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SECOND EDITION

The ship Nelson, 107 days from London, arrived in Wellington this morning. The Rev. H. Yan Staveren, of Wellington, , has been laid up with a aeriuus illness for o* er a week. Although the harvest work has been delajed by broken weather, 200,000 sacks of grain have been earned over the Southland district railways this season.:^ The cast of characters for' the forth-* coming performance of "Band and Glove" appoars in our advertising columns. . One member of the legal fraternity very politely characterised the action of another in the R.M. Court this morning as"low, cunning and despicable." As applications have been rcceived'all over the Colony., for treatment by Dr Koch's tuberculins, the Trustees of the JJunedin Hospital have decided to arrange for a further supply. A meeting was held in the Wesleyan Church last night for the purpose of re-organising the Band of Hope. The; work was taken up very enthusiastically and the following officers were appointed ;—President, Rev. J, Dukes ; VicePresidents, Messrs Burton and Rcyhoe; Secretary, Miss Williams; Treasurer, Miss Gillespie; Organist, Mias~Ferry. It was agreed to hold 12 meetings each year, to be announced from the pulpit unit in the school.

The' Southland Times' is the authority for the statement that in the Lakes district this season the ground was " olaok with magnificent plums going to waste " through the inability of'the local orchardists to lind a market.

A very fine specimen of the elephant swede grown by Messrs Perry Bros, of Taratahi, is now on view at Messrs M Caselberg and Go's store. The exhibit, which was drown from Carter's seed supplied by Meßßrs" Caselberg, is thoroughly sound and of rood shape.

A number of Forty-mile Bush farmers were diseasing the weasel yesterday, and the opinions as to its value were not unanimous. One gentleman residing uear Mauriceville affirmed to havinp seen a weasel taokle a rabbit by the road side and together they both roiled over and over until they landed in a watercourse, the rabbit being quite dead. A well known Eketahuna settler thereupon gaye his experience as follows: "We have not got many rabbits up our way, ' bqt the weasels conje along all the same. A few days ago J same across no less than three disporting themselves in an old fashioned way underneath a bungah. The weasels would have been quite dead now, only 1 Wasn't able to get there in time."

Some lawyers, an gifted with the peculiar knack of transforming, a molehill into a mountain. In the R.M. Cqurt this morning Mr Pownall stated that application had been made to the Postmaster at ten o'clock {or jtarqps, but the Postmaster could not give them until he made out his returns. Be (Mr Pownall) thought this was only another Government '"fad," and did not think the Court proceedings shonld be delayed taereby. The Postmaster iuforms us that no application made by Mr Pownall or his clerks was refused, but states that a vendor of stamps who applied for a large quantity was requested to wait a few moments until they were checked. Had the Postmaster known that the stamps were required for Court business —apd he did not at the time—there would been no delay whatever Dospite bad tiqas Mr H Herrmann of the Cuba street Photographic Oallety opposite To Aro House, Wellington, seems to be doing a thriving business, and nq small number qf thqse who visit him to have their likenesses taken are O'untry residents. Mr Hermann is admitted to be a capable artist with special knowledge -of photographic ( hemisfcty, and both i.i operating and in re touching he Ins produced some excellent work. It is to this that he owes his liberal patronage,'and also to the moderate prices he charges when the excellent quality of his productions is taken into account.—Extract.

Wie have received from the Jbeat Home manufacturers a large supply; of . excellent babjrliqeq, and are prepared to forward on 5 application tp any address (carriage paid) eight (8) articles of thoroughly gdod material and work for One Guinea. . This should be a very convenient method—one of patih garment as pattern," All our babylinen and uuderolothing is personally selected by an experienced . lady assistant at Te Aro House, Wellington. We have also an excellent assortment of ladies' undervests in Merino, Wo»l, Natural Wool, and Silk, All orders will bo pfbtyptly when cash is sent wilh.-the orders, will be sent carriage paid to any address from Te Aro House, Wellington. Ladies in the oountry desirous of knotr* ing the best place to purchase underclothing and baby linen should at once Communicate their wants' to To Aro House, Wellington. We have an unrivalled stoos of ladies' underlinen in nightdresses, chemises, drawers, combinations, and all our garments are guaranteed to be extra lock stitched or hand sewn, and include such -.popular, makes as " Hirbernia" and V Stirling" at Te Aro House, Wellington. Oca assortment of ltjdies' corsets is unparelled in the province. Wo keep only tne best and most approved crakes. To select from we have $ stock of nearly 2000 (two thousand) pain, and these range from the very smallest to ihe vefy largest out-size at Te Aro Souse, Wellington,

A man named Armond Rennett was takon to Wellington fr <m Oarterton yesterday by Constabld Darby, haying been sentenced to seven days' imprison* ment for refining to quit certain licensed promises when called upon to do so, and to three months' for lining obscene language. A ball is to be hold in the Drill Hall on May2sth(Queen's Birthday;under the auspices of the SeleotQuadi'illoAsserobly. '' As ' heir mooting* have hitherto been of a thorouphly enjoyablo nature, lovers «f the lighi fantastic should reserve themselves for the occasion. The followiug is a letter that was picked up on a coastal racecourse quite recently"To my darling Peat,—l dont sopose I will b« able to see you to-night, dear, but I will try; if I dont I hope you will have good luck to-morrow, I will be so anxious about you,' it yoU ride, darling, think of me. 1 will be preying . for you and that you will win. If you win, darling, do not be reokles# and gamble it all away. I wont see you tomorrow night, becauso of the play. _ t sopose I will go. Be good, my darling love, and think of me. I will try and see you on the course. Good-byo, darling.—lfiver your toying intended wife Liiy,"

The man John Wilson was hanged in . the Ballarat gaol on Monday morning, May 11th, The crime for wnich he waa executed was for criminally assaulting a little girl In the Eastern Oval on Sunday morning, the 22nd February last. The ceremony, so far as the hanging of the condemned man : was concerned, was' oon over. , Attended by Rer. 'Mr Gowperthwaite, he was marched tlunfipl the cells, and one in which lying, out on to the scaffold. There, were two rppes, but only one man was to meet the extreme penalty of the law. The now too familiar figure of the publio executioner was soon alongside the, miserable oreatnre, who spent his time praying. Wilson was very haggard and .< worn, and has lost very mach since he was condemhed to death. Ho .'presented *i a picture of misery on tlie drop, but, in answer to Sheriff Anderson, he said he had notihng whatever to say. The rope was drawn, the cap adjusted, and in a , flash the man who Mr Justice Webb characterised as a human wolf passed into eternity to answer .the crimesltafore; his Maker.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

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SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

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