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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2443, 2 November 1886, Page 2

The Castlepoint Road Board lapsed on Saturday for want of a quorum. They will meet on Saturday next, The Tinui cricketors expect to put a very strong team in the field this season, and intend to play a match with Alfredton •on New Year's Day, and with the Mastertoii Club on Anniversary Day. Mr E. Tayler has an announcement in our advertising columns, which denotes the early approach of the preserving season for fruit.

A notice of interest to Mr John O'Ragen appears in another column.

An advertisement of interest to the ladies, from Mrs P. Ohriatensen, Queenstreet, appears in another column.

The _ result of the Melbourne Cup, which is run to-day, will be posted up as soon as it arrives,

Tho. Wairarapa Jockey Club has retained the privileges in connection with its Spring Meeting to bo held next week. Mr Lee, Inspector of Schools, commenced his examination of the Masterton School yesterday. The first standard was oxauiinod,

The usual weekly meetiug of the Wairarapa Gospel Temperance Uniou will be held in the ■ Presbyterian Ohurch this ovening, whon a programme of addreasos, aud vocal and instrumental selections will be given. Messrs Lowes and lerns add to their stook sale for Thursday next two lineß of fat sheep and two valuable draught horses.. Thi9 sale, judging from the ontrios, will be tho largest yet held in the Wairarapa, the eutries in large cattlo alone amounting to 280 head, .beside fat sheep, store sheep, ewes and lambs, horses, etc. The first competition for Lieutenant Thompson's trophy will take place onSaturday the 6th November. Conditions ; To be won three timos in succession or four times at intervals. Ranges: first competition 200 and 300 yards, seven shotseaoh range, any position; second competition, 500 and 600 yds, seven shots each range, any position., Each squad must consist of not loss than three men.

Itissoaroely necessary to remind our readers that the aunual show of the Wairarapa and' East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Society will be held at Carterton to-morrow. Excellent entries have been received, completo train arrangements have been made, and given a fine day, there should bo ,a very large attendance.

In connection with tho prosecution in the R.M. _ Court, Wellington, on Saturday morning of the man Cockburn (says the Press), charged with uttering a coin appareutly made to represent a sovereign wo learn that two days ago a George the Fourth sixpence similarly gilded to represent a half-sovereign, was paid over the counter at the Commercial Hotel and ohauged in all credulity. Thence it was innocently passed to someone olse, who paid it to Mr Cohen, draper, by whom it was deposited in tho bank. Tho matter is iu the hands of the detectives,

Ariflematoh between the Masterton Rifles and the D Battery, Wellington Artillery, will be fired at Masterton on Tuesday, 9th November. The following team will represent the Masterton Club: -Cant. Donald, Sergfc. Matthews, Sergt. Kibblewhite, Oorpl, MoLaohlan, Vols. Summer, Anketell, O. Bentley, G, Bentley, Blano, MoKenzio, Emergencies—Lieut. Thompson and Vol. W. Welch. Referees, Vols Peaoook and J. Bentley.

According to the Pahiatua Star, the following took place at the meeting of creditors of John Whifcmore of that place on Wednesday last :-One of the creditors suggested that the debtor had planted the amount. The debtor: I wish to God' I had tho ohanceof planting it, I should not be working now. The Deputy Assignee: Can't you think of what you did with the money 1 Have you ever lent any? The debtor: Yes; I lent a man named John Garratt £ls iu Maroh last as a friend. The Deputy Assignee: Has it ever been returned ? The dobfcor; Oh no, I owed it to him. 1 borrowed it three years ago. {The Deputy Assignee: Really we can't believe a word you say. One moment you state that you lent Garratt tho £ls in a friendly way, and the next you say you havebeon owing him that amount for three years, You will get yourself into troublo unless you are a little more caroful. A motion for the debtor's dischargo was lost.

Miss George Smithson, assisted by Mr Holloway and the Masterton amateurs appeared in Craven's protty little domestic drama "Broken Vows or Megs Diversion" last night, to a house not at all adequate to tho merits of the performance whioh was an excellent one. The staging, more especially the garden scene in the second act (painted oy our local artist Mr Bradbury) was as complete and protty as any wo have seen here. Miss Smithson took the title rok with her acustoraed ability, which is too well known to require detailed criticism. Miss Beaufort gave a capital rendering of the character of Cornelia, while Miss N orris deserves commendation for her charming young widow Mrs Notwell, Mr Thomas Wriyloy played tho difficult part of Jasper Pidgeon, a carpenter, in a manner which stamps him as a out above the ordinary run of amateurs, the lights and shades of the character being well brought out without being in the least overdrawn, and he was ably supported by Messrs Holloway, Kibblowhite and Bradbury, in their respective characters. Miss Jessie Corbetfc presided at tho piano, and the excellent manner _ iu which she played the musio incidental to tho piece, left nothing to bo desired. The Company appear in Greytewn on the race nights, and we expect to see their efforts rewarded by bumper houses on both ovenings.

Wo (Post) have, authority for contradicting the published rumours that "it is unlikely that any steps will bo taken to prosecute anyone on the chargo of having poißpned Captain Cain." We aro now officially informed, for tho first time, that antimony has been discovered in the body of the late Captain Cain, and the police are still engaged, as they have been for some time past, in working up evidence in regard to the matter. Had direct evidenco implicating any person been found an information would have been at once laid, but as this is not tho case a coroner's inquest will be held on Thursday, with a view to ascertain "how and by what means" Captain Cane came by his death. The Government have no intention whatever of abandoning the prosecution of the case if there is any evidence to connect any one with tho administration of the poison. That is what the police are now endeavoring to find out.

We (Times) received information by tolophone from Pilot Holmes shortly after 2 o'olook this morning of the loss of the s.B. Tui.off the Heads. She left the Queen's Wharf about midnight for Foxton, and at ono o'clock she struck a reef opposite the lighthouse, and sank in about five minutes, There were eight passengers on board, namely—Mr and Mrs Odling, Mrs S. Odling, Miss Irvinjr, Mr A. Scott, Mr J. L. Cloland,. and two others. The passengers and crew were saved in two boats belonging to the Bteamer, and reached the Pilot Station drenched to the skin. The; vessel sank in 8 fathoms of water. The s.s.. Colleen left at '3.40 a,ra. to. bring in the passengers, and crew. A Press Association telegram just received says ; The Tui is valued at £3,G00, and is uninsured. Captain Pope states the weather was very liazy at the time, and he was unable to see the light. He is of opinion that the bottom is torn out of the vessel, as she iyas going at ten knots when she etruok.and if such hadnotbeenthe'oasethe vessel being built in compartments would not have gone down. The Tut carried a crew of six. The passengers, with one exception, .have lost everything

A meeting of the. creditor* iu the estate of Mr Hugh McMaster will bo held at Masterton oh Saturday next. The adjourned meeting of the Waira.rapa Caledonian Society will be held on Thursday evening next at 8 o'clock. A key picked up m.Ohurch-street this morning has been'left at this office for identification.

Mr George Watson has purchased the Clydesdale entire Avon, and intends keeping him for the Wairarapa district. The price paid for the horse was £325. Messrs Kutzner Bros,, who commenced business in Masterton about six months ago as engineers and brass founders, have juat completed a five horse power horizontal engine for their own use, which started work on Saturday last, and is doing all that was expected of it. The castiugs were the only parts of the engine that'wore not made in Masterton, the pißton-rods, crossheads, slides, eccentrio and rods, .aud- the wholo of the shafting being done on. the premises They have at present in work, a screw cutting lathe with a 10ft bed, that is capable of porfonniug every kind of this work required in the district. There is a drilling machine, bolt cutting maohino and all accessory;' for carrying on the engineer business. It is the intention .of.the firm to add a brass furnace to their establishment and when this is done they will be able to turn out castings, whioh cannot at present be obtained this side of Wellington, Messrs.Kutzer Bros.are already finding plenty to do. in this line,-and when the capabilities of their plant bocome more widely known there is no reason why they should not command the whole of the engineering work of the Wairarapa,