a most difficult matter to arrange convenient boundaries. Replying to Mr Hawkins lie admitted that the Wairarapa and Manawatu would be far better off under

the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. Ultimately a promise was given to place questions discussed before the Cabinet.

We have been requested by Mr J. Thohburn, the Clothier and Outfitter, of Willis-street, Wellington, to call the attention of the Wairarapa to his gigantic 20 per cent. Tax Sale, which is now being held. The whole of his great stock of Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing, &c,, ism the market for absolute sale, at the cost price, for 21 days,—Advt. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c,, are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver," This oldestablished, celebrated medicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by all Patent Medicine Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements.—Advt.