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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2061, 29 April 1887, Page 2

The opening assembly of the Thursday night weekly dances took place last night and was a very great success, about 50 couples being present. Mr Maguire acted as M.C., and the music discoursed by the Qreytown Orchestral Band, under the leadership of Mr M. A. Van,ham. With Mrs Wood, Messrs Maxton and Maguire, jun., was pronounced by all to be excellent. There is every prospect of the week.y dances this season becoming exceedingly popular. The Murchison grant has been awarded to Mr George Bourne, of Queensland, for crossing Australia m 1861, Lord Wolseley states that England is able to place a larger lorce in the held at the present moment than at any period since the days of Marlborough. Mr F. H. Wood advertises his ii»t (or the next stock sale at the Taratahi yards, ou Thursday, Xlith May. In order that all publicity may be given Mr Wood will be glad to have further entries as early as possible. The Mastertou Star Football Club have selected the following team to play against the second hfteen of the Grey town Football Club on Saturday next at Masterton Full back B’Arcy, hall hacks T. Hawke and Boydhouse, quartet backs E. Felling, R Thompson, H. Ferry, forwards Martin, Watson, \V. Welch, Emmett, J Feeing, 11. F,\'ir, ; on, B. Bannister, AM Hoar, T. Bannister. Etaer* nancies, E. Welch, T. Thompson, and A Campbell. A concert in aid of the uniform fund of the Carterton Band took place at the Lyceum {.lull, Carterton, on Wednesday night. Tho Carterton Baud, under Mr Birrell, played a good overturn and among the ringers and performers whose names were on the programme were, Meedaiues Seed and Samuel, ' Misses Govier and dearie, and Messrs G. M. ■ Gardener, F. W. Ct ual, U. A. Gatkill, Gue Mathiesou, G. W. iiellar, A- J. Armstrong, ii, Stanstteld, 8. H. Wroketson, A. Thomp. }, Ward, Luudqvist. The accompanists o, * ' Keeli, fynss Jackson, Mr Seymour were Mi- ‘ ae;J Mr Kaiseuberg. Tancred, Mr H. ~ “ *cte«d(j4i The entertainment was weu > Messrs Maxton and Webster hold tin,, first sale in Greytown as auctioneers tomorrow, when they will offer a variety ot merchandise suitable to the wants of settlers generally. It is hoped that the clerk of the westher will not *• wet ” the occasion in his own way. On Sunday next the G.eytowa Volunteeis mo rne F'ue Brigade will attend service at Hi Luke's Church, when the Kev Mr Western as ■■haplain of tho volunteers will deliver a farewell address.

An excursion tiahi at cheap fares will run t'j Wellington tomorrow. For pi ices see »ci u.liwint-ni. Tills tniiu is put ou to give some uf ton Waiiarapii lesidents au opporluiiily <if seeing the Ituyal Comic Oeera Company. As usual the railway departuuim notil.y tun I mining ol this tram l ,o lute to be 111 aiy lienelil to Mih settlors maiding outside the lowuMuips and who do oot get their papers till the day alter publioaliop.

The tidings that another large fire had broken out in Wellington and destroyed one of the finest buildings of the colony was re ceived with deep feelings of regret yesterday. Extras containing all the particulars that could be transmitted were published at this office and forwarded to the different outlying districts in addition to the usual town supply. The meeting of parishioners of Bt Luke’s Gbnrob, called for this afternoon at Mr F. H. Wood’s offices, baa been postponed until Tuesday evening, at 7 o’oleok, same place. It is hoped that as many of the parishioners will be present as can possibly attend. Mr F. H. Wood makes further additions to his Featberston stock sale, on Tuesday next, particulars of which will be found in oar advertising columns. If the settlers would take a little more interest in these sales their success would be assured. Mr John McKenzie, sheepfarmer, Featberston, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. The Featherstou Rifle Volunteers are vigorously practising the bayonet exercise with a view to a competition on the 24th May next, when the review takes place at Featherston. The Greytown Fire Brigade has asked the Borough Council to provide the town with a suitable fire bell. The NZL & MA Co, Limited have received the following telegram from their London office, dated 26th instant: —Frozen Meat: Market quiet, and stocks are heavy. Auck„ land mutton is worth 4Jd, and Canterbury 4Jd per lb. Auckland lamb is worth fid per lb. Prime New Zealadd lambs are worth pet carcase fid per lb. The following team will represent Masterton in the rifle match against Featberston to be fired at Masterton on Saturday next; - Lieutenants Thompson and MoLachlan, Sergeants Matthews and Eibblewhite, Vols C. and G. Bentley, W A Wilton, W Welch, C Hoffiens, and J Bentley. Emergencies, W T Peacock, and A Hoar ; referee H Hounslow. Firing to commence at 12 o’clock sharp. The 2000 Guinea Stakes run at Newmar. ket, England, on the 27th, was won by Enterprise, Phil 2, Eglamorc 3. The steamer Benton collided with another vessel in the China Seas, and 130 of the passengers and crew of the former were drowned. Our advertising columns contain particulars of excursion fares from Greytown and other Wairarapa stations to Wellington tomorrow in connection witli the performance of Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera, the Mikado, at the To Aro Opera House. The opera in question is one of the latest productions of the famous authors named, and has met with wonderful success wherever it has been played. Several members of the company now in Wellington appeared in its first production in London and also in Melbourne. The Southern Press of the colony, including the Wellington papers, have given highly eulogistic notices of the performance. The music is charming and the whole opera is staged iu a wonderfully realistic manner. Tickets oan be obtained by both morning and afternoon trains. The return train leaves Wellington at 11.15 p.m. The polling for two members of the Greytown Town Lands Trust took place at the Council Chambers, Greytown, yesterday. Some very active canvassing took place on behalf of the several candidates, and the election resulted as follows Sam Haigh 92, James Bailie 88, T. Johnston 18, D. Cnmeroo Ifi, 0. E. Fabian 14, Hurt Udy 11. The two first were elected.

The Rev W. T. Western will preach his farewell sermon to his Featberston congregation on Sunday night. Mr E. B. Bishop, one of the Canterbury pilgrims who arrived in the Charlotte Jane, is dead, aged 76. He formerly took a prominent part in public affairs, and was chairman of the Christchurch City Council 1866, and Mayor in 1872 and 1873. Mr F. H. Wood held his usual fortnightly stock sale at the Taratahi yards yesterday. There was a good attendance of the public, and prices realised showed an upward tendency, cattle (particularly young steers) being in good demand. Very few fat sheep and no heavy wethers, were yarded. This was the more to be regretted, as the principal purchasers of this class of sheep had their representatives at the sale prepared to invest. A fair amount of business was, however, done, about 160 head of cattle and 1100 sheep being disposed of at the following prices Yearling steers and heifers 24s to 28s, two year old do 31b to 465, three year old bollocks 80s, cows 40s to 120s ; fat ewes, light 4s Bd, store do 1s 6J to 2s Bd, lambs from Is fid to 4s ; no horses forward.

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The Carterton Fire Brigade are invited to attend the Urey town Church Parade on Sunday. The Fealberston and Carterton llifle Volunteers have expressed their intention to attend Greytown Church Parade on Sunday morning.

Sullivan, the West Coast murderer, ia now in London, whore he has written a history of his forty years' colonial experieoci s, and i, ni:g'iciatiL(j with the publishers (or an early issue. Sullivan is now 79 years of age.

Somewhat unexpectedly (saye tue Post), Father McNamara, who has recently received the appointment of Vicar-General of New Zealand, was ilia leoipieutof a cablegram from the Propaganda at liome informing him that his Loulsnip the Cathode Gi.-bop o( Wellingt ton (Dr itsdwood) hud been eievutui , tdthe rank of Archbishop of the Polony of ' New Zealand. Christchurch has been created an episcopal see of the Catholic Church, and we are informed that the new Archbishop will remove his residence to that city. Dr Red« wood is at present making a pastoral visit to the west const of this island, and is believed to be today in Palmerston North. The election ol two trustees to the Grey. • "»n Town hands Trust took place yesterday. ~n«u interest taken ia the event, there was i~.. in the held as there were six oan„.. ""h the result showed thatihe public have i u „ confidence in the retiring trustees, Messrs Haigh and Baillie, and they wore elected by large majorities. At the declaration of the pod Messrs Baillie and Haigb addressed the electors, a number of whom weie preset t, and in thanking them for the hen >r assured them that they would use their bast endeavours to study their interests in tliefn ure as they hud done in the past Mr 11-iigh suid hat he should slronou.-dy “pr -c pnting with ny of the Trust lands under any corsideraion waatever. Three cheers were given <o>. the successful candidates and the electors ■■iaiierscd. The honschokleiM of Martinborough (ailed to elect a school committee on j^ouday'nigbt.

The Wairarapa Jockey Club will hold a general mooting of members tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. The Wairarapa Gun Club will hold its annual general meeting at Hammerich’s Hotel on Saturday night, at 7.30. Robert Maguire, a lad about fifteen years of age, was charged at the Masterton RM Court on the information of Detective McGrath, with breaking into the wool shed of Mr W Lowes, To Ore Ore, and stealing 260 rabbit skins, valued at £3. He was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment.

There will be another full rehearsal of Under the Palms tonight at the Greytown Town Hall, at 7.30 o’clock. This is the last practice before the performance here on Monday next, ■ We predict a very pleasant evening’s entertainment and notice several attractive additions have been made to the programme. One—the National Anthem—is at the present time very seasonable, and its rendering, one verse in quartette, one in unison, and one in full chorus, with orchestral effects, will be quite the feature of the evening. The musical man on our staff, too, has one or two ideas that possibly the management will be able to work in. First of all, he thinks the orchestra might perform a selection “ between the acts,” as he terms it. This is a good suggestion and we hope it will be adopted. His other conception perhaps is hardly so brilliant. He says it would add a zest to tho oratorio were a sensational top note (say A) introduced for the tenor (Mr Gamble), and were the bass (Mr Biack) allowed to saunter gently down to, well " Z,” for a brief period. However, we shall be quite satisfied with the introduction of the first thought, and hope to see present, as doubtless we will, the number of listeners that this really superior concert deserves. The first of a series of sixpenny concerts, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the purchase of a new fire engine for Greytown will take place on Monday evening, May 16, and the caterers for that evening, Messrs R J Thompson and W 0 Nation, hope to make the opening entertainment worthy of a crowded house. The Fire Brigade will arrange for a torchlight procession beyond anything before attempted here, and the brass band will lead the way to the hall. It is also hoped that the Greytown Orchestral Society will play the opening overture and that the Dramatic Society will supply a short farce at the close of the programme. This will enable our local musical and dramatic clubs to show practical sympathy with the object in view. Readings, songs and choruses supplied by Greytown and outside talent will not be wanting, and altogether the public may look forward to a merry evening. The gentlemen who have undertaken to initiate Monday evening entertainments in aid of a fund for the purchase of a new fire engine for Greytown Borough met at Mr F H Wood’s office on Monday night. Present— Messrs Wyett, St George, R J Thompson, W C Nation, and Dr Bey. The first concert will be held on Monday, May 16, and Messrs Thompson and Nation have undertaken the arrangement of the same. The second will take place on Monday, May 23rd, under the management of Messrs G. Wyolt and L St George. The third is arranged for the 30th, under the arrangement of Dr Spratt and Mr W C Cuff; the fourth on June 6th, Mr Wood and Dr Bey ; the fifth on the 13th June, by Messrs R C Black and A L Webster. The charge for admission is to bo sixpence. Those present spoke very hopefully of the probable success of the projected entertainments, and it is very likely that a sufficient sum will be raised to enable the town to be provided with a suitable engine. The monthly meeting of the Board of Education was held on Wednesday. Master A Feist, Fernridge, applied for an increase of salary, as bis present income was not sufficient to live upon. The matter was allowed to stand over pending enquiries. The Board decided to transfer Mr Dempsey from Carterton to Mount Cook school. The Masterton Committee wrote, urging the prompt appointment of teachers in succession to those re cently resigned. The Board decided to allow the usual length of time to elapse before making fresh appoint mi'iits. The secretary of the Board was instructed to take steps for hold' ing the annual meeting of householders at Cross’s Croek. It was decided to establish a school at the Mauriceville railway station. With reference to applications trom Masterton for a board and easel, and from Carterton for tho cost of sinking a well and conveying furniture, the Board resolved that the expenditure should come oul of the capitation grant made to oach committee. The Board decided to obtain an estimate of the cost of erecting a shelter shed at Waihenga. On the motion of Mr Beetham, it was resolved that the chairman should invite tenders for the erection of a school at Mangnono.— Post. Eight sheep dips are being tested in Canterbury, tho effects to bo carefully watched and the results made known after the sheep have been shorn and the wool scoured and dyed. In a publican's estate down South the debtor offered 3s in the £, but tho creditors held out for 4s. lie would not give it and the DOA sold with the result that 12s 6d ia the £ ■" -"cured! was "using her influ-

Germany is tuv... ' once in China to a marked cogn,... V newspaper published in German, the first of its sort on the Pacific coast, •ias boon started in Shanghai.

The last word is thus characteristically had by a woman who had been posted by her husband in an English newspaper, and followed with this: Notice—l, Mary Sanders, never contracted any debts in the name of William Sanders, as the name of '■auders is not good enough to get yredit ou.—Signed, Mary Sanders.