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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4129, 3 June 1892, Page 2

A tug-of-war between the employees of Messrs Booth and Oo„ of Carterton, takes place on Saturday afternoon Mr W..Burt is having a sawmill built alongside hisflaxmillin Featherston for the purpose of cutting timber from the Uimutaka hills, At a clearing sale at Danevirke last week dairy com realised from £4 10s to £Bl6s; heifers, £3lss to M 15s; calves, 20a each; haoks, from 15. Every line offered was keenly competed for and satisfactory prices obtaiued. We again remind our readors of the entertainment to beheld in St Matthow's schoolroom this (Friday) evening, : A'man named ; Hyde cut his foot severely whilst ohoppinga post at Mangoone, Forty-Jlileßuah, tho other day. " Snow-dropping' 1 is reported to be rife in Pahiatua at the present time. A' boy na'med : Remnant got possession of a dynamite cartridge at Miatua the other day and threw it to tho ground with such force that it exploded, Ho is now in bed.

"Our Sweet-amelling Town" is the way the Napier Telegraph heads a sanU tation report.

Close upon thirty thousand carcasßes have been operated upon at the Woodville freezing works this Beason,

The offer of Mr H. Chester for the establishing of a dairy factory at Manga • tainoka has been accepted by the settlers of that part, A good story is told concerning Wi Waka, the .'Mastorton' Native whose death wo rocorded yesterday. The Land Court was sitting in a Wairarapa town - ship many years ago, and Wi was entrusted with a large sum'of money for distribution among his tribe. Arranging his men in a ring around him he proceeded to divide the spoil. To the first he gave a pound and placed one in his own pocket, to the Becond theßame, and so on, until the whole sum waapaid away. The tribe was quite 'satisfied' that' the distribution was fair, and Wi retired with about twelve times as niuoh as the rest.

; The inquiry into conduot in Maatorton which affects police discipline, now being conducted at the R.M! Court before Inspector Thomson, is purely a departmental matter, aud the proceedings are not open to the press nor to the public, Mr Thomson, it is expeoted, will com< plete his investigation in timo to return to Wellington by Saturday morning's train, and wolpresutne his report .will in due courao be made to the head of the: iDeparttnent controlling i-police affairs.

' Mr. ; T.., ; H, .Thompspn'si.welUmownhunter Karatea, whichmet with an unfortunate accident at the hunt on Wedriosday,: died yeaterday'afternoon.: :It is thought the horse sustained aninjury to his. suiue.. Karatea was one of the best hurdle, jumpers;-in : the district, having for several years cauied off first honors at the, .various.agricultural shows, and his.o.wner will be a heavy loser by his death'.. ,':',,!...:....,'...■ ~,."' ~•

Tho Waipaw'a Mai! j whioh notices that Mr W, C. Smith, M.HiKi, is acquiring much land, wants him to tell his constituents: whether, ihis: Views' on.'. large estates have undergone a change,; .<

:In our ..report, of, the Oi«b "meet"- W'inadvertently''"omitted to mention the name of Mr Bichard Hatoh, .of Mii3tertbriV ; ' ; 'We : hasten-to apol6gi6'e. Withdut ! th'e'Kßßißtehrobf'jMr r Ha|»h'tha hunt could aot : fiaye.taken plaie} For two long miles he ran with the, aniseed drag, vaulting thegiinie hedgeßaudfour railed fences in a most approved style,: and pausing only tb: look' behind'' when' he heaid the yells of the delighted crowd who .watched, his progress,,from Landsdowne 'hills, fearirigHhat he'was' being followed by the bloodthirsty I hounds. Mr|Hatch'-did|his.work;well, and on hjs reVurrV'panting-'and' breathless, ho was regaled' with a stiff nobbier of Dawson's Perfection, J

The Masterton R. M. otowdedwith Natives to-day when': a base of illegaf ejectment from proporty at the East Coast was heard.

" Party by the name of Johnston -" the part taken by Mr Kennedy in the Lancashire Lass, has beeu played by him over 600 times,

at the inquost on the body of William Henry Alexander, who was killed at Pahiatua on Tuesday by the kick from a horse ridden by the Rev J, Farrow, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. Dr Gault deposed that one of .the ribs of the deceased was broken, but there were no other marks of violence, He attributed death to the shock sustained.

Reports from the Murohison diggings bliow that there is a terrible amount of sickness on the field. Men are dying on theroadß, The critical coudition of Mrs J, G, Oox, an old settler of Foatherston, is causing much auxiety to her friends iii the;districfc, [Mrs Cox, wo repret to hear,'died at saim'to day,]

j Mr/A, W,Hogg,M,HR., has reoeived information that the Masterton Aerionl* tural and Pastoral Association is to be incorporated at once. ~.,.,;. r . ' Messrs' 0. aiid T.'Burt, blacksmiths and -farriers, have taken over the business "conducted for some years past by; Mr.C.Oundy,,ofE!eatherstou. i

The doctors'of Masterton now have their hands full: : Influenza, diphtheria andiwhooping oongh are very prevalent.,

' A movement is on foot to form a Pro-: hibitioh League in Palmerston North, : A farmer of Horokiwi has been fined 10s and costs for selling nineteen native pigeons without a license, , The- London Standard advises its readers not to aid General Booth's scheme,' whiob it characterises as a worthless piece of sensational bookmaking, . Several informations under the WheelTire' By-law are about to be laid by the instructions of. the Wairarapa North County Counoil. A " drunk" who has been out on bail for some days appeared in the Mastettou R,M, Court this morning';and was treated in the usual manner,

It is expected' that 25,000 acres oi bush will be knookeddownin the Poverty. Bay district, during the. ensuing winter.

As showing what rape will provide in the shape of food foe sheep, Mr. Kusaba, ofOhaupo, sayavthe. Waikato-'Titnos, sowed a paddock of rape the day beforo /Christmas, using' 1£ owfc 'of manure to the acre. Since then the crop has been eaten down to the ground twice, and the third crop is now ready, Three crops in five months—not bad for Ohaupo.

Twenty well-built men are required by Messrs Dobson-Kennedy for the production of the, "Lancashire Lass,." Appli. 'oatiotiiiiay bemadoafter 10 o'clock"on Monday morning next.

Messrs Lowes and lurns sell at their auction roomi to morrow,a freehold house and land .situate in Bontloy street; Masterton, ,'.■, .

A somewhat unusual case came-before the R.M. Court at Dunedin on Wedn'es» day, wheH a Arm of tailors wore sued for tl 10s, damage done to a pair of trowsers by a lad in their employ. The lad, infringing out, tlio .wire ißhutcers from a right-of-way, had ripped the trowsers; ,• MrOarow,- 8.M., .thought it wbb dangerous to .employ a boy to do such work, as the shutters .were too heavy for him. He heid that the firm wore liable, and gave judgment for 10s and costs.

The following football team will play for the Moonshiners against the Eketa* huna Football Club on Saturday next on the late's ground:—Full BacJr, Happy Jaok ; throe quarters, Jack Matley, irthur Foden, and. Davoy j Halves, E, Goddard, Black Jack; 'Forwards, M. Brut (captain),' Hodges, Marsh, Buddie, J. Stogger, Cameron, Fowler, Goodou, and Graham? Emergency!' Power. Play to begin at 2.30 sharp. ■■...;. .. .' •.., There died yesterday at her residence In Featherstbn,' ters : Matthews, second wile of Mr 0. Matthews, one of the early settlers,' Thedeoeased lady,'who was in her eightieth year, passed away peacefully at 11 a.m.,after ti short illness of three weekß Mrs resided in -Nelson, where' she was well' known before coming to the Wairarapa. • The deceased, who was tho relict of Mr Williams, of Nelson, was married to Mr Matthews twonty-two years ago, A civil action heard in .the' Masterton R.M. Court yesterday terminated in a most peculiar manner. Alexander Burnett was sued by- Richard' Kibblewhite for £SO damages for a breach of agrees ment,' The sum of 10s was paid into Court as full satisfaction of the olalra. Mr Pownall appeared for the plaintiff and Mrbunnyfortho defendant. The case had only just commenced when -Mr Pownall produceda couple of agreements affecting the cause.ol action, Mr Bunny perused them and discovered that they had been insufficiently stamped. Colonel Roberts, B.M, stated that the penalty for a breach'ofthe Stamp Act wis' £5, whereupon.counsel for the plaintiff carefully took possession of the doouments and askod for an adjournment to enable him to consider the position, This was Kranted and on the Court resuming Mr Pijwhall Btated that .the defendant : had , giyen a, written admission .regarding the agreements, which latter he would with. ( hold, Colonel Roberta replied that aa 1 the admission was framed 'from the ' agreements, which to the knowledge of the Court were informal, it could ; not be i admitted. Mr Pownall then stated that • ho preferred accepting judgment for the amount paid into Court to renderins his t olient liable to a prosecution under the Bta'mp Act, Judgment was accordingly ! entered for the plaintiff for the amount paid into Court, with costs. Mr Bunny asked'for costs for the defendant, Mr Pownall submitted that the costs could not be allowed the defendant, but should be given the plaiutiff. 'Thenotioe served on him regarding;the payment into Court was informal, inasmuch as the' amount paid in was not stated. Mr, Bunny painted out that this was a oler/ ical error, but as his friend, would not" accept'the notice he would withdraw the amount paid into Court and ask that judgment be entered for the defendant, Mr Pownall. maintained that judgment having been given it could not be iaversed. Colonel Roberts reserved his deoision.till next'day; : The Dobson-Kennedy Dramatio arid Comedy Company arrived in Masterton last night. We have been requested by the agent to publish the following extract from the Evening Press- regarding a case recently heard in the Wellington, B,M. Court :--A civil case came before Mr H. W. Robinson, 8.M., at the 1 E.M. Court this afternoon, in which Mr E; T. Gillon, acting under a power of attorney for Mr Gilbert, sued the Kennedy Theatrical Company, claiming it 'h as oopywright fees for a certain play the company bad staged. After hearing Mr Gillon's evidence, Mr Jellicoe, for the defendants/ claimed that the plaintiff mtisfc be nonsuited, as tho Act provided that the agent could only sue for money due to the'principal in the name ofjthu principal, whereas Mr Gillon sued in his own name. The question of registration was-also'raised by-,'Mr Jolliooe "as a' further cause tor nonsuit,- His Worship upheld Mr Jellicoe's contention, non-. suiting the plaintiff, with £1 4s costs, .Mr Levi appeared for the plaintiff., , -••' The following conversation was ! overheard in the street the ether day, but for obvious reasons we shall omit the namevbf one of the parties; the other was tho well known draper, Mr L, J. Hooper. Mr Spot Cash: ■ la it true tbstjjojf, intend opening the'ehop' next your drapery eg* tablishment as a grocory and provision .warehouse? Mr.W.s" That is.so, Mr Caßh, and ih'about a week Ir shall ,able tq quote to 1 you foe' lowest •prices ■ for- al' kinds of general : merchandise." :Jtr Spot Cash; ",.Good : b.:rsupp6seiyou' willkeep only good goods and sell as cheap as anyone else? "MrL.J.:"You.betl'lhebestaud nothing.but the;best, and every, article. at bedrooipricej i ..Tho.-e are the foundation stones upon which wo intend to erect oar business," Mr Spot Cash i ; " Your hand my boy, My account,with so'»ahd»so'Bwotth' three pounds'a'.week, add I pay cash. 1 1 am not flfitisfled lately; I fancy Ijjay more thun I should 'ial So direfitly'yoii'open''your buajncßs look upon me.as a regular cus