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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4057, 8 March 1892, Page 2

The "shooting season in tho Wellington district opeus on April 15th. Pipeons are said to be very numerous in the back country, especially at Alfredton. Dr Newman, M.H.R., passed through Masterten en route for the East''Coast tins morning, The conference between membtrs of the Wairarapa North, and Pahiatua Comity Councils, to '■ consider tho ieadjustment of boundaries, takoa place in Masterton to-morrow.

Mr E. Briggs, scenic artist, late oi Masterco.i, has proceeded tn Blenheim fir tho purpose of painting new stook scenory for tho Theatre thure. Mr Brings recently completed the re-decoration of the Masonic Loda,e Room at Masterton.

Carl Hertz, an illusionist of remarkable ability, is about to visit New Zealand, Wo have to acknowledge recoipt of Messrs Harcourt & Go's Property Register, which is one of the most carefully compiled publications of its kind in tho colony, The firm will forward, post tree, a copy to anyone writing for it, The following members of the Mastorton Eillo Volunteers have been entered for the Rifle Association Meeting which opens at Trentliam on the 11th inst. ;-Captain Pownall, Sergeant Matthews, and Corporals Blano, Hoffiens and M'Kenzie. Only three of this number are as yot certainties. j

The Masterton Rifle Volunteers have received notice that none of the volunteer corps in the Wellington Listriet will be included jn tho Easter Encampment at Nelson, This la a disappointment to many, who had already made arrangementsfc-rtho trip. The Wanganui Harbour Boaid has decided to levy a hospital rate of 2s Gd per JIIOOO, andacharitalle aid rate of 3s.

A Morton papor states that the Williams family have cost the Charitable Aid Board over £4O since they left that town, The family is still in Masterton. The Si ilersofßallancehave decided upon establishing a dairy factory. The product of 270 cows has been promised.

It is stated that the cost of street maintenance in the borough pf Palinorston during tho flnanoial yoar will exceed LBOO,

It isexppcted that twenty-four bands will tako part in tho next band contest, to be held at Wellington at tho end of this yoar, The foundation stono ol a new Catholic Church was laid at Palmorston by Archbishop Redwood oa Sunday,

Atrial shipment of eggs sunt Home from Victoria havo arrived in good condition, The eggs were not broken, Nominations for the Autumn Mooting of tho Wairarapa Eating Club close with tho Secretary at Feathorston to-morrow (Wednesday), A well-known Maori of Groytown named Diamond diod early yesterday morning, He fought with tho Europeans during the Maori War, and was related to several influential chiefs in Poverty Bay, A yepy special lino qf now seasonable drap'eryjponsistingot 204 oases, being the first series of autumn and winter noveltioJi has just beon oponed up by Messrs Kirkcaldie and Staius, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, Special discounts are being allowed on all lines, and purchasers will find Messrs Kirkoaldle and Stains' price list to be one of the most reasonable in Wellington, Attention iB directed to this firm's new advertisement, A slqs.terlon resident was awakened at an .early hour on Monday comity by hearin? a sound of footstops in his front garden, Ho pot up as quickly as possible, but was just in timo to see a man loaying his gate witli his pockets full of tomatoes. Tho victimised resident informs us that jf the pilfirtr—whoso name is knownwill cal| aval;) a| the same hour tpmorrow morning he may h,ivo tlio few tomatoes he left.

Bight thousand aoros of tho Mangahao Forest ltaservo are (acoordng to the Ewmmr) now divided between the Palmerstun and Woodville Special Settlement Associations, tho latter being known as tho "Hall Small Farm Association;" The Woodvillo Association, which appliid for laud in tho Me'.oi District, has also been successful, a Pahiatua Association having applied for it about two hours after the application from t))e Woodvillo Association hid been received in tho Land Office,

It i 3 slated by a contemporary that Mr James Powrie, Secretary to the Takapau Caledonian Society, has writ, ten to the Hawke's Bay papers, contradicting the statement that Arthur Francis, . who won scvoral events, bad concealed his previoui performances from the handicappers, and givinga list oi performances at Mastortou and Eketabuna, which were banded in by Francis along wi'h his npniinatipna. This is totally iiicoirect. In writing to the Napier papers Mr Powria states that the lullowing performances (which it will be seen are not by any moans correct) wore put in by Frauds:—Ekotahuna.—Won maiden; seoond in 100 yds with9yds start; seoond in 220 yds with IByds; first in 410 yd? with 25 yds; first in 440 yds hurdles with 25 yds; unplaced in mile with 100 yds. Mnaterton.-—Unpla-ced in handicap with 7 yds, 12 yds, and 18 yds start; Beoond in 220 yds hurdles with 16yds; second in half-mile with GO yds; second in one mile with 100 yds Every man haß a duty to perform Sometimes it is a pleading duty, some times otherwise. When it is a duty to pay a long landing buiohor's account, or to pay a billyou tracked fur a friend " justto oblisre hiin," wwlion uVis aduty fca receive a visit from your mothor inlaw, these are painful duties, And when our fatherly Government decide to put a duty on everything, and when a Parliamentary majority consider it a duty i hey owe to their country, and tho electors they represent (or misrepresent as tho case may bfl), (jo ratifyand legalise such dpties, why then it becoines a duty for the publjp of sfastertop in pattioular and the Walraraua in genera} to smil ingly pay suoh duties and quietly grin & bear it.' They have, however, one duty to perform and that is to buy their Braperyand Clothing at the Bon Marche, Ihecbeapagtand best house in Mater ton, for anything of tlie sort. The whole duty oi man is to do the best be can for himself. flelsonsaid, " Enpland exnects every man to do his duty." Hooper and Co,, Bay, " They expect everyone, whether man, woman, or child young men and maidens, old' folks and young folks to do their duties, by doing their duty and buying all they require in Drapery, Clothiniug, household fyt" pieliipgs, etp,, at th? Bon

The collection of agricultural statistics tor the Masterton district will not be completed for some days. A delay baa bßen caused by several of the subenumerators being ongaged ,13 witnesses incases heard at the Supreme Court. A resident of Masterton has received a demand under the Land and Income Asaesament Act for a property which ho disposed of eight- years ago. The Land Department aobnwledged throe yours ago that the limit had changed . hands,' but notwithstanding it has continued to make its demands upon the original owner.

The members of tho Chinese Secret Society have been quiet Bince tho frustration of tho plot to attack their opponents, and the' peace party are endeavouring to effect a reconciliation, ihe police seized a quantity ot weapons belonging to the Society on Friday ni«jht.

The Masterton Football Olub has notified the Palmerston North Club that it will be proparod to play a match with a team ot the latter at Easter,

Sergeant Daniel Hannau, late of Masterton, has been appointed Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's and Wardens Uiurls, JReceiverof Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar at Stafford and Gnldshorongh, West Coast, itabbits are very numerous on the Maori land at Akura, near Masterton. Hundreds may be seen skipping across tho road of an evening, and sportsmen ahould nothavo to go far for a " bag," The follo« in? were the principal net winning paymonts at the Wanpanui ■ Jockey.. Olub meeting-Mr W. H. Marsh, &O8IO3; Hon J. D. Ormond. £294105; MrG. fiuntor, £175 15s; Mr F.Martin, £171; Captain Russell, £l% Total—i 1057 IBs,

The death is announced in Wellington of Mr John Uampboll, father of Messrs fiobort, Hugh and John Campbell, of this district, and one of the early settlors of Wellington. Mr Campbell was a native of Belfast, whore he was born in 1800, and was encaged in farming operations in Ireland until October, 1840, whmi he left for Hew Zealand in tho ship Lady Nucwit, which arrived here on 17th March, 1811. Ho was amonrst the earliest settlors at Karori, and continued to resido thero up to the time of nis death. Mr Campbell was twice married and leaves a family of two sons and one daut-htor by bis first wifo, and three sous by tho socond.