The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3301, 5 September 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1889.

Tlip ordinary monthly meeting of tho Mastcrtou School Cummittoo takes place this ovening. Only six tires have occured in Mastert.ou during the piiat twelve months and, aocQr.cjiftg tq tho Volunteer Fire Brigade record, not .one jvaa of ft seriouachnracter. Tho shopkeepers of Greytaw.u have decided to close their establishments at six p.m. in future, Saturdays excepted, We are required to again to remind tho Masterton Volunteers of the meeting to-night lor the election of captain. The Masrjiwadp Ball at Greytowu to-morrow night promise? tp bo a great success everything has been done by ihp committee towards securing the comfort and convenience of those attending, Tho room is bein? tastefully fitted up and the floor will bein,capltal(iO)!(ijtion for dancing. A concert in aid of tiic widows of Muher ar.d Leu ivas held at Stewart's Public flail, Pahiatua, on Tuesday evening last, The hall was crowded to excess, and seycral tickets wero also sold tn persons who did not attend, There should bo a fair surplus, tho expense# being small. A good variety of songs, readings, recitations were contributed by ladies and in the district, the entertainment conchfdjiig with tho laughable farce " Perfection." A meeting of tho Castlepoint Hoad [Board was held on Saturday List. I Present—Messrs Langdon, Elder, and I Andrev. f)i the absence of the Chairman, Mr Audrey yas voted to tlio chair. The Trcasiiror reported balance in bank, general account £152 2aod, and separate account £Bl 17s. Letters wore read from Mr W. G. Beard ro claim made for interest on purchase of Blackhill lino of road, from Mr J. F. Jfaunsell te the tho Board assisting the County Gojincil to reduce tho dobt of the Riding from Mr Hancock re metalling near the hotel, from Treasury re payment of loim iiito Bank. Hesolved that Mrßsard be in formed that tho matter of interest stand over until nest meeting, and that tho Board cannot see its way to assist the Council to reduco its liability at present. Acounts amounting to 119 8s 4d wero oxamined ana passed for payment and tho moetipi; adjourned.

Tlio annual report awl balance -sheet of tliu Masterton Voiunteor Firo liiigade is published elsewhoro and a porusal of it will show that this useful institution is doing good work at • a nijnimum enst. Their total expenditure amounted to M 2s 2d, and mora than ono half of tint sum was spent in the puroliaso of uniforms.

Wo are having, writes a Wlnuvama correspondent, inaguilicent weather on the coast. Some people think it too dry. The Messrs Bonnets, who have the con tract for destroying rabbits on|th:> Government land in the. Whareama, started work yesterday. A mectm;' of tho.liketahuna Debatii!" Society whs held as usual on Tuesday wining lust. Some important business was laid before tlie meeting, but as the attendance was small (chiefly owing to several members being absent from ilio district) the consideration of it was postponed for one week when it is hoped a largo number will be present. At a special mooting held afterwards it was decided that tho Se-retary bo instructed to write thanking Mr J.J, Freeth, of Mastorton, for his offer to lecture under the auspices of the Society and asking him to lix an early date, Mr Edward Thompson fell in a lit on Friday whilst working in n field at Gladstone, tlo was carried lioni'o but died shortly after. Tlie .deceased was a corporal in tho Papaivai rille corps, but owing to no notification of his death boinft forwarded to head quarters no military honors were accorded to him at his burial. This morning a large contingent of his comrades wont to Gladstone to firo a saluto ovor his grave.—Standard'

The Masterton Schoul of Design announce nil " at homo fur Monday fi'Oin 2 o'clock to 5, at which tho public are cordially invited to iuspect tlw work of pupils.

Volunteers aro requested to bo in attendance at tho Masteiton bulla lor practice on Saturday. In view of the approaching match with Wellington, it is to bo hoped the members will roll up in force.

Mr F. H. Wood holds a general sale in Ilia Greytown rooms on Saturday l-lth September, and one at Carterton on Saturday 21st September.

James Cornwall, of Cartorton, ai'cd about tlm'ty-soven, tho sun of an old settler, and a prominent Wesleyan, died nt eight o'clock this murium;. Ho had boon ailing for some time past, Tho funeral will probably be on Sunday.

In relerringto the supposed discovery of antimony near Gladstone in yesterday's issuo a mis-print occurred. The following is the direct reading of the parazraph in question, "Tho stone, which if not antiinonious, possesses other metalic properties which may provo of equal value,'' The concert which takes place on Friday evening, September 13th, to raiao funds to send a representative team to Dunodin, in connection with the Mastcrton Voluntoors promises to be a most successful affair. The programme is n very attractive one, and wo understand the tickets are poing off rapidly, The quarterly meoting of the Masterton Licensing Committee was held at noon t i-day. Present—Messrs E. McEwen, (chairman), J. Williams, and A. W. Hosrg. Sergeant Price handed in his quarterly report, which spuko favorably of the various hotels in the Borough, Mr Beard, who appeared for Mr Otiaway, applied for the transfer of tho license of the Hoyal Hotel from Mr Toolull to Mr Oi.taw.iy. The Committee, after a slight, discussion, decided to grant tlio transfer, This concluded tho business, and the meeting adjourned, Some rubbish burning on M r A h To) 's premises, Dixon-3troefc, last night, occasioned an alarm being given 011 tho lire boll in Queen-streot, which was promptly repeated 011 tho Villa-street tinkler, The Brigades promptly responded to tho call, but only to lltid it was a false alarm. Tho Alfredton Koad Board have obtained from Mrßremner, County Engineer, an estimate of the cost of forming and making altemato roads connecting Alfredton with the main road through the Forty-mile bush. Tho EketahunaTiiiui route would cost, .£3071, and tho Iliuraua-Mani(amalioe £10,532, subject to a reduction if metal is found on certain positions 011 eithor line of road. In tho face of such a great difference in the cost the Board will be compelled to choose tho former and cheaper line, ■ At tho adjourned meeting of tho Committeo of tlio Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association held yesterday tho prizo list was completed. Prices lillqttod amounted to nearly £OOO. The special list included a valuable cup, contributed by Mr Kolin ol Wellington. Special classes wero created for shearing match and for flax, and prizes allotted. Tho membership since laßt report has been increased by twenty. A wedding party left Oartorton yesMay for a drive to Mastetton, They arrived in the latter township at about half past three o'clock. The party occupied three buggies and pulled up near the Loan and Mercantile ollico, Queenstreet. The horso in the hindmost conveyance commenced kicking and became altogether unniana«eable. It ultimately broke the shafts and starred off fuli tear towards the Waipoua bridge, Fortuni.toly tlio street was pretty clear at the timo and tho horso kept to tho road until it neired tho Occidental Hotel whoro it swerved off and struck against a post which it smashed, The excited aniuiai somewhat dazed hy the collision waß captured and brought back to the place it started fniin. After such an uniooked for donouemont the partydecided to discontinue their journey further and made their way back to Carterton which place tli.ey reach ad. without further mis hap, a better behaved horse having been obtained from Neill's stables to take the place of tho unruly quadruped that had caused so much consternation. The bride although her cheeks were as white as the beautiful satin dress in whici she was (Irosspd did not faint but he nerves were somewhat shaken. Mr F. E. Tatliam, of Holmwood, Whareama writes to us follows!—Laet Friday morning (August 30) as I was riding along the beach in front of Holmwood, I saw an animal lying just in the wash of tho receding tido that I at once took to bo a seal. But on going closer, my sheepdog caught sight of it and ran up to it. To my »reat astonishment, instead of scuttling or crawling off as a

seal would do, it just got up on to four legs and tfotted off to the soa, diving under the fjrgt breaker a)id disappearing. 1 was withii) a chain pf'tlje animal". It had the head of a seal, anilhindijuartgrs and tail like a hoar. Tho body wii3 smaller and legs comparatively much larger than.a bear's. The tail was oxactly liko a bears's tail. It was covered jyith brown fur. In. size it was about equal to at) ordinary retriever dog, hut stood higher, 1 desotiljod tlio beast to some Maoris. Sonio'of them iiad never heard of such an animal, but Pirfpi Waaka tells mo it is what tliey call a Mia.iiii'o, Jt is rarely met with, and its fur is valuable. Pfsbably some of your readers' are better aajualntojJ wjthmoiistors of the deep than 1 am, and can tell i(5 all about him. ' Jjythe mail steamers we received a very large vaiioiypf new especially adapted for the spriug SKfsoi), i.'c Arci House, Wellington. These consist principally of the latest styles in millinery amM milimerymateria's, and are so varied, so elegant, so really attractive and charming, that wo feci assured tlfcy will meet with tho warmest approval ffQU} all ojjr J/idy friends at Te Aro House, Wellington, It is impossible for ut? to cembalo or particularise, so gnat is the profusion and i number of exhibits. Wo prefer to give our patrons a most delightful surprise, a suvprise that shall bo brimful of delight and the they visit tlw aimroom at Te Wellington', To-mmm we shall liiake £pct display of .this new spring millinery'in our showroom, and we invite fi very large attton. (jjii/ie pn the occasion at To Aro House Wellington. We might t'o in addition to tljo creations of our milbhcr's artistic skill, we liayo somo 'very elegant farisian models, which we have received direct ' from Pjfis at t'uo Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro Houso, Wellington. Eemsmber—Our first display of new spring fashions iu millinory will take placo to-morrow, ia the efwwroom. at Tc Aro Souse, Wellington.—Advi. |

Messrs Andrew McKonzie, Thoinaa Mooro, and William Viokerstaff, the three retiring Councillors were nominated at noon to-day for the throe . vacauoies on thu Oarterton Borough Council, As tho number or nominations did not exceed tho nutnbor of vacancies, tlieso have been declared duly elected councillors, The marria»o at St. Mark's Church, I Carterton, yesterday, when Mr Joseph ( Bond was wedded to Miss' Helen , MclCoiizio, attracted a very large atten- | dance,of intorc3to;l friends and acquaiu- " tances, the building bain*? ahnus'i crowded. The Rev. Mr Ballacliey ' conducted the ceremony. The brido, ' who was richly and handsomely attired l in' a coatuino ot ivory satin, adorned | with lace and orange blossoms, had as her bridesmaids the Misses J. McKenzio, ( Mathieson, Kemp and Strcwbridgo. Tlio latter wore costu'>iod respectively in ]uuk satin and bluo satin, trimmed 1 with Eoniton lace. Mr V. Mclieuzie occupied the honourable position of ! groomsman. 11l celebration of tho ceremony a wedding breakfast was afterwards attended by a number of the intimate and lar»c circle of friends of tho esteemed young couple, and in the evening an enjoyable dancoand social gathering merrily prolonged "until daylight did appow" was fitting tormiuatioii of tho dsv's hnppv event. Parliamentary... Tlio estimates were considered in the House yesterday. Stock branch, £29,289.—Mr J. McKenzio asked for an explanation of the reasons for making changes in the Inspector's district last year.— Mr Kerr complained tliat in conseqnonce of the late Chief Inspector giving a clean certificate to a contaminated ilock in Marlborough, his (Mr Kerr's) flock had become infected—The Minister said the office of chief inspector was now done away with, in accordance with the rccommendatisn of the . Stock Committee last year—Mr Buchanan expressed an opinion that Inspectors Drumuionil and Simpson (Wairarapa and West Coast) were entitled to higher salaries than £2OO a year.—The Minister said they got .£225 a year each, and £IOO travelling oxpenses. Mr Bruce asked whether it was not a fact that Inspector Simpson had been in Hie service a quarter of a century, and had always borno a Rood character,privately and officially; and that a Mr Clifton, with a four years' record, who came up from the Minister's own district, was put over Mr Simpson ?—The Minister answered affirmatively to all these questions, and said Mr Clifton had been in charge of the Otago district, It did not follow that Mr Clifton was not an able officer because he had only been in the service a short time. Mr Bruce asked whether it was not true that Mr Clifton had clerical assistance which was refused Mr Simpson ?—The Minister deprecated this form of catechism, and said lie was not aware that any advantage was given to Mr Clifton. He pointed out the Government were endeavoriug to divest the Stock Department of all political tone, inaccordance with the wish of the House. —Mr Bruce assured the Ministor that tho action of the Government in this matter had done them more harm on tho West Coast than anything else, not excepting tho tariff.—Mr Dodson expressed approval of Mr W. Bailoy's work in Marlborough, and said the faot \m that the inspector had been away nine months, and scab had now broken out on Mr Kerr's own run,—Dr Newman said Mr Clifton had proved himself a most capable officer,—Mr J, McKeiwie challenged the Government to appoint a commission to inquire into the management of the Rabbit Department in Wellington, and undertook to pay all expenses if the charges of favouritism and general mismanagement were not proved.—A motion by Mr Ward, to reduce tho vote by £3OO, was lost on tho voices, and tho vote passed. N,Z, Times.