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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3007, 19 September 1888, Page 2

rhorohearsal of tho Grand March for the children takes place to-morrow afternoon, and not in the evening as advertised in the Theatre Royal fixtures. . ' Mr A, M. Bradbury and jus assistants are busily employed on the stage at the Theatre Royal, building the quarter deck of "H.M.S. Pinafore" for tho forthcoming performance.

-The following tenders have been received foe forming and metalling 22*67 oliainsofroadin the Masterton Public Park,.' Jauies Cavanagh £2213s Bd, F. W.Parker, £3115s 4d, J. M'llroy &Co 143, W. l'raiignell, £CI 15s Cd, Jno. Kelliher £6212s (id. . Tho lowest tender was accepted. ' We draw attention to a new advertisement of Messrs Veitchft Allen, importors of dress goods, prints, mantles, millinery clothing &c. This well-known Wellington firm invites visitors from . tho Wairarapa to cajl at their Cuba-streot Emporium and inspect their largo and varied stock of now season goods. Owing to an alteration which will ho made in tho firm, Messrs James Jones & Co., of the' Eketahuna Store and Tomperanco Hotel, notify that all accounts must bo paid within one month from date. Mr Jones takes tho opportunity to thank tho publio for past favors and asks a continuance to the samo of the new firm,

A laugh was raised by a good joke made by Mr A. Boardman at the meeting of tho Wellington Racing Club on Monday night. In seconding tho nomination of Mr J. R Georgo as timekeeper, ho said that it that gentleman only made as good time as his gas meters tho club would have the fastest races on record, -Post,

Strenuous efforts are being.niado (says tho London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald) to prevent MissPhylhs Broughton's (the well-known actress) breach of promise against Lord Dangau froni]coniinginto Court. The lady assesses tho damago done to her affections at £20,000, and holds to'tho opinion that the matter, if it is to be comprised, should bo settled by the prombt payinont of that sum, The other side want to reduce the amount.

Greytown has got' a now manual fire engine, and the Fire Insuranco Companies are to be asked, to contribute towards its cost. Sweet innocence! If

the Underwriters treat Greytown asthuy did Masterton over the Jubilco Steam Engine, that township will find the premium rates increased instead of being assisted towards paying the cost of the engine. Why, to this day tho Underwriters refuse to refund a sum paid on their account to pumpers by the Masterton Borough Council. There has been a big nativo meeting at Waimarama, called for the purposo of deciding which religion tho Maoris in those parts most favor. We were told that there were advocates of the Church of England, the Roman Catholic, Mormon, and the Hau Him religions proBont, and after due consideration but few gavo in their adherahco to tho first, a few to the second, a goodly number to the third, and an overwhelming majority to tho fourth. It appears that To 'Kooti has emissaries travelling from settlement to settlement urging upon all tho men who liavo faith inhim to ' band together. 1 On the face of it this may seem a harmlesssott of thing, but is there anything beneath tho surface.? (enquires tho WaipawaMail). Has To Kooti any sinister motive ? We would respectfully draw the nttentiou of the Minister to tho matter, and wo counsol an enquiry into the Ban Hau movement,

Tho following convincing instance of the value of Doob or couch-grass for consolidating looso soil or sand, comes from Queensland, where a dam at Pine Creek is about 200 yds long, and the breadth on the top is ,20ft. It is of no great height, only a>few feet, excopt in the actual narrow channel of the creek, wbero perhaps it is 10ft high. Tho interest about it is that it is anovorshot dam, and that tho water has frequently poured over its entire length a stream 2ft deep. Yet tho embankment remains as firm as ever, To enable it to withstand this great rush of water great care was taken to establish a dense couch grass pasture land, Also the back of the dam is of pine logs, placed at a slope not deoper than Ift in 12ft, and carefully braced together and to the.ground. Sand is from time to time strewn oyer this, which thus gets washed into tho inter: stices of |he logs; so all becomes a solid mass upon which couch grass is pn-

couraged to grow. A yearly top-dress-ing of sand 2in thick is also spread over tho couch sward on the top of the dam. No animals are allowed to graze on it. Thus the couch becomes long; and when the top dressing is applied the roots seize hold _ pf it and ramify it in all directions forming a dense matting winch tho water cannotbreak through,—Exchange. The Olmstchurch 'Telegraph' says.— "To act as the duipmy licensee of an hotel has it disadvantages. A bogus hotelkceper in Dunedin lias just found this out to his cost,' He was nominally the landlord, and was summoned for a series of offences against tho Liconsiug Act and fined £25. ThisoiTenco, in the opinion of the' Bench, was of an ag- : gravated character, and no timo would i

bo given bjm for payment. Tho result was that an order whs made to levy the amount on the furniture in tho dpfend: ants private house/ It subsequently transpired tne accused was only a paid Bei-vaiit of the real owner of thp hotel, and that his wages amounted to the sum ot £1 a week, It does seem hard lines that a man, who was driven by necessity to accept such remuneration, should have hia furniture sold fop seeking to advance the interest of his employer, Jf the actual landlord could bo got at in oases of this kind, a nearer approach'to justice would ho achieved. Beforo the Comncil broko up last night, the Mayor took tho opportunity to refer to the attitude of the Council towards him on the water supply ques- : Hon. He re-iterated the statement ho ' lm<) made -/ii public that unless he could get amongst tlie' 'new Councillors a ' majority t,rj work Vi|J)")iiiS), lie'should not seok a renewal of the "Mayoral o'flie'e

at tho end of his turn. Ho was tired j and weary, and his groat ago (70 years) | wouldn't allow him to continue the fight, • Or. Gapper, in reply, said the majority, j if not all of the Uoimcillors wore in favor 0/ the water supply, butwould not agree J to the Mayor Waking up the'-streets nnpil thiy'lia/Ju plan be|bre him in black \ and 'ivjiito, aii<i ! 'n»''i!gtenifinji.j}iily (j sumed for' the protection"of }ha rati- j payers, as well as Mr Bonall.'., 'Ho further.stated that Mr A. W, Eeuall W tJjfl reputntion of never finishing aityhinghtftook in hand;- - .The''Mayor j Baidh'o'hadbh.iit the pjkl mill twenty, 'a Bevenyea'rs ago. .'V.'Brtt ; y«l' , jhUve l Hever "; finished' it,," remarked two, of ..'th're'o -| (^unclllorLamidflt;laughterV:; ■■■'■}}M 0 retorted the Majoly arid-vtbo: PPpJMtlpj) ,j »ave liini \ts r '.<£■?% ."--|"

; The Pliilbarinouio; Society bold their'; weekly practice 'at- St'Mat-. thewa Sbhpolrpom Inia : An'oight-rdonied houao, contrally Bituated ia -advertised' tobe let,"'Particu-. lars can be obtained at this office.'.' ;. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their list for Wednesday next 34 Bteers and 24 heifers, all well bred.. ..--

Messrs Robert Gardner and Co. notify that they will sell by pnblio auction; on Friday 21s'- inst,, ! at their warehouse, Lambton Quay, Wellington, their entire stock pf white leads, oils, colors,' ic. This is the first appearance of thiß linn as auctioneers, and wo wish them every success,

Yesterday's issuo of tho Waibarapa Daily, was bought up as soon as it was out, the Englishmen carrying aw.iy with them a considerable number of copies, The Waikarapa Weekly published tomorrow (Thursday).will contain a full report' of the matoh England v Wairarapa...

This evening there .will be agrand plain and fancy costume carnival at the' Elite Skating Eink at the Ml Hall. Valuable prizes are offered and competition is likely to be good. The presence of the Volunteer Band will tend to make the time pass pleasantly. ■■:'■ v Mr George Rathbone, postmaster at Eltham (England), whs summoned at Woolwioh Polico Court by an officer of the London School Board for riegleotilig to send to school a lad named Thomas Rimer, of whom he was guardiau. The defence was that the; postmaster had himßelf been carefully instructiug the boy nud lm brother, and that he possessed all the qualifications necessary for that duty having been Strained asan elementary teacher, and had been employed for a number of years under the London and other School Boards. The Magistrate (Mr Shiel) thought that tho boy was being aufh'ciently educated. On a remark being made by. a superintendent of schuol visitors that the boy's spelling was very bad, tho Magistrate said "it might be so if he wont to the Board's school. That was'tho sort of thing that mado the Board unpopular. Ho should dismiss the Bummous and order payment of the defendant's cost, one guinea. It was a monstrous proceeding, "—Guardian.

An interesting case undor tho Crop Lien provisions of the Chattels Securities Act occupied Mr Judge Broad at Tim'aru Monday and Tuesday. A farmer named Foster executed a lien on his crops to Moody and Ziesler, who transfered tho lien to the Colonial Bank. Tho'Bank took possession of tho crops in the field, with the assent of the lienor, threshed it, and had it stored in town. Two sona of Foator boing advised that the lion was defectivo, obtained judgmont against their father for arrears of wages to large amounts, and put a bailiff in possession of the wheat in the storo. Tho Bank, of course, churned the grain, and paid the appraised value into Court to abide its decision on the question of ownership. The memorandum of the lien, it was alleged by counsel for the judgment creditors, was invalid from its not being in accordance with the Act, and from not being registered within tho time fixed. To this it was replied that the alleged defect in tho registration was the fault of the Court itself, a Court holiday interfering, and as to the terms of tho lion they were binding on tho Honor. Tho Bank also contended that having obtained possession of the grain before tho executions were issued, their common law title was &ood, His Honor gave judgement for tho Bank on tho latter ground, finding that the lienor had assented to their taking possession. Ho expressed no opinion on the question of registration or tho legal value of the instrument taken separately. "I Don't Want That Sium\"—lb what a lady of Boston said to. her hus-

band when he brought home some medicine to cure her of sick headache ntld neuralgia, which had mado her miserable for fourteen years. At the first attack thereafter it .was ndministored to her with such good results, that sho continued its uso till cured, and was so onthusiastic in its praise, that sho induced twenty-fwo of tho best families in her circlo to adopt it as their regular family medicine. That "stuff" is Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters. Standard. "Women Never Think.'—lf the crabbed old bachelor who uttered this sentiment could but witness tho intense thought, deep study and thorough investigation of womon in determining tho best medicines to keep their families well, and would note their sagacity and wisdom in solectiug Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters as tho

beat, aud demonstrating it by keeping their families in .perpetual health, at a mero nominal expense, he would be forced to acknowledge that such sentiments are baseless aud false, Picayune ■Havisumw finished our annual stook taking, and having been also busily em ployed during tho pa«t ten days in opening out our first importation of spring goods, wc arepropsred to show tho good people of Wellington and Wairarapa an exceedingly choice, elegant, and.select assortment at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington. We are convinced that our now prints zephyrs, and dress goods, of every des cription, will outrival anything that can possibly be shown in the city, and wo have tho authority of competent experts for this statement. Whether as regards designs, qualities, or prices the publio will find that wo are really Al, at To Aro House, Wellington. And not only in tlicso goods, but in mantles, costumes,, millinery, aud all other seasonable goods our buyer has proved himself to bo far in advance of his compeers and the advantages of his taste and jndgment will doubtless bo appreciated by the steady throng of customers wo expect to see at To Aro Souse,' Wellington. Our first graqd show will take place on Thursday noxt, Otl'i September, when tho public will lmvo an opportunity of witnessing one of the most unique, fashionable and attractive displays of new springgoods ever held in this city, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House. -Advt,