The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2165, 8 December 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885.

The monthly meeting of the Wairarapa East County Council will fro held this afternoon. The police in Wellington are taking proceedings against oyster men, for having oysters in their possession during tho close season, The leases of the Town Lands Trust acres will be sold by Messrs Lowes '& lorns, Their advertisement wjj) appear to-morrow. Mr P. H, Wood announces that his next stock sale attheGreytown yards will be held on Thursday next, at 4 p.m. The entries include fatsheop, owesand lambs, cattle, horses, etc, An Age Special dated London, 27th November, states that Mr Thomaß A, Hendricks, who in November last was elected Vice President of the United States is dead. A meeting of the Town Licensing Committee was held at the Court House Featherston, yesterday, Present Messrs Bunny (Chairman), Cudpy, Keyholds, and Toogoodr The minutes of the last meeting, were read find confirmed, Mrs McLennan, widow of the late Mr John McLennan, applied to have the license for tho Victoria Hotel transferred to herself, The application was granted. Tins was all tho business, and the meeting closed, The Hawke's Bay Telegraph states that '"a poor man sixty years of age applied for ami obtained a ticket for admission to the Hospital, and presenting himself at that institution was put to bod. He had scarcely time to congratulate himself on his prospect of medical attendance and careful nursing when the visiting doctor came round and ordered him to dress and leave the Hospital, The man was turnpd out, and his friends not being aware of his treatment, were not present to assist him to his homo, The old man had not got fifty yards from thp Hospital gates when he fell down, and befog too weak to rise, remained for some hours on the ground, where he was found and carried to his home," If this is true, and the man dies, the doctor should be had up and tried for manslaughter. The second trial of Joseph Symes, Freethought lecturer, was concluded-at the Supreme Court, Melbourne, on the 30th November, the defendant being charged with keeping a disorderly house under the Act of George the Tjriird, which provides that the ,occupier of any house, warns, &c,, which is used as a place of puipllo amusement on Sunday for which money is chafed, shall be-deemed to keep a.disorderlyhouse, His defence was that the proceedings were n$ ' entertainmehts, but connected services .of the Australian Secular Association. The iujy was? unable to agree, and after six hours were discharged without giving a verdict. The defendant, who was allowed bai), has to appear on the 16th December on the same charge.

A meeting of tlio members of the Masterfcon Mangatainoke Special Settlement Association will be held to-morrow' everi-

The N,Z, Shipping Co's. Royal Mail Steamer Ruapehu arrived at Wellington this morning. Her mails, will arrive' in the Wairarapa by the evening train. At a meeting of the Stewards of the Featherston Racing Ulub on Saturday, the following new members were elected; —Messrs A. Fry, H. Holmes, T. Cameron, J. W. Cruickshank, Wardell, Button and J. Stokes. The gate charges for the next meeting were also arranged. Our contemporary is in error when he says that we begged the question of arguing tho pros and conß of Protection and Freetsade, We only asked one. We have now an admission that coachbuilding, at any rate, does not need protecting. Taking trades in detail, many others would be admitted to -be in the same position. How long some, newspaper paragraphs keep green has. just been amusingly illustrated. On the very day that the mail steamer Rimutaka arrived at Port Chalmers, direct from home, a statement appeared in a district paper that one of her seamen had been drowned in Lyttelton Harbor on the preceding Friday. It is just about three months since the Rimutaka haß visited Lyttelton. Rain continued to fall in showers yesterday till late.in the afternoon, when the sky cleared, and an intensely cold southerly wind Bet in, so that by midnight thin sheets of ice were to be found. Fortunately, however, another change set in before sunrise, a light but balmy westerly wind prevailing, before which all traces of the froßt rapidly disappeared. The potato crop certainly had a very narrow escape, for there is every reason to Tjelleve that, had the frost continued all night, it would have been very severe in the morning. A complimentary benefit will be. tendered t) Miss Beaufort by her many friends in Maaterton on Friday evening next, when tho three act drama " Mone, or an Old Man's Darling," will bo put on the boards by a number of: amateurs, assisted by Messrs Foley and Berkeley, and this is to be followed by the fine farce "My Wife's Little Game." Miss Beaufort has appeared on the local stage in a number of characters, and her representations have always been very painstaking and correct. This, added to her natural gifts, has made Miss Beaufort a decided favorite with the public. We feel assured that the invitation to attend will be readily responded to; and that the curtain wjjj rj.se to a full house

The following should bo pf interest to members of County Councils ijj.% District Court at Westport was occupied for two days with tho oase of White'y the Buller County Council, a claim for £2OO damages for injuries caused to plaintiffs waggon and horses by the road giving way under them. The road was constructed by |;he late Provincial Government, and tho County Council jias not meddled with it, At the part where it gayq py there was evidenco of knowledge on the'part of the Council of the dangerous state of the road, and the Judge directed the jury that the Council were not liable for any faults in jjjje cpnatrugtion, but if they knew of a serious danger existing in the road, and carelessly neglected to rempve it, they were liable 'to pay -for damages sustained by any person falling jnfcp it, unless such person could with reasonable care have avoided the danger, Tho Judge ssid the question of how far the County Councils were bound generally to keep their roads in repair was one of somo doubt and difficulty, which should- be settled by a decision 0 f the Court of Appeal, or by Ugislatiqn, , The jury gave a verdict for £145,' "(Hie Oounty Council is moving for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict wag against the weight of evidenco, and the damages excessiye. A meeting of the Alfredton Licensing Committee was held at Eketahuna on Saturday last at noon, all the members of the Committee being present, The. minutes of the last meeting were road and confirmed, and the Inspector's report on licensed houses was read by the Clerk. An application by David Crewe for the removal of hia license for the Pahiatua Hotel to a house to be erected on a seQtion about half a mile distant was then taken. Mr Morison, solicitor, of Woodyille, appearedjn support of the application, ,an,d strongly urged that it should be, granted, as it w.puld be fop the benefit of' the settlers, and ajso of the travelling public Mr Bunny appeared'on bejialfpf sovoral of the Pahiatua settlers to object to the application, As a preliminary objection, he pointed out to tho Committee that as a matter of fact there was no house and premises on the seotior. mentioned to which the license could be removed. The Act contemplated the removal of the licensp, pot the premises, and in this case it was proposed to remove license and premises as well. After a consultation by the Committee, the.Chairman announced that the Committee had come to "the unanimous decision that they must refuse to entertain the application. Mr Bunny asked for costs and expenses, as he had seyeraj witnesses in attendance. It was decided thafc papji party must pay his own costs. There was no Pthep business.

Captain Baldwin, of Dunedin, who has lately visited South Amorica, has published a short account of his travels in the papers, of that city. Captain Baldwin refers at some length to tlio progress of the meat freeing industry at tlie River Plate, and, we are glad to say, doe? npt altogether confirm the opinions and fears that have been oppressed by Beveral persons, who have a|so recently visited that country, regarding the danger to New Zealand from South American compeiicion. "Much of the country (says the report) Captain Baldwin declares to be of surpassing excellence, but the wool, is of poor quality, owing partly to heavy dews causing footroot, and partly to the absence of scab laws, whilst the fat stock is too fat. So far the mutton sent home from La Plata ha» been a failure, and the meat-freezing companies of Buenos Ayres have already lost £28,000. The poor qualfty of the mutton is due to the fattening properties oE the grassland the impossibility of growing tjjrnjps iyn)j English grass, A beginning has been made of a trade with Europe in live stock sent by fast steamers, but this can scarcely prove remunerative if freezing does not,' The sheop appear to be nearly all a croßs between merino and longwools. Cattle are mostly bred for their hides, and the meat is "jerked." The Government of the country, are far from being settled, and there is great depression there as well as jnjfow Zealand."

We beg to draw the attention of every householder and others to #ui liberal inducements offered by Messrs L. J. Hooper & Go., of tho BonMarpho Drapery Warehouse, namely, every-customer purchasing value of one shilling and upwards will receive a coupon corresponding with tho amount of the purchase. On the 24th of December these tickets will be collected and one-fifth of the whole amount of purphases made will be returned in value as a Ohrjßtmas box. For instance, a person purchasing 6s will receive value Is; 10s, 2s; 20s, 4s; 30s, 6s l :'4os, 8s V 60s, 12fi; 805,.165;. J.2os, £l, and so ;<jn for every shilling spent.' : This is jthe/' best' inducejnent wo have ever, yet met with, and pughlto induce every one to purchase .drapery, mjjlinery, and clothing from L. J. 'Hooper & p0.," Bo'n Marche, the cheapest arid best draper? arid clpthiera ]n the Wairarapa.—Advt. ;.

■There is some talk of forming a Plumpton Park Company in Maaterton. Mr Richards,' poundkeeper, wants the owners of cattle impounded on Saturday,

The Loyal Masterton Lodge 1.0.0. F., M.U., will hold its fortnightly meeting to-night, A general meeting of the members of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society is called for Saturday next, at the Club Hotel.

An extensive sale of drapery; clothing, cutlery, etc,, belonging to a bankrupt estate, will be held by Messrs Lowes and lOrns at their rooms on Friday next. Details appear in our advertising columns. Formal notice is given in another column that the Maurigeville settlers intend to apply to the County Council to be constituted a separate Road District. A general meeting of members of the Caledonian Society will be held at the Club Hotel on Saturday noxt at 8 p.m. Mr J. L. Kimbell, the well known upholsterer, cabinet-maker, etc., of Wellington, who has been Government contractor for the past four years has a business announcement in another column.

• An advertisement relating to the Wellington College appears elsewhere, Among other things it will be seen from it that the first term of the new year begins of the Ist February.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next fortnightly stool? sale for the 16 inst, A number of sheep and oattje of various descriptions, as well . tis horses, pigs, and poultry, constitute the present catalogue. The regular meeting of tho Masterton Lodge 1430 E. 0., will be held on Wednesday the 16th instant, for the installation of W,M„ and investiture of officers,' 4 ball to celebrate tho installation of the officers of the Masterton and Thistle Lodges will be held in the Theatre the same night,

The first of the current season's series of wool sales will be held by the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., at their stores, Wellington, at 11 a.m., on Monday next, when a large catalogue of washed and greasy wools of various descriptions will be submitted.

TheComraitte of the Mastevton Mangajiap Special Settlement Association metlaat liight and resqlved fcqcallageijeral, niqetjng of members for Saturdayj'pecernber'l9tl); when the Committee's report will be submitted to them and a vote, taken upon the question of falling tho whole of the bush'on the township reserves. Nominations will be taken for the election of the Committee for the ensuing year. It is'expected that the final call for survey iviljle'ipaoVat tjie gepepaj pieetM, as tl|e survey contract "wjll pe jnijj3hc(| by that time,

Mr J. Ewington, who has had nine year's experience with Mr F, Gray and Mr J. Ross, has, with his son, started-in business as blacksmiths, farriers, and wheelwrights. They have erected new and suitable premises on the corner of King and Queen-streets, a very convenient situation to catch the Opaki, Forty-Mile-Bush, and East Coast trade, and should therefore find themselves fully .employed in attending to the growing requirements, of the district. Haying engaged the services qf a first-glass emjtj), horse-shoeing will" form" an 'injpqVtant. Dranc|} oj their business.'

' A tragic case qf fl(e pqjsoq \m of twoyoung girls, sisters, has ppepred in New York, A young doctor, engaged to the oldest of the girls, prescribed a tonic for them. The chemist, a "man of science, had that day been prostrated by bad news anent his father in Germany; lie put up morphine instead of quinine, and ajthpugh the blunder was soon discovered,' top lape tp saye either girl, The public interest in the capo rose to an extraordinary height, and the : neighbourhopd of the afflicted house was 'crowded. Tfoe c]ieniist ( on finding wljat he had dope, took poison; but remedies were applied, and be is expected tp "re'r cover,

A full meeting of the Executive Committee of the Masterton Agricultural Society was held yesterday afternoon, tho President, Mr R. S. Hawkins, occupying chair. Accounts amounting to £2lO were passed fpr payment, and it was resolved that all inonoy prises, which amounted to £136, be paid at' tho office of the Secretary, Mr R, J. Fitton, on Saturday next. The medals and certificates, will be issued as soon as they are ready,. An hoprarhim of L4O was voted tp.tjie Secretary, f e'are pje'ipf to be ip a position to state 'tiial, when all j;]}e subscriptions Jiave been collected, the Society will have a credit balance of Ll6O, which sum will be held over till next spring. It is exceedingly satisfactory to find the Society in such a flourishing position after holding its first show, which necessarily involved a great deal of extra outlay, 1$ it anybody's business to look after the Mattoawa swing bridge ? asks the Standard, Tho publto of Greytpwn and several Matarawa residents, contributed in order that communication should not be entirely stopped between the' two places, and the bridge Was erected, It has been a great convenience, but for some time past repairs have been wanting! The flooring' m'o'ne pr twp p)aces is, broken away, and traffic is not safe, especially for children. Then, on the Greytown side, the way you get on to the bridge is rather peculiar, and when a fresh comes there will bo no, getfjng on at all, The earthwork approach lias disappeared, and in the plaqe qf this a ladder has been erected, a rung of which is missing., It is not long since wp saw a gentleman 'climb up, pd then pull a lady over the gap in the laddor on tho bridge, These things ought not to be, If the bridge is worth having it should be kept in repair, and not left in a dangerous and dilapidated condition.

In the Exhibition thore 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 MrThorbum, the clothier, of Willis-street. Parties wishing to purchase any of the ■above pan now selcc them, to be delivered pn the" Ist of Advt

Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufactory, All Blinds guaranteed of the very beai description, Price list on application to R. W. Eenn (late Henn & Hansen,) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Faotory, Wellington";—Advt

Coagk, OoUs, Bronchitis, fa., . are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver."' This oldestablished, popular medicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by % njpmbers of, the medical, legal, and cleripal' professions, fyojd by all ■Patent Medicine Vendors. ' Slee |;epti: mnnials in advertisements,—Advi.