SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3943, 20 October 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

The Loyal Masterton Lodge 1.0.0. F., M.U., meets in the Lodge room, Perry street, this evening. A fur boa lost between Te Whiti and Masterton is advertised for in another column. Messrs Lowes «k lorns remind our readers of their stock sale to-morrow, at their yards, Renall St, commencing at 1 o'clock ; entries as advertised. How are burgesses made ? It is said that one would-be voter in Masterton is endeavouring to qualify as owner or occupier of an outbuilding tour feet square. More particular reference to this edifice might be deemed to be indelicate.

An inquest was held at the Upper Hutt yesterday on the body of a child which was found in a closet on Saturday evening. The evidonee showed that the child had received several severe wounds iu the face and died from hemorrhage. The inquest was adjourned to permit oi the attendance of the mother of thechild.

From an amusing sketch by " One of Them" which has appeared in the Canterbury Press, we learn that the Dobson-Kennedy Company since its inauguration in December last have travelled 3,238 miles, by various means of conveyance, including—besides the ordinary well known modes, aerial tramway, punts, and whaleboats. The distances may be summarised as follows: —Steamors, 1488 miles; rail, 898 miles ; coach, 770 miles j trams, 70 miles; whaleboat, 5 miles; punts, 1 mile ; on foot, 6 miles. Total—B,23B miles The '' on foot" is from Waimangsroa (out of Westport) to Denniston, where the Coalbrookdale coal mine is situated (this is not intended as a free "ad " for that well known Company). Denniston is from s managerial point of view a fine town to visit. Coaching has cost (not per head, but full company and luggage) 4s s|d per mile ; trams, 4s 5d per mile ; steamers, 2s 4£d ; rail Is BJd per mile ; whaleboats, 6s per mile; punts, £ 1 16s 3d ; on foot nil. The last statistic is an argument in favour of pedestrian ism. The steamer travelling seem) te be, on looking at the figures, more expensivo than train, but really, says " one of them, " it is not so, as of course you are 1 boarded' and ' lodged' whilst at' sea. The longest distance ttiat 'we have travelled in one''day arjd played ihb same night was 116 mijes by rail.'!'

Although th« Wellinar|;on aqd Manawatu Railway Company hai made most liberal concessions in connection with General Booth's visit to Wellington, the Railway Commissioners have so far refused to ahovr the slightest desire to accommodate the Salvation Army in * ••-:i.,i„ generous way. The officers BlLUu«**>j w * » of the Army simply ask for the ruZJIZ* ". be judged from a husmflH point of view. They kuoy ttjat their adqTereate in the I country will come down to Wellington almost to a man, woman, and child, if the railway fares are made anything lie reasonable, and they maintain that j;he additional traffic thus attracted vjll far more than repay the' Department! The latter either lacks enterprise or js superior in its judgment, and Joes not think so; and its representatives up tp yesterday had absolutely declined to make any special reductions in fares whatever. In Australia all the railways ran at low rates to Goneral Booth's meetings, and even the Union Steamship Company has shown members of the \ Army some extra consideration in connection with the occasion. The New Zealand Government Railways alone are obdurate.There certainly should heunpre satisfaction in even risking cheap fares in connectionjwfth a great religious demonstration' aflclfas this than' there ut in incurring the almost inevitable loss ffhich attend) every concession in connection with race meetings. Excursion tickets for the latter are rarely refused and as rarely pay.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonic Lodge will be hold to«morrow night.

Mr George Watson lately purchased in Oamaru for over one hundred puinoas a brood mare named Queen Bess, dam Julia, bred by A. Dalgloish, Esq., aire Scotland Yst, grand sire Fiinco of Wales (imported from Scotland), grand dam Gipsy, importudM'rom Tasmania. A colt foal was dropped this morning from Queen Boss, sired by Renfrow .Took, imported, the property of the Goraldine Stud Company. We understand should Mr Watson have luck with the colt, bis breeding is good enough to warrant his being kept as a future sire of the district, * The colt is a very handsome one and gives every promise of being a worthy Bon of that splendid sire Renfrew Jock. In another column appoara the prospectus of the Great Eastern Silver Mining Company of Tasmania. Those who have money to invest should cer» taiuly enquire as to the outlook at the Zoehan Silver Fields. Although scarcity of work has been asserted, it his been rcpoatedly demonstrated and never denied, that silver is being found very freely all over the beat localitfgoT the Zoehan mines, and that as soon at the railway is completed very general set in. The Great Eastern a splendid position in regard to site, being in immediate proximity to two of the most noted and best properties in the field, Frotpeotuses may be obtained on application at the Waibjrapa Daily Offico, Masterton, or from Messrs Harcourt and .Co,, and Messrs McKinnon and Tringham, Wellington. The Secretary of the Company is Mr H. P. Harrison, a gentleman who was for a short time a resident in the Wairarapa, some few months ago.

The visit of General Booth to New Zealand is calculated to considerably improye the standing of the Salvation Army in the eyes of the public, and it ia recognised that this great movement U not without a dignity of its own, despite the somewhat grotesque exhibitions of enthusiasm its members sometimes display in the sincerity of their religious fervour. In Wellington very mush interest is centred in the forthcoming meetings, and thero are few indeed of every class and belief who do not profess their intention of seeing General Booth and hearing him speak. The General arrives in Wellington on Friday evening next by the through Manawatu train, and although the formal reception "does not take place until Saturday, there will, it is certain, be a large orowd at the sta* tion to welcome him when the train comes in.

ti J. Hooper and Co are now showing, the most fashionable and largest assort* ment of new spring goods ever shown in the district. English and Frenoh Millinery, Trimmed, and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, Flowers, and Feathers, &o. Stylish and Pretty Jackets. Dorothy Capes, Mantles, Dust Cloaks, Garaboldl Jackets, &o.

We are showing a splendid stock of Fashionable Delaines, Prints, Cambrios, Zephyrs, Ac. We hold the best assortnJbt and largest stock of new dress materials in the Wairarapa- All the leading shades, d«> signs, satins and materials for the seasen, single and double widths. The Fancy Department is 101 lof the atest novelties, pretty aprons, ribbons, trillings, collars, onus, and parasols, fto . *e.