SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3999, 29 December 1891, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

1 A local option poll was taken in the ) Castlepoint Licensing District on December 22nd, and was against an , increase of hconses of every description. The Mariposa, with English mails of the 28th ult., left 'Frisco tor Auoklend on the 11th inst., one day late. {She Monow'ai, with Colonial mail, of the oth 1 inst., arrived at 'Frisoo from Auckland > on the 25th inst., one day late. 1 Mr Robert Gant, late of Masterton, who has been on <a trip to the Old ) Country, returned to Wellington on Sunday by the Mararoa from By«£*y. I An unusually larse English mail was i delivered over the counter at the Mas- ) terton Post Office to-day. i The winner of the Selling Race at the > Masterton-Opaki races, Jessie, was , bought yesterday by Hapeta Whakamairo for £3it. Some inconvenience was causeoraTi the , inside lursheon booth at the races yes* terday by the insufficient seating ao« commodation provided. Bußh and (trass fires are raging near , Pal jaerston North and are placing the ' towu in danger. One building has ' already been destroyed. 1 Mr J. P. Bryant, a highly esteemed 1 aettler in Fitzherbert, where he resided i for about nine years, was thrown from ; his horse not far from his home on - Saturday eve'ninv and sustained injuries which resulted fatally. At the inqu«it a verdict of accidental death was re* turned. The deceased gentleman was 1 well known in the Huttand Oharui dis> trictsand loaves a widow, but no family. A brother of deceased was killed by the upsetting of a trap in Oharui Valley nob many months ago. I An increased business and the addition ; of a new and much larger stock has , caused Mr T. H. Goltman, the wellknown watchmaker of Willis Street, Wellington, to remove into premises on 1 the opposite side and a little further 1 down than hi* former business site. Mr 1 Coltman now has a handsome shop with a bright and attractive look about it, added to which he possesses a remarkably well-choßen assortment of tasteful jewellery of every kind at prices, we are told, which do muoh to defeat competition. Club trophies and artioles for prestntation purposes are also a speciality. Mr Cultman's personal popularity, in •addition, will do much to draw inoreastd custom to his new premises in Willis Street, and we wish him oontinued Bucoess in his larger venture, as no doubt do his many friends. , /■ . The full programme of the Fire Brigade Sports, which are to on Anniversary Day, now advertising columns, As remarked these sports, including hthlrac events and Brigade competitions, are of diitinot importance, and are every year becoming a stronger institution and greater attraction, "Podge" Bead, onoof the spieling fraternity, was arrested on the Opaki race-course, yesterday by Constable O'Leary on a warrant issued from Wellington, charging him with wiltujry damaging a number of windows, glass ornaments, and a piano, to the extent ot £3O, in the duelling of Annie Cunningham, Wingfield Street. The accused was charged with the offence in the R.M, Court this morning ai,d remanded to Wellington. Messrs Lowes and lorns remind our readers of their stock sals to-morrow, the entries for which coropriao 700 wethers, 75 2-tooth wethers, 176 2-tooth ewes, 100 full mouth ewes, 250 ewes with 100 per cent, of lambs, 60-fat ewes and lambs, 4 head mixed cattle and 4 fat - bullocks. -—*H| We shall bo ever ready to welcome the crowds who may take advantage of thes desirable opportunities, arid the more widel todistribute our Christmas gifla the bettery hall we be pleased at Te Aro House, Weiiugton. In addition to qßering exceptional advantages to customers, such as an immense variety, a carefully selected and faihioneble stock of goods in every department'of thq warehouse, we intend, during the remainder of the present month to' present all cash customers to the extent of 20s and upwards with anattractire Christmas gift, at To Aro House Wellington. We have a regular, devised scalojor the things, and in proportion to the amount o purchases so will be the value of the present 'ibis scale will be on the same lines as on previous years, and no doubt will give equal satisfaction, at Te Aro House, Wellington. One thing should be noted especially, and that it is that- this gift distribution will extend daring the present month up to the very last dayot December,- 1891, neither . more oi less, Those that are wise will therefore take ears to be in tia)e |t Te An gODH WoW&lton..—A»Tl

I r ', " _____ Mr £. J. Searl.of the Star Hotel, notifies that he has purchased the publican's booth at the Caledonian Sports and will b» glad to see and,entertain hit friends and the public generally. The Foley Dramatic and Comedy Compajyr repeat to-night, by special request, the three-act comedy 'entitled *' Our Boys," which was received with such favour on Saturday night The Masterton Borough Council -" invites tenders through our columns for gaswork supplies. Aahockir? tragedy has been enacted at Forbes, Victoria. A young man named Aherne, seeing his sweetheart with another, drew a revolver and shot her dead, ho afterwards tired two shots into his right breast and died instantly. Aherne left a touching tetter to his mother, iu which he stated he content plated suicide. i tary~at 8 p.m. on Wedneßdayj______J '