The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2752, 17 November 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887.

The usual monthly meeting of .the Mas- j teflon School Committee will be held tomorrow evoning in- the Oclfellows Hall, Perry-street, Messrs Freeman R. Jackson •$; '06., announce that atock consigned to them for their Johnsonville sale, yards are received by them .at Ngahauranga, free. of charge. Messrs Shortt and Roid, of. Willis street' Wellington, have abusiness notico to storekeepers, hotelkeepers, livery, stable keepei'3, bakers, dairymen, &c, in our advertising columus," which' will repay perusal..

The Hon. John Johnston M.L ft, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, Fitzherbort Terrace, Wallin4ton, at the age of 70- The deceased had been ailing for sometime, and his death was not unexpected.' . Betweon forty and fifty members of fcho Carterton Rifle Volunteers paraded last eyening for the annual Inspection. Officers present were Captain Bennett, and Lieutenants Moore und Crawford.

Messrs Turner & Co,, wholesale and (retail chemists of Manners-street Welling-' • ;ton, announco in another column some special cures which.will interest sufferers from neuralgia, diarrhoea, and- other", prevalent ills that flesh is heir to, For summer weather, oil cooking stoves are' said to be both economical and cleanly. MrE. J. Foothead manufactures them in Wellington, and catalogues of the same may be obtained' at this office

Desporafe attempts have been made to rescue 17 persons who were sentenced to terms of imprisonment forbreachos of,the Crimes Act committed at Kilrush, County Claro. The riot Act was read, and the police repeatedly charged the mob and threatened to fire on them.

The agent of the Panama Canal works states that one hundred and twenty millions (francs) are required to complete the canal, and that it will be impossible tQ open it for tvaffic before 1892, the year in which the concession expires- He is sanguine that the opening will ultimately be accomplished. The stock department have received the following telegram.fram. Mr Foster Inspector of sheep re the reported outbreak of scab in tho Marlborough district. Inspector Moore and I inspected one flock adjoinin? the scabby one' to-day, and found them clean, I sco the other flock on Wednesday, Moore having to go to Clarence and Kekerangu, and I to go meantime to visit Amnri runs. Scabby flock' are shorn and dipped,". The Wellington Evening Post complains'that we have copied one paragraph from its columns without acknowledgement. ', This is slightly moan considering ; that wo can point to a hundred paragraphs which our Wellington contemporary has .borrowed from us without the customary journalistic recognition, ;

We remind our readers that Mrs Greenwood and her "New Zealand Daughters of Genius" will give a concert in the Thcatro Royal this evening. The. programme is a most attractive- p»e,- and we fully expect to see this clever family greeted by a large audionce. ■Thefollowing tenders have been received by the Alfredtpn Road ;Board for formation of 117,30 chains pf'the Alfred' ton • District .Road:—James ■ McMillan £669 a 8d (accepted). T. K. York £B2 Is 6d, Jas. Colemau J?72 9s lid, P. Carr £79 14s, H. Stevens £B4 18a, T. P. Nelson £ll7 GsSd, P. C.Matison £127, T. P. Girdwood £IBO 18s Od, M, P; Britt, £l6B 3s 'Bd.- Stream CrossingGardner & Co £1 per chain, Chas, Loram £6. ■■-..■•.;':

The following gentlemen have been returned unopposed for tlie South Wairarapa County Council at the Triennial elections:—Mr Coleman Phillips for the Grpytwii riding, Mr J. Martin, jun,, for Qfcaraia, Messrs W. 0. Buchanan and 11. R. Bunny, for Gladstone, Messrs A. Matthews and H. Bunny, for Featherston, The contested seats a"e in tho Oarfcorton and Awhea ridings, Messrs.W. Booth, H.jßraithwaite and Joseph Applin for the former, and Joseph W. Tully and W. Wratten.for the latter,

Messrs Freeman R, Jackson and Co. report that they had a lar?o attendance at their sales yesterday, The bidding for cattle was rather dull, but sheop and pigs maintained last sale values. They quote beef at 15s Gd the lOOlbs; mutton, shorn, Ud; in wool, 2|d.per lb. Unbroken light draught horses were well compoted for. Cattle-Best bullocks LG 5s to L 7 7s Gd, averaging LG. lis 4d ; other lines averaged LG Gs 5d and Lo 7s (id. Sheep —Wethers in wool, 13s 4d to 13s Gd; shorn, 9s 3d to 93 8d; light inferior shoep, 5s Id; lambs, 5s 8d te 8s 4d. Pips—Porkers, 15s to 20s; stores, 10s Gd; small stores, 4s 9d to Gs. Horses - light unbroken draughts Ifi.k to L1217s 6d.

A fresh-looking young man, with dishevelled hair, and scarecrow garments appeared before Mr Von' Stunner, K.M., this morning, on a charge of stealing a sewing machine valued £4 from Manih6ra Ngatuere, of Ak.ura. The name" of the culprit was Perry' alias Staok, and he admitted the theft, but pleaded that he had worked for tho for'hearly .a fortnight, and not getting his wages took the first thing'that he came across 1 , He admitted,'however, that the machine did, not belong to ; tho man who employed him. The Court informed the prisoner that his excuse was a paltry one, and it was men like himself who caused, the nativo race to distrust Europeans. Three months hard labor were awarded to the man who had wronged the Maori.

Now that the warm'summer weatlioris. with us, and the holiday season close at hand it certainly behoves the fair sex to at once see to it that their season's wardrobes are fully prepared, and nowhere can this bo better effected than at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellingtod. In this connection we would point out that although we have had a, large run on white embroidered robes, in boxes, unmade, we are still, from recent additions, able to show a good selection from !)s fid to 455, at Te Aro House, Wellington. We arc also showing an admirable choice

of coloured Zephyr robes. and bisquit robo dresses, also in boxes, unmade, from 17s 6d to 37s (id. We have'a variety of new.tpnnis cloths, at-Is B}d per yard,:a lot of charging mozambique "striped muslins,' very elegant, at IOJd per yard, in air colours, ,at Te- Aro House, Wellington. As amaiVel.of cheapness, and as an' article that will make up very-graoefully, m would invitg inspection of'a lot of creme orepe cloth, join wide, Gd per yard at Te Aro House Wellihgton. True elegance and choiceness combined are to be seen in a choice of robes in boxes, consisting of made summer serges, with floral panels, cuffs and. collars •in greriat,. brown, and fawn, from 355, at Te Aro House, Wellington. .'■;..■ Very charming and attractive are others in nuns' veiling, nuns' cloth, grenadine, and French foule, variously trimmed, oxidised, beaded, embroidered silk, velvet, and diamond canvass panels, &o„ and ranging from 49a,6d, at Te AroHouse, Wellington.--Advt.