SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3853, 9 July 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

The second fifteen of the Te Ore Ore Football Club, the winners of the Junior Cup, are about to make a tour of the Manawatu district, playing the mtives of Otaki and Palmerston. The Hon G. F. Richardson calls the returns of the Stock Department furnished by the Government a "lying document."

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Atrency Company has been instructed to offer for private sale 270 acres of land in the Alakuri district, particulars of which appear m our advertising columns. Bisulphide of carbon is being used a ijood deal for the destruction of rabbits in burrows on the Coast, and ib found beneficial and cheap There is a danger, however, of the natural enemy being destroyed thereby. An official visit was paid Carterton last nisfht by the officers of the Masonio Grand Lodge, N. Z. C, brethren being present from all parts of Now Zealand. After the Masonic business had been concluded, about 60 Masons sat down to a sumpr.uo'is banquet in the Fores* ters' dall. During the evening s cial items were tastefully rendered by Bros Gayfer, Hume, Duff and Deller, Dr. Walker playing the accompaniments. In hiß report to the Wairarapa North Eabbit Board yestarday, Inspector Mackay said:—From a visit to the country north of the Aohonga river, and inland from the locality, I find rabbits very scarce, so mnch bo that it will not be neces3ary to poison large areas of country at all, but merely to do patch poisoning. This good result appears to haye been brought about mainly by yery heavy poisoning in the past, and the almost total abolition of the contract system of paying by per skin. lam also of opinion that the rabbits being bo low the natural enemy are beginning to hold the balance.

At the inquest on the body of the infant child of Elizabeth Stewart Baxter, of Auckland, the jury returned a verdict that tho. child was prematurely born, and that it died through the ignorance or inability of the mother to properly attend to its wants without assistance ; and that when assistance had arrived they neglected to use tho usual remedies that might have saved the child's life. The coroner pointed out that the word "they" was used without indicating who was meant, and whether it was wilful 01 not. The jury asked if it was their duty to decide the point. The coroner agreed to accept the verdict as brought in. The usual weekly meeting of the Phoenix Lodge 1.0. G.T., was held in the Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m., Sis Warner V.T., presiding. Two candidates were initiated to membership. A number of visitors who had been invited attended, and at 8 o'clock the meeting was thrown open. A very enjoyable social was held, songs biing contributed by Sisters Campbell and Bentley, and Bros Bragginß, Cole, anl Ewißgton ; recitations by Sister Warner, and Bros Hopwood, Mawhinay and Kwington; and a selection on the 'fairy harp' by Bro T. Williams. Refreshments provided by the brothers of the Lodge were handed round during the evening. The meeting closed at half past nine.

A gigantic sale of Drapery and Cloth' ing is no,v being held at Hooper's Drapery and Clothing Establishment (the Bon Marehe). Tho whole of their magnificent stock of Millinery, Dross Goods, Blankets, Flannels, Sheeting, Calicoes, Linoleums, Carpets, Hosiery, Gloves, etc, etc, Mens and Boys Clothing Hats, Shirts, etc, etc, will be submitted to the public at extraordinary low prices previous to their annual stocktaking, which is about to take place. This should be an opportunity that hawkers, storekeepers, heads of families and others should not let pass without securing some of the many bargains that will be offered.

Messrs. Hooper & Co., of the Ton Marche Drapery "Warehouse, are well known for giving- the public the very best value in all kinds of Drapery and Clothing in Masterton, and the opportunity that they are now offering at their gigantic Sale should be a great boon to purchasers. This sale commences on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, and we anticipate seeing a great rush durinp that and following days for the many bargains.