Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price 1d. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2052, 6 April 1887, Page 2

Wairarapa Standard Published Tri-weekly, Price Id. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1887.

The agencv for the Waterbury .watches has been uiiutnt (k( n by S. M. Maxton and Sons, of Greytowo. Advertisement to our next. The Suvrunr. will not be published or Good Frid.iv, but on Saturday following instoed. it wi i not be published on East* r Monday. The otner morning William Webber, whin eseicisit,. • ih» ihciijorae Loiterer, at liau gi.na wia • o.ei with an epileptic tit ana teil to the gn und, fracturing tiro base of hi, skull. tin oic.i m hail an hour. The house of Mr T. FI. Geddes, of Easi Jnv rc.ugili, w»s burned down the otbf site noon. The evidence given at the inquiry as ti the cause of the hula colliery disaster ic N S.W. shows that tiiere had been grosi eueltiiness on tlu part of the mm, am neglect of mc.-earv precautions by the com puny. To the lui abitanls ol Martinborough si, the Lover Valio . Phase don't forget t call at the Town if.nl. (or Uheap and Gom Drapery, on and at er SATURDAY, 2Aa n-t., (or 14 days, \ iv. 2;ty i " Rough on Itch." ' Rough oa Itch ' cures vain hum ns eruptions, nog won. tetter, salt rheum, (met- I i.-et, c’rilh.'an a itch, ivy poison. bn r bm - i >V " Ron .’li on Rat'. i. if .■ om r,.| jmV roaches, flies, ants, bed bug-, leches, iusc;;i | skunks, jack rabbits, sparrows, and gophers At chemists and druggists.

C. Dakin wns fmtd 20s and c- 1 -!- f-n- breach of flic 'Jilt .-ecuon of the Babbi. ..a. ;,od LlO and Corfu for breach of the 10lh section at the Carterton E.M. Court. Subjoined are the scores of the rifle match fired on Saturday between Hie Groytowu and Featherston teams, rai'..,.. poo, 300, and 500 yards Foatherston— W Fry 68, Corpl Whiteman 6b, Sergt T Benton 63, Lieutenant W Benton 62, Volunteer J Tocker 58, Lietenant D Smith 67, Color Sergeant J T Hodder 56, 00l H Fay 54, Capt A Donald 42, Vol J Tidswell 29-total 535. Greytown —Vol Humphries 61, Color Sergeant Willason 58, Sergeant Gooding 57. Sergeant Trot man 62, Vol Hobman 50. Vol Fisher 47, Lieut Johnson*34, Vol Gooding|34, substitute 61, substitute 50—total 504. A man named John Crotty, a laborer, on the railway works, died suddenly at Mangamahoe, on Thursday. He had been on the spree at Masterton lor a fortnight. Mr D. P. Loasby in bis advertisement announces that he has received his first shipment of gum boots suitable for sportsmen and drainers. The Greytown Hospital Soiree on Easter Monday promises in every way to be as sueoessful as the former similar gatherings. The arrangements as regards mnsic will be first class, for not only is Mr Lundqvist’s band engaged, but we understand that the Greytown orchestra of stringed instruments will also play for some of the dances. The refreshments are also being well looked alter, so that altogether everything should go off well. Mr F. H. Wood notifies that he will hold a general sale in his Carterton rooms on Saturday, 16th April, and he advertises the various lines, which include furniture, drapery and clothing, groceries and general goods. In response to inquiry, Mr Wood wishes us to say that his next general sale at Greytown will be on April 23rd, Saturday, when, from the large number of entries already received and from other goods expected, be anticipates a sale which will dwarf in magnitude even the last very successful one held in these rooms. No articles with any reserve on them will be accepted for these sales. The Island Bay Park Racing and Coursing Company is to be wound ap. The Warden at- Teetulpa reports that 2000 persona are now on that goldfield, the majority of whom are doing fairly well. He states that there is less sickness among the population than was the case some weeks ago. We hear that Messrs T. A. Cox and Wm. Judd have been picked to play in the representative team against Auckland and Napier during the Easter holidays. Mr Cox is unable to join the team. We are glad to see that the well known crcketing abilities of Mr Judd are recognised m Wellington The following officers have been elected lot the Carterton Football Club President, Mr F W R Seed; Vice-Presidents, Mr P F Tancred, and Dr Johnson . Captain, Mr H A A Ewen; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr P Rutherford ; General Committee, Messrs O G Beckett, Beeehy, O Fairbrother, C Reid, and W Moore ; Match Committee, Messrs Beeehy, Fairbrother, and Ewen , Delegates, Messrs Seed, Ewen and W G King. All arrangements Soi the bolding at tbe Easter Encampment nl Waikakaio, near New Plymouth, have jno/v been completed. It is expected that there will be over 2000 men in the field, made up as follows .—From Wellington and Wairarapa 540, Nelson 250, Marlborough 100, Napiei 150, Wanganui and Taranaki 711, and Westland 250. The followisg is the scale of rations to be supplieti by Mr W. Bnyly to tbo men at the camp : Breakfast, which is to bo served at 7.30 a.m., 1 pint coffee with milk and sugar, Jib beef steak or irutton chops. Jib bread, loz of butter, salt and pepper ; dinner at 12.30 p.m, 11b potatoes boiled in tlu ir skins, lib of beef or mutton, boiled or roast as ordered, Jib biead, Jib vegetables, salt and pepper, 1 pint tea with milk and sugar ; tea, at 5 p.m., loz batter, 1 pint tea with milk and sugar, Jib bread, Jib meat, pepper and salt; candles per day, Joz candle per man, Sop per officer, 6nz per guard. The price at which Mr Bayly's tender was accepted is not disclosed, but it is understood not to have been the lowest.

The Victoria Racing Club has decided to add £SOO more to the Melbourne Cup (making £2500 iu all) besides a trophy valued at 100 guineas. Tbe Autumn Meeting will iu future include four days' racing, and tbe added money for the Newmarket Handicap will be • increased to £SOO. In the Wellington and Wairarapa districts the season for shooting cook pheasants, Californian quail, aud hates to extend from Ist May to 61st July. The treasurer’s estimate of receipts aud expenditure for the Featherston Town District for the years 1887-88 is posted in the Board’s office for inspection. Mr E, G. Kerr, proprietor of the South Canterbury Times, has purchased the Timaru Herald from the Herald Company, and takes possession on 30th April. The Registrar-General estimates the population of the colony (exclusive of Maoris) on 31st December at 631,214. According to the census of 31st March, 1886, the population was 578,182. The excess of births over deaths has since added 10,248, aud the excess of immigration over emigration 656 The Maoii population by the census was 41,828. Professor Falk, i f Vienna, who predicted the earthquakes which have lately taken place iu France, an I Italy, from solar observations, prophecies ,d similar disturbances, accompanied by tenilie -tonus, The 7th and Bth of April, ami middle of September and October next, me mentioned as the dates ou which the worst may be anticipated. Sander A Son’s Eucaiapti Exit; ic i. Test its eminent poweiful effects iu ci'tglia, e u hD. influenza ; the relief is instan' menus. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding-, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling -no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc, ; diarrhoea, dysentery ; diseases of the kidneys aud urinary organs. Iu use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal aud diploma at luteruatioual Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others. The native Laud Court at Wanganui came to a dtci-ion on the Wainiarino block yesterday, when the Chief Judge gave his decision '■irat 11,00(1 acres represented the interests of """re. aud -417,500 acres the interest 100 non.-. —i, t ar^,,dt award ol Government, m .. j. yrt made by « Native Laud u clock i- one i.f groat viluo, opening up the ti.l.-lior of ti:c N’.-rih T- land. At the JiM Court. Gieytowu, this morning, the case it R v Sam Mahupuku. claim LlO I Os, w is (uocie iitig as we went to pious. Mr hi. plaintiff, Mr Lentil f-r defendant, Mi Lm .iiiumor and U Udy. JP, presiding. .'Vitoat other civil cases v;. lc previously Jispo.- .o ~f. A meeting of liie (Joii’-’v Council South Will lake an: on SaHud.iv.