SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4062, 14 March 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

His, Grace Archbishop Redwood is remaining in Masterton for a few days, and will be present at the concert to be held on St. Patrick's night, Mr John McKelvie, an old Rangitikoi settler, died at Wellington on Saturday morning at the age o£ 73 years. ■ A mooting to make preliminary arrangements for tho winter session of the Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society is to bo held on Friday night. Frank Shute, a son of Mr G, H. Shute ofKurupuni, whilst bicycle riding on Friday evening in company with Arthur ! Pybus, came to and sustained a [number of cut? on the lace, beside a broken wrist. The entries at present received for Mr F. B. Wood's next Taratahi stook sale are published with this issue. Special train arrangements for the convenience of. travellers wishing to attend the Trentham Me Meeting and the Masterton-Opalii Races on St, Patrick's Day have been made. Thespoulai timetable, with reefed fares shown, appears in our advertising co.lumns, A Bohemiau Minstrel Company has been formed in Mastorfcon, with Messrs Yon psenbertj, Thompson and Campbell as comrnittco of management, and are to hold their, first rehearsal to-night at the Theatre Royal. The compwy is exceptionally strung and consists of lour tenors, four bassos, four altos, and four primas. Mr Jfownall will bo "Johnston" and Herr Von Keisenborg musical conductor, Some specialities entirely new to Masterton are to be introduced, and the whole should bo fully appreiiated by the public, Our first shipments of pvgoodg for the Autumn apd Winter season have flow come to hand by the latest mail steamors, and we have been busily epployed iij opening thorn out and preparing them for inspection 1 at TeAro House, Wellington. We shall' be happy to forward patterns of our new Dress Fabrics and qther novelties free by post to any address, on -application to Jaipes Smith', To Aro House, \Velliflgl6n. Our selection of Autumn and fyinier Fashions lias been made by our o\fn buyers -men of great experience, taste atii Judg. menMn the British, French and Continental markets, and may be relied on as surpassing everything wo havo previously shown at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our ladies would find it to their advantage to make their choice as early as possible, and so to have the advantage of getting their dresses made in good time for the Season, at Te Aro House,- Wellington, i Wo will also forward our Charts for self-measurement'-to anyone intimating .their wish in this respect to us, and will guarantee to all customers the advantages of taste, W, finish and prompt execution in our Celebrated . Dressmaking Boom at Te Aro House, Wellington, . ' a.

The English and European Mail olose® at the Mnnterton Post Office on Thuw ' day morning next, . - ■ £ Mr John Jacobs, naturalist, notifies _ f thst he has in stoolc unmoutted New " Zealand birds suitable for sending Home, { The following scores"other than those , S recorded by us on Saturday wore made • '< • £ by Wairarapa men in the Wellington . Match at the Rifle Associatioa Meet- > • in®: - Bidwill (Featlwrston), 80; Oatea (Qreytown), 78; 0. Cameron (Tenui).,, .■ : 75 j Burton (Featberston), 71; Fei&n ' (Featherston), 69 j Tidswill stun), 67; Williamson (Featherston), 67; J Blane (Masterfcon), 64; Pk'kott (Tenui), , v ' 68; Matthews (Wasterton), 68 j Hoffeina • ■ 'ifii (Mastercon), 62; Bead (Greytown), 6QV Rutherfurd (Qreytown), 51; JuryK ( „ (Greytowu), 54. . •, : * An entirely unreserved sale of cattle, ' Ofi! sheep, horses, farm implements, eto., will beheld at Mr A, Anderson's farm, Woodside, on March 31st, by Mr P. H. ■ Wood, tho proprietor having leased the ' <; property. The sale (which will be held ' in tho yards near the old mill on the ■ V Taratahi side of the river), will give settlers an opportunity of picking up some bargains m the way ol agricultural ' implements,'stock, and farm maohiuery. < - "The value of the " Eclipse Patent _ Elevator" is now being ■ ■'* largely in this district, and the patentee, Mr U. Burton, oflurlpuni, made quite ■; J anumber last season and is rapidly J " booking fresh ordora for the coming sea- ■ son, Mr Burton is also sole'agent for. i - tbe Wellington District for Aveling and 4 Porter's celebrated traction engines, and ' . • will be pleased to reeeiye ordors before •. £j|j the end of the present month, so that.' $ J they may be included in tho next ship- ■ 'iw. ment sent out. Anumber of fljforfnd . .V-p Bawmill plants are in Mr BurtorSpds nfi M for disposal, full particulars of whi®liy " V;^ be obtained on application. We mijliS : / '''l mention that the Kuripuni engineering and millwright buaitiesa is still being personally superintended by Mr Burton, It must be gratifying to the Mutaal Life Association of Australasia to have'-.. Buch frequent acknowledgmeats of their ~ ~tsf promptness in settling claims, and the /■ «. letter from Mr W. P. Cox, brother«in» v. ' 1 law. of the late Henry Walker,, of . ijlfl ' Featherston, which is published in ! another column, is but a further tribute ■ 1 to the established reputation of the Association in thia respect. If, added to I this, we mention that the only expense ; Mrs Walker was put to in establishing her olaim was the disbursement of half" 0; a-crown, and that, too, was for an out- . v aide requirement (the oertihoate of 1 death), we oomplete the chronielo of ' • ) what is probably tho most satisfactory ■, experience in connection with a sad l event, . .

Aepeoial salo of goods seized undor bill of sale will commence to-day in the premises lately occupied by B. Hannah & Co., next to Mr'!'. 6. Mason's shop. : ■ The goods comprise dress pnry, clothing and cutlery, molars £l5O of all-wool tweeda. Mr F.Simeon, the yendor, informs us that he muni;. absolutely oleir the stock within two ; weeks, and will therefore let things go at a very low figuro.