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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3604, 3 September 1890, Page 2

mmmmmmmm i I nipjl • The - capital of the Mangatainoka Co-Operative Association is fixod .at £IOOO in 200 shares of £5 each. : Two men in New York wero fined £lO aud i£B respectively for docking the toils oftwerityponies belonging to their employer, ( A Blenheim journalist in the Bankruptcy Court admitted lie had been three times bankrupt at Timaru. J, 0. H. Williams, an Adelaide police; man, lws fallen heir to a fortune of £85,000 left by his fatlier,a morohant in BrSisil. Mr J, P. Foley, the versatile, has been entertainiii? the Napier public with the farcical comedy, "Family Ties"- ;• - . • «•

toders havo boon received for tie . rowodlate transfer to, Wellington, (f 1 ■onstablo Hooper, This is in conse-. 1 tuenceof the strikes,' ■ •«... . Messrs Lowes and lorns announce: an C wtensive sale of superior household V urmture seized -under bill of sale for ° Saturday next, v ' 0 We understand that the lease of the temperance Boarding House has been " jransferred from Mr W W Scott to Mr 1 J Cullinane. • .. .« Several leaideata of this town have 1 made offers to provide produoe for the .> Welhhgton-Masterton railway, servants • should they bo called out. ' . t The Hasterton Borough Council has decided to call for tenders'-for the t erection of an ashphalteshed at tlio local j gasworks. i The Hawera Star says:—There has ' beenan activedemand for store bullocks in the! district lately. Buyers from I Wairarapa and the south have been | making enquiries and purchases this < week. . i A three-year old half Ohiuoso ohild, 1 residing at Tuapeka Flat, was badly ; burnt through accidentally falling into 1 the fire the other day while the mother was in the back yard, An American paper has the following item of news i—" The Maori women of ilew Zealand are killing themselves trying to wear corsets, since they have seen them on the missionary women." Bishop Julius wants to know where the consistency of the worktop man has rot to when he demands shorter hours for himself and will not do his shopping early; so as to let the shop assistants hare the same boou, •• V. , A WSstern man, announcing the illness of the editor, piously addß, " A 1 subscribers who havo' paid cash in advance are requested to uientiotx him in their prayers, The others need not, as the prayers of the wicked avail nothing." In consequence of tho short supply of coal, the Masterton Borough Council has decided that the public reading room shall -bo olosed at 0 p.m. unti farther notice. The street lamps will not be lit until more coal is procurable. The Town Clerk has been instructed to take proceedings against those residents of Goorge-stroetwho havenot contributed towards' the construction "of that thoroughfare, At the Masterton Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society's meeting last night the subject "should capital punishment be abolished ?" was debated, and after a lively discussion a victory was scored by tho affirmative side of the question,

Wj remind our readers that Mr W. W. Collins, iWho; has been, dialing crowded houses in Wellington, lectures in the Theatre Royal this eveninz, the subject being, l4 The Coming Revolution or the Land and Labour Struggle.'! As the subject »f the addrosa embraces the all-absorbing question of tho day, there

should be a large attondanco of the publio, * ' The assent of tho Governor has been received to tlio Representation Act Amendment Bill, and the rolls have ' to be ready in thirty days. The writs will be returnable seventy-tiro' dayß from Monday last. Mr Hayter, Victorian Government statist, gives the followinc; totals of the live stock In those colonies at the end of 1889:—Horses,' 1,642,957; cattle,■ 9,407,665; sheep, 101,267,084; piqs, 1,181,347. During the nine years ainco 1880 there has been an increase in horscß of 312,819, in cattle of 1,271,886, in sheep of 312,819, and in pigs of 111,803. Says an exchangelt is pitiable to find that after the severoexample which vat made not long ago of an offondor, parties are still guilty of,, the sacrilege of robbing the graves of the dead of flowers in the public cemeteries, Oamelias are most frequently abstracted, it is believed for the purpose of re-sale.

One family whoso application for. relief came before the Napier' Hospital and Charitable did Board theothor day, was in a pitiable plight. . There were no sheets or blankets in. the beds, cornsacks being used in their stead, The head of tho family was to gaol, Infgivin? evidence in a caso ot furious ridine; before the Oourt this morning, a certain witness made the amusing remark that when he saw'the defendant in the distance he concluded he to either a medical man or a luhatio. The compliment will probably be taken byourM.D.'s,

A man named Joseph Wright, of very. respectable appearance, and a stranger to the* district, was ordered to bo imprisoned by Colonel. Roberts, R.M., this morning for ten days, for furioue riding and cruelty to animals. The man stated he had no Mends in the district and could not pay tho fine. The man Bourko, who ras to have ap' peared before the Oourt this morning on a charge of attempted suicide, did not arrive, in consequence of the suspension of the trains, till to-day. He was therefore charred before the Court at

J o'clock to day. We hoar that Messrs W Booth & Go's lawmill, Carterton, is only working !ialf time nov, in consequence of the (eduction o! trade by the strike. It has been closed onMonday, and Tuesday and now' opens for the remainder of the ireek, • The infant classes in the sohoola of the Wellington district are to be taught modelling in clay. We have seen the little tots, who are sent to sohool to keep them out of mischief, relieving the hours jf "study" by nursing dolls, but k make mud-pies will bo a delightful shange. And then to call it" modelling in clay.", We can fancy the astonish' inept of a mother, when het five-year-Did toddling crnnes home a mass of mud, ts though it had emorgod iron) a gutter, lyhen she is told that fier darlipghai bad its first lesson in sculpture. A young girl of respectable appearance, 18 years of age, named Alice

Glossop, was brought before the Police Court at Dnnedin on Tuesday morning on a charge of drunkenness. Sergeant major Bevin said that her father and mother lived .in Canterbury, and wen respectable people. "The girl hadcow down to South Dungdiu to lean thetailoring business, but falling in with bad companions alio had loft het employ about eight days ago, and hac taken to a bad life. Mr J. B. Thomson who with Mr D. Baxter ocoupied thi bench, said that they could not send t young girl like accused tn gaol, but il she continued to keep bad company thai would peitainly be the result. Th< bsst thing 'she oqi}l.4 do would be ti return to ber people. She' would bt convicted and aisoharged. Having now completed our annua stocktaking, ..wo are desirous of bringlnj under the pptjc,o of' the public the facl that wgVye aljjo opp"ne<3 ojjt'a spletidic assortment of new spring gooda, at Ti Aro House, Tuesb are part of our first sbipmenti for the spring season, and have come t( hand by the steamers Tainui, Kaikoura and Doric, and the goods have beei selected witk that excellent taste am jud»i)]o!)t jvhish for years' past hayi characterised Te Aft) IJouae,. We are ■ flaraly'gs ypt ready for on grand general diaplay ; byt m order ti give the tl)e #ya)J opptumt; of at) onoe inspecting ago!; at gre ready we have deoided to have four specja shoff days during the present week a Te Art Some. , W? aliall commence with eaoWUJg 01 Wednenojy, St 10, a,m., a iiiagnliicdn range of sprhtg BtS% fabrics;: 01 Thutßdny morning we shall exhibit al tho latest' fashions m spring mantles jackets, &o; on Friday morning uui fascinating and attractive' Parisiai millinery will be on yiewj #n Saturdaj morning wfl hoge crowds o visitors with'onmey zepfiyrs, brpoa#les ; pongee cambrics, and washing drei fabrics generally, ai Te Aro House, Wi invite visits from all oiir fripndi and the ' puhlio generally on tho abovi days, as we.feel .satisfied that pur, nev goods will'.compare: favourably wit) anything previously imported intothii city. .Our grand general display will take place on Thursday, 11th September, atTeitO'SWi'AsTXi .

- Wakelin's sawmill at the Belvidore > Boad, Carterton, ii'beiiig removed to Manjjamahoe this wee]:, t i j ■ • Weare elad to learn • that: Mr W"B Camping of flatterlort, .wttohaabeen vorj aenoualy.'ilU is slightly better; t«> day,and thatthoreis now some chance of his pulling through. A meeting of householders In announced to be held In the Mauricevillo East schoolroom on Saturday next: to consider some practical means of dealing with the : present deadlock on the conmittee. . ' The House reduced the school build-' ingsvete of £40,000 by £3OOO yesterday morning. .' , , : We are pleased •to learn that James and Adam MoCardle; with forcible entry, were found not guilty in the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday and were discharged. A new sawmill has been opened on the east side of the Cartetton to Greytown main road, at .a point nearly opposite the Dalefield Boad, but some distance back. The bush Is mixed, and there is about eijAteoa months to two yoars, cutting. tVhcn it is exhausted, the mill will be removed to a site on the Belridere Road, where there is an extensive supply of timber, The proprietors of tho new mill aire Messrs Potts and Frod Parker, formerly connected with Wakelin's mill. \ . A leoturo and concert.in aid of the Presbyterian church building fund' was given at Carterton last night by the 1 Rev 0 8 Ogg and party from Wellin?. 1 ton, and was weir patronised. The 1 lecture consisted of a review of the days of Scotland in the Stuart dynasty, illustrative Jacobite soups o£ the time. -Tho pieces were well rendered, i and elicited repeated encores. The programme was brought to acloße about i 9.30 p.m. by the lull ohoir singing Auld i Lang Syne. A hearty vote of thanks i was accorded to the leoturer and the I aingerß for the ovoning's entertainment, MissJArrastrongJresided at tho liarf monium, I Previous to tho new season's goods' coming forward, L J Hooper and Co. intend olearing out the balance of stookleft from their Menßter Sals. A large quantity of ' Remnants have accumulated, consisting of Dress Stuffs, Calicoes, Flannels, Sheetings, ) Shirtings, Prints, Linoleums, Floor Cloths. ! Thaae goods will be lain out on the centre

1 tables for inspeotion, the; are marked at l ridiculously low prices and eliould be great bargains to heads of families. As we are determined to sell any stock 1 that has been carried forward from last t summer, customers will have an opportunity [ of purchasing good seasonable materials at less than English cost price at Hooper's j lion Marcho.

Wehavea large stock of Dross Stuffs Robes in Plain Bordered and Checks that we are anxious to clear before opening out the New Season's goods, We shall therefore offer them at very low prices to 1 olear, All odd lines of Hosiery, Gloves, Towels, Blankets, Clothing, &o, will be also reduced to cost prices at Hooper's Bon M&rche,— lADYT