The W.F.U.A. is now giving 8d per dozen for eggs, The Salvation Army Picnic' at MasIcrlon on Boxing Day was a most thorough success.
Carols will he sung by the Sunday School children atto-morrowaflernoon's service at St Matthew's Church, Masterton.
The output of sheen from Masterton continues io be fairly heavy. This morning another twenty trucks were sent away by rail.
Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale next Saturday of a consignment of 20 high-class harness horses from Canterbury. Langley the Devil, who fell in the first day's hurdles at Jieefton, was so badly injured that he had to be shot.
As it should be! At Mauricevillc the places for physical and religious training arc side by side; the sporls ground adjoins the church. The Dev. J. Dukes will preach at the Masterton Wcsleynii Clnireh, to-morrow morning. Subject, "A Grateful lietro- . sped." Mr llollings will preach in the evening. •
Wc regret to hear that the eight year old daughter of Mr George Burling, of W atcrfalls, was accidcntly killed yesterday by a bullock dray overturning and throwing the child out, her neck bciug ,broken.
The Now Zealand Clothing Factory, Wellington, direct attention in another column, to the season's new goods, which have recently been opened up. The New Zealand Clothing Factory is the premier establishment for men's and boys' clothing; and the present season's goods will bo found to contain a lirst-class selection.
Our terpiiehoreaa friends atliketahuna had a rather unpleasant experience at their ball on Boxing Night, It so happened that the musicians engaged to provide the music did not put iu an appearance, but by the generosity of a tew pianists, who chanced to be present, the difficulty _ was overcome and a good night's enjoyment resulted.
The extremes of heat and cold which arc experienced iu this district demand that shelter of some kind should be planted by our farmers, On Friday wo noticed,in several instances, sheep iu a most unsettled and pitiablo condition seekiug what shelter could bo obtained from a wire fence,
A yonngwoman mimed Fanny Taylor attempted suicide yeslerdny morning at Wootlvillc by Inking ammonia. The doctor holds out little liopo oE her recovery. Slie buried her infant at Jfapier 011 Friday, and says grief so unhinged her mind, that she didnot did know ivhut she was doing. As the Greytown Hand was passing near the Camp on their road to play at the Mauriccvillc sports yesterday, one of their members—a Mr Cox—lost his coat mid did not discover his loss until he reached Mauriccvillc. The coat which contained valuable papers, has not yet hceu fuuud.
The annual lium mid Ewe Fair, held uuiler the auspices of the Wellington A. and I'. Association will take place 011 the association's grounds, Pctoue, on Tuesday, 21st January, 1896, the entries closing on the 17th prox. A notification to this effect will be found iu another column.
Mr Stewart, Engineer to the Featherslon Koad Board met with a painful accident on Thursday, He was just leaving home with his family for an afternoon jaunt. When getting into the saddle a dog rushed from the hedge, pausing his horse to swerve. Mr Stewart fell on his shoulder. The extent of damage is not yet known. Fortunately Mr Fife to at home and bandaged him up, and the doctor, was sent for to Greytown but unfortunately he was at Jfartinborough, and the sufferer had to wait for surgical aid until yesterday morning— Slmuhnl. Messrs lieid and Gray, Machine and Farm Implement Manufacturers, have a new advertisement in another column. The firm of Ifeid and Gray is one of the most successful manufacturers of farm implements in the colony, and their manufactures have become universally (popular. They arc sole agents for the " Dccring " harvester and twine binders; duplicates of which can be obtained al any of their branches, They aro also agents for the A. W. Lcgg patent Furrow Splitter. Anything that we could say of the firm's champiou ploughs and diggers would be superfluous, as theso implements have been found in practice to be second to nothing in the colony.
A narrow escape from what might have terminated in a serious accident, occurred a :few days ago. It appears that tho driver of a six-horso team attached to a lavgo wagon, while proceeding nlong t)ie To Ore Ore road, by some means lost consciousness of his responsibilities, and the horses were allowed to go on as they pleased. They turned oft tho road on the Masterton side of tho Wangachu liivcr, crossed a section of unfenccd land, and followed (he river round, which brought them on fo the road again, bi|t going in tho opposite direction. A young man who noticed the cirpumstance, went and roused the driver, and informed him of his situation, after which the team was turned about, and put in the right direction,
Two of the Akura natives who gave evidence for the Crown in tho case of Thomas NonM who was convicted of horse stealing have a grievance. They were taken awny from their work and had to attend the Magistrate's Court in Mastcron as well as the Supreme Court in Wellington. But on being paid their expenses in the last named Court they found llint while the two European witnesses wore allowed lfis (id for attending the Court in Masterlou, viz., 6s per day awl 2s 3d travelling expenses each, they were only allowed 0s or 3s each. Tho Maoris, liangauui Kingi, and Hapela Whakainairu waited on Mr Hogg, M.H.E., who in due course represented the matter to the Minister of justico, A reply from tho department has liocn received stating that tho Magistrate in Mnstcrton having only certified to 3s cadi, this was all tho Registrar could pay but that a voucher for another 3s each " being the balance duo" had been passed. Mr Hogg M.H.R. contends that in a matter or this kind Maori and European should be treated alike and lie intends toseo whether tho travelling expenses of these witnesses, namely 2s 3d each cannot be extracted from two department,
t With another week's fine weather, I liko tho presont, many of tho crops oil jtlio Opaki will be ready for cutting,
The new women in Finland have formed volunteer firo brigades, and are said to be doing excellent work. Messrs J. Graham & Co. aro tho successful tenderers for supplying the Masterton Hospital with groceries for 1896.
Mr J. W. Burton (W esleyan Student) will preach at the Taucru, to-morrow I evening, at 7 o'elonb.
J. Selbv, cyclist, rode from Auckland to Hamilton East, Waikato, in 7hrs lOmins, or 2hrs lOmins less than his previous record.
Thei Bcv. E. J, Allsworth, of Picton, wliile lopping oil the branch of a tico "ear Ins residence, fell about leftover an embankment, and had his head severely cut and two of his ribs broken, Mr McDonald, father of Mrs Itiehard Anderson, liangiora, commemorated his one hundredth birthday on Tuesday last. The old genllonian is slill hale and hearty, Messrs Siinms and Mowlcm add to the list of entries for their next stock sale in the yards Queen-street, oil Tuesday, 31st iusfc,, 3 milch cows,
Adjutant Drew advertises that there mil be special meetings of the Salvation Army all day on Sunday. There will also be a special" life Boat" meetl lg on Monday evening, A cab belonging to Mr H. Cole came to grief oa the Taucru lioad yesterday through somo of the undcrgear breaking. Fortunately no great damage was done. Tho annual picuic in connection with tho Masterton Presbyterian Sunday School, will bo held as usual on Now 1 ear s Day. Mr Woodroofe's paddock in Colombo lioad has been secured.
Mr L. 11. Waddinglou's many friends •n «t , s ,? rry t0 lcnm tilat ''is father, Dr \\ addinglon, of Hamilton, while out timing, was thrown from his buggy and now lies in a precarious condition, „ A meeting of tho Masterton Hospital trustees was helifyestotday to decide abouttenders for supplies for 189G the following bciug acceptedGrocertt ' "h" 111 & Co; drugs—T. G. Jlason; bread—J, Mander; meat—A. Stempa; milk—Henry Jones. ilic outcrop of a coal mdhsuro has been tound on the property of Mr F. Kunimer, at Matiriccvillc. Wc understand that the Government has been appioached by Mr Bronchley to seeuro a boring apparatus to enable the scam to be tested.
Messrs Murray Kobcrts and Co, the well-known stock and station agents, of Wellington, announce in another column that they have several I 'Hornby' lteapers and Binders on sale at very low prices, and application may be made to the local agents, the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Company.
A meeting in the estate of F. G. Hartnett was held yesterday afternoon, ill' JJ. Chenuclls, 1).0. A., presiding. Debtor, under culmination, stated that his liabilities had been contracted duriug the past eighteen months through lack of employment. Had been forced to tile owing lo the pressure of certain creditors, If ever he could ho would pay nil ill full, but was unable to make any oll'er at present.
Mauriceville has a fete day once a year. This day was concluded yesterday by a monster ball which was held iu Cottiss Hall. The hall had been decorated and put in splendid condition .by Air Cotliss and his assistants, and a thoroughly enjoyable night's dancing Ttas indulged in to the strains of the Ixrcyloirn -Brass Band,
A robbery under peculiar circumstances, has been reported to the Wellington Police. Mrs Warren, a passenger from Capetown to Auckland (m Wcllington), by theXaikoura, brought with her jewellery valued at £SOO, and yesterday gave it to a steward on the Kaikoura to carry across the wharf to the Takapuna, by which she was leaving for Auckland. Iu (ho evening the steward put tho jewellery iu the hold, but when the Takapuna reached New , Plymouth yesterday momim;, search revealed the fact that the whole parcel was missing.
TIIO costs and charges of umpirage in the Midland Uailway case are made up as follows Fees and expenses of Sir Urucc Uurnsidcou both orders of reference, £2G25; fees and expenses of Sir Charles Lilley, appointed by the Government, £lsllO on the first order of reference, no charge made on the second; fees and expenses for umpirage, £2OOO first reference; second reference, fees aud expenses, £500; secretary, £210; proof reader, J!24. The award is still not to be lifted till Monday, and both parties are sanguine. Ministers claim that 011 the main issues and on the merits of the case they will succeed, some six o£ tlio items of claims having been abandoned or withdrawn, or,held not to be arguable. —N.Z. limes.
Inferring to Hugo's Dufl'alo Minstrels, lliojO. Tim says Miss Hnby Gordou's songs have proved a complete success with the Criteriou audiences, and last night she was re-called three times, The songs ot Messrs Sydney Clifford and ilorton Prior, Culloumore, aud Vf. Hugo, and Miss Masters, the excellent club-swinging of Mr Cansdell, aud the dancing of Messrs Hawkins aud Gnrbcs, were greatly appreciated. Two clever children, Masters Hanson and Garbcs. made a hit with their dancing of an Irish jig. Miss Gat'bes, as piauist, also pleased the audience." The Minstrels appear at Mastertou on JS'ew Year's night. It seems (hat there is likely to bo trouble over the little flutters hold in some localities on Christmas Day, says the ]l r iiiivi'ii/)ti tilumhml. At the Maryborough meeting a protest was lodged against Bull's Eye, winner of the Hack Hurdles, on the ground that his rider having takcu part in an unauthorised race meeting, was disqualified under therulesof racing. The evidence showed that races had been held on Christmas Day without a permit from the Metropolitan Club, the same not being a registered meeting. It was shown that there were no organised meeting, no programme, no stewards, handicappcr or any of the characteristics of a regular race meeting, but that the horses engaged were ordigary hacks, and the stakes were sums subscribed by the goers, and expended in saddles, to be the property of the owner of the smartest horse. Some stewards held that any gathering for (ho purpose of racing constituted a meeting, but" raco meeting" was not defined in tho Utiles of liacing, and the Stoivards found the question too large a one to grapple with, so they exercised the poivcr given them by the Utiles of liacing to seltlo mntters with regard to theii'ownmeotiug,and dismissod tho protest. Wo understand that there is a great clianco of it being held that alt lylio took part in racomcetings on Christmas Day, for which no permit was granted, are ijisofmio under disqualification which can only be removed by application to the Metropolitan Club. It is probablo tliat a meeting of tho Wairarapa liacing Club will bo held to considor what course shall be taken if any person under this disqualification rides or takes part in tho racos at Tauhcrenikau.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5215, 28 December 1895, Page 2
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