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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1836, 26 May 1886, Page 2

'The Chief Justice is still considering Mr Freebody’s case!!

Mi' F. H. Wood offers for sale between five and six hundred acres of good mixed bush laud suitable for saw mill purposes ; also an assortment of general merchandise. The Pride of the Valley Juvenile Lodge of Oddfellows had a meeting last night. There was a full attendance of officers and members. Two more members were initiated aud two proposed as members. Several of the boys gave in their .leadings and recitations for the next meeting. Mr F. H. Wood holds a sale of dairy stock, utensils, &c., on the Cemetery 7 Road, Clareville, at the residence of Mr Thos Walden, on Monday next, 31st iust. There is a great variety of dairy requisites to be disposed of ou this occasion, aud the sale should engage the attention of most farmers aud settlers in the district. ■ A few days ago Mary Greeks, a well known Carterton resident, returned from Wellington, after serving six mouths for assaulting her sister-in-law with a knife. She has, since her return, broken the window of her husband’s house, aud again been committed to gaol, this time for a mouth. Mr Hammcrich desires us to state that the party given in his large dining room the other evening did not emanate from him. He merely- placed the roont at the disjwsal ofthoSe who desired to have an evening’s dancing. Mr Hammcrich informs us that he will, however, have a house-warming shortly, when he hopes to see all Grey town present. The Committee of the Groytowu Gnu Club met at the Foresters’ Hotel ou Saturday night, hut as the full complement of members were not present, the drawing up and adopting of rules, &c., was adjourned until Saturday next, May--26, at 8 p.m. The Plaiu and Fancy Dress Ball at Martiuborough ou Monday night was a great success, notwithstanding there was a monster soiree at Groytowu and another at Featherstou the same night. A number of persons attended from Morrison’s Bush, aud several went even from Groytowu. The Groytowu Quadrille Assembly meet to-morrow evening. The committee of the Citizens’ Plain aud Fancy Dress Ball met at the Foresters’ Arms Hotel ou Saturday evening. There were present Messrs Fuller (chairman), Humphries, Jones and Webster. The minutes of the -previous meeting wore read, confirming the date of the ball on Ist July-. A letter was road from Mr D. P. Loasby resigning from the committee, on account of want of time. His resignation was accepted with regret. Messrs John Jackson, E. Gray, T. lugley were elected members of the committee. The secretary was instructed to make arrangements as to printing, &c. Mr Fuller was requested to procure the best music to bo got. Arrangements were made for the decorations of the hall, Ac., and the meeting adjourned till Saturday, 12th June, at the same time aud place. A largo number of children throughout the Wairarapa have got the mumps.

The drought in New South Wales is breaking up. Good rains are reported. Mr F. H. Wood advertises a good programme for his stock sale at Greytown to-morrow, it is to bo hoped that the weather will be more favorable for this sale than it has been for recent stock sales by our local auctioneer. Mr. A. Tapper’s sawmill at Rimu, near Invercargill, Uas been burned down.

At Auckland the schooner Orpheus is laid on for Derby, the port of the Kimberley gold fields. She takes a cargo, including a number of ready made houses, constructed by the Auckland Timber Company. The football (natch Dunedin v. Invercargill was won by the home team by one goal and one try to nothing. The play was in favour of Invercargill throughout.

The Australian fruits and wines sent to the Exhibition are gaining a high place in bublic favour amongst visitois to the Exhibition, and are selling rapidly.

The complimentaty banquet giveu at the Wellington Drillshed on Saturday afternoon by the citizens of Wellington in honour of Mr, Biyce was attended by upwards of zoo ladies and gentlemen, including among the latter a large number of members of Parliament. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, supported on the right by the guest of the day (lion. John livyei-t the Premier, Sir Maurice U'Koike (Speaker ol the House of Krpieseutativei), i.Veonet Whitmore and Colonel Brett ; and on the left by Sit William fdtzherbcrt (Speaker ot the Legislative Council], the Hons. J Ballance and Major Atkinson Mr Bryce, in replying to the treat of Ids health, made an excellent speech. The go.-a:" , on please match between Crofts, the champion of Now Zealand, and Bayne, of Mastortou, takes place at Mas. terlon on Saturday next. The tone of the French press is vety hostile towards England in consequence of reports that the British Government have refused to cede the New Hebrides to France. Several leading journals advocate that France should seize the tsl >ds. The English Government is accused of having shown great weakness through the negotiations, and some journals ridicule the idea of the British Cabinet consulting the colonies before coming to a decision on the question, Messrs J. C. Va'lance and 11. K, Elder have been elected members of the Whareama Road Board without opposition. The Carterton Fire Brigade held an enjoyable soiree in the Town Hall on Monday night. Mr Potts supplied the music. I

AjlaJ named William Froslon whilstoutshoot ing rsbbits at Rowlands, near Masterton, rnei with an accident. His gun suddenly wont off, and the contents, large shot, entered the hoy's knee and thigh. The choir boys at St Matthew’s Church* Masterton, will appear in surplice on Whit Sunday. The surplices are the gift of Bishop and Mrs Hadfleld and of some Wellington and Masterton friends. At a meeting of Mr Neil Rasmussen’s creditors held on Friday, there were present —Mr W. Sellar, the deputy assignee, and Mr Chamberlain. According to the debtor’s statement, ho commenced business as a baker at Carterton with a capital of L 156. Hu gave the following estimates of his experience in baking bread and selling it at fid per loaf. Cost of flour (13001bs pet week) L 6 10s ; rent LI 10a, horse keep LI 3s, boys’ wages and keep LI 10s, firewood Ll, sundries LI, house expenses L2, total Ll4 13s. Against this he made LlO 11s by 422 loaves sold at fid each, leaving a weekly balance on the wrong side of L 4 2s. During the sixteen months in in which the debtor had carried on business he had lost his capital and incurred liabilities in excess of his assets to the amount of L 332, —Daily. There are signs of the millenium. A sheepfarmer says that in clearing out a rabbit hole the other day be found three ferrets and eight live rabbits oedupyiag the same burrow aud apparently on the happiest of terms. If this is true and that the ferrets live on dead sheep they will in time be worse than the rabbit plague, The Star thinks the ferret experiment has hot been the success in this district that many expected. The ferret has proved a poor substitute for phosphorised oats, he is not hall so destructive as the wild oat or so active (as the human rabbiter, and should he enter into harmonious relationship with bis natural enemy it is quite likely that he will prove a greater nuisance than the one he was intended to suppress. We hope the canvas of Mr 0. Wakelin for subscribers to the Greytown Library will be attended by a large number of new subscribers, The annual subscription is 15s a year ; 7s 6J per half year ; and 4s per quarter.

Inspector Lee has finished the examination of the Wairarapa schools. He reports that on the whole the results of this year’s examination is more satisfactory than for previous years.

Mr Furdie has completed his science lectures before the teachers of the Wairarapa Schools. Ob Saturday at the last lecture at the Greytown schoolbouse, Mr T. Porritt proposed a vote of thanks to that gentleman for his instructive lectures. This was’seconded by Mr Samuel, of Carterton, and carried. A Russian cruiser arrived in Wellington harbor on Sunday, and caused some foolish excitement in the Empire City. It is needless to say that the visit is a friendly one. A young man named James Long, an apprentice at Cable’s foundry, Wellington, met with an accident last Sunday at Lowry Bay. He was one of a shooting party, and by some means one of the guns went off accidentally, lodging the contents in Long’s body. He is not expected to recover. On Sunday last the new organ imported for St Luke's Church, Greytown, was opened with special services. The Rev Mr Parkes, of Wellington, preached both morning and evening, on the latter occasion being assisted by the Rev Mr Western. The choir was largely represented, and rendered the musical part ol the services in an effective manner. A meeting of the Greytown Winter Enter tainments Committee will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at Mr Gray’s Office, the Council Chambers,

The careful way in which Constable Eocleton took the case in hand of Paiura, who died at Papawai on Saturday, deserves favorable mention. There were some persons who more than hinted at foul play in connection with the burning, and were not above remising the constable of neglect of duty because he did not arrest somebody on suspicion. The verdict at the inquest lias proved that there was no foul play, but these reports have given rise to much unpleasantness in the neighbourhood of Papawai, and it is to bo regretted that the zeal of those who insti gated them should have overstepped their knowledge. Constable Eceleton acted wisely in hearing all that could be said about the affair, and using his own judgment as to the best course to pursue. The Secretary of the Greytown Recreation Reserve acknowledges the receipt of a number of ornamental trees from Mr D. Barratt of the Tividale Nursery, Moroa. Mr J. T. Goodman, one of the oldest officers of the City Corporation died last week at Dunedin after a short illness.

In reply to a telegram from Mr Guinness, M.H.R., as to whether the inhabitants of Brunnerton have any objection to the screening of coal from Kilgour’s mine at the back of the railway station, resolutions to the following effect were passed the other evening at the largest public meeting ever held at Brunnerton—That the inhabitants consider the excuse made for closing the Tyneside mine most frivolous, and add that they prefer a dusty coat to destitution ; also that Government bo requested to remove the restrictions placed on the Tyneside colliery by the Railway Department, and allow the work to be resumed.

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The Kimberley gold field is attracting considerable attention throughout Australia and evi n New Zealand, but it would be well for t hose whoare getting thegold fever to be cautious. A large party has been formed in Christchurch and another in Auckland, but accounts from Derby state that without money it is impossible to get on to the field. The Daily considers thatMnaterton is again in danger from the encroachments of the river Waipoua, and should » big flood come a large slice of the town might be sacrificed. We believe that if every one would use American Co’s Hop Bitters freely there would be much less sickness and misery in the world, and people are fiat finding this out, whole families keeping well at a trilling cost by its use. We advise all to try it. Bead How to Got Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit (uo much without exorcise, work too hard without rest, doctor ail the time, takeall the vile nostmmsand imitations udvcitiscd, and then you will want to know.

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