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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2095, 22 July 1887, Page 2

Mr Joseph Sowry has been elected first Mayor of Woodville. The committee of the Greytown Rifle Yolnnteers meet tomorrow evening >t eight o'clock.

Mr F Muir baa a new advertisement in another oolnmn. He is determined to please the public, and publishes a price list that tells its own tale.

Tomorrow (Saturday) Mr P H Wood holds a general sale in his Carterton Booms. Sir Julias Vogsl addressed his constituents at Christchurch on Tuesday night. Mr P Dickson, who was sending wagon loads of goods through Greytown yesterday has, owing to a bitch in arrangements, given np all thoughts of selling his stock at Messrs Fabian Bros’ store. The sale will open tomorrow at the auction mart of Messrs Maxton and Webster.

The following are the names of the Featberston Juvenile Lodge picked to play against the Oreytowu Juvenile Lodge on Saturday next at Featherstou ;—0 and S Smith, B and 0 Bunny, A and E Toogood, S Sheen, D MoColl, P Hayward, £ Saunders, C Spaokman, J Craig, J Henderson, and D Donald, Emergencies—W Bunny, and F Bezar.

The following team of th« Oreytowu Loyal Pride of the Valley Juvenile Lodge of Oddfellows’ will play the Featherstou Juvenile Loyal Enterprise Lodge of Oddfellows, to be played at Featherstou' tomorrow O T and H Haigb, J and D Dockery, A and J Maguire, A and J Hornblow, A Wakeliu, L Fuller, J Quia, F Meison, and A Grigg. Emergencies —P Heed and 0 Bishop. Play to commence al 2.30 The following team will represent Greytown against Papawai tomorrow afternoon; — Backs—Byan, Beard, MoMaster, 8 Tolly, J Jackson, Say well; forwards, A and B Grigg, Fisher, Hobman, Muir, Fertiok, Alloway Patten and Varnham. Emergencies—O and 0 Coleman, A Wakehn. Mr Buchanan’s committee meets tonight at Featherstou. A widow, aged 60, named Oallen, was found dead in her bed at Qreymonth.

About 600 hundred persons were present at the Mssterton Theatre Boyal last Wednesday evening when Mr A W. Hogg addressed the electors of the Masterton district. Mr A. W. Benall occupied the chair, being supported by Mr Woodroofe.

Mr Buchanan's committee meet at the Greytown committee room tomorrow night. The Waibenga bridge has been adjusted and it is now in a good state of repair. On Wednesday flva young men, named respectively James M’Grath, William Gulliek, Frederick, and Thomas Gulliek, and Edward Bound, employed at Puschel's fellmongery establishment at Dallington, endeavored to cross the xtivor Avon, Christchurch, in a flat-bottomed boat in order to go borne, as the flood prevented work at the fellmongery, When in mid stream the powerful current upset the boat. Some persons op the bank saw the accident, and, procnring'an ordinary boat, went to tbe rescue. They saved Bound and Thomas Gulliek, the others being carried away by the stream. On Tuesday night the residence of Mr £ Tayler (late W W MoCatdle’s) near Masterton was burned down. By some means the back part of the building caugbt Are. Mr Taylor was alone in the bouse and had to escape through a window. He assistance was near and the place became a prey to tbe flames. Tbe house was a seven roomed one, and was insured in the North British Office for £2OO, the furniture being insured for £6O in the Northern Office. Besides the loss of furniture and effects, says the Daily, Mr Tayler had about £2O worth of fruit destroyed which were stored on tbe premises and were nnio sated. Widespread sympathy is felt for Mr Tayler over his lots, as he has recently hail other difficulties to contend against, whkh makes the present disaster more keenly felt. A Sop’s EDOiiiVni Extbaot. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds influenza; the relief is iustautaueotrs. In serious oases and accidents of all kinds, It they wounds, burns, soahiiogs, bruises, sprains, it is tbe safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effectproduced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, it: flammstion cl the lungs, swellings, etc ; diarrhoea, dysentery; diseases of tbe kidney a and urinary organa, lu use at all hospita - and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty tbe King of Laly ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved »:*))•'« "vtl r’wl all ptborti-

It has been suggested to ns ttiat now the Qreytown Borough Council are gravelling the footpaths they should have the paths on the West side of the Street done right down to the Bailway Station, as at that poiut much water lies in bad weather. An important property sale is to be held at Olareville, neat Carterton, on Tuesday next. Mr B L Leeks is leaving the locality and has instructed Mr P H Wood to sell by auction his two homestead farms (29 acres and 189 acres) and also the furniture, effects, and live stock.

At a meeting of St Mark’gparisbioners, held at Wellington on Tuesday evening, Mr C. H. Chatwin spoke oat pretty freely open the way the Bishop vetoed the doings of both clergy and laity. He (Mr Obatwin) was informed that the laity, olergy, and bisbopa, were distinot bodies, and that if the bisbopa dissented nothing could be done. In this case there was only one bishop, bnt be not only presided over the meeting, bnt if anybody said anything he did not like-well, to use a vulgarism, the bishop “ sat on him." He (Mr Chatwin) sal through that session, bnt was filled with contempt tor the whole concern, for, from beginning to end, there was nothing bnt a series of wrangling*. He had never felt so much contempt for the Church authorities as he did at that session. He never went near the Synod again, and he did not intend to do so as long as that man was president. One or two gentlemen were grossly insulted by the bishop, and he wondered that they did not walk oat, tor he had no hesitation in saying that they were better Christian* than he. He wa* »orry to have to speak thus of the bishop of the diocese, bnt he tolly mealt what he said, and be objected to one man being able to veto the decision of 60 or 60 other*.

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A long felt want in tbs shape of a oom* fortable dining oar has now been snpplied by tbs Manawatn Bail way Company, lie American style baa been adopted in building the new dining oar, at one end of which is a patent stove and a small lank. One side of tbs ear is fitted np with extra shelves, and on the othqr a nicely onshioned seat runs down tbs whole length of the earriags, a narrow counter dividing the public portion from that used by the keeper of the dining oar. Alto* gather, the carriage is a credit to the designer and builder. Ur Fulton, traffic manager, supervised the execution of the work. A Rattlesnake’s Bite.—The quick venom of the rattlesnake has not killed so many people as the more insidious but deadly poisons found in the air of foul rooms. The aeration of the blood by the lungs becomes impossible sometimes, and the failing health, growing weakness, and loss of appetite are harbingers of approaching death. For such cases Hop Bitters are the potent and all-powerful remedy to drive all fevers out of the system, purifying the blood, and giving a new and happy lease of life. Get genuine

A New Mouth Wales paper, called the Oarooar Chronicle and edited by a lady, politely reminds defaulting subscribers

“ This week our accounts will be out. Next week our collectors will be out The following week the summonses will be out. And the next weak the bailiff’s will be iu.” A lot of Chinese in Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, set to work on Sundnv, June 19, to erect a triumphal arch in honour of the Jubilee. The sounds of the hammer attracted the police, who promptly interfered with the Celestial decorators. A section of the Press points out that while the police determined that the heathen Chinee should observe Sunday, the Government permitted special trains to be run to suit volunteers attending the demonstration, as well ae other work in connection with the Jubilee..

A Mr Wainsey is a Candidate in Canter* bnry. Bis principal qualification is that he has lived twenty years in London, ten in Liverpool, been three times aronnd the world, and had lived fourteen years iu the colonies.

Diptheria has mads its appearance in Masterton. Parents should watch with care the throats of their children when they complain of a difficulty in swallowing. Prices at Mr Wood’s Taratahi stock sale, yesterday (Thursday), ran as follows; Forward ewes 6s to 7s 3d, mixed store sheep 3s 9d to 4s, lambs 4s 6d, cows 50s to 57s 6d, heifers 40s to 70s, horses £5 10s to £7lss, pigs 6s fid to 30s. There was a fair attendance of buyers. The meat freezing hulk ‘ Jubilee’ drove ashore at Petone, and three men (Ashton, Williams, and Tetley) were drowned in putting off to her assistance. Dr McKenzie Gordon, of Eangiora, died suddenly on Wednesday last.

The Lynch Family of Bellringers gave a most enjoyable entertainment at Cartorton, on Wednesday evening, and at Greytown last night. Prom first to last the audience were kept amused, and the manipulation of the bells was much admired. The company appears at Featherston this evening, and we can recoin, mend the good people of the township to forget election matters and go and see the Bellringers.