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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2051, 25 July 1885, Page 2

Captain Edwin telegraphs at 11.30 a.m. —Glass further riso and severe frost tonight. There are in the polony 474 constables, exclusive of district constables. The cost of constables per head in N#w Zealand is 3s of,d and less than in the other Australian colonies, and there is one to every 1293 heads of the population. In Queensland it iB one to every 425 and the cost is lis 10£ d. Mr E, A. Simson of the Number 1 Tailoring Establishment, Lambton Quay, Wellington, has an announcement in another column. The indication of his prices which he gives should be highly satisfactory to thoso who propose to givo him a trial. ' In place of the ordinary meeting of the Masterton Frectlumpht Society there will be a gathering which the members consider to bo of far greater importance, in the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening. The Society has secured the services of Mr Gerald P. Dillon for the evening, and the clever visitor is certain to provide them with mental pabulum after their own heart, What appears to be an excellent programme has been arranged, and a large attendance may therefore be looked for.

In the Supreme Court in Chambers at Wellington judgment Ims been given in the case of Bowles v Williamson for £45, The defendant as broker for the now celebrated NewZealandLeather Company, induced the plaintiff to tab shares, and said he would hold him free from loss, The Company having failed, the proceedings were instituted. The decision is of considerable importance, as it shows tlmt brokorsarenot at liberty to give assurances and guarantees and then decline to pay them, without a remedy lying against them.

The opening show of the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Association, which has been adjourned from the 4th to the 17th of August, promises to be a great success, and entries are expected to come from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and other parts of the colony. Entries, it should be borne in mind, close at 9.30 p.m. on the 14th of August, The committee has secured the services of one of the best judges of poultry in New Zealand, Mr Alfred Saunders, of Christchurch, having consented to act in that capacity.

According to a return laid before Parliament, the payments on account of the San Francisco mail service during the last financial year amounted to £41,604, and the receipts to £38,274, the cost therefore being £3,330. The payments from December last to May laßt, were £9,979, and the receipts £7,357, so that the cost for the five months wag £2,619. It will be seen that the proportionate cost is increasing, the direct service, no doubt, having an influence upon it, 'i

Mr J. Wnrd wiaho3 it to bs made known that liia " little shop", is supplied with, fruit bettor and choaper'than ever, '' < In making 'his annual report on tho', Assembly Library, the librarian, states that the books now. number 25,600, and that, next to the Public Library in Melbourne, it ifl by far the most valuable collection south of the line,

They go in for heavy court expenses in dog cases sit New Plymouth, In one case recently, • in which a defendant had actually paid the fee before receiving tho summons, a fine of ono shilling was inflicted, with costs £2 0s 6d. In another case the information was dismissed, with costs £1 Oa Gd. The collector does not lead his own case, but employs the Crown Prosecutor. There seems to be every prospect of' a good dividend being out of the bankruptcy of George Bowles. The proceedings at the first meeting of creditors were as mild as milk, and it was not till the second one, held yesterday, had boon about half got through that anything really worth listening to cropped up. Then the creditors pricked up their ears, and lost not a . word,, tke. prospect of something better than book debts to. get dividends out of no doubt sharpening their sense of hearing. At the next meeting, which is to be held a fortnight hence, the report'which will be presented by the Assignee will, no doubt, do a good deal to elucidate several matters of which the creditors have at present only a very dim idea. A splendid show of meat for this season of the year was madeby Messrs Wickorson and Wagland at their shop next the Theatre Royal, Queen street, last night. There were several bullocks; the quarters of .which looked exceedingly tempting, the meat being fat enough to suit the taste of anyone who does not possess tho habit of the kea, a dozen sheep in the best of condition for table purposes, a bacon pig weighing upwards of 3001bs, one or two smaller ones of the same class, and several porkers. The whole was with great tastoi The small goods window contained a display of a large variety of special manufactures, and looked even moro attractive than the other portions of t)i6 shop., The large open front of the shop forms quite a new feature in Mastorton, and allows tho firm to display their goods to the greatest advantage, while it also adds to tho convenience of customers. In noticing the arrival of Mr Washington Norton and his company of" Merrymakers ' at Christohurch, the Lyttelton Timeß says:—"Since his last visit he has been a great traveller, and : can show in a bulky scrap book records of wanderings in all parts of the world, from Demerara to Afghanistan, In fact, a part of his ordinary attire is a coat woven of camel's hair, which he bought at a little Afghan village during his sojourn in Asia, Mr Norton was at one time in management at the Opera Comique, London, when he had the pleasure of playing before the Prince and Princess of Wales. In one of the best minstrel troupes of the day he also had the honour of being "commanded" to perform by the Queen herself. In his peregrinations round the world Mr Norton has, at one time or other, appeared before the Governor of nearly every English colony in existence, not to speak of numbers of Indian Rajahs and Princes, Sir William Jervois, we may mention, has specially promised him his patronage when he reaches Wellington, The company Mr Norton has brought with him is, as the name implies, a variety troupe, with which business he has been chiefly identified. One of the members, Mr Norman, is a singer of considerable reputation." The Company opens at the Theatre Royal, Masterton, on Monday evening. The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Institute was held at Greytown on Thursday, and was fairly attended, Mr Porritt occupied the chair. The following report for the past year was presented: —Your Commitee have the honor to ■ report that during the past year there has been received from subscriptions £36 0s 6d, being £1616s Gd less than the year previous. There has also been received the Government subsidy of £IJ) (is Id ; rent £5 ; and a 'handsome donation of £lO from W. C. Buchanan Esq., M.H.R. to whom the Committee are desirous of conveying their thanks. There have been about 100 volumes added to the library during tho year, The balance sheet shows, total receipts, £IOO 8s lOd; expenditure, £75 IBs; leaving a credit balance of £2413s lOd. The assets are £2913s lOd, and liabilities £7lss; leaving a balance which can be expended in books and periodicals, of £2l 18s lOd. The retiring Committee are Messrs Skeet, Porritt, Wood, Brooks, Gray, Nation, Bey, Webster, Revs Western and Young, any of whom are -eligible for reelection. T. Porritt, Chairman. On the motion of tho Chairman, seconded by Mr Skeet, the report and balance sheet were adopted. The following officebearers were elected for the ensuin? year: President, Mr J. P. Russell; ViceW. C, Buchanan, M.H.R., Mr Coleman Phillips; Committee, Messrs Skeet, Porritt, A. Gray, Nation, Wyett, Wood, Bey, Webster, Revs. Western and Ward; Auditor,Mr Black. Anhonorarium of £2 2s was voted to the Secretary, who, howover, intimated that, as his duties had boon so light, he would refund the amount. A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring officers, and some business of minor importance having been transacted, the meeting terminated. The Rev. L. M. Isitt delivered a lecture upon Temperance to a large audience at the Wesleyan Church, Masterton, last night, The basis of the address was the reminiscences of Mr R. T. Booth. On tho motion of the Rev. J. N. Buttle, Mr Prank Harrison took the chair, and briefly introduced the lecturer. The choir commenced the proceedings by singing Sankey's well-known tog, "Hold the Fort," in wliich the audience assisted. This was followed by a very earnest prayer by tho Rev. Mr Buttle, The lecturer, who was received with cheers, gave a graphic description of the work undertaken by Mr Booth, and touched upon the principal incidents of his life, his first step as a farm boy at Meadowbanks, his varied career as a Federal soldier, the degradation that drink brought him to, and his after salvation, the struggle between the" liquid demon" and a praying wife, and the final victory of the latter. The lecturer referred to the backwardness of Mr Booth in coming forward as a public speaker, and the effort it had cost him to speak in public at the first onset. He repeated many of the quaint sayings, facts, jokes, and illustrations of Mr Booth, and kept the audience fairly enraptured throughout the able address. In conclusion, the lecturer made an-earnest appeal to all, not only to sign the pledge of total abstinence from drinks that intoxicate, but also' to adopt the badqe—"that little bit of blue"— which he urged had done more to strengthen thfe temperance party than any other device. In response, a great many came, forward, while the choir, under the leadership of Mr F. W. Temple, gave several well-rendered selections from Sankey's hymns. The Rev. Mr Isitt announced, amidst considerable cheering; that eighty names had been added to the ranks of ; the blue ribbon army-that night, and-he/trusted .-they Would not let the. work, end there. He hoped on some near future occasion to address theip again on the all-important work of Gospel Temperance, • .

Tradesmen are reminded of the' meet ing at-{he Club Hotel to-night to make flirarigements 'for playing the football match, butch'e.ra and bakers v blacksmiths iand'wheelwrights.;'' At a meeting-of the Napier Chamber of Commerce held " yesterday the Bast and West cost, (Middle Island) railway job of the Government was condemned in very* severe terms. . ' The subject notified by advertisement over the leader, for an address at the. Temperance Hall, to-morrow evening, is "Two great persons, and another greater than both." At the temperance lecture .last night, the Rev L. M. Isitt stated that lie was not awaro until, his arrival that it was intended to make a charge for admission. A good many members'of tho Temperance flection of jtlie community have expressed themselves to the effect that the charge was a mistake, as it kept away the very people whom they were anxious to gee there, and that without it the result would have beeaeveii more satisfactory. 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 extoUed by the members of the medical, legal,' and clerical professions. Sold' by all Patent Medicine Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements,—Advt. Mr J. Thorburn, the well known clothier of Willis Street Wellington, wishes to inform the inhabitants of the. Wairarapa that lie has between 3 and 400 over-coats and macintoshes, which he is now selling at the Cost Price, as he wishes to clear them at once. A few of the macintoshes are slightly stained inside, with sea-water.' The usual price for such, is 32s 6d, They are now being sold for 15s Gd.