The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1888.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2795, 11 January 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1888.

Tho Greytown Butter and, Cheese Factory is now receiving 1100 gallons of niilk daily. ' ..

Notice is given that poison is jaid on the land of Mr E. E. Blade and of Mr P. Laraen at Mauricovillo. Messrs Lowos and lorns- announce .a very attracti v.o.aale of.literature, jewellry, fancy goods, furniture, and a lot of useful sundries. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's second wool sale will be held at Wellington on the 18th January. The entries which can be made at the Masterton Agency close in Wellington on tho 17th instant. .. Our Pahiatua correspondent writes, that the heavy vain on Friday last put out the bush fires. The burns in that 'locality are very bad, and will result in a heavy loss to all settlers interested. We have just been informed that Mr T. P, Lett, while riding near Vallaiioe's Flat this morning, mot with an accident, hi i horse falling and rolling over him. Word lias not yut como to hand as to the extent of Mr Lett's injuries. The Waihoine Gold prospecting is still at the same stage. Parties are out at the Ganges, and gold-bearing stone is being found. If tho reefs ihomsolves are actually discovered, and the ground pegged off, the prospectors will have done as much this season as most people anticipate. When the wet weather once sets in, operations will practically have to bo postponed,

A man named Thomas Barret has been arrested at Brisbane on tho charge of poisoning his daughter, The act is supposed to liave been caused owing to dislike he had taken to the man tvlio was to marry his daughter, Emma Barret. Morphia had been administered to the girl, from the effects of which she died on tho morning of her wedding. Tho prisoner and deceased lately ai rived from England, and went to tho Croydon goldiields. The Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral' and Agricultural Society's Rain olid Ewe Fair will be held at Carterton on Wednesday, 15th February. This annual sale and exhibition of sheep is deservedly popular,, not only with breeders, but with all those who take'an interest in stock, and thore will doubtless be on this ocoasion the same representative gathering as in former years. Full particulars of entrance fees and other details, appear in this issue. Mr C. Edward Halloran, Carterton, is the Secretary.

,M. Caselbei'fc and Co. notify a reduction in the price of Brooke's Perfect iSlieep Dip, and ask us to draw attention to their advertisement on our- first page, iii which full particulars regarding the new prices are given, This dip has proved to be one of the best/and at its reduced price will be the cheapest.' One of the ingredients of Brooke's Dip is tho best soft soap, and it may not bo generally known that this dip will mix well (in equal parts, half and half) and improve other dips, making the wool much softer, sn that sheep farmershaving any other kind left on hand trom last season can, if they wish, mix to advantage Brooke's with it, To suit' those who prefer the socalled non-poisonous dips, Mr Brooke is now making a Carbolic Dip, which is a really good article. It is put up in 5 gallon drums and 40 gallon'-casks, and will be sold cheaper than any other nonpoisonous dip iu tho market. ' It was quite anticipated that at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, the Water question, and the resolutions' passed the evening before at. the public meeting, would be the occasion of at l«ast discussion, if not of action. The Mayor, liowover. happened to be late in arriving, explaining that he had mistaken the time of meeting. He, therefore, came just a minute after it had been resolved that the resolution pusaed at Monday night's meeting, as received from Mr Thomas Mackay, the Chairman, should be laid on the table. Mr Renall, not knowing this action had been, taken, moved that tho public meotino's resolution should bo adopted. On,however, being informed of the resolution which had already been carried, he grasped the situation, and recognising that he was. just 100 late, withdrew his motion,-. A full report of the Council meeting appears in another column.

Messrs M. Caselberg & Co., not satisfied with the unequalled fae lities. they have already afforded their customers and the public of getting first class goods at remarkably low prices in the sale at. Owen's Shop; have nnW'mado special arrangementsfor'a,still larger and; more complete sale. To-morrow,and Friday, Owen's premises will bo closed, and the whole of the. stock, both iu the assigned i ; Btnte and that, of the Ntw Zealand. Chithiiu!. Company will be re-inarked with enormous reductions. On Saturday morning tho place will be again opened at 9 o'clock, and then this special sale of the two stacks will commence and continue for a week, until everything' down to the fixtures, shelves, anil gas fittings are . sold, jhill l articulars are given in an advertisement (ft this i&suc. >

Entries for the ftfystsftof). Amalgamate.! Friendly Souietms Sp«sg Anniversary Day are. coming in freely. TJio Handicap will be deolariid on the liith inst. The programme includaa several iminy items, such as a novel race, in which the competitors run part of the distance backwards, and the remainder an their hands flild knees There is also an Obstacle Race, a >•' grinning; through a collar" competition, and »-greasy pig hunt. As the latter lias to he .caughp by the t»il (if he has one), and the w.eatlief is likely, to bo hot, this event is especially likely to peoyalw considerable amusement, We'hear thai Mr P. Dickson, of the Wholesale Drapery Company, has given a prizo '.f a fuit of clothe# for an Old Man's Race, and also a dress for the mothor of tho beft'looking baby on .the ground. Wo unfJerfitind that there are, already a number; of applicants for tho position of judge in this last mstano ■, and the Committee's only trouble is te .select a man-who-trill at once -ba above favour, and who has hair ehorb enough, to make him despise fear.

Messrs Lowos a.id Inrns announce their next fortnightly stuck sale for Wednesday 18th, Besides fat stores, sheep, and cattle, they have a special line of blood stock, and. farm horses &c.. which is boing sold to satisfy bill of sale.

We learn that Mr Vou Stunner, R. M, who is now in Auckland, is not likely to bo back in Mastertou before tho thirteenth instant l , upon which date there is a civil sitting'of tho Court, Eight tenders were received by Mr Jolm Kin? architect for additions to a dwelling at Kurupuni the lowest, Messrs Williams and Barker's, was accepted at £267. The highest amounted to £324 The Californian pump seems to be a great success as a water cart filler. Two amateurs, who wove interested in its working, put in a little volunteer labour th's morning, and got the cart full in two minutes and a half. The Douglas pump used to take twenty minutes.

The Grand Master of the Wellington District of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows, Bro. John Furnisß, visits the Loyal Masterton Lodge on Tuesday, 17th January, Last evening a party. of prospectors arrived in Masterton from 'Tinui, with some very good-looking specimens of gold-bearing quartz We hear that the' reef from which it was taken, has been known to settlers in the Tinui district for the past.five and twenty years.

An accident occured at Messrs McGre • ?or Brys farm, Lower Manaia, yesterday' .It seems that a reaper and binder wat being worked when tho horse's-took frigh and bolted.' "Ttie'driverwas thrbfoii from his seat and it wasonly after the horses had galloped all round the field tkac they were recaptured, No personal injury resulted but the machine was considerably shaken about and damaged. The yacht " Dido," owned by Messrs Phillips and Petherick,/was stolen from her moorings at Wellington yestordav morning at' four o'clock, and :is supposed to have been taken to sea by a party of men who were seen to board her. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police. It is thought that the piratic crew, who took the little- vossel,, have gone in the direction of Tory Channel.

. Some swaggers yesterday rested themselves on the main road at Kurupuni and evidently lit a fire there, for Mr T, W. Shute observed tho grass burning in the neighborhood where they had camped. He obtained prompt assiftance to extinguish the flames, butnotbeforoa considerable patch of herbage along the road, both outside the fence and within it, .had been burned. Mr Eton junr who passed on horseback at the time also rendered valuable assistance Had the fire spread in the preseut dry state of the field a very coiv siderable amount of damage might- have been done.

Tho following have been chosen to represent the Masterton Tennis Club in the match with Thorndon on Anniversary D.iy:—Messrs H. Warren, T, L. Thompson, J. Stokes, A. R, Bunny, mid P. H. Cox, one other man and two emergencies have yet to be picked. The match will be played on the Masterton Club's "round and it commences at 10 a in, 1 here are nine events altogether, six single and three double. Tho names »f the Thorndon team are expected in a day or two. The local tournament advanced another stage yesterday, Mr C, E. Bremner beating Mr H, Holmes in the Single Handicap.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Stoneheiige Lodge, U.nited Ancient Order of Druids was hold yesterday in the Forester's Hall, when the following officers. were elected: Bro Mitchell J.P.A,, Bro G. Foy A.D., Bro W. Blink' home V.A.D., Bro J. Hi Kibblewhite Treasurer, Brii.ElH. Waddingtoij' Secretary, Bro Carey A.8., 'Bros J.'Riissoll and A. Gardner V.A.B.'s, Bro C. Robins 1.(1,, Bro'T, Mitchell Auditor. Bro, Jones, District President, from Wellington was in attendance, and duly installed the above elected officers. After giving thanks to the visitors, and to the retiring officers, the meeting closed. Mas Partington says. Don t keep any of the quack restrains, as they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from'a severe extract of typhoid fever. They are the nc plm unum of modicines. "'Boston Globe," Two organs. - Regulate hrst tho stomach, second tho liver, especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nine-teen-twentieths of all tho ills that mankind is iieir to, in this or any other climate, Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action two organs " Maine I-ariner''

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