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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 871, 16 September 1881, Page 2

A meetmp; of Wairarapa County East will be held at the Council Chambers Masterton to-morrow. The site of the Petone station is to he moved a quarter of a mile higher up the line. Miss Best's pupils reassemble to-day for the third term of the current year. F. H, Wood & Co offer for sale privately 150 head of quiet cattle, a 14 horse power portable engine, a large kitchen range, and a quantity of covnigateel iron. The Masterton Debating Society meet this evening for sharp practice, Every member will havo to speak for so many minutes on a subject drawn hv lot from a hat without having the privilige of preparing his address or arranging his ideas. The Hon. Mr Eeynolds calls the Railway Construction Bill' the logrolling bill.' The Hon. Mr Robinson said it would burthen the country with £5,000,000 worth of debt. The Hon. MrWcterhouse said it would enable the Government to alienate 11,200,000 worth of land. Still tho second reading of the bill was carried by 15 votes to 9. The New Zealand Times suggests that the Colony should revert to the old system of Qninuennial parliments, The colony rarely passes a measure the repeal of which is not demanded within a year or two. It is time that the practice of taking one step forward and a second backwards was put a stsp to. Is every vork which emerges from the General Assembly only constructed to'be pulled to pieces again 1 the colonists paying the cost of building up and pulling down ? In reporting Cr Gapper's remarks re contribution to streets and footpaths we did uot corvey a clear idea of what that gentleman intended to express. Instead of Cr Gapper saying that his estimate was really a contribution towards the roads rather than the footpaths' he stated that his estimate showed that people by contributing as they did when asking the Council to construct footpaths, offered an: inducement to constract the roads as well as their contributions exceeded their, proportion of the actual cost of the footpaths. It will also be noticed that Cr Gapper's statement that the work at Kuripuni authorised by CrEussell had not beon before the Council, was fully borne by the investigation of the finance committee,

The Gri'vtmvn'Viiluntiwa parade at 4 o'clock In morrow 'nficriimui for fielddrill' Wo .wiit .In .hear that Mr William Softon Miwilimiso, M.H 11. for Ashley, died yesterday morning at. 8 o'clock, at his residence, Molesworth street, Wellington, after a painful illness. At the Farmers' Co-operative Association meeting held in Canterbury on Tuesday last, it was statod that one firm of importers in Christclmrch had made £20,000 in one season from reapers and binders. • In reporting the movement for starting a Juvenile Foresters' Lodge in Carterton, the word "union" was misprinted for " senior", the Foresters' Court at Carterton being the Marquis of Normanby. F. H. Wood & Co.'s cattle sals at Waiheuga on Thursday was well attended, the butchering interest being well represented. Only thirteen head of cattle, however, were yarded, and these met A buyer in Mr S. Haigh, of Greytown, at £5 12s Gd per head. The demand exceeded the supply; there was also an inquiry for store cattle! We hear that Dr Hanratty is about to enter actions for libel against the proprietors of two newspapers for " excess in reporting," or libel, in connection with the late case in which the doctor was charged with manslaughter. One paper, in reporting the case, said he wrapped the child in flannel, and and then boiled and parboiled it.

There was a miserable attendance at the Mammoth Gift Show in the Town Hall, Greytown, on Wednesday evening, conscquenily the performance went iery tame, yifts amounting in all to about 5s were distributed to the " lucky" ticket holders; the audienco dispersing disgusted. The show was advortised for two nights,but the first night's experience was enough for the company, who went away by the midday train yesterday. The following team will represent Masterton in the football match with Carterton to-morrow :-MessrsW, Harvey, A. Welch, H. Bannister, B, Hounslow, G. Harvey, B. Perry, A. E, Bunny, W. Wardell. A. Smith, W. McKonzie, T. R. Roydhouse, C, Morrison, W.PerryC, S. K, DeCastro, Emergency D. M'Lacblan, J. Beer, Campbell. The team will leave Masterton by the 1.3 train reenrning'from Carterton by the quarter to four train.

Tho following is the text of the letter sent to Sir Julius Yogel on receipt of the suppressed despatch :—" New Zealand Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 6th June, 1881, —Sir,— I am directed to acknowledge the receipt, by the last San Francisco mail, of your letter of 27th April last, directed to the Premier. The tone of this letter is so offensive, and it contains so many misrepresentations and mis-statements, that the Government refuse to perrrit it to bo filed as a record of the colony,an:ll am therefore directed to return it to vou. I am, &e„ G, S. Cooper-Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G." A meeting of tho Carterton Cemetery Trustees took placo at the Institute on Wednesday evening, all the members of tho Board being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and the bank balance was reported at £55 Gs Id. Mr Burgess's account lor fencing (£52 8s) was passed for payment. For the two entrance gales, Mr A, Armstrong having charged at the rate of 27s per 100 feet, and the Board considering the charge excessive, the secretary was directed to write him, offering IGs per 100 feet, and that a committee (consisting of Messrs Moore, Fitzgerald, and Callister) be appointed to interview Mr Armstrong on the subject. Account of 275, for grave-digging, was passed for payment to J, Wheatloy, the sexton. Arrangements were made for completing the entrance gates and side wicket, the matter being left in the hands of Messrs Smith and Bairstow. It was resolved that burial warrants should be issued by the tallowing Trustees, viz, : Ta'atabi, Mr J. Smith ; Central Carterton, Mr W. Parlier; South Carterton, Mr E. Anderson. It was also resolved that the central road in the cemetery should be a chain wide—the side and cross roads half a chain. A short discussion took place as to a site for the Roman Catholic burial ground, but the matter was adjourned for decision until the ground plan was laid before the meeting. The business of the meeting was concluded about 9,30 p.m.

The last entertainment of this season in St Matthew's school room was successful in attracting a very large house. The instrumental parts on the programme were ably sustained by Misses Meredith, Vallance, Bennett, Oorbett, and Pcake. The choir gave two glees with its usual success, and in 6olos Messrs Moore, Stevenson, Gattscha, and Girdlestono, were as they always are, most successful in their efforts, and had to respond to loud " encores." Mr Clayson, too, received quite nn ovation, and Mr Rapp in reponso to an " encore" gave an able recitation. Able readings weresivon by Messrs Skipper and Grundy, and a few well chosen words of acknowledgement from tho Rev Mr Pak'e concluded the programme. Mr and Mrs Paige must be congratulated upon having carried through the most successful series of entertainments ever gizen in the Wairarapa, It is anticipated that after the social gathering, which takes place nest week as a sort of (l grand finale," there will bo some 170 or. 180 available for the purchase of a new harmonium for the Church,

Messrs Schroder, Hooper & Co.'s new advertisement will appear to-morrow, being too late for to-day's issue. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers and Cadets parade for inspection this evening They also parade for divine service on Sunday morning next. The partnership hitherto existing between J. W. and M. J. Leahy, bootmakers, has been' dissolved by mutual consent, Mr J, W, Leahy carrying carrying nn tho Masterton business,

The thoroughbred entire horse Duke of Edinburgh is advertised to travel in the Tinui-Whareama districts. Be has got some very good useful stock in the district ho has hitherto travelled, and his pedigree testifies to the quality of his breeding,

Mr C. A. Vallance, in driving home last evening, came to grief on the Upper Plain road. His horses shied, and the seat on which he was sitting becoming detached, he was thrown from the vehicle, but fortunately without sustaining any injury. Mr Gawitli, who was on board, also nlighted without injury, but Mrs Ling, who was one of the party, was less fortunate, and hurt one of her knees in falling. The only one who succeeded in retaining a seat on the vehicle was Mr Vallance'B son, a boy of some 12 or 13 years of age. He very pluckily climbed over on to tho pole, and as the horses were galloping along tho road, caught one of the reins and pulled them and the vehicle into the ditch, where they were brought to a standstill with no further damage done than a splintered pole.

We have been informed that Messrs Rapp and Hare of the Emporium Queen Street have 300 bushels of white seed potato oats grown in the Wairarapa and acknowledged to be the best sample in the market, As there is a great demand for first class seed oats we would recommend farmers who intend to grow milling oats andsustain the high market price for this produce to secure some of this seed without delay.—[Advt|.

The trustees intheeitaU of the late Mr.O. Dixon notify that the; property is now being surveyed, and will bo sold by public auction hi November.

i A plot of land, formerly the site of All■hallows Church, London, having an area of 3270 ft, has just been sold for £48,200 —over JBIB per square foot, or at the rate of half a million per acre. It has rscently been made public that the late Pope Pius IX, possessed .in England a personal estate valued at 18000. His will, aB contained in eleven different documents, was proved in London by the attorney for Cardinals Monaco, Simeoni, and Martel, when an estate under this amount was sworn to.

The following curious returns of the articles of value enclosed in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office- has been presented to Parliament. There were found: 122 money orders, to the value of £133 17slOd j 62bank drafts, £27.16 18s 3d; 97 cheques to the value of £1750 3s lid j 3 promissory notes, £123318s 2d ; postage ataraps, £3 9s 8d; bank notes, £94; gold, £19195; silver and coopper, £ll2s sd; representing a total of £6233 10s 3d, There was also received in the Dead Letter Offije:—l silver hunting watoh, 5 gold rings (one being let with precious stones), 1 greenstone and gold brooch, 1 pair of gold earrings, 1 silver breast-psn. 1 gold looket, 1 silver locket, 1 gold chain, 1 hair watch guard mounted in gold 1, greenstone and gold pendant, and 1 silver watch-case. 1500 unclaimed registered letters, 81 letters posted without addresses, 167 letters detained for postage of which 9 were subsequently prepaid and forwarded, 026 newspapers and 300 books and other articles without addresses ; of these it was found practicable to deliver 48. 30 letters with obscene and libellous addresses. 134 letters imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 764 refused letters. 5 letters with previouslyused postage stamps.

Any of our readers who are requiring good and serviceable clothing, could not possibly do better than purchase from Gardener & Son, Criterion Store, Carterton, who are renowned for their moderate cliargts.—[Adtt.]

I am a strong advocate for a Woollen Mill near Wellington, andwill give it ray hrarty support. Until it is an established fact, however, I must call your atention to my Kaiapoi Tweed Suits at 555, fiss, and 755, which in time must drive out all English (Slops. I have also every requisite in Gentlemen's Wearing Apparel, Umbrellas, Portmanteaux, Travelling Bags, &o. Alex, Sample, Willis'Street, Wellington.- -[Amx]