The Wairapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 831, 28 July 1881, Page 2

The Wairapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1881.

A:,noticei of motion has been given which'will come on for.discussion at -the .next; meeting of the Masterton Library Committee, and which lias for its object—lst, tlio raising of '£4oo for-a .fixed--period of three or five years' to ..cover all existing liabilities-; and ii\ the second place, the opening of a free library to the ratepayers. The Committee of the Institute, for the past three years, have been mainly engaged in reducing the heavy debt on the building, and it muat be admitted that they have made it substantially smaller. In doing this, however, they have, been .compelled,-.to. starve the reading-room ..and- -library, :■ and' the question now arises whether fpr.'a time at least it v onld riot be fair to-let (lie. debt alone, after payment of the annual interest, and devote 'the' fundsat the disposal of the Committee to increasing the number, of-volumes in. the Library and periodicals and papers in the reading room. If the past policy is to ■ be continued, the Library and reading-room must suffer, Wo do not blame the past policy; it has had the good result of bringing the debt down to a very moderate sum. All we say is that the debt has had its' turn, and now the public, who contribute rates to the maintenance of the institution, should have their turn. The debt has always been regarded as embarrassing the hands of the.Committee, Somo members of the' Committee are personally .responsible for its repayment;—others are not. The latter are bound in honor to defer to the greater responsibilities incurred by the former, and the result is that the debt is paramount over almost every other consideration. The payment of £35 or £4O a year for interest would not 'distress the Committee, but the moral obligation, as things are, to knock a hundred pounds or so every year off the principal does cripple the management, and makes the big building, as far as its library and reading-room go; a set of hollow mockery. The Borough Council, having assumed the control of the Institute, may be fairly asked to take over the only responsibility which has not already been transferred, namely, the debt; or jf the Borough Council is not prepared to do this, an arrangement might be made with the Town Trustees to relieve the Committe, not of the annual charge i'pr interest, but of the necessity for setting apart the lion's share of their revenue as a sinking fund. It will probably bo admitted by those who are familiar with the financial position of the Institute, that if the pressure of the debt were removed, the Committee could afford to open the library to the ratepayers without charge. We are of the opinion that the ratepayers contributing, as one and all of them do, sin annual sum to the Institute funds, are entitled to the free use of the Library, and there can be no doubt that, if this point were conceded, that where one person now takes out a book ten persons would visit the. Library. The utility of the institution would be multiplied tenfold, and Masterton would be able to point with some degree of pride to the intelligence and liberality which provided a- free library as well ns a free reading-room, We hope the question of placing the Institute in a position to be more useful and attractive to the public than it has been heretofore will be considered before the next meeting of tho Committee takes place so that there may be some clear expression of public opinion as to the future policy which should guide the managing committee,

The no-confidence debate was resumed on Thursday last. Mr Montgomery said tbafr n.o matter what the result of this present discussion might be, cho prestige of the Government was gone, and their day? numbered. Ha singled out the. Colonial Treasurer specially for .censure. He proposed that local affairs in each ! district should bo administered by an elective Board or Council, the Chairman to he elected'by the Council; such Council lor Board to'have power to make ordin- ■ anecs or by-laws for the regulation of its own proceedings, the appropriating of revenue, the regulating of public hospitals, : and asylums, infirmaries and gaols the. regulation and .administration of public 1 reserves, the regulation of fencing, pre-: vention of .cattle trespass, and disease in' 1 sheep and cattle, the construction of main roads wjth power .to take private-land for public purpose the preserving of health, ] cleanliness, and order jn towns and places' not within muhicipalties-; power of levy--: ing rates, foes, for, maintaining and constructing main roads, bridges &?; also, for the., support of hospitals in:l police. Those, he said, were some of the proposals of the Select Committee of the Provincial Cocncil of Canterbury in i860,, and wera worthy of consideration at the present juncture. Colonial taxation in his "'opinion'.'should be reduced,, and power given to increase local taxation. Mr Bowen, who spoke next, propounded a scheme for abolishing party Government, and substituting a Parliamentary Com-

mitteo for, a cabinet as ajmroiorall.-j ■MrMnncb. toid I'tlie. Gov&jiniwii'-' hail miswidorjtood Ytiie; wants; .ofi.'M :colony : ;'' their polioy.l was; meagre; in ?it : . self, and would never satisfy the/ipeople As to tlio.hfjn uiember.fbr. Cliyo's' motion beiug-cariied, Mr that tlie Opposition were quite right to vote against it if they considered that the Government inoasures. were, bad.-and in • doing so were "only'-exercisiug'Tlieir' constitutional) duty.» He tu'ouglitVthat the'Governmenthad carried out a limited, amount of administration credit'ablyTbuT ho held'that they, had!failed 'in many respects,- and that it was" voryhmparliamentary of them in not bringing down tho estimates- at a much-earlier stage. Mr "Andrews accused tlie Ministry of incapcify. .The policy the Government, had'.carried. out Was "one' they h'adlal;eh i nx>m"'tne" Opposition, and ,t|ie retrenchment for which [ t\)iy claimed credit was forced, upon.them.by-the House,••-Mr-Levin' after a succession of Opposition members had scolded the Goyerment,',r6se to defend them. He claimed that the Hall Ministry had restored confidenco in the position "of the colony, toth at ■ home, and. abroad; they had. made the Railway pay three and' a half per cent; .they had improved Native affairs; they. had: devolped; local industries; they had.passed liberal measures, and had settled" thc""was¥Tands' of the" Crown. .-'. •■: , ' ,; ;.; y'i. '.

• The. Lydia Howard Comic Opera andBurlesque Company .open'.in the Town'Hall,'Mastortou, this'evening.. ; , .The sale" to-morrow, (Friday) of Mas' terton property, /in .the' "estate of E.W.. Mills, 'by Messrs ; Kennedy Macdonald and Co., should'attract considerable attention. The sections ■to 'be sold, are subdivisions of original section. No.; 12, Maslortou, and jacljpm Messrs Caselberg : and'Co.'s brick store.] ■■; ~ • ,:■./."

. On the motion of Mr Murray, a Bill to repeal tho Triennial Parliaments Act after the present session was read .on Tuesday last, .The second ■reading-was carried by a small majority. No doubt members repent bitterly of having passed a, measure which makes them come before their constituents so frequently, but in view of the inevitable dissolution, they will not have tlie courage of their convictions, and will reluctantly abandon the repeal of" the Act which they so cordially detest.. '" . ' . ■', ; ; ■ , A severe accident has been caused by the bnraiing of a lemonade bottle to.Mrs Hodge, of the Bush Hotel,' Morrison's' Bush,-on Monday evening. It appears' that Blie was iii the'act of pressing.the stopper down, when the bottle burst, cutting the palm ' of the hand terribly. Dr Bey,;ji>f.Gf6ytown, was-immediately.sent for, who stitched the wound together, and 'stopped ihe flow''of blood." We.are glad to say' this sufferer is getting on as well as can be expected.

The Wellington Ediicatidn;-Board met yesterday. An . application from '.the Mauriceville School Committee, for assistance in rebuilding their school chimnpy —a victim of the late earthquake, was acceded to, The assistant master, of Masterton wrote, stating that in consequence of the reduction .of the capitation grant,' the committee had decided to discontinue a grant of 125 per annum for houserront,.-' He asked the Board to compensate ■ him. The Board, however; decided -that -it was meiely, a privaie arrangement•' between the com- ; mittee and .the assistant master, and. therefore they ; could do : nothing in tho matter. The Carterton School Committee applied for a school bell,-, which could be heard two miles away,.tliq.committee offering to erect a bell-tower, '.The Board declined to acceed to, therequest; for want of funds, ..

The rabbit nuisance is about to receive a check in a quarter that'was least expected, and one thatis likely to develop a new local industry, if what we hoar from Greytiiwn is true, A butcher there, noted fur his celebrated sausages, is about to try his hand at converting rabbits into sausages, and is pretty sanguine that he can make a good thing nut of it (or them), with the help of a little seasoning. He has promised to give our'- correspondent some of the first batch.to, taste, but as we. have no desire to loso our Greytown scribe, we should strongly advise him to find out whether the "bunnies" were poisoned or not. At the same time we highly commend the enterprise of the butcher, and wish him every success in his new venture.

The sixth of a series of winter evenentertainments, held at thelnstitute, (Jreylown, was the most successful that. lias yet been held. The whole of the available sitting room was taken up, a great many having to take standing tickets. Mr \V. Sheet occupied the Chair, and commenced the proceedings by calling on the Misses Gallagher for a duet on the piano, which was very well rendered by the young ladies. Mr Wickerson came next with ;j song " £ cannot sin" the old sodl's,'' which, was well sung and received. Mrs Skeet amused the audience with one of Mrs Caudle's curtain lectures, all about a " shirt button." Mr Ronaldson sarni "Johnny Sands," after, which a trio, "Lordly Gallauti," was well rendered by Messss Wickerson, Palmer, and Ron-.ildsou, which ieeeivedawoll merited round of applause. Mi' Skeet read " Campbell's last man " very effectively, Mr Black's rendering of the " Canadian Sleii'h song" was rewarded with a hearty round of applause, A-reading on the " Installation of H. R,H. Prince of Wales," with the Order of the " Gartor," was highly amusing to the audience, and like all good things, is "to he continued in our next." The next on the programme was a duet, "Juanita," by the Misses Fuller and York, which was so well rendered that an encore was demanded, to which the young ladies responded, Messrs Black, Ronaldson and Wjckerson next tried a-trio, "Breathe soft ye Winds," but wo must confess, that we have heard, those gentlemen ; to better advantage; they evidently were in want nf practice. Mr Cuff was next on the list for a song, but being absent, his place was taken by Mr Black, who sang "In Happy Moments" in a,very good-style, eliciting great applause. Mr Bell next . read "Henry of Nevarre," and then Mr Ronaldson,sang " The Officer's Funeral," which wore both well received. Mr Wic.kerson's song, " God save tho Church," brought another good entertainment to a close. After singing .the' •National Anthem,'-the whole dispersed,! well satisfied with the evenings' amusement, We werosorry to see the spirit of larrikinism (so prevalent at Greytown)i among a certain portion, of the audience, \ and although it was caused by one who was more, to be pitied than blamed, still it ought to be put a'stop'to, for if people' oann.qt attend the entertainments without being annoyed, as they were on Monday l eveninff'the sooner a resident constable j is stationed at Grey town the hotter, We: hope. that arrangements will be made! to lfavffon'e present at the next concert,.:' \ The latest dispute among the'peoplo of Mastorton is (he unfortunate squabble; between the Institute Cottimiltee and the • ratepayers. Ther,e are 'a. great number of opinions on the rights of the question,; but all'are unanimous in admitting that; Muir and Dixon Bros..have the,best and cheapest stock of carriage lamps:to be found in the provincial district,; and that the best workmanship and soundest materials are always turned out of the Masterton Coach Factory.—[Advt.]

iTiio held', a coming com|e.tifip|''^tli ; 4K|CMterton •menjias admikieteredf^| healthyJi stimulus 'to '^S ] ■'■ ,''^E'e^olloTOg^tkm ; will represent Masterton in Greytown on Saturday (captain), W. Harvey, G. Harvey, H. Bannister, Sriith, G„<J3. : & DeCastro, McLachlan, Bunny,' W.Perry,.B. Perry, Meredith, ..C.o.wan.,.Emergency u :,J.JEeiT ; y; ; J3-SHoun-" slow, T. Eoydhoiise, Svendsen; »G Lil\- UA <!

Mrs Palmer who, for some time past Jia& been assistant'teachor at the Carterton: school has been offered, but ■declined,.;the school to be o"pjine'd,.at' 'Wiahakeke,' preferring to retainOier. present position. Mr Tumbull the architect to the Education Board, was in Carterton on Tuesday to inspect the progress °f the,new school-buildjug. ,-- (The Carterton .Brigade rara engaged onTuesday evening in hrjfk" their engine j 19 members answeinfflraniuster-roll.- 1 The monthly meetHßvißfake place on Tuesday ! next', 'wheomoers' [oFthVensuj ing-year.will be r arid"as other business of importance is to be brought before the meetingj i('u hoped that mem-' bers will roll up in full force. Lots were drawn for ;the attendance of two members oh duty'aTevery public meeting and enterjairiment given in the, township.

The second'of the series of the Winter Ent'ertainmentftak'es'place' atj"th'e ! Institute Carterton rthis ;(Thiirsday) evening," and th.e,programme promises to offer,an; agreeable evening, as 1 beside local artists" well known in past years, Mr Wilson the recently arrived,manager'of aleg'aj firnrjin the township, Me'ssrs.McLaren'and Dodd of'Feath'eiston, and-Mr Black of Greytown, will, take ; ,partVin. the I 'overling's' performance, which will consist of, read-, ings, quartettes, duets', ''solos',, and instru'-' mental pieces. The chair will'be talced by'Mr.W. Booth at 7.30 p.m. punctually, and we trust to see the attendance rival that of,thoOpening,entertainment, . ' : Another slip has.occurred on the rail-, way line, Lower Hutt. Several -tons of earth'have fallen.on to the rails, but.a large gang of inen were promptly put on to remove the obstruction; and it will probably be clear this morning, The, firsf.'s'lip/is.'not je'xpec-; ted to be repaired for three or four days longer, as through, the, damming.up of:a. small stream by the slip,' a portion of the embankment has been' washed away, leaving the piles and rails suspended over'the gip. Passengers, have,;'to / leave their, train hero an'd'walli' rriuiid to another on. the opposite side of the slip. ' Of course goods traffic; is for the present suspended. The ejection of a qualified ratepayer to serve as councillor for t\i& Carterton Riding ,of tho county topic -place, at the Institute on Wednesday last, but'didnot seem to create, very much interest until late in the afternoon. The following is tho declaration of tho poll made by the returning officer, Mr H. H, Wolters : Mr A, Armstrong, 107" votes; Mr W, Booth, 70 votes.' Mr,| Armstrong was therefore' duly- declared- elected as councillor for'.tlie riding conjointly with its present'representative, Mr Soys/' 'Cr Armstrong suitably returned' thanks for tho honor done him.

An English paper in Constantinople has been suppressed for publishing iiieivs.Vin regard to Stafe trials','. ''•'■"".-".

The Jews are being invited to. Spain .from Germany. Sixty thousand" are exto emigrate'there. '.

~: SatoPaujqa,..the;Greek.Minister of Finance, has rsigneiph.accpubt of frauds in the Treasury, 'f,\ r 'o Vi;•','.') ■■'

The '• Italian. Chamber of -Deputies rejected universal suffrage by a vote of 314 to 39. suffrage. ' , ~';,., ',''.'.. .. The Bey of iTunia's steward has taken refuge at the English Consulate at Tunis. The Bey charges him with embezzling 1,000,000 francs worth.of his property,

The Madrid authorites" Have resumed their raid on gambling . hells', In consequence ,of disclosures twenty-seven persona were arrested; and warrants have-been'iaaiiod against others, Ruptured between French and Italians are taking place all over the Continent. A great many Italians have left Marseilles', and' even on the Paris Bourse Italians have great difficulty in transacting business, owing to national animosity. The Berliner Zeitung says the. French .console themselves for the vast expenditure in Tunis by the idea that they are financially starving Germany, which is a delusion, while America profits by this war, for which French agriculturists are paying dearly, The most remarkable feature in a return recently published on the banks in the Australasian colonies is, no doubt, the fact, that the deposits of the public are actuajlv-larger than the advances by. ■the-banks, the former exceeding the latter by £380,000 in addition to' notes and bills in circulation, ,

Among eccentric,. to Pans and the Tnilleries, a French paper mentions a monomaniac' who frequented tile Arsenal, 'library for 20 yoavs for the solo purpose of reading and re-reading ''Paul and Virginia". .He knew the tale by heart, and recited it.onßutamer.ovenmgsas be paced toand'H'oiutlioJai'dindesPlarJes. , : ..',

There 'was a rumour in Madrid; on April 5 .that a'Republic, movement; had ; broken out in Oporto, aiicVtiiat tho insurgents bad fortfied themselves in a theatre, Later dispatches state that the outbreak was a trifling affair. Several persons having raised seditious, cries, ithe police: pursued them into the theatre where they were captured, |

Qn April 15 1 , two women, living.,. at Hazelton, 'Ma,,' w'liose.' actions'Jiad for sonde 'time shocked'eertain; respectable' citizens.of that town,' were tarred and feathered by a mob of several peranns,,all wearing masks.' They lay in wait for the defenceless women at the place where the latter were wont to meet their 1 com-i panions, and when they camel tripping: along the masked men sprang upon themj smothered their Boreams, and then applied the caoting of tar and feathers. The women were then released, and fled shrieking in terror. '

"Dan", said a yeung four-year old, give me a sixpence to buy a monkey V 'Wehavegot.oheimonkey in the house now," replied the alder brother.. " who is it DanlV asked the little fellow. "Yoii," was the reply, '"fhen; give nje sixpence to buy the monkey | some 1 nuts." • The brother could nplTresist. ' '.'.

;; We regret to record that one of the most golden opportunities ever offered to the inhabitants of the Wairarapa will be concluded''at the end of the month—namely, Schroder, Hooper & Co,'a monster' clearing sale. ! In another column they announce^.that"Still Greater Bargains will be offered, in order toplear.out, the wjiole of .(heir 'surplus' stock by the 1 end"' ojE the 'present!'' mWiih/*:Wint , er l grapery, Millinery, : ; and Clothing ''will,! be disposed of at less than manufacturing' prices," should advise everyone to call arid inspect; the Bargains, the like of which,' we can confidently Bay, has, never before been offered to the inhabitants; of Masterton. The sale is n'ow on at Messrs Schroder, Hooper,& Co.'s Hall of Commerce.— [Advt.] • ■ ■

An "escapws||eported from' Siberia, beiiicjthe sVcftftd'bhe recorded.! fcft \ .' Russia Colonel ofstfielOhevalier: Guard^Megir The Porte hai offices, in Constantinople, bSSfluse of facility afforded for the-transmission of . revolutionary-appea15.—...,>,„,..■.>..-—■..■■ Advice's from Algeria say that heavy losses'have been inflicted on the revolted wT%r?;,,, , ,"PQ/'V