The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889 Jubilee Day in Masterton.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3377, 4 December 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889 Jubilee Day in Masterton.

Home people are beginning to wondor bow Jubilee day is to be celebrated 1 in Masterton. There is here the natural inclination to do as others are doing elsowlicre, vis., prepare for a Jubilee festivity. There is, too, the i very proper desire that the fiftieth anniversary of the colony should be marked in such a way that it will be remembered in time to come. There are children now amongst us who will assist to celebrate the centenary of New Zealand, children who fifty years hence will want to toll their offspring how thoy made holiday on this anniversary and what the colony was then like. Wo have many ways _ of enjoying ourselves in New Zealand Races and athletic sports are popular, ' but neither the one nor the other is quite afitand proper adjunct to a great occasion like the coining anniversary, i more especially as other provision is made for a reasonable amount, of! i indulgence in these pastimes at this ■ season of the year. There are, 1 perhaps, certain fairly obvious condi- '' turns which would go to make up a | successful local celebration. One would be a procession, and there is J abundant material in the town for a demonstration of this kind. Thon, if the weather bo favorable, and it J usually is in January, there might be 'l a gathering in our public park and a supply there of good music. If oratory would be considered appro priate to the occasion, intervals r might be arranged for speeches,' [ There might, too, be dancing on the . green, and other minor amusements 3 included in tho programme. Perhaps 3 when the Mayor elect assumes office ho will consider the expediency of . convening a meeting of Masterton settlers to arrange some I such programme as this for t the jubilee. What is needed is i soin&thing which men, women, and 1 children pan enjoy, and if a display 1 of fireworks iii the evening were made and a big bonfire lit wo feel ' sure that the little ones would ref meinbertheoccasion, Anyextravagant ', or expensive programme would bo superfluous. The eyes of the colony will not be on Masterton on jubilee 1 day, and all wc have to do is to find a reasonable amount of amusement and make a pleasant holiday for the young and old amongst us, who ire unable to go to Wellington or to other groat fipntres where the jubilee will bo celebrated on a larger scale, That something must be done is evident, and there would bo a Strang 0 i lack of spirit and enterprise here if the event wore allowed to pass without some formal programme. There 1 is no immediate hurry to determine what we should do, but it is for ■ either tho rotiring mayor or his ' successor to tako the initiatory step i to bring about that modest celebration which is, we feel sure, tho general wish of the community. Wo have amongst us at least one settler , who on such an occasion would bo entitled to take rank before either a i coming or a going mayor, a, settler who is one of tho few survivors of those 1 who fifty yearsago first came to theso shores, but Ins well-known, modesty | will probably prevent him from taking that leading part in tho demonstration to which he is clearly entitled, Still, it is well to remember that the real genuine pioneer settlers of New Zealand, now but a small handful, are absolutely represented amongst us in the person of a settler who is generally esteemed in the community for a host of good and kindly qualities. Tho Pahiatua Acclimatisation Society ha,s joined the Wellington. Wairarapa Association. Messrs M, Caselberg and Co advertise two gallon hampers of choicoales, wines, and Bpirits assorted, for Christmas, At tho R;M, Court Cartotton on Tuesday before Colonel Roberts R. 51. a case was heard John Mahothv Matt, i Wilde, claim for £2 13s for 18|- days I work, £ll3a of which had been paid. ' Plaiufciff was n jn.suitod with Court costs j 12s witness and interpreter's fee ]fs Od. Wo have received from Messrs Reid j and Gray, Duncdin, a verv neatly got ' up illustrated catalogue of prize machin- ( ory manufactured and on salo by that ' firm. Farmers and others can bo sup- 1 pliodwithacopy on application to tho , local agents, Messrs Lowes & lonia,

Bush'tires, prematurely lighted, aro roging in tho Forty-niilo Bush.

Cream soparator buttor of oxcollont quality is very popular in Christoliurch, and is at present soiling at lOd a lb.

We have to acknowledge tho recoipt of _ Biaduliaw's guido for December which contains in addition to Railway and Shipping news, a quantity of useful information

Mr J. Carponter of tho central boot mart Qtioan Street Mnstcrtou draws attention in another column to his unusually Wo stock of substantial goods which ho claims cannot bo surpassed for variety and durability.

Private advices to Fieldintr stato that over 100 gentlemen at dinner at the Groat Eastern Hotel, Calcutta declared that the consignment of Stevens and Mountford's cold vacuum butter, part of the cargo of the Bothwcll Castle, was the best fresh butter ever landed in India,

Wc remind those interested that ontrios for the Waipipi Handicap, Opaki St ikes Handicap, Produce Stakes, Railway Handicap, Maateri<ui Handicap, Two-year-old Slakes, and Jubilee Handicap, in connection with the Mas-terton-Upaki Jockey Club's summer meeting to bo hold on tho 2lith and 27th mat, close this oveningjit 8 o'closk, or on urrival of the late train from Welinsjtun.

A dryer year than tho ono just draw ing to a close has never been known in the Forty-mile Bush, and intelligent nuttlers are beginning to consider what slops should bo taken by tho local bodies to avert tho disastrous consequences likely to ensue if tho destruction of the bufih is continued at its present rate, There is talk of a meeting bang held, with a viow to taking united action in forming plantations of trees of rapid growth, and also of arriving at some

general system of planting treoa along boundary lines. It is easier to destroy than to build up. Pearson's Private Band intend carrying on their open-air concerts throughout the summer months, and on Thursday evening will play, tho followine programme from Messrs Townsend and Cowper's Balcony :—Quick March, "White Squall," Waltz, "Fair and Faithful," Quadrille, " Cleopatra," Slow March, " Hector," Waltz," Hands and Hearts," Schottischo, " Just for Fun," Quick Match," Golden Lock of Hair," Wo understand the uniforms for the Band arc approaching completion at the hands of tho successful tenderer, Mr Warner, and by tho Christmas holidays we may expect to seo our Bandsmen fully attired iuawoll-earnedoutlit, The uniform i are of blue-black cloth with white corded facings, and the caps aro being made to order in Wellington,

Mr Stead has finally severed bis connection with tho Pall Mall Gazette and goes to America for a time on various schemes intent, Ho will bo succeeded in Northumberland street by young Charles Mnrley (nephew of John Morley) who has hitherto had charge of the Budgot, and been intorviewor-in-chief to tho cstabluhmeut.

Tho Buenos Ayrcs Standard ol

September 3rd says,—"Tho mortality in the Ilucks in the south of this province seems to bo terribly sovere, Tho

ainval of sheepskins alone in She market is a conclusive proof of tho thinning of tho flocks, and it is confirmed by a nutico in El Argentine ol Chascomus, in which it is reported that Hocks of one to two thousand sheep are now reduced to a score or a dozen, on somo estaucias more than 50 por cant of tho sheep having succumbed, Sheepfiirmers are justly apprehensive of a further spreading of the plague, and have appealed both to the Government and to the Rural Society lor assistance, Tho disease, or epidemic, has, however, not yet beon accurately disagonsed, as, although tho rains aro to somo extent responsible, must farmers think that tho 'lombriz' is the root of the evil, The rotting of tho carcases is also a sotiroo of much danger especially in such large numbers,

A serio-comic scene was enacted in and near a mhnmnt at the'riverside resort outside the Paris fortifications called Asniores recently. A band of youthful admits entered the feeding establishment in question and ordered a veritable banquet. They had tho best in the house, and asked for tho oldest Bordeaux and Burgundy which the local Boniface had in his cellar, Having dined and ''wined " to repletion, these youths—who could not muster between them oven tho quarter of tho reckoning, which was presented in duo form on a plate by the waiter—resolved to do what in England is called " taking ifrench leave," while in Franco by a curious conversion of terms the same procoss is popularly do.ieribedasyi(fr a'AntjlA. The lads departed surrcptitiomly one by one, leaving a comrade to covor their retreat and to act as a sort of buffer to the just vengeance of tho Boniface, The comrade, however, deemed it imprudent to await the landlord's attack, so when all his friends had gone ho organised a quiet " sneak out" on his own account. lie was, in tho meanwhile closoly watched by a waiter who had noticed the mysterious departures of the other dishonest guests, and bounded after him, coining np near him on the banks of the river,, There the '' sneak" boldly plunged into the water, leaving his breathless pursuer in tho lurch, and headed steadily towards the opposite shore, Two tpidanncs now arrived, and these worthy representatives of Justice speedily requisitioned a bargeo and his boat, and were soon near the fugitive swimini'i'. lip was captured, in the sight uf thousands oi spectators, who lined both banks of the river in order to behold the strange chase. That a Conservative peer should writo an article in favour of Home. Rule for Scotland—which is the object of Lord Bute's contribution to tho " Scottish Review,I—has 1 —has given riso to n considerable amount of comment. The Marquis denies that the desire for Homo Rule is limited to members of the Scotch Homo Rule Association, and asserts that there is a general feeling amhog Scotchmen that the Union of 1707 lias, by ths lause fif tinie, become obsolete. He i|wollb on the ineoMvenienco and -csponso of tho present arrangements regarding private bill legislation, and appeals to tho House of Lords, and deplores tho fact that so many able Sontchneii loavo their oountrys attracted by the rewards ottered to ambition in England. For these and other grievances Lord Bute recommends a national Parliament in Edinburgh with two Houses, one electod by popular suffrage, and a second Chamber of life peers—both sending representatives to Westminster, to be known as they were in the time of Charles 11, as Commissioners to the Imperial Parliament. The Marquis insists that his proposal has no manner of affinity with tho sort, of Parliament that has boon domani|ed for Ireland, and, ho proposes that in every caso of disagreement between the National and tho Imperial Legislature the latter shall bo supremo.

Our millinery showroom has been tho scone of much activity since the season commenced, ami has been thronged from day to day by ladies who know llmt the most elegant, becoming ami graceful fashions were to be bad nt Hie Wholesole Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington.

Wc have an excellent choice ot trimmed hats, In white, crap, bJiiok, ami all colours; we have every fashloiiablo variety of shape, and evory lady who but gives afilance at our millinery window will seo that for genuine taste and moderate prices wo are without compeers, at To Aro'Houßo, Wolliiiglou. Wo have also an abundance of flower trails troin Is to is Gd; of flower sprays from 3d to Is Gd; of unmounted flowers of all kinds indeed as regard flowers generally, we have the largest and most fashionablo stock in the city, at Te Aro House, Wellington, We have a lot of tintriiumcd picnic hats, specially imported for this purpose and for g«den wear, from 2}d to 2s each, and a nice lot of tho same description, trimmed, at 2s lid and 7s Ud each, at Te Aro House, WiUgtPn.

[ Altogether, our millinery department, just now, is very attractive, and would amply repay a visit of inspection, Wo can execute all orders promptly, and most artistically, and guarantee what is obtained nowhore cl«o in tho city, complete satisfaqtion, at tho Wholesalo Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellinnton,A»vj,

Mr P. 'f. Rodman desires tho public to look out for liia "Christmas game.to bo (ji v en away," The now season* fruit has arrived' Mid is now being opened up at his oatablishniont.

Mr ■Koincnlwrv warns the person who tooK from his premises this morning » half-bred bulldog pup to return tho same forthwith to prevent further trouble Wc havo reccivod from tho manager of Mr E, Pearoe's Mar,tcrton boot mart, a samplo of "Pedellno." Persons suffering from tender feet will fin'd robot and comfurt from its use.

George U'Brion was sentenced to forty-eight hours ioiprisomnont without tho option of a fin'o this morning, by Mr Burton Boys, J.P, for drunkenness. This is his second offence of a similar nature within a fortnight, |on tho 19th November ho was lined fivo shillings and cautioned, which light sentence apparently had no doterreut effect.

Mr J, Dawson has iust completed his contract for building a ninety-seven foot B|),inbridgoand platform ovor the Makakahi river, to connect Parkvillo with Eketahuna, Mr T. E. Price, of Mastorton, who is visiting the bush district, took a very nice photographio view of the bridge, which includes the mrronnding pretty scenery.

Wo remind stock dealers and tho pnblio generally of Mr F. 11, Wood's Taratalu stock salo which commences to-morrow as usual, at one o'clock. Tho cattloguo embrace 100 Bhorn wethers, 2-tooth, well forward; 200 fat ewes, shorn; 100 wethers 2 and -i tooth, shorn; 17 steers and heifers, 18-nionths; 15 3 and 4 year old steers, in prime forward condition; 3 fat cows; 4 dairy cows; 10 storo pigs; 1 draught Jilly, and horses of all classes,'

Good news from Wollmgton,and quite true, youcan get a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from LIB, organ with divided octave couplars all in solid black walnut cases frim Ll7. This beats all the cheapest houses in town, Pianos tuned for 7s, or by tho year four visits LI, travelling expenses added.' All kinds of musical. instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, now reeds put in accordoans. Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may bo purchased on the time payment system from 2s Gd per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one at F. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-atreot, Wellington. (Sole agont of the celebrated Worcester organs.)-ADVT