The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1888. Grouped with Hawkes Bay.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2900, 16 May 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1888. Grouped with Hawkes Bay.

It is reported that the Government in their new Representation Bill have grouped Wairarapa North with Hawkes Bay, the Ministerial sponge effacing the electoral district of Masterton. No dislocation of an electorate can be altogether a surprise to old'settlers.Many electors will' recall the time when they were constituents of a "W airarapa district, pure and simple,and how, without changing their place of abode, they found themselves located in Wairarapa East, and from there danced to Wairarapa North, and from thence transferred to the present Maaterton electoral district. They perhaps no more dreamt of finding themselves in a Hawkes Bay district than they did of discovering themselves to be in Auckland, or waking up in the Middle Island. They are used to being changed about, and will no doubt take kindly to the alteration which is now proposed. We are not sure but that the Ministry have acted wisely in uniting Wairarapa North with Napier under their new Act, There is not much community of interest between the towns of Napier and Masterton, but there is a decided community of inierest in the big bush district which fringes Masterton in the south and reaches almost to Napier in the north. If the task of developing this great district should devolve upon the towns of Napier and Masterton, in conjunction with other centres of population within the area, we should feel very soon that there was as much community of interest between Napier and Masterton as now exists between Masterton and Wellington. If some seven or eight representatives of this proposed new district stood shoulder to shoulder in the House of representatives, we might soon see a development of the great bush district which would benefit the colony in general and Masterton and Napier in particular. In a district north of Wanganui the late Ministry have thrown away half a million of money without any adequate return to the colony in the shape of land fit for settlement, Had such a sum been laid out in the bush districts between Masterton and Napier there would have been a grand result, which would have redounded to the credit and advantage of .the colony. We quite favor the idea of a bush electorate, extending from Masterton to Napier, and only hope the Government mean business and intend to put the new Bill through. They have a grand opportunity now of carrying a measure of substantial electoral reform, and if they choose to stand by their Bill they will give New Zealand a lift.

_ At last night's Boroui'h Council meeting it was decided to appoint ft third fire inspector and also to enroll a corps of fire police or salvage agents. At last nights Masterton Borough Council meeting Cr D, Carman applied for and obtained leave of absence for four months to enable him to visit the Old Country.

Messrs. Robertson & Co of the Phoenix Foundry Wellington, have just completed a small ongine and boiler for Messrs. Elder Bros., of Langdalo Station, noar Tinui, who intend utilising steam motive power to the propulsion of one of Wolsey's shcepshearing machines.

It has been decided at a meeting of shareholders to rebuild the Te Aro Opera House Wellington, recently distroyed by fire, The probable cost of the undertaking is estimated at between £6OOO and 4000, thw inclnta scenery.

A good quiet cow, near calving, is advertised for sale.

Ail emergency meeting of the Thistle Lodgo will be held this evening at 8

News from Woodville gives the return of a trial crushin? of one ton of quartz at' 2 ounces of gold and 2ounces of silver. The Ohineso; Immigration \ct amendment Bill was read a second time yesterday in the Lower House.

Three tenders for lighting tho Borough street lamps' were opened lust night. The ofiice of John Hose to undertake the

work at £24 per annum was accepted. _ Persons willing to assist in the formation of a Mastcrton Fire Polico Coips are requested to forward their names to tho Town Clerk as early as convenient. A full rehearsal of "Trial by. Jury" will take place to-night. All members of the company are requested to bo in attendance punctually.

There were seven tonders sent in to tho Borough Council last night for tho formation and nictating of Prince 3 street. The lowest tender, that of G. Blane & Co, at £3los, per chain was accepted. A now upright grand piano has been kindly lent by Mr W. J. Morrison for use at tho .performance of" Trial by Jury." The dunes tit tlio Temperance Hall was well patronised last nipht. Tho floor was order, and very efficient inusio was contributed by me.ubers of Pearson's Band.

Robert Harry Sykos was. brought before tlio R,M. to-day, charged uuder tho ''Police Offences Act, 1884," with vaeraney, and sentenced to seven days hard labor at Wellington goal, Mr Whatman, who had his leg broken in the football match on Monday is progressing favourably, but it is not expected that he will be about again for the noxt six weeks. . The whole of the Town Sections in the

Wellington Special Settlement Association comprising about 38 acres auctioned bv Messrs T. K, Macdonald & Co, yesterday were disposed of at an average of £7 7s (id per acre. Mr J, Bentley is the successful tendered for tho lease of the Masterton Drill Shed for twelve months. We understand rinking will be added to the amusements of tlio Hall. Brass rollers will be allowed conditionally that the iloor is left in good repair at tho expiration of the lease.

A football match has been arranged between the first fifteen of tho Masterton Club and a fifteen from the Wellington Defence Force to take place at Masterton on Queens Birthday, As the latter Club embraces some of the best players in the Empire city—four of them having played on Saturday last against the English team—a; good match may be looked forward to.

The Mastoiton Public Library is now made much more accessible to country readers, the following resolution having been passed at last nights Borough Council meeting:—''That' provided not loss than four subscribers are covered by one application, that they receive four books each, or sixloen altogether, for the time of ono month, and that the books shall be then returned direct to the Library." A novel declaration of insolvency appears■ in another column, in which Frank D. Pellin? and liis wife are separately adjudged bankrupts on their own petition. Their many friends will relief that hard times has forced them into this position.

A man luw applied for a patent for a fountain pen, which, by tho pressure of the thumb on a small rubber ball, projects a stream of ink through tho holder and into the face of the Jellow who is looking over your shoulder while you are writing, ' We understand tlwt it is probable the Masterton Chess Club will arrange to play a tournament shortly in which residents of neighbouring townships will be invited to tako part to decide the Chess Championship of the Wairarapa, We think it would be a good idea if the club would also institute a similar contest in connection with draughts. The latter is a game in which quite as much infcesest is taken as tho former and will tend to make the club popular. Popular prima donnas have rccoivod floral tributes and jewelled tokens of admiration in every capital of Europe, but Miss Ella Itussell is probably the first who has ever had a silver tea service handed up to her over the footlights. This actually happened to her at Warsaw Grand Opera House, where, after the performance had ended, and an almost end. less succession of bouquets, and baskets, and stars, and garlands, and cushions, and crowns of flowers had been given to Miss Russell, a diamond bracelet, was pr< - sented, 'and a silver tea service, displayed on a tray, which bore a special inscription of comemoration of the event. A Good Housewife.—The good housewife when giving her bouse its spring renovating, should bear in mind that the dear inmates of her house arc more precious than many houses, and that their I systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must know that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters, tho purest and best of medicines, "Concord N. H. Patriot."

WoaKJs(i-ME!f.—Beforo you your heavy spring work after a winter of relaxation, your system ueeds cleansing and strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague, Billiom or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sickness that unfit you for a season's work, lon will save time, much sickness and great expense if you will use one bottle of Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters in your family this month. Don't wait. "Burlington Hawkeye," We arc now showing some special bargains in our clothing department, from liivc's bankrupt, : stock, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

For - boys' wear, strong tweed bicker suits—Hive's price, Gs 9cl;. ours 3s (id ijong trouser suits—Hive's price, 17s Gd ours 10s, Youths .suits-Hive's prico 20s; ours, 12s Gd. Children's overcoats from 7s 0; boys' overcoats from 9s, youths overcoats from 13s Gd; at the. Te ho House sale of Hive's bankrupt stock, Wellington. . . 0

l'on men's wear, ltive's 20s trousers and vest for lis Cd; Hive's 8s trousers for 4s 0d; Hive's 0s 9d serge trousers for 2s 9(1; Hive's 30s worsted sac coats for 17s fid; Hive's 27s Gd hveed suits for 17s 6d; Hive's 40s suits for 25s Hive's COs colonial suits for 355; Rive's 25s overcoats for 17s Gil; at the bankrupt stooksale, Te Aio Bouse, Welling? ton. A lot of ties, in silk and lawn, that were Gd, 9d, and Is each, for threepence each, linen collars at lid for threepence; men's sooks, of all kinds, reduced from Is, Is Cd, Is 9d to Gd, 9d, Is per pair; a splendid lot of striped wool socks, marked 2s, for Is per pfiir; at Hive's bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro Houso, Wellington.

Mes's cotton undershirts—Hive's price, 2s Gd ours, Is Gd. Merino shirts-Rive's price', 2s fld, ours Is 9d. Lambs' wool shirts-Hive's price, 5s Gd; ourß 3s 3d. Strong working shirts-Hive's price, 2s 3d; ours, Is Gd. Heavy tweed shirts—Rive's price, Gs !)d; ours, 4s 9d. White shirtsRive's price, 4s 10d; ours, 2s 9d; Hive's price, Gs; ours, 3s ,0d; at the sale of Rivo's bankrupt stock, Te Avo House, Wellington. In fact, in this, as in all otherdepartmcnts, there are multitudes of bargains impossible to enumerate. Come and inspect them this evening, at the sale of Hive's bankrupt stock, fo Aro Hquso, ,

Mr Buchanan will move to-day that a return bo laid before the House showing the total cost of the breakwind recently erected at Pigeon Bush on the Welling-ton-Masfcerton lino of railway,