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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 597, 18 October 1880, Page 2

The R.M. Court sits to-day at Feather ston.

A lOOoz nugget has been found al Temora.

The Greytown Borough Council ho] an ordinary meeting this evening.

Tenders close to-day for erection of a station-master's house atMastorton,

The Peatherston Coal Prospeotiug Committee propose to commence operations as soon as a sum of £6O is collected, We direot attention to the alteration of Messrs Fabian Bros, advertisement in this issue,

An ordinary meeting of Loyal Master' tan Lodge of Oddfellows, takes place to< morrow evening.

Mrßeetham, M,H.R,,is about to pa a visit to the Exhibition at Melbourne.

Mr Barnard, watchmaker, has recom meuced business in his old premises al Greytown.

We are glad to learn that the railway department has decided to continue workipg the Greytown brauch line by steam power.

It is reported that Mr Hutchison will seek re-election as Mayor of Wellington. He is certain to be opposed. Lyston's Combined Panorama, visits Masterton to-morrow and Wednesday evenings. It appears at Carterton this evening for the last time.'

There is a fiend in human shape who resides amongst the people of Dunedin, Ho, considers himself a philosopher, and has'proposed a plan by which New Zealan'd will be able to cast off her distress and encumbrances, His plan is to kill the aged, drunken, and improvident members of the community. l

Messrs Vile and D'Arcy. received '2BO lozen rabbit Bkins,last:week.'

. The Synid tnefets at Welling ton to-morrow. .•'.-> - ; \ :P<\ :^

Mr Richmondi'Beetham is not- to be removed from Tiniarti, as Rumored. '/...■

The annual general meeting of share-, holders of the,;Wairarapa §ale Yards • Company will be held at the Normanby Hotel, Carterton,, on. Mondaynext,

;It was stated at the meeting of County East on Saturday" evening last, that the County's share of. the 20 per cent, of revenue for land sold in County for four months, only amounted to £lß.'

; At a meeting .of the Vestry of St. John's Church,' Featherston, held last, -week, the resignationof Mr Ereeth .'(in consequence of removal- to Masterton) was accepted, with.a general expression' of rearet. Mr Tupkey was appointed to fill the vacancy.

The Greytown Debating Society has fixed for discussion on Thursday next a somewhat curious subject, viz,, "Can pauperism be eradicated!" Wo hope members do not take it for. granted that pauperism exists in New Zealand, Wool is now being delivered at the Masterton Station, In consequence of the incomplete atate'of the station grounds the local carriers have to do the work of loading the trucks.

The San Francisco Mail may be expected in the Wairarapa towards the end of the present week. Corpses are charged at the rate of one shilling per mile under the new railway tariff. The Government "bests" us dead as well as living, Our last journey along a railway line will be the dearest of all.

The death of Judge Mansford is recorded in another column, During the past year he was wont to pay occasional official visits to this district, and secured the thorough respect and confidence of all who were brought into contact with him.

Mr H. Taylor, who was recently remanded from New Plymouth to Masterton for larceny as a baillee, arrived here on Saturday, and will be brought up at tho R.M.. Court this morning. Since his arrival he has been released on bail.

Wo have received the first number of a new journal, the Illustrated Christian Weekly, publiahed at Sydney, which may be said to be in advance of the serials of a similar character south of the line.

Messrs T. Kennedy Maodonald & Co., auctioneers, of Wellington, hold an important land Bale on Wednesday, 27th inst., when they will sell sections 1 and 11 'in the Mangakuta Block, by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Courtj and therefore without reserve, . Messrs Giles and. Edmund Chamberlain announce that the business of baker, confectioner, and aerated water manufacturer, hitherto; conducted by Mr James Thompson, will be carried on by themselves. Also, that they have appointed Mr John Chamberlain their agent to collect accounts in the estate of Mr James Thompson.

loms & Go's sale of miscellaneous goods on Saturday last was well patronised, the larger number of the lots offered bringing fair prices, Mr lorns informed those present, that, lie had obtained a quantity of potatoes as a trial shipment, and if sufficient inducement offered, he would keep up the Bupply. The highest price obtained per cwt., amounted to 4s 6d, A ton of seed potatoes, forming an asset in. the estate of P. H. Hickson, was offered, but passed in there being no bid. Mr McCardle's pot plants brought fair prices.

A general meeting of the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club took phce in the Club Hotel on Saturday evening last, when a large number of members assembled, the President, Mr P. Gray, being in the chair. The meeting had been called to re-conai-der the decision arrived at on a former meeting relative to holding one day's racing, it being thought desirable by some members of the Club, to hold two days. It was decided that one day's racing only should take place. Mr John Macara proposed, seconded by Mr T. McCarthy -"That the motion before the Club, disqualifying Ray and others aB defaulters at the last Taratahi-Oarterton races, from tunning horses at the Opaki until such time as prize-money' in arrears be paid, stand adjourned sine die.—Carried. In deciding to have one day's racing it was stated that to avoid holding two days' with small prizes it would bo better to have one day's racing, starting early, double, the number of races, and larger amounts, and the Club wished the reporter to state that in deoiding upon this, it must not be thought that the Club was deteriorating in any way, as in all probability a meeting would be held in the autumn. Mr Elkins reported that he had obtained subscriptions in Wellington to the amount of about £l3, and had been promised another £lO. It was decided to hold the meeting on Thursday, December 2. A programme containing nine events was drawn up, and will appear in our next issue. Mr R. Welch wrote, resigning his appointment as judge, which was accepted, Mr A. W. Cave being elected to the office unanimously. Mr James Macara was also elected handicapper. Subscription lists were given to each steward, and the next meeting fixed for Saturday, 30th inst,

The Waikato Times of the 9th instant, referring io the finding of quartz atKaniwhaniwha, said it has had the effect of directing the attention of old miners to bo on the look-out in other parts of the district. Yesterday, Mr. McConnachie left; somo fine specimens of quartz at this office for Mr Gribble to test. The Btone is certainly very (promising looking, and' although no gold is visible, from its great weight it must contain a large percentage of some sort of mineral. .The exact locality from whence it'came we could not of course ascertain, but the finder stated that it was in Waikato on private property and within twelve miles of Hamilton.

" Wives and daughters of England !" exclaims Atlas in the 1 London World, "hear what the' Queen,' your accepted oracle, says: ' Women hardly realise that men are captivated more by. the geueral effect of a lady's dress than by the detail, - This is most true, and if lovely woman would only take it to heart, and act on it, what a huge waste of trimming and embroidery and work would be saved, and jhow our poor pockets would be the gainers! What, the Queen says is true, but I will declare something 'equally true: Women do not dress so much to captivate men as. to spite .other women."

We clip the following froman exchange: "Governor Weld, late of Tasmania, and now administering the Government at tin Straits Settlement's, has been knighted, and is now Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, K.C.M.G. This distinction has been very hardly earned, and those who have known what Sir Frederick's services have been in connection with the settlement of the New Zealand native difficulty and subsequently as Governpr of Western Australia and Tasmania) have wondered why her Majesty's notice has so long been withheld. Sir Frederick is a scion of one of the noblest English families, and cousin to Archbißhop. Yaughan,""•'