The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 508, 6 July 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1880.

A reaction in public opinion is setting in, favorable'to Mr Conyers and unfavorable to the Royal Commissioners, who reported doubtfully upon this gem of the Civil Service. Mr Conyers has replied seriatim to the various charges made against him, and on certain technical points he is able to turn the flank of the Commission. 1 here will be much useless debate over Conyers yet, and probably his services will be retained at the old rate of J1,200 to the Colony. Into the smaller issues of the case between Mr Conyers and the Commissioners we do not oare to go. The broad feature of it stands out clear and distinct above them. Four intelligent and independent gentlemen devote a month to examining the railways of the Middle Island, which are under the special and absolute control of Mr Conyers, and come to the conclusion that he is not managing them to the best advantage. Had these railways belonged to a private company, and the four Commissioners been directors of it —and no one would hesitate to declare them well qualified for such a position —Mr Conyers would have been superseded. Unfortunately, Mr Conyers is a Civil Servant, and the question of efficient management of the railway, of making, say, a loss or a profit on them of £50,000 a year is a minor one. Unless some official irregularity can be proved—without some red-tape dereliction of duty can be made manifest—the removal of Mr Conyers is out of the question. The only method for removing Civil Servants. recognised by the Government and Legislation is compensation. The expense of compensation is so great that the Colony is practically asked to bear its present ills, rather than to fly to others which it knows not of. It is clearly to the public interests to supersede Mr Conyers, but it is equally dear that under "our present Civil Service system ifc is practically impossible to do so.We have a compensating Ministry—a compensating House. The Civil Service presents its pistol at the Colony, and asks for its money or its life.

Mr Wardell holds a sitting of the R.M. Court at Greytown to-day. Mr J. M. Girdlestone sold by auction yesterday 2500 bußhels of oats at prices varying from Is 2d to Is 3|d. •The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening, when tenders will be opened for addition* to culvert in Lincoln road,

All accounts. against the estate of the late Mr W. Noble, are requested to be Bent in to Mr A. R Bunny. . J. lorns & Co. hold a market sale at their yards on Saturday next. List of entries will be seen in our advertising columns. .

Mrs Goddard, Carterton, notifies in another column that she has purchased, the. pioneer mangle in that township, and is prepared to exocute orders at 3d per dozen.

Mr W. Bock has been appointed agent for the Liverpool and London, and Globe Insurance Company in Greytown, vice Mr T. .Frethey, resigned.

The nomination of Councillor for the Borough of Greytown will take place on Friday next, at 12 o'clock sharp. The " Bee" arranged for the Greytown School yesterday was unavoidably postponed till Thursday next, on account of the weather. We hope to hear of all those who had promised rolling up on Thuriday, and inducing others to asii ß t. ! A correspondent of the New Zealand Wesleyan, says of the early pioneers of the Hutt: " Few of the early Methodists remain. We can only, think of Fathers Udy and Oundy in the Wairarapa, Father •Bill in the Hutt, and Mother Hughey in the Manawatu."

The attention of the Greytown Borough Council should be immediately directed to the state of the public pound, otherwise some action might be taken by others.; The mud and clay ii knee-deep, and ani- < mail unfortunat® enough to be kept there for three or four days are half buried in mud. Out in all weathers, and without a place to lay down. -The cost of making: it sound aud erecting a light Bhed would not be much, but would be far more creditable to the.managiment, We understand that Mr King's great work, the Hurunuiorangi Bridge,..is sol far completed that it will be- ready for traffic as soon ai the approaches-to' it are finished. This structure was designed by the County Engineer when the Public 1 Works Office found that it could not span i the river for the money available, and if it prove,as we believeitwi to bea work of; a permauent and enduring character, Mr! King wiil have shown himself to be a more; skilful engineer than the Government staff.' The contract was commenced by Mr H.i Thompson, but he being unable to com-! plete it, Mr E. W. Mills had to take up! the work, arid in the hands of his representatives, Messrs Inman and Keyworthj the construction, was pushed forward with) skill and ;energy. Often, we hear, the' labor lhad to be continued through the 1 night, to, avoid the destruction)and lots! which the riaing of tho river was'abbut to : entail; We also understand that though 1 it was said the specifications could not be' completed to the time allowed .by the Council,.they have, as a matter of fact; fulfilled it a ; week before its expiring^''j' j

Mr Conyeri; Commissioner of Railways . for Middle Island, has sent a long defence to the ehiifu of the Civil Serrice Commission to the Minister of Public Works: He denies a number of 1 the" charges m toto, and 'gives, inferencethat - th« 1 0om{. misiioh knew nothing of railway'matiagei ment. *nd therefoM'fflll'jinko'Miurd mistake*.' The document'hu'ibeenlai^^ Parliament. J

Yesterday ths Waipoua River was turned into its new channel, and thui'iprevented wall danger of the tbwu being; flooded,; Wp.bolieve the protective works bn the river'bank will be proceeded with at once.

The'proportion of local preachers to ministers in the Wesleyau Church uf this colony is of the former to one of the. ;latter.; In Eijgland'ih'e pfpgorUoni^lO^ that. from the. Ist August next, a new scale of fees will be introduced iii the R.M.' Courts of New Zealand, S A Melbourne telegram/dated Friday" last says it is noflij?elieved''that;the plate-i layer whose body wa».fQund at Gleniowan' murdered by Ned; jelly. l '

Since oar remarks upon a portion of the main street at Greytown were written the Council have had the slush scraped off and it is now practicable to walk to the railway station. At the auction hold at Gladstone by Mr Girdlestone last week, rabbit-dogs sold at from £1 to £2 ss; sheep-dogs at £4. There was a keen competition for this lot.

There will be a special sitting of the Diocesan Synod this week, commencing on Tuesday. The business to be transacted will be the completion of arrangements in connection with the proposed General Cliurcli Fund, and a large number of members are expected to bo present, A Wellington oxchange says: The G.W.O.T. of .the Grand Lodye of New Zealand, 1.0. G.T.,; is issuing a manifest to ( the lodges to support the new Licensing Sill generally, to oppose the intro duction of bottle licenses and Sunday trading, and to claim the extension of a local option to all Through the well-meant ourioßity of Mr George Jones, of Oamaru, the interesting fact has been elicited from the Government that" since 18? 3 no less than .49,827,000 telegraph forms have been imported into the colony, at prices ranging from Is 3}d to Is lOd. The lowest New Zealand tender per thousand was 3s 6d.

At a sitting of the Supreme Court in Banco, on Friday last, says the Chronicle, the case of Lowes v Collins came on for hearing, Mr Bell appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr Brandon for the defendant. This was an argument upon a demurrer to the plaintiffs declaration, and related to some land at Te Ore Ore, near Masterton. The action is of no public interest. His Honor reserved judgment.

The first load of timber left Carterton by rail, yesterday, consisting of nine trucks despatched from Messrs Booth and Co. 's milk The Carterton people are beginning to ask why their goods cannot be brought up instead of having to send to Graytown and Festhariton for them. ■ A question relative to the expenditure on Hapsard.was ori the order paper for Friday, Mr Fulton having given notice to ask the Government if they are prepared to dispense with,this publication "in the interests of economy and brevity' of speech."-. Mr G. Beetham, Chairman of County East, came up from Wellington yesterday to attend a meeting of the Publio Works Committee at Masterton. No other member of the Committee being present, the meeting lapsed, : v ln'"th L e" Legislative Council to-day, the Hon. Mr Waterhouse will ask the Attor-ney-General whether the the Government has been directed to'th'e untrustworthy character of some of the informers employed by the police of the colony, aB revealed by recent proceedings in the Resident Magistrate's Court in Wellington; and whether, it is theirin--ten'tioii to take any action thereon ? The. return match, Greyto'wn v Carter-., ton and Masterton combined will .ffiijplayed : at Carterton on Saturday nexjfe: This match is looked 'forward to as the; moat important of the season, aa Greytown so' far has scored all the wins in the Wairarapa matches, and. the combined team is : expected to comprise the best players in the two districts. The following are the Greytown players:—Back, : Ronaldson; half-backs, W. Hirschberg, G. Tully; quarter-backs, Porter, J. McMaster; forwards—Ouff,Beard, Cameron, Udy, Desmond, F. Tully, Webster, Palmer, O'Connor, Saywell,. Emergency —W, Max!on, W, Bishop. In connection with the subject of this rahbit pest, and in order that the value of Tabbit'flkina may be made known, the following letter from Messrs Levin A Co, to Messrs;! & H. Holmes, of"Matahiwi, near Masterton, is, published for general informatibn. ■ When it is understood that the bale referred to consisted principally of spring skins, and were- consequently light, there is no doubt excellent wages can be earned- by procuring full-furred skins during the. winter months,.as.a calculation shews these averaged something' over 3d per skin " Messrs J. &H. Holmes.—Wellington,. June 30, 1880.— Dear Sir,—By last mail we received broker's' report on your bale of rabbitskins ex " St. Leonards''as follows One bale rabbit-skins- average 120 skins, l|lb per doz. Cased, common rabbit-skins, fair average sizes and fairly furred; pretty clean, but many stout, pelts and some ill-seasoned. Yalue is 7d to Is 8d per lb.- The actual price realised was 2s l|dper lb.—Yours, <&c.-j Levin & Co., per Chasies Bexbow." : The annual meeting, of the Permanent Investment and loan Association of Wairarapa was held laßt evening, when the following report; was presented:—The Directors have again the pleasure of submitting a Balance Sheet which cannot fail to be satisfactory, .J® shareholders'. Notwithstanding the general depresssonwhich has existed- for" the' year no losses have qccurred and payments have been made more punctually than could have been expected. Thequestion -which was discussed at tho- annual meeting'of proyiding in advance for payment of amounts which, woulcTbecotne'payab!# ori the. 430 original shares wherithey mature, was, it will be remembered,. left to the ; Directors to deal with. They have accordingly done so on a plan which has already, been advantageous b'oth'to the Investors and the Society. The result of, the operation is that the number of Original shares' is already reduced to 293; thelplaca of the 127 withdrawn being more than sup? plied by 199 new shates taken up. It is proposed in the way to continue to reduce the number of of original shares during the current year, and the Directors believe' that tlia result will be that-the difficulty.; which was anticipated will not ocour. A vacancy in the Directory occurred by the death of the. late Mr Hastwell,/which was provisionally filled by the election of Mr Booth.; In accordance .with .the rules, Messrs Caselberg; and Booth now retire, but ate eligible" for re-election. C, PHABAOTj Chairman. A Wellington journal,-of Friday last, says To-day Mr Hutchison will ask the Colonial Treasurer whether the Govern-, mental will consider the-desirability of printing a 1 note' oh the' new;forffis, pro< posed ;to be issued for. the 'collectiori of Property Tax, to the . effect that persons need not state the aniou'hTof their debts,' whether secured by mortgage or. other-' wise, unless they wish .to,, have a;.deduc- T • tion'ofthese made froniV their'"property 1 ! 1 .Mr ,Hutchison will also ask the-Colonial - Secretary ho* many persons iri' the colony ! not. Civil Sertariti/ are ; receiving ; »alarießs ! from;; the duties appropriate oßly for Civil Sdrvant#, •