The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 326, 27 November 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1879.

From the speech made by Mr Kenal] on Monday evening last the ratepayers had a Tery good opportunity ofjudging the system of local self-government which he would adopt for Masterton He advocated that the affairs of the town should be administered by a mere Board of Local Works, and that the Uiairman of such a Board should direct as to what works were necessary, To the success of such a Board it was evidently necessary that Mr Eenall himself should bediairman of his proposed Board in perpetuity. We know 0 f no other settler who would be willing to take on his shoulders the responsibility of laying out and carrying into execution all the public works in the Borough. Mr Renall has plenty of leisure time at bis disposal, and possesses a considerable amount of engineering knowledge of a practical With these'two advantages he might!

very likely be able to cany out his sy tern, but the choice of the burgesse would be restricted to him only am his Board would only last just so loni as he remained at the head of it. Iti evident that any system Woh,depend for its success on one man alone canno be of a satisfactory character. M 4enall,ifhe gets his own way, may bi a beneficent despot; but it is conto tb our ideag of local self-government ti permrt any one man in a community ti practically assume a despotic power andintheldhgiWlnfsuclassump wnwouldtend to emasculate publi. Lite many district where it was evei for a time successful. To please Mi Kenall settlera in Masterton are no; prepared to disincorporate the Borough They much prefer taking the Municim Act as it stands, and applying iti varied provisions to the best of theii ability to the advancement of the town It 18 ludicrous that a candidate foi Mayoral honors should have com menced by treading the Act itsel under his feet before proceeding t< attack, in somewhat unbecoming terms those members of the Council who hav. been wont to discharge their publi. dirties fearlessly and faithfully. MWoodroofe, who may be regarded a theSanchoofour local Don Quixote claimod for his chief that he had alreadi saved the Borough between £IOO an! £2OO. It is quite possible that M Renall may have saved the Borougl a hundred pounds by doing gratuitoush the engineering work of the Council We have, however, no guarantee ex cept Mr Renall's own word that sucl work has been done to the best advan tage,andwearGnot in a position t. say whether or no Mr Renall has realb been abroefactor to the Borough, Hai the engineering work been done by i professional man, subject to the critica eye of Mr Renall, we should have hat some guarantee that the work had beer done in the best possible mannerthough we should have felt sorry foi the Engineer who had had to worl under Mr Renall. We have always found in a somewhat long business experience that we rarely get any positive advantage without' paying for it in some direct or indirect manner, and that the wisest rule is a direct payment, We do not believe that the Borough of Masterton is likely to get its engineering work done -without paying for it. Mr Kenall has plenty of money; he doesn't want that, so he asks the burgesses to make him Mayor. Now,Mrßenallisnot the right man for the Mayoralty of Masterton. Had he been successful yesterday the burgesses would have found that the £IOO he had saved them was a bad bargain. We respect Mr Renall as the ablest member of the Council, but so long as he subordinates the Corporation and the very Act itself to his greed for personal rule, we must oppose him. lhe burgesses of Masterton have done (veil in returning Mr Feist, and the wrgesses of Greytown have done well m returning Dr Smith.

Jacob, Joseph and Co. announce themselves cash purchasers of dressed rabbit James Kibblewhite, farmer, Palmeraton North, has filed a declaration of insolvency. lorns ami Fergusson sell in the Hall o-day, a 2 p.m., fruit, flowers, and vegetable, without reserve. J! r s? , i r° ne9 ' in ' a ««>tlie» column, con radtcts the rumor that when he lof J» late »hop m South Masterton, he intended to give up business as fruiterer, . It is almost unnecessary to remind racing men that general entries for theOpaki Mr R. W Gary announces the American Troubatlors to appear at the Hall on the Race Nights We notice the name! of Easton and Wilson (late of the Georgiaß) amongst the troupe. We remind our readers of Mr W H Phillips' magic lantern entertainment in the Church of England Schoolroom this evening. The entertainment will be repeated at Carterton on Friday evening in the Public Hall. h To-morrow evening the Borough Cricket Uub gives a soiree in aid of its funds We hear the sale of tickets has already exceeded the expectations of the committee, and have no doubt the funds will be handsomely augmented. Although next February will be the shortest month in the year, it will have hve bundays. This novelty occurs but three times in a century, therefore after theyear 1880 it will be necessary to wait until 1920 before this luxury can a«ainbe enjoyed. °

The Tichbome Claimant is still alive ana well. The latest move to bring about his liberation is to elect him for Nottingham. A short time back Dr Keuealy and Mr Onslow waited upon him with a view of inducing him to stand, and, after some slight hesitation, he consented. At present he is confined in Portsea Convict Prison, and doubtless it would be a most delightful change were he to alter his quarters to the British House of Parliv ment.

The sale of the Martinborough property was resumed on Tuesday, writes the Times, by Mr J. H. Wallace. Several sections having been disposed of at prices ranging from £7 5s to £Blss, an adjournment wag made for lunch, after which one of the blocks, containing 4000 acres was submitted for sale. The bidding was' however, rather slow, and the Hon. MiMartin then expressed his determination to stop the sale. A number of persons who had come from the Wairarapa and other places strongly protested against the stoppage of the sale, and one person observed that he had come about fifty miles for the purpose of procuring some of the land. Mr Wallace, the auctioneer triad to appease the crowd by telling them that|a schedule of the land, with the minimum prices attached, would be prepared, and that they would still have an opportunity of purchasing what they required at the same terms as those offered at the sale. The assurance did not seem at all satisfactory, and there were some loud murmurs of discontent. Mr Wallace then put up a section of 156 acres, but the highest bid offered was only £4 per acre. Mr Martin at once requested the auctioneer to leave the rostrum, and the proceedings closed, amid considerable murmurs of disgust and discontent. A good many persons remained about the Athenaeum for some time afterwards, but no attempt was made to resume the sale.

The L. V. 0.0. concert takeß place on Driday evening, and as the programme is an.attractive one,, and all the leading amateurs have consented to give their assistacce, there is every probability of it bemgya thorough success. ■ Tlie Lower Valley Cricket Club have ' accepted a challenge from the GreytoWn Cricket Club to play a friendly match at ieiitherston on Monday next, that day being a Bank holiday. TheL.V.O 0 have picked a strong team, and as the breytown Club numbers some excellent bowlers and batsmen, considerable intorest i is being-manifested on either'sidels' to he result of the match.. At: all events, if the weather turns out fine, ah excellent days sport may be anticipated.