SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4050, 29 February 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

The Forbury Handicap, tun on Saturday, was won by Oruchfield, with Orackshotsebond and Derby third. A mild- shook of earthquake was felt in Masterton about 7,30 last evening. An advertiser wishes to purchase a ladies side saddle Mr D'Arcy Irvine, Inspector in the Government Insurance Department, is to be retrenohod, ' ' A valuable drutt horse belonging to Mr 0. Tyler, of Kanqjorn, died a few days ago, and a post mortem examination, says the Lyttelton Times, olearly proved that death had been caused by the bot fly. A professional man, roiidoht in one of the Wairarapa townships, has, 'we are informed, insured hiß life for £3OOO in the Mutual Life Asaooiation of Australasia., This has beon mentioned to us as probably the largest" risk" ever taken in the district. The' Bruce Herald' says that religion, politics, and other subjects have no show stall against amusements. ' Mon think more of layjngup for j;he "jack" than they do of laying up treasure in Heaven; and tho merits of a horse entered tor the " cup" are ol more importance to' them than are the claims'of the Almighty, : A parade for recrqitf.qnly of the Masterton Riflo Volunteers ijill be held on Thursday next. The Kowmarket Handicap, run at Melbourne on Saturday, wap won by Wild Bcise, with Fortiinatus second and, The Harbour Light thjrd, Strathmore won tho St. Legor Stakes, Oxide being second and La Tosca third.

A case of somnambulism has been-the subject of discussion in one of the eastern suburbs of Sydney of late, It seoms that at three o'clock one morning a lad was missed from his bed by his parents, and finding tho window which overlooked the yard open they concluded that he had left the' house by'tbat means, An alarm' was raised and the aid of the neighbours invoked to institutea search, the supposition being that the boy, being a somnambulist, had fallen from a sloping roof whip!) |ed tjp to his bedropia. window I'nttl"'orfe.'of tho' yards heiow! 4. very careful exaininatib'n of' thdyards was made, but the boy was not foundr Whilst proposals wero being discussed to make a more extensive search the boy-walked home, and in reply to inquiries stated that he must have un« consciously dressed himself, got through the window, and walked -.towards the city. Whilst he was walking in the neighbourhood of Hyde. Park a policeman spoke to}iii% and-the BRell of ,60|nnambuliembeing.thereforebrokb, Heat obce retraced his' steps. With a view: to preventing, repetition of the exit through the iyindow, the.parents of jthfi lid liavi had; the space, opposite .the lower sash protected w- b wire netting. *

Pyramus, the well known- hurdle '' racer, [las been aold to an Invoroarsrill " sport for £BOO. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next stook salo for Wednesday, Maroh 9th. Entrios as advertised. A Hastings settler went out during a : recent thunderstorm to shut a. window; ' He was pushing it sp with a pitchfork, when the lightning struck the; impleStent.and burned the back of the man's hands. ••• , The remains of the late Mrs Bobj&tf * senr,,i of Oartorton, were interred iifthe - Greytown Cemetery yesterday afternoon, The bearae was followed by about thirty vehicles and twenty horsemen. The v ' funeral service was conducted by the Kev. Wm. Rowse, . ■ • Some idea l may be formed of the ex. tent to whiob clerical and kindred situ. atioiiß are sought after by the fact that for the position of storekeeper on the wharfnolessfchati81 r applications havo been received b) the Auckland Harbour >. board,; ; ( _ The following is the comparative rainfall registered at Otahuao for the month : of February:-1892, 6.27 inches on 13 inches on 12 days: 1890, ,84 inches on 2 days. On the 6th - losb 2.47; inches woro registered, the - moab ever, regiatercd by Mr .'Bennett in 24 hours for, the month of February. At Mr F. H. Wood's"' next' Taratahi Stock Sale/ to' be held' on March 10th, a number of pure-bred grade shorthorn ■bulls bred by Mr! 1).. McMaater, of Matawhero, will bo submitted to auotion Vr ~ l°, n to numerous other linos. Mr McMaster has fcho reputation of ' breeding only first class stock Md the saleshqgld attract buyors from.® parts, A man was. brought into OTTerton this afternoon from Eangitumau, Buffer-* nig from severe injuries, the nature of, ' wnioh had not beon ascertained when we ' ' Went to press, flo was admitted to tho Hospital. Every man has a duty .to perform, • Sometimes it is a pleasing duty, some'* '' times.otherwise.; When it is a duty to " pay a long standing butoher's account, or to pay a billyou backed for a friend justto oblige him," oi! when it Is aduty ts receive a visit from your mother-in. law, these are painful duties. And when , our fatherly Government decide to put ~ a duty on everything, and when a Par* liamentary majority consider it a duty they owe to their country, and the electors they represent (or misrepresent . as the case may be), to ratifyand legalise such duties, why then it becomes a duty for tho public of Maaterton in particular .■ and the Wairaraua in general to sniil* wgly pay Buoh duties and quietly grin & ' . • beir it. They have, however, one duty • to perform and that is to buy, their Draperyand Clothing at the Bon Marohe, the cheapest snd best house in Mastetton for anything of the sort. The. whole ; duty of man is to do the best he can for •' - himself. jNolson said, " En?lad| ex- ' peots eyery man to do lilsuMy," Hooper and Co,, say, "They expect .. everyone, whether man, woman, or ohild,' young men and maidens, old folks and young folks to do their duties, by doing their duty and buying all they require lti Drapery, Clothing, household fur-* mailings, etc,, at the Bon Marclie, *