The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887. RAILWAY TIME TABLES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2569, 11 April 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887. RAILWAY TIME TABLES.

Tm ingQntiity with which ilie railwayauthorities 'arrarige ■' ilie ti#6:ti{>fe for" public: holidays would; be worthy •of; .oommendation'- tee :'.>it not;, .thjit. appears 'to., be calculated fe' serve the publio RS.;.littlo as possibles If we take tliti arrangements for ;the Easter holidays wo fiud'-?tbat.'the traitf was an hour later than usual in leaving Wellington, thus shortening the time allowed to at tlieir destin'ations;by that tnu'ch. The'possible plea that the ordinary time of • departure was too early cannot; hold good, for what is too early in Wellington Would also bo too early in Masterton, where the usual time was closely adhered to, Then, the time allowed at Mauricevilje and Mangamahoe was altogether too short. Had an early train been laid on from Featherston to the present terminus, and reasonable excursion rates charged, large numbers of picnic parties and sportsmen would have availed themselves of it. As it was, the time allowed by the one train tl?at did go . that far. was ten minutes. Holiday seekers therefore had toresort to tlie old means of locomotion, and patronise livery stables. All the department has succeeded in doing haa been the reduction of the receipts from this portion of the line to the' lowe9t possible limit, for very few people carod to pay .the high rato charged for a run to Mungamahoe and back, with no I time allowed there. ■We also notice that the oarly down train to-morrow leaves at 5.55 a,m„ for the convenience of Wellington businoss men who have to return to their -desks that day. That a similar arrangement with regard to the up train might have provod a boon to residents in the Wairarapa is a matter that apparently ■never oocurred to the management.

Letters of naturalisation have' boen iesuod to John Ni'elson, blacksmith, Glareville, ■■ Messrs William.Boy, Ditmol Cameron, ■jun., Thomas Porritt, H. T. Sprutt, and Hart Udy are appointed a licensing committee for the Borough of Groytown. ' . The ordinary..monthly meeting of the North Wairarapa County Council takes place to-morrow. Mr F. W. Temple received a Bevere flhakint? yesterday through being thrownfroui hia horse. ' -

We remind our readers.of the sports to be hold tins afternoon on the Mastevton Football Glub ground j'Worksop road. The regular monthly vraoetiricf of the Thistlo Lodge, S.O. will; be held in tho Masterton Masonic Hall on Wednesday evoning next. . ■' The second of tho " Winter Seoia's" organised by the leaseo and held in tho Theatre Royal, came off on Thursday evening, and was well patronised." Witn gnod music, capital floor, and first class arrangements,' the visitors spent a very enjoyable time. On Saturday evening six stacks of straw were destroyed'by fire <>n tho Op iki near the residence of tile Messrs Welch JSros. Five »f th«in had beun recently purchased by Mr B. .Smith for clntf cutting purposes, and were uninsured Tho e «aa over »nn hu.idred tmis burned, and Mr Smith's loss is consi 'embly over £IOO. Tho fire is suppled to have originated through tlu uverh wtinsr of the straw, but this in the face of the present dry weather cannot bj suitiiiiin'l, and is more like y to be an act of mcendainsin. The rinkmg season wa3 opened with great success in tho llastertmi Theatre Royal on Siturd;iy overling, the spacious fluor presenting a very animated appearmice when tho merry and graceful skaters were in full swing, Amone the visitors we noticed several Indies in tho Dress Circle, who seenu'd to enjoy the vagaries of several rink enthusiasts. The ut argument announce that the Theatre will W opened this evening for this favorite pwiuie, '

Mr T. Blinkhoroe, who Im bojn commuted with tha Miwtortou Sunday School for aovural yuara was presented yesterday afternoon with a-revised edition, of tho bihlo, by the teachers "and scholars on the. occasion of his leaving the colony. The presentation was made by the Superintend nt, Mr W, H, Wcstiu and suitably'acknowledged by the recipient, Tho meeting at Timaru_rA celebrating the Queon's Jubilee.was, of-a ratlw.r rowdy character,• but ilayof Jones by his tact brought it tin proper frame of mind'. A Mr Kimbor moyed— I Thitt it be aij iu-.; struction to tho frinco of iVaies wo imitate tho loyalty of our Irish brotheivof Cork by relieving our needy fellow urea'tares, and leave tho cofebration of tho Jubilee to tho upper ton; " and in support of the resolution hu denounced the movement for a Odlebrationis .''flimkeyiam and a " royal begging dodge, " The. Mayor brought down the house by saying that he , was surprised to hear such expressions.' He did not bulieve.an Englishman could have stood up and uttered such, things, Aftor all our institutions •had'been enumerated hp thought one had been omitted whioh wo a lunatic asylum',- He entirely disagree;! wjth'' any remarks reflecting upon Her Most Gracious Majesty.—Dunedin Star. _ A WoNrERFUL Henx.—Many are the instancescited of theastonishin'g fecundity of the various species of domesticated fowl; but tho celebrated Wellington Hknn (which, strange to say, is of the masculine gender) has a soul above the mere production of egps. The manner in which he turns out Venetian Blinds, etc.. is the'wonder and admiration of '.'vnrybudy, from tho Governor down wards. Th« namo of this wonderful bird is R. W. Hknn, and his well-known,fowl-house is the Poneko Steam; Windjw Mind Factory, Molesworth-street, Wellington,—Advt,

Tho young Swede " Mkun" him been committed to the Wellington: Lunatic, ■Asylum, on tho certificafcoa .of Dre.' hi vakitig and Dewd; | Thtv Secretary uf the Miistertpn litmpi-* ! with thanks; a .pnr-cel-of • books ami iiwaiziiics' ffimi -Mrs George Boctlwm,;ahd a paekitgo <if honey. and-a-; quantity of nlutns from Mr Thos. Dixon. Tlio annual meeting of voters to roceivo tho report and balance sheet of the Mas-' terton Town Lauda Trust takesplace oa .Fi:iday..eveniu<i'Mt'at the"HemflinWW' Hall, '■■■,- v/ ;,v There.hasWiCeqnaideralile'mortality an j png Veiiianiii|g: .Vt rout. fej/'reoefvwr Germany: by' tho Acdini'aftsation ■ : Society: at ; the Ghriatchui'Ji -breeding'. .ponds,/ -saya ' "tho Lyttfelton .Tiums. It will be remembered that tho' bulk of. the con-digumonk-'was destroyed uv.ing todefoof ivo packing, and'now it is fi-ared that uot more thiui hiilf of the remainder; will be preserved. Of the LondmV newspaper. editorials nn .tho Grimes Biil.\only one (that of the ■Daily News.)'..conieninß the measure altogether. Tlierat-eithor warmly.. «up■port'or giye.'a qualifi>-4. approval, tjf rifc; 'ft-iome-jiipvi: sious'which might be amended, and tirgef, that'tho Bill be paeaed in a modified form; ■tChe Daily Newa declares'the and absurd, and would utterly fail to accomplish the de&ired end. . The.. Telegraph says.thatC faking ifitO'.c.rtn(iiJj!^ratiori. : the ..Btate'.'of, Ireland,; ' tfewpeated' ro.newal.of 'of the' measure tire not 'ioo-^vflre'.;-jfEe -Times strongly advocates the passage Of, the Bill, and, declares that.such . p.eritive .if -Irpland io-tdteiriaini'ii' integral 1 '. part of the' Empire,' The .Standard thinks both precedent iitld.: analogy. jastily' the, passing of the Bill'. The Ohroniole sups .pcftts-it mainiy o»:the ground 'thai" publio I 'opinion' is "in favor of coercion, and' thati the- Biil cmbodie3 the national sentiment.

, The • AVaifarapa Clothing Factory are ntill allowing; purchasera of. New Zealand Clothing a discount of 5s in the £. ■ They are also making suits to measuro 47a fid, Trousers ap i Yestß from 28s Gd, and Trousere from 18s lid. A call cordially invited. Note the ddreßß: Next T. G. Mason, Queen-street, Mastortun. E B. .Hare, Manaper.— Advt,