Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4090, 16 April 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1892.

* aggpMMMPWMMMmWMMHMni B"* : ; 9 The Masterton Road Board invites r tenders for 116 chains formation on . Northoroft's road. i We hoar that two fresh Chinamen J intend starting business in Mastorton. 1 Sir Francis Dillon 801 l and Lady Bell 1 leave Wellington for London by the I Tongariro to-day, \ The West Coast Timet hints that Mr Sqijdon wijl be the next Premier, and Mr Haljnnce will replace Mr Fercoral as Agept-Gflneral,' At til® mcetjng of the Wairarapa North County Council $a Thursday, leave of absence was granted to pr Mannsell for three months. Mr Maw sell is nov on a visit to the adjoining colonies. • It has been decided by tho Wairarapa JJorth County Council to erect a toilj Wte fl/i flip f awataia flat on tho Eketa-huna-teiiui roai TJif) poll of ratepayers recently taken m ip of erecting a toll in preforonoo to levying a special rate. » At a special meeting of the North County Council held on Thursday last, a special rate of 23'jPJui of a penny in the pound wob struck over the area interested in the repayment of the Alfredton metalling loan, The funeral of f)ie (ate Pepry le Toler Byrn, bailiff of the R.M. and g District Courts at Masterton, took place on Thursday, The hearse was preceded by the Masterton Rifle Volunteers and fjllowed by. members of the Masonic order and a largo number of residents of - the town. The ceremony at the grave ps impressively, performed by the Rev. It, Wu«l, and a '.'farewell .shot" was fired by tho Volunteer#" The following tenders have been received by tho Wairarapa North County Council for maintenance contracts in the Masterton BidingOpaki to Manawatu road—J, Swenson, £3OO (accepted) \ E " Carroll, Mi j M. M'Kenzis, i'3Bd; II Jorgen and fijmiming Keilepii, £jJslos, 0 Ma'sietkm to Taueru road—Jf. M'K-eiijie £4o{) (accepted); J, Anderson, i'Oro, IS Waingawa to .Oaipp road -B. 'C.ullothy, '• iBBB (accepted); M. M-'Kemie, £220 ; ■Tub. Cavanagh, £390; F, C, Madflon, 8 £448, .

t Nominations of candidates for seats to the yariouß Softool Committees in ; tho district close to-day (Saturday). The complimentary concert to' be tendered to Mr Lundqviati of Carterton, tes been postponed till Thursday, Ipril 128 th,

n .? Superintendent of the Wesleyan Circuit ia to be asked to provide a supernnmaty to assist the Eev. W, JRowse in his _ ministerial dutios' in the South Wairarapa.';

_ Land is now changing handj in the Woodville district at from £7 to £9 per acre for farms.

Danevirke has formed an Association for special settlement purposes, and has obtained several thousand aoroa eastward of the Woodville Blook. Dr Hoskmg has given a certificate for tho admission of the man who was lying ill at tho Star Hotel to the outer ward of the Masterton Hospital. The. Annual Sports in connection with the Eketahuua Lodge of Oddfellows, take place at that township on Easter Monday. As this is the only Athletio Sports Meeting fixed for the 18th in this district, a large attendance may be predicted.

The train service bstwaen Ekotahuna and Wellington was well patronised yesterday. The midday train to Masterton wss'crowded with excursionists, most of whom went through to Ek6tahuna and returned in the evening, Three lads were severely reprimanded by Mr J, Bayliss, J,P., at Carterton on Wednesday, for throwing stones at the Salvation Army, The Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association are holding their annual show this year en the same day as the Wairarapa A, and P, Society. Mr Edwin Feist's paddock opposite the Star Hotel has been secured by the Messrs Wirth for their great show, Tbe Masterton contingent of tho Salvation Army is holding a picnio on Monday next (Easter Monday). Captain Sutherland and other special officers will be present. Several shooting parties have taken advantage of the opening of the shooting season and the abundanco of yame to have a few days' sport in this district. A number of Wellington gentlemen arrived on Thursday and are camping out till Monday, whilst a creat many Mastertonians are scouring the bush for pigeons, Wo hear of soveral rood bags being secured yestorday.

The Napier Telegraph notes that tho Chief Justice remarked tho othor day that in olden days women with money used to give it to their husbands when thoy got married. Nowadays he noticed that in bankruptcy proceedings it was often stated that they merely " lent" it. A blackfellow recently charged at Narabi(N,S.W.) with putting a logon the railway line, explained that he wanted to see if the train would jump it. He knew it was fast oil the flat, but wished to find out if it was a steeplechaser. There was a sheep dog trial in Hawke's Bay tho other day, and the Telegraph reports that shepherds using strong language were to be disqualified, The dogs did not understand it, and waited in vain for the familiar terms that formerly gave thom a hint whether they were doing right or wrong. It was very hard on tho poor shepherds.

Evidonco of the strong hold which horse racing has obtained in this colony, especially in tho North Island, is furnished by the fact that a reoent issue of the 1 Wanganui Herald' contained neatly seven columns of advertisements comprising programmes of race meetings to be held during the next three months.

Tho Riverton correspondent of the Southland Times writesA cure for lung Worm qomes from England, which is to mo, aud possibly to many of your readers, a new one. It is as follows A quarter of a pound of blueßtone is dissolved in three pints of water, and of this dilution a teaspoonful, mixed with twice the quantity of water, ia a dose It is given twice a week, and is said to be very effective, This remedy may perhaps be of use to Bomo of our flock* masters,"

Mr Duncan M'Laohlan, surveyor, came to grief in Masterton yesterday. He was driving along Boss-street when his horse stumbled and tell, rolling completely over, Fortunately neither the occupant of tho vehicle nor the horse sustained any serious Injury, although the trap itself was smashed a kit. • Good Friday was celebrated in Masterton yesterday in a quiet"'and un* ostentations manner. The weather was threatening all day, and those who had not ventured out on holiday excursions on tho previous day were loth to remain at home, Special services were held in the vafiops enureses and by (he Salvation Army, ajlof which iy?re well attended. A iarge number of strangers were about the town, and t|)e streets were more lively than is usual on suqh occasions. There was, however, absolutely no attraction for visitors, k valuable freehold property situated at Hastwell, fronting the main road and now occupied by the owner, ia advertised in our columns for sale at the Property Tax valoation, although the actual cost has been much more, The situation is particularly convenient, as the botcher, bake);, and grocer call regularly two.or three times a weejt, and onlj- reason for selling is that tno pwnef his tafccn UP other land on wiiich ho is obliged to settle. The property consists of three acres ot first- class land, highly improved, with a well-finished ijnfl pearly new fiyoroomed house and all tho necessary sheds and outbuildings, The prioe is £ioo, one-third to b& cash; tho balance may remain on vory easy terms. Further particulars may be obtained at this office. During the year ending 31st March, 1892, eighty-one patients wero treated in tho Mastertofi hospital, Of this number sixty-six were discharged, five ut!?! 1 ; ten remained in the Hospital, The FoftypMile Br,ih contributed twenty-six patients, Whareama seventeen, and Masterton tweuty-one, !fhe rest w.ete from yarioug localities. The nationalities were as fpllosysEnglish twenty-seven, Irish seventeen, Now Menders fifteen, Scotch thirteen, Norwegians two, Welsh | two, Australia, Austria, Canida, Den- < mark and Greece, one each. The total' collective days' stay in the Hospital waß 2916, or an average per individual of thirty-Bix. TheDunedin Gloh reports:—A canvasser engaged in getting signature, in connection with a petition against women's franchise got rather a warm reception in a house he visited in tlig other day, It seems that fhij',canva?pep yas not troubled with a superabundance of and walked jnside tho house uninyited.. When the nature of his ipsiijn \yas ; learnt, he! was ordered-to withdraw, but persisted in begging for a signature, Seeing words were useless, the lady seized the fryingpan, which happened to bo handy, and promptly banged him 1 on tho cheek with it, A hint so forcible was pof J;o be misunderstood, and the panvasjer wood nof' ojj tjje order qf )ijs . going, but rot Atom " j

Ladies who iashion and elect w bo in the mode, will be pleaseu ;. -. that we have opened oat, and havo now on view, some of the latest styles in single robs dresses at Te Aro Honso, Wellington, Most of those aro the generally admired rough-surfaced materials, and tho mo3t propiipent iampng them are—Scotch Home* spun, Panama Tweed, Milange Toile Cheviot Nogs, Malvern twoods, Oljeyio Flotte, Drap Orasse, and Missouri Carrauxt all very handsome and attractive st;les at Te Aro House, Wellington. _ There are also great varieties of Estamine and Naval Serges, including the celebrated Waterproof Serge, called Imporvanas, For durability and making up well, very few materials can surpass ,those at : Te 'Jsroiiouse, In addition (o these there ajo several other materials as announced by us on the first page of this paper, foremost among which are the favourite Dress Meltons, unequalled for durability, and which. wo have in various widths from 25 to 48 inohes pie at Teiro House, Welbngton, , '■ Jhese Dress MeltoBfl:»e-J}ayfj m ; a|l colours, suojl'as Navj."(?rs, Fa™', Myrtle 'Claret, Brown, Marone and Blacjk ' Tat, tarns ofthese ; and an/ether.dress'katerial will be fow'rded posset reejjby plying to Te Aro Reuse, Wellington, "