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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2828, 21 February 1888, Page 2

Good Friday this year falls on the 30tli March,

Messrs H Bunny, W Cundy, J Donald, J D Uakloy, and G. Beyuolds have been elected a licensing Oimmiirtee fur the iive\tu«i'. district.

Young trout, about an in.'h lung,' have been seen in numbers about fifteen miles up the Waingawa river by the gold pi'o3pectovs. " Dorothy" and " Tho Princess Id V will lie put on in Wellington by Williamion, Garner, and .ilusgrove's Opera Company about the ond of April. Progress is being made with th) intended erection of a W&jloyan Church al bketalwna, and already a purtion of the timber ia prepared lor Ita building. It is anticipated that tho builders will bo able to .nako an- actual commencement in about three weeks from now. £7O has been promised bo fai by subscribers, and ultugethur, including the land, L2OO is wanted. The following Wairarapa lnrsesluve been entered for tho Butt Hack Racing Club's meeting on the 3rd Marcii : Hurdle Handicap—A. J. Hoskin'a Ivo, 11. Buekevidge's Rainbow, A. R. MeFarlane's Exchange. Huft HandicapG. Froeth'a Eight Bower, K. McKenzie's Othello, J, Lyons' Ngurata, A. J. Hoskin'n Mark Twain,. F. Hood's Polly, J. Nix's Miss Sykes, J. Tucker's Tatiheriuikau,' D, McOoll's Stockings, Flying Handicap-G. Freetli's Right Bower.' T. Benton's Wizard, K. McKenzie'sOthello and Jumbo, J. Lyons' Smirata, A. J. Buskins' Mark Twain, A. R. Macfarlane's Exchange, J. Tucker's Tauheriiiikiu. Welter Handicap—G Freeth's Right Bower, W. J. Nix's Miss Sykes, K. McKenzie's Otheloawl Jumbo, J, Lyon's Ngarata, A, J. floskin's ho, W, Crawford's Speculation, A, R, Macfarlane's Exchange.

Ingenious, not to say ridiculous, proposals are being daily received by the Victorian Minister of Lands for the oxteimination of the rabbits. The latest, say the Dnnedin Star's correspondent, is from a resident of Prahran, who recommends tho introduction of madness among them. To affect this he proposes that a large number of rabbit? should be caught, small portions of their brains removed, or other operations in the brain matter performed, after which he would have the animals liberated, his idea being that they would bocome lunatics. ■ The lunacy, he believes, would be inherited by their young, and eventually the rabbits would die oil'in consequence.

To-morrow (Wednesday) Mr F. H, Wood, instated by Messrs D, and P, McLaren, A, McLeod, Joseph Phillips, D. McMastor, T Walker and others, will sell by public auction at Maryborough, 6000 sheep, 120 head of cattle, 3 purebred shorthorn bulls, grade bull, throe 4-tooth Lincoln rams, bred by Mr H. Overton, of Canterbury, and several horses. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The Bale is an important one, as tho Btock to be submitted is really good. Arrangements have been made for the Fvatlwvston coaches to meet the morning tram from Wellington to convey passengers to the sale, and Mussi'a Bowers and Beuge will run chair big from Greytown, leaving the iTruytoiyn rjohij at JO o'clock ana returning ai'ttr the sale,

The Sulni'y Bulletin is r«sp;msihli! for the following: -The Auckland. (Hubimmnrtalised by " Oceana" Froudei>ave a rec/wrc/w snread t» the officers n ? Fleet during their late trip to the North Island of N.Z. which reminds us that one of tho greatest of modern sights is to see a sonior officer enter a club accompanied by three or four midshiptnon each aged 13 or 14 years. " Will you have adrhik?" says the sonior officer. " Yaas," choniß the niidsldpnrii, who immediately pro eeed to pull out nine inch cigars aud place themselves outside brandies and so'lis inchei tallo? te" themselves It is rumored that the other night in Auckland a midshipman fell into a glass of whisky-squash, and would have been l.een clowned in it 1-ufc for the intervention of a gallant, navigating lieutenant. As it was lie had a yery narrow escape, and sank twice ere ho was pulled out,

Good bush on tho Wellington and Manawatu J tail way line is said to be rapidly decreasing and it is statu! that the quantity of timber railed into Wellington f'wn that line has only been ali'Uit tun per cent, compared with tho Wairarapa output, and even that in a few years, at tho rate the hush is being indiscriminately felled and burnt to admit of settlement, will be very materially lessened, and there will not be much decent timber left by that time. Watavapa sawmillers, therefore, need not be aftafd of any lasting coo petition, and what has already existed 13 very trifli'g Some of the bi»sfc bush tho Manawatu Railwav has is no doubt that near Keroru, which is mostly rimu, with white pine and matai, There was alin some splendid bush par Shannon, kit the small settlers aro quickly burning and hacking it to pieces Of course .there is a good deal of forest land all along the Jine, but plenty of it is not worth cutting

Two oowa aro advertised as being in the Masterton pound. _ The Masterton Tennis Olub is arang" ing a return match, Town v Country, to ho played on about Easter Saturday. This will probably bo the only additional contest this season. ' The case of L J Hooper &Co vD S . Papworth, whicli occupied the attention j of the Resident Magistrate yesterday, re I suited in a verdict for the plaintiff for £3 Is, and costs £5 lis Gd. The claim was for goods supplied to Mrs Papworih. Mr VV. Shaw, the - well-known local dealer in new and second-hand articles,, has a number of new announcomonfca in our wanted column which will well ropay perusal.

In dry weather the red spider does an infinite amount of mischief to apple trees. When the leaven take on a rust-colored appearance they should be immediately dusted with gulphur This is more efficacious than soap suds. Entries for the Horticultural Society's Autumn Show on Thursday next, may be made to-morrow evening at the secretary's office, Queen-street, between Beven and nine o'clock. '

The annual tea-meeting of the Kuripuni Weslevan Sunday School will be hold in the Town Hall, Kuripuni, this evening at half-past five, and will be followed at 7.30 by the usual public meeting. .

Dr Bosking informs us that the injury to young Buckeridge of Carterton, was a compound fracture of the leg, with the bone projecting through the skin. The fracture was successfully set by Drs Bey and Husking, and we aro glad to report that the lad was doing well when our infoimant left.

Nominations for the Tinui Hack Race Meeting closo with Mr Thomas Mackay, the secretary, at 9 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday). We understand that a good number of entries have already been received, and it is anticipated that the gathering will be a very successful one. At the Greytown Sports on St, Patrick's Day, the total amount of the prize money offered is £BO 15s, the two highest prizes being for the two-milo walking and one-mile race, £9 being set apart for each event. Two others of £7 each are offered for 100 yards handicap and half-mile handicap, and three of £6 for one mile walking, 440 hurdles and 220 handicap.

Wo are sorry to hoar from Dc Hosking that Louis Simon is hardly so well, and his case is considered a very critical one The fact of his getting up for a drink of water as mentioned yesterday is, the doctor informs us, hardly indicative of consciousness, the act being merely a mechanical one. and he is still therefore in a state of semi-insensibility. The medals awarded at the last Masterton Pastoral show have now arrived in Mastertsn and can be obtained by successful competitors on application to Mr T. Mackay, the secretary. They have been made by MrS. Kohn, the artistic jeweller of Wellington, and are very good specimens of the silversmith's and engraver's arts.

Considerable comment has been made upon the existence of the poaching and illegal fishing, by which our local trout suffer. We think the difficulty would be met to a great oxtent if the Acclimatisation Society would offer a reward of £5 to anyone securing tho conviction of an

offender as is done in the South, and where one constable on Beveral occasions earned the reward, and bs also received the special vote of thanks of the Utago Acclimatisation Society, There, where anglers' rights are properly protected, the license fees bring in about £SOO a-year. Here, where the money is much needed in order to extend and improve our fish stocked streams, tho income from this source is very limited and it will be less still unless the Society recognises its duty in the respect we have alluded to. The local police are certainly doing their best, and we should not be at all surprised to hear of someone figuring in a prosecution any day, but a reward would also gi«e an incentive to private persunß to move in the matter, and it would also deter the evildoers, Suuday is the illegal fisherman's great fi«ld day, and high up the Waipoua river, and the Miki Mini, its tributary, they may be seen in pursuit of their ill-favored occupation. Governor Ramsey explains how it was that so many hotel keepers in America bear military titles. When the war closed, the business of the country was in a chaotic condition, all industrial affairs having suffered a complete prostration during tho seven years' struggle, The American officers came out of the war without any occupations, *nd as poor as a lot of church mice. About the only business that they could go into that liidn't require capital was tavern-keeping, So it came to paßs in a short time that tho head of every hostelry in the country was a colonel, a major, or a captain. And from that day to this it has been regarded as the proper thing to invest an hotelkeeper with a military title, A CROSS BABY. Nothing is so conducive to a man s remaining a bachelor as stopping for one night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awake for five or six hours by the crying of a cross baby. All crosßand crying babies need only Dr Joule's American Hop Bitters to make them well and smiling, Young man, remember this. '' Traveller." Fees of Doctoks.—Thefeoof doctors is an item that very nnny persons are interested in at present. We believe the schedule for visits is $3.00, which would tax a man confined tol)is bed for. a year, and in need of a daily visit, over §I,OOO a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Dr Soule's Amoricim Hop Bitters taken in time would save the §I,OOO and all the year's sickness. "Post."

'lt was one of tho finest Bights ever seen from a mercantile point of view viz,, the enormous brash of customers that swarmed over the whole floor spaoo of tho spaoioug premises of To Aro House on Saturday last. From morn to late at night every counter was crowded with busy buyers of the wondorfill bargains that wore to bo obtained from tho Bankrupt stock of A. 6. Prioe at Te Aro House,

Piles of summer dress fabrics, summer prints, mantles, costumes, millinery, underclothing, &c„ wero eagerly ransaoked, and multitudes of purchases mado that must have been intensely gratifying to tho fortuuate visitors to tho sale of Price's bankrupt stook at To Aro House. Stiui the purchasers have only just touched the surfa.ee, There are innumerable bargains yet of every description, as each day we shall bring forward further portions of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House. We would not let it be thought that only the ladies' spooial interest had been con. suited in the matter of astounding cheapness for in our clqthing department we are showing some extraordinary cheap lots in men's, boy's, and youth's clothing, a)l from the bankrupt stock of A, G. Price, at Te Aro Hpus.e. •

Ir would be useless to ask the public to come early in the day, as we find that the fair sex generally study their own conycnience, and we can only say, come when you will, We have a large staff, and'will en. deavour to sorve you well, quickly, and to your advantage,' at the sale of Price's bank, upt stock, at Te Avo House.—Apvr. "Rough on PiiEs." Why suffer Piles? Immediate- relief and cmnplejs cure guaranteed. Ask for " Rough on Piles." Sure euro for itching, protruding,' Weeding, or any form of Pile*,

Messrs Williams and Barker invite separato tenders for painting &0., houses in B.mnister street and Kurupuni.

. Henry Owen,- Draper of Masterton, has to-day been adjudged a bankrupt. The creditors meet next Monday at noon.

. Lieutenant - Colonel. McDonnell will shortly give a sene3 of addresses in Wellington on " Tho Old Days in New Zealand, customs, and curious nutive superstitions." Mr Jaa, Macara has decided to dispose of Mb two well known race horses Kollo. and Minnie Palmer, and an advertisement appears in this issue offering them for sale.

The Secretary of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges receipt of two bundles illustrated papers and Magazines from Mrs Georgo Bootham.

Messrs Lowes & iorns announce an extensive sale of new and second-hand furniture, produce, "and sundries at their rooms for Saturday next. : .

The thermometer at Mr W. Dougall's read in the shade at noon to-day 52 degrees. It may be mentioned, by way of comparison, that last Tuesday it was 79 degrees. - The following are the final acceptances

fo* the Dunedin Oup, of7oosovs:~Gipay King, Bst 41b; Tetfprd and Artillery, Bst; Quibble, 7st 121b; Snapshot,.7st lOlbs; Torrent, 7st 31bs; St Clair, 7st; Springston, Gut 131b$ Brewer, Cat The following team has been selected

ko represent the Greytown Cricket Club

in the match with the Masterton Club on Saturday next:—H flawke, W and J Judd, Webster, G Jackson, TACox, O Beard, Rutherford, Bethune, W.Knell, and *V O Cuff.

The principal of the Masterton Grammar Schoul informs. us that John Yon Sturmer is tho winnor of Mr G. Beetham's medal and David Caselberg of the Master's prize. The formal presentation will take place in the course of a few days,'

As illustrating the perseverance of the codlin moth grub, Dr Hosking showed us this morning some corks which had been thoroughly perforated by it, Apples intended for the pigs, were stored beside some hop beer bottles, and the insects had so _ burrowed into and made their habitation in tlio corks that the beer commenced to escape. Three hundred firemen took part in the opening Fire Brigade's demonstration

at Christchurch. The Fire Brigade Association, at Christchurch, have decided that members entitled to three

silver two-year old service bars should be entitled to exchange them for one gold bar, and that all medahj except long service medals must be worn on the right breast.

Louis Pode, a native of Italy, died this morning at about four o'clock at the residence of Mrs Downes in Villa-street. The unfortunato man who was about 40 years of age, has been suffering for some time with an internal tumour, and he was reduced to skin and bone, Podo was one of the adventuvers who went toKimberley in search of a fortune, but returned with his system shattered. He obtained work on the railway formation as long as he was able to keep up, and since that time he has been maintained entirely at the expense of tho JNorth Wairavapa Benevolent Society. He has received every kinduess at the hands of Mrs ■Downes, Mrs Fitzgerald and other neighbors, and theKev Father McKenmv has visited him frequently.