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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2815, 4 February 1888, Page 2

Tho coal at present used at the Master ton gasworks seems to bo pretty good, and is giving every satisfaction. Its average production ib about 11,300 feet of gas to the ton, The Bishop ot Wellington holds a con* firmation service a f St Matthow's Church, Mabterton to-morrow evening, The next direct mail for England and Europe by It M.S. Tongariro closes at Masterton on Thursday 9th Febrmry at 6.30 a.m.

An Amateur Operatic Society has just been formed in Wellington with Mr Hautrie West as conductor and. Mr P. Levi as secretary. Fifteen ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen have joined already. Florence Mentsmoyer, a nitivo of Melbourne, is creating quite a furore at concerts in Vienna as a pianiste and composer. She will perform in London next season.

Mr Edward Dixon invites those who require a first-class vehicle of any description, to visit, his Masterton Coach and Carriage Factory, where the best workmanship and material are provided at minimum charges. Messrs J. W. Leahy and Co., bootmaker's Queen-street, have a now advertisement in this issue. The firm in question are able to offer good value and superior workmanship in all kinds of boots and shoes.

It seems to us that tho Borough Gas Committee havo instructed tho workmen to start at the wrong end in tho opening up of the water main from Elkins' Creek to the works. The most likely place for tho obstruction to bo found would be just opposite the gas works gate where the pioing takes a b nd aorosß the street, and where the turn would be liable to cause solids to collect.

Reports from the Whakamarina goldfield, Marlborough st»to that the Maori Gorge claim has been successfully pumped dry, and during the last 24 hours two pounds weight has been obtained therefrom. The shareholders are naturally very jubilant, The discovery has given a great impetus to the floating.ot the Whakamarina Gorge Company in the vicinity whose operations will b& of a similar natu e, but on a much more extended scale.

Mt Charles Pharazyn has been invited by the Featherston School Committee to stand for election as a member of tho Education Board, Bolieving tint tho Wairarapa Schools and the education district as a whole wo»ld benefit by his experience, capacity, and business aptitude, we venture to express a Imp,) that School Committees generally will support his candidature.

Mining matters have advanced a stage in Greytown, An organisation which

appropriately entitles itself "The Germ oi Hope prospecting party" advertises in the local paper for a few more members to fill up the roll, and promises to publish a prospectus " to-morrow." As the notification states that " the liability is very small with a good chanco of splendid returns,' perhaps a mie of our Masterton mining enthusiasts would like to throw in their luck.

a rumour seems to havo got abroad that it is the intention of tho Government to close tho branch line between Woodside and Greytown, owing to its not paying expenses, We think we may venture to say that there are not the slightest grounds tor the statomont, In tl'e past the Railway Department has several times seriously considered tho desirability of substituting a horse tramway service or a steam motor for the railway train on this short length, but tho total abolition of the service has nover even been thought of. There is some likelihood we believe, of an altered time table on the Branch and this perhaps is what has mislead people. The quantity of gas manufactured at the Masterton Gasworks last nitnth was 98,470 feet, To pav expenses, the consumption of gas during the year should average about 200,000 feet a mouth, and to do this and compensate for the reduced quantity used in summer, the winter output would havo to be about 300,000 feet per month. So far, (his total has nover o:?ce been reached, and tho best month thoro has been since the works started barely ran qp to 200,000 feet There, is no doubt that when tho new charges come into force on the first of March next, of 12s (id nett for lighting purposes, and 10s for cooking and machinery uso, the consumption will greatly increase and rango nearor tho total required to niako the undertaking pay-

The ordinary monthly meotingof the Masterton Town Lands Trust was held in the Council Chambers last night. Present Messrs Feist, (in the chair), E. Chamberjain, and W. Perry. After the previous meetings minutes had been read and conGrmed, the clerk read a statement of accounts, and alsq a letter from Messrs Ch>pman and Fitzgerald, solicitors, Wellington, regarding the payment of the Crown grant fees, and other fees on land exchanged with the Education Commis .sionors. It was resolved that the letter should be forwarded to one of the Trustees, Mr R. Haro, who is at present in Wellington, with the request that he would interview the firm in question and obtain an explanation on the matter referred to. Four tenders were then i-pencd for the leasing for a period of 21 years, of the cottage and land on town acre 89 in - Dixon-stroet, Jthat of Mr Georgo Ooker boing accepted. A petition was laid oh the table by Mr Feist signed by Mr A. W Renal!, and about 70 inhabi tants, asking that the Trust should convene a public meeting for.the cohsHera tion of the new Bill on the subject of Town Landß. Action in ihe matter was deferred, The mooting then adorned,

The thermometer at Mr W, Uougall's wd in the Bhadeat noon to-day 73 degrees. ; ' :

TheMaatorton Road Board' iu this issue invites tenders for various, load works, including formation and metalling., The cost of the proposed rabbit fence in Canterbury which is over eighty miles long, including material and ertctioii, is about £IO,OOO.

The evening train will not arrive iu Masterton until late to-night, as it does not leave Wellington until 6.30 p.mm conaequeuce of the Hatt raceß.

The following appointments appeared in the last Gazette:—Robert Munro Galloway, aa Trustee for the Masterton Cemetry; Honry Williams of Masterton as an additional public vaccinator.

In our advertising columns a notice appears inviting the public to the Temperance Hall tomorrow evening, when "A permanent cure for doprowion of spiriti, from whatever cause arising" will be offered free of charee.

Mr Ballance yesterday, says the N.Z Times, received a copy of a despatch to the Governor by which Sir Robert Stout, Sir Julius Vogel, and Messrs E. Richard, son, Ballance, Tole, Buckley, Reynolds and Larnacli are allowed to retain the

;itle of " Honorable " within the Colutiy. Mr Joseph Williams has been the first

to bridge the gulf, and this raoniiug a neat but useful footbridge surmounts Renall'a rivulet opposite his Queen Street establishment and enables passen s>era to cross in safety and comfort. The structure combines both lightness and elegance.

A correspondent of questionable Intel

lectual condition informs us that tin:

difference between the Mayor and thu Borough Council ot Masterton lies in a nutshe 1:" Reuall vrouibrook the Council wont let him control brook " Messrs Lowes and lorns announce that they sell at the Ram and Ewe Fair, on tlio Bth inst,, a consign ment of 10 splendid Romney Marsh rains, bred by Mr R, Cobb, of whose fame is bo established for this type of sheep. A number of sheep left tho Masterton Station this morning, and with some more, which are expected to leave during the afternoon, altogether 1500 will have been sent down by to-day's trains to the Wellington freezing works. '* Martini" gives the following tips in

to-day's N.Z, Times for this afternoon's Hutt races VV. R C. Handicap—Lady

Norah; Hutt Park Handicap—Marlborough, with Wakatipu and Forester for places"; hurdles-Kangaroo; LocalSmooth.

Lest the clipping we yesterday quoted from a southern paper should lead to any misapprurension on the subject, we should explain that Mr P C. Threlkeld is sending altogether thirty very choice rams to Mr F. H. Wood for sale at the Masterton Ram and Ewe Fair next Wednesday. The extract in simply alluding to three rams, spoke only of the first shipment, sinco which others of an equil quality hove been despatched to Mr Wood from the South.

Government are making enquiries with regarJ to the amount of the costs in connection with ihe proposed sale of educational reserves by the Alfredton Road Board for nun-payment of rates, but no promise says a Wellington paper, has been made that tho sum duo by the School Commissioners will be advanced, although it is prohibit) that some arrangement of the kind will be entered into by Ministers.

The Masterton Philharmonic Society's first practice was well attended last night, about twelve ladies and fifteen gentlemen enrolling themselves as performing member*, the orchestra numbering six. "Trial by Jury" was successfully rehearsed, and very good work was done, considering the subject was new There was a weakness in the tenors, a very unusual thing in Masterton. It is, however, hoped they will gather in greater number at the next practise, The Malmrahara copper enthusiasts aro packing out a ton of stone for test, writes the Woodville correspondent of the Post The L 72 per ton, which is almost double the market price of six months ago, with the cabled assurances that the advance is ageuuinoone, has inspired these men with hope and courage, and even on fine Sundays the 20 pound swag of ore per man is carried several miles to where it can be conveyed by dray,

By train yesterday,' Messrs Lowes and lorns received for the Mastertmi Ram and Ewe Fair 53 pure bred rams, consigned to thuin by Mr Reid of Elderalie. Ofcago, embracing the following breeds: Lincoln, Roraney Marsh, an i Snmhdowns To the Wairarapa breeders these r nis should provo a valuable addition, Mr fieid's rams boing celebrated all uvor New Zealand for their quality.

Mns Farottor says, - Don t kteji any of the quaek rcstruins, as they are regimental to the human datum; but put your trust in Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters, which will euro general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from a severe extract of yphoid fever. They aw the ne phis num of modicines. '' Boston Globe."

Two organs. - Kegulate 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 iliat mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs " Maine !• armor"'

Our sale of Surplus Summer Stook, tlio most important evor held, is now in full operation, having commenoed on Wednesday, February Ist, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

We can promise country residents somo rare bargains in all seasonable goods, and can mako it worth their while to pay an early visit to the sale at Te Aro House, Wellington,

Wb are showing some extraordinary bargains in sunimor dress material, First quality prints that were sold at 7sd yard are selling at 2|d, those at B}d for 3|d, and so on in like manner, Plain and Fancy Dress Fabrics are hi 12 yard lengths, and are reduced in price from 7b Gd to 2s lid, from 8s Cd to 3s lid, from 10a 6d to 'ls 11 d, from 12s Cd to 5s lid, and in the same proportion throughout the entire Btook of materials at the salo, Te Aro House, Wellington. Equally remarkable will be the bargains obtainable in millinery, mantles and costumes, most of the artioles being ruarkod at less than half price, and without doubt a lot of money will bo saved by a visit to tho sale of surplus suramer stock at Te Aro House, Wellington,

In our clothing department we are offering 75 pairs inen'B strong blue serge trousers, worth 7s 9d, for 2s 9d, 100 boys' knioker suits, newest styles, usually sold at 7s Ud, for 4s 9d, and other garments equally cheap. Shirts, Ties, Scarves, Books, <k, will be subject to the same aB« tonishing reductions in price at the surplus summer stock sale, Te aro House, Wellington.

As an additional attraction, our Refreshment Koomon.the premises will be open every day during the sale, and all visitors from the country will be invited to take a oupof tea, with other light refreshments, free of cost, at the surplus stock sale, Te Abo House, Wellington.

' All orders wh\bo carefully attended to if accompanied by cash, and parcels will be forwarded promptly to any part 'of the province from the surplus stock sale, Te Aro

Messrs Bacon and Bright, of Eketahuna, offurtwo pounds > reward for the rocovery of two straying hoKes;

Applications are invited in our business columns for the appointment of governess to tho Pideford sohool. .... Masterton millers expect, to receive the first new season's wheat from local crops on Monday next. ; /

The protest entered by S. Minifie against D. Nicholson, the winner of the Friendly Societies' Handicap at the receut Sports, has not been allowed, aB Mr Nicholson has proved to the satisfaction -if the Committee that he belongs to the Rechabite Lodge at Carterton,

Three fires occurred in Wellington during last night. The. first was in a block of one storied premises at the corner of Old Customhouse-Btreet and St. Hill-street, and resulted in a Mr DavidBon, turner and joiner, being burned out. The second was at the shop of Mr Lepper a boot and shoe maker near the To Aro Hotel, and .was speedily extinguished, and of the third, a more serious conflagration, the New Zealand Times says:—The third fire of this morning broke out in Mr John Beck's timber yard in Uixon-street Boon after 2 o'clock. The Haines rapidly spread thruugh the whole of the mill. Crabtree's iron foundry, which is adjacent cauyht tire, but was not damaged much. The whole of the stock of timber in Beck's yard was ablaze, and the flames extended to several detached outbuildings in Little Taranaki Street. There, was great excitement about the locality, and it was not until 3.40 a.m., when in addition to Beck's mill and the outhouses already mentioned, two one-storied cottages in Taranaki-place, and a house in Leeds Street, occupied by Mr Douglas had been burned, that the fire was got under." Mr Beck's loss is said to be ruinous