The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2113, 6 October 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1885.

Twenty claims have been pegged off on the Pohangina reefs. The residents at Waipawa are considering the advisableness of forming an Agricultural and Pastoral Society. The Stonehenge Lodge, U.A.0.D., lias changed its place of meeting, and will assemble at the Foresters' Hall t'o-night, Mr F. H. Wood holds a sale of canaries and other birds, as well as. of general merchandise at his Masterton rooms to- , morrow. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of . the Masterton Borough Council will be held this evening, when it is expected i that the means of obtaining a gas plant 1 will be dealt with. We hear that the Rev James McKee and Mrs McKee, the former occupants of the Masterton Manse, contemplate a trip to the old country in the course of the next few months. The fire breaking out yesterday just as we were about to go to press, we stated in error that it occurred in Mr Macara's stables. The building was certainly owned by him, but it haßfor years past been leased by him to Mr Elkins, who sub-let it to Messrs Hood & Shaw. Mr Macara has been particularly careful not to store hay in his stables. A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural Society was held at the Council Chambers last night. There was a large attendance, and the President, Mr T. Parsons, occupied the chair, Mr J. Muir waited on the Committee on behalf of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and explained that a wish had been expressed by his Society that the two shows should be held on the same day, it being believed that such a course would be to the advantage of both. He also asked that a subcommittee might be appointed to meet a sub-committee of his Society to confer on the subject of dairy and agricultural exhibits, for which the Horticultural Society now offers prizes, and which, it was thought, might with advantage be included in the programme of the Agricultural Society. The suggestion was agreed to, It was formally resolved to hold the Spring Show on the 25th November, so as not to clash with the Greytown Society, The special prize list was considered and referred to a subcommittee, nnd several minor matters having been dealt with, the meeting adjourned.

A general meeting of the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club is announced for Saturday evening, . Mr Merritt, portrait painter, of Wellington, hag an advertisement in another column to which we direct the attention of our readers,

Messrs Hood & Shaw, Kibblewhite & Cameroii, Macara, Ross and Elkins return thanks in another column to, those who assisted at the fire yesterday in saving property, &c. A summoned meeting of the Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F., takes place at the Foresters Hall on Thursday next at 8 o'clock, to arrange for the visit to Wellington to take part in the Friendly Societies' Demonstration on Thursday, October 15th,

There was a report'current yesterday that a horse had been burnt in Messrs Hood & Shaw's Stables. This is incorrect. Mr Macara, however, lost a valuable greyhound, which was taken out twice, and on each occasion ran back again, Mr Elkins also had two valuable dogs burnt,

The Masterton Tent, 1.0. R., have summoned a special meeting to consider the invitation from their district to take part in the Friendly Societies Demonstration in Wellington on the 15th inst, For being disorderly and having indulged in too much beer on the occasion of the fire yesterday, a man was mulcted in a penalty of 20s this morning, with tho alternative of taking 48 hours for reflection,

The Standard reports that amannamed John Tomney, aged about 47 or 48 years, died suddenly at Otaraia at J. 20 p.m, on Saturday. He was employed scrub cutting forMrsDodds, and on resuming work after dinner said to a fellow-workman that he felt ill, and at the same moment put his ban*} to his heart and fell down dead. Hewasanative of County Dublin, Ireland, and had been twenty years in the colony. Mr Elkins is losing no time in having his stables re-erected, Almost as soon as the flames had subsided yesterday afternoon, he gave instructions to have them rebuilt, and the work will be pushed on with the utmost speed. Mr Macara has secured temporary accommodation for his coach horses. He is not likoly to bujjd again on the old site, but thinks of obtaining a suitable piepe of land in a less thickly built portion of the town, Tho following oases were dealt with by Mr Stratford, R.M., this morning:— Riddell v. Medell, —Claim L 5, value of a bullock. Mr Skipper for plaintiff, and Mr Bunny for defendant, Judgment reserved till Saturday at 10 a,m, W, Blinkhome v. W, Jeffrey's,—L7 ss, for rent, Mr Skipper for plaintiff asked for judgment for L 5 with costs. Defendant did not appear, and judgment was given for plaintiff for with L} cos ta

About twelve dozen of the Harden Star hand grenades were used at the fire yesterday, and proved most effective, At the Club Hotel several were broken, and the liquid was thrown against the wall from a bucket, and the result was that the parts touched by it wquld not ignite, The saving of Mr Ross's coach factory is undoubtedly in a great measure due to the application of a number of grenades. The only drawback seemed to be that many of them did not break, even when thrown against a solid wall.

The talk among the public last night naturally centred on the fire, and nine peoplo out of ten expressed themselves to the effect that Masterton should have either a proper water supply or a stoam fire engine, the majority being in favor of the former. We are glad to see that this view js beginning to prevail. The interest on a loan for water works purposes would be saved in insurance premiums, and the convenience of having water in pvery house would also be greatly appreciated, The monthly meeting of the Taueru Road Board was held yesterday at Bowlands, Present—Messrs Hawkins (chairman), Hood and Rutherfurd. Lettors were read from Messrs Perry and Wingate excusing themselves from attendance, the former on account of illness, and the latter being obliged to attend a law case. A petition was read from the settlers on the Whangaehu, asking that on that portion of the road which lies in the Upper Taueru Road District, the water channels should bo cleared, and other nectary works done, or otherwise to give tho Masterton Board authority to do so, It was resolved that tho balance of Mr McKenzie's rates be paid to the Masterton Bpard for the necessary work. Mr Hood applied for something to be done in order tp open up the rqa| from Bowlands to the Maori gardens, Being a County road, it was not thought advisable to do anything in the matter. Mr Rutherfurd applied for the sum of £5 to make his track good. Ho was advised to get an estimate .of the w.Qrks required to be done before any further steps were taken, No other businesswas transacted.

The monthly meeting of the Featherston Town Board waj held yesterday evening. Present-Messrs G. Reynolds (Chairman), Hodder, Cundy, Oakly, and Jas. Donald. The minutes of the previous meeting woro read and confirmed. The Treasurer's statement showed a balance of £127 18s Bd, The following accounts were passed tor paymentW. Hodder jun. £2, Bloxham £6 18s, Beel £l2 2s Id, Keyg £lßs 7d, The correspondence inwards was read. The Poundkeoper's report .yap pead, whioh showed fees collected for jfche past month to be fi? 5.8 Bd, The Collector reported rates re.ce>ye4 a(i £1 14s, and arrears duo £23135, Mr Dayey's tender of £7 9s fid for kerbing and culvert in front of the Empire Hotel was accepted The following notice of motion was given, " That a donation of £5 bo given towards the funds of the Featherston Town Band." Another motion was also brought forward to paßs a by-law making it compulsory oij f$ persons driving vehicles after dark to cany lights, but as the Board's by-laws were about tp be altered, it was allowed to stand over. A resolution was passed to allow cattle to graze between the hours of seven in the morning and five in the evening, the Ranger to bo strict in his duties after that hour.

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