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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2105, 26 September 1885, Page 2

The meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Olub convened for thin evening has been adjourned till Saturday Ootober 3rd, The creditors in the estate of J, H. Corbetti have accepted an offer of 103 in £ cash, and the balance in twelve mouths, A meeting in connection with the formation of a Pastoral and Agricultural Society for North Wairarapa takes place this afternoon, T|ie usual weekly meeting of the Masterton Freethojight Sqciety talcea place to-morrow evening, when' Mr A. ty. Renal! will deliver an address oil the '' rationalistic" napiing of infants. The thoroughbred entire Ljllipee lias been added to the entries at Messrs Lowes and lorns' horse parade, The sale of the township of Pahiatua East at Wellington yesterday attracted a large number of buyers from Wellington, Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, and good prices were obtained. The total amount realized, was £1384, Mr D, S. Papworth's hot-house in Makora road wag bumf down last night' through some defect in the hewing apparatus, and a number of plants were destroyed, Messrs Lowes & lorns commenced a gale of drapery and clothing on account of Mr J, McDowell at their auction rooms yesterday, and drew ft considerable number of buyers, The goods were 'tossed of without reserve, and some excellent bargains wei;o made. The sale is being continued this afternoon. The progress that has been made in the erection of the Waipoua railway bridge during the last three months is as gratifying as the previous plopegs yyas disgusting. It is expected that the japt cyjinderwiil be down by Wednesday next, and that the wholo of the superstructure will be completed by the ond of October. There will then be nothing to hinder the plate-laying and ballasting of the section to Dreyerton being proceeded with. We are requested to remind our readers of Messrs Lowes & lorns' extensive sale on Wednesday next. The list will embrace some 500 head of cattle, being principally young well-bred heifers from phe Wanganiii district, and should prove a valuable .addition to the Wairarapa. They also sell sqmo Ptore steers, dairy cows, horses, pigs, &o. Af2 o'clock on the same day their horse parade and sale takes place in tho paddook attached to the yards, the entries for which ui'e already vory numerous. News reached town yesterday evening that tho homestead of Mr Wardell at Te White had been burned down, From yj)at we can gather it appears that Messre V. and W. Wavdell were working Borne distanoe from the house. About 4 p.m. the cook brought them some tea, and ft was then noticed that smoke was issuing from the roof of the older portion of the house. On reaching the spot it was found that the flames had taken a firm hold between the lining and the roof. Tho fire spread with such rapidity that there was ifrtje time to save anything except a few personal effects. The house contained six rooms, and tho loss is estimated at about £SOO, It was insured In a Wellington office. Captain Edwin telegraphed at noon : Bad weather within 12 hours from now between east and north and north-west, Glass further fall and much rain. The charge of perjury preferred against Samuol Waters in connection with the Hutt tarring case came on again at Wellington yesterday, In dismissing the case Mr Wardell said that while the evidence given on the Bth September by the accused contained statements which were calculated to mislead the Court, the later evidence given by bin appeared to tho Benoh so far to explain the evidence given on the first occasion as to render them indisposed to say that the technical crime of perjury had been committed. Tliey felt that the accused had trifled with his oath, and had trifled with the Court, and that he had equivocated i and that had it not been for the explanation offered afterwards, it would-have been a serious matter. The Bench hoped that what had happened in this case ; would bring home , to ; the accused, and towitnessesingeneral, % serious responsibility they took with them jjj gmij| jpto ,the witness-box to give evidence, ' ' ! •

Messrs Henry Owen'& Co announce their .first grand display of spring and Bummer-,novelties at their drapery establishment, , '/ With our 'present issue we publish as an inset' a circular from Mr Clark, - relating to the'Carterton branch of his drapeiy and millineiy business. Mr F,<H. Wood notifies the entry of a number'of fat sheep for his next stock sale, on Thursday next, at Ray's yards. Mr F. H. Wqod offers for sale by private contract, the one thousand acr&farm on'theTaratahi, known as Goodwood, The land is securely fenced, and there are many improvements. The price asked is only £3OOO, and the terms offered aro very easy.

It is estimated that fully 15,000 acres of bush have been felled in the district during the past winter. On Messrs Cockburu Hood and Walker's run, 2000 acres were brought down; Dr Hosking and Messrs Holmes each let coutracts for 1000 acres, and it is estimated that on the small holdings near Dreyer's Rock, in the Kopuaranga district, about 2000 ; acres have been felled,

Mr J, Kay, who left , for Westport today to assume the mastership of, the state school there, was yesterday presented with a gold albert by the pupils in the sth Standard of the Masterton School, The presentation was made by Miss Jane Donald who rccompanied it by a neat and appropriate speech. The acknowledgment of appreciation of Mr Kay's services is the more complimentary as it was entirely spontaneous on the part of the children, most'of whom he took with him from the third and fourth to the fifth standard,

The Tauranga Evening News makes the following painful admission of the state its reporter was in on the night referred to:—"A curious optical-illusion was witnessed in the sky on Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock, Anyone looking at the moon about that time could plainly see two moons instead of one. The duplicate moon was no mere shadow, but clear and well defined; and, in fact, it was hard for some time to say which was the genuine moon, and which its duplicate. ' ■;

The Ironmonger (the leading organ of the hardware interest) catches up United Ttates Consul Griffon, late .of Auckland and now Sydney, for some recent utterances anent the preponderant success of American machinery in New Zealand over English, It maintains that in the matter of agricultural machinery and implements (excopting'axes) English makers supply practically the' 1 ' world, though it has to admit, with sorrow, that "the apathy and indifference" of other branches of the iron trade in trying to suit the wants of ttow and Australia are almost beyond belief.

An exchange says that "a young American actress, Blanche Curtisse, not yet seventeen years of age, has commenced to "star" upop the combined attractions of her good looks and her diamonds (valued at £4000).. These are to be carried with her on a tour, in a specially constructed steel safe, which is to be continuously guarded by a man engaged for that and no other purpose." How much of the £4OOO represents looks and how muoh diamonds does not appear, nor is it explained whether, liko many of her sex, she takes off her beauty at night. Anyway, the man who guards it should have a pleasant billot. More light has been thrown on the barmaid controversy by the' Neo Caledonien, which says that a Bill for the suppression of tho barmaid trade, bo common and popular in the Australian oolonles, has bepn introduced into the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The 'Neo' has got mixed up in its' English, as it regards the innocent abolition of barmaids by Mr Berry as a suppression of some nefarious trade w|ereln barmaids are tho articles of commerce—a tradesinulair to the Native labor business carried on in Queensland. It goes 011 to say that '! the Colony of Victoria, without awaiting the vote on the measure, is about to abolish and interdict, under the severest penalties, the exportation of the Queen's female subjects, and it is probable that the neighbouring colonies will follow the example," This is delightful,

Jfr Qaryer has shown tho Examiner a map of the Mangafcaippjig Block, showing, land purchased by the Government, From this map we observe that tho natives have reserved tho area between the Manawatu and Tiraumea rivers to the extent of 2,956 acres. Then the Qpyernment land comes, in a block of 2,6ti6 acres, and beyond that a narrow strip of native land to the oifcept of 104 noreß between the Mangahao and Mangatainoke rivers. Next comes a Government block of 10.500 acres, running along the main road, and occupying the full width of the block as far as the Pahiatua Native Reserve, where a rectangular piece.of native land comes in, following the" main pd to a point ratljer pre than midway between Pahiatua and Ekofcahuna, the Government land occupying back portion on the bank of the Mangahao JJiyep, This native block of land embraces 19,524 acres, fjeyond that the whole of the block, including an area of 25,328 acres belongs to the Government, In addition to the sections already mentioned, there is, between the Mangatainoke and Tiraumea Rivers, a block of 875 acres of native land, aiid another of 1,240 of Government land,

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