SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3909, 10 September 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

At the conclusion of the boxing matcl in the Theatre - Koyal last * evening Arthur Francii, a well-known pugilist offexed to fight any man in New Zealam for .650 a«side. Sixty*eight ferrets turned out on thi Olenburn run hare been doing a goo( business canvassing burrows. Last wee! eighteen fresh nests were counted ii which the rabbits had been turned out o house and home and the fragment! of the residents eould be detected ii front of the holes, We have received a copy of a pretij waltz called the " Buia " from the com poser, who is now in Masterton. Thi piece is melodious, easy to play, am good to dance to, so a lady pianist tell us who has tried it. A sid case of destitution is reportei from Alfredton, where an elderly mai (an old soldier) is unable to obtain thi bare necessaries of life. Mr Eli Smith who is now in Masterton, brought thi ease under the notice of the trustees o the Wairarapa North Beneyolent Societ; this morning. The Opera people in Wellington an still doing well, and La Masootte is ai enjoyable as ever. On Friday it will b< noticed that "The Mikado" is to bi staged. According te Southern critici the children are every bit as strong in i as in La Masootte. The Hope of Eketahuna Lodge No 17,1.0.6. T., whioh some time ag< ceased working, was re-instituted in thi new Oddfellows Hall on Wednesday evening, 9th inst. There was agooc attendance of old members, and fou new members were initiated. The fol lowing officers were elected:—O.T. Si M. A. Jones, Y.T. Sis B. Garter, Sec Bro T. J. Smith, F.S. Bro J. Witham Trean. Bro John McDonald, Ghaplau Sis Thomas, M. Bro Rubick, G. Bn Jobn Jonnston, Sept. Bro Power. Bn John Garter was recommended fo Lodge Depaty. The installation cere mony was conducted by Bro W. L Johnstone, D.D.0.0.T., assisted by Bn John Carter, P.D.G.C.T.,as J.M* i credit balance was reported from thi *>ld lodge. An excellent photograph of the Dree ■den Pianoforte Warehouse on Lambtor Quay, Wellington, taken by Mr B Hermann, has just reaohed us. Th< .scene in front of the Company's hand some brick premises is a pretty busy one, and to state the precise number of pianoi which at the moment the photograph was taken are being loaded and unloaded from the carts and waggons drawn up to the pavement, is not an easy mat* ter. Fortunately for our spare time it is not necessary for us to keep a record oi the firm's tiansactions in musical instruments, for numerous as they are th« officials themselves are still able tc accurately chronicle them, and also tc give careful and personal attention to every customer who desires to purchase a good piano or an equally satisfactory organ. Mr M. J. Brookes, a wellknown name to the musical public, it the Wellington manager; while Mr F. H. Wood—whose appellation somehow seems scarcely less familiar—(what is it: is it advertising which makes men famous and sells their wares for them 1 We think it must be t) is agent for the Wairarapa. James Smith, proprietor of the wellknown Te Aro House, Wellington, has for several months past been in the heart of the world's metropolis, London, superintending the buying for our present spring season at Te Aro House, Wellington.

It will no doubt be expeoted by all the readers of this paper that there will be a most manifest improvement in our shipments, that «U goods will be bought well, that is at the lowest cash prices ; that all goods will be the best ot their class and that all will be in accord with the prevailing fashions of the season. The display wr. are now making of spring fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington, is most amply and fully corroborative of these views.

Patterns of any of the spring goods of every description will be forwarded on application to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.

The Alameda, with a 'Frisco mail, arrived at Auckland this morniog.

Daring the past year ony font patients from the Wairarapa hare been admitted to the Wellington hospital.

The representative football match between Auckland and Wanganui, played yesterday, resulted in a win .{or the former by twenty-two points^jaVe,

A company is being formed by Mr Stavely, of Marlborough, for the manu> , fixture of his paste tor the destruction of rabbits. Mr Stavely will shortly pay a visit to the Wairarapa.

The E.M. Court was- crowded this morning with Natives from the eoast who are interested in- a case in which certain Natives claim damages from others through the liberation from a yard, of cattle which were being branded.