The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 704, 28 February 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1881.

A correspondent suggests to us that the railway will not only enable Counties East and West to be conveniently amalgamated, hut it would also facilitate the union with them of the Hutt County,' He nrgnes that for the true purposes of local solf-goyernment the interests of the three Counties named are identical, and that economy and efficiency in administration would be obtained by their union When the County system was first introduced into New Zealand the Legislature erred in making too many subdivisions, but the small Counties then created baveacqitiredsubsequentlyaconmiuriity of interests and mi individuality which will make the task of fusion sqmesyhat difficult. It will not bo without considerable troublq that two Counties like Wairarapa East and West can be merged, but we 1 fear that'the still more arduous task of fusing three would be practicably unattainable. There are certain advantages which , won i r | undoubtedly, arise 'from uniting the Hutt with ■ the Wairarapa ■ Own. ties. Our County interests would he represented by four members instead of by two, and in a numerically weak Legislature like that we possess in New Zealand four votes are an important factor. A time may come when County administration will have workedjnto settled grooves, and the union with the Hntt may be practicable. At present the Hutt has adopted one line of policy with regard to Road Boards and the Wairarapa another, and on a vital point they would be an ill-assorted couple, While we would willingly see the question of union with the Hntt County carefully considered at some future per<od when a greater community of interests may he apparent than at the present time, we do nojt (lesire to see it made an element in the move immediate proposal for amalgamating the two Wairarapa Counties, The hitter union is one tri which, in our opinion, effect should be given, at as early a date as possible. We want a string County in .the Wairarana. and we require that County interests should be well represented in the General Assembly, It is extremely probable that in the coming session a dissolution of. Parliament will take place, and it is none too soon now to look our general position in the face, and to endeavor to put the Wairarapa on a bettor footing than it. has obtained in the past, For many years past hardly a district in the Colony Ims exercised less influence in the House tljan has this one. Dividedcounsels divided representatives, and local jealousies have .deprived us of that strength and influence which lies in union, Our watchword for the future from Alfred ton to Wainuiorti, and from Cashpoint to Featherston, shotdd be " United Wairarapa."

we understand, that Mr Elkins is the holder of the winning ticket in the "big Applications for the office of Secretary to the Masterton School Committee close A small hunch of keys,, which has heen picked up in Masterton, waits at this office for an owner. There was no attendance at the nomination for Babbit .Trustees on the 21st at Tenni.. . ..'•':■■•" The-Tomu School Committee .voted for Messrs Phmrnyn, Hutchison, wtl Mason, for the Education Board. . , Messrs' J. lorns & Co had a fair atten. dance at their cattle and horse sale on Saturday last, and all lots were quitted at •tolerably satisfactory prices.

The nomination for' the" Castlepoidt Babbit District take's place 'to-day; On Saturday, we.'believe; only fionr Trustees were nominated for tbe Carterton Babbit' District, so .that, there will.be no contest in that neighborhood... 0 ' : ■>• ■-

On Friday lasttliero was a fair muster of Volunteers at the Masterton parade, It was followed by a meeting, at which the balance sheet for tho past year was passed. The latter was satisfactory; as the assets, exceeded MO, "and the only liability was a small amount due to the Captain. Several now members have joined the corps within the last few days,

.. At the mcetiu!! of <ho Carterton School Committee held on Friday evening, the fiillnuiii" amounts were directed tube paid :—Mr R. R. Annstriiii", 15 ;T. E. Price, L 4 Is lOd ; Butvry & King, 10s; A. Andrews, l.l'ud. Messrs Pharazyu, [I. Bunny, Hutchison, and Johnson were nominated f:ir the Education Board, the ballot resulting in favor of the three firstnamed gentlemen. The nomination of Trusses for the Carterton Rabbit District N ; the current year took place it the OniiriliniHe, Oarten mi mi .Saturday, when only Messrs buys, Braitluvnite, Reynolds, and Nix being iimnmnted, I hoy were declared duly elected. The lifth vacancy will have .In be fille.l'hy His Excellency the Governor,, in accordance with.Seciiou 11. of 'I The Rabbit Nuisance Act,'lßßo."

Saturday last was "a Scandinavian uaiMiial holiday-a sort of carnival day, mid the settlers at Maunceville duly honored it by rural sports, and a dance in the evening organised by Mr Peter Thompson. The various games passed off well, and created a good deal of fun and amusement. Tho principal prize on the im>«riii!inie wnsnllotled to the lilting con . lest., the winner of it being recognised-as the King nf the sports and the festival To Mr James Bentley fell the honor of coronation and decoration. Me wai aUo directed, i» accordance with Scandinavian usage, to select a Queen at the dance by being blindfolded and catching whom he could. The festivities were kept up till midnight, when a very merry party dinperaec, highly gratified with the amuse meiit which they had enjoyed, Two brake-loads of visitors from Masterton were among the guests, and we bflieve that they were agreed that it was abuut the pleasantest holiday trip thoy had ever made,

At the meeting of the amalgamated committee of the Wairarapa 1.0.G.T, Lodges, held.on Friday last, to make arrangements for the picnic and sports to be held pn St. Patrick's day, it was resolved that they' take place on the Pastoral Show Qrouud, Carterton; that the three Lodges share the responsibility, and also the profit or loss, as the case might be; that Bro. Pdirbrothor act as secretary to the committee of management; that 800 tickets be primed and distributed among the members of the Lodges; that voluntary contributions be solicited towards the snorts j that a Ijst qf cqntributions bo sent in from Mastertmi and Carterton to the secretary the night before the picnic; that tickets for the whole day he 2s Gd—admission to ground only, 2s, to the hall in the evening, 6d; tint the programme of the spurts be left to the Carterton. Lod^e; that the Grey town' Private Brass Baud be invited to attond. free tickets fur the day being afforded them ; that failing tin) attendance of the Greytown Band, the secretary bo authorised to procure the attendance of a band aU/uioderate.cost; that the members of 'he various Lodges be in iitieudniiee at the old Town Hall, G.iflerlnn, at 10 a.m. in order to form a procession; that arrantreineiits fur refreshment- be lefi with the Gartprtiin that Bros Girdwnod, Fairbrother, urn! Rush he a coiimiitteu to arrange for the evening's programme: thai the secretary send twoshort advertisements to the Evenin;' Post and use his dUctetion in advertising the picnic and su >rta in the local papers; that the next meeting of the committee take ■place the week before that fixed for the sports.

Mr T. D. Sullivan, one of the indicted Irish Land LoaguijrSj edits the Dublin Nation, a paper which has seeiieach qf its editors since its.;hirth under* arrest for some political offence. Sir George Gavan Dufty, JuhnMitchel, and A. M. Sullivan, all suffered for their journal, and now theyuungestSullivaii hasstood his trial.

The N.:S. Wales rail ways yielded for Ihe year 187,9, a return of 3 3 per cent on dm cost of construction, ami for tho year 1880 the return was 4.2. per cent. Tlio capital expended upon them', up to tho close of 1879, was £10,406,495. '

At a crowded, meeting held in York, on tins3adDecember,attended.by both the city members, and presided over by Mr Creyko, M.P., n lecture on the.English land question was delivered by Mr Joseph Rowntree, after which the following resoluti ms were unanimously passed :- That iq the opinion of this meeting no measures of jaud reform will njeet the requirements of 'the time, which dues not include—l. The withdrawlof the sanotini) of law from the custom of primogeniture, % Such a limitation of the power of settlement of real property as would give to every present generation an absolute control over the present land, and which would so far simplify the titles as to. render practicable a simple and inexpensive system for the transfer of land. 3. The establishment of a simple and inexpensive sy.aiom n f transfer, and the abolition of all heavy stamp duties and Government fees upon 'tho transfer of real property. I The abolition of the law of distress. &. The pnssing of ail Agricultural Holding Act, relieved of any permissive clause, which would secure to an outgoing teuant.the fair value of unexhausted improvements.

Full particular of (he recent (lis-fu-.-hauce at.Accra show that hut for the p.Nnipt meiißiires taken it mi«ht.'have had very Serioiiscmiseqi|ences. It appears (says the " Times " eoiTespnijdent) that Kill!,' Ta'pkie, nf Accra, and Assane Ajay, the Kins; of Djiihin, have been for some time past plotting to hrin<; about another war with tlio Ashantee.*, which would hi) in direct opposition to British interests, At length, after repeated warnings hoth •ho kings were arrested and Iod«?d , ". '-I'e c;istlo of Christiansborg.' The principal oliiefs are in f.ivnur (if .British rule, hnt a report was ciroi]l:ile(] that I the rough elemetit of Accra intended to attempt a rescue nt iii»lif, and it was resolved by the Colonial Govermer,t to wnovetb prisot-ers before daybreak! Iherefore, on M-wday, tlio Bth ' of November, the Castle was snrroi|nded by ft stron« force of (he Roussh Constabulary! Her Mnjesty'a m boat Foam co-operated hysending ashore » couple ofboats* wined, for the removal of the prisonerst'i the gunboat. This was successfully dune, and .the Foam proceeded tn Elmina, where the Kma nf Accra was lodged in the Castle of Fort George. The Fnarri then relumed-, to Accra, and upon the amval-of the steamship Senegal the exKing of Djtihin w„8 transferred to that vesselwith his followers and take'n to Laics, where, upon ~ f„j.,„ er occasion' j,g was prisoner for a short, time. heir,., re leased hj the leniency of the G„.-ern,ent ■wihibp: than ,was oriyhmllv intmidel., biuce tji'e. removal, .if the two- Kin«s -niiietneaß.prevvkilf,;timcJ,v-it-w.rih»>iislit--tliat i the reinforcements which had been ; hurriedly ordered up from E! uiwi will' pruhahlyjie sent back again to that place at au early date. . . ;

"• AlrE. Wylie's cuiisultntiini'fura buggy ■wis tint>vn on Saturday evening, No 18 being the winner; 'The Eev Mr Stewart, of ; Waihenga, conducted the services at the Wesleyan .Church, Masterton, yesterday, and made ' a very favorable impression on Ms hearers. ; Sll jinyera payiiiy a visit -to and up. country settlers arriving in Mnsterton me often lit. a loss to know which is the cheapest and best hfiuae to • [mrcliitso : all kinds nf General Dnipeiy, Millinery, Cloiliiiiif,' &ut, Schroder, Hooper it Co.. Hall of Commerce, ull'er special.-adyan-. tagcsiri this line which, cannot he met will) elsewhere; their sinclc 'being the largest and best assorted in -"tlie Wniriirapa; Their prices are lower then any house in Wellington, their,goods are all oew.and of the most 'durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash. This establishment ia situated directly .opposite the Club Hotel. • Remember the address— Schmdet,, Hooper &■ Cn., directly lippnsile the Club Hotel. • Read their advertise intent, on* the front page of'this paper.— Advt .