OUR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 764, 10 May 1881, Page 3

OUR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.

Sir,—Will you kindly permit nib space in ono of your valuable columns for a few remark) on the aotivity or perhaps I ought tosay the inactiv ily of ourlocal Volunteer's :: There is hardly a day. pass but I hear remarks from 1 various members, each of whom seems to differ from his fellow as to cause of the apathy shown. So' when one comes' to analyse those various Wuies they really amount to nothing, not one of them is in .my opinion a valid excuse for the repeated absence from parade ofibrnFmembers.' "My chief'aim" in .trespassing onyoumpace is to point out to the members that they are to blame. Grumbling and frequently giving open expressions of dissatisfaction, where no teal cause exist, is quite sufficient to damp the ardour of the most enthusiastically inclined, in any body of citizens banded together for a specific object, and it is utter folly to' look for soccsss where this elemenrexists- to -ii considerable degree. My advice to all is to sink any little differences that there may be, and attend to their duties as., become men', who, of own free will and pleasure, form the good of the state. There is no member of a corps let his occupation be whatjt may, but could attend a parade at least bnce a month, if not why did snch enroll. It takes but the small end of the shadow of a reason for some to absent themselves, this can easily be understood when Istate that I was informed there were seven or eight members on Friday evening in the gallery of the Town Hall amusing themselves by looking at the pai'ado,.and all this in the face of being parties to making-the rules and fixing the, scale of fines, and if an attempt was made to enforce those rules the framersof theni would actually take .umbrage and leave. 1b this what we have a right to expect ? I venture to predict that if a fair percentage of members would attend and cheerfully submit to the rules, matters would soon go on pleasantly.for.all parties. Some complain that the officers are not well up in their part: well,, where does that fault lie! Why, with the members I Gentles men may commit the entente of a drillbppk. tal(lepry,.but they must havo praptipp, ajid hoyr are they to obtain that if the members are hot on parade. It is for practice for all hands that the parades are called: were all perfect, parades would be necessary;,only at very long intervals, It is to be hoped that we-shaJl soon see a e,hange {or {ftp bptter./ Lpt me in conclusion urge all to take the hint. All the real element of a firstclass corps is in Masterton, it being the chief town in the valley. Let us maintain our position as mi in'all we undertake, ,

Apologising for taking so much of your space. lanij&o,, Obseryor,

A schoolmaster writes—" I am at the head of a town school, and'a Bhort time back gave bread making to a class of boys as the subject for an essay, One of the essays began in schoolboy English, ' The first thjpg in bread making is to boil the potatoes, and then you must peel them and piash them carefully. Thpn yon must mix them with a little wafer ajid'spt fhpni in a warm -place \\]\ they begin to jermept, 1 sc. I'lour \m not mentioned IP the course of the essay. The boy's fatbpr is a baker!" JtKMTNISCfNCEB 07 tYKW,UMU)N.~In tllQ year 1845 a worthy citizen pi'oadod his way with pome difficulty/through fern and tiitree to Te Aro Flat haing iu search of the surjfeyr's opeg which had been driven in at the fcnrper of what js now,' Cuba.and Dixon streets, Upon tin's spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth-

"M o* the mountain and the flood, land (jf bfqwn tyat jiand wpoa\ In flip year J§6S ij; passed into Jhe [lands o! Mr lWs 'jgttiTH, tire'prcseut proprietor. who gave tp the' preuiispß' the .appropriate uameofTijAro Huuße, I ''and 1 under whoße management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the result was, Te Afo'House, as at preseut, one of i the •most.-complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments,in the colony of NWZeVIa 'lenerl"Drapery roccupiei ilarge'spacei by 55 feet, aiiiply Efficient for all-Manohester goods; Fandjr DreSses,- Silks,'.,ss?>,. 'Hfoiery, ilbbpßß; Jliiii,■ &s. 'TheMen's, Boy's,and Youths' Clothing Department, measures 24 feet by li feet,' and has attached a comfortable fitting-room. Carpets and Household furnishings have-a similar space allotted to them.': The Show-room for the wle of MUlinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, i'c, is a very spacious apartment, fittpd lip, aiiil'beautjfalty lighted from the roof, aM'ihfesftreiSJl'feet'hy S!|£eiti ,: , The stock 6i'gbii(lß , 'V at' 1 all'times' large;and well Selected, and patterns are. forwarded post free'on application. A special feature at Te Aro House is and of Ppufftry ftesidojits, All orders are executed hntter the imMiate supervision of the pro- ?' jielori and' securelypacked and forwarded Vtjieir tisat-juatib'ii mtj}' \M prpjnWnMS: gmshefl Tp Am flqusp, Cufta/jtreeli Welling or-fowl"; '■■'-.•"■■■