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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2557, 25 March 1887, Page 2

Messrs Lowes & lorna «ld to their stock sale for Wednesday next, seme crossbred ewes,'forward beef cows, and two-year-old heifers. Between thirty and forty of the Masterton Volunteers attended parade last evßning, tho drill being carried out under Drill Inßtruotor Bezar.. Liout. Thompson was in command. About that £UbYo be given away.— To the Editor-Sir, Will you allow the through your columns to let the people of the Wnirarapa know that I am'going to sell all ; my stock,- consisting of njon's. youth's,'and boys' clothing, hosiery, &c. , at a great reduction in prices up till the end of the year,; and also to remind them that everyone who buys goods to the value of 2s Gd gets n 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 New Zealand.—John Tuoebubs, Clothier, &c„ Willis Bt.,Wellln?ton. ,""

A hundred of good Cocksfoot Beed iB advertised for salo in Jots to suit purchasers,.! Sir Robert .Stout speaks at Waipawa this evening '7'The;iWopdroofe glass-blowing entertairnneiit will be at the Maaterton Theatre next week,!:- ~ > . X'ettera of naturalisation have .been granted tp ]?•; J; Do Ying; Pahiatua; and P. Mayer, Pahiatua. The Featharaton Rifles were beaten by the ThorndoEßifles (Wellington) yesterday by G8 points. 'The scores were .Thornddh .539,' Featherston 478. , ' - Lee, 1 Inspector of Schools, started to-day for Taueru.-.Flab Point,' and Tinui on his annual examination tour, J.'.Tfe'.flsji'ajjjiitßiig' of the R.M. • Court was held at Featherston yesterday, but the cases set down for hearing were either adjourned or settled out of Court, The lease of the .Napier Corporation reserve of 2000 acres, situated near, Woodvilla will be offered for-sale -at Napier on April;i2th by Mr W. H. Duncan. Plana of th£ property can'be obtained at the Paily. office. • Mr R-..H... Beattio, the general, agent for Herbert and Fitvgerald's Great London Circus, is now in Masterton ing for a visit of the Bhow to the Waimapa next week., ■ ' " What do you think of the Association for the Protection of Gamo ?" asked a man on tho carsof hUneighbor. ,"1 don't kuow much about it," was the reply, " but I think it is about time game was protected. Why, ihievoral cities I've been in lately. you can't onjoy a little game without the police coming in suddenly. A writer in Popular Science, supporting tho viow that a higher civilisation tends to baldness or a lessened growth of hair, cites the fact that 48 per cent of men at a Patti concert were bald, while only 12 por cent of tho3o who attended a Sullivan prize'fight we're without a full head of hair, ■

Mr W. Whitt, of tho Queen-street cabinetworks has an announcement of especial interest to persons about to furnish. His stock embraces ovory requisite in the trado, and for thoroughly furnishing either cottage or mansion. Mr Whitt invites intending customers to inspect his establishment before going elsewhere. Mr J. T. Carr, engineer, is now in Pahiatua, and has proceeded to test, in the interests of tho people, whether the located line is cheaper and better than the one down the main road. Should his report be favorable, a monster petition will be got up, and presented to tho House of Kepresentatives, Tho following team will represent Masterton in the match against Opaki tomorrow on tho Park Oval.— Bremner, D'Arcy, Harrison, Hirshberg, Jackson, Littlejohn, Moore, McKenzte, Perry, Robison, Wickens. Emergency, Symonds, Mr Booth, Chairman of the Waira-, rapa South County, and Mr H. fl. Welters, Treasurer, waited on tho United Board on Wednoaday last ro domand maderecentlj on the contributing authorities.' The Board admitted that the figures and the appointment in their demands were wrong and promised to recall them and preparo fresh statements, News has been received in Masterton this morning of the death of the, .wellknown jockey Alien Herd, who was injured at the'-recent Opaki meeting while riding Cribbage in his recent preliminary canter, when the horao was killed. At tho Nelson races yestorday Herd was riding the well-known Wairarapa' hurdle horse "Freebooter." When half-a-mile from horao Freebooth stumbled, and the rider came off, falling on his head. He walked a distance and then became insensible. Two doctors attended him, and gave little hope- of big recovery at the time. ' ■

Ellis Newfconbrought his sale soaßon to a close last evening, and opened as'a caterer for public amusement. As a salesman there aro 1 numerous: evidences of his success to be met with in almost every individual who prizos cheap ostentations display before tho less showy but more valuable articles of adornment. As an amusement caterer he is a failure, If last evening's can be taken as a criterion, for a more insipid and vulgar exhibition we have not witnessed, and those who waited till past ten o'clock before the advertised contests were started, became thoroughlydis«usted with beingentrapped into paying for admission into the shop of the king of salesmen, who did a roaring trade up to the time the " show " commenced, wnich concluded a fow minutes after 11 o'clock..

Messrs Lowes and lorns at the salo of [ Messrs Herberts stock and implements report that the attendance was a good representative one, and buyers plentiful although prices, especially for cattle, very low. The following are the rates obtained:—2B head of beef at £4, 69 store bullocks at 70s, 18 2-year olds 465, 30 cows and calves 40s, 21 yearlings 275, Daily cows £3 to £4los, In sheep tho entries did not include any good wether 3. Merino wethers, la 7d, crossbred ewes i Is 3d to 2s, lambs (culls) Is. lor good farm horses £2O each; light harness sorts £8 to £1110s; hacks L 5;

large pigs 30s; small stores 3s to Bs; drays, 'ploughs, harness,- and sundries concluded the sale*. English selectors have been most unfairly handicapped by the Land Board in the matter of the Cape Otway forest applications, Men with the largest familiei have been given the preference, and, as might be supposed, this gives the land in almost every case to the Irish, An inspection of the names of the sue-

cesiful applicants who show that under this system the O.'a and Macs have been able to completely outbid their Saxon rivals. I can imagine the bidding : Land officer: ' This splondid allotment of 320 acres is now to be given away. Who competes for the. selection ?, John Sfcubbj:' I do, sir. Married five years and have three children.' f Thos- Atkins: ' married seven, and have four,' Land Officer:' Thank you, sir. Four, four, four; all dono at four!' Jeremiah Ryan i ' Married twelve yoars, and havea baker's dozen.' Michael O'Flaherty; Betune me two wives I've sixteen and another comin 1 . Land Officer (after a panse)' And at sixteen it's gone, Sixteen once, sixteen twice, third and last time. The lot's yours, Mr O'Flaherty.' If this is the way the land is to be given away, Mr Dow should advertise—'No• English need apply.' ,; A Wonderful Hbnn.—Many are the instancescited of theastoniehing fecandity of the various species of domesticated fowl; hut the celebrated Wellington IHenit(which,strange to say,is of.the masculine gender) has a soul above the mere production' of eg?s. The manner in which he turns out Venetian Blinds, etc.,. is the. wonder and admiration of everybody, from the Governor downwards,; The name s>l this wonderful bird is B. W. Hens; and his well-known fowl house is the fPoneke' Steam Windew Blind Factory,!Molesworth-streefc, Wellington, ,_''''• f

the Wairarapa Clothing Factory' are Ftill ollowjng purchaser of ;'New Zealand Clothing adiscQjint of Sain the £;•' They are also making suits* to measure from 4756 d, Trousers and) Vests from 28s (3d,and frouse.rs. from 18s '(id. . A call cordially invited. . Note tho address: Next T.G. Mason, Queen-street, Maaterten. E, B. Hare,; Manager,-Advt. ,