The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3950, 28 October 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1891.

All telegram forms now being used by the public are to be withdrawn after the Ist proximo. New forms are to be supplied.

Mr J. lorrs, of Pabiatua, advertises an important dock Bale for Saturday next.

A poll of ratepayer? interested in the proposal to raise a loan of £'4oo under the •' Local Bodies Loans Act, 188<>," for for niation, bridges andculveits on the Central Mangaone Road East, was taken at Eketnhuna on the 21st ir.st. Not a single ratepayer, however, recorded his voto, and the proposal was therefore not carried.

These who at all desire to invest in the silver fields of Tasmania should give the prospectus of the Great Eastern Silver Mining Coinpany early consideration and subscribe to its share list promptly. So far, there has been no attempt made to throw the Company open to the public in Tasmania, aa not only are the promoters certain of substantial support anions their friends on the spot, and which in fact is being already accorded on private appeal, butt-he Secretary, who is a New Zealand man, assured the provisional directors that he ould easily, it inquired, place the whole of the shares .anions people he knew in this Colony, H# shoitly expects a cablegram from Tasmania which will inform him of the precise number of shares still available for New Zealand investom. In any c.".su there do net now remain over ten thousand left rorapportionment among both places, and the cablegram may materially Jimit the issue in New Zealand. The prospeo tus may be seen in another column of this issue.

It w alwavs helpful to settlers who are in the habit of visitin« Wellington to know where to do their shopping to the best advantage. There is one estab lishment which can with mutual benefit be brought under their notice, as an old established firm of sterling reputation for treating their customer.* well and as having one ol the best stocks in their line in the city. We refer to the Union Mercery and Clothing Company (Messrs Bush and Tnorburn) at the corner of . Cuba street and Manners street. In j their premises js to be found a most; extensive range "f boys', youths', and men's elothing, hata, Bbirts, hosiery, cellars, scarves and indeed every article wheh it is the business of a gentleman's mercpr to keep in stock- By the " Tekoa" and "Kaikoura "just in, they have received a splendid lot of summer goods, including sjnie very special lines in Merino, cotton, silk, cashmere, and natural-wool underclothing, which, being light, is specially adapted for wear at this time of the year, fn the matter of price the Union Clothing and Merceiy Company I undertake to defy competition, as they do not fceep a Jarge stock of articles foreign to their branch of trade, but give their whole attention to frothing and mercery, in which departments they have an unrivalled selection of goods. They are not only largo manufacturers of clothing, bu f . arc direct importers of all the best English goods. Their tailoring connection, too.is a very strong one, and beinjf under the supervision of a professional nuUer, the utmost satisfaction is giyen in the caso of suits njado to measure, at a cost which is inoderation itself. Tho firm can with confidence b» commended to thu notice of Wairarapa people.

Hoys' summer clothiniijtist received Ht the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To 4i-.> Mourn?. Tho following are all made to our B|iocial order : Hoys' Whitu Drill ".Sailor" Suits, Gilt liutt-uis «>.H trimmeil Uluo Braid, from -I,"J each at To Aro LiuUHe. Wellington. JioY.V Drab Drill Sailor Jiui'.s, Collars trimmed Blue nnd White Braid, Gilt Buttons, froiiili/li each at Te Aro House, Wellington. Boyh' lilue Sl-i»u Sailor fcuiti, White Uraidod Collar, White Flannel Fronts, Arm Uad««B, Lanyards, Ac, from 0/0 Mch at'Te Aro llo.iso, Welliuuton. Hoys' B'uu .Ser|(o Sai/or Suits, Collars triinined ked Hruid, with White Singlets and Lanyards, Heauiilul linden on the Arm, from 12/0 euoh at 'J'u Aroj B 'Use,

Today is Labour Demonstration Day. In the larger cities of the Colony demonstrations are being held, and public offices are closed.

It has been decided by the Wairarapa Hunt Club to hold & Steeplechase Meeting in the winter on the Tanheremkau course.

The Kuni ara Times unhesitatingly affirms that the average wage of the miners at Kumara does not exceed £2 5s per week, instead of £3 14s, as in the mining statement.

In sending a beggar to prison for thirty days at Dunfermline, sheriff Gillespie stated that there was an old law by which a nun could for his first offence be sentenced to be whipped; for the second to haye his "lug" borod ; and for the third to be hanged. The Mayor of Roslyn writes to the Press to the effect chat at the Government relief works there have been four men working that had had borough corporation contract.3 at tair wag , '. < <, and left this employment in order t'j take work under the Government. Tho manager of the Masterton gisworks proceeded to Wellington to-day to inspect a gas holder offered for sale by the Wellington Gas Company.

The Knights of Labour have formed themselves into a Society for the dispensing of chanty at Woodville. An information for perjury is, we understand, to be lniri against a subscriber to the Picturesque Atlas who successfully defended o case at Carterton yesterday.

A large number of summonses are to be issued agiinst defaulting subscribers to the Picturesque Atlas at Peatherston. The cases will probably be heard next week. Some disclosures of rather a sensational character are expected in these cases.

The question of procuring a water supply from the Wainga jra will in all probability be discussed at a meeting of settlers of the Upper Plain to be hell next week. A committee of the Masterton Borough Council has been appointed to discuss the matter with the settlers.

At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Wellington College and the Girls High School held yesterday, a letter was read from Mr Chas Weston, of Alfredton, offering to pay half the cost for erecting a dividing fence on the ■Ufr'edton Reserve, provided the Board would bear the other half. The ofter was accepted, and it was decided to ask Mr Macqrtarie to superintend the work.

At yesterday's meeting of the Education Board a letter waa read from the Masterton School Committee to the effect that application has been made to them by several local clergymen for leave to give religious instruction in soh'jol hours. The Committee wished to learn whether it had the power to grant such an application. The Chairman said the position was that any clergyman could arrange to give religious instruction after school hours to any pupil who chose to attend, but there must be no compulsion. The Secretary was directed to inform the committee accordingly.

Two Sisters of Mercy, connected with the management of St. Joseph's Orphanage in Wellington, are r.ow in Masterton on a special mission of beenvolence. Tbe institution they represent, providing accommodation for a hundred children, is now being re-built at a cost of over four thousand pounds, and the Archbishop has authorised the Staters to raise the necessary funds for the completion of the building in such manner as they deem suitable. So an active canvas is being made throughout the Archdiocese, and the two sisters, who are now in this town for a few days, will no doubt succeed in obtaining that measure of support which the cause they are working for demands. That for nearly forty >eus many hundreds of orphans have been fed, clothed, educated, and trained under the care of their ord«r, gives them a strong claim on the sympathies ot all good people in the community. The Oreytown correspondent ot the Post siy3 :—During tho hearing of a case at the Grey town Magistrate's Coutt on Monday, the presiding Justices coinplained of the want of a clerk who had some knowledge of tho law and the way in which the business ought to be conducted. The work is now done by the locil constables, and they act as Criers of theCcurt as well. The rushing out ot the box to call for the «itnesses, and hurrying back again ; then the stepping out again to swear them, affords amuse ment to some, but is objectionable. The I'iOijl constable was employed in the Court from two o'clock p.m. till midnight, and to get through the work the constable ai Carterton had to come down. If this has to be so, where is the saving of expense ? Besidea, Carterton is left withont police supervision, and as there are a large number of Maoris now in Greytown, the local constable ought not to be tied up to other work. The retrenchment of tho Clerk of the Court is objectionable from several points of view.

The Magistrate's Court, at Greytown was occupied on Monday in the hearing of charges of obtaining money under false pretences against W. H. Powell, a bush contract. >r, and F. Rogers, one ot the hands. Powell had just, finished a largo bush'-fallm? contract for Mr Coleman Phillips *t Kaiwaiwai, apd went to him for payment, Mr Pliiljips having had experience of how men employed by contractors wpre swindled by them, declined to pay the contractor except in the presenye of the men. It is alleged that Rogers went with Powell (the contractor) to Mr Phillips-- and said he represented the men, A cheque for £3l 15? was handed to him, and was afterwards cashed at Feathemon. But, it is further alleged, the other hands saw no money, and Powell and Rogers were not to be found. Both men were arrested and charged wi*h obtaining money under tMse pretences. Messrs Spratt and Wakelin (the Mayor), Justices, sat on the Beuch, and after a lengthy hearing the case rinsed at midnight. Both men were commuted for trial.