The Wairapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 835, 2 August 1881, Page 2

The Wairapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1881.

Tiie Pijemibb pjaiiris that the Redistil-' button of Seats Bil). is a measure which is demanded by tlie country. This assertion is only a partial truth, Those districts which at present are inadequately represented in the House certainly require it; but one great change embodied in the measure has not been sought by the country, and that is the dividing of double-seated electorates into single-seated ones. Has, for example, any public expression of opinion been given in the Wairarapa in favor of dividing the present el.eclpil district into two! Yet the division .will be accomplished, and for what reasonJ Sijjiply because if; suits the present representative!! of the district, like Abraham and Lot to divide the country between them. Hitherto the political interests of Hie whole of the Wnirarapa have been as one, and on any local question if not on general subjects our members voted together. Mr Bunny was as much bound to serve Mastertpn (is he was obliged to promote'the interests flf Featherston, and Mr was necessarily as much bound to Featherston as he was to | Masteiton, Any question submitted to either member for consideration, was treated by them not from a, local point of view, but from a Wairarapa range of view. Under the proposed division of the electorate, any question submitted will be treated from a smaller basis, vis;., from a north Wairarapa or from a south Wairarapa. .stand point. This is evidently a step backwards I We require for the General Assembly men chosen and elected, on the broadest grounds, and the smaller the; electorate, the more insignificant will : be the men sent into tlje House, In, Wellington the new proposal will be : still more ridiculous in its operation.! The Empire City will no longer be 1 represented, bqfc infitead there will be the Hon member for Tjjorndon, the Hon member for Te Aro, and possibly the Hoa member for Lapibton Quay. When a city like Wellington or a district like the Wairarapa has a community of interests, and is fairiy automatons, it is simply absurd for any cabinet tc saw it into slices, As yet, no reason has been assigned, for the new patent single seated electorates excepting that .they will save candidates a certain 'pronbutiqn of their ordinary expenditure at election time, ■. Such an argument has a considerable, weight, but the graver evil of a deterio-i jatgd Parliament has much more, If there is one thing more than another on which tlje minds oi members are made up, it is making their own reelection cost them as Utile as possible. This cheapening of the expense of getting into tlje House will lead to a multiplication of candidates, biti not of the men of the right class Under the new proposal Masterton Gould absolutely return one of its own citizens into the House if it .chose to do so, as it could outvote the country districts included in the north Wairarapa Electoral division, -Such a member however, would not be likely to possess the weight of one who had the confidence of the various townships and all the country districts. We shall not be sorry to see the Redistribution of Seats Bill postponed till next year, so that the country may have an opportunity of expressing its opinion on the single seat expedient. The present House is tolerably unanimous aborjt single seats but in" a matter where personal interests form a strong element the verdict of members may not be infallible, ' : '

Mr Reeves M.H,>K,: for: Grey Valloy paid a visit toMastbkon'ycsturdiiy..-.'_,'j .: Teridera are invited for ieusing'the 'wjell knowii orchard acre inQueen'St. Master-, ton.; ; . '• 'y-\- n /-'-a '*•' s

The Masterton Borough Council- meets' this evening. ' . ..-■.„. .^'' We regret to learn that Mr W. Toogood of Featherston htts.:suffered a-domestic affliction in the death of his wife. The funeral takes place this afternoon. The usual fortnightly sitting of the R; M Court at Greytown, takes place today. " ■' • ■ Dr Hosking advertises for 20 huah-r fullers, and Mr Baumber calls tenders for cutting 90 acres of scrub. There is now an active demand for bush labor. Tenders are invited for undersorubbing and falling 40 acres of bush in the Pahiatua block,

The usual weekly drill of the Greytown Volunteers will take place to-morrow evenings as the Town Hall is otherwise engaged to-night.' . -, ■ The Lydia Howard Burlesque : Troupe will perform in the Town Hall Greytown this evening, and from the good'impression they made on their first visit,' we predict a full house for them to-night. - Notice is given of the nexV quarterly Licensing meeting for Tuesday, September oth

Tenders are invited by Mr A. Fisk, trustee, for the purchase,' of the book debts in the estate of Messrs Bennett and. Potts. Messrs J. lorns & Co.. announce a furniture sale for Saturday next, and a last sale of nursery stock for the seaßon on the Saturday following. '• Mr Bunny, M.H.R,, in order to remove, doubts, states in another column that he intends, at the expiration of this Parliament, to offer himself as a candidate, for re-election. Mr Wardell, on the other hand, expresses an intention inanopposite direction. He will not come forward.

The ordinary meeting of the Phmnix Lodge LO.G.T. was held last evening in the Temperance Hall and was largely attended, the premises being inconveniently small lor the seventy members now on the roll. During the past quarter sixteen new members have joined, and one only lost by clearance to another Lodge, The officers elected at the former meeting were duly installed by the Lodge Deputy, Bro, Hosie. The New Zealand Times says—"The Select committee appointed by the Parliament to report on the Rabbit Nuisance question, have made certain recommendations which will be heartily endorsed by all country settlers who are practically acquainted with the subject." Our contemporary is mistaken, The feeling anions; settlers generally is adverse to the recommendations, This, however, does not prove that they are not woith trying.

Messrs F. IT, Wood & Co., announce to their Greytuwn constituents the last sale of this season's fruit and ornamental trees shrubs &c, from Mr McCnrdles nursery on Saturday next, On the following Monday the same firm sell without reserve at the Pastoral yards Carterton numerous entries of sheep and cattle which will be found in our advertising columns, .

The Greytown Volunteer Christies have engaged the services of Mr .Parker, pianist of Featherston, to play the accompaniments aj their on'tortainmetit on Friday evening next. * They are ; practising most assidoualy, and with such accomplished musicians as Messrs Lundqvist, Linn, and Parker it ought to prove a very successful! affair. Among the petitioners to the House (says the Post) is Mr ty. M'Keover of the Wellington Guards, who for fourteen years has made application for a grant of laud in the Waikato, for Ins fierylces in tl;e wars of 1802 and 1865. i be. Waste'l/ano> Committee, to whom the petition wag re? ferreii this session recommend thai petitioner's claim, together with others of a similar nature, should he enquired into by the Goverment during the recess,

The regular meeting of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society was held in the [nstihjrte yesterday, Present—Rev J. Dukes'(Ohairinan.), and Messrs F/eifit, Dr S. F. Beard, and 'Mesdaiji'eS VY. E, J?aige and R, Q. Williams, 'flip mjnijtes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the Treasurer reported a credit balance of £§ Ids lQd. Only three oases requiring relief weie reported, It was resolved that unless there should be fresh applications for relief the Committee would meet that day threo months. The following accounts, wore passed for payment:— 0. Ohpfjlfansen, 10s; E, Feist, £2; R. H. ClVinchenVUs.

air », ut. uucnanan wri'-fUg to tne i/>. Z. Tjnips says:'-J very much rogrot to hear .from spvppal reliable West Goast sources that a wrong impression l].]s to a considerable extent obtained currency there as to the scope of intended operations by the Wellington Frozen Meat Export Company, It seems to be assumed that this company intends buying and selling to a largo extent on its own account, and that there \yojjld consequently be considerable risk of loss to shareholders from ill-considered purchases' or 'mismanagement in connection therewith, Being throughly conversant with the viows of the principal promoters oh this side, allow (no to correct a misapprehension which migjit if allowed fq continue, seriously check the progress of a movement from which we all hope so much!'' When tho present project was first mooted the original idea was that, as the time did not admit of the erection of ; shore freezing works for the first season's ship? ments, individual stockowners should give a guarantee of the necessary number of stock to any shipping companies who might be found willing to provide the facilities for freezing on board, as arranged by the New Zealand and Australian Land Company from Dunedin. It was however, found that the shipping comDanies demurred to stockowners' guarantee as not giving a sufficiently tangible security for their outlay, and under the circumstances a company was decided to be the only me'ans of getting over all possible objections on the part of the shipping interests, The necessity of the company's power to buy will be at once seen, should the necessary number of stock not be forthcoming on owners' account for these first shipments; but, at the same time, I am satisfied there would be the strongest objection to the exercise of this power under any other conditions whatsoever. The necessary slaughtering and shore frpepng works being once established, the company should as much as possible confine itself to preparing, receiving, and shipping pn owners' account, together with any other looal agency which might be found convenient to stock, owners and producers, I hope this explanation may be the meansof removing any misunderstanding on the subject, and that the strongest efforts will be at once made to forward a movement in which East and West Coasts are alike so deeply interested. -■: • ■ • • The recent gold discovery has raised the hopes of the good citizens of Masterton, and if these hopes .are. realised, and people go in for luxuries, : we .would remind, them that Muir and Dixon Carriage-lamps are the best and cheapest in the district, And the buggiesiand cariages they turn out are the handsomest and most faithfully made in the Province Advt. X; •''■' ,; lt ■ ' ', '''

' 'Sbhrodbr & Go., .announce in attpthec colutpti.lhat specjnl-;bargains, in CrapeMMiiinfcry and OlothiiigSill bV. offered* !|Jpjl'.w "thoir monsterJjbibarinf : Sale IB;rtb'W : dr&wing to a close. We'should' advise Jeidg,'of families, • andxjoth'ers -{ov ijiaker'an early call at the ** Hail of Commerce,'and secure Borne of the many Bargains how being oSered.,. The sale which is a genuine pije;,has.-been a very; great success, and we report that the proprietors will not continue it much longer, The address is Schroder Hooper & Co., Hall of Commerce,— Ami.. "..'