The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2095, 15 September 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1885.

A new County, that of Ohinemuri, in the Provincial District of Auckland, has been conatituted. Mr A. Matthews has recently lost several sheep in a most unaccountable manner. He found two of them dead, with the wool torn off their backs, and long and severe bruises on the skin, having the appearance as if they had been caused by the claw of some powerful animal. The skin has only been broken in one place, and no attempt seems to have been made to feed on the carcases. A third sheep was found ruuning about in a similar condition, the wool having been torn off for about two feet, and the same sort of bruises being plainly visible, The subject is very puzzling to Mr Matthews, as well as to others who have seen the sheep, Thero was a christening or a " Hallelujah naming" before a very large attendance at the Salvation Bairracks on Sunday afternoon. Throughout the day the attendance was unusually good, the aduont of Captain and Mrs Bates having evidently produced a revival in the rank and file of the army. Throughout this week special services will be held. Since the arrival of Captain Bates, the debt left by his predecessor has been reduced by £3O, leaving a balance of £ls, which it is expected will be wiped out in aj week.

Miss Lizzie Lawrence and a dramatic company are announced to appear at the Theatre Royal on Thursday.

The East Christchurch and Poneke football teams played a match at Wellington'yesterday, when ( much to the surprise of all, the latter won by a try to love.

,Mr Montgomery has made a start with the erection of two shops in Queen-street for Mr T. Wagg, the contract for which he recently, secured. The buildings, when completed, will add considerably to the appearance of the main street of the Borough.

■ The first meeting of creditors in the estate of Mrs Hayward was to have been .held to-day, but the Deputy Assignee being absent in Wellington, and there being no quorum, the proceedings stand adjourned till to-morrow. The following civil cases were disposed of in the Resident Magistrates' Court by Mr Stratford, R. M., this morning Whittem and Smith v Iraihia, £3l3s 3d. Judgment by default, with costs 16s 6d. Same v Wirimu Kingi, £2lßs6d. Judgment by default, with costs 20s. Mr J. Carr announces elsewhere that he has opened the "Original Scotch Pie Shop" in Manners-street, Wellington, an establishment that has been well and favorably known for years past.

Larpe numbers of upukuroro are to be seen in the Waipoua at present. This fish is considered a great delicacyby both European and Maori, and a good many of the erratic visitors will no doubt be caught.

It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that there is to be no further delay informing Worksop Road. Tenders are invited for forming upwards of half a mile of roadway, and nearly a mile of footpath.

Our Tinui readers will be pleased to learn that they are about to have a visit from Professor Rice, the physiognomist and mesmerist. The dates on which he will visit the township have not yet been decided, but they will probably be the 19th and 21st insts., (Saturday and Mon. day). Professor Rice started to-day for Tinui, and will return in time to give an entertainment on Tuesday evening iiext, which he has kindly consented to give for the benefit of the' Masterton Institute. On Wednesday the 23rd he will be in attendance for the last time to give charts, so that all who desire to obtain their chart must see him on that day.

We beg to remind our readers of Messrs Lowes & lorns' stock sale to-morrow. The list will comprise 450 sheep and 150 head of cattle. In sheep, there will be ewes and lambs, hoggets, and wethers; in beef, forward steers, store steers, 18months steers, yearlings, and weaners. They will also dispose of young cows and quiet springing heifers, dairy cows in milk and to calve, one' good young bull, small lot of mixed cattle, horses, vehicles, harness, saddlery, pigs, poultry, &c. The prospects of sheepfarmers, so far as lambing and the ensuing wool clip are concerned, appear to be particularly bright in the Wairarapa this year, We learn that there will be alarge percentage of lambs on nearly all the farms and stations. Feed has been abundant during the winter, and as the season has been mild, there has been a good and healthy growth of wool. Provided there is a recovery in prices at Home, runholders should have no reason to look gloomy. A little excitement was created at Carterton yesterday morning on seeing a horse with a trap come full gallop from the direction of the Taratahi. The horse got off its blinkers, which were hanging to the collar, and the driver Kept his seat in the trap, and held on to the reins; Mr G. Weston, seeing the position, jumped on to his horse and rode after him, and succeeded in bringing the runaway horse to a standstill just below Mr Wakelin's flour mill, without any damage occurring qjther to the driver or horse and trap.

As showing the increasing value of land in the vicinity of Greytown, says the Standard, Mr Thomas Walker recently advertised for sale by tender nineteen acres first-class bush land, which wa3 purchased two years ago at five pounds per acre. There were no lesß than a dozen tenders sent in, and a keen competition. Tho price has not exactly transpired, but we are informed that it is nearly double the original price, and that for bush land; Mr J. D. Heagerty's tender being accepted, whose land it adjoins for some thirty chains, By leaving a belt of the bush standing it will be a grand shelter to his ,other property in the prevailing south east weather.

" The policeman's lot is not a happy one," The latest infelicitous incident is, according to the Evening Press, as follows Some days ago several sailors deserted from a vessel in this harbour. A Bergeant-major and several constables went on the war path forthwith. The fugitives took to the bush; so did the "foorce," After considerable trouble and delay, the representatives of law and order managed to secure the deserters. They also secured about a ton and a quarter of buah mud, which they brought home on their clothes. But the hopes of a substantial reward cheered them throughout their difficulties, and they brought their 'men home in triumph. However, the captain was a canny man,— very canny. He gladly welcomed back his delinquent seamen, and gave the constables—his thanks. They took them, and have been wondering ever since where they are to spend them. If we may judge the signs of the times, says the N. Z. Herald, Auckland is as likely to become distinguished in the fine arts as it already is in music. Our exhibitions have been remarkably successful, large sums have been bequeathed us for the encouragement of art, and our citizens are taking great pains to attain a high standard of excellence. The natural consequence is that high-class teachers in this department are attracted hitherivard with a view of establishing methodical . classes. We have the pleasure of recording the appearance in this. capacity of Mr E. W. Payton, whose excellent pictures in the Exhibition will be remembered, and whose qualifications are of the highest character. Mr Payton was one of the moat successful students of the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design, which is the largest institution of die kind in the United Kingdom, and he has on several occasions been medalist in the national competitions of the science and art department. It may be worth mentioning that, wheroas we have had heretofore to remark upon the special deficiency of the Auckland exhibitors in figure painting, Mr Payton possesses particular ability as a teacher in that branch. We wißh him every success in his classes, ■ which commence on September 14, in the south rooms of the Choral Hall,

i wish most sincerely to thank the many visitors from the Wairarapafor their liberal patronage during the last three weeks, and beg to inform intending purchasers that my whole stock of Clothing, Hats, Hosiery, &c. &c,, will still be offered at the net cost price for cash, up till the end of the present month.—lam, John Thorburn, Olother & Outfitter, Willis-st., Wellington.