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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3859, 16 July 1891, Page 2

The Marine Hotel at Whakataki has been taken over by Mr T, F. Smith. A blacksmith's shop is about to be erected by Mr T. 0. Williams next to the Town Hall, Pahiataa. The school grounds at Carterton were stumped and ploughed on Monday, and about seventy trees planted. Sara Bernhardt drew £3OOO for a week's seajon in Adelaide. It is stated on the best authority that the intention to organise a team of female footballers in New Zealand has been abandoned. There is a large amount of destitution in Brisbane. The unemployed number several thousand. The evidence in the case Tayler v. Kenall has already covered one hundred and forty pages of Judge Eobmsou's note book. The hoar for th 9 sale in Masterton of Mr Q-. W. Smart's unredeemed pledges has been altered from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday next. Applications are invited by the Wellington Education Board for the appointments of teacher at Ohau, assistant at Clareville, and assistant at Mangatainc ka. An inquiry has shown that the officials of the Manawatu Bail way Company were not responsible for the outbreak of fire which occurred in one of the waggons | last week. So alarmingly has the amount of destitution in Wellington increased of late that it has been suggested that it will soon be necessaiy to establish a workhouse. The annual ball in connection with the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade is to be held in the Drill Hall on August) sth. Already preparations are being made for the event, which promises to be most enjos able, and successful from a pecuniary point of view. In the E.M. Court this morning, the names of sixteen rate defaulters were called. Mr Hatha way, the rate collector, appeared and stated that the whole of che amounts excepting one had been paid into Court. Joseph Jessop, brewer, of Fahiatua, has petitioned tlw House, praying that the circumstances under which his plant was seized and sold may be reconsidered, as the breach of Stamp .Act for which he was convicted was purely technical, and he has lost a business worth £2OO a year for which he asks for compensation. A pugilistic encounter, resulting in the death of a young man named Lloyd after fighting 42 rounds, has occurred at Canterbury, N. S. \V. During the last five rounds Lloyd became very exhausted, ivnd at the last blow he tell down insensible, never recovering. Benfield, his opponent, and four others have been arrested. A singular accident occurred to a daughter of Mr H. J. O'Leary, of Kurupuni, ye&terday morning. A bottle of yeast which had on the previous night been placed on the mantel shelf, became heated and suddenly burst into pieces. A portion of the glass struck the girl on the arm, and inflicted a fearful gash, from which the blood literally streamed. Dr. Beard was sent for and dressed the wound, and although considerably weakened by the loss of blood the child is now progressing favorably. MrH. Wriffht has received a cable from Mr T. Whitely King, Secretary of the N.S.W. Pastoralists : Association, requesting him to send 200 shearers to work the sheds in that colony, The message from Sydney was received on Sunday evening last, ani. already Mr Wright has secured a sufficient number of men to warrant him in believing that

he will obtain his full complement in time for the shearers to embark on the Rotomaliana, which sails hence direct for Sydney to-morrow week. Applies* tions are arriving telegram, from Hawke'sßay.Wangauui, and Palmeraton Northi districts.and from the Marlborough province.— Post. The Napier Tdcgra-ph ropo; ts that on July 8, a Maori girl, who appeared to be somewhat interested in the proceedings at the Trust Commissioner's Court, strolled into the Courthouse, and, not content with a back seat, shifted into a more prominent one in front. She was attired in a rather striking skirt of a variegated character, and her "get-up" was most "fetching," but she speedily underwent a change in her personal appearance. She planted herself in front of the gas stove after the fashion of a man before a fireplace, and, getting too near, her dress caught fire, and there was an immediate flare up. An exclamation of alarm from the dusky damsel soon brought all the lawyers in court to their feet, and they lent valuable assistance in extinguishing the flames. Fortunately, the girl was not seriously injured. A shocking case of manslaughter has occupied the attention of the Perth Supreme Court. The prisoner is a pearler named James Archibald Hastie, who lived at Dirk Hartog Island. It is alleged that last March he assaulted a Malay servant named Jessop Beal, and kicked him unmercifully, and then left him lying on the beach exposed to the sun for several hours in the hottest part of the day. Jessop, who was suffering from acute inflammation ot the lungs, was removed iu the evening to ■* hut, and there left withoat attendance. A week after, when the police visited the island, Jessop was delirious and helpless, and in a filthy condition, with aots crawling ov-r him, and even into his eyes, nte, and mouth. He was removed to Freshwater Camp and thence to Carnarvon, but died on the way. Hastie waa convicted of the manslaughter of Jessop and sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour and ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. Mr Justice Wrensfordley, in passing sentence, commented on the prisoner's conduct in scathing terms. The Atlas and Belford Mills on Monday last received an order to supply 1100 tons of flour, through Reynolds and Co., Dunsdin, for tfie South American markets. This is the largest order in one line ever received at Timaru. A yessel has been specially chartered to take the flour away next week. The Atlas roller flour is a brand wellknown in the Wellington province, and Messrs D. W. Virtue and Co., its agents in the Empire city, import extensive lines for those who giv9 it preference. A gigantic sale of Drapery and Cloth 1 mg la no a being held at HooDer's Drapery and Clothing Establishment (the Bon Marche). The whole of their magnificent stock of Millinery, Dress 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 cf families and others should not let pass without securing som« of the many bargains that will be offered. Messrs. Hooper & Co., of the Fon 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 coinmi;n i;es on 'Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, and we anticipate seeing a great rush during that and following days .for the inanv bargains.

to in Featherstime, it is a pity this HRrnot be said of Masterton. 'A foreigner named Rodrieguez, and three others named Dennis, Cameron, and Ashton, were fined at Greytown yesterday for drunkenness. A by-law is being drafted in Pahiatua making it compulsory on residents in the town district to adopt the earth closet system. The first annual ball in connection with the Eketahuna Rifle Club is to be I held in the Town Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. The wife of Haneta Te Rahul, one of the oldest Native residents of this district, died at Te Ore Ore last night, A "tangi" is to bo held oyer her remains > The weekly parade of the Ma3terton Rifle Volunteers, which was to have been held thiß evening, haa been countermanded, owing to the hall being engaged. The settlers of the Mangaone Valley turned out the other day and erected a bridge which had collapsed, as they were tired of waiting for the proper authorities to da the work. A shipment of 230 stoats and weasels arrived iu Masterton last night, and will be distributed in the Lower Valley and East Coast. A Castlepoint correspondent writes : "We had the hardest frost here on Monday morning that the oldest residents remember. Poisoning operations are being actively conducted on the various stations." There was great excitement at Bourke on Tuesday. A train containing 350 free shearers was rushed by a large crowd of Unionists, whom the police were powerless to restrain. Nearly 250 of the men were persuaded to desert their employers who hired them. A squatter named Nutling was badly hurt in the melee.

Hamlet : *■ The air bites shrewdly ; it. is very cold. Horatio: It is a nippinp and an eager air, my Lord." Hamlet, Scene 4, Act 1, As in the time of the Royal Dane and Courtly Horatio, so of late, to use a very common expression, the weather has been "bitterly cold." For the present Winter Season there have been imported thousands of yards ol the best Flannels and bales upon bales ot Excellent Blankets at Te Aro Houso, Wellington.

Of Flannels we have at present a stock of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards, in all the best English and Colonial makes, in white, Shetland, Orkney, scarlet and fancy colors, and the prices range from 9£d to 3/- per yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington. We are noted throughout the Province for the Excellent "Value ffe give in Flannels, in that customers may rely on getting their orders executed most advantageously at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our usual Btock of blankets is between 600 and 700 pairs in both the best English atid Oolonial makes. We buy at first hand in the English markets.from the very best manufacturers, and at the lowest cash terms, and our Colonial blankets are picked with great care from the best mills. We are thus able to sell our blankets cheaper than nine tenths of the trade in the Colony can do. Our prices range from 6s lid to 60s per pair at Te Aro House, Wellington. As orders sometimes come addressed to hands in our employ, and delay is therebj caused, we would, notify that 'all orders and business letters shojild be addressed only to James Smith, Te Aro House, Welti