Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4087, 12 April 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1892.

Threshing is now almost completed in the Masterton district. Ploughing operations have already commenced in some parts. Entries for the Waihenga Pigeon Match close with Mr A. Bunyard it Maryborough on Wednesday next, the 13th inst. In the report of the fatal shooting accident at Wainnioru, the name of James Stanley was inserted instead of that of James Mahay. Lord the new Governor of New Zealand, has sailed for the colonics. His Lordship's party numbers forty. * Tho prospectus of the Blackball Ooal Company, Greyraouth, with 9 capital of £60,000, lias been issued. The ten minutes service on the Wellington tramways has been resumed, Efforts are being made by tho tradesunlpna in the city to find work for thoso on strike, Whilst the ({ovetnjnonl is finding work for the unemployed, a Wellington Labour Exchange is advertising in tjbo city papers as follows" Wanted a number of good men for road work; Is j per hour. Men engaged by us will be guaranteed work,' 1 The Greytown Dairy Factory (Jom' pany, (of which the proprietors are Messrs Wood and Bonsey) have placed the whole of this season's output of.clieeso, s Eleven tons wwit away yesterday mornf ins, and orders have beep received for a more, which cannot be executed, All ' Iheclwese made this season has beep t disposed of sither locally,, or for the s Melbourne and Sydney markets. Dnr--1 in? tho whole season, not one single 1 complaint has been made as to (lie j quality of the cheese. We congratulate ! tho proprietors on the result of their 3 labors. J Particulars are advertised in this , issue, of an important sale, of ab»ut j £SOO worth of gnneral drapery and , clothing, which will be held by Mr P. H. WflnjJ, at hi? Greytown rooms on Saturday next, under instructions from Mr D. M, Fond, The : pie will be r entirely without reserve so that good , bargains may be looked for. A lively seems occurred ja the Masterton R,M, Oourjt jwMjy, jrj}ep Sergeant M'Ardle was bejng crossexamined by Mr Pos?riall, T/je Sergeant became quite indignant at being called an Irishman, and addressed learned 1 counsel on the other side in terras 1 forcible than polite. Just as things 1 pero interesting tho Bench , fljeigered,' ah,£ jMijojjjJjlies ceased, j Tile A.'Jeki.aß licensing r quito a esnsation latejy V j to renew the Jfquor !icorns tf seyera} democratic clubs in the city, although ! all the aristocratic clubs were granted ' licenses.. The bench evidently knew t ffhjch c/ass of people were likely to i respscj; the The anniversary tea jn •,connection / with tho : contingent of tjie t Sslvntion Army m )iel4 |ri tjje jJixop « 6treet barracks last (Monday) oyenjng, About two hundred persons tat -down to t a capital spread,and attacked the good things in real military fashion, the tea ' and sandflies having all the worst of 1) the encounter, meeting was r afterwards held, at which "jesjt%opiee" p were given by soldiers, and addreWea'by j the Revs. Wood- and Uukos, Captain's f Rise j(of Carterton) and Rowlands, and oql«ii<l Bailfcy.' ItoJJgltfiel referred at ® some.length to the progress made by the Army during the. piat year, l ana. tftesented /resh colore to tho loc&l'ciirps. 0; One or lm converts were made arid the bi neeting' closed. Ths anniversary'services' thrpugliout have Jieen highly juo- (j cessful, . '

■" At a bankruptcy; meeting, in Napier recently a creditor proved in tho estate for £G4 for liquor supplied. ' Tho debtor Tn? k' ac ' !Bin 'tti, and averaged thirteen Bbillinsis per day for beerl An alarm wab sounded on the Master* ton firebella at six o'clock last evening, the cause of which was a burning straw. stack on the Akura. The. services of the iire Brigades, wh<j promptly turned out, wero not required, _Dr Beard refined to give a certificate of the death of Alfred E, Jones, who died at the Upper Plain yesterday morning, and Colonel Iloberts, R.M., District Coroner, therefore ordered an inquest. It appears that the yoiing man was attended by Dr Beard until Saturday last, when the services of a herbalist woro called into requisition. The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held in,the Institute this (Tuesday) evening. Several farmers in tho Masterton district ate taking steps to eradicate the Hessian fly pest by burning straw stacks, Tho public school at Bulls has been closed owing to the prevalence of diphtheria in the district. We are informed that Messrs Harcpurt and Co. have disposed of Mr P, H. Lynch's farm of 200 acres, WoodvilleTiraumea Block, to Messrs Levin and Co,, as agents, the price being £5 per acre. It is stated that while the Government are providing tho blasting powder and are paying one shilling and sixpence a jard for road excavation work near Pahiatua, to the " unemployed," there are settlers in the district who would .gladly accept contracts atninepenee a yard and find their oivn powder I Practically Ijie material requires no handling, for it falls clean away down the declivity directly it is dislodged. Truly ours is a Liberal administration I

The dance held at the Choral Hall, j Mauriceville, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Scandinavian Settlement, was a thorough success and does great credit to the Management Com* raittee, and also tu Mr M. Riogard, who in his untiring efforts as M.O. choiio conspicuously. About fifty couples took the floor, many of thorn coming from a distance. We must not forget to mention the decorations which.were very tastefully executed, by Mr H. Neilson, of Mauriceville, tho hall appearing bright and attractive. At intervals during the evening Bongs were contributed, many of them raeetin? with hearty applause. Mr C. Brenmuhl, of Eketahuna, supplied the refreshments and is deserving of credit for the way in which he carried out his part, the tablet being loaded with an apparently never.ending supply of delicacies. The. party broke up at dayl'ght after having spent an evening which will lonir be remembered in the annals of Mauriceville, Another old resident of this district in tho person ol Mr Henry Le Toler liyrn, bailiff ol tho Masierton R.M. Court, passed away at an early hour this (Tuesday) morning. Mr Byrn was attacked with paralysis on Saturday last at noon; Since then lie has been unconscious, and although attended by Dr Hosking, never rallied. The deceased was an old soldior. He came to this Colony nearly thirty years ago and passed through the IVaikato War. Bo afterwards joined the police force and was constable at Grevtown for many years. The deceased was sixty-four years oi age. Ladies nho stady fashion and elect to be in the mode, will be pleased to know that we have opened out, and havo now on yiew, some of the latest styles in single robe dresses at TeAro House, Wellington, Most ol these are the generally admired rough-surfaced materials, and the moßt prominent among tbem.are—Scotoh Home-, ipun, Panama T\yced, Milange Toile Cheviot Nege, Malvern tweeds, Chevio Flotte, Prop (irasse, and Missouri Carrouxt all very handsome pd. attractive atjles at Is Aro House, Wellington, There are also great varieties of Ealamine and Naval Serges, including the celebrated Waterproof Serge, called Impervanas, For durability and making up well,- very few materials cansurpass those at To Aro House, Wellington. In addition to these there are several other materials , as announced by us on the fitst page of this paper, foremost among which are the favourite Dress Meltons, iincqualled for durability, and which we hip in yarioi)3 width? from 25 to 48 inches wjdo at Tekro Ho'usg, Wellington, , These Dress ffelionß we'liavp in all colours; suoh as Navy. Grey, Fawn, Myrtlo Claret, Brown, Marone and Blaok. Pat}S;'Hß of these and any.othet.dress material will be folded postage free by applying to Te Aro House, Wellington.'