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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3576, 1 August 1890, Page 2

An important 'dental notice from Mr Walter B. Hall, of Willis Street, Wellington, appears in this issue. The rainfall registered for July at Otahuao was 7.31 inches on .21 days, Tho average for July for three previous years was 4.82 inches. ,

The tender uf Mr P M Reynolds. ,ha« boon accepted for the supply 'of latrines to the Masterton school. : ,. ■ . : '"?

In consequent of the increased export of sliß&p. from (tho Uarterton railway station, very convenient trucking; yards; have been'erected. '" '■ ":>i, ':'k At ■ tho nieetms of the Education Board yesterday, Mr Lee, the Board's Inspector, stated that he had noticed lately a marked improvement in all the I schools under the control of the Board.

'Mr Walter Hill, : of the>'Wellington. Single'tax 'Society, is 'announced "to deliver a 1 lecture at Oarterton on Tuesday evening next.'

A grand.ball is announced to be held by the Loyal Eketahuna Lodge, M,N„ 1.0.0,F.,0ii Thursday, August 14th, the dato of the Grand Lodge moetiu'g of delegates, Messrs Hadloy and Cheshire, of tho Carterton follmongery and bone mills, have mado arrangements for the supply at early date of a complete bone crusliiiif plaut from England. Thepigeou shooting match of the North Wairarapa Gun Club, which did not como off yesterday in ennsequonoo of the non-arrival of the birds,, is being held May, Tho pons used in the Show of the Wairarapa Poultry Association wore forwardod tliis morning to Waugauui, where they are to be used for the annual show ot the Association in that district.

Mr John Probert, who diod at Auckland the other day worth £40,000, has left£2C,ooototho Wdeyau Church Building Fund, 11000 to the Auckland Young Men's Christian Association, and made soveral other large bequests.

The application nf Thomas Hughes, of Pahiatua for a publican's liceoso for the Pust Oltiue Hotel, has baenjrefused on the grounds that the person is not fit for an applicant, that the housa is not in a proper state for an liotol, and that the house is not required in the district. A well known Life Insurance man, who is the resident agent of hisCorapany in Masterton, had rather & novel expor ienco a day or two ago, whilo trying his amateur hand at stockdriving, The stock in question (two cows) took a

fancy iiito their heads tu rim in at the open du'oi' of tho Institute building, and soon made their way into the library. Fortunately no damage was done.

Two lawyers, two policomeu, a couple ol reporters, and a number of. witnesses were kept waiting fully half an' hour this morning after the usual hour fur the aittinp of the Court before Justices of tho Poace could be obtained to occupy the Beneh, This want of punctuality is becoming more the rule than tho exception, and it is a pity arrangements which would obviate this needless waste of tinio could not be made, The , exhibition of. the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Association was opened again yesterday aftornoon and evening, when there was a good attendance uf the public We understand the enpelißes for labor at this show have been higher than usual, but notwithstanding it is expected the balance-sheet a profit,

Messrs Lowes and lorns soil at their I rooms to-inurrowa section of land in the centre of Macterton adjoining the property occupied by Mr Eton, fronting hi (Jlub apd Wjijiams street, afterwhich they hold an extensive sale of new and secondhand furniture, poultry, produce and sundries,

A man nam Robert Eicknby was seriously injured by a falling tree "t Parkvillo yesterday. Tho constable and Dr MoLennan went out, and found that the poor fellow had sustained n compound fracture of the right leg. The sufferer was brought to the Masterton Hospital by the afternoon train,

MrD ■: Pickering, of Masterton, has just manufactured, by way of experia cathedral stained glass of beautiful design. Tho colours aro well blended and tho finishiuir porfeot. It haß boen cloarly demeirctoitei} by Mr Pickering that orders for this glacs, which is quite equal to anything imported, can be executed in Masterton,

The Palmerston Nortli correßpnnden of the Wellington EwiiiiijPreM says :-• " A man named Joseph Barker, while being the worse of drink at the Clarendon Hotel, was looked m a bedroom during Monday night. He crawled out of a window, slid head 6rrt down on the roof, dropped through askyljjdit qn to a concrete fjnor, and. received oonousgion of the brain,from the effects of whioh he died on Wednesday. Barker was wellknown in the Wairarapa as trainer fori Mr James Macara,"

An editor, wishing to give a milliner a "puff "wrote that l|e was glad to see her Btocking up. The next time he mot the niillinor sho assaulted bhn with an umbrella, and threatened'to tell his :wifo. The newspaperman road tho article over several times before he could understand why she was so wrathy, A remarkablo story of "lost in the bush" comes from Walcha, in New South Wales.. Last week a little girl ma lost ill tho bush, and although every | effort was made to trace her she was not found for four days. At the end of thia tune she was found alive, and apparently little tho worse for tho exposure. The child,-who had only a little print dress on, hid no food during the whole of the time, and as the weather was bitterly cold, with snow on the ground, it is difficult to understand howjifa was sustained, A dog andagoataccqmpanied the child for two days, but during the latter half of her wandormga sho was quite alpnp. -

Cocstkv Hosidents would do well to remember that an Extraordinary Sale of Surplus Winter Stook commences on Friday August Ist at the Wholosalo Kamily Dra pery Warehouse To Aro Houao Wellington' Theiib will bo bargains suflioiontly great and sufficiently mtmorouß to tempt nvmy to pay a visit to Wellington and for tao win cannot conveniently leave their homes we are prepared to excouto their order with the utmost carefulness and despatch at Te Aro House Wellington. Anordors must be accompanied by oash in the shape of Post Oflicc orders, postal notes, cheques or where these aro not available, br.nknotes,and-will have onr best attention. We have issued a pricolis.lgf the fireat roductipns made which wo will forward Iroe by post on applioalion to To Aro House Wellington, And of what does this Surplus ptock consist ?It consists of Wintef dress fabrics of every description, mantles,jaekets,ulsters Millinery, Underclothing, Calicoes, Sheetings Flannels, Shirting, Blankets, Carpets, Linoleums, Hosiery, Men's Boy's and Youths' olothiug and a thousand other useful and desirable artiolcs at the Wholesale Family Di'apery Warehouse, Wollington, < . ' - ■

Tub genuineness of our sales hitherto has been thoroughly well known and the present one will be fully up to the character of its predlcossovs. Que thing should however, be borne in mind, and that is that those who wish to participate in its advantage shoulddo so qniokly, It lasts only, 15 days- an.d terminates on the loth August at'To Aro Hpus^WolliDijlOß^ApYf,

Auckland poaßoßßea:':thß:'oharapi°] drunk, who baa been-convioted lv timosand has spoilt twenty yoara Df h' B hfo-in gaol.-'-' .■ " ■■:-. V -.-.'. i

The following is tho weather report furnished for the past month' by the looal statioiimastßr : Temperature, 46.54; rainfall, seven inches on 22 days.

A widow 55 years of ago committed suicide at Dunedin oh Wednesday by taking a dose of "ifough wißats,"

A case Houuslow y, Hoffman, claim for'amount paid on a cornet, is being heard in tho 11 M, Court this afternoon, Members of tbo Fire Brigade Football Club are requested to roll np for practice jon the old Red Star ground .to-morrow afternoon at 3.30, , . '• The total area of Grown Lands-sold trora Ist April up till Wednesday last was 22,815 acres, 3 roods, 5 perches, at an upset price of £34,833 8s sd. Owing to the auction rooms being engaged, tho pawnbroker's sale ol Mr G. W, Smart,' Wellington,. has been postponed till a later date, duo notioe ; of which will be given, It is staled that proceedings aro contemplated "agaiiißt a Palmerston solicitor for imputing perjury against a witness in a case hoard at the .District Court.

•' The Customs returns for the past month show a total ot £127,381 Us 3d, Auckland contributing .'£2-1,846 9s lid, Wellington' £25,689 Gs Odi'Olmstohnreh £21,705 19a : 4d, affd;Dupedin £35,429 17s 7d,,. The total fdrtlia"corresponding month ■■of 1839 was £126,015; 16s2d. The total Beor,Duty collected in the colony last, month was £ 380 V 14s ld r Auckland, allowing £864 18j 4d; Well, ington £415 12s Od.'Christohuroh £m 15s 9d, and Dunodin £97414 a 7d. For The 'corresponding month of last yea the total was £380314s M..'.,';

A oasoofa most trivial nature came' before the Court this' morula? m'.which a well-known boarding-house' koopor of thiß town applied that a visitor to her house be bound 'over to keep the peacebsoiiuso he Bnid in a letter, "I'll pay you off, if I have to wait for years." The plaintiff admitted -having written a letter to defendant since taking proceedings, because . she 'was "in trouble." Tho'Bench very properly looked upon the case as paltry, and refusod to grant the order, leaving eaoh side to pay their owu costs, Our readers will bo pleased to learn"tlia Messrs li, J. Hooper and Co starts this morning one ol their halt yearly clearing sales. Tho whole of tho stook in the Bon Mavcho is leiluoed to pvioes that must tempt everyone wanting drapery, millinery and elothmp, (o purchase largo parcels during this great sile, Tub great sale of drapery and olothiug is now being held at tho Bon Marche. Messrs L, J Hooper and Co havo determined lo reduce their stook to about halt the present value. Bargains in every department will be offored during tho next few'days, ■ Ponouwas of the Drapery, Millinery and boys olothing should not f til to attond at once the great sale ri ~w goingra at the Bon Marche, overy article is reduced, Cost priceuot being considered tho stook must be reduced before stook taking,