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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2738, 31 October 1887, Page 2

The Masterton Masonic Lodpe, E.G., meet this evening in the Lodge Room, Bannister Street.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Borouph Council will be held to-morrow evening.

It is notified in another column that shearing will commence at lea station on Friday, November 11th, The next English and European mail via San Francisco will close at the Masterton office on Saturday next, sth inst. It is expected that His Excellency tho Governor who is staying at Brancepeth as the guest of Mr H. H. Beefcham, will be present at the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Show at Carterton on Wednesday next.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next stock sale for Thursday, November 10th. on accouiit of the Prince of Wales' Birthday falling on their regular Wednesday Their entries already comprise 41(i head of cattle arid other lines.

Hansard No 1 reached us on the 29th instant, containing the parliamentary record up to the 14th. If it takes fifteen days to produce the first number, we venture to Bay that the last will not be brought out under six months, Private enterprise would bring out a better Hansard in twenty-four hours. , The past several days' fine weather has wonderfully improved the appearance of the country around. Masterton. The crops are making vigorous progress,. and there is every appearance of the yield being; equal to the past several years. Grass feed has shot ahead in such a manner that there is now abundance in every direction,

Cricket matters seem very slow ,in Masterton this season. While.other clubs in the valley and in Wellington have been playing matches, our Clubs have not opened the season yet. Several members turned out on Saturday afternoon for praotico, but, judging from appearances, things are not going to be so successful as in previous years; m the first place the ground is unfit, and secondly there appears to be no organisation among the cricketers.

An Uppor Plain wttler, who keeps a opw was astonished upon' 'proceeding to milk her the other morning to find that half of the caudal appendage with which she was wont to brush-away the blue tail fly was miasing. Endless were the conjectures of the good man arid W wife to; account for the -.mysterious disappearance, but next washing day v the latter found the lost segment attached to a wire rope on the drying ground; '■ A meeting of the executive committee of the Masterton Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Saturday afternoon when the special prizes amountingtoLlls were allotted'anda rangements were made for the sale (if. privileges and other matters in connection with the annual show on November 17th. We' remind intending exhibitors that all entries oxcepfc for the leaping match must bo made with the Secretory'nut lat<r than 9 p.m. ; on .Monday next November 7th. Entrance forms, programmes, and prize lists, can be .obtained at his office, Central Chambers, Masterton, or twin Mr F, H. Wood, Greytown. The Rev J. and Mrs Mountain's nine days mission was auspiciously commenced at the Masterton Presbyreuan Church yesterday. Long before the time appointed for the young peoples meeting, large numbers of children congregated at the edifice, and at 9.30 there were fully 150 present. The services were conducted in a very pleasing and entertaining manner, the speciality of the gathering being the': flinging which was rendered with great spirit by all present, most of the hymns being new and the melodies of the simplest kind, The afternoon meeting was equally as successful as the preceding one, the little ones being to all appearances sorry when it was concluded, At the ovangelistic meeting in the evening the Church was crowded to suffocation, extra seats being placed down the aisle. The choir, numbering between forty and fifty voices, under the leadership of the Rev Mountain, sang several selections from the Evangel Hymn Books, in a very pleasing manner. Taking for his text, part of the lGth yerse' of the third chapter of John, "For God so loved the world." The Rev. J, Mountain delivered an interesting address, which was interspersed with anecdoteß, and contained some, wholesome advice to parents and ohildnen, Mrs Mountain also addressed the congregation on the same text, placing the subject ..forcibly and impressively before her hearers, Every evaning this week, with the exception ot Saturday,:young people's meetings will be held at 415, a service of song from 7 to 7.30, and public evangel meetings from 7.30. ,

The "lonic" and" Bimutaka," mail steamers, brought, us several oases of the latest outcomes of fashion in ladie'a and girl's untrimmed straw hats. There is an immense varietyj of plain, ' an °y> Bn( * speckled straws, while the shapes are all the rage in ihefasbionablemroles of Paris and London, arid may \be seen in profusion at Te Aro House, Wellington.: ...... ._ WB.do not thini that any house in the city ban show anything at all equal to our millinery or millinery requisites for style, elegance, and .value, and we would advise, every lady in 'Wellington before deciding on purchasing to Bee our new summer fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington. We wouid'exteno! a cordial invitation to one and all to.walk- through our warehouse, and visit Ithe, miltinery department. Our assistants.iwill be 'jonly too happy to show all the novelties received up to date, and no one will befrmed h) 6i<y at Te Aro House, Wellington;. ...'..

Ora imported 'millinery bonnets and trimmed hats are the mme. dela cremt of Parisian and, London Fashions, and need only to be.seeri to be at-once admired and purohasedflt Te Aro House, Wellington. .The jprcier .department is under-the management of ;a 'practised and efficient' milliner", second' to, none in the'city.'"'All ordei's'wiU be executed in finished style and elegance'.-at the Wholesale Family. Drapery Warehouse, Te W. House, Wellington.— advt.V ( ••■.'.-.-/ ■' ; v"... Thosb ladies :ivho are fond oj noveltiesj. who are;|elighti?.d to see the latest. fashions, ■ and whVare' ready to admire- the'beautiful at anytime, should, without doubt, visit the showroom at'Te Aro House, Wellington.;

NojMori; Hard ; Tmes,- If you will! stop spending so much on..fine cßhes, richfp'ndand style, buy gosd, healthy foddj ..cheaper and better clothing; more'yeal ! and substantial things.'of:life every-wayj and especjally stop'the'fppjiih habifeVf employing expnnsive.qusclE dootors] orusiijgsfiinuch.oftliayile.huinjbug mejlitinethat' doe's'you but Piifc your triust;in:.';that •"simple, pure remedyiiiljr American Hop always at a trifling cstsßntl you will see good times and 'hftve good health, " Ohroniole."

Judgment for plaintiffs was given in' the Masterton R. M. Court this morning by S..'von-Stiirmer Esq., R. M,;Edward Dixon vT.F. Reeve, £4 10s, costs 16s; A, Hathaway, rate ; collector, v. Ah Lop, fates due £2.7s Bd, coats Gb ; Masterton Theatre Roval Company v.' Thomas H. Wrigley, rent due £37 Us, costs 30a; James flourigan v. Hugh Maffhinav judgment summons, debt £8 .19s. Ordered' to pay 40s a month, or seven days' imprisonment. -: • '-' A Bpeci'al.;..meßting of the Masterton Road Board was >ld on Saturday after' noon, to consider.the question of passing special orders defining the boundaries' of the wards and the representation of the Board. An opinion was read from Mr W, G. Beard, the Board's solicitor, who advised that the Board had nut the power under the Act to redivide a subdivision at the district. -He informed the BoaH that he gave his opinion with much diffiden )e, as the Statute was d'> va*ue,and advised that other counsol Bhould be obtaiued on the subject. In consequence of the above opinion no special order was passed, but it was decided to get the opinion of Mr. Bell, solicitor, on the matter.

Guilty of Wrong. people have. fashion of confusing excellent remedios with the large mass of '' patent medicines," and iii this they are guilty of a wrong. There are some advertised remedies fully worth all that is asked for them, and ohe at least we know of—Dr Soule's Hop Bitters. The writer has had occasion to use the Bitters in just such a climate as we have 'most of the year in Bay City, and has always found them to be first class and reliable, doing all that is caimed for them. • " Tribune." .