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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4036, 12 February 1892, Page 2

The roads in the Newman township are tyo chains w width, and in many cases Jiaye be,en fppced in by private I owner's, The Wairjrapa ljprjfcb County Conncil yesterday granted rermission to a sotfclei; to erect' a store on the road provide it Is wmoved »lwn required, I

A resident of Kasterton was pslged with severe abdominal pains and purging yesterday through drinking from a bucket which had contained Hudson's; extract of soap. Believing that lie had beyaji poisoned he took emetics and is I now neariy recovered.

Dr McGregor, Inspector of Asylums, has bee% 'Marching the records' with regard to the confinement of Munro, ivjip has just slaughtered his family at tayranga. Ho finds that he ' was admitted to Auckland asylum on the 10th June, 1889, when suffering fijjixi aq, attack of epileptic mama, the aeoond ho ha<J had within about six years. He was discharged in Pecember of the same year on the Magistrate's oertjficaie, Great pressure was brought to beap by his friends to secure his release, and he was liberated under tho clause of tl)e Act providing .that a person o?i) be released for twelve months oh probation, on condition that his friends undertake to look after him,' and this Munro's .mother and sisters promised to do. The Act pr/)vjdea tliitif the person released under this claupo is : not returned to. the Asylum within fourteen days' after' fhb twelve months has expired, he be formally discharged; which was lions la Mump oase. .

Hon. John Martin «yesterday morning, at the ago of aevenf y-threo. Steps are being taken to hnye the boundaries between the Wairarapa Worth and Pahhtua County Councils readjusted. At present there are a number of sections partly in both Counties. The adjustment can, it is thought, be brought about Only by speoial Act of Parliament. Jameß Hutchina is to be charged with four counts of embezzlement from the Woodville Court of Foresters, , ®[e memorial for the incorporation of the Mastorton Agricultural and Pastoral Association is being largely signed. The Masterton Rifles fire a match with tho Lower Taueru Rifles at the range of the latter to-morraw. .Mr Munro h»s, contrary to oxpecta" tions, resigned the Premiership of Victoria, Mr Shiels has bean sent for. Labour bureaux are being established by the Government of New South Wales. The death is announced of the Eight Hon, Sir James Oaird, the eminent agricultural authority,' at the age of seventy six, The lowest tender for the Te Aro railway extension is that of Croninand McWrath, the amount being f0,658, It has been accepted. It is said that only two settlers have yet obtained burns in the Makuri. Thore aro 5000 acres of bush still to bo fired in that district.

A first offender, who appeared before Colonel Huberts, R.M., this morning, was convicted and'discharged, A young man named John William Dew was ordered by Col. Roberta, R.M., this morning, to contribute the sum of four shillings towards the support of his mother, a destitute person.

Tho Woodville paper sayß the Government intend spending LI2OO in roads conneotiiij/ with the Makuri district. One of the main works to be undertaken is the road- to connect Makuri with the ilanevirke-Weber Road,

Mr Gace, clork m the Bank of New Zeulaud at Maßterton, has been ferred to Bulls, He is to be succeeded hero by Mr Turner. Progress with the various metalling contracts on the Ekotahana-Alfredton road has been seriously retarded by the weather expeiienced of late. On one contract where a large staff of men is engaged no more than an average of one chain per day has been performed, A team ot the Masterton cricketers proceeds to Eketahuna to-morrow to try conclusions with Pahiatua, On two or three occasions lately trimps have visited houses in thinly populated portions of Pahiatua demanding money and food. These men viow an introduction to the wood heap with scorn; and ono actually threatened to burn the house down if such an fodig. nity wore put on him again,—Pahiatua Star. The tender of Mr P. F. Smith at £SO has been accepted by the Wairarapa Korlh County Council for nineteen chains of road metalling at Mataikuna. It has been decided to call for fresh tenders for metalling at Mangaone. Owing to the rise in the price of birch, the Wairarapa North County Council has found it necessary to revert to the use of white pine timber for sheathing purposes. Two coverings of white pine can be had for tho cost of one of birch, The Te Ore Ore bridge is now being repaired with the former.

The floods of tho past feiv days have been sufficiently heavy to swamp the pits and inundate considerable lengths of the Masterton-Waimata road. The roadman on the Tenui«Whakataki road reports considerable damage to his section in the form of,land slips, the WhtikataJji Creek portion being more seriously cripplod than at any time during the past eleven years.

In the Mastorton B.M. Court yesterday afternoon' a caso was heard in which one Selling claimed from T, F, Branch ley the sum of £t 7s, balance of wages duo. Mr Pownull appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Skipper for the defendant. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for Os 9d and; coats 21a. A Government parade of the Masterton Biile Volunteers was held last evening. The men-about forty in number-were put throui(li manual drill, bayonet and other exercises by fie officers. Captain Pownull waa iu com-, rnand.

Mr John Rayner, of the Taratahi, has been vory successful at tho Wanganui ram fair with his sheep, making the highest, average, viz., £8 4s lid, for twelve flocks,

The mnterjalj for repairing the Tenui bridge aro now in coiirso of preparation, and the contractor hopes "to be on the ground withm the next fortnight. • A reserve supply of culvert timber has been ordered from the Wellington merchants by the Wairarapa North County Cqunpjl, end wjll be landed at the Aohonga landing place by the ijrgt steamer calling tljere.

Tlie case Montgomery y Oavanagff, a plaim for £lßlos, balance alleged to be due on account of additions made to a house, occupied thg Masfertqn Ml, Court for several hours yesterday. Hjs Worship Oulonel Roberts, E,M, reserved his decision lill to»day.

"Orb" galvanised iron, whioh is the subjeot of a new notification in our business columns, has already made a reputation for itself whenever it has been fairly tested, which establishes it as the best, cheapest, and most lasting iron in the market, In localities where it is knop, it is planned for it that it has three times the sale of other brands, and ajthough 4 the outset its superior qualities fpmefimes sscyre |t tho (op ppjjio, the net cost to the i? ipch loss than that of cheaper irons, as being light and of perfect uniformity in quality it runs considerably moro sheets to tho ton and becomes much cheaper in the end. Architects, builders, and their clients are beginning to study this, and 1.0 dispnvjjr that !' Orb " iron is specified in the building conditions js a frequent occurrence where sterling value and economy are considerations.

Such an institution as tho Public Trust office of this colony is almost unique and as far as we are aware nothing of a similar nature has ever been attempted in any other country. New Zealahd owes tho Public Trust office with that oilier aamipble institution the OovernmenfcLi/dlns.urancelle'paHment totl)/j projifio Ijrajti of Sir Julius Yogel, and froip tjie|riiipepfwn'b,bth'|iayfl been marked suooesses. Tho piib)ic have u.ow the utmost confidence ia the Public Trust office and that confidence will not be misplaced. The latest scheme for the safe and profitable investment of capital emanates from tho Public Trustee-a schpma sot only offers a good and remunerative rat? of i.utepeob fpr money invested, but also secures ra the ipvegtor the inestimable adyantaffe of an absolute S&'fi"! Wantee against loss of any kind. We would ask fllit readofa fo .carefully peruse a notifioatiou from tjje Pgblip Trustee ("Mr J. K. Warburfcon) which appears in another column,

The Summer Hale, commencing on Saturday, January 30th, and intended lor the.disposal of thebalance of the Season's Stock, promissß to be ono of the most such cessful ever held at To Aro fisiise, Wellington: '

The Sumrnor Sale will present to, all visitors a wonderful array of bargains in all departjpgnta; ' We' do not beliovo in the policy ;of oareying pver foods from one season to another. s.e w.ould J'aUiw clear them out every soason, Hepce the reason for tho unmistakable, bargains that will be aftiMif (it the' Summer Sale, Te Arp House,' Wellington: The' 'Slimier Sjle offers substantial reasons whycountry regents should pay ?n fiirly visjt,to Te Are sgw, lvsQ ing,: they would'haye opportunity .of purchasing Bomo of the potest bgrgims ever heard of in tho drapery Irado In New Zealand, ; : • ■.•. ... ; We would remind the public that this Spmfacr Sale is limited to 15 days only, and the last day will be Saturday, February. 13th. AU orders, if ao« mpanied with the 'cash, will.be instantly attended to and pay tly fwwjrded ffeffl I« Aw Hom?i' ' ■ '. (V - J .. ! ;'