SECOND EDITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4169, 19 July 1892, Page 2

SECOND EDITION.

The North Wairarapa Count; Council gives notice of its intention to take ovor the Castle Hill toad.

1 There is at the Maaterton aviary the only golden pheasant in New Zealand. He is a magnificent bird, and is worth going a hnn way to see. Messrs Lowes and lorns make extensive additions to their stock Bale for Wodnesday, 27th inat, • kr The next English and European via Rio, closes at the Masterton Post Office to-morrow morning. The Bum of 16000 is to be borrowed by the Wellington District Hospital Board for' tho enlargement of the hospital. The conference of local bodies In tho Wairarapa to discuss tin question of charitable aid and the advisability of erecting homes for the aged and needy is to be held at Masterton at noon on Saturday, Ausust 6th.

We are informed that the Maßterton R.M. Our; will be the scene of litigation between a certain ex-publican and his successor at an early date, when mutual grievances will be aired. Shining lights—in fact stars—in tho legal world of Wellington will do some talking on the ocoasion,.

A most accomplished reader oi the past, prosent and future k now in Mas'.orton on a short professional visit, in tho person of Professor Valentine B. Walkor, M.S.P.A., of the United States. Ho may bo consulted at the residence of Mrs G. Young, Holly Houße, Dixon-St, and for a merely nominal fee will give valuable information as to tho aj&'or calling to follow to become Success Win life. The Professor possosses the reputation of being a remarkably clever palmist, and thoso who like to look into tho dim aecrots of the future should pay him a visit.

John B. Somerset, olerk to the Raglan County Council, baa been arrested on a charge of the embezzlement of £3 7s 9d of the funds ot tho Council.

A presentation of a stopwatch was made to Mr Hugh toonson by the Morrisons' Bush rosidents on Saturday evuning, in recognition ot his hospitality to the search party which some weekß ago went out to find the body of Thomas Perkins in the Runiuahunga River. A dinner followed at (be Bush Hotel, The Wairarapa South County Council has expressed its disapproval of the in> discriminate planting of trees along the highways of tho County. The committee of the Grejtown school have resolved to resign if their present requests to the Board of Education are Ignored.. All accounts owing the lato James Beardon, of Mastorton, must be paid on or before the first of August to Mr R. N. Blackiston, solicitor, of Tlancwke, or to the executors, Messrs' orE. Savago and Thomas Lyons, of Master* ton, to whom also all accounts against tho estate must bo rendered. An opportunity which may never oo cur in Masterton agaiu, is now offered to obtain a piano at at a remarkably low pneo, as to-morrow Mr S. Caldicqtt, re» prcsentative of the London and Berlin Piano Company, will soil the stock at tho Wairarapa Mueio Depot, Quoen Street, Masterton, on any terms to suit pur> chasers.

• Five residents of Stoney Oreek were poisoned on Saturday through the effecti ot arsenic, The men were at Cotter's place.near Ashurst, felling bush, ■ and having forgotten to take cooking : utensils to the camp, utilised a kerosene tin which they found in a sheep yard, A ■ pudding was cooked in this, and after the men had partaken of it all were sei» ■' zod with spusms and vomited violently, Tiiey were conveyed home, and aro now out of danger, It seems the tin had . been used for boiling arsenio in before ', it fell into tho men's hands, a The Phoenix Assurance Company oi i London, one of the strongest insurance . corporations in existence, wliiohJbja the course of its existenco paid way'no I less than eighteen millions sterling in. ! settlement, of claims of policy holders. 1 and which has a rcßorve fund o » £1,400,C30, publishes its abridged pros* pectus notification in our advertising i columns to-day. The District Managor . for the'Wairarapa ißflirH, B.Wolters, „ of Carterton, and the Masterton agontj are tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-oporative Association, Limited, As a. powerful, offico the Phoenix Is able to accept straight-out lines of insurance of a magnitude which, were its resources not' practically unlimited, tt would hardly be able to touch, The security of insurers and the certainty of prompt settlements is, therefore, a certainty with an office ol this standing, All kinds ot property are insured, and every' information will : be afforded on application to Mr Wplters at Carterton, or to the local agents ill othf.r townships, A handy derrick, so made as to be easily 3 moved over rough country, has just been i constructed by the Masterton Blaok* g smith Company under the supervision of j Mr Wallace, the manager, Theraaohine a is to the order of Mr W. E Beelham ' and is intended to be used in conjeotion with gold mining operations atTjftng- ' wood. All the fittings are so made that • they may bo easily forwarded by means r of pack-horses, the jib and timber to be. i taken from any available standing bush, , The n hole is easily and quickly oreoted or taken to pieces which is a most 1 essential feature, as it is intended to ' worn on the banks of a river noted for its ' sudden rises, An attachment in tho > shape of Urge grippors has been fitted to the hoisting gear fur the purpose of [ lifting huge boulders out of tho river. , bed. Tho whole fabrication is a re ; , mariably handy one, and should be the very thing for the work it l|as to dp. There appears in our business columns. a list of the agencieß held by Messrs I James Macdonald and Co, produce brokers,' of flill : streeti Wellington, and a perusal of the notification wjl! show tjiat the representation of some firaUlaes i firms, with sterling products of tester} repute, is included in it, Special atten» tion might be directed to the fact that Messrs Macdonald and Co. are the so|e ' agents for "Pvunciman's" flour and oatmeal, also for Peter McGill's raanufac, tures. The Milburn Lime and Cement) Company—with b cemept whkih can hold its own in pompanson withjfny iq the world, and which is every day be. coming more generally used, to the - exclusion of the imported arfciolo—je another strong agency. Add to these. J. J. Craig's hydraulic limes and several other equally well-rtgarded commodities, and it will be seen that Meßsrs James Macdonald and Co, aro In a position to supply at first-hand contractors', builders', and other trade requirements tfßk exceptional facility and on tho very besp" terms. We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr P. Gill, resident agent of the Mutual Life . As«' sociation of Australasia of "The Mutual Life Chronicle," s readable and attractive little journal issued by the Society he represents. In glanchw through its pages we notice that tho al> lotmentof the '! Mutual Life's" Surplus accumulated during the two and a half years ended 3.lst December, }B9l, hy been completed, and that bonus certificates are now in course of issue to,: all ' participating polity-holders. The dis<' tribution has been conducted on the same equitable and Btringent basis as heretofore, and members will have every reason to be satisfied with the results. The next division of profits wilLio made m at tho end of 1894, and fflsnnislly thereafter, and it is confidently expected that the bonuses will be increasingly largo at each distribution. Eemembcr I Out big sale of Surplus Winter Drawn aud. Clothing, commencing on Friday, J'olj Ist, at 5e Aro'Eoose. Rernember I If you-want to retojvjj wonderful Sanjetosyou; should visit or sofij to the Big Sale at' TeAro House, 1 ' Welling* ton. " '." ' ■•'■■■•■• 'i Bemeraberl There are wonderful bargains in every department such' as will make a.trip to our Big Sale remunerative. You ~ will 6ave far more than your expenses by raiting the Big Sale at To Aro' House, Wellington; Bemember I Sale Price lists will on application be forwarded fjostfree. Pale lasts 15 days only. If a visit is impossible, send your orders, cneloaing Cash, so that you may share in the good things going at the. Big Bale, It Aro Hows, Wsligten,