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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4068, 21 March 1892, Page 2

At the Ipsmanian Exhibition fcied's Auckland-made beer tooji champion honours.. This speaks well for the New Zealand article, as Tasmanian brewers are noted for the excellence of thoir beer,

The Napier Telegraph does not know the Rev, L, M. T« ! tt, If it did it wou'd n<,t fiy that he was "a poor fool who undo up for the weakness of lr's brains by the strength of his language."

, A Maori witness in tho Balls Court the other day gave a rather doubtful solution to the question of right of ownewhip ti.a tree brought , down by a flood. When asked if defendant had a light to it he (.aid: " I would not say he had a ris;ht \o.it because God Mtnighty owned it, and anybody could take it." A renewed attempt is to be made to establish a weekly halMioliday at Fox. ton,

The Brewers' Association o f Bri baue lies entered into ao agreement to raise the p.ice of beo; from 50s to £4 pet iiogshead.

Tbo wife OvMr Ralph road corivscioi', of the Lower Tauiru, died somewliatcudaer'y yesterday. sfhe hrd been under tiealmeut by Dr for diabe'3:.

MrE. 'V. Poitiii, who was oi one t'mo assistant in tbe K.M, Ojart at Ma:ror(oa, end wco has lately been at Wan'.anui, has received iouMCiioni from' to proceed to Kaiapoi.

The shareholder h Masterion of the Wellington 00-ope"a;ive Farmers' Alliance favour the proposed ama!,;aroa« tion with the West Cw:i Jssociat ; on, Tho \ktor'an farmers propose that a tax of 10i per ton sbsuld bo placed on all impoited potatoes. The cost of special trains for Minister of the Crown in Now South Wales during the years ICB9 and IC9O was

The nursing hoTo, which was established at Uoulburn, N.S.W,, tome Lime ago, has been closed through lack uf support.

Hood Friday this year falls on .the fifteenth April.

A corepos'-iion of 2s 4d iu tbe .£ has been made in the estate o.' itidia.'d Ei'emden, o; Master lira, sawmiller,which was recently taken over by the creditors. The Masterton Football Club is nuking ar.angemertj fur cendinp a (earn South at Eastrr, It is inleided af possible to meet the Merivale Club no Oln.'s.churoh, and the Alliambrss at Duned'n, two of the sfcrcriEjest Clubs in the Colony. The town is to be canvassed for subßo.iplions towards the proposed tour.

A mob of about five thousand nikod sheep, purchased in Hawke'sßay by Mr A. MoKerzie, arrived in Mastetton on Saturday, about #ix weeks onther,oad. They &re to bo divided into mobs and disposed of in various ways.'

. The remains of the lata. Mr Pierce Cotter were interred In tSe Masterton cemetery on Sunday afternoon, a brge numbe: of friends paying a last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. The Knights of Labour in the United States are abuuo to send a delegate to Australia. Hew ; ll probably be banquetted at Eketahuna I The Mayor of Adelaide has promised to use his influence with tho Municipal Council to i;et the by-law repealed which compels the cWng of fruit and temperance refreshment shops on Sundays, Richard Lockyer, lodging at the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Adelaide, got out of bed one n'ghi because it wai too hot to sleep, stepped out of his window and fell from ilie balcony, a distance of 17 feet. Ho died shortly a;ter. Harvest thanhgiring services aro.to be held in St, Matthew's Church, Mas terton, on Sunday next.

A young man named Malmarsh was severely liurt on Friday at Paliiatja bv tho kick from a horse,

The appeal to the Privy Council against the decision of the Cuurt of Appeal, affirming the legality of the appointment of Mr W. B, Edwards as a Judi'o of the Supreme Court of New Zealand comes oi for hearingiu London this week.

Anniversary services wore held in the Presbyterian Church, Masterton, yedierdny, when upeeial sermons were preached by tlie Rey, J, Lymburn, of Martinborough. The congregation both morning; and evening were veiy and tho sorvices interesting and impressive. The anniversary tea ia to be held in the Church this evening, to be followed by a public meeting, when addresses will be givon by tho Kcvs. Dukes, Lymburn, Murray and others. Tho following tenders have been re" ceived by the Masterton Road Board for 127 chains bushfelliug and bridle trcck on Kaka-aniu road extension ;-James Walsh, £lO7 19a(accepted) j Peter Larsen, £137 2s 9d; Thomas Jensen, £los Us lid, ~ •

The latest pomme.'ojal jnfermdtion from • Hpme" Btates that thp hemp Uiarkptis dull, and tjjero have been no sales of late. Wpljiijgton mutton is being sold at 4id per pound,

A man uamcd Ryan, who was riding in company with a youufi woman near Condobolin, three hundred miles west of Sydney, was shot dead by a man nawed Stone, who had been an unsuccessful rival. There werp 27 gunshot wounds in the body. -The police are pursuing Stone,

The Southland Land Board have forfeited the lease of a selector on the ground of non-compliance with the residential and'impt'ovement conditions, Every man haß a duty to perform, Sometimes it is a pleasing duty, some times otherwise. When it is a duty to pay a long standing butoher's account, cvgrthmhuk» to pay a bill you backed for a friend " justto ob'ite him," or when it isaduty to recei/e a visit from your mother inlay, fee W e painful duties. And when our'fatjjerly soyej:pment deoide to put a duty on everything,' wb e |) & P ar " liamentary majority consider it a duty they owe to their country, and the electors they represent (or misrepresent as the case may be), to ratifyand legalise such duties, why then it becomes a duty for the public of Masterton in paitioular and tjje SVairarapa in general to smil ingly pay suoh d'urjes afid flujefcly grin & bear it. They have, however, one duty to perform and that is to' buy their Draperyand Clothing at the Bon Marche the cheapest and best house in Materton for anything .of the soft, The whole duty of man js tp do fhe fcest he oan, for himself. f Epplan/1 expects every map to d.Q his jjuty." Hooper and say, They spect everyone, whether man, woman, or child young men anil ma'dens, old folks and youngfolks to do their duties, by doiug their daty and 'myipg all they require iu Drapery, Oluihining, household fur isings; etp, ( at theßon Marche.

Mr John Hint;, of Masterton, ii to bo asked to rep jrb upon tl e neoessity of strengthening the Waiohine bridee.. ' The-Watrarapa South County' Council has sugg'sied that a Coherence of all budies in the dist.iot contributing to the Charitable Aid be held at an eavly date to consider the question of establishing a home for the poor and needy.

Major D. Donald, of Masterton, who has been appointed executive officer of the New Zealand KUe A&ooi.ition, has done cunsideruble service in the Yolutteor force of the Colony, He wt 'to,. manv yean a member of the WairaVapa Militia, and succeeded the lute Captain Ruok as commanding officer of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers, A few years ay> he retired from the service and was placed on ' the Honorary Unattached List. • ,

A correspondent of the New Ztnland Farmer has given that journal anaccount otan 3xhai)stivoßeriea of espetiments as io the bsst seed toplant to emnre a yie'dof potatoes. Fourteen difeviinthnds of t.eed (all from the aa'jae variety) were used, and the pvea allotted to each waß the twentieth paifc of an arte. The re« su'ii w.s that the beavie&t cropi of maiketiblfe tuheis was got from eg'-rza seed planted whole, which yielded at the rate of 18 ton and a hclf to the aoce, or with iron sulphate manure 21$ ton's. ThWaot'y bows out the teat;, made some (maw. at one of the United States experimental farms. The growers of potatoes ojiibt to beer this in imad next season.

The son of William Fo..est, of Spr'ni.ion (S.A.) was Beverly bitten by a snake lately. The boy, -who is oi'ly eight years of age, put bit hand into a rabbit's wa r ren, and when he drew it out a la.'ge bhok soake sas fastened to the thumb, The father was present and shot the reptile wh'le it was hanging from the lad's finger, and then with a sharp knife severed the thumb at the second joint. Under the owe of the local doctor the mfferor is progressing l favourably. Onr first shipments of new goods for the Autumn and Winter season have now oomo to hand by ihe latest mail steametß, and we have been busily employed in oponiag tbom out and preparing them for inspection at To Aro House, Wellington, We shah be happy to forward patens of our new D.oss Fabrics nod otheir novelties free by post to any adiiess, on application to James Smi'h, Te Aro House Wellington. Oi'j seleci'on of Autumn and Winter Fashions has been maao by ou" own buyers -men of gieat experience, taste and judgment—in the Uritnh, Fienoh and Continental marked and may be reUed on as surpass evewthii'* we have previously shown a; To Aro House, Wellington. Our ladies woe'd find it to their advantage to nwko Ae'r choice as ea if as possible, and so to h.uo the advantage of geitinj their drakes made in good time for ihe Season, at Te Aro Home, Wellington. Wo will a'so forward ou? Charlefor selfmeasure nent to anyone intimating their with in this respeo'; to us, and will guarantee to all customers the adfantajjes of taste, St, finish and prompi e:;eouiion in our Celebrated DressmaWng Room at Te Aro House, Wellington,