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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 666, 13 January 1881, Page 2

■-• Tho quarterly meeting of tho Master- ', | toil Union Club is advertised fur Friday ••) | evening. I There is the usual monthly meeting of the WairiiiMpa West County Council to-. , % ' Messrs P. H. Wood' & Co. hold a stock salt, at tlio■ Rising Sun yards, Greytown, 0 this afternoon. , Mr R. Rush, of Greytown, advertises for sale in another .column, a list of books on various interesting ■ subjects. The. prices at which thoy. are offered' should . ensure a quick'sale. We notice that Mr Lewis, the entorpris- ,- in« tonsonal artist, of Greytown, has re--1 cently erected hot and cold baths for the convenience of his natrons. ;t • . • ; Tho Hutt County Council • has practically thrown out the. excessivo dog tax, now in force, by refusing to appoint a registrar. We hopo to see the example--11 followed in this district. Tax collectors '" are becoming unpleasantly numerous '" among country settlers. 5, ■ A special meeting of the Taratahi-Oar-. i terton Highway Board will be held at the " Council Chambers on the 14th inst., at 2 o'clock, in addition to the usual monthly :I meeting on the 25th inst, There wero several at Iho Carterton Butts yesterday morning, firing for their first class certificates, The scores were low throughout'. There was' a heavy wind blowing across the target. ■ The return match between the Carter- ''■ terton and Masterton Cricket Clubs will • take place at the latter 'township on " Saturday utxt, 15ch'inst. The names of the Carterton team will appear iti our » next issue. Tho Post suggests that the afternoon train from Wellington should be made to do tho trip to Masterton in half an hour less time than at present, leaving Web lington at four, and arriving at Masterton at oight. If practicable, this arrangemout would be, from every point of view, a convenience to the public. .At the Cabinet Council held at Auckland on Tuesday, His Excelloney the Goe vernor commuted the death sentence on Wharepa, the Chatham Island murderer, to imprisonment for life. It has been decided to form a Joint Stock Company to complete the Wellington and Foxton line. It is. thought that if £50,000 of the .capital .can bo raised I locally, the Goveryment concession being e worth a .similar amount; the proposed r Company could get in the English market what further money will be necessary, I Dr Hoskiug notifies that he is prepared to vaccinate daily at his surgery, between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m., till the expiration of the current month. He also gives a worclof warning to those patients whose payments are from one to five years inarrear,. ■' • ; It is notified that tlio Rev James Paterson will preach the Anniversary ser- ,' vices next Sunday at the Presbyterian i Church, Masterton, and on Monday, the i annual -.congregational" Soiree will take • place. ■ In connection with the latter, Mr , Patorson will deliver, his popular lecture ■ on'" Hugh Miller." ■ The usual monthly meeting of the Greytown School Committee was held on ; Tuesday evening. Present: Messrs Bock (Chairman), Beard, Dr Smith, and . Rev. H. Yv White. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- ; firmed. Letters were read from R, Lee, Esq., re additions; also re nomination of members of Education Board, It was resolved that the' matter-stand over till i the incoming Committee had been elected, i It was resolved that the Board be written . to, calling attention to the application of , the Committee-for an assistant master. ' It was resolved that the Committee \ recommoud Miss York to bo appointed as 1 infant mislross. The',following accounts 1 wero passed .'for payment:—Mr St, i George, Ifi 5s sd; Rev. T. Porritt, L 8 Ss; Secretary, £2loa; W.-Pole, LI 8s; fl.Udy,LHs6d;Oa3elberg&Co., 19s 6d. The balance sheet was submitted, and adopted as read. It'was resolved thatMrWyotthe requested to audit the accounts; also, that the Chairman and Rev..Mr White draw up a report to submit to the annual meeting, and that tho Committee meet on Monday evening, the 24th inst., at 7.30 "p.m. in the schoolroom. At a meeting of gentlemen who formed a deputation from Greytown re the removal of the policeman, held on I uosday evening, tho town olerk reported what had been done and read several telegrams, one of which was from Major Atkinson, promising that nothina final should be done until the deputation had had an opportunity of interviewing the Minister. But ajas for promises- especially when they come to us from high places—the deputation never had an opportunity offered them, and the. policeman has had instructions to go at once. The opinion of tho meeting seemed to be that the deputation had been treated with scant, courtesy. It , was finally resolved tha'the Commissioner of Police bo communicated witli, "calling . attention to the fact of the removal of the' ' policeman in, .the face of the promise made by Major .'Atkinson; -algo to Major Atkinson, asking for an opportunity of seeing him, to press upon him the j reasons why this, district 'should not be ( loft without a policeman. The following letter, addressed by ! Jamqs VI. to Dunbar of Dunbar on the ' occasion of the baptism of Charles I.', ! ought to be preserved as a specimen of a Royal invitation, and as characteristic of a parsrmonious king :—Right traist friend, we greet ynu heartily well.. The baptisme ! of our dearest son being apointit at Haly- ! rudhouso upon the xxiii day of Decmr , instant, quhstirat somo princes of France, strangeris with.the Bpecialis ot our nobility ? being invyled to be present, necessar' it is that great provisions, guid ohier, and ■ sic other things necessary for decora- 1 tions thairof be proyidit, whiks cannot be ) had, without the help of some of our loye- i ing subjects, quhairof accounting you one of the specialis, we have thocht good to a request you effecuously to propyne us " with vennysons, wild nieit, Brissell fowlis, i.e. (turkeys), caponis with sic utlier pro- I visions as are maist seasonable at that time • and errand. To be sent into' Halyrud- " house upon thexxiidayofthesaidmoneth V of December instant,'and herewithall to J invy te you to be present at that solumnitie ~ to take part of your awn guid chier, as you ;, tender our honour and the honour of the \ country; swa we commit you to God from f Lilhgow this Cte of Decemr,l6oo.--Jameß R," This letter is said to have been transcribed from Unoriginal, andthe copy was found in a cabinatof AdamCockpurn, b of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk.—"Qeth b Writ," in Notes and Queries. ' ti

.':';We^heaf''that phcaaanta tire now plentiful in tWhpighborhnod of Greytown. ; -Mr J; has entered upon his ne\vdjitipß as ranger to |,tho Featherston'Higjiway.Bnard.' ,- -tisdmeWof the New' Zealand Olothiucj Factory, in another column.. ; AVoidireot.attention-to' tisoinent of'Mr James Smithy of To Aro House, in which he offers special inducements to his customers,.. The repairs to the Mnsterton Institute are'being rapidly pushed on by tlm contractors, Messrs D. Dixon and Rountree, and the building will shortly be fit for use again, '.'. Messrs R, Brown&Co, advertise for immediate salej a dwelling house in Bannis-tet-street, at a very low figure, for cash ; also several building sites in the best 1 streets' of Mnsterton. We refer' pnr readers to their advertisement, which will be found in another column. '^ r! We understand that Mr J. fl. Corbett retires from.the municipal contest,'in favor of Mr George Dixon. When the names of the three'candidates were first, published, wo picked out Mr Alexander, as an easy winner. The retirement of Mr Gorbett altera the positionj of affairs, and it is very probable that Mr Dixon will'be'' at the top of the poll, - ■'■'■'■ The weekly practice of the Carterton' Fire Brigade took place yesterday-even-, ing, uuder the command of Lieut. Bowies' —ft fair muster of members being present.] Connection was made with the well in thV rear of tho Marquis of Hornianby Hotel," but owing to an insufficient force of waterbeillg obtainable it was as much as the Brigade could do to throw a stream to the eaves of the-hotel.

The Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade held their usual practice last evening, at which a good muster turned out, and some smart work was done. After practice, a meuting was held, i.t which it was decided to send two delegates to the Fire Brigade Association's Conference, to be held on the 20th inst., at Wellington. . As showing the fallacy of relying on tlie law for assistance in prevonting'defaulting debtors leaving the district, the following incident may prove interesting and instructive.' A tradesman in Greytown recently found that one of his customers was about leaving the place without, settling his account, and on applying, to him for the amount, was treated to some "tall talk." The party left Greytowu and went to Wellington, intending to proceed by steamer to some other district. The tradesman,, .in meantime, prooured a warrant, sigued by two Justices of • the Peace, and despatched one of his men and a bailiff to arrest the debtor, but when the man was found, it turned out the warrant was no. good, as it had not also been signed by the clerk of the court. The consequence is that not only is the original.debt lost, hut the expenses incurred in the eiideavour to prevent the defaulter leaving the country till he could be formally sued, have been a sheer waste of money. Strangers paying a, visit to and up•.country settlers arriving in.Masterton are often at a loss to know which is. the cheapest and best house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &c. Schroder, Hooper* Co., Ball of Commerce, offer special advantages in this line "which cannot be met .with elsewhere, their stock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa, Their prices are lower then any house in Wellington, their goods are all new and of the mast durable class; and they soil cheap and for cash. This establishment is situated directly opposite tlie Club Hotel. Remember the addross— Schroder, Hooper & Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel, Rpad their advertisement on-the front page of,this paper,— (Advt).' ■. ' ■'"■.''