Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4081, 5 April 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1892.

Being tub extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical.

The Band Contest at Wellington is to be held on October 20th, 21st, and 22nd, Prizes amounting tn L 245 are to be given, A cyclone which passed ovor tho city of Brisbane completely demolished the Presbyterian Church and considerably damaged sevoral other buildings, It is ntittd that a Juatioo of the Peace of the" wrong colour" has been appointed in tho Fiirty-Mile Bush. The reason is explained in the fact that' he acted the part of a Good Samaritan to a prominent Ministerial supporter, That exemplification of journalistic vicissitudes, the Gisbome btandard, is to be resuscitated once more, a gentleman Irom Westport having faith enough to buy the plant ot tee thrice defunct paper, with a view Gf publishing it again as a daily A farmers' cooperative association is in process of being formed in the Uamaru district, Already 200 shares have been taken up, and it is proposed to call a meeting at an early date in connection with the matter, • It is stated that a freezer is about to be erected at Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, in connection with the fish industry. Pigeons are very numerous in the Forty-Mile Bush this year, and aro in splendid condition, The shooting season commences on the 16th inst. Grass-seeding is now in full swing in the Forty-Mile Bush, The bums altogether have been betterthan for some years past, and settlers are in the best ol spirits in consequence, Mr Charles Clifford, of Messrs Campbell & OHflord, desires us to say that he is not the "Mr Clifford" mentioned'in the report of a court case heard yesterday. ' j About two hundred cows are now being milked daily by the settlers rf the Balance Special Settlement, in the FortyMile Bush The butter is being exported by Mr Chester. A factory is about to be erected, and it is expected that from three to lour hundred cows will be in milk next year. The timber industry is in a flourishing condition in the Forty-Mile Bush at the present time In one Special Settlement Association alone there are no less than three sawmills, A new mill ia.now being erected for Mr George Gardiner on Mr Ernie's property in the Mangahao, Ladies who study fashion and' elect to be in the mode, will be pleased to know that we have opened out, and havo now en view, some of the latest styles in single robe drpsses at Te Aro House, Wellington. Mest of these are the generally admired rough-surfaced materials, and the most prominent among them are-Scotch Homei spun Panama Tweed, Milauge Toile, Cheviot rugs, mattress tweeds, Cheviot Flotte, Drap Grassa, and Missouri Carraux, all very handsome and attractive styles at le Aro House, Wellington.' There are also great branches of Eslumine and Naval Serges, iuoluding the celebrated Waterproof Serge, called Impervana, For durability and making up well, very few materials can surpass those made at Te 'i rp House, Wellington. In addition' ,td: these there are ; sevoral other materials 'us 'announced by us 'on the first page of this paper, 'foremost arnonlg .which >are the favourite 'MsiS'' Jlilto'rie, unequalled for durability, and' which yfe have in .various widths Jriimilo to 48 inches : jp ide jit Te 'An House, Wellington. '' "■• Those Dress tyiltgns jvo liay.o in all colours, such as Navy, Grey, FjiuyMijolle Claret, Brown, Marone and Black, Vii, terns of these and any other dress material will be forwarded postage free by applying to To Are House, Wellington.

Henry Anderson and Charles Broadbent, sentenced respectively for vagrancy and larceny, were taken downtoWellington this morning by Sergeant M'Ardle. Several oise'B of typhoid fever are under treatment in Masterton at the present time. 4 fine new residence is beinc; erected on the Mangahao road, Forty-mile Bush, by Mr. Dawson, who has left the Post Office in Pahiatua, and intends following farminy pursuits. The bodies of a number of Chinamen interred in the Palmerston North cemetery were exhumed on Sunday last, and will be conveyed forthwith to the Flowery Land, There are now about half a dozen men at work on the road between Pahiatua and Palmerston North. None of these have the slightest knowledge of roadmaking, and the prugreas made is very slow. MrT.O. Williams intends eroding awither brick building at Pahiatua. The family of Mr O. J. Norton, postmaster at Pahiatua, proceeded to their uew home in the Bush on Saturday last, having travelled no less than eighty miles in the one day. During the last five years no less a Bum than £30,000 has been spent in forming and metalling roads in the Pahiatua County. To thoroughly open up the country another £20,000 or £30,000 will be required. A novel spectacle of a fight to a finish j between two Chinamen was witnessed in the main street of a Forty-Mile Bush township the other day. The Mangahao Special Settlement was the first settlement; taken up under the speoial settlement regulations in the Colony. It is now a most populous and thriving district, Mr Edward Wrigley, late of Masterton, is now engaged building stables and outhouses for Mr Joseph lorns, of Pahiatua, He has also in hand the erection of stables for Messrs Sullivan and Corby in the same township, The interest of Mr P. T. Spillane in Club Hotel at Pahiatua has been sold the to Mr A. Weir, of Napier, who takes possession to-day, A concert is to be held in the Masterton Theatre Eoyal on Friday evening next in aid of the fund for defraying tho expenses of the Masterton Football Club in their Southern tour. At the sale of Mr J. J. Murphy's farm stock at Woodville on Saturday last there was a large attendance of buyers, Sheep sold under the hammer at fairly satisfactory prices, wethers realising 12s (id. Owing to reserves being placed on young thoroughbreds very few were quitted. The well-known siro Fitz Hercules was passed in at £l6O. A number of new roads are now in the course of construction in the Pahiatua County. One taps the Masterton-Man-gahao Special Settlement, another the Woodville-Maiigahao and Banks Pomnsula Settlements, and a third is the Pahiatua'Palmerston road, which will open up a large area of country. Work on the Eketahuna-Woodville. railway is proceeding very satisfactorily, although the co-operative system is not as successful as it was expected to be. The men complain that they do not get their money when it is due, For work which was measured up three weeks ago they have not yet been paid, It is a pity (says the Oamaru Mail) that Her Majesty the Queen has withdrawn Jier bounty of £3 3s to the mother of triplets, otherwise a matron of Reidston would have been awarded tho amount. The lady had the honor and privilege of presenting her gratified lord with three bouncing boys, The Acting -(ipvernor is afforded the opportunity of fittingly recognising the event, The lady in question waß somo months figo a resident of Masterton,