SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3877, 4 August 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

A canvas purse, containing a number of sovereigns, has been lost in or near Masterton. The resignation of His Excellency the Governor as patron o! the United Hunt Cluh has been accepted without comment. Sergeant Hannan is to be congratulated upon the success attending his efforts to suppress the petty thieving which has for so long been systematically carried on in Masterton. Mr T. W. Glover is, we understand, severing his connection with the New Zealand Temperance AHianoe, and will in future work as representative of the 1.0. G.T. Mr. T. 0. Williams coucludes a letter to the New Zealand Times of to-day as follows ;—Wairarapa Star, none of your larks. You poor ill-advised foolish little fellow, you! A man named Yank has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment at Auckland tor dismantling the fencing of graveß in the Jewish Cemetery to use as firewood. The House of Representatives met last night to consider resolutions dealing with the subject of Australasian Federation. Sir George Grey moved Mb Federation resolution, but after Captain Russell the Premier and himself had spoken the House was counted out. Mr G, S. W. Dalrymple, of this town, has constructed the model of an ingenious contrivance for the sweeping of streets. The model was submitted to the Works Committee of the Masterton Borough Council last night, but it was decided that the season was too far advanced to make experiments.

The Secretary of the Moderate Committee informs us that our paragraph of yesterday re the engagement of war chariots for the coming election was erroneous. Only four buggies have been arranged for, and these come from the Masterton stables. The Napier Telegraph says:—No Education Board in the colony presents such a crest-fallen appearance as that of Hawke's Bay—whipped by three men on a School Committee—afraid to call its soul its own, afraid to do what ia fair and just, When a drunken brute hits his wife on the face with clenohed fist; when he knocks her down and kicks her ; when he drags her by th« hair of her head and hammers her with a poker, or jumps on her prostrate body, is the marriage tie strengthened, or are the bonds of "holy matrimony" rendered more sacred f So asks the Napier Telegraphy We presume the editor is not a married mart. A man named Priestman, a visitor to Masterton, who has been staying at the Occidental Hotel for the past couple of weeks, left for the Opaki yesterday morning on a shooting expedition, He intended to be away for about half an hour onl), but aB he has not slooe returned or been heard of, anxiety is felt by those with whom he was acquainted. We are informed that the gun ho intended shooting with was a MatiniHenri rifle. Enquiries as to his where* abouts are being made this afternoon. The members of tho Volunteer Fire Brigade, with their usual energy, are leaving no stone unturned to make their ball a success from every point of view, and are just now engaged night and day in decorating the hall. To-morrow will be devoted to polishing the floor. Certainly if anything in Masterton honestly deserves patronage it is a body of men who devote a good deal of their time to the preservation of life and property from the ravages of the fire fiend and all without actual monetary reward. Due appreciation of the esteem in which the Brigade is held will doubtless be shoan by the number present at the Ball to-morrow Bight. Iu October, 1889, a very mysterious robbery wa« committed at the Woolooogabba branch of the Queensland National Bank, £3,800 being extracted from a safe consisting of about £l,sooin gold and the remainder in notes. Not the slightest clue had been obtained in connection with the robbery until recently, when a laborer who was repairing a bridge on the Toowong road, near Brisbane, came across a number of rolls of notes of the value of about £IOOO, whloh proved to be a portion of those stolen. The robber or robbew hsd apparently in a hurry dug a hole about a foot deep underneath the bridge, thrown the notes in, and refilled the hole with clay. The no'-.es had evidently been buried there ever since the robbery, and were reduced almo J I) to a palp. Sporting men would find it greatly to their advantage by orrespondin? with A. J. Jacobs, the professional Taxidermist from London. Birds, fish, animals and reptile 3 preserved and mounted iu the highest style. Every description of sbins preserved or tanned and made into rugs, etc. Work done in all Its branches ac lowest rates. Correspondence in all parts of tho globe. 80 yeare' experience. All work guaranteed. Highest price given, or work done in exchange for huias, crows, Now Zealand quail, and other birds. N. Z. birds wanted in any quantity, Ordors left at Mr. Williams,' tobacconist, Masterton or Mr. Catt's, hairdresser, Carterton wWV be attended to.—Advt.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their snlo for Wednesday, August 12th, 150 fat turnip fed wethers. The Prohibitionist, published in Christchurch, says the recent decision in the Masterton Licensing Election case furnishes another evidence of the unsatisfactory nature of the present position. Any wretched little legal technicality is taken advantage of by the beer tatornity to defeat the wishes of the people, and postpone the evil day. To tho Tomperance party it is annoying to be subjected to such immoral if legal thwarting ; but they can console themselves with the thought that the evil is rapidly working its own remedy. A huge monster, supposed to be a sea sorpent, was seen by the chief officer and one of the quartermasters of the Botomahana whilst the stoamer was between Napier and Gisborne on Saturday mornim* last. The quartermaster, Peter Nelson, was the first to discover the monster. It was thin about a mile from the steamer, and it rose atraioJM out of the water about 80ft, and then disappeared aim -'t immediately. After a short interval the serpent again rose out of the water about 30ft. It appeared to be about 60ft long, had a good sized head, and two fins like wings, about 10ft long. Its back was black, the belly pure white, and on the last occasion it rose to the surface it was only about 100 yards from the ship. Kelson has been about 25 yeara at sea, the chief officer has been in various parts of the world during the last 26 years, and they concur in saying that suoh a singular looking object never came under their notice, and they are also not a whale. A shock of occurred in Napier about as the fish was seen, and suggests that Its appearance may have been due to that cause. Another sailor on the Rotomahana states that he saw a siuilar object off the ccast ef Africa about eight years ago.— Times.