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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3513, 17 May 1890, Page 2

"Billy" Murphy, New Zealand's ' pug," has received the belt as lijrlitieight champion of M.wbrld,

Tho preliminary niitiooof a sale by Messrs Lowes and lorns of superior household furniture and effects appears n another column, - The Wauganui Herald records as a fact that a "dray" bolted thero the othor day and broko down a teleraph pole before it was stopped.

The electors of tile Maaterton Electoral District are invited by Mr George Beetha'n), MH.R,, to moot him in the Theatro Boyal on . Wednesday, May 28th, at 8 p.m. Papors.do make dreadful Blips sometimes, In reporting a fancy dress ball rowntly, the reporter gravely announced in its list of costumes:- 11 And Miss Hales was appropriately attired as Folly." Bather rounh ■on the young i lady, •

The lato heavy rains in the Fortyinile Bush caused a considerable quantity of the bank at the side of tho main road to como down on Wednesday night last, but fortunately wheol traffio was not suspended.

Some remarkable vegetables are grown in tho Forty-mile Bush, and tho other day we were shown some turnips grown by Mr E. MoKenzie, ou his farm at Droyerton, weighing noirly 20lbs, Messrs Tumor and Co, of Yt'i Waka, hare also a splendid crop of potatoes, large, and well shaped.

Mr 11, Loo, Inspector of Schools, will oxaimne the Formidge School on tho 27tli and 28th, Belvidore School on the 29th and 80th inst, the Mutarawa Sohool on June 3rd, theDaleGeld School on June 4th, the Cross 1 Creek School on June sth, and Kaitotii sohool on June ,6th.

The result of the poll taken yesterday for the election of a warden for No 2 sub-division of the Masterton Road District was as follows Alexander MoLood, 50 votes, James Stuokey, 82 votes. Mr MoLood has therefore been declared duly elected",

A director of tho Bank of New Zealand writing to Truth refutes Mr G. Buckley's ohargea as to the position ot tho Bank. Tho London Board dues not intend to assume control until they are satisfied as to the status of the Bank andtlio publio is fully informed of its exact position, Bir Penrose Julyan retires from tho direoturato of the London and Westminster and Now Zealand Banks. Mr Hean'a interim report oil tlio Bank of New Zealand is I favourable.

Mr Thos. Parsons, the well-known proprietor of the Eketahuni Hotel, is making extensive additions to his present premises, The contract (nuw nearly completed) is in the hands of Mr A. R, Power, of Newman. The alterations consist of a new billiard room, diningroom, kitchen, bith-room, and five bed-»oms, The billiard room will be 20 x 25, and the table will be set on concrete to give it porfect solidity. Altogether the alterations will make Mr Parsons' Hotel one of the best in the district.

At tho election of a school committee in the Mauawata recently, nearly all new men were elected, among thorn being a patriot who apparently ba4 never teen on a committee before, The patriot was afterward olected chairman of tho committee, and, under tho impression tho more ofljces the greater the pay, wanted to be secretary too. Ou its being explained to him, however, that no honorarium was attached to either office, his ambition cooled, and he doubted if be had time to devote tp offices at all,-Chronicle,

Says the Raneitikei Advocato :-From various parts of the country we hoar ot tho rapid increase of the stoats and weasels that have been imported to keep down the rabbits, and they certainly seem to have becomo quite acclimatised. A Feilding pentleman informs us that on Sunday morning last his cat was reen worrying a half-grown weasol, which <t had caught somewhere about tho premjses, Poultry keepors in that neigfoborliopjl had better beware, as it is probablp that other sprojmena of this vermin are to be found.

Saya tlio Taranaki Herald i—A very largo English trout, weighing B£lb,, was taken from tho Recreation Ground pond on Thursday last, while the pond was being drained by tlio police, in connection with the murder of Maloney, The lish waaa splendid specimen of its sort, and shows bow well the imported Bsh thrive in looal waters. . Tho lish wis'sold by the secretary of tho Board for five shillings, and it wag afterwards served up on the' table at tho White Hart flotol, when it was pronounced by all who partook of it to bo excellent, Shortly after spven o'clock last evening a bright rollcction. was observed in tho direction of the Upper Plain, the pwijjaljle cause of. which was a matter ,oj coyfl|depl)le 'speculation, The vigorous"ringing, of tjje yjotorla-stiieuj firebell was convincing 'proof," however, that the conflagration 'was' something ii)ore thai) an straw stack, and on on quirips* being puja j|; wn? discovered that the slaughter-lipuso of Jfr W. Perry had been destroyed. The Fire Brigades, for obvtouß reasons, did not turn out. How the fire originated is a mystery, but it is considered probable tljafc a, fpjrk from a coppot' whiol) had been used diiriiiy the fyy found its way to tlip buildings. A§ 'the Jjttoii was pltprei, and' wijtliin ijjehi vraj j quantity of hiijeii linjj three carca.seß of beef, Mr Perry will be a heavy lojer. The report presented to the shareholders of the Wairarapa Prcseyerance Gold Mining Company at the half-yearly mooting was of a very satisfactory chapiter. They have 600 ft of working now complete, jntj tlje low level drive struck tho'reef witbjn 2ft of the njine manager's calculations" An analysis' of ranjjuin specimens was ojjtaiped from the Colonial jlps.oip, the ayefago for five specimens jioipgover 2oz, Np' 3 lodo yielded at the rate of fjQ? lfdwt to i the ton in the best specimens, Estom sive workings have been made to open up the lndes in tho low level drive, and t!:«v have succeeded tn cutting No 1, which iainough' to be the mam lode, and 5/jntnins coarse gold.' Tbd three lodes in tjje Jowejr workinps are ais'u present in the upper workings, shotting that the reefs are parallel and lon% uous, The directors have decided to obtain tho services of Mr B H Beorc of Wellington to report on the mino and i!s prospects. It wasblso docidcd'to tpbiain l)io the opinion of Sir James lleoior if possiblp, The report was adopted, an.d lho : retirjiig .officers «• elf# ' ' " ' "

, MrHiggins of likotahuna, lias ■a notice in another column, /. «

Mr, Walter Ohlsholm, etorokocper, of Mauhceville, has'a now advoriiseiniiit w this issue,

ii nn ! ! V1 " 1,0 ' lo 'd at Mauricevillo on the 23id inat, M« Wheeler will preside at the piano, so tljafc patrons may reckon on good inusl?.

Wr Easton delivers an address tolly ovemn ? in Temperance

Mr Georgo Cokor requests usto remind our readers that tho rink will bo open both this afternoon ntid ovening, Monday, tho 26th instant, has been appointed by -tho Government to be observed as a holiday in honour of Her Majesty b birthday. The funeral ot the late Mrs (Japper is announced to leave her late residence, Victoria-street to-morrow (Sunday) at d p.m.

Captain Edwin wired at ]2 20 p.m. to-day :-'N.W. to W and S gale within the next la hours; glass risinp, but will fall again after that time, with wind backing.

The dwelling of. Mr Job Stringer, situated in tho Mangaono Contral, waß destroyed by fi te , m Thursday laßt, Ihoto was no insurance. The shooting season has' now cominen" ced, and to keep pace with the times Messrs Jno. Graham and Co have imported some new repeating and uiagitzino rifles, which may be seen in the windows.

Mrs Hammond announces in another column that she is prepared to enter into arrangements for the reception of pupils at her new college at Oxford House, where she has now token up, her residence, A dancing olass for pupils is also notified,

_ The Masterton Early Closing Association arc making ovory offort to attain tho end tlioy so much desire. At the present time a neatly-printed circular, sotting forth the full advantages of early closing, is being left at. every house in tho twn, and it now remaius for the publio to do their part in the matter. The impending political struggle is affecting the press, and a' new paper is announced toappearin theßansitikeidistrict. It ivill need to be a well-conducted concern to hold its ground against the Advocate.

Recently a man was sued in London for an account, and raised the defence that no accuant had ever been rendered. The Court found for the plaintiff, and said the law of, England was that no oreditor was bound to send in an account, tho:debtor was bound to find out his croditdr and pay him, A female witness, giving ovidenco at tho Dunodin Police Court the other day, said that she would not be afraid to "stand up and fight" any man if he fought fair,

A meeting of direotors of the AVai, rarapa Caledonian Society is announce® to bo held on Saturday next, at the Club Hotel, to consider the advisabilitj of holding a Caledonian ball at au oarly dat'o.

The sale ol privileges of the North Wairarapa Hack Hating Club, by Messrs Lowes and lorns yestorday,. resulted as follows Gates, F Juno, £l6; Grand Stand booth, Tlios. Thompson, £7los; outsido booth, Mrs Ottaway, £5; refreshment booths (2) Mrs Corbett £2 each; cards, passed in at£3. Notwithstanding the undoubted prosperity of that busy littlo township, Pahiatua, and although " cheques" are as oommon as ordinary writing paper in less favored places,' real 11 hard cash" is not so plentiful if we may believe the statement of a veracious citizen, who states that a week ago he marked two hall-crowns, and put them in circulation Since then in the ordinary course of trade exchange, these half-crowns havo gone through his hands no less than fourteen times I Ho says the mark is nearly obliterated, ' Wo clip, tho following share report l'om ihe Wellinston Register and Property Investors' Guide of to-dayt—Banks -New inlands have been muob inquired for, and prices have rapidly advancedsince .our last report,when they stood at 83j. Sales are repoited as high as 120s for old issue, but have receded a little, and may now be quoted at 112s 6d> Colonials have been low since the annual meeting in March, and until 10th mst. wero quoted at 41s to 41s 6d, with few sales. A better demand has arisen within the last few days, and sales have taken pl&co at 42s 6d. No small amount of alarm was created in Masterton this morning when tliefact was made known that the spherical trade mark of Mr Shaw, pawnbroker, which had only been adjusted afow days since, had mysteriously disappeared. The news ran through the town like wild-lire, and the universal question was," "Who is the perpetrator ot the joke?" Mr Shaw, immediately on discovering his loss, «ave information to the police, and the whole force, with the addition of a Wellington detective, is now engaged in a search for the spheroids. Mf Shaw appears to be quite resigned to the decree of Fate, and expresses a hope that the person in whose possession thoy might be will mako a more profitable use of tlieni than he has done siuco obtaining his license. The Manawatu Times is responsible for the following:-A snug little party of shootists, overladen with cakes and tarts, started from Palmerston at an early hour the other morning in a trap, with the object of playing havoo amongst the winaed tribe. They reachod tho Pohangina rivor, the horso entered it and gained the middle of thestream, but la grippo seized him, and despite the persuasivo eloquonco of tho trap occupants and an unmorciful dose of ratapointed vine on various parts of his fraii)o, he woqli'nt Jmdgoan inch, Wjjh tl)o thprniomoter at 40 degrees below j§ero, the igen of cartridges divested themselves of their wearing apparel and swam to land; and then, just as they were preparing to make another combined . attack on their equine friend, a lady equestrlenue rode up, and in less than a accoud there wasn't a man to' be seen-the flax had swallowed them up. Unfortunately for tho gentlemen tho locality or scene held the attention of the lady, who sat gazing at the horse, : rivor, hills, and flax alternately, until li'er shivering neighbours in the flax were in a fit state to be shipped home.as frozen mutton. Just as' they had, in desperation, arranged to send forth a beseeching wail from thoir hiding places to the lady to find some other place to commune with lior thoughts, the innocent'cause of their (topiit it mildly) inconvenience, prodded : bji l|er'\yay, and a friend appoarins! with a horeu' shortly afterwards, their tronbles weio over, but they proceeded no further with their projected excursion. fijE Qcebn's BinTnoAV.—Ladies, no doiibt, w||i soon think of preparing for tho ball that will bo gilfi'n in- honour of Hei; Majesty's birthday, and wo havo muob pleasure in oalliug attention to our reoontly imported and choice assortment of materials suitable for balls and evening wear, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, " Tira jwipiso tulles, nots by the yawl, embfoidorcd'tulles ip (jrpjj lejigths, evening pplourii in 'caslimore^,'Ve'ili'ngp,' and also in iiieryejllepi fjjillp'mjjirejjml 'olhor'silffp. Of all these unjust now making a' graud display, at To Aro House.' Heretofore it has sometimes been found dilioult to match the various requisites for making up these dresses, and so to obviate this difficulty we have imported a number o! .complete unmade dresses, with all necessary Linings and trimmings', to match) ainpng wuijh.vijl |)o fqu'nd those that appear in tlje next paragraph To Arg House.' " pMMioiDEi'uip yeilings ii) sierijf'rose, epi| do jiiij white, coral,'sky, pink ond'oream; tosca jiels, with |,ace alul l'jbbqns iij gold, helifltoipb',' deijil/euealyptub" green, paid blue, * 4o'i salmon veiling erobrpidfered in allveri heliotrope veiling, cmbioi'ilore'd 'iri gold; Bfussel's nets, in old rose, cardinal, oraempink io., variously embellished; a grond assortment of French tulles in black, and it) all the most fashionable colours ai To' Aro noiisti. _ ; And thou we have an excellent selection p( s.y.cpiijfj gloves, hosiery, fans, wraps, with some' very" 'ihubse and attractive opera cloaks in silks and plnshi ' vesKy bgaflljfijl goods. Ladies should before' purchasing make an early ami complete inspection of what wo are liow showing in materials for balls and evening dress, at tho Wholefide Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro