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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3249, 6 July 1889, Page 2

Tiiis is the monthly pay-day of tho Groytown and Masterton Building Societies.

The regular monthly meeting of the Mastorton Lodgo 1430 E.O, takes place en Monday night. Mr Anketell has on view at the Poultry Exhibition ono of his prize incubators.

Tho Wellington School Board have acoeptotl tho tender tor additions to Pavkvalc School, of Mr H. Trotman, at £lo9los.

Tutiuiarangi Pirupi and others waited on the Minister at Wellington and the Court will sit in Wairarapa without delay.

In tho Supremo .Court last evening Oswald Brodie was acquitted on a charge of burning seven stacks of oats and wheat on his farm, near Masterton, for the purposo of defrauding tho Insurance Company, Mossrs A. Walker and Co., have won tho Society's gold medal for tho greatest number of points at tho present show, and Messrs Wilton' .uid Bannipter the silver medal. The former thus become holders of tho President's cup for this year, and have only to win next year to keep it.

Residents in this districts desirous of securing really first-class hunters or cross country horsos will do well to read Messrs Cunningham Badhaui and Co.'s advertisement in another column, This firm will sell by auction on Friday Juiiy I2th a fow hunters and good cross country horses, and are open to take further entries for tho same sale.

The Payno Family appeared again to a Masterton audience last nisht, and carried out an entirely new programmo in a manner fully appreciated by those who had tho gooil fortuno to witness it. Beforo tho concluding song was rendered Mr Payno took the opportunity to thank the visitors for their patronage. On their return from tho North in about three months tiuio he promised to ropeat.thu visit. On Thursday morning as Mr Edwin Johnson, tho milkman, was driving home after his usual round tho hainos atrap broke and, there being nothing to preventitjtho principal part of the harness camo off the horse, the shafts of the cart being freed went up in the air, with the result that the occupants of tho cart, Mr Johnson, his son, and a little boy belonging to one of his customtrs, wore shot violently out into tho road and tho milk-cans wire scattered in all directions, Tho reins had got entangled and prevented the horso fJom clearing out, hut the animal started kicking at a furious rate and smashed the cart about considerable. He also kicked Mr Johnson on the arm. Fortunately somo residents in tho neighbourhood attracted by the noise ran out and promptly rondered tho necessary help required to put things straight. Tho harness was temporarily repaired, and tho horse was replaced in tho shafts. Tho casualties amounted to a severely sprained shoulder aud a kick on the left fore-arm to Mr Johnson, but fortunately no broken bones, his son was sovoroly bruised on both legs, the cart having passed over them and the little boy was suffering from a slight concussion he having been pitched on his head. The .cart, was a partial wreck, one side and tho splaslj board bejng demolished. The latter was cpnvfiy.ed to the coach factory and soon put in repair- Mr Johnson wasattended to by Dr Milno.but it wiff bp three weeks before ho will bo abla to resume milking operatiohs. Johnson junr, and tholittlo boy are not much the worse apparently for the episode. P.omlct; "The air biles shrewdly." Horatioi " It is a wiip'ug and an eager air, my 'Lord." 'Had 'the'''philosophy Dane lived' in our day'aikl olty, : ho would, will) thousand of other intelligent citizens, have sought and obtained, the true Safeguard, trood,' honest, Flannel, at Te Aro' House, Wellington. ■:"'•■'■ "Hie wind that blows." and ."tho air!-' that "bites shrewdly" would have been successfully defied-by. selecting from tho many ' ercoUont makes of Flannel that are to had ' at To Aw Wellington, '. !

It is intended to bring in ft. Bill to amend tho Blausrhtor-houaea, Act, Colonel Trimblo has been offered-tho position of Sorgeantjat-Ariiis,-The -public works statement will probably not be delivered until uext Friday. Tho Government propose to give a bonus to enoourage the production of iron,

Tho House is to ho asked to pass a voto to assist Members of divided families to join their relatives in the Colony.

The Government has under consideration the advisabloneas of introducing a 'Weliington School of Design Bill this session,

At the auction salo for the privilepeS at the 'Wellington Racing Clubs Steeple" ohasn ttf eeting all lots wero passed i n there ham no bidding.

Mr M, Wilton informs us that thiß is the fourth year in which ho has carriod all before him in Silver Spangled Hamburghs. . Mr J, Stone, of tho Waipoua Nursery has just received a largo consignment of fruit, ornamental, and English forest trees,

Wo aro requested to remind our country readers, especially those situate in the Eketahuna and bush districts of the furniture end effects, dairy stock Ac, advertised to bo sold on account of Mrs lollotteby Messrs Lowes and lorns at Eketahuna on July 11th. The Dalefiold Cheese Factory has now sold and issued all its cheese, excopt half! a ton which is being kept to meet local demand, The general meoting of shareholders for the presentation of the annual report and balance sheet will be hold on 21ab August, We regrot to hear from Carterton, of tho Bad death yestorday, at thn early ago of twenty-threo cf Mrs Price, the wife of Mr William Price, who was manager of the late riopora Tiki's Munguhui station. Mrs Price, who was tho daughter of Mrs Cadwallader of Waihakako had been suffering from a troublesome complaint • for some tiny past, and medical skill seemed unavaiij ing. She leaves a husband and two young children, The Bev. W. J. Watkin, will lecture in tho Wcdeyan Church, Mastortons on Monday evening, July Bth, on the History of British Colonisation. The Rev- Mr Watkin is the son of one of the oldest and best known Wesleyan ministers in the Wellington province. He is one of tho most gifted and naturally humourous speakers in New Zealand and a real treat to listen to. The lecture will be interspersed with music, admission will be free and a collection will bo made in aid of the circuit iund,