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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4520, 11 September 1893, Page 2

We quite approve of the suggested compromise in the Licensing Bill, advocated by Sit Patrick Buckley, viz,, that Resident Magistrates should lio ex-officio raeiiibors of Licensing Committee.-:, and preside over them, Thie would be a obeck on some of ihe scandalous scenes which have been witnessed in the past in connection with Licensing Committees. We could not imagine any E.M., after his appointment as a member of the Licensing Benou, going round to every public bouse in a district for a booze, and yet this is a spectacle i with which the eleoted members of a Licensing Committee once made us familiar.

• Sir fionsßi Stout, it is said, laughed heartily when the Wonmn's Franchise was won, and declared that he would not believe in it till he saw it on the Statute book, When Sir Robert laughß, Mr Seddon is prone to weep, and oven now the victory may be marred or delayed, That the' Government can stonewall the actual registration of feminine votes, or hang ;:p the measure, in tolerably obvious, but whether they will have the courage to face the storm of indignation which would break forth if they dealt the Bill a foul blow, is another tiling.

There is a good deal of sicknoss in Maaterton just now. A local medico has stated that he has never been bo busy since he commenced practice.

The date of the Maaterton Hone Parade has been definitely b'xed for September 20th,

After considerable discussion the General Committoe of the Maaterton A, and P. Association have decided on the two judge Bystom of judging stock. The regular monthly meeting of Maaterton Masonic Lodge, No 19., N.Z.0,, takes place next Wednesday,

i Our Tenui correspondent writes: — "Oho of the sharpest shocks of earthqualie experienced for many years in thiß district was felt bere this (Friday) morn ing at 4.3D a.m. The Post Office chimney wn? damaged, and one in a house belonging to the W.F.O.A, A man, llariy MoAlpine, employed in the hotel, was pitched out of his bed, which, no doubt, was constructed on tho incline principle."

Magsmen aro still having a ({ood time in Melbourne, A Bimple-roinded shopherd, nho after patient labor had 'saved about £lls, accepted an engagement from astranger who represented himself as a wealthy Queensland squatter, The latter took chargo of the shepherd's mom-y. He has still got it. The shepherd and detectives aro [searching for the supposed squatter.

Mr t, Hutchison, B.M, hash-eon appointed rteturning Uflicor for the Wairarapa Electorate, and Mr F, H, Ibbetson, Returning Officer for Masterton,

London wool buyers are objecting to the wool of sheep branded with pumt or tar. Captain Kerr, of cornet fame, tele graph; :l on Saturday from Gore to the head of the army in Dunedin sb follows: express to-night, Sond Lieutenaut to help. Hallelujah I" A meeting of the Ball Committee of the Masterton Football Club was held on Saturday laßt Present—Messrs A. yon Keisenberg (in the Ohair), tatall, Broad, H. Perry, Gray, and D'Arcy. It was decided that the Club's annual ball he held on October sth. Messrs G. H. A stall and H. Perry were appointed Secretaries,

The third torm of the Wellington Girls' High Sohnol begins on'fueeday, tbe 10th inst.

Mr M. E. Varnham, tho well-known muaiciin of Greytown, has received an offer of an engagomtnt as bandmaster to the Waipawa Native Band, which has lately received one of the most handsome setfl of musical instruments ever imported into the (Jolony, costing over £509,

A serious accident happened to the young daughter of Mr Rossitor, of Parkville, on Saturday. It appears that the father placed a new mantle-piece over tho fire-place in one of the rooms without fastening it, arid tho child caught hold of it and pulled it down with tucli iorce that her skull was fractured. A son of Mr Deadman, baker, of Eketahuna, was returning home from Mauriceville on Saturday, when hishorso fell,throwing him and three children out of the trap he was driving. The shafts of the cart wero broken, but with the exception of a few bruises no one was hurt,

In our report of the caso Smith v Andrew the words''Mr Bunny decided to consent to an adjournment." Should haye read'' Mr Bunny Mind to' consent to an adjournment.. it was for this rons&n that Bis Worbhip recorded a conviction,

The Carterton Social Club continues to flourish and do mil. A welcome ball to Dr Johnston, the Olub's ex-Prosidont, is to be Rive.) under its auspices as soon as that gentleman return;,.' The coaching stullion Black Maire is advertised to stand this season at tho farm of Mr E. Harris,

The Observor says that the Wairarapa Pastoral Society are having the land adjoining their b!iow grounds, which they recently bought from Sir James Prendcr. gaat, stumped cleared and levelled. Mr Briscoe and an assistant, with a powerful American stump extractor, are engaged on the work and the whole will be com-, pleted next week. i

Mr Hogg stated to the House on Friday night (says the Post) that the Wairarapa fruit-growers could not compete with imported fruit, owing to the hyh railwaycharges, andrather than apond money on experts to compete with blights tho Government should reduce freights, Mr Valentine retorted that Central Otago people, though, cartiog 601 miles and using the'railway 70, could compete* • ■' ,• I

3 Acraze for bargains set lu this morning ] atthctibuMarchp,' Wo,thtiy Hooper* Com["uiy, have started clearing out tho 1 balance of our winter stook. o'ir bargains J are always genuine. Wedsn'tsay we sell I atcostprioe,:beoauseno one oi v«y few' ; couldlest.if not knowing what the coat price is. We don't offer our goodß at 20 • per cent discount because no one can eheok ' ihe calculation, not. LWug .wwbat it is , based.;. Werely upon thi prices, at which . we offer or i bargains and in nine cases' out , of nine ana-a-holf tboso pricesarestaggerera , both for tho, Pnblip and' the Trade. Of course;wearegolagto lose'money overthis > job'l How could we do .otherwise?,-. But | why not ?, Why shouldn't we', i» well, as , other people ?.; Everybody's losing. money ' nbw;a : days,'''and,ve;Mf:.«)reparcd to drop 1 ourshaiojusllorthesakecf jompany, but i thai ye losejn.a* good,: cause;.'. We i benefit the'P|iblic,-so keep jour, eye'oh'the j PonMdrohejfbf.vb^gainsl-JBVorythHg' at

The Pahiatua Herald Bays:' "Ooristr.blo Cooper has sold bis much-admired [Kngliah setter "Rook, ! 'to Mr.W. Lowes of Masterloi, for the aum of £1010',"

Tho latest triumphs won at Home by Mr Gerald Baldwin (Oaptain Baldwins eon) are (1) the ''William Brown Exhibition" and (2) the "Braokeubuty Prize in Surgery' 1 ac tit. Georges Hoapital.-Poat, ,

Heavy anowatorms are reported from various parts of New South Wales. There was a fall at Young which it almost unprecedented.' the weather is very oold in Bydnty. Mr Buchanan ia urging that an additional police uhW should be appointed for Carterton.

Captain itussell is of opinion that it is a standing disgrace to New Zealand that it ia importing fruit. Mr I. M. Smith says there ia no need to import it, because thousands of tons of the fruit grown, rot on the ground. The many friends of Mr John Thompson, of foasterton, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill. Drs Butement and Do jglas are attending him. Tho statement that the Mauricovillu Dairy Company direptora were spending £B3 a year on stamp] and telegrams has been refuted, The actual expenditure turns out to be £2 9s,

In the final match PahialUitv.Ekotahutia it has been decided that tho cr.piair.B of the teams ahull decide on a referee on the ground. .Thoannual'general meeting of the. Masteituii Tradesmen's Cricket Club, will bo held on Thursduy next, at 8 p.m., in the Club Hotel.

Mr Arthur Clampett, the tenor singer, arrived in Mnsterion on Saturday even-

The British imports increased by £1611,000 last month, and the exports decreased by £500,000 Mr, Ben 'fillet, speaking at the British Trades Congress, siid that every year the opposition to a legal Eight Hours lessens, ■ Captain Ed inn advises us that there are strong indications that there will be heavy gales, generally from the westward, with rain, in most parts' of the country, between noon of the 12ih and midnight on the 14th inst.

News has been received (cays the Post) by the SanFranoisco Mail that Mr, Frauds .A.King, of Wellington, has received a brouzu medal for violinplaying at hia firat yearly examination at trie Roy&l Academy of Musio which it is said is something unusual for a scholar in his first year, • The Mauricovilla Dairy Factory is to be opened on Monday the 18: h instant. Certain shareholder who were diesatisfied with the working wished to soil the concern, instead 6f rc-openinp, but n majority decided to open again, . Tho last meet fur this season of tbe Waitarapa lluntOlub waaheld at Gladstone on Saturday last. The run was held in tho paddocks of Mr Strang, to. gethor with some Maori land. The attendance was not so large as usual, but tho run was a very enjoyable one. The fences woregood, in sno or two instances being pretty stiff. Only one spill oocurred, but no damage was done oitbor to hotso or rider.

Chauneey Depow is oreditcd with havingsaiJ recently: "A man f»rms few friendships after the ago of 40, and none !aU)bftor6o.

It is said that the oily of Pittsburgh now stands on grounds once given in exchange for a violinA moctin j of the Gas Committee of the Mflßterton Borough Counoil will be hold this evening.

There are now six patients. in the Mastorton Hospital, live males and one female, all progressing satisfactorily. Six boys arc required for St, Matthew' 8 Church Glioir,

At a sitting of the Wairarapi District Court held at 10.80, this morning the application of Richard Alfred Wakelin, of Gieytown, that Joseph Barnard be adjudicated a bankrupt was granted by the Registrar (Mr F, H, Ibbetson). The Prince of Wales, says a Home paper, has seventeen brothers-in-law, sixteen uncles, sixty-seven oousins, and fifty-seven nephews and nieces, Yesterday aflemoon (says the Timca) a little girl named Clwa Herbert, eight years of ago, living in Horuor-street, Newtown, was swinging' one of the iron gates loading to Newtown Park when, by some misadventure, her head was caught and severely jambed, Alter being treated ai tho hospital she was taken home, but was brought to the hospital again last night, her condition having become serious. Tho child is now a patient at the institution, On the.ltctorua yesterday was Thomas Smith, charged with bigamy. He was in the custody of Constable David Smart. #ho takes him to Ormondvillo. The particulars of the case aro rather peouliar. Some three weoka ago Smith was arrested in Napier, on a warrant from Uamaru, charging him with wife desertion, On his arrival there, it was found that he had committed bigamy, and a fresh warrant was issued to bring him baok to Ormondville on the latter charge, A curious coincidence in connection with the caso is that one of the passengers on the Botorua is a Mrs Harper, who was a witness to tho first marriage, and who will go to Ormuudville to give evidence against (he prisoner.—N.Z. Times. • Messrs J, G. Carpenter and 00. of No, 1, Lambtou Quay, Wellington, ineert a business notification in auother column to which we would draw attention, Thiß firm has succeeded the late J, B, Tringham and Co,, and has taken over with the business the valuable agency of the Worth German Insurance Company, a company which boasts, and with truth, that it has never disputed a claim during the 13 years it has done business inN.Z, Mr Osiponter is also broker to the Standard Acoidont Company, Limited, now amalgamated with tho Scottish Metropolitan Assurance Company, Tho firm transacts every description of. land, share, financial and general commission agency business. They have many town aiid country properties on their lists, and will be pleased to hoar from oliema in the Wairarapa, to whose requirements the moßt particular attention wdl be paid. We hope Messrs J. G, Curponter and 00, will reoeive a fair share of support' from this district,

Referring to tho Maurioeville Dairy Company a correspondont writes :- "The fact that the retiring directors: were returned unopposed, shows that; they had tho confidence of tho. majority of the shareholders, Th'ey receive-no recompense for their services and spend a good deal of time attending monthly and special meetings, and they should rather be encouraged in their efforts. But the difficulties haviug now been got over, every preparation is being made to start again. Tenders for the supply of firewood and the carting of butter for the ooming season are invited, aud the new dairyman, who, by the way, brings excellent testimonial! with him from Denmark, is getting eyerything in readi ness for Monday week, It is cot oxpected that there will be a great deal of milk the first month, but it is anticipated that tho supply for the season ivill exceed that of last year, asedveral new Bettlers vill deliver milk, and some of the old suppliers have increased their nurabor'of cows, one. settler having added no less than 12 cows. It is also expeoted that the price of buttor in England will be quite up to what it was last year, By new arrangements made, the working expense will in future be fully £IOO less per year than hitherto,"

|' Bhoppiho at Te Are House rneans getting tbe choice of the largest .stock of new ashionable Drapery.- It means you are buying at tbe lowest cash price and getting a bonus discount. ■' ■ . Ws iriako Bpecial efforts to please our country customers. ■ ■ All goods are charged at Wellington cash prices, and carriage is paid on all parcels of 20s and upwards. Send for patterns of our new- Dresses and Delainos, our tow Prints, and Grcjwns, you will find the choice large and tho colorings select.'- "'•'■.:■'.■■ ; .■". ' : M "■..'■ ' Enolobb oaßb. with all, orders, arid they [will be promptly executed,"ancTa. Bonus' 1 Discount 0f.5% will be returned.on all pur oha'ses :of 20s end upwards from Te Aro jHwwiWeluigjon, .'. ■:\;i;;;-t;.n - ••■"■ n ; '',