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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3596, 25 August 1890, Page 2

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to theii sale fur Wednesday next,2 fat cows, and 1 dairy cow,

Tho Examiner say* that Dr Milne hat to attend four births within twenty-foui hours at \\Wville recently. •

The shop and land bolonglng t-o Mrs EAHaggen, at Pahiatua, has been purchased by Mr T 0 Williams.

A petition against the proposal to sell the forost reserves is being largelyslgned in Pahiatua, The sawmillors in the Bush have formed a union to raise the price of. totara to 12s Cd. There will be no more tendering for timber supplies-, It is rumored that Japtain ltussell will be oppesed in the forthcoming election by a Mr Reardon, the son ot a highly respected bootmaker of Napier.

It is intended to chango the day ol meeting of tlio Masterton. Jtoad Board from every fourth Saturday ia the fourth Saturday in every month.

Messrslirkcaldieand Stains announce that owing to their rapidly increasing business, it ha 3 become necessary, to make oxtensiro additions'to premises. Tuesday, the 2nd ot September, has been fixed for the graiid opening, and show day.

On Wednesday morning last the rei

dence ot Mr Meckalick, at Kaitawa, was burned down, the inmates barely escaping with their lives, There is no insurance on tho building,

Tho ltev W. Bowse asserts that lie has' known leprosy to exist amongst New Zealand Natives lor many years past. Tho authorities, however, are not si) confident j» this point. Tho Wairaraps Hack Club has deoided

to amalgamate with tho South Wairarapa Racing Club, and a race meeting will be held on the Tauheronikau course on the 9th Nevembor, Mr William Corlett, of Carterton, announces in this issue that the thoroughbred sire and Champion hurdle racer, "Master Asnes," will stand again this season ih the Wairarapa district. " Younp |ir Colin Campbell" is the narno of a first class draught stallion, to stand tbisseason at the l'aueru, Mr John Tnpliiy the owner, passed through Mastertony'ith the horse a few days ago, Sir Colin's appear,it,co being very tayor-. ably commented upon. Notico is' given by the Masterton Borough Council that a special meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 17th, for the purpose of confirming resolutions,

Mr W, H. Bennett, whoso wife waß accidentally poisoned a few wooks ago by strychnine, being substituted for morphia in making out a prescription, has issued a writ against Mr Fitzgerald, chemist, who supplied the medicine, claiming £6OO damages, ■ We remind sportists that tho drag hunt with the Fielding hounds which is the first of the kind ever held in the Wairarapa, takes place at Kaiwawai to. morrow. Considerable interest is being displayed throughout the district in this event, and there is likely to be a large attendance. A'.number of Masterton residents have ' signified their intontion of participating in tho old English sport, and horses are at a premium. Tho hunt will be a drag, owing to the numerous wiro' fences in the district. The expenses of tho day's outing have already been: defrayed, and with the arrangements; undo: the chargo of a strong committee, supervised by Mr W. E. Bidwill, the hunt should' be a genuine success. The public wjll bo aiirded an opportunity of witnessing She chasp from' tho main road, The lounds will throw off at 2 p.m. at Mr Gooderick's, on Kahsutara road.

Death from starvation jn tjew sea ; land js, happily; a rarity, but it appears from a correspondent's letter to tho EolitUa leader that there has boen one such case recently. He writes:— " lam loth to report it j 'tis, however, a fact that an aged man has lately died of starvation in our midst, A miner by the name of Biggs has for some time been confined to fobbed though illness in liWh'ut at Larrikin's. No one soems tobavo troubled very much about the old man; at length some persons niado the case known to the police. It was then found that the poor fellow had for over a fortnight been unable to leave his. hut.. On the police examining his hut, no food of any kind was to be found. • Tho poljce reported the case to tlio Benovdlent Committee. A. very charifcible member of the comiqittee told' the police that nothing oGiild be done until tho'Enjird met—red tape iu true form.' So the poor fellow must be left to starve until the Board, meets, The 'police interviewed the doctor, giving the true facts of the case. The.reply was that it was no case lor the hospital, and the poor starved man was at length admitted to the lurnara hospital In a dying state, A few mgre days anc) nfrhts passed and death intervened -a pampers funeral', about six following—thus ends a terrible tale, 1 '

Bbjinisis,—Our sale of surplus winter stools having npw come to an end, we find as' a necessary coßscnuonco o| selling so many dresslengtlis'tf thatiye have finite an accumulation of remnant! at To Aro House, Wellington. Kemnants.—These remnants consist, of navy serges, coloured amazonsj foules, tweeds, homespuns, meltons, beiges, fanoy checks, fanoy - stripes, snowflakes, cashmeres, veilings, merinocs, blaok cashliieres, ai|4 ipippe j, lyitha vatietv striped •yelvets, plushes,' yelvetpens, jpolje silks, ik, at Te Aro House, Wellington. geijinonts.—Tl)o length of these, remnants vary 1J yard? to 5 yards in silk, velvets, sc, jU)d frqm jyds t<! 9 yards in | all other materials, nwst fit are very suitable for children's wear, and mapy of them in combination would make up into very excellent aud fashionable ladies our remppnt muto ss™! reduotigris :'-3s !)d for ?, d f,; 6d, 7? 3d for 3s 9d, ijs & for fsltd,9sßd, forßs3d,'fo.fos S , 12aCd for-is M, lftj for 5s 9d, at T(i Aro HflM , Bemnants.—Other prfoes w-Md for Is, 3s Cd for is lid, SsOdtor 253d,5511d for 2s 6d, 7s 9d for 2s lid, 7s Ss lid, lis 6d for Is Cd, 10s < id for 8s IL3, 13s Gd for 7s' Cd, 21b for 7s od, tar These are but a fc" "f the specimens of reductions Taken b.aphaiartl . from our remnant counter, aSI-ho Wfi(?lesale;Fftrai 'M I6I ? W?r#u?ei Te Aro fiwJ'i. pl!i»Sr?ii.A»vr, ' •:

' Tho coal merchants ol Wellington Have raised the ptioo of coal by 2s a tra. •; Messrs Lowes <5: lorns announce an extorsive general sale for- Saturday next. ,

The usual weekly .parado of /the Mastertou Hide Volunteers will be held on Thursday next.

; Mr M. McKonzie has resigned his position 1 as overseer to the Mastertou •Road Board; . Afarm hand named Denis O'Callaghan was instantaneously killed by a kick from a horse on Friday near Ploasant Point,

; A Mr Arthur Smith, of Cashmore' Canterbury, recently took into Christ" church Bix magnum bonum potatoes weighing altogether

We understand that the petition In favor of the Shop Hours' BUI is being largely signed in Wasterton by business peoplo aud others. A farmer living'in the iinmodiate vicinity of Carterton brought in a young weasel on Saturday killed by Ins doss, showing , how Boon they have travelled from the back country.

According to the Examiner one of the railway workmen and Messrs Andrew and Alfred Peters report having soen the apparition of a roan in the Gorge on Sumlay and Monday nights respectively, It is considered doubtful if Walton's

body was ever in the river. - The Manawatu Times has tho followinglt has long boen ovident that two evening papers are rather m'ore than Pahnerston required, and wo notico that in another column Mr A Southey Baker. invites tenders for tho purchase of the Manawatu Daily Standard.

A meeting of the- "Advance" Assembly of the Knights of Labour was held in the Foresters Hall on Saturday evening about fifty - members being present. Three new membors were initiated and several others-proposed. We understand tho membership of the branch is now over a hundred. /

; The Hmccra Star hears that tlio Gear Moot Company have decided to place a buyer at Patea or Hawora to buy for them, and further,.that they have resolved to make a roduction in charges which will amount to about 8d on COlb sheep on all shoep sent from North of Mutton, This, it mya, is understood to be a movement in competition with tho Wanganui company.

Tho residents 'of Eketahuna vera awakehed from their peaceful slumbers on Thursday night last by a sound of revelry, a tinkling of cymbals, a hideous noiso. It was discovered without much search that the unearthly cadences arose from a band of serenades

who were paying tribute to a well-known identity, who had, it is said, taken to himself a wife. The town was thrown into a complete uproar, the assistance of tho police was sought in vain, and as a last resource the friendly aid of a certain Boniface and his beer was called into requisition, 1 which had tho' effeot of quelling the disturbance.

On Saturday night last Mr A P Feilding, of this town, met with a nasty accident. It appears he was standing in Qucon Street with his papers about 8,80 p,m„ whon a horseman came along at a furious rate and he was knocked down and trampled under foot, He was carriod iiito tho shop of Mr R G Williams in an unconscious state, and it was fnnnd that he had sustained sevoro cuts about the headand bruises on the arms. Fortunately no bones were broken, although hi 3 back was severely injured, Wo aro glad to learu this morning that Mr- Fielding -is progressing favorably under tho medical supervision of Dr Hosking. The horseman asserts that his steed had bolted, but we understand tho police are [0 prosecute him for furious ridmg,

■ The annual general meeting of o members of the North Wairarapa Gun Club was'held in the Club Hotel on Saturday last. The chair was occupied by Mr T, li. Thompson, The entrance fee for new members ( was abolished. The Secretary road a report of the. past yearVtransactions, ■ which showed >a credit balance of £l7 2a, A report of the pipeon shooting .of thirty-five members was read, among the most successful being Messrs Breeds (33 nut of 4'3), Campbell (20 out of 82), Battes (22 out of 34), J M Meredith (14 out of 22), J O Walker (27 out of 39), E Oharaberlain (25 out of 35), A P Whatman (19 out of 25), Tomlin.son (11 out of 18), Wardoll (9 out of 12), Waddinaton (II out of 14), and Hendoraon (9 out of 9). The following new officers wore elected: —President, W H Beetham, (re-elected); Vice-Presidents, Messrs T L Thompson and J C Walker; secretary, Mr E H Waddington ; treasurer, Mr H J Haieh j and committee, Messrs J H Haigh, 0 H Osborne, R Campbell, J M Meredith, W J Hirsohberg, O Battes, E E Chamberlain, A P Whatman, and V Wardell.

• Onn readers will bo ploasod to learn that Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co, start this morning ot\e (if their halt yearly clearing sales. The whole o( tbo stook in tlio Bon Marohe is reduced to prices that must tompt oyery one wanting drapery, millinery and clothing, to purchase largo parcels during this great sale, Tab great sale of drapery and clothing is now being held at the Bon Marohe. Messrs L, J Hooper aud Co havo determined to reduce their stock to about half tho present value. Bargains is every department will be offered during the few diys. PwiPHOT of the Draporjr, Millinery and boys clothing should not fail to attend at once tho great sale n:iw going on at the Bon Marche, every article is reduced, Cost prioeaot being considered fhe stook must bft reduced before sto.ok taking, '