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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4113, 14 May 1892, Page 2

The demand for houses in Masterton , increases overy day', Inquiries foi : residences were made by ho less than , three persons at onr office yesterday. The partnership between Messre Warner and Broom, tailors, of Masterton, has been dissolved, Mr Wamet will in future carry on the business; ■ ' Qeneral Booth is in treaty with the Shaw, Sayilland Albion Shipping Coy, tc convey a band of his oversea colonists to New Zealand, instead of Cape Colony. A member of the Masterton Park Trustees objected yesterday to a special meeting being fixed for Monday, the !j 23rd inst, as that is the day on which ' the murderer Williams is to be executed, We understand that Messrs' J no, Graham and'po, of Masterton, contemplate njaking extensive alterations "jjo their Queen>stroet premises to meet the requirements of their steadily increasing trade, Mr Bna?,elle gave h|; third, and final performance in the Masterton Theatre Royal last evening, The weather was extremely unpropitious, but the audience was nevertheless large and appreciative, The programme presented t»as a most attractive one, the scenery being much admired, The 'principal items were " Enoch Aiden," " Nazareth," andthe " Villam Blacksmith," the illustration of which were simply magnificent. Mr Snazelle left this morning fot the South Island, At his entertainment last night, Mr Snaplje stated that the Masterton Tlieat'ro Koya} jyastbe most abominable and filthy jie "had ever From bp sjiort acquaintance wtf Ji 1 t|i6 pubho of Masterton ha was convinced thatthey could appreciate a high 'class entertainment; and he could :110b 1 uiideratind why they did not erect a : theatre which would be a credit to tho town, He was sure if Masterton was'possessed of a good theatre the'best companies travelling tho Colonies would perform In it.'

' The fourth, fifth and sixth parts of the' ■ last New Zealand Oensua has just reached 1 us; showing the ages,conjugal condition, and education of the people, • There is one individual in Now Zc.*.- J land at the present time 103 years of age, < another 101, and a third 99. Over 14,000 persons have passed the threescore years and ten. According to tho last census there are in the Masterton Borough fifty persons betwoen the age of sixty and sixtyfive, twenty-three between Bixty-five and seventy, twenty between seventy and sevoiity-five, thirteen between seventyfive and eighty, and four over eighty. - . The Chairman of the Pahiatua County Council (Or Bolton) and Or Vile have gone to Wellington to transact.businesß in connection with the raising of loans for new works. - A correspondent writes, calling attention to tho growing element of larrikinism in Masterton, and invoking the aid of the police in' protecting persons leaving the Theatre Eoyal from molests-, tion bv roughs. Six hundred and seventy-five child ren ttere attending tho Government schools In Maßtorton when tho census was taken last year. There were: also seventy-seven children attending private schools. ■' The following is the statement of the general account ol the Wairarapa North County Council ,aB by the Treasurer at the meeting held on Thursday last!—Assets—General rates in arrear,' £175; Engineer's expenses due from other local bodies, £244 9s fid.; rent from Masterton Roadßoard, £251 clerical charges due. from Whareama district, £2O; debtor balance, £7B 14s Gd j total; £543 3s lid. LiabilitiesDebtor balance at date, £43ti Is Id; requirements. for March, £lO7 2a 10d: total, J643 3s lid. The estimates of the Engineer for the maintenance ef the roads in the various Ridings in the Wairarapa North County for the ensuing year are as follows Masterton Riding,—Masterton-Waimata road, £313 ss; Te Ore Oro-Bideford road, £162,45;; WainaaWa-Cainp road, £33215; Opaki-Manawatu roadi' £2?9 Is, Waimiioru Riding. - MastertonWaimata road, £334 14s. Eketahuna Riding, -Ekotahuha-Tenui road, £lO7l OpakinManawatu road, £291 ,18s. Allredton Biding. road, £293 14s Bd. Akiteo Riding Masterton-Waimata road, £215 IBs; Whareama Road District Caatlepoiut Riding.—Masterton-Wai-mats road, £464 2s'; Tenui-Whaka-taki road, £lßl Bs'; Tenui-Manawa road, £348 5s 2d. Colonel Gorton, of. Rangitikei, who has just returned from a trip to England, delivered an interesting addrosa at Bulls the other night in which he said lie attended a sale of sheep in Suffolk. The auctioneer was very civil to bim, and provided him with a soat in the rostrum. One feature of tho sale was that sheep were all put up. in small lots, which rarely exceeded a hundred at a time. Twenty Down lambs which he (the .Colonel) valued at 6s. Gd. each brought iil 18s each. Another lot of ewe and wether lambs whioh he valued at Os were knocked down at 16s. fid. Twenty half-bred Lincoins, whioh ho'valued at ss. 6d., biought 275. Gd., nnd another lot brought 255. fid. which he valued at ss. Lambs, of which the outside price in New Zealand when he left would be I 7s. or now 12's,, would bring as much as £3 per head, : A special meeting of the Masterton 1 Park Trustees was held yesterday ■ (Friday) aftirnoon to consider a com- . municaiion received from tho Red Star , Fo.itball Club with regard to the leasing of the Park Oval, There were present Messrs E. Feist (Chairman),' J, 0. ' Boddington, F. G. Moore, and 0. E. 1 Bremner. The letter from tho Secretary ' of the Club was read, in which it was i stated that the Club could not pay the r £lO demanded by the Trust for the use j of the oval for a season. The Club was t not responsible for tho breaking of the . fences; and was;only prepared to pay the '• same amount Ha lt did last year, viz,, £5. 1 A pood.deal of disoussion took place, in i which Messrs Moore and' Bremner favoured the modifying of the demand j and Mr Boddington cipposnd it. Eventually Mr Moore gave notice to move "Th'at the resolution, passed at last meeting fixing the reiital for tho soason , at £lO be rescinded, "It was resolved to hold a special meeting of the Trust on , Monday, tho 23rd inst., to consider the notice of motion, r • r Mr L, Hanlon, the travelling fruit | expert of the Government, who is now in Masterton, delivered a lecture on " Fruit Pests" in St. Matthew's school- ' room last evening, The attendance, " owing to the inolemeucy of tho weather, was not large, but those who were ' present received a fund of information ; regarding the treatment of tho pests , whioh have proved so destructive to the orchards in this district, Referring to | these pests, he remarked that although New Zealand had its share of nuisances, 1 America and Australia had numerous I bad forms of blight unknown to this , Colony. Not many years ago New Zea- ' land was free from orchard pests and eyen nowthe number was so limited | that with prompt and uniform action they should be kept well under. Com--1 bined aotion was ncoesßary to be effective, 1 and he submitted that legislation would be found neoetsary to deal *itli fruit i pests just as with other hurtful i nuisances. Mr Hanlon then proceeded ,to deal with various forms of 1 blight, giving practical hints and receipts for the: purpose of eradi--1 eating the American apple blight or 1 aphis and the codlin moth. For the i former ho recommended washes of lini seed oil and kerosene and oaustic soda . and resin, For the codlin moth he sug- . gested the use of Paris green and bandages rouud the trees, forming traps for ' the capture ad destruction of grubs. He | advised planters of young orchards to bo I careful that their trees were freo from pest. It was disgraceful, he said, that i nurservmon should send out trees infected, with codlin- moth and other pests. He recommended the cutting 1 down of ' old trees affected with scale, and for root 1 fungus suggested a dressing of salt, The lecturer referred at length to the tnany diseases attacking paars, pluuis, apricots, vines and peaches, attributing the decay of the latter to a fund disease, To suc--1 cessfully cultivate grapeß he said it was necessary to grow them close to the ground, At the close of tho lecture a number of .questions were asked, and satisfactorily answered, In reply to Mr Hogg, M.H.lt,, the lecturer stated that it would be absolutely impossible to totally eradicate the 'codlin ". moth. Supposing the whole of the apple trees were out down and tho fruit destroyed for a'couple of seasons, the post would without doubt propagate id other trees, He was in favour of prohibiting the importation of fruit trees and seeds by' private individuals, The Goyornment should import themselves and test both trees and seeds in experimental nur« sery. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Hanlon for bis able address and to the Rev W, E. Paige for the use of the schoolroom', ■. During the present month we shall b 0 prepared to Bend"lull dress lengths, of any bf the lindermenti'oned new Winter' Dress FabripsFrej by Parcel Post l ! to" any (iddrgss, Th§ goods »re gU of the present Eeqson'simportstion.qnd are splendid v&lqp, Country residents should certainly request patterns of these forwarded from Te Aro House, Wellington, ' The following aro the special items iI'ull dress length of good quality Melton in any shade for. 10/-' I'ult dress length of superior quality Melton for 12/- Full dress length of Granite Tweed for 12/. Full dress length of Grey Homespun for 12/-. Any of these sont" Free by Farcel Post" from Te : Aio House, Wellington, : ' Full dress length Frenoh Foule Serge all colors for 14/6 and 16/6, Full dress length Navy Dress Serge, all wool and fast' dye from 13/6 to 22/(i, and full dress lengths Fanoy Honiespun for 8/- 9/-10/- each ! Fpee by ParcnlPost" from Te: Aro 'House, Wellington, •, ■'•Pattern's I 'of all the above are now ready sppUijiicm to. James Smith, Te lio flbusej Wellington, . . . Customers sending orders will please enclose cash in postal notes, post office order, or cheque payable to James 'Smith, To Aro House,Wellington,—Advi. • -

\ It ia proposed to issue a weekly football journal in Palraerston North. There are, it the cetißus does not lie 124 unmarried females in Masterton between tho agoa .pt fifteen and twenty-one. There are also fifty-nine widows (May Heaven preserve them—and us I) and thirlytwo widowers, The weather in Masterton for the past two or three days has beou very wintry. ; Last night the wind changed to the suuth and a heavy, cold south-easter'has , since keen raging, Hone Paipa, one of the forwards of the i Te Aute College football team, which , visited Masterton last year, has just died of fever iu the Napier Hospital, We understand.that summonses have been served on E, J. Searl and Jf. F. Godfrey for "wilful and corrupt perjury 'Mn . the gambling case recently heard in the Masterton E.M. Oouit, The. chartjea will he heard on Friday next, Mr R. Fairb'rother, J.P., of Carterton, died yesterday m&rning at B.RO. , He was one of tho oldest settlers in the' dis- • trict.'and highly respected . wheravie; known. Ho leaves a widow and nine children- six boys and thtee girls- and nearly forty grandchildren. Ho oamo out in the Ann Wilson from London in 1856. He stopped a short time in Greytown, and'finally settled in'Carterton, whero he has boen ever since. . He was Chairman of the Town Board'while it lasted, and was afterwards Mayor, being re-electod every year until the last olection, .when he declined, to stand, as he | contemplated visitin? the Old Country. A very successful social was held in | the Newman Town flail on Wednesday ' evening last, the object being to raise ■ funds to. wipe off a small existing debt. [ Over a hundred' persons were present. Dancing, interspersed with bolos and tnii'aical selections, was kept iip till about 1 three o'clock in the morning. Refreshi inentswors provided by theiadiesj and ■ tho piano was kindlj lent by Mr Morris. . The evening was vcty wet and rouqh, i which prevented a few from attending. | However, the committee ,ate to booon- , gratulated on having such a successful ) gathering; ■ i . . . . ' ; ■