LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4856, 20 October 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

II lias been decided to drop the Licen. sing Hill.

Tho present session of Parliament closes 011 Monday.

The running track round the Park the Park Oval is being put in order by men employed by the Amateur Athletic Society, and will be in splendid conditiou by the date of the Sports. A reward is offered for the recovery of a walking stick and the cap of a gig lamp lost on the road between Mastci'ton and Bennett's Hill. .Railway arrangements in connection with the Mastci'ton A, and I'. Show are published in another column. Mr 1!. J. Baker, practical wool-elusser and telimonger, notilies that he still conducts business at his old-established works in Itivcr raid. An aggrieved defendant in a rabbit case heard at Mnstcrtou yesterday, said the Inspectors resembled the Czar of Russia, and tliey ought to nil be in Siberia, as tliey were only invented to harass settlers.

lii ut new iulvci'l iscmont which appears in (his issue Mr 'l\ G. Mason, chemist, of Mastcrton, announces tho arrival of an entirely new stock oE druggists sundries, summer beverages, patent mediciues ami toilet requisites, direct from the best English. American, and Continental houses. We notice by advertisement that Mr Cori'io Johnston, so well aud tuvourubly known, both as it iireacher and writer, will deliver an address in the Tempermice Hall on' Sunday evening. A'o doubt many will embrace the opportunity of listening to his special address. Summer shoes in canvas and other light descriptions, form tho subject of MrCiirpeiitci , 'sncH'advei'tise]nciit,whicli will appear in our issue of Monday next Mrs E. Harris of Worksop Hoad, publishes it notice in another column, AYc remind Masterton cricketers of the meeting at tho Prince of Wnlos Hotel, this evening at 8 o'clock. The Secretary of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association asks us to stale that the Hunters' Competition is open to all horses, and not conlined to hunters only. The Customs revenue for the September- quarter amounted to £<108,798, us against £'147,023 in the corresponding quarter of 18!) l).

Sovcral reports, correspondence, aud other matter, is crowded out of our present issue.

Grcytown Hand is going in for serenading in the hones of raisini* funds. A spiritualistic exposure, similar to the recent case at l'ctone, is iiow agitating Sydney. Jiain fell at Ekctahuna yesterday. A communion service will take place at St Matthew's Church at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The liev, A. C. l'orkc returned from the Diocesan Synod to-day. A service will be conducted at Itangitumiiu to-morrow (Sunday) at 11 a.m., by Mr W. li. Jackson. The liev A. C. l'orkc conducts service at Opaki at o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

Mr F. Pearce, of Lower Valley, was thrown from his buggy on the road tic-

tween Carterton and Masterton yesterday, hut fortunately escaped with a slight injury to his arm,

The entries for the Mastcrtou Agricultural autl Moral Association's Show which takes place ou Thursday next, close to-day. So far they arc coining to hand in a most satisfactory lnauiicr, and will be considerably in excess of last year. John Meltae, juur., ariestcdatC'ulIcnsvillc on the charge of stealing a horse, saddle, and bridle from Uranccpeth, was brought before the S.M., at Maslerlon, to-day, and remanded till Monday at 10 a m. At a meeting of the Uaumbcr Memorial Committee, held last (Friday) evening, it was decided that the subscription list close on the 30tli inst, Lists are to be scut to the outlying districts. and Forty-Mile Biisli. Those already distributed are reported to have been very well received, A stable, cart slied, and contents to-, gether with a trap and harness, and a quantity of firewood at Clareville, the property of Mr E. Goodiu, wero destroyed by firo this morning at 9 o'clock. It is supposed that a spark from a traction engine was the cause, as one passed just More. Mr T. Hutchison, S. M., delivered a very interesting lecture at the Wcsleyan Schoolroom last evening under the auspices of the Maslerlon Mutual Improvement Society. The subject "The llennissance" was dealt with in a scholarly manner, and great interest was taken in the discourse. Mr \Y. M. Easthone occupied the chair in the unavoidable absence of the President, the licv John Dukes. A hearty vote of-thanks was accorded the lecturer at the close of the meeting. . There arc a thousand acres of native reserve at Hastwell, containing two or three thousand pounds worth of milling timber. Tho natives, it is said, are anxious to grant milling rights over the block and sawmillers are desirors of taking lliem, but the Government have not as yet given the native occupants their titles, and till this is done the timber rights cannot be disposed of. This is to bo rcgi'ellcd; iirst, because the cutting up of tho timber would lind employment for a considerable number of men; and, s'ccoudly, heeauso settlers arc now falling and burning round the block, and if a fire went through it all tho marketable timber might be destrojed,

.Wo woulddraw our readers littentio 11 to the advertisement of the Mastcrto 11 . Horticultural and Industrial Society' 8 i Spring Sliow. Somo of the prizes- aro | valuable and should eusure a largo competition. Wo would draw attention to Mr Tucker's special prize of £1 Is for tho best kept eottatter's garden in the Borough, the entries for wliich close at 10 p.m. on Monday next, and also to.Mr Vilo's special prize of 10s for the largest collection of sparrows eggs by any boy attending a Wairarapa bchool. The Society gives a second lmzo of ss. Catalogues and entry forms may bo obtained free from the Secretary,Mr T. Gillespie.

Sir liobcrt Stout says lie has not known the Tax Department to act unfairly. MrT. Mcltenzie wishes the Govern, mcnt to circulate its Policy Bills a month before the session.

The Colonial Treasurer says that notliingean be dono this session as to the increase of the poll tax on Chinamen.

The result of the Caulfield Cup, to bo run at Melbourne to-day, will be issued as a Tunis extra between live and six o'clock this evening.

Mr Hogg is moving tho Minister for Education respecting the difficulty of the Standard examination papers in the Waimrapa this year. _ A vcrv cujoyable concert in connection with tho Mastorton Presbyterian Church, was hold in tho Temperance Hall last evening, a full report of which is crowded out of our present issue.

The Joint House Committee recommends, "Inthe opinion of this committee, no monument should be erected in the grounds of the Parliamentary Building unless in the form of a statue of not less than life-size, but if it is desired to Oictuatc the memory of the late Mr anco by a bust,thero is no objection to a suitable situation being given in the Parliamentary Buildings." The report I was adopted. On the Wellington section of the Government liailways, during the four weeks ended Scptcmbor 15th the receipts amounted to £<1579 19s Bd, as against ,65081.5s 2d for tho corresponding period of last year; the number of passengers carried was 24,664, as against 28,209; the fares amounted to £I9OO 6s sd, ns against £2068135; the freight on goods fell from £2657 10s od to £2316 10s Bd. Hooper and Co are now opening at tho Ben Marohi their first arrival ot new Spring aud Summer tjoods. The latest novelties in millinery, the latest novelties dress goods, mauta, prints, eto. Everything new I Everything nice I Particulars in atutuieissue.-rtnvi,

" It's an ill wind that blows nobody good,' is up old saying but nono tko less true Whilst tho great depression existing in Sydney at tho 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 lo Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a largo stock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Family Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, With a view to making this sale tho ovent of the year, two special buyers wcro despatchedfrom Te Aro House to Christchurch one to attend tho great sale of Edwards, tlennett aud Co's wholesale stock, and tho other to pick out bargains from tho manefactuicrs of the well-known Kaiapoi.Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen havo returned after a most successful trip, and the total results of their efforts is to bo Been in llicastonishiug bargains now being sold at tho iVholesa'.o Family Warehouse, To Aro House. Wellington. Advt

vV o beg to notify thai the following lines of Messrs 13ock & Co., Manufacturing Chemists can bo obtained at tho W.F.C.A.'s fancy Goods Department:-Non Mercurial plating.fluid Is GJ unsurpassed for cleaning gold or silver and re-plating brass and copper, Dock's Waterproof Cement, price, ls,_ will resist hot or cold water and repair china, glass, delf, lcathor etc., cto, Cainphylene Bails, in neat air-tight jars containing 18 balls, price Is to keep moths out of clothing also a perfect disinfectant. Herb Extract price Is an iofalliabie euro for tooth achoguarantcid not injurious to tho teeth of health; it stops tho most acute pain immediately, and proves a permanent cure in nearly all oases where tho teeth aro hollow German cure for corns and warts price Is - this tamous Remedy will speedily and pain; 'lessly cure soft or hard corns, also warts bunions and chilblains,-Tho Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association, Ltd Advt.