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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2391, 4 September 1886, Page 2

The third term will begin at the Wellington College on Tuesday, September

The annual general mooting of tho Masterton Fanners Ulub takes place to-day, The name of the Marton Rangitike' Jockey Club hai been changed to tho " Rangitikei Racing Club. The Club will hold a two days race meeting on December 31st, and January lit. The nomjin&tion of eandidates to the Foatherstoii Town Board takes place on. Tuesday.n'e&t. It is understood all the retiring members intend coming forward, and in addition Messrs J. Yiles, W, Buckeridge; and A. Donald are spoken of as probable candidates. Our local contemporary • says that '• since Messrs McCardleJand Reeae took their seats as the representatives of popular land settlement, tho liberal leavon haa leavened the wholo lump." Is this "liberal leavon" " the big dividend" drawn by the gentlemen referred to for each meeting they attend? ,

Two cases have boon brought befori the Wanganui KM. Couit thin week, against bakers, one for selling bread un>

stamped in which judgment was reiorva. the plea being that the bread waa wha is known as fancy, and tho other for stilling a batch loaf half an ounce short in weight. .In the latter case a fine of 1b and 1» coats was inflicted.

That the public shall not bo altogether disappointed by tho failure of the New South Wales toam to play a football match in Maateston on Monday and a rnlf • holid

.. Holiday having been proclaimed, .rrangoments have been made for the Jostume Football Match to como off at she same place and time as that arranged for New South Wales v Wairarapa. A »um of L4OOO has boen p'aced on the estimates as a subsidy to public libraries, Receipts may be niado up to 31st December, 1886, and all claims sent in beforo 31st January, 1887. The distribution will be made on 28th February, 1887. No libiary will receive a larger amount that LSO. The L4OOO, with a nominal addition of L 25 to the receipts oi each library, will be divided pro rata. This aniwuncement appears in the Gazette of the 26th August.

About three years ago an old man M'Gregor disappeared, and it was surmised that ho>aa lost in the bush, Ho was. supposed to have had aboiit £3O in paper money with him, and the missing man's bohb offered a reward for tho recovery of the body, A Maori gumdigger (says the Auckland Bell) has now found human bones, which he affirms aro those of tho missing man, and tke peoplo of North Wairoa concur in this opinion, The Maori-has produced a pair of bluchcurs with iron heel-plates, which correspond with those worn by-the man at the time of his disappearance The clothing was not in a good state of preservation. The sons give little oredehce to the idea that thesft are the bones of their father, and unless tho remains are intorred by the settlers they are likely to bleach In the bush.

, Writing from Darjeellng to Nature, the Hon. Ralph Abercrombie says that: "Thre# cases have come under my personal observation in which brownskinnod natives in very different parts of the world blacken their faces to protect them from Intense light and heat. The example he gives are those of the inhabitants of Mornoco as woll as of the others along the north- of. Africa, who blacken themselves around the eyes to avert ophthalmia from the glare off hot sand, The natives of Fiji do the same, and so do the natives of thoSikim Hills, and it is only Joaßonabl# to suppose that & practice of such wide diffusion, and such striking similarity, is found useful, i.e., protective in the places undei the coaditions contemplated.

Anyone requiring New Zealand Tweed Clothing will savo money by purchasing at tho Wairarupa Clothing Factory, foe their suits .at 6d, 2fia, 30ft, S7a 6d, 45a and 50a, and trousers and rests at 12s 6d, and trousers at 5a Sd m honestly worth double tho money. Note the address—Next to Ensue BoH lfca&*ton ~<Advt.

I am going to mike a speciality oi certain lines during tho next months. At the present time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any house in tho Wellington Distrlot to approach, Blending tho length which you requiro in inches, you can be supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/6, honestly worth £3. Give mo a trial. John Thobborh, tho People's (Hothior, Willie

A. man named Albert Smith, contractor for ploughing at Mr, Pharazyn'B, Longwood, was found dead in . bed this morning. He was well knowii; in Lyttelton, and has worked as fireman on the Union Company's boats. '• An inquest will probably be held on Monday. The usual quarterly meeting of the Carterton Licensing Committee waß held yesterday. Present—Messrs R. Fairbrother (chairman), Tlioa.' Bennqtt. W. Vickerstaff, A, McKonzieand J. Stevens. An application was made to transfer the. license for the White Hart Hotel from Wniter Bishop to Jane Buckeridge. There being no opposition made, the application was granted and the meeting closed,

Tonders are invited for about 1$ miles of. Railway formation, Woodville contract, Napier-Palmerston railway. The New Zealand Times, in a leading article in to-day's issue heartily, rejoices in the verdict returned by the jury in the libel case Yogel v Roydhouso/ind add, the acknowledgments of the public are due to tho Evening Press and its proprietors for the spirited way in which thov have fought the battles of liberty and have roßißted this attempted application of tho gag. The Oogill Minstrels have wound up i their season in Masterton with a " break 1 - down." It appears that the Oogill Bros are under engagement to Messrs Smith and Grant, and the creditors of the troupe in this town have been displaying a laudable anxiety this morning to obtain a settlement of their claims but in vain. Mr Grant refers the victims of misplaced confidence to Mr Smith, whose addreis is said to be somewhere in the Forty-Mile Bush; Tho members of the Company, in the absence of Mr Smith, have refused to proceed on thoir tour. The sore point with the creditors here is that while the company have taken betweon thirty and forty pounds of Masterton money they have not appropriated the receipts to the liquidation of Maaterton liabilities,

Venetian Blind and Kevolring Shutter manu factory. AIJ Blinds guaranteed of the very best description, Price list on application to R. VT, Heim (late Henn and Hanson.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, WellinKtou-AuvT,