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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2842, 8 March 1888, Page 2

Mr E, Gibb, who it will be renumbered had to retire from hia duties at the Hasterton Telegraph office owing to his- very enfeebled condition and bad health, left for Invercargi'l last Monday, where his friends reside. We regret that there was no improvement whatever in Mr Gibb's state before bo went away, ! A deputation of theCpjinty Council consisting of Messrs W. H, Boethjiji and R. D. Dagg waited upon the Government in Wellington on Monday last, regarding the putting in of ii railway, crossing on the road at the Pamp leading to Mr. Donovan's, and concerning the legalisation of the ioade laid off by the Government on the East bank of the Ruamahunga at Te Ore Ore, The Minister promised that both matters Bhould be inquired into and h*Toconsid»risttot),

A oheap weight-carrying hack, with saddle and bridle, is advertised for «ale. ■ Messrs Lowes and loms add to their entries for next stock sale 170 sheep and 20 cows,

It is reported that a number of road bridges have baen burnt between Gladstone and Kaiwhata by the bush fires. Messrs R, M. Galloway and J, Payton were yesterday elected Trustees of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society in place of Rers. Paige and Fulton resigned, At the first meeting of the'newly elected Alfredton Licensing Committee held on the 6th instant, Mr Alexander Anderson was elected chairman. There was no other business of importance.

The Altredton Road Board invites tenders from engineers and surveyors for preparing working plans, specifications &c., ot a contract for a length of the ihawßua Valley Road. St Matthew's Social Gathering will be held in the Church of England Schoolroom to-night, and as an attractive programme of amusements andmusic has been provided,there will probably be a good attendance of those desirous of an evening's pleasure.

We insert another matrimonial advertisement in this Issue. The last individual who published a similar notification through our columns has made no secret of the success which followed its insertion, and we understand ho is at the present time in correspondence with no less than Beven fair and tender candidates for his heart and home. We remind the sporting public and those desirous of a day's outing'of tho: Tenui Races,- which are to be held tomorrow (Friday). For the convenience of those who are going, MrT, F. Lett runs a goodß brake, from Masterton to Tenui, on Thursday afternoon and a coach on Friday morning, returning after the races are over. An advertisement respecting this appears in our businessmlutnns, Tho following patents havebeen applied for Charles Jamen Pownall, of Wellington, forPownall's patent rabbit paddooktrap; Edwin Latimer Clark, of Auckland, briekmaker, for killing rabbits by eleq ; trioity, and protecting larger ani nals by the same invention, to be called "Clark's Rabbit Exterminator." Messrs Williams and Boetham intend dispatching from their Waingawa works during the next ten days seventy head of beef to the freezing works in Wellington for export to England, the low prices recently obtained for cattle having, no doubt, had something to do with the tirm'B contemplated operations in this direction,

The Masterton Telegraph office will not in future be opened to the publio on Sundays, It >s being closed on this day partly as a retrenchment and mainly, as we foresaw would be the case, because the extent to which the public avails itself of the privilego, does not justify its continuance. During the last ten months the total number of ordinary paid telegrams sent on Sundays for the whole time was only twelve, In the estate of Wm, Thomas Peacock builder of Masterton, who was declared a bankrupt yestorday. the total liabilities are £12710s and the assets L 52, leaving a deficiency of L 75 10s. The creditors are:— iVilliams and Barker L2718s lOd; and Court expenses L3l2s; G. F. Mansell L2l; J. Graham and Co., L201757d; R, Evernden £l7 0s lOd; Alex Burnett ilfi ss; J. Prentice £7los; Truscutt and Allpasß £slss; 0. Wagland £4 7s 9d; Dr Hosking £3 3s; all are unsecured. The assets are made up by furniture(£l2) and property in Gtorge street Masterton, redemption valued at £4O, Joseph Wilson, Fellmonger of Masterton, has been adjudged an insolvent with unsecured liabilities .amounting to £444 Is 7d and assets to £615, The following are the creditow-rßank of New Zealand L35;.,E. Reeves and. Co., L 29 9s'4d; M. Casolberg and Co, L 23; J. Graham and Co, L 25; Robertson and Co., (Wellington) L2O; Lowes and lorns Ll4 Is 9d; D. Pickering LIB; T. P. Lett Ll3 sa; F. Taylor LIG 13s; Edmondson Warmington and Co., Lls; Thos Carawell LlO 3s;' Williams and Barker £lB 6s; Edward Dixon Lls Is; Littlejohn and Son Lll 17s 3d; Alex Burnett L 29 10s; Chamberlain Bro3. L 7 Is 8d; James Moore Lslss 6d; Mrs A, B, Yates Lsfla; bidwin Feist L 5 18; J. Elliotte L7;Dr Hosking L9l6s; J. Dawson Ll3 9s 3d; C. Burling L 5 2s 6d; 0. Rogers L(i lis; E. Anderson 17 His lid; Robert Johnston 15; W, and J, Staples L 6; • Wm, Neill Lll 10s 6d; E, G. Jellicoe L 5 58; Smith and Hogg LG 6s; and other smaller amounts under L 5. All these are unsecured, and thero are besides two secured creditors, the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Wairarapa, L 320, and W. G. Beard L 35.

Accordingly to a contemporary, a rival to the Wolseley sheep-shearing machine is to be shortly introduced into Australia. It is a French invention, which has been purchased by Messers Synnot Bros., of Melbourne. The inventor has spent several years in perfecting the machine, and has expended large sums in experiments. The chief points about the machine are said to be that it will shear close to the skin without cuttinp tho animal; that it will Bhear evenly and more rapidly than bv hand; that it does not require to be worked by an expert, as it can be used by by any one strong enough to turn a sheep; that it is very simple in construction, strong, and so cheap that farmers as well as squatters will be able to avail themselves of it. The time it takes to clip an ordinary sheep is from four to fiveminutes As soon as the machine arrives Messrs Syhnot.Bros, will give public exhibitions. A considerable number of people formed tho audience at the Club Hotel last night, when the two rival insurance agents, Messrs Young and Ravenhill went at it " hammer and tongs," in a debate which was to be followed by an appeal to the audience to select the superior Society of the two in contest. Mr A, W. Hogg, who was the Chairman, in his introductory remarks promised to allow the orators every latitude, and said that it had .been arranged to discuss the matter in "rounds," each speaker to be allowed so many minuter in which to address the audience, and reply to his opponent. Mr Young opened the campaign and spoke impressively and forcibly 20 minutes, after which Mr Ravenhill who haßamore impassionate delivery had a turn. Both threw in like red hot shells those astounding facts which seem to be the exclusive stock-in-trade of life insurance agents, and each proved that his own particular society was the best in the world and out of it, The proceedings, although the arguments at times got rather fervent, were shades below the tropical heat of a Borough Council meeting and the audience although they listened most attentively, failed to allow their enthu 'asm to carry them to the .ejtont of committing, themselves either wav, so the concluding vote, which only represented a yery small section of the room, left things very much as they were before the controversy took place. Mr W, Perry's second son, Earnest, met with a rather awkward accident this mcrninft. He was at the slaughterhouse preparing some meat for despatch to tho Wellington Freezing Works, when, while going along the bar in which are fixed the large meat hooks, he slipped, and his right arm catching in one of the hooks, he was for a few moments suspended by the skin and flesh; He was, however, quickly released from his painful position, and beyond a rather nasty flesh wound, and having to wear a sling for a time, no unions waits in likely, to foJloir,

The annual general meeting of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society will be held on Wednoaday evening next. '

The thermometer at Mr W. Dougall's read in the shade at noon to-day 72 degrees. The barometer still shows a slight but regular fall, and this would seem to indicate rain.

Mr John Chew, the well-known timber merchant, died at his residence at Crofton on Tuesday morning. " Messrs Lowes and loms report that at their stock sale, yesterday, at Ryans farm, Parkvale, fat ewes made ss, draught horses up to L2O, and cows to 72s 6d, The implements, vehicles, tools, household furniture. and sundries were also all cleared. -

Sir Julius Vogel, Lady and Miss Vogel who leave for' London to-day by the b.s. Aorangi, anticipate returning to the Colony in about six months' time.

A special meeting of the Education Board was held yesterday at mid-day saya the Times there being present Messrs J. R. Blair (Chairman), Bunny, A, W. Brown, P. H. Eraser, W. Q. Buchanan, M. H.R. andDr Newmen,. M. H, R. The business of the meetinp was to declare the poll in connection with the election of other three members. The result, after a careful scrutiny, was declared as followc-Rev J.Patterson, 33' Mr A. W. Brown, 33; Mr J. Young, 31; Mr Charles Pharazyn, 21; infornal, 5. The three old members—the Rev Mr Patterson, and Messrs Brown and Young—were therefore deolared elected.-

_ A CHO33 BABY, Nothing is so conducive to a man<i 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 cross and crying babies need only Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters to make them well and smiling, Young man, remember this. " Traveller." Fees op Doctors.— I The fee of doctors is an item that very many persons are interested in at present. We believe the schedule for visits is $3.00, which would tax a man confined to his bed for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over SI,OOO a year for medical attendance alone 1 And one single bottle of Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters taken in time would save the §I,OOO and all the year's sickness. "Post." (sdb special price-list recently issued, and giving a few details of some of the bargains in the bankrupt stock of A. G, Price, had the effect, on Saturday, ol drawing one of the largest crowds of visitors that were ever congregated within the walls of Te Aro House, Wellington. The? came from all quarters, from the North, the South, the East, the Weat—from the Hutt, Petone, Johnsonville, Porirua, the Manawatua, and Wairarapa, and from the Province of Marlborough and elsewhere. They came in shoals, not to look only, but to buy, and buy they did, wisely, discriminatingly, and cheaply, at tho wonderful sale of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House, Wellington. Fkom all quarters comes the assertion ol this undoubted faot, that nothing like this sale has ever transpired in the city; that for genuineness and the multitude of unmistakable bargains it is without a rival in this oity or elsewhere. So say we of Te Aro House, Wellington. We want all our friends and the publio to understand that we were not able to move the whole of Price's stock at once. We brought and are bringing it down gradually day by day, ao that there i 3 no fear of soaroity of bargains. They will not run ou while this sale continues, and the last customer equally with the first will go away rejoioing because of his good fortune at th» sale of Prioe's bankrupt etook at Te Aro House, Wellington. We cannot keep this sale going than ten days from the present date," and therefore wo would urge the public of the town, suburbs, and country districts, to grasp this present opportunity and empty their pockets, while supplying all their requirements at lowor prices than were evor known in New Zealand at the sale of Prioe's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Anvr