The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1892.

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

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1892.

Mr W, E. Bidwill has, for obvious reasons, entered none of his horses for the Easier Meeting of the Wairarapa Racing Club, Under the heading, " How far would you walk to bo blessed," appears a paragraph from " Captain " Rowlands, in charge of IheMasterton Salvation Army, from which we extract tho following "Anold Wellingtonwarrior, overseventy years of age, walked all the way from Carterton to a meeting here. He is anxious for the Army to visit his town," It is proposed to tondor a benefit concert to Mr W. Lundqvist, of Cartorton, who recently had his leg broken. Mr Lundqvist is a musician well known In this district, and wo are suro tho talent of Masterton will be only too happy to lend him a helpjng hand. Tho well-known draught sire, The Masher, has been purchased by Messrs Eaton Bros,, of Pahiatua, The regular cpach service between the various towns in the Wairargpa is now , thoroughly established, ana on market days Masterton is very lively with country visitors. About six miles of road formation ate about to be undertaken by the TaratahiCarteiton Road Bosrd. Plans and specifications for tho work have been prepared by Mr U, E. Bremner, of Masterton, MrL, I\ Ayson, curator of the Masterton fish ponds, hasraturued ftom tho South Island, whßve he hat spent several weeks, anuh.-s resumed work much imj profed iii health. ' The appearaoce of the Bank of Australasia in Master-top will be greatly improved by jilie coat oi paint jt is now receiving, M' John Bagge, the Masterton Postb master, has been graptpd opp ponth's f leave cf absence on account or sickness. 5 His son, Mr iViliiam Bagga, has received an appointment bb draughtsman in tho t engineetiov department of the New s Zealand Railways. ' Two hundred and fifty ferns, gathered

principally in the Wairtirapa, have been Bold to Lord Jiisifle Gordon, the Marquis of Huntley's heir, whioji he intends placing in his father's garden at ifome. According tea contempopary, there #r j I flO supportera of the Government who'expmteflfcf ™e "down upon the list" for appointment to the Legislative Council. ■ What a revelation is in store for some of them when the return is published with the correspondence between Lord Opslqw and his, ady'sors! The privileges in connection with the St. Patrick's Pay moeting of tbe Mas-terton-Opaki Jockey Club were sold on Saturday by Messrs Lowes & Mna as followßGates, G. Coker, J)36; cards, ({, jCoker, £5 j No. 1 publican's booth did not reach reserve; No 2 publioan's booth, E, J. Searl, £6; fancy goods, J, Wickens, £? 10s. It is said to be the intention of the Government to ask for a small loan next session for the purpose of reading the landß lately taken up by special settle* | ment associations, A Micisterial banquet is to bo held at Pahiatua this week. Mr Hogg, M.H.R., is to be pretent. The Mastorton School Committee is to j be asked to nominate a candidate for the vacant coat on the Education Board, caused by the retirement of A. \Y, Brown, who would faithfully represent tbo country districts, Country Committees are to he requested to co-operate in the endeavour to aecaro the return of the nominee of the Masterton Committee. _ Thebrain of the late Mr W. L. Lucena has been hdndei over totheoxecutors of the estate. Those persons who are anticipating making a lipme on the eastern slopes of the Puketois may look forward to haviuc some peculiar neighbors. According to the Pahiatua paper a sheep farmer out there, the other day, hearing that his neighbor was mustering, sent his shop. herd to eee if there were any stragglers in the mob. 'l'he farmer-who bad. mustered was po jijteat this euororch- . memonhis domain that he ,iliot two of the shepherd's dogS:and threatened toshootthe man dltl leave.

Iho total quantity of wooi old during tho past year in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, was 634,000 bales, valued at botween six and seven millions sterling. A tender of £ll7 has been accepted ■ for the erection of a Telephone Exchange at Palineraton North. The work will be a proceeded with immediately, a i Mr Alexander Keesobai resigned his f seat as a member of the Pahiatua Town 1 Board An election to fill the vacancy j will taUo place on the 25th inat. t The Colonial Bank of New Zealand i makes a profit for the last half year of ( £17,677. A dividend of 7 per cent has t been recommended. • , A London telegram states that the , Bank of Australasia has declared a divi- ( dondofl2| per cent., "and oariied forward £16,000 to the reserve fund, ' ] A young woman named Rose Gleeson has been arrested at Pahiatua on a charge of deserting her child, which is at 1 Chriatohurch. She was remanded to tho southern city by Mr W. W, M'Cardle, J.P., and passed through Masterton en route on Friday. A post office is to be established at once at Makakahi, in tho Forty-Mile Busll, The Carterton Cricket Club defeated Maurioevillo in a matoh played on Saturday by considerably more than one innings. A consignment ot six hundred fetreta has been received from the South by the North Wairarapa Rabbit Board, About three hundred of these will be ' liberated in the Masterton district, The remainder have gone to the East * Coast.., Wo are requested to state that the information for failing to destroy rabbits on the Langdale property, on which Mr Elder was recently fined £7, was laid 6 ome months ago by inspector Mackay, f The services in tho Masterton Wesleyan Church were conducted yesterday by the Rev. T. W. Nowbold, of Christ* churoh. The congregations both morn- , ing and evening were very large. Settlers wishing to dispose of stook through Mr F. H. Wood are requested to send particulars to him, if possible, at least seven days prior to the date ot the sale at which they wish tho stock sold, to enable the entries to be adver- " tised, for which Mr Wood makes no charge in case of ordinary stock. A list , ot the dates fixed for sales appears iu another column,

His Grace Archbishop Redwood held : a confirmation service in St Patrick's Church, Masterton, yesterday morning. Aboat twenty-five young people presented themselves at the communion rail, and the importance uf their step having been impressed upon them, partook of the sacrament, In the a'ternoon the \rchbishop preached at Carterton and in the evening at Masterton, the congregation at each sorvice being very larj'e, It was on a Sunday afternoon at a Maori pah near Masterton. A resident who is well known for his religious scruples was addre&sine a dusky wavrior upon the awful sin of Sabbath desecration. Tho Native endorsed the sentiments of his civilised friend in tho following terms Never I work on Sunday; very wicked; Maori work on Sunday, he the b— fool." It is still a matter of opinion whether that .Native is on the narrow path. A correspondent writes to say that, from observations lie has made, fully one half of tho inhabitants of Masterton never enter a Church door. This, ho considers, is to be greatly deplored. A correspondent of the Pelorus'Guardian says bush is being felled in the Marlborough province at 15s per acre, and that it is impossible to make "tucker" at this price. He suggests a combination of bushmen to keep up tho price of this work to a payable rate. Unliko most writers Oil this question, bo admits that it is the workmen themselves, not the employors, who reduce the rate paid for the work. In consequence of the early airival of anew shipment of goods for the iuturan and Winter, the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association is compelled to bring the great sale of drapery, clothing and millinery, now being held, to an almost immediate close, and Saturday next, tho 19i!i met.,has been fixed as the last sale day. To clear the balance of stock some very special bargains will be offered and our readers are advised to peruse the prico list appearing with this issue,

That there are limita to the knowled which a postal official is expeoted possess, the mice remark made by young woiran at the counter of t Masterton Post Office a day or two a ve-y plainly indicates. Tho lady h some money to deposit, "Very we fill iu a form and sign your name to i 1 rejoined the officer. A look of astonish enquiry and posiiblyslightlyot coijteip was the fair pup's respgnso to v< ordinary request, but she proceeded to as she was bid. A memont later t o'erk had occasion to moke an entry ii book and wioh elegant and Honing text' hand rapidly traversed the paj " Why I" ejaculated the innocent t posltor in tones of reproachful enlightf ment," you can write yourself, and j you asked me to do it 1"

Every man has a duty to perfori Snmet'incs it is a pleading duty, son) times otherwise. When it is a duty pay a loni; stand'ng buiohor's account, to pay a bill you bached for a frie " jaslto oblite him," o." wlion it is adu toreceifu a visit from your mocher-i law, these are painful duties, And wh Our fatherly Government decide to p $ duty o.i everything, and when a Pi jiamenti'fymajuiity considerlta du ibej owe to Uieir country, anjl t elcctoiiitheyi'eprobeiil for misreqrm us the >me mav be), to ratify a.id legal ai'oh duties, why then it becomes a dt fox* the public of Masterton in paifciou and the Wairarapa in goneral to sn: ingly pay such du.ies and quietly grin bear it. They have, however, one di to perform:!!)!! tl,afl > B , to ta y th Praperyand Clothing at tuG 2?! 1 Marc, the cheappst oi)d best house in Matert for anything pi" the sort, fjjo whi duty ot man js to ao the best hp cat) himself. .Nelson said, " England ( pects every man to do his dut; Booperand Co., spy, "They exp everyone, whether man, woman, or chi youno men and ma'dens, old folks a young folks to do their duties, by doi their duty and buying all they requ in Drapery, Glothiompt, hpusehold fi nißhings, eto,, atthojon jfarcljo,