SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3752, 5 March 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

An orpanist is wanted for St. Luke's Church, Greytown. Arrangements have just been con" eluded for a tour of this colony by Miss Jennie Lee. Sunday trading and trading after hours is very prevalent in Eketahunjust now, and the Licensing Bench is taking steps to put a stop to it. Bro G. Wyeth has been recommended by the Phoenix Lodge of Good Templars as D.G.C.T., and Bro. Collier has been chosen as representative to the Grand Lodge. The nominations for the hack meeting of the Masterton-Opaki .lockey Club, to be held >n St Patrick's Day, close with the Secretary to-night. Weights will be j declared on Saturday. Mr A.G. Thompson's swimming baths are already becoming very popular, and are being well patronised. We are requested to s'-ate that tickets may e pro* cured from Washington's, Williams,' or from Mr Thompson himself. At the meeting of the Maaterton Boroujfh Council on Monday night, Cr Dixon called attention to the necessity for placing on the schedule of works that pieco of road in Colombo street fLom Bannister Street to Worksop road. The well-known and much-travelled Captain Jackson Barry is again touring the North Island. Last week he visited Gisborne. According to the Standarii, he is on his way to the King Country to opnn a "mountain of tin!" The last time the gallant captain was in Gisborne, about ei?ht or nine years ago, he was on his way to the King Country to marry King Tawhiao's daughter! We have not heard whether the event came off or not.

A special moating of the Masterton Borough Council will be held on Tuesday, 10th March, 1891, at 8. 80 pm, in the Council Chambers, Maaterton, convened on a requisition signed by Councillors S. E. Gappar, W. Perry, and E. E. Chamberlain. Business. For the purpose of dealing with the following notice of motion given by Councillor Gapper, viz., "That the- resolution of the Borcugh Council passed on the 3rd of March, 1891, to raise the kerbing where asphalted from about three chains from the north end of such work, be rescinded."

A meeting of the Greytown Friendly Societies Sports Committee was held last night. The Secretary reported that the nominations, which close on Saturday next, the 7th inst, are coming in freely. The handicaps will be declared on Wednesday, the Hth. The privileges are to be Bold by auction by Mr F. H. Wood at his Greytown sale rooms on Tuesday next. The proceedings will be enlivened by the exhilarating strains of the Greytown Brass Band, whose services have been engaged for the day. The Greytown footballers are already making preparations for the coming season, The Fire Brigade Football Club holds its animal meeting on Saturday, and the Greytown Club some day next week. The quarterly session of the Licensing Committee for the Borough <*f Masterton was held in tho Courthouse at noon tu-day, there being present Messrs G, ! Heron, W. Perry, J. Williams and A. W. Hogg, M.H.R. In the absence of the chairman (Mr E. M'Ewen), Mr G. Heron was elected Chairman, pro tcm. Sergeant Price reported that the various licensed housos in the town were being well conducted, and he had no objections to offer to either. The license of the Prince of Wales Hotel was transferred from Mrs Phoebe Wagg to Mrs Agnes Thompson. This was the only business transacted.

A story is told of Sir John Gorst during his career in flew Zealand which is good enough to be true. The Under-Secretary for India was at one time editor of a well known Maori Journal, and a King of the Maoris did not at all sympathise with his journalistic enterprise. One night a body of them descended upon the establishment and confiscated the plant, and only with difficulty did the editor and his staff escape to the pakeha settlements. At the battle of Orakau, the 65th Royal Irish were greatly put about to discover what strange ammunition it was that came from the Maori camp. To M,r Qorst it was left to solve the problem. "Good gracious" he ii said to have exclaimed, as a galley full. of solid brevier bursted oyer his head, "There goes a column of my spring poetry!" In the trenches, close at hand, adds "Betaka," a young subaltern was hit by a couple of "sticks" of Gorst'e "Essay on Christian fortitude." To morrow we shall sell full dross lengths of the double width material, viz .—Delainos'at 9s lid for fts lid, Ec.arte at 12s 6d for 8s lid, Beiges at 16s 6d for 10s 6d, Knicker Tweeds at 21s for 12s Gd, Striped Cashmeres at 10s Od for 10s 6d, and Figured Suitings at 21s Gd for 12s 3d, at "Tho Fair,'' Te Aro House.

To morrow wo shall show dresslengths of summer mohairs, reduced from 5s Gd to 2s 11 d, summer checks reduced from 7s 6d to 3s lid, summer flakes reduced from 8s Gd to 4s lid, summer tweeds reduced from 12s to Gs Gd at "Ihe Fair" Te Aro House. To morrow we have resolved te clear out all our Remnants of Black Silks, Colored Silks, Black Satins, Colored Satins, Black Silk Velvets, Colored Silk Yelvecs, and all dress Fabrics at half price at "The Fair," To Aro H->'se. Wellington. To morrow we invite special attention to tho remarkably cheap lots in our dress department at Te Aro House. Those who will throng that counter aud make their selections from tho array of bargains displayed will have every reason to be thankful'for the institution of "The Fair."

To-uiorrow wo shall offer dress lengths of French cashmetea in several beautiful shades of the new greens at 25s for 12s Cd, dress lengths of the fasliiuuubio mohairs at Ifjs for lQa 6d and dross lengths of black grenadines reduced to Qs U4 at "The fair" To Avo House.