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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1872, 18 August 1886, Page 2

The Greytown Quadrille Assembly meet to morrow evening.

The Wairarapa West County Council have decided to proceed with the making of the Waiuuioru Road between Westraere dams and the Wainuioru bridge. This (says the Star), will give settlers at Kaiwhnta and the East Coast, who have hitherto been compelled to pack their wool, n good dray road through to Masterton via Xaueru. An examination of Volunteer officers took place at Featheiston on Friday last. The following Wairarapa officers were iu attendance ; —Captain A. Donald, and Lieutenants Benton and Smith (Featherstou), Porritt, (Greytown), Moore '(Carterton), and A. Thompson (Masterton). The Wairarapa West County Council are calling for tenders for two bridges on the Martinborough-Pahaua Road, This will be good news to the residents in that district. Some of the Volunteer Companies in the Wairarapa are contemplating subscribing among themselves to purchase for their Drill Instructor, Sergeant Major Bezar, a horse and equipments so as to enable him to visit the various companies at shorter intervals.

Messrs Fabian Brothers advertise between 500 and 600 acres of first class hush for sale.

Out of thirteeen matches played iu England by the Australian cricketers since Ist July the Colonial i have scored ouo win.

We sincerely hope that the people of Matarawa will be connected w:th Greytown by a bridge. Mr Buchanan, made a move in the matter at the meeting of the County Council on Saturday and if the members of that body support Mr Buchanan in the move he has made, they will be the means of accomplishing a much needed work. The long drag through the river bed with horses and traps, with their wear and tear, the danger to life that is oftentimes experienced when the river is in flood, and the frail structure that is at present suspended by wires to enable foot passengers to cross, all call for an improved means of communication. The time has come when the Matarawa district should be linked with Greytown, and we hope shortly be able to congratulate the residents upon tenders being called for the erection of a good substantial bridge near the site of the present swing bridge. That old and well known hostelry 11 The Greytown Hotel ” is about to undergo considerable alterations aud enlargement. Mr Qammcricb, the proprietor, having called for tenders for that purpose. In a little while Greytown will possess three first class hotels, the erection of the Club Hotel by Mr John Fabian having been an incentive to the proprietors of the two old established ones to enlarge and improve The Club Hotel is a flue building and is rapidly approaching completion. The plans and specification* for the improvements to the Greytown Hotel are now awaiting tenderers, and in a little while Mr Jones’ Foresters’ Arms will also be resonant with the sound of the hammer. Good family hotels draw visitors, and we hope there will be business commensurate with the outlay. The building trade will surely be brisk in Greytown during the Spring. Councillor Phillips, at the last meeting of the County Council, called attention to the water which accumulates on the Waiohiue Bridge in wet weather, aud suggested that a thin coating of gravel should bo spread upon it. We hope this will be done, though not to such an extent as to he a burden to the bridge. Horsemen and drivers of vehicles have to be exceedingly careful to prevent their horses from slipping in wet and frosty weather. On a cold frosly morning, when the bridge is covered with a thin coating of ice, it is with some diliiculty that it can bo crossed on horseback, and a few loads of fine gravel would prevent this and perhaps a bad accident some time or other

St Paul's (Jhutch, Dune iin, is holding a carnival. One of the methods of raising money is the lottery box. A correspondent writes to the 4 Times ' suggesting that there should be oue evening ret apart oa which there shall he no rallies, as some may absent themselves from the show either because they object to lotteiies or cannot afford the luxury. May we humbly suggest., says the Bruce Herald, that the name of God might be more abundantly glmilied and the cause of the Church materially assisted, if for a few evenings the tot ili.-ai- r were introduced. The various events might hike the from of f ounces rout'd the hull. An a-fiiiiin.a! aUi .ciiuu, and stance of wealth, would he the three c.ud hick, and the nimble pot. u .dcr the thimble. Itehj’ion wants something to iuq> i- going. it nccnis prohibit' that b;fo:o long the emu limits witter p. aver "f -h 1 Falla of Niagara will be utilised for the fr-nobt of mm. From measurements lately made, it appears that Urn water power of Niagara is enough to drive all the machinery iu the United .States twice told. How to use this energy is u question that has exercised many minds for years, and now we hear that ft solution has been found fur the great problem. The authoiU tics of a town near the Falls propose, by menus of a canal, to divert a portion of Niagara equal to 53,000 horse power to their own city. This is ccitnioly ft novel and compaialively simple expedient. It is the outcome of the Niagara Park Bill passed laid year by the Now York Legislature, which has thus evidently stimulated the invention of hydraulic engineers, | Flies and Bugs. Beefnr, insects, roaches, I ar.‘s, bed hugs, rats, mice, gophers, chip ! mlinks, cicaied uni by “ Hough on Hats.’ 1 Kemptborne, Prosser cfe Co., Agents, Christ- j church.

“ Bough on Corns.” Ask for Wells’ 4 ' Bough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent care. Corns, warts, bunions. Kemptborne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Chnstobuieh,

Air I', il Wood’s next stock sale at the Tcvalilu will be on the 20th instant. There are already several entries.

It is tho intention of the residents of Feathorstou to call a meeting shortly to consider the necessity of instituting a leading room in connection with their library. The Ilev Father Treacy met with a nasty accident on Sunday morning. He was returnin;; from his early mass at Carterton and was crossing the Waingnwa Bridge when his horse shied, the buggy collided with the side of the bridge and was smashed and overturned and Father Treacy being thrown out, the horse rolled over him. The Maoris in the neighborhood lent the reverend gentleman a saddle and, leaving the wreck behind, he rode to Masterton, an I, though suffering from severe bruises about the legs, performed the services at Patrick's as if nothing had occurred.—Star.

The Inspector of Native Schools in his report on Native Schools for the year 1885-86 says " the School accommodation at Te Ore Ore is altogether insufficient, and about all that can be said in favour of the school ia that the Maori children are mmoh better off than they would be with no school at all. A new and convenient building has been put up at Papawai, and there ia good reason to hope that the educational needs of both the Maoris and Europeans belonging to the district will now be fully met. It is believed that Caffrey, the Great Barrier Island murderer, has been seeu in Gippsknd, The police are now engaged in searching the district.

Great excitement has been caused in Tiraaiu on Monday by the news that a wellknown and highly respectable resident of Tiraaru had been arrested charged with having attempted to murder his wife, by administering antimony. Thos. Hall, nephew of Sir John Hall, ex-Fremier of the colony, is the man accused of the crime, and Miss Margaret Houston was arrested at the same time.

The Prorogation of Parliament takes place to day (Wednesday.) Stephen Brigbting, well known in the Wairarapa, has been sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment in Wellington for stealing a bottle of beer. John Lange, a jeweller at Hokitika, committed suicide by shooting himself yesterday morning. It is supposed that monetary difficulties led to the fatal deed.

The address to the Hon John Bryce, from 2783 citizens of Wellington, expressing their appreciation of his efforts to refute Mr Eusdeu’s slanders, was presented at the Parliamentary Buildings yesterday morning. Mr Bryce briefly thanked the gentlemen who made the presentation. The programme of Island Bay Spring Meeting has been published. The date fixed for the meeting is the 11th September, and the amount of money to be given away in stakes is £325, distributed over seven events, of which one is confined to local hprscs, while the rest are open. The principal race is the Spring Handicap, of 100 sovs , one and n-half miles. The nominations close at 9 p m. on Saturday, the 28th instant, and the handicaps are to be declared on the 2nd September. The Wellington footballers ate down on Mr A. H. Cotter, the Auckland umpire in the late luterproviucfal football match. They gave three groans for him when the steamer came alongside the Wellington wharf, and since that he has been hung in effigy in Wellington City. If Mr Cotter’s decisions were unfair that is no reason why our footballers should make fools of themselves over if. Such conduct as the above makes them look .ridiculous all over the colony. Mr E. W. Tate, solicitor, has taken up his residence in Greytown, and has commenced practice at the rooms of the Permanent Building and Loan Society, opposite the Bank of Now Zealand.

The Sydney footballers leave for New Zealand on.the 10th August. They will be absent six weeks, and will play ten matches in all—two in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin; one at Napier, and one in the Wairarapa. “ Why cannot we get them to meet a combined West Coast team ?” says a Wanganui paper. “ Surely we are equal to the Wairarapa boys.” A well known miner who left the Wairarapa district on the West Coast some time ago for the Kimberley, has again retnrued to his old quarters. It appears that when he reached Sydney he met a former acquaintance of the early days on the Victorian goldfields, who had arrived in Sydney direct from the Kimberley field with a fair amount of gold. But the account he gave of the field, the chances of success, and the climate and other matters were not sufficiently encouraging to induce the Waipuua miner to proceed any further on his journey north. So he returned to his old abode, looking none the worse for his trip over the water. A wrestling match for the championship of New Zealand took place at New Plymouth on Saturday night between Hudson, the present champion, and Dunn, the champion of Westlaud, Nelson, and Marlborough. The stakes were £25 aside In the first match, which was in the Cornish style, Dunn was declared winner ; for the others, which were in the •Cumberland and Grnsao-Homan styles, Hudson was the successful man. This was his one hundred and thirty-third match. In two months the champion belt will become Hudson’s property if ho is not beaten before that time.

A rather striking case of bankruptcy necessitated by sheer misfortune is that of D M'lntosh, farmer, of Aparima. The first year he went on the land he lost <0 acres of wheat through using spurious bluestone. He also lost heavily by a shipment of wheat to London which had to be dug out of the ship’s hold and used as pigs’ feed. Next year, frosts and grubs played havoc with his crop, and to crown all, when he got it threshed, and before it was removed from the field, the last great Hood came and swept away over 300 sacks of oats. The Deputy Assignee truly remarked that it was one of those rare cases in which ths debtor was entitled to sympathy.—Bruce Herald.

Between 500 and dOO persona attended a meeting in Sloan's Theatre, Invercargill, on .Saturday night, called for the purpose of tailing action to devclope the goldfields at Big Bay, on tim Wc.-t Coast. Mr Wood, auctioneer, who convened, the meeting, read the following tele,/rum from the Minister of Mines;-“If not less in number than HO miners arrange to go to Big Bay, I will provide free passage for them to the West Coast, j .and give a subsidy of £2 for £1 on the j amount subscribed for providing provisions, | tools, and outfit for four to six months ; the ; Government subsidy not to exceed £150.” ■ ft was decided to form a West Coast Pros■pi cling Association, and a committee of i management was appointed. Arrangements I are now being made to form a patty of nut I less than HO nor more than 35, rich man to subscribe £5. The best men will bn elected by committee from the applicants, who will probably be very numerous. The meeting was very enthusiastic. The Kaitara School Committee met at the schoolroom on Saturday evening last, and transacted a good deal of business, mostly of minor details. There were present Messrs Ward (chairman and treasurer), Mitchell, Wood, Knapp, Johnson, Mclntyre ai d Morrison. It was noted that the rew residence was neatly completed and would require (as soon as it could be conveniently got) a fence find it. The secretary was instructed to write and a-k why there was a considerable difference between lire March quarter’s capitation and the Juno qua-t-rs. Several accounts were passed for payment, and gome work was authorised to be done It was agreed to ask the oontiactor for the residence to ascertain where a leak i- Cm roof was on s nne wet day, and to authorise the cutting of a new hole in the ceiling Messrs Knapp, Ward and Mitchell cmnmcntc.i un the danger wnioh the children would incur by playing carelessly on U'c tramway or in the sawmil, arm it was agree Ito in-uni'd ilie teacher to take strict precautions iu toe matter aai if necessary to keep them culiiely vitbin the playground.

The Lino la Gazette of 19th Jane, an English paper, contains an obituary notice of Mr Keubeu Trotter, who for thirty years carried on a flourishing ironmongery and silversmith business in Lincoln. Tiie Gazette says no tradesman in the city was better known or mere universally esteemed. His kind, gentle uud courteous manners to rich and poor alike made him a general favorite, lie was chairman pf the Charity Trustees, an Income Tax Commissioner, and a director el the Lincoln Coin Exchange and Markets Company. He was also Captain-Commandant of the Volunteers, and when ho retired he was presented with his portrait painted in oil colors. The above gentleman was a brother of Mr Trotter, a resident in Greytown. An old Taranaki settler, Mr Wm. Tstton, sen., died on the 7th instant, aged 81.

The return football match between the Greytown Fire Brigade and Maryborough is not likely to take place before September 4th, on account of other matches intervening.

The return football match betweeen the Wellington and Wairarapa Unions takes place on Saturday next at Greytown. The Greytown Volunteers met for drill last night and notwithstanding that tbe weather was bad there was a fair master. A meeting was held after tbe parade and some important business transacted. Volunteer Thomas lugley was elected as committeeman to act on tbe soiree committee in addition to the membeis of tbe standing committee. Afterwards a committee meeting was held and the preliminaries were arranged for tbe forthcoming soiree on September 1. This soitee is likely to prove an immense success. The committee meet again on Saturday night at 8 o’clock at the Greytown office of the company. There has been a good deal of mortality amongst milking cows this winter at Taranaki. In several cases it is attributed to the animals getting a chill after calving, but io other instances death has been quite inexplicable. In tbe latter cases most of tbe animals have been taken wrong in tbe head, and after behaving in an erratic manner lor a time have finally succumbed. Among many others of our settlers Mr Tatton, of Frankley Road, Mr D. Sole, Mr E. Veale, Mr Green, of Oakura, Mr Putt, of Motnroa, and Mr J. Shoe have each suffered jloss in this respect.—Herald.