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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3602, 1 September 1890, Page 2

v.MrT,.Thbrapson gives,notice that if tlie horse !'Arab,"left in his charge, is not claimed by tho 14th inst, it will be: sold by public auction. , \ • Tho following is the weather report for tlio month of Aneust, which has been forwarded us by the local stationmaster :—Temperature, 47.07; rainfall, 1.31 inches on six days, Mr Korr has definitely decided to become a candidate lor the Nelson city seat in tho coming election.

The criminal session of the Wellington Supreme Court commences to-day. Several Fahiatua cases are down for hearing. '

Mr David Bourkc, residing near Ekctalnina, is afraid that his friends will think ho is the Bourke who recently attempted suicide at the latter place, Tim is not the case.

Labour appears to bo very sciroo in Pahiatua at the present time, says the paper of that town, and the utmost diffi culty is experienced inletting bushfelling and other contracts,

The new branch of tho Knights of Labour at Carterton is to be called the "Progress" Assembly. This recalls the Henry Georgo title of '' Progress and Poverty?"

Several omissions which wero inadvertently made in the programme of the Temperance Union concert on Saturday, appear to-day. Tho concert, which is to bo held in tho Temperauco Hall thin evening, should bo a great success.

Tho Wasto Lands Committee were occupied on Saturday morning in investigating the allege! case of dummyism at Woodville, and the evidence is said to have been of a somewhat, sensational oharaoter.

Foussard's exhibition of fleas was given in the Kkelahuna Town Hall on Friday night last, but was net an ontiro success. The inhabitants of that quiet village have no doubt plenty of opportunity of siudy iug the peculiarities ot this minute insect in their own homes.

The ofchor evening'the Woodville choir gave a service of song in tho Pahiatua Methodist Ohurch entitled, " Frozen to Death," So suggestive was the title for a winter evening that the attendance was exceedingly small, Tiio champion thoroughbred Bire of Hawke's Bay, "Foul Play," is advertised to stand this season at Murphy's farm' Woodville, This, horse is well known in the buali districts, and should attract the attention of.breeders generally. .

. A. social club' has bees formed in Ekotahuna with Mr Brenmuhl as President. The object of the institution is to provide amusement for the young mon, The subscriptions will be devofed to the supply of books, periodicals, &c. The meetings are to be held in the Town Hall,

We understand instructions have been given to the Registrar of .Electors to forward to the various postmasters in the Mastertondistrictasupplyof electoral claims to ho enrollod, which wjll be obtainable hi a few days. MrD. E. Toohill, of Eketahuna, is offering a bonus of £29 per annum, free stabling, and a free table to all drivers, to anyone willing to supply a coaching plant to carry passengers between Ekotahuna and Woodville, making his hotel the stopping place. A reward of ten shillings is offered by Mr 0 Smith, of the Queon street drapery store, ior information leading to the conviction of persons who destroyed salvai<o property during the crush of Saturday night,

Mr W. Wi Collins, tho eminent lecturer, and editor of "Freedom" ! (Sydney),ia announced to deliver a series . of lectures in tho Masterton Theatre Royal, commencing on Wednesday ' evening, September 3rd. The. subject ' of the first lecture, under the auspices of I the Knights of Labour, will bo, " The ) Coming Involution, or' the Land and 3 Labour Struggle." Mr Collin', who has i just concluded a season in Wellington, j is a lecturer of more than ordinary ability, and treats his hearers to a Hue display of oratory. Referring to his first 1 lecture in the Empire City the WeiI llngton]£«)mt</ Frm says: " The chair ! was occupied by Mr Joyce, M.H.E. ; The jecturer pointed out tho many 1 things free education had dono for the working classes, and tljeir natural 1 results, ,It had given them, ho said, ' higher aspiration?, loftier desires, and 1 he held that these ambitions and desiros > must sooner or later bo gratified, and ! now was the time, when they should , gratify them. Continuing, he said the I only way in'which the working classes , here could obtain their fair share of the Colony's woalth, was by having an 1 entirely different land nystom, Imperial !> federatipn was not half the interest to I the working classes that labor federation i was, and rightly bo, for only by this was . it that the laborer could demand a. hal{ , share of the wealth he produced, There i were, he said, three different sections of ' people in the world, two of which lived attheexpensoofthe other section, and 1 he instanced the working classes—the i probers of th_e wpalt|i-tP a beast of i burdep, with an aristocrat rldinp on his back, and a pauper hanging underneath, i If they bad helped the pauper more, and the aristocrat less they would perhaps \ have done better: In conclusion he. 1 said the only way in which the difficulty 1 could be settled was by a wise, judicious 1 and courageous combination of labour.' l Ites|NHres,-Qur sale of surplus whiter sfopk having now Wipe to an end, we find as a necessary oonsenaohoe'of selling' 1 so many dress lengths ef that we "have quite an accumulation - of remnants at To Aro , House, Wellington. Bermiants.—These remnants consist of navy serges, coloured amazons, foulos, twoeds, bomeßpnns, meltons, beiges, fancy checks, fancy. Btripes, snowflakos, cash- , nj'ftpa, yelllpgs, mephiops, blaQk cash- ' Ji)ores'i and merinoc?,' with a variety striped .Velvets,*' plasties, velveteen'?, troche 'silks, k, ot Te Aro House, Wellington'- ■ . Remnants.—Tho length of these remnants vary 1} yards to 6 yards in silk, volvcts, &c, and from syds to 8 yards 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' 'arict fosluopaWe Jjjflles' dresses, at To'Aro House. "'■".. " UenipnjSi-Me'taken at random from .our remnant counter shew m PWilfl reductions i-3s U for If) 9d. fis 3d far 3s, fld, 7s 3d for 3s Dd, 9a Od for ii lid, 8a 3d for Ss 9d, lis ior Sb, 12s,Cd for 0s fld, 15a for 5s 9d, at Te Aro.House, Wellington; Remnnnts.-Olher prices ate-2s 0d for Is, 3s U for Is 'Hi-fis (3d for 2s Bd, 5s lid for 2s' Od, 7s 9d for 2s lid, 7s lid for 3s lid, lis 0d for 4s Cd, 10s 6d for 6s lid, ' 13s Cd Jor 7s f1d,215f0r75.9f1,&0,. These : MS hilt ft (ow'pj the specimens of reductions ' laiton 'haphazard from our' rprapap), , counter, at tbo Wholesale FamilvJJrapfirji Warehouse, Je Aw House, Wellington',* , Auvri ' ' .'''"' ■ I

Tho impounding ofsa bay:p6ny maw is notified by tKo'looal poundkeoper. £ .<Meßsrs.M;'Oaselberg through our columns, thatth'ey. have not risenthe;■ prices'.of. any goods,i!Mr;lt wkcd from Wollincton to this bffect this morning,:' ' v-":.-: : Two-distinct ehoolta of earthquake were folt in Wellington, Blenbiem, and surrounding localities on 'Saturday moruinj;,

A'match played at Napier ou Saturday between tho .Wellington and Hawkes Bay " reps," resulted iii a win for the latter by seven points to threo. In consequence of the trains not running, mails will hot be despatched or received between.the Masterton office, "Wellington and Woodville, on Tuesdays and Fridays until further notice

Lareto consignments of flour and eonoral produce are atill being sent irohi Masterton to Wellington,- and tho local railway Btation presented a very busy appearance to-day, There was a pood attendance at the meeting of the " Advance" Assembly oi the Knights of Labour on Saturday evening, Sevoral hew members wore initiated, and business of minor importance was transacted,.

The train from Wellington was nearly half an hour late this morning The cause.was the h'aual one-waiting for the dow\t'raiff,' which rail behind tihie, andj arrived late at the crossing place. '*;: '.We regret to hear v that'Mr Benjamin Kiinberloy,jwlio£i3. in.the Greytofn. Hospital, has' Been found'to bevve'ry dangerously derangement of the'intellect. .*''' '' ■•'■>■' ;-. It is reported in Greytowri that- tho working menaro going to hold an open air meeting Wednesday nieht to discuss the strike question, Their sympathies are stated to be in favour of the Unions, and it will be proposed that they shall assist by regular contributions to the funds in the Bhape of a levy. We have beon favored by Mr Bonnott with tbo following comparative rainfall registered at Otahuao for the month of August:—lß9o, 1,02 inches on sove'n days; 1889,1.28 inches" on eloven days; 1888, 5.80 inches on nineteen days. It will thus he seen that the rainfall for the past month has been very light. Tho Councillors retiring.from the Masterton Borough Council by effluxion of time are Messrs T; Dixon, E, McEwen, and It. J. Fitton.

Tho improvements to the latrines at the Masterton school will be finished in a few days, The woik is hoing satisfactorily carried out by Mr P. Reynolds, Messrs T E Price, D S Papworfch and M Williams, as delegates of the Knights of Labour, waited on the Maßterton storekeepers this morning to inquire if they had'raised the prices of their goodß,

The station for the Kuripuni Fire Brigade is nearing completion. The building comprises throe rcoms, and altogether it is a credit to the neighborhood in which it is erected.

Mr Harry fiees, who for a considerable period has been in oharge of E.Pearce's repairing department, has now opened business on.his own account in Queen Street. Mr Rees ib well-known and popular" in Masterton, and has the reputation pf being a good workman. He should therefore'do well in hisnew yenture, ..

Tho Zealandia, with English mails to oth August, left 'Frisco for Auckland on 23rd August, contraot date. The Alameda, with colonial mails to 11th Aupnat, arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on 30th August, contraot date, An extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the Masterton Borough Council by the resignation ot Cr T (1 Mason, Nominations to fill the vacanoy will bo received up till noon on September 11th, and the election will take place on September 23rd. '

. It is in doubt whether tho Greytown Dairy Factory will be opened this season at all. The Directors of tho Company, who are really the proprietors, say that ,they can only afford to guarantee 2|d per gallon for milk, paying 2d 'per gallon per month in progress payments. The milk suppliers are holding out for a total of 3d per gallon, They have been askod to definitely state this weok whether they will supply on the Director's terms or not, It is probable that they will, as other factories In the Wairarapa are only offering tho same inducement and not more,

The body of Isaac Priest, the young man who has been missintr from Eketahuna for about six wooks, was found floating in the hole in the Deep Creek yesterday afternoon by his brother anda'man named Jacobsen. The body was not disfigured in the least, and it 1b quite oyidenl it had been caught in a snag. In the vest pocket -was found a watch which had stopped at two minutes to five, about the time he may reasonably liave boen expected to be orossing the preet A pocket book was aho found, but the writing had been obliterated by the water. A sovereign .and a few shillings in silver were found in tho pookots. The body was left in the house of Mr Kimmins alt night, and was conveyed to town this moruing, where an inquest will bo held.

Previous to the new season's goods coining forward, L J Hooper and Co. intend clearing out the balance of stool: left from thoir Monster Salo, 'A large quantity of Remnants havo accumulated, consisting of Dress Stuffs, Calicoes, Flannels, Sheetings, Shirtings, Prints, Linoleums, floor Cloths. These goods will be lain out on the centre tables for inspection, tliCy are marked at ridiculously low prices and should be great bargains to heads of families,

As we aro determined to sell any stock that has been carried forward from last summer, customers will haye a,r, opportunity flf purchasing good seasonable materials at i less than. English post prioo at Hooper's Bon Marohe. We have a large stock of Dress Stuffs Bobes in Plain Bqrdcred and Cheoks that wo are ansious to olear before opening out tho Now Season's goods, We shall therefore offer thorn at vory low priocs to clear, All odd lines of Hosiery, Gloves, Towels, Ulankots, Clothing, &o, will bo also reduced to cost prices at Hooper's Bon Marohe,— Advt