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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4011, 13 January 1892, Page 2

Detective Herbert was in Manterton ou Monday and left for Wellington yesterday, after making certain onquiries from the local chemists. It is understood tlvt the executors )f the late Mr Peter Dickson have decided to dispose of the Pahiatua and Danovirke branches of tho Wholesale Drapery Company. Tho Pahiatua County Council received from th« District Charitable Aid Board and distributed last, year the sum of £2OO in charity. Bitter coinpluiits are made of the delay of the Government to form the road froui Pahiatua to Piilmorston North. It is stated that hundreds of bushels df grass so°d have been des* tcoyed this year owing to settlers being unable to get it out of the bush.

We need hardly remind our readers of the Itinh class entertainment to be given in tho Theatre Royal this (Wednesday) evening by the Wellington Concert Party, The Party has been enthusiastically received in overy township It has visited in tho Hawke's Bay and Manawntu districts, and we have little doubt that in Masterton it will have a bumper house. One thing is cortain, the party is composed of the best vocal and instrumental talent procurable in the Province.

Mr Robert Gaut, who recently went on a trip to tho Old Countiy,has returned to Masterton, and looks very much better for his holiday. The Wairarapa Rabbit Board is hold* iug its monthly meeting to-day,\ Houses are exceedingly scarce in Mastertun at the present time. A dwelling of any dimensions ia not pivcurablo at any pi ice. A tiial shipment of fifty cases of potatoes, specially packed, is being sent Home by Mr ft. VVhiloy, of Mauakau, in tho s.s, Matatua, Throe flue sapphires liavo been discovered near Ituokhanipton, Queensland. One of them is the finest found in Australia, It weighs 12!) carats, anJ is valued at L3OO. Throe dobt cases wero heard by Colonel Roberts, R.M., at Carterton yes-\ terday, There was 110 other business,

k Caiterton coirospondont writes Sir,—l am the victim of a severe at» tack ot erysipelas. I have beard there is a preventive against the diseaso, hut do not know what this preventative is, Should any o( your readers be aware of it they will be conferring a benefit on the public by making it known. Tho Wairarapa North County Council is to bo asked if it will agree to an adjustment of its northern bpundary, as at the present time various sections are in this and the Pahiatua County. Dr Macgrcgsr, Inspector of Hospitals, recently yisited the Masterton institution and expressed himself highly satisfied with the manner in which it was being conducted both outside and in,

Mr and Mrs Johna have resigned thoir position as assistants at the Masterton t Hospital.' AVe understand this course was adopted owing to a difficulty having arisen with one oi the patients. Three golden pheasants, two Hun- ' sarian partridges and two English par. f tridges arrived at Masterton on Monday and wore placed in the Acclimatization Society's aviary. The birds reached 1 Wellington on Sunday by tlie lonic. The excavation «ork at tho Masterton ' gasworks was commenced ■ yesterday. Tho new holder is to beercotedassoon as possible.

Hares have become a positive nuisance in tho Hutt district, being very destructive to the crops. Farmers are, ' however, prevented from taking steps to eradicate thei pest, as the rodent is protected by law. It is roported that a person for whom the public of Masterton recently ex- , pressed practioal sympathy has done the "Pacific, 1 ' taking with him money '■ which was collected for the relief of his family. Tho. proposed installation of the K Worshipful Master of the Masterton ' Lodge, N.Z.0., to have taken placo to< night, has been postponed own? to the I ainentable death of' Bro. P, Dickson, the W.M; elect. The regular monthly i meeting will bo held, and mourning regalia will be worn in respect to the memoiy of the doparted brother. The advisability of establishing a cottapo hospital in l'ahiatua is being considered. At tho present time most of tho patients from the Forty-Mile Bush are sent to the Masterton Hospital, towards the support of which the Pahiatua County Council makos an annual grant of LIS. The monthly meetim? of tho Eketihur.a School Committeo was he'd on Monday evening, The following membors were present—Messrs F. Jiayliss (Chairman), Timmius, M, Nielson, 1. Carter, F. D. Polling, and W. A. Bowse. The minutes of the i previous meeting were read and con firmed, It was resolved that as the school-cleauing contract was up, fresh tem'ors be called to take the contract up for three months.,; The Chairman and Secretary were appointed a committee to deil with the same. Tho Chairman and Secretary were instructed to deal with the night soil contract. Accounts amounting to £3l2s Cd wore passed for 1 payment. This being all the business, 1 tho meeting adjourned, ] The election of a member of the House f of Representatives for Wellington, nhicli takes place on Friday, is exciting con- i sidorablo interest throughout the Colony. The contest has been made, ostensibly [ by Ministers, a strict party one, and it is for this reason the result will be looked forward to with intorest. A more des- v perate light has never been tought in the v Colony. Both sides are sanguine of 11 success, and wliatevor may bo the rosult i: the majority will not bo large. Wo understand a number of electors in the J Wairarapa intend pioceeding to Wol lingtoii to record their votes, Mr Waltor Greaves, who was for many years a resident of Masterton, has been ; subjected to great annoyance and all

' sorts of insults of late from tho larrikins 1 at the pla:o at which he isdiving- Man* gatainokn, He was so exasporated the j other evening that .ho got off his tarse r and used a supplejack pretty freely on one of the boy's backs, A short time | after reaching home ab.>ut ft dozen larrikins, armed with sticks, put in an 1 appearance, and challenged him to come * out and tiy conclusions. Mr Greaves got a whip and sillied forth, but the gallant army turned tail and fled. As Mr Greaves is determined to put a stop to tho insults offered him ho has given Constable Cooper tho names of the boys, Householders resident in country districts are often at a loss to know which is the best phco in Wellington for Linoleums, Floor Cloths, Carpets, Curtains, Quilts, Table Cloths, Table Covers, Cretonnes, Damasks and all other articles of house furnishing, For the following reasons the reply mutt most emphatically be To i\ro House, "Well', ingtou. . Ist Reason--All our gcods aro splendid value, having been bought in the best and cheapest markets, not only direotfrom the mikors but from the forrmost manufacturers, _ We buy therefore at the lowest 1 possible prices and our customers reap, a corresponding advantage at Te Aro House, Wellington. 2nd Reason.—Our goods are invariably I well, selected. Wc make a speciality of Lintdeums, Floor Cloths, and carpets. Our I styles, designs and colourings aro not only , in the most perfect taste but are superior to anything to be seen elsewhere. I'or I these things it is not easy for anyono to rival Te Aro House, Wellington.' ' 1 3rd Reason,—Oarstook is at all times , large, aud the ohoico all but unlimited variety is something extraoidlnhry ! and is capable of satisfying the most 'fasti ous taster Those who. contemplate re* famishing, and young .people-intent ,on matrimony should romemb'er that: the beat; place in which to get . their wants .satisfactorily supplied is tho' Wholesale' Family Drapery Wjrehduse-Te Aro House, Wei lington, • .■ ;