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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5211, 21 December 1895, Page 2

The plaintiff in the contracting dispute Palmer v. Palmer, has been nonsuited.

Wo hare to acknowledge receipt of wedding favors from Mr and Mrs Ordish of Carterton, A Frisco mail closes at Mastorton at 2,30, p.m., on Christmas Eve. Mr E. P. Johnston travelling representative of the D.IC, gave a lot of valuable assistance at the late Eketahuna School Concert.

Dr Heale, of Gisborne, wasaccideutly burnt to death while firing bush on his property. The Eketahuna Gleo Club inado their first appearance at the School Concert on Thursday night, and rendered their pari of the programme in a highly satisfactory manner. Messrs Siinms and Mowlcm announce their next stock sale in the yards for Tuesday, 31st December, for which 12 young dry cows, aud JO yearlings are eutered.

Mr F, H. Wood adds to his list of entries for next Tuesday's Taratalii stock sale 300 ewes and lambs. The Masterton Salvationists hold a salo of work on Monday aud Tuesday next.

Correspondence, telegraphic and other I matter is crowded out of our present issue.

Tho Kev, J. Dukes will conduct services at tho Masterton Weslevan Church to-morrow. Morning subject " The Choir a Factor in Church Work." Evening, •' Lessons from the Spring." Special anthems will be sung by the choir,

Mr F. H. Wood makes several important additions to his entries for next Tuesday's Taratalii stock sale. The annual school concert was held at Eketahuna on Thursday evening, and proved a thorough success in every way. The Hall was packed, standing room even being at a premium. A special feature of the entertainment was the singing and reciting of tho school children, who gave ample evidence of the careful training of the teaching stall under Mr ; J. H. Worboys.

The first term of the Wellington College for the new year will commence on Monday, 3rd February at 9.15. A notice to parents and guardians will be found in another column.

Mr James Gear is, we learn from a private source, to be appointed a director of thoßank of Jfew Zealand in the place of Mr It, H, Glyn, of Loudon.

Humour has it that the member for Paliuerston North, Mr F. Pirani, is lo succeed the Hon. W. P. liccves as Minister of Labour upon the latter's promotion to the Agent-Generalship, Mr J. G, Foster, of the Bank of New Zealand Esfates Company, is almost sure to be appointed Chairman of the ilealisation Board under the Bank Act of last session.

The pupil teachers examination, now being held at Masterton and Wellington finishes to-daj r . Messrs Wilson and I'uckle, of I'ahiatua, left yesterday on a cycling tour to the southern lakes. They passed through Masterton yesterday afternoon. In the event of war between England and America, excursionists are to be prevented hampering the movements of warships. Tenders for a number of works are invited by the WairarapaNorlh County Council.

The next annual meeting of the New Zealand Educational Institute is to bo held at- Wanganui,commencing January 7th. M r Hector Dempsey, of the New Plymouth Central School, is the President elect.

The entries for the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade Sports to be held on Boxing Day close with the Secretary at !) p.m. on this evening at the Fire Brigade Station iu Church-street.

We wish to draw the attention of the public to the choice selection of Christmas cards, and also tho chaste aud elegant articles suitable for Christmas presents now being displayed by Mr 11. T. Holmes, Among Mr Holmes' goods we notice a splendid collection of ladies' combined desks and workboxes, They are mado of Morocco leather on tho outside, while the inside pockets and letter racks are composed of liussian leather, One portion is fitted with every workbox requisite and the other represents a miniature secretaire, but sufficiently large for almost any lady's requirements.

Itisonoof the most difficult things in the world to preserve a calm and even temper. As a matter of fact ono's bad temper is very often the result of impaired digestion, for with a bad digestion a man looks at tho world with jaundiced eyes and his temper is aft'ccted accordingly. This shows how careful wc should be what we cat, and above all how careful we should he that our food is properly cooked. If Dragon Brand Baking Powder wero used in overy kitchen, articles of food prepared with it would be light, wholesome and easily digested and thero would be fower bad tempers and more happier homes. Mr J, Mandel, the well-known and popular host of tho Club Hotel, Masterton, now admitted to be the best hotel in tho Wairarapa aud, in fact, equal to many of tho leading hostclries in the Colony, still maintains the good reputation ho has earned. For families and visitors the Club Hotel is peculiarly well adapted, being most centrally situated aud fitted with every convenience. Several distinguished visitors to Masterton have staj ed at the Club lately and speak very highly of tho hoiol and their treatment at the hands of Mr Mandel and his excellent staff. In addition to the usual stock of tho best liquors Mr Mandel has just had placed in his cellars tho whole of a special brow of ale in handy sized ten-gallon casks very suitable for farmhouse and country" homestead use, as the casks aro not too big. Although the consignment only reached Mr Mandel a few days ago he has been quite surprised at the number of ordors ho has received already, and advises anyono requiring " a little barrel" for tho Xmas and New Year's festivities to scud to him at once,

At a school committee meeting somewhere between Woodvillc and Welling, ton, tho other evening, matters becamo so sultry, that two members resorted to fisticuffs to settle an argument. A regular stand-up light was indulged, in both combatants suffering severe punishment.

Mr E, J. King, of the To Aro Music Warehouse, Manners-street, Wellington lias got the Xmas fever and announces in another column a clearing sale for cash, oE his very large stock of music at greatly reduced prices. Sheet mnsic at three ha'pence each is rtinninE down the scale, and could not possibly bo cheaper. Mr King's register of prices is low enough and musicians must be flats if .they do not look sharp and take tho only natural course open to them of writing for somoof this music, Mr King supplies the keynote which lovers of cheap music liko to hear, and they should respond with an allegro movement, (

In the crickot match at Dunedin yesterday the Otago men were aU out for 106 runs. . Costs one guinea were allowed in the case of Nops y, Stewart. Six witnesses were subpoenaed by the defendant but costs for these wore not allowed. It was Miss Lillian Eobinson, not Eawson, who received special mention for reading from theiier. A. 0, Yorke, at Oiford House on Thursday."

The case in which Eeelitz and Hecnoy as sub-contractors, sought to recover a certain sum from Eska and Hauberg, contractors under the Mauricevillo Boad Board, has been decided in favor of plaintiff.

' Tho attention of thfc General Managtr of ilailways, has been drawn by Mr Hogg, M.H.11, to the crushing and squcozingthat sometimes occurs in connection with special excursions, opposite tho window of tho Masterton ticket office. _ To obviate this, he has suggested that either at the station or in some of the shops in town, excursion tickets should be on sale prior to the excursions. Mr Eonayne has promised to give the suggestion his consideration. For some timepastMr Hogg,M.H.K., has been urging on the attention of the Government the feasibility of an extention of the postal services He proposes that producers in the country should be allowed to distribute their produce among customersinthe centres by merely posting their parcels, Tm things will be necessary—first, that the charges for transit shall bo reasonable, and, second, that the parcels shall be delivered at tho residences to which they aro addressed. This will involve more machinery, but Mr Hogg believes the extra revenue will recoup the Department for the extra expenditure, and that the benefit to bo derived by country settlers and town consumers will be simply incalculable. The subject has been referred by the Premior to the Postmas-ter-Goneral.

" Hound to riao" is the firm conviotio.n ol the chef <fe cuisine when adding the spoonful of baking ponder j the iastry would bo all the better, while thero would be no risk of requiring a tomahiiwk to carve it, if good honost baking powder were used, One of the most effective baking powders, and one that has been proved by analysis to be absolutely pure, is Anderson's Jumbo Brand Baking Powder, which is slowly but surely finding its way into every kitohen in the country,