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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5129, 13 September 1895, Page 2

An English mail per Gothic, closes at Mastcrton at 0.15 a.m.; ou Thursday, September 19th.

| The rivers about Mastcrton seem particularly well-stocked with nice sized fish this year, Anglers should have a good time next week. The fine weather experienced of late has had the effect of making those who enjoy the old English sport, begin to think about cricket, They also wonder if there is going to bo any cricket—worthy the name—in ilasterton lliis year,

The Government, Industrial Schools cost the Colony £ll,lOO Ills lod, of which sum £7,4-1210s oil was recovered, leaving a net cost of £G,757 0s oil. To this has to be added the salary and expenses of the visiting olliw, W)2 Us lid. The Government also, expended on private schools .£3,25814s lid, of which sum &I/20 lis 9d was recovered. The net cost per head, at the Government Schools, is given at £0 3s (id. Thenumberof patents with provisional specifications appliedfor in 1891, was 309 and (hose with complete specifications numbered lU. The number of patents issued was 312 and 109 searches were granted. Mr O. Fragnell, draper of Queen street, publishes "acard" in another column.

Mr John Wheeler, of Mastcrton, has been appointed Assistant Clerk to the Wniravapa North County Council.

Jn connection witli the Paliialua Presbyterian Church, services will he held by the llev. W. H. Philip on Sabbath next as under:—Pahiutua at 11; Kaitawa at 2.30; Pahiatua at 7.

An old Australian stockowner predicts that the drought now setting in, on the Australian continent, will continue with more or less severity, until October or November 1899, when it will terminate with a destructive Hood, similar to that experienced thirty years ago, when the liiver Murray in places was sixty miles wide, At Timavu races yesterday, Much Ado won the Hurdles, Div. £2 7s; Timavu Cup-Outpost, Div. £7 lis; Welter-Chaos, Div. £3 Is.

Ebor II won the York Farm Handicap, at Marlon yesterday, paying a dividend of £3 lis. Although one or two showers fell yesterday morning, the afternoon cleared up, aud cycling, football, and outdoor pastimes were freely indulged in, The number of unemployed about Mastcrton does not appear to be growing less. The S.M. Court was thronged tins morning, and plenty of idlers may he found at almost any hour at the Post Office corner.

The sum paid for patent fees, design fees, trademark fees, etc., amounted last yearlo £2,477 7s, which—aftcrpaying for salaries £305, incidental expenses £IOB Is 10d, value of printing and stationary £O3 os Id—left a surplus in favour of the Department of £1,9110s Id. The Frances Boss Company visit Mastcrton again uext week. The Company | has been playing to big houses in every town in wliich they have shown. Judging by the display yesterday afternoon, a surprising number of bicycles must have been placed in Maslorlon lately.

Cycling is becoming more popular, with both sexes, every day, and the wheel will soon be as common as the perambulator. With thcexcollentroiuls about Mastcrton, the local club should soon have a very large membership. 'J lie fact that the trout fishing season opening next Sunday, is a cause of tribulation to many ardent anglers, who don't altogether relish breaking ihe Sabbath, ami yet are precious anxious to secure the first basket.

The funeral of the late Mrs W. F. Harding took place at Teimi yesterday. There are now three Government and three private Industrial Schools in the Colony, with -102 children boarded out; 593 ill-residents; 500 at service etc; total, 1,555.

Applications for registration, in Now Zealand, of Trade marks, to tho number of 353, were made last year, the number registered beiug 272.

_ Of the applications for letters patent in (his Colony in 1891529 were from persons within the Colouy, and 227 were foreign.

John Burke O'Brien, recently comI milled to gaol from Mastcrtou for drunkenness, was released on Wednesday morning. He was again arrested by tho Wellington police, the same afternoon, for a similar charge, Mr J", C. Martin ordered-the nftn to be remanded for seven days for medical treatment. Seven members of the Grcytown Bicycle Club and four representatives of the Carterton Club, journeyed to Mastcrton yesterday, to take part in the W.A.A. and C. Club's opening run. Altogether about tweuty-hve cyclists took part, a start from the Post Office corner for Grcytown being made -at about 3,30 p.m, The-grottp was photographed by Mr T. E, Price before starting.

Amidst some sensation, tho Premier on Wednesday reada memorandum from Captain Allman, the Nautical Adviser, to the effect that, owing to the passing of the Shipping and Seamen's Act of last session, it was of no use endeavouring to get boys from the Industrial Schools a sea training. Tho Act only allowed certificated seamen or able seamen on New Zealand vessels, and it was therefore impossible for New Zealand boys to obtain employment oh the shipping of the Colony.— Post, Oscar Robert Fair, of Auckland, is asking for an enquiry into !! the erratic and extraordinary decisions "of Mr Northcroft, S,M„ and dissatisfaction which ho claims to exist with Mr Northcroft's mefhods of conductipg his. Court, and states that the Magistrate told one witness ho " had a mouth like a horso."

The County Engineer, Mr 0. E, Bremner.roportsthat on tho Te Ore OreBideford -Road tho .proposed deviation of tho rond near Bridgo Creok has not yet been undertakenowing to a difficulty in procuring tho necessary temporary authority from the Native owners, to enter upon the land. It is hoped, however, to overcome the present hitch in tho courso of a day or so, when the work will immediately be put in hand. Messrs Perry Bros have just completed tho shearing of their Lincoln ram hoggets, _ selecting 164 for Show and Ban? Fairs.- Tyey tiro ih grand order being well wintered. Wo have been shown a sample of the wool, a lock taken promiscuously measuring sixteen inches, aud many of the fleeces ranging. from" 19 to 20 lbs. Considering the riieep wero shorn as lambs, aud now buying only eight wool, the result must be very gratifying'to the breeders, and speaks volumes for 'the quality of the sheep, and we may safely predict a successful season for these rams at the various -Fairs, and a big demand from breeders. We.remind our readers of Mr F. H, Wood's' sjierial "sale "ttt : Groytown- tomorrow- : ' ' " : ' ''■'. "' '■ '

Messrs Simms and Mowlom announce I their next stock will be held in the yards on Wednesday, 25th September. ' The Bev Dr Hosking delivers a lecture in_ the Wcsleyan Church, Greytown, this evening on "The Bible and' Science."

Messrs Lowes and loras hold a general ; sale at their rooms to-morrow, when thoy offer new and second-hand furniture, produce and sundries. ■

An inset relating to the great drapery sale to bo commenced to-morrow (Saturday) at Mr W. Bell's, Qucen-street, is circulated with to-day's issue, _ A largo quantity of reading matter, including correspondence, reports, etc., is crowded out of our present issue.

Our readers are reminded of Messrs Simms and Mowlcm's unreserved sale of furniture in the Mart, Qneen-street, to-morrow (Saturday) at 2 o'clock. A strong party is being organised to search the Ituaniabunga Kiver, on Sunday, for the body of young Waite. All those desirous of assisting bliouH meet not later ihan 8 a.m., at the Post Office comer and, whore possible, bring ropes or any convenient appliances likely to be of assistance in the search,

Tho performers who produced Eed Biding Hood so successfully in the St, Matthew's Schoolroom, will play the piece in the Lyceum Hall, Carterton, on Wednesday, 18th inst., for the benefit of St. Mark's Church, Messrs Homblow <fc Co. will hold their usual weekly sale to-morrow (Saturday), and following their usual custom, overything will bo sold without reserve.

A first-offending drank—as Far as being before the Court-came up at Mastcrton this morning He was in a terrible state ; shaking like a man afflicted with palsy. The poor fellow, when uuestioned by the Bench, said he was agreeable (o have a prohibition order issued against him, and on this condition, ho was discharged with a caution.

A luvgc number of shares were taken up at Grcytown, in (he "Wakamarina Flat Alluvial Gold Mining Company. Mr G. 11. Mathicson, manager of tho Company, will be in Masrorton on Monday and Tuesday next.

Dr MacGregor, in Lis annual report, saysof tlie Mastcrlou Hospital:—"Great improvements havo been effected since my last visit. The drainage lias been put right, except that the terminal cesspool is a puzzle. The whole air and appearance of tho place havo becu much unproved." At the Auckland criminal sessions Fred Coshead (sheep-stealing) was sentenced to two years, and James Govern (assault with intent to rob) to twelve mouths. «;

Mr John Dobbie, of Tutackara, I announces that ho is prepared to undertake wool-classing duriug the coming shearing season. A leaflet upon anthrax, prepared by Mr Gilruth, is being circulated to the extent of 10,000 by the Agricultural Department. Sir Bobcrt Stout says that out of 57 hotels in Auckland 52 are" tied housos," and it is tho samo in Wellington. Mr G. W. Russell considers tho great brewing companies arc a menace to tho public safety. A man was fooling with a loaded gun in a shop in Masterton (his morning, when it went off, the charge lodging in a fence on the opposite side of the road. Sixpence admission will be charged to the Park Grand-stand on Saturday, and anyone scaling the fence will be prosecuted.

A half-caste woman went round Masterton this weok collecting money and clothing for a distressed family which she represented to have been burnt out at Akura. It is now ascertained that her story was a fabrication, and it is extremely probable that steps will bo taken to punish (he culprit. Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon .Maroho, are now oponing up their first consignment of Spring and Suramor novelties, and will make their display in a tew days. Elegant millinery, fresh from the hands of Parisian modistes; gemsottashiuu in bonnets and hatn,togethur with their own creations, copied Irom tho most stylish models. Abundant supplies of sail rs'hats in tho most tashionablo shausa ami colors, extonsivo varieties of childrcu's millia. ry, unttimmod straws in tho newest styles, dress goods, mantles, blouses, parasols, prints, eto.—A»vr.

One o( the sights ot Wellington, at «lij tirao is undoubtedly llio magnificent cstnbHsliment.kaowu as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to ovctllowinf, with a heivilteing variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, drosses, etc., it is more than oyer a pleasure and profit to visit tb. wholesale family drapery wavchouf, To Aro House.

Particular attention lias been paid this year to the requirements of con" _ ..ujtnraers, and the result is io k ,/rn in the immense and varied stock ■ idicoes, shirtings, flannels, flannelletu'S, strung waring dress materials, nun's and boys' clothing ifc. The choice in o.ioh depart, ment, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated ihatof flannelette alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington. -Advt.