Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4427, 25 May 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1893.

Owing to pressure on. out upsce our leading article, Wellington letter, and ntbefinto'r'eating matter nreunaToidably hold over, . .Tho Maitoiton Presbyterian Sunday School; hai-a library of 050 volumes, : The Hev Mr;Dukoa in -his .address at tlie .'Presbyterian Cbtuoh last evening alluded to tho fact that'. whenpublio servants cntored office they in many ewes-even in Mastorton-mpjii'l/iK/ thatoflice, but did not dignify it, ■ Tlie Mastorion-Wellingion' Railway line was well patronised yesterday despite bad weather, Quite * number of people journeyed to town to Bee Fill's' Ciwo^v--i.'! ■. .Tho TauLerenikau T -.cccourie Triwtew havo firantod tho ..Wa'rarapa Hunt Oluti the uso of.tho course for the atenple< ohaie meeting in July, the fee to be £25 per day. Tho Wa n ganui A. nnd P, Society have drawn the attention of the Minister of. to the heavy mortality of lambs in thpfc d'ltrict .the loss being estimated at SO per cent.'.;;,:;^ Wo remind those interested o( the meeting of the Musterton Tradesmen's Footba'l.Club, which takei place this Thursday) evening. ,• Between Jam.'/, 1891, and June, 1892, no loss than 246 oWil servants were retired at a cost to theconnti/ ot £81,295 in compensation and in persiona £4,105, In many instances the rot-'red civil servants have been sot to work at ten shillings ier diem, burnlig the state candle at both ends.. Mr. J. McGregor' still retains the superintendence of the Masterfcon Pres. bylerun Sunday bchool, which he itaried somo 2(> yean s^o, A speculative business is said to be lone at Wellington nov in Australian Bank sbarea, seme of which haye re)od( d in value by nearly ferly per cent. Shrre investorei guides tell us nuihin' of >li?b; iu fac.--, at a time when the share Darometer of bunking institutions is of ipecial interest, tley suppress it altojoibor. oTha decreases in the consumption of ! Irink in this colony tro s jmmaristd as j ollow: —Spintfl, '.B per cent, between | 878 and 1892; wine, 61 per cent, be> < ween 1878 and 1892 ; fie :and beer, i mpozted, 64 per cont. between lb/8 and < 892; 010 and bow. New Zealand, 22 per < ant. between 1881 aid 1C92; coffee « ocoa and chicory, U per cent, between ' 878 and 1892 j tea, ? per cent. < The Russian crop reports are vei.' I ivourablo. » The recent rains have improved the ( opsin F'igland,

Madam Patey, the well-know con« tralto singer, wh9 recently visited New f Zealand, has decided to retire from the i coDcertstage. _ The attendance at the Ohicago Exhibi. I tion averages S3 OJ pe.'day, whereas an attendance 0f90,010 is necessary to make it pay, ; Although a good deal of rain fell yes- ' terday morning, the weather cleared up ! splendidly m the afternoon, and peoplo ; were able to go out, ' Lastevoning Maitetton presented an unusually gay appearance, the two local i Crass Bands playing at intervals in difforoiit parts of the town. Tho evening beitig fine, crowdi of people promon> aded tho streets and enjoyed tho mmic. Tho election ef two Trustees on the Mrtorion Town Lauds Trmt »taking placo to-day, One solitary drunk was captured in MastertDn yesterday and dealt with in tho usur' manner bv Mr T, E. Price, J.P, .

The Masterton Ride Volunteers paraded yesterday morning in honor of tho birthday of Her Majesty, Queon Victoria. Captain 0, A, Puwnall was in command, L'eutenants Malcolm and Hoopor ?lso be")g present. A quick abp march, composed by Mr A'tlmr Eraell, a member of Pe?rson'a Priyato Band, was played for tho iksfc tirao at the Hunt Olub Spores yeatorday. tor tho firci I'lfoio nf th ! s talented young musicitn, the march is an excellent one Mid wo must coosratuUte Mr llussnll upon iti production. " Tho Eohemiau" is tho title of tho piece, and it will bo pbyed by the band in the Park, on Sundry ne:;t. . The sum n' £24 14b was takon at Iho Rntei atthe Waivarapa Hunt Club Sports yesterday, ;: Tho Clapham He..lth Mission Company gavo two more excellont entertainments on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, that n ( lait n'glit being parhculHy good. A change o( progumne takes placo this evening. : The Masterton Park Oval was particularly muddy yesterday afternoon, and tho visiting footballers are not ''kely to forgot its brand. Nearly 600 gnosis were present at ihe Birthday Ball at Government House last night. The Ekotahuna lload Board invito tcndeis for 108 chaina of formation on tho Mangauronga Road, Tenders oloso on Saturday, June 3rd. : .Tho Berough Council will make its usual grant of £25 to the Masterton Munioipal Fire Brigade again this year. ■sThoso who oare to witness a really good variety entertainment should not fail to pay a visit to the Olapham Health Mission Company's performance, which fakes place this evening'at the Master* ton Theatre Royal, ' Tho Carterton Firo Brigade, assisted by the Friendly Societies, held a grand torchlight procession last night through the town The lire engino was drawn by Mr E, S. Skey's new traction ongine. Tho Carterton branch of tho Salvation Army, assisted by a contingent from Masterton, hold a social in the Assembly Rooms yesterday. : Very heavy rain has fallen In Mastertoo almost continually from an early hour this mottling. . The Masterton Borough Council gives notice of its intention to make a general rate of a shilling, and a library rate of a penny in the £ for the ourrentyear. Some lime ago the Stirling and Masterton Reform Spocial Settlements urgdd on tho Minister a reduction in the price of the land allotted to them. Mr Hogg. M.H.R, is now informed that tho Sur-veyor-General isongaged in ro-valuing tho whole of tho Bpsoial Settlement lands with a view of obtaining a general bans 'or valuations. The sumof £4l9s7dhaß beencollected 't Masterton, in aid of the Homo and foreign Mission Fund, of the Masterton Presbyterian Church, •In i new advertisement In to-day's i'mejMr Kow Koo, fruitoror and grocer, of Masterton, publishes a revised price list, h -Tho enquiry held on Tuesday last into tho ciroumstaoceß attending tho destruction by fire of tho barn on Mcisn Joseph and Wright's property,Opaki, resulted in tie return of an open verdict. . Ahorse attaohed to a buggy bolted from Lincoln Road last night, and luccecdod in smashing tho vehicle by colliding with a lamp-post in Ohurch St. ; The buggy belonged to the Rev. Father O'Meara, ...The sale of Mr John Hessey's farming stock and implements, which took placo last Tuesday, resulted satisfactorily. We are, howeyer, unable to give dotails of the sale in this Issue. .In our issue to-day Mr F, W. Low notifies tlmt he has opened an oyster saloon and refreshment rooms in Queenstreet, Masterton. Tho rooms will be knoffn as the "Cafi," und are situated nearly opposite the Occidental Hotel. They aro nicely furnibhed, clean and neat, and from the eiporionco Mr Low has gainod as" chef" in some of the best hotels in the colony the public may rely on being supplied with first-class refrosh- . ments and dainty meals. ■ A Pahiatua correspondent writes Great excitement prevails here over tho publication of our new paper, the 'Herald,' Tho first issue was got out , under difficulties, owing to some of tho "comps" soceding, and joining tho . opposition, Nevertheless, help was forthcoming, nnd leading residents were ■ vioing with each other in rendering aßsistanco, The Mayor is stated to have worked off the papers, while a leading lawyer threw off all disguise and osme out as "devil" to ink the rollers. Commission Agonta find auctioneers word rushing in " pars" while tho Editor, who happens to bo a thoroughly practical man, worked like a nigj?er at the "ca:e." With such outside sympathy and inaido energy the now renture must succeed, The plain and fane; dress Ball, held in tho Drill Hall last evening, under the of the weekly atsembly, was a marked success, oyor fifty couples being present, Tho fancy dreises wo'fe pretty and numerous, the majority of those attending representing various characters. The Hall was nicely decorated, and Eeisenberg'B Quadrille Band supplied excellent danco music, Messrs Peat, Hoffiens, and Braggins, made very efficient M.0.5,, and under their nbli mnugoment everything passed off pleasantly. The Masterton Druids met in the Foresters' Hall last Tuesday night, Bro, S. J. Russell, A.D., presiding. It was decided that tho Lodge visit Carterton at (lie ond of the present quarter to meet the District officers, who will attend for the purpose of conferring the Patt Archdegrees. Up to 1.80 p.m to day the number ol voters who had recorded their votes, in the election of two Town Lands Trustees was 110. Tho lato Earl of Derby's personalty has been sworn at under £1,800,000. There are iluiiea in every sphere of lite that no reiso sble man neglects. No one in his sound souses scatters his coin liko thj wiud stalkrs the chaff, and none but idiots aro content toget fifteen shillings whej they ask change for a sovereign. Tho rate ol exchange is ioo great; the tax too heavy for flesh aud blood to stand it; and yet there are businesses supported by presumably sensible people, piopped up year after year by the acquiescence of hundreds, which, actually end positively, do thai which common sense condemus. When a mannc;;leots io shop at Hoip.r and Company's with toward to anything that his family or himself may want, whether it be of the nature of a tcitilo fabric, something to eat or drink, or a commodity of any sort or kjsd, thai ma?, or my other man, wastes his substance and scatters his chancss of success to the wind; of heaven, Put a sponge over the old record and start a new one. Don't turn over a new lea?: buy a new book. Don't trust to hill measures: po the whole hog. Keep out of tho (emptors dominion for a week or | two, and you'll find the air so bracing the ( prospects so inviting, the bonofit so encour- , s';ing in the new country that you'll never 1 leave it; but always shop at Hooper and 1 Company'! 800 Marchi, Masterton. 11

There are at present 32 mr'.e and 101 female Inmates at the Benevolent Heme at Oh ! ro. It ras Clarke's biscuit factory at I 'me. I house, not Spratt's, that was burned. A curious scqqel to a Sydney wife deration occurrod at a certain hot ol in Wolllnaton yesterday morning. A lady, whose husband had left her about a month since, traced him from Sydney to Now Zealand, and for tho past week has been residing at the hotel in queci.lt j. whence she still further proMCU'ed her enquires. Btfore retiring to rest on Tuesday night, however, she discovered that her husband, togother with the woman for whom he had forsaken her, was In Wellington, and had taken a room in tho Bamo hotel, Yesterday morning therefore, she wont to tho room oc cupled by the couplo, and, having s;tis> fied herself by looking over the par.it'on that they were in the room together, sho burst open tho door,dashed aside her husband with a blow, dragged her rival from the bed by her hair, and fully satisfied her desiro icr rovengo. By this timo the noise of the contest had attracted the attention of tho landlord, who succeeded at 10n3.11 in separating tho parties, and restoring a certain amount of peace. He then persuaded the man and his fomalc companion to leave the hotel, andJhc injured wife is now seeking redress in a Cour; of law.-N.Z Times, Wanteo, from our .'ady customers, numer out ordern for the celebrated C.B. Corsets, o! which wo have just opened out a largo paiccl. We \viU forward a pair, po3i free, for G/C, from Tc Aro Hoose, Wellington. Fon S*t,3, a splendid lot ot Ladies Underdo,' hing, boi'ghi very miuh under rani prices, f.orn 2/11, Knickers from ?/V, These are from tho best Hoiiie Fr.clorics, and a: wonderful value at Te Aro House. A Nkw Lot. We have jus; received f' om the maiiuiaclorcvs, a first sh'pmcnt of the " Weal," nll-ffoolUndervests, tor Ladies end Children, nnd aro selling them tor whotan'e pric33 at Te Aro House, Post Fane, Wo will send any quantityof tboie beaulii'ul goods by pnicel post on receipt o! order. Pricei -or L ".dies sizes ?/ U jo 6/G, Chi'drens 1/8 to ?/li, May be had in whito and plain coloors from Te Aro House, _ SnoMiwmPosT. We mako this a leading feature in our business. Country ca> iomers served at Wel' ! njion prices. Wo keep a large stall specially for executing country orders; so send ihem on ear'y. Remember I All goods jharjed town prio:s from James Smiib Te Aro Eonso, WtJlingon.