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Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 January 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa JNorfch County Council invite by advertisement applications for the position of Ranger on the MastertonWaitnata Road,

The Salvation Army held a very successful tea-meeting in their Masterton Barracks yesterday, both it and the evening gathering being largely attended,

Mv F. H. Wood holds his usual Stock bale at the Taratahi Lards on Thursday, next sth January. The list includes, "aniens! other lines, 800 sheep, 130 head ofcattlo, and a lot of horses, each class being represented in good variety, The annual picnic of the Masterton Presbyterian Sunday School, which was held oil Monday in ' Messrs Lowes and lorns salo grounds Upper Plain Road, was a great success. The teachers and Church officials were uutiriny in their efforts to give one aud all a thorough day's amusenien*. Flat races and scrambles woie arranged for the little ones, whilst the elder folk variously enjoyed .themselves with croquet, cricket, quoits, &c. Tho eatables provided by Messrs Chamberlain Bros, were of the best kind and as usual »ave every satisfaction. Over three hundred persons paid for admission, and about two liuncred children were admitted freo. The teachers desire to thank the several •ladies and gentlemen" not connected with the school for their valuable assistance in cuttiny and servin - 1

The exact locality of the elopement case reported in our Saturday's issue is seven miles from Maryborough, and the husband is a man who is much respected in the district and for whom great sympathy is felt. The family as previously - 1„„, 0 J.]^ is one married daughter in tlio vicinity Charles Coachman is tho name of the shearer with whom the wife has gone. He went down to Featherston last Wednesday and she followed, with the blind daughter in the Thursday morning's coach.'from Martinboroush. Coachman has beeu an old sailor and wa3 far from a popular mati' withhisfellowworkmeiijitMartiuborough. As is usually the case, he was a friend of the husband and.of the family .and had been employed about the place off aud on both during and previous to last shearing season. .

A crowded house greeted the Rob % Dramatic Company at the Theatre Royal last evening, many no doubt embracing the opportunity to witness this play to finish up the holiday. As wsftb' have been anticipated the audieneo was rather noisy, and. the long wait beforo the curtain rose did not improve mattcia in this respect. Tho best was made of the scenery available, and. taken altogether the piece went fairly smooth. The principal part Rob Roy, was undertaken by -Mr J. 0. Walch, who put a good deal of spirit into it. Baillie Kicol Jarvio was played by Mr D. Stewart who put considerable life into the piece and kept the audience in good humor with his quaint sayings, and " Ma conscience" will bo the watchword of all the small boys of tho town for some time to come. Mr J. Flicker as Francis Osbaldistone, ac:ed his part well and was loudly applauded for a couple of songs; but Mr E. 0. I'ope as Rashleigu Osbaldistone was quite out of place, as there was nothing in his acting and it was quite.impossible to understand a word he uttered. The dual part of Helen Me Gres;or and Diana Vernon by Miss Delamere would have gone better with a little more life and vigor, The other parts wero fairly tilled, bijt pressure on our space prevents a more extended nnlico. Tljo company play Rob Roy again this evening,

Mbs Pahxinuton hays, Don t keep any of the quack vcstruiiis, as they are regimental'to tho human cistern; but put your trust in ])r Soulc's American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costivo habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from, a severe extract of typhoid fever. .• They, are the lie plus nmmi of medicines. " Boston Globe." Two oittuNS. Regulate first the stomach, second tho liver, especially the lirst, so aa.to perform their functions perfectly, and you will romovo at least nine-teen-twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to, iu this or any other climate, DrSoule's American Hop Bitters is the only thing 1 tliat will give, perfectly healthy liatural action to these two organs " Maine 1 armor '

The lijpse of tune brings us once more to the festal and crq\vi)ing inoutl) of the year ami with it io the time honoured jiractice of tlie free distribution of Holiday', and Christmas pvesonts-at the Wholesale I'auiity Drapery Warehouse To Aro House, Wellington, Wc have a really gra :d variety of useful, ornamental and artistic arti.ciesrfit to put on any table, and to adorn eipially the mansion and the cot, anil tljese we intend to give away in accordance with the amount qf purchases made, during the month of December at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, On all cash purchases of tlie followingamounts we shall give proportionate presents -thus; purchase 10s gift Is, purchase lfis gift Is Oil, purchase 20s gift 2s, purchase -2os gift '2s Gd, purchase 80s gift Bs, purehaso 85s. gift 8s lid, purchase 40s gift -Is, purchase -los gift 4s Od purehaso 50s gift on, purohase ,C 3 gift (is; purchase £4 gift Bs, purchase £o gift 10s purohase £0 gift 12s, purchase £7 gift lis, purchase £8 gift 10s, purchase £9 gift 18s, purchase £lO gift 20s, and so'in the same proportion up to purchases of £SO or more at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, TeAvo House, 'Wellington.

Wairarapa repidents are reminded tliat in our Warehouse (here Is every fuoility of exercising a largp variety of choice, and that all goods are rnurked at'actual wholesale prices, that a visit to our warehouse would at . once be profitable, and enjoyable and that they are sure to carry back with them many pleasing" reminders of the advantages secured and purchasing at the ye Aro Wlwlcsttlo Family -

parahiteet^j^HHH|^^|^^| £kae atKtiTjfH|H9^HH iMrßuckoridgtMil^fl^H (krterton oil Sunday :hfoely attended.friendß of tlie district bwng'present. I. Messrs Lowes and lorns [ fortnightlyutock sile at their-yaiJMM l.raorrbWi •■ There list includes j wothora, 300 dry owesj' 200 store wetheH 200 ewes and lambs, 100 fat ewes, fl mixed cuttle, dairy cows;horses, -pip?! and dogs. , Onflow Year's evd a number of-carols and.other suitable tunes were tastefully •rendered by a number of members of.the Wesleyan: Choir. Tlie singers, V.ns Christmas, went round ina brake a/harmqnium with them. andthisjM ing Vvayj of heraldingtlio approach, was much appreciatedjflflH whose houses were visited; A serisafcioiial topid.waa Ityathiirstoh Raco Meotiug by, JtffiHH ' in. the Scratch Mack Raco.' £240 on the tdtalisator, but :he wmrot backed by anyone—not evenby his'owiier Mr. T. Ray—consequently the money was returned to iuv&tOrs less ton percent. The Anniversary tea meeting' 6t the Masterton il'rosbyteniui ■ Church, I is" announced for Tuesday, the 10th- inst. Two of tließev.gentlemeri / who..will assist'at this colebration, tli'o Ilev.' Mr Boas and • % Rov,'Mr Thompson, will, we under- ' Stand, conduct tliesei'vieesin the Ohurch oiiS.unday next,; . .. I 'W-Laing, a lad employed at the Club [ stables, had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Saturday last. Ilerodo after sorno horses which had escaped. .He overtook them opposite Mr W. Perry's 'shop in Queen street, where they turned

and his horse in endeavouring to rapidly j perform the same movement, slipped and fell,' rollin« right over the boy. Laing had under tlie circumstances a most providential escapo, a sprained ancle and general shaking being the only result. • . Nothing- further of importance has transpired at Greytown in connection with tlio gold explorations Mr Mackay's Colonial Laboratory) analysis and report aro now not expected till the holidays are -well over. • It seoms that the original prospecting party although "oil the right spot are'unable to hit the exact reof, a slip, having taken place since tlio quartz was . found there two years ago. They > however, report that they are finding gold bearing quartz, and a piece of stone which our repcrtor saw at Greytown yesterday, and'"which it was understood had boen brought in by two ot tlie party who returned on Sunday morning showed gold freely when examined under the microscope. The country is very rough .and-on Saturday when traversing the Waihoine one of tlio party was washed from his horse, '