The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4060, 11 March 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1892.

P. 11, ]}rp, Grace has been elected _ WorßhipfuJ Master o/St. Mark's Lodge, N.Z.0,, Carterton, On account of the devastation caused i by rabbits, chaff is selling at £ls per ton in Sydney. The Opera Houso Company at Palmorston North has accepted plans for a buitdjncr ivhich will seat 1300 people, A correspondmii-. °i '» Napier paper """Ms llfflng Been somo healthy plants N ■ Rathufst burr, on the teach Eclief is bemg extended to o ; u< " ltpfln cases in Masterton by the North Wa'rarapa Benovolent Society, making a weekly expenditure of £9lßs. Work must be very plentiful just now in the Forty-Milo Bu?h, Fuuttoon shillinga per chain was offered for fencing at Makuii the other day and refused. n Earthenware pipes are to bo used by j the 'i'aratahi-Citrterton Road Board for culverts instead of totara, It is urged in favour of the former that they are more durable and the cost is very little greater, Mr George Ward left for Ohristcliurch yesterday, having been appointed to represent tho Masterton Volunteer Brigade at the Jiew Zealand Fire Brigades Association Conference. Tho Wairarapa North County Council has decided to forward a circular to the Wairarapi South and Pahiatua County Councils, recommending the establishment of a Borne for the poor and needy, which it is considered will be tial to the present outdoor relief. ■ It is stated (hat a site for a Post Office at Pahiatua has been offered freo by a well-known proporty owner. The Government, it is expected, wdl not entertain the offer, The Pahiatua Star says:—There are cows and cows, but the cow we heard of in the Tenui district wants beating as a milk-producing maohine, Her yield for several weeks aftor calving was eleven gallons per day—six in tho morning and five at night, Wo can produce witnesses to prove this statement. - The Committee who have in hand the work of erecting a public fountain in Masterton have accepted the site offered by the Government in front of the police station, and have resolved to enclose the fountain in a brick wall nino feet Bquare. Mr W. W. VYoodroffe is canvassing the | town for subscriptions. , The Wairarapa North County Council, as the district Board of .Health, has ; received several returns under the , Factories Act from owners of saw and I ilax mills. i The Mauricviile Road Board invitee ' tenders for the formation of a bridle 1 Iraek on Mount Munro road East, and i metalling on Dfeyer'a Kock road, ' The two dairy factonos in the Carterton district put through 2,200 gallons ol milk last month, which means turning out over thirty tons of cheese of the value of over £IOOO. There is one candid individual in Cartertnn. He has recently been distributing tracts bearing tho title, " I'm goins to, Hell." This announcement is certainly not vory edifying to children, although it may bo instructive to many, If he continues his work cf distribution the individual in question will probablj Gnd himself in the warmer clime a !ittl< earlier than ho expected. Mr H. W. Robinson, R.M. for Wellington, has been granted four week'i leave of absonce from the 28th inst. A sitting of the District Court at Mastertor w to be held by Mr Robinson on thi 22nd inst. It is stated that Jenkins' Band wil not be able to take part in the band con test pt Wellington at the end of thoyeai as most of the members belong to th< Government Printing Office, and, working overtime'during the session, will b( unablo to practice. Could not tho Government see its way clear to let tlieac bandsmen off on halt pay'/ Or would il bo pieferablo to dissolvo Parliament immediately it assembles? Tlio danger of "allowing traction engines and bicycles to travel along thoroughfares has beon brought under the notice of tho Wairarapa North County Council, who have decided to ascertain what provisions are made by oilier Councils (or regulating the taifio,

During the six years for which local option hasbeenin operation in Victoria, 65'pub!ic houses havo been closed, at an average cost ot £370 It is understood that Williams, of the Windsor tragedy notoriety, ia identical with tho man who robbed tho South African mail in 1877, and secured 6000 sovereigns. At yesterday's meeting of the North Wairarapa Benevolent b'ocioty, Mr Jas, Stuckty gave notice 1 of motion as follows:—"That a sum of £SOO be added tu the ordinary estimate for the coming year for the purposeof providing a Rome for the better and more efficient accommodation of the poor," ' At the meeting of the Alfredton Licensing Bench hold on Wednesday last while discussing the business before the Bench, it was the subject of remark that the ovidence in connection with tho recent murder disclosed the fact that more than one hotel in the township m open alter hours on the night of the crime; and it was questionable whether, but for the laxity in that respect, the tragedy would ever have occurred.

Metalling operations on the Tinui" Castlepuint road are now in full swing. The overseer is in charge «f the work, which is being performed by day labour and hired teams. Seven teams are employed and the quarried stone is supplied by contract, It is hoped 'that the Hoe will he in fair order for light traffio duiinc; the-coming winter, The contract of Mr Hayes for 112 chains of metalling on the Kketahuna Alfredton road is now completed. The work has been carried out in a manner reflecting great credit on the contractor, The Masterton Rifle Volunteers held their fortnightly parade last evening, thirty seven, rank and filg, answering tu the roll call.. The men were put through their facings by Lieuts, Hooper and Malcolm, One new member was pro. posed, Mr 0. E, Bremner, Engineer to the North Wairarapa County Council, has estimated that the coat of bridging the Tiraumea rivor at the locality whore the recgnt drowning fatality occurred will be 11000, Tho money required for the work has been granted by the Government. " i The planot Venus ia now a brilliant evening star, and will continue tj be so till Juno. Bho will reach her period of greatest brilliancy on June 2nd, Even noiv the planet should be visible to the naked eye during theafternoun, and if not she soon will be. From July, Vonus will be for some months a morning star. -Tjmaru Herald. The settlors of Eaiwhata, East Otasfc, are urging upon'the County Council the necessity of affording them a convenient outlet to t||eir properties by constructing a road down the Kaiwhata Yalley to Kaiakn Bay, At present settlors-have to travel for milea down tho Kaiwhata Biver, sometimes with extreme difficulty and in great danger, for an outlet. It is time something was done in the matter. Every nian has a duty "te perforin. Sometimes it is a pleasing duty, sometimes otherwise, When it is a dnty to pay a Ions; standing butcher's account, or to pay a bijlypu backed for a friend " just to oblj?e him," or when itis a duty ts> receive a visit from your mother inlaw, tljMs are painful And when our fatherly Government decide to put a duty on everything, am) when a Parliamentary majority consider it a duty they owe to their country, and the electors they represent (or misrepresent as the case may be), to ratify and legalise such duties,, why thon it bcconies. a duty for the public of Masterton in paiticulav anil the Wairarapa in general to smil ingly pay suoh diirjea and quietly grin & bear it. They have, howeyer, one duty to perform and that is to buy fchoip Draperyand Clothing at the Bon Marche the cheapest and bosp house in JJaterton for anything of the sort.' The.whole, j duty of man is to do the best he can for himself. Delson said, " Enplrtnd expects every man to do his duty." Hooper and Co., say, "They expect everyone, whether man, woman, or child young men and maidens, old folks and ynjing/gllip to do their duties, by doiug their duty audbuylpg all they require n Drapery, Clothlning, household ftp ishings, etc, at tho Bon Marche,