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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3147, 7 March 1889, Page 2

Messrs John Duthie and Co., have & new announcement of considerable importance to sportsmen jn .Qjjr .current issue. ■ .■'.' : '-'-'.- : -.' Jfr James McMillan,.contractor, for the Hungapafceha r#ad wants'to hire four, horses with harness, • Also fivp. or sif double leai«3 at 17s, per day; Pai'ltlou. Lan are given in our rated column!,

/ ■ A' speoial meeting of : the' Bohool Committee tiikes place this, eveuing,. Messrs Loweß & lorns, add 460 good lambs and 60 forward ewes to, their i catalogue for Wednesday noxfc. *V-':" : < The Mis aroundMaatertonare giving out in consequence of the continued dry weather. . ,;- •.;■ A young man named John Ponnel, son of a well-known .settler,, died on Tuesday. Inst at Ohinemuri from the effect of a fall from his horse. ;. "' ;.. , The Carterton cricket, eleven and the South . Wairarapa fifteen-try conclusions at Kaiwaiwaiou.Saturday next. : Tho Carterton team leaves at 8.30 a.m. in abrake. \ ' ■ ■" Messrs Lowes and lorns make further additions to their next Stock Sale at Masterton of 900 breeding ewes and 70 wethers.

We have received from Mr 6. S. W. Dalryniple, the district agent of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, a very neat pocket diary for the purront month published by that Society. The crops in the Oamavu district have boon gathered in splendid condition .The yield of cereals Will be .good, but owing to - the dry weather potatoes are not expected to yield heavily.v.

A meeting is. to be held at Christchuroh shortly to organise a Pornell Fund -in this district. A deputation waited on the Mayor yesterday to ask him to preside. Hiß Worship postponed his answer.

Captain Sommervillo arrived at Blen* heim yesterday to make arrangements in connection with the meeting of the N.Z.E Association. He marked out the ranges this afternoon, and expressed himself well satisfied with the locality; Messrs Lowes and lorns will sell on Tuesday! March 12tb, the privileges in connection with the Masterfcon-Opaki Jockey Club's meetiug on St Patrick's Day, consisting of two publican's booths two refreshment booths, fruit and fanoy goods stall, the cards, horse yards and legal eames. The Masteijton Cricket Club has been invited by the Wellington Cricket Club to play a match at Wellington on St, Patrick's Day. As the match will probably be arranged all members of the Club are requested to turn up eyery evening for practice.

There are 86 dogs registered for the ourrent year in Mastoreton, and about 360 unregistered canines. Each of the lattor represents an uncollected five shillings, and yet the Borough Council complains of being hard up for mouey when it has a little silver mine like this barking at it. Wo havo been asked to draw the attention of the Gas Committee to the somewhat inconsistent manner in which the public street lamps have been distributed outside of Queen-street. For instance, in Cole-street a atrcet tamp lias been supplied, and yet there is but one private consumer. Victoria-street has two lamps and but two consumers, whilst Dixon-street has about six lamps and yot gas is only laid on to ono house for private 'consumption. On the other hand Worksop road has tho highest record of private consumers, and yet there is rot a public lamp from one end to the other of its half mile length. . The consumption of gas is steadily increasing in Masterton. From the first of the current month tho gas used will be charged at the hew rate of 10s per 1000 cubio feet. As tho rate has been reduced on the strength of a memorial to the Council from certain residents of the Borough, who promised to become consumers of gas if a concession in the price was granted, it is to be hoped tho memorialists will be as good aa their word and tako immediate steps-to have tho gas laid on to their promises. This should bo done to justify the Council in their action in reducing the price. There is no doubt, unless the deficiency is made up by an increased consumption, the present low rate cannot be continued.

At the Hibernian Spurts at Blenheim on the 18th inst., tho following Masterfcon athletes are nominated to compete :—St Patrick's Handicap,- of three distances, 100 yds, 2SJoyds, and 440 yds, ft.Thompson, : scratch; Remoni, 7yds, 12yds, and 20yds respectively, and Jas. McKcnzie, 9yds, 15yds, and 25yds. Half Mile—J. McKenzie 25yds, and \: Morris, 85yds. Mile Handicap-J, McKenzie and J. Morris 100 yds. K, Bayno, well-known in Masterton, is tho scratch man in the latter race, Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & Co.'s Johnsonville stock report:—The cattle yarded' were for the most part inferior in weight and quality to last week's supplies, and although the entry was smaller to-day, it was in excess of requirements, bidding beiii" dull and a weak tone generally prevailing.. Tho majority of the bullocks wore passed in. We disposed of a portion of tho entry however, at an advance upon rates previously offered, the romainder being turned out unsold. Shoep were in full numbers; no really fino wethers were penned, Ewes from culls to rood fats made late rates, a line of wethers being unsold, the rest being disposed of at auction, tor which trading was fairly brisk, The lambs advertised did not nrrive in time for the sale, and wore sold privately .afterwards at tho quotations, Some two-tooth ftomney Marsh rams, the property of Messrs Best Bros., Ohariu valley, met with spirited bidding, as did'also an entry of a similar breed of older sheep on account of anothor vendor. Ox, beef made 12s tho lOOlbs, wether mutton If, and ewo mutton Ijct per lb respectively. Wo remind our readers of the appearance of the Crawford-Hunter Company of Scotch vocalists -at the Masterton Theatre Eoyal this evening. Tho Wellington Press speak highly of their most refined and onjoyablo entertainment, which is of the draw-ing-room _ concert class, varied by an occasional song' in character, and the vocal selections rendered include tho gems of Scottish ballad music, and the best of the humorous songs, which have their origin in Scotch folklore and inoident, Mrs Crawford (Miss' Hunter) has a fine mezzo-soprano voice of great range, and is thus able to do full justice to tho soul-stirring words and music of such National Bongs as "Tho March of the Cameron Men," and "Caller-Ou." Having a fine presenco and pleasing address, Mrs Crawford also very ably assists in the dialogues of a humorous oharacter with Mr Crawford, Miss-McGregor' has a wonderful contralto voice, which eminently fits licr to be the exponent of a certain class of Scottish ballad music, Mr Crawford is a living refutation of the calummy which associates a surgical operation with joke? and Scotchmen. Ho is ovory iuch'ofhim a Scotchman, but he is also as fine a low comcdiiui in his line as there is on the stage to-day, 'The Crawford - Hunter entertainment is a very pleasant and exceedinely amusinp two hours or so with vocalists of much taste and ability, Master Crawford is an accomplished reel, sword dance, and 'step'iilancs): j and is .also a vocalist of great premise, During the last fortnight we have dpno satisfactory business in clearing out much of our summer overplus stock which has thus ken considerably lessened at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, ~ Nevertheless there are a large accumulation of remnants and a variety of odd lots in every department, winch mjist be turned into money duriiag the next tow days i)t Te AroHouse, Wellington;' Theso remnants inolude anumbor of very usefu), every day articles, such as calicoes, sheetings, prints, z'ephers, dress fabrics, hoilands', &0..' and af.o in yarip'us lengths, from 3 to 10 yards'. With a view of rapidly jelling these we havemarke'dthematastomsliingly low wises, such' as can be easily tested at Te Aro House, Wellington, There are also various jots of summer mlliilery, mantles, o'oslmn'es, parasols, silks, carpets, men's, boys', and youths' clothing that are really marked at s»?h low prices M to make them the most undoubted bar, gains over offered to a discerning public butsldo or inside of Te Aro House, Wellington;' '■'' ■■■ '■.', !. .For 10 days only to these prices rule' end at tho termination of this period we 1 expect jjhai these ramnatfl, odd lots, and the'summer'seaspn of }BBB-9 will together come to ah end at' the Wholesale Family 'DraporyWareli9use,'ToAroHbuseW«lluigr tO»,-Ap7T,

' :;Agenoral phoampmentoflVoluriteei's at Easter, is ipokei) of at Auckland. £:•'■. ■.v The Now Zealand:Lpan ■ ond'.Merdaii-" tile Agency ;Coripauy ; announce their next sale will he held oh Wednesday," 13thinat..-T':;.;, "> ' ;'•;:- '::-;^-,.;::;- ThVlJorth Oamaru A'grioultural and Pastoral Assooiation have decided to hold a ram fair on the'2lßt instant,: ' A farmer named Mills, residing at Opbtiki, whilst being'sorved with a summons for assaulting the-Sheep Inspector, attaoked Constables Cavanagh and Sisaunvith anaxo, but did not inflict any injury.. He was arrested and sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour;

• The tender of Mr G. Nicol, of Devonport, a little under £SOO, virtually for labour only, has been aosepted for the repairs to H.M.S. Dart,

An Auckland wire states that the now commander of H M.S. Sapid, Captain Oastle, was'a passenger by the Waihora from Sydney on Tuesday evening. Tenders are invited by Messrs Johnston and White for cutting and carting flax to tho Hawkhurst Flax Mills, Opaki.

A farmer named Duncan Campbell, residing at Hampden, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat on Wednesday morning, He is expected to recover. No reason can be &jven for the act. '■.'.'

The two-year-old daughter of Mr W, Welch, of Matahiwij obtained possession of a buttle of kerosone yesterday, and had drank a portion of it before she was observed, Immediately 1 on the parents noticing the child's action, Dr Milne was sent for, and under his care the little patient has quite recovered from : the effects of her novel libation,

A largely-attended meeting of Justices was convened by Mr Whiteford, tt.M,, at Ohrichchurch, yesterday, to consider the subject of juvenile crime. General opinion was Btrongly in favor of punishinp parents'; for, neglecting their responsibilities;, and of the establishment of a training ship, * A committee of senior justices was appointed to draw up resolutions for presentation to a future moeting, Inspector Pender stated that in the past fivo years 271 children had been brought before the Court, G6 of whom were illiterate, He objected to flogging boys.