The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1890.
Wk have to thank Mr W.E.Bidwill i for introducing to the Wairarapa a ' new outdoor sport in the shape of a j drag hunt, a sport which may in ' time prove more attractive than j many of the petty race meetings whioh have hitherto monopolised the time and attention of those who tako their delight in horses. That wo have j too many race meetings', and that through a legalised fraud, tlio totalisator, too jnuch money is gambled ' away in connection with them, is very obvious, Wo are therefore disposed to welcomo any counter attractions whioh may arise from time to time, Of oourse a drag hunt is a new thing in the Wairarapa, and' nino people out of every ten do not understand the fascination of following a paok of hounds over fences, but those who once indulge in a run of this kind are apt to take the hunting fever badly, and it is qnly a tptjon of time for the new sport to become popular throughout the distriot. In many rosneots it is more deserving of encouragement than racing, although there is a good deal to be said in fayor of racing under proper conditions, and even the member of the present Cabinet, who happeus to be a racing man, is perhaps the most - trustworthy Minister of the Crpwn that we hare iii New Zealand, But in the drag hunt a more useful stamp of horse is required than is needed on the turf, there are no pro- ' fessibnal riders, and there is no gambling, Mtn learn to ride their own horses and to face small risks in the shape of an occasional spill, and now and then a bruise or a fraoture. Siill'tlie hunting field is a good training ground tor men, and a few tumbles after tho hounds is a experience, and;if a young man happens to possess a good horse-and ' shirks the hunt, he is, to aay the least, somewhat degenerate and deficient in the pluck; and backbone whioh distinguished his forefathers.
Tho general elections,.it i 8 Baid; will ' takeutoattheeii'dof Ootobe'r. .! it hi expected that Mr WW MoOardle.: will!-ahurtly address the: electois in . Mastortoti, ■ .; '.,„■'.]: , . •.: . Tenders aro invited by Mobbm WT Booth &Co, fyr painting, fencing, oto, Tho annual horao parade in connection with theiWairarapa Mid East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society will be held in tho paddock adjoining the Taratalu sale yards on Thursday, 25th September. \ . The Woodville Examiner is aidous to know who recommended Mr Heese, J.P.,"of Pahiatua, to tho Bench, It asserts that Mr lleese is not fitted for a public position ot this kind. A lad named Broadbent was severely injured ou the hands by a bite from a doe at Carterton on Saturday. Tho wounds wero dressed by Dr Johnson.' •_ At T&untbn, the other day, a coroner kindly invited the jury to tasto poison by which the deceased had committed Buioide. Tho pleasures of." orowners' queßts" ai'o evidently endless. ". "' In tho Wellington Divorce Court yesterday, Uia Honor tho Chief Justice granted' a judicial separation between Edith. and John Kirkwood, on the grouuds of cruelty. Kirkwood, it appears, has done a Blope. from the Oolony to avoid paying his debts.. v A rumour has been circulated to the effect that Mr I..'Kay, of Carterton, intended to take Comet to Aii'tralia, but this ia not correct. ■ The lioibo will not be removed, and Mr Ray does not travel ' further than the'rlot Springs, a journey | that his medical advisors have insisted upon,
Mr W.B. Biiick, of,the Opaki, has sustained a'heavy 1 lost in the dentil of his champion. draught mare Gtace Darliug, which took place on Wednesday last. At live o'clock on Tuesday oveninp tho mare wasapparently all right, but al seven next morning sho was found dead.
•The season of the Masterton Assembly was wound up on Tuesday wtfh a " long night," The Teinperauoo Hall was gaily decorated lor the occasion, and excellent musio was provided. Dancing was kept up till the small hours of the following morning,
Subscriptions of one guinea each have been received from the Colonial, South British, and London and Liverpool Insurance Companies towards the funds of the Kurupuni Fire Brigade, We are glad to see that the shsd of this Brigade' is'nuwnearing completion. Bishop Thornton, of Ballarat, has told the Young Men's Ohns'ian Association that he would have nothing to do with the Association " if ita effect was simply to create young females of the male sex, arid though he liked to see the youths piit off, as the Scripture said, tho old man, he did not wish them to put on the old woman."
On account ol the depression in the flax industry, business is stated to be extremely dull hp the coast belwean Opunake and Okato.
It is reported that an onpine driver steamed into a certain station the other day witn steam rushing from the engine in great stylo. " Where is the train ?" thundered the stationmaster, " The train," ejaoulated the driver, looking round, and brußhing the perspiration from his forehead with a piece'of cotton waste, " Why, that's. a funny thing now isn't it 1 I've been and gone and left it behind."
In another column will be fouud an advertisement from an old resident of this district, Mr WEvensen. MrEvenseu is ol a very jovial and happy disposition, which, with the homeliness of his partner ought to bring a goud share of patronage, The hotel he has taken is very comfort' able, and being close to tho sea baths, and pleasure boats on lure, families particularly should pay n visit. Wo wish Mr and Mrs Eveiißeii much suoooss,
In a recent issuo of the Argus is an electioneering, advertisement which eclipses anything of th« kind ever scon in this colony, it is the publication of some 2000 names of tho electors of the Melbourne, Province who signed a requisition to Sir B Benjamin, Mh 0, askino; him to allow himself.tobe renominated as one of thoir representatives in tho Legislativn Council, The space occupied Is a little over four and a half columns of tho irjiis, the names being printed in double column, It is almost noedloss to 6ay that the prayer of the largoly signed requisition was acceded to, A good many of the churches In Now Zealand suffer from chronic impecuniosity, a condition from which they endoavor to extrhate themselves by means of methods which are always very commendable, or conducive to the. objects for whioh ohurches are supposed to exist, As a new idea, we may mention what has been recently done
by a congrogauon m New York- The church borrowed £24,000 from, a 1 lifo insurance company, and had the lives of a number ot its members insured m favor of itself, Each time tho holder of a policy dies, tho insurai\oo company will reduce ton debt by tho amount of fhe polioy. Tho idea is a splendid ono. Tho only objection to it is that somo of the church authorities might be tempted to judioionßly disti'ibuto a littlo arsenic or strychmnoontho occasion of a teafipht I- Exclmnp,
The Olap Daily Timet aaya;— "Intenainj purchasers of Mr H. 11. Stanley's book, "In Darkest Africa j" will do well to satisfy themselves that they order and ob.tain the gonuino work An American work has been introduced into tho colony which, though it does not on the face of it purport to be Mr Stanley's work, yot claims to bo a narrative of H, M, Stanley's explorations in Afrioa, and there is reason to apprehend that tho American work is being sold to persons uiider the delusion that it is the genuine work. The narrative is compiled from the records of . tho explorations of Du Chaillu, Baker, Livingstone, and other African explorers and from such letters from Stanley as appeared "in the English. press. As an example of tho character of tin) latest American noyelty (says' a contemporary it may be mentioned that it "contains a number of engravings, one of which purports to be ui illustration of a war dance of an African tribe, but is in reality an ■ old cf a Maori war dance, as may be readily seen. Eveu..the'tattooing is retained, and tho so-called African warriors are armed with old fashioned muskets. Borne ot tbe other illiisstratbn!) nro f(S farnilar as household words to readers on African subjects, The genuine book is published by the well known firm of Sampson Low and Maratrin, and bears their imprint, on" the title page," Mr J.B. Jnnjis Is the Masterton agent- for the genuine articlo, whioh will shortly arrive,
Bemnasxs,—Our Bale of- surplus winter stook having now come loan end, wo find as a necessary conscmicnco of selling so many dress lengths ef that we havo quite an ocoumulation of remnants at Te Ai'O Houso, Wellington. Remnants,—Theso remnants consist of navy serges,' coloured qmazgns, foulqs, tweeds, homespuns, meltons, beiges, fancy checks,, fanoy stripes, snowllakes, cashmeres, voilings, mcrinoes, blaoi cash, meres, and metinoes, with a varloly striped velvets,,' plushes, velveteens, broche silks, &o„ at Te Aro House, Wellington, " Rerhrjants.—,Tho length of too rem. nants vary 1} yards'to 6 yards in silk, yolypts, o>, and from syds'to 8 yards in all other inaterialß, most of them are very suitable for children's wear, and many of them in combination would mako up into very excellent and fashionable ladies' dresses, at To Aro House. ■ ItenpnjSf-Frices taken at xwm (torn our remiiaut counter'show tho following reductions :-Ss 94 for Is M. ss 3d for 2s Od, 7s 3d for 8s 9d, 9s 6d for Is lid, 8s 3d for Bs'9d, lis for 6s, 12s 6d for 6s M, 15s for 6s 9d, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Remnants.-Other prioes are—2a Gd for Is, 3s 6d for Is lid, 6s Od for 2s 3d, 5s lid for 2s 6d, 7s Od for 2s lid, 7s lid for 3s lid, lis U for 4b Gd, 10s GdforGs}ld, Ills Gd for f{.' jdi 31s for 7s M, A'o tfliese ara but a low of tlie spe'o.imens.of roduutwns taken "haphajud from our remnant counter, at the Wholesale Family Drapery WpWwfe, fe Aro ft»," Welltngjon.-
.' ,TJie'■annual olootionrof-three couuoil* lors.fdr th'e'-Botough o{'Ma'Btertqp;'wil bo held on Thursday, 11th'Septopiber. Nominations oloae'oalßupteni hat 4tti.._
:'• Mr J B limes requests its to Bt*£o that he has just received a consignment ot the latest hooks and 'periodicals; irioludinEt the Summer numbers of the ■'lllustrated London News and Ladies' Pictorial.
Ata'meeting of the vVollington Eduration Board this morning it was donded to write Mr'Woodroofo, informing
him'that his acre would be' pufobasod for a sido school as soon as funds were avitilablq. ' Mr E L Wakelin has succeeded to tho vacanoy in the Carterton Borough Council oaused by the death of Mr Andrew McKenzio. Tho voting was E L Wakelin, 87; H Callistnr, 19; and W BCampin.lO. -' ~ return, football match, North 'v South, will probably be played next Saturday at Carterton instead of the proposed test match of first fiftoen v next eighteen, ■■ ■' TheDalefield Dairy Riotery opens for tho reception"bt milk on the Ut September. This factory is about the first to commence in the Wairarapa. Milk is likely to.be rather scarce at the start..
Wo regret to loam thai Mr E. Feist is again suffering from the olfects of his late accident, and has had to' call iu medical asaiatance. •
At a special meeting of the Masterton Borough Oounoil held last evening the burgess roll was revised and adopted. A chimney in the Masterton Post Office took fire last evening, and an alarm was sounded on the bolls. We aro. informed by Mrßaggothatthe chimney in question was swept no later than July 2nd. The responsibility-of suoh tires must i obviously rest on the Borough Council, upon- whom it devolves to appoint an inspector to report on this particular case.
• Theraan'Bourke,who was lodged in the police cells last night, became very violent about nine o'clock, and it took
four constables to bind him' down after he was liandouffod. Sergfc. Price was slightly injured in a souffle, his fingor somehow finding its way into the mouth of- tlio accused. The man appearedvery strango again this morn iug, and it was deemed advisable to keep him bound.
From an insec npneariw? in to-day's issue it will bo seen that Mr 0 Smith is holding a groat salvago sale, to commence on Saturday next; As most of the goods haya only been slightly damaged by water, and as they were prooured by Mr Smith at about one third the original cost, customers can rely upon getting them at salvage prices. In the House of Representatives yesterday the' amendments made to the Sheep Bill wore atrreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and paßsed. The Act Amendment Bill was committed and agreed to. The debate on the Babbit ..Nuisance Bill was adjourned,. The Electoral Act Amendrnent Bill was read a third timoand passud.. ■
Mr Smith, M.H.K., has boen asking who made a cortain Mr Sowry a JP, The
editor of tho Woodvilletoitiimer retorts by asking who made Mr tteoae a- JP, and Mr Reese in histurnwill, ao doubt, inquire who mido the editor of the Wuodvillo Examimr a Ji". These liberal lions should not fallout over such trifles, the) cannot afford to show eaoh other up after thin style. Of courso nope of them ought to be on the justice roll, but tho radicals when m power are not particular as to whom thoy (select for such appointments, aud if it oamo to picking bad specimens we could name worse ones thenmuiy of those who have now been dragged before the public, ' Archbißhop Redwood and the Bev Father Patterson, of Palmerstori North, interviewed tho managet of the Press Association yesterday, relative to certain reports circulated as to the state of some church accounts at Palmuraton North, Tho Kev. Father Patterson; in a formal letter for circulation by the Association, said tho allegations were grossly unfair and untruo, and added'— . ''My aocpunts are correct, and I have always been "scrupulous concerning "them. I am having this (Monday) i afternoon Protestant and Catholic i gentlemen to examine my. books,"
An auction salo of both live and dead exhibits is to be held on the Show Ground the day after the Wairarapa anil East Coast Pastoral Society's comins; show on Thursday, 30th October. This is the tirat occasion of holding auoh a-salo in connexion with it, We rather understated the private prize money the other day. We notice that it amounts to £23o,without tho Society's prizes or medals, or £SO more than last yoar, . There will be a very strong display of implements at the show this time, as we hear that Mr Dorset, tho Secretary; haa had promises from a number of southern firms, who have never exhibited at Carterton before, including three ot the largest manufacturers in the Island. Previous to tho new season's goods coming forward, L J Hooper and Co. intend clearing out the balance of stock loft from their Monster Sale. A largo quantity of Kcninantshavo accumulated, consisting oi Dress Stuffs, Calicoes, Flannels, Sheetings, Shirtingß, Prints, Linoleums, Floor Cloths. Theso goods will bo lain out on the centre tables for inspection they are marked at ridiculously low prices arid should be groat bargains, to heads ot families. | Aswoaro determined to sell any stock that.has been carried forward from, lost summer, customers will have an opportunity of purchasing good seasonable materials at lessen English cost price at Hooper's Bon ilorcho. Wo have a largo stock of Dross Stuffs Robes in Plain Bordered and Checks that wo are ansi'ous to clear before opening out. the flew'Stason's goods. WoTshall therefore offar thorn at very low prioes to clear, All add linos of Hosiery, Gloves, Towels, Blankets, Clothing, &o, will he also reducod to cost prioes at Hooper's Bon Maroho.— adyi, '
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