TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4132, 7 June 1892, Page 2

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1892.

Mr F. Q. Ibbeteon has been appointed Registrar oi Electors under the Registration of Electors Act, 1879, for the Electoral District of Masterton. The sitting of the Native Land Court at Masterton commences to-morrow (Wednesday). The next English and European mail via Bio oloses at the Masterton Post Office to«morrow morning. There has not been a bankruptcy in tho Wairarapa for the past six weeks. I Colonel Roberts, E.M., left Masterton iforP&hi&tu&tvday. A heavy frost wai experienced in I Masterton this morning. In some places the ice on standing water was half an inch in thickness. The ther mometer at eiirtit o'olock registered 38, Fah. TheManawatu Standard asserts that both Mr Izard and Sir Walter Buller will oppojo Mr Wilson for (Mi at tho next election, Walter Tricker, alias George Henry, alias Marshall, who is well known in Mastert'in, has been arrested at Johnsouville on a charge of stealing a saddle of the value of £1 10a, The accused was brought before the R,M.ao Wellington yesterday, and pleading not guilty was remanded till Wednesday. Mr 0. A'. Pownall, Mayorj has certified that he holds £SO stakes on account of the International Tug-of-war, Mr J. H. Brann, of Carterton, has been eleoieda vice-president of the New Zealand Educational Institute,

A young man named William Thompson, who had been sufferm? for some months, died at -Greytown'on Sunday morning, 'He was seventeen years of age, and the eldest sun of Mr W. R. Thompson. , l'rior to his death he was a prjnter at flie oflice of the Wairarapa Standard, anS yas a ijteady and industrious young fellow.' He jyas" also "an officer in tho Juvenile Lodge the Loyal fijde of the Valjey Oddfellows.

In connection iyl|;h tfre PobsonjKen? nedy Company's production of '' Haps the Boatman," at the Theatre RoyaJ this evening, tho Rev Mr Watkins, of Wanganui, after witnessing the play, took for his text," Hans the Boatman ofUalilee." Comparing, the five charactors, lie preached a powerful sermon, eulogising the performance for its charming simplicity and tho moral lesson taught by auoh. dramas. Miss Ruby Kennedy plays ut Little Bans the Boatmm." and " Lion," their beautiful St Bernartf'dog, jlbo appears as the- proteotor ofthobljnd - Sa'pJ "pi fftt) last act. ■ •'

The following conversation was overheard in the street the ether dav, but for obvious, reasons we shall omit iiio name of ono of the parties; the other was the well known draper, If' U Hooper. Mr Spot Cash! .'lsjttriio Mr"8,0,0T l '¥ J ou intend .opening tbei-lvjp ne?t .drapery Wiß'hfflent js.a gropory jd jirjjyi.slOn! warehouse ■? Mrfr.J.: ■" Trn ie so, Mr Cash, and Ip about a w#f shall be able to quote to you fas lowest props for al kinds of general merchandise." &r Spot Cashs"Good 1 I suppose you will keep only good goods and sell as cheap as anyone l else? "Mrl/. J.;'' Yob bet) The M?nd nothing but the best, and every article at bed rock prices I Those are the foundation stones upon which we intend to erect our business." Mr Spot C«sh: 11 Your hand my boy, My account with so-and-so's worth tmee pounds a week, and I pay cash, I am not satisfied lately, I fancy Ipay more than I should dp, So directly you open your business look upon me as a regular cus> tomer"—Abvi

Thomas Joseph James will 'apply for an immediate discharge i from; bankruptcy at the next sitting ot the Bank" ruptoy Court in Masterton. a,;. -'

_ It it notified that pigs found trespassing on Seotion 9, Block 10, Mangaone, will be destroyed, Saturday, the 18th day of June, has been appointed the date, and the it. 11. Court, Masterton, the place, for hearing applications for relief or objections (if any) against the roll of County Electors.

The house ocoupied in Msaterton by Sergeant M'Ardle is bring thoroughly renovated. For a long time the police quarters have been almbst unfit to live in, and the repairs are being effected inone too Boon. ....

The annual sitting of the Featherston Licensing Bench was held at the Featherston Oourthouße yesterday. The Commissioners present trere Messrs Reynolds, Beel, and Yiles. As

there was no business to transact the meeting adjourned, a recommendation bete? made that Constable Smith he nppointed Clerk to the Bench,

An inquest was opened on Saturday at Geraldme in regard to the death of a boy, caused by some sort of poison. The

unly unusual substances be was known to have been eating were ico and btiar berries. Two older boys are laid up with similar Bymptoms, one of whom ato no ice, and neither of them any berries. The inquest was adjourned, for the purpose of an analysis. Tho boy, died in less than 24 hours from tho time when his illness was 6rst noticed, A young man named Pike, a son of Mr Isaac Pike, of Te Whiti, near Gladstone, was riding past the Maori pah at the Black Bridge, near Qreytown, on Saturday, when a dog rushed ont and got between his hone's legs. The horse

fell with him, and another which was be'

hind tripped amfalso fell, Young Pike had hit face cut about in such a manner

that he was hardly recognisable, and the skin was almost completely to off his hands. His injuries were attended to

by Dr Bey, of Greytown, The Featherston Town Licensini Committee held its annual meetini

yesterday, there being present Messrs Cundy .(Chairman), Reynolds and Hoddor. New licenses were granted to Mr F. Bilton (for the. Victoria Hotel) and MrWm.Buckoridge(for the Royal Hotel). A renewal of license was also granted to Mr James Smith (for the Empire Hotel). It was decided to recommend the appointment of Constable Smith as Clerk, and the meeting adjourned.

The funerals of the late Mrs J. G. Cox and Mrs C. Matthews took place at the Featherston Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, and despite the fact that a

fierce northwesterly gale was blowing, accompanied by heavy rain, a largo number of mourners attended to pty their last respects to the departed. The Rev Mr M'Lean was thoolliciating olergyman,'