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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5030, 31 May 1895, Page 2

The foul blow in tbe conTim teshvas a circular issued Foufi at tlio last momont Blow, headed "Vote for the men with clean hands, who have no axo to grind." Messrs Chamberkin and i'eist assure us that they disapprove of this circular and did not authorise their names to be attached to it. It now remains for Mr Pragnell to oxplaiu—not why he threw mud, that is quite unnecessary —but why lie lias apparently taken an unwarrantable and improper liberty with the names of Messrs Chaniboiiajn apd Peist. Does Liberalism pay? Does A 01100 prominent Lmeiiausm Liberal who lias had Pay. Government pickings . writes to us as follows:—"At all events I have had enough of present-day Liberalism

and Working-manism, for I have discovered tlieni to bo nothing moro than a combination of petty tyrants, persecutors and oppressors of all who may happen to differ from them. They are likrals without having a particle of generosity or human feeling in their composition, This is something for a man to say who Ims supported the Liberal Party through thick and thin." Wo are afraid that oven Mr Seddon's own familiar friends and followers in this colony are becoming disappointed and embittered.

Another impostor on Bkxevoi.est the North Wairarapa Ijii'OStors. Benevolent Society

was convicted in the S.M. Court yesterday, and received his duo in the shape of a month's imprisonment. The Benevolent Society ought to keep in stock a few cartloads of boulders, and when an able-bodied man comes along, give him a labour test before relieving his necessities. Or, as in Carterton, permit the police to deal with every application for relief, inebriates who have no sense of self-respect, frequently apply for charitable aid, while sober but unfortunate men hold aloof.

Mr Northcroft, S.M., The has ruled that the Half Shop and Shop AssistHoi.nuy. ants Act is ultra vires until next year. The Labour Department will appeal against the decision, and the sooner the appeal is heard the better, because as matters now stand the Government cannot, in the teetli of Mr Northcroft's judgment, lay informations against persons who do not close on the Statutory half-holiday. We would not advise any Masterton shopkeeper to take advantage of the alleged Haw in the Act, without careful consideration. Indeed, the business residents should take a legal opinion as to their position in the present crisis.

One of the latest sensations in Paris is a full brass baud mounted oa bicycles .Particulars of C. Smith and Go's great sale at their Masterton .Branch, appear in another column. The " Father" of the House of Commons, the liight Hou. C. I'. Yilliers, is !);) years of age, It is said tlmt Ellen Terry's daughter has refused a young lord. The amorous pcerling is a minor, Mr A. H. Gee's Concert Company give a Sacred Concert at Mnslerton oil Sunday. Leslie Maxwell, the little boy who was drowned in the Makora Creek, will be buried this afternoon. Malaura Ensign reports a second crop of strawberries being gathered near Gore in the lirst week in May.

Five prophet evangelists have appeared in lacoma, Washington, who declare the world is coming to an end in 181)7.

To one of the tall-talkers Spurgcon once said—" Your Master sent you to feed sheep; you preach as if you were feeding giraffes." The list of divorce cases in Melbourne for May numbers 32, of which 24 are petitions from wives and eight from husbands.

Scientific temperance is to be taught, in the State schools of Tasmania, and two and a half hours per week will be devoted to this class of instruction,

Tons of fruit, especially apples arc said to be rolling in the orchards of the Manawatu district, owing to the want of a market.

At the Ashtmrlon rink last week a splendid race took place between a Maori girl and a pakeha, and resulted iu favor of I lie former.

Lasl night was exceptionally cold, and those present at the Theatre tioyal could hardly sit out the performance owing to this.

In connection with the Pahialua Presbyterian Church, services will lie held by the liev. W. H. Phillip on Sabbath 2nd-June, 18115, asunder:— Pahiasua at 11, sermon to children; Ikllanee Pahiatna at 7.

One day the children were having an object lesson on the blue heron. The teacher called attention to its small tail, snyinß: " The bird has no tail to speak of." The next day she asked the scholars to write a description'of the bird, and a little German girl wound up by saying -. " The bird has a (ail, but it must not he talked about."

A good opportunity is offered by an announcement elsewhere lo those desirous of securing valuable property in the very centre of Masterton. Further descriptions of these valuable properties and every other information, may be obtained upon application at Messrs li. E. 1 fornblow & Go's auction rooms.

In an inset published with this issue the Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association of Masterton, announce that during the month nl June they will offer to the public the whole of their splendid slock of drapery and clothing at a discount ranging from ten to thirty per cent. The sale commences to-morrow (Saturday), and purchasers arc invited to inspect the stock. At Invercargill the olhcr day as soon as a bankrupt had been examined, an offer sullicient to pay 20s iu the pound and all expenses was made. " Needless to remark," says the Smthhml Times, " a motion that the offer should be ' gratefully accepted' was carried with emphatic unanimity."

The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last evening, G'apt. Daniell in the chair. The following nominations forolliccs were received Cuptain —C. E. Daniell; Lieutenant—A. Fails; Secretary—T. Hawkc and Greathead; Foreman—W. ;Dixon, J. Parker, and Greathead; Assistant Foreman—W. Dixon and T. Cox; llraneliman—Sliuson, J. Parker, and itanley; Assistant Branchmau-Hau-ley and Slinsoii; Euginekecper—]{, Dixon and T. Cox; Trustees—o. X .Daniell, A. Falls, I. Hawkc; Auditors -G.Wardand J. Edwards. Captain Danirll presented Lieutenant Falls, and Secretary T. Hawkc with three years' service certificates, 'ft was decided to hold a social gathering amongst the members to wind up the year, and that a committee consisting of Lieutenant Falls, Secretary Hawkc, and Fireman Greathead be appointed to attend to the same.

"Hopeful Harriet" writes to tlio Christcliuvcli Press af followsWe are all looking forward eagerly to the time when we shall be publicly and universally acknowledged man's superior, morally and intellectually, and no doubt, as this acknowledgment gives us confidence and courage, and as it gradually forces us from our present litibjts and ways of subjection, wo shall be recognisod as his superior physically. Then how proud we shall he to protect and cherish him in turn, to look down upon him from our superior height with reverence and devotion, to pet him and pay him courtesy. J3ut there is one thing that puzzles me—WUnt ou earth shall n do with our hat pins P I win t imagine a woman without hatpins—four, three, two, or at any rate orje. If she lias to wait to unfasten all these before slio can raiso her hat to do duo reverence tp the '• weaker vessel,' will it not be rather an elaborate operation, pspeciully iu Higli or Casliol streets, oE au i)fternoon'when WQ sh'aH jnfpfc so manyof our gentjemon fpiciids out doing their shopping P Tho question has been for a long timo the one stumbling block in my vision of tho glorious futuro; it has met me at cvory turn; and I should be glad if any kind person would take pity on me aud suggest a way of getting lover it,"

j Mr E. H. Wood publishes entries for i.his Taratahi stock sale, which takes place on Tuesday, June lltli.

Messrs Panicll, Hornblow, and Jlessey rehiru thanks for election, and Messrs Chamberlain and Feist, for tho support accorded at yesterday's Town Lands Trust election.

We remind our readers of Messrs Lowes and lorns special sale of household furniture and effects, on account of a lady leaving Masterton. Tho list comprises bedsteads, mattrasscs, washstands and dressing tables, couches, chairs, chest drawers, cookiug utensils and other articles too numerous to mention. The sale commences at 2 o'clock sharp.

Elsewhere in this issue Mrs Owen Jones, lato of Melbourne, announces that she will receive pupils for music and painting, at Victoria House, Hall Street, Mnslcrton,

Masterton should he busy to-morrow as all the drapers start a big sale. At the _ Mnslcrton _ Mutual Improvemcnt Society's meeting this evening a debate "Is football overdone" will ovcntuatc. Therewill.nodoubt, he a. large attendance.

A great clearing sale of drapery and clothing will commence at the establishment of Mr 0. I'ragnoll, to-morrow, at which bargains of a surprising nature will be submitted.

During tho past month the number of sheep forwarded by rail from Masterton was 16,511.-

Mr B. Coubourne kindly supplies us with the following record of (lie rainfall taken from observations at the Masterton Railway Station May lStlo-2'50 inches on 11 days. Dining the past mouth seven drunks were arrested at Masterton and convicted, the sentences varying. The full programme of Mr A. H Gee's Sacred Concert for next Sunday will appear to-morrow. We remind our readers of Messrs oimins k Moslem's great unreserved clearing sale of furniture to-morrow, Saturday, at 2 o clock in tlicir rooms ljuconStreet, on account of a cabinetmaker who is over-stocked. Everything olered will be sold absolutely without reserve. The auctioneers will also submit a largo consignment of general drapery and clothing,also 15 pairs good hens, saddlery, erockey, 1 tip dray, 1 spring cart, and sundries.

ilie regular weekly unreserved salo at the 1 eople's Auction Mart, takes place to-morrow, when Messrs Hornblow and Co., sell a large quantity of new and second-hand furniture, poultry, cutlery, boots and shoos, and oilier miscellaneous goods. 1 here will also be ottered, several useful hack and harness horses. Other entries may be mndo up to time of sale. ] he total number of persons arrested 1))' the police .it jMastcrlon, during the month ended to-day, was sixteen. The oflences were, drunkenness, 1; robbery with violence, 2 (committed for trial); obscene language, 1; uttering forged cheques, 2 (discharged); imposing on a charitable institution, 1- vagrancy 1lunacy, 2, J

In our wanted column Mr 11. Mall by notifies that he has re-opened his oyster saloon and supper room in premises next to the Queen's Hotel, Masterton. 'Hie rooms are comfortably furnished and well suited for the business and his well-known reputation as n r/irfwill ensure a liberal patronage. It is Mr Maltby's intention to set apart a room for ladies, and also to keep a stock of first-class confectionery.

tali MeKenzie, of Mauriceville, formally thanks Mr Dahymple, tlic local agent of (he Standard Insurance Company, for the promptitude with which her claim for loss by (ire lias been settled,

At one period of last evening's performance at the Masterton Theatre lioyal, Hie piano actually refused duty. The trouble proved lo be a gentle stream of candle-grease, which had guttered down on lo the keys, and was caused by one ot the Theatre breezes.

People desirous of having seats reserved for Mr Gee's snored concert oil Sunday next, can do so on application to Mr Hood.

An inquest touching the cireumstauce< attending the death of the little boy, Leslie Maxwell, was held yesterday % Mr T.Hutchison, District Coroner, and Hie following jury Messrs J. Colwav (I'oreman), Kobcrt Johnston, Udwin Johnston, John Morris, and Crispin I'arker. A verdict of accidental deall was returned.

The total return of railway receipts mid expenditure for the four weeks ending 27th April shows the receipts to have been £102,868 17s 10d, and the expenditure I'oo.fiSl 5s lid, In the corresponding period of last year the figures werelieeeipts, £98,517 9s 8d ■ expenditure, £58,558 15s 2d.

'Um Li/lldtun Times reports that a Cheviot settler, who has lately had a sura of money left to him, came into town for a holiday and thinking that it would be advisable to take a partner to share his good luck, he called at a local Matrimonial Agency ami after a few minutes conversation proposed to the agent herself, He was accepted. On (ho Wellington section of the N.Z. liaihviiys during the four weeks ending 2711 i April the receipts amounted to £6341 14s lid, as against £6993 Is 3d for the corresponding four weeks of last year; the number of passengers carried was 28,116 as against 28,267; the fares amounted to £2538 10s -1(1, as against £2311 lCs Id; the freight on goods to £314019s 2d as against £398!) 16s 3d, Constable Cooper, of l'nliiatua, telegraphed to Inspector Thompson yesterday that a single man named Thomas Scott, a carpenter, was seized with a lit that day and died an hour afterwards.

MrT. Hutchison, S.M., will deliver a lecture to the members of tho l'ahiatua Literary and Debating Society during one of his visits to l'ahiatua. The lecture will probably be fixed for the 24th July.

A meeting of Ladies willing to assist in carrying out a Ball, this season, in aid of the Masterton Hospital funds, was held in (he Borough Council Chambers, yesterday afternoon. Mrs W, 11, Bcetham was voted to the Chair. The Secretary of the Hospital Trustees, read the Balance Sheet of the Hospital for the past two years, showing how much the fluids had benefitted by the Halls being held. It was unanimously resolved that the Ladies present form themselves into a Committee, with power to add to their number, to arrange for holding a Ball again this year. The date wa« fixed for Thursday, 4th July. The following oflice-bearers were appointed : —Chairwoman of Committee, Mrs A, B, Yates; Vice-Chairwoman, Mrs Hosking ■' Honorary Treasurer, Mrs \V. If' Bcetham. It was decided that lists be prepared for circulation, and to be distributed at ii meeting to be held on Thursday, 6th June, A yoto of thanks to the Chairwoman, terminated the proceedings.

Onool the Bights of Wollin ton, at ouv time is undoubtably tho magnificent establishment known as To Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is tilled to overflowing, with a bewildering! variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, eto., itismorethan ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warahouse, To Aro I House. I

Particular attention lias been paid this year to tho requirements of country oustomors, and tho result is to bo seen in "the immense and varied stock o't calicoes Bhirtings, fennols,"flannellettes, atrone wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing. &o. Tho ohoioe in each department, -is almost -unlimited, as may bo imagined, when it is stated that ol flannolette alone, over 50,000 yards havo this season been imported at T<] Aro House' Wollingtoa, ' A Bpeojally department, has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any materials in stock, will bo torwdeJ to any address, post free Country residents ate invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted that nowhere can euolt ft wide selection, or such Btorlinfc value be obtained, as at Ta Am House Wollington.-—Advt, .