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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1876, 27 August 1886, Page 2

Tenden for the erection of the Club Hotel Stables, Qreytown, close to-day. Ur F. H. Wood has a large sale at Featherston to-day. We learn from some of the natives tha* then is a probability of another land court being held in Qreytown in October. Tenders for the additions to Mr Hammer* ioh's Qreytown Hotel close at noon to* morrow. A meeting of the members and stewards of the Lower Valley Jockey Club will be held at Mr Orr’s hotel, to-morrow evening. A High School boy named Noel Lees, eon of the manager of the Union Bank, dropped dead on Tuesday morning at Dunedin while playing with hia school mates. A singular discovery has been made in connection with the Tutuara lizards, viz., that they have three eyes instead of two, as always supposed. Tha addlt'" - ..1 eye is situated on the top of the head. This has been discovered in the lizards sent to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. Tenders oloc; to-morrow at 11 p.m. tor the removal of the Waiohine toll house. For the erection of two bridges on the MartinburoughPahana Road tenders close at 4 p.m. to-day. Both tenders are to be deposited at the County Chambers, Carterton. The Feilding Star tells of a cow in the district who, in the first year of her breeding, dropped one calf; in the second, twins ;in tp- ‘Uird, this year, triplets, H. Wood’s Taratahi stock sale ...y was, considering the weather, very wen attended, and a considerable amount of business was done at the following prices : Cattle—calves, 16s to 21s ; yearlings, 35s to 40s ; two year old steers, 72s ; cows, from 60 to 90s ; pigs, 9s; she hoggets, 4a 6d, os, and 6s 8d ; ewes, 6s 9d k , 6d.

The strained relations of a teacher and a school committee were being considered at the Education Board on Wednesday, the case being one in which the committee expressed a desire that the teacher should be allowed to stay a little-longer, with a view of seeing whether they could not get on better. “ The teacher has been married lately,” explained one member of the Board. " Ah,” said Mr Bunny, 11 yon never know what effect that may have on a man. Let us give him another trial.” The Board agreed to this.—N. Z. Times.

In another oolnmn will be found verbatim extracts from letters just received from Mr Hart Udy and Mr John Jackson, two of the party of argonauts who sailed in the steamship Triumph for the Kimberley goldfields recently, and we desire to thank the parents of these gentlemen for their kindness in placing the letters at our disposal for publication.

Mr A, Wright, hairdresser and tobacconist, Grey town, advertises afresh to-day. The programme for next Monday night’s entertainment at Greytown, is published elsewhere.

Messrs Georgesoh and Co„ tailors, of Wellington, sent exhibits of Wellington-made clothing to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, and the ‘ Tailor and Gutter,’ a London trade journal, comments as follows upon the exhibits “ The goods are in glass cases, and we cannot get a near view of them ; but judging by the felling on the inside of a Covert Coat, and as much as we could see of its edges, we do not think that anything better could be shown in any part of the world. We certainly did not see any felling in Byan’a exhibition to equal it, for evidences for really sound practical tradesmanship. It ie an easy thing to attempt feats of workmanship for a special occasion, bat a close inspection of small things will generally reveal irregularities, thus showing that the operator is not used to it. But this work, bq far as we could see, is perfectly regular, and not done for the occasion. We must certainly congratulate our colonial brethren upon their enterprise. The evidenoee of their industry are manifold, and clearly show that they belong to, and are a part of, a family which may be fairly and truthfully termed, a great and glorious people.” We congratulate Messrs Qeorgeson and Co. upon the favorable notice whioh their work has received. When an English trade journal testifies “ iVe do not think that anything better could be shown from anv ul the world,” it will be conceded that this firm have iv'f only made a name for themselves abroad, but have done good service lor the colony at large in showing that we know “ how to do the correct thing.”

White Star Line made an odor to the Admiralty to land troops at Adelaide in 23 J days, if necessary ! What does that mean ? What on earth do they want to land troops at Adelaide for ? I thought South Australia was iu a state of tranquility j Yes, but don’t you see ? Adelaide is trie no iiist point in A2?tr?,l'ft from Ctreat Britain. . m ioJ with t!i‘. . v system j .wd the A diii. aty have no "a esquiring how v . ,L rift. . (otumet.' dil uu imy to the colonies, iu the event of war with ilussia, or France, or boill together 1 But would they send an army to the colon;.”"’ ? Certainly ! They would send a general and staff, atiu artillery and a sufficient hj • of pioked men cf all arms to form a nutans of a colonial army, and they’d have them distributed among the chief centres in a few hours after their landing at Adelaide I A month would be plenty I The enemy would be rather astonished to find British troops waiting to receive them I Wouldn’t the colonists jump to it I They would indeed 1 They’d soen furnish an army of 100,000 men, and it wouldn't take long to make them equal to the regulars I—Press Cigarette, Decline of Man. Nervous weakness, dys* pepsin, impotence, sexual debility, cured by “Wells’ Health Eenewer.” Druggists. Eempthorue, Prosser & Co., Agents, Christ* j church, ‘

The Post understands that the contract for the conp eiionof C£ miles of the Mar, terton to WoodviHe Railway (formation and permanent way) from the end of Shannon & Co.’s contract at Mungamahoe to Eketahnna. has been secure 1 by Mr. Marlin Dauaher. Thearaouro in loundnumbers U sod :o be £60,000.

At the Town ila'i, .Rev town, this evening a grand Pictorial Mirror of tlie Hot Lakes and Volcanic Eruptions v.u! be exhibited by Mr Sydney Vernon. In l!>u northern towns this mirror has been exhibited with great success and at Carterton and Mastertcn it has drawn large houses. At a meeting of the Loyal Greytown Lodge held last Wednesday, it was resolved to bold their annual soiree towards the end of Sop temher, and the following committee were appointed : —Bros Maguire, Geo. Humphries, Loasby, Braggins, J. Fuller and Jorgensen. This soiree has now become one of the events of the season, and is always looked forward to by not only the residents of Greytown, but the whole of the valley, as representatives are always present from all the various Lodges in the district, and no doubt the committee this year will make it as successful as any that has been held before. The committee are requested to meet at their Lodge Boom next Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m.

The Sydney Globe says Our rifle team are shaping for the briny, and will soon be back to us, covered with glory. It won’t be safe to go near them until after they have several times discharged their stories of high life in London. Some one of them is sore to write a book. " Heroes we met, and targets we missed," will doubtless be the title.

An interesting incident occurred last Wed' nesday at Papawai. Perhaps had it occurred at Farihaka the news would have been flashed by wire to all the papers of the colony as a Maori outrage. The Greytown Borough Connell recently let a tender for erecting a fence between the Pajhwai oreek and the road. On Wednesday Mr S. Ganity, the successful tenderer, with two assistants, commenced to dig holes and put in the posts, when an elderljHSfaori lady came upon the scene, and worked energetically at chopping the posts down and filling up the holes. A crowd collected and were highly amused at seeing the contractor at one end of a post and the dnsky maiden at the other palling against each other for possession; finally the contractor caught bold of his opponent and thrust her away. Finding ii useless So continue the work it was given np and it now remains to be seen whether this Maori woman or the Borongh Council are the masters of the situation. Mr Garrity has suffered lose in the destruction of the posts and (in the employment of labor, bat we sappose under the circumstances the Council will recoup him.

The Alameda took 1000 tons of floor, wheat, and bacon from San Francisco to Sydney I How abenrd when all these things can be got so much better and cheaper from New Zealand t Better, but not much cheaper I That’s just the point 1 If we had free trade with New Sonth Wales, we should have the market in farm produce all to ourselves and should profit tremendously 1 But we have been putting on duties against New South Wales and threatening to put on more, and she has been retaliating, and so the trade is hampered, and the Americans get the pull 1 What a shame it seems that politicians should play ducks and drakes with the farmers’ interests just when they’re so hard beset 1 Ob, it’s not only the farmers’ interests I All classes suffer from restrictions on trade and none more than the merchants and inhabitants of shipping ports and towns serving as iho outlet of farming districts I—Press Cigarette. Poverty and Suffering.—“ I was dragged down with debt, poverty, and suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were ail well, and none of us have seen a sick day since; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with American Co’s Hop Bitters for less than one doctor’s visit will cost, I know it.”—A Working Man. Bead

In our report of the Featherston Masonic Banquet we emitted to mention that in proposing the health of the Secretary Bro C. MaoShane, the I.P.M. Bro Oakly said that much of the success of the St John’s Lodge, was due to the untiring exertions of Bro MaoShane, who had for some time worked zealously in the interests of the craft. How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums and imitations advertised, and then 70a will want to know. How to Get Well.—Which is answered in three words—Take American Go’s Hop Bitters 1 Bead

Isn’t this dreadful weather ? "is a question which has been pronounced more than any other during the last three weeks. Up to Wednesday morning, however, notwithstanding the rain, there has been almost an entire absence of cold and the vegetable kingdom in consequence began to put on its enamel of green. Gut Wednesday morning was biting cold and the snow covered all the low hills on the western side of the Valley. Then yesterday morning early it began to ‘‘ blow great guns,” the clouds disappeared, the sun shone forth, and the blue dome was seen once more. It was hoped that old Boreas would chase Pluvius off the scene, but as the day wore on the latter got the best of it and poured forth his vials as unrelentingly as ever. It rained and balled, and in the Lower Valley in the afternoon it blew a hurricane. This morning broke forth, fins the sun shining warmly. The hills all round were covered with snow. At n o'clock a slight snow storm commenced throughout the Wairarapa.

Mr J H Matriott, who landed in Wellington in 1812, died on Wednesday night. The annual general meeting of the Mas ferton Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Wednesday. The annual report was ‘submitted and adopted. *■ While congratulating the Association (says the report) on its first success your Committee think it right to remind you that great and persistent efforts are needed to bring the show to the position it ought to occupy; it will be necessary to add pormaneutlyto accommodation of the show grounds, and your committee think that a grand stand should be built in time for the ensuing show, the outside boarding extended and improved arrangements made for judging stock. A substantial increase also in the expenses of the Association in providing judges must be contemplated.” Mr Hawkins was elected Pesident. Messrs Meredith and Perry Vice-presidents, Mr H. H. Smith secretary an I treasurer. The following members of tin m .nmittee were elected Messrs J Has&.-. Alere.li’h-Kaye, H. Williams, D. Carman, \V, Mace, jnn., J. Ros?, and W* Perry.