SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3855, 11 July 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

The annual meeting of Parishioners of J St. Matthew's Church, to reoeivo ao- H counts, elecb churchwardens and vestry, etc., will be held in the Bcboolroom on Monday, the 20th mst. '^^ Owing to the detention of the ttetrmor from Napier, Mrs and Miss Sheppard will be unable to open the Ladies' Col- '■; lege jill Monday. Mr W. C. Smith wants a special tar on absentees. We wonder whether the marvellous product of the Liberal party will in time graduate as an absentee. The Premier Bays the late Minister of Lands was the high priest of dummyism. This was hardly fair to his cojMglJMfce Postmaster-General. - ' , f Taranaki papers reoord thtfSsiath of Mrs Grace Bayly, one of the first sett* lers, at the age of 93. Owing to the failure of the grain crops, there is a prospect of fearful famine being experienced in twenty 'Russian provinces. Tenders are invited by Mr K. 0, Smith of Tauoru saw mills, for falling, hauling, and tramway totara logs for the mill at per hundred feet. The lambing season has commenced in this district, and the peroentagr,.im some parti is said to be very goodj'JJD /' ■.^. wr f. It is stated that Mr Jackson ?*£& M.H.R., Wellington Pre' L2OOO damages for libe^^^^KT Messrs M. GaselwJPrCo, notify that they are tho Ma«terton agents for "Luxene," the new light, which can be " used in any ordinary kerosene lamp. A aharp shock of earthquake was felt in Wellington at ten minutes to five last eveninft. ' The Southland Frozen Meat Company have secured a site at the falls on the Kiver Matauta, 82 miles from Invercarpill, and will erect treezing works capable of handling 500 sheep per day. The body of an infant, born apparently ut • a week ago, much decomposed, an d J i partly eaten by dogs, was found by Mr ] >. Flood, licensee of the WharKWiotel, 1 -, Rawene, Hokianga, on land nelr his - • premises. The police are investigating '- i the affair. ' 1 Captain and Mrs Rattray, the officers 9 who have been appointed to take ohatge ' . sof the local contingent of the Salvation „ ] r Army, arrived in Masterton last night. J ,1 The Captain is a fluent speaker and a ',*','. good musician. j^ The Feilding Star Bays *.—lt ib nsser- M ted by a "social pest" in the Waahdyko , M district, near Timaru, that he loses 1000 M sheep each year through the prevalence m of sheep-stealing. Perhaps it is just ML^^i™ well he should lose them that way as by V ; t "liberal" taxation. There is only a P difference in the name of the thing. ,f A large stock of new books and period* icals has just been received at the I Educational Depository of Mr R. T. Holmes, Queen St. amongst the goods ~ 38 which have just arrived are Academy )• Notes, New Gallery Notes, Pictures ot ... iflnl f r.IJ O _. _1k..~.>

1891, four-fold Screens, new albums, Ladies' Companions, tourist cases, new l , account books,school books and requisites Some time ago a young English adven. ,J turer named Davidson victimised the~ tradesmen of Adelaide and clandestinely married the daughter of the Secretary to tbe Board of Health. A week or sV , later he eloped with his wife's sister. A > cable message from Colombo intimate! ,_* *~* that on arrival of the steamer Davidson * s f committed suioido, and since then » ' < aucond massage has been received announcing the death of the girl, but ; the cause is not mentioned. V ' | A gigantic sale of Drapery and Cloth* - v , n mg is no a being held at Hooper's -, jj Drapery and Olothing Establishment , n (the Bon Marche). The whole of their , 1 magnificent 'C-*fc of Millinery, Drew J Goods, Blah. Calicoes, Li' iiHrms, Gloves, etc, etc, Mens and Hats, Shirts, etc, eto, will be 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, store* , keepers, heads of families and others should not let pass without securing some of the many bargains that, will be Messrs. Hooper & Co., of the Hon • Marche Drapery Warehouse, are Well known for giving the public the best value in all kinds of Drapery and s ,rM Clothing in Maaterton, and the oppor- S&M tunity that they are now offering at \3H their gigantic Sale should be a great |H boon to purchasers. This Bale common* _ '\sM ces on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clook, > and we anticipate seeing a great rush /jH durin? that and following days for the jfl manv baraains. JH