SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4072, 25 March 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

jTho money prdet,and saving bank office ai OasHopoinl is to be closed from thflntAprilnext.' • .. . k - Wilson Littiejohn, of Wellington, is ; gazetted a Justice of the Peace. The • resignation of Somorset Willkm D'Arcy j lrvino as a Juatioo of (he Peace has been accepted, • ! Messrs Lowes and lorns remind our ( readm of their important sale to-morrow , of drapery, etc. Sale commences at one o'clock sharp. . ;".. ," "■ '' Tenders are invited in our advertising ' 'oolumns for two road formation contracts in the Masterton Road District. They ] olose on Saturday, 2nd April, at' the | Road Board Office, Mastetton. . The average attendance at the public : schools of the Colony last year was i 97,058, being an'increase of 2420 on the preceding year. For the last quarter of : the year the average attendance was only 96,264, ''■ •.>.■! The property tax returns for the year : have exceeded the estimate. The amount received up to date is £1157,500, whereas the estimate was; £365,000. 'There in about £6500 more to'ome m, but this will probably have to bo sued tor. "We are in receipt'of the annual report and balance sheet of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association, The total indebtedness of tho Association, is£224 Ba., ;-' ; v ' ' ■ - 1 '" f Thei Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, ; limited,. notify the arrival of and Winter goouY A grand evening display will be. made next week, when some, of .the ohoice'st jhillinoryand dress fabrics ever.showrnu the Weira* iapawillbepnvifjw.J-.. i.' . Mrs G. Haskell, of Quoen-street, Masterton,' who is.ku6wn ; to '.be', an experienced nurse, .notifies through our column?, that she is open to engagement. : Thus in the<Now Zealand' Times: "Messrs J, I'ayton and 06, write to lis that their newspaper is'now known as 'The Wairarapa Daily Times,' that being the extended title of the - Wairarapa Daily, with which it is'iidentioal, We hope the old paper will do as well under tho new titlo as under the' old." We thankoUrcontemporary'forbMind word of acknowledgment and wish him like success under his own new auspices. . A' correspondent,to,the Wellington Post says, in referring tothe.Revi Mr Isitt'o self-sacrifice in the cause of ternperance;—'' When funds wero needed to make up the required sura, to carry the Sydenham case into the Court of Appeal the lecturer's noblo'heartod wife ge"Tpusly'.disposed of her piano and handed' the proceeds to him for that purpose. Such self-denial and devotednesa in the cause of prohibition deserves to be mentioned," ■', .. A' retired farmer at-Torringtoh Was alleged to have skinned a cat and sold it to a neighbour as a rabbit for sixpence, and the purchaser had th'eanimalcookod, he and his family partaking of it. On being subsequently told that it was a cat, his wife became ill inconsequence. He charged the. seller with obtaining Bis-' pence under false pretences, but the magistrate dismissed the oase. ~ . It is with'pleasure we draw the special attention ( of sheep,; ownere to the authentic testimonies in another column concerning Langstone'a Yerniifuge. Besides these, MrC. W. Langstone, the proprietor, whp.is well-knqwn.ias^noof tho cleverest veterinary surgeons" in the Colony, hits inany othor excellent letters from leading riinJioldera acknowledging in the most unsolicited manner the value and beneficial nature of Mr Langsto'ue's preparation, and in many instances giving orders for futthor supplies, An ordinary 1 example of ; the kind of win--1 muuication Mr Langstone receives is one 1 from a Marlborough run-holder who is I personally known to, us, He writes regarding hie boggcts ;-r" The yard was : strewn with- tape-worm and other parasites, The sheep have since boen in first-class condition, and the extra [ growth of : wool is .remarkable. Your 1 vermifuge la simply invaluable, Let me ' know . the cost of drenching seven i thousand;" ;.MessrsLdwes & lorns are, .we might ; mention',!.tlie. agents, in'the ' Wairarapa 1 or, Mr Langstono's adniir* able preventiveand remedy,: Mr James. Macara, of Masterton, ■ hayingdecided to improve his flock of , sheep, has made a rood move in the direction of establishing a pure stud flock" of Lincolus, and thero arrived in this town yesterday consigned to his . farm on the Upper Plain ten valuable pure-bred. Lincoln ewes, from, the New Zealand and A ustralian Land Company's ) estate near Oamaru, iu the South Island, I Mr V'iß..' Common, .of Ohnstchiuoh, ; who is an expert in sheep, in reporting to.Mr Macara on the quality of those ewes as a guide to him in purchasing, ivrote :-" These flocks huye been ! .. established for,thirty years from purei bred Lincoln eheop 'imported from the i best flocks in England, and they have i been kept up to their present high , standard by regular importations. , There is not a stain upon their record, 1 do not thinK you could have selected a ■ more' opportune time for establishing a 1 pure stud Ljnooln flock, nor could you • possibly get a ;bettcr foundation than ' sheep from tho source referred to," , These ewes, it might also be mentioned, I were: muoh admired as thoy passed i through Wellington, and some English tourists, who happened to notice them, wero enthusiastic in their opinions. Mr i Macara is to 'be congratulated' on his ■ purobase, . I . Our first shipments of new goods lor the 1 Autumn and Winter season have now come i to hand by the latest malt steamers, and i wo have been busily employed in opening . them out and preparing them for inspection at TeAro House, Wellington. : ' ' We shall be happy to forward patterns of ) onr uevy tyess Fabrics and other novelties I free bypost.tq arfy, addroaa, oij' application 1 lo'Janje's'Siniih'iTe Arq Hijuso, \yellibgton, Oiir selection of Autumn and 'Winter ' Fashions has been maae by our owe buyers ! men pt great experience, taste and judgi ment—in.'the' British, French and . Continental markets, and may be relied oil as surpassing everything .we have previously J shown ai l'e Aro House, Wellington. ' Our ladies would find it' to their advan- • Jajo Jo make their choice as earl; as . possible, arid- so (o havo the advantage of ' gettiug their dreßSes made In'g'ood. time for ' the Season! ot TeAro House, Wellington. I ' We will also forward our Charts for Belti measurement to anyone intimating thoir ' wish in this respect to usY^'?!!!'™ I™- 1 ™- ' tee to ell atanWes of taste, ' Ut, HajsH' and''prompr'ex , eeultJo"n' J in^.ur ; Celebrated Dressmakmg RpomatTe Aro i House, Wellington,'