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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4480, 26 July 1893, Page 2

Notice Is given by Mr Peter Jemen ; ;hat poison is 'laid on his section at ■ Waiwaka. i The number of ohildren on the Ebeta- ! luna school roll is 160, with an average itcendance of 110. 1 Messrs 0. Smith and Co, drapers, of Jueen-Blreet, announce greater bargains ian eter at their establishment. Wo remind out readora of the concert ii aid of the Masterton Presbyterian 3hurch Improvement Fnnd, which takeß place in the Temperance Hall this ovmi* Hg. i Mr Charles Edgar Qreville, brother of the proprietor of the Pahiatua Star, died »t Hokitika on Sunday last, One case of measels in reported at Eketahuna. i Burns Club was formed in Pahiatua m Friday last-the anniversary of the poet's death. An einergenoy meeting of the Master ton Masonio Lodge, will take place this Bvening, Theroadin front of the Eketahuna School is in a filthy condition. The Bohool Committee decline to spend money on repairs. At the last meeting of tho Eketahuna Bohool Committee, the Chairman stated that several articles were required for the school, but as no lunde wore available the things could not bo ob< tained. The last sitting of the Featherston R.M. Court was held at Mr, E, Searl's Club Hotel. The Wairarapa Hunt Club is offering a reward of 18, for information leading to tho detection of the person or persons who fired the log jun.p, on the Tauherenikau course on the 19th instant, Eighiy deathß from typhoid fever have occurred at Worthing, in Sussex, The victims are buried at night, and all excursion trains to the town are stopped. A parcel delivered by post at Broadstairs, in Kent, exploded, killing a resident named Richards in the presence of his wife and child. It is believed that the package contained dynamite. A tri-weekly mail is to conveyed between Pahiatua and Kaitawa in future, in place of of a bi-weekly. During an excursion on tho Thames, at which the Australian cricketers were guests, a boatman fell overboard, and was sinking in deep water, when Tom Ware and Coningham jumped in with their cloches on, and rescued him, The boatman had a very narrow, escape. Attention is directed to an announcement from the \V, F. C. A., which appears in another column, regarding the purchase of the Wholesale Drapeiy Company's stock. A middle' aged woman named Bertha Uendricksun, was brought from Kketahuna last night on a charge of lunacy. She has been committed to Mount Niew Asylum by Mr T. Hutchison, R.M., on the certificates of Doctors flosking and Douglas. This is the third lunatic forwarded from this distriot within the last week. , The Observer says Some energetic young mnnot Greytown are now preparing for a minstrel entertainment to be performed shortly in the local towns. The affair is in capable hands and should prove a success." A so-called fire-proof safe may be seen on tho debris of the Featherston Courthouse, having passed through the lire and been found .wanting, Tho packing ofitß walls has been destroyed, the walls themselves being but thin sheets of iroa the interior lining being completely des. troyed by fire. Fortunately for the vendor the maker's name has also been destroyed. A meeting of Direotori of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society will be held at the Ulub Hotel, on Saturday next at 3 30 p,m. The total quantity of trout ova collected at the Masterton fish ponds this season has been 1,125,750. A larger number would have been collected had it not been forthe heavy floods in the rivers during tho spawning season. The Times sajs that an important alteration is that to be made in the method of judging entire horses Kid broodmares at.the approaching Agricultural and Pastoral Show, Instead of the judges forming their opinion from the general appearance and shape of tho animals, they will be required in future to allow a certain nnmber of marks for each speoial point as laid down by the best English authorities, and award the prizes to the animalb scoring the greatest aggregate number, This appears to be a much more satisfactory way of judging than has hitherto been practised, and Messrs J. Stevens and W. Lingard, who have been agitating lor it to be brought into use for some years past, must be congratulated on the faot that their efforts have at last been' oruwnod with success. .IThe Social to be held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening nest, in aid of the funds of St, Matthew's Church, promises to bo more successful than the previous two. Some ladies from Wellington and a numborof gentlemen who are coming from a distance, to attend the assembly ball on the 27th instant will be present at the Social, and will contribute to the concert part of the programme, which will be indeed good. Eefreshtaunta folloxr the concert, and a short dance will conclude the evoning'a entertainment, , MrF. H, Wood makes additions to the entries for his next Taratahi Stock Sale, A craze for bargains set in this morning at tho Bon Marohe. We, that is Hooper & Company, have started clearing' oat tho balance of our winter stock. Our bargains arealways genuine. We don't say wo tell at cost price, beoause no one or very few could test it, not knowing what the cost price Is, We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent discount because no one can oheok ihe calculation, not knowing on what it is based. 1 We rely upon the prices at which we offer our bargains and in nine cases out of nine and-a-half those prices arc staggerers both for the' Public ana the Trade, Of course, weare going to lose money over this Job I - How could we do otherwise? But whynot? Why shouldn't we as .well as other:pcople ? Everybody's losin * money »ow-a-'days, and wo are prepared to drop our share Just for the sake of company, but that we lose we lose in a good cause. We benefit thePubluvso keep your eye on the BonMarche for bargains. Everything at panic prices, - Salvage Sale of goods saved from,tho burn' ing ship " Port Jackson" in' Sydney harbour bought at 10s in £ commences on Friday, June 80th, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Salvage Sale. 500 good Winter Dresses oheap at 6s 6d,now selling for Us lid; 350 heavy Melton Dresses, innavy and red, worth its'6d for 4s lid. m , ut i; ; Salvage .Sale,' 300' heavy Cheviot Tweed .Dresses, valued at 22s Gd, for 12s 6d. 150 Cashmere Dresses, in all "colors, usual pYi&e 12s.6dfor 6s 6d. \ Salvage Striped Flannelettes Is' lid per 2s;lid por dozen yards,, •These are.exaotly half price. ''K- V v .. Salvage Sale. 6000" yards. Stout. Grey Calico 3si.6jl forls_ljd doien, EfeavyCrey Calicoes, lyd wide, 6s fid for 3.3/114 .dozen yards. e:<;i , \. ' 'Salvage Saje,. .125(1 yards White Canoes, lyd wide, for 23 'lld dozenj-,, Heavy White, CfdiOTij, one wd,widp| (is Odfor 8s Uddo'aen; -■*' • " v ,.. Salvage; Bale from burning ship, '• Port Jackson " commences on' Friday, June 30th 'fe Aro House,; Wellington. Hurry up fo st choice. •• ■

S A rheotinft of delegates of ".the < Wai- ,; rarapa Rugby Union, will take place at Carterton thiß evening. The Pahiatua Herald aaya:—One of the greatest curses'of the present day is : the time payment man, and his clammy, ootopus-like grasp is over everything. 1 Another entertainment in aid of the Wesleyan. School Renovation Fund was held in the schoolroom last evening, and ~ proved to be equally as popular aa the f former ones. The programme as given " in ourcolumns of yesterday was faithfully a carried out, several items being loudly \ encored. The recitations of the children j were especially good, "The Two Little j Kittens," by Victor Williams, being much appreciated. The musical part of the programme was, as before, lirsc class. ° Hearty votes ot thanks were passed-to » those outside the school who had kindly I assisted, the members of the oboir, and 5 the popular 'Chairman (Mr 0. E, Daniell). Mr Dukes took occasion to compliment t Miss Williams on the musical talent displayed by the juniors (most of whom ! are her pupils) and great credit is due to ' this young lady for. the success of the r entertainment. r.