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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5043, 5 June 1895, Page 2

Mr. F. Hartmap, a A journalist who has Lucky contributed a weekly Pressman, letter to tko Waiiiabapa Daily Timks, for some considerable time, and who has also represented its business interests, iii tho Empire City, has just been appointed Manage: l , at Wellington, for the Mutual Life

Association of Australasia. This is said to be a lucrntivo and enviable post, and Mr Havtnmnn has won it by the literary ability and business aptitude displayed by him as a pressman. Mr Hartmann is in every way worthy of the good fortune which lias come to him, and the Mutual Life Association has undoubtedly secured for its Wellington management, a very ablo officer. ,

A high pressure water High supply might have Prkssurk saved the property Water, destroyed by lire last evening in Masterton, but it is evident that the existing appliances for fire extinction, admirable as they are, are insufficient to save a building 'when once it gets well alight. Last night's tiro was another object lesson to the public to show the imperative necessity of a high pressure water supply, and with a reseryoir of water within a mile of the town, it seems almost criminal not to make use of it, It is thought that last Tun night's lire originated SwAGfiiin with a swagger, livery Daxokic. night, swaggers make shakedowns in convenient, buildings about the town, andsometimes they are insufficiently sober to be safe. Fivo drunken swaggers were counted, one night recently, in an empty structure in Queen-street, and yet the town is regarded as fairly safe from fire alarms, and people sleep on till they are rudely awakened by a conflagration.

The Masterton Borough Council has decided lo strictly enforce the By-law, relating to Hie erection ofchinuues. in every case. price list, published by the W.F.C.A., appears elsewhere, and is worthy of perusal. The Mastoi ton Borough overdraft now stands at .G7-12. MrH. Fio'd, Secretary of the jN t ,Z, Allicnce, addressed a meeting at Ekelaliuna last evening, and speaks at (Jailorton this evening. The Jicv, J. Dukes starts his series of addresses on " 'flic Life of Christ," at the Muslurton Wesloyim Church this evening. The members of the North Wairarupa Gun Club lire a match to-moirow. Chief Justice Way, of South Australia, who is a Bible Christian, of which nligion It's father was a minisler, will not attend a racecourse, even in his ollicial capacity as Acting-Governor. It is slated Unit Mr Julius Grove has been making fairly large purchases of --oils and fillies for service in India at Wintou, Queensland. fol year he intends to purchase from 3d to 1:1 head of horses principally (rem that district. The fastest train in the United States is the Empire State express, which runs from New I'ork lo Buffalo, via Albany —a distance of -13il wiles—incight hours and ■!'.) minutes.

A boot manufacturing business al Pahnersjon North, is for sale by lender, the particulars mid conditions of which arc advertised by Messrs Cook &, Gray in this issue

The Star mid Oriental football clubs play a match on the Park Oval 10-mor-

_ The usual civil sittings of the MasterS.M. Court take place to-morrow. The first consignment of the season's garden and (lower seeds from Messrs Yules ami Co., of Auckland, lias just been received by the local agents, .Messrs John Graham and Co, The extensive business done by Messrs i'atcs, enable (hem to pay particular attention tothesced trade, and they take every care to sec that onlyllie'linest quality (after testing twice a week) is sent from their warehouse. The linn have two farms near Auckland, and also one in New South Wales, where they grow their seeds and test new varieties before placing them on the market.

"' An egg is an egg,' said the sexton, but he took the goose-egg," is a German proverb illustrating a trait in human nature. We all hunker after (he best, but some fail to recognise superlative merits. With such it is a misfortune rather than a fault In the common .affairs ol life few mistakes are made, as for instance, offer a man the choice of of two potatoes, and long odds may be given that the better of the two will be selected. More than half our time is spent in exercising the ail of choosing ; it may he in such simple matters as the best book loread, a gift for a friend, or the shortest cut out of a scrape; mid mj. consciously the public has for some time past been exercising this art of choosing with reference to lea. Willi so many competitors for popular favour the selection of the right blend would appear dillicult, but this is not so, the right blends are those placed on the market by the Empire Tea Company. They arc nine in number, lj suit every variety of taste, with n range of pi ices to meet all classes of the community, and they are kept in slock by every grocer of repute in New Zealand.

Since Cartortou was formed a borough in 1887 there have been 7U new logs laid to cover the main drain, replacing decayed logs. The cost has been £10? 2s. Taking tho average width of the slabs at 12 inches it is equal to close on 11 chains, at £lO per chain, the. aTcrago annual cost of repairing tho drain, havbeen £l3 10s.— Observer.

The usual monthly meeting of the. Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade was held last evening, 'Japlam Pickering occupying the chair. After the usual routine business four extra service bars (showing nine years' service in the same Brigade) were presented to Captain Pickering, and firemen Tail and Geo. Smith and Secretary if. Marsh, Firoman G. Smith sent in his resignation, which was accepted with regret, and he was unanimously elected a honorary for life. It was resolved that a District Demonstration be held by the Wairarapa Brigades annually, and to request the Brigades of the district to join ju the movement, A Cricket Mill), in connection with the Brigade, was formed, and it was decided that members commence subscribing to enable the cost to fall more lightly on them. Mr Ernest Mercer was elected a member of the Brigade, and the mooting closed.

A noticeable circumstance in conncction with the fire of last oreiiing is that though Mr Daysh bolted the door at the back of his stables, from tho inside, and passed out through the front doors, which he also locked, he found, on going to open tho back door after the place was on fire,thatitwas already wide open. This is rather strange, as no person could open this door but from tho inside, and at the alarm of fire, ho was the first man at tho stables. During tho past three nights, Mr Daysh has had to refuse, permission to allow swaggers to sleep in his stables, and the men have gone over the road to where the lately removed (and at present unoccupied)! Queen-street buildings have'been'deposited, on some occasions there being as many as five swaggers doing the samo thing. In their present condition, tho buildingsareanopeninvitationformento lake up their quarters, It is thought more than probable, that one of these individuals, had been, unnoticed by Mr Daysh, slowed away for the night, in the loft of his stables, and locked in, Subsequently, probably by accident, the intruder set fire to the hay upon which I ho most likely was lying, and finding himself unablo to put tho (lames out, climbed down the ladder and ran along to tho baok door, unbolted it and decampod unseen and without giving an alarm, From his position in the loft, it would bo possible to have soen, by means of the stable lamp below, that the door leading through the back was bolted from the inside,

Aspeoial price Hstfromtlie W.F.O.A. will appear in our issue of to-morrow. Messrs Lowes & lorns make soyeral additions to their Mastcrton stock sale, for Wednesday 12th June. At the Masterton Police Court to-day before His Worship the Mayor, a first offending drunk was discharged with a caution, At Mastertou this morning, Matthow Fcrrick was further remanded till to-morrow morning, to wait the arrival of a warrant from Cliristcliurch. The Masterton Town Lands Trustees invite tenders for leasing a dwellinghouse near the Park. The fire at Mr Daysh's stables in Chapol-street, storied shortly after 10 o'clock last night, and the Jubilee engine ceased pumping at midnight, The Mayor of Masteiton fas given notice of moliog, that the rates for the current year bo Is in the £ general rate,' and Id in the £ Library rate, There is every probability of a stiff gas rate in addition to the above. The Masterton Fire Brigade Band, dance, will be held this week in tho Drill Hall. A "long night "will be given next week. i Mr George Daysh returns thauks to the Fire Brigades, and to those who rendered assistance at the lire at his , stables last night. We remind members of the Ladies Committee for the Hospital Ball, Unit a meeting takes place in the lioroiigli Council Chambers to-morrow (Thurs- [ day) at 3,p.m. Mr S. G. Eadford has purchased tho ! stock iii the assigned estate of C. S. , Walker, boot and shoe dealer, and will ' commence a clearing sale on Saturday ncit, at his rhop opposite the Prince of ' Walos' Hotel.

A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred on the liirautaka incline yesterday. It appears that a truck laden with timber was attached to the train, and immediately in front of the passenger cars, The timber got loose in ascending the incline and a portion of it slipped back through the carriage door doing considerable damage to the car hut fortunately no one was kit. Mr J. Grant's brake was smashed up, on Monday night, says tho Observer. The horses were left unattended, whilst the carrier was delivering a parcel at Mr Sexton's hotel, Gladstone, when they bolted, the vehicle being smashed lo pieces, and the parcels, some of which arc missing, scattered along the road. At a conference of Fire Insurance Company Managers, to be held at Melbourne next week, it is highly probable that the A'ew Zealand fire rates will be considerably reduced.

A drunken man, in his anxiety to assist the Mastertou firemen last night, tumbled info the Waipoua Itiyer, and was 100 far gone to get out again. Some bystanders rescued him and shortly afterwards the man was arrested.

A list of meotiugs to bo held by Mr W. 0. Buchanan, Al, li..l(„ during next week, is published in auother column. (nwge Siindbronk and Patrick Slimton have been found not guiliy of a charge of assault mid robbery at Maston, and wore discharged.

Yesterday at noon another old Wellington identity passed away in the person of Mr Alexander McCarthy, at the ripe age of fill years. Miss Emily Faithful!, the well-known advocate of the amelioration of the conditio'! of women, has just died, at the age of (it).

Mr ltobcrt Cameron has just preunited the Mastorloii Museum with a lot of Fijian weapons consisting of spears, hows, arrows and clubs, and some Maori slonc implements.

One fireman from Kuripuni, exerted himself so much last night that he fainted and had to be tarried away in an insensible condition. Several persons thought he had been injured, but it fortunately provod to be nothing serious.

We regret to learn that Mr William F. S. Keeble, of Masterton, has been compelled to scok the protection of the bankruptcy Court. Mr Keehle has been very uufortuuateof lale.tiis troubles culminating with a serious accident, from which he has hardly yot recovered, and strong public sympathy is exprcssod on his bolialf.

According lo a contemporary, Mrs j)c:m, in custody on the charge of childmurder, is 48 years old, spare of medium height. Her husband is not an educated man. The wife on the contra;/, is said lo be \rc!l brought up, and evidently possesses a keen intellectual capacity. Dean is the female prisoner's second husband; prior to that she was Mrs McCJulloch.

The Masterton Borough Council was half-an-hour late in starling business last night, owing to a quotum not being present at the proper hour.

The Wairarapa Teachers' Couvorsuzionc, to be held in the ALisleiton School on Friday evening, under the auspices of. the \\ cllinglon Educational Institute, promises to boas great a success as last year's gathering, An excellent musical programme has been arranged, and includes items by the following :-Alrs ,1. ]j. Keith, Mrs W. Knmmer, Aliss Johnstone, Miss Hall, Air .Robert Parker, Air W. Siuims, Air L. J. Fordo, Air Aieadows, Air I. Jiowsc, Mr Flux, and others, Air Geo. Wilton has kindly lent a collection of science apparatus for inspection. t The Wairr.rapnAmr.teur Athletic and Cycling Club's annual social and presentation of prizes, win. take place on Thursday week, iu the Drill Hall. A strong committee has been formed from the members of the club to carry out the amuigemeiits, Messrs W.JJroad and W. Jeffries being appointed secretaries. A number of lady friends of the club have formed themselves into a committee to superintend the decoration etc., i>.\ connection with the social.

The sale o' drapery and clothing announced in another column, will comencc ou Saturday June Ist, at tho Bon Italic, Messrs h. J. Boopcr and Co., have decided to dispose ol die whole of their new scason'6 stock ol drapery, millinery, clotinug, household furnishing, woollens, blankets, etc, This is a chance that very seldom occurs and buyers would do well to visit the sale early as there is to doubt tho goods will lie sold independent ot cost prices and at great sacrifice,—Abvt,

_ Ono ol the sights ot Wcllin ton, at any timo isundoubtably the magnificent establishment known as Te Am House, and now that every department within its walls is tilled to overllowing, with a bewildering variety ot the reason's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., it is more than over a pleasure and profit to Ait tho wholesale family drapery warehouse,' Te Aro House.

Particular attention has been paid this year to tho requirements of country customers, and tho result is (o be seen in the immenso and varied stock of calicoes, Bhirtings, tianncls, llanncllettcs, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing, fa. The choice iu each dopart. Mont, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannelotto alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at To Aro House, Wellington.

A specially organised department, has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any material? in stock, will bo forwarded to any address, post free, Country residonts aro invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is conlidontly asserted that nowhere oau such a wide selection, orsuob sterling value bo obtained, as at To Aro House Wellington.-AnvT.