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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2394, 8 September 1886, Page 2

We call attention to an announcement | in an advertising column of Misses Feist, dressmakers, Chapel street. Messrs Kircaldie and Stains, the wellknown drapers, of lambton Quay, Wellington, announce the first of their new spring goods, which will bo retailed at wholesale prices. Tho Masterton Hospital Committee hold their regular monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon at the Institute, We dr*w attentiou to Mr F. H. Wood's regular fortnightly stook sale, which takes place at tho Twatahi yards to-morrow. Tho list, whioh is a long and varied one, j will be foßnd in his regular advertising column.

Messrs Lowes and lorns' advertisement of their annual parade and sale of entire hones appears in another column, The unqualified success whioh haa attended

these annual faint encourage them- to expect that tho one to be held on the 22nd will bo so exeeption.

There was only one tender for a supply of Umber for twelve months to the Masterton Borough Oounoil, that of Cade and Exell at 12s for first c'ass, and--9b for second clsbi totara. The tender was accepted conditionally upon the first class being all heart. A correspondent suggests that it would be more advantageous when catering is required for a public dinnor if the committee or party calling for tenders would Btate the guaranteed number and the prioe they Intend paying, and then invito those who are willing to cater to send in a bill of fare, with attendance, &o. By I this means the best spread for tho money would be secured.

The following team will represent tho Masterton Football Olub in the match with Taita on tho former's ground on Saturday noxt :-Back: A. D'Arcy; halfbacks: A. Welch, Williams; quarters: B. Thompson, McKensie, E. Polling; wings: O'Connor, A. Thompson; forwards: Emmett, Ewington, Simmondspi W. Day, Himiona, Blinkhorne, J. Polling! emergences—fonvafd: G. Day; back; J, Williams.

' A circulav has beau sent out by Profe* sor Loveraedgo, President, of tho Royal Society of New South Wales, Btating that It was proposed to hold in Sydney a meeting of the various Scientific Societies in Australia and New Zealand is 1888 : ' (the annivorsary of the foundation of tho colony) upon the lines of tho British Association meetings, and to form an Auikrakian' Association for the advancement of science with similar aims and objecU.

One of our farmers, theTaranaki Herald states, sent up to' Auckland a short .time since eome cattle for sale, and amongst thorn three thoroughly tine bullocks, whioh realised nearly £l2 each in tho Auckland markot—a price which was considered very satisfactory to the shipper. Tho purchaser of the animals sent them on to Sydney, where they were immediately sold, and [etched £22 10s each,

The party who sent this information writes that had they been held a week longor they would hove fotohod £25 each. This shows what benefit the settlers would derive if they chartered 'a steamer so as to trade direct with Sydney. In tho meat markoVbeef is fetching wis the lOOlbi.

Saw-mill owners have their hands so fnll at the present time, the Napier Telegraph says, that contractors requiring special timbers have the greatest diffienlty In getting their orders supplied. Messrs Glendinniujj and. Griffin hare experienced this to their lots. Their oontract for piling tho Iron Pot should be eomploted some time time this month, but through not being kopt supplied with timber, the work is scarctlj half finished,

Mr H. 8, Meyers' name having been mentioned in the Hit of passenger* by the Triumph to Newcastlo, published 'in a Newcastle paper under the keaduuj Disheartened Diggers," he wrote to the paper stating that tie' passengers were merely, returning to their homes after having satisfactorily concluded their business in Derby. He pointed out that as the io-oaued returnuig diggers hadouly mode »stay of four days in Derby, they were jot in a position to give a rnjiable opinion. The Wellington correspondent of the Pelegraph make* the following comments >n the falling off of the revenue :--Tho edition of the rpvenue «»*"■•-

condition of the revenue coatiuues inoa anuatiafactorj, if not »b*olut»ly alarming. The Customi for fira month* haw yielded only £633,394, ,»hiohii £54,101] leaa than the proportionate eitimate fot that prlod, or at the rate of £129,864 di»6ctency for the year. With a deficionoy at the rate of £165,000 iu railway revenue, and nearly £130,000 in Customs, or £895,000 forth too ttemi, the prospect it uot the most cheerful in the world.

A remarkably apt illustration of the popular proverb that 'the bitter generally get* bit/ was afforded in Timuka a day or 10 ago. Two individuals, lbs Timaiu Herald report! not totally unconnected with newspapsra, were standing in a store there discussing the various aipocts of tSe European cfisls, when one of them, in •a fitof absence of mind, picked up an em, and perforating it with two small holes, proceeded to exhaust the contents by suction. The other,_ a married man, and the father of a family, aiid whoought therefore, to have known better, took up the exhausted shell and replaced it with the genuine eggs, expressing a'hope that somebody would buy it. Somebody did buy it. Within half an hour his own < servant came in for'a doaen eggs, and picking them out herself, she included I tho empty shell. The expression on that newspaper nun's face when he found ! that he had paid for twelve eggs and only i got eleven, and ru furthermore hoist. I with his own'speciil little petard, wasI worth stud ins,

A meeting of members and stewards of the Lower Valley Jookey.Club was held at Orr'i Hotel, Martlnborough, on Saturday night, Mr J. Martin, jun., in the chair, Some very important business was transacted including the examination of accounts, etc From the position of the funds it appears that many members havo not yet towarded their past year's subscription, Tho managing committee would be pleased if those members would pay up their arrears before the next meeting, which takes place in a fortnight, as they wish toget the buisneas of last year's meeting settled and the new programme drawn up. As Martinborough was the first place in the Valley where horse racing wbb instituted, this annual Boxing Day Meeting should be always popular with the old settlors. The course this coming season is likely to be in excellent fettle and the stewards hope to be able to presont an attractive programme As the district is very much scattered ana people attend from many miles distant who all thoroughly enjoy th's particular day's outing, it ii to be hoped that tho coming season, the settlers will be even more liberal in their pecuniary support than they have, heretofore, and firmly, establish a firatclass event that will remain « credit to their district,-' Standard,

William Rußsell has been arrested at Tinui.on.a. warrant charging* him, with stealing atfovercoaVfrom the Empire Hotel, Featherston. He will be brought into'Masterton to-day. ' The tender of Mr ?.■ Oarr, for forming. I and metalling Gladstone Road, 49 chains, has been accepted by tho Borough Council at £3 7s 5d per chain

An obituary notice in another column records the death of Mrs John Greaves, of Chapel Street, Mrs Greaves. came. to. New Zealand in the year 1856, and has resided in Masterton for the past sixteen years,'.

At the meeting of the Featherston Town Board on Monday, Mr Stoffovfc was appointed ranger. The Wellington City Councillors having put their beads together, it has been decided that wookn bhcki will be the best material with which to pavo street crossings. .

The following persons constitute the first town Board at Pahiatua: Messrs H. W. Briggu, J. Burrows, D. Crowe, J. S. Crimp, if.. Hughos, A. Reese. W. Wakeman. .*- ",

The Times says:—Sir Julius Vogol

has instructed his solicitor, Mr: Travers, to move for a new trial in the late libel action agauißt the Evening Press, on the' following grounds; :-{l) That the judge misdirected the jury; (2) that the plain ; tiff has further evidenoo to produce; (3) that tho verdict was against the.weight of evidence Notice to this effect was served on the proprietors of the Press yesterday, 'At the nomination of candidates for

the Featherston Town Board election, Messrs W. Oundy, J. Donald, W. Hodder, sonv., J. D. Oakly and G. Reynolds, the old members, were duly nominated, and Messrs'A, Donald, J. G: Cox, HV. Buckridge, James .Smith, and Josiah Viles, as new candidates. An effort has been made to get tho candidates, especially the now ones, to explain their .views to a meeting, of ratepayers, but so far without success.

The Queon Street fruit depot, an old established business, has changed hands and has come into the possession of Mrs Preston for whom her predecessor, Mr Jones, begs a continuance of the favors bestowed upon him. It is announoed that the best sort of local- and imported fruits will be kept for sale and customers

vill continue to rocoive,. under the new nanagotnent, every civility and attention. Mr R. K. Smith, the Gas Engineer, reports that tha whole of the following

sized street mains are 1aid:—8,7,6, and 5 inch pipes, 19 chains of 4 inch, and 13 chains of S inch. The brickwork of the governor house was completed yesterday, and the oxcav&tion for the foundation of the station meter is ready for the brickwork. The castings of the purifiers will enable nim to put in the oenfcro valve and connections. He.will also be able to put up tho station motors with inlet and outlet.

We -are favored by Mr S. Mawley, of Ditton, whh the following notes on the weather: Rain fell on-28 days in August, the total being 8.71 inches, maximum .82 on tho Oth. The autumn and winter rains this yoar have boon exceptionally heavy, 5.35 inches, having fallen w April. 8.93 in May, 7.1(1 in June, and 2.21 in July, making the total since January Ist no less than 41.70 inchos, or 6.(54 inches in excess of the average of the corresponvaf poriod of the previous five years. The rainfall for 1885 (an unusually dry year) was 43.46 inohos, or only 1.76 mora than has already fallen this year.

A koen interest is being manifested in the municipal election which comes'off to-morrow. Several of the candidates are taking active steps to sooure the support of thoir friends. As we before intimated Mr .Chamberlain is pretty certain of re-election. Mr Hessey, who has been a useful and energetic representative of the suburban portion of the Borough, has to faco two vory popular candidates in Messrs Elkins and Parsons, and if ho succseds in sooting against either of them he may well feel proud of his achievement. No doubt country burgesses will work hard to return Mv Hossey, and. town residents will favor Messrs Elkins and Parsons. Mr Dalrymplo is entitled to credit for hit spirit in coming forward, but we hardly regard him at in.the running. The election of the sixth candidate, Mr T. W. Shute would be a miracle. •

Tho following letter from, the Colonial (Secretary reooived by tlie Mayer was read and laid on the Council table last night: " Intimation baa. been received in thii colony that it ia proposed to present Borad momenta of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, to his Koyal Highness the Price of Wales. In order to make thii as peat a success as possible, it has been determined by the London Committee that not more than two guineas shall be received as a subscription from any one individual, and stops are boinc taken in all the colonies to make the presentation a thoroughly popular and suooessful oao. To accomplish thia it ia desirable that this mark of respect should «ome from the people who recogiiiiw tlw great services that his Roys! Hljhneis has rendorod to the colonies, I have tho honor, therefore, by direction of the Colonial Seoretary to request that if yau approvo of tho proceedings that are being taken at Home, you will be so good as to bring the ma'tter before your Counoil, and such stops' as may bo considered most efficacious for bringing the lubjoct promiiwntly before tho peoplo in your district.

Tho following gratifying letter has been seat to tho strveyor of the Lyttelton Underwriters' Association by Captain Edward Smith, of the Star of the South: of the South, on a voyage from your port to Sydney, laden with a cargo of colonial produce, met with a'heavy gale on the 14th May, when the ship was thrown on her beam ends for twentylOYeuhuuru. She nover. righted above the sheer poles of the main rigging. The entire cargo on the port side shifted, which was the lee side, ship being on the starboard taok. Fortunately you insisted on the fhip having double shifting boards fore and aft the 'tween decks, which provented the cargo on the starboard sido shifting to leeward. Had your instructions not'boen earned out there is not tho slightest doubt that the Star of tho South would never have reached Sydney, By most nautical men this was considered an unnecessary precaution. I should most strongly recommend all ships carrying colonial produce to-havo double shifting boards.

Nbvbb Rbtum,—lt is said that one out of every four invalids who go to foreign countries to recover health never return, except as a corpse. The undertakers, next to, the hotel-keepers, have the most profitable business. The excessive mortality may be prevented and patients saved and oured undor {he oaroof friends and loved ones at home if they will but use American Co's Hop Bitters in time. Read Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manufactory, All Blind* guaranteed of jhVvery best description. Prioelisf on application to R. W. Honn (late Henn and Hansen,') Poneie Steam Venetian Blind and Involving Factory, Wellington,—Apvt.

' Anyone requiring New Zealand Tweed Clothing will save money by purchasing at the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, for their suits at 19b 6d, 355, 30b, 37h. 6d, 48s and 50a, and tronsors and vests at 12s 6d, and trousers at 6s 9d are honestly worth double the money. Note the address,—Next to Empire Hotel, Ifceterton —Advt,