The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 339, 13 December 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879.

The Masterton Borough Council lias very properly decided to discontinue the services of its Night Watchman, but it does not seem at all decided as to whether it will appropriate the money saved by this alteration to the. very necessary object of securing a thorough reform in the sanitary condition of the town. The testimony borne by various members of the Council to Mr Ingram, the officer whose services are now to be dispensed with, point him out as an exceedingly reliable officer, and we trust it will be generally admitted that lie lias fi claim to continue in the service of the Borough. It was suggested at the late meeting of the Council that a salary of from £35 to £SO per annum was sufficient remuneration for the services of an Inspector of Nuisances, but we very much doubt whether an able officer can be obtained on any such terms. One department of the office would be the supervision of the nightsoil arrangements, which, from want of proper attention, have been so far a failure. It would lie worth ,£SO a year alone to the Uorough to have this department made efficient. • Wo. think if an estimate were made of the quantity of nightsoil which ought to have been removed from the iiorougli and the quantity which has actually been carried away, it would be found that one third was carried away and two-thirds allowed to percolate through the soil, defile the water supply, and conlami nate the atmosphere. We do not think the Council has as yet made the slightest inquiry as to the exact results of tlio system which it has introduced, audweaie inclined to believe that it has'alt'.'gi'tlior failed to accomplish the sanitary purposes for which it was established, and that it will be a failure until it is closely supervised by an officer of the Council. There is a feeling among Councillors that a saving of £SO a. year on salaries would be a great thing, that such a sum might make some road which is much required [ but we consider that it would be a greater advantage to spend it in making the town healthy. The bulk of the rates are contributed by the residents in the moiv. thickly populated parts of the Borough, but an equal proportion of them are not spent where tliev are raised, because there is little or no demand for road construction in them. If, say, the centre of the Uorough contributes £SOO worth of rates per annum, it has a fair claim to ask that £SO or £75 out of that amount should be expended in sanitary improvements. At the late meeting of the Council Mr Renall, with an ingenuity which wa& almost surprising, attempted to prove that during the ensuing year the Council would only have a nominal income. If the worst comes to the worst the Council will have sufficient to pay the salaries of Clerk, Inspector, and Over seer, to provide for the repairs of existing roads, and to do a little towards the construction of new lines. It will be able to make a little headway with public works, but very little till it is able to float a loan. £SO saved from salaries will probably make a serious difference to the efficient general administration of the liorougli, and will not materially promote the progress of public works. We hope to see Mr Ingram retained as Inspector and Hanger to the Borough at his former salary of £IOO per annum, because then the town, if it be not quite so well supplied in its suburbs with roads as it ought to be, will have the immense advantage of being wholesome.

A journal devoted to Freemasonry is about to be published at Dunedin. A meeting of the Wairarapa West County Council takes place at the County Chancers, Masterton, The Carterton Rifle Volunteer Corps will parade at Viekerstatfs paddock on Tuesday, the Kith December, at 6.30 p. in. Ames and North announce a sweep (No 7) on the Wellington Cup race, to be run on sth February next. Tenders are invited by the Castle Point Highway Board for thirty chains of metalling. The programme for the Masterton Foresters' Annual Sports appears in another column. Settling night for prize money at the late Opaki races takes place at the Rail way Hotel this evening. We direct attention to lorns & Fergusson's sales this day, at 2 p.m., of pi»s, cattle, sheep, farm implements, musical instruments, and a general assortment of iiirmluiv.

The Oirytown Selin"! Committee will mee mi Wwliieiiday uvinum, and the Insl.tiile Committee on Tuusiiaj evening next.

The next nrdin.iry nicotine i f the Greyti'ivu Piurnii.jli Cniihdi v.ill !;e held no ■UuikL'V e'-'eiiiiiI,', 1 ,', anil the "iimul meeting at noon on Wuuiiesd p., for the declaration of the new Mayor.

Mr William Henry Welsh Haines has been appointed deputy registrar (if births, marriages and deaths for Greytown, The following scale of fees for admission to the Musterton Park h:is been approved of: -Not exceeding 2s (jd fur each person, aud os for horses and vehicles. Messrs Gattscha & Parsons announce that they intend erecting a new brewery in Masterton.

The following notification appears in the Gazette 11 His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise' the promotion of total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks,' as a purpose to which the powers and facilities of the Friendly Socieiies Act, 1877, ought to be extended, in order that societies formed for this purpose may be enabled to register as ' specially authorised societies' under the said Act," Mr Arthur Locker writes to the London Fi'ves as under" The following extract from ' Evelyn's Diary,' shows that in the 17th ceniury there was a Dutchwoman who in the matter of husbands outdid the famous Mrs Abbott, of N o w York ' Inwards the end of August, I returned to Haarlem. They showed us a cottage where they told us dwelt a .woman who had been married to her 25!1i husband, and being now a widow was prohibited to marry in future; yet it could not be proved that she had ever made any of her husbands away, though the suspicion had brought her divers times to trouble,"'

Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. report the following cablegram received by them from their London linn, Messrs Saunderson, Murray aud Co., dated London, 6th December Wool sales closed with a moderate attendance in the gale room. Total catalogued in the sales, 130,000 bales; withdrawn, 5500 bales. We have no material change to report; prices closed at an average equal to opening rates of the series."

An auction sale was held on Thursday hist at the New Zealand Loan arid Mercantile Agency stores, Custom House Quay, which was numerously attended, and the biddings throughout were marked by great spirit. Between 50 and CO bales of wool and about 700 sheepskins were offered, aud the whole was disposed of at rates which display a decided improvement upon recent sales, The highest price obtained for greasy crossbred wool was 8d per lb, and the lowest Gjfd per lb; locks and pieces fetched froml|d to 3jc'; and sheepskins ranged from 4j-d to per lb.

The amounts appropriated in the Public Works Statement fur expenditure within the year upon the Wellington to Opaki line are L 163 000; Wellington to Johnsonville, 140,000 ; Johnsonville to Foxton, L 15,000; Foxton to Carlyle, Ll4B 000; Carlyle to Waitara. L85,0!X). In addition to this iht'i'e is a total appropriation proposed for the Bunnythorpe to Wondville line, fourteen miles loin;, of L 120.000. Altogether, it is pr.iposed to appropriate for expenditure during the year L 889.000 in the North Island, and L 1,419,000 in the South Island.

As showing the success of' the late Spring Show at Greytown, it may be sufficient to state that £2O Is Gd was taken at the door, and total receipts are expected to roach £4O, so that a balance t wards <he ixpenses of the Autumn Show may he looked lor, \Yu very nniuh regret having to take notice of the spirit of lurrikiiiism that prevailed immediately the exhibits beg in to lie removed, and which was started by persons who would lie expected to set a better example to the young. We could if we wished give tlie names of the ringleaders, but hope this hint will lie taken, We would suggest to the Committee that special arrangements should be made to out down such conduct with a strong hand, and not hesitate in making an example. The G nnmittee must protect the property of exhibitors to ensure success at their hlloWS

The Rangitikei Advocate has the fnl lowing At the R.M, Court, Pahnerslon North, on December 4, before R. Waid, iisq., and Messrs Daltyiuple ami Wourad, J. 1' 's, Frank Lester, alias Russell, and Edward Osgood were charged, on the information of Sub-Inspector (joodall, with maliciously breakinga glass window, to the value of L 5, at the Eketii liuna Hotel, on 8:h September last. The same prisoners were further charged with using threatening words towards Mr Green, th« proprietor of the h tel. The prisoners, on being called upon to plead, said thy did not remember what took place, as they were drunk on the occasion. , Edward (ireen deposed that on the day named the prisoners were at his hotel, and on his refusing to supply them with drink, they used very violent threats towards himself, his wife, and daughter, and eventually took possession of the house. He. remonstrated with them, but they defied him, saying they would have whatever was in the house, They again asked for a supply of drink, and were again refused, and upon this the prisoner Russell took up an axe and completely smashed in the bar window. The other prisoner ran away, and shortly afterwards Russell followed, and had not been seen since until they were arrested on 30th November last by Constable Tregoning at Wanganui. There was no constable stationed at liketahuna, affd on that account the prisoners escaped for the time, until the matter was taken up by Sub-Inspector Goi ddl The Bench said it was a very disgraceful affair, and sentenced Russell to be imprisoned for two months, without the option of a fine, for the first offence; and indicted a fine of L 5 and costs for the second offence, or in default of payment, one month's imprisonment. Prisoner Osgood, f»r first offence, was fined Lsand cosls, or in default one month's imprisonment ; and for the scond offence LI and costs, or one week's imprisonment,

S<une curious incidents, writes the Post, occurred in connection with the sale of the Belvedere sawmill property at Carterton, which took place at Messrs J. H. Jiethune and Cn.'s auction rooms yesterday afternoon. On the conditions of sale being read, Mr Lewis (of the firm of Buller and Lewis) put in a claim to the machinery on behalf of the trustees of Messrs Stewart Bros., the late owners of the property. When lie had retired, Mr Fitzlierliert. (of the firm of Messrs Stafford, Buckley, and Fitzherliert) came forward and put in a claim to the stock-in-trade, consisting of the timber, logs, etc., on hand at the mills, on behalf of. the Bank of New Zealand. Both lawyers warned intending purchasers that they must expect to buy lawsuits with their other purchases. These representations effectu-ilty seared away the oaUide biddm, ilic lesult that the estate win lcio krd down to the Scottish and New Zealand Tiivestiwrnt Company, Tnveroarnil!. for the ridiculous sum of LVOO. Two sections of land'comprising 2D2 acres, in the iJorikiwi district, were then submitted and reiised L2 per acre. Tim re nn;iiiii:; Motions of the Wainuinmafa were put up, and two ov ihi'ee were s i'dat prices averaging from L 3 Mh to L 3 per acre.

Mr Edward Dixon denies the report which has been circulated to the effect that he made an offer for the business in the estate of Kibblewhite Bros, We live sorry to hear that the practice of taking flowers and destroying them is still practised among the graves in the Masterton Cemetery. It is quite time that it was cheeked. A meeting of parishioners of St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, is convened for Monday, the 22nd instant, for the purpose of electing a Parishioners' Churchwarden and Vestry. Major Charles Heaphy, V.C., has been appointed a Lands Olaim Commissioner under the Lands Claim Settlement Act, 1856, and the Lands Claim Settlement Extension Act, 1858, F. H. Wood and Co. report that they have jus l , soid 1000 acres on the Taratahi for Mr Thomas Kempton, jun., to Messrs Lee I3ros, for L3IOO cash. 'lt is gratifying to notice that even in these dull times there is a demand for land in this district, and that cash to so large an amount is available. On Sunday last, as we learn from the Taranaki News, the solemn blessing of a new bell took place at the Roman Catholic Church, New Plymouth, The interesting ceremony was performed by the Rev Father Holland, 'assisted by the Rev Fathers Berkler and Adelaar. The bell was cast by Blymyer, at Cincinnati, United States of America, aud is partly steel and partly composite metal; it is 44 inches in diameter, and weighs 1,3501b5.

The Wellington correspondent of the Press Bays:— i: The more I watch the Hon. J'.ilin Hall in his present •prominent and arduous position the more I admire him. There are very few men with so much all round ability, so much power, so much information, and so much perse vering industry. This, too, is combined with modesty amounting to humility, conscientiousness that puts his integrity above suspicion, and a really anxious regard and respect for the feelings of all about him. Such a character and such a highly nervous sensitive temperament are of course incompatible with that callous indifference, that disregard to attacks, that contempt for intended annoyances, which add so much to the comfort of a man in any public position, so that it is really painful to watch the effect of the coarse vulgar morning, noon, aud night annoyances to which he is subjected from the thoughtlessness of many, the blind ignorance of others, aud from the malice aforethought of not a few. Fancy such a man sitting for twelve hours a day at Ihe clerk's table trying to pass a bill which he has made as perfect as possible with Ins own ability and industry and the assistance of the highest authorities he could consult, Be listens, not with patience, hut with infinite long-suffering, to all the stupid, ignorant, and careless objections that can be invented against • it, and answers them all without asperity, or without letting out one of the many cutting replies that must be constantly rising to his lips."