The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 773, 20 May 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

"We hdticei) in our last issue that the Borough of Taranaki, though it possesses a smaller income than Masterton enjoys, has a loan for waterworks and public works amounting to £25,000. 'There is a go-aheadedness about this which must be slightly akin to recklessness, but it suggests the reflection that if Taranaki can raise so large a sum, Masterton might, without imprudence, borrow a smaller amount, say £5,000. There is, we believe, a difference of opinion among the representatives of the burgesses of this town as to the expediency of borrowing money, but this might be reconciled were a proposal to borrow a reasonable sum placed before the Council and discussed on its merits. If the Council does not borrow money it will probably have for the next few years an annual allowance of £6OO or £7OO for die construction of new works, which will enable it in about seven years' time to complete the roads which arc now required by ratepayers. Borrowing £5,000 would mean making these roads at once, and the £7OO or £BOO a year which would not be required for construction would pay the annual interest of £350, and go a long way towards reducing the principal and extinguishing the debt. The expenditure of a sum of £5,000 at present on our roads would increase the rateable value of Masterton properties, and this increase, added to the probable amount available for public works would, very possibly, redeem the whole of the sum borrowed at the end of seven years, Without borrowing we shall have to wait years for roads which we require at once. With borrowing we not only secure them immediately, but with good management the probable financial position of the town seven years hence would be quite as good as if the Council went on living from hand to mouth, and constructing new roads a bit at a time. There can be no doubt that if the requisite roads were made systematically at a time when labor was abunnanfc and materials cheap, they would cost tho township less than if they were made piece by piece and year by year. Though there is a strong prejudice now against borrowed money,intelligentinen of business know thatsnch money can be made profitable, provided it can be obtained at a low rate of interest, expended on works of a permanent and reproductive character, and proper provision be made for its redemption. All these' conditions the Borough Council of Masterton is now in a position to comply with. It can pay interest and sinking fund without trenoliingupon therequiredsum for ordinary expenditure, such as repairs to existing roads Its present income derived exclusively from local sources enables it to borrow such an amount as £5,000 without tho slightest apprehension of it being at the present or any future time orippjet! or einbarassed by the payment of either intoregt or sinking fund. Masterton is the largest inland town in the North Island, and its rapid increase of trade and population in good times, and its steady progress during bad ones are quite sufficient evidences of the fact that it is a place worth spending money on, Had the town, during the past year .or two of depression retrograded as many other centres of population have done, we should have accepted the warning and advocated a more cautions policy. As it is, we do not hesitate to express an opinion that our Borough Council would be quite justified in displaying its faith in the future of the town by taking a step in advance, and we believe that a majority of the burgesses would endorse such a course, provided that a proposal to give effect to it could be submitted which would indicate clearly the cost of the loan, the manner in which it would bo repaid, and the particular works on which it would be expended.

Tub result of the census in tins district 'is very satisfactory, tlio total population of tho Wairarapa being 10,516, as against 82G3 in 1878. The return is made up as follows :

The proposed now electoral division separating tho Waharapa into ut northern and southern division ({ives to tljo Males. Females. Total.'

So that the male population is almost miraculously halved between the two sections.'

We hear on good authority that another concert is in progress by our Greytown friends,' to be held about the middle of June next, We have received a copy of' verses signed "Bow Wow, ".Two years ago we pledged ourselves riot fo publish original poetry, verses, or rhymes, and wo would remind our correspondent that we hav9 kept our vow and shall continue to observe It, ■^■^:i:^Jy/X--:iJ.'^^':-

. A public ine^ting'takes ; place ohCarfarj. ton this evening to consider the removal bt the 'Post and- Telegraph 'Office., to way station. ' ' Y "^v^r F, H, Wood & Co,, hold a general unreserved sale ,of merchandise and -fiiriiiture-,---a't'-their : 'nuctroh''fobmß""t6~ morrow. Messrs J,"lowsand.'Co,, conduct two sales to-morrow. One of sheep at their yards Masterton, and tho other of freehold property, furniture,' <k, at the Union Cafo. We. are auihoi isod- to- inform tenderers for tlie Masterton public school that, the time for completing the contract is extended to five months. On Monday next thero are slight alterations to come in force on. the : Wellington and Masterton railway timo table, '

It is understood that the detached squadron, after visiting- Melbourne and Sydney, .will proceed to Auckland. . Tho list of Wellington auctioneers who havo'renewed their licenses is as follows: Francis Sidey, W. McLean, Thomas Dwan, Arthur Hasell, F. N. Campbell, A. A. Barnolt, H. H. Lang, J, H, Bethuho, J, H. Wallace, George Thomas. Messrs Rapp and Hare, a new firm, but one which does not bring before the Mastortoii public now faces, notify that in tho course of a few days they will open as general storekeepers in tho shop lately occupied by MrF. W.Hales.

The Diorama of the American war was shown in Groytown last Wednesday evening. The superior class of entertainments to which this so justly belongs makes us regret so few availed themselves ot the opportunity to attend, Mr J. Montoith, of Medical Hall, Manners street, Wellington, has a list in our advertising columns of several of his own preparations, and also several specialities for which he i 3 agent, including tho new dentifrice rosaline, and Barrow's hair restorer. Mr Chinchen slalinner, is Mr Monteith's Masterton agent, and has the abo7o and many other articles in stock.'

F. H. Wood & Co. are instructed by Mr McCardle to sell at Carterton on Saturday June 4th, a lar«o and choice variety of fruittreos, shrubs, hedge plants, pot plants, ruses, and crape vines, Particulars of many of the varieties to be offered will be found in our advertising columns, and as Mr McOartllo's stock is recognised as second to none in tho colony, settlers will have a favorable opportunity of laying in a stock of splendid plants at their own prices. This sale will inaugurate the opening of F. H. Wood & Oo.'s new auction rooms at Carterton,

About the end of the current year the European population of New Zealand will bo running hour by hour from 499,991 to 499,992. Thena'baby perhaps in Auckland, will bring up tho total to 499,994, and a Dunedin tolegram of a birth will nut the number up one nitch higher 'lhero will he an ovation over that haby which brings up the total to 500,000, which, as it were, turns the scale for new Zealand and gives it its first half million of population. One baby will do the business, and the particular baby which is to achieve the triumph will be a matter of calculation for interested parlies, A brave swiss boy who sojourned in Masterton for a while, working hard and ■living cheaply, left the town a few months ago to invest his little'pile in other quarters. Before departing he intrusted a box to his employer to be returned to him if he claimed it within three months. If he did D"t repossess himself of it within that period its contents were to be handed over as a free gift to a dear friend of his. The threo months having elapsed the dear friend has come into the property. The mysterious box was opened, and one by one tho following valuable articles were discovered ;—l. a porridge bowl, 9, a porridge spoon, 3. a number of empty oatmeal bags neatly folded and carefully preserved,

Upon (he active aid of women in the Nihilistic conspiracies in Russia, n writer says:-"I have often heard men say—- " The Nihilists do and dare sn much and accomplish so much only bocause they always have women hy their side, encouraging and cheering them on,' And, indeed, women are found everywhere, side by sido with the male revolutionists —inlheoflico of tho clandestine journal, in the secret laboratory, in the factories among the working people, in the garb of a peasant woman, and in that of the Sister of tho. Red Cross, in the Nihilist mines, and, alas, in those of Siberia and Saghalien, In the Czir's country woman is refused only one thins—the gibbett. Before, we saw the Nihilist woman, pistol in hand, firing at the police, or pasting the revolutionary placard on the walls of tho crowded streets. Now we have some new types—Mdlle, Lebedefl'in a watch hnnao in a railroad, sitting on a box filled with dynamite, and chatting pleasantly with the'switchmen, and mending an old coat; a'beautiful young lady, 'Mile. Figuor, nicely dressed, sitting in a handsome parlor, and playing ou a piano for hours and hours, trying to drown the noise made by the printing press in the adjoining room, and giving to her horrible krujuk the countenance of an artistic family ; an Excellency's daughter, Mile. Porovsky, il ay by day watching the approach of every stranger to the place where the Moscow mine was under way, and pulling tho underground bell, thus warning tho miners to stop work as often as she suspected dangor. All these women, well educated and highly connected, leave society in thoSprime of life for the »loomy mines, dark forests, and eternal snows of Siberia, Their vacant places will be filled hy new recruits. Such are the Nihilist women. And the men. These, too, in fipito of all prosecuiions, banishments, and executions continue at their work,. The watchword is, "Death for death, oxeoution for oxecutinn, tenor for terror!"

A correspendent nf tlio Tarannki Herald wriles to that paper describing what lie thinks is a New Zealand silkworm. We leprint his letter, and perhaps naturalists in the district may be able to say whether the writer's idea is well founded. He says!—" I bag to send you the following particulars nf a catprpillar w|iich I discovered yesterday in- the bowl of a clay pipe on top of a stump about three feet high. Tho pipe was a comparatively new one [hat had been used) which I had left there about a week before. On taking it up ftdiscovereda cocoon inside, which oontainedvtlie grub in a state of torpor. This I examined minutely. It was about an inch long, less than a quarter in thickness, of a bright green color, with a dark streak or shade at each side of tho back. It had four fleshy-looking legs in front—two at each eide—with which it clasped the copoon tenaciously. They must have had minute claws, At the other extremity were six claws, three on each side, exactly in shape like those of a cat, and about the same length as the legs ill front. Tliese j were also embedded in the cocoon, but were easily detached from it. Though it is not probable, still it is possible that this isa veritable silkworm which may be indigenous to New Zealand "for which reason I furnish you withfjpe particulars," ■ It 'is understood that the Marquis of Lome intends to resign tlio GovernorGeneralship of Canada, in consequence of tlio climate of the country being ..uufavor-

.• :Mr>A.; yßjsh jflweller of Queenr.street, MaiterW, is' now displaying' a very and varied stock of silver Roods, .at'priceS which will meet the means of -everjfbne. Amongst the various articles are the •latest novelties in brooches, bjMeleois,:^ are extremely, elegant, and show ,that Mrßisfiis sufficiently enterprising arid farseeing to provide "a stock in all-lines/ ■ at prices and of a quality which will preclude the least necessity of persons sending to the city for any article of tho jewellers' art. If they cannot bo satisfied in Masterton we doubt- whether they, 'can be so in Wellington-. ''ln- addition tb the silver goods, Mr.Bishjms.a superior display of j»old ware of all descriptions, and has also a stock of the celebrated Waltham.lever watches. :., ,-.. . The court-martial -at' Bombay acquitted Major Currie of all the charges brought against him in connection with his behavior in the Maiwand disaster. The inquiry lasted five days. -The Calcutta correspondent of- the " Times" telegraphs] an account of the proceedings,-. Major Currie was charged, ;■ first,, with' having,, when ordered by General Nuttall to charge so as to relieve the hard-pressed infantry, failed to deliver a charge directly in front and avoided the mass of the enemy; secondly, having made no effort,to comply when ordered by General Buerows to charge across the ; .front ar.d save-tho infantry from total, defeat ; thirdly, having,' when the cavalry were ordered to retreat to sucoour the rear, guard, remained with troops required for other duty at a distance. '.General Nuttall and General Burrows were tho witnesses for the prosecution, Major Cunio read a brief statement in his defence, and called, as his witnesses Captain Mayneof his own regiment and Colonel Anderson andLieutenant Reid, of the Bombay Grenadiers. Tho trial of Colonel Malcolmson has been adjourned until Geueral Primrose arrives from Engiand, General Burrows has, it is announced, been removed fram the Brigade Saff, The "Pall Mall Gazette" 1 says:Walter Kupfericiuia, aged thirty, a Swiss, was charged beforo Mr Flowers with being a lunatic wandering at large. The defendant went to Buckingham Palace and demanded an interview with the Queen, lie was told that he could not- possiblysee her, and was requested to leave. Ho, however, positively refused to do. so, and said he would wait there until he did see her, His object in doing so was to make, a proposal for the hand of her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, as he had a very strong wish to marry her, He was taken into custody and examined by the divisional surgeon, who pronounced him to be insane. Mr Flowers said there could be no doubt that tho defendant was laboring under some delusion, and if he were placed under proper contiol for a short time he would in all probability recover. He would, therefore, be sent to the workhouse. It was understood that for some time past ho had been writing letters to the princess, and that inquiries had been made concerning his whereabouts by the authorities at Scotlandyard. In the good old days of Masterton, when storekeepers were scarce and money was plentiful, large profits and exorbitant prices were obtained, but now times are different, money is scarce, and storekeepers are plentiful. Schroder, Hooper & Co., Hall of Commerce, have taken this into consideration, and have cut the prices and profits down to such an extent that they completely bailie all competition, Their stock is very large, and,beautifully assorted in every department/with all the latest fashions for winter wear. Orders from the country are executed with despatch, and as carefully as if selected in person. Purchasers of drapery and clothing will do well to inspect their stock. Their advertisement will be found on the front page of this paper, and deserves consideration—Advt.

Males. Females, Total. 1878, 4752 8510 8202 1881. 59-14 4572 10510 The number of houses returned in the Wairanqia is— 1878 1881 Inhabited 1480 1904 Uninhabited 128 204 Building 23 14 16812272

North. South. 2964 2980 2181 2391 5145 5371