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Mr John Jack lias been askod by requisition to become n candidate for the Mayoralty of Wellington. Tho well known Argyip boarding housoand outbuildings, together with a cottago nn Town Aero 80, is offered for Bftlo,

It is said that tho Waipawa Mail is to bo called upon at an ourly date to defend a couplo of libel actions. . Mr A, M'Kenzio's Torohunga took drat prize for light-weight haok and first prizo for ladies hack at tho Palincrston North show, Mr F, G. Jfooco took a Ant prizo at Pohnerston with his well known spray Ing machine.

A lower valley paper obso'rvoa tha l tho man Woisner, who foil from the smokestack of the Mo of Buckingham received concession of the brain! We again remind our sporting reador ß of the race meeting tj bo held in connection with the Taratahi Carterton Racing Club to-morrow. At a meeting of Mr Hogg's supporters held in tho "Star" oilico on Saturday night, it was decided tf> at dhge form a committee to secure tho return of that candidate A well-known angler informs us that within tho past fortnight ho has landed no less than fifty-six trout from the streams jn tho neighbourhood of Masterton, • The Salyation Army forces were led on yesterday by Sfcaft'Oaptamßobinson, au officer from ' Ohristohurph, Tho attondanoe of tho public at tho various meetings was larger than usual, but we heard of no prisoners bein? captured. Waltor Jago, a son of Mr T. Jago, of this town, bad his bandcaughL in a circular saw recently and badly lacerated. Dr MaoLoughlin, who has boen attending tho young sufferer, considers it necessary now to amputate one of the lad's fingers, and the operation is likely to be performod this week."

A nasty accidont ocourred to Mr H Maivliinay, of this toivn, on Friday last, Hp waj'leadjnga horsoiii a cart,' wlion his foot Blippcd'and he fell, the whool of tho cart passing ovor his body. "Wo arc plad to loam that tho injuries, though painful, are not likely to bo attended with serious results.

Detective Campbell arrested in Masterton on Saturday a young man named William Catt, pij q yqung wqijian to whom l|e'was about to be ma'riiod, qn a charge ofombezzlemont, It appears that the two luverß wore employed in a restaurant in Wollirigton, and it is alleged they overcharged soino visitors to that restaurant to tho oxtent pf abont i-f and pocketed the spoil. The happy couplo proceeded 'tp Wol. Ijogton pn tl}ejr Ijunoymoon trip in company with tho detective by tho afternoon tralu.

Tho grand old Entdish game of cricko' iaappareiitlyplayedout in the Wairarapa, It was only the other day we noticed the faot that in Greytowu a team could not bo got together. Wo were in hopes at that timo that in Masterton we would HP 1 ljW9 fto painful d||ty pt r&adin(< t'uo funp'ral se'ryico qvp| tllb;"kniglits'of tho willo'if." Bdf/rpmali "appearances tho thing is dead, defunct, oqt ot oxjst'encg, Coujd. npt ijoinp, jew joyorj of tjio gap, who are not overwhelmed in. business, pursuits, begot together to mako an effort to resusiatato this old time sport ? If not, we 3hall foel it our duty to take tho only other alternative and recito the funeral 0(h),

" Tho Premier interviewed " is the heading of a hosiqa paragraph, in (ho columns of our local contemporary, and it Is intended to bo at our oxponsp, We might substitute for tho boggs'lntcrviow agenuino audience which a proprietor of our local contemporary upon oho occasion had with Sir Harry, If our local contemporary were to relate that interview truthfully the oyes of lus faithful followers would open widely, and their hair stand on end I If that interviow were rotated fairly, they would rush to the poll and vote forßeetham 1

A _ very clever exposition of the pugilistic art ifas made on Saturday nightly in; the neighborhood of a certain hotel, Tfhioh was witnessed by a large number of residents. Stimulated by the alcoholio beverage retailed by the smiling Hebo oyer whom the* contest had arisen, t|(o two foijght for sop tjuplike tigers, and it was momentarily oxpectedthutoneor tho other would bo knockod out. In the distanco, however, could bo heard tho clatter of the hobnailed boots of the man In blue, and a most exciting contest was therefore brought to an abrupt termination. L J Hooper and Co will make tholr l first display of Spring and Summo r Noyeltios in their windows this evening, frpnj soyen tjll pie, shall hoty this season the qeiyost and most fashionable stylos, designs and materials in dress goods, prints, pongees, oloth.s JSephyrs In all the new and leading colorings with trimmings &c, to match. Tho above goods have been specially bought for the Bon Marohe by one of tho most experienced buyers, having a thorough knowledge of the olasses of goods required for the colony, OBpooially ot tho Wellington province Our stock being the pick of tho whole of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations re Tohgariro.will make tho grandest display of lashionnble and stylish, millinery mantles, jackets, diess goods, &0. . Our. customers and the pubho generally will do themselves justice by reserving their purchases till thoy. have inspected the goods at tho : Bon Marcho, Wo shall as in previous i years mark ovorylinQ at price i and in plain figures. L, '}. Hooper and .1 Co, : Bon'lprohtt fashiou'ublu Drapery i Warehouse, (jjuoen Street, Hasterton. !

■Tlmr Nolson, of Momsoii'a Bushj was on tho 13th inst. adjudged a bankrupt,' /■"A geiioral servant is required by Mrs WGBeard. r : :, i: ; Messrs Lowes and loms add to their stick sale for .Wednesday : next'!) yuariingi; mixod aexes; v

David Harold was fined five shillings or eight hours for dninkciinesj by Mr' Barton Buys, J, P., this inqrnim/, 1 Lord Oatrington's ta w»rd3 on leaving Sydney wore; "God bless Australia and its generous people."

Mr A W Hogg addresses tho oleotor 8 at Woodville to-night, ■ -

: Mossrs 'i'G Mason, 0 B W.Dalrymplo and 0 A IWnall are the probable candidates for the Masterton Mayoral election; .

Mr James -Wickens, -of. Moatertun, is thi) successful tenderer for a refreshment booth ptthe Wellington show. The Wnodrillo branch of the Knferhta of Labor hive written to ;Mr Hogg,pledging unanimous supoort, aiid asking him to ha nominatod. ■ A" rod loiter" meetinp of the Knights of Labow was hold at Mastorton oi, Saturday night, when it was decided to support Mo A W Hogg in the election contest,. The attendance was only moagrc. : Charles Rivers, over 80 yoa.ira of age, who stated that he was the oldest tragedian in Australian, was brought up at the Sydnoy Water Police Court on Satur dayaudsont' to gaoler hospital treatment for amohth. . A. singular accident -has occurred at Melbourne. A. woman, named Stow, while bathing her infant hi ut tub, was seized with a lit, The child dropped fromjier hands and when she .returned to. consciousness she found it dead, It is rumcred'that Constable llocho, of-Eketahuna will be remoYcd.-egnstable O'Leary of this town taking his place. It is stated that Miss Braddon makes as much as £4500 nut of every novel she .writes. Novel writing must be almost as good a Mine ns writing paragraphs. A settlor named Kastaussen, residing at'Mauricovillo, accidentally ohopped ofl two of his toes on Saturday whilst bushfelhng Messrs Thomas Baylis3 and E|i Smith return thanks to the ratepayers, of Alfredton for bwing elected then' as representatives on the Wnirarapa North Comity Council. AmeotingofsupportersofMr W W M'Cardlo was held in the Temperance Hall on Saturday night, when it was resolved to recommend that gentleman to retire from the political arena. An announcement from Mr M'Cardlo, intimating his determinitiou not to be nominated, appears in another column, .Mr W 0 Buchanan has just roturned iromthe East Coast, where ho has addressed several meetings and has been well received throughout. On Thursday he met about thirty electors at Cripp's homestead, on_ Friday about fifty at Hitohing's Waironga, and on Saturday about the samo number at Mr Hales', Ffctpojnt. We are informed that nc such successful meetings have avei before been held on the Coast. Mr J W Tii'lie, a blind teaohar of the blind, is at present in. Mastorton, and will deliver a lecturo in tho Temperance Hall on Tuesday (tomorrow) ovoning, when ho will give an outlino of his life and various systems of reading and writing for tho blind. His Worship the Mayor will preside, A collection will be taken at tho oloso of the lecture in aid of the funds of tho Aiickjauc} Jubilee Injfcitijto (or the Blind. • Yesterday at Greywwn, s married daughter of tho iate Maori chief Isaiah, of Manaia, died. It is reportod that she caught a bad cold at the recent race meeline, which increased in intensity and ended fatally as ahoye. ThoMives aro grioved at.tire sad event, as she was highly esteemed amongst lier people and.much. respected by her European friends. She is now laying in "mournful state," preparatory to tho usual nativo geremonies- ' Dragging milk oarts to a cheese factory must bo oxhilarating work; or else tho beastsi of burden are supplied with an undue stock of pent up engery, for there was another bolt at the Glareville cheoße factory yesterday, and tho horses of Mossrs Butler and Roberts managed to bring their respective owners vohiclea into nugh' contact. No damage ol aocount was done, and the boraes wore quickly checked, A suggestive looking mistake appears dailyinabusjiiess, nu.ttc,e published in tRe columns of. a rVont Coast' oontemporary. At tho bottom of a hotel adver tisomont, in which "good stabling and paddooking" is notified, appears a lino in capitals, "JRosos on Hire," which apparently hi meant to imply that horses oan be had for a 'time for a

pecuniary consideration.' But th,e point of tho matter iafyat ?i|h; 'V'/jn "tho prat word the lino would 'road 'A/tosses o'n'flire, arid this would imply (vido Fronchdictionafy) that "ivorn, o((H(aoks or hacks'* wero on. liiro at tho establishment. It js obvious' that' tho proprietor of thefiotol does not wish to advertiso "weatherhoarded'' aj>ira,ajs for llire, but the lino pak.3 (or. itself, 4. very important addition will shortly. bomado to the Carterton Library in tho direction of fifty pounds worth of new books, consisting of ovor throe

hundred volumes. These books, which hare all boen carefully selected and include some of the very latest works published, wore ordered by tho committee souio time ago, and Mr pit Carter, wjjo is now, iff Englahdfoffored to Supervfso their purchase and shipment. News.has just been received that the consignment will he landed, in. Wellingtqn tljls week.,Bo, tliat ere.lqnp this fund'of readiijg matter will bo available tq Bnbspribera,, Tl\o total number of

works in tho. Carterton library, alter these have been added, will be 2836, but as some consist of more than ono volume tho actual number of books on the shelves and in oireuJationwuW 3.309, The public of Masterton wore trea,tp to on pjl}ib|t|o.|) of wire, wajkjngon. Saturday night such as (t is npt always their pleasure tq witness. - An individual who of courao claima relationship to tjie world-fained Elondin, pitched \\v wire (which is about ten toot in longth) In the paddack opposite tho Empiro Hotel. H&vingparaded tho streets with a cracked bell .and announced in a loud voica thab a " donkey" would perform some astounding feats on a wire, the Individual in question mounted a tight rope and commenced his capers. Aftor marching up and down the wire for a ihlle'and pertain? soveral feats which would have been a disgrace to any school boy, the "donkey" attempted to stand on his head, but in doing so narrowly escaped a dislocation of l)is neck, by falling a considerable distance. Finally hissing aqd groaning being indulged In by tho crowd, tho "donkey' suddenly "dowsed his glims" and thus brought to a close one of the most " imposing" performances'witnossed in Masterton fonnanyaday,

The balls in connection with the viai of (ho Imperial Gorman Squadron will doubtless necessitate ft largo amount of preparation qn, the part of the ladies of tip's city and noighbp,urlio.o(l, We feel therefore, a pleasure in announoitiethat vvo have an attractive assortment of all ball requisites, at To Aro ir connection with this we would desire to call attention to our advertisement on the nest page of some specialities in ball fabrics'that are not only specially attrattivo, now and fashionable but which we are ptcpared to clear out at a reduction of SO per cent, or at half prico, at To Aro House. These ball fabrics are all now this season, were all specially selected lor us by our Home buyer, are in excellent condition, and tho most fashionable colours, aro marvols of beauty and lowness of price, *and can only bo obta'ned at Te Aro Houso.

Atog these are same beautiful gossamer applique, with satin stripes, fisherman and tea nets, erfibroitad ijqnV YoilfagdMsaes, handsonib wttulle Qostum'es (unmade), anil some very rich erribrbidefc'tj "silk tulle dresses,''wjth chenille spots, ir all colour, at To- Aro i

'.'Wo learn by telegram that only tiro candidates, Messrs A W Brown and OP Worth—both councillors -have been nominiited for tho Mayoralty in' Wellington

• Apreaohor named .William Edgehill opened his Bible m Paddington Sydney, the other day,and began to aunouuoe good tidings to the passers by; A policeman caught him by •• the cdlar and ran him into tho Station. Noxt day the court gavo him 21 hours. He Bhould have given them Oup tips.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

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Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

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