BANNISTER STREET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2114, 7 October 1885, Page 2

BANNISTER STREET.

Now that thei-o is another large gap in the buildings fronting the upper portion of Bannister street, the Borough Council should consider the advisabfeness of widening it. The subject was considered when M'Cartiiy's store was burnt down some years ago, but there was nothing done because the whole distance from Queen street to Dixon street could not be widened. Monday's fire has demonstrated how shallow the argument was. Had the Council taken advantage of the opening and secured the Queen street corner when there was no building on it, the whole length of the street could now be made a uniform width. At present fully threefourths of the land could be secured, and we believe that there would be no difficulty in arranging terms with the owner, Mr Maca.ua, The widening of the street is necessary for the daily increasing traffic, for protection from fire, and public health, and advantage should therefore be taken of every opportunity that offers to carry out- the work. In time the corner occupied by Messrs Duncan & Son's shop and the frontage of Messrs Kibblewhite & Cameron's blacksmiths' shop might be acquired, It would certainly be useless to wait for an opportunity to acquire the whole frontage at once.

The Masterton Rifles paradefor inspection on Friday the 23rd inst., at 7.30. p.m.

A new advertisement from Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., Bon Marche, will appear to-morrow.

Messrs Lowes & lorns announce their usual fortnightly stock sale to take place on Wednesday, October 14th, 100 head of mixed cattle being already advertised. Jacob Faithful has opened a monster consultation of £IO,OOO on the Melbourne Cup. The first horse will get £2,000, and thero are £675 prizes in all, The programme is an attractive one, and should be read with interest by sporting men. 0

Nearly all the hatching, boxes in the Acclimatisation Society's building are at present full of young trout, the ova that has been brought ftwn various places having yielded splendid results. The Society should be in a position to liberate about 100,000 young fish next year, Inspector Shearman, at present in charge of the Wellington Police District, is about to retire on a pension, and Inspector Weldon will be appointed to the head of the force in the colony, Inspector Goodall will be removed from Wellington, The Fire Insurance Association have instructed Messri Lowes & lorns to sell on Thursday, the salvage from the late fire, the principal item of which is a quantity of oats. The sale will commence at 2 o clock, at the scene of .the late lire.

Mr Geo. Denton, of Wellington, announces elsewhere that he has a largo supply of tennis and cricket materials, as well as fishing tackle of all descriptions. Mr Denton keeps the best class of goods in stock, and those who purchase from him can rely upon obtaining a good article.

We were shown a letter yesterday from a sweep promoter at Napier to a client in Masterton, from which it appears that a letter addressed to him and containing money arrived minus the valuable portion of its contents, As the sender of the money is positive that he put it in, he has come to the conclusion that it was taken out by some one after it left his hands,

It is now understood that Sergeant Lyons is to have temporary charge of the Wairarapa Police District. By the time, all the list of Sergeants in the colony lias been gone through, a suitable officer will, perhaps, be found. Serpeant Lyons is a, quiet but conscientious officer, who dislikes officiousness, and he should therefore be well qualified to fill the important position. He has already arrived. On Saturday next Messrs Lowes & lorns will auction a large quantity of new and second hand furniture, consisting of drawing room auitcß in rimu, cretonne, couches, carpets, tables, chairs wardrobe, chest drawers, sowing machines, and all other requisites for carefully furnishing a dwelling house; also, a quantity of seed, oats, barley, potatoes, poultry and sundries.

The Stonehenge Lodge U.A.0.D., held its first meeting in the Foresters' Hall last night. There was a large attendance. It was resolved that as many members as possible go to Wellington to take part in the Friendly Societies' demonstration on the loth insfc., the members to go as a lodge, and to join the other Druids Lodges in Wellington. No other business of importance was transacted,

No progress was made with the Gas scheme at the meeting of the Borough Council last night, owing to there being no quorum on the Gas Committee. Crs Heron and Perry, who were members, had only been re-elected to the Council a short time previous, and it became necessary to make fresh appointments. Last night Messrs Heron and Perry were re-appointed, and the Committee will probably meet at an early date and report at a meeting of the Council to be held on the 15th inßfc,

The Acclimatisation Society continues to make improvements on its grounds in Chapel street, A high board fence is now being erected between the street and the ponds, and men are also engaged in deepening and widening the bed of the stream, in order to make room for quite a chain of ponds. A number of channels have also been cut, by means of which it will be possible to drain any one of the ponds without interfering with the others. The work i 3 by no means easy, on account of the large masses of roots', which form quite a network under the subsoil,

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The return rifle match Volunteers v Civilians is being fired this afternoon,"

The Carterton School, children took their trip to the Exhibition to-day, and a considerable number left by train', ' it e , a ,^ e re l ueß t e d to draw attention to "Leo's" Nos programme on the Now Zealand Cup, which closes at the end of the present month, the prizes of which amount to L2OOO, members tickets being ten shillings, Each ticket has nine chances,

Messrs Hood & Shaw notify that they are continuing their business of livery stable-keepers at the Empire Hotel, and all horses entrusted to their care will receive every attention. Thehavethe convenience of good paddocks, and they notify that they have first class buggies and horses on hire. A bus' meets every train and conveys passengers to all parts of the town.

Dr Newman and Mr fl, Bunny, members of the Board of College Governors, accompanied by Mr 0. P. Powlea, Secretary to that body, arrived by the mid-day train to-day, their object being to malco a personal inspection of the College Reserves iu the and Alfredton Districts, so as to obtain a better idea as to what should be done with them, They proceeded to Eketahuna by coach. Their report should prove useful to the Board, especially as there has been an outcry against the many reserves in the districts being allowed to lie idle. Mr J, Vile obtained permission at the meeting of the Borough Council last night to lay a new sort of concrete, manufactured entirely from colonial material, in front of the Council Chambers, the object being to demonstrate that it is both cheap and durable. He lost no time iu commencing work, for this morning a gang of men were busy on the spot, and a considerable quantity of material was also deposited. The experiment will be watched with a good deal of interest, as it might lead to the flagging of the footpaths in the Borough both cheaply and effectively, In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr H. A. Stratford, R.M., John Anderson was charged, on the information of Henry Offor, with the larceny of two horse-covers, one brush, and a pair of reins, of the value of L 4 ss, Mr Skipper appeared for the accused, who elected to be dealt with summarily. Mr Offor conducted his own case. It appeared from the evidence that Henry Offor, assistant bailiff, had on the 10th August seized certain chattels in the estate of W. H. Lee, among them being the articles alleged to have been stolen. They were removed to the Club Hotel stables in Masterton, where they were left in charge of Samuel Groves, as sub-bailiff, for some time, Offor having made everything safe, withdrew Groves. On the 12th ho released thegoods under instructions, and returned them to Lee. Two days later he was informed that the articles named in the information were missing. Following up information received, he wrote to accused asking him to return the brush and reins, and he brought articles, but they were not what were missing. Accused was a carter, and he had offered to employ him. He could swear to the horse-covers, but not to the brush. Samuel Groves said he had been left with the things by Offor, and accused came up and said, "ByJove, they don't sell my reins." He tried to take them away, but left them for some time. Subsequently, however, he removed them. Confirmatory evidence was given by J, W, Broadbent and Mr Hood. In defence accused said he was not guilty. He had been ploughing for Mr Watson, blacksmith. One day in August he took the reins and brush to Hood and Shaw's stables, while he went to Mr Watson, and on returning took them home again, When he received Offer's letter he took them to Mr Beard's, so that they might all see who they belonged to. Two days later they were returned to him. He knew nothing of the covers, He had been in NewfZealand fifteen years, and no stain of the kind had been thrown on his character, Mr Groves' statement was false. His Worship said so far as he could see accused was innocent, and he would leave the court without a stain. The case was dismissed.

In the Exhibition there is one special exhibit, which is greatly admired, namely, the wool mats and portmanteaus made by Mr Field, of Dunedin. The whole of the exhibit has been purchased by Mr Tliorburn, the clothier, of Willis-street. Parties wishing to purchase any of the above can now selec them, to be delivered on the Ist of November,—Advt,

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