Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878] SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4185, 6 August 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878]

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1892.

* Being tub EXTBNDEn title of the • e WAIRAIIAPA DilVi, WITH WHIOH IT IS IDENTICAL

The certificate of Captain Joss, of the Edith May; has been suspended for six months, and he has been ordered to pay the costs of tho enquiry. Zeehan is a very muddy place, and the ladies there have adopted a new fashion in dress, which might with advantage bo taken up here in winters like the present, They have their dresses cut so as not to come more than half way bolow tbo knee, and wear gaiters. • A Masterton Mvo speared half a dozon eelß in the town creek which passes through the grounds of St. Matthew's Church, yesterday afternoon. He was only in the water about halt-an-hour. Mrs W. Milno, of Oamaru, is appealing for two hundred tacks of potatoes as a gift trom Waitaki to the destitute in Melbourne. Tho Union Steamship Company will make no chargo for their carriage. ThejMauricevillo Road Board gives notice of its intention to levy a general rate of Jd in the £ for the ourrent year. It also invites tonders for forming seven chains of road at Mangamahoe, A "meet" in connection with tho Wairarapa Hunt Club takes place at Greytown on Tueiday next. The Alfredton Road Board intends raising tho Bum of £2.500 under the Government Loans to Local Bodies act, 1880.. for formation, bridging and clearing on Pori road. A man named Charlui Miller was arrested in Masterton yesterday afternoon for drunkenness. Ho paid the usual penalty in the R.M. Court this morning. To-day is tbo monthly pay-day of tho Masterton and Groytown Permanent Investment and Building Societies, A settlor of the East Coast informs us that the rabbits are to bo seen in smaller numbers this year than for several years past. Pojsomng operations have been delayed a good dpal owing to tho severity of thp weather, an,d are not yet com 7 pleted. The stoats and wea:els liberated by the North Wairarapa Rabbit Bwrd are reported to be doing good wort'. The late Mr J. J. Dennan, brother-in.-law to Mrs A, Mutrle, of Mailerton, came out to the colonies nearly forty yours ago, landing first in Australia in 1855, He spent several years there, being at one time on the goldlields at Ballarat, and afterwards asiisting in the ordnance survey of Victoria. Ee then came to Now Zealand ■ and commenced work as a private surveyor, first in Otago and then in tho Wairarapa district, subsequently being one of tho earliest who surveyed the 70-Mile Bush, tie mi afterwards employed by .tho Hawke'sßay Provincial Government, and under the late Mr Weber, Chief Provincial Surveyor, made some surveys near the Wnhaka river. In 1874 he entered the j3enera). Gbvemfcent'seryice as draughts, iflan in'tho Napjer Survey Office, where - he remained continuously tiji within a few days o: the date o]hjs death. Ho beonio Pliief Drapgbfcsrnfuj in J.BH6. latterly being m addition phief clerk pf C the Lands branch, Like a true veteran 0 he dipd in harness,' fomembcrl Our big Balo of Sqrpjgs Winter Drapery and Clothing, commencing: on Friday, July Ist, at Te Aro House, ?" Romember I If you want to receive ' B > wonderful bargains you should visit or send sn to the Big Sale at Te Aro House; Welling--3d ton. ■ Eemember! There are wonderful bar ir. gains in every department such as will make ad a trip to our Big Sale remunerative, You a 8 will save far more than your expenses by visiting tie Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington, " " , ,« ftcnicmber 1 Sale Price Joists will on ap» s plication be forwarded post'free, Sa.e'las'ts 15 days only. If ft visit is impossible, tend your orders, enoloslng cash, so that you may share in the good things going'at tho Big Sale, Te Aro Hoiiße.Welb'ngtbn-ApvT,

Mr, Z. M,Honr and a patty of small boys ascended the steeple of the Masterton Wesleyan Churoh last night, and captured about two hundred sparrows for the North Wairarapa Gun Club. Pearson's Private Brass Band, which has been in existence in Masterton for the past twelve years, is now in liquidation. Since its formation it has accumulated property to the valuo of 1150, and this is now to be sold at valuation, the profits to bo divided among the qualified members. The Band has always'been sel'-supporting, and hasatthepreseit time a good eash balance in hand.'A final meeting will be held on Wednesday evening next to hear tho Trustees' decision The Band bas alwayß been ready to assist in benefit performances, and on all ocoacio'ns has provided excellent rausio for the public of Masterton. We are given to understand that the cause of the disbanding is the retirement of several prominent members, but the majority will throw in their lot with tho new Band,

The Campbell's a-coming! Constable Joseph May returns to Wellington on Monday from Sydney, whenoe he proceeded to identify a person who was " wanted."

The applications of the various sohools in the Masterton distriot for grants in aid have been postponed till the nest meeting of the Town Lands Trustees.

Tho Marlborough Express aiserts the probability "from information received," that His Grace Archbishop Redwood will shortly receive a Cardinal's hat, The Silver Ave, a JlrokenHill paper, publishes an account of a visit to the Proprietary Mine made secretly by a miner. He alleges that immense destruction is going on through the collapse of the timbers supporting the drivei". AtDuncdin a girl fourteen yoars of age tell Into a dam. She had been in the water about ton minutes when a gentleman plunged into the dam with all his clothes on, and, after a few minutes brought ber out, apparently lifeless. Without romoying his'soaking clothes he at once set to work to bring back respiration. After three-quarters of an hour he wsb successful, and the girl is now as well ai ever,

Six new Business firms have opened in Invercargill during the last month, fivo within a week. Unoccupied shops are now scarce and, says the Mataura Ensign, premises that have been in disuse since the depression "wave" trade are now being put in ropaiiiitftmticipation of a further addition to the ranks of shopkeepers, The brisk appearance of tho town, compared with its dead andalive aspect a fow months ago isnoted by occasional visitors, The Lyttleton Times reports that a religious movement of a somewhat unusual character recently look place in Waltham and Sydonhain districts. The influence of the movemeut has extended considerably, the Sydenham Wesleyan and Presbyterian Churches being stirred in a manner which is described as phenomenal,

There was a full muster at the Volunteer Fire Brigade raeotuig on. Wednesday evening last, Captain Houhblow presided, and the annual report and balance sheet was presented. The total amount of subscriptions received for the past year was £4l lis, £lO 8s of ivlnch had been contributed by the various Insurance Companies, as follows: New Zealand Insurance Company, (B, Boys), £2 2s: London andLanoashire,(W.B, Chennells), £2; Nat'onai, (fiowes and lorna), £?. 2s; Alliance Insurance Co,, (G, Johnson) £2 2s ; Coirmorc'al Onion, G. Johnson) £2 2s. The Captaiu expressed his gratification at the financial position of the Brigade. The liabilities for the past year had been veiy heavy, but, thanks to tho support which had been accorded them, they had been able to wipe off a debt of £3O on the new station, and still had a credit balance of £6 lis lOd. Lieut. Kingdon, in proposing the adoption of the balance sheet, said he was pleased to find the public appreciated their services by supporting them so liberally. Be oaretul, when you buy, where you buy, what you buy and how you buy. -If you do not watch tboso cardinal points in the soience of buying, likely enough you will buy at the wrong shop, buy what you don't want, and pay more than is at all necossary. Of coatee it will be your own fault, no one else is lo blame; your mis* fortune arises from your own densencss, and lack of caution and foresight in floundering into the first hole iu the wall you come across in your shopping rambles. There is only one way out of the difficulty; only one plan by which the thousand distinct evils that are in your path can bo avoided) and the thousand blessings that are waiting for you can bo embraced, viz,; Buy everything at Hooper and Company, BonMarche, Make it a rule of your life, and sen that your family do so likewise. It is to your interest, jutt ths same as it is to insure your life in a sound sooiety, or build your house on a seoure foundation, by coiug the whole hsg; in other words, by determining to buy everything at Hooper and Company's, Bon Marohe. Tako your grocery bill on one hand, and your draper's on the the other Givo us your weekly order for family stores; for tea, coffeo, butter, and other calables, and you will save enough to buy your own olotbes, with Bomothing to put in tho pockets. Buy everything at Hooper and Company's) Bon Marohe-Anvi.