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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 498, 24 June 1880, Page 2

The usual fortnightly sitting .of .the R.M. Court at Masterton will be held to-day. The annual meeting of the Wairavapa and East Coast Pastoral Association takes" place this afternoon. Tenders are invited by ths Wairarapa West County for a 75ft bridge over the Koperangi. Mr J, M, Girdlestone is instructed to sell on Mouday, July sth, 3,410 bushels of oatß and 270 bushels of wheat.

There was a heavy storm of rain and hail at Eketahuna last Sunday. A settler there who keeps an amateur rain-guage registered six inches in twelve hours. The marriage of .Princess Predericka, of Hanover, to Baron Von Parnell Baminga was solemnized at Windsor on the 24th ult. The Queen was present at the ceremony. The reports as to the intended marriage •of Prince Leopold with a lady of high distinction in private life are considered very probable, There is considerablejdißtressinMayo, Ireland. The men demand immediate relief for themselves and families, and threaten that if this is not provided they will pillage the country, and take by violence all they can lay hands on. The following tenders were received on Monday, 21st June, for the Pahiatua road, contract No I:—Nils Person, £230, accepted; Petersen & Mortensen, £268; Guerin &Donohue, £317; Thomas Price, £317 ; George Hall, £330; Kibblewhite & Co., £417.

Several gangs of men, writes the Times, are at present employed on the railway line between the Lower Hutt and Featherston, Two or three parties are engaged in ballasting, others are clearing off the grass where it has encroached on the line, while yet another is engaged in removing small slips between the Upper Hutt and the summit. One of the worst curves on the bank of tho Pakuratahi is also being improved by cutting away the spur and taking in the line, so that the radius will be much greater. An exciting scene recently occurred iii •the House of Commons, lasting six hours, and of a character.unexampled for many years, Mr O'Donnel made an outrageous attack on the newly appointed French ambassador in London, Mr Gladstone interrupted O'Donnell's Bpeech amidst .great disorder, and moved that he be not ;heard until he had withdrawn his offensive remarks and apologised to the House, 'O'Donnell refused, and an angry and disorderly, scene ensued, The Speaker was powerless to restrain the turbulent Home Rulers, who accused Mr Gladstone of endeavoring to gag members of the House. Mr Forster delivered a trenchant reply on the conduct of the Irish members, ocousing O'Donnell of outraging the decencies of society and imperilling national amity. Order being restored, Mr Gladstone effected a compromise by withdrawing his motion. A bailiff missed his mark in Masterton the other day.. He took possession at the cottage of a Scandinavian, whose goodwife, the goodman being absent, was puzzled to know the why or wherefore of such a visit. The poor woman wasadvised by a friend for whom sho sent to give the bailiff a very handsome dresser, which was sufficient to satisfy tho claim, and then clear out all the other goods and chattels to some safer quarter. The bailiff marched off with the dresser in one direction, and the woman took away all other • moveables in another, but the bailiff's feelings were better imagined than described when the landlord on the following day claimed the dresser as a fixture, and he found the habitation from which he had te satisfy the Court denuded of all portable property.

Mr Yile, of this town, has received the following letter from Mr 0. Callis, the. local secretary of the Melbourne Exhibtion Committee:—Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., requesting me to have an addition made to your application for space. This will receive due attention The Sydney grain exhibits were of very little value after the close of the Exhibition. ' Most of tnem were too damp when dispatched from New New Zealand, and consequently they got heated in the warmer climate. The award made to you will, I believe, consist of a bronze medal and. a certificate stating the degree of the award. Should you know ofany : specimens in your neighborhood that it might be desieable to have represented, will you kindly advise me? On Tuesday evening the subject for dehate at the Club in Featherston was, "is smoking injurious." The affirmative was taken by Mr McKeeVer, and the negative by Mr-W. McShane. Messrs Gurr, Toogood, Freeth, sen., Freeth jun., Keir, McFarland, and others spoke on the affirmative side, while Messrs Luxford, Williams, Black, and Riddick, took the part of the fragrant weed. The result of the division was 16 for; and 11 against, so smokers beware. The discussion was an animated one, but the leader in the affirmative'seemed to trnst too much to a flow of language ou tho spur of the. moment, while his opponent rested mainly on borrowed detoil. A happy medium will produce a better result. iEgles in the Australasian has the following :-" An eminent money-lender of my acquaintance, says lhat he has had some very curious things offered him as secnritios for loans. The one that took him most surprise was tendered by a gentleman in whose affairs the official assignee and creditors had displayed unusual inteMst. He pressed Mr Mordecai very hard, and at last the wealthy capitalist. said, '"Well show me any security at all, Mr Sponge; I will see what can be done for you." "That's rery easily done," said Mr S. "Here's my last certificate of discharge. I only got it yesterday. Let me have £5 on it! If I don't pay, you shall have the next as collateral."

Through the courtesy of Mr Beetham, M.H.R,,we hava been favored with a copy of the Estimates, from which we cull the following:—District Judge, Wellington and- Feathorston, also R.M., Wellington, L 650; travellinp allowance of Clerk at Featherston, Ll6; R.M. Oourfc, Featherifcon, Carterton, GreyWn, Masterton, and Whareama—R.M (i L4OO; travelling allowance, L 100; Clerk arid interpreter (alßo Clerk District Court, nil, and Registrar of Electors, L2B) total, L 225; travelling allowance, L6Q j.Glerk at Masterton, L 150; travelling allowance, L 4 9; Bailiff at-Featherston, L 100; Bailiff at Masterton,' LIOO.master Masterton, L 22 5; Cadet*. L 105; Postmaster Carterton, ; LSO, also' telegraphist Ll3f>,; total,; :Llßs ; ;; : Postm ; aste'i Oastlepoint IjSOralao telegrapHiat;; Ll2O, total,' :Jjlss iPoßtmasiOT;Steatherston; felferapliia&#li36;

. Tlie Oamarii .Presbytery ■hiyey carried the following resolution on th<r motion ;ol the'Rev'Mr Olark, of That ; in the judgment s of this Presbytery horseracing is a disgrace to modern civilisation a waste of time and means, an incentive to gambling and other vices, and deserving the reprobation of;, all. profeming. Chris-■ tiani, us injurious to piety and; morals; and instruct the ministers of the bounds to direct the attention of their congregations to these evili,"