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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2111, 3 October 1885, Page 2

Mrs Morris' little green grocery shopin Queen Street has the first asparagus of the season exposed for sale. Bishop's monthly Time-table for October is to hand, and, as usual, contains a large quantity of useful and reliable information,

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that the Government will concede another shilling in the fares of teachers and parents in connection with the school excursion to the Industrial Exhibition, but nothing more. Two deaths of well-known Wellington residents are recorded. Mr W, H. Holmes, fcr many years master of the Te Aro school, died at Island Bay on Thursday night, and Mr J. T. Steele, the well-known draper expired athis residence in the city yesterday morning,

Messrs J. Duthie & Co., the well-known iron merchants, of Wellington, have a business announcementin anothercolumn, which we commend to the notice of our readers, Messrs Duthie & Co, have a most extensive wholesale and retail business connection.

Mr F, H, Wood has received a largo number of canaries and other birds, which are to be disposed of by public auction at Greytown and Masterton. The sale at tho former place takes place on Tuesday next, and at tho latter on Wednesday. Our country readers are to have an opportunity to Becure a portion of the clothing and drapery that is being sold off by Mr J. McDowell. Mr F. H. Wood has been instructed to hold a sale at Tinui on Thursday next, and another at Eketahuna on Saturday. As before, there will be no reserve.

It has been remarked that there has not been a tresh in the Waipoua during the past winter, The water has, of course, risen occasionally, but the river could always have been forded by pedestrians. The occurrence is a very unusual, one, and has given the Railway Department every chance of pushing on with the railway bridge. By the omission of ,two words, the sense of a paragraph which appeared in our yesterday's issue was completely spoilt. It should have read as followslt appears from letters placed at our disposal that the retail price of butter in Masterton is between a penny and twopence per pound higher than in Wellington, and parcels sent down as surplus had therefore to be sold ataloss. Weishould halve thought that matters of thiia 1 kind had adjusted themselves since the opening {of the railway, !

Tenders are invited for two miles of fencing at Fairfied. The fourth quarter of the Wellington College begins on Monday next. The "Red House" proprietor announces his business in our wanted column.

To-day is the monthly pay-day of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society. A general meeting of the Masterton Cricket Clubs has been convened for Wednesday next.

A new advertisement from Messrs M, Caaelberg & Co,, announcing the opening up of their spring and summer goods, will appear in our Monday's issue.

The Hon, R, Stout has been elected president of the Commercial Traveller's .and Warehousemen's Association, Dunedin,

The Freethought Society holds its weekly meeting at tlio Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, when a number of readings and vocal and instrumental item's will be given. Messrs R. Brown and Co. offer 77 acres of land at Pahiatua for sale. The land is of good quality, and partly grassed. They have also for sale an acre in the township of Pahiatua. •

Messrs Rawson and Mackay announce they have 3500 acres light timbered country in the Upper Wangaehu District for sale. The land has been divided into suitable sections,

Two splendid bullocks, were shown in Messrs Wickerson and Wagland's shop yesterday. One of them turned the scale at 12 cwt, and the other at 10 cwt, yet neither was as fat as show beef generally is. We'understandthatit is not intended to hold an inquiry into the circumstances under which the fire at' the Waipoua mills originated on Tuesday morning. It is stated that the Insuranco Companies contemplate raising the premium on saw-, mill property to £5 per cent. ; Messrs Foley and Berkley, assisted by the Misses Beaufort and-Sutherland, will give one of their very enjoyable intertainments at the Theatre Royal this evening, A very choice programme, including "Love's Stratagem," "Drawing room Echoes," and an olio, has been prepared, and those who patronise them should therefore have good value for the money they spend in the admission fee. A suicide, probably unprecedented in its method, was lately committed at Cattaro, Dalinatia. An Austrian artillery officer named Berghatnmer shot himself with an old-fashioned muzzle-loading camion, He rammed down a charge of powder and a shell, fired the touch-hole with a match tied to a stick, and was blown to pieces. There wasn't enough left to hold an inquest on, Signor Otto Hug, prior to his departure to a neighboring colony, is about to pay a farewell visit to the Wairarapa, where he has many friends, who, on the occasion of his former visits, have been indebted to his wonderful medical clairvoyant powers, The Signor will be in Masterton on Monday next, in Carterton oil Wednesday, in Greytown on Thursday, and in Featherston on Friday. We have had frequent opportunities in the past of testing the accuracy of the marvellous diagnoses of Signor Hug, and we do not hesitate to recommend any person suffering from symptoms which do not yield to ordinary medical prescriptions to interview the Signor. In the Exhibition there is one special exhibit, which is greatly admired, namely, the wool mats and portmanteaus made by Mr Field, of Dunedin. The whole of the exhibit has been purchased by Mr Thorburn, the clothier, of Willis-street. Parties wishing to purchase any of the above can now seleo them, to be delivered on the Ist of November.—Advt.

Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufactory. All Blinds guaranteed of the very best, description. Price list on application to R. W. Hemi (late Henn & Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter lactory, Wellington.—Ad vt.

Good for Babies.—"We are pleased to say that our baby was permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the bowels by the use of American Co's Hop Bitters by its mother, which at the same time restored her to perfect health and strength, "—The Parents, See.