LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4689, 7 April 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 : » ■ The Masterton Town Lands Tiustees mil receive an annual revenue-of £232 from.town acre 71, from June next. Four cottages, the property of the Masterton Town Lands Tiust. are be leastd by tender for a term of seven years. Mr Kenall's latest :-" That bungling Borough Council." The stable of Mr Henry Jones, at the Waipoua, was on fire on Thursday night, Fortunately the tiro was discovered in time to save tha building, Incendiarism is suspected, The Masterton Town Lands Trustees appear favorable to tho establishment of a scholarship, In Duneuin, as in many other towns in the colony, there are many grievous oomplaints about orchard robbery and some voung larrikins haro received salutary sonSomo Edinburgh roughs stoned Mr i'l'amberlan's carriage and smashed tho windows. Mr Chamberlian escaped injury Mr S. A. Pull of the Castlepoiut Accommodation House has forwarded to the Masterton Museum through Mr Gillespican excellent specimen of what Is believed to be a sea-horse which wa3 found on the beach at Castlepoint,and also a hook taken out of the mouth of a large shark recently captured by Mr Poll. Tenders for road metalling are invited by the Mauriccville Road Board. A farewell social was given by the Wesleyans of Eketahuca to Mr Smith, Homo Missionary,on Thursday evening last. Tim affair was most successful,

Mr. Edward, Trcgear is gazetted Secretary to the Department of Labour and Mr James Mackayto he Chief Clerk in the same department,

In another column Messrs J. Dawson and A. Sttwart thank tho voters at tho late Licensing Elections for the- hearty support which was accovded to them on that occasion.

The next silting of the Ekelnlnna R.M, Court has been postponed until the 23rd inst.

The date of the Masterton Horticul.' tural {society's Ohrysauthemum Show has boon altered from April 19th to May 3rd.

The committee of the W.A.A. & CO. meet at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening next, in tho Mutual Life Buildings, to settle accounts and arrange a date for the distribution of prizes, Yehiolo traffic between Eketahuna and Alfredton is quite suspended, Bridge , are down on tho Tiraumea Bnd Alfredton roads. It will take about twelvo days to effect repairs, Immediately after Mr D, Crewo'a stock tale at Eketahuna on the 13th inst., a large number of piotures are to be sold without reserve.

, The telegraph line to Alfredton will be an accomplished fact in a few days. Poles are being rapidly erected on the line,

Tho New Zealand railway rovenuo for the four weeks ending 3rd March amounted to £97,673 9s !)d, as compared «ith £IOO,OOO in the corresponding period of last year.

■ During last month the number of passengers carried on the New Zealand rails ways was 28,980, as against 20,911. Tho fares amounted to £2519 12a 9d, as "gainst £2429 10s 4d.

The continued hard wmk appears to have told on Judgo Kettle, for a Press Association wiro informs us that owing to his indisposition tho District Court at Palmerston North was adjourned yestorday. Another consignment ot new music

has been received by Pearson'? Private Band from Haieh's, London, and will bo played for the first time in the Musterton Park to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, Tho Mangamahoe school treat took place of Thursday last, botween 40 and 60 children, beßldea parents and friends, being present nt a very pleasant gathering. _ rbo usual games were indulged in, and in the evening a social and dance followed, dancing being kept up till oarly morning. Every credit is duo to the committeo for their capable management of the affair.

Tho -■" now inllaeuce" is boing felt already hero, says a Carterton correspondent. Not a buoze to be tad on Sunday furloyo or money, Tho' Bungs' have got a proper scare this titno, and will have to rigorously " toe the mark " at any rate till after the licensing meeting in Juno.

« It will bo of interest to many to know i that General Hogg, who arrived from , England a fow months ago, has purchased a house and small property at Wainui-o- ---| mara. The Ueneral is a keen sportsman, ■ and has visited Mnstorton on more than i one occasion, Cur readers will join with i us in wishing the gallant gentleman the ' best of luck. New Zealand eould do with many more of this kind of visitor. The Chairman of the Masterton Town Lands Trustees (Mr W, Lowes) intimated jaifc night that he did not intend to ag«u bring the matter of the Queen Street drinking fountain • below either the Trustees or tho Borough Council. He hoped with the assistance of Mr Feist.to manage the matter priyately, and if unsuccessful, intended to wash his hands finally of the whole thing, There is perhaps no manufacturing firm in the colony which has acliioved such a high reputation for their manufactures as Messrs Griffin and Sons of Nelsuii. It is in the manufacture of biscuits and confectionery that this firm most excels, though they turn out very highclassgoodsinthe shape of flour, baking powder and starch. In fact the ''Eureka" brand is "as' familiar as household words" In the mouths of tho trade in this provincial district and in many other parts of the colony. The seoret of Messrs Griffin and Sons success it that they constantly aim to produce an uniform article of the best and purest matorials and as a natural consequence their goods are eagerly enquired for. Messrs Ur'Mn and Sons have an agency in Wellington, conducted by Mr Cooper in Old Custom House street, to whom all orders from this district should be addressed.

At last the preposterous Victorian protection is' likely to give way to somethiDß more sensible, Speaking at (»'Mayoral lunoheon at Williarastown, the Premior said that unless the eouutry was prepared to trado with the world, the world would not trade with It. JNo section of the country really desired prohibitive daties, and there was nothing bat mischief in the policy of prohibition dutiei, which had begun comparatively rccontly. To undo the mischief nnd put an end to the extraYsgancoofthepnst waa the aim and object of the Gorernuioiit,

Some littlo exoitcmant was caused yesterday afternoon near tho Post Ofllco, through the action of a man, who, with his" family, was being conveyed in a cab to the Railway Station, He was suffer ing from tho effeota of drink and suddenly oorntnenced ill-using one of his children, His wife screamed out, and Borne bystanders interfered, It is under?tood that it is only out of consideration for tho family that the matter has not been placed in the hands of tho police.

Several persons In Wellington, Napier and Christohiiroh have been "had" by a pcraonagewho'ia doscribed asbeingainan of "impoßingpresenoe, sumptuous apparel, lordly air and engaging manner", It is tho usual story, a plausible rogue robbing fooh ♦1 theiroash.

The Great Realising Sale lasting for 20 days, promises to be a gigantio success. The whole stock is to be offered at genuine reduced prices, many of the lines will be 1 marked at less than English cost at Tb'Abo House Wellington. . During the Great Sale, Ladies Aprons will be sold at 4j, 4 Button Kid Gloves all new fresh goods avis lid n*er pair, While andUieam LacesatOd per doz, Ladies Linen Collars new shapes at 3d eaoh, Boys Sdilor Collars at 3d eaoh, sold everywhere -at Gd atTsAnoHooßß Wellington, ' ; It willpayoopntry 'customers to takoa run down to the Great Realising Sale. They will save all the expenses and be moiiev in pocket by buying all thdy \,ant while good are sooheap.^Ordersifrom.tho;CountrV I will be.carefuUy selected and sent carriage had from tho:Great';Reallslng ; Siie at TV |AsoHobsb,-Ai)vi, .[■■•

Two men suffering from typhoid fever rabbiters on Mr W, 0, Buchanan's Tupurupura property, were admitted to the Masterton hospital yesterday. The annual general meeting of tho Masterton Blaoksinhh and Wheelwright Company takes place this afternoon. A resident at-the Upper Opaki recently naw three weaseh and a rabbit playing together on his lawn. An into elector in the Rangitikei only wrote on the local option paper a big bad word of four loiters. The Feilding branch of the Wellington Aoolimatisation Sooioty has resolved, that Bixpence. a head be offered for the destruction of shags. t Wearoglad to'loarn that Mr James htevens, who for the paafT fortnight has been in Masterton suffering from an exceedingly bad leg, has, under the skilful treatment of Drßeard.auffioiently recovored ne to be able to viait his homo at Belvedere, (Carterton) to-day. . The Wanganui HcraU spoaks very highly of the play of Mr Arthur Rich' ards (son of Mr E. & Richards, of Masterton) in the cricket match Manawatu v Wanganui, Mr Richards wbb two and a half hours at the wickots, and made CO rans, Wi play being described as" faultAt the Maatetton Wesleyan Ohuroh to-morrow evening, the Uov. J. Dukes Will reply to the question " What kind of a revival does the Ohuroh need?" A. meeting of members of the Shearers and Laboura'Union will be held this evening in the Foresters' Hall, Masterton.

The New Zealand Association itmounoea that under instructions from 'he ownori, it will sell by public auction m May Ist the well-known Beaumaris •ropßth oonniiting of 3708 acres of reeholdland, This estate is well known nthis district aa being' well. grassed, enc/?d and subdivided, and it ought to tact purchasers. Mr J. H. Forbes writes to the N,Z ernes to defend his brother, Maioi .'orbes.from the attaoka mado by tw( lonvspdndents, who declared that thi Hajur was responsible for the disaster h captain Wilson's detachment in the lati Uatabelo war. A lon* extract from th etter (>f Mr Seloua to an English pane indicates the character of Atajor Forbei A man suffering from a very bad coin wund fracture of the ankle was ndmittei o the Mastorton hospital from Eketn luna a few days ago. Tho injury wa stained wliilebushfiilltug. The cricket nfateh between Hawke' Bay and Wellington ended in a viotnr ov the latter by 110 runs, In th Wellington's Becond innings, Blacklock nade37andl/pham4s,whilo for Hawke' Bay, Taiaroa (15) Gossage (11) and Hil .22) were the only batamen that go into double figures, Messrs Pinhey Bros, fino new stable :n Queen Street, are now open Ijoth Public and will be found reploto wit] Bvery 'convenience, The stalls—ovo twenty in number-are roomy nndwel ventilated by an airangement whiel ?ivea extra lighting at tho saiuo time The loose boxes are suitably arranged two of them opening into a right oi wa so that customers oairuEotliomataii' hour of the night, even in the abaonc of the .attendant. Thoro aro ladies am gentlemoiit's waiting and oloakrooni attcd with lawtorics.and a large names room and bedroom fur the use of th Brooms. The slables have beon designei and erected by Mr 0. E. Dunioll,buildei of Mastorton, and are o credit to him The buildup measures 101x40ft.au, is of iron and totara, tho front benv coVered with rusticatod boards. Ther is ample storage room for fodder, am tanks aro to be ereotnd at the roar o the stables, so that they cart be filled b win water or from the woll by a fore pump. Water will also bo led from th tanks,to the lavatories. The new stable are a crodlfc to Mantorton.nnd the Mesur Pmhey aro to be congratulated on thel enlorpriscTho Rev Mr Taylor, a recont arriv from England, reports that wlul travelling betwoen Picton an Nelson, h waß robbod of his purse, containing hi Maßterton Hospital Trustees meet oi Tuesday next. On Thursday last at tho rcsideneoc the brido's mother, Miss P. Eckloy wa married to Mr A. Sutherland, oF th W.F.C.A. The Eev. Ohas. Murray, o Carterton, officiated. ■We undorßtand that tho agents for th To Ore Ore Eitate, Messrs Lowes and lorn' nave succeeded in disposing of 13 section (making 800 acres mono blookl at aver satisfactory figure and that lliere are on] 4 small sections remaining whioh will, w understand, lie sold at such prices as' wil command a very ready sale. Mr F. H. Wood adds to his MattinWougl stock sale a bay gelding, 16J hands, brokoi to saddle and harness. At a meeting of the District Executive o the Foresters' Lodge at Wellington las night a dispensation for tbo opening ot femalo OOurt of Foresters w»b granted. Th now Court is to bo opened by the Diatric Iterative on the 23rd inst. The hot snd muggy days aro now abou over. Fierce the sun is6till in bis noonda' heat. But ere long thousands will be cryiui out for warmer clothing, and blankets wil bo as welcome as acid drinks liavo been Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co., of the Boi Marchc, have had tho coming season ii their mind's dye, and a practical provisioi for its wants is a foremost feature in thei programme. They havo just opened i magnificent slock of new autumn and white goods from tho Parisian aud London mar kcts, and we venture to assert a better dis play of tho wprld's fashions has never beer

attempted in tho Wairarapa, Every department is resplendant with the latest novelties and fashions, and the prices are significant ti their desire to serve all well. Orders from any part of the colony aro executed with that exactitude and liberality that leave no room for other than satisfaction. We beg to notify that the tollowrag lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can ho obtained at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department:-Ron Mercurial Plating l'lmd, price Is Gd, unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, liocks Waterproof Cement, price Is, will resist Jiot or cold water and repair china gloss, (Iclf, leather, etc, etc. Camphyleno Mails, in neat air-tight jars, sontaining 18 tails, price Is, to keep moths out of clothinr also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract pneo Is, an infalliablo euro for toothache! guaranteed not injurious to the teeth or Health jit stops tho most acute pain immcdiitely, and proves a permanent euro in nearly all cases whero the teeth aro hollow, German cure for corns and warls prico Is, this anions Remedy will Bpecdily and painlessly uro soft or hard corns, also Tarts, bunions nd chilblains -Tho Wairarapa farmers Copcrativo Association Ltd. Anvr,