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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5145, 2 October 1895, Page 2

JUSTICE OK THIEF,

The Pnhiatua Anjns has stigmatised a certain Liberal Justice of the Pence in that district asacoramon thiet. This is fairly plain speaking, and if the individual referred lo—there can be no mistake about his identity—deserves such a character, the Argus has dono good service to the community by putting him in the pillory. The Government should also be put in the pillory, which obviously appointed ;\ man of doubtful character lo a position of honour, There havo been some fearful and wonderful appointments made by the present Ministry, but surely we liaye at last reached the bedrock

Lord Lnminglon has been appointed Governor of Queensland. A rc-elassiliealioii of railway servants will be attempted early in the recess. The Maslerton A. ami P. Association's Horse Parade takes place this afternoon. Notice of preliminary meeting in connection with the proposed Black Creek-road loan is given by the Masterton Iload Board. A lecture on (| Japan, its cities, customs and people," is to be delivered at the Maslerton Presbyterian Church this evening. The annual meeting of tho Maslerton P.I. and Building Society, lakes place to-morrow evening. The New Zealand Shipping Company has declared a dividend of four per cent. Quite a large number of earthquake shocks have ken experienced lately at New Plymouth, Twenty of the Buteshire's sheep rhipped at Queensland, haye died on the passage to Las Palmas. Licenses for the use of the totalisator have been issued for this vear for lob' days. The Agricultural Department intends to encourage Ihc expansion and development of the bee-keeping industry. _Mr J. Montgomery was thrown from his gig in Chapel-street yesterday morning and considerably cut and briiised. _ The total value of furniture imported into Now Zealand from Australia during the last 12 months was £3197, upon which a duty of JL'B7-t was paid. The Bank of New Zealand, lias arranged to open its premises on Tuesdays and Fridays at Ekelahuna, from the Ist October, install of Fridays onlv us !|it||erlo, A branch of the Anglers' Association has been formed at Eketahuna. Mr F. C. Tumor has undertaken the duties ot Secretary.

After paying all expenses, the Jikolaliuua Minslrels were able lo hand over to Mr C. E. Brcnmulil the sum of £5 2s (id as Ihc licit proceeds from the entertainment given last week.' _ A meeting is to lje held on Saturday night next at Eketuhiinn to arouse public feeling in favour of the proposed road oyer the'ranges to connect Ekettu huuii and Shannon! Petitions both for and against the granting of n piibHe-hoiise license at Maiiricoville Eas't, arc'm circulatiqn in the (iistriiit.

Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, the funeral of the laic Albert Dunstall was very largely attended. Among the followers to the grave were the members of the Ekctahuna Oddfellows' Lodge, of wlijtii the deceased was a member, The Anglican Church at Ekoltihumii )iavo purchased an organ for their scr ; vices, au(| have secured the services of Mr Elakcnjbre, latp of Pptono, as organist. The annual show of tho Woodville Central Agricultural and Pastoral Association, will take place at Woodville on Saturday, November Oth, Entries close on Friday, October 25th. Up to 31st July, 15U5,1310 advances to settlers were granted, representing the sum of .{'151,070, while 742 applications were declined. Valuation fees to the amount of £773 l?s were received from unsuccessful applicants,

The new hotel which Mr Ellistou intends building to take the place of the one recently destroyed by fire at Ekctahuna ,is to ho a commodious building of : over forty rooms. Tenders are now ji)v|ted for its erection, so that it may bo completed by Christmastime. ; • ; M

Mr T, C. Williams intends at onco proceeding with llii erection' of 1 three neiy shops in the main street, Ilketa: liiuia,'oti'ihe vacant'section'adjoining (he shop'of %''s 3MssOn; ■ ■ ' i: : ■

No less than fourteen inquests were held at Wellington last month.

In reply to Sir Hogg's request for an enquiry into the complaints of platelayers and others employed on tko Eketahuna-Woodvillc railway line, the Premier says there are some workmen who are incompetent, and it would bo unfair to give those men higher wages than competent workmen. He promises to enquire into the'matter, says the Post. '

The fourth term of the Wellington Technical School, commenced yesterday. Several gilded Jubilee shillings have lately_ been passed to Chinese and Assyrian vendors, as sovereigns, says a Wellington paper. They are remarkably like the genuine sovereign, but of course much lighter. Mr C. F. Worth, President of the Wellington Working Men's Club, is lying very seriously ill at Wellington. Forty bankruptcies have occurred in Wellington since the beginning of the year.

Mr J. if. Ulair has declined nomination for the Wellington mayoralty. The English wheat market shows a general advance of sixpence, and the Continental and American are also advancing. The vital statistics for last month at Wellington were as follow :—Births, 10?; deaths, 43; marriages, 28. The usual services in connection with bt. Matthew's Church, will be held at Opaki at 11 tt.ni., and liangitumau at 3 p.m., on Sunday next.

The frost of last Monday, did a good deal of damage to gardens and orchards about Maslcrton.

A concert and dance takes place at the West Taratahi Schoolroom, this evening. '

Entries for the Wairarapa Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show, close on the lillh. of this month.

During ut gale at j'aninurc (Victoria), two boys, sons of Murk Molyneaux, were struck by llie boughs of a large gum-tree, which was blown down. The younger was severely injured, but the elder had his head smashed and his arm broken mid died six hours afterwards. Mr ]). Dawson, formerly Trallic Manager on the Wellington section of the Government liailwny, lias secured an appointment on the liaihvay stalf at Perth, Western Australia. A consignment of to.OftO trout was received at l'ahiatua last Saturday, which Messrs A'orton and Tosswill distributed as follows :-o(liK) in the Malarua stream, Mangahao; (il)OO in the streams in liallance, and the remainder in the Mangahao river. The Wellington Education Board scholarship examinations take place on [lie loth and Kith insl., and those who intend taking part in them, are reminded that applications must be sent in by the 7th. J Sews has been received from the Solomon Islands of the murder of two while traders named Atkinson and Floyd by the crew of their vessel. The natives ale the bodies.

The captain of a company of Cuban volunteers met his own sou at the head of a band of insurgents, [u the bailie which ensued, the sou shot his father dead, and routed the volunteers. Archdeacon Woolfo, of the Chinese mission service, exonerates Mr Manslield, the British Consul nt Foochow, from the charge of apathy in connection with (lie Kucheng massacre. The •Carterton Presbyterian Church anniversary service will be held on Sunday next, when the licv. I K. Elliott, M.A., of Wellington, vull condiyine n-rvices both morning ami evening. The annual tea takes place on the following Tuesday. A private letter received in Master-ton from Mr Archibald Sanderson, states that he is still in Western Australia, where he enjoys excellent health. M r Sanderson has a high opinion of the future of that Colony.

The Mastcrlou friends of Mraiul Mrs George Pcntley will be surprised lo hour that the latter was also taken seriously ill with rheumatic lever and inllammalion, during Ihc past week, and is now an inmate of the Wellington Hospital where her husband is still lying beyond all hope of recovery. Mr XT. Gillon makes "a personal explanation " in last night's Pud declaring that no application for an appointment was ever authorised or inspired by him, directly or iudircctly, on behalf of his daughter, as stated by the Hon. .1. G. Ward in the House on Monday nigh).

Mrp.Oacyerlz.L.Mus., L.C.M., the odiloraml proprietor of the" 'Mud" —the JN'cw Zealand magazine of music, science and art-is at present in Masterton. He intends lo appoint a good agent and canvasser for the dsilricl.

The inside appearance of tho Masterton Jfailway Station has been greatly improved by a fresh coat of paint. The following programme will be given at the St. Matthew's Schoolroom on Thursday evening, after "Kinderspiel " :—Dance, " Sailor's Hornpipe " Mr W. H. Bectliam ; song, (selected) Mr Meadows; roading," Gentle Alice Brown," Mr F. G. Moore; pianoforte solo, " Miss Sellaj ; song " Homo Dearie, Home " Miss Pearson: recitation (with illustrations by Mr Bremucr) ''Tho nationalistic Chicken" Mr E. Brown ; trombone solo, Mr T. Gray.

During the rehearsal of " Pinafore" at the Theatre linyal last evening some mischievous larrikin threw a stono through the skylight, breaking the glass and scattering tlic pieces all over the Hall. Had the Theatre been occupied by an audience, some damage would have been done by the falling glass.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Ekctnlmua sale list, cows, heifors and calves.

Professor Uaft'kinc is returning to Europe after a residence of three years in India, where, at his owu oxpense he inoculated upwards of 40,000 people against cholera. Indian officials confirm the efficacy of his process, though during tho cholera epidemic in Luckuow the proportion of deaths of persons inoculated was similar to thoso of people not treated by tho Professor's process.

' A resident of Colombo ltoad asks us I to stato that if tho persons who were >secn to remove sir pigeons from his residenco last night, do not return the same without delay, ho will put the ■ matter in the hands of tho police. The Dunedin Presbytery by nine vote» to eight has expressed disapproval of marriage with, a deceased wife's sister. A few Sundays ago a bronzed and bearded stranger entered St. Matthew's Church at the beginning of the morning sorvice, Ho was shown to a sitting about half way up the sacred edifice.and seated himself next to a lady. From the start he seemed deoidedly fidgetty, and to those round about it was evident he had made a mistake of some sort, or at anyrato wasu't quite comfortable Once or twice he stood ur> and looked round, and the ladies becamo quite anxious about him—he was too pleasant, looking and gentlemanly in appearance to alarm them; then he dived into his pocket, took out a shilling, and placing it on the ledge in front of him, pointed to it, and taking his hat went out! At the Napier S.M. Court yesterday, H. Peters sued the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club for £7O, tho Maiden Steeplechase stake won by the plaintiff's horse Austral at tho winter meeting of 1891. The stake was withheld on a protest that Peters and his horse were on the unpaid forfeit list, being indebted to tho licefton Jockey Club to the oxtont of £2l6s, It was contended for the plaintiff that the Eeefton Jockey Club was not a metropolitan club within tho meaning of the Gaming Act, and that the publication of tho unpaid forfeit list appeared i after the race ha ; d been decided Tho defence was that the decision of tho Jockey Club must be final and'biuding; wbiclr contention was upheld by the Miigistrate,"whti nonsuited (he : plaintiff ' with costs. ■ ■ - • . ■ • ; '' !

Messrs Lowes & lorns announce a general sale for Saturday, includiug a good piano,

The W.F.C. A. has now decided to sell theircelebratedKopuaranga"Prinirose" butter in lib pats, at lOd por lb. This buttor took first prizo at the last Wellington Show,

The remains of the lato Mr 1). Hartley were interred in the Masterton Cemetery yesterday afternoon, several friends of the deceased being present.

The funeral of the late Mrs G. W. Woodroofetookplaco yesterday afternoon, the following being a large one. Meetings have been lately held aud petitions promoted in the Forty-Mile Dush against the Betterments Dill, the settlers being alarmed at the prospect of fresh taxation. The Premier points out that the Bill will not affect the Bush, as the railway line is not included in the schedule.

Tenders for the supply of firewood to the various creameries of the N.Z.F.D. Union, are invited to close on October 15th. Full particulars can bo obtained from tbo'ereamery managers. The most successful rehearsal jot held of the "M.M.S. Pinafore" took place in the Theatre .Hoyal last evening, when the opera was gone through with scarcely a hitch. The scenery painted by local amateurs, was shown, and litis, together with the excellent setting o[ the stage as the deck of a ship, will compare favorably with anything yet seen in Masterton.

The Itev. C. Murray, of Carterton, ban been appointed President of the Wellington Christian Endeavour Union,

Professor Wheeler, Phrcuo-Physiog-nomist may be consulted to-morrow evening for the last timo during his stay in Masterton.

One of tho drawbacks of country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price he hits to pay lor any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason oi the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done a.ray with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Tk Abo Hobsk, Wellington. Under this system, auy of the parcels advertised, will be sent to any addrtss in New Zealand, post hike, tbc prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may bo imagined, however, this liberal oiler is only extended to cash customers, and 'all orders for adverlisul parcels, must bo acconipauied by cash tor tho amount, before the order can be executed at Tb Alio Housk, Wellington. In illustration of this system, we will give an example. Take for instance No. ii Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White Maimook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery and with the new butterfly collar; 1 Navy or Black Sateen lllouso, with white spots, new style; 1 pair ot lilack or Coloured Taffeta Gbvcs.and 2 pairs of Ladies Black Casbmero Hose, This complete parcel will be sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of 12/ li. from Te Alio House Wellington.—Advt.