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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2414, 1 October 1886, Page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Town Lands Trustees" takes place this evening at tho Institute.

To-morrow is tho usual monthly pay day of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society Mr Geo. Beetham, M.H.8., has been granted six weeks leave of absence from his duties on the Land Board, Wellington, He has gone on a visit to Auckland.

We remind members of the Mastorton Farmer's Club of the meeting to be held in the new rooms, central chambers, The business foi special consideration is the question of amalgamating with tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

Payments will bo received to-inmrow on bohalf of the Wairarapa Permanent Investment and Loan Association at Mr Wood's auction rooms, Masterton.

The finish of the football season will take place, as far as the Greytown Club is concerned, on Saturday, when a costume match will bo played, the funds to be in aid of the Recreation Reserve Fund. A great many have signified their intention to take part and several costumes are already prepared for the occasion. There should be a large attendance.

A discussion in the Home newspapers as tn the feasibility of initialing a system of sending money by telegram lias provoked letters fiom Mr Julian Thomas ("the vagabond") and Mr Alfred D. Chapman, of Tunbridgo Wells (erstwhilo an operator in the New Zealand Telegraph Department), who remind us that this very plan has been successfully in operation for many years in both Australia and New Zealand. "This," says " The Vagabond," "is only one of the many things in which the colonies are in advance of the Old Country," At a meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association Mr Tennant's letter, re the visit of the English team, was considered and it was decided to offer the visitors 95 per cent of the gate money. The Secretary stated he was in communication with the Melbourne Cricket Club re the Australian team playing in Wellington It was stated a Christchurch team would visit Wellington about Christmas and a visit from a Nelson team is 'also expected. Wellington will send teams to Auckland and Napier this season, but the date is not decided. The cricket season will open on the !)th October with a match between picked teams and if the Corporation will allow a charge will be made; the proceeds will be given to the Hospital.

"The longest way round is the shortest way there," seems to be the opinion of a great many of the burgesses of Palmerston North judging by the report of the proceedings at a public meeting which appeared in the Manawatu Times of Tuesday last. The meeting was called to consider the question of continuing the formation of a road through the centre of a square, which is stated to be a public reserve. The property owners abutting on the square claim vested interest, and threaten an action if a road is put thrown the square. The travelling public prefer the direct route, and. ignore vested interests. Feeling ran pretty high when Cr Rush instead of going round the square to say that a certain statement brought forward was false, said it was "a direct lie." His Worship the Mayor pointed out to him that the language ho made uso ol was not parliamentary. Ci Rush retorted amidst laughter and confusion, "Its English and its in the Bible." Later on the same irrepressible councillor had to be threatened with forcible ejection before he would content to resume his scat after rising to interrupt a speaker. Altogether the meeting was a lively one. Some scoundrel, for whom Fate has in store a dry death, but whose time has not yet come, recently perpetrated a most vicious act that might have resulted in the wrecking of Mr R. Holt's new mill and the maiming of many persons. A vory lung log was lying at the Railway station, and was intended to be cut at the new mill, but by the merest accident happened to be sent to the Spit Mill. Upon being cut into (by the big circular breaking-down saw) the workmen near the saw-bench were terrified by a tremendous crash, and by thejsaw suddenly stopping whhile the machinery kept in motion. The log was hurriedly shifted back, and afterwards carefully examined, when it was found that the aforesaid scoundrel had drivon Boveral six-inch nails into tho log, with skilful devilry punching the nails in till their heads were aii luoh below the outer part of the log. It is a wonder that nobody was killed. In America, several years ago, a spike in a log met by a huge circular saw caused the latter to break into three pieces, each of which was hurled by the momentum of the saw's revolutions to a great distance, and two men, (one in the mill and one some distance away) were killed. In another case, in England, where an up-and-down saw came in contact with a spike in a balk of niohogany, the machinery broke down and the mill was partially wrecked, several men being seriously injured and one killed. Whoever drove the nail into Mr Holt's log had used a hammer, nails, and punch before as the work was "artistically" done. The police think they haye a elue, and overy man in the community (for the perpetrator is not a man) will feveritly hope that the miscreant may be caught. Had the log gone to the up-an-down saw at the now mill the result would have been dreadful—Hawke's Bay Herald,

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The Postal Department had in content plation tho establishment of a parcels post in tho colony, but the matter-will be deferred until the net? year at least, and possibly till, the expiration of the present financial yeArV The Board of College Governors have decided to appoint a drawing teacher at the college and the Girls High School at a fixed salary of LIOO per annum instead of paymeitby fee 3, The trout fishing season commenced to-day, and will remain open to March 31st, 1887, It is expected that a groat many licenses will be applied for in tliis district, as in addition to the sport tho return will well repay the outlay.

The Press learns that .the Wellington Woollen Company have decided to establish another important industry in connection with their works at Petone. Arrangements are now nearly completed for carrying on the business (if fellmongering at Koro Koro, and as tho site is' a most suitable one for that business, no doubt it will prove a profitable auxiliary to their works.

'' Big Ben," the heavy-weight member of the Greytown Cricket Club, has disappeared mysteriously from the Greytown reserve. As " Ben" weighs about twentyfour hundred weight, and cannot be stowed away in a small compass, there is not much fear but what his services will soon be brought into requisition again in making the usual good pitch for the members of the G.O.C.

A Press Association telegram to-day states " the outbreak of scab in the Wairarapa district is supposed at present to be nearly confined to some sheop which have been running wild in a patch of bush on Government land. The plaoe is vory remote and far from any telegraphic station, which accounts for no news having yet been received from inspector Bayley." The department in Wellington appear to be smoothing over as far as possible tiie recent outbreak. One would imagine from the above statement that" there were no telegraph lines running through the Whareama district.

The members of the fire brigade will remember the ease of cx-captani King, who was injured at Kuincroa while on duty, and who, when the Conference was sitting, was destitute in Melbourne. The Conference decided to raise subscriptions amongthe various New Zealand brigades, and this has resulted in a good sum being collected. On Saturday, the U.B° Herald reports, Mr J. G. Gilberd, acting ou_ behalf of the New Zealand Fire Brigades Association, forwarded LlO5 to Melbourne for ex-captain King. "The money was forwarded to the Mayor of Richmond, who is President and Secretary of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's Association of Melbourne, to be presented to Mr King. The Bank of New South Wales kindly arranged for the trail fcrence of the money to Victoria free of charge.

We often hear of attempts to bv<iuk out of prison, but tho Melbourne correspondent of the Uhristcliurch Pross tells of the reverse of the action. About haltpast eleven on Sunday night an extraordinary event happened-a man breaking into prison. A warder, Nixon, on duty in the Melbourne gaol, whilst going his round discovered a man concealed in the tool-house in the labor yard. The man was at once secured and taken to the watch-house, where he gave the name of William Mmogue. It appeared that he had scaled the wall of tho prison by a ladder, and had let himself down into the yard by means of a scaffold pole, and it was at first thought he had intended to assist other prisoners to escape, On Monday morning a quantity of tobacco was found in the Gaol road, near where the man had got in, so that it had been a plant for the, prisoners. He has been sentenced to three months'imprisonment.

Latest advices from America state that Edward Hanlan ut regaining his old form. On August 31, writes a San Francisco ooroipondent, he broke world's three mile record by 31 sees., the time being 1!) mitis. 23 sees. We might add thatalthough wchave it on rchableauthority that Hanlan is improving steadily, we would not recommend this" break" as a guide to the result of any matches in which the ex-champion may take part. " Pendraoon, _" one of the greatest sporting writers in London, has contributed a series of articles to the London Eeferee, in which he ouoted figures demonstrating that time records could not be relied upon. Therefore, until Hanlan performs something more phenomenal than breaking a time record, it would not be safe to support him against a sculler like tno present champion.

At a late agricultural show dinner the Duke of Montrose strongly advocated that the farmers should breed more hunters, tramway-cur and cavalry horses. It appears that just now tho country is completely over-stocked with draught horses. Here is a paragraph from the Livestock Journal on the subject;— Stallion grooms, who are now finishing their rounds, have news of good draught yearlings throughout the country, but a sad story is told of markets. Every place they they have been billeting the story is the same: ,l Find me a customer for my colt, and I'll keep you in mind." There can be little doubt that tho country is overstocked just no.v, It, is satisfactory, however, to know that the stock are not the worthless weeds which were generally to be found in the days when little or no attention was paid to systematic breeding. A general clearing-out sale at one or other of tho largo draught horse-breeding centres, at a timo when colonial buyers were in the country, would suit many farmers well,

The Dimedin Advertiser, referring to Mr Wakefield's criticisms of "Oceana" in the Nineteenth Century, says:—There is a cutting article in the new number of the Nineteenth Centuiy on Fronde's "Oceana," Tho writer is Mr Edward Wakefield, a member of tho New Zealand Legislature, and lie sets himself with great success to prove that the greater part of Mr Froude's book is nonsense. Mr Wakefield, like most colonials, is a plain-spoken gentleman, and he says in no vory roundabout tjrms that Mr Froudo is a snob, and a very inaccurate snob into the bargain. He points out, what most people have seen, that there is not much in Mr Froude's book except the honors done and the feasts that ivero given to the great man himself, and that of the rest the greater part is a tissue of errors, Mr Wakefield is amazed that Mr Froude should have written so much that is contrary to fact about the colonies. If he had known Mr Froude he would not have been surprised. Mr Froude had two objects to serve. One was to magnify himself. The other was to misrepresent Mr Gladstone and tho Liberal party in Great Britian. It was necessary therefore that Mr Froude's discoveries in the colonies should square with his conceits and his prejudices, and the result is a book whose theories and " facts" are the laughing stock of every authority on the colonies who has anything to say about it. Never Return.—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 hotol-keepers, have the most profitable business. The excessive mortality may be prevented and patients saved and cured under the caro of friends and loved ones at home if v they will but use American Go's Hop Bitters in time. Read

"Ou aud after to-day, the New Zealand Government Insurance Association falls back into the management of the Government, and the employees become civil servants.

The proprietor of the Theatre Royal Oyster Saloon announces the'arrival of some seasonable delicacies in the shape of "smoked butter fish," "kippered whareo," and rock oysters. We draw special attention to a notice of Mr P. Dickson, draper, Queen-street, which appears in our columns, and also as an inset. An examination of the price list circulated will show tho reduced prices at which he intends clearing his large stock of spring and summer novelties.

If there is one part of Masterton more than another where the command "Be fruitful and muliply and replenish the earth" is loyally obeyed it is supposed to be Worksop Road. There was quite a flutter in the local rabbit department when it was reported that one of the vermin had been seen in tho locality this morning, and wo understand that the whole resources of the Rabbit Staff will be applied to tho extermination of the pest in this dangerous quarter.

The concert field at St. Matthew's Sunday School last night was a most successful one, The opening piece was a solo by Mrs Paige, " The May Pole." This was followed by a glee "All among the Barley," by the Choir Boys. Mr Moore followed with " The Veteran," which was fully appreciated, Miss Watson sang " The Better Land," very nicely.. Mr Archie Thompson gave, as a ventriloquist, very good specimens of his power, which considerably surprised the audience Ho also made liis debut as a comic vocalist with great success. The Misses Freetlr played a pianoforte duet. Mr Cornish sang in a very good tenor voice,, a song that was applauded. Mr Hugh Williams accompanied himself on the banjo with a song, "Nigger Melodies," for which he was oncorcd. Aglee, "The Men of Harlech," by the choir boys followed. Miss Beard exocuted a pianoforte solo very ably. MrGant, in his usual happy manner sang " Good-night, Farewell" and received an encore The whole concluded with "Bob Sawyer's Supper Party," in which the characters were very well sustained by Axell Kompstedt as Mrs Kaddlc, Fred. Nicol as Bob Sawyer, E, Bennett as Ben Allen, R, Dixon as Betsy, W. Baillio as Mr Pickwick, H. Reese as Jack Hopkins, aud W, Scadden as Mr Raddle. The piece went off very well, and the audience were delimited with the performers, the only drawback being the stage being so low. No doubt if the vestry could see its way towards enlarging the room and raising the stage, tho expenses would soon be met by the increase of the audience. The receipts amounted to £7 Is (id. The next entertainment will take place on October 21st, when several new performers m expected to take part. ■Venetian liliml anil Revolving Shutter maim factory, All Blind l , guaranteed of tiio very best description. Price list on application to R. W, Henn (late Henn and Hansen,) Poncke Steam Venetian Wind and Revolving Factory, Wellineton.-AiiVT