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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3590, 18 August 1890, Page 2

Tenders forscntohing are Invited b Iho Foathers>n Fibre Co,

It is to bo regretted that Government has no intention of legislating this session in reforonco to the cudlin moth and infected'fruit,

The Dorough wator-tables were put in temporary repair last week, and' on Saturday water was turiiod down-the channels,

Tho Fielding Sf<tr suggests that tho grave diggers should form a Trades Union,, So far they aro tho only body ol men not united.

Summonses havo boen served on tho Pahiatua Town Board by Messrs Crewo and Stewart, in connection with the refund of their publicans' liconso fees, The 'congregations at St Mrtthow's Ohurch yesterday wero very large, and the improvements made in the interior of the building wero favorably commented upon by all, We regret to learn that Mr Tf hompson, sun in law of Mr 1) MoLachlan, of Spring Bank, and formerly manager for Mr VY oßuchanan at Ahiakoko, died at Wollmgion on Thursday night,

One result of the labour troubles in Christchuroh is that the mind of an overanxious railway employe has been turned, He will in all probability be sent to the asylum for treatment. ■\Ve havo been requested by two leading members of the farriers' Association to, state that there is no foundation for the. rumour that it is their intention to omploy outside labour only. With tho exception of the managership, preference will be given tj local men, Tho fishermen of Auckland . made a demand upon tho fishmongers for an increase in the rato of pay, threatening to strike if it was not granted. Tho demand wascoiupliedwith,and an increase of , sixpence per dozen fur Bchnappers is being given,

Edward J, Robinson, ex-clerk of tho Customs Department, who wa3 'arrested in tho bush near Carterton sumO' days since uu suspicion of having oinbonled Various sums of money belongimj to tho Department, was brought up on remand mi Saturday last at' Wellington, and after" thu hearing ul oyidonce was formally committed for trial.

A writer in tho National Rmm> warns colonists who are relying upon stoats to oitirpato the rabbits to beware lest they havo onchanged a bad pest for a worse. He states a pair of stoats will breed four times ut year, ivith twelve young ones at a littor-a rate of increase which may be productive- of great dan?or in tho course of a few years.

At the meeting of the North Wairarapa Rabbit Board hero last Wednes day, Mr F. Moore, of Glenburn, who had just returned from Eaikoura, stated that ho visited Mr Billion's property of 100,000 acres in that district with the object of ascertaining how that gentleman had overcome the rabbit nuisance. He found that Mr Sullen had got the rabbits under by a regular system of turning out ferrets, and that now ouly

one man was required in the place ol sixteen to keep them in thorough check,

Just before tho San Francisco mail left Homo, a farmer near Market Hasen, Lincolnshire, was much blessed during tho sun's course of twonty.-four hours. At early dawn his maro foaled, his cow calved, bis sow had a litter of pi<?s, a breed of chickens oame off, and hiß wile presented him with twins 1 All are doing well, Who wouldn't bo a farmer ?

William Hull, who has rofuaod to comply with the order of tho Maaterton District Court to transfer his deferredpayment section in tho Makuri to the Official Assignee, was removed to 'Wellington gaol on Wodnesday last. Wo understand Mr Hull intends taking immediate action to test tho right of tho District Judge to order his imprisonment,

A patent has been taken out by a Mr Fattie, of Blenheim, for the manufacture of hemp. The fibre is extracted from the blade without damage, and there is as a result np'unv, The fibre, extracted under the process named, is a beautiful white filamoiit, and no bleaohing or field work is required. Further, about onehalf of the present process only is necessary, and about one-third of the motive power is all that is required,'

It appears from the, report of Mr Forrest,' Inspector for the New South Wales .Government, that the tabbjts haye commenced the wbrf ol pyeyoiimtog tho. rabbit proof fencing, Mr Forrest states that for some time ho has noticed small holos in the foncing on the Victorian border, and he thought at first that it ia.3 tho work of somo mischievously disposed persons; but on close examination he found that the rabbits were tho offenders, tho wires being torn in places whero rabbits "most do congregate," One' day, on approaching the fenco, he noticed a rabbit nibbling close to the fence, and thouidit that it was eating tho' prass, but on going oloser he found that it was the wire that was attracting the fauoyof the little animal, On examiuiug that part ot the fence ho found a hole of about au inch jn djaniejpr, similar to qtherji lie had scon, and |io was Buretfiis wag effected by the rabbits,

CoihiTßV Residents would do well to remember that'an Extraordinary Sale of Surplus Winter Stook oommonoos on If rid ay August Ist at tho Wholesale family Dra pery Warehouse To Aro House Wellington These will bo bargains sufficiently great andsuificieutly nunioronsto tempt lmny to pay a visit to Wellington and for tljoso who cannot conveniently leavp their bqinos wo aro prepared to oxe'outo thoir order wjth the utmost carefulness and despatch at Te Aro House -Wellington. An, orders must be accompanied by cas h in the shape of r Poat Office opdprs, ppstql notos, ohecques or whero toe aro n'ol available, bf.nk uotes.and will havo our best attention -We have issued a prioo list of tlio great reductions made whien wo will forward free by post on applicaiion to Te Aro House Wellingfop., And of what docs • this Surplus Stook consist 1 1t consists of Winter,dregs fah'rios of overy description, mantles jaokets,ulstors Millinery, Underclothing, Calicoes, SheetiugsMapels, Shirting, Blankets, Carpols, Linoleums, Hosiery,' Men's Boy's and Souths' olotbiijg and- a thousand -other useful'and iipsinibh! articles 'at the Whole. soloFauuly Drapory'Watthpiiae;' php,g ; ton, Tim genuineness ol our sales hitherto has been thoroughly well known and the present one will be fully up to the oharacter of its prodioessMS, flnejhiug shouldhowever, be borne hvim'nd, and that Is that thoso who Wish to participate in its advantage should do'so quickly, It lasts only 15' days and fermaps on to ißth August atlc AW gou&wWso>wa»yi,

Abi-wooklypostalsorricoiß .about to' be established between Pahiatua and Mr Jaihea Sinclair's,

■ Messrs Lowes anil lorns aunounco thoii' next stuck sale for August 27th. It is proposed to establish a newspiper in Wellington under the auspices of the Maritime Council, It is said that the late Mr Manson, who died at Feilding recently, owned l(i,000 notes of land "in this island, the value of irhioh is put down at £18,898, Notice■« given that a Arab dividend of 2s Uin the £ in tlio estate of Bmile Collotto, Haßtwell'i, i 3 now payable at the offico of the Official Assignee, "fhore will be no parade of the Mastorton Ititle Voluritoera this week The next parade will be held on-Thui's* day, 28th itist. ,

It is ruinoured that Mr K, D. 8011, o' Wellington, contomplates a criminal action, for libel against the. proprietors'of a Dunedin paper which recently made soino aspersions upon him and Sir |F. D.Bell,

Nine thousand out of 11,000 acres of second class Crown land in the South Miingakaretu Block, were sold last week in Wellington, at prices ranging from 10s to 17s 6d per acre.

Lieut-Colonel Hume (Commissionen of Police) and Inspector Tflumpson arrived in Masterton from Carterton yesterday afternoon on a tour of ■inspection, They proceed to Eketahuna today, . ■ •

.Mr James Wiokens,lateofOhainberlain Bros, took possession'today of tho promiaos lately occupied byMr's.Corbett, in Qiieen street, where he intends conducting . bakery and confectionery business.

It i'b reported that tho blacksmiths who sent a letter to tho Blacksmith and Wheelwright Co, m which reference was made tu the action of tho President of tho Union, are to be called upou to apologise, or defend an actwn for damages,

By a singular coincidence St, Mark' Lodge, Carterton, was the first to join the New Zealand Constitution, the first lodge to conduct an installation ceromony and the Drat to which a dispensation lias boon granted for a Masonio funeral, sinco the formation of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. A meeting of the Committed of the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company was held in the offices, Perry-street, on Saturday last, the President in the chair, The business was principally of a conversational character, the plans for the building and other luatters being doalt with. The articles of association wero signed by tho Directors present and ordeied to be printed. The mooting was adjournod till two o'olock to-day. It is worthy of note that a special train took to Cliristchurch from the district last week 2,600 fat crossbred sheep, which on enquiry we (Oaniaru Mail) found had beensulrl by Mr Bti'rbury on account of Mr A Hayes, Hakajerainea, at 18/ li in the paddock, which Would be equal to £1 in Cliristchurch. So far as iv'o know, this is tho highest price over realised in the colony for so large a mob ot sheep m one line in the paddock, Mr Dan Cameron, coach builder of Groytown, had a horse killed by acoident on Saturday, which was worth about twenty pounds, Ho was driving out Moroaway after dark, when someone, also in a vehicle, ran into him, and a shaft penetrated the horses' chest, Tho animal was taken out, and slowly led to Ureytown, but it- died, just'after it had entered its owner's gates, Tho absence of lights ib ono, if'not in both, of the conveyances is understood to have been a contributing cause of the mishap. It is relateuVof a certain diviuo, whose matrimonial relations are supposed nut to have been of the most agreeable kind, that one Sabbath morning, while reading to his congregation' the parablo of the supper, in which occurs the passage, ".Aiid another said, 1 have bought five yoke of oxen, and I eo to provo theni j 1 pray thee have me excused. And another saidi, I.have married, a wife, and therefore cannot como," ho suddenly paused at tho end of tho yeiso, drew off his spectacles, and looking on his hearers, said w(th emphasis, "The faot is, my brethren, one woman can draw a man farther away from the kingdom of heavon than .60 yoke of oxen."

David Wood, 82 years of age, a porter has been sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment at Glasgow for obtaining money under falso pretences, The accused, who was in tho employment of an uphols erer, told his master that his child was ill. Next day he stated that tho child was dead, and on tho Saturday asked to be allowed to go home early to bury the btdy. His employer, believing the story, allowed him to stop work, and also, nave him seven shillings, which he stated he required to complete tho amount of tho funeral expenses, Un making enquiry afterwards, however, the employer discovered that the whole story was a fabrication. In passing sentenoe the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr Gemmel) said the offenco was on of the worst that overcame before him.

Ouit readers will bo pleased to learn tba Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co start this Horning one of their halt yearly olearing sales. The whole of the stock in tho Bon Marchois reduced to prices that must tompt every one wanting drapery, millinery and clothing, to parchaso large parcels during this greats ile,

The great Balo of drapery and clothing is now being held s,t Bon Marolio,'Messrs b, $ Hcoperarid'Co have determined to reduce their stock to about half the present value. Bargains in every department will be offered during the nest few days.. • PoacHASES'of tho Drapery; Millinery and hoys olothing should not fiil tq attend "at qnpe tho groat salon >w gaiiig on at the Bon Marolio, ovci'y article is reduced, Cost prioonot being considered the stock must be reduced before stock taking.