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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4055, 5 March 1892, Page 2

According to the Victorian statistician there aro ten persons in Viotoria from 100 to 109 years of age. Tbirty-nino entries of Volunteers and members of .Rifle Clubs have been received in Dunedin for the New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting, Tho cultivation of maize in tho Bay of Plenty district has grown to such dimensions that experimental shipments have been made to England with the viow of opening the market there. 4 Blue Book, compiled by the Registrar-General, containing part 1 of the rosultsof the last census, has reached us. It is satisfactory to find that nona of the potatoes mentioned In tho cable messages as having arrived in London by tho Aorangi in a damaged condition wore shipped at Wellington, The Eketahuna Road Board invites tenders for formation, bridging and clearing, Claims to tho amount of £172018s 8d have been lodged in the estate of A. W, Brown up to the present time, The Chief Justice has withheld the immediate discharge from bankruptcy of Carl Moeller, late of Masterton, as proper books had not been kept. Mr A. Praser, manager of the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manu« factoring Co., has applied for a patent for a hub break, to be adjusted in the under gear of vehicles, thus doing away with the great stress usually put upon this portion of the vehicle. Writing to one of the Taranaki papers, a correspondent says that he thinks it is high time that steps were takon by the police to stop the traffic in drink in th.it district, especially in the country hotels, on Sundays. A grant of £lO has been mado to the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade by the Town Laridß Trustees, The voters'list of the Masterton Town Lands Trustoes for the year 1892 has been passed without amendment. Mr F. H. Wood makes several additions to his next Taratahi stock sale. A oricket match between team representing Masterton and Greytown is beiny played on t|ie Park Oval to-day. The latest addition to the collection for the Masterton Museum is the head ot a rabbit, from the lower jaw of which a pair of tusks about an inch and a hal! in length piotrude. According to the oensus taken last year there are only ten more males in Masterton than females, The population of the Borough decreased by forty-six in the five years since the last census, The resolution recently passed by the Mastorton Borough Council that all buildings in No, 1 district shall bo coverod with incombustible material will (, e a hardship upon teriantß of the Town Lands Tiu^ es i if % ar °-a a ifc is exported they will upon to do the work. It the fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Lodge of Foresters, Court Loyal Enterprise, held on Thursday evening, Bro. James Wickens was presented byP.O.R. Bro. Hornblow, on behalf of the Court, with a. gold medal in recognition of the valuable services he had rendered for so many years as Treasurer, Bro. Wickens acknowledged the token of good feeling in a few well ohosen words. The Masterton Town Lands Trusteos havo appointed a Committee to act in conjunction with a Committee of the Borouirh Council and of private citizens in procuring a public diinkin? fountain, A plan of the proposed fountain, with estimates, will probably be nrepared at an early date, and the town will then be canvassed for subscriptions in aid of tho work. Special attention is directed to a notice in another column published by the Salvation Army, wherein is given particulars of their great opening mooting in tho Rechabite Hall, Carterton, on Saturday and Sunday, 19th and 20th March, instant, Besides Major Robinson of tho staff, and 'othor visiting officers, Captain Eix and ljieutopanf Barriball (whom, if we mistake not, hail fiqn> Pahiatua) will be there in their capacity of Carterton's own officers. We wish the Array an auspicious gathering, and that their subsequent meetings in Carterton, jrhich will be nightly, will be productive of good, Tho i hall has Ijeen leased for a year.

At the meetjng of tho Masterton town Lands last night, Mr G, W. liVoodroofo; a deputation to solicit i the support of the Trust in the erection! of a public drinking fountain, drew a' realistic picturo of tho man who, coming: to the town as a stranger, looked around for water with which ,to quench hjs thirst, and, finding none, rushed off in the bar of tlio publiohonsS, to spend his money in obtaining that wlijcji destroyed b'jtli body and soul, and oyentually found his -way into tho glutohes of the police, and into the darkness of despair.' This was too much for tho Trusteesj who appeared to feel the position very keenly. The explanation of the deputation ihat it was not there to lecture, however)'was accepted. Every man has a duty to perform. Sometimes it is a pleasing duty, sometimes otherwise. When it is a dtifcy to pay a long slante bijitcjber.'a account, or to psy a bijl'yoii " justto oblige |)i(B,'' fff Tylfsn iplg a d,uty to receive a visit from your tgflfcheririlaw, these are painful dutios. And when our fatherly Government decide to put a duty on everything, and when a Parliamentary majority consider it a duty they owe to their country, and tho electors they represent (or misrepresent as 'the eaBO may J>g), to ratifyand legalise sucii duties', why for Ijhe public of Masterton In jlaitiofflar ihd Ijhe Wairaraua in' to a.nil ingly'pay juoh diitiies and quiatily grin & bew.it. wjiaie,^eWone' duty to'petfornvarid that : ia -to '{My their 'frapdryand Clothing it tho JBOri IjTarche, Hie cheapest and best house in' Ma' terton /or anything of the eort. The' 'whole ,i? l y¥ tot himself, Enfland expects evory, man to dfl jijj Jtffyf'' Hooper and Co., say, " They expect everyone, whether man, woman, or child, young men and maidens, old folks and youpgfolkp to .do their duties, by doiug their "duty and buying all they require' in, Drapery, Clothjning,.household.furnishings) etc,, at tli'e Bon Uarche,

« meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural and Induatria Society, held last eyenlnv, accounts and prize money were passed for payment and business transacted. To day is the monthly payday of the Masterton and Greytown Building Societies. bergeant Keating, who has been in temporary chaise of the Maaterton Police Station j is now on sick leave. Sergeant Heuiy M'Ardlo is to be appointed Inspector of Factories for the Masterton Borough, " The Masterton team to compete at the Ohristohuroh Fire Brigade Demonstration leaves for the South on Thursday next. Mr James Duncan has sold through Divan Bros, his Interest" is the Central Hutol, Woodville, to Mrs Ottoway, of Mastorton, who is now in possession, criminal sittings of tho Supreme Court m Wellington commence next week. The only caso from Masterton is that in whioh Smith and Harrison ate charged with murder. ■ Arrangements for thecomins; social and concert in connection with tho Masterton Catholic Church are proceeding in a highly satisfactory manner, A strong committee of ladies has been formed to arrango for a supply of refreshments, which will be supplied gratia to all present who caro to partake of the good things provided. : - We are asked to'reurind members of the Mastorton-Opaki Jockey Club that tho Members' Race (No, 2 on the programme) will be a members' haok race. _ Tho Chrysanthemum Show to. be held in Masterton next month is likely to be a great sucoess, largo numbers of these flowers having been planted by residents. The Show will not in itself be the only attraotion, for arrangements ato being made fsir holding a vocal and instrumental concert in the evening,. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, and hares may be taken and killed in the Wellington,, Acclimatisation District, consisting ot the Counties of the Hutt, Wairarapa North and South, Pahiatua, Uroua, florowhenua, and Manawatu, from the 15th of April to the 31st July, The liconeo lee is £l. ,Mr E. Welch, column, has a special announcement of thanks to his friends, aud patrons for the liberal support accordedhimduring the past two yoara.and expresses the hope that by strict attention to business he may merit a continuance of tho same. Mr Welch has proved himself a good workman and his blacksmithing business has now bocomo fairly established in Maslerton, and we trust may continue to prosper even more rapidly than ever. At the meeting of tho Masterton Town Lands Trustees last evening Mr Gapper urged that a fund should be set apart for there'erection of the Town Hall which some years ago was destroyed by fire. The Chairman pointed out that whilst tho demands on the funds of the Trust were so great for other purposes, there were little hopes of suoh a fund being established. He expected that the people would yet return Trustees who would expend the whole of the moneys at their disposal on education alone. Mr Gapper exprassod the hope that the Town Hall would bo re-erected before the lapse of many years. The expenditure of the Trustees should be restricted in other directions. The Chairman replied that tho question could not be discussed without notice of motion, and the matter was therefore allowed to drop. _ The exhibitions of prize fighting made in Masterton of late have had a vory undesirable effect upon the rising generation. Hardly a day passes but the residents of one part of the town or another are treated to a stand up Gght. A disgraceful scene was witnessed in Lincoln road yeatorday afternoon, when a desperate encounter with the fisticuffs took place between a couple of lads. There waß to be seen the referee, seconds, time-keeper, and all the other officials of a prize ring contest. The fight lasted for a considerable time, and was witnessed by a large crowd of youths, tho language used being disgusting in the extreme, Wo understand the matter is to be brought under the notice of the police,