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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5107, 31 October 1895, Page 2

To-morrow (Friday, November Ist) is the people's day at the Carterton Show, A general half-holiday will be observed to-morrow throughout the Wairarapa on account of the Carterton Show. ' Our own weather prophet, who occai sionally knocks spots out of Captain lidwin, predicts a fine day for to-mor-row's Sliott, _ Feed is now good and plentiful in this , district owing to the warm moist weather, Mr J, Day, of Mastcrton has two thousand red Dutch cabbage plants for sale, Orders may be left at this office. An inmate of the workhouse at Ennis, County Clare, weighs 21st, mid is 21 _ years of age. The body found in the Dunedin Harbonr has been identified as that of Wilj liam McLaren, butcher, of South Dunedin. Hcleaves a wife and eight children. An enquiry into the collision between the Flora and the Wakatipu at Wellington 11 ends, will be held on the roturu of the Wakaiipn from Sydney. A novelty in the shape of a Chinese swagger passed through Taueru yester- ( day. The Celestial generally knows too ' much to "hump blucy." In another column the well known and long-established firm of E.W. Mills and _ Co., Limited, have an announcement of s special interest to all classes of the d community. Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. carry heayy stocks of ironmongery, ! ship chandlery and oilmcns' stores, and are agents in the colony for a number ol English, Continental and American ? houses. The Government Analyst reports that . the Malum mineral water is a clear, ,t tasteless water, containing 3grains i, of fixed salts per gallon. These are mainly composed of sodic chloride. 5 Mr G. McCandlish's interest in the Whakataki Hotel has been sold to Mr I. J. O'Neill, late proprietor of the White i. Swan Hotel, Cuba-street, Wellington. ' It will be fifteen years on the Ist / November (Friday) since tho railway ut line from Wellington was opened through to Mastcrton. : A large number of visitors from the East Coast and Forty-mile Bush came into Mastcrton yesterday in route for t the Carterton Show. The Premier lias informed Mr Hogg . that carriages are being constructed of a very comfortable make, which will he available for use on the WellingtonEketahuna line. Mr T. O. Price who represents a firm of English wool-buyers, has received the following cable dated Bradford, October s 29th" Tops are quoted ten per cent. ■ lower; the market is dull and tends e downwards." e In another column the Commissioner !i of Crown Lands directs tho attention ol 1 intending purchasers of farm homej, stead special settlement sections, to the 0 fact that the Board is not prepared un- . less exceptional aud unforeseen causes " can be shown, which prevent members ° from carrying out their part of the im•l plied conditions, to grant transfers ol :, Association lauds until all the conditions s are complied with. s Through the carelessness of a work- - man in leaving a pot of boiling tar un- !. attended on a fire at the rear of the s house where he was engaged to use the ~ mixture on the surrounding fence, the s owner narrowly escaped having his rcsidence burned down, as the tar became ignited, and the flames spread in all 1 directions. Had it not been for the 1 timely assistance of a Borough roadman s engaged near the scone, who covered e the lire with earth, the house would ; have been reduced to ashes. • The illuminated address to be prey scntcd to Mr John Bagge, late Postp, master at Mastcrton has just been . iinished by Mr W, Sellar. It is a real work of art, and reflects the greatest j credit on Mr Sellar's taste and skill. )• The text of the address, to which eighty signatures are attached, is as follows "To John Badge, Esquire.—Dear Sir io —We the undersigned residents of Mas- *) terton and district desire, on your retireJJ ment from the official position held by io you duriug the past nineteen years, to - express our appreciation of your public services and our regret at your retiref ment and removal from amongst us. n At the same time we ask you to accept e this address with the accompanying e purse, as an assurance of our appreeiaj tioii of your services as Postmaster; of p. your many social virtues ami our best wishes for tho future happiness and Q prosperity of yourself and family," The '' presentation is to be made by His Wors ship the Mayor of Marlon. ' In a new advertisement which appears f elsewhere, Messrs Townscnd and Cow- !, per, saddlers of Mastcrton, announce t the arrival of a new and well assorted . stock of saddlery aud harness of both , Colonial and English manufacture, and j invite inspection. All new order work 3 and repairs aro executed by capable " tradesmen and under the personal super--3 vision of the head of tho firm, , At the Gcraldine fair on Wednesday " last, Mr Gcorgo Patrick, of Uangitata, 1 had on view a young lamb that had evi- ' dently been killed by a weasel. There 3 wore visible two punctures, one on each l side of the nock, showing where blood t had apparently been sucked. Mr Pat- . rick informs the Teinuk Icadci' that ho f lost thirteen lambs in two nights, killed in themannerdescrihed, and that several ' other lambs had been attacked and were ' in a dying state. Messrs Levin and Co., announce in our advertising columns the dates of thoir j wool sales for the present season, Tho ' Harbour Board in Wellington have ■ recently set aside the Queen's Bond for : tho purpose of displaying wools which j arc to be offered at auction and Messrs Levin and Co are availing themselves ' of those facilities, It is needless to say 5 that Messrs Levin and Co. are old hands :at the wool trade, and growers entrusting thoir clips to Hem may look for ex- ' attention,

| Wo remind our readers of the social at the Masterton Presbyterian Church this evening. _" Pinafore" will be repeated on raco night at Masterton by the juveaile | amateurs Tho Duke of Orloans has been joined as co-respondent, in tho divorce case of Woolston v. Woolston. Mr B, Coubourno reports the rainfall at Masterton, during the month ended to-day, to have been 1.58 inches on nine days. Mr 0, E, Hugo has extended his stay in Masterton for another week, and may be consulted daily, in the anteroom of the Temperance Hall, overy afternoon and evening. We remind cyclists of the moonlight ride this evening. A start will be made from the Masterton Post Office corner at 8 p m, Tho directors of tho National Insurance Company recommend tho paymont of a dividend of 9d per share for the half-year endod 30th September, The Wellington Woollen Company is about to erect a new warchouso and factory on Jcrvois Quay at a cost of £3.400. Only one person has been charged with drunkenness at tho Masterton B.M. Court during the past month. Services in connection -with tho Anglican Church, will be held on Sunday next, November 3rd, at the Opaki at 11 a.m., and at Tellangitumau at 3p,m. Mr T. Cotter has disposed of his Post Office Hotel, Pnhiatua, to Mr Carmody, tho well-known contractor of Palmerston North. A cable of yestorday statos that a diver named King jumped from the Poughkeopsie Bridge, in the State of New York, into the water, a distance of 212 ft, and was killed. Princess Maud whose betrothal to I Prince Charles of Denmark is announced, is now 26 years of age. Her intended spouse, who is her cousin, is three years her junior. At St. Matthew's Church, there will bo a celebration of Holy Communion at 8 a.m. on Sunday next; Matins at 11 o'clock; Children's Sorvico and Holy s Baptism at 3 o'clock; and Evcnsouc; at ' 7 o'clock. . Word has been received in Masterton that tho Upper Plain Irrigation District ' will probably be gazetted next week. ■ Steps will at once be taken to elect a a Board and push on matters so that the • proposed work may be proceeded with as early as possible, j During tho month of Octobor just ended, one bankruptcy was recorded in tho Wairarapa making a total of 22 for 5 tlw year. During the corresponding r period of ISM only two bankruptcies !• occurred in the Wairarapa. Two or three Makuri settlers are ploughing for the purpose of planting potatoes for local consumption. This is '• worthy of note as it is the first occasion • on which the plough has been used in ; - the settlement. " Neither you nor I have had the adJ 1 vantage of what they call a liberal education, but wo can hold our own with the best of tliem, can't wo Tho Premier to Mr Crowthor. e The Premier is sanguine enough, says 0 the Post, to hold out the hope that the Banking legislation of this and Inst year ( | will not, under the improved condition of (1 things, cost tho Colonial taxpayers one shilling. The Chief Justice at Wellington (1 heard and dismissed with £lo 16s costs 'j an appeal made by A. G. Pilmer, of •' Clareville, against a decision of District " Judge Kettls, setting aside a bill-of-salo II and payment made in discharge of it by F. J. Donovan before his bankruptcy. 1 , 1 The New Zealand sheep returns for ' the year ended on April 30th show a decrease of over'KM,ooo. Hutt County has 2118 sheep more than last year, but in all the other countries in the south ic part of this island there is a fallingolf—r Oroua, 3110 ; Mauawatu, 8055; Horoe whenua, 116(5; South Wairarapa,22,4so; North Wairarapa 20,938 ; Pnhiatua, it 6359. 7 With regard to the use of «liarcoal in the Pell engines on the liimutaka Summit line, asked for by Mr A, W. Hogg, ie M.H.U., the Department reported adic versely, but there wbb a proposal for >r constructing shafts in tho tunuols that would have the effect of relieving pasJ, scngors from the inconvenience of the a smoke nuisance complained of. Ic At the Masterton S.M. Court, during the month ended to-day ono person was convicted of drunkenness; one commit--31 ted for trial, and one discharged for alle leged theft; ono sentenced and one discharged for vagrancy; one discharged • on a charge of being illtgally on pre's miscs, Four orders wore made committing destitute persons, one prohibition :r order was applied for and tho applica>f tiou subsequently withdrawn ; one 2- affiliation order was made and 0110 ine formation for assault was dismissed the i- plaintiff not appearing. !S At tho Wellington Colloge Sports rs yistcrday His Excollency the Governor and Lady Glasgow were present, accom- " panied by Ladies Augusta and Alice 15 Boyle, Major Elliot and Captain Camp-bell-Preston, 11. Caselberg won the t- 100 yards Handicap and tho 410 yards 1. Handicap for boys under fifteen and c E. W. Payton tied with H. Glover for c second place in the 440 yards Open ,e Handicap and also with W. Itothenbcrg i- for second plaeo in the open High Jump. j 1 : At a moeting of the Council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last p evening itwas decided to recommend the J Hon the Colonial Secretary to amend J the regulations under the Fisheries Cona serration Act, so as to allow of the use of the worm in fishing for trout when !• used on a rod and running line attached t- to a reel. The use of sot lines of any 11 description is strictly forbidden. This il if adoptod, will bring the regulations of it the local Society in line with tlioso of 1. the societies in the South Island says y the N.Z, Times, • The Wellington Education Board met yesterday and decided amongst other matters, to lease Mr Osborne's house at _ Dreyerton as a toachor's residence for 3 J years at £2O a year; to agree to tho request from Mangamahoe that the local ( school site should bo oxchanged for a moro suitablo section; to transfer Mr Waite, assistant at Masterton, to the charge of a smaller school; to remove = the Eaituna Yalloy School to a site near j tho Waingawa liiver; to grant leave of 1 absence to Miss Toohill (Ekotahuna) on , account of illness, The Chairman's g action in leasing 10 acres at Alfredton, at 3s per acre per year, was approved. ■Rise in wool I To make your Scones, Cakes, Bread, etc,, Bibe, uso Anderson's s Jumbo Brand Baking Powder, Sold by all '• storekeepers, , c Ono of the drawbacks of country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly J the increased price ho has to pay tor any 1 articles ot clothing or general drapery, by k reason of the oxtra charges for freight or c carriago. This drawback need exist no ■- longer, for extra charges aro done away with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Te Alio House, Wellington. ' Under this system, any of tho parcels ■' advertised, will be sent to any address in ■ Now Zealand, post fuee, tho prices charged e being exactly the same as those at which the 1 goods aro sold over the oountcr in Wei--1 lington. As may be imagined, however, , this liberal offer is only extended to cash 0 customers, and all orders for advertised j parcels, must bo accompanied by cash for 1 the amount, before the order can be executed at Tb Abo House, Wellington, In illustration of this system, wo will giva an example.. Tako lor instance No. 3 r Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White . Mainsook Blouse, trimmed with embroidery 5 aqd with the now butterfly collar; 1 Navy or , Black Sateen Blouse, with whito spots, new ' stylo ;1 pair of Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and 2 pairs of Ladies Blaok Cashmero Hose, This comploto parool will be sent, 8 post freo, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, s from Tb Ano House Wellington,—A?yr. s Mar ?, , T,yain ' a Toast.—The Babies-We have a I been babies. Heaven bless them I • lo make them strong and healthy uso Dr ; I Kirk's Farinaceous Food. Sold by all store--1 keepers,