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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4148, 25 June 1892, Page 2

t The Wellington Licensing Benoh wil in'future grant no licenses to single women.

Amongst the Items of unauthorised expenditure' contained in a return laid on the table'of the House of Representatives on Thursday was compensation for lass of office to J. Bezar, drill insti actor, Maatorton,-.4'549 6s

Half a dozen pheasants have been sent from'the Masterton. aviary to Kapiti Island, where the present lesseo (Mr Ross) has undertaken to preserve them on behalf .of the Acclimatisation Society/ A movement is on foot to have the island declared a preserve for birds, as many of, our fine indigenous birds are fast being exterminated on the mainland. MrO. G. Beckett, wko is i'well-known in the Wnirarapa, has 'successfully established a bi-weekly piper at lnglewood, which he has christened,-'! The Inglewood Record and Waitara News," May he long live to, record good news 1 The Napier Borough Oouncil has decided to borrow another £35,000 in the Colony. This will increase the indebted' nees of the borough to £105,000, A grand sacred and secular concert is to beqiven by the Masterton Wesleyan Choir, assisted by friends, in the Tern porance Hall on Thursday next, June 30th. A first-lass programme is being arranged'. • •■' ■

There are said to be seventy adherents to the Mormon faith in the Carterton district, The work of evangelisation in the Wairarapi is being carried on by Messrs D. : 0. Dunford and Wesloy Gibson, A number of the Te Ore Ore Natives have fallen-in with the views' oxpressed by the elders. A road contractor at Pahiatua was sued by about a dozen tradespeople the. other day for various amounts, He would not pay, although judgment was given against hjm in each case. He has since tiled.

A valuablo addition to the collection of books at the Masterton Library will be made in a few days, the custodian having received advice that a large order for all the lateßt works has been fulfilled by & Wellington firm, TheHswke's Bay Stseplechasej run at Hastings yesterday, was won by Whalebone by half a mile. Robert Rhoderiok Dunn, contractor, ofPahiatuaj was yea'ierday' declared a bankrupt. The Government propose proclaiming August 4th, Arbor Day in the Colony. A ball in connection with the WairarapaHuntOlub is to bo hold at Greytown on the 22nd of noxt month, Constable G. Darby is gazetted Clerk of the Licensing Committees for. Car-

tertori town and district, and Constable J. Eccleton to a like position for the district and Borough of Greytown,

The Southland Acclimatisation Society are trapping twentv black Tastnanian opposßuuißtoseud to Wellington. These animals are shy inhabitants of the backwoods, feeding on leaves and herbs, perfectly harmless, and very valuable for their : skins!' Th'ey have proved a great success in Otago and Southland, and there seems no reason'why they should not tnrive in the large forest reserves on the Tararua Ranges, TheLoHdon Gray/no of the 9th April contains a sketch by Mr £. W. Peyton, of Auckland, N.Z., having' fruits subject the sceno m Auckland ilar j bour, when Lord Onslow took bis departure in the s.s. Mararoa, and yachts and small eteamerß escorted that vessel totheHeadß, , A visitor to Maßterton who recently spent a night in the local police cells is greatly annoyed that the mattresses promised by Mr Hogg, M.H.R., have not yet been provided. He assures us that he travelled a considerable distance without measuring the length of a " pewter," with the hope that when he arrived in Masterton he could have an out-and-out" drunk "and be accommodated with a warm mattress, shaving apparatus and a substantial breakfast for the price of a mere" oaution," But he waß disappointed. Be certainly did ret drunk and nas "run m," but as to the accommodation, well, he says it was not fit for an aboriginal or an alien, let alone a staunoh Liberal supporter, Awaking from his silent slumbers about three in the morning he found himself stretched out upon the cold floor, his limbs frozen, his body rigid) and his heart siok, He lingered in painful suspense till daybreak, when he was requested to make his bed—l.e., roll together a muoh-worn brown blanket which he discovered in the comer of his • apartment—sorub out the cell, and cut half a cord of firewood before he would be given & mouthi'ul of fond, He cheerfully complied, but sternly intimated that this was hardly what he expected. He received his breakfastsuch as it was-and. after the lapse of about an hour appeared before the "beak," charged with having been drunk in a public place. He pleaded guilty, and threw himself upon the meroy of the Court, The Bench was not, however, a Liberal one, and he was fined in the sum of five shillings. He paid the line and .left the Oourt disgusted, Not only has ho Bince signed the pledge, but he has withdrawn his support, from the Government whuh made promises which it did not fulfil.

Howl: it! Ask anyone In tbo crowd. Ask your neit door neighbour, Ask the man who collect*; tickets on the railway, Ask the people who dwell'in Eketabuna, Mauriccvllle, Toaui, Carterton, Greytown, or anywhero else. Communicate with the people living in any part of the country. Ask them all why they shop atL. J. HOOPER& COMPANY'S, and thoy will tell you "because it suits them,' And why docs it suit them ? Because they |;et mere and better in'esobange. for .their money at the Bon Jlarche than anywhore else, and because the conveniences of the place are such as no other establishment can afford, Thuso are the bare outlines of tho reasoning that brings the people in shoals to this wonderful place of'bußintsß, Tuit the various departments in which the lordlyjireafureman finds all lie wibts; and wbmari-rlovely wojjjanloves to linger and look at the fashion section, Hero are the Boulevards of Paris and the shops of Regent'Wd Oxford streets, liondon, rolled into one.' Here under your eye art! the fashions arranged, classified,' and ready for ltnmediato .use ahd'scar; Turn'info the grocery and proytsion Bijotjooß, These are of interestto'everyrpanfac](,in'tho community, 'fo'desorjbo the advantages of buyingfrom Hooper" would fill abgoK IVhether you want blankets orljonnets, tea or sugar, whether yojj'ro a clill|y' mortal or a hot member, a protectloniat; a ffeetfadpr, a socialist, a olithuinpian, a positivist, a nonp such, or a rabbit catcher, you will find no better outlet for the money you have to spend than at Hooper and Company's Bon Marobe,Mastor t)D,-Advt, . /

A "drunk" received the usual treat? mentin the Moatertou R.M. Oourt this morning. '.

Notice is given ioall persona who may think themselves entitled ta land or remission certificates, under the Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1892, that all claims must be Bent in to Mr JohnJS. Baker, Commissioner of Crown Lands, not later than Thursday, the 30th inet, The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, who is supposed to. be " in the know," saysi-It" iB fully expected that the Government will withdraw the proposed hotel license from the King Country.' Quite outside the teetotal party many Ministerial support' era disapprove of the license, though recognising that more harm is done to the Natives by the illicit trairc> now oarried\on; • ■ ''"i j j

The.Department of Fisheries of New South.Wales,have ordered a further | supply of 20,000 trout ova from the Masterton hatchery of the Acclimatization Society, and as large additional orders for the West Coast have been received the Curator is busy working the likely places in the rivers ts get ova, Unfortunately, there has been so much rain lately that operations have been greatly retarded by floods, and it will cost more than usual to obtain the neoessary supply. Several railway carriages on the Wairarapa line have been provided with J. Defries and Sons' patent lamps, and there, is as a result considerable improvement in the degree vf illuminating power which diffuses light in the cars, ft is now possible to read when travelline; at night—a groat convenience and conitort on a long journey. The new lau>p3 still only bum colza oil, but being on the latest and be3t principle they secure greater intensity and increased clearness of dime.

With reference to the potitiou recently forwarded from Masterton in - favour of Woman Suffrage the Wellington correspondent of the Lyttleton Times Bays;—A petition from 540 women, of Masterton who want votes has arrived here for presentation to the House. The prospect of the Woman Suffrage Bill passing this session is considered good,