MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 708, 4 March 1881, Page 3

MASTERTON RABBIT DISTRICT.

[To the Editor of the Wairarapa Daily.]

ti yoUare ware the Masterton Rabbit Trustees have levied for the past year a higher'rato than any other Rabbit Trustees m the Wairarapa district, and yet on their retiring from office they wilfully negleet, under the plea'that no auditor has been appointed by the Governor, to give the particulars of the expenditure of the ratepayers money to 31st December .last.

Tho Carterton and Otaraia Trustees saw the difficulty they were placed in bv not being able to have their accounts audited under the provisions of the Act, but they, without manifesting any dictatoral feoling toward the ratepayors of their respective districts, at once submitted the particulars of moneys received and paid by them. How is it that the Masterton Babbit Trustees cannot act with the same friendly feeling, and not manifest so despotic an attitude towards the ratepayers ? Of course if the members of the Board have to submit to the harsh ruling of tho Chairman our rates may he expended in law costs, rather than in rabbit poison, Mr Stuckey,' I find, has referred to a former lottor of mino, but in place meeting my statement that" the first summonses issued were against the small farmers in his own neighborhood" with a negative prefers to pass it over in Billingsgate stylo, whioh, no doubt; the electors will know how to appreciate on {lw day of election, I- quite agree with your correspondent " Impartial," that it is desirable that now blood was introduced into the Board, so that small frrmers and struggling men may have some member to protect them from unnecessary law costs. I am, &c., : Elector,

UraiNiscENCEß oi wsummTON,—lnthe year 1845 a worthy citizen pioaded his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-irea to Te Aro Flat being in search of tho surveyr's.opojj which had been driven in at the oornor of what ia now Cuba and Djxpn Btregts, Upon this spot waß oreoted a small house, in which a' very successful drapery business wan carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the land of their birth—

" Land ot the mountain and tho flood, Land of brown heath aud shaggy wood. If) the year 1800 it passed into the hands of Mr James Smith, the present proprietor, who gavo to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable onlargoment was necessary, and the result was, To Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments in tho colony of flew Maui Tho jcneral Drapery occupies a large space, bping 49 feet by 25, feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester-goods, . Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Eibbons, Laces, do. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 feet by 14. fept, and has attached a comf-rt-ablo fitting-room.' Carpels and Household fqrnishings havo a sjnular space allotted to thorn. fliß Show-roqm for the silo of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, d'e, is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, ._ and measures 39 feet by 22 feet. The stock .'of goods i at all times large and well selected, and patterns are forwarded post free on application. A special feature &t Te Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents. All orders are executed under tho immediate supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded to their destination with that promptness and despatch which havo always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling Ott.—fiDVT.l ———ie— mmmwm ————q