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Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 March 1894, Page 2

. Tue police staff in Masterion is cot strong enough numerically, to docontinuous sight duty, About two in the morning the night constable goes to rest and light fingered gentry commence their avocations witb Bome confidence in being unmolosted, Onßun« day morning last Mr Sbaw's premises wbiob actually adjoin thepolicestation were broken into and -cobbed.] The question arisesj hether it would not be prudent to strengthen the Masterton staff by an additional man so that the public might have the protection of a continuous night watch. . Some dissatisfaction exists as to the sufficiency of police protection whioli 'Misterton enjoys and probably if a proper representation were made in the right quarter the local force might be put on a better footing. ;

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Tho Rev J. Dukes preached at Featheriton last Sunday on the " Evils of Gambling," '. A very suceess'ful sooial in connection with the Wesleyan Church was held at St George's Hall, Featherston, on the evening of Good May. ' Alfred May, a buralar, was shot dead, by John M'Kay, at Port- Melbourne, while in the act of robbing the letter's hop. ' The jury found M'Kay justified, iThe Hon Mr, Jenkinson, M. L, O, has been informed by the Railway Commissioners. that they cannot see their, way to grant his request for the free 1 carriage of trees consigned to Bohool Committees, Mr David Powell has been re-eleoted , Governor of the Bank of England, Mr D. H, Robertson, late of Adelaide, has been appointed agent for the Bank of New Zealand at Featherston, MrThomas Hutohison, 8.M,, Is gazetted Judge of the Assessment Court for the Boroughs of Mastertcn and Grey town, Featherston school children hold s picnio on Thursday, April 6th, Over £lO n Mpb, ■'bejiidMVprpvirioiisi ha?'been promised. , •, tier looked and the heSyfr' pile , which-] continued! all - day interfered } considerablyjVwith'ft outdoor sports',' ■]. . The Sale laajine .for 20 days,;: promises] a»gi#t|S^yiss' man]y, of!the];llneiMl be ,'marked W;lws'thaif Soglisli'odafat ia'Aiio Dunng'6ale?;^£^ea l fAkrons wiU'bi6oiaaUl, ; 4ButhinKidGlqvesaU now ftißh gooda; at Is lld Whlfe Collus^ew'eba^atßd^acOij€ : CoMslt 8d eaob^idld^eve'rywhewM 1 0d, ; V; iV.wlll l eeuhtry" to a rah down; M the'Greaf Ri®Jig]Sw£T]iey. will roittflll theeipenaes arid'bfemogßrin .will he.ct^^^^^^Hßt'cmlage

• A limb of. astreei; was: blowndopnl yesterday at the hack- of the.Tauheremkau racecourse, and,.falling on an'empty buggy, smaahed it to pieces. „ Tim Merrivale *V, Melrose 1 football match,' played at Petoneon'Saturday ended in a draw, In March 1893 tbereiwaa about nine inohes of rain, but in tbe same month of the curiont. year there appears, opto data, to have been only a quarter of an inch,

Some time betweenhslf-half twelve on Saturday night and half-past biz on Sunday morning ..the: premiss of ■Mr 'W. Bhaw, general. dealer, of Hall Street, were ente/ed, andseveral articles Stolen, including 14- greenstones valrted at 3b I each, six silver lockets valued at 5s each, and several silver chains' ■■ ...Weekly-dancos under the auspices the local ForesterVLodge commence at Carterton on 30th inst. ■

. According to the Observer girl larrikins who '' barrack' ; passers-by are -now' a dißEgreeabla feature m Carterton streets at nights, much to the chagrin of many modest males. . v ■

■ A battle royal took place fa Eraser'slane, Wellington,. on Friday, evening last, betwoon a party of bluejaokets and some Assyrian hawkers who have "taken up their quarters there, The sailors »ere victonous. ;

At a recent meotlng of the Dunedln Benevolent Trustees, the chairman, Mr Robert?, drew attention to the alarming inorease in the expenditure, saying that tlfe outlook indicated a requisition 'of £IO,OOO fornext year, 'j. ■Nearly was put through tho totalisatorot the Watrarapaßacing Club's meeting, on Saturday and Monday-fast. ■ The high nind. of yesterday carried fire through the stubhJe at Te Ore Ore snd five atacka of wheat belonglog to Mr Geo',; Druminond were desi troyed. There.was no insurance.

i We notice that the entrance gate ofi the MSstertoiv Park is broken oft its hinges and spattered with gore. Thereby hangs a tale," but what the Jale is we do not know, ■

At % meeting on Saturday, MrW, Lowes was unanimously re-elected secretary of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, .; .' '>■ -V ■

The high wind of yesterisy, started quite a number of busli and grass fires in this distrlob, particularly : round about Carterton.

Mr E, jj, Se&rl, who to in chargo of the publican's grand-atand booth at the Wairarapa OJub'a Races waa supplying all kinds of Temperanco drinks and also" had a plentiful supply of excellent olaret-pup on both days. His enterprise WBsrauch appreciated, The Masterton branch of the Salvation Army held a pio-nio yoaterdoy, and all those present thoroughly enjoyed the outing. In the evening a " mnsical battle" took place at tbo Barcaoka. The Hamilton and Edwards Vaude. ville 'Speciality Company sncoeeda in drawing good houses at the Mastertoh' Theatre Royal in spite of many counter attractions, - The usual nigger minstrel entertainment is given interspersed with some really good flinging, On Sabbath last the sacrament of the Lord's supper was dispensed in the Mastorton Preabyterian Church. There was a large , congregation and about seyenty remained to tho cbmmunion. An effort is being made to induce a firm of auctioneers to ereot sale 1 yards at Hawera (Forty-Mile Bush), The Gas Committee of theMaatorton Borough Counoil meet at 7 this (Tuesday) evening, v A solitary first, offender, wai fined 6s and costa for drunkenness, by Mr Geo. Heron, J, P., atMasterton this morning. .in interesting event came off yesterday at the house of Mr Daniel Brooks, Mauriceyille, when Mr George D#y, farmer, eldest son of MrWm.Day, of Upaki, was united in marriige to Miss Evangeline Brooks.. The Bafriage ceremony, whioh was oonauoted tythe Eev.Bobt, Wood, was followed by the usual breakfast, ;

Wert Sunday at St Matthew's Church the Harvest Festival will be celebrated. Speoial anthems have been ohosen" for the occasion. -

It is reported that several hundred sheep and one or more houses at Parkville were destroyed by Ore yesterday. Owing to tie line being interrupted no definite information is available. . In another oaluwn in this issue Mr P. W. Corby has an announcement that he has assumed the proprietorship of the HaweraJunotion Hotel Forty-mile bush,) Mr Corby is well and'favourably' known in the distriet having been connected .: with- Mr Sullivan as a partner:; in . the .Commercial' • Hotel Miatua:for upwards of twdyeari; And mhii new venture :Mr Corby will be well supported by his large ■ circle of friends.

A Rig belonging' to MrPlnhey was amashed up, last Sunday through to horae auddenly takitic; fright. The young man who was driving received a nasty wound on the leg through the horso kicking him.

The Wairarapa Distriot Court sits at Masterton on Thursday next, before His Honor District Judge Kettle. '

The opening meet of tlio Waitawpa Hunt Club will be held at Mr W, B. Buick's On Thursday next, Throw off at 2.30,

•There are now six male and one female patients in the Masterton Hospital,' Maaterton Borough Council meets this evening at 7.10, The next meeting will beat 7 p,m, The house.of a settler qo the Alfredtou road -tools lire recently! itowatorwas available and the only, person at home was the settler's wife, with commendable promptitude and considerable presence of mind she reoollected that a number of pang of milk were io the dairy, 1 and; proouriug these she succeeded in putting out the fire, thus naviug herbome by the loss of a few gallons'of milk.

terday, Mr O. A.-fqwnali'a Begum won the Maiden Handicap'and Mr W. McKenzie'a KobEoy the Electric Handicap. Mr Pownall's Jumbo obtained third place in the big gnat.• 'Large'flunibersof the general public visited'the Volunteer encampment at Eorirua .yesterday, and much • eiijoyed the spectacle of a sham fight which took place during the morhin'g. - Four boxes] of gold, of the value of £12,836, were sont home by. the Kailtoura on Saturday from the Wellington branch of the Bank of New Zealand. There were also three boxes from the Diinediri branch, of the value of £13,600. . A coloured man named Robert Martin stabbed a man. named J, P, Gullbranson |in Willis Street, Wellington/ yesterday morning, during a 'squabble;' The wound is not dangerous, . "i

Duriag the last few days Mr L, F, Ayso D has transferred about a 1000 yearling and two.year old-trout,.and 5,000 fry from stagnant pools in the Waipoua to running water,

We kg tonotii} tbat the tollowing ilncs of Messrs Bock 4 Co., . Manufacturing Chemists, catt be obtainod at the W.F.O.A'a Fanoy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial Plating 1 Fluid, price In 6d, unsurpassed (or oleahing gold oi- Bilvcr and re-plating brass and copper, Book's '.Waterproof Cement,' price Is; will resist hot or cold water and - repair ohina i glass, delf, leather, ■ etc,; etc. :Oamphylene Balls, in neat air-tight-jars, containing' 18 balls, pried la. to keep moths out of clothing, flso a perfect disinfectants Herb' ExtrtMst, 1 pWce Is, an infalllable. cure for toothache, | guaranteed not Injnrioua to the teeth" or itiealth|it 'jtopsithe'motfaont«, win iW>. medhteljrj'and proves a: permanent cure in neatly all caeca where the wotV are 'hollow, (taman cuje for corns and warts prigcls; this fatq'oiii ltetneiy will speedily 'aud paklessljr core soft or tmrd corps,v§]bo:..warts; bunions is \rimt'?doubt'tle':nost;(eliable'ins(iet:i]e^ trojrer iiutbo world, j. being I'qwte harmless to animal 1 ; " ts aneqaallea is destroying Files, i JVos; y loas,'Bugs l :iiia';.Oool[roaches, •M r ■; uf Morteib .with •'-"-'irilnecotPoffder '■dand.wero

.;, r Mr.:F,-H.-.Wood;ad(3a i 2,600-breeding ewes to StookSale. > * * ■? 'ihn Christian Endeavour .Society will hold a moetine: to-morrow evening in the' Wesleyan Schoolroom, ■ An attractive programme baa been arranged and there will doubtlsss be a good attendance, ■ ■ ■ ; A,fatal fire ocoured at West Oxford, | (Canterbuty),- vosterday morning., The home of Isaao Marsh was destroyed- and Mrs Marsh burned to death, The remains, . have been discovered, " Marsh was badly burnt : Owing, to the windy:wealher several events at,the Pioton had to be postponed yesterday,

~ Rain ls.muoh seeded all over this district, A slight-shower fell tbisimormng,and towards noon heavy rain commenced. •At 6 o'clock on Sunday afternoon fire broke out, in the Featherston butter faotoryof the.Farmsrs' Union, and it waa speedily reduoed to ashes ■' L, - : Mr A, D'Aroy injured himself while practising y*aterday and it is doubtful whether he will be fit: to compete at tke Spurts.' While much sympathy is ox* pressed and- -felt 'for - the : yiotim of ■■ the- unfortunate accident, competitors • recognize* the more open character of the races if- this' crackis absent.:":;;. Sii hundttd excursionists went oh the To Anau to Pioton yesterday,! from Wellington. ■ J 41'

The number of men employed on the variuUß Government co-opetative works at the end of February,-was 2,062.

The vice-President, Mr J. Stuckey, and the Secretary, Mr Wm.-Lo'wes, have been chosen as delegates of the Masterton : Agricultural and' Pastoral Association to represent that society! at the meeting of delegates of the New Zealand A. and P. Societies, who hold their triennial, gathering in Wellington on May Ist. . •: • A.gig driven by Mr R; J. Baiter who waa accompanied by his sister, Mrs Young of Masterti<n, : collided with a vehicle at . Carterton last evening. Mrs Young waa thrown out and sustained seiious Injury, her leg being broken in the fall, She was removed to the: Mar- ; qu'is ofKormaudy tibtel, and after medical attention to her home at Maaterton and iB now. doing as well as can be expected, The gig-was smashed. ■*' i, The, Wellington:. Prohibitionists are I goine to take action with reference to the number, of persons-alleged to have boen improperly struok olf the rolls, ,-Tho Manawatu country is.reported to be very dried up for the want of rain, but stock keep in good condition, I ■. "The Rev, ThomasSpurgeon has been lelected to the Tabernaole pastorate. • i« The, new English Bank,of the Riyer Plate has suspended payment.

The Court of Appeal, is to . meet at Wellington on Monday, 80th April: Dr Nettleship certifies that Mr Glad; stone has oataracts in both eyes,

A one-man steamer competition took place yesterday at the Maaterton Municipal Fire Brigade station for a handsome medal given by a hearty supporter of the Brigade. The conditions of the competition were to run twenty-eight yards to the engine, connoit length of suction hoae, run out two single 100 feet of delivery and fix hranohes. Nine firemen competed, and Engineer liraggins having made the fusteat run (lniin 60sec)was awarded the medal. Secretary Pragnell (lmin BGseo) and ABaietant-foreman Rey. nolds (2min 10 3*saeo) being second and third respectively.: Messrs C. Ewington and J. Miiir carried out the duties of starter and timekeeper,and Capt, Pickering acted as judge, to the satisfaction of all, 'v.;,?

■ The Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade gave a smoke concert, last night and a very pleasant evening was'spent, Bongs were rendered by Lieutenant Ewingten, Foreman Reynolds, Fireman H. Great, bead, and by Messrs, 0. Ewington, R. Leaoh, R, Findlay and Mr G,' Butcher. (Japt Pickering complimented the visiting team at Napier upon - their success at the recent demonstration, and hoped on a future occasion they would be even more successful, Tho health of the team aiid Delegates were then drunk , in bumpers and concluded a most enjoyable evening, __ The Volunteer Band under Conductor Candy, played a few choice selections which were duly appreciated.

' The Prohibition members of the Wairarapa Licensing Committee have an. nounced the intention of granting no more conditional liceuses for publicans' booths at race meetings,etc. On Messrs Searl and fliley applying for the usual permits,in connection withtlie Wairarapa Raoiug Club's privileges (purchased by tender for one year, under the old aot) they were informed that only i o'clook j licenses would be granted.. After some . difficulty other member of the committee were secured and the licenses extended till six o'clook,

: The Mastetton Municipal Fire Brigade's smoko concert, given tp tho twin ropreßenting the Brigade at Napier'was held is the station shed last night imteid of the Temperance Hall, to prevent .any:clashing with' the Gatbolio Social. heldlnthe Drill Hall.'

The local secretary of the Amalgamated Shearers and Laborers Union requests members to attend a meeting "*iij the Foresters' Hall on Saturday April 7th.

AJJathurat Wesleyan clergyman thinks the Governors oi the colonics should set tho fashion by turning their baoky on the race, courses.-•

The work of sinking the seoond fire-weh in Qneen; Street is progressing rapidly. Tho "Jubilee"is. at work to-day keeping the water down to enable a greater depth to be reached. ... : .

Beveral telegraph poles have been burnt down between iiketanuna and the railway tunnel,. comnnieation being interrupted, liinomanMoKenzle has gone ap to eileot repairs. ...

The hot and muggy days are now about over. Fieroe the sun is still in his noonday heat. But ere long thousands will be orying out for warmer olothing, and blankets wilt be as welcome as aoid drinks have been, Messrs L. J. Hooper ahd Co., of tho Bon' MaroM, have had the coming eeaeon in their mind's eye, and a practical provlsionfor its wants is'a foremost feature in'their programme/ They have -just opened: a magnificent stjck of new, autumn and winter goods from tfie Parisian and London map kets, aiid we'venture to assert a better display of the world's fashions ha; never.'been attempted in the Wuirarapa. Every department is resplendant with the latest novelties and fashions, and tho prices are significant I of their desire to serve all well, Orders from any partof the oolony are' executed -with that exactitude and liberality that leave no room for other than satisfaction, ,