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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3897, 27 August 1891, Page 2

IbeMr terton Agricultural and Pastoral As-.oc'.ation has pa sod a lesolution syirpathis ng with the protest of the Chvistchu~ch Arsocb.tion against the t. xaii'o? propo .a!s of the Government;. The Wriiavnpa Racing Club has a' credit balance at the present time of £258 ds 9d. Says the Napier Telegraph:- The fieshpots of Rcllamy's have be- , come sweet to tho taste of Mr Earnsbaw. IHe has eaten of the fruits ot political life, and the bvep 1 of labour is no longer to his likin?. He is net the first man who has been wrecked on the Parliamentary rock. A native boy r.t Gisborne last week sen- [ tenced for theft fin>t wanted the case tried at the Supreme Court, because, as he subsequently explained, he thoucht he would thereby get a trip to Napier. ■ wh'ch plaje he bad not yet seen. The Masterton Coach and Carriage Factoiy, which has of late been conducted by Messrs Ross and Co., has, we undc-sknd, been taken over by Mr Thomrs Wajjg. A class for wool presses and cream separators has been im-eiied in the catalogue of the Masterton Agricrlturrl andPaßtorel Association.

For " a lingering commend us to our local contemporary, who iu his last is"!ue expressed sorrow for the den? ise of a lady who died two years ago. He will shed a tear for Queen Anne neit ! Mr Fersmsson, c * Dunedin, hai been awa.drd second piize for Ayrshire cattle at the Victorian Agricultural Show.

The Wellinsion Education 80. rd he.i derided to fence the reseive at the Wellington Specie! Settlement, if it is found the school is under the control of the Board. The licensee of the Junction Hotel at Christchurch has been fined £5 and cosi/3 for selling liquet to an intoxicated person.

The usual weekly parade of the Masterton Eifle Volunteers will be held this (Thursday) evening. An active crnw :s is to be made in Masterton next wee* for specLl prizes for the forthcoming show of the Ma&terton Pastoral and Agricultural Association. At the Magistrate's Ccurt, Greytown, yesterday, a Maori named Poto wa<» fined 12-! for being drunk and disorderly. Seveirl civil cases were settled out of Court.

It is perhaps as well for farmer; to bear m mind that every inch of rain which falls means ll J tots of water to the acre. Thousands of acres of bush are being felled ia the Mananratu district. It is said there is quite a rush for any leasehold property t lie freeho'd of which cau eventually be obta'ned. A great afciraciiou at the foiihcomiDg shijwof the Master ton Agricultural rud Pastoral Association will be the exhibition of a Wolseley sheep shearing machine, by Messrs Leviu and Co, of Wellington. The football match between the Athletic;, of Well'nston, and the Alhambiv, of Duned : u, is being playrd in the Empire City to-day. The request of the Pahiatua School Committee for a grant for school sCi» tionery has been refused by theEdusu-' tion Board. John Dowd, who has appeared in Court twice within the last few days, was charsed in the R.M. Court this morning with drunkenness. He wfi fined £1 or 43 hours. Referring to a conceit which wa recently Riven at Ashburton, the Christa t.iurch Press says: —Tire Rev Mr Dellow, who possesses a good bass voice of considerable power, was new to an Ashburton audienee, and h'i singing was much appreciated. The following team will represent the Grey town " Hard Case; " in the football match against the Carterton Royal Stars at Carterton on Saturday next: — Backß : Hawkins, Jury, Jackson, Wood, Frunton, Hawke, Merson; forwards— Udy, T. and H. Haigh, Dockery, ftiisoi, McGuiness, Humphries, Loader, Grigg. Emergencies—McMaiiier, Fildes, Greg*, ajd Madsen. A Tinui correspondent writes to say that notwithstanding the report of Dr Beard to the contrary, there are several cases of diphtheii-i in'that place. The disease, however, may be termed by the scrupulous, '* Boulogne sore throat."

The application of the School Committee for the erection of an infant school on the site already secured has been he!d over by the Eduction Board until it is ascertained what anount will be received this year for b lilding purposes. The usual meeting of the Phcenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Temperai.ee Hall on Wednesday evening at 7.30 p.m., Bro P. B. Wilton, C.T., presiding. One candidate was initial':d to membership. The sisters of the Lodge were appointed a Committee to get signatures to a petition in fayor of the passing of Sir John Hall's Female Suffrage Bill. The programme for the evenin?, "Temperance Scraps," was well done, nearly every member contributing. A very pleasant evening was spent, I and the Lodge closed at 9*SO p.m. The shipment of 210 ferrets purchased J by Mr. F. Moore, ot Glen burn, from Mr. George Taylor, of Eaikoura, have j arrived at their destination. A few were sent nerth as far as Napier. They were r 1 exceedingly healthy lot, and though detained a week in Wellington, a loss of two only was sustained. The feeling appears to be gaining ground amongst the members of the Musterfcon Agricultural and Pastoral Association that one show only should be held in this district. The question was mooted at the meeting held in the Club Hotel yesterday, bat no definite action was taken.

A peculiar experience was met with by theßev Mother Mary Joseph Aubeit during a recent visit to Wellington, remarks a contemporary. Being in the garb of her Order she was recognised, and people who had been beneficed by her wonderful vegetable medici ics and others who intended to undergo a course of them, were bo eager to interview the old lady that she was simply bewildered. Even in her passage along the streets persons thronged upon her, and eventually she had to settle down to spending her time in a cab whenever she wanted to go out of doors in the Empire City. Secure without delay some of these barge ins in Sheetings, Single bed Sheetings syds for 2-> lld,syds for itatid. Dcuble bed Sheetings syds for 3s lid, sydß for 4s 6d. Crimean Sheetinra 4yus for 2s 6d, 4yds for 2s lid, 4yds for 3s Sd, 4yds for & 6d, 4yds for 3s lid. These are all remarkably cheap at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock, Te Aio HoUoe, Wellington. Secure without delay some of these bsrgafns in Welsh Flannels. 6yds for 3s lid, 6yds for 5s 6d, 6vds for 6a lid, 6yds for 7s lid, 6yds for 8s lid. Scarlet Flannel"! (jyds fo t - 2s J Id, 6yds for 3s }ld 6yds for 5s 6d, 6vds for 7s ljd, 6yds for 8s lid, A}\ sterling value, best makers and at sale prices, lbe Sale ot Srrp'.us i Winter Slock,Te Aro House, Wellington. I Secure some of these bargains without delcy, 12yds Stout Browa Holland for 2s lid, 12yds Strong Brown Holland for 4s lid. 12yd-, Tw ; lled Selic'a for Is 6d. 12yds Grey Cotton Lucres tor 2s lid, 12yds Grey Cotton Lustre for 3s lid at the Sale of Su •plus Winter Stock.Te Aro House, Wellington.