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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3523, 30 May 1890, Page 2

The schooner Jessie...Nicol from Raratonga with acarpo of fruit arrived in Wellington tin; morning. Narcllan, one of the Hon J. White's English Derby. nominees, is suffering from the warble*. -. Mr FH Wood adds'to his Taratahi sale of stock fur Thursday next linos of heifers, calves, wethors and 12 pairs of Brahmas towls.

Mr lionry Bunny cnnlemnlates contesting the Hntt seat at the'next general election. In the old Provincial days he resided ill that district and has many friends there.

Messrs Lowes and lorns hold an unreserved sale of furniture, produce, poultry &o, at their auction rooms tomorrow afternoon.

An apparently harmless lunatic who seems to be a stranger in tho"looality has been roaming about South Carterton lately and has been the Rubjoct of more or jess terror, ,and of considerable curiosity to those he haa interviewed at thoir housos. •

In consequone of tho death of Mr Badland, headmaster of the Waihenga School Mr Tuckoy, 6upernumary teacher at present in charge of Mangatainoko School, will take the vacanoy, Mr Banuistor, at present at the Mount Cook Boy's School, taking his place at the Mangatainoko .School.

Tho Red Star Football Club' tries conclusions with the Carterton Rivils on the ground' of the latter to-morrow afternoon, These Club's have met twice this season, and have each secured a win, *nd to-morrow's mutch will be looked forward to with great interest by the partisans of both teams. It is reported that within. a month tenders will.be called for the erection of tho now Weßleyan , Clmroh at Belvidere, as the timber will shortly be got on to tho grouud, The sito is about a mile and a half or two miles from.tho Carterton Railway gates. It is in the vicinity t>t the Belvidere Estate and is on the property of Mr W,. Clark, Sr., who generously; gave tho seotion to the Church Trustees,

A sacred cantata entitled' Belshazzar's Feast' is announced to bo rendered m the Masterton Temperance Hall on Thursday next, June sth, in aid of tho Wesloynn Church funds. The cantata has been given to crowded houses iu South Wairarapa, and is very highly spoken of as a musical production by the press. The soloists are all well-known eflioieiit vocalists, and tho chorus consists ot 'he combined choirs of the Lower Valley churches. An Auckland business man, writing from Sydney to, a friend in Auckland, states thai hundreds are out of employment there. He was present at a meet: ingof the unemployed, and would never forgot tho pinched and starved looks of many who were there. He had been told that, things were 'even worse iu Melbourne, A man out of work in Sydney must stay there and starvo, as thore are no country districts likely to afford him empluynient.excopt he reaches some after a. long journey of many miles. House rent is very Jiiuh. " Inuna" tho lady who floats throuph space makes her debut this afternoon at the rink from' 230 to 5 o'clock,, and again lii tlm evening from 7.30 to 10. Previous to coming here she had a most successful six weeks' season in Wellington and she is highly spoken of by the Wellington Press, and we have ho doubt she will be visited by numbers to try and find out how it is doue. There will be rinking at intervals between Inana's performances for those who wish to indulge in this favourite amusement,

It will doubtlossberemembsred by the majority uf our sporting readers that at the recent meeting of the Hutt Hnok Racing Club a close finish between Mr J. Macau's Bruokfiold, and Mr T. D. Thompson's Oleander, occasional some strong cumments upon the judging from the owner of Oleander. The outcome ot the dispute has been tha 1 -. the Club Stewards havo sent the following resolution, passed at a meeting last month, to Mr Thompson, which that gentloman only received yesterday:-"That owing to the insulting language mod by Mr T, D, Thompson to .the judge, he be disqualified with all his horses engaged at this meeting nntil s'toh times as he shall raider a full and ample publio apology, and that the Wellington Eacing Club be rcqucstedto endorse this disqualification.

Mr G. H. Scales, has received by the San Francisco mail the folloning produce report!-Butter,—Tha usual spiing-tinie fall in values has taken place sinco outlast report, and values of all second and inferior qualities have been very materially reduced. Owing tn; thei weather keeping cold.for the time of year line quality butter is scarce, and comparatively..-Jiish' prjcoa are still obtainable. Late arrivals of New Zealand have:included"scarcely any line qualities, and prices generally are very low. We would like to remind onr friends that after March New Zealand butter is not often wanted on this mar|otj /}nd sale? have to be forced and very' low prhW apgented. We quote ;—Dfli.ial), 100 a to. 1129: t«pr inandy, 9()3 to litis; Irish, 60? 'to lOQs: New Zealand,-40s to 80.3. Cheese.— Market firm, with a pood deipud fur all fine qualities. Late arrivals of New Zealand haye found ready purchasers if of good quality and in good condition at about top quotations. Dutch, 60s to 02s; American, 40a 545; New Zealand, 40? to Bpa. WEhavorecelyeiJby {he Arasa sotno ohoico novelties in ftinter dro?a fabrics, euch as fancy knickcrtwcod robes in new effects The. clpl shadings, saowflakes, artistic chccks&o., tyilj) a'gcleglasrorhnent of the lioycst combination, tql/e;, plain materials, with fancy novdiies, forming tjje complete trimming, From our supenpr dressmaking rooms these would me out as wcrks of art beauty and elegance, At Te Aro House, 'Wellington. There have also come to hand a beautiful selection of bourette, fancy flakes, and nhpekSiinthenew Uota of olovor, aloes, heliotrope, «gt[a, myrtlo, greßSf,- Ao.j al'o. some 42in plain, all woglfanjo, in the new shades of clover and hellalrqije, wjjn a third delivery of our celebrated makes of French cashmeres in olive, navy/ maroon, clover, hsjjotrbpo, &0., at !Tu Aro 'House Wellington, ■' ■*.■■■. ' ; Cl ' ' tanii attention is invited to our stock ,pf braided dresses, whioh are. in serviceable materials, and in attractive (Jesjgjs and leading Wo are soiling at 10a Ort. f9g fid. 22s IjiJ jjj : Adj jl9» 6d, atTo Aro House, Wellington.

Oob dress twneds, of bitli English and ooloDial' manufnoture, havo been admirably selected (or shadings and quality and range (n prjco for -i2in wide from Is lid to 3s Dd por yaid, a,( Tq Aro House Wellington.— 4m. . ~

• The Musterton Borough Council 1 notice' of its intentioritu makeatsusria' annual rate, ? '■/' >'"' •:■•.. The Rev. R. Wood, of Wyndham, will conduct the moroiug and evening services at.thV Manterton FresVyteriau Oliuroh on Sunday next.. .-■ Hilda, a New Zealand niare, has advanced to the position of second favorite for the Sydney Birthday Cup. The betting is 100 to 17 against her. The mail train to Burke, the inundated town of flew South Wales, was derailed on Wednesday at GlenarifF, and almost completely wrecked, Dour passengers were seriously injured, and many badly shaken,

Tbe oh'argeß against the auditors of tho Premier Permanont Building Society of Viototia, are based on the statement ■ by the liquidator that the accounts have been unduly inflated in order to deceive the public. The sum of £'200,000 has apparently vanished altog etor. MrG. tfeetbam M H.R., visW the Mastorton Public School yesterday and was conducted through the buildini? by Mr Jackson, the headmaster and Mr Feist the chairman of the Committee. Ho expressed himself highly gratified with the general condition and efficiency and good order which wns apparent throughout all the class rooms. At the ordinary monthly meeting of tbe Wellington Land Board hold yesterday the commissioner reported that since the last ordinary meoting of the Board 4571 auroa had been disposed of at an upset price of £2121 lis. SoYoral applications for transfer of sections in the Forty Mile Bush were approved. The ranger forwarded a report on the application for revaluation on the Waiuhine and Kopuarauga District?, consiueiation of which was, postponed till a future occasion,' ; ' ; Altlmueh the duty has been : removed from New Zoalund Flax in the American porta which amounted to about L 6 a ton there is no demand what ever for fibre by New Zealand merchants. A few weeks ago when the London markets Bhuwed a Imrdenini? tendency Wellington merchants were very anxious to secure the outputs of the nulls at a low figure but now the production is a glut in the market and mill owners cannot dispose of the fibre nt any price, Doubtless the cablegrams will unravel the mystery in a few days.

apparently the samo individual who has Seen prowlingaboutSouth Cartorton, and who as ire mentioned yesterday hut> been charilably accredited with being a lunatic, has gone to spend a few months at the seasidei He made his appearance in the Grey town Court on Tuesday, and his doings in that village seem to have been of such a naturo that (ho Bench considere threo months and two weeks at tho ''Wellington Hotel" would bo eminently beuoficial to him, Crating an-iusaiin disturbance at tjie Forester's Arms Hotel and assaulting tho arresting constable were the recreations to which it was found necessary to take exception. Tho following players representing tho Masterton Football Olub loft by the midday train for a tour through the Mimawntu district ;-0 Bannister, Chennels, W Day, Eton, H Gray, Holmwood, Rockoll, Ramji, F,'J and H Perry(3). Rand TThompson (2), W. and 6 Weluh (2),- Matches havo been arranged at Wnodville to-morrow, Paliaerston on Monday, Fielding un Wednesday, Martou ou Thursday, and Ponoko at Wellington on Saturday. Several non-playing enthusiasts have accumpanied the team, and arrangements are being made for a special late train from Wellington on Saturday evening after tho Poueke match,

The sacred cantata " Bolshazzar's Feast" was performed in the Lyceum Hall, Carterton, last night, and judging by the frequent applause and the response which had to bo made to demands for a repetition of specially pleasin? items,., the musio was very favorably received. The audience was hardly so nuniorous as wo should have liked to have seen, tho hall being only half full, but the discouraginont of a showery night would,, iu a measure, excuse.those.who were absent, The following are the names of those,who took part in the cantata and the oliaraoteis they representedi-MrRO Black, Belshazzar, the King; Mrs it Y Shearer, Nitooris, tho Queen; Rev J Dellow, Dumel; Master 0 Black, Jewish South; Mr JJ? Baillie, Hanamah; Mrs H fkwke, Angel. The chorus consisted of about 35 ladies and gentlemen, who were supposed to be the Jews, Chaldeans and Boldiers of that period, Miss Challiawas tho orgauißt, aud, Mr R Y Shearer ths conductor. Tho Cantata ifl to be performed at Greytown to-night.