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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4949, 12 February 1895, Page 2

Mastodon School Committee supports -Messrs Blair, Jiolicrtson, mid Brndey, for the Education Board election. Mastcrtoii Hospital Trust meet this afternoon. Masterlon Borough Council meets this evening. A prohibition order lias been granted against a woman in Kelson. The earnings ol a London flower-girl according to the evidence in the witnessbox of one of their number, average from 7s to Ids a day, and 15s on a line Saturday. "Dirlccu of my friends verc drowned by do upsetting of de pote; J. was de only one saved,".said a Dutchman. "And how did you escape ?" asked an anxious hearer. 1 did not go on de same pote." Mastcrtoii School excursion to Welling! on takes place on Friday next. The liev A. C. Vorkc, has been granted permission lo give religious teachings, out of school hours at the Masterlon school. Mr J. L. Murray announces agemiinc stocktaking sale now on at his establishment in Queen Street. Special reductions are made in several lines which will be sold at wholesale cost prices for cash. A Masterlon young lady is at Coolgiirdie! On hearing of the fatal sickness at the lield, she resolved upon going over lo aet as a nurse, and nothing would turn her from her philanthropic purpose. A wire was received by her mother the other day, notifying her sale arrival at the fever stricken spot. Ellis Xewtoii,who will be remembered by residents of this town as the " cheap jack" who made money by the bucketfull iii the local Drill Hall some few years since, is now in South Africa, where lie is the proprietor of a Waxworks Museum. He has life sizes in wax of Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of York, the leading men of the day, ami such notorious criminals as Mrs Maybrick, etc. TheC'ommillce meeting of the Maslerton Horticultural and Industrial Society was held on Monday evening, Mr.l.Tucker, Vice-President, in the chair. Final arrangements, in connection with the forthcoming Autumn Show were made. Messrs U. Hale, W. H. Tayler, T. Kempton, and W. Everett are lo be asked to act as judges. Stewards and stagers were also appointed. The same arrangements for music will be made as at previous Shows. The Secretary of the Tariff Commission (Mr K. W. Kane) has written to a local seedsman, stating that if lie should bein Wellinglouduringlhe sitting of the Commission, the Commissioners will be ready to hear any evidence he may have lo offer with regard to the importation of trees, etc,, but that the Commission will not undertake to pay any expenses. A great many people are enquiring if the Railway authorities intend to run a special train from the Wairarapa, during the Williamson and Musgrove Comic Opera season. An excursion train lo the city at cheap fares, returning after the opera on a Thursday afternoon would we feel sure, be a great boon lo Wairarapa people, and be splendidly patronised, There is sonic talk of an effort being made to induce the Fiji cricketers to pay the Wairarapa a visit before their tour is concluded, and play the local men. The match, if arranged, would probably be played at Grey town. A foreign team visiting us would give a considerable impetus to the sport, and make the public take some interest in the game. Burglars visited the premises of Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co., and C. W. Walker, somclimo on Sunday night, and extracted all the available loose money from the cash boxes. Ju each instance windows were the back to gain access. The usual weekly session of the Endeayour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening, Sister A Wame: presiding. One new member was admitted by card, and one candidate proposed for membership. BroG. S. Bragginswas elected for recommendation as District Deputy, Sister Warner being elected for the office of Lodge Deputy, Lodge 'was closed at the usual time. The Committee of the Mastcrton Horticultural and Industrial Society arc using every effort to make their Show, which takes place on the 22nd of this month a thorough success. They arc also determined to put a stop to petty pilfering, by keeping a strict watch and prosecuting with tiio utmost rigour of the law, anyone caught in the act. Mr Walter Bcntlcy, who visits Masterton on Thursday evening next, is thus referred to by a West Coast contemporary "Mr Bcntlcy possesses the ability of arresting the attention of his auditors, and with apt illustration, humorous anecdote, and clearly expressed and pungent comment, he succeeds far bettor than any lecturer that has visited the Coast during the last twenty yoars at least. " Our Best Friends" was his subject, auil we never remember seeing such a large gathering so heartily enjoying themselves as those who wero present did." Messrs Simms and Mowlem will hold their usual fortnightly slock salo in the yards, Queen.street, to-morrrow (Wednesday) at 1 o'clock, when they will submit one of the largest and most varied assortments of stock of all classes. The entries comprise 1000 owes, mixed ages; COO good young wethers; 850 shorn lambs; 250 woolly lambs; 120 fatlambs; 50 fat owes; 40 well bred Lincolm rams; 30 well bred lomney rams; 12 fat bullocks 165 eighteen months old steers j25 cightcon months old heifers (empty); 50 good strong calves; 6 first-class dairy cows (springing) j 21 weancr pigs j 2 bacon sows; 1 pure pure-bred Berkshire boar; 1 pure-bred collie; draughts, buggy and hack horses; 2useful spring traps; 1 first-class American buggy (single);sets harness, saddles, bridles, etc. Senator Morgan, of the United States, declares that Great Britain is plotting to obtain Pearl Harbour, in the Sandwich'Jslands, in order to couvcrt it into »Gibraltar of the Pacific,

The death is announced of Professor Reginald Poole, antiquarian, ' A reward is offered for a saddle-bag lost in or near Mastcrtoii. Messrs Chamberlain Bros., advertiso for a boy. An advertiser notifies for salo a quiet Polled Angus bull. A smart active lad for the grocery department of the W.F.C.A., is required, Tenders are invited for metalling 37 chains on the Pori lioad Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their monthly stock sale at Eketalmim tomorrow. During the past week no fewer than fifty-three new pupils havo been entered at the Wellington Girls' High School. The summonses, issued against 20 Chinese and three European shop-keep-ers at Wellington, for breaches of the Shop Assistants' Act, arc fixed for hearing on Friday next. The meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. The sheep traffic from Mastcrtoii still keeps up, 36 trucks leaving Masterton again this morning. We understand that an average of between 30 and ■lO trucks will be despatched ovcry day this week, It is stated that the meat companies of Wellington, have instructed their buyers to reduce the price given for sheep, an average of a shilling per head. The value of the property acquired by .Japan as result of her victories against China is estimated already at a hundred millions. The house of Mr E. 0. Smith, at the Loner Taueru, was totally destroyed by lire on Sunday morning. " Brooklield," a bay gelding in training, " Dinah Shad," a black filly, aged three years, ami 35 2-tootli Lincoln rains are advertised for sale by Mr Jas. , Macara. On the motion of Mr W. G. Beard, it . was decided, at a meeting of St. Matthew's vestry, last evening, to recommend the appointment of n Collector ' for the Wellington diocese. It is ollicially announced that the ' Duke of York has not yet decided when ■ he will make his promised visit to the 1 Australian Colonies. A witness at the S M, Court, Featherston, yesterday, persisted in addressing ' Mr T. Hutchison as " Ml' Worship," on j every possible occasion, . John M Brimton, tailor, of Masterton, has filed a declaration of insolvency. His first mooting of creditors will be held at Masterlon oil Friday February 22nd ■ at 11 a.m. Tenders are invited by Jlr A. Mc--1 Hutchon, for the purchase of the stock s and business of the late firm Osborne 3 and liichardson, late of Tenui and Whakataki, storekeepers. Full particu- :> lars appear iii another column. " The Hon W, P, liccvcs, Minister of " Labour and .Education, addressed a ' crowded meeting of his constituents in r the Theatre lioyal, Christclmreli, last evening. s We very much regret to learn from a T telegram in another column that a ] pioncor settler of Masterton, Mr J. Valentine Smith, has joined the majority. ~ He was an educated man of the highest 1 character and probity, and in earlier days took his share of public work in this town and district. He was one :l whom high and low, rich and poor, held p in the highest estimation and regard, and - when he left his old residence at Lansi' downeitwas generally felt that (he , district had sustained an irreparable - loss. 1 The Works andFinauce Committee of 0 (lie Mastcrtoii tough Council met last n evening, Present His Worship the s Mayor and Crs Hcssey, J!. Chamberlain, Mulrie and Cullen. The Overseer's . report was read and adopted. The sum 1 of £1 was ordered to be charged against , Messrs A'orbury and Trevor, for the use e of the engine for pumping out the old . gas tank. Accounts as submitted, were i recommended for payment. At Featherston yesterday, John Daly " sued P. T. Spilhmc, ex-publican of Mar- '• tinborough for ,C 33, of which sum £2O ' 5s Sd was comprised in orders alleged to 3 have been cashed by defendant for Daly, plaintiff alleging that lie never received the bulk of the change. Mr Acheson 1( appeared for plaintiff and Mr I'ownall [) for defendant. After hearing consider--0 able evidence the S.M. said that plainc till' had told an extraordinary story, inc volving serious charges against the „ liolel-kecper. The evidence on behalf i, of plaintiff was both weak and coutradictory while that of defendant was strongly corroborated. On the whole ho f did not think the plaintiff had made out a any case, and he would therefore nonsuit , willl costs. A Mauriccville correspondent, informs " us that the local Lime Kiln Club met 1 yesterday with the intention of having a little sports gathering, but the affair fell through without bloodshed, The police, 1 bailiff, and sundry other visitors took a hand, and the matter will probably en- ? gage the attention of the S. M. at an )' early dale. r Edward Hawaiian, aged 17, was drowned yesterday while bathing in the J Enterprise dam, St Bathan's, near Dunedin, 0 Alexander Palmer, licensee of the Wain's Hotel, Princes street, Dunedin, was thrown out of a buggy yesterday f and had the bone of his right leg below • the knee smashed into several pieces, 1 and his left collar-bone broken. The ' rest of the family escaped with a few 5 bruises. 1 John Gallic, T. Tullock, and W. Toogood, carrying on business in Martin- • borough, have been each fined Is, 1 without costs, for breaches of the Shop " and Shop-Assistauts Act. Mr It. Ward ; Tatcappoarcd for the Labour Depart- ' menl. ThoEcv, L, M. Isitt, has opened a • week's mission in Wanganui, and last [ night he lectured to a large and cnthus- , astic audience. He coucludes his mission on Friday night. Just a word with you. Going into matri 1 monialbliss,oh,l say! go it boys. Your father did it, and his father in his day, Why not r follow his example? Try to compare the : man going home to his cozy cottage, with • all its comforts, and the single man going ) to his diggings. Bah, you can't do it, t Might just is well try to find a Drapery i bhop in the Wairarapa, that can supply ; your requirements as good and cheap as L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon Marche. Don't take our word. Judge yourself, and . you will find it a sterling (act beyond diss pute, that Hooper'B is tho place for you and your money.—Advi. ; Oneoftbemostcruot and crucifying pains 1 mankind is afflicted with, is undoubtedly , toothache, It will bo of interest to know that instant relief con be obtained by applying a littloof Herb Extract, and Infallible Cure ' for Toothache, which proves a permanent ' euro in nearly , all cases where the teeth arc hollow. Everybody at all likely to get tooth- , avhc should be provided with a bottle, which , can bo had for 1/- each (guaranteed not to in- \ jure tho teeth orhsalth) at tho \V.F,C.A.'s 1 Fancy Goods Department, also tho following; 1 —Gorman cure foreorns, t/-; Mortein Insect powder and spreaders, 1/- each; Back's waterproof cement, 1/-; Bock's Pate-paste, large tins, 1/-.—l'. Bock k Co., Manufacturing 1 ChcmistS and Importers,—Advt, The announcement is made in another part [ of this paper that a salo of greater magnitude , than eyer yet attempted by Te Aro House is now being held, and should arrest the at tention, of everyone in this part of the 1 Colony. Te Aro House has long held the ; premier position as the leading Family I Drapery Warehouse In tho city, and further developments are now taking place to in-1 augurate the new year of 1895. i Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial I gontleman who has long been associated with the London buying for To Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the . slock previous to the partnership stoek- ; taking, sweeping reductions will be mado in all departments. The stock must ho reduced by £15,000, and will bo offered to tho purchasing publio at most tempting prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, careful housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of money by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which commences on Friday, Ith January, 1805, at Te Aw Hm.