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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3099, 9 January 1889, Page 2

At Sydney, potatoes have reached famine prices, and are now selling at Cd per dozen. Mr F. H, Wood adds to his list for his next Taratahi stock sale 300 mixed Blicep and fifty fat lambs, News from China states that riots hove taken place at Canton, throuph the merchants importing machinery for the manufacture of silk. Six persons were killed and many injured. Mr W. H.ißeetham succeeded in landing two exceptionally nico trout from the Ruamabunga last ovening weighing lbs and 3| lbs respectively. The baits used wore artificial minnows, The programmo of the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Olub is published in another column,

A stewards meeting of Wairarapa Jockey Club takes place at Greytown on Tuesday next," the 15th inat,

It is rumoured that the AttorneyGeneral Sir Frederick Whitaker is to be appointed to the vacant Judgeship. Tho proprietors of Owens patent New Zealand Sheep dip have an announcement in another column, which should provo of interest to flock owners, Tenders are invited by the Eketahuna Road Board for the erection of a bridge over the Makakahi River,

Our local contemporary, in'his issue of tho_ 4th, announced that Mr Eenall had discovered certain irregularities on the part of the Masterton .fnrk Tmst, one being the non-publication of a yearly balance-sheet, MrKenall in his wrath attacked the. Wairarapa Daily from tho Mayoral chair, for accusing him of discovering this particular mare's nest.- If Mr Renall will look through our local.contemporary's leader of the dato mentioned, he will, perhaps, realize that he made an undesirable exhibition of himself last evening and be will, we.triist, be a little moro carofulln the futqr.e when ho publicly charges the Daily with falsehood, No one attaches very much'importance to what Mr Ronall says i but in his capacity as Mayor ho ought to be a little more circumspect.

The Featherston Chroniqlo is. rcspon-sible-for the' following |-A/feport has reached us of a' misadventure which befell a certain Adonis liying in Master, ton, through the'jealousy of others of the " masher" tribe, who find themselves totally eclipsed in the ' feminine: circle whereyer this handsome youth appears to view. Burning with revenge and wounded self-esteem a party of them awaited his approach just p the shades of eve came slowly down, and-the " moje pork" awakened from hor dell. They waited and stood,on a bridge and'as the innocent favourite of the fair sex essayed to cross,the structure he was ruthlossly seized by his Ipsa fortunate rivals apd retiiorselessly plgmpcd into the cress grown creek beneath. We leave our readers to moralize. on tliia "pathetic: tale, : and we merely givo it as we heard it all unadorned.

Messrs Lowes andlonia announce tlieir ucxtstook - salo for: the 16th instant Mftstortoiijjwith a line of 70p good wotheis, and sundrios, The race privileges of tlie Wairarapa. Jockey Club's Summer Meeting will- bo sold byßlr F, H. Wood nt ; his Auction' Kooms Greytown'oll Tuesday January 15that2o'clock p.m. .

Teudois aro. invited by Messrs W. Booth & Co, for painting and paperhanging, particulars of' which nmy bo aeon at tho timber yard office at Cariertoil. " y-v; We hear splendid fishing is to .be had on tho coast up the Whareama just no* All kinds of fish from' kawat to shark,aro very plentiful,. The young fish aro now hatching and the larger ones chase thein right into tho shore, when they may be caught very easily.

Mr Gaut, tho well-known artist, who resided in Mastorton some time since lias returnod'for a fortnight's holiday. flia execution amongst tlie finny tribe 13 as good as evor for ongoing out last 'evening ho succeeded, in landing tlireo splendid trout which turned the scale.at 12 lbs, Tho fisli were on viow this j morning at Mr J. William's establishment iuid attracted general admiration,

The imports of frozen mutton into the London markot during tlie month' of October this year wore 127,213 cwt., as ngainst 78,080 cwt. for the corresponding poriod of last yonr. Of this quantity 55,595 cwt. came from New Zealand, as against 24,831 cwt. for tho corresponding month of last year. Present prices are; Canterbury mutton, 2s lOd to 2s lid per stone of 81b, Wellington 2s 8d to2s 9d.

The Masterton Borough Council has decided to reduce tho price of gas. This step is an experimental one, but it is expected by'the members of the Gas Committee, who are tho best judges of its expediency, to benefit'tho consumnrs without entailing loss on the management. .

An Italian hawker'of jewellery, named Marsue,, was brutally murdered iin Charters Towers recently.. His box, broken open and spattered with blood, was first tound, and subsequently the body was discovered in a house in the main thoroughfare, the head having been hacked apparently with a tomahawk. A Maltese .and two brpthers, natives of have been arrrested on suspicion.

| We have beon shown by Dr Hosking |'an excellent idea for sowing seeds intended to be transplanted. It consists of a piece of tin or zinc about three inches square. formed into . a round box, about the she of a match box, without top or 'bottom This is filled with suitable loam, and a seed placed in it, When the seedling is ready for transplanting all that has to be dono is to open the tin, (whichis springy), and the plant drops into the hole prepared for it without the loast hurt or disturbance of the roora. It is only a few minutes work to make, a large number of these tins,' and they will last any number of years. The village settlors of Pahiatua are not a very prosperous family if one can judge from tho remarks madoby Mr Sedcolo.to tho County Council, when discussing tho settlement of accounts between tho two counties yesterday. He said they had a number of poor on their hands lit l'ahiatua at the present time, including 1 four chronic cases, and three men (fathers of families), belonging'to tho village settlement'in gaol. What other revelations this prominent resident of Pahiatua intended to disclose it rould be difficult to say, but the stern gaze fixed on him by Mr Job: Vile, evidently had its effect, for not another syllablconPahiatua'smisfortunososcaped his lips. MR F. SPEAR, Eye Specialist and Optician,' formerly of Dublin, has arrived at Masterton for One Week only with a large stock of Hest Periscopie and other Pebble Lonses, all cu, at riqlit angle with the axis, Thoßei therefore, needing properly adjusted Lenses to rectify defoctive vision would do well to give him a call, beforo he leaves. AddressMr Scott, Hallstreet, next to Drill- Shed. During the past month [our showroom was daily attended by large (numbers of ladies intent on inspecting and purchasing the attractive items in tho millinery ana mantle departments at|Te' Aro House Wellington.

in millinery wo were fortunate in being able to exactly suit tho taste of our pntrone, and for style, fashion, and tho harmonious blending colours, wo aro as yet unrivalled in tho city. We have still tho same ability and means at our command, and during the present month,shall show some special novelties in ladies' trimmed bate, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our mantle and costume department has also been the scene of great aotivity. Wo have sold an amazing number of . ladies' jaokets and mantles of tho most fashionable description, and onr costumes havo been the subjects of much admiration at Te Aro Honse, Wellington, We hayo a very choice lot of ladies' costumes, in all descriptions of fabrics, and in a pent variety of fashionable styles, comprising prints, zephyrs, sateen -broche, Swiss embriodere'd, veilings, Pongee and Liberty silks, ranging from 5s 6d to nx guineas, at Te Aro Houss, Wellington, Wo cordially invito any visitors ftoin the country who may bo staying for a while in the oity to visit'our slioowroom when every attention and civility will bo shown, without attempting to press purchases, at Te Aro House, Wellington,--Am