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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 153, 7 May 1879, Page 2

A mooting of members of tne Mastcrton Union Club is convened for this evening. A baking business at Mastcrton is advertised for sale by Messrs Sellar & Hales, The Revising Court for the Electoral District of the Wairarapa will sit at Greytown on Tuesday, 2fth inst. A promenade concert is announced in the Town Hall Mastcrton for Thursday, May loth. Mr T. H. Hill was the fortunate winner of the well known horse "Talleyrand,, rallied by Mr Walter Armstrong, Messrs Hastwell, Macara .and Co. have removed their booking office from the Bank Hotel to the New Zealander Hotel, Manners-street.

The quarterly meeting of the General Committee of the Wairarapa Hospital takes place at Groytown on Tuesday next,

On Monday next an election for a Warden for the East Coast Ward of the Featlierston Highway Board will bo held at Mr Tulloch's house, Hautotara., We learn on good authority that the inhabitants of Cole-street are about to present a handsome testimonial to the contractor for the rapid progress of the street-making in that favored locality.

The Featlierston Odd Follows have for many years been renowned for the excellent manner in which their Soirees are conducted and it may be expected that the one announced to come oft' on Friday evening next will be no exception to the general rule.

We hear from an occasional Carterton correspondent that another baker intends starting business there shortly. Bread still keeping at 8d the 41bloaf must, he says allowgood profit, considering flour is so low now. In Dunedin it was lately 6cl the 41b loaf—a very considerable difference even in one batch.

W, H. Inman, who lias just completed his month's hard labor awarded to him at Masterton, was charged in the Wellington Police Court on Monday last with having on the 22nd March last obtained a sum of £llos from S. Coleman, at Palmerston North, by means of false pretences, The same prisoner was further charged with obtaining from J. A, Batchelor, of the same place, the sum of £1 3s, also by false pretences. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was remanded to Palmerston.

The New Zealand Wesleyan reports that the quarterly meeting was held at Greytown on April 2nd, at the house of Mr Frethey, a fair attendance of officebearers being present, The income, thanks to the grant from the Home Mission Fund was in excess of the expenditure, Income for quarter, £lsl 5s sd; expenditure, £I3G 18s 4d, Membership about the same, but an addition to the number on trial was reported. An earnest conversation took place as to the state of the church spiritually, and it was arranged to have seasons set apart for special prayer on behalf of the circuit,

The Loyal Masterton Lodge will celebrate its anniversary early iu June by a concert and bull,

A special meeting of tlio Masterton Borough Council was held last evening, to adopt the new by-laws. Messrs It. & J. Brown report the sale of one acre in lorns' Estate for £7O, and a dwelling house and in Wrigley's Estate for £450.

Wo are requested to state that to-night is not the practice night for the Masterton Fire Brigade, hut this night week. The bell is expected up to-day. On Monday night at Grey town cix bravo Europeans fell oil one Maori, .and in the combat which ensued nearly killed him. The dispute arose out of a horse trade,

It is not often so large a postage fee lias been paid as that for the transmission from Lyttelton to England of the Harbor Board's debentures, This reached the respectable amount of £7O, Our Carterton correspondent writes that what between bad weather and slack times tilings have been tolerably dull during the past week, Messrs Caselberg liavo at last left us. During the last day or two of the sale Mr Girdlestone wielded the hammer, his confrere in the knocking down business here being in town, but things went very tamely along, though I hear the vendors have secured a fair amount of cash during their stay. Our local Dogberry has gone on a holiday and his repre-. sentative during his absence took possession on Thursday last. The sale of Evan's effects at the " Marquis" did not come oil'after all, as the trustee took possession Our latest excitement is the institution of the Carterton Amateur Dramatic Club which has already enrolled between thirty and forty members, and started with a very sound set of officers.

The explosive qualities of' gunpowder lfcivo been demonstrated in a highly imbrcssivo manner to a new arrival in Southland named Warne. It seems that this " limo juicer" had adopted the profession of a rabbitter on the Mararoa station, with the intention of rapidly making his colonial fortune. Arriving at his hut one evening, ho found that his gunpowder had got damp and he started drying it by placing it in a Opiate and holding it over the fire. Very shortly afterwards an explosion occurred, meeting tlio unfortunate fellow almost full in the face. The result was that one ear was completely blown off, and his eyesight so impaired as to render it impossible for him to use his organs of sight for some time. In this deplorable condition he remained for threo days, when he was discovered by one of the shepherds going his rounds. Seeing Wame's condition he applied what restoratives he had at hand, and afterwards the sufferer was conveyed to the hospital, where ho now is. It may be stated, in explanation of tiie accident, that Warne's acquaintance with gunpowder and rabbits up to the time of his arrival in the colony, was very limited. According to correspondents who, in American phraseology, have "been there," Zululand is one of the most frightful countries that ever white man sot foot in. Not only are the Zulus themselves yet more terrible fellows than our fancy had already pictured them, possessing every physical and mental qualfication necessary to the formation of a perfect light infantry, but they, naked savages as they are, seem to rush unhurt and unimpeded through scrub of the most terrible description. Four out of every live bushes bear thorns which a European can only hope to face when clad in" the best moleskin." The name of these thorns, we are assured by a competent authority, is " legion," and they are as formidable to white men as they are apparently harmless to the Zulus. But if Zululand is an ugly place for men, it is far woase for horses; what between 11 tsetse-fly, snakes, horse-sickness, poison-rot, and change of diet" abovo ground, to say nothing of " ant-bears and ratels" below it, not ten per cent, of these animals will be alive two months after their arrival. Now, warnings are valuable, and so far but little sagacity has been shown, we fear, in the management of the campaign, yet it is well to be a little moderate. Wait-a-bit thorns are ugly, no doubt, and acclimatised horses aro far better thaif those fresh from England, Still in this very Zululand mounted Boors have held their own; and what could be done by a few Dutchmen ought not to prove very severe work for a little army of Englishmen.