Salvation Army.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3022, 6 October 1888, Page 2

Salvation Army.

. , . Cbmstohuroh, October 5.. .The. Salvftt\on Ariny meetings, undor the direotiou; of. Commandant Booth, concluded with a missionary meeting, at which £6l was raised. Educational' ' CuMSWHurion, October 5. ■Mr Theo. Cooper's: resolutions (submitted, sotnq suie ago to the Education Board), by which he estimates £75,000 per annum can be saved in the cost of education',' were apambrought before.the Board.to. day,' arid after a short discussion wa* agajn adjourned hi a week. Tv

■ :At the Supreme' Court Silas Pugsley for roceivihg stolen property was sentenced to 12 months probation; Frank Masters, tor indecent exposure to two .year? hard labor. '. The. jury ; in thecase of larceny against k; :•■ J; Gibson were unable to agree, and werelookedup all night, being discharged this morning. The Court adjournedantil .Monday."'.' . ■"■'' -.'', ~~~" — " -.- ;: t ;■•■■,.. More Fires-:■ ~■■■.•■•": ;; ' 9 ' ■•■.- __■'' " ■■' i ' i .':■'- WooDviLtE, Saturday.' y , Shortly after 5 this morning, three cottages,'o'ccupied by A..S. Wills,' A.y r -and llev. J. Wrigleyi.were' destroyed by fire. ; The pottage's were the property of Willsj'.audTwere insured in the" N6rthefn : office .for £2OO, £l7O, and £120: respectively. Wills' furniture was;, insured, "hi:the same office for £l2O ;.Sowry'B £SO, end'.Wrigley's £SO. iWrigley's furniture was< saved, but Wills; and Sowry lost everything? barely; escaping .with their lives; : ' >

; ~; Heavy H-ales.:-'..-. .-;'.;/ Welungton, Saturday., A north-west gale of, more than usual severity,has visited'this town; No serious damage is reported. vTele;, grams ■ frointb&South Island'rejpoft heavy gales and. the rivers flooded. Several houses have been damaged. ; Inpeston.aßre; ,i , Manau, Saturday..' :•'; v A coroner's enquiry into the circumstances connected with the destruction of-James Hayes'dwelling; by fire is now proceeding. Thereare twenty-two witnesses to be examined. One witness has given evidence that Murdo MoLean,; who was one of the witnesses: in the' Bryce-Hutohis'on case, had offered him a bribe 'to sup ; port-Hayes' evidence.

; TpNEWGOLDFIELDS. . •'.'.■; ■'.,''■■• ;Blenheisi, Oot. 5, A miner who has been on the Waikakaho field since the first of the rush inforaiß the Marlborough Times that at ono time there must have been 700 men on the ground, and now there are only 200, and most of those are leaving fast,' Four or five now men arrivo ' on the field in a day and forty or fifty go away. The deepest shaft on the field- is dowu 26ft but the workers have had to stop on account of the water until; they get the pumps fixed,. Several parties are deepening their tail races, determined to bottom if possible, while others are leaving their claims in disgust. • Saturday. '.' At Waikakaho there are several' shafts, .and the general opinion is that' gold ; is there', but .at a great depth. " Just in time," "Kapai," and the "Marlborough" reefs at Mahakir p'awa are looking up." • ..

AgriculturalCransioHUßOH, Ootoher 5. Tho Committee of tho Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association to-day agreed to co-operate with the North Otago Association in prSourin'g ; longer quarantine for stock imported from Australia, the members'being of opinion that stook from Australia Bhould uudergo ; the same quarantine as that froiri'Europe. ,■; ; ;

Crown Lands. :, V' Wellington, Saturday.- -. During tbi past six months the following areas of Crown Lands have been taken upforsettlemeht,fbrcash, 88,664 acres; deferred payment 22,202[perpetuallease, 71,714, ineluding pastoral.leases. The total amount taken up by. 1106. selectors, wa5,282,646a0re5, and during.the previous six months, 1144 selectors took up 241,146 ; but' this included l 85,274 acres held by 846 settlers under Special Settlement Associations whereas the during . the last, six months the area so occupid was; only 0658 acres. '■:. Hawkes Bay Agricultural Show. ' Napier, Octobor 6. The annual show of tho Agricultural and Pastoral Society™ attended by abouttfOOO people. The show pPsheep was magnificent, nearly all being locally bred, and whore tho local came into competition with the imported stock, the former beatin every case. Tho principal prizetakers were Messrs Douglas MoLeau, •manager of the Melbourne station,' and Eoyco and Anderson in long wools; T. Tauner was most suqoessful in Liucolns, followed by J. N.JYillkiß, H, R.vEussell; J. D. Ormond, FTSutton, B. Cobb, of Canterbury, took several prizes in tbeßonmey Marsh olasses, but E. Harding was tho. most successful exhibitor. In thoroughbreds" the show was very poor, the championship going. to Stoneyhursf. ■ .Draught stock'was fairly numerous, and of splendid quality. Mr Ormond's Blackleg took the championship. The show of hacks and miscellaneous horses was excellent, In Shorthorns H. E. Russell's Dukeof Elderslie, bred by'Eeid of Oamaru, took' the championship, Tho show of young cattle was oxoellent. Implements were only on the ground for exhibition, no prizes being given,