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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3715, 20 January 1891, Page 2

A first offender was dealt with in the usual summary manner vt the E. M. Court this morning. The time table of the Wairarapa railways for Anniversary Day appears in our advertising columns. Messrs. Lowe3 and lorns add to their sale for Wednesday 28th, 200 2 and 4 tooth wethers, 200 2 and 4 tooth ewes. The locust plague in Victoria has reached Ballarat, and is ravaging the fine Botanical Gardens belonging to that city.

Mr E. McEwen requests that all accounts owing to him will be settled on or before the 31st January.

Archbishop Carr (of Melbourne) and Dr Hiffgins (coadjutor bishop of Sydney) are expected to pay an early yisit to this colony.

Snow is said to have fallen ot Papawai and Carterton on Friday last.

Mr Briggs, the scenic artist of Greytown' has been engaged to paint the scenery for the Queen's Opera House, Timaru. The area of land open for selection in the Colony at the end of last month was 530,913 acres surveyed.and 420,540 unsurveyed(roaded but not cut up.)

There is no foundation for the assertion that nineteen young women have just been appointed to the Postal and Telegraph Departments in Wellington and Auckland.

The Midgets concluded their season in Maaterton last nigh*, when thsir entertainment was witnessed by a fairly good audience at the Theatre Royal.

Messrs. Ballance, Cadman and Hogg, M. H. R.'s, are to be present at the banquet to be given in a few days to Mr. W. U. Smith.at Waipawa. *m Although last year was considered**? dull one in Victoria, the sum of £7,219 was received by the Melbourne Argus and handed ovor for distribution to various public and private charities.

Complaints are made by residents of Makora and Lower Manaia that, fruit and vegetables from the various gardens in that part are being "lifted" in a wholesale manner. The owner of one orchard informs us that he has just purchased a "bull dog" which he intends to put into immediate operation for the benefit of visitors.

A man named William Harris was arrested by Constable O'Leary in Masterton yeaterday on a charge of larceny from a dwelling. It appears that on the Ist of August last a pair of boots were stolen from the house of Mr. James B. Dawson, on the Opaki. On the sth of that month the boots were found m a Masterton second hand shop, having been disposed of by Harris for four shillings. Since then Harris has been working in the country. He was brought before the 8.M., this morning and remanded till to morrow on appucation ot the police, The annual meeting in connection with the Kuripuni Sunday School was held last evening, the Rev. W. Rnwse presiding. The report for the year was read by Mr. Boagey, the Secretary, which showed that great advance had been made during the year. The meeting was addressed by the chairman, Mr, James McGregor, and others. The collections for the anniversary amounted in all ro £4. On Thursday a picnic will beheld in Mr. Pybus' paddock, o which the public will be conveyed in expresses drawn by Mr. Burton's traction engine.

Some yery interesting and important statistics concerning the weol trade of the Wairarapa and its export of sheep for each year during the last ten years, is embodied in our leading article of to -day, and the information which the figuresgive, (for which we are indebted to returns kindly supplied to our representative by Mr B. Dawson, Railway manager for the Wellington section) should prove highly satisfactory to those who are affected by either the frozen meat trade or our export of sheep, or by the wool market. This is equivalent to saying that the subject concerns us all, for there is no one in our district who is not interested either directly or indirectly in the welfare of our pastoral interests. The Victorian Minister of Lands received the following extraordinary letter from a French butcher residing at Rambouilet: —"Having seen in the papers thattheGovernment having been wanting for a Img time '[ me one who could destroy the rabitts, beg to offer my services to the Government. This is the right way .Taking one hactare of land you sow quarter with parsley, which destroys the milk of the females, and therefore prevents them from nourishing their young ones, whioh die of hunger. Secondly, sew quarter hactare with mustard which kills the rabitts. The rabbits are very fond of both parsley and mustard

Wanteo, all ladies to see our las shipment for tha season of white em broidered muslin robes, very choice from 8s Gd to 42s at Te Aro House,

Wanted, aye wanted, all the young ladies of the city to visit their showroom and select from the most beautfful assortment in the city th«ir hats from 3d to Is each, at Te Aro House. Wanted, all mothers to see our picnic hats for the girls from 2d to 9d each, and our Boys straw hats from 3d to Is each, at Te Aro House. Wanted, aye wanted, 500 customers for ladies beaded visitea at 2s lid, summer ulsters at 4s lid aDd 7s Cd. jerseys at 23 lid, 4s lid, garibaldies at 2s 6d, 2s lid, 3s (id, print skirts at Is lid, felt Bkirts at Is lid, dust cloaks new styles 8s (id, 103 Gd, at Te Aro House. Wanted, everyone to see and buy 4-button Kid Gloves, superior quality, usual price 2a lid, for Is lid. As 500 pairs of these have already been soli, no time should be lost in securing them at Te Ajo Houw, Wellington, Ami,