The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3205, 15 May 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1889.

A notice of great importance to property owners who aro troubled with the rabbit pest appears in another column, above the signature of Inspector Drummond. The New Zealand Times estimates that every flax mill employs at least twenty-five men, We think that ten is far nearer the actual number, even if boys are counted bb men.

It « currently reported in London that Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of tho Capo (formerly Governor of New Zealand), has' made a solid million of money by judicious investments in gold nnd diamond mines during his residenco in South Africa,

A movement to induce tho Canterbury A?ricu*tnral and Pastoral Association to offer prizes for Bmall farms, conditionally on funds for the purpose being subscribed by the public, has resulted in the Association offering two first prizes of £25, and two second prizes of £lO for farms of 50 to 150 acres, and of 150 to 300 acres respectively, conditionally on £IOO being guaranteed to cover oxpenscs,

An adjourned meeting ot tho Eketahuiia Road Board was hold at the office »f the Bond on Saturday tho 11th inst, for the purpose of opening tenders', for work in the Maiigaono Valley Road, All the members were The following tenders were reoeived.— Keester and Hardin?, bridges, £136, culvert £7O, (accepted), luderson and Busburn, bridges £l4O, culvert, £l5O, J, McMillan, bridges, £251, culvert, £l2O, R. Bryant, culvert, £9l. It was decided to hold the meetings of the Board at 2 p.m. during tho winter months,

Tho Yonerablo Nathaniel Dawes, Archdeacon of Brisbane, who was conad crated Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese by the Primate of Australia and Tasmania, the Most Rev. Dr, Barry,. Bishop of Sydney, is a graduate, of Oxford, where he took his B.A, in 1872, being a member of St. Alban's Hall,. He was for several years Vicar of St. Mary's parish, ■(Jhatternome, London, and carao to •Australia in 1886,' at the invitation of tho Bishop of Britbane, Dr Webber, whose diocese is seven times as large as England and Wales. England is not content to remain beaten by America in yachting. Lord Dnnraven has issued a'ohallenge for the America's Cup, and the race will probably take place at New Sfork in October nort, Lord Dunraven is building a new yacht, sixty feet long, at Southampton. It will probably be launched early in May, and is desorlbed as a beauty. The cutter has a seventy foot lead line with an extreme breadth of sixteen feet. The fratno is of steel'; the floorings, top . and sides are planked with teak, arid the bottom jb planked with American ■ elm. Tho yacht is designed us a keel cutter, but a slot in the keel and steel flooring aredesienedfora centreboard if required, and she will be raced as a .keel cutter or a centreboard, whichever proves the faster'after the.trlal.races.,'Hev bow will be the same as that of the Thistle, but her stern is mu,ch narrow, General Payne, the.owner of the Volunteer that beat the Thistle, statos that Mb business will prevent him from entering the Volunteer or building a new boat The New York Yacht Club will attend to the challenge. !T:he'Aroorican yachtsmen did not expect a challenge this-year, and have been caught napping If they havo not time to build a lio'w pit put out-one of: th.elt.-Wst ones 'which will be selected frumi the Voluriteer, Titania, Katrina, Shamrock; Bedoiiini Puritanj and Mayflower. • ■• .: "■.■".nji.hv;.';-; ?"":■:■:..

A largo goncral bhlo will bo held in the Qreytown ruomß on Saturday next by llr F. H. Wood, when furniture will be sold without resoivo. ' ' We ieani thiitfOblonel J.KentjTohni stop;, whose'intention Ato .return ! to. tho ; •Eimutaktt\ •' for the recovery 'of hie health we announced some days ago, has boen advised by his medical attendant, Dr D, tr, Johnston, to defer his departure for another month, in the hope that by that'time he may have regained sufficient strength to undertake the voyago. \ Joseph Stringer, an old offender, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and sentenced to one months imprisonment with hard labour this morning by Col. Roberts B.M. . '

A notice to defaulting ratepayers in the Borough of Masterton appears in our advertising columns, Unless immediate payment is made legal proceedings will be taken [for the' reoovory of outstandingTates, -..'■'. : i. ' ''. ; Two' Wellington residents having responded to an advertisement. Addressed, to next of'kin, have received a communication from a solicitorin San Francisco to the effect that if their identity.!! satisfactorily established they will participate with three other members of the "'family in a fortune of L 15,000.

'The following will represent the Rivals in their match with the Red Stars on Saturday next, at Masterton : Backs-Snoilgrass, Usshor,,. McCarthy, Ke'mble (2), R. Ngature.. Forwards— Fairbrother, Nicholson, Eagle, Kilmirister, Eaton, McKenzie, Moore (2), Merewood, Emorgoncy-King,

The attendance at the masked ball given by the Amateur. Operatic Society nt.the Theatre lloyal on Tuesday night was not quite so large us was oxpected, though the floor was fairly filled : There

were some very good dresses, and. the domiriawhichwasindispenmiblo during| the early part of the evening was the cause of not a little mystery, and some very arousing mistakes wero made under it.'. Dancing was kept up till the small hours of the morning. At the Carterton Assessment Court, before Messrs W. Booth, B. Boys, and E b. Miunsell, Reviewers, on Tuesday the following valuations wero objected to unsuccesssfully :-U, Carman, £200; Clapham, 1200; Hughan, £llOO ;-S Lyddington, £llOO j J Maco, £490; Taratahi Dairy Co., 1760; J.J. Taine, £ISO;J. Morris,£Boo; T.Ray,£3so; O'Connor, £820; Robert Dixon, £3O; Wm. Skeet, £795; R. D. Pharazyn, £18,300, Reductions were made as follows i-T. Moore from £590 to £570; and D. Douglas, from £1605 to £I3OO.

' Un Sunday last, at (Jreytown, the family of Mr and Mrs W. Nation, sonr., met, in a social WAy, to celebrate their golden wedding. *lt is now nearly sixty years since Mr Nation left the Old Country and came out to Sydney, N.S.W. After assisting to establish one 4 the first leading papers m that city, ho subsequently came over to New Zealand, where ho was instrumental in utartine ono or two nowspapers which

are flourishing to-day, It is also worthj nt mention that Mr Nation is nearly, i not quite, the oldest printer in thi Australasian Colonies. With his mam friends, we tendor him and his gooi lady our hearty congratulations,

Via perceive by the Wellington papers that a journalist well known and not a little admired in the Wairarapa, Mr J. Evison, was- Borne few weeks ayo appointed Editor of the Uatholao Times. We have not previously Been the paper in question for some time, but tho last two issues are before us, and we perceive a wondertul improvement in the get up of the Catholic Times, but also in its contents. The leaders, as might have been expected, are logically and brilliantly written, while "Notes and Comments'' and " Brief Mention" aro terse and crisp and Bparkle with that keen humour not untinged with sarcasm for which the writer is distinguished. In addition to the religious intelligence, the Catholic Times contains a large quantity of secular nows and information, and, taken, generally, is about, one of the best papers of the description we have seen in the Anstralian colonies. '

Some time ago a lawyer was conduct* ing a case against a street railway company, and there was an old sailor on the

jury who seemed to give no heed, The lawyer made his utmost appeals, but all in vain. Finally he stopped in front of tho sailor and Baid-" Mr Juryman, 1 will tell you how this happened, The

plaintiff was in command of the outward bound open car, and stood in her starbott'd channels, Along came the inward bound close-car, and just as.their bows met she jumped the track,' steered to port, and knocked the plaintiff and ran over him," The old sailor was all attention after this version of tho affair, and. joined in a §ooodol. verdict for the injured man.

_ The Sydney Mornine Herald, which is said to return a profit of about £BO,OOO a year has just passed into the hands of Mr J. R, Fairfax and his three sons, Charles v Geoffrey, and Jameß. Mr E, Ross Fairfax, the younger brother of Mr J. B. Fairfax, has sold out his share, and means to settle down in-England. It is said,, remarks the Otaiio Daily Times, that a million sterling was lately oflered for tho paper without leading to business.

Evidences of the march of progress are evinced in these days by tho attempt so worthily mado to bring the great body of consumers into all but. direct contact with the noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through the medium of tho proprietor of the celebrated Te Aro House, Wellington.

Notoontent with having erected one of Largest, most Convenient and Magnificent Family Drapery Warehouses to bo found this side of the Equator, and wbioh attracts as it should large concourses of Customers, he seeks still further to influence the publio by sending his representatives through the various country districts, to inake known to the residents the manifest advantages of dealing with To Aro House, Wellington.

All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any,.station -on the Government and Mnnawatu' Railway Company's Lines that maybe nearest to the customer's residence, and thus oounlry purchasers will be placed on the saiDo footing as those resident in the City, and enjoy all the advantages connected with dealing, directly with the Importer, James Smith, Te Aro House Wellington.-AnvT.'

A representative is now in this'distriot and will call upon all and sundry with patterns o! treasonable Dress and other Fabrics, Household- Drapery, Tweeds, Coating, do, He will takeovers of Dress-, making,; Tailoring, and everything connected .with the drapery, trade, and the Proprietor trusts that every courtesy will be extended to him' with large'narabarji of orders to bo at To Aro House, Wellington. Well's Hair Baisaji, . If gray, restores original color And logantdressing, softens aud beautifies No oil nor grease.; A Tonip Restorative stops hair coming out; strengthens cleanses, heals scalp,