SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3947, 24 October 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

The offer of Mr Alexander L. Webster of (ireytown, to act as assessor under the Land and lucome Assessment Act for that district has been accepted. The following tenders have been received by the Masterton Road board for Contract ho 1, Upper Plain road, 16.36 chains road formation:—Jas Cavanagh £26(accepted), S. Bartlett £3B A petition, signed by one hundred and eighty persons, has been presented to the Minister for Defence, praying that the services ot Constable Roche be retained at Eketahuna. The petition asking for his removal contained thirtyone names.

The public are invited to call and inspect Mr 0. E. Daniell's new stock of ironmongery, stoves, paperhangings, etc., which has just arrived.

The pulpit of the Masterton Wesleya n Church will be occupied to morrow by the Rev. W. Rowse. In the evening the service will be conducted by the Revs. Hauraki P«ul and Rjwse. A Home Mission service will be held on Monday evening, when the speaker* will be the Revs. Hawaii Paul and Dukes. The B.a. Jubilee, which left Wellington yesterday, took 120 passengers for Sydney. Mrs G. Young notifies that she has removed to her uew premises, Dixonstreet where, ahe will be happy to receive boarders.

His Worship the Mayor has proclaimed a half-holiday in Maiterton for Ihursday next, Show Day. Ueneral Booth was accorded a hearty reception to Wellington last night, between 2000 and 3000 people being »t the Station of the Manawatu Railway Company to meet him. The formal reception i takes place to-day.

A sitting of the Native Land Court commenced at Greytown yesterday hefore Judge Barton, and Judge Von Stunner, the former presiding. Mr Barclay, a son of Captain Barclay acted as interpreter, Mr Vickers as clerk, aud Mr Te Waru as assessor. The case now being heard is a claim of Mohi-Teata-Hekoiu, to be included in the list of owners of the Ngawakaakupe Block commonly known ai the Table Lands. After this claim is settled, the subdivisions ot this Urge and valuable block will be proceeded with. This case will probably occupy a month or more, when it is expected the Court will adjourn to Mft«terttm, to take the ykurupatu caae,

In certain districts in the Old Country from which stoats and weasels have bet> n deported to New Zetland, there is a big " tangi " amongst the farmers. Sinn e the departure of the natural enemy rat B have increased enormously, and it i B quite on the cards that someday the British farmer may require to purchase supplies of the lively stoat and volatile weasel from New Zealand.

The following persons have offered themselves and been accepted as valuators in various country districts of \V»irarapa and Manawatu under the Land and Income Tax Act:—Messrs O. 0. Hill, D. Goodbehere, G. Wilks, H. L. Sherwell, H. J. Booth, J. Linton, J. Bell, A. McCutcheon, P. Von Reden, A. VV. Sedcole, and 0. Whitcombe. Last week, says the Southland Times, A singularly mal-formed lamb was dropped on the Morton Mains estate. It had two complete heads with four eyes and ears. It did not survive, a peculiarity in the junction of the heads with the throat causing milk sucked by one mouth to run from the other without reaching the stomach. The poor lift Id blester was thus starved, being unable to use the both mouths simultaneously. The Hswera Star of Saturday has the following:—"A woll-known business man in Hawera some time ago received from a resident in Auckland city a request for information on certain lands likely to come into the market soon, but to-day received a letter in which the writer says:—"Re bush land, my nophews frightened, they say, by the Government Land and Taxation policy, have decided to come down here, and I have remitted their money (some £2500) which was hero, to West. Australia." This reads well in connection with the banquet to the new Agent General who is to make great efforts to get farmers to come to the colony. A case of distress at Jackson's Bay came under thn notic-j of Captain Fairchild on che occasion of the HinemoVs recent visit there. A man who had been induced to go to the district desired a passage to Wellington for himself, his wife, and family consisting of six children. He had but a little money, and that he was willing to give for his passage, and he pointed out that if he stayed at Jackson's Bay there was nothing but starvation for himself and family, who had travelled eighteen miles to reach the steamer. Captain Fairchild had to refuse the application owing to the stringent regulations, but with thoie on board he raised a sum of money sufficient to buy a quantity of flour, potatoes, and biscuits from the stores on board, and these were given to the family, who were very grateful, Captiin Fairchild afterwards remembered that he was one man short, and the husband was shipped on board, the family deciding to stay until he was able to make arrangements to take them away. The younsrest of the family was a baby only two weeks old. Jb J. Hooper and Co are now showing the most fashionable and largest assortment of new spring goods ever shown in the district. English and French Milli nery, Trimmed, and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, Flowers, and Feathers, Ac. Stylish and Pretty Jackets. Dorothy Capes, Mantles, Dust Cloaks, Garaboldi Jackets, &o.

We are showing a splendid stock of Fashionable Delaines, Prints, Cambrics, Zephyrs, Are. We hold the best assortment and larßest stock of nevr dress materials in the Wairarapa- All the leading shades, de« signs, satins and materials for the season, single and double widths. The fancy Department is full of the atest novelties, pretty aprons, ribbons, frillings, collars, eu&*3. and parasols, &o &0.