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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2057, 1 August 1885, Page 2

Captain Edwin predicts bad and exceptionally cold southerly weather. A gentleman who went on a shooting expedition from Masterton to the Wairarapn Lake, brought down no less than forty swans, besides smaller birds, Game is evidently plentiful this season. A carrier pigeon was despatched from Wellington yesterday morning for Oamiiru. The object is said to be to ascertain whother a pigeon post can bo established betwcon the two places, . Great ravages liavo been mado by stray dogs worrying sheep in the Featherston vicinity during the last week, says the Standard. On Tuesday last, Mr W. Hodder found between 20.and 30 of his sheet! killed ; and Mr Monckton has also' been a sufferer from the same cause,

The Masterton Freethought Society will meet to-morrow evening at the Theatre Royal. There will be the ÜBual list of vocal and instrumental items, and the String Band will assist. A public meeting will be held at the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening, the object being to consider "two great questions fpneerning which everybody has a right to' be fully informed, as all are personally interested." Mr Neill's 'bus came into collision with a cart on the way to the railway station this morning, owing to the driver of the latter not giving quite sufficient road way. Tile only damage that resulted was the breaking q! the large swingle bar. ' We believe it is pretty generally understood in political circles in Wellington that the Ministry is in a minority pn the East and West Coast (Middle Island) railway piftjpuJs, and also with regard to the Cominitto whiqj; js to be apppinted to report on it, The meeting of the directors flf tho Theatre Iloyal Co., which was to huve been held last night, fell through for want of a quorum, only t, 15, Chamberlain and Payton being present. A private letter received from t"o Cape of Good Hope announces the arrival there of the Coptic, to be fitted as an armed cruiser, It will be remembered that the Coptic left Wellington about three months ago, with sealed orders. % j.wvi) to acknowledge the receipt, ftomthe.S,(srecfi;ry, MrR. R. Armstrong, of a copy of the programme of the Wairarapa Jockey Club Spring Meeting, the details of which wo haye steady published. Mas|erton will not'eonfcribute largely to tho crowd at the opening of the Industrial Exhibition to-day, as only about fifty availed themselves of the special fyim. If it rains as steadily in Wellington ,a» it does here, the attendance is not at all likely fo bo large. Mr A. G. Price,, draper, of Cuba-st., Wellington, has hit upon a novel w».y of making Mb window attractive, Ho hat placed in it a jar of peas, and tlie customer who makes tho nearest puess to the number of peas, js to got £SO. An advertisement, on the subject appears in Another column..

A deal of comment is being made about tho 1)1% state of nearly all tlie banknotosat pi'esent iji f:im;ulati(jn in IVJTaatei'ton, Many of theiji are b<) covered with dirt that the printing oi) jtfreijj Jja? been almost obliterated, their appearance being most ropulsivo, If the banks porsisfc in re-issuing paper of this description, the public has a remedy by puking for gold. ' f !iq?,9 who love to seo plove contests, aro remindod that Donovan, tho champion lightweight of tho colony, will meet a Masterton amateur at the Theatro Royal this evening. Between 8 andfl o'clock, several local men will investigate each others skill in this direction, and at tho last named hour (die other two are to occupy tho boards, , The' National Photographic Company have taken a number r,f in Masterton, the majority of .thein Jjeiijg of business premises in Queen-Street, fj/ey are of superior quality, handy in size, ayd very neatly mounted, To any qiio desirous of forwarding views of tho place, fe) friends at a distance, they would prove most acceptable. The. Company's representative is still in Masterton engaged in completing his collection.

Farmers, graziers and business people generally are beginning to "compjam of the long spell of damp weather which being experienced in the Wairarapa. During the last foijr weeks glimpses of sunshine have been very raro, Though tihew Ijas been littleheavy rain, the atmosphere ha? a-very leaden appearance, Farmers are anxious to get clearer weather to give their ?jrops a start, and graziers look sullen because the oijklflpk for their early lambs is not encouraging, Mrs Asseraon and her son, who lost their.way in the bush from West Mauriceville on Tuesday last, were found in a very exhausted condition near the top of Brace's Hill on Thursday, While searching for seme of their own cattle, they came across a mob of wild cattle, and two savage bulls chased them into a gully, where they managed to get into a safe hiding place. They, however, lost their wafr. through this, and there beijg no sunshine, it was impossible' for. theni to' get an idea as to th« direction in which they were travelling. . They were not vety far from home, out the searoh party had not a little trouble in getting them there, as they were very. weak. Both, mother and son are progressing favorably, though the former is still confined to her bed., They were without food or firefOr thre* days and two nights.

With regard to the case of the man Hastio, who was committed to the'Wellingten Hospital from Carterton, it appears that the informality exists 1 in the fact that.he should have been committed to gaol and from there sent to the. Hos-' ; pital. _ Mr Stratford, R,M,,has senttlie following to the authorities in Wellington, in reply to a question 'put "to hini " As the allegation of informality has not been supported, 1 fail to understand why this warrant has been returned. Those entrusted ivith its execution, ! presume, will accept the responsibility of disobeying it. I can do nothing without the consent of Mr B. Boys, J.P., but speaking for myself I would not lend.my aid to do anything so cruel as to order the removal of ■ the patient, after reading Dr 'Fill's memo." It is as well to explain that while a Magistrate may commit to the Wellington Hospital, he cannot order anyone to be taken to the Masterton Hospital. The former is a public institution, and the latter, to all interests and purposes, a private one. Its offlcess would simply ignore an order of the kind. Coughs, Colds,- Bronchitis, -&c, are quickly cured by using Baxter's .celebrated "filing 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. MrJ.Thorbum, 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 (id, They. are now being sold for 15s 6d.