Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price 1d. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1887.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2034, 23 February 1887, Page 2

Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price Id. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1887.

At the meeting at Papawai of the Maori Committee to discuss the Lake Question, one native proposed that they should ask the Government for £1.500,000 for all right and title to the Lakes. The Greytown Volunteers mnst remember that they master for daylight inspection as early as five o’clock on Saturday evening next.

We are requested to state that Mr Loasby will receive ueminations (or (he various events en St Patrick's Day, as well as Mr Webster. Nominations gloss on Monday next. Messrs Udy and Gallon's new engine of which we spoke some time ago, arrived at its destination, Matarawa Mill, on Friday. The engine as before described is a horizontal 25 horse power. All persons desirous of taking shares in the Daletield Dairy Factory Company are invited to attend a meeting at the Daletield schoolhonse, at 7.30 on Friday night next. Tenders for cutting five chains of outlet drain on Ollivet’s Line, Waihakeke, will be received up to Saturday, 3rd March, at 10.30 a.m., at the Boad Board Office, Carterton. Mr F. H. Wood adds several lines to next Thursday's (to-morrow) Taratabi Stock Sale, among them being twenty bead of prime fat beef. The Papawai Bides tired tor prizes ou Saturday, home good scoring was the result The members of the Wairarapa Jockey Club held a meeting at Hammench s Hotel, Greytown, on Saturday, to consider the linan cial position of the Club. It was shown that there were outstanding liabilities to the amount of £l-3u, which it was ultimately arranged by those present to endwoi t" “Mutton in Perko Sausages.” It took six men to tear the cleaver out of his hand, A fellow sent to prison for attempting to commit suicide can’t just understand the talk about individual freedom. He’s brought into the world without being consulted about it, and then isn't allowed to leave, however much he may want to, Mr F. H. Wood mates several additions to entries for his stock sale tomorrow at the laiauhi yards. Particulars will be found iu ulmi^emeot,

Mr A. J. Armstrong, draper, o[ Carterton, | will open m the Odd (el',owe’Hall, Featherston, , on Saturday next, 2tith instant, a id will hold , a clearing sale for 11 days, The price list! win appear in Friday a issue. j U Cailcrfon. m ) ignt, the Jubi'n e | : .yis had a pack' J in.uso at tho Lyceum. I V. ,i ; "irs were tmub'.o to tiWal. ■■Smission, ar- : weio c.jineoi to ihte-r under the windows. A!" ut liiiy persoi > v.aiii no from Greytown : er ~:o<.r •iis.iicis outside Criteria' ■--•ere Well , led. i.io Manawutn Times says Several ii;--i c.t'R hove come to our ku iwledge i.ee Gy which to to snow tied it is rather ■•lU.ifo to send money through the post office , i Wellington. So far as the kcal off sis com eucd no 1 ' me can be attached, but in Meilirgton r-ihra there is evidently mine elic 1 nets. In one instance reported ms a letter with cheque has gone aelray, ~i: ' ‘lie latest instance in which a post office order has been cashed by someone other than the person to whom it was intended. We would caution our readers against sending money ai this way, as the Department shields itself from any loss by printing on tbs order a notification that when once the order has been paid to anyone the Department does not bold itself responsible to compensate the rightful owner.” ft was only a few days ago that the Masterton mail went astray through a blunder on the part of the head office. The New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, have appointed Mr B. W. Tate as their agent in Greytown. Mr Tate announces that he will visit Featherston every Monday and Thursday, where he may be consulted between 8.30 and 10.30 a.m. An unoccupied seven roomed house in Church street, Masterton, owned by Mr A G Smith, was burned down at 2.20 on Monday morning. It was insured in the New Zealand Insurance office for £2OO. Germany has made large grain purchases iu America. The Eaitara School Committee met in the schoolroom at 8.30 p.m. last Satnrdry. There were only three present, Messrs Enapp, Maclntyre, and Morrison. Messrs Ward and Wood were unavoidably absent on account of the fires threatening their properties. In the absence of the former Mr Morrison was elected chairman. It was resolved to get the well cleaned out, and to have little necessary repairs effected, these matters being left for tba chairman to arrange for. Mr Waite’s account for 10s was passed for payment, and a payment of £1 to the Secretary on account was authorised. The committee then proceeded to choose three members tor the Education Board, and the voting was as follows Mr Bunny and Mr Buchanan three each, Mr McCardle two, Mr Fitzherbert one. Mr C. MacShane, the manager of the Featherston branch of the Bank of New Zealand, takes a well earned five weeks’ holiday. He leaves for a trip on Saturday next. We learn that Messrs Williams & Beetham intend, as soon as arrangements are complete, to enter into the retail meat business on similar lines to the ” Gear ” and other large companies. The firm intend erecting a depot at Wellington, to which the prime portions of the carcases will be transmitted daily from their Waiugawa works for retail distribution, and they will also supply the Wairarapa townships on the same principle. —Daily. The late Featherston Town Licensing Committee election is to be challenged. The objectors say that Mr Bunny it, ineligible by being iu tho service of the Government. They aiiO allege that the returning officer p‘c his own vote and one for a local body. 1 i\ is also another rumour that the r. ttning officer sent for av< t and asked idni t" Veto, The T.irav.hi Carterton Bond D'.ard nave ji . ffi.cd i’oiu lee li eta on tl.c r'.-nt side of ! hi:;: load bt filled one chain in wiiffh from j■ v -■ ai ; tie.- mio to bo dene by day work, ~ i ihe co-i to bo charged to Mr It. C, t'-.i hr. A letter, speaking iu complimentary terms of the Grejt.-wn Fire Brigade’s wo- at Morrison's Bi:vi last Saturday, is held r -ver until i nr next. Those persons who aiv interested .rig. ,-ipinuy work must have been san-h , ju Monday night with the reminiscence.; cl the liev BBC an ins, given at, the Greytown I Town Hall. He sketched the arduous work 1 o! those who had sought to instil the truths of Christianity into the minds of the people of Melaufcoia, and spoke of the great results which had been accomplished after years of missionary toil. At the conclusion of the address the rev gentleman showed many interesting curiosities brought from this missionary field. The following appoiutmeuts have been made in connection with the Friendly Societies’ Sports to be held iu Greytown on St Patrick's Bay Judges, Messrs Uaigh and Maguire; starter, Mr John Armstrong; official timekeeper, Mr W. Armstrong ; Handicappers, Messrs, Beard, Bright, and W. Maxton. Mr Webster is acting as secretary, and Mr Loasby as treasurer.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Grey* town Band of Hope took plane in the Wesleyan , schoolroom last Monday night. There was a ) good attendance. The singing competition . was very good, and resulted as follows I Ethel Wood hist prize, John Uornblow second and Miriam Hiilier third. : Heferring to the totalisator question the i Napier Evening News protests against the I purely sellish attitude of the big clubs, who propose that in order to lessen the amount of , racing the use of the totalisator should be ( restricted—in other words, that they should , be given a monopoly of it. They speak scornfully of small meetings as ‘ gate money affairs,’ ' totalisator meetings,’ ‘ petty swindling arrangements,’ and so on—The big kettle is as black as the little pot, every bit. What do the big clubs live on but their v te money, their totalisator percentages, and ii.-h pi ivilege sales precisely as do the ULlo onus? John Smith and twenty of his friends, it appears to us, have quite as much right to get up a race meeting in a convenient paddock and invite the public to it, as have Sir Harry What’s his name and two hundred others to get up a bigger thing of the same kind ; and the latter have no right whatever to arrogate to themselves the sole use of any appliance that may be from their point of view a desirable adjunct to the races. The New Zealand Bible, Tract and Book Society have opened a depot for a few days only by the kind permission of Mr 11. J, Thompson, in his new shop in Main street, Greytown, with a large collection of books, annuals, Sunday school material, bibles of all kinds, church services, hymn books, prayer books, wall cards, Ac., to which inspection is invited. This is an opportunity which should not be bst by those who dcane to obtain good books at n reasonable price. Sunday schools, libraries, Ac , dealt with liberally.— J, Maiuebs, Agent. -i-i .t * S»s’a EUiAuraiKxTiucr. Test ■ :u,t.t i.t pu.vaful t uects in coughs, colds, -ci , ihe relief is instantaneous. In a. .«.s ujJ ;i',..ukntrf ol all .undo, be I t-. . aefs, loinscalutngs, bruises, *. • hj is the sa.est remedy—no swelling . ■ !r ■’.! iinatioii. Bike suraiisitig effects I- hj :c, ■ in uorp, diphtheria, bronchitis, in;l ■ •' i.Mti of tne lunge, swellings, etc.; J '•’.i.-n, .iy-entcry ; diseases of the kidneys a : .umu-y organ •- in use at all hospitals a i medical ciluica ; patronised by His v Ihe King of Italy; crowned win | •■ . dipio .a at International ExhibE I I ■ 1 A'.-.fter-.i.v . Trust io this nppre i ! * •• and reject all others. boi;t-> m Corns. ’ asKior Wtlla - " . ~g.i ‘•i- coins. ’ yuickrtiioi, cumpictfc.peiCa.i ■ ct o.iu;. Coru waits, bunions. At chemists and druggists. A new rage in decoration is the stuffed kitten. An art store in Brooklyn, N.Y., will give, it is said, ten cents apiece lor live kittens it ihey are very small, 1 Bough on Ilc'n.” “ Iloirh on Itch ” ernes skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, I tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. ,

| The South Wairarupa County Council held I •i special meeting on Saturday last to confirm ' .-pcciul order, that certain properties in the Gladstone hiding and the Martiaborough | I’uhaua Road District bo constituted special , rating districts under the Oovernmeal Loans ■ to Public Bodies Act. The order was confirmed, and the Council adjourned. 1 A most enjoyable concert and dance, under the auspices of the Featherston Rifles, took place at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Featherston, last night. There was a good audience, and the singing of the lady and gentlemen ama- - teurs much enjoyed. The Brothers Downard from Carterton also gave their clever performances, and were greatly applauded, receiving encores. Mr Ctouchtr’s step dancing was very good, and he was compelled to reappear. Mr J. H. Parker played the piano accompaniments with his usual taste. The Featherston Town Baud, which is making excellent progress, contributed very much to the success ol the entertainment by playing some wcdl chosen selections. The following ladies and gentlemen kindly gave their much valued services—r ,sses fOakly, Cuudy (2), Barber and Toeker ; Messrs Stevenson, Bezar, Barton, and Parker (instrumentalist). After the concert the hall was cleared for dancing, which was sustained until about midnight, Mr B. Barton acting as MC. There were about thirty couples present at the dance. The event was most satisfactory to all. Mr Turnbull, the architect, is going the round of the Wairarapa towns today inspecting the Bank of New Zealand buildings. He leaves shortly on a visit to England. Sergeant Major Nelson, drill instructor to the Hawkes Bay Volunteers, dropped down dead on Saturday evening from heart disease. Mrs Tucker, a middle aged woman, was drowned at Anckland Baths, on Saturday. Heart disease is the supposed cause. A water famine is feared in Wellington. A ;ery handsome " three decker ” wedding cake is being exhibited in Mr Grigg’s window at Greytowu. It has been made to the order of some “ happy man" residing dowu the Valley who is being married this morning. We hear that a new J.P, will be appointed shortly for Featherston. Skinny Men. “Wells’ Health Bonewer” restores health and vigor, cures, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At chemists and druggists. Eempthorne. Prosser & Co, Agts, Dunedin.