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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5127, 11 September 1895, Page 2

Trout-fishing promises to be taken up t enthusiastically in the Wairarapa this jcar. • s The steamer Waikato arrived at Port v Chalmers yesterday, after 54 days from t London. • On July 13th, a coal-trimmer t named Page, jumped overboard and was c drowned. i Mr E. J. Zing, of the To Aro Music Warehouse, 6!) Manners-street, Wei-' lington, publishes in another column a t list of the latest songs and dance music t to hand. t The excellence of Lipn and Solme's 1 pianos and their favourable reception by ' the music-loving public, have caused ( smaller manufacturers to imitato them. j The Dresden Piano Company, who are the sole agents in New Zealand for Lipp and Solme's unrivalled pianos, have a » notice in another column of special i interest to those who contemplate pur- < chasing a piano, cither for cash or on the time-payment system, Messrs Cook and Gray invite lenders : for the stock-in-trade in the assigned estate of S, W. Jackson, bootmaker, NewPlymouth. Details will be found in another column. ~ The Wellington Pacing Club has adjourned the consideration of the Master-terlon-Opitki Jockey Club's progranmio for three weeks, with the view of placing it before the country delegates. All entries at Mr F. H. Wood's auction sale at Greytown next Saturday, will be sold entirely without reserve. _ Mr J. L. Murray is just opening up his new spring goods, and his consignments include some of the liucst to ever reach Maslerlon. The W.F.C.A. is not behind the times, and claims that the present shipment of new spring goods, now being opened, is " the best and cheapest ever olt'crcd." Mr John Watt publishes a list of special new hooks, now in stock at his shop, Queen-street. The regular monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonic Lodge takes place this evening. The overdraft of the Masterton Borough Council is now £735 15s ltd. A very heavy thunderstom passed over Masterton at an early hour this morning, The question of granting a lotnlisator permit lor the Pnhiatua race mceting.has been deferred. At the Supreme Court, Auckland, Susan JaneCorlctt was seulenccd to two years' imprisonment for the forgery of ■ the endorsement of a certain order for payment of £4O. John (jrubb, in con- , ncction with the same charge, was discharged, His Honor making favourable ' remarks in reference to him. His Honor said Corlctt had made her offence greater | by attempting to throw the blame on another person, 1 The Masterton Operatic Society last ' night held a very successful practice of I " Les Cloches do Cornevillc." In the unavoidable absence of Miss Buntiug , Mr A. von Koiscnberg presided at the j piano, while the stage-manager (Mr W. Simms) instructed the chorus in some of their business. There is no doubt the ■ Society is making exceptionally fast . progress with the opera in hand. • Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a • general sale for Saturday next, I According to the Examiner a wellknown Danovirkc sawmiller has iu- < slruclcd Mr Jellicoc to issue a writ claiming £BOOO damages from an equally well-known Hawke's Bay sheep farmer. 1 The trouble has arisen over a sawmilling business at Danevirke. ' The trout distribution in (he Woodville district has commenced. Mr : Seymour liberated 10,000 in tho Mangaatua on Wednesday, and Mr Tone liberated 16,000 young lish as follows : Mangatainoka, at Tutaekara, 4,000; ! Blair's Creek, 2,000; Makakahi, 4,000; l Old Mangatainoka, 4,000; Okariki, 2,000, 3 The Miners' Association at Dunedih, j has equipped and sent out to the goldj. fields four parties, comprising 33 uueniployed. The men receivo no wages, but are provided with tents, tools, and ' provisions, Half the gold received goes , to the Association,'and the other half , will be divided among-tho members of t the party, The Government will give a , subsidy of £1 for £l, and when this is , paid, tho Association hope to send out another 30 or 40. _ Not having sufficient funds, the Association has so far only ! sent out single men. A very successful entertainment was held iu the Town Hall, Hartinborough, " on Friday evening, when tho members ' of tho local Juvenile Temperance Guild I sustained a programme of vocal and I instrumental music, recitations, and ; dialogues. The whole Guild also , rendered five temperance choruses ac- , companicd by a string band of six peri formers, and ' the ltev. J.' Lymburn delivered a stirring address on" The use 1 oE Leisure." On tho motion of Mr Boyd i who presided, a hearty vote of thanks i was accorded to the Guild for the enjoyi able evening. 1 Lord Wodoliouse, heir to tho Earl of s Kimberley,Bccretary ofStateforForeign I Affairs in tho Rosobery Government, ) has been romoved from the Commission . of the Peace forthcassault hecommitted , on the chairman of an election meeting [ in East Norfolk during the gcnoral . election campaign. ; The rehearsals of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' \ by the Juvenile OpcraCompany recently I organised ip Masterton by Messrs _ Kersley apd Gray, giyo promise of one of the most successful results yet i attained, herp, Between fifty apd sixty i lads and lasses havo been specially j chosen by tho promoters, and although j a month' has only elapsed sinco the , opera was started, tho little ones know '. their parts almost' to perfection. The I principal parts have been well allotted ' to the more talented members of the f company, and tho choruses contain '< really splendid voices, which are being ) well trained by the conductor. When [ the opera is; staged, in a few week's i timo, Masterton wiH'h'avo'causc to feel , proud of the Lilliputians, and a thorough I surprise will be in store for the public. i Special scenery is being painted for the production, and tho opera will be staged with a completeness that lias seldom • been seen on Masterton boards. The i castejs as follows':—Sir Joseph Porter, i KM, Miss "Pet Spiythsjto; jitlp I Buttercup, Miss Flora Joyoo; Hebe, ; Miss Hilda Corbctt; Josephine,' Miss Olive Jago; Captain Corcoran, Mastor \ Fred'Jago; Boatswain, Master Russell ' Dixon; Dick Deadeyo, Mastor George ; Cullen; Ralph Rackitraw, Master.w, : Jago; Midshipmite, Master Peto Cor--1 hett; Boatswain's Mate, Master 8. ' Bums; Sorgeant of Marines, Mastor c! : Gray. Tho annual Inter-Colonial Parliameni tary Hitlo Match has been fixed for 7th ■ October, betweeu teams of seven a-sidet

In the match North v. South England, / Dr. Grace scored his ninth century this '• season. The rails have heen laid past Newman Station from the Southern end of the Eketahuna railway line, A train ran from Euston to Carlisle g without stopping, at the rale of 61 miles »n hour, 'J he Hev. W. Bowse conducted the service at tho funeral of the late Gjri Steward, at l'apawai. Mr J. Ashoroft, Official Assignee, . visited Masterton yesterday. He left )' for Wellington by the morning train. " The Colonial Sugar Company has reduced tho prices of its sugar £1 per v ton. Mr Andrew Young, of Wellington, ? who has been in ill-health for sometime '' lias/ \vc regret to learn, suffered a relapse. The Directors of Kcmpthornc, Prossor and Co.'s-New Zealand Drug Company have declared an interim dividend at tho rate of 1\ per cent, per aunum. Mr F. H. Wood sells to-morrow at the Taulicrenikau yards, stock of all classes, the latest additions being 100 hoggets and ''lo fat ewes and wethers. The Hon. Mr Seddon lias received a i telegram to the effect that a complotc 1 skeleton of a moa, Oft high, lacking only t one claw, has been found in a cave some 1 two miles from the Waiotomu Caves. The Masterton bell-tower in Churchstreet is said to be a little unsafe, and it would be well for the Borough Council to get an expert opinion upon its condition, as if rUvore to come down it might destroy adjacent property, and possibly < inflict injury on life or limb. I We huvo seen a " Narcissus" bouquet from the nursery of Mr E. Hale, Masterton. Five dillcrcnt blooms, including the" trumpot" variety, arc exhibited in ' the group, and vvo are informed that they were all grown in an unsheltered portion of tho nursery. If so, the successful cultivation of this beautiful flower in any gardon in the neighbourhood, must be a fairly easy undertaking. Mr Haggen having left Woodville to enter on business in Wellington, Ih Examiner will in future be controlled and edited by Mr John Grant. ' Mr A. Stempa, butcher, of Masterton states that in the present state of the market he is compelled to raise the price of mutton one half-penny per lb. Waistcoats made of papcrarepromised for summer wear. There seems to be competition in everything, _ Even the dandelion doesn't have the entire field to itself. General Booth will pay another flying visit to the colonics this year. He is already en route. The ainouut assured per head in the Australasian colonics is £11), or double that of _ Canada, and £7 more than for the United Kingdom. The annual meeting of the Greytown liille Club was held on Monday evening. It was resolved to open the shooting season the first week in October. Messrs Flux and Waldeu and Captain Cameron were elected delegates to attend tho Wairarapa Itiflc Association meeting , to be held shortly. At tho annual meeting of theGreytown Hovers Cycling Club on Monday the i officers of last year were re-elected, It | was rosolvcd to hold tho opening run next Thursday, in conjunction with the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and Cyi cling Club. A man named Sheppard was found at ' tho back of the Pier Hotel, Kaiapoi, suffering from the effects of poison. A . boi of" Hough on Hats" was found in i one of his pockets. Ho is expected to recover. Complaint is made by members of the | Duuedin Ladies' Cycling Club that when ; they appear they are subjected to annoy- , anco by men as well as larrikins. ■ Messrs A. G. Tainc & Co,, will sell at; ■ their horse sale-yards, Wellington, on s Saturday next, twenty-five traps of ' various-kinds, consigned from Sydney. • This, should prove an excellent chance i of picking up a bargain. The quarterly meeting of the WairaI rapa Licensing Committee was held at E the Courthouse, Carterton, at noon yes- ! terday. All the members were present, ! Mr T. Hutchison, S.M. (chairman), pro- ' siding, The police reports were favor- • able. Transfers were granted from f Charles Cress to Henry Franks, for the s Itoyal Oak Hotel, Carterton, and from t William T. Walts to Clias. Cress, from the Foresters' Arms, Greytown. The i permit to Mrs Lee for the Blairlogie Hotel was further oxtended to next meeting. It you study practical economy you will ' buy your drapery and clothing at Hooper's 1 lion Marche. You ask why? We'll tell f you why I You've twenty pounds to spend '• or twenty shillings it you like. Your object J is to get all you require for the money you lirvrc. II you buy of Hooper's you will get all you determined to secure and a bit left for somcihing else, Also jou will get the best of everything j the goods of standard manufacturer, If you buy elsewhere your > twenty pounds or twenty shillings, as the " case may bo, will not go as far as you ; thought and yoa will cither have to sink tho I quality or sin II out moro ca;h. Will that , suit you ? We trow not. You're no fool; you've been wandoriug up and down this blessed world for years and you know your ' book. One may say this is only assertion, ' whero's your proof? Wo reply, use your ■ eyes, cxerciso your judgment and criticise , and compare, and your verdiot must bo for j Hooper & Co., ready money drapers, Bon s italic, Masterton. -Advt. E (Jue of the sights of Wellington, at any f time is undoubtedly tho magnificent cstabi lishment.known as To Aro House, and now i that every department within its walls is [ filled to overflowing, with a bewildering i variety of the season's uovclties in milr lineiy, mantles, dresses, etc., it is moro than eyer a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro i House. , Particular attention has been paid this I year to the requirements of country customI ers, and the result is 10 be seen in the [ immense and varied stock of calicoes, i shirtings, flannels, flannellettes, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' 1 clothing. ISo, The choice in each depart* ' ment, is almost unlimited, as may bo ' imagined, whon it is stated that of flanneli otto alone, over 50,000 yards have this ! season been imported at To Aro House, I Wellington.—AnvT,