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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3521, 28 May 1890, Page 2

The Eketahiina School Oowmiftce have voted for Mr G. Beotham, M.H.R.; »3 a member of the Education Bowd. The second term of the Wellington College vvjil begin op Monday next, June 2nd. It is currently reported, says tBo Dnnedin Mar, that tho " Now Zealand Times" has bcou bought by a wellknown resident of Dunedin,

MessrVM, iCaselbofg and "Co. • hay 8 on hand somo really |<ood gueruaoys in the Masterton Football Club's colors.

Owing to the illness of the Crown Proseoutor the inquest into the New Plymouth murder has been adjourned for ten days.

The total amount of gna manufactured in Mastorton for the past year was 5,721,5)30 cubic feet, and the amount consumed 5,878,837 feet. The Treasurer of the Masterton Hos. pitnl acknowledges receipt of £B, with thanks, from employe's on Mr Donald Donald's Makura property, Pahiatua. The annual general mooting of th. Masterton Horticultural and Indmtria Society will be held in the Central Chambers to-inorrow(Thursday)evoning, Electors are reminded of the address by Mr 0. Boetham, M.H.R., in the Theatre Royal lhw evoning. Mr (} Fisher, M.H.R, has intimated that he will not contest a Napier seat in the forthcoming olection. Ho evidently prefers a contest wWi the "WhiAler,"

At the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last evening it was decided, at the request of Mr A, W, Renall, to hold a conference on the water supply question at the next Works Ooimnitteo meeting. Wo regret to hear that MrW, W, M'Cardle has been confined to his bed for some days with inflammation nf the lungs. His'convalescence is, however, now reported. .

Throe charges of breach of the Beer! Dut) Act preferred against Mr Jessop, trower of Pahiatua, which were hoard in tho Eketahuna R.M. Court yestorday beiore Colonel Roberts, R.M, wero dismissed.

l'lio fixtures appear in today's issue; they comprise Mr Beetham's meeting this ovening, rinking to-morrow, and the nuzzling performances of "luaua" on Friday and Saturday afternoon and oveniups.

The Waimak Witness, a journal quito recently established, isT'learnhig fast, It asked its readers in its last issno to believe that a potato was on view in a certain shop weighing 61bs and tlireo-quartors, A boy named Hugh Milner, 12 years of age, was killed en Monday evening on a Christchurch tramway, It is supposed he had been riding on the drawbar at the end of the car, and was knocked off,

Temperanco advocates will not bo sorry to learn that the Farmer's Arms Hotel at Wyudham, near lnvercimill, has bcon buiticd down, The building was of brick, and was occupied by Mrs J, Milne.

■ In connection with tho Masterton Mutual Improvement Society, a lecture was delivered last evening by Mr Butters on "British scenery and British Tongues." Tho;lecturer handled his subject in a very masterly manner, and wa3 frequently applauded by the numeious audicuco. At the conclusion of tho lecturo the speaker was awarded a vote of thanks, and a like compliment to the chair termiuated the proceedings, At the next meoting of the Society " A night with the Scots," will form tho subject of debate.

The annual report of the Town Olork preiented last evenin? to the Borough Council stated that with reference to the production of gas per ton of coal carbonised, the rotnrns show a most

unsatisfactory state of affairs, and are quite at vurlance with the returns furnished to the Gas Committee from timo to time, The discrepancy, which is of a very serious nature, is caused by the Kailway Department's coal weights, which havo proved to be incorrect, and as long as the Borough is subject to systematic overcharge in woigbt this unsatisfactory state of aHairs will continue. An immediate alteration was strongly advised. Yesterday morning Queen Street was the scone of a little episodo aptly illustrating tho old saying, " before pride cmneth a fall." A quiet looking steed stood outside an hotel, and a number of persons stood on the footpath, when a jaunty youth, equipped for the road, came sailing out, Lightly leaping into the saddle, ho gave an unmerciful dig at tho animal's ribs with hia long spurs, tho result being unexpectedly unpleasant, for man, hursoand saddlo parted company, each takiu," a different direction, tho jaunty one being landed in tho water-course, from which ho emerged a sadder, and, let us hope, a wiser man,

MrS. Kingdon, plumber, of this town, met with a nasty accident whilst digging a woll on Pike's farm. To Whiti, on Saturday last. It appears that he was at the bottom of tho well, when a bucket of gravel was drawn up by his man. When nearing the top tho bucket rave a lurch, and a boulder fell. Mr Kinadon noticed the boulder coming and tried to get out of its way, but before be could do so be I was struck forcibly on the side of tho head arid on tho shoulder. Ho was removed in an unconscious condttion to the house of Mr Pikiyand Dr Beard was sent for, who, on arrival, found that he had sustained a concussion of tho brain, We are glad to learn, however, that Mr Kingdoms progressing towards recovery. There is in Christchurch at present a gang of thieves whose organisation (says the 'Lyttelton Times') enables them to carry on their evil practices with a certain amount uf impunity. So for as oan be ascertained there aro about' twelve of these thieves, who make a practice of watching for new arrivals and ascertaining whether they are worth robbing or not. Women act as confederates in some instances, and if the man who has been " shepherded " has much money with him he generally finds himself relieved of it, aftor ho recovers from the drink ho has been oncouraged by the thieves to take. ' The following, taken from a southern contemporary, was evidently penned by a man with a personal grievauce against tho canino world, possibly a ruined pair of pantaloons i-" Those bier Newfoundland dogs, those St, Bernards that promenade our busiest streets, that lie in doorways and on doormats, keeping timid customers away, from shops and conscious-stricken clients from lawyers' offices, that frighten peoplo who tumble over them jn the dark, block the procession of perambulators on the side walk, ind slabber over blaok cloth trousers. What aro • they for ? What do they do Is that stupid air of id.ctio dignity in their black-muzzled faces taken for beauty ? Is their laziness, their greediness, their sleepiness, and their cowardico supposed to be a safeguard for houses that no one wants to attack? or, are they useful in any other way ? Some people might call them scavengers under tho impression thai they will eat anything ; but beyond gathering smells into their own dirty caroases, they eat nothing but what hungry children would be glad to get Ab they are neither useful nor ornamental, and seem only capablo of making night hideous with their bowlings, why aro they kept in tho publio streets ? Why are they not taxed so heavily that it will tax their owners' resources to keep them, and make such attacks asthis needless by their absence,"

Wb have received by Uio Arawa some choice novelties in winter dress fabrics, buoli ns fancy knioker tweod robes in now effects The cloud shadings, Btiowflakes, nrlistio checks io., with a select assortment of the newest combination robes, plain materials, with fanoy novelties, ferming the complete trimming, From our superior drcssinaklng rppffls, tlioso wquld coino out as works of art beauty and ejegpjnqe, Qt Te Aro Honee, Wellington. There have also oome to hand a beautiful selection of bourette, fancy flakes, ami checks, in the now tints of clovor, aloes, heliotrope, ootta, rojrtlo, gronat, to; also, ssnio 42m plain, all wool foule, in the new shades of olovor and helietropo, wltn a third delivery of our celobrated makes of Crenel) cashmeres in olive, navy, maroon, clover, li«u , &J?;4o.i»t 1« Aw EOUBO Woliington, Sfecuii attention is invited to our _ largo stock of braided dresses, which are insorviceablo materials, and in attractive designs and leading colours. We aro selling these atlCsCd, 19s Od, 225. 6d,2fs 6d, 29a (id, at To Art) nQnso', Wellington, ' Opn dress tweeds, of bill) English and coloDiaj nia'nufaoturo, have been admirably selected for Bindings and quality, and range in price for -12 in wido from la ljd to 3s Od per yard, at To Aro House Wellingtonr-

'Messrstbivesandlornsadd to their •ale for the 4th June, 20 fat ewes. A notice of interest to Masterton Volunteers appears in this issue, _ A cottage in Dixon Street is advertised to lot at a low rental. The estimates of the Borough of Masterton (or the year 1890-91 arepubliimed in another column. Final arrangements for the proposed tour of a football team representing Masterton will be made at a meeting to bo hold to-morrow evening. The Poatmaster-Goneral has received a cable messago from Mr (heighten, of San tfrancisco, to the effect that tho Bill providing for tho entry of Now Zealand homp into America tree'of duty, has been passed by tho House of Representatives,

The European Mail of the 18th April has the following marriage announcemerit;—"April 10th, at St. Simon's Church, Cadogan Square, London, Frederick -Fitohetb, LL. D, and M.H.B. for Dunedia Central, N.Z., to Liua Valerie Blain, oldeßt daughter of Johu Blam, of Moore street, Cadogan square, London,"

Messrs Samuel Hounslow, of Ekclahuua, contractor, and Edgar Mason, of CastloDoiufc, hotelkeepev.were yoswrday adjudged bankrupts, Notices regarding meetings of creditors will bo found in another column.

A very successful operation was

performed by DrHoskingupona patient in tho hospital suffering from a puncture of the bladder. The operation was, wo believe,tho first of the kind mado in the district, and it is satisfactory to find that tho patient is progressing, towards

recovery. His Excolloncy tho Governor paid a visit to the Clyde Quay school yesterday, and was received by the headmaster (Mr W T Grundy) and members of the Committee. His Excellency, after addressing the toachers and elder scholars on tho education question, expressed himself as highly pleased with the condition of tho school generally. The Masterton Red Stars play tho Rivals at Carterton on Saturday next, The following will represent the lattor team '.-Forwards, McKonzie, Tyler, Gooder, T Moore, 0 McGuinnes, J Moure, WSunnex, andM Nicholson; Backs—Kemble, Ussher, J McGuinness, A Nicholson, Crigg, Eeid, and King, Emergencies—Forward,Jßonnett|baok, H Moore. A mysterious cram-lilting case is reported from Wroy's hush. Tho Kiverton Star states that an Invercargill merchant, who baa a lien on a crop, sent a man to see the grain threshed and placed on railway trucks. This man neglected to take branding materials with him, and after tho grain had been threshed and bagged it was discovered that about half the bags. had been "spirited" away during tho night, The polico were informed of tho matter, and after search a number of bags of grain wero found alongsido the stacks of a neighbour, who denied any knowledge of how thoy got there. The grain was takon possession of and sent away by rail.

MrF.H. Wood, held a Gale of live stock, vehicles, farming implements, h at Mr D. Roids farm Clareville yesterday, Mr Retd'B lease having expired, The attendance of buyers was unprecedentlarge, settlers being present from all parts of the district, Every line wis sold without reserve, anil the bidding was spirited throughout, The following

is a quotation of prices realised for tho leading lines:—Sheep, lambs in the wool 9s, this being the top price of

t'io season, Forward owos, 6j Id to 8s 7d; merino do 2* Bd, Cattle—Dairy cows 62a fid to 755; storo do 40s to 60s; heifers 87s; steers, yoarlinps, 20s; 18 months 32s tid. Horaca—Draught mares, ilßto £27; draughlfilly, 17 months&l; do colt 14 months £9lsa; hacks £4 to £lO, Pigs-Sows in pig 82s to 41s; boar 6 months Ion; porkers 17s.Poultry -Turkeys os; and fowls Is lOd per pair, -Cart and frame, £1; trap £10; trap harness £6l7sOil; double furrow plough by Reidand Gray £lO 6s; single furrow 21s and 27s 6d; harrows, £2l7s Hi; hay 80s ton. A quantity of sundries, harness, tools, furniture, &c, was also sold at fair prices.