SECOND EDITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4103, 3 May 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION.

The following is the weather report for the month of April as taken at tho Mastorton railway station:— Average temiJoratu.ro, 56-16; rainfall, 2-91 inches on eight days, A girl named Ashene was soveroly burnt at the Lower Hutt yesterday through her clothes taking firo. Two hundred men were provided with • employment through the agency of,the Labour Bureau during the past month. Captain VV, Jaokuon Barry, the farfamed traveller and eminent pioneer, delivers a lecture in the Maaterton 1 hes- ' tre {loyal to-morrow (\Vednesday)ovori- j ing.' Colonißts young and old are i Bpeoially invited to attend. Mr W.' Scale, tho new' bailiff for this ] distriot, arrived in Maaterton yesterday i He was doing, duty in Oamaru at one o'clock on Saturday, so that ho lost no ' time in the journey betweenv'jhe". tjvo ( places.- Mr Scale expresses surprise it *J the rapid strides made byiMaiterton ( Biuce he left the distriot some-'ten or J twelvo years ago. "-■'• Nine bankruptcies have'been recorded J in Maaterton for the four months ending ] April 30th, compared with twelve for the c corresponding period last year. ) Mr A. W. Hogs, M.H.R., vacates the j editorial chair of the Wairarapa Star in a " few weeks'jiiine." We understand 4 is not the intention of Mr Hogg to leave 5 the district ' , j. All monies due to tho estate of the 3 late Mr John Graves of Maaterton, must f be paid on or before the Ist of June next, and.all accounts against the estate must be sent in to Mr John Orovc6, Munga- " pakeha, by the same, or they will uot be v recognised- I

Apprentices to the dressmaking are re« quired by the "Wholesale Drapery Corn* „ pany. Messrs Johnston and Co. announce that they will open a new ■ in Masterton to-morrow, with a redaoed tariff. A grand ball will be hold at the Taueru n on tho 24th May (Queen's Birthday) ~raL under iheauipices of the Taueru Jttifle ™ Club. The Taueru people have the name of doing things well, and under the direction of tho Kills Club's Sucrotary (Mr v A. W. Vennoll) the ball should be a thorough BUCcess, Messrs Lowea and lorns remind our readers of their, usual stock sale tu-inor-row. There is a fair ontry of sheep and cattle, after which a consignment of draught and. other horses imported by T. Hodgson will be soldi .and as there j arejilew exceptionally'fine pure.brod ! Olydcsddlemarel, as well ai a really good class of farm horses,' there ought to be a good attendance of buyer) On Thursday tho same firm boII at Mr Burnett's Fern* ridge saw mill the" plant consisting of working bullocks, timber truoks,' sawn timber,- etc, <»nd tin Friday at Elliott's Billiard Uonm, a first olasj billiard table with all the billiard room requisites. The following conversation was overheard in tho street the otherday, but for obvious ;<;■ reasons we sha'l omit the name . of one of the parties; tho other was tho woll known draper, 'h L, J, Hooper, Mr Spot Cash: "Is it true Mr Hooper that you intend opening the shop next your drapery esi tablishmont as a grooery and provision warehouse ? Mr L. J.: " That is so, Mr si Cash, and in about a week I shall bo able jjfc to quote to you the lowest prices for all \~ kinds of goneral merchandise," Mr Spot Cash; " Good I I suppose you will keep ( , only good goods and sell as cheap as anyone olso ? "Mr li, J,; •' You bet I The kit and nothing but the boat, and every article at bed rock prices I Those are the foundation stones upon which wo intend to erect our business." Mr Spot Cash: " Your hand my boy, My account with so-and-so's worth threo pounds a week, and I pay cash, I am not satisfied lately, I fancy I pay more than I should do, So directly you opon yonr business look upon mo as a regular ous-. tomer."-Am , T. .