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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2045, 21 March 1887, Page 2

We are asked to remind our readers of the meeting to be held in Mr Wood’s auction room to-day at 4 o’clock, regarding the soiree on Easter Monday in connection with the Greytown Hospital. 411 who take an interest in the Institution, are invited to attend. Ladies specially invited. Mr F. H. Wood held a highly successful general sale in his Catieiton rooms ou Saturday. There was a crowded attendance and the auctioneer was kept going until dusk, by which time the large assortment of genus had changed hands. It is the intention of Mt Wood to hold a similar unreserve.l sale at Featherston.

A Masterton paper says a versatile young man, who at one time promised to be an evangelist, meditates an action for breach of promise. Both parties live in the Wairarapa. Mr Hart Udy, sou., has been appointed a member of the Wairarapa Hospital Board to represent the Borough of Greytown. In Wellington flour has been reduced to £lO and £lolos ; oats are Is lid to 2s 2d; Derwent potatoes 50s to 555; fresh kntter 9d, salt do. 6d to 7d; eggs Is 3d. To-morrow, 22nd, the Emperor of Germany will have reached the 90th year of bis age. Mr Spencer von Stnrmer, R.M., is now a Recorder of the Native Lands Court for the Wairarapa district. Cable messages state that violent attacks have been made on M. de Lesseps for des> oribing Germany as the natural friend of France. Mr Or Ctantbr**'* aim-rooaicJ tioutie dt ID6 Upper Qutt was burned last Thursday, Mr Lee examined the children attending the Waihakeke school last Tuesday. Six failed out of 57 presented. The following shows the classification at the present time: Preparatory 17; St. I, 8; Sst. If. 4; St, 111. 8 ; bt, IV, 7 ; St. V, 8 ; St. VI, 4; St. VII, I. The Inspector informed the pupils that he was pleased with their work, the writing deserving special letnark. He hoped the attendance would keep up well, for upon this depended the action of the Education Board with regaid to enlarging the school building. The Greytown Band of Hope will not meet this evening. We shall be glad to publish the results of examinations of schools in outlying districts if chairmen of committees or teachers will send them in.

“ Playing at Soldiers ” up Auckland way, is now getting rather a serious matter. The Lieut Colonel has ordered the Captain, two Lieutenants and Sergeant-Major of the Ponsonby Rifles to be arrested because they wanted to disband. It is probable that Mahon (the Lieut Col) may find himself in a quandary rather soon. The final rendering of the Cantata, “ Under the Palms” is to be given in the Town Hall this evening, at 8 o'clock. Many have beeu looking forward to it, and as the weather is favorable we predict a crowded audience. Numbers are expected both from Peatherston and Carterton. Having liked it so well in their own townships they aro coming to hear it again. All are surprised that in so short a time so large a number of choristers could be gathered together and so well trained. The performers are to ass: ruble in the back room of the hall, at half past seven. At his Taratahi yards on Friday, Mr F. H. Wood had a good attendance. Plenty of stock was yarded. Prices were about same as last sale—lambs 2s to 3s, ewes (aged) Is 3d to 2s 9d, 2-tooth wethers is fid, cows from 40s to 655, 2-year old steers and heifers 33s to dds, calves 8s to Ids, email beef 7os iu 87s fid.

The adjourned meeting of the Groytown Wanderers Football Club took place last Fri, day night, about 20 members being present. The bv-lawn were passed and the eh e1:.,, officers for the forthcoming year r,, i follows: i'residcnt, J. CaiJlie; Vice-‘-m-Messrs Loaaby and E. Gray; seei-i -iy and treaeuriT, A. Grigg, juu. ; Commit-, e. A. Beard, W. Tully, Udy, J. Fcigusou and the secretary, It is the intention to slut practice next 1’ itiuday afternoon and liuiu the names on the roll a good game is anticipated. Anyone wishing to join the club either as a honorary or paying member, is requested to send iu name to the secretary. A dance, which was largely attended, was held at Morrison’s Bush on Saturday night. The Cantata 11 Under the Palms," was sung at Hobart on the Bth instant. Hines’ hotel at Ashburton was burnt down on Friday. Deer (bucks or stags only) may be killed in the Wairatapa from Ist March to 10th May. Licenses to be obtained from Chief Postmaster, Wellington, It is said that £SOOO was recently refated in Melbourne for the horse Nelson,

An item of news, like a snowball rolling down a bill, grows bigger the further it travels. It was so with the late fire at Napier. The London papers published a cable message stating that a fire had taken place, and that the loss was When the news had travelled northwards to Edinburgh, the los= had increased to no.ooo—in the columns of the Scotsman. On its journey southward it also swelled visibly. Gahgnanis’s Messenger, at Paris, stated that "half the Mwu was destroyed, but from a private Viler we learn that an Italian paper unproved upon this, lhe fire destroyed all the town, and burned ioo people,