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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2545, 10 March 1887, Page 2

The Greytown Fire Brigade held its usual monthly meeting on Monday night, when the balance sheet for the past year wa3 presented, duly audited, ana shewed a credit balance of £ls. ■ 6. fl. Bennett is now in' M&sterton distributing on bohalf of the proprietor, a handsome colonial publication entitled " Heroes of Now Zealand and a history of the Maori, War." The latter part of the the work ia from the graphic pen of Colonel McDonnell. The Volume contains nearly a hundred large and life liko portraits.of the defenders of Now Zealand, and no publication which has as yet appeared in this colony is equal to it in point of local interest. A mooting was held at Matarawa on Tuesday evening for the purpose of considering the ways aiid means of carrying out the work of the projected bridge over the Waiohine rivor between Greytown and Mataraiy?, It ps resolved to adjourn until t]iat nig||t threo weeks, and tho chairman wap requested in the meantimo to write and ask Messra Buchanan, Phillips, and the warden to attend, A little legend of the N. S; W. Civil Service. Adolphus Augustus deSmythe had boen officially iuforned that in consequence of the'limited length of the departmental purse it would be uecessary for him to go where glory waited, and the prudent : mammarin-law, speaking of this! to a friend observed, " Y' see, my Mary: Ann was allers ambishis. an' nothink would do but she must marry a gentleman in the Lands, or some other Guv'mint office, an' she did too, but it's lucky now that 1 taught her the proper accompleshments, coz she'll find 'em useful at lost." " What was >ifc you taupht her?" inquired the friend? And then the good old lady, with 9 proud smilo, replied:" I taught her W to a|j' iroij, J'iji gon»' to get her a time-paymint mangle, and then she can take in washin', and Adolphus Augustus can help her to carry the basket home with the clothes." Bulletin.

In tho Auckland Great Autumn flandi-, \ cup Mv Hill's Pasha has the post of honor in the weights with flst 6fbs, and Mr Tancred'sAdministrator haßßst 4lbs, Prom tho Standard, *we learn that an eleven-ofthti Grey town Cricket Club will, play fourteen ef the. Masterton Cricket' ; Club on Saturday next on the Masterton Park Oval, Our local team, should;stand a good show to win this match I' Seventy nominations have been received for the next New Zealand Cup, among whioh we notice Mr T. H. Hill's Pasha, and Mr P. P. Tanored's Administrator,. Forester, and Orator. : v An extraordinary vacancy having occurred in the Castlepoint Road Board through the resignation of Mr John Cross, nominations to fill tho office will be taken at the office of the Bonn' at Tenui on Saturday 19th inst. Six months ago the MaSterton Borough Council undertook the work of protecting , the town from tho Waipoua river, After wasting half a year in talking over how the thing should be done, thoy caino to the conclusion last evening that 'they hadn't any money, and that therefore they could do nothing. It is a pity that the decision of last evening was not recorded six montliß ago, bo that ratepayers interested. might have known tho position in which they'wore placed, Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their intention of holding weekly sales of stock for a fpw months, and hold the first of the series on Wednesday next Thoir entries as yet comprise 600 fat, and 300 breeding ewes, cattle, horses, etc. The season for store sheep saleß being bo short, and tho quantity of stock coming forward, compels the firm to try weekly ' sales; Messrs Lowes and lorns report at their stock sale yesterday they yarded. 8,000 sheep, 50' rams, 80 head of cattle, horses, &c., and with the exception of one pen of ewea and one of lambs, and a few steers, every line changed handa under the hammer. Prices were a trifle in advance of previous sales, an evidence of improvement in stock. The following are the rates obtained Heavy weight wethers 7a, medium and small 3s to 5s od, heavy ewes 5s !)d, medium 4s 6d, store wethei'B 4s 6d to ss, good breeding ewes 3s to 3s !)d, aged owes 2s Bd, old culls from as low as 7d for old merinos to Is Cd for crossbreds, good strong ■ lambs shorn made 3s 7d, snjall 2s to 3s, rams 5s to 20s, forward steers £l4 10s, plain steers L3lss, speyed heifors 58s, young steers 48s, store cows 40s, small pigs 4s to ss, medium 83 to 9s. Tho firm sold afterwards a line of 8 bullock yokes, and horses under bill of sale for LB(i. The auctioneers intimated their intention of holding weekly stock sales durinc tho next few months commencing next Wednesday.

A meeting of the Castlepoint Road Board was held on Saturday last atTinui.' Present Messrs Maunsoll (Chairman), Elder and Thompson. Tho minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer reported balance in bank £447 IBs 3d and balance for future expenditure £253 7s 9d. Letters were read from the Property Tax Commissioner requesting to be furnished with copy of the resolution striking the rato. From the Akitio Road Board applying for plans and tracinpa of all roads in the possession of the Board, also agreeing to accept the sum of £396 lis 6d in full settlement of all claims against this Board. From Mr J. Gross resigning his Beat as member for No. 2 subdivision. Accounts amounting to £25 5s 4d were passed for payment. It was roswlvod that the plans, &c. asked for by Akitio Road Board be handed over and that £l2B 4s lOd bo paid to tho Akitio Board, and the meeting adjourned. Tho following results of tho Wanganui and Napier Park Raco meeting were received yesterday aftornoon and posted by us in conspicuous parts of the town Wanganui-Wanganui Derby of £2OO, li miles; Tongariro 1, British Lion 2", Forester 3, Second Handicap Hurdlea of £IOO, two miloß and a distanco; Blue Bell 1, Germaino?, Wideawake 3. Wanganui Stakes of. £2OO, L} miles; Lady Norah 1, Rumour 2, Friendship 3. flack Hurdles, Reform 1, Waitangi 2. Napier Park Races—Handicap Hurdles of £IOO/ 2 miles; Owhaoko 1, Magnesia 2, Huricane 3. Dividend £2 9s. Napier Scurry of £25, once round tho course; Arrow 1, Larrikin 2, Bret Harto 3. Napier Cup Handicap of 300 sovs. second horse 30 bovb, third horse 10 sovs, H miles; Wapiti 7st 1, Salisbury Cst 121b 2, Orwell Gat 121b 3, Napier Welter Handicap of 50 sovs. Minimum weiriit Bst 71b, 1| miles; Magnesia 9st 41b 1, Shall list 21b andTamahine Bst 131b dead heat for second place, The days of that grand old undertaker's friend, the Melbourne Hospital, ire doomed, all the Chinese residents, from tho unctuous city merchant down £o the humblest cabbape.liawker, having decided to withdraw their patronage unless some of its rules are altered. The trouble with the heathen arose from the fact of a postmortem examination being held on .the body of a slant-eyed son of the sun, during which the said body was hacked secundum artem by the saw-bones present. Since then the disgusted country-men .of. the corpse have requested the hospital' authorities to explain "Wha'for cutteo Chinaman up allee same dam sheep"— or words to that effect. Futherinore, they point out that all respectable Chinaman have a strong dislike to being compelled to hunt round in their bones at the general judgment day for flesh to fit on themselves before they appear in court,, and nothing makes the average Mongolain more depressed than to think he will be forced to show up in the shape of dry-hash, or the cold remains of board-ing-house Sunday dinner. What worries the Mongolian mind of Melbourne most, however, are tho reports touching the careless manner in which the component parts of post-mortom-examination bodies are flung and mixed about,for ho plainly .sees that unless more care is taken in thiß matter, it is quite possible that what was onco an entire Chinaman, from the ground up, may, through the hospital-mixing, rise at the last day with the head of a redhaired Irishman, the bonyiheart of a Scotchman, the shins andfoet of anigger, aud tho roast 'possum and "gohanna "-on-toast-distended stomack of a Palmer River blackfellow. This time the Pagan is right and his religious scruples should . be respected —Bulletin This is how tho Colonist speaks of the Rev. Mr Dowie, who is now carrying on his faith-healing mission in Nelson"lt was very apparent to those 'who were at the Theatro last- night that the poor oreaturewho occupied the, most prominent position required healing himself. It is vory painful to witness the ravines of an individual possessed, arid the bumaue cannot but extend their pity to one so afflicted, but still a duty devolves, upon his friends who should place him under restraint. In the interests of decency, and to prevent that which should be respected being dragged through themife and made a subject of ridicule, the friends of Mr Dowie should restrain him. We have inspected the stock of Men's: Boys', and -Youth's New Zealand and Colonial Tweed Clothing at the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, an 4 fpr quality and prices p haye ap,t geaq anything in the Colony to equal then, and wo Btrongly advise anyone requiring Clothing to call at The Factory, next Mason's, Chemist, : and see for themselves,—Advt.

. .Mr Ben'jarain Budden, farmer, of Mangamahoe, haa filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt, ' (

The Service of song "John Plough-man,".-will be given to-morrow evening in the Presbyterian Church. Henry White will be brought, up on remand- to-morrow 111. the Masterton KM. .Court, on the charge of settin? fire : to the Prince of Wales Hotel. Messrs Lowes and lorns announco a sale for Saturday next; t Their 'list will include new and second-hand furniture, one piano on behalf of the Insurance Co., produce, poultry, horses, &c, Like a new toy, the Borough water cart has been put aside for the past fortnight. Clouds of dust took possession of Queenstreet this morning The business people grumbled, brought out their watering pots,, prayed for rain, and asked if it was a move on the.part of the, Council to force' tlieln to subscribe to tho irrigator. • ' In the Napier Cup race yesterday Derrett took a tromendouß pull at .Spade Guinea in tho straight the first time, and and ho was hopelessly in the rear at the back. After the race Derrett waß Bevorely reprimanded by the Stewards, who said ho would bo oloßely watched in future. There was a dividend of £57 10s in this raco, the winner turning up in Wapiti, a very much outsider, Tho following team will play for Masterton in the cricket match with Grey town 011 Saturday oil the Park ovalßroniner, Jggulden. Jaokson, Littlojohn, Moore, McKonzie, Perry, Stokes, Williams, Hood. Emergencies—Symonds, Wickens. The following will represent GreytownH. Hawko, W. Judd, E. Rutherford, C. Beard, W. C. Cuff, J. J. Nation, W. J, Knell, E, L. Leeks,;J, Judd, G. Jackson and A. L. Webster. We remind our readers of the entertainment in the Theatre Royal this evening, when Miss Georgio Smithson will take her first benefit in the Wairarapa. We should like to see Miss Smithson rewarded with a full house. 1 r An application from the Parkville Special Settlement Association;, to ,the North Wairarapa County • Council-"on Tuesday last for a portion of the old Manawatu Ferry wire rope, elicited the reply that it was all disposed of. The Association required tlie rope to make a crossing over the .Makakahi River,, to "enable the settlers to get on to their block There was a large attendance at Messrs J H. Bethune and Co's land sale yesterday afternoon at Wellington. The sheep and cattle run, containing 3189 acres/ freehold land, situated in the township of Featherston, exclusive of stock, was purchased by Mr Thomas Kibbell for the Bum of £IOOO, i The followin'e; appears in' last 'evening's Press:—"A letter from Major-General Sir George Whitmore was read at the meeting of the Benevolent Trustees yesterday, asking assistance 011 behalf of an old A.C, man, who lisdt fought all through the Maori war, had lost the use of an eyo during liis military career, and was now crippled altogether by another accident which had moro recently befallen him. Mr Johnson reported that he had paid the man's passage to Greymouth as desired. His action was approved." From the description given above we aro led to believo that the individual referred to is one Joseph-Jackson, who was in Masterton during the early part 'of last month, when ho engaged two furnished rooms in a cottage at Kuripuni from a MrMaliony, . Whilst Mahony was away from Mhstortokoh a visit to JSkenahuna, Jackson cioaredoiit'everytliing-.of value, from the cottage, including bedding, clock, looking glasses, cooking utensils, &c., and Bold them to MrShaw, second-hand dealer, ,of Queeu Street. Having spent .the proceeds in drink,'he cleared to Wellington, and, lilco the proverbial cat, appears to havo fallen 011 his feet again, and, through the kind recommendation of Sir Goorge Whitmore, gets his passage paid' to Greymouth. We hear that a warrant has been issued for his arroßfc, so. it is probable he will appear at the R.M. Court shortly to give an account of his illegal method of raising tho wind. Thepolice'have recovered most of tho stolen property. ' "Patrick Corbett, who recently brought his wife and family to Napier,' took quarters for them in a hotel, and rode away on a liorso he had brought from-Kaikora, leaving those dependant upon him to becoinc.aicharge upon'the rates, has sent from the country the "following letter ta his wife-" Mrs Corbett.—l wish to know how you and the children are getting on, and if you have sufficient food. lam working here for a few days. If I am not here lons 1 will sell the horse, and go back to Napier, and insist upon the Government to find me work. If I am here any length of time I will send you some money. Please to answer this as quick as you can, as I am anxious to know how you are situated.—Yours truly Patrick Corbett," Hawkeß Bay Herald. - ; . . ' About that £3b to be given away.— To the-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, hosiery, &c., at a great'rcduction in prices up till the end of tho year; and. also to remind them that everyone who buys goods to tho value of 2s 6d gets a ticket in my £35 competition. Think of thatl By Bpendmg 2s 6d with me, you may win money enough to carry you for a trip round New Zealand.—John Thorburn, Clothier. &c„ Willis st.,Welllneton.

_ A Wonderful Henn.—Many are tho instances cited of theaatoniahing fecantlifcy of tho various species of domesticated fowl; ■ but the celebrated Wellington Henn (which, strange to say, is of the masculine gendor) has a soul above the mere production' of egpn. The 'maiinov in which ho turns out Vonetian Blinds, etc., is tho wonder and admiration of everybody, from tho Governor downwards, The name of this wondorful bird ia E. W. Henn, and his well-known fowlhouse ia the Ponoke Steam Window Blind Factory, Moleaworfch-atroefc, Wellington.—Advt. '