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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 657, 3 January 1881, Page 2

Tenders ave invited by. the Greytown Borough Council, for several-pieces of work in tho Borough, We understand • that. tho proposed closing of the Greytown Police Station has been delayed for a week, and that Constable Willoughby will remain in charge, pending any further instructions, 'The Committee of tho Groytown Amalgamated friendly Societies mot at the. Working Men's Club on Thursday evening, to make arrangements for the annual sports on the 22nd January, Mr Webster was appointed Secretary.' It was resolved that a notice bo put in the paper stating that the sports will be held on that day, also that the Secretary be instructed to prepare subscription lists for each member of the Committee. It was decided that as there was not a full meeting, thajb it adjourn till Monday next at 8 p.m, to prepare programme, &c, . At the adjourned meeting of the Education Board on Thursday last theappointriient of the Rev Panfcon Brown to the assistant teachership of the Newton School was confirmed by the local Committee, Mr Gurr attended with respect to the disputed claim which he has against the Board but the members present declined to see him. Mr Tumbull was instructed to prepare estimates of the cost of additions to the Schools at Carterton, Greytown, and Masterton. Apparently the offer of the Masterton Trustees of a now site and a grant towards the building was not, discussed.' An (explanation of the reasbn [of this apparent neglect is : ytfry desirable. ' There was some discussionJM 'thei High School system, the'lns'pecTl expressing an opinion that it would ; m be a success, ■

Mr GiiF. Robinson jb gazetted as ran-1 gor of v Grown Jjands; for the district pf-i Wellington. '• •■; "."'/■"•' '■' -..;.' • 1,787 cases of insblveuby .were filed in Now Zealand during the year 1879. / The church parade of the Greytown Volunteers yesterday, did not prove a success; only some half dozen officers and men attending it, ' " Mr Clayson's ball, in the Town flail, Mas'terton, on New Year's "evening, was crowded with visitors, Dancing was kept up till 12 o'clock. Between ") and 12 last night, the Bky was illuminated every few seconds with sheet lightening. It was perhaps the most brilliant electrical display ever witnossed in this district, Tenders are invited by .the Wairarapa West County, for the construction of five culverts and embankments, on the Opaki to Manawatu road.

Tho mails for East Coast (Taueru, Tinui, Whakataki, and Castlepoint) close from this date at 8 p.m., on Monday and Thursday. Tho Whareama office is to be. closed,

TeWluti refused conference with the Governor, on the ground that" the potato' is cooked." The prophet himself is supposed to be the potato, though possible His Excollency may feel one. The numbers of persons takon into custody in the WairarapaMuring the year 1879 was as follows :-Ma'st?rton, 139 v Peatherston, 73 ; Groytow/i, ?"•■ '.wild Carterton. The number of <fm\ cases was 1040 viz,, Masterton, 42'3,;.Carterton, 3G6; Greytown, IG2 ; an/l Foatherston, 89.

A performance was giyan on Wednesday night by the Howard Company, at Wellington, fori the benefit of the sick" fund of the Exblßior LodfW Ancient Order of Druids, jwhen a lap audience.assembled, a num.her of Drr} s in regalia being among those.) prosenty^ 1 ' .Excelleuoy the Governor Jias giy/ * 5 towards the ahove fund, / . / Tho Dunedin Star statoL th:A fteen officers of the Public WorlV.sß™ 1 ™ 0 !"', in the middle Island, are nW 011, S d ' 8 - ponsed with. This makos bet««<V seventy and eighty who will have^h- the same service at tho end of tho nnaiicial year. Reductions in aro on the same scale. . / The bad .woather o;i 'Saturday morning did not materially afoot tho.success of the Presbyterian school picnic, held on tho Upper Plain in ono of Mrs .Yates' paddocks: There wero present, all 'told, some 500 children and 300 adults. Tho revenue from [he gate;/for theadmissiotvof visitors anjounto.d to £2O. Tho rain delayed tho >'pbr \i the beginning of the day, but the Upper Plain than it was i/Maslerton, and the' little ones soon Jegan to ; enjoy themselves. .... The lisjWrts"was a long one andwasflotyncluosd till dark, lhe rcfreshment/were. supplied by Messrs Chambmlf Bros., not only to be fior/ but inexhptible, as at the closo of/ 6 da y a considerable portion of them r/ ia ' ne d unto"t;«Hed"" Hdd'tho weaker yen favorable/the re-union this year wol} /liavo been far .in. advance .of any pJious effort; as it was, it came up to of preceding years. /The Maoris, having''.devoured all the ''food at Parihaka, are trooping back home again at tho" double," Their prowess as-

trenchermen at these, monthly feasts is something wonderful, and it is believed that some of thorn must imitate Dr Tanner between the meetings, otherwise it would bo impossiblo for them to dispose

of so much food, For instance, one Hawera settler gavo eleven bullocks to the Maories in exchange ■ for some rather shy cattle running ,011 the Plains, Tho Maories who made the bargain, assured him on their return from Parihaka that the whole eleven bullocks had been eaten within one day. _ Tt would almost scorn as - . If Tu wmti's Maoris rivalled the ungodly visitors at the colonial toa-meoting, of whom it was said " that they came to' scoflV but remained to. pray."—Normanby Star. Tho ordinary fortnightly meeting of tho

Waste Landsßoard was held on Thurs-

day. Present—Mr G. W.' Holdaworth (Commissioner), Chairman, Messrs, E. Pearce, W. W. Johnston, T. Mason, and Bunny. The minutes of the • previous meeting were read and confirmed, The Chairman reported that no lands had been sold since the preceding meeting. A letter was received from tho Under Secretary for Lands asking for the approval of the Board of the plans of a portion of the road line from Alfredton to Ekotahuna, bo as to enable the Wairarapa Wost County Council to receive the sum of £lO5 IBs 2d. on account of deferred payment iands. The plans were approved of. Messrs Stephenson and' Gisbon applied for leave to occupy 1000 acres deferred payment land in thp Tokomaru (Wanganui) Blo'ok. Mr Sneison, of Palmerston North, applied for tho appointment of auctioneer for the sale of Crown lands at Palnjerjton. Both applications were held over, It was resolved to ask tho Government to approve of tho sale of 22 sections, containing 3000 acres, in tho Pahiatu Block, on deferred paymont, at Masterton, on the 10th February. Jt was agreed that nil future meetings of the Board, ljp held at 10.30 a,m. . The Hon G. M. Waterhouso writing to the N.Z Times on tlio Property Tax, cites fthe following instances' of over valuation,;— But what has been tho : actioh of the Property Tax Commissioners 1 In place of being influenced by-the considerations I have urged, they are striving to enforce a valuation far in excess of the intentions of the Legislature,-. .Of the many illustrations of this fact which have come to my knowledge, I will mention but two. The first is a case regarding whioh J can speak with some dogree of authority, as it velates to a somewhat large property formerly belonging to myself, and sold by mo just prior to the depression setting in. In this instance, the Commissioners are endeavouring to enforce a valuation nearly a third in excess of the price at which I sold .the property, although to ensure a sale it was sold upon exceptionally liberal terms of credit. The other illustration regards a'property on which the valuation is nearly 60 per cent, in advance of the amount for which 1 the property can be bought-at- the 1 * present tytne upon the ordinary terms of credit, v "