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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3399, 28 August 1890, Page 2

Mr F. Hi Wood announces an entirely unreserved sale of general drapery and clothing for Saturday npjtat Grevtown, The annual horse parade in connection itith tho Masterton Pastoral and Agricultural Society will bo held in llio yard* on Wednesday, September 24th, Many complaints have reaohed us 0 tho inferior-quality of the gas in Masterton at the present time. Possibly there's" something gone wrong with the works I" . Tho appointment of Mr 00 Hubbard as master of the Opaki school has been confirmed. Mr Hubbard.wholsat present at Hastwell, will enter upou his new duties in about a week, At a meeting of the, Hutt-Mangatainoka Special Settlement Association hold, qn Saturday, town sections were billoted for and the functions of the Association woro brought to an end. His Excellency the Governor has declined to give his patronage to the Labour demonstration iu Ohristchurch on the ground that h 9 considered it his duty to hpl4 ea md.erJe'ndeln) position in

; TheUnion s.s. Company -lite silver■ Uaingfor men tofill.the places of those now on strike. 1 ' "ivrV ' ''i %■! : Mr B. Kimberley hftß boen admitted to tho Greytown hospital, .eufforiug from a diseased spine., ' '•.' -f:'d ■■•.'■■: Mr S. A.": Dumbleton, lato of the Woodlands factory, noar. Invercargill, is tho now inanatferfor the Daloiiold Dairy Factory. „ " Tho Lady Christy Minstrol Troupe, of Greytown, make their debuT boforo the public on September t>th. John-Hoyden, who wai recently admitted to tho Masterton Hospital, has had his log amputated six inches below theknoe,

The shop of Mr CY Smith, Queanstreet, will be- closed to-morrow for receiving goodsand to make preparations for the forthcoming salvage salo. . .' It will bo scon from au advertisement from tho Wellington Co-operativoAgenoy that bushfallora aro awaiting employment, , Edward Bourke was convoyed t° Wellington gaol yestorday aftcruoon.iri charge of Constables Roadie and Swain The OnioifOompany's new steamer Kotokiuo, with 3000 tons of'dal, arrived in Wellington from Newcastle this morning.,. Half the cargo goes auuth, An invitation ball under tho auspices of tho Masterton Masonic ledges is to be boll in the drill hall on Thursday, Sopteniber2sth. • The Oarterlon Social Club, whose membership now number's' forty-four, intends holding an inaugural "singsong" and dance in the Assembly Booms on Thursday, 18th September. It will be a public affair.. , A Masterton miller received an order from Wellington to day for twenty five tons of flour. Tlhero is surplus produce in this district,'"dtid if stocks failed in Wellington the deficiency could be met in the Wairarapa. .

A little seven summers wont to her first concert up country recently; a few days afterward? at Sunday sohool lior sweet voice was beard singine, iu excellent time, in the middle of a hymn—- " You don't catch meacatchiog he, Be might catohl d'ye ece;

And break thenoso and spoil the clothes Of Mo.ri-ar-i.te."

The stoats and weasels are reported to be doing good work in sumo parts of the Wairarapa. Recently a weasol wab seen coining out of a burrow on Flag Greek property, Upon digging out tho burrow ou/ht dead rabbits were found, and in an adjoining hole four move, all warm and fresh killed, a email puncture on the neck being the only'wound visible.

In this issue Messrs Uarcourt and Co Stock and Station Agents, Wollingtnn have a new advortisemout sotting forth' details ot several properties in' the Taranaki, Manawatu and Wairarapa districts, which pruperty investors will do well to peruse, The same.firm announco that their monthly circular " The Register and Property Investors' Guide" will be sent post free' to any address.

The seamen's Btrike, if it lasts, will affcob "Wellington very. materially. It is stated by ,v contemporary that there is only in that oity a fortnight's supply of flour, a formight's supply of sugar, and scarcity of potatoes, oats and wheat, keroseno, coal, eta. It is also asserted that tho Railway Commissioners will reduce the number of trains running on the Wellington, Wangauui and.papier sections. /'■'■!■'.■■■£ The "squabble" botweeu the members' of the MauriceviUo East School Committee was discussed at tho mooting of the Education Boaidyesterdiy, and' it was decided to inform the Committee that the beat solution of the difficulty which the Buard could offer was that thoy should either bear the ills which oppressed them at present with the equanimity they had at their disposal or. else for the Committee ■, to resign in a body and submit tho matters at issue to their constituents.

At the meeting held at Featherston on Tuesday eveniii? after the' hunt, it was decided that a Hunt Club bo formed in the Wairavapa provided that satisfactory arrangements, can be made to obtain the use of the hounds', We following 'op. mitteo was appointed fur the year ending tieptembor Ist, 1891:—Messrs WBuick, "«V Wardell, J Macara, ;H Beetham, W 0 Buchanan, £ Buokerldtce, A M Wilkinson, oTully, WO Williams, W B Bi'dwill, A M'Keuzie, A G Pilmer, W Cundy, J S Cundy, J Martin, Bethuno and, Wj Hutana, Mr JPBermid was elected Secretary and Mr M'Shane Treasurer. It was decided that tho next meet be held at Masterton.

A poculiar case came before the R.M at Greytown yesterday. . A woman named Jane Philips applied for a protection order against jiar hlbaiid, and ouat'oayo'f her" child. In hisovjdence the husband ata f ed ho had only boon in liquor two or three times this year. Whenever he had money he had giten hi" wife some, and had actually given her £5 since, his marriage He had mice bought hor a dross, which cost 4s lid On one occasion bo brought some fish home and his wife wouldn't cook it, Sho was always growling at and bullying him. His wiftf'iiad takon in washing to oblige poople. Application granted.l

Qeneral satisfation is oxprossed at tho able report of the Rabbit lnspeckr (Mr Mackay), andsbeep farmers around Tenui are unanimoas in considering him the riyhfc man in the right, place. But his recommendation (whioh the Board have adopted) to offer settlors a nrqmmm qf ten. shillings fot every pair of ferrets bred anij turned dqt, isio'tked upon as a high joke, it being a wellkiinwn fact that eaoh poisoning season around Tenui the ferrets aro all but exterminated, and as a settlor correctly remarked, as long as a ferret can get an old Ijorje, or a dead rubble to feed upon, ho will not hunt for rabbjts. if wo arq to have a premium for breeding; the natural enemy, let it be for stoats or weasels or both. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, Mr Beetham broug..fc up the ropoctof. tho Committee which had been appointed to investigate the matter involving the proposed removal of either tho Matarawa.School or the Dalafield. School |t_o a .point • midway between tiio two Ychoolhousefl, The report showed/that there we. 14 ehildron ijtfotifllii'g fhp Dilofield Sobool who might attend'the Matarawa School, thus obviating the removalqf either of the schools Mr' Bunny moved the adoption of the report, which would be taiitamnuut to letting the matter stand oyer. If thij cpurso were he beieived tl|o'ohildten now attending tl(e Dalefield Schpol would attend tho Matarawa School. Mr' Young agreed with the report, as it. in his opinion, would bo a grave mistake tq remove the DaleGqld schoolhouse.. The report was. adopted, Bbmnasl3,-oui' salo of surplus winter stock having now come to an end, we find as a necossa-y conscquonco of selling. so many dress lengths ef that wo have quite an accumulation, of remnants at To Aro House, Wellington,' Kemnants.—Theso romnants consist of navy serges, coloured amazons, foules, tweeds, homespuns, meltons, beiges, fancy oheoks, fancy stripes, sn.owflakes, oashmeres, veilings, Mock cashmeres, and merinoes.iwjth a variety striped velvets, plushes, velveteens, brooho silks, &c, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Jtoinnanls.-The'length of theso remnan'ts'vary 1J to 6 yard? in silk., velvets, d)e., and fromsyds to Byards in, all other'materials, most of them are very suitable for children's wear, and many of them in combination would make up into very excellent and fashionable ladies' dresses, at To Aro House. ' Bomnants.-Price3 taken at random from our romnant counter show tho. following rcduolioiis :-3s 9d for Is 9d, 5s 3d for 2s Cd, 7s 3d for 3s 9dj 9s Gd for h lid, 8s 3d for 3b 9d, lis for sa. 12a Cd forCs Od, 15s (orss9d,atTeAro House, Wellington. Bemnants.-,qthoi'prices are-3!| 6d for Is, 3s Od for Is lid, 5s 6d for 2s 3d, fis lid for 2s (Id, 7a 9d for 8s lid, 7s 111 for 3s lid, lis Cd for dsGd, 10s 6d for 8s lid, 13s Od for 7s Od, 21s for7s Od, *c These are but a few of tho (specimens of reductions faken ' haphazard .-from our. remnant counter, at the Wholesale Fainilv Drapery Warehguse, To Aro W>i Win'sto-J

The uaiiai weekly i parade of the M# terton Ma .Tplunteera: will be: hela th 18 ovoniag."".■'.'.-■.''. ; > ;'3, ".''..;.; ft;- 1 ' ; The final-payment in? connection with Jjhe tale, of the N.Zi made iast weiik^Kv|> v ff A, \^oi ,:! • The Whweania' Footbair. Olub ;ha a decided to conclude the season with a plain and fauoy dress ball on Septembor 10th. : .

In the show windows of Mr W Whit may bo seen some pieces of a.very hanrlt some bedroom suite, executed in the. early Engliah'styje, and made tq'ordorof a Wellington gentleman. That our fellow townsman should be entrusted with an important order for a >; resident iu the Empire Oity, speaks" very highly for the olassof work turned out by hira. As Mr Whittis a first class draughtsman' and dosigaer, as well as a prao'tical workman, this may in a measure account for it. A meeting of the Provisional Directors of the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company was held yosterday. Tho tedder of Mr C. E. Darnells, at £W 14s, was accepted for the erection of buildings. Mr Ales. Fraser, of Sydenham, Uanterbury, was appointed manager. The allotment foe of 5s per share is to be called lip imme-

diately. Over eight hundred shares have been taken up to date,,'and it is oxpeoted tho full number will be reached within a few days. ; Mr Andrew Young, the new proprier tor of the Ekotahuna-Woodville line of ooaohea, has decided to run (in addition to the ordinary mail servioe) an extri coach every day betweoh Eketahunaand Pahiatua! This will bo a great boon to travellers wishing to make tho journey aa'quickly as possible.-.Messrs Brus, of Pahiatua, hare been entrusted with the construction of a handsome and easy riding coaob, the. body being decorated with hand paintings of New> Zealand soe.Hory, executed very skilfully by Mr A, Ohishpk, of this town. . Carterton is Buffering from an invasion of commercial travellers, - There were six there yesterday. Thoy are mostly of tho class known as "soft goods" men. They are each primed with a large assortment of tho latest summer noyulties. The summer " samples" are to hand exceptionally early this year, The 1 onnmiercials' aro evidently doing tho Wairarapa first, it being a short round. They all seem to have hit upon the same idea in this respect, and the result is aregularraid upon the martyred storekeepers of our township.

A Mastotton book fiend has found his match. An ordor was taken from a young Werafcur, for two books of a certain description. On tho books being; delivered, they' were found to be of inferior quality, and the young man therefore refusedto pay. The fiend used all manners of threats, but without avail, and at last a sammonswas issued. The defendant came up to Court this morning with the two volnmes.under

his arm and oflbred to return them. The plaintiff, however, did not nut in an appearance, tho case was struck cut, and the yoiing man retains tho books,'

A meeting of the Tenui School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. Present—Messrs H Bclliss (Chairman), Armer, Hancock, Speedy, McCullogh and Norton. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and confirmed. Correspondence was read, from Soard of Education onplosing capitation grant. From the Secretary, Board of Education, asking Uommittee to lend spare', desks to the ' Grassendale aided school. It was resolved to reoommend the Board to permanently appoint Mr Geo.; Pope to tho;vaoancy of headmaster. .The Secretary was to .inform the Board that the Committee had no spare desks, having lent them to tluv Whakataki school.

The annual general meeting of the Angler's Society was held at Mr J Williams 1 rooms last evening, Mr VV, H. Beetham, President, intheohair. The halanoe-sheot for the past year, whioh was satisfactory, was read and adopted, The following officers wcro elected for the ensuing year :—President, Mr YV. Beetham;' Vico^Presidents,. Messrs H..H. Smith and H. Holmes; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr J. Williams; Committee, Messrs J. O. Boddinpton, A, A. White, W. Eastbope, T. G. Mason and D, Mcintosh, The President, Beetham, spoke vory;highly' oftlie prospects;of tho Cuming season. The-streams were plentifully stocked, and if the rivers keep fair, anglers may look forward to one of tho best aeason.3 we havo had yet in thjs district, A vote ot thanks, tq the Chairman terminated the meeting.

Provious to' the new season's goods coming forward, L J Hopper and Co. intend clearing out the balancoof stock loft from thoic Monster Sale. A largo quantity of licinnantshavo accumulated, consisting qi Dress Stuffs, Calicoes, Elr.nq'ols,, Sheetings, SJurttogp, Wbi'Weuins, floor Cloths, These goods will bo lain out on the o'enlre tables for inspection, they are markod at ridiculously low prloos and should be great bargains to heads of families.

As we are determined to soil any etoek that has been carried forwird from last summer, customers will havo an opportunity of purchasing good seasonable motorlals at less than English oos.t price at'Sooper's, Bon llaroho.

We havo a large stock of Dross Stuffs Robes in Plain Bordered and Cheoks that wo are anxious to dear before opening out the New Season's goods. Wo shall thoreforo offer them at very low prices to olear, all odd lines of Hosiery, Gloves, Towols, Blankets, Clothing, ic, will be also reduocd to cost prices at Hooper's Bon Marahe,— ADVT,