The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1887.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2520, 9 February 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1887.

THE GAS MUDDLE. —"■■■ ■♦ -' - Fon some months past tho Mastorton Borough Council, without perhaps suppreasing the fact that the new gas works were not being constructed in a proper and workmaulike manner have been silent with respect to tho difficulty, which was known to exist, throwing a mantle of charity over their Engineer and themselves which has sufficed to conceal the fault, and induce ratepayers to believe that all was well. Last night, however, the disclosure of a very grave oversight or blunder came out at last in open meeting, and the Council decided to obtain the opinion of a competent Engineer on the works as a whole. We regret very much that this reference to an engineering authority was not made boforo the town was lit up, for we feel certain that a considerable sum of money would have been saved by putting things right when they were found to be wrong, instead of waiting till the last moment and endeavoring to correct the fault by unwise patching. We shall now get an authoritative report as to the'actual condition of the works, and till we. obtain this it will be idle to say more about the matter. The Borough Council have taken a wise course in calling in the aid of a competent Engineer, tho only fault we find with them being that this step should have been taken long ago.

• The rehearsal of the" Sorcorer" takes place in the Theatre Royal this evening, Poformers ate requested to be present at fi.45 p.m No visitors will be allowod. The Heatheote election yesterday resulted iii Mr F. Jonea being elected, tho numbers being, Mr F. Jones 527; Mr A, Ayres 336. Both gentlemen announced themselves Government aupportera,

Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains new advertisement that appears over the loader, announces that tneir great annual sflle of ...summer ..goods has commenced .'aTgroat inductions and at the usual; dis-'. : count.

The proceeding of the Borough Council, whioh lasted till 10,&0 last evening was listened to by an attentive audience in the publio galley, who seemed to.take great pleasure in boing .present durin? the whole meeting. The usual meeting' of the Wairarapa Gospel Temperanco was held, last evening Mr 0. Dixon in tho chair. Addresses wero dolivered by Messrs Glasse and Graham, duets by Mr and Mrs Woodley, Mesdames filaber and Beer and musiclal seleotioiiß by the choir.

Mr F. H. Wood publishes in our advertising columns a.list of entries received for the ram and ewe fair to be held'at Carterton on Tuesday nextthe : 15th inst. The entries are numerous aud comprise rams of all classes from the host local breeders, Also some imported rams and flomo English Leicestors which havo been imported by Mr Phillip Threeacre, a well-known Canterbury breeder, From the number and clans of stock entered, we may prodict a successful Bale, which will be held under the auapicea of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Sooioty. Nominations for the Tenui Joekoy Club Handicaps close at ;the Club hotel, Masterton, on Friday,' Feb. 11. Messrs Bidwill Bros, have lost about Bevon mile 3 of fencing at different places around their laud in the Lower Valley through grass fireß. At the Greytown R.M. Court this day, before Mr Von Sturmer, R. M.,F. D, Polling was fined £5 in connection with tho Beer soiling case on the Greytown racecourse. The boer confiscated waß ordered to be returned to him.

The Masterton ram and owe fair takes place on the grounds of Messrs Lowes and lorna, Renall Street, to-morrow. Tho entrießare numerous; and the quality first class. By reference to our advertising columns it will bo seen that Messrs Lowes and lorns, auctioneers, will offer moßt of the entries for sale during the day.

'Messrs Walter Hazoll and Howard Hodgins, the delegates from the British Agricultural Bureau, arrived in Masterton laat evening, and were driven round to the Masterton small farms this morning by Mr G, S, W. Dalrymple, who introduced thorn to some of our farmers, and gavo them information as to • the quality of the land, and nature of tho country, and the settlement of this district, ABOUT THAT i'Ub TO BE GIVEN AWAY.— To tho Editor-Sir, Will you allow me through your columns to lot the people of the Wairarapa know that I am going to sell all my stock, consisting of men's, youth's, and boys' clothing, shirts, hats, hosiory, &c, at a great reduction in prices up till the ond of the yoar; and also to romind thorn that ovory one who buya goods to tho value of 2s 6d gots a ticket in my £35 competition. Think of that I By spending 2s Cd with me, you may win .money, enough to carry you for a trip round Now Zealand.—John Thorbhrn, Clotliior. to., Willis st.'.Wolllnrton. ' A WONDEBFUL HENN.-Many aro tho la. 'stances cited of tho astonishing foouudity of the variouß spooios of domostic&tod fowl; but the'colobratea WellingtonHKNN (whuh, strange to say, is of tho masculine gender) has a soul bovethe moro production of egga. Theman.ner in which he tains out Vonetian Blinds, etcr, is the wonder and admiration of overybody f om the Govornor downwards. The namo of this wonderful bird itK, W, Hknr, and his wellknown fowl-house iB theronoko Steam Window Blind Factory, Molesworth-streot, Wellington. -Att,