The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3797, 29 April 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1891.

FIhST EDITION.

There are at the present time 293 do faulters in the Borough of Napier. Mr. Larnach denies that theie is any foundation for the impression that he aspires to the Agenfc»G§neralship. Messrs Kebbell Bros, of A 'fredton' require a married couple. A first dividend of 3s 6d in the £ on all proved claims in the estate of Eichard Fitton, bankrupt, is now payable. The Mabterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company (limited) have an interestin? advertisement on our front page.

The feeling of members of (lie Wadestown School Committee is that Mr. Bunny having been a Wairarapa representative, it is only fair that a gentleman from this district should be selected to take Jiis place.

A Bastings bankrupt, with an extraordinary amount of front, recently borrowed a "tenner" from a bußineas man to keep soul and body together, but admitted a few days later luving lost it on the totalizator at the races. Great interest was taken hi the election of a School Committee at Carterton, there being the largest gathering of householders on Monday night that has ever been Been.

The Wairarapa Lake was successfully opened on Friday last. The work was undertaken under the supervision of Mr. A. Matthe-.vs, Chairman of the iiiver Board.

The Inspector of Nuisances is to be relieved of the duty of collecting the dog tax. The police Departmeat has very generously offered to do the work. The water supply which Mr Renall has recently provided under contract with Mr. M. Caselberg, has been conditionally passed by the Masterton I Borough Couacil. Bread has risen Id per loaf in Adelaide. A strike in the trade is also threatened over the question at freedom of contract.

The Carterton and Belvedere School Committees have voted for Mr. Lancaster as a member of the Education Board. The Works Committee of the Masterton Borough Council is taking into consideration the adviaabili ty of kerb ing and repairing the footpath from the junction of Hall and Chapel streets to the railway station gates. It is quite time such an important work was undertaken.

Acting Sergeant Hannan, who is to take charge of the local police station, arrives in Masterton to-night. Sergeant Price, whose health of late has been seriously impaired, has been granted twelve days' leave of absence.

A man named Grant has been fined five shillings and costs in Carterton tor wilful anil malicious injury to a horse by tying stones to its tail.

A contemporary says:—" New potatoes should always be boiled in hot water." We agtee jyith this recipe, as our own experience confirms it. Jt is a bad plan to boil potatoes in bijcfcs or liquid glue. Constable May has succeeded in recovering a number of articles of cloth- ! ing disposed of by the priFoner Morley to various persons in the bush. The value of the articles removed from Mr Trapp's store is £'37. The following team will represent Ekelahuua in the rifle match, Masterton y. Eke'ahuna, to be fired on Friday nexv:-T. Parsons, f. Bright, Pe:ling, W. A. Bowse, Si K. Martin, J, H. Wallace, A. Ure, J. C. Nicho'ls, A. H. Herbert, W. G. Watersoa; emergencies, J. Jones, A. von Bedin, and R. Woolf. The match commences at 1.30 sharp.

The population of Palmerston North is now 4312 ; Marton, 966 ; Bulls, 649 ; Halcombe, 414 ; Turakina, 237It i 3 regarded aa almost certiin that if deprived of office Judge Edwards will claim £20,000 damages. The bailiff of Featheraton'Mr Scales), has been retrenched, his duties being now undertaken by the local constable.

Air. T. W. Shute has made a munificent gift to the Belvedere Wesleyan Church in the shape of a baptismal bowl and a collection plate.

The Wairarapa Pastoral Society has cleared off its overdraft and starts the new financial year with a membership numbering 200 and a prospect of increasing that by 25 per cent.

The football match between the Grey town and Ma3terton Football Clubs will not come off on Saturday next as intended, owing to the inability of the former to get together a team. The team selected by the Masterton Club will, however, meet the first tifteen of Te Ore Ore on the Worksop road ground. Our local contemporary accuses us of displaying au exsrabl. bad taste by an allusion to the bacchanalian aspect of the late Ministerial visit. We are willing to be corrected by so eminent an authority in morals, and will remember for the future that a maa may set au evil example, the bad taste ■lying not ia the commission of tne offence, but in noticing and recording it. For the seasonable, the attractive, the fascinating in material, shapes, styles, and the very latest fashions and novelties just to hand per steamer Rimutaka, ladies should not fail to embrace the opportunity now offered, and pay a visit to the mantle department at Te Aro House.

We are new showing some matVellons " creations" in ladies' sealette jackets, and specially note the following:—" The Melba," with deep beaver facing, high Fife collar, whijh can be worn in four distinct ways, and at prices ranging from 3to 6 guineas; " The Ramsay," faced with nutria fur, reversible collar, cord ornaments, latest styles, from 2 to 4 guineas, at Te Aro House. An exceedingly handsome garmentis " The Douglas" sealette jacket, faced with Persian lamb and real astrachan, high reversible medici collar, lined silk throughout from to 5 guineas. An equally charming sealette jacket is the "Isle of Wijjht" with deep facing and collar of pure | squirrel fur, price 5 guineas, at Te Aro House.

In plush, seal, plusliette, and sealette jackets we have an immense variety. A finer assortment was never yet shown in the colony. The new stock is larger, better selected and, more complete than we have ever previously been able to exhibit and we are sure that any lady requiring the latest fashions in jackets of every description, ulsters, macintoshes, fur-lined c'.oakß, travelling wraps, etc* will find everything desirable now on view, at Te Aro House. —Advt.