The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2062, 7 August 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1885.

Messrs Lowes & lorns hold an important land sale to-morrow. Their list comprises a fawn of 900 aores on the Tarafcahi, which is.subdivided into small farms of convenient size, to be sold upon easy terms; also, i sections fronting Cole street, of a quarter of an acre .eacjj, ,?nd a cottage and land in Masonic street, Terence Lynch, the pugilist, fell into the hands of the police at Wellington the other day, being charged with having, with the assistance of a mate, relieved one Jolm Clough, of a watch andchain. Asfche had been on the spree together, and the informant could not give a ■ lucid account as to \ylmt they did, the case was dismissed, A middle-aged married womap named Mary Tucker, and who is the mother of three children, lias been arrested at Wellington on a charge of stealing sundry articles, the property of her. husband at. Invercargill. _ It is'alleged that'she doped with a man named Christie, who was arrostcd with her. They had the children with them. The case haa been remanded. A #ale of considerable interest to breeders of poultry will bo held by Messrs Lowes & lorijs at their rooms at 3 o'clock to-morrow, They Jiayp received instructions from Mr A, Ejkjns to sell the whole of the contents of his yards. Tho stock is a most extensive one, and includes .all the best known varieties.. As the occurs just before the first show of tfee Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society, keen competition might be expected, As showing, the faqilities which the direct steamers afford us for rapid communication with England, says tlio Christcfrurcli Press, it may be mentioned that yesterday, by the Tainui, letters were received from England from passengers who left here on tho J.3th May perth# Kaikoura, This amounts $9 getting answers to letters leaving here by $e Kaikoura in eighty-three days from the date of their despatch, and is, we as far as this part of the colony is concerned, the quickest time on record. Footpad writes to us' When one arrives at the Greytown station he naturally asks how far the town is off, and the answer is always, oh! only a few chains off, and a footpath all the way; and so indeed it is, but what a one! .If you do venture on it you are up to your knees, nearly. There are pools from Wakelih's corner to aiid mud a couple of inches deep from, there to the church. Ifow, if the Borough Council is so short of funds, what objection have they in collecting the necessary funds from the surrounding inhabifantß, and therewith putting the path in decent condition.

j Snow to tho depth of nearly twelve inches fell in the country between Wai- | pukurau and Danevirke on Friday and Saturday last. ; Those who intend to take a chance with "Zulu" should do so without delay, as we are informed that the drawing will take place on Monday next. . The Duntidin libel case Anderson v Strode has been settled by defendant withdrawing all reflections on plaintiffs character, and paying costs, An advertisement directing attention to the annual show of the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, Cat, and Rabbit Association, which is to be held 011 the 11th 12th and 13th insta,, .appears in mother column. The Society has received numerous entries, which include a very large variety, and the show should therefore be worth visiting. F, H. Wood holds an extensive sale at his Masterton rooms to-morrow. The goods to be offered consist of farm implements, copper boilers, dray, timber wagon, groceries, crockery, drapery, • jewelry, watches, etc. The sale begins , at 2 p.m. The three planets, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter were- visible for only a few. minutes yesterday, and being framed by a dark cloud,, they looked exceedingly beautiful. They---will' now.- get further apart, though for a night or two they will I still form a pretty sight. After the long'spellof cold-and showery weather that has been experienced, tlie vivid liphtning yesterday evening, and heavy rainfall 'during the night,, must have been an acceptable change to everybody. The change, - together with a very high barometer, warranted the.bolief that tho sky would clear.': 'The weather i has however, relapsed into its old groove —a cold shower every hour, or so, : with lio j sign of clearing. * . . The representative team of the Masterton Football Club leaves for Wellington this afternoon to play the final heat for the Rugby Union Football Cup with the Wellington Club, We havo already published the names of the players, and need not now repeat them. We believe that they are all in very fair condition, and as they feel confident that they will give an account of themselves, it may bo ; oxpectod that they will play a good game, whichever team may prove victorious. A ut team representing the Red Star Club will also leavo by tho 7.30 train to-morrow to I try conclusions with the Wellington Stars.

A football match was played on tho Park Oval yesterday afternoon between a team representing the Public school and the second fifteen of the Red Star Club. F. Gardner captained the Stars, (only eleven of whom turned up) and Bannister the school. The game was played in two spells of half-aii-hour each, and was warmly and very evenly contested throughout, as may be, gathered from the fact that 110 scores resulted, The Stars were, however, forced down twice, being once in each spell. All the backs of the Stars played well, and Wilton and Kelleher distinguished themselves among the forwards. For the School the most prominent were Bannister, Perry, and Hill.' It would be interesting to know who appointed Messrs Bunny and McCardle a deputation to the Minister of Public Works on the question of the railway time table during tjie Exhibition, The following extract from a Wellington exchange explains itself" Adeputation, consisting of Messrs Bunny and McCardle, on Thursday waited on the Minister of Public Works relative to the Exhibition excursion railway time>table from the Wairarapa. Mr Maxwell, the General Manager, was present. It was pointed out that tlie oxcursion trains arranged for Wednesdays and Saturdays left Masterton at 7.30 a.m., an hour which was most inconvenient for settlers living a few miles frdm the township. After some discussion, the. Hon Mr Richardson admitted the inconvenience, and promised to hayo the time-table re-arranged without delay, so fljat excursion tickets should be available by the ordinary afternoon trains every Wednesday and Saturday, and that there should in addition, be a morning train leaving Masterton every Saturday between eight and nine o'clock, and returning the same night, leaving Wellington at 10.30 p. m. This arrangement, jt was stated, would be tried for a fortnight, by way of experiment. All the excursion tickets wilj have a currency of at least eight days,' 1 We hav§ little fault to find with what was done, but we object to the manner in winch it was done. If the public was desirous of an alteration, we think that it should have been done through pijr representatives in Parliament.'

it seems that the members of the Waste Land Board are taking views which are very similar to those which we have expressed on Mr McOsrdle's scheme for opening Crown Lands, Mr McCardle submitted it to the meeting of the Board yesterday, and expressed himself to the effect that unless more money were expended on opening these lands, settlement would be retarded. Mr Beetham, according to an oxchange, suggested that McCardle should furnish the Board with the fullest information before asking members to ftgi'ke $o borrow a large sum of money, He said lie qiso agreed as to tho necessity of expending 'ro«isy in opening up lands in the Wairarapa, biifc thought it was really the duty of the Government to provide the necessary funds. Mr Bunny said that if Mr McCardle would next meeting produce a full statement on the subject, he would support the proposal of that gentleman. He't3ioUfJ.\t, however, that the colony jteelf should pjoiioy, because the opening of the lands was .of. national importance, and also because the GovejT/,iDojlt would be able to borrow money ,pii more atlyanjagepus terms than* the Board. Mr McCardle promised to bring downfullerinforiiiationatthenextirjeetjiig; He said he was fully aware that Government were placed in a peculiar position in regard to the expenditure of money on roads, owing to the mistaken belief of legislators that it was better to make railways than roads. We f ear that a good deal of blasphemous language was indulged in on, Wednesday There is a section of the community yftich is eager to obtain certain articles which strive by train every night, For the sake of convenience wo will say that the late train brings an old hen and a chicken. On the night named, the distributor of the chicken got what he supposed was his parcel, and presently his sonorous voice was to be heard resounding in different quarters of the town, and his various customers were duly supplied, Now, it happens that all, a? nearly all of them had taken to the chicken bepjuge the hen had got too tough for then), aii'd a& one after the other found that tho'distributor hai palmed of upon them the old hen, he gave' jent to his indignation according to his usual custom on such occasions. The pious 'smothered their feelings'and promised to pray for the culprit, the indifferent swore at him, and the freethinker regretted his creed, because it allowed him no, place to which he could condemn him. Presently the vendor was caught, and then—we say it with regret—he also used immoderate language. All that could be done was to go back and collect all of the old hen that had been distributed, and to leave the chicken in place, and peace and order were thus reßtored to many a household.

Tho Masterton Temperance Choir meet this evening. The steamers Triumph and Hauroto arrived at Wellington from Sydney to-day. The next concert at St, Matthew's School-room will beheld on the 27thinsfc. Mr Lee, Inspector of Schools, is at present in Masterton, on a visit of inspection. Mr R. C. Black has been appointed Deputy-Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for the Greytown district. Messrs Caselberg & Co., of the Cooperative Stores, Masterton, notify in another column that they are selling good feed oats at 2s 4d per bushel ; also a variety of seed potatoes at'lowest current prices, and horse carrots at £3 per ton. We are requested to draw the attention of our readers to Mr F. H. Wood's sale of apples, oranges, bananas, dates, etc., which will be held at his Masterton rooms to-morrow. Tiiis line being perishable, will have to be disposed of without delay, and there being no reserve, buyers will have an oppoitnity of obtaining fresh fruit at their own prices, 'The Legislative Council yesterday threw out the clause in the School Committees Election' Bill abolishing cuinvilat ive voting." As that was really the only point aimed at, the measure should now be thrown out altogether. We fail to see why there should be any difference - made between school committee and parliamentary elections, and 'we dpubt whether the old fogies in the Council can see any. Our reporter took a walk along the banlc of the Waipoua river as far as the railway bridge yesterday afternoon, under the impression that he would find a good deal of progress witli the work of planting willows for the purpose of protecting the town,. He was, however, surprised to see that nothing whatover had ' been done. As the season is rapidly advancing, the Council will either have to take time by the forelock or allow tho work to stand over for another year. To plant willows when they are throwing ouc fresh leaves, would simply be a waste of monoy and labor.

News was brought to Carterton yesterday afternoon that Geo. Buck (son of Mr' G, Buck), was missing, and that his horse was found on the bank of tho Ruamahanga river, with the saddle on, but 110 bridle. The missing man came to Carterton on Sunday for medicine for Mr James Cooper, and stayed in Carterton over Sunday. On Monday he started for home, Being away so long, his neighbours began to feel uneasy, and yesterday Mr Moses Smith started to look for him, and found the horse as above stated, after which he came on to Carterton, and acquainted Constable Darby with the occurrence. Late last night Constable Darby received intelligence that the bridle had been found some distance lower down than where the horse was found. The constable started early this morning with" another man to ascertain if the body had been found, but up to the present time it has not been seen. There is very little doubt, but what Hie unfortunate young man got washed off his horse in crossing the river, as there has been a heavy fresh for several days, A further report is to the effect that the accident occurred at the ford of the Wainujoru, on the road from Gladstone to Gienburn. Coughs, Cokh, Bronchitis, £c, are quickly cured by using Baxter's cele? brated "Lung Preserver," This oldestablished, popular medioino, 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. You Can Be Happy if you will stop all your doctoring yourself and families with expensive doctors or cure-alls that do only harm, and use Nature's simple remedies for all your ailments; you will be well and happy and save great expense. Tho greatest remedy for this, the great, wise, and goodwill tell you, is American Co., Hop Bitters.