LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4806, 23 August 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton circle of tho A.H.R.U. will meet this evening. j Mr A. W.Cavo has been again reelected President of the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club, and Mr E. H, Waddington, Secretary. Most of the other office bearers were re-elocted. We remind those interested of the i meeting to be held at the Empire Hotel this evening, to discuss the proposal to take over and alter tho Masterton Theatre Royal. Stakes amounting to £023 were given nttho Opaki last year. Twelve new members were elected by the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club last night. Mr F. Mauusell, of Tcnui, has, wo arc pleased to learn, recovered from his recent severe illness.

Last year supporters of the Opaki race meetings, contributed £6B 9s Cd towards the revenue as totalisator tax.

It was a clergyman whowroto "when we look back on the untrodden paths of the futurowc behold tho footprints of an Almighty hand."

Merchants state that it is necessary to sell 100.000 cases of Irish and English butter before the new season's Australian butter can bo touched, and it is feared that low prices will prevail till November.

Messrs Hornblow and Co's new auction rooms will bo opened to tho public for the first tune to-morrow (Friday) evening from 1 o'clock, when the firm intend having a gaslight display of tho entries received for Saturday's sale. Tho Hawkc's Bay Herald learns that a summons for malicious prosecution has been issued agaiust William Tosswill, solicitor, of I'ahiatua, at the instance of "Willian John Moreland. Tho action arose out of a caso in which Moreland was charged by Mr Tosswill with stealing or forcibly obtaining possession of a bill of sale given by J, Lister to Moreland The caso is set down for hearing on September 2otb, at tho Wauflanui Supromo Court.

Messrs Hornblow & Co's sale of Mr Wycth's stock commenced yesterday. The prcmiscswcropacked to suffocation, numbers being unable to gain admission. Nearly five hundred lots wcro disposed of. Tho balance, including the whole of the groceries, will bo shifted into tho auctioneer's now premises where they will bo sold entirely without rcsorvc, ou Saturday afternoon. Mrs Humphrey, of Queen-street, Masterton, has opened a select Registry Office for tho employment of domestic servants, etc. A woll-managed Registry Office is wanted in this town, and we expect to sec Mrs Humphrey's venture meet with the success it deserves. An advertisement in our wanted column announces that the office is now open for the convenience of employers and those in want of situations.

The Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club is now in a sounder financial position than for somo years past, and the fact reflects great credit ou the management of the energetic Secretary, Mr E, H. Wadding, ton,

The _ Rev Frederick Wain's, a Fellow •of Caius College, Cambridge, has accepted the Bishopric of Wellington, Ho occupies tho position of Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury.'

It is a great pity that Masterton 'people are so slow in turning up to to meetings,—even annual meetings of institutions in which they profess to take a large amount of interest. The meeting of tho Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club) last night was no exception to tho rule. A married couple is wanted for a station on tho West Coast.

A mouso's nest containing six young ones was found in a case of gunpowder in Aberdeenshire. ,

Tho Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club last year received £4ll lis lid from thci totalisator; from sale of privileges £103! 2s 9d, and £265 6s for entries and acceptances. Another largo salo is notified by Messrs Hornblow and Co., to bo held in their new auction mart ou Saturday. The list embraces tho balance of Mr Wycth's stock, furniture, rug*, mats, wire-mattrasses, bedding, chairs, poultry and a fine collection of etchings and engravings. A correspondent tells of a sheep with twin lambs, ond of which jwas blind, Tliemotherandtho other twin lamb evidently knowtkat tho little one was sightless, for they word unwearied in their care lest it should come to harm. A kindly "butt" from o»e or the other prevented it from running into danger. ':'

It was stated in the Masterton Court this morning that an ordinary slaughterman (slaughter and 4r?s» *Dullock in fifteen minutes, ~

wMrPirani, whose views on.tho Prohibition question arc well known, says of tho now fcnsing Bill that although it does not go ag;far as ho .would liko ; to see it, it is a considerable sjtcp in advaricc'of ipMvjo'uVlcjjisla,tjoh, Tho ouo. fourthiiroTisiori is <a jrreafc ; concession, but still unnecessarily irksome, Ho is gladjto scj. bottle, wine,, andjrailpy licenses nlolished. Ho intends 6 sripjiort somo amendments in.tho Bill which Mi, ho oxpects, render it' moro sapifaotdry to ; tbe TeroporamjoParly.—fr, 2, jfa, ■

Mrs Jacobs has a notice in outwanted colnmni:>"i. :^ :,> )-". - '':: : l^S~'" :

ThbOtei'iiei-ljelieTessoTeral parties of prospectors intend going up the iTararaas from here as,soon as tho weather ;scts in warmer. '■ ■.-.,

Tenders are invited by thoWairarapa North County Council, for building a 60 feet truss bridge on Saunders' ltoad. Mr F.H..Wood makes additions of cattle and sheep to his advortisoment of the stock sale to bo held at Tauhorenikau on Wednesday next, Mr Hutchison, S,M„ contended that under the Workmen's Lion. Act, an employe's wages could not be stopped as payment for any damago done by. him whilst in his master's employ, Thero is a roport flying round (says the Press) that wihnvc for what it is worth, that Mr T. K Macdonald is to take Mr Warburton's place and that Mr Warburton is to havo a position in connection with the Bank of New Zealand.

: Tho Minister of Education: "Political banquets aro about equal parts of sham pleasure and champagne," Mr Pinkcrton suggests that tho Government should take steps this session to encourago tho growth and manufacture of tobacco by remitting the oxcisb duty on tobacco manufactured from native grown or imported leaf.

The case of J. O'Kcofe v C. Phillips, n claim of £5Ol as damages for malicious prosecution, which was to have been heard in the Supreme Court to-day has been settled. •

Tenders for carting niotal for tho Dagg's and Manaia roads, have been received by the Mastcrton Boad Board as follows: J. liixon, Is 6d per yard (accopted). Declined—S. Harding Is 7d 1 1. Allen Is J. Winter Is bid; D.Scott Is 9d,

M G. W. Schroder, the well known Life Insurance Agent, notifies that he will visit tho Wairarapa on tho 30th inst., and will again canvass the district. In refcrriug to Mr Hone Hcko.the Christchureh Truth says:-"For this young Maori gentlcmanwould, as a representative, do credit to any constituency, whether in appearance or mental qualifications. Seen from the gallery he is very youthful looking, tall and slim. Ho speaks withcahn deliberation in which there is no suspicion of bombast or " show off." His intonation and pronunciation aro exceptional, and his choice of words admirable. But what is more admirablo is the convictions he imparts to his hearers that ho is speaking tho simplo honest truth, as lie sees it. In private life Mr Heko is a well-bred, courteous, and interesting young man, with highly cultivated tastes, Ho has the reputation of being a good tenor singer. As a Parliamentarian lie has the! deserved reputation of having a backbone, as his attitude on tho disgraceful episode proves." • Captain Thomas tho well-known entertainer and sifucur vcntriloquc, has ntthcrqucstof several residents, de| cided to give an entertainment at Mas tcrton, probably on Friday August 31st" My client, your Honor," said a solicitor in the Cliristchnrch Supreme Court the other day, "has been engaged in commercial pursuits," " Woll," said His Honor, drily, "I hope that the commercial pursuits you refer to were not of tho same character as tho only one I havo before mo," The point of tho observation was that tho accused was charged with stealing a bicycle in order to pay the expenses of his honeymoon trip. • ■

Tho Divorce Bill progressed in committee in the Legislative Council yestcr day, an amendment to the question of committing tho Bill being defeated. The Council altered tho Companies' Accounts Audit Bill to provide that the lino for refusing to: produce books should be £SO, and that there should be the alternative of tkroo months' imprisonment. The House of Ecpresentatives debated Major Steward's Elective Executive Bill, wluch was rejected on the second reading by 27 votes to 21,

Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co. have purohased at enormous discounts, a large portion o! Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co.'b wholesale stock from Christchuroh and will oiler the purchase with the balance ol their winter goods on Saturday, July 28th, Every article in the Bon Maroho will be marked down, and our readers may expect some Great Bargains.-Advt, Wo beg to notify that the following linos of Messrs Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists can be obtained at the W.F.CA.'s Fancy Goods Department ;-Non Mercurial plating fluid Is (id unsurpassed foroleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's Wnteaproof Cement, price Is, will resist hot or cold water and repair chiun, glass, delf, leather etc, etc. Caniphyleno Ballß, in neat air-tight jars containing 'lB balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing, also a perfect disinfectant, Herb Eitract prico Is an iofalliable cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to the teeth of health; it stops the most acute pain immediatley, ana proves a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warls price Is • this tamous Remedy will speedily and pain; 'lesslyouro soft or hard corns, also wartsbunions and chilblains,—The Wairarapa Fanners Co-operative Association, Ltd Advt.

" 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 time has caused a deplorable amount of misery yet the people of Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a largo slock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington. With a view to making this ealo the event ol tho year, two special buyers wero despatchedfrom Te Aro House to Christohurch one to attend tho great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufacturers of the well-known Kaiopoi Woollen Co, Both these gentlemen lave returned after a most suceessfnl trip, and tho total results of their efforts is to bo seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse,'T Aro House, Wellington, -Abyi