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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4732, 29 May 1894, Page 2

The partnership between Messrs H. Colo nnd.S. Forman as coach proprietors lias dcen dissolved and Mr Gcorgo ■ Robert Bennison has joined Mr S. Forman as from May 19th.. The firm will still he known as forman and Company, i Mr J. B. Keith, of Mastcrton, announces that he has some special lines of Southern grown seed oats for sale, ' The escaped prisoner, Trudgcon is supposed to bo hiding in tho suburbs of of Wellington. Additions are made to the entries for MrF, E Wood's next Taulicrcuikau stock sale to be held on June 6th, Several changes havo been made by tho Eailway Commissioners in the management staff of the locomotive and Maintenance branches, The practical effect will be a saving of about £4,000 in administrative expenses.' Mr TV. G. Beard informs us that it is not correct, as stated by us, that his brother, tlio Rev. H, E. Beard, is about to re-visit New Zealand for the benefit of his health, Yesterday theMastcrtonpublic school commenced its winter time table, opening at !),30, a.im instead of 9 a.m. The _ drapery trade is reminded by advertisement in another column that the great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Co's Christclrarcji stock commences at Christchurchon Wednesday, June 6th;. also that the commodious warehouse at the comer of Manchester and Lichfield Streets, lately occupied by the firm, is for sale or to lets Extensive alterations are being made upon the grounds of the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. All the trees and shrubs that once imparted to the grounds such a "rurally true" appear- , nncc, have been removed, and the land , now would bo like an acre of ploughed ■ land, if it did not bear an equal rcsem- ■ bianco to Sahara desert in a sandstorm. 1 Mr Jackson, Locomotive Engineer at Auckland, is to.be transferred to Well--1 ington, Mr Beattie the present Locomo--1 five Engineer going to Wanganni where he will havecharge of the NapierTaranaki section. • Messrs Craven k Cravcu, Australian wool spinners, Bradford, have, owing to losses incurred on the American market, 1 been compelled to summon a mooting of ; their creditors. The estimate their liabilities at £200,000. At a certain boardinghouse in this town last night, the domestic • who had • given offence to her employer—received , notice to quit, and, to c'nsure her speedy departure, a week's pay in advaneo was f paid her. This, however, did not have the desired effect, for the "slavey" refused point blank to leavo the premises. At length the aid of a member , oftlic'.'foorco ' was obtained, nud the s strong-minded haud-maid speedily rei moved. • It is understood that Mr Harrison ' Blythe, who has been connected with the ! Mnstcrton branch of the Bank of New ( South Wales, for some time past.is about • to be transferred to Auckland, The Hunt Club held a meet at Mar- ( tinborough on Saturday, when a couple of good runs gave a first-rate afternoon's , When the clause in tho Wellington! ' City Council's Public Works Committee's report :—TJiat the action taken by the Corporation officers in providing road metal to bo broken by the recipients of charitable aid be approved, and flint such action be continued so long as is found necessary "-came before the Council last night,, the City Surveyor stated that thcuumbcr of men was in- > creasing at such a rate thnt it would take i n whole relay of horses and drays to i keep them going. Itwouldnojpay the ,- Council if the men continued to break , the second-class metal now supplicd.niid . lie thought it would be far more profit. ( able for the Council to order 1000 yards , of first-class metal for the men to break On the motion of the Chairman, it was 3 decided that 1000 yards of first-class • spawls be procured.—lS T .Z. Times, ' According to the Handati a Grey. 3 town resident was accosted by a Maori i on Friday last, and charged with being i Trudgcon of hors'o stealing fame, The ; gentleman had tied a black horse to a , post and the aboriginal waited (ill he 3 attempted to mount, and then accused him as above, It was not without sonic ; difficulty he managed to vindicate him- ;' self, ' The apathy of thc.authority in deal- , ing with the protection of the south | bank of the Wnipoua may lead to serious consequences. Already the river t lias encroached upon the roadway in i Villa Street near its junction with Hope . Street and a heavy flood would seri--1 onsly endanger the town if the river did [ actually make a dangerous breach at i this particular point, j Mr Justice liiclimond yesterday . delivered judgment in the case Budding , v Dalrymple, in which the appellant, . Horatio Dudding, instructed G. S. W. ■ Dalrymple, commission agent, of Mas- ■ terton, to sell a run at Taueru. Mr ! Dalrymple found a purchaser, and was , to receive £2OO in commission. He, , however, decided to take a section at ■ Ciirtcr|ou in lieu of payment, but, being , dissatisfied with the title to this land he , sued fop tlio £3OO, obtaining from District Judgo Robinson judgment. Fur--1 -thor appeal was then made, and this 1 was now dismissed, with costs on the ' lowest scale. Mr W. G. Beard, a candidate for the 1 Town Lands Trust, publishes in another ' column a statement of Ms views. He 1 favours the establishment of a scholar- , shin in connection with the Mastcrton Public School, and regards the advancement of education in our State Schools as the primary object of the Trust. He is not in love at present with a public hall expenditure. He also approves of support being given to bodies which provide recreation and healthy sports for the people, At this morning's sitting of the' B,M.'s Couvt.ucforo arrT.E. Price, J.P., Jamos Stephenson was brought up, charged on tho information of Sergeant McArdle, with the larceny of one saddle and stir-rup-irons, of the valuo of M, the property of Frank Price, of the Upper Plain. On i the application of Sergeant McAvdlodlie accused was remanded until to-morrow morning, The sixpenny concert, tfliichwasto , liavo been held to-night in the Masterton' Wpslcyau Schoolroom, has been postponed for a fortnight owing to tlie weather, ' For the best value in drapery, mil. , finery, and clothing, just cast an inquir- ' ing optic over the stock of Messrs L. J. Hooper and C0,,0f thcßouMarche. The \ firm have just opened their second ship- i ment of ladies'and childrcns' jackets, i French millinery, mackintoshes, dress i goods, gloves, corsets, aud etc, All kinds j of seasonable drapery, also an unusual , largo shipment of mens' and boys' clothing from the best manufacturers in ! the colony. We should advise an early ! call to got the first pick, Advt, ' ' Wcbeg tonotitj that the following lines o , Messrs Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can bo obtained at the W.F.O.AV Fancy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial Plating i Fluid, prico Is 6d, unsurpassed for cleaning l gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Bock's Waterproof Cement, price Is, will ' resist hot or cold water and repair china, ] glass, delf, leather, etc, etc. Cnrnphylene Balls, in neat' air-tight jars, containing 18 t jjalls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing, i alio 'a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract, ( prico la, an ipfolljabla cure for toothache, guaranteed not mjiious to the teeth or Health jit stopHhe most acute pain inr 3 mediately, and proves! permanent cure in >, nearly all cases where th,e teeth are. hollow, j German cure for coma and.warts price Is, this, c amoMßemedy will speedily and painlessly |r nre soft or hard corns, alio faits, bunions '„ and chilblaiM,-TheWattVapa Farmers Co 1 <

A driinken man fired a pistol shot atj a figure of'tho Virgin during a recent riligibusprocessioninMadrid, Hewas afterwards shot. A lad named Patrick Williams was ! sent from Carterton yesterday to the \ Nolson'lndustrial School, ' Sir Donald M, Stewart and Viscount , Wolseloy havo been raised to tho rank of Field Marshals.Theßirthdty Gazette notifies that i the system of Volunteer officers' docor- i ations has been extonded to the colonies i and Mia. ■ , Major-Gencral Hutton Commandant : of tho Military Forces in New South Walos has been created a Companion of the order of the Bath, A thousand iron bottles and a largo gas holder exploded in a hydrogen store attached to a oallooniug barracks inßerlin, Mr G. Newues, M P„ and proprietor of Tit-Bits, has declined the baronetcy which was offered lum, the celebration of Queen's Birthday at Ottawa a mob hauled down tlm American flag hoisted over the United States Consulate. Tho Canadian Government has, in response to a request from Washington, decided to enquire into the matter. Several rather large slips, that have apparently taken'place during the last day or two, arc to be seen from the rail, way line on the rauges between Wellington and the Upper Hutt. A prohibition order was granted yesterday by Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., against a resident of Maryborough, Mr A. Barron, Under-Secretary for Crown Lands, has just completed a tour of inspection of the Crown Lands in the district between Aohanga and Alfredton. He returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon, A firm of electricians in England arc trying to invent an electric plough, Several New Zealand papers arc deploring the deplorable condition of the Volunteer force, We remind our readers of Messrs Lowes and lorns usual fortnightly stock salcto-niorrow (Wednesday) at 1 o'clock. Tho cutrics at date comprise 1000 ewes in lamb, 300 fat and forward wethers, 200 fat ewes, 20 mixed cattle, and 17 fat and forward bullocks. We hear that slips have occurred on the railway line, north of Mastcrton, and that beyond Mauriceville traffic is blocked. No particulars arc at present available, The gas supplied to Mnstcrton consumers la(cly has been particularly bad, and everybody is complaining about Our Grcytown correspondent writes: "The weather at Grcytown to-day is exceedingly rough, and" almost all the paddocks arc covered with surface water. The rivers are in high flood, and more damage is anticipated at the Black Bridge protective works." There are at present seven patients in the Grcytown Hospital. At the Melbourne Police Court recently four Chinese were charged with stealing gas. Two of them named, Ah MowanuSunOnLec.arccabinctinakers. In the workshops of Ah Mow, gas was t freely consumed by night nucl day, but • the registered consumption as per meter was ridiculously'small. The Chinese it was discovered had severed the pipe i conveying the gas from the service pipe ! into tho meter and fastened a piece of ,■ flexible tubing on to it. This tubing 1 was carried round the meter, and connected with the piping which . carried v tho gas from the meter „ through the building, The meter nud jj the register were thus dispensed with, and the supply of gas was unlimited. Lite defendants were each fined £2O, or 1 three months' imprisonment. The other ■ two got off, the evidence of fraud being 1 inconclusive, I Our Featherston corrcsponbent writes: I -"When I looked in at the Baudot , Hope social last Friday evening, those , present were not actually indulging in p such frivolous exhibitions of terpsicho- . rean art as one sees at balls proper, but , they wore all going round in a circle in , anything but a walk and I certainly , thought the verb "to dance" could be . applied. But I am sorry if I uavcoffendj cd Mr Sussex' sense of propriety and , like the little boy will promise not to do , it again." : With a view to finding work for tho i unemployed, Messrs John Uoss, (of Sar- ; good Son and Ewen), T, J. W, Gulc, and J. McLcllan, have raised a sum of , £720 by canvassing the business and i commercial men of the city for the pur- . pose of constructing the proposed ! Queen's Drive. The City Couucil has , agreed to subscribe £SOO towards the , work under certain conditions. I O'ra imports ot new season's JJrcssoi Millinery and Mantles are now fully com. , plelel. Theohoiccwcareenibledtoshow and the strictly moderate prices charged arc much appreciated by our country friends ' while visiting To Aro Houso, Wellington, l Our now drcssnialer. Madame de Verney, ■ from " Worth's," Paris', is the leading dress- • maker in tho colony. Weguaranteo perfect i lit and the latest styles and designs as known , only to French dressmakeis. Ourchargo . for making dresses is from 22/6, at Te Aro I House, -Wellington, Ladies can do their shopping by post, and ' sivo tho inconvenienco ot coining to tjwn. Our order department has been enlarged, ■ and is under most efficient management. ; Patterns ot all our goncral drapery and t Dresses will be sent post free on application Te Aro House.