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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1806, 12 March 1886, Page 2

A special meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital nataeribera and committee will be held at Mr Wood’s office. Qreytown, to-morrow, the 13t,b uictant, at 4 p m. The regulations for the formation of special settlements are held over until our next.

Tbe working bee to complete the fencing of tbe Qreytown Recreation Reserve will continue operations to-morrow. We bare been asked to state that the first of a series of private assemblies for tbe coming season will be held at the Oddfellows’ Hal), Feathers ton, on tbe night of the 86th iustaut.

Mrs Florence Evangeline Mumby, wife of Mr Richard Mumby, of Hawera, died on Wednesday afternoon while under chloroform, administered to allow one of four teeth being extracted. Two doctors were present. A match took place on Monday at New Plymouth between the Taranaki Riflemen and the Masterton Rifles. The shooting was fair. The ranges were 20Q, 300, and 600 yards, five shots each. The following is the resultTaranaki, 261; Marterton Rifles, 230. New Plymouth thns won the match by 31 points. Sir George Grey spoke at Invercargill on Wednesday night, and will return to Dunedin in time to speak in that eity on Saturday night, and will probably go to Christchurch on Monday. He purposes to spend about a week at Invercargill, and during that time will speak once or twice in the country districts.

We understand that it has been definitely decided that Parliament shall meet for the despatch of business the first or second week in May. Mr 0. W. Hornblnw offers himself as a candidate for the auditorship of the Borough of Oreytown finances.

It is said that tobacco stems placed about the roots of a peach tree will destroy the borer and make a splendid fertiliser. Flies and Bnga. Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed bgga, rats, mice, gophers, chip munks, cleared out by “ Rough on Beta.” Kempthome, Prosser <£ Co., Agents, Christchurch.

August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people are afflicted witn these two diseases and their effects; such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache. Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heartburn, Waterbrash, gnawihg and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of fcpd after eating, low spirits, &c. Go to your Druggist and get a bottle of August Flower This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers and is known in all civilized countries. Two doaas will relieve you. It costs only 3s. 6d. A bottls. SwpltbottlM 64*

The New South Wales Government are providing relief works ter the unemployed. His Worship the Mayor has proclaimed Wednesday, the 17th instant (St Patrick’s Ihiy) u public holiday in (ireytown. Nominations for one auditor for the Greylown Borough will be received on Tuesday next, at 12 noon.

Tbe Assessment Court will sit at|6reytown on Monday, ths 22nd instant. From Melbourne we learn that shipping wheat is strong iu tone at 4s 2d to 4s 3d per bushel; malting barley, quiet, 8s 9d to 4s Id ; New Zealand feed oats meet with a fair demand at 2a 10J to 3s; milling descriptions, moderate enquiry, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Mr Jorgensen informs ns that be had been applied to by tbe members* of tbe Fire Brigade to forego his projected weekly dance at tbe Greytown Town Hall, and was willing to do so, but now that the Private Band have coalesced with the Brigade to share the proceeds, he considers his compact at an end, and will carry on his dance as advertised.

Tbe Wairarapa West County Council meet at the County Chambers, to-morrow, at 12 H.m. The dry weather continues in New South Wales and raid is much wanted. At Ross, on the West Coast, there has been a good deal of excitement over another extension of the Boss United Company’s auriferous wash. Another shaft put down proves tbe layer to be 98 feet in width, and as thick as ever, without showing any signs of giving out.

Laery and Campbell report that markets are without alteration, all lines are well supplied. The following quotations are for import lines Flour, L9to L 9 10s; pollard, L 5 10s to L 6; bran, L 5 10s to L( 15s; oatmeal. LlB to Ll3 10s ; pearl barley, Ll7; maize 4s 3d, oats 2s 4d to 2s 3d, ohiek wheat 3s to 3s 6d, chick barley 2s to 2s 3d, chaff L 4 to L 5 10s, potatoes L 4 5s to L 4 10s, salt butter BJd to 9d, cheese 5d to 3d, honey BJd to 4d, hams and bacon (mixed) Banks and Dimock’s Bd to BJd, eggs Is 2d to Is 4d, onions L 9 to Lll, fowls 8s 3d, docks 3s 9d to 4s per pair, turkeys 4s to 5s each, geese 3s each. There is a strong demand for young, usefnl horses, and a mob of horses fresh from the oonntry districts would, in our opinion, realise good prices, but it would be necessary that they were bought well and with judgment. Mr G. M. Gardener has been elected W.M. of the St Mark’s Masonic Lodge, Carterton, (or the ensuing year. The installation, we understand, will take place sometime in May. A large parcel of seed wheat has been sent to Adelaide in a chartered boat, suggested by the fact that tbe South Australian harvest had partially failed. It was thought that the introduction of a new class of seed would prove acceptable to the farmers there. The Canterbury wheat was considered suitable, because of its resemblance to Adelaide wheat this season. Should the shipment prove acceptable, a new outlet for producers may result. The only drawback is that there ie an ad valorem duty of ten per cent levied on imported wheat. Messrs Wood and Sinclair, tbe shippers, eadsavored to obtain a rebate of duty in their favor, but without success.

The return match of cricket between the respective sides of the Secretary and Treasurer will take place to morrow, and the following teams have been oboseu. Treasurer's side WjJndd, Cox, H Hawke, Webster. G Jackson, F Jackson, J Judd, Beales, B Udy, A Wakelin. W J Knell. Emergencies —Hart Udy, Wm Udy, Cameron. Secretary’s side K Rutherford, Cuff, Nation, A Hawke, Henry, Maguire, Tully, J Jackson, Cotter, WC Nation, MBVaruham. Emergencies— T Baillie, Lackland, CHiggins. Wickets will be pitched at 1 p.m. Wo understand that a temporary platform will be erected on the oeoaeion of the formal opening ceremony of the Grey town Reoreation Reserve, which is to take place on the 17th of March (St Patrick’s Day), and that every endeavor will be made for the convenience of tbs public, in the matter of seating accommodation for ladies. At a meeting of the Reserve Committee held last evening it was decided to ask Mr W. 0. Buchanan, M.H.8., to perform the opening ceremony. Mr Baillie has promised to do all in hie power to assist, and has intimated that any chairs or forms which may be required fur the occasion be will be most happy to lend from the Town Hall. A neat dais decorated with flags, evergreens and flowers would be an ornament to the ground, and make a flue baud stand. The fourth annual contest in outrigged fours between the Star B. 0. of Wellington, and the U. B. C. of Christohuroh took place over a two mile course on the Waimakariri River on Wednesday morning. Wellington won by three quarters of a length. The natives are obstructing the building of the log bridge authorised by the Greytown Borough Council to be erected over the Papawai oreek. Mr Cole commenced the work of clearing away the rubbish yesterday, but a Maori woman named Rebekah threw back what Mr Cole removed, and protested against the work being proceeded with. The Connoil will no doubt take steps against the obstraotore.

The petition against the election of Mr George Fisher for the Te Aro Licensing Committee was dismissed.

The Mayor of Christchurch on Wednes* da)' received a telegram signed J B Russell from Napier, “ Labor here very dear and scarce, send hundred." He telegraphed to the Mayor ot Napier for confirmation of the statement. The Mayor of Napier replied that Mr Russell referred to was connected with a draining contract at Hastings ; there were plenty of unemployed in the district, willing to work at fair wages, and he requested that no men be sent on any account.

We perceive that tbe Greytown Fire Brigade and tbe Private Brass Band hare amalgamated to oarry on tbe Qreytown Quadrille Assembly during, the winter months. There is no doubt it will be bet'er both for themselves and the public to hold one weekly dance between them than to oarry on separately. It is proposed to introduce a partly rooal entertainment occasionally.

A soiree in connection with the orioket club of tbe Lower Valley takes place tonight at Martinborougb. Tbe Carterton Rifles, under the command of Captain Bennett aud Lieut. Moore, met (or drill on Wednesday night. Corp. D. Reid was elected color-sergeant, and B. Fairbrother sergeant; vols. Boys and Bairstow were promoted as corporals.

A bash fire at Papawat yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, destroyed a large stable, some bay and harness, the property of Mr John Bkeet. An inquest on the late attempt to set fire to Mr McDonald’s store at Carterton is being held to-day, before a jury of six. The grosi insurances amount to £2540.

Tenders are invited by Mr B. A. V/akelm for the formation of about three and a hull chains of railway line. The Secretary of the Oreytown Cricket Club informs us that the Oreytown second eleven will play a match with the Lower Valley Club at Martinborough oa (Saturday week, 20th inst.

An examiustion of Wairarapa Volunteer officers will be held at Featherston by LieutColonel Butts, Captain T. Bennett, of Carterton, as senior Captain of Volunteers in ths Valley, will assist the Colonel in bis duties.

Ur J. 0. Bvett, handioapper to several racing olnbs, met with a nasty accident la«t Wednesday night at Wanganui. He was being driven by Mr J. Abbott, when the hone took fright at [the lights in front of s street show and bolted. The reins broke, and tbe bone dashed ioto Paul’s verandah. Mr Eveti received a cut under the left eye, and a gash close to the left ear. Hie legs were also braised. Mr Abbott’s shoulder was dislocated, land forehead out. Both are pro* grassing favourably,

A letter from Mr Wakelin on cba Waihenga bridge is held over. We are glad to learn that Mr Wakelin of the aash and door factory, ia the successful tenderer for the Gear Meat PreaeiTing Co.’a caaea for twelve montus. ' The meeting of the Wairarapa Rifle Aaao eiation ia postponed nntil the 30tb instant. This has Iwen necessary owing to Sergeant Major Be car, the secretary, having gone to New Plymouth with the Masterton team at rifles.

The grass fires in Canterbury has done much damage. Accounts from Waikari state that the tussock fire near Amberley baa destroyed all the Road Board bridges in the Omibi Valley, and swept over 50.000 acres behind Q. H. Moore’s bouse, and ia said to have destroyed 10,000 of his sheep in one paddock alone. The BeWidere School Committee met on Tuesday evening to investigate the charges made against Mr J. Marohant Fraser, the headmaster. The members of the Committee present were—Messrs Morgan (chairman), Zabell, Stevens, Butler, Anderson and Burnett. The last named gentleman brought the matter forward, which consisted of aeon* rations of immorality ou the part of Fraser. The evidence was of snob a character that it is unfit for publication, but the Committee, after bearing the evidence of several witnesses, considered . the charges folly proved. On account of his wife and family Fraser was allowed to tender his resignation instead of being dismissed. He asked that three months should expire before giving up the school, but the Committee refused this and a month’s notice was allowed. We tkink if the charges were of so grave a nature, and were fully proved by tbe month of several witnesses, that the Committee should havs dismissed Fraser, and not allowed hits tbe option of resigning. His presence ia the school should not be tolerated. Mr Wilmot Powell, a well known merchant Wanganui, died of oanoer on Tuesday last.

Tbe Oreytown Football Club hold thoir annual meeting to morrow evening. The new British man-of-war Camperdown, built of steel, at a cost of £475.000, is the heaviest ship ever launched in England. It will be three years before she is ready for sea. In the St Patrick's Handicap of the forthcoming Oreytown sports tbe distance allowed E Udy in the 440 yards is 22 yards. J Peters in the same event is allowed 6 yards in tbe 120, and 5 yards in the 220. in the 440 he starts from scratch. In the half-mile Handicap H Mitchell gets 85 yards, China lost 100,000 men and £88,000,000 and France 15.000 men and 43,000,000 during tbe Tonqnin campaign. Paris raises L 1,600,000 yearly to defray the maintenance of her sick and needy, of whom 214,000 persons are helped and doctored at home.

A Hotel and Property Protection Association has been started in Wellington. Decline of Man. Nervona weakness, dyspepsia, impotence, sexual debilitv, onred by “Wells’ Health Benewer." Druggists. Kempthorne, Prosser A Co., Agents, Christ, church.