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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4257, 31 October 1892, Page 2

An information iaid,by George Osborne ajfainfit ,0. B, j&'iJeafor'fojrgiiiß ajighdturo to i bheque for £JSO, Willbo'lieard shortly at the Cartertoti' R.M. Court. ' Ariling out of .the same is a second information of misappropriating tho 'said Sum to'his i own ppo. Tfyepljeed offence took plaris twelve months baoK, B,oipe Masterton I witnesses in the case were subpoenaed on Saturday last, "

Mr vForquhar Gray sold one of hi Romney Marah rains, bred by himsolfi to a gentleman from Canterbury who was present at the Msstorton Show. The price paid was a satisfactory one. , Mr Saunders, M.H.R., addressed a meeting at Christohuroh on Friday ovenlog last. He condemned the recent appointments to the Legislative Council, as wroiig in principle, and spoke against the increased paymeut to membors. Mr W, Sollav was again elected Secre'ary of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, on Saturday last, This makes the thirteenth coiisecutire year he has held tho office. A meeting of the Wairarapa Boyal Arch Chapter, N.Z.0., will be hold in tho Mssonio flail GreytoWn, this evoninf(. The Salvation Army does not appear to be growing in popularity in Pahiatua. ( |i)ly £3 was received in that district this year for self denial week, against f33 last year. Colonel Roberts, R.M, considers that there is sufficient Court business in Pahiatua to warrant two sittings a month being held. The amount paid at Wellington in Customs duties for tho week ended on Saturday wns £4,225 18s Bd. Tho beer duty paid duriug the week was £l6B 2s lOd, Negotiations for the completion of the Panama Canal are said to be finished.

It is stated that tho present marketprice of a wife in Equatorial Africa is ten packets of hairpins. A nioeting will bo held in Mr Webb's shop, Quoen-Btreet, Masterton, at 8 o'clock this, evening, to consider the carrying on of tho Oriental Cricket Club. The team to tiro in a match against the Wellington Rifles on the 9th November, will bo chosen from tho following Lieut. Hooper, Sergt. Murray, Corple. Rauginui and Whitt, Vols. Nicholson, J. Bentloy, Kton, Perry, G. Schultz, Donovan, Karaitiana, Ginders, Candy,' Owen and Anketell. Thero will bo a practice tor the team on Saturday next at 1.30 p.m.

It is expected that the Native Lands Court, which on Friday last transferred sts sitting to Nelion, will return to Masterton in February next.

The Eketahuna Road Board gives notico of intention to raise a loan in connection with the metalling of twenty chains of Septimus-street, Parkville. Particulars appear in an advertisement in this issue.

Prior to the closing of tho reoent session of tho Native Land Court in Masterton, Judge Mackay gave his decision regarding tho Pohue Blook, consisting of from 3,000 to 4,000 acres of virgin land at Wangaheu. By this judgment, the title has been conferred on Hora To Ata and her family. The unsuccessful claimants were Karaitiana Korou and Hapeta Whakamairu.

Only a little dog, but still quite an old identity, came tn & somewhat tragic end on Saturday laßt, Everybody in Masterton knows the Parsonage dog,is familiar with his great ago, his intelligence and his perfect behaviour and everybody will be sorry to learn that on Saturday last, an infirmity of deifness prevented tho little animal from hearing the wheels of an approaching chariot, tho result being that possibly the best behaved dog in tho town, was run oyer and kitled on the spot. The acceptances and entries for the Maiden Plate, Maiden, and Hack Hurdle ovents at the Taratahi Carterton Race Meeting close with Mr W, McKenzie, the Secretary, at Cartel ton to-night, Sports will bo held by tho Wairarapa Caledonian Society on the Ist of January, m

Tho Pahiatua Borough Council, at a meeting tube held this evening, will consider tho advisability of raising a loan for street improvements, It is notified by the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association that they have money to lond, on approved seourity, in large and small amounts. The officers of the French Warßhip "Ducbsffault," who wore present at the Masterton Show last Thursday, were greatly interested in the Hunters' Competition. On being told the value of the horses they expressed considerable surprise, stating that in their country several of the animals competing would be worth from 160 to 200 guineas each. Mrs Bacon requests the Pahiatua Star to publish the following list of those who have given articles and performed work in aid of tho proposed Pahiatua Cottage Hospital Givers : Miss Smythson, Mastorton; MrsFogden, Sydney : Miss Leslie, Mrs Prentcr, Mr Trewby, Misses Mills, Miss Cleghorn, Pahiatua; Mrs Fogden, Eketahuna. Workers: Misses Yule, Mies Travern, Mrs O'Brien, Mrs Hucton, Miss Wrigley, Mies Oatham, Mrs Wainwright, It will be seen trom the list that Mrs Bacon has not had much encouragement in her undertaking, She hoped that the ladies ot Pahiatua would have given hor greater assistance, ond thus (as Mrs 3acon puts it) hand their names down to posterity, Mrs Bacon is now endeavouring to get some person to erect a cottage fov the hospital and it is more than likely she will succeed,

A quiet smile stole over the countenances of our Carterton friends who took part in the cantata at the Masterton Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening when, although the boasted gas of that town was burning, the ltev B, Wood had to provide a tallow candle to assist the other llluminant.—Observer.

The members of the Star of Featherston, Rechabito Tent, entertained a large number of their friends at a social in the Oddfellows Ball, Featherston, on Friday night, Bro, Nielson addressed a few words to the company and expressed his gratification at the presence of some officers and brothers of the Loyal Unity Lodge of Oddfellows. At the conclusion oi bis address lie requested Mr Tait, the Seoretary of tho Oddfellows, to tako tho chair, The first item on the programme was a piano and clarionet duett by Messrs McLean and Butt, Then followed a song " Home Boys Home" by Mr A, Keys; ''Ye Banks and Braes," Mrs Nielson; recitation, 11 Mother and Son," Bro. Jellyman; and a song ''l'll take you Home again Kathleen" by Mr Huffc, Supper wrt, then handed roupd by some of the ladies present, and games were indulged in. Before the commencement of tho second part of the programme Mr Tait and his brother Oddfellows accorded a hearty vote of thanks to members of the Rechabite Tent-ond sang "For They are Jolly Good Follows." The second part of the programme oon> sisted of a pianoforte duet by Misses Sheen and Cundy; snng," lam a Friar of Orders Grey," Mr B. R, McGregor 1 duet, 11 Flow on Thou Bhining Biver," Misses Sheon and Cundy; song, ''The Cork Leg," Mr Hutt; and Auld Lang Syne,' Some of the refreshments that remained over were then sold by Dutch auction, Mr Poyuton acting as auctioneer. The company then dispersed, having thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

A puttering verdict.—Speaking of one of tho most noted of colonial specialities, the press says I "Sharland'a Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notice,for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From one end of New Zealand to the other, large orders are received for thjß popular brand. Even in the most out of tns way districts the careful house»wife, possessed with the laudable ambition to make Ler bread and her sconeß better than her neighbour's buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs over the few of her less sensible sistora, who, from a mistaken sense of economy, buy apparently cheaper brands. The recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a.' secret, bat how' verrfew manufacturers use, as MtarShanand &' t'p: ! do, the best only of materials, carefully tested''before mixture' and exactly- proportioned." Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and h'ealthful Bakjng 'Powder, cannot do better to um the

The next English mail closes at Masterton, on Thursday next, Novembor Ord, at (i.15 a.m. Major Robinson, of the. Central Division of the Salvation Army, is in Maeterton in'connection with' the visit of the Lasses' Baud. A recent inspection of the flocks at the Maori settlements on the Wanganui river, show them to bo entirely free from scab or other disease. The last inspection was made seven years ago, the natives objecting a couple of yeais ago to a contemplated inspection by tho department.

According to the Manawatu Times, aB tho Eon Mr Scddon was proceeding to tho' Palmerston railway station on Thursday, evening he saw a druukon man lying ■on the footpath. He called a policoman and instructed him to carry the man to the lockup. The policeman took the hon gentleman at his word, aud shortly after he might have been seen trudging along the Square with the inebriate on his back.

A private letter received in Masterton from the Rev. W. lio«se, who ia now in Palmerston North, states that he is not atall improved in health, The fi'ial estimate of the British wheat crop is 18 per cent bolow the average yield, and the storms which usuallv occur in October are likely to render it still worso,

The Lasses' Band of the Salvation Army, now in Mniterton, consists of teu "lasses" and Ensign Wilson, who acts as conductor. Mrs Wihon also accompanies them. Those who attended the service held at the Salvation Army Barracks, yesterday, morning aud evening, epeak in the highest terms of the Bweet music tendered by the Lasses' Band. The airs "Robin Adair" and "On tho Banks of Allan Water," being worthy of special mention. A number of the musical people of Masterton intend visiting their concert this oveniug /or which one shilling admission will be charged. A syndicate of Wairarapa sports have drawn G'naroo, in Tattersall's £IOO,OOO sweep on the Melbourne Cup. We regret to hear of the death at Wellington of Miaa Mary McMaster of Greytown, For somn timo past the deceased lady had been suffering from consumption, and succumbed to tho disease on Saturday last, Miss Mary McMaster was a daughter of a pioneov Wairarapa settler, the late Mr Angus MoMaster, and was highly esteemed in this district by a large circle of friends.

11l the Cisborne Police Court the other day a witnoes thus described his follow lodger" Your Worship?, ho it a very eccentric individual; in fact 19 not responsible for ilia actions. 1 have been in deadly fear of waking up one of these fine mornings and finding myself dead." Wo remind employers in Masterton of the meeting to-ninht at the Club Hotel in connection with the shop assistants' half holiday. Mr 6. Hirech notifies that tho Masterton night school opens for the Brat quarter on Thursday next at the AVes« ley.™ schoolroom, Full partieulari aro given in the advertisement. Tho Maoris prognosticate a hoi .summer, basing their opinion on tho early blossoming of the karalta and other native trees, which they say ji an infallible sign, Tho Timcß states that two well-known Wellington gentlemen have been lucky enough to draw horsea in Tattersall's sweep 011 tho Melbourne Cup. Mr Werry, tho pitpular secretary of tho Wellington Club has drawn Azim.and Mr Pike,of the firm of Philips and Pike, has drawn Oxide. Both horses aro fairly certain starters, so that even if neither horse wins Mossrs Werry and Pike will each haye to receive a nice little Bun.

_ Speaking at Auckland on Saturday uight, the Hon, W. P. Reeves said that tho working classes had particular reason to be proud of tho Labour Councillors' amongdt whom there was a total absence ot the noisy agitator or stump orator type of politician. Five shillings reward is advertised for the recovery of a gold brooch, lost 011 Sunday. That oapable and popular host, Mr A. M. Wilkinson,of theTauhorenikau Hotel intimates, in our advertising columns, that ho is runnning the publican's booth at the Cartorton Show and also at the Taratahi Races. Mr Wilkinson's namo itself isaguaranteo for good treatment, and business will, we foel certain, bo brisk, with the superior quality of refreshment 110 is able to provide. Racecourse Brand of ales and stout, for instance, a most Superior bottling, and always opons np bright, clear and refreshing. The Greytowu Wesleyan Church intend holding thoir aunual picnic in the Peatherston Domain, on Wednesday, tho ninth of next month- Prince of WaW Birthday.

Wo remind our readers of the musical festival to-night at tho Salvation Army Barracks, Masterton, when tho members of tho" Lasses' Brass Band" will render a moat interesting programme of both vocal and instrumental music of every kind. These accomplished musicians by no means confine rhemsolvos to brass instruments, but seem equally at home with the violin and otherstringed instruand bring forth charming effects in tune and harmony. No doubt there will be a large assemblage to-night to hear these talented performers. An adjonrned meeting of the Carterton Licensing Beuoh was held on Saturday to hear certain oharges against tho management ot the Marquis of Norinanby hotel. On behalf of the licensee an application for a transfer of the promises to Mr Johanaen was made. Mr Pownall appeared in support of Mr Johansen. When examined by tho Committee, Mr Johansen said he had a bushfalling contraot in hand, and until he finished that, his intention was to give Mr Searl the conduot of the houße. The Committee refused the application, and in answer to Mr Powuall declined to state their reasons, Mr "Wiley (from Brown; Skerrett,and Deano'a) put ina declaration to the bfieot that the landlord, Mr E. Buckeridge, had re-entered and taken possession of the premises under aention 95 of the Aot, and he applied for a temporary transfer of the license to Mr J. Dick, Mr Pownall pointed out that suoh a transfer could only be granted to the person for the time being entitled to the license, There was no proof that Mr Dick was entitled to the benefit of the license, and Mr Buokoridge was the only person entitled, but he could not recoive it, being already the holder of a publican's license elsewhere. The Committee adjourned for lunch, and on resuming, announced that they had decided to grant an. order to Mr Buckeridge as requested.

Residents at Mauriceville having been under considerable dis-advantage m not being able to get to Masterton on Sun* days for church, will be glad to notice by our advertising columns that Mr W. Vile has, by request, put a coach on, and that, commencing on Sunday next, it will leave Mauriceville every Sunday morning at half past eight o'clock, returning from Masterton at 4 p.m. The coach should meet with considerable patronage/ as it will bean undoubted convenience.

"He what prigs what isn't hia'n, when he's cotchcd is sent to pris'n," That informs the evil-disposed that sooner or later they must pay the psnalty of their crimes, and even as one man is bound to respect another man's rights and not lay violent hands on other mens' property, so is everyone who oares for his own well-boing and for the well-bang' of 'the conntry of his birth or adoption; take care of his own, to shepherd liis own resources, keep a watchful eye on his own property, and safeguard his own interests. The citizen who has a sovereign to spend and who spends it so that he only Rets ten shillings' worth for his money, is practically as had as the man who pats his hahd'into his neighbour's pooket and takes out half a sovereign; nay, he is worse, because, in allowing himself to be imposed upon lie. robs his • dearest friendthat is hiniself, Therefore he should liny everything at Hooper's Boi) no matter, what he'watts-ij <;pat; a suit of clothes, asund ofteSor & bag-of sng'ar. a large parcel of groccriM or a small item ol haberdashery, bewlUfodittfce suae.

A match was played on the Grcytewn Reaction Keierve last Saturday, betweon an eleveimnd a twenty one team of that township, resulting in a win for tho eleven, by one tun. The scores were 47 and 46 respectively, A valuable retriever dog, belonging to the Rev Father MoKonna, waß poisoned on Saturday morning. Mr Henry R. Bunny, of Gladstone, has denied the rumour that he intends to contest tho Wairarapa seat with Mr Buchanan at the next election.

Friends are invited to attend thei funeral af the late Miss Mary MeVaator, which will leavo Tuhitarata Homestoad on Tuesday, November Ist,, at one o'clock. The now bell, the gift of Mr T. Piice, of Dalaliold, to St Luke's Church, Greytown, was rung for the first time yesterday. It is a great improvement on the old one. _ We are satisfied with our buyer's selections of Spring Dress Fabrics. They aro all of the newest materials and in the most fashionable colorings. Our country friends should send at once for patterns, whioh will be forwardedi postage free, from Te Aro Houße, Wellington. _ We are abundantly satisfied with tho immense variety of these Spring Dress Fabrics, and we aro daily displaying over 1000 pieces in every fashionable coloring and doaign, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Send for Patterns. We are abundantly satisfied with tho superior value of these Spring Dress Fabrics. Tho prioes are exceedingly moderate for such excellent quality; ranging from 10s lid to 45s the full dress length, at 'Te Aro House, Send for Patterns, We - aro abundantly satisfied with our grand ohoice of New French De Laines, now so muoh in demand, These aro exquisite in design, colorings and qualities, and may be had at Is, Is 3d, Is Cd, Is 9d and 28 per yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington Send for Patterns,—Advt