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A meeting of members of the Musterton Brass Band will be held at the Empire Hotel this evening. The second Maori Haka and War Danco will be given in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow evening. ? Tenders for the Hurunuiorangi Bridge close to-day. It is believed that the difficulty of finding the necessary deposits will limit t]ie number of tenderers,

The Georgia Minstrels, who are, as it is well known, a genuine Negro troupe, play in the Town Hall, Masterton, on Monday and Tuesday next, ' / Wo learn from Mr Bagge that tlio number of letters, post cards, book packets, and newspapers posted in Masterton for the fortnight ended 28th May (exclusive of those received from other offices) was 4775; for fortnight endotl 28tli October, 1878, 2758; increase, 1017. : According to above, the total number of letters, etc., posted in Masterton for tlio year would be 124,150, as against 97,998 for the previous year—thus showing an increase of 26,152. Tlio Masterton fire bell was rung yesterday afternoon, and within a few minutes of the alarm being given, a horse was hitched to the fire engine, and th'o latter, with a number of the members of the Fire Brigade, wero off full speed to Kuripuni, where a burning chimney had created an alarm. The chimney was extinguished by a wet sack almost immediately. The house to which it belonged was in danger from the careless way in which the woodwork had been built into the brickwork. This smart turn out is a feathor in the cap of the Masterton Firo Brigade. The Library Committee met on Tuesday last. Present—Messrs Feist (in the chair), Renall, Bennett, and Teakle. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Tlio Treasurer reported a credit balance of LlO Bs, The following accounts wore passed for payment when funds permit Mrs Bennett, sundries, L2 3; J. Williams, stationery, 6s Gd; Pickering, pump, L 8 ss; W. H. Smith, printing, L 3 Is; New Zealand Times, L2los; Truscott, brickwork, L2 7s Od; Farmer, furnishing, L 43 7s; King, superintending tlio erection of building, L2312s Od; Feist, lighting, L 4 0s lOd ; Haskell, distempering and frosting, L 8; Hourigan, gravel, 8s; total, L9B 3s 4d. An account from Krull and Mills (late Blytli) was ordered to stand over for investigation. An application to do certain writing was received from Mr Coker, and the secretary was instructed to acknowledge the same, which should receive the attention of the committee. The secretary reported replies received from publishers in answer to request a free supply of copies of papers. Those which acceded to the request were the Wairarapa and Wellington papers. Sir Julius Vogel (remarks a contemporary) appears to think his position as Agent-General for New Zealand compatible with that of a promoter of various companies. We learn from the London Figaro that he is the chairman of the Globe Railway and Tramway Company. ' The Dunedin Tribuno reports that in the rabbit infested districts in the last six months over one million rabbits have teen killed. A rabbiter easily kills from 100 to 150 per day, and in the spring from 300 to 400. The pay is from 2d to 3kl per doz. skins, As many as 50 dogs hunt together, andstill the rabbits are spieadi ug. They have made their appearance at Moa Flat,

A man named Ford, says the New Zcalander, formerly in charge of Mr Huxley's branch tailoring establishment at Greytown, but who levanted one line morning, one month ago, with £164 in cash and the books in addition, was arrested at Bulls, and brought here via Wanganui. He will be brought up at tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, proceeded against for embezzlement. The Manawatu Herald of yesterday .says a few weeks ago it announced the existence at Bulls, Rangitikei, of a human monstrosity, in tho shape of an infant 22 years old. Yesterday the mother, Rosanna Bond, who has obtained a protection order against her husband, passed through Foxton on her way to Bulls, She intends to claim the child. As it is understand the mother is in favor of a show, the public of New Zealand may yet have a sight of this " wonder of the world." The heaven of the Moravian Hanaks is an immense ginger-bred mountain, surrounded by a living stream of lard, oil the bank of which lio prone the redeemed Hanaks, holding their chins in their hands and having their mouths open. In a pan like a crater at top of the hill, angels are ceaselessly cooking doughnuts and sugar plums, which are rolled down hill, gathering a coat of ginger-bred dust; then having been dipped in the waves of lard, are conveyed to the mouths of the blest. When they are thirsty they turn over on their backs and drink in tho gentle rain of bear and brandy that is forever falling. All the while angelic choirs discourse favorite music.

We (Dunedin Herald) liear that the Roslyn people have discovered that their 500-acre endowment is situated somewhere towards the summit of Maungatua, It commands a grand outlook, and the air in the immediate vicinity is assumed to contain a larger percentage of ozone tlwn that found immediately insido the Harbor Board's retaining wall, The surveyors are highly delighted at the extent 'of the prospect, but owing to the perpendicular outlines of the locality, they have not yet been able to get a footing on the section. It has been suggested to us that the Borough Council might judiciously speculate in a fow goats, and that by means of careful observations of these intelligent and sure-footed animals, a gradient more or less easy might be obtained for the future road to the land which has been set apart for tlio rising suburban borough by a discriminating and benevolent Governincnt. It is consoling, however, to be able to record that the section has several grand outcrops of stone which, to all appearance, as seen through a field-glass, is excollent for building purposes. This, no doubt, will greatly add to the amount of the unearned increment when at some future day the land will bo cut up into quarter-acre'allotments. The Wanganui 'Chronicle 'is'r'esponsible for the following—whether it refers to Carterton or Greytown we know not, probably the picture is drawn from imagination—The following letter received by a gentleman in town from his agent in one of the towns of the Wairarapa Valley will give 3ome idea of the condition of things in that part of the country " In reply to yours, I can collect no money on your account, simply because people hero have none. As per your list as follows ; Miss J—, not seen her ; T—left the country; M—, gone away; R—, in the asylum; 6—, gone on the other coast; D—, promised to pay, but forgot; M—, has given you credit for amount, all he can do; T—, just came out of prison for debt; S-, says he paid you; G— got no money; B, F. and H, all cleared out; S—, as usual, no money ; 6. 6—, away looking for gold in the mountains; D. M—, says he doesn't owe you one; P—, contra for soap; A—, not seen him, &c., &c. This will show you that the place is a bad state. Half the'people are bankrupt; a quarter nearly so; and the other quarter wish they were. No money in the place and no work. I fear things will be worse before thy are .titter, : Tho bank, whom some people call' the Colorado Beetle, called in all its money, which made matters so bad. I think there will be terrible times this winter for this place. You had better write yourself to all who owe you,] as I can't collect,"

A meeting 1 of the members of the Car-tertoh-Taratahi'Haghway!Board was held yesterday at the office-of tlio Board, Present-Messrs J; Reynolds, L. .Nix, G, H. Lister-Kaye, E, Strawbridge, and R. G. Welch. Mr J. Reynolds was voted to the Chair, owing to the'absence of Mr Booth. After the minutes had been confirmed, the Treasurer showed the bank balanpe to be—Main road account, £207 5s 2s and-works amount £485 14a -JSd making a total of £773, to the credit of the Board;— The following amounts were passed and paid, J. Driscoll No 1 Ward £22; W. H. Smith, printing £7los; W. J. Beard, solicitor, £1 lis Cd; N. Nielsen, No 5 Ward, £l6; Main' Road account, £l4l lGs Gd; and Clerk £lO. The Clerk of the County Council waited on the Board re the payment of an account for repairs on the main road by C. White. In the absence of Mr Booth, the matter was ordered to stand over. The clerk was instructed to forward this notice to the clerk of the County Council. ■ R. Butler requested the payment of £25 on account of clearing and felling the Hinau gully producing an order from the contractor, The clerk was instructed to inspect the lino and pay the amount. The following tenders were received Two chains formation Oliver's line, No 4 ward, John Bond £3 ss; James Phelps, £1 per chain which was accepted, For 27 chains of formation and culverts Arnold's line', Setli Hart at per chain £2 5s and culvert £5. As the gravel for this work could not be obtained from Mr Wilder, except by paying 5s per chain, the tender was necessarily declined. A letter was received from D. Dalgetty drawing'the attention of the Board to the fact that Mr Tancred had not removed the gcrse growing on the road from his fence as notified to him. The clerk was instructed to write to Mr Tancred and inform liini that unless the work was performed within 14 days the work would be done by the Board at his expense. James Hannah attended and requested to have the line of road felled between his sections and Mr Carter's, which Mr Hannah agreed to do at £2 per acre, which was agreed to be paid as the rates wero paid in. Phillip Goodin attended anent the footbridge across a creek on Parker's line, and complained as to the «tate of the creek. Mr Goodin was authorised to erect a substantial footbridge for £6 to be paid out of the incoming rates. The next meeting was appointed to be held on the 24th of Juno,

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 172, 30 May 1879, Page 2

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Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 172, 30 May 1879, Page 2

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