LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4835, 26 September 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seventeen applications have been received for the position of assistant teacher at Masterton, and six for tho vacancy at Pahiatna. Tho Manriceville Quatlnlle Assembly intend closing tho season by holding a hall on the 12th of next month inthe Choral Hall, Mauriceyillo. Preparations arc already well in hand,,and tho Hastwell Hand has been engaged to supply tho music. , ,

Attention is directed to Messrs A, G, Taino&Co'swool sale advertisement in another column.' The Arm holds its annual wool sales at Wellington on the 7thDeccnibcr, 189*1,18thJanuary, 1895, and 16th February 1895. Liberal; cash advances arc made and the returns are prompt and charges moderate. The Committee appointed to report on the suggested extension, of Church Street reported to tho. Council last night that they had no recommendation to make.

On the recommendation of Or Feist tho Masterton Borough Council Library Committee is to have power to call in an advisory Committee from the subscribers to assist in tho choice of books. Cr Hornblow thinks that tho Masterton Town'Lnnds Trustees might devote some of their education funds to the Masterton Library.

Mr A. Bish, of Carterton, advertises for a lost horse, particulars of which appear olscwherc. Masterton Borough Council will hold its next meeting at 7.30 p.m. instead of 1 o'clock, and at the amc hour during the summer months.

Tenders are invited for ploughing on Upper Opald,-particulars may ho seen at the office of this paper, Tenders are invited for felling fifty acres of hush and fence lino at Miki Miki.

. Tho last football match played between Mnuricovillo and Hastwell, resulted iii a decisive victory for the former by 22 points to ml. The return match is to he played on Saturday next, when the Hastwell team are confident of being able to revcrso the former result.

Mr Wrightson, who has purchased Mr Gordon-Cumniing's property at Mangamahoo, is having 200 acres of bush felled Ibis season.

During the year 1893,134 miles 20 chains of the New Zealand Eailways, were rclaid with 53 lb rails, replacing 30, dO, and 621b iron, and 101b steel rails, This, together with extra sleepers and other improvements' of a pcrmaiif nt character, has been accomplished out of working expenses, at a cost of £74,000. The Mnuricovillo Amateur Minstrels give their public performance on Saturday, October Gth, when the proceeds are to be divided between the school libraries at Manriceville 'East and Central.

The service of song entitled "Frozen to Death " is to ho given shortly by the choir of the Wcsloyan Church at Newman. A new organ has recently been purchased for church services there, and the, proceeds of this ontcrtainment will, it is expected, be sufficient to pay the balance duo on the instrument. Several families at MauricevilloWest have been attacked with typhoid fever during the last week. Dr Beard who has been attending the sufferers, attributes the outbreak to the use of impure drinking water.

A public trial of Dadson's stump ex tractor will beheld on Wednesday next in grounds near Lowes and loms' sale yards The machine will be on the ground early in the day, mid the trial will take place about 3 p.m. Bushmen and farmers aro particularly invited to attend.

It has been decided to drop the following Bills this session:—Newspaper Libel Limitation, Debts Recovery Limitation, ImprisonmentforDobtAbolition, Adulteration Prevention, Lunatics Amendment, Hawkers and Pedlars, Chattels Transfer, Noxious Weeds, Eight Hours, Unclaimed Land, Poisons Importation and Carriage, Municipal Corporations, Electoral, Commissioners' Powers, Distress for Eent Abolition, Pawnbrokers, Sale of Beer, Wine and Spirits at Bellamy's Prohibition, Juries Act Amendment, A witness in tho District Court today said that the bailiff went for a walk while distrained goods were removed. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a salo of ladies', gents', aud childrens' boots and shoes, for Saturdayncxt, Sept 29th, immediately after the Horse Sale.

eight jurymen answered to their names to-day at tho District Court, The others were accounted for and excused. E. Braßgitejuur. was excused on account of being a.fireman,

Bankruptcy business set down for tho District Court, wjll be ,takcu at 10 a. ni. to-morrow. Ouo special «aso iuav bo taken to-day if other business wiu permit, The liev Mr Pcryman, of Ekctahuna,' will give an address at tho Wcsleyan Homo Mission meeting at Masterton this evening. In a recent issue it was stated that at the District Court a case would beheard Farrell v. Jcssop. It should hayo read Lister v. Jessop and Farrcll. At the Home Mission meeting in the WoslcyanChurch this, evening, The lievH,E. Dewsbury will sing ■'The Holy City" and cither •' Calvary" or " Nazareth" (Gounod.) ! Wo remind our readers of the niagic lantern lecture to bo given iu tho Masterton Presbyterian Churchthis cvcniiiß by the liev. I!. Wood. The annual general meeting of the Waiiwapa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club takes place this evening, A firstolfendcr charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment by Mr T. Hutchison this morning. A wire,'receivecl from tho licvA, C, Yorko states that ho intends leaving Wellington for Masterton by this afternoon's train. Over forty nominations havo been received for the Taratahi-Cartcrton liacing Club's Guineas for 1895. For the same event iu 1896, tho nominations number over sixty. Messrs Macara, Buick, awl Vnllancc arc are amongst tho nominators from the North Wairarapa, Tho. following lines, extracted from Patients' Complaint Book at the Masterton Hospital, attracts a good deal of attention from visitors to that Institution :" Too much to cat, filled tosatiety all the good 1 things too abundant and superflous.—Hallelujah." . This statement, made in 1888, is tho tho only one the book contains, licccntly it was endorsed by'another "complaining" patient, .■■'..■ There must be an astonishing number of very moan people in Masterton, and crowds of them made their way into the Masterton Park' yesterday to sed tho football match by crawling under fences, wading through the river," aud sneaking in through flip Cemetery; By this means a good ; many, odd shillings were saved, and while the attendance.™ Very large tho amount paid for admission tickets was only £63'lss. ' ■■■ .v. ; ; : Tho following is from tho' Tarauaki fferald oi Sept. 20th.-"Mr J. Hughes has disposed of Ids'beautiful place "Woodleigh" to Mr J, J, Frccth, -: who was lately Clerk' of ; tho 'Magistrates Court, New Plymouth. We must 1 congratnjato Mr Erath on securing one of the mbst lovely spots in Taranaki. The estateislfbout.thrco hundred acres.".. l' , >ln'!tho; l Distript Court," Masterton, this morning aSyilncss stated that she removed a piano from her premises, ow-l ing to a certain frequenter of the place! play iiig it SvitU her'' feet,'' ' 1

A magio lantern entertainment, in aid of St Matthew's' Sunday School fund, will be held in the' schoolroom to-mor-row evening at eight o'clock.

The quarterly meeting of tho.Master. ton Park Trustees.mllhe held on Thurs: dayOcUth.'. ...

The Premier speaking yesbrday about the tariff,- said six years had elapsed since there had been any alteration, and there were one or faro trades that needed attending to.'Any alteration inthe tariff must bo carried out so completely, however/that no further change would bo required for some time afterwards.

Hooper and Co are now opening at the! Bon Marohe their-tot ataival of 'now' Spring and Summer Tho latest novelties in niilinery the .latest novelties dress'goods, mantles, prints etc Everything new I Everything nice! Particulars in a f uturo issue—Advt.

_;" It'sanill wind that blows nobody good,',, is un old saving but none tho 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 tho surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit, During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock' which' is now being sold at the Wholosalo Family Warehouse, Te Aro Houso, Wellington. . With a view to making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers were despatched from Te Aro Houso to Christchnroh one to attend tho groat salo of Edwards, Bsunott and Co's wholesale stock, and' the other to pick out bargains from the manufaotuiersof the well-known Kniapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to be seen in theastonishiug bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. —Ann

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