The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1890. The Dunedin Exhibition.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3459, 14 March 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1890. The Dunedin Exhibition.

rVhen the Dunedin Exhibition was a, the promotion stage' we wrote oineivhat disparagingly of its aims nd prospoots. The aspect of it to ?hich we then attached an undue imminence was the extent to which t begged and borrowed, north, south ast, and west, the necessary materia o fill : its mammoth sheds, W [uestioned whether, the result of it mportnnities would be commerisurat villi the sacrifices, which had to b nade to satisfy them, The wonderfu lUccess of the. exhibition proves lowever, that we under estimated it ittraction and the foresight of thos inthusiastic citizens , who planned il Since the opening day a constant am ncreasiiigflowof visitorslms thronge ts portals, and tho cry is still the; iome. This experience is altogetlie inprecedentod in Now Zealand, am nust be extremely- gratifying to al Dtago 1 patriots. . Never lias ther jeen in this colony so many visitor 'm Australia, and- never has ther jeen in any one city of New Zealani inch a stream of people from al jarts of it, from every town arid town ihip,; and froni country districts the trip to Duiiedin has not on tliii jeeasion. been the privilege alone c ivell-to-do people, but it has been.en ioyed to a very largo extent by men o imall means. The favorable term Dffered by steam and rail hav induced thousands who never ven tad a hundred miles from home t mako'a big tour, involved in a jauri [o Dunedin, Thousands of peopl in the North Island, who liavi hitherto been strangerß to the MiddL Islaud, and who have not porsoiiall; realised the extent' to which' ill settlement of the colony has beei developed, have now gained nei knowledge and new experience which,may be of some advantago i them-in their own districts. ,Iti not too muoh to say that tho Dunedii exhibition lias been a liberal educa tion to a .very largenumber o colonists, '.The success of the exliibi tion goes to show that there is a gooi deal of pocket money in ; all parts o New: [Zealand;: and. even if th little r savings -of many- an in dustrioiis settler have raoltei in a summer holiday to tho far south they return all the better for thei trip, ainl with.renewed, vigorare, n. doubt, able to'fight tlio' battle of lif with greater vigor, It is imposribl to give too much credit to the shrewd far-seeing of Dunediii, wli have worked out suoli i big sli3\ to so muoh advantage, not only t their own city, but also to the Colon) Ventures of this oharactor are no usually comu&roiol successes, aud i is quite a surprise to find this ono ai exception to the rule. One resul which bids fair to-foof permanen ddvautjgo to the Colony is the influ: of visitors from Australia, At thi season of the year it is sometime almost 100 hot to live iu countrie liko.yictoria and New, South Wales and probably ■ tens of thousands o colonists there would gladly spend; few weeks annually in New • Zealaw if they could mako the trip at i moderate cost,.,; This year tlio specia by.Bteamera am rail have eiiabled our Australasia! cousins to cross to Durfedin, am takoa run up to Christchiirch, Wei lingtonj and Auckland, at an exceed iflgly moderate cost, ..No douM th ti-uffio- thus created for a speoin yearwillbje maintained fo many'' aucceeding'tseasoiis'/ 'if Nei Zealand peoplo make it their busines to'foeter it. What the Awtra|asjini

want here will "riot' be so much the .attractiqii^ofan exhibition ( a.s the flpjpymoni- bf y> iaildyplimate^Willi travelling at; a nipderato.cost.'/.'iNew 'Zealand joapfi, alittlohtifvest this season frora Australasian tonristsj'and with jiidicioub arrangements tho return, may b$ Repeated annually.

MrE. Welch notifies in this issue i that he lias taVoS:over'Mr'Geo'.' Dim's business in Queen St.,„ , , . , 5 -t In'the R,#; tills morning tworabbit cases, - -v—'Reuall- 1 and Inspector yflandysido, were further adjourned, as, r was aIBO a caso Police v Millar, infringmont of Stamp Act. .It is notified by the.'Early ' dosing Association in another column that ail plaoes of business inilastortoii will bo closed ,oii Monday .next, St Patrick's

.. . . A new and. interesting advcrtlsemeut from Miasra J, Graham arid fio, Queen 6t,, appears .in another ; coiuinn,'. ; ' ;?

|T(.e special. train . arrangements for in another column?" A select-dance.."is . announced, to . be hold ■ at Kuripuni- Hall oh. -Monday ovoning next, Tickets may lo had from Mr Savage, Archer-street, or at the door of the hall, ■' Olio of the tollgates' destroyed at tlio Hutt wero ro-erected by the County Council : yesterday, : bnt' it was again cut down and the timber burnt. The timber, for the eecond g&to i r was on the ground,' and this was thrown.into tho harbour, v

1 The body o/'a man, about 33 yeara o' age, ajHiarently a labourer, was found in 1 Wellington harbour yesterday morning. A prayer book was found in the pockot audbore t!ia name ofJamoa Kertans. Nothing is, known about 'tho deceaaed, and the body is unidentified, r i 1 Tho following item; which will bo read W.ith intorest by the fair iex; appears i tf a southern contempoiaryi-Tho ladies of ' .Hanimecsmith, England, have formed a Bicycle Club, selected ono of their'number for''.captain, while a uiiiform of green aiid gold has been decided upon. Social meetings and dances form an additional inducement' to ladies to join the Club. this'annual mcetinp of tho Masterton Auxiliary_ of tho, British and Foreign Bible Society in connection with tho visit of tho travelling deputation, tho Rev. H. T. Robjohns,.B,A., is announced to bo . held; in St, ■ Matthews' sboolroom on Monday evening next,' and'' all- sympathisers are krited to attend. The Key. Robjohna will preach in the Wesleyan Church on Snnday niorning, and in tho Presbyterian Churoh, in. the evening. -,. Our attention has been called to'the urgent need for' the undertaking of repairs to tho approaches of the lower Waipoua' bridge. As Mr W. Dixon was ycatorday coming into town with a Iliad of iHx, his horse slipped oil tho bridge, and camo the ground. A' sorious accident was only narrowly averted, As it. is. the horso is sevefely : injured, and will bo incapicitaied.for somntimo.;, Wo reconimend the matter to the consideration, of : -tho;, ; Couiity; Council, as wo understand a fow loads of metal would effect tho necessary Wo would warn Masterton people generally, and cspeciilly'- those qf an advonturous turn of mind,- > against haying any truck' .whatever with somo low looking individuals who are making a tour of tho distiict and are vending to the public phutograjha and pictureß of ayory suspicious character, but which aro nothing more 'nor' less than statuary -cards. Visitors to the ciroua will do well, therefore, to keep their, eyes open and their pockets closed," ' At t'io usual nieotWor the Masonic Lodge, .No G47, S.C., ou Wednesday oyeninglast, Bro' J, jjardin.or, P.M., was presented with a handsome jewel by ,tho brethren of the lodgo. The jewol. to which we have referred in a previous ;ißsuo,;Was manufactured entirely by Mr W. Dougajl, of Queen-street,' the work being creditably executed.. Tho presenta-. I tion was made by liro T. E. Pr'ico.P.M., 1 and Beveral brethren spoko in eulogistic forms of thequalificationsofthorccipiont. Bro Gardiper- in a ; suitable I manner, and the proceedings terminated : at an advancod hour.

; Wo remind our renders of tlio St Patrick's Day meeting of tbe Masterton Opaki Jockoy Club, which ivill be held on- the Opaki course oil Monday noxt; Complete and elaborate arrangement's have been, mado and the public ! may rely oh a day's' enjoyment. A half holiday lias been declared, and a train will leave the courso at op. in,' to connect with tho Wellington train. Conveyance's 1 will also run betweon Masterton and the course at reduced rates, and the monotony of intervals will bo brokeii : by tlio musical roii. ditiona of Pearson's brass band' The first race starts on the arrival of the train from Wellington, ; A uiiraculoua escape from death is' recorded by a Queensland papor just' to hand. A railway liand namod Brisbane went from Comet to Emerland'on \

trolly to .attend the funeral of a conn-ado's child, but his two cwnpinions returned home by .train,'leaving Brisbane to bring home the trolly. .. Ho went to sleep' cn r(iiite, anda goods 1 train which, carno up bohind ran into the trolly and smashed it to pieces. How Brisbane escaped ho cannot say.. He was caught on the cow-catcher of tho engine and carried eomo distance further 0n... Although tho soles of both his shoes woro torn, Brisbane escaped without injury. • ■■ Our Cartertonl contemporary, which lias of lato displayed great interest in Masterton affairs, refers to the pollution of tho ■ Wiipoua river as followsTho action of tho JNorih .Coimty Council in appointing a committee to investigate the pollution of tho Waipoua, ia a fitting set off to tho temerity and'rat of foresight displayed by the Masterton Borough Council in rofming to deal ivitli tho matter, and may. lead .to the establishment of a yeiy satisfactory precedent with reference' to nuisances;'

In the absence of other authorities it is clearly tho duty Of the County and Borouph. Councils, to safeguard tho •public health by all means in theirpower.' The Clarence Examiner says:— Mr Soarle has received from tlio Moiisrs Spencor the old wager-boat James Yates in which tho 'late champion sat many times. No report has'yet been'received by Mr Searle relativo to. the boat in which his son won the championship of the world on tho Thames. We can quite understand the old. gentleman being anxious to get tlio boat referred to, and when it reaches him it will recei/e very caroful treatment, Probably it will help the late champion's brother to come to the front, for wli bclievo lie : siiapes very well' with sculls, and is a remarkably troll-built young fellow of iiiiieteeri, over, six feet, with good reach, and splendid chest! We look forward to his maiden race, in an outrigger, and shall bo glad t6 s<je hiui make a bid for tlio

title which his brother 3o' gloriously i maintained, vTlioFair lias proved a success,-in that ;■ it. ll»3 enabled us to sell put a large propof--1 tionof our surplus summer stock at To'Aro Houee,'Wellington'.; ' "The Fair," however, has lott us a balance; small, it is true; still, .# balance ol ' ggods that we should like to entirely clear out of To Aro House, Wellington. The " Fair" prices, wcro extraordinarily low; very much. below the value of the goods j notwithstanding wo have reduced ihemstill mpre. m order to accomplish oar design at To Avo House, Wellington, Ladies; should peruso - attentively our summary .ot these reductions, oil each .sido of the well-known pioture of To'Aro House, Wellington. , Ladies should pay a .visit to our dress counter,'as they are certain to pick up greater bargains than, heretofore; and should .not forget to look into tbo manllo. department arid see the marvels of bheojiness in mantleß, costumes and jackets' at Te Aro House, Wellington. . . Ladies would find it'a real plcasuro. in looking over the balance of our season's inil'iucry, with the very tempting prices at which every article is marked at To : Aro House, Wellington.

v Mica Mo/romindeil tint the special Actions towle in these Bpeoinlly enurnorated article# wi.l continue to tho oml of tho jjrejenr raoptb only, at To 4ro House,'

One of the heaviest gales hasoyer sul\joc| as «pfri|nc|(l '|eßteMayi|fhen :.daiiw|e i|iphg3fi tlio^h|ppiiil|i' } morning,Vchargeii • wmUbeijjg illegally, on the promises of the Observer office between 12 and ono o'clock tbw morniug. The accused stated that he got a bit muddled and being a stranger in tho uFacehftdid nc.fc know where he* war at" the time; • Mr Johnston hot .wishing to press the chariro,' t|ie accused pi lot off with'a cantion.

'''Mr J\Q Wood field his usual-fort-nightly stoctsale st'thdiTaratahi yaHs,-' yesterday, and reports of tho same as follows .'—Sheep came forward in larger, linmbors than* .had, been advertised,- and were all disposed of.upder the hamnitr, tlie bidding being spirited throughout j prices showing a slight, incroase on-last sale';rates, ! Cattle wpiiot in BUchßood demand, and, jery fe\y.,changed hands. following'. la ,a quotation-of prices /realised i-Sheep-Ewes, . aocd ..Moro. and forward, 5s Cdto 7s. 10d; medipi, full mouthed, 4s to 5s 3d; nulls, is 8d to.Bs jßd; wothers, 10d,to 8s Cd; owes i.and wetliarp,' first, cross, Bs 4d; lambsln the wool, 5a.4d .to Bafld; lanijjs, shorn, 4b to 5s 6d j_ASouthdown.,rains, 40sto COs. Cattle—Calvos, ss. fid to 12s;

yearlings, .2qs; 18-months ,to 2 years, 85a to 455; coirs,. !stare,-30a,t0 40a:; cows, fat, 55b to 80t ;., dairy, to, 60s j steers, 2 years,' Horses—£4 10s to iO. vr-i.f.T ,

Tho monthly meetingiof tho Mastor. ton Hospital Trustees was held yesterday in the Council, Chambers,: Present —Mossrs ,' Boddiugton' ~(chairman), Joseph lorns, U P Perry," .W' .H 'Bectliam, and Rev \V E Paige. The minutes of tho previous mooting 'wero road and confirmed., Tho 'Treasurer reported a credit balance of £73 4s 2d.. Correspondence was received from Mr J B Keith,- asking for leave of absone'e for threo mouths, iri ; conaequenco! of being transferred for that period, and it was' resolved, upon tho motion of Mr Boddingtoii, aeco'ndod by I Mr Paige, that leave of absence bo granted, Letter from Secretary Hospital Board, asking that, the riturns bo ; sont; in before tho 20th, inst. It was decided lo comply 'with tho request, a special meeting to bo hold on the samo date to consider tho statement: prepared, A. circular. was : received. from :tho Inspector's Department, poiuting. out the advantages of the National Ponsion Fund for nurses established in England, and: it;was resolved that the circular 'be received with tliauks, but the Btaff being - so small it would not bo-applicable; Tho return of patients in the Hospital showed two at last meeting, four, admitted during the month, ono died, one discharge;!, cured, and four at present in the institution. The accounts against ex-patients were considered, and in soveral cases'tho secretary was instructed to take immediate stops to recover the amounts.' A committee, consisting .of Messrs'Boddingtou, lorns, and Paigo, was appointed to draw up the annual : report for publication. The;'following accounts were passed for payment:—Milk, 13a pd) broad, 9s; firewood, £4 8s; groceries i 4 4s 3d; advertising, Ills | sundry,- 7a Od. MrJ 0 Boddington was appointed visiting member, and the meeting closed,. ,v ' ■ , .