LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4827, 17 September 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Masterton Liberal Association meet as usual this evening,

Tenders for road formation on the Ihurana Valley lioad, are invited by tlic Mauriccville lioad Board.

Another football surprise. New South Wales defeated jS T cw Zealand on Saturday last. 'l'ho Ecv. Mr Dcwsbury, of Christchurch, will preach in the Masterton Weslcyan Church next Sunday evening.

The Government have set apart a town section atMakuri as a Public Ifall site.

Regulations are gazetted for the l'ahiatua No. 3, Coonoor, Kakariti, (Tutaekara), and Mackenzie Special Settlement Associations, . An Anglican Church concert is to bo held at Ekctalmna, next Wednesday. A first meeting of creditors in the estate of D. Mcuill, will bo held at Ekctahulia next Thursday.

Eketahuna is going in for early closing, the principal business places shutting at G o'clock at the end of this month'

Mr J. MacLeod has been appointed Secretary of the Lower Valley Jockey Club.

One of the Maoris became so excited at the tangi at Gladstone that lie upset the coffin containing the dead body, pulled down the tent, and throw evciytliuig about that he could lay hands on. It was hours before any of the Maoris could quieten him,—Observer. Three _ coaching firms aro now at Ohingaiti iu anticipation of the coming tourist season.

An effort is being made to start an anti-Chinese Association ii Masterton, Yesterday proved eold antl showery but did not deter several ardent anglers from going out with rod and line. The Masterton Ambulance Society's social to Dr. Butcment takes place tomorrow evening.

Mr A, Towers, of London, the wellknown Colonial meat agent, reports that in mutton values have touched the lowest for years, and there is no present I indication of an advance, The supply of all grades of New Zealand mutton arc plentiful.

The amount of Customs duties col lcctcd at Wellington during the wcel ended on Saturday was £11,08013s 4d and tho beer duty for the same pcrioi was £I3G (is fid.

An attempt has been made to smuggle Chinese girls into America in boxes,' When removing a huge box a sound was heard, aud upon opening it four girls were found nearly dead from suffocation.

Mr George Percy Hnusman'i, painter, of Masterton, has lodged provisional specifications, for a patent, for Hausmann's improved stumping machine. The Sydney Derby, ran on Saturday, was won by Bonnie Scotland, with Clicsterman second, and Cobbitty third,

The New Zealand Cuudlo Company, Ltd., Wellington, notify by advertisement that they avc cash buyers of tallow at highest market rales. This is an opportunity which sellers in the district should not inks. The arrival o£ new .spring and summer goods, of exceptional vo.lmi),.io (he f.i'ujectofM. Jrxi.-jitlirmy's new advertisement, whieh appears in this issue. F. G. Moore conducted services at St jlatthew's Church yesterday morninland Mr I!. Brown in the evening, .'.flic sparrow nuisance is particularly troublesome to gardeners about MasterI' just now. hearing operations have commenced jne or two places in the Lower lie anniversary tea meeting in con.ion with the Carterton Presbyterian ircli will take place oil Wednesday, he lower Valley Jockoy Club lias ;hased t-lio race course at Martin- ; ha»bccii suggested thai if the PailDepartment wore-to put on a sleepcar, or else supply sufficient eliloroii with a passenger's ticket to last the entire trip travelling on the line veen Wellington and Masterton, Id at least seem less tedious to those ■oso misfortuno it is to haveto make the Hriioy. The idea, at any rate, possesses ■ merit of economy, and that is a Hdity which goes along way with the ■llic Department now-a-days, Heila Adair, the parachutist, is givWpcrformanccsiuDuncdin. That is Hay, sliois trying to, but somehow or ■'V something generally " goes wrong Hi the works." next qiiaiicrlyCommunication of Masonic Lodge ot New Zealand, probably be held in Christclmrcli the Loudon meat expert, that superior quality to that of of the Maori King is reHe advises shippers not to but fat cattle. paper says The Joseph Memorial Prize, at the Eoyal of Music, lias been awarded Coleman, a native of Eolabove refers to Mr E. li, C, who resided for some years in suggests that the next of the Wairnrnpa Caledonian should be held at that town. who were praying in a at Poouali, near Bombay, obto the din created by the music procession, The Hindoos, persisted, and a fierce light HHilace, in which 4,000 men took result was that the mosque European Mail slates Hint Mr Hon C, J. of Wellington (N. Z.), and a of the late Dr Featherston, the of NowZealimd, lias the final examination oil the for the lioyal nnvy, and is now HHg orders to join his first ship. It that lie will be appointed to Thos. Cook and Son inform as a result of our recent article regarding the routes : Australian'goldfiolds, they : numerous enquiries from Wairarapa who contemplate the adventurous journey. The ! recommend the passage via ] Bay. Through Albany seems " way to go. ; It might do men- , the cost of living at Cool- . canras, is estimated at 1 HR to £2 10s per week. '■ The 1 is said to be very fine; the days ! hot, but there is generally a i at night. Mosnuitos. are 1 Considering that there is no ; at sanitation, the townsliip.is . HKbly healthy, Typhoid seems to ] disease that Coolgardie lias , HK.I The telegraph lino extends |;th to Southern Cross, 121 miles ' ilgai'die. , ' s Lowes and lorns add 25 fat ( dheifers, 5 2-ycar old steers, , night horse to their Masterton , c for Wednesday next Sppt. 19, j was given, at i S^ifflnEcrapco.llall,,Masterton, ou., satii'rd& • cveniligr to au appreciative •) iiulieiic?, by tlio Donald Diirnio Variety 1

Thoro are now soveii JbationtS inv tho Masterton. Hospital. •. Threo wero discharged during last week. ; V. 1n... tho year 1900 tho Jews proposo holding an International Jowisli gatlioring at Jerusalem. _ England's Volunteer forco of 2-19,000 is maintained at a cos t of under £BOO,OOO a year—less than' &t a head.' Messrs Lowes and lorns nunouueo their next' Masterton Horse Fair, for Saturday Sept. 29th. The entries includoo young draught horses and 1 draught gelding, staunch; and a good worker. I'iyo slinrp shocks of earthquakes vrero felt in Wellington at 12.35 p.m. yesterday. The Eon Robert Hart M. L. C., died yesterday at his residence, Hobson-strcct aged 80 years, Horse owners and trainers are notified that the Masterton-Upnki Jockey Club have placed the management of the track at- Opnlci in tho hands of their Custodian, Mr Millar, who is authorised to issue licenses and receive trainiug fees.

MrF.H. Woo;(announces thathis next regular stock sale at tho Tauhcrcnikau yards, will be held on Wednesday the 26th inst. at 1 p.m. Further entries are invited.

The Masterton Public Library will be closed for fourteen days from Thursday next, forltho purpose of rc-cataloguiDg. Subscribers aro requested to return all books at once,

At a Committee meeting of the North Wairarapa lliflc Club on Saturday, it was decided to send a challenge to Pahiatua aud Woodvillc to live a friendlly match on tho 4th October at Pahiatua, aud on the sth October at Woodvillc, the ranges to l-o 300,500 and 600 yds. In view of the match members are requested to meet at tho butts, Lansdowne, for practice ou Thursdays and Saturdavs. . ■ ■ '

The Public Trustee notifies that all claims against the estates of John Johnston, late of Masterton, and of Heury Gcorgo Oclgen late of Pakowai, aro to be sent to him not later than the third December next.

Services were conducted yesterday at Opaki amlHangituuiau, by Air W. H. Jackson.

Ihe altcution of our readers is directed to the extensive list of entries for Mr F. H. Wood's stock sale to be held to-nioiTow at liis Taratalii yards,

No I by Jove, they can't bo beat I Are you blessed with a family ? Have yon one baby, two boys, or half-a-dozen girls, and have they got to be decently clothed ? You can't get out of it, can you ? The more the merrier, say you, and il you'd two dozen mouths to fill, you'd sling up your cops and shout hurrah, so long as the ohips held out. Very well, then you aro not a magioian, Yoa can't turn copper into silver, and silver into gold, but you cau get next door to it by buying your drapery and clothing from L, J, Hooper & Co, Bon Marolii, they are the cheapest and best,

Wo beg to notify that tho following lines of Messrs Bock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can bo obtained at tho W.F.C.A.'s Fancy Goods Department: -Non Mercurial plating fluid Is M unsurpassed forolcaring gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Book's Waterproof .Coment, prion, Is,, will resist hot or cold water ODd repair chiua, glass, delf, leather eto.,eto. Camphylene Bails, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, prico Is to keep moths out of clothing also a perfect disinfeotant. Herb Extract price Is an iufalliablo oure for tooth acho guaranteed not injurious to tho teeth of health; it stops tho most acuto paiu immcdiatloy, ana proves a permanent oure in nearly all cases whore the teeth are hollow, German cure for corns and warts prico Is • this lamous Eomedy will speedily and pain; 'lossly euro soft or hard corns, also wartsbunions and chilblains,—The Wairarapa, Fanners Co-operativo Association, Ltd. Anvr,

" It's anill-wind that blows nobody piotl,' is un old saying but none the less true Whilst tho groat depression existing in Sydney at the present timo has caused a deplorable amount of misery yet the peoplo of Wellington and tho surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, During his ■vi:illo«yJiio/"ieuntly, Utr Jumna Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a largo stock which is now being sold at the Wholesa'c Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, With a view to making this sale the ovont of tho year, two special buyers wero despatched from To Aro House to Christohurch one to attend tho great sale of Edwards, Bennett and Co's wholesale stock, and tho other to pick out bargains from the manufacturers of tho well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co, Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to be seen in theaito nishing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington,— Advt