The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2048, 22 July 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1885.

A meeting of the Farmers' Club is to bo held On Saturday next, The Temperance .choir meet for practice to-night. The annual meeting of the Beney.olenfc Society will be held at 4 p.m. to-day at the Institute. In the absence of the Secretary, the meeting of the Loyal Masfcerton Lodge, 1.0. Q.F., M.U., did no,t take place last night. The interprovinciai foptbajll njateji, Wellington v Otago, was to take pla,ce in Dunedin to-day. The visitors were slightly the favorites last night, but the game was expected to bo a very (too one. It is said that the reason why New South Wales absorbs so many draught horses from New Zealand is that the locally bred stock is subject to incurable disease, from which the imported animals are free. Mr F. H. Wood holds his usual monthly stock sale at Hay's yards tomorrow. A considerable quantity of useful stock has been entered, and a good attendance jnight therefore be anticipated. Mr F, H. sale on the premises of Mr T. Hooker, at Glareyille,'yesterday, was largely attended, and .excellent prices wore realized, although many buyer? left when they heard of the fire in Carterton. All the articles oflered were cleared.

The Salvation Army, we understand, hold ft "Hallelujah Coffee. Supper" on Saturday evening next. This is evidently an entire change of programmo,- and should prove highly successful, considering the extreme coolness of the evening air, Two women had cross action? for using filthy language in Wellington, -yesterday, I and the presiding justices apparently thought that one was as much to blamo as the other. They therefore surprised both of them by ordering them to bo imprisoned for twenty four hours, Messrs Foley and Berkley have entered into arrangments under which Mr WashingtonNortonandhiaclevercompany, who are now playing in Wellington, will appear for a short season at-the Theatre Royal. The press speaks of them in very complimentary terms, and a genuine treat may therefore be expected- , Mr R. A. Nicholls has just received a' ■large .consignment of paper-hangings direot from England, which may be seen atiis new premises, .Queen-street, near the Waipoua Bridge, to which he has moved for tlio greater convenience ,of those who wish to inspect Jiis stock.

The Mssterton Fire Brigade meet 3 for practice to-night. Sporting men will regret to hear that Mr T. Chamberlain has lost his valuable greyhound Steam, .which died yesterday. A young man named Edward Chapman was charged at the' Dunedin Police Court by his'father, yesterday, with attempted suicide, arid remanded. He was only twenty years of ago, and liad attempted suicide with a-penknife. Mr T, S. Young, who has filled the office of accountant in the Masterton branch of the Bank- of Australasia for some time past, has received a promotion which many of his brother officors in the institution will envy him. He will be removed to Melbourne and will leave here on Monday next. Although the Park Trustees some time ago passed a resolution that football should not be played on the Oval after the 18th inst., it is not intended to act upon it till the Ist of August. This extension of time has been granted so as to enable the local players, to priotice for the final cup match, which, it is expected, will take place in Wellington on the Ist or Bth of that month. In noticing the music of Mr Thomas' Exhibition cantata,. the New Zealand Times says that the author has no reason to be ashamed of it, We havo not seen or heard the music, but it ts to be hoped that it is a trifle better than the words to it that were published a month ortwo ago. The sailed yesterday afternoon fron) for Francisco. She had lOboxe.s qf specie, valued at £50,000, shipped from Sydney by the Bank of Australasia, consigned to the Californian Bank at San Francisco. Among the passengers wore Detectives Tracey and Badger, in charge of Maxwell, charged with the murder of Preller, at St. Louis.The efforts which are being made to reduce the small birds nuisance in tho district, are, we havo boon informed, proving highly successful, and the poison that has been laid on farms is showing its effects even in the Borough, where the sparrows usually depend on the crumbs they can pick up in tho back yard or on feeding with poultry, This satisfactory result is in a great measure duo to the efforts which have been made by the Farmers' Club, and the example which has been §pt by tho Messrs Chamberlain, It is said that the area that is'being put down under crop this year is considerably loss than last season, If so, it iB certainly a matter for surprise, because there is not a district in New Zealand where better prices can be obtained for cerials than in the Wairarapa, while the "average yield per acre is about equal to that of any other district in the colony, It is, of course, impossible to make a correct estimate af such an early stage of the season as the present, as a .good" deal ,ofl.aj)d that is to be put down in oats has n.ot yet been ploughed. 90 that later reports may tell quite'a djjlorenfc tale,'' A sitting .of the Bankruptcy Court was held before His Honor District Judge ])ayythis niorning. The case of J. W. Lee was farther adjourned. The bankruptcies of F. F. Roe pnd J- Creelman were declared closed, aijd the bankrupts were ordered to conje lip for thejr ({isr charge at the next sitting.' T. A. Dillon was examined, and ordered to come up for his discharge at the next meeting, The fcase of J, P, Ramsay was ordered to stand over till tho 23rd September, on which date M. F. O'Meara was also ordered to come up for his discharge. R. Crawford was ordered to come up 011 the Bame day. The contract for tho erection of a Musis' Hall, adjoining tho White Hart Hotel, Carferfon, was signed by Mr T, Bennett, the successful tenderer,, yesterday morning. Tho front is pljiin, but effective, and something out of the common, The sito for tho building is a:central and convenient one, Mr G, Fannin, of this town is the architect, fjjo total length of tho building is 81ft, die .breadth 26ft, and the Hall proper measures tji) x 25ft, tlifi stage boing 13ft deep, bytliefuirwidti}of Hf'e§[a}l ; There tyiil be two dressing rooms 12 x B'with a fjre place jn each, The vestibule is 818, and • there ai>p offices each side. The distance from floor to fflqf is 21ft (Sin, the outer wall ljoing 15fy, fj>® I) 11 ' 1 is lighted by fiye large windows. The walls mid ceiling throughout will be match-lined and nicoly painted, so as to make a snug, warm building, deoigned especially to keep out all draughts. The floor is to be carried right through undor thoßtage. All the windows are to bo open at the top, bo that the building will be well ventilated. There are also ventilatory at each gable; Proscenium oponing' ■is 23ft Gin by 14ft, and has displayed wings. " ; Cf)ejx)tal. cost will not exceed £450. There will he 'jsperate access to the back and dressing 'rooms, and ploitf y of ogress in case of aij alarm 'or' fire. There will be two pair of seven feet doors, which will also materially Qpiidupe to the safety of the audience, Coughs, Golds, Bronchitis, &0,, are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This oldestablished, celebrated modicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by tho iif/ilfllps of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by all Patent Medicine Vendors, fjsii- tentj; mmiials iii advertisements,-^Aj/vi, Mr J. Thorburn, the well known clothier of Willis £\trcet Wellington,' wishes to jilform the inhabitants of the Wairarapa ■that lie l)as between 3 and 400 over-coats pnQ macintoshes, jvljiph he is now selling at the Cost Price, as he wishes to clear them at once. A few of ,the mauiiitoshej m slightly stained inside,' with sea-water. The usual price for such, is 35s Od, They are now