The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 534, 5 August 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1880.

jir The Waipoua toll-gate question seems by rather hung up. Unfortunately there are too many public bodies interested in it. First we have the County, as represented by Messrs Moore and McGregor; secondly, we have the Masterton Highway Board j and in, thirdly, we have tjie Borough Council, IW The difficulty of bringjng 'three such bodies into harmony is not to be overestimated, and we can scarcely wonder l c at the confusion which has been the result of the negotiation so far. Coun>ur cillor Eenajl left the Council meeting on Tuesday last jn a state of virtuous ,X| indignation because tjie Mayor put before the meeting what wight be we termed the County view of the subject, ,ni * On the point of order Councillorßenall was undoubtedly right, but the, mannei for in which he attempted to enforce his ler view was very wrong, It was extremely desirable that the question should be fully■ and fairly discussed, and it was a mistake to stifle auy such discussion by a too rigid adherence tc points'of order, which more properly fg appertains to such a body as the General Assembly, rather than to a small Municipal Council. It is verj evident that whether it be desirable oi undesirable to have a toll-gate, it is ' er ' imperatively necessary that there should be, a bridge at tl}p Waipoua. "Wt would sooner seo Messrs.,. Moore and McGregor's proposal carried but thar -that there should be no bridge; If the ' : calculations made by these gentlemer na _ aire reliable, the objection we expressed leh on a former occasion to their proposa 510 becomes very much /modified. W< .!, Must have.the bridge,.and as yet the present;proposal .is the only practica ;one:for obtaining it, It is the duty o: the Jorough Council to .do all in it! Ide power ? to. obtain a; bridge, andat ig. i een' tT>' "*f3 J?it)i>th«^M^tertraiHighwayßoaW,*

lives, do-harm rather than good, and iT< lere; is a [clanger of the interesfcs of the Ypl; iwn being neglected through the 'I nseemly ' personal differences of its autl ipresentatives. ® ng ' —mmmmmmmmmm Yai'S : —— - one B. M, Court aits at Masterton this morn- mac lg , • r..' - neti It hat been decided to hold-a ploughing. latch at'Waiheriga on the 25th inst. am( The stewards of tlie Wailienga Jockey the lubhave instructed the secretary to sue plo )r subscriptions in arrear, , The members of the Masterton Football Ooi Hub meet tor practice this afternoon .in j eß Ir Drummond's paddock. ;" '>. <• Ooi The Government have re-called Sir * n( iartle Frere from his position as Governor > n ß f the Cape Colony. | na The time for receiving tenders for epairs and-maintenance to certain streets rithin the Borough has been extended to g r he 17th inst. ■ , - ' The District Coroner has held an Th nquisition into the cause of the fire which , :onsumed the Featherston School, but the result of the inquirywas " nil." We understand that eight of the unem- Q a jloyed who have been working on the an , railway cutting near Masterton have been iismissed.. They oau earn equally good po wages by going after rabbit skins, g e In addition to list-of Wairarapa proper- in< ties already advertised for sale by auction B, by T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co*,yon M August 9th, they will offer nine sections B< of land in Featherston in the estate of Hi lornß & Fergusson. Full particular* Me or given in another column. re At the annual meeting of the Auckland „ Timber Company a dividend of 10 per cent was declared, co A meeting of the unemployed was held th at Christchurch on Monday last, at which e j a petition to the United States and the 6C Governor were read. The meeting ended to by those present quarrelling 'amongst themselves, p It is rumored that three M.H.R.'s are ut candidates for the small billet of Sergeant- g j at-Arms. Wo would not mind wagering g that those three belong to what is called in New Zealand the Liberal party. B | Mr Gladstone is doing as well as can n be expected from the nature of his illness, k but the feverish symptons which accom- ti pany the congestion of his lungs con- c tinue. The illness has caused great ex- o oitement in England and abroad. He I still continues, however, to improve, but. C it is believed he will be unable to attend a the House of Commons for the remainder e of the session, c By a fire on the 2nd inst., at Napier, . the dwelling house of Edmund Sutton, c of the firm of Wardrop & Co., was com- t pleiely destroyed. Damages £2OOO. In- I surance, LSOO in the Imperial on the i building; L3OO in the New Zealand on i the furniture, The origin' of the fire is i wrapped in mystery. The only persons i in the house at the time were four chil- i dren, the eldest being thirteen. They 1 were all saved, though one had a narrow i escape, being dragged from under a bed, by Mr Dengleby. Much surprise has been created in Loudon fashionable circles by the announcement that a marriage has been arranged between the Baroness BurdettCoutts and Mr Ashmed Bartlett,- the 1 member for Eye. The Baroness is 66 years of age, and is considerably older than her intended husband. Mr Bartlett was elected in the Conservative interest at the late general election, and is one of the new members of Parliament.—The Baroness has subsequently denied the statement, The Princess Louise, wife of the Go" vernor-General of Canada, is in a very delicate state of health. She is suffering from the effects of the sleigh accident, ! which occurred some time ago. The shock to her nervous system is now exhibiting ; itself. She has been ordered by her medioal advisers to go to Germany, and she . will leave Canada immediately, and will ) be accompanied by her brother. Prince Leopold, who has relinquished his intention of making a tour of the United States, In a paragraph which appeared in the I Times of the 6th April it was stated that " the number of different kinds of s postage stamps issued all over the world is estimated in round numbers at 6000." I Messrs Palmer and Co,, of 76, Strand, subsequently wrote to say that this is an „ under estimate. They remark—"We are at this moment negotiating the pur-, chase of a collection of 9000, all different: and on August 30th and September . 3rd, 1877, you alluded to a 'collection of , 17,000 varieties, for which we had i recently given £BOO. We may add we i have had offered to us a collection of 20,000, all different, for which a similar price has been asked, viz,, 2Q,000f," The complimentary soiree to the repre- „ sentative team of the Groytown Football " Club was one of those happy reunions <we would like to report oftener. The attendance was not large, but still ample for the : hall, and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy thomselves until the small hours. The catering was entrusted to Host Jones, of the Foresters' Arms, which is sufficient s guarantee that nothing was wanting. 0 Messrs Linn, Lundqvist, andLewens d provided the best music we have had the ,s pleasure of " hopping" to for some time, el This, in itself, is always a great item in 0 the management of soirees, and was well 1 carried out on this occasion. The foot- . bailers of Greytown should feel proud of '■ the compliment paid them, and we have h no doubt it is fully appreciated by them. ir An almost incredible but well authenticated story is reported from New York, 6 Dr Tanner, a member of the medical prol~ fession of that city, owing his belief in the g possibility of sustaining human life withis out food for much beyond the ordinary it accepted time, has undertaken to attempt l 0 the feat ,of fasting for forty days. His j. proposal was accepted, and arrangements ' made for a thoroughly scientific test. Dr Tanner has already fasted for twenty-five | l ' days without taking food of any descripis tion. He has been most strictly watched c- by qualified persons; and the utmost pren caution taken to guard against deception,' | ( He is much weaker, but is still hopeful of jj accomplishing the forty days. The. oxperi-' ment has excited great interest among the l 0 medical profession and the public geney tally. e The usual monthly meeting of the a Waiohine River Board was held on Tues- J y day, Present-r-Mesara Hammerich (in I ir the chair), Haigh, and T. Jackson. The is! correspondence was read as followsTo d the manager of the Bank of N.ew Zealand j • e ! to the effect that as the Government had'; j; withdrawn subsidies,the Board waß unable ! to meet its liablities, amounting to L 450, n : and that they purposed floating deben--0 tures. From the secretary of the Wairan rapa Hospital asking for'a refund ofrafes id: paidfrom 'the Government Printing j] Office enclosing acoount, 7s 6d.—lt was r fl resolved to let the question of refund of | rates stand over until a full meeting. The treasurer reported'the amount to credit L 62 7d and that!Ll6o was due for,wages.; rf; Resolved that'nne iiionth's wagesi amount ks! ing to L6O Is Bd, be paid, It was resolved on the in i Mr Jackson—Thatiiie clerk be:instructed J to 1 v him to convene -a; special meeting at.'an. & iearlyidateJtoyconsieiertKe'fi

fo-morrow: Masterton w lunteers parade ;fori inspection. tl [he N,Z,:-Times;says'there is good jilvority for. statiiig! .that the men *aged in catching-rabbits* in the Wai- , apa are earning £3 to £4 per week. In a or two instances as much as this ii c ide by men who ts« • " wage-: ofthose' employed in getting , ins' earn- ntore-than half the alleged , i Wairarapa to maintain all the unem- ; oyed in the Provincial district, jj A meeting of the Public,-Works subimmittee of the WestOopcil was held sterday, at the offices of the Eaßt )unty Council, Present—Ors Moore id McGregor, Tenders for the followg works were opeened i—No. 2, Pahia- j ia road formation—Ma'dson,Bros.. L 320 |1 ccepted); Neils Anderson. L 349; T. j| rice, L 359; Guerin and Donohue, L3BO, , 0, 3, Pahiatua road formation—Madson ; roa,, L 222 (accepted) ;.. R. Larsen, j 1 238; Guerin and Donohue, L 243 10s; > hos Price. L 231. j. The Carterton School Committee held ; meeting ' on .Tuesday evening, when j [essrs Parker' (chairman) Fairbrotner, i allister,. Hammond, yickerstaff, Moore, i id E. R. Armstrong were presents. The j ilance in hand and bank was,":-re- I orted to be £23 '2s 3d, out of whiolrthe ; ecretary was authorised to pay outstand- ; ig accounts, ,It was arranged that" Mr , 1, Boys should',be requested to present j faster T. 1 Moore with'the Education.: loard prize on Friday next, in the Town i lall. A set of object,lesson cards were ! rdered to be purchased; The Committee eported against the prayer'of memorial- 1 its for . a school at Kaipaitangata and )alefield R'oad,'as about half, the children ould attend the Oarterton ; Schdol.' The ommittee;; however,', stated 5 that should hose settlers who live too far 'away from ither Matarawa, or Carterton •statyliah a chool they ; would recommend ! the Board o assist them'.' , A Committee. consisting of Messrs Payton, (in the chair), Jago, Bish, Brown, Blkins, and Muir, met yesterday to conlider the position of the Masterton. Fire Brigade; An opinion was expressed in iavor of the Berough Council- striking a special rate for its maintenance under the new Act passed this session. - ;Mr >Elkins kindly undertook to ascertain in Wellington the--terms on '.which a new Engine could be procured;: A hose-reel was ordered, and a. sub-committee of the Brigade was' requested to furnish the Committee at next meeting with a report as to the best permanent, site for 'the engine-shed, and an estimate of the. cost of same. ! 1 | ' A match between the officers and .noncommissioned officers and; the privates of the Masterton Rifle Volunteer Corps was fired at the company's range yesterday afternoon. The day was. dull and ' illadapted to firing, and the match .having started late in the afternoon, it was nearly dark before it concluded, which may account for the small scoring at the long range. The following is the full

score 300 400 500 yds yds yds Tt Sub-Lieutenant Donald 16' 11 0 2\ Staff-Sergeant Henry... 8: 12 2 2 Color-Sergt Girdlestone 16 4 4 % Sergeant Williams ... 17 12 4 35 Band-Sergeant Warner 18 13 5 3 1 Corporal Wilton ... 14 : 17 6 3 r Corporal Matthews ..1 17' 15 7 3' 21^ Private C. Bentley ... :16 15 6 3 „ Matthews ... 16 17 12 4 ■ ; „ E. Kibblewhite 9- 1 12 16 3 „ W, Kibblewhite 17 15 10 4 „ Ward,,. ... 10 9 0 1 ,, Jame3... ... 15 16 13 4 . ' . ' ~ 22 As only six of the privates' team tume up to shoot, at the conclusion the averag of the other team was deducted from the: score, making it 186. • The-privates wei consequently the winuers by 38 points, AUCTION SALES-THIS DAY. F. H. Wood & Co.—Greytown—At p.m. Uureserved sale of miscellaneou articles, furniture, paints, paperbanging 'etc.