LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4776, 18 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Govinimcnt Audit charge to the Masterton Joroiigh Council in -£2 per itny of six Jours. Tho proj Isnl to borrow £2,000 to form the Mniigniiahoo Bond has been rejected. MrWodroolFc wants £IC compensation tor,i strip of hind fronting his ! Perry Strict properly, which is required for a footpith. . ' A sp«'if,| meeting of the Masterton Borough.Omncil, to finally deal with the By-lajs and to receive the Balance sheet, will be held next Tuesday evening. : A gooddcal of interest is being taken in Dr Bitcmcut's lectures under the nusm'cicsiif the Masterton Ambulance Socicty.l.cxt Monday he will deal with the best'iicthod of resuscitating apparentlil Irowncd persons, Mr E n 11. Wood will hold on important sak £ property at his Grey town Auctiof] looms on Saturday August .Ith. Partial rs appear iu another coloinn,An ]a dish mail per Gothic will close nt Mn| rton on Thursday June 2Ctli, fit 6.151.111. A rcii isition is being signed in Mas. tcrtonf i' presentation to tho 'Borough Couiicij" isking thatthc present manager of the f ;nl gasworks be given a further trial, fl Anjjting of the Committee of the Mastlifm Horticultural Society, was held o'jfucsday evening. The proceedings wi« rather animated, the principle point ojissue being the affixing of the ninoiin jof prize money in tho various classes and the Society's printing for the ye: \ The printing was eventually left in ic bauds of a Committee consisting of Messrs Papworth, Carpenter, and the!? ctnry. Mr Tucker presented a prizfti' f one guinea for the best kept cotta'ji tarden, whether of vegetables or flowcf J entries, to bo made one clear wcekj fioro the day fixed for the Spring Show Blr Brimtou gave a special prize of haißt guinea for twelve pot plants', aiidJi*A.Yilcon"crcdaprizoof tenshillingijjany child attending school, who slim lexhibit the largest collection of snarl i eggs, providing .the Society give: Ic siblings as a second prize. Mr yilii-Joftcr was accepted. The meeting ing Jo decided to givo second prizes in nllcwjscs.

G;jrgc James Morgan was charged at the (111. Court, Ekctnlmnn on Tuesday, bofa*3lcssrs Anderson and Aulin J.P.'s, will Ibiirglariously breaking into tho Hat jm Hotel on 2ml July. Accused wasjjfcndcd by ; Mr Pownall. The Bench after considering the evidence adduced, thought there was a doubt its to the intention of the accused, and decided lo give him the benefit of it. The case was-therefore dismissed. '.• A) the Mastorlou Borough Council lasU'venliig, CrCullcn naively suggested that iVconinn'tfoe bo appointed lo deal with the applications for tho Gas Manager, lo "cull" them out boforo the noxt ineoting. . Tho Mayor said lie thought there would be "culling" enough at the meeting I Mr Evans, clerk at the'Masterton lUnilwuy Station, has been transferred to Ekctahuna. He left Masterton this morning.. ~ Fanners arc complaining thatngriculturnl operations arc niueli retarded, in (hi, district, by tho continuous bad tvOj her, - ■ ■ ' 'i f o Hon. MrWard's speech on the BaP; of N. Z. Share' Guarantee Act, Aij mbnent Hill, was received in Master; a at 3 o'clock this morning. I, essrs Lowes and lorus announce a sp ial sale, of-fruit and ornamental t« e : for Saturday next, 21st July, at 2 c'ci ck, from tho celebrated nursery of Mr 5. Bolton, of Nelson. ].'lt's an 111; wind that blows nobody good" ia'an. old saying but none the less true. Whilst .the.great depression existing : in Sydney at the present time has caused e deplorable amount of misery yet tho peopl of Wellington and the surrounding districts vHj reap a gigantic benefit. During his viait Ipßydnoy recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at thea WholosaW Family Warehouse, To Aro House^WelliDgfon. I With" a view to making this tale the event ol the year, two special, buyers 'wore despatohcdfromTe Aro House to Christchurch one to attend the great-sale of Edwards, Eennott and Cp's \vboiesalo- stock, and the ;her to pick out bargains from the mann- * otutersof tup well-known Kftianot WoolnCo. Both .these gentlemen (have reirned otter a most-successful trip, and the italresulis'of their efforts is to he seen in lie astonishing bargiihs ri'owtcing solll at bo Wholesale Family Warehouse,' Te Aro fouse, Wellington,-Apvr, '•''',

'An advertiser^notifies''thatlsntin painting will be taught-in six'lessbns for onagiuiiea;J£|f||> \ Mf'^ ■'-.'■ ■'.;'. ton Lodgo.of Druids was hold last 'wen. iugßro.*Wdeli presiding';! ,gv ..■; ji : for the usual practice this evening. MrL. W. Nicholson has presented to the Masterton Museum a document from tho Custom House at Constantinople. _ Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Masterton stock sale, 60 cross-bred ewes in lamb to Lincoln rams ; : .'ls ivcanprsj 20; fat and forward bullocks; 42-year . old steers and 2 fat heifers. .:.:,.■ * Early liimbs arc beginning to appear round about Masterton. A tine healthy Mir.of;twius;wero noticed at Mr John Cameron's, Opaki, yesterday. '■ A rather severe thunderstorm visited this district early, this morning., Avery heavy storm was experienced atEketiihunalastnight. The wcathcr'in tho Wairarapa still continues unpleasantly changeable. ; According to tho S.Z. Timet, there are 97 men employed on the Queen's .Drive relief works, 35 of whom are,'married, havinp 110 children dcp'cndcnt : oii ( thein. A general, meeting of the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club will be held on Thursday. evening at 8 p.m. ' At tho Magistrates Court, Ekctahuna yesterday, bcforc.Mcssrs Anderson and Austin; J.P's., Charles Laughton was charged with an assault upon Mrs Mary Slattcry oh the 21st January 1893. Mr Pownall appeared for (he accused. After hearing a' considerable amount of evidence, the Bench decided to dismiss -tho charge, holding that'it'was beyond a doubt a case of mistaken identity.Ws arc asked to state that the annual meeting of the W.F.GA. shareholders will not take place until September. The meeting on the 2,6 th inst, will merely be an ordinary meeting of Directors; Mrs Martin (Atareti Tapata) wife of Martina Hula,. and mother of Mrs Mainhcra (Manihcra Maaka) died rather suddenly at To Oro Ore last night. Deceased was a well-known and popular nativo resident in this district, and held a high position in her tribe. Her husband was reading in his bedroom, when his wifo suddenly sat up in bed, and after a slight fit of coughing, fell back dead. A large tangi will be held.

_ Mr W. C. Tucker, of the Wellington Telegraph Office arrived in Masterton by this moming'strain to take the pinto left vacant by the transfer of' Mr J. Aitkcn to the Napier office. Mr Martin who has been temporarily occupying the vacancy, returns to Wellington to-mor-row.' ■.'•■■■; ■'■■'.

The Masterton Literary and Debating Society has decided to hold no more meetings, it having been, found that insufficient support has been (pen.to the Society to make it wortlnvluhv continuing.' ■

The Masterton concert party, to appear at Carterton to-morrow, at the Scotch Concert, will include the Misses Crnu, Perry and Prentice, and Messrs Siinms and Ralph, the Masterton Orchestra, and Master Elkins. J-The company will lcavo Masterton at 6.15 a.m. Mr F. H. Wood notifies in (his issue! that on Saturday next, be will sell at his rooms, Groytowu, a large assortment of tweeds, coalings, drapery,-jewellery, f aucy goods, and general merchandise. Mr P. H, Wood adds to his next Taratnlii stock sale, two dairy cows and one three-Year-old short-horn heifer. Notwithstanding the outcry about shortness of work (says the 'Examiner) only two tenders for a fencing, contract were sent in to the "Woodvillo 'Borough Council on Thursday night, Cheese- will propably.be a feature of the New Zealand Dairy Union operation ill the future. It is being felt in some of the quartcrs,sayslhcfr»,thatit will be well for the settlers not to have all their eggs in the one basket. _ It is hoped that the farmers will be induced to use appliances for the acra- ; lion of milk which it is believed arc very inexpensive and would be very service-! able in facilitating its transit without deterioration. ThcW.A.A.andC. Club's Ten Mile lload Race,; fixed for to-morrow, has been postponed, , ■■'':• ' In the Legislative Council yesterday tho second reading was carried, of ii Bill which provides for the legitimation of children born out of wedlock on the subsequent marriage of their parents, and the subsequent registration of the birth by both parents. The Bill further provides that the legitimation' should he effectcdonly on condition that no im-' pediment existed to the marriage of the pnrcnts at the time of the birth of tho child, besides which the' legitimation would not, under the Bill, interfere with the rights that had already accrued to any legitimate children. The advertisement postage stamp wa s again in evidence yesterday at lnvorcargill, a receipt, purportingto have been given for a transaction in 1800, being put in at the. Stipendiary Magistrate's Court and-bearing a stamp with an advertisement on its back. As such stamps have only been about 15 months in use, the receipt was impounded. .by.. the■. Court; Moro will probably be heard of it.'

Wo beg to notify that tho following lines of Messrs Hook & Co., Manufacturing ChoniUtscan be obtained at the W.F.ftJU Fancy GoodsDepartmenti-Noh Mercurial plating fluid Is G J unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass.and copper, Book's Wnteaproof Cement, price Is, Will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, delf, leather etc, etc OamphV' lene Bails, in neat air-tight jars'cootainiug 18 balls, price Is to. keep moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant, Herb Extract prico Is an iofalliible cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to tho teeth of health ; it stops the most acuto pain immediatley, and proves a permanent euro in nearly all oases whore tho teeth aro hollow, German euro for corns and warts prico Is • thie lamous Remedy will speedily and pain; lessly cure soft or liard corns, nlso wartsknions and chilblains,—The Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative, Association, Ltd. Advt.

Always on tho look out for bargains. Dnr Mr Hooper struck oil last weok. Just read a few of our purohases and note our inton* tionsj—lG pieces flannelette'bought for BJd we shall sell at 3f d, 15 pieces ditto bought for 4jd we shall soil at 4Jjd, 100 pjirs white blankets bought for 7s !)d we sball sell at 7s lid; 20 pieoes while flannels .bought for G.}d wo shall retail at GJd per yard, 1750 yards dress stuff bought at'4s 3d yard we shall paiUith them at 4s.Gd yard, a clearing line of ladies ulsters and mantles nearly given away we shall quit them on'the same terms, 57 men's oolonial tweed suits bought for 21s we shall sell at 22s Gd, 31 inon's macintosh coats ; bought at 21b, anyone can have them for 22s Gd each. Also a lot of hosiery, men's hats, and sovoralother lines, bought at half .their value, wo shall quit them at the same rates, L. J, Hooper <& Co., Bon Marcbc. ' .