LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4782, 25 July 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. Booth lias promised a donation of £25 towards a Town Hall for Oaitcuoii, At a special meet'' ig of llio Borough Council last night, the Balance Sheet for the year ended March 31st 1891 was adoptedTlic animal meeting of the members of the TaraJalii-Cnr,tcr,tflnHi)ek lincing PJnb v\\ be held at }),ic T.aratabi %cj on Saturday W>4- \ .J'jip n/?sr By.-)nws of {lip i Borough Copiii] wore anally flMpteil last night, and will conic into force'on Angust Bth, ,

The BovEobort Wood, since Sunday, lias been laid tip at tho Manse, Wellington, by tho prevailing epidemic. . Dr Malcoliuson, Mayor of Port Melbourne, was recently fined 10s for driving on the wrong side of tho road.

A Liverpool racing printer was fined M) for employing women at his office on a Sunday. Messrs Lowes and lores announce a sale of drapery, hoisery, tweeds, jewellery etc. for Saturday next 28th July, at 11 a.m; on account of Messrs A. Levy and Co. Thcro will also bo a first-class tailor present to measure purchasers of tweeds at a cost of 25s a suit. It is said that tho late Mrs Collins, some time back, expressed an intention of bequeathing a sufficient sum to the Masterton Hospital Trustees to erect' a " Collins '■" Wins to that establishment Tho deceased lady was very wealthy.

A suggestion was made at the Masterton Borough Council meeting last night that shopkeepers in Queen Street be not allowed to wash windows and footpaths after 8 a.m. Cr Hornblow indignantly remarked that such a proceeding would be "an unwarrantable interference with' the liberty of the subject!" The Council apparently agreed with this, as the suggestion was not adopted.

The usual fortnightly concert was held last night in .the Wcsleynn Schoolroom, Masterton, and was autindoubtcd success, the room bciug packed, while many were unable to get standing room. The programme was an excellent one, and all tho items wero well rendered and appreciated, Dean Cowper baptised 10 Chinese converts in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Sydney, ona recent Wednesday evening. This branch of church work is increasing. Up to the present considerably more than ICD Chinese have been admitted to the Church.

Oiic night last week two brothers, named Couchman, travelling to the gold diggings, camped for the night in tho waiting shed at Mt. Druitt platform near Penrith (N.S.W.) During the night one of tho brothers, who is presumed to have walked in his sleep, got on the railway line, was knocked over by a train and killed,

.Extensive alterations and improvements arc being mado to the TaratahiCartcrton race-course at Claroville. The course lias been fenced, all round and it is proposed to hay.n a working lice of the members (o'level and improve the track. The winning post will now be at the corner next to the Clarevillc Eailway station vliorc n large double floored stand, new paddocks and lanu arc in the course of construction.

Tho Mastodon Borough balmicc-slicct shows that the accounts on March 31st last, were nearly £2OO more overdrawn than last year. Eire Brigade expenditure, and the cost of the water and drainage loan proposal, accounts for this, The position of the Borough finance is really quite as satisfactory, The Paliiatua agent of Hie Labour Bureau reports that work is still scarce, but notes that there are not nearly the number of men travelling that there lias been recently, also, that a number of bush contracts arc expected, which will have the effect of absorbing a largo number of those now out.

At Wnshta, Cherokee County, lowa, some years ago, a man and his wife named Sclmllz were murdered under particularly revolting circumstances. A young man named W. S. Florence was suspected of the crime. He was brought before the Court, but owing to lack of evidence, wasdischarged. The murdered man and his wife were buried near their home, and within recent years, their gravestone has, through the action of tho weather, developed on its face, an exact likeness of the supposed murderer, Experts state that it is the result of the weather's action on the veins of the stone. Mr Burton Boys will exhibit some of his prize pigeons at the Christchurch show early next month. The Masterton A. and P. Association will commence the allotment of special prizes next Saturday, We hear that influenza is affecting fowls and pigeons in Masterton. Mr L.J. Nathan has presented the Wellington Amateur Athletic Association with a handsome cup for competition during the coming season. The total number of creameries and factories at work in New Zealand last season was 178. Another consignment of the Hessian fly parasite is expected by tho Agricultural Department. The Government propose to obtain a regular cable steamer to take the place of the Hini'iiioa. A five-roomed house at Fcrnridgo owned by Mr li. Johnston and occupied by Mr Hubbard, was destroyed on Monday night by lire,

A young man named Bert Hobinson a well-known footballer was brought into Fcntherston from Pigeon Bush on Tuesday, where he is working, with his anklc-bono fractured. We regret tolienr that MrH. E,Eton, who for some time been seriously ill, is not making very rapid progress towards

recovery. A new and effective romedy for influenza, colds, etc,, prepared by Mr H. Minilio, hns lately been introduced into this district which is well spoken of by those who have used it. The Mastcrton agents nro Messrs Graham and Co,, storekeepers Queen Street. Messrs Alex. Walker and J. liayncr arc canvassing Mastcrton, for special prizes for the Mastcrton A. and P. Show. Additions arc made to the entries for Mr F. H. Wood's next Tauhcrcnikauj stock sale. Always on the look out for bargains. Dnr | Mr Hooper struck oil last week, Jubl read a few of our purchases and note our intcn> lions:—1(1 pieces flnnnelotlc bought for 3Jd we shall sell at 3|d, 15 pieces ditto bought for 4|J we ahull soil at 4}d, 100 pairs white blankets bought for 7s 9d wo shall sell at 7s lid, 20 pieoes white flannels bought for GJd we shall retail at GJd per jatd, 1750 jrvula dress stufl bought at <ls 3d yard wo shall part with them at 4s Cd jord, a clearing line of ladies ulsters and mantles nearly given away we shall quit them on tho sflmo terms, 57 men's colonial Weed suits bought for 21s we shall sell at 22s (id, 31 men's macintosh coats bought at 21s, anyone can have them for 22s Cd each, Also a lot of hosiery, men's lints, and several other lines, bought at half their value, wo slnll quit them at tho samo rates, L. S, Hooper A' Co,, Bon Mfttchn. We beg to notify that tho following lines of Messrs Book & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists can bo obtained at the W.F.GA.'s Vanoy Goods Department :-Non Morourial plating fluid Is 6d unsurpassed foroleacing goll or silver and ro-ploting brass and copper, Bock's Wutcaproof Cement, prion Is, yill resist hot or cold water and repair chiia, glass, delf, leather c|o., etc Campliylene Balls, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, price Is to keep moths oat of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant, Herb Estract price Is an iofullfcble euro for toothacheguarantecdnot injurious to (be teeth of health! It atops the most acato pain inimediatley, and proves a permanent oure in nearly all oases where the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warts price Is • thie lamous Eemedy will speedily and pain; lessly cure soft or hard corns, also wartsbunions and cliilblaios-Tbo Wairarapa Fanners Co-operative Association, Ltd. ADVf.

"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good is an old saying but nono the less true Whilst the great depression existing in Sydney at the present timo has caused a deplorable amount of misery yet th&'peopl of Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, During his visit tbSydncy recently, Mr James Smith purohaied at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesa'o Family Warehouse, Te Aio Hoilso, Wellington. With a view to making this ealo the event ot the year, two special buyers wore despatohcdfromTe Aro House to Christohuroh one to atlond the. great sale of Edwaids, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufacturers of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these genHemon have refumed" after a most successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to be seen in the utonjihing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family sarehquso,Te Aro House, Wellington,-Ab'viJ

Mr (J; H; Astall, who has-been in Masterton for somo time, connected with the Mutual Life Aasociatioaloft by this morning's traiii.for Wellington, whenco holcaves to-morrow by the Gothic. Ho will, it is understood 1 ; roturn a Benedict. TlioteiwjPfM.lioar that a mor. \ chant in Wellington had a lottor from a Sydney correspondent to-day in which he tolls him that practically the wholo 1 of tlio labour members tliero nro Free traders. Freotrado with Now South ; Wales, ought, thoreke, to bo assured. I Entries at date for Mr F. H. Wood's stock sale which takes placo on August 7 th are published. It is proposed to raise the salary of [ the Clerk of Court and Bailiff, at Pah- , intua, from £SO to £6O per annum.; i Mr T. D. Thompson asked thcßorough ■. Council last night, if (ho noir scale of cub fares prevented cab-owners from . making an extra chargo if previously j engaged to, call at a person's residence t to jrick in) n pnssonger for tlio morning 5 tram. The Mayor-said he would not , like to give an opinion. CrsCullcnand j Feist expressed theopinion that a person j- calling to engage a cab to call at his I house next morning, might be informed ~ that an extra charge would be made. Tho Mayor said that might bo so, but he did not wish it to go forth as s an edict of tho Council, j Mr M'Bride, of Albany, while fishing 0 for salmon on the other side of Bank Head, dived off the rocks with a line \ t attached to his waist, the shoro end 1 being held by his daughter. As M'Bride rose after tho divo his daughter noticed the fin of a large shark close to her , c father, and nt onco pulled him ashore, • saving him from the monster.