The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3933, 8 October 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891.

Tho death is announced of Karl 1, King of Wurfcembutv, aged 68. The farmers of Southland contemplate forming a union of their own. The Greytown School is beintj exam* ined by Mr Fleming, Inspector. The Wairarapa North Rabbit Board >aa decided to send to each ratepayer in the district a statement of its receipts and expenditure to date. Mr W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, died on Tuesday last, aged 06, According to the latest statistics the population of the world is set down at 1,480,000,000. It is probable that the rate struck by the Wairarapa North Rabbit Board next year will be one farthing per head for sheep and one penny per head for cattle. The reduction will be in consequence of the importation of the natural enemy having been temporarily discontinued.

A man named Green pas thrown from his horse when returning toPahiatua from Woodville on Monday evening, and sustained concussion of .the brain. He was attended by Dr Mijne. It is stated by the Examiner that a branch of the Bank of New South Wales is to be established at the northern end of the bush district.

Messrs Chapman, Fitzgerald, and Tripp, solicitors, Brandon street, Wellington, notify thai they have money to lend on freehold security at the lowest rates of interest. Fire thousand trout are to be sent from the Masterton ponds for liberation in the Woodville streams.

The Pahiatua Jockey Club has already a good substantial membership. Tha latest addition to the list is Mr W. B. Buick, of Masterton. A concert and dance in aid of the Town Hall funds is to be held at Tmui on Friday, October 23rd. An energetic committee has bseu appointed, and the leading local talent secured. Several professionals have promised to assist, so the entertainment is expeoted to surpass anything hitherto attempted in Tiuui. We have to acknowledge the receipt from the Wellington representative of Messrs Th«mas Cook and Sons, of a copy of the latest issue of " Cook's Australasian Travellers' Gazette and Tourist Advertiser." A special person-ally-conducted tour frotn Australia ani New Zealand to the Holy Lan 4, B?ypt, the Nile, and England, is a noteworthy feature ot the information it embodies. I Jn the bush districts, we learn the ]#borfng qjep gwear by Hansard, which comprises their |ifcsi'at>/re on leisure opcations, It is no unusual sight, say? the Telegraph, to see many with Hansar,4 peeping out of their breast pockets, whijfe during the midoday meal this interesting volume of Parliamentary debates is placed in front of their plate while the men do justice to their dinner, In the city Hanawd is cast aside almost with disgust, but inland it is really appreci--a ted.

An important decision has recently been given by District Ju\.° e Settle, a " Wanstanui, on the question ef frauau l " nt preference under the Bai.kruptey Acts. The Official Assignee moyed to set aside the transfer of a buggy made by the bankrupt to his employers a few days before the bankruptcy to cover certain defalcations. It was contended cn the authority of ex parte Stubbins, L. R. 17, Uh. Dir., 58, ex parte Taylor, L.R. JB, 28. Diy. 295, and in re W. W. Taylor, 4, N.Z.L.R., S.C. 420, that tha repayment of money Disappropriated or tha delivery of chattels to cover defalcations is not a fraudulent preference under the Act. The District Judge distinzuished these cases, and held that when the relationship of debtor and creditor is established, any payment or transfer by the debtor to his creditor on the eye of bankruptcy with the view of giving a 1 preference Is veid, notwithstanding that the ebief object of the debtor in making the payment or transfer was to avoid a 1 prosecution. In the case referred to, the creditor was ordered to give up the buggy to the Assignee and pay the costs, j

Several rate defaulters were summoned to appear before the Resident Magistrate this moruing to show cause why they had not paid thoir rates. The blight has already appeared on the peach and apricot trees in Napier, destroying all prospects of a plentiful crop.

At the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association meeting yosterday, reference was made by several members to the general prosres? of the district, and to the prospects there were in the near future for those following agricultural and pastoral pursuits.

The Woodville paper states that carpenters are not to be had at &ny price in that district.

The school at Gross Greek has been closed for a week, owing to the prevalence of whooping among the children. A man named John Wallace fell off the train while drank, bstwnen Ashursfc and Pahnerston, but sustained no injury beyoud a sprained ankle.

Rabbits and hares are increasing to an alarming extent in the country district of New South Wales, though, owing to the good season the damage is not so noticeable. Ravages in the Cobar sections haye driven the stock off tbe runs.

There is said to be soma difficulty about the route of the Eketahuna- Woodville railway. The plans prepared some time aro were laid out solely from an engineering point of view, before the township ot Pahiatua sprang into prominence. They take the line some distance from the township, but the residents at Pahiatua have lately agitated for a diversion in th?ir favour. The Acting Engineer>in-Chief has his hands full just now with othei work, and as hs will require to visit the district and solve the difficulty, the preparations of plans mast necessarily stand o\er for some liifcle time.

At Sydney recently Mary Elizabeth Hayes sued Augustus Charles Tracey for breach of promise of marriage. Damages were laid at £2OCO. At the time of the engagement the plaintiff was 18 and the defendant 10, and they kept company for several years. The msr riage was at the request of the defendant, postponed from time te time, but in March of the present year he asked the plaintiff to prepare her trousseau. At the last moment, however, he pleaded for a further postponement till the present month, to which she agreed, but in the meantime the defendant went to Brisbane, where, notwithstanding the appeal of the piaintiff, who had followed him, he married another. The facts were not disputed and the jury assessed the damages at £9OO, The following resolution was passed at a mooting of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday : " This Society regrets that the fixing of the site for the amalgamated show by the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society in their overtures towards amalgamation prevents this Society from takin? any steps in furtherance of the objects of amalgamation. If the question of site were open to independent arbitration, this Society would be pleased to take action. This Society is still open to discuss the amalgamation of rain fairs with a view of holdm? one ram fair only."

Synod is almost over, and the clergy will soon be returning to their homes. Noticing an air of dejection about one pious representative of the church, our Wellington correspondent ventured upon a word of sympathy in that artless way of his, and enquired as to its cause. " W hat sort of a time have you had in Wellington ?" asked he* "Oh L awful, —not to use a worse word," rejoined the parson. Besides, he added in explanation, "I had to bring the wife down !" This should have been conclusive enough, but the remark— " Didn't you go about anywhere V elicited the disgusted response : " Why, hang it, there wasn't a darned thinr on: the Opera Company gone; Bland Holt not due; and the Races yet to come in November. Now if 1 the old man' (by this irreverent term was meant His Lordship, the Bishop) had waited until the Spring Race Meeting was being held before calling us together, there would have been some fun, and we could have supplemented our microscopic incomes by putting an honest pound or so on." "Ah! me," sighed the sporting parson, " another golden opportunity lost—a sovereign chance thrown away ! suoh is life i* the Church!"

A large and especially handsome photographic group has just been finished by Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binns, of Wellington. It consists of the likenesses of the forty one gentlemen whe constituted the recent Municipal Con* ference which sat in the capital city, and it includes, of eourse, one of our own Mayor, Mr C. A. Pownnll, who was present on behalf of Masterton. The group is no* on view at Messrs Wrisglesworth & Binns' studio. It is richly mounted in rn English gold frame ot the Alhambra style, tastefully picked out in rich velvet plush. It is intended for-presentation to the Mayor of Wellington, Mr A. W. Brown, as an acknowledgment ot his valuable services as Chairman at the Conference and for his sooial kindnesses to those who were present. The appearance looks externally and internally of our widely known Family Drapery Warehouse is now extremely brilliant. With the advent of tlje Spring Season cornea ai) Entire Change of Fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter sre now completely effaced by the light, cheerful, beautiful new colors that distinguish the present season's fashions at Tb Abo House, Wellington.

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