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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2869, 10 April 1888, Page 2

Tho Thistle £qdge No (itfj'S.C,, meet on Wednesday evening next. The Ponekes, Wellington, are unable to accept the Masterton Football Club's challengo for a njatpli here on §4th May.

We learn that the missionaries have done much good in Now Guinea; They have spent £(10,000, and have turned several tribes from eating roast white fellow to drinking gin: while the Government has nothing to show for its expenditure of £50,000 but a look-up.

The stimulus which has been given to the "noble art" Binds the arrival of Sullivan and Kijrain in England is proving lucrative to the boxing-glove manufacturers, One dealer in Covent Garden says that since October, when Sullivan first began to be talked about, he has disposed of over 300 sets of gloves.

Tho Greytown Football Olub playa the Atliletw Club on 24th May.

Mr \V. T. L, Travers, the well-known barrister, intends to pay a visit to the Home Country, and will leave Wellington for that purpose at an early date There wa 8 no quorum at tho meeting, this morning, of creditors in the estate of Wra Witton, blacksmith. The proceedings were adjourned to Greytown, for Wednesday, 18th April,

Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their fortnightly Stock Sale at their yards tomorrow. Tho list will embrace 2200 good breeding ewes, 300 fat wethers, 300 fat ewes, 700 dry ewes, 700 lambs, Stove Wethers, 70 head mixed cattlo, 40 speyed heifers, 20 head beef, dairy cows, horsea and pigs,

Mr F. fl. Wood's usual stock sale will be held at tho Taratahi. yards on Thursday next, The preliminary list, which may be seen in another column, represents a good assortment of sheep, cattlo, and horses.

Mr H. T. Smith, who was secretary to the late Mr W. W. Grierson, General Manager of the Great Western Railway, is mentioned as a likely man for the appointment of Chief Commissioner of Now Zealand Railways. A meeting of the Masterton Football Olub Committee-was held last night. It was decided to nominate a senior and a junior team forthe Union Cup contests. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Poneke, Union, and Wellington Football; Clubs, and endeavor to arrange matches during the coming Beason. An American jury has given a verdict of £9OOO damages in a breach of promise action brought against Charles Arbuckle, senior member of a Kew York firm of coffee merchants, by Clara Campbell, the daughter of ajprominent Western forgomaster. This is the largest amount, with one exception, ever given in the United States to a plaintiff in a breach of promise suit,

It is said that the two teams of English cricketers who have been playing; in Australia this season will lose considerably by their visit, Vernon's team to the, extent of about £2500, and Shaw, Lillywhito and Shrewsbury's £I2OO.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce two very large and important sales for this month, one being at Mr Matheson's farm, Opaki, on the 18th inst, and tho other being the sale of Messrs Hercock and Taplin's plant and stock at the Taueru on the 26th. In both cases, the sales will be unreserved. The Masterton Football Club have de' cided that their benefit performance on May 24th shall take the form of a musical and dramatic entertainment. Messrs Coleman, Ganfc, Keisenberg, Kibblewhite and Wickerson were appointed a subcommittee to arrange details. The records of the famous Challenger expedition will soon be completed, the twenty-second, twenty-third and twentyfourth volumes being nearly ready for publication, This immense work lias been in course of publication ever since the end of the voyage in 1874, and furnishes an inexhaustible mine of information on marine biology. For six years the Challenger'strawls and sounding machines explored the depthsof the oceans of the world, and the cost of compiling and printing the report has already exceeded £200,000. Truth has the following;—" Another Colonial see is about to become vacant, as Bishop Harper of Christchurch, the Primate of New Zealand, has announced his intention of retiring, after thirty-two years of episcopal work. Bishop Harper was for many years the 'conduct' of Eton, and he subsequently held the College living of Stratfield Mortimer. If the church people in the diocese are wise, they will insist on the appointment of a clergyman who is already in New Zealand or Australia, instead of waiting for at least a year to obtain a new Bishop from England," The horses in Mr Frank Hood's railway bus indulged in rather an erratic but short-lived bolt at the Masterton Station yesterday. Mr Hood had driven up and was awaiting the arrival of tho morning train. He left the bus to go on to lire platform, when the horses with youthful impetuosity set off on a run on their own account and gaily pranced past the back of the station building and up the bank on to the railway line, nearly capsizing the vehicle in their mad career, Their strength was, however, not equal to their aspirations, and they got jammed on the rise, where they were overtaken by the driver. Those present were unable to get the bus back by the way it came, as the horses had safely gone where it was

almost impossible to drive, so the equippage was driven across the line and round the front of the station, thus completing the circuit, No damage was done, Mr S. H. Wickerson has received the followin? letter regarding a visit of the

English Football team to Masterton : " Ohristchurch, April 7th. 1 will give

you a list of our intended programme, so that you can judge for yourselves how we are situated ;—Wellington 2qth April Dunedin 28th April, Dunedin 2nd May Ohristchurch s,th May, Ohristchurch 9th May, Wellington 12th May, Auokland 19th May, Auckland 2lst or 24th May, We have to get to Auckland by the 18th May for the Saturday match, Have wo tuie to play you after the 12th and yet get there ? We think of going round the \Ves(; Coast, as the East Coast boats, run awkwardly to suit us. If a match cannot be arranged now, probably we can manage it on our return at the end of August. Yours, etc., (Signed) James Lillywhite." We may add to this that it is not expected that the Wairarapa Union will arrange to play at the time mentioned as available, but rather that it will be left over until August.

During Easter, there were over one hundred visitors to the Maaterton fishponds. In looking through the visitors' book we saw within recent times the names of such distinguished people m Lady Kathleen Bushe, Lord Sandhurst, Major-General Sqhawo, RE., Lieutenant Drake, R.N., and others of more or less note. '' Surely, thought we, with such a numerous attendance, and with so cosmopolitan a visiting list, font' hesjdes, included the names of many of our wellknown townsmen, this institution must be well supported, and we ventured to say so, Speedy, though, was our downfall, vain our charitable hope, sad our delusion. The total contributions to the receptiole meekly inscribed "donations thankfully received," had for six months reached the munificent sum of Cs Gs. Now there is a good deal to see at the Mastertoii Eiitcjiery. If is our one showplaqe of interest,' and we think that it is time the management of it ceased to cator to that weakness of the Bntish public, which makes it never willing to pay for that which it can tjet for nothing. In short, w,e thiqjf a's.mall oh,ar'ge, say B.d'eaoh, should be made fop admission to the grounds, and the sooner the better. The Acclimatisation Society has a very limited source of revenue, such a fee as this would no doubt be a welcome addition to its receipts, and it would help to pay for the time which th.e, curator has nQW often to devote to showing strangers about the premises. In the meantime the box might be put on the inside of the gate so that everyono who left would at any rate see its mute appeal, and if they ignored it, do so wilfully. We trust our suggestions will be productive

Two Melbourne publicans have been ined £2O each for selling.mferior spirits,

One of the novelties of the Stanley show, was an electric bicycle lamp which burns with the greatest brilliancy for six hours without recharging, the price 555, weight 41b.

Since the passing of the New South Wales Rabbit Act in 1883, the cost of the means taken to exterminate them has been a shilling per acre, and each rabbit destroyed 3jd. Mrs G. Young has taken Holly House, in Cole-street, and is prepared to receive a few boarders, The'' house ij convent iently situated, and it has been tastefully and comfortably furnished ; it therefore should prove very suitable for the purpose. .

The Laing-Slavin "mill" comes off at Wanpanui on the 25th April. Laiug, Bays an exchange, is pretty confident of the result, although he expects a hard battle. After this "mill" ho will go to Sydney, where he wants to meet Burke, the American.

The Wairarapa Lakes are now open, the sea having washed away the barrier. The arrangement with the natives was thus, says the Standard, anticipated by about a fortnight or 3 weeks; Some of the natives losb their eel baskets and other fishing aparatus by the circumstance.

The glove contest at the Town Hall Grey town on Saturday night between J Troy and W Grady, was well attended. The audience was very quiet and orderly. Grady, after standing his ground well retired at the sixth round with au injured arm.

The Greytown Football Club has fixed

the amount of subscription for the year at 5s per annum, junior members, under 15, to pay 3s. It has also resolved that any member not having paid his subscription before the third match of the season be disqualified from playing in theithird match.

A sensational bolt occurred in Chapel: street this morning, A two-horse dray somehow got adrift at the southern end of that thoroughfare and came careering along with a tremendous rattle up as far as Dr Milne's, in flail-street, where it was fortunately stopped before any damage had been done, The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Teachers' Institute was held at Greytown on Saturday last. The following were elected office holders for the ensuing year:—President, MrESamuel; VicePresident, Mr B Bunting; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr Connal, The report of the delegate (Mr W" T Grundy) at the Nelson Conference was received and adopted, and after minor business had been dealt with, and thanks passed to the delegate, and the outgoing officers, the meeting closed.

It is nothing unusual for a novelist, after

he has got well into a story, to take it into his head to change the name of a character. He ought, however, to carefully correct the proof before publication, and make tho alteration throughout. In Walter Besant's "All sorts and Conditions of Men," the forewoman of Miss Messenger's dressmakers bears the name of Kebekah Hermitage; in the latter part of the story her father is introduced as the Rev Peroival Arnutage, This, of course, might arise from a clerical error (no pun intended), to be traced to the way iu which Mr Besant makes his capital The mistake, it may be mentioned, occurs more than once in a new edition published in 1883. A young lady, driving in a two-wheeled vehicle yesterday, stopped in front of a shop, and had it proved to her in a somewhat startling manner, that horses cannot always sleep while in a standing position, Hor companion had entered the shop, and the horse, finding that she was rather long admiring the pretty things, gave several nods, and then fell down. The fair driver gave-a scream, but had the presence of mind to retain hold of the reins, and, what was of more importance, her seat. The horse got up almost as quickly as it had gone down; nor was the lady any the worse for the fright she got.

Maink news—Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters, which are advertised in our columns, are a sure euro for ague, biliousness and kidney compaints. Those who use them Bay tiiey cannot be too highly recommended. Those afflicted should give them a fair trial, and will beoome tltereby cnthuajastlo m the praise of fchoir curative qualities.—" Portland Argus.' Shrewdness & Abilitv.—Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters so freely advertised in all the papers, secular and religious, are having a larpe sale, and are supplanting all other medicines. There is no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability in compounding a Bitters, whoso virtues are so palpable to every one's observation,—' Examiner and Chronicle.'

[Extract from Le Journal des Modes,] Some months back we were presented with a dress, length of black silk, manufactured solely for a city firm by Messrs, Bonnet, of Lyons, and called by them the "Beautiful and Pure," The material was made up, and the following is the result ; I<et us speak the first of the silk It was certainly of the very best quality, and no doubt was a good price, This however, is always the case, and more especially where silk is concerned. There is always a market value for silk, and, wherever it is offered at a low figure, you may reckon sure that it is not a pure silk, but it is adulterated m sqme manner, which is only known to the expert. The purchasers, however, realise that in the wear; but it is then too late for them to wish they had their money back again in their pocket. It is our province to find out good articles, and to proclaim them when found. Now, without setting ourselves up as infallible judges, we yet feel assured that any wearing a dress made of the "Beautiful and Pure" Silk would be perfectly satisfied, with her purchase, we are almost tempted to say whatever jjrice skopaid, at Te Aro House Wellington. The "Beautiful and Pure" Silk is very soft, yet with plenty of substance; of a good rioli black, and very elastic. These various virtue's make it hang in soft olose draperies, and where this silk is used the dress bodies oan b,e ma.de to fit more closely and easily, Our dress \yas made with a round skirt, gathered full into the waistband, and hanging in folds at the loft side and back. The front was left plain. Down the right side was arranged a panel covered with a frilling of lace, crossed by four bars of silk. Down each side of the panel and being draped loosely across the front, hung in a large festoon, and forcing a round tablier, was carried round to tho left side, and there, hanging long, nearly covered the skill'"Continued round to the back, it was plated in at the waist, and hung down in folds over the skirt.being surmounted by a pouff. Pointed body, fastening across the front, and edged with beaded, galon, It is trimmed V sh.ajp.e at the neok, tilled in with la ; ce, fqrm.s a oolleret, Tln'ee-quiii'to'r sleeves, {rimmed with lace epaulets and frills, at Te Aro House, Wellington. So far this silk has not shown the slightest tendency to crease or crumple; the seams are all firm, and there is no sign of dragging out, which a thick silk is likely tqd.Q, Altogether the dress is, most satisfactory; we might a.ls,o.call it "'a thing of beauty and joy for ever." A thing of beauty is, but a joy for ever would not encourage silk manufactories, or give employment to the thousands of workpeople who depend upon the manufacture of their daily bread. The" Beautiful and Pure" Silk is easily, attainable at Te Ara Hquse, and has'tlve name "Beautiful and Pure," which is. the maA," dfl the' selvedge, Sold only at Te Ajq itifiw Wulfegton^APYT,

We hear that the information against Mr Harry Minifio which was to have been heard in Wellington to-day lias on the application of Mrs Minifie, been withdrawn,