Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] FRIDAY, JULY 1,1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4153, 1 July 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

FRIDAY, JULY 1,1892.

Being the extended title of the Waibarapa Daily, with which it is J IDENTICAL

In the esse in which H, Burling junrs was sued by U. Goddard ior the sum of £22 Is for work and labour done, Colonel Roberts, 8.M., yesterday afternoon gave judgment for the plaintiff for £2 Is and costs, A setoff had been put mby the defendant,

On Wednesday, attor the "extra" announcing the death of Sir Harry Atkinson wsb in circulation in Musterton, a woman was heard to enquire, '' Who is this Sir Harry Atkinson whose death causes so much talk, and what has ho done?" But our indignation vanishes and we feel soothed when we learn that it fell to the lut of an ardent advocate of Womens' Franohise to enlighten her.

Wo remind hunting men and others of our readers who are interested that I nomiviaUoTiß for t\io AVaitarapa Hunt Club's Steeplechase Meeting close to- | morrow (Saturday) at 8 p.m., at the Empire Hotel, Featheraton, that I weights will bo declared on Monday, 18th July, and that acceptances close on I Wednesday, the 20th July, at 8 p.m. The proerammo of races is a good ono, and full particulars of its constituent eventb maybe seen olsewboro in this issue.

On Wednesday Mr L, 3?. Ayson, ouiator at the Masterton Fish Hatchery, made a most successful " stripping" raid and secured no less than 125,000 eggs, mostly from brown trout. This is the largest day's takings Mr Ayson has had, the next bofore being only 43,000. Some of the ova was from iish in the ponds, but much came from outside streams-from " wild fish," to uso the oxpert's term. In the course of his operations in the Waipoua river Mr Ayson caught a trout weighing twelve pounds, and he • says that the great number and large size of the fish which have como up stream from the Ruaraahunga river and Lake Wairarapa is surprising, He has not seen so many before. The quarterly meeting of the Ekctahuna Wesleyan Home Mission station was held in the Church on Monday evening at 7.80. The Rev, J.J.Lewis occupied the chair. There were present Messrs T. J, Smith (Home Missionary), T. Bayliss, W. Bayliss, I J. Carter, E, Morriss and P. Johnston. Owing to the exceedingly wet weather on Tuesdays during tho paßt quarter the balance sheet showed a deficit of £6 Is lis, and in order to assist in meeting the expenditure the Chairman promised to communicate with the Home Mission Committee and explain the facts of the case and ask them to increase the grant which in the opinion of all is at prosent far too small. The question of securing a section of land for a parsonage Bite was considered, and it was finally decided to purchase a section of land for that purpose, Tho work of the lost quarter was reviewed and notwithstanding the many obstacles in the way, the future promises good. After singing and prayer a most harmonious meeting was brought to a dose.

A case of some Interest to local bodies and to occupiers of Crown Lands was heard in tho R.M. Court yesterday before Colonel Roberts, B.M. It appears that in 1881 the Maetorton Road Board pasned a special order, striking a special rate under the Heads and Bridges Can, etruction Act, te repay a loan raised for road construction in Block V, Kopua. ranga, Included in the rating district was a large area of Crown Lands, The special ratewaß paid by tho Government up to the year 1890, when the land was sold, aud is now occupied by twenty.two settlers, These settlers allege that when purchasing the property they received no notice that it was subject to a special rate, and in many instances hayo refused to pay the demands, As a result the Olerk instituted proceedings against William Henry Donovan for tho recovery of 12s sd, the amount due on section 0, Block V. Mr Beard appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Bunny for defentfapf. A lengthy _ argument took place between counsel, in which it was urged for tho defeuco that tho special area had not been defined, that if fiad not been proved that a special rata had been struok, and that no evidence had been adduced to show that the defendant's property was in the speoial rating area, For the nl'ajntjfs, Mr Beard maintained that it was 'hot necessary to define fbe area under the Act by whioh the Joan was raised, and that it was sufficient that the name of the defendant appeared on tue rate roll, Colonel Koberte, R.M., reserved his dciJißion un the law points raited till this morning. On reaming, the Court intimated that it had considered the objections raised for the defence, but would disallow them, The further hearing of the case was adjourned till this afternoon.

Communication wifchthe South Wand was restored last night with the threecore pablel The residents of Alfredton are, it is stated, endeavouring, to get telophone communication established with their district. It is stated that when the recent severe drought broke up at Broken Hill people sat outside in order to experience the strange and delightful sensation of getting wet through. At the great Native meeting. hold recently at Hastiflgß, Hawke'sßay, much ceremonial was employed, one significant incident being the raising of the Union Jack and prayer. It is exported that the presont sitting of tho .Native Lind Court in Masterton will be finished this week, Another sitting will shortly be held before Judge Mackay, when the dispute over the sub> division of the Akura Block will be settled.

Next week a further five hundred yearling trout will be dispatched from the Masterton Fish Hatohery to the Wanganui distriot. There have been ten bankruptcies in the Wairarapa since January Ist, 1892. It was stated in football notes by " Diogenes',' in our Monday's issue that one of the players in the Masterton»Star match played on Saturday had a bet upon the result of the game, Binco the paragraph appeared in print Mr A, E, D'Arcy, captain of the Masterton Football Club has called upon us and positively contradicted the statement. He mentions that the report arose through the assertions of a Maori, and that that Individual must have misled the contributor of our football items. Mr D'Arcy'a denial coming from an authoritative source may certainly be aocepted with confidence, and should thoroughly re-assure lovers of the excellent game which that gentleman and his associates are suoh able exponents of. We are indeed aware that both the Masterton Clubs impress upon their members the absolute necessity for the most careful regard fur the established rule which prohibits betting, and that they would be the first to move in the matter if it required investigation.

The newest horror in London is not Deeming nor the Paris Anarchists, It is considerably worse than either. An esteemed scientific contemporary says that genuine sky signs can now bo in" stalled for the enterprising advertiser, By a aimplo arrangement of mirrors, reflecting glasses, and lights, a sort of gigantic magic lantern may be set up by which images may be thrown up >n the olouds. You will be able to advertise wares, in letters a hundred feet long, on the skies, so that they will be visible over a dozen counties, As if this truly awful proapeot were not onough, we are told that these sky signs can be made luminous, so that they will blaze away all night I Heine in one of his rhapsodies, said that he would like to snatch a burmngpine from its Norway mountains and write with it the name of" Agnes" in letters of fire on the skies, But ho would probably not haye cared to adorn the firmament with blazing descriptions of somebody's patent trousers stretcher, or a glowing picture of of a lady wearing the latest things in hygienic corsets, _ A fierce conflict is going on at Timaru just now between the Prohibitionist? and the Moderate party, or rather between the Rev Mr Gillies and the Licensing Committee. In a recent letter Mr Gillies challenges the whole Licensing Committee to meet him at a public meeting of ratepayers, when he will undertake to prove that all their actions to lessen intemperance during the year past have been stage thunder. Mr Kerr, the Chairman of the Licensing Commit" tee, not only accepts the challenge, but says he will meet Mr Gillies single-han-ded, and will allow his opponent to call to his assistance all the Prohibitionists, The Theatre Royal at Timaru is to be engaged if the contest takes placo, and an uncommonly lively night of it will be the result.

At a meeting held in the Wesleyan Church at Eketahuna the other evening, the following resolution was passed:— " That the congregation worshipping in the Wesleyan Church at Eketahuna desires to join with tho other chutohes and' temperance bodies throughout the Col", ony in entering a protest aeaiiißt the actions of the Government whereby theykyebya pro:/ama(ion issued oyi the Actnw-Govemor (Sir Jaineß Prendergtst), dated Apn7 lith, 1892, de-\ clared a certain area in the Sing Country to be a Licensing District, and believing that to grant a licenso to a house in tho Kins; Country would bo an unwise step and detrimental to the best interests of the Native Race, respectfully requests tho Hon, J. Ballance to mo his influence in revoking the recent proclamation," An athletic-looking youth, who was boing tenderly eicorted to the Masterton lock-up yesterday by Constables Stewart and Cashion, save those stalwart limbs of the law quite a shock by announcing in stentorian tones, •' Wait till 1 see my friend Jellicoe, I'll make it warm for you." The Secretary of the Masterton Lodge of Druids has received an intimation that the District Presidont and officers of the Ancient Order of Druids will visit Masterton on Tuesday next. Tho officers are on a tour of inspection of the various lodges in the Wairarapa. WiWaka,the late Te Ore Ore chief, has boon succeeded by his widow and ltori Tomoana, Rnta Tamahau, Takere Maaka, Heni Himeona and Terima Himeona, among whom his property will be equally dividod. Manihera Maaka, a well-known Native chief of Masterton, waited upon the Native Land Court yesterday and complained that tho will of the late chief Wi Waka was not a proper one. He maintained that tho property could not be left to any but the near relatives of the deceased, and that if he (Manihera) had not been away in Hawke's Bay when the will was drawn up the distribution would have been very different to what it was. The Oourt informod Manihera that his objection was not a valid one.

We are indebted to Messrs James Aifckeu and William Gillespie, of the Masterton Telegraph Office,for the clear and cone ise way in which they delivered to us tho Financial Statement. The Statement contained .in all about thirteen thousand words, and was taken in the remarkably short space of six hours. A 3ummary is published in another part of this issue. The Secretary of the Masterton Be» nevo!ent Society has received a letter from a settler from Ooylton, Rangitikei, thirty five years of age who offers to take the woman who recently walked from Wellington to Masterton, as hit housekeeper, The only condition is that the woman is of good character and industrious, Mr Waddington has written to the settler in question, thanking him tor his generous offer and intimating that the woman is now in Palmerston North.

Sow is it! Ask anyone in the crowd. Ask your next door neighbour, Ask tho man who collects tickets on tlie railway, Ask the peoplo whodwellin Eketahuna, Mauriccville, Temii, Carterton, Groytown, or anywhere else. Communicate with the peoplo living in any part of the country. Ask thorn all why they shop at I» J. HOOPER& COMPANY'S, and they will tell you "becauso it suits them.' And whydooß it suit them) Became they get more and better in exchange for their money at the Bon Marchb than anywhere elso, and becauso the conveniences of the place are such as no other establishment can afford. These aro tho bare outlines of the reasoung that brings the people in shoals to this wonderful place of business. Visit tie various dopartdents In which tho lordly creature iaau finds all he wants, arid woman-lovely womanloves to linger andlookatthe fashion section, Here aro the Boulevards' of Paris ; ahd the shops of Regent and Oxford streets, London, rolled into one. Here under your eye are the fashions arranged, classified, and ready for immediate use and' wear, Turn into the grocery and'proyisionscctjons, 'These aro of interest to W man jack in the community 1 . T> describe the advantages of buying from Hooper would nil abook. ySu want blankets or bonnetsi tea or sugar, whether youre a chilly mortal qr a hot member, a prjteptionpt; a freetrader.' a socialist, a calithiimpip, & posltivist, 'a'ponc such, or a rabbit catcher, you will find no better outlet for tho money you have to spend Jihui at Hooper and|Oompany's Bon Maroue ( Masterton,—Advt,