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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3803, 6 May 1891, Page 2

A handsome stags head preserved and mounted by Mr. J. Jacobs, naturalist, of Carterton, is on view in the window of Mr. J. Williams, Masterton^

Mr. John Graham has withdrawn from the contest for a seat on the Masterton Borough Council. Typhoid fever is said to be very prevalent in Auckland just now. The census recently taken shows the population of Victoria to be 1,333,000. The public of Greytown are to be entertained to-morrow (Thursday) night by the Masterton choir and orchestra which took part in the recent " musical festival."

A very successful sale of horses was held by Messrs. Lowes and lorns yesterday, the bidding being brisk and the prices realised good. It is stated on reliable authority that the Government will next session propose a repeal of the Property Tax and the substitution therefore of a progressive Land Tax and an Income Tax.

The Evening Post is assured on authoricy that there is no family connection, present or prospective, between the Minister for Lands and the new Chief Inspector of Stock (Mr. Ritchie). Bernard de Ferers, the man arrested at Tenui on a warrant issued from Wellington, is chawed with passing three valueless cheques, of the reapeo tive values of £!ss6d, £5 and £l los to Ernest 8. Crespin, grocer. Charles Giles, a publican'of Carterton, has been fined £2 and costs for permitting the game of "hazard " to.be played in his house..' . •' •• ■ • ■ •■

The culvert in front of the Royal Hotel, Masterton, collapsed last bvening as Mr. Gapper's traction* engine - was passing over it. The, wheels of the locomotive became completely buried in the road, and it was with great difficulty they were extricated. -

The Giaborne Standard aays :—The building trade in the country appears to be looking up. One country tradesman informed our representative that for hiui and he has had many years experience in the Baj things have never looked brighter. He has orders for no less than six houses —mostly for Maoris—on his hands. '

In an article on the money market, the New Zealand Trade Review states that the commercial position by reduction of bank advances and increase of deposits shows an improvement of £BO,OOO during last quarter. AH the correspondence relating to the appointment of Judge Edwards is to be printed and laid before Parliament when it meets.

Spurious pound notes are in circulation in New South Wales. The notes are photo-lithopraphed and are Bplendid imititions, only an expert being able to detect them. They are all on the Commercial Banking. Company, and are signed "Pratt." They bear date December 6, 1889.

A telegram in one of the Melbourne papers lately stated that a meeting of the directors of the New Zealand Antimony Company, with which the name of Sir Walter Buller has been so conspicuously associated, passed a resolution to proceed against that gentleman. ' " Mr T. *V. Shute, of Masterton, writeto a New Plymouth paper, congratulats ing the residents of that district upon the success of the recent Jubilee celebra? tions. In the course of the letter Mr Shute emphasises the fact that ho was a pioneer of Taranaki, that he was a leading feature in marriages, baptisms, etc, and that he buried and re-buried hundreds of people in the New Plymouth cemetery. The Rangitikei Advocate has the following ;—A.day or two ago a person who drove a horse and trap from Patmeraton to Awahuri met with a singular and unpleasant adventure. A swarm of bees swooped down upon • the horse, and literally took possession ot it, and for some time all efforts were unavailing. As the best means to displace them it was at last suggested that the horse should be driven up and down the road, and this had the desired effect so far as the horse was concerned, but they then alighted in the trap, which was abandoned to them until the evening, when they were hived by an A.wahuri resident. There is no article in which there is | more variety in quality and in kind than in tea, and there is also probably no brand of this mildest of stimulants and most grateful of beverages w"hich has secured the public patronage to so great an extent as the Empire Tea Company's pure blended teat, particulars regarding which are set forth in Messrs W. (J. Turnbull & Co's. advertisement in our business columns. These teas—kept by every storekeeper —have deservedly made a oamefpr themselves, and their absolute purity and honest worth have earned for them a popularity which must he {tattering to their proprietors as it, is complimentary to the taste of those who use them. Thoy are composed of good value teas, imported mainly from Ceylon and India, and are always of uniform quality.

A special meeting of the Eketahuna Road Board was ,held yesterday (Tuesday), there beta? present Messrs Matheson, Parsons, and k. Anderson. Mr Matheson was ejeetecl Chairman. A deputation of settlers wafted upon the Board and requested that a suspension bridge be ' erected over the Makakahi river on the Hawera road. It was resolved that a loan of f'loo be applied for to carry out the work. Mr Burke was empowered to repair the approach to the Makakahi river at a cost of £2. Mr Goodban was also authorised to repair a culvert on the Hawera road at a cost of £2. The meeting then adjourned.

So far this season we have had extraordinary success in our dress dep>rtrnen t Sales have been frequent and large, thus testifying taost completely to the excellence of our selection and the first-class value we are offering in autumn and winfer dress fabrics at Te Aro House.

THe fine display we have continuously made jn our windows since the opening of the season, and the various- fabricr whether ticketed or not, have been the subjects of most favorable comment, and these have been duly appreciated by satisfactory purchases, at Te Aro House. The prices we have quoted are for sterling goods, bought direct from the manufacturers, and specially selected by our London buyer. They are, therefore admirably suited to the requirements of both our city aad country customers, and we shall be pleased to tend patterns of them, free.of cost, on application toTo Aro House.

Jr would be very easy to quote lowes prices, but these are not the test of value, Quality for quality we claim, and rightly too, to be the cheapest house for dress fabrics in the province. The continuous and increasing support which this department receive* is the surest proof of tin* at Te Aro House. Ii is no matter of interest to our customers to be informed as to the number of hands we employ in our two dressmaking departments. Suffice to say that our rooms are the largest and best appointed in the colony ; that we have the best available talent; that our reputation for excellence of fit, finish, style is widely and favourably known ; and that we have two large staffs of competent assistant dressmakers able to cope with any amount of order*, at Te Aro House.—Advt.

A social tea meeting "will be held by the members of the Masterton Municipal Fire Biigade at the Brigade Station on Tuesday evening, May 12th, Mr Eiley, art master to the Wellington Education Board, is now examining the children of this district in drawing. The Carterton Rival Football Club has decided to compete for the Junior Cup only. The match with the Master - ton Senior* will therefore not be played. The Kuights of Labour have among their objects, the inculation of temperance habits, and they banquetted a Ministerial party at Eketahuna with hot pies and coffee! Probably this accounts for the fact that immediately after the banquet the Ministerial party adjourned to a another room for the purpose of r eceiving deputations? A niece «f Constable Cashion, of Masterton, was recently married in New South Wales to Mr Francis Dillon Bell, a son of the Agent-General. We regret to hear that the injuries sustained by i)r Hoskmg in his late accident were or a more serious nature than at first anticipated, and although he is now on a fair way to recovery he has found it necessary to secure the services of a locum tenens.