SECOND EDITION

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4126, 31 May 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION

Mr Downes, postmaster at Fort Chalmers, died this morning from diphi thuriai

We regret to record the death of Mc Amos Moore, which occurred at Master-';, ton at eleven o'clock this (Tuesday morninp. Mr Moore, better known*, "Look Amos" wsb for many years ■ driving waggons between Masterton and Wellington, and has always been looked upon as one of the most reliable drivers in the district, Tho deceased had been ailing for some time, dropsy being the immediate cause of death, !'■'•■ i' The half million acres montioned as haWnt? bsen secured by General Booth in which >to. "plant" the.' ".SubmeHjad Tenth," has booh acquired from the. natives. . . ~ .

'; Mr.Thos HounsloV advertises for sale a single-barrelled hamraerlesj breach loadiug gun, a muzzle loading gun, and also 'five good dog'a.' • Further particulars will be found in our advertising columns,

Wo draw special 'attention to Messrs Cuningham, Biidlumand Oo'a announce mantof tho clearing B'llu by nuotim on Tuesday and AVedheaday, 7thv,6ad;Bth Juno, at.Mirain»r, Kilhirnie,/ucar Wellington, of Mr H. D. Crawford's noted .dairy stock, consisting-.^: three hundred cows and .heilers, also of his '• horses, implements, etc, We shall have a word or two tu say Regarding the sterling merits of Mr Urawford's sherd in,a subsequent issue, .-■'„, , 3 ,•■.<■,■: _i The following dates have been on for the shows-of'various country ' 'Agricultural and Pkorsl Associations:Hawke's Bay (Bastings),'l6th;'andM7th .October;, Tiniaru, last :TUosdayi "and ' Wednesday, in. October;. Eginont, 3rd November;.Wairarapa aud 3rd anc| 4th Noyamberj Manawatu and : West Coast, Bth'and 9th November. Mr B. H. Wadaington, the local agont of the-North 'British Fire'lnsurance Company, has,-with his'usual'prompt* ness, paid over the amount of the insurance on the house and fumituro of Mr Toucher,'of Masterton;'.recently ' destroyed by fire, £l2O. • A public trial of the wonderfuWolding Bawing machines, rocently imported by Messrs IV F. • Temple & Co, from America, Brill be given at Meaara Lowes & loma' Masterton sale yards to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. f Farmers and others should not miss the opportunity of witnessing this labor saving apparatus at work.

By an inadvertence, Mr : F, H. Wood's announcement of the sale of the brood mares Ada Yorke, Donkey, oto,eto, was placed in Messrs Lowes and lornß column. We therefore point out to our readers that the sale. takes place at Taratahi on Thursday next,' Juno 2nd. The Secretaries of the QreyMl Private Band Ball are procuring a ;mftt« ber of fancy onatumes which will be let on hire, Any gentlemen requiring them are requested to forward their names early to Mr F. W. Wood or Mr Mi K; Yarnham. Tickets for the ball are going off very freely and the attendance will probably he large, > A hotball team picked from the Mastertoh School will play the Grey town School on Saturday next at Greytown, The Mastertoh team will be composed as follows ;-W, Peroy, Roberts, Masonj Williams, Donald, Burns, W. Jago, Sutton, Waite, It: Smith, G. Williams, W. Williams, Mackay,, P. Moore, and Cameron ; emergencies, Holmwood, J. Smith, Wickeiu, MoLeiinan and Oullen, . Professor Lichtwark will, by speoial request, give another exhibition of his wonderful skill in the education of the horse at the Masterton Blaoksmith and Wheelwright Company's smithy on Wednesday evening next.: