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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4134, 9 June 1892, Page 2

The monthly meeting of the Waira. | rapa North County Counoil is being held this (Thursday) afternoon. ( Mr. Farqubar Gray has been elected ; President of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the ensuing , year, and Mr. 0. H.'Ghiyfer, ; fcecrelaty. ' Several cases ot horss-atealuig have occurred in Maßterton during the last : few days. One settler informs us that ' his horse,, saddle and bridle have been missing since Sunday,;-,,, ; ■■'■, ■.;,., Mrs Walter Hill, a prominent member of the Myra Keruble Company, who recently joined the : Dobson-Kemiedy Dramatio and Comedy Company, arrived in Masterton ls»t night. Mrs Hill, who is one ot the finest aotressea in the Colonies, will make her first appearance in Masterton on Saturday night, when she will take ale&dioe chataoter in the sensational drama" Colleen Bawn," ~ The objections beard by the Board of Review in Masterton to the assessments under the Land and Income Assessment Act were comparatively few. In several eases where the objectors appeared in person reductions were made.. The Bond finished its sitting this morning. ; The new Jury Bill promoted by Mr Beeves proposes, it is said, to make the . fee for civil cases 10s per day for jurymen i and in criminal esses the fee is to be 5s ' per day for those resident/within three miles of the courthouse; 7s fid a day for . those resident beyond three miles and ■ ,under ten miles, and 10s a day for all living beyond the latter distance. The . ordinary radius of a jury district is to be ten miles, but it may be contracted or enlarged by Proclamation in the Gazette. ' The • Pahiatua town distrlot will probably be merged into a borough about 3 September. It has been recommended that MrP.;T. Redman, late of Masterton, be the first Town

An interest-inn ceremony took place at ithe Fernridgo School on 'Tueaday afternoon, wiion Mr Adolph Feist, assistant teacher, received a handsome present on his leaving for Wellington, Mr F, Gover, the headmaster, iu introducing

the subject, referred to the fact that Mr Feist had been connected with the school for about fourteen years—first as a pupil and then as a teacher—that he had done good work and had gained the estee-n of the children and his fellow teaohers; and called upon Mr Duncan McGregor, Chairman of the Committee, to make the presentation, which was done in most suitable terms, and acknowledged with feeling.', An Auckland weekly paper is so far convinced that the ghost world exists that it asks the assistance of its readers in the collection of well-authenticated Btories, Thore was at one time an obBoure phenomenon floating around Masterton, but this has- more's the pity I

disappeared. However, wo believe one or two autbontio yarns might be forthcoming from the Forty-Mile Bush.

A remarkably fine specimen of mount" ing in the shape of a stag's head—th e largest shot in the Wairarapa this seaso 0 —ia on ?iew at Mr J. Jacobs' shop i n Queen Street, The finished manner i n which the antlered trophy is mounfe* speaks very highly for Mr Jacobs' skil' aB a taxidermist. ,

We regret to have to record the death of another old resident of the district in

the person of Mrs Oripps, wife of Mr Isaac Cripps, of Whareama, whioh occurred at .Wellington:yesterday. The deceased lady, who arrived in the Colony early in the forties, had been suffering for a considerable time, and her death was therefore nut unexpected, She was seventy years of age. The Balolutha (Ctago) Borough Council has resolved to take a plebiscite of the ratepayers on the subject of the introduction bf the electric light, under'a scheme suggested by Mr I, Bectg, of Dunedin,

The Dobson-Kennedy Dramatio and Comedy Company gives its fourth performance in tho Mtuterton Theatre Royal this (Thursday) evoning, when the thrilling Irish drama, "The Shaughraun," will be produced, The last time | thia piece was played by the Company in Masterton it was received with demonstrations of the greatest delight and it is

being repeated to-night at tho special request of nan; of those who had the ploasure of witnassing it before. We fully expect, therefore, to see it crowded audience this evening. 4 It need hardly bo mentioned that the character of

"Con" will be taken by Mr J,.J. Kennedy, '"""" The Masterton Agricultural am

Pastoral Association is indebted in a large degree for its present, flourishing condition to the untirmg.effortsof ltalata President, Mr A, W. Cave, This gentle* man has persistently urged the claims ot the Association upon the settlers of the district, and has succeeded in adding no less than fifty names to the roll of membership during the year, It" 1 is to be regretted that he should have declined to again fill the chair, for it would be difficult to find a »muro energetic and popular man than Mr' Cave, His successor, however, is a man of considerable experience and is thoroughly well" known and respected in the district. We are satisfied that he; will not leave a Btona unturned to make the Association one of the most prosperous in the Colony. Fahiatua Burely must be a funny place to live in when one, of its residents finds it necessary to publish the' following facetious announcement, which at the same time is net without ite grain. of wisdom.' The "straight tip" it gives should iii a township like Pabutua, which it is said is at' present redolent of ltbelsand slandercases.be with advantage taken to heart by many who read it:— " Wanted—A few of the husiness men within the township of Fahiatua to join the -Anti - Mind > Your»Own • Business tShciety, I'hayebeen a member myself for a numb)r nf years, arid jiavo found it answe'f' admjrabjy,;aijd';h'ave/'j)Boti somewhat successful 'under its auspices. There, are manywjtmn the township who glory pver tho downfall pf their neighbors, doing all in their power to keep them down, rejecting in the ' meantime their own business and . ultimately falling themselves. The above Society reeommenda a remedy for this complaint. For particulars apply to D. Crewe, Hon. President,"

' The following conversation was overheard in the street the ether day, but for obvious reasons w.e shall omit the name of one of the parties; the other was the well known draper, Mr L. J. Hooper, Jr'Bpot Cash:, i' Is it truo.Mr Hooper that' you Intend opening tho shop next..your drapery establishment,as ;a grocery; 'and • (provision warehouse? "Mr L,J. i "..Thatis.so, Mil Ca'sbjand jn abontaweekl shall:be able to,ajio¥to','y i QUtjje prices' fbral kinds' of general merchandise, FMr Spot Cash; '•' wood I' ; T gupbose" you :: will keep ohlj'ggod goods and 'sell ascheapasanyCne else? nothing but the best, and'eypry article at bed rook prices | Those are the foundation stones upon which we intend to erect:' bur business," Mr Spot Cash'."'Your h&ndmy boy,,, My account,with so-and-so's worth three pounds a week, and I pay cash. I am not satisfied lately,' I fancy Ipay more than I should do, So directly you open your business' look upon 'meas a'regular cus-tomer"-AD|i ; '' ".■••••.•• ; ' -■••■'

Orders for thefollowing wonderful Bargain Parcels' will regejve jrgm'pt attention andthegoodsbedjily foTOdedtojny ad-. dress,- carriage paid ( by ■ parcel post' on receipt of the an ount m cheques, postal notes, bank notes, or money orders, addressed to James Smith, Te Aro Bouse, Wellington. Paecbl No 1-Consistß ol dreaslength of superior Melton Cloth, in navy blue, marone, brop, crey, fawn, green or black, 2 yds bow'ppg, frds skitf lining, 2db'z buttons | ming, print or gingham B|ron t The .whole : lot carriage paid for one'. gQinci, • douse, Wellington,

■ Parcel No, 2-rContains Gyds ; twilled flantielelte,'fiyd| oblonial flannel in white, Shetland or'ifrkhey, 18yds stout Dacca calico,4 honeycomb towels,' syds stourtraite, sheeting, The lot cattiage paid for2o"S'. Ie ! 'Aro House, Wellingtoa.

The Maaterton-NRifle Volunteers parade for Government inspection this (Thursday) evening.. The annual meeti ing will be held-after; parade, and arrangement] will, (hen be made foe tlio Volunteer Ball.

The estate of the late Sir F. Whitaker only amounted to £2,170155.

There are twelve butchora doing busi* m in Palmerston North at the present

Mrs Ottoway, late of Masterton, has been granted a license for the Central Hotel in Woodville.

The total valuation of the town dim. I triot:of,Pahiatua is ■'...] , Mr Justice Richmond Hunks that the facility given at public houses for cashing cheques is a great evil. There are many in Masterton who will regret to, hear of, thti death of i "-Bob" Matthews,' the welWtnown pugilist, which is reported to ; have occurred in the ■: Wuipukurau' Hospital a few days since. Matthews left Masterton about two months ago, after which he engaged in at least one desperate glove contest, The immediate cause ot his

loath was, we believe, inflammation of the lungs. • ■•■ 1::- - i ' : •'■

, The Pahiatua County Licensing Committee has refused to grant any new licenses,';.! !:, ;

At a large meeting of farmers at Papintti it was agreed westablith a Central Dairy Factory for Korth Canterbury in the vicinity of Ohristohurofc' A committee was formed to arrange preliminaries and report. 'Lhe Kapler Telegraph asserts that every independent newspaper In the colony is under a partial boycott by the Cro m Lands Department 'in 'the matter of the even distribution of advertising.. The Cromwell Argu3 Bays that at Taaraa a farmer last week found fortv

ducks dead from eating rabbit poison.' :, The case in which Jacob Joseph and Coleman Phillips seek to recover the sum of £260 9s 7d from \Vi Hutanafor goods supplied, money lent, and services rendered, was resumed before the Chief' Justice.yesterday morning, The defendantfi!edacounterclaimof£4sl7s3d.

Surely Constable Roche, of Eketahrina, has mistaken his balling, He is a bam lawyer. No onecao deny the'faoi. The way in which he handled the knotty, points at the sitting of the Alfredton Licensing Bench yesterday was a treat to

hear. As to his knowledge of law he cannot be beaten by a lawyer.

A baker of Invercargill has been finoi £lO for working a horse with sore shoul

In the Victorian Legislative Assembly Sir Graham Berry proposed the impost j tion of an additional tax on stock imported into the colony 88 follows: Cattle, 80s ■ per head ; sheep, 2s per head; pigs 10s per head ; horses,-: 50s per head; beef and mutton, 7s per 1001b; pork, 10s per 1001b. The motion was carried by 70 to 17, and the House then adjourned for a month to permit of the preparation of the financial statement.

Mr AndrtiV Young's Royal Mail coach was.delayed over two hours at Hawera

yesterday owing to an accident to one of the wheels.. The coach did not arrive iu Kkefcahuna till about 3.35. The pas' » sengers and mails were in consequence put to the inconvenience ot putting the night in at Eketahuna. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Mastertun Volunteer Fire Brigade was held.on, Wednesday evening, wlien the following officers were elected for the ensuing year-Captain, B. HuuuBlow (re-elected);. Lieutenant, S. King-

den (re-elected); Foreman, W. H, Cole]

Secretary, 0., H. -Payne; Branchman, H.; Hounßlow (re-elected); Assistant Brauchman, F. W. Parker; Engine keeper, W.Langloy, (re-elected). Trie ball committee presented a very favourable report, and the Brigade's annual | ball promises to be a complete success, During the sitting, of the, Alfredton Licensing Bench yesterday it was in> formally stated thtfc a lot of. drunkenness occurred in the town on Sundays. Constable Roche, denied that this was so, mi expressed himself very fltrongly ,on the point, saying that it would ba a slur on the police if the statement were allowed to,go unchallenged, fie was on bis beat four or five times on a Sunday, and he saw no'signs of drunkenness, ' With regard to the trout recently Bent from the Masterton ponds to Wanganui, a paper published in the latter township says .they were despatched up the river in < a large canoe under the charge qi Mr Corby, and liberated just above Raorikla. The action of the local Society in not turning out the small fry,, but waiting until the troutlings are from

four to seven inches in length, is highly commended, and in the near future is

sure to result in the rearm? of atronj healthy fiah.. Mr Bbllbdoo (Baya'tho Oathdlio Tioies

on being asked at Invercan/ill whether he thought it to give a tramp the sarpe electoral powers as a man who worked hard, made a. home for. himself and family, and made provision for a rainy day; could find no other reply than tho following bumptious and ignorant irreveranca i—"'twould like to say thattherewasaman eighteen hundred years ago who had no place to lay His head," It was left for a New Zealand politician to make such a woeful exhibition either of blasphemous ignorance, or of contemptible shuffling of a plain and sensible question. ; An inspection of the small grazing runs in the Hawke's Bay district by a Crown Lands Banger discloses the fact that on the whole lot £1,900 worth of improvements were required, whilst £IB,OOO worth had been effected. Thii ia very satisfactory, The Rev, J.; Chew, preaching at Auckland or '' How larrikins 'are made and mended," said the larrikin could be traced far back in history, for Job complained of him, saying: ',' But now they younger than 1 havo me in derision, whose fathers I would havo

disdained to have set with the dogs of my flook, ", Yea, whereto might the strength of their hand profit me, m whom old age was perished j Among the,bushes they brayed'; tinder ..the nettles .thty were (fatheredtogether, They were'children of'fools,' yea, children of base men, they trere'viler'than theoar'th.!''. '"" '

The North | Wajrara'pa Sopiety'haa rocpiv.ed the sum of £i& |6s 8d this year. from'the i Oniiad District Charitable Aid Board. There arempre of the V gjrafßinjj' fraternity in, the Masterton dJß(rici than {hero has ever been befuro One atation-hulder - informs, . us, that,, he accommodates on bd average ten men'of this data overy night; • The Napier News saysi-Mt Obriste'nBoii, who is the manager of the Mauricev jlle Dairy Factory r ; is at.present, can-, vassinj; the OrmoridvilUj Norßewood. and Makotuku districj; wjth. a view of ascertaining if the settlers would be prepared to guarantee the milk from 300 cows, lu the ovontof his being successful he contemplates erecting a factory in some central position and paying the co?t of erection' and 1 management expanses, rhreepenpe' per gallon!;ia oliered'ior the milk. r g ''