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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4965, 2 March 1895, Page 2

The football season opens in Christchurch on March IKb. To-day is the monthly pay-day of the Masterton and Grcytown .Building Societies. Several loams of the local Fire Brigades arc practising nightly, with the Volunteer manual engine, in view of the Sports at Grcytown, on the 18th inst, An injunction against the playing of brass instruments in the Masterton Drill Kail, is threatened. The first of the charges, under the i Bankruptcy Act, against F. J. Done vim, has beeu dismissed. The adjourned meeting of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society, takos place this afternoon, The Masteiton Cricket Club plays Peathcrston, atFealhcrston, to-day, There arc only about 10,000 foreigners in Japan. Mr G. S. W. Dalrymple, District Agcntfor the StandardFirc Insurance Co, has paid over to Mr Eidgway £125, the full amount for which he was insured in the Standard in respect to the fire on 31st January. The Masterton Park Trustees held a preliminary meeting yesterday afternoon to consider new regulations for dealing with the oval, A further meeting will be held next week when it is expected the work of forming the new rules will be completed,

The proprietors of Cooper's Dip announce in our advertising columns that at the great public trial of sheep dips held in IJawke's Bay, the only thorough test which has ever been made ■ jn New Zealand, the Judges awarded Cooper's Dip first place. The sales of this dip, have so largely increased lately that the agents affirm it is now used more than all the proprietary dips put together,

MirW.H. Tisdall, gunmakcr, and ' Ashing tacklo importer and dealer, of ! 159 Lambton Quay, Wellington is now ■ landing ex "Langstonc' 1 jn readiness i for the shooting season a large supply ■ of new smokeless powder. Mr Tisciail ■ makes a speciality of smokeless cartridges of his oirij loadiLg, which he ] guarantees will give every satisfaction, Sportsmen should make a careful note' '. of thig, The attention of rifle-shots is also drawn to Mr Tisdall's rercnt impor- ■ tation of Martini match rifles, and re- ■ nuisitcs, which will he found very i superior in eyery respect. All those whose eyesight is indistinct and to whom thosights of the rifloortho Bull's eye appear blurred should invest in a pair of Mr Tisdall's improved "orthoptics." They are of immense advantage and greatly improve the shooting, even l jn the case of those. whose eyesight is ne/ljectly good. The Tp Ore Ore are busy repairing the largo putting house. The floor, through being laidjtoo''sqs,o Jto the ground is decayed, and had to bo je : moved. A large quantity of earth has also being removed from under the floor, and new piles, joists, and floor ml] replace the old. Tho work is being dono on "co-operative"lines, some natives finding timber, while others supply the labour, Th'oy appear to be doing the work well, TheJfloor is considerably more than a hundred feet long and some < 'twenty.eight to thirty feet wide,

Mr Carrow, Chief o£ Eailway Stores Department, lias resigned

A Baptismal service takes place at St. Matthew's, Masterton, to-morrow. Messrs Lowes &, lorns add to their stock sale list for March Oth, 2 good cows, 350 good store wethers.

Sixty more loans have been approved under the Advances to Settlers Act. The total approved to date amounts to £15,000.

Wellington Land Board will hold a special meeting on March 7th at Mangatainoka for the purpose of enquiring into the Walthcr case.

The Japanese are organising for the march to Pekin. They have evacuated the advanced positions near Waihaiwei. _ The Wcsleyan Conference first reading of stations, places ficv J. Dukes at Masterton again.

T on Thursday last, at Wellington, Mr N. Grace, of Gladstone, was married to Emily, eldest daughter of Mr J. Scvlou, also of Gladstone.

Messrs Simms and Mowlcm add to the list of entries for their noxt Stock snlo in the yards on Wednesday 13th rost. q()0 good sound mouth m-es and IB tat ewes.

Messrs Lowes and lorns sell the urivilages in connection with the Master-ton-Opaki Jockey Club's March meeting, on Saturday, March 9th, at 2 p.m.

understand that Mr Hogg, M.H K Ims been invited to accompany Mr Buchanan, M.H.li, the Mayor of Greytown aud others to Wellington for thf(purpose of asking the Premier, and Minister of Labour to take steps to get the present Saturdayhalf-holiday within the Borough of Greytown altered to lnursday.

_ Ihe case, Le Coraptc v. Alfred Coy, in which the defendant is charged with using foul and obscene language, was called on before the S.M this (Saturday) morning, »nd adjourned, on the application of the counsel for defendaut(MrPownall)and the consent of Mr Jackson, counsel for the complainant.until the next Court day. There was at noon to-day in about the centre of Masterton a stench sufficient to stop a dock, poison half the inhabitants, or to drive n turbine. The Municipal Council has on this occasion broken a record. It takes a pride in this sort of thing and wc suppose as usual it is useless b ask the Inspector for an explanation, It is gratifying to hear from outside but competent sources, that a capital job is being made of the new tank at the Masterton gas works. The Engineer and contractors sceni to be put on their mettle to turn out thorough good work, and we are assured that there need he no fear, but that a complete success can iimv he looked for, A good deal of public interest is taken in the work, the Mayor and Councillors being among the most regular visitors.

IhelNew Zealand Clothing Factory have determined fur the future to eonfine their operations to only one establishment in Wellington. Consequently the Cuba St. brand is to be closed at an early date ami the whole of the large and well selected stock is to be sold at prices which must effect a speedy clearance. It is not oftcu such an opportunity offers itself to the people in this district, to obtain clothing at prices which absolutely defy competition. Ilmns a genuine dealing sale and the public may depend upon the statement, very often misleading, that all goods will be cleared off regardless of cost. A young man is repot ted to have been personating Bishop C'owie's son at Greymouth. He stayed at the vicarage, taught in the Sunday school, and re viewed the scholars at tho State school. He was introduced to all the leading families and, it is said, proposed to a well-known lady. He was to have read the lessons at Trinity Church on Sunday, but owing to his frivolous behaviour at tea-time, tho vicar requested him to abstain. On the arrival of the Bishop of Melanesia, at Grcymoutli, the young impostcr was discovered, aud ho has quietly departed to fresh fields and pastures new. It it supposed that he is the same young schemer who posed as a son of Sir Wilfrid Lawsonat Wellington last year.

On Friday, Mr A. W. H'ogß, M.H.8., ■had 1111 interview with Mr Donne, the Ifailway Traffic Mauagcr, al Welling. ; ton, in reference to this School Excursion from the district north of Masterton, which is proposed to take place on Friday, the loth inst. After going into the matter of the time-tables a irood deal, it was found that owing (o the distance to be travelled, a special down train would be next to impracticable, and that the only course will be for the children and their friends to travel by the ordinary morning train, leaving Eltelahima at six o'clock. It is pro-, posed to make the usual stoppages, so as to include the whole of the schools along the lino as far as Masterton. 1 Extra carriages and engines will be put on, and special arrangements will be made for (he benefit of the cxcur-l sioiiists, who will reach Wellington at lUOa.m. A special train will leavo on the return journey at 5 p.m., arriving al Masterton at!), and Eketahuna at 10 o'clock. Mr Donne will bcglud if the Chairman of the various School Committees will communicate, through one of their number, in reference to the arrangements, so that the number of tickets required may be forwarded to each Committee or School. The excursion from Eketahuna, Mauriccville and Opaki is rather a formidable one, and much credit will be due to the promoters if they make it —despite the distance-thoroughly enjoyable.

The announcement is made in another part of this paper that a salo of greaior magnitude than ever yet attempted by To Aro House is now being hold, aud shou'd arrest the at tention, of everyouo in tbis part ot the Colony. Te Aro Houso bas Ion? lißi.d the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in the oily, and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate tho new year of J895. Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who bas .'OO3 been associated with the London buying for To Aro Houso. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to tho partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will bo made in all departments, The stock must bo reduced by £15,000, and will be offered to the purchasing public at most tempting prices, Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, careful housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of mouey by reserving their purchases for this great partnership sale, which commences on Friday, 4th January, 1895; at Te Avo House,