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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2804, 21 January 1888, Page 2

Monday noxt,f23id January, being set apart for the celebration of Anniversary Day the Wairabaim Daily will not be published on that date. Mr Yon Sturmer R. M, returns to Masterton on either the 25th or 26th instant. The cricket match, Carterton v Masterton is being played on the grounds opposite the Hospital this afternoon. Members of Friendly Societies are requested to meet at the Foresters Hall, ac' 1 10 a,m, on Monday next, to join in the procession to the Sports ground, The total amount of postal notes sold in New Zealand during the past quarter was £12,602 14s sid. Mr W.L.Dorset advertises'that lie lias to let two houses with gardens and paddocks situated in Dorset's Road, Kopuaranga, The hottest day in Masterton last year was in January, when the thermometer registered 92 in the shade. So lar "this year our warmest day was iu December, when 85 was reached in the shade. ■ During December the arrivals in this New Zealand numbered 1476, and the departures 755. For the port of Wellington the numbers were arrivals, 556; departures, 167. Mrs Wilsone intimates that her school will re-open on Wednesday, January 25th instead of Tuesday, the 24th. In another column we give " tips" for the principal events of the Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Sports on Monday next. Two informations have been laid against Mr T. Power, of the Manramahoe refreshment rooms for illegally selling grog at Mauriceville. The charges will be heard on the 30th inst. In our report of the R. M, Court on Monday last, the amount sued for in the caseMawhinay v. Phillips did not come out quite clearly. We are requested to state that it was for £2 only. We understand that several residents intend, in their private capacity as burgesses, to lay information against Mr A. W, Renall and his men in oonnection with the wator scheme defacement of Queen-street. His Worship is likely to liaye a lively time of it altogether. Wo remind our readers of the Anniversary Dance to be given 'by Pearson's Private Band, under the patronage of the Masterton Friendly Societies, in the Volunteer Drillshed, on Monday next, the 23rd inst. A Committee has been formed from members of the Band, to get things into proper order, so that a pleasan f evening may be ppent. Tickets may be obtained from members of the Band. The mean temperature for December was considerably, below tho average of previous years, • The highest shade of temperature was Auckland, 79'5; the' lowest night temperature was Lincoln, Canterbury 37 '4, Tho rainfall was much below the average at all meteorological stations, Mbit slaying in the Wanganui district should .be, a paying -occupation judging by'the following which appears in the Herald:—We are pleased to learn that at length .the Sheep and Rabbit Department liaye given orders for the stay of the rabbit pest in our locality. Mr Monro, Sheep Inspector, has received instructions to 'pay Is per head for every wild rabbit killed in this district. Michael Mahoney appeared in Court this morning before Mr W, H. Beeiliam, J.P., to answer to'the charge of being drunk and disorderly on the previous evening, and of using obscene language in a public bar, Michael paid twenty shillings to liquidate the former offence, and accepted twenty-four hours'seclusion without the alternative of a fine, for the latter.

Several persons commenced threshing their oats at the beginning of this week, and as regards wheat, Messrs Chamberlain Bros, say tliey expect their first supply from the present harvest in about a fortnight. Witli reference to the recent sfcarcity of flour, wo may mention it was caused by the disinclination ot the Messrs Chamberlain to use importations from the South, as they find local wheat more conducive to the turn out of good flour. They are thus, as much as possible, holding back for the new season's supply, The new County Ranger, Mr Harford, seems to be a most energetic oflicer, and is causing a little mild excitement among the Maories by impounding their-horses. One unfortunate individual had yesterday to pay lis before his quadruped was liberated. The Maoris have an impression that it is only'horses straying on private property, and not on roads which can be" run in." Mr Harford is trying yery considerately to correct their views on this point. So that the Natives shall be thoroughly aware of the law on this subject it is intended to have same notices printed in Maori.

A Native woman of Maryborough gave birth to twins on January 2. One of the infants, although a fully developed baby, died, The other is still alive, and a most wonderful specimen of humanity it is, for it weighs only a pound and a half, aud its length is seven inches*" The wee thing can be held in ono hand and it is the liveliest little beggar imaginable. Tho baby is thoroughly healthyat present, and is as jolly as a sandboy. 'lts hair is' red, and being a Maori its complexion of course is dark..: General Mite, and other Tom' Thumbs are' likely to have a rival in business as soon as the little, one is able to get about Tho following bli,ows the advantage of selling milk versus Beijing bufctpr,. and is of importance to dairy farmers residing in the vicinity of a dairy Factory. Mr C Maslin, who is a supplier to Mr Chew Chang's ])airy Factory at Eltham, in seven days sold &71bs and kept for private us? lOlbs of butter, total 071bs, at 4d per lb £l2s 4d; and for a like period, sold 239?a1s 61 lbs of milk at 2|- por gallon, £3los, and had returned 207 gals 91bs of skim milk jit id per gallon 8s 9d, leaving a balance of B Is 3d obtained for butter, wliicii leaves' a ballance of 18s lid in favor of supplying the factory, an<J also saying a vast amount of lab,or which heretofore counted as nothing in the production of butter,—Woodville Examiner. The Tlierpiometor at Mr W. Dou»aH's read hi the. shade at noon to-day 73 degrees. The Barom.eter showed a rise up to last night, bu,t has fallen again since. • . ' ■'' i

Wo remind the amusement-loving public of the Anniversary Day Sports in the Park, Oval on Monday. Workmen were busy. this morning fitting ventilators in theOouncil Chambers and the public reading room, This will bo a great improvement. Masterton Horticultural Society advertises for a secretary in place of Mr Ohas, Haines, who has resigned the appointment. The Tennis Match Masterton v Thorndon will be played in Masterton Club's Courts, on Monday, commoncin? at 10 a.m. Mr Joseph Right, of Otaki, has issued in the Wellington papers a challenge to Mr J.Hickton, tho well-known Wairarapa horse-tamer to have a match to tame two horses. Mr Dixon, cordial manufacture, iu another column states that ho is not, as rumored, interested in the refreshment booth for the Masterton Anniversary Sports, _Arrangomenta have been concluded with the Italian Acrobatic Company for a yisit to Masterton, Those who recollect the astounding performance of the celebrated Faust Family will be glad to learn that this Company rivals the Fausts, performing single, double and treble feezes, also a novel trapeze act of five persons. Horizontal bar feats, statuary, &0., are aso included in the programme. Mr 6. Heron's traction engine, when conveying the threshing plant out to Messrs McGregor' Bros, farm at Lower Manaia the other day, several times, by means of escaping sparks, fired the grass at the roadside, In one instance the flames reached the Maori crop of oats at Homebush, and it .was only owing to the field being green that, the fire was prevented from- spreading. " Unless the engine already has one, a spark catcher would probably be the remedy. We understand that in the Masterton Borough Council's proceedings against Messrs A. W. Renall, David Jabkson and Walter Langlev, two separate, informations are laid against each person, and in each instance for two offences, viz,, Ist, encroaching, without the Council's authority, upon Queen-street, by making certain works for the conveyance of water, and by causing water to be run there along, and 2nd, for digging up and removing the soil of Queen-street. A narrow escape from'a serious firQ occurred in Messrs McGregor Bros. 1 comfield at Lower Manaia., Some .one had apparently dropped some matches, and a buggy wheel passing over the spot United them. The outbreak was not at first noticed, and the fire spread through the stubble and burnt several stooks of oats before the united exertions of those present beat out the flames. There were, of courso, a large number of hands harvestin?, and but for their combined efforts there is no doubt the fire would, by spreading, have destroyed from 3000 to 4000 bushels of oats, which were all in stook in the field.

A grand treat is in store for the Master ton public on Monday night. Mr Thos. Bracken, ex M.R.R. for Buiiedin Central paid us a visit a few years ago and wo had an intellectual treat that We have never since forgotten. Mr Bracken on this occasion will give an entertainment in the Theatre Royal, entitled "An Evening with Samuel Lover," It will embrace readings, recitations, humorous dialogues, and, in a word, one o{ the best elocutionary treats that has ever been giyen the public of the Wairarapa. As a speaker and a reciter Mr Thomas Bracken is probably second to no'man in New Zealand. The other evening he won the highest acknowledgments of the Wellington journals for his readings and recitations before a crowded assemblage in the Opera House. Mr Brackon is not only a capital elocutionist but he is an able and vigorous writer, and a true patriot. We have no doubt on Monday night he will be welcomed by a crowded house. ,By special request he will recite" The charge of the Light Brigade," "and Barbara Fntchie,"—a feature tliat is alone worth the , price of admission. We would remind those who wish to reserve their seats that Mr Price's Bhop will be closed on Monday being a holiday, and that no time must be lost in securing seats to-day (Saturday). Mrs Partington sa\s. Dont keep any of the quack rostrums, as . they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your- trust in DrSoule'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 ne plus mm of medicines. " Boston Globe."

Two organs. Regulate first the stomach, second the liver, especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nine-teen-twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. DrSoule's American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give" perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs "Maine farmer," Wanted all ladies to see our last shipment for the season of white embroidered muslin robes, very choice, from 25s 6d to 425, at Te Aro House, Wellington.. Wanted, ayp wanted, all the young ladies of the city to visit our showroom and select fom tho most beautiful assortment in the city their hats for the season at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wanted, all mothers to see our picnic hats fur the girls from 2d to Gd each, and our boys' straw hats from 3d to Is oaoh. at To Aro House, Wellington. Wanted, ayo wanted, 500 customers for ladies' summer costumes from 3s 6d to 60s, and summer mantles and jackets of every description from 2s lid to 4 guineas, at Te kto House, Wellington, Wasted, everyone to see and buy 4< button kid gloves, superior quality, usual price 2s lid, for Is lid, As 500 pairs of those liaue already been sold, no time should be lost in securing them at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wanted, aye wanted, purchasers for a special lot of Orientul and other laces at about half their usual price, viz, 2Jd, 3Jd, 5Jd and GJd per yard. There is bound to be rush for these at Te Aro House.—Advt.