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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4102, 2 May 1892, Page 2

Tho death is announced by cablegra at Londun, of Mr G&lbraith, one of tl earliest settlora of Otago, Tho question of amalgamating thotn Wairarapa Societies was not diacusat at the meeting of tho Wairarapa ar Eaet Coast Pastoral and Agricultur, Society on Saturday last. , . The Tararua ranges were visible froi Masterton this morning for the fir time for somo days. The tops of tl: ranges, clad in their winter garb, lo'jke roally beautiful. Tho Auckland Acclimatization Snc'et intend introducing the black partridgi and liavo voted a sum of £2O for a ship mcnt of these birds from India. The Wellington correspondent of th Christchurch Press states that if anj thing Sir H.Atkinson's health isgettin vrorse, and that there are small hopes i bis ever again returning, to activ political life, ■' Eudyard Kipling has finished a ne story entitled " The Lost Legion." Soventeon tons of stone from th Homeward Bound mine at Eeefton ha yielded four ounces of gold per ton, At Mr Lee-Smith's political meotii> at Gore the other night he was aske whether, as Irishmen were dying out i the district, ho would try to put a sum o the Estimates in order to import som more. Ploughing operations in the Masterto district will bo commenced within th next fow days. A larger area will, it 1 said, be put down in wheat during th coming season than ever before. Quite an important institution i: Eketahuna'is the local Bide Club, am the ladies of Eketahuna and round abou always aiuio'ißly await the club's annua ball, as tho most enjoyable social even of the winter season. Tbis year it ha been fixed for Queen's Birthday, an< tinder" the direpfjon of the energeti secretary (Mr W, A, Itowse), mi probably eclipse any previous gather™ ever held in the town, Another case of alleged cittlo stealinj has occurred in the Forty-Mile Bubli, I Botttpr bVght a few head of cattle, oin of which Jfe'fosp. drjvjng.theri homo. A 'day or two afterwards 'thi missing beast was noticed being driver through the township in a mob goini f,owards Ek6tahuna', Ttye police hayi the matter in hand, and are awnijiinf the return of the owner of the anima bpfors taking action. Visitors to Wellington are often at a losj to know which is the best hfluso to aiipplj all their Drspery requirements,' Inhabitants qf tho Krnpjre City wou|d uphcgila* tjpoly reply, To Aro Wo have the largest Family Drapers Warehouse m the City and not only so, bui the most conveniently arranged, Ou: prom'scs are distinguished by their fmi architectural appearance, and oar towel witfi its flagstaS and ensign is easily distioguished from land or sea, from tho steam boat orrailway, and when the Te Aro rail way is completed, which it will be shortly, pur country friends will be able to alight almojtat tl|e doors of Te Aro House, Welljngtofj."''" In the meantime we ask thpm ojic and all te givo us a call and inspect our' newlj imported stdok for the autumn and wintei season, which comprises all that is best and most fashionable in BresßFabricß,Millinery : Mantle's, Ulsters, Jackets, -etdi, : all' at th< mojjt moderate and economical prices'at'T« AroHo'is'e;fellingi'oir: '"' •■ :; x '•' '•' Inability to call 'need be no barrier tc purchasing from us! Write' iff lis ftSi pattern's of any and all materials that ma'j be desired and we will'send them promptly and postage free'to any ddilveSir.'' All letters should be'addressed to Janiea Smith', T« Aro House, Wellington,

Mr J, King, the art jewellor of; Cuba street, Wellington, has now on vieii some very special designs and latesl novelties in gold, silver, eleotro*plated ware, end art jowollory of all desorip' tions. Mr King's establishment is alac renowned for tho presentation medals designed and executed by him. The Nolson City Council have given 8 subsidy of £225 for the year to the fir< brigade of that town. _ A convention of Natives will bo held in Hawke's Bay next month to discus: matters affecting the race. A numbei of Masterton Natives intend beins present. Mr Sorensen, the Government dairj espert, intends visiting the Forty-mill Bush shortly. The Pahiatua Star of Friday says Mr Twomey, a village Bottler in thi Pahiatua West Village Settlement, me with a nasty accident yesterday. Whil attempting to catoh a horse the anima turned round and kicked him severoly ii the groin. In the morning Dr Gault hai to be called in, as an alarming Bwellin; had set in. The Evening Press says thatsom business people in Wellington who hM failed to seod in their income returns ar t» be proceeded against by the Coin missioner of Taxes, The farmers of the Masterton distric have taken practically no steps in th direction of eradicating' tho Hessian flj This is to be regretted, as the spread o the pest is likely to prove disastrous t individual farmers and to the distric generally, It is quite time a Farraen Club was formed, if only to ensutocot certcd action in this matter. _ A leading butter merchant in Londo is so impressed with the future yak of Now Zealand dairy produco (says th 'New Zoaland Herald') that ho intern ereoiing in some central place in tl: Wellington provincial district one of th largest butter factories in the Colony. Mrs Helen Davis, who is well-know 1 in Masterton as the authoress of thi successful novel "For'so Little," , about leaving for England for the pu: pose of definitely entering the literal world and publishing a new novel, no completed. Mrs Davis will be accon 1 panied by her husband, Mr Harriso Davis, of the Colonial Mutual Lil 1 "insurance Company, and their t\i . children. The following is tho comparative rail fall registered at Otahuao (near Maste \ ton) for the month of April;—Apri : 1892,2'82 inches on eleven days; 189 i 2'65 inches on ten days; 1890, l'l , inches on sixdays, , Mr W. 0. Buchanan. M.H.R., h : been re-elected President of the Wo ; rarapa and East Coait Pastoral at I Agricultural Society. • . i A : Chinese restaurant has just bei I opened in Masterton, 1 We are pleasod to see that Mr Uicha: ! M'Kenzie, who has been confined to 1 • home for sora9 weeks, is so far recoven i from his illness as to be able to g about toivn again, A caricature which is exceeding i clever, and would be froe from objpotio i did it not refer to the conduct of a pu ! , lie officer, is now on view in the windo of Mossrs A, White and Co.,' Masterful , bJveiy character in the sketch is east recognisable, and the allusions are vei 1 pointed, but it is, we think, hardly fa 1 that a person who, m the performan of his duty to the public, necessan offends some individual, should be oh sen as a subject for caricature. The Wanganui Herald says it 1 rumoured that Mr H, A. Lomax wi oppose Mr George Hutchison for tl , WaitotarA aeat at the noxb election. . An unfortunate acoident happened Ballance, in the Forty-Mile Bush, i 1 Friday last, to the eldest son of MrE Croad, late overseer of the Borough t Masterton. The lad, who is said have been lately suffering from rheum; tism, was, according to the Pahiati Star, going out the back door, when 1 slipped, audit is feared has dislocati his hip, DrGault went out to attoi . the sufferer. , It is said that tho recent ohoic.o of tl Wellington electors, Mr M'Lean, was candidate for a seat on the directorate the new Government organ, as was al the Chairman of the Wellington Libei Association, but neither Btoodthegho of a show. The sea serpent has turned up in tl Forty-Mile JBuah. Two gentlemi who were out shooting a few days a) up the Mangaramarama Valley, saw i enormous lisli in a shallow f art of tl river, and one of them fired at it, tl charge lodging in its head, An attem was then made to land tho fish, buttl monster broke away and has not sin been soen, The fish is described , : having fins. . Onoof the most successful specifics f the cure of intestinal parasites in ho gets, is Mr C, W, Langstone's Verm fuge, and the number ol testimonia received from sheep farmots in the Ws rarapa should be convincing enough make it worth anyone's while to at lea give it a trial," Mr Langstone has hi many years' experience as a voterinai surgeon, and is undoubtedly one of tl most clever men in New Zealand at h profession. Thoroughly the subject he is dealing with, be is ab to treat the affeoted animals with o incontestably good remedy absolutely fn from any objectionable quality, for it claimed for tho Vermifuge that it is perfectly safe and efficaoious preparatio: This statement has been proved a try one, as may be seen by tho perusal of number of letters appearing elsewhei from well known gentlemen resident i these partsi L r The Vermifuge may t obtained in any quantity from Messi Lowes and 10-ns, auctioneers, of Maste: ton, who have been appointed Mr Lane stone's sole agents for the Wairarapa,