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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4463, 6 July 1893, Page 2

The oxpurt of sugar from Queensland for the yew inling EOth June, was 42,000 tons,aniaorcaaj of 10,000 tons on the ptovions year. : Voty cold weather hai been experienced in Sydney lately, and on Monday night the thermometer registered Bdeg, below freezing point, It is reported that the Khedive has asked the Sultan to. send troops to replace the British forces in Egypt, The Chinese have murdered two Swedish missionaries at a place 60 miles from flan Kow. ThoMaaterton Cometery Trust meets at 7.30 this evening. Tho Paik Trus tees meetat 3,30 this afternoon. Very heavy rain fell all yestorday and last night. The rivers are much swollen and a considerable portion of the • lower lying country is flooded. Messrs Lowes and lorns make the following entries for thoir stock sale on Wednesday next. 100 ewes, twelve first class dairy cowa to calve early, ten two-yearold, and six one year old steers. Mr D. dewe notifies in another column that his next Eketahuna stook sale takes place on tho 28th July, for which early entries are invited. The following curious advertisement appears in last Saturday's New Zealand Herald :-"Cadraany. Bees. Verdict for plaintiff-fill | No costs, Public subscriptions to pay the fino received by James Adams, 10, Coorabes' Arcade." It appears that a married man came from Wellington to the Wairarapa some time ago, in search of work. The poor fellow travelled some weeks, and did not succeed in obtaining any employ, ment. At last he reached Masterton iu a pitiable condition; his boots worn off his feet j ragged clothing on his back, and worse than all, very ill through starvation and exposure. Two sympathetic friends got up a subscription, and though their benevolent efforts were uotao successful'na they anticipated, they raised enough money to pay his fare by Wednesday afternoon's train to Wollington. Tho Wellington Benevolent Society Trustees met yesterday afternoon; The action of the cluirman (Rev. H. Van Staveren) and the Secretaiy in granting relief in several caseß was approved, An elderly man, who stated that he was a surveyor, asked for a passago to Eng. land, whore, he ssid, ho could obtain a situation. He had boen unable to get employment hero. The Trustees decided to grant the man a steerage passage to Nelson, whore he had fiiends, A young woman, with a baby in her arms, asked for relief. Her husband, it appears, had deserted her last year under peculiar ciicumstancsß. They had liyed happily together.at Coalbrookdale on the West Coaßt, and she left there in Oo'ober last for the purpose of going to Ohriatchurch, to bring her littlo daughter home, her husband promising to send her sufficient money to enable her to return, but lie did not do so. She had not heard of him since, and she afterwards learned that ho had left the coast the day after hor own departure, She thought she could earn sufficient to support herself by sewing, Her friends, it ivaa stated, would supply her with rations, and the Trußteeß decided to.grant hor 4s a week towards her rent, An elderly widow with five children, two of whom were laid up with measels, was granted three rations. A woman, poorly clad, with a large nail stuck in her hair in place of a hairpin, waß granted rations. Acoounts amounting to £260 sslod wore passed for payment. Several other cases woro dealt with, and the Trustee? adjourned —Timoß Wo have to thank "Truth" (Christchurch) for a "swaggers" journal fromourco]unus,alsotheWeokly Press (Ohrißtohurcb) for reproducing a recent article of ours on Justices of the Peace. In consequßnoe of the recent activity of the Sydney larrikins, especially with regard tothe murder of Thos Pert by the Miller's Point "push" tho Government have decided to increase tho strength of tin police force and arm its members with revolvers. At the B.M. Court this morning, Mr Hutohison, B.M, dismissed the informs. tionß brought undorthe North Wairarapa County Wheel-tyre Bye-law, on the grounds that the bye-law had not beon, made in accordance with the statutess and consequently was invalid. Cost were granted to defendants withcoun' set's fee, £2 2s. It is hardly necessary tu remind our readors that the Misses Albu appear in Masterton to-night. The unfortunate weather is much to be regrotted.particulurly on their account. With the Park Oval under water, the proposed football matoh for this aftornoon, Orientals v. Printers is out of tho question. A Gorman witness in the Masterton B.M. Court this morning under examination, was asked if certain men had anything with them besides their swaga, •' Ohl yea" ho replied," they had two shillings." ' The Masterton Town Lands Trust meot to morrow ovening, Ac the Masterton station this morning parcels for the Bush stations were refused. Tho Department should, evonwhen the line is blocked, make some provision for forwarding light goods. Tenders are invited by Mr O. Tilleard Natusch, tor the erection of a sample room etc. We bear that tho trotting match which was to have taken place to-day between Philedomio and Tin Tacks, has been prosponed on account of the inclemency of the.weather. i Tenders for the lease of the Union boarding house, and tho shop and workshop occupied by Mr ({.Russell, both m Queen Street, close at 5. o'clock tomorrow, A craze for bargains set in this morning atthoßonMarche. - We, that Ib Hooper & Company, have started clearing out the balance of our winter stock, Our bargains are always genuine, We don't say we sell at cost price, because no ono or very few could test it, not knowing what the cost, prico is, We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent discount because, no one can check the calculation, not knowing on what it is based. We rely upon the prices at which we offer our bargains and in nine oases out of nine ahd-a-half those pricesare staggerers both'for the Public and the Trade. Of course, wearegoingto lose money over this job I'How could we'do otherwise? But why not?. Why shouldn't we as well as other people? Everybody's losing money how-a-days, and we are.prepared to drop our share just for the sake of company, but What we lose we lose in a good-cause We benefit the Pnblio, so'keep your eye on the Ben Marchefor bargains.' Everything at

The Railway Department notifies that' traffic betweon Ekctahunn and Master.' ton is suspended until further notice. > In;our advertising columns tenders ore oallod for felling eighty-five and oighty-seven acres of bush in the Alfredton dialhct. Tenders cloße on first of August next. TheMnatertonß.M.Curt was occupied all this morning in hearing a claim brought by Wm. Shaw against J. Sillara, for tho recovery of lis being' ttio value of two garden fortaalleged tohave been - at< Jen from Shaw and sold to Sillats. Both plaintiff and defendant are general dealots. After considerable evidence and legal armmmt judgment was given fur the plaintiff for lis, or Is if the Bonds are returned. Costs amounting to 28b were also allowed. In tho case Surgalz v. Guuther, a claim for £8 3s for wngoa due, heard in the R.M. Court this morning the plaintiff was honsuitod with costs, The usual morning train from Wellington had not reached Miistcitoii up to the time of our going to press All the information we can obtain, is that it is coming; and is likely to reach here about 4 p.m. Tho passengors have, we understand, been obliged to change trains; _ Salvage Sale of goods saved from the burning ship" Port Jackson" in Sydney harbour bought at 10s in £ commences on Friday June 30th, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Salvago Sale. 500 good Winter Dresses cheap at 8s Od, now selling for 3s lid, 350 heavy Melton Drosses, in navy and red.worth 9s Cd for 4s lid. Salvage Sale. 300 heavy Cheviot Tweed Dresses, valued at 22s od, for 12s Gd. 150 splendid Cashmere Dresses, in all colors, usual prico 12s Od for OsCd. Salvage Sale, Heavy Striped Flannelettes Is lid per dozen yards, Twilled Flannelettes 2s lid per dozen yards. These arcexactly half price, Salvago Sale. 6000 yards Stout Grey Calico 3s Cd for Is lid dozen. Heavy Grey Calicoes, Iyd wide, 0s Od for 3s lid dozen yards. Salvago Sale. 1250 yards White Calicoes, lyd wide, 5s Od /or 2s lid dozen, Heavy White Calicoes, orio yard wide, 6s 6d for 3s, lid dozen, Salvage Salo from burning ship '-Port Jackson»commences on Friday, JuneSOth, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Hurry up for best choice, ■