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1 [To THE Emtoii.] ; ' : '' Sir,—l shall bo obliged if you will i kindly allow mo space to call tho - attention of the police to the ueces--0 ?ity of tloingflometliing towards re- ' moving whit all allow to,bo-a nuia- " ance arid disgrace to out town. I t refer to the presence of a ; gang of. c loafers who pose before the simpl^U 1 onjs as" prize-fightors," i think ip { is high time their brutal exhibitions 1 were suppressed and the town ' cleared of such lazy vagabonds Could they not be dealt wit J under the Vagrancy Aot! or ■ dots the law allow prize-fighting ns a legal visible means of support I 1 If So, it is time the law wasaltcred,--- ' 1 I am, etc., ; - ' A Disgusted Resident, / t y ! SKCONDEDITIQF • The election of a member of the Mug. ! terton Road Board to fill the vacancy caused by, the resignation of Mr-A. : M'Leod tnkes place on Saturday, tho . ICth of January, A small black pig is advertised as lost on January Ist.) • ipfy Tho following tenders hayo boon ro j eeived by tho Mnobrcbn E6ad Board for,; i the Te Mara and Kiriwliakapa road con* tracts Contract No. 1, J. Cummins, £223 .(accepted). Contract No. 2, J, Cummins, £264 and £220 Contract No, 3, 0; B. Daniell, £l4B (»«?■ i ceptcd); W. Woolfj £2OO. ' At tho Oaledoiiiaa Society sports hold in Wellington yesterday,'J. Jackson, of.■ Maaterton, touk second prize for throning the heavy hammer and : third for tossing tho cabor. 1 ' Hunia, a 1 Maaterton ' natiye, took first prize for vaulting with- '' tho pole; • ' v- >;:■'/ " The .Greytov/n Working-Men's Club" ■- defeated the Wellington Working MenV' | Club m a cricket match played yesfer> ' day, by five wiokets and fifty-one runs, C ;• J i It is now; suggested that all oorpora-; I tions, borough cou'nbils, et;c, aro'liable to payundcr the land and income tax on : ii tho whole of the money borrowed on - J debentures, as they aro not. excluded by dofinilion of coin, schedule C, section 2- ' : ' The date of the annual meeting of the .Mastorton Cemetery Trust lias ■ been *<■ altered to Monday, the 11th ins,;,. at 8 - • p.m. . ~ , . .. ■ 'h most on joyable" picnic waV-hpld'at ' Te Whiti yostorday by the Mastorton The' usual games were indulged iu and keptgoing till dark. ''!■■"! >; ; ■ The theory that tho Pahlatua poisoh* ing tragedy was the result of oxalic acid,*" administered in 1 jpistakeifor Epsijm salts, for a lark, is hlirdly likely, in face of tho medical evidence, to be correct. How- ' ever, thia is what the Paluatua 'papir '' ; Says on the Mr Saunders, who officiated at the wedding, lound in his bag a day or twojltenvatdf t a loose packet of iihat;appeared: tp be J Epsom salts, but ho fiow states thV. the" flryafala were largcr tliait those of ordinaryiEjsomdfa; inditjis probable that ' they were, oxalic'acid crystils, used by \ saddler!: for,leather dressing,: and,very: ' commonly toedfofcleaningibrass. ;Tho' ' symptoms are, aecot-duig to Dr feavoh- .' '/ port, such &B may be - expected in ■ cases / of. "wlio acid poisoning; but boforo the, /. i announcement of this discoyery the doc-", /•" tors in attendaaca «u!B9:ted arsenical / ■ fOISJPR,
?.'''' Messrs Lowes & lonia announce their ,■ nest stock silo for Wednesday, 13th \ January, entries as advertised, Tho Educational Instituto opona its! annual session at Ohriutohuron.on Tubs- :, ( day next, The Wellington delegates v ■ f are Messrs Ford (Wadestcwn), Pilkington (Poritua), and Flux (Ureytown). T Mr Grundy (Olyde Quay, school) also :':. .x«j attends as treasurer. Mr H. Worthing- ( **■ ton, of Auckland (the socrctary), who is on route, was in town on Thursday, [■. jA The residents of Oreytewn saw the old . •■ Wear nut and tho now one in in a manner '!, . not altogether in accordance with their ; ■,-':' wishes. At about five minutes to twolvo i ' . on New Year's Kro, when all the good j folk were in bed and indulging in thoir midnight dumber, a large fire waß seen at tho north endoitho town, and the firebolls were rung violently. As is usual on such occasions, people of both ' /a' sexes,clad.in dressing gowns, cloaks, •vV etc, ware to bo seen hurrying to the ■■ scene of action, ' r ho Oreytown lira brigade turned out in full force with usual promptness. To the disgust of nil .' !•' , it was found' that soiiio one, ■ evidently 7 ■ O mistaking tho day for April lsl (u!i fool's ":■ ,N* day) had set tire to soino dried gorse. Wo I need hardly niotition that tho scantily I clad fair sox returned to bed in any- \ thins but an amiablo imwd. U J. Hooper and Co are now Bliowmg tho most fashionable and largest assort* merit of new spring goods ever shown in ■ the district. English and French Milli nery, Trimmed, ami Untrimmed Hats and Donnets, I'lowers, and Feathers, Ac, Stylish and Pretty Jackets. Dorothy '. Capos, Mantles, Dust Cloaks, (iaraboldi Jackets, A'c. . iJ. Wo aro showing a splendid stock of vW: Fashionablo Delaines, Prints, Cambrics, *■-■'' hold tho best assortment and _ largest nook of nev dross matorinls in the' Wairarapa. All tho leading shades, de> siims, satins, and materials for tho season, single and double .widths, The Fancy Department is full of tho best noTcltica, pretty aprons, ribbon friUngs, collars, cuffs, and parasols etc
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4002, 2 January 1892, Page 2
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851CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4002, 2 January 1892, Page 2
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