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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2566, 5 April 1887, Page 2

The usual monthly meeting of tho North Wairarapa. Benevqlont Society takes place at tho Institute, Mastortnn. tomorrow afternoon. A notico appears in another column to the effect that persons trespassing on Matahhvi station with or without dogs, will be prosecuted. A Diuiedin woman sold her washing tub to a party of riflemen for a target, They paid her for it, and, after they had gone homo, eho went out into tho field, aiid brought it back as good as ovor it was.—Telegraph. Professor Woodroofe's gkusblowing entertainment was again well..patronised last evening at the Tho.itve Royal. There was an exceptionally liberal distribution of glasswork presents, the principal prize behvi a aea coast Bccne, with ship and lighthouse beautifully worked, This evening, being the final exhibition, special piizc3 are oll'ered for the best and worst conundrums rcferr'i-g to tho entertainment.

A enso that excited considerable interest among tho owners of entiro horses in the district, was hoard in the Masterton K.M Court yesterday, beforo Kr Von Stunner, JUL John Middleton tho owner of a draught entire, ''Cashier," sued Messrs Carman and Miller for £BO for alleged damages the horse sustained while in their charge. From the evidence of plaintiff it appears that he leased the horse to defendants for tho season of 1880 for the sum of £BO. The horse was handed over to them in good condition, and according to tho agreement was to be returned in reasonable condition, allowance to bo made for the season's effect upon the animal. When the. horse was fetched from defendant's place, lie was allegod to bo miserably poor,' a running wound on his foroarm, and several scars about hia. chest, .which were described as being done by tho mares with shoes on when the horso was turned out with them. Several-witnesses were called, who were all Unanimous that tho animal was in good condition when ho arrived in the district and was handed over to defendants, and that lie had depreciated £SO owing to tho treatment -he had received during tho season. For tho dofenco it was bliowii .that the horse'had.received ,tho injuries through coming in contact' with tho. fences or stumps while in the paddock,' and that there was no mare in tho paddock with him with her shoes on, After ft lengthened and patient hearing of the case, judgment was. given for plaintiff for £4O without costs. MrGarrick, M.H.R., in a recent speoch at Morivale said tho uncertain tenure of land waß,a stumbling block in the way of settlement. He knew of a person in England who wished to send hia two boys out. to Canterbury with £SOOO a piece to settle. The member of the' House to whom ho wrote for advice said, with the bursting up of runs, the"threatened nationalisation of land, and other fads, ho would not advise him to send tho boys out here, but lip advised him to send them to Canada, and so ho did ; so that these two people, with £SOOO a piece, wero lost to tho colony. (Hear, hear.) That was a practical instance of how these fads worked mischievously. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that public opinion would ever como round to the fad of natbnalisalion of laud, and ho regretted that the two prominont members of the Ministry novor lost an opportunity of airing this fad. The Wairarapa Clothing Factory aro' still-allowing purchasers of New Zealand Clothing a discount of 5a in the £. They are also making suits to measure from 47s fid, Trousers and Vests from 28s 6d, and Trousers from 18s (id. A call cordially invited. Note tho address: Next T. G. Mason, Queen-street, Masterten. O, H«e, Manager, -A»vt,

■ Messrs Khfcaldie and Stains;.liave-'i seasonable advertisement in'our ''"columns over .tho leader. ;'.'•• ". ■'.'■ \'. ■.

Tenders are' invited' by'Mr James'Ross or falling fifty acres of bush'in tho tYangaohu. • ;

. During the past fowdaya.tho AYajrarapa lias been visited by. heavy northwesterly gal.es,'.but beyond fanning a'dangerous. bush fire in Carterton wo have not heard' of any damage being done. ~■ By Press Association telegram at noon to'day we learn that the case of Henry .cauib. before the Supreme Court at Wellington this.morning, and is likely, to'.last ' all day..'. • •'.; ■-...'..- ■■.-'•' r ••"•' • The -following summary 'of the.-sfcreets; •in the Borough was-laid before the Works Committee of the Council last evening : South Ward :' '3'niiles"47| oliains made; 30 chains partly made' ';'2 miles 38£ chains unmade ; total, 0 miles Efi chains, West Ward : 5 miles. 75 chains mado; 2H chains'partly mado ',- 6 mile 57i chains unmnde ■;'total, 11 miles 73| chains. Bast ' Ward : 2 miles, 73 .chains made;. 51 chains partly made ;i'mile,.sls chains unmade ; total, 5 miles 15$ chains, to'fch Ward: 5 miles CO chaiM mado; 2U- chains partly mado; 1 mile 58ichains unmade; total, 7 miles GO chains; A Supplementary-Government Gazetto issued on Saturday aftornooii contains an Ordor-m-Oou'ncil directing that tho sum of £150,000, being that portion of the surplus of profits recommended for division after investigation into the financial condition of the affairs of Ihe New Zealand Government Insurance Association up to the 81st'December, 1835, shall bo divided among tho policy holders holding policies in tho 'general section- of theordinary branch, in accordance with the. plan set forth in tho ninth section of tho report mado by Messrs Bailoy and Hardy on tho. financial .condition of the affairs of the Government Insuranco Department, dated July 12, 18&1. Tho sum divisible yields "roversionary bonuses of 'oloso on £320,000.

A Wondekful Hrnn.—Many are the instances cited of the astonishing fecundity of the various species of domesticated fowl; but the celobrated Wellington Hexjj (which, strange to eay, is of the masculinogonder)has a soul abovo.lha mere production of cg°B, The raahnpr' in which he turns out Vonethiri Blinds, etc, is the wonder and admiration. of everybody, from the Governor downwards. The namo of thia wonderful bird is R. W". Henn, and his well-known fowl house i 3 the Poneko Steam Window Blind Factory, Molestvorth-streot, Wel-lington'.—AtK-t. J__ i