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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 975, 16 January 1882, Page 2

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(UNITED PBEaS ASSOCIATION.) LoNDotf, Jan 3. A movement ia on foot among the Jews resident in London for the format! an of an association having for ita ohjeit the vindicntion- sr|d. protaationof fellow countrymen who have been subjeoted to persecution in B,ww and Germany. The m'-itier itrcrhgen-taken up warmly-bj moat of the influential .Jews, and funds are fi«>wing lu freely, . '>-<-, A eniployad in. girdling flip ?relan4, attacked by a party of men, who Sred upon it, They were repnlsed by the orew, itnd tha ria«lesde« of the affair have been arreeted. lijtelligaijea has. .been received from Xs4i* &f & nmng %mmg l&whm A%ha» &®m m Urn of 2dm I^,

drawn towards Quettah, are marching to tbe relief. - . ; , ; "*' " *\ v -

"■'During the past year the debt of tho United Stateshaa incr@aaed.by For some years previously she debt, which stands at about £420,000,000, has been .steadily decreasing. The well-known.firm of.Char riot & 00., Bordeaux, has been declared bankrunt, the liabilities being estimated at the large amount of 15,000,000 francs. (£625,000). In consequence of some surrounding circumstances, it is probable that legal proceedings will be taken. •The appointment of Achmot Aurabi Bey, as Secretary for War to the Egyptian -Government, has excited much comment j It is, generally regarded as the closing ' scene of the recent incident. Aurabi was ' the chief instigator of the mutinies in the Egyptian Army on 10th February and 9th September last year, and is considered by the army and populace as the national leader. , : ' Jt is rumored, that. Aohmet Aurabi Bey has refused to accept .the position. The statement, however, requires confirmation. 'The Kugb.es and Nomatio inhabitants of an extensive region in central Asia, situated' between Orenberg and Eastern Turkestan, which was recently recaptured by Chinese, hate risen in revolt in consequence of ill-treatment they have been subjected to. They, have maasaored the people of a number of Chinese villages, and committing fearful atrooitities. Troops "were dispatched against them but were attacked and defeated. The rebellion is assuming serious proportions. Following the repudiation recently | given by the "Pope of the unbearable nature of his position, as captive in the Vatican, it is now deolared that every arrangement has been made for the sudden departure'of Hib Holiness from Borne. For some time past the subject; of a Bri■tlah, representative; sUhe Y«,tican has been under discussion. Hecently Errington w<to despatched as an informal envoy to confer on certain points, on which a strong desire was expressed on the part of 'the Vatican that a permanent"representative fotf: Ghre.at Britain, should; b.e ap-. pointed. The siata of health oif the British troops maintained in Natal is reported to

ba very,' had.; an entaiio disease has broken out amoDgst them, and has spread to such an extent as to cause much alarm.

The situation of affairs iq the Transvaal is becoming critical, The Volksraadt ha*e gmuied a monopoly of the diamond fields ■within their territory. The Benjamin diggers engaged on the fields are highly - indignant, and protest against this action, bttf the Boera of the distriot syrapathisewlth it. . An outbreak is rogardod as imminent.

The oleotrio light has been introduced into Vienna for the. purpose of lighting the principal streets)" A'portion of/the city haa bean thus illuminated aria the cosl ?u «a satisfactory that prob.ibly the system will bo extend od. A torrlblo catastrophe is reportod to have occurred at OBkalooaa, United States. A number of boya were practising shooting ai o, target in the vicinity of a pnwder magazine near the town and by some mean*, probably by a misdirected shot entering the place, the magagine, which •Obtained several hundred kegs of powder, •xploded. Tha shook was terrific and the bays who were the. cause of the disaster wera killed and the town itself was wrecked. Many buildings were absoktely -destroyed and several persons were injured, the. shook being felt with great force for a very considerable distance from thsj actual scene of the explosion. The fund established under the presi dency of the Lord Mayor of London for assistance to landlords who are placed in distressed circumstances through the refusal of-their tenants in Ireland topay rent, has reachedl i1i,606f " '.'"'' Strong'symptofa's.;of. the revival .of.re- : publiran feeling are> being manifested in : Spain, at Madrid,", fetreat, excitement has bean caused by the issue, of a republican manifesto, csljhig upon the people to exipel the Royal Family, and follow the i exarapla of France in He- J public. '- ■ ' '

At a festival held by Communists at tho Peris 1 celebration of BJanquier, ono of their old leaders, eaekma rioting topk, place; owing to the intervention of the police.' Th# : mob was extremely diaorderly, and' the ty#)iy »h,o, were attacked, fired'upon *he*rowd, Twenty peraomvfMti woundod.

Garibaldi, the celebrated Italian patriot, has met with an accident. He was driving In a eaiuiftKo via Madeline, Homo, when the vehicle upset and he was thrown out and Hoverely .bruised, but was not otherwise sarioualy injured tbou«h some feftra are entertained as that hia advanced age the shook may prove dangerous, The lateat. ■ intolligen.ee received from India. the vendition, of .eoqijQli&ling hia authority appears subr siding. 1 "The ifghans;; generally, ar& reported io be qiiat. ■'<- '

WEST COUNTY. The ordinary monthly meeting was held at the County offices, Carterton, on Satnrday last. Present—Or Pharazyn (Chairman), Phillips, Donald,) Boys, Booth, McGregor, Jackson, Macquaria, and Chamberlain.-—The minutes of the previous: meeting were read and confirmed. Surveys foe Highway Boabds. ; An application was read from the Mastertnn Highway BoardJ asking for the services of-the,County Engineer to lay off the road from Mr Wthgnfte's property to"' the main Tenui-Tiraumea road.—The Chairman thought it would be desirable to comply with.the request -Cv Booth moved that if MrKlng could find time to do the work the reqiieat - Bhould be granted.—Cr McGregor st.id the Works Committee were- favorable to the County Engineer assisting all local bodies with Burveya as far as possible, the County charging far the cost of the work. He seconded r tho- -fThe resolution was carried, the "Works Committee being empowered to give effect to it, and the cost being charged against the Board. . MCLEOD'S PhOMRTY. ■ A' letter was read from. theMasterton, Highway Board, askirig if the new road to MBUriceville , would give access, to, Bjtr McLedd'a property —Th|e Engineer reported that it would not. 1 *. A Native Dehjtatjoh. Ngatatuere, accompanied by one. or two follcwers, waited on the CounoiL respecting a claim for £2OD, whioh he had made for land taken in connection with the Waiohine Bridge—The Council informed the applicant that as the Crown Grant had not matured, the Oourioil had power to take the laudj and hia olaim. oouid not be admitted. I Constable Beunskill, A letter waa received from Oonßtable Brunskill, reporting thai he had closed his dog registration book for 1881, and reporting the balance to the credit of the account—The Secretary was instructed to inform the Constable that his appoint, raent m Registrar for Festheraton had now lapsed. ' j

The BENEVOLEjp, Sooieiit,

A ,elt « vm read, from the Notf Ji Waiwapa Benevolent Society, enclosing a hit o£ amounting to J3l la 6d, and Mkiiycfor a grant in a'id.--Or Boys: We no. funds forsuch, a, purpoae.—On the motion cif Cr reply ! was instruct to be for 1 warded regretting that had no.funfla, available for a»si£tmg the Society, ■ ■' .' E, Robinson Junr. wrote to the Council as lesaee,.stating. that M*T% diverted the traffic though, the gate by allowing people to pass through' | his property and evade the toll He asked for a rebate of the rent not having realized the amount oftt in toUs. per annum) during the W1 ?l v Wn*B—The Chairman pointed out that the lessee covild protect himself by putting up a s©«m.l gate which need only he of an expensive character.— Or. Jtonaia said that; the Featherston Highway Board had not carried out the suggestion, because tod much inoney hadalready been expended, civer- this lolh "If they proclaimed, the road a eottaty one the difficulty ijKmtt be obviated. Persons by passing- up the viver, also succeeded in evading the' toll. The site of the gate »e owed to be altered to check this.—Cr. Booth thought she question w«s due for the Highway Board 'deal with.—Cr, Donald replied thai the difficulty which arose between the Taratahi -Carterton and the Highway Board had led' to iJlOp.being uselessly, expended in re- , moving.the toll gate. If the former B'oW ! would agree to the old site being" used i there would bo an end [of the difficulty,— Cr. Booth said the difficulty between (he two Boards only existed in the imagination of tlio FeatherstorJ Highway Board. He believed that the jTaratahi-Carterton Highway Board would be very willing to make a present of the old toll honae to the Peathoraton Board. There was evidently a' misapprehension between ths two Boards,—Cr. Jackson said it understood that the- fTaratahi-Carterfon Board wanted £6O for the toll housa Cr Donald thought Cr.( Booth must'be in error as a member bfthoTavalaM.Carter-' ton Board, Mr Boys, was.also a member' of the Councilrand had?liept it well 'in-' formed of the facts of the case.—Crl '-BlcCJregor moved that the' application, be referred to the Featherston Highway Board. He thought that the interference of the Council in the matter would only incrs&B& the difficulty.—Cr. Jackson seconded, Cr WeGregpr'a Phillips dutered from My McGregor. He thojighf it was a tunotumof the to. adjust shy dispute .arising bet Teen WoffigbWay Boards —Cr Booth positively: denied the existence of any difference between the two Boards. —CrPhjllips-would asfcjfor correspondence toßhow L the:;rslasive views of the two Boards.; The Chairman said his reeolleo-ition'confitoed-Hr Booth's statement that there haa'been no ill feeling between the two Boards, The TaratahfcCartertoh Highway Board.merely declined to allow ;tbe gate to be,ilocatedji within, its bpun," idanes.—Cr MoGregor's motion was pat and carried* '' K

Mr RuraERFQKDa: Application. . Mr J. Butharford w>oie drawing the attention ot the Council to 6000: aerea of land suitable for Bettbrtjißnt i| opened- up by a road.—The Ohaieman itatad that ho had seen the block and considered the locality would b«'a/.gooA.direction in .which to esjpend m.otuby.—C? M'Gregor wished, to k.nbw, if the County had a discretionary, ia expending the LBOO6 ; voted. If 80, it was important that fcfes req,airpinetitß of th« diitriot as a whole should be considered, add t|ut tha present recommendation, h* taken in conjunction, with the -kmmY qoeatlori'. He advocated the appointment or a committed to report-upnn the beat .division of the vote.—The Chairman replied that tha ultimate decision as to the expenditure of the vote routed with the Gomnment but that. m.the tyjmn the recommendations made by ihe..qoutoly were prstty certain to bo adopted.—Or Philips propoiad that the Work. Oommmee ehopld, in oonjiwo, tion w.lh the. Chairman, report on the Bubieot.~Cr Msoq-mns aa& another lino waa preferable to tha om indicated by Mr_ Euthorford,-The! p/opoeal qI Or philjps waa agreed to, The WAirotu Bsidgs..

Mr F, Chapman applied to the Council l 9n:,ilaa3oH oiih9 fil^eß {or »Tertim«6n thoWHipoua bridge stating that the contract was completed excepting two or thre* d*ya rflotailing and the\ pamtinjj which had been delayed at the request- of the K WRS resolved on the motion of Or Beitli that the fines ba remitted oa the work being satisfactorily completed. WatLKfqTOH Ci?* Ootwoix,. A letter was read from the Wellington City Council, expressing the willingness °* £«*' &r *•» County to construct 5 W)^" £in " ,ts beljalf its reserve in tue Mkagaon© Block.—Tlw Chairman * e . ported that he had interviewed the Com. mittee for the Oity eadovraaenfc, an.d it hs& agreod to recommend the OtytOona'eil to, vote tlia money qeuMftty. for fewrafaH?l&a road though. 4ha saaerm—Ufa* SdSdw wan instructed to pragsure lor ths worlc, *» taukr 40 fc»

thought, the mam lines lay so far sper* that it would not be easy io combine theaa in a'board.—Or McGregorconsidered - that tU«.ppptdataon :o£|he district was sot ■ aa yet sufficientfor constifcutfog; a board; ; : NbwEoad to BfAma:cavaw/;^ ; '.■:-/

Cr;McGi^oi^ii)t^;bii(: i ''tliat road;froia r tib.e Camp went for into the bushand then, tinneds&r .another inile. would e&ik*- -< the ■MauriceviJle ■s&&&*&;■''&&"ss**•:■ g^eat; convenience; to- setdeiislui&-£hA : !- :^^ag. I p«blie., < the fybMt should>be*itaken through. The'orißnaii sjweyMa the line a and ( ifc should be to;—The Chairman replied that the- Council would aoV Be . in constraotihfir: the'fourth* - mileoat" of the money at its Jess it opened db |or- sale;—lt* T# m ] decided to, refer ih« queskon to the Committee pointed. .; ; ■";>.:' ; ' : :,: : . •< i • -Weij4hg3K>n' Harbor;B®*itsii.' : ' A letter..w&s tsceived'.liroßa' requesting -, ,Oounti8«: ' Wiiriftitea," ijastand West to exerois* ißeir risJjfrtd/ electjt memberolthevW«ihngton HaiboF Board on the second Monday in Fabsuasry —lt was decided that the Counoil'sliomi meet on that day, imd: that the mej»¥»r* at County Bast should W informed it( tha moating. slt waa also understood that 4h» electaon would be a mereiyformalmiife. and would result is there-apbointmelfcef Mfc Kroll, the present representative ■©£ the. two Councils. f ; v :'f TKBABtfKEK^-?BB*6|H'/ i ;j.~ _ The Treasurer reported that "the cask i» Bank was L 1,334 la Bd; ho also %aw s debtor and creditor account with reapaefc. hw.'PJS. • votcß **« genera? i ± ohas ™ a tt-S»id that their position was. up to Mawm 3lst, there dencienoy of. 1,1,26® 13s lId' ? general, fend, and with exirssu amount to a atauding debs of ftia opinion the time had arrived witM&e Council was botind to :pr'uvtd« : "''-fo'i : .'tfc« money it had expended on lexarpisaofsome of the ftpwew it-pos«s»sad. -~Cr McGregor tie Coin. fp»\ money, and it was to.-, ,&..tiU it -wm afeso/laiely required,: He-waa eventually the Connty, bettor footing than it waa "$&?&* 4hal <4 the interim:^ ait;r Cr Phillips McGregor that the debt mijTlit f;« He was of iha opinion that the money for the ; Waipou a bridge abould Hrie bwl ae tlie County had agreed to »«*&*-it Sfff!f' rightvatto the position of ; a&iri. E*. h2™*ty h } 7 >* l#t*ff-;f»'n Goinoil and. «? - I l?°i do ' 9!^; W ß frte it tnfdebt. Hethought a a^nd, than- merely irafeia^to ■ rrovideHoe, or words,■ depending/ upon: the. Govern men,t for ita wiiy» «ai f*P?,AVest !o n of, h Gtkua>y rate. improved, iposltipn to pay auplt tevy. fka Cosaty ought to push on, wijtfci- ail wbrto & *§Mt b° be afrajid bi tlw> unpopularity ■of- a, small rafo 31si "feeling iolfit a .V i ty%sJ?pT-°t ((ha. raemb> re might be aaaitwttax,, bufc U failed to seeSKowths Z the.County vm to escape an alternaUv«. : , which harf, had already beoDgdopieffW • neighboring Counties. He would hi»seK * ]at , once give a notice of motioa Is ■ in fa?or of a rate if he thoii K ht there *»#-- anyrchance of such ». resolution carried.-' . 'V- ; V-.: * - mVi

TEE) WkSTTCoAST IIA»WAIf.aO3mSOATIOH..* The Chairman,&*.w attention to 'thaifact that the; Vf&t Coast Bailway Com- - panies Act uslvq eatßaordifiary powers for - taking lanA eqn&atent to osia third of tha • sum arant/in, the line. Th« - eafjjnatedf cnat was £680,000, and ih» • ■ UMnpany was onlitled to JSSOO.OOO worth » jq? Grown Land is within st radius df £f ieea j ,mdoi of its hoe. The fifteen aijW struck . through the Seventy-Mile Buna, iaifcg ; half of it from the County. Their pro* posfila for Battling tlta Crown Land* aorta , of Esemhuna were visually at &a end if the proposed »ctwn of ifc a Ccmpauy w»r» taken. TJ» MmimirlDv landassalae thfct the Cosap&oy was about Jo put it* olutchw • on atlthia, hmd woald kos *^y -would be suspsaded. The matter was » auffiomtly sconced, for the cSfl to ' wpraw an opinion on it. H 8 { out vote m.ght be tafem m th. mlway district' to 3 evy a „*.*£ £. £ e . or 6 per cent, on the espial 0 f the - and to this repeats in £. have to submit, wuld beawamp.d by the Utea few T™ Bnd di.lnL, To as: x f »j e,r P ;e=stas isf^#' krs'&o^nt- S 6 ' 1B8 *» *° obtain a . .m*? B^"', 0 * ffown Lauds. , The Ooa« .'; Gowo to hub Boas. ■J f , '{;, po'Xd t?»T iS g,Mr ? t j on *& ported that b«a K « Had co j had bbM'• supply, .th® tandcr of MrlTffii Th* appomisaaat of Mr- jo %££&;' J ™*?;-tOr Boys suggested HaL sh*™sp «&, rfaV3JpBS.T plied to avary owner ii3f ? p " then «W £ T to ildjlll ? tt arse £ll^^^™ Siot of£ 1-fi ba ?« «• a Town that-Mr - w4a »»B«6d »a*rs,s!a was iv ws»k-.a. hIJ^SSLTxF^yP

Qramitte#. The 'ivas then! .sSlosr&d to drpp. \ WAHaABHu;VALiKy ROAD, | C* McGregor reported that oat of £l6O fe i»s subscribed by settlors,' only .jiilW could bis raised. Believing that an honest' effort h&d been made by the latter to do j_ yiia Cheir power towards tho work, lie K' ttotid that the Engineer be instructed to » with the.:road.—Cr Chn.niberlain «eonciod the motion. The rttit <<)■?, ho said, had- strained a point to raise us much: «a they had done.—Cr McGregor ex-' plained that'the money available would npt make a drny-voad to. the river, but it would mako all bridges and culverts along the lino to this point, and do some of the worst cuttings,—Cr Donald objected that ■ some subscribers had contributed on tlie understanding that iiSO was to be raised, and it blight be a breach- of faith to take their contributions unless this condition were complied with.—Cr'Phillips thought thay had better let the matter pass, as, if the work were to be done this season, no time should be lost in putting it in hand. • "finale Works Report. The report of. the Public Works.Committoa was adopted, it being resolved, on theibotioh of Cr McGregor, seconded by ... Cr Chamberlain, that the offer contained * fa thajreport from owners of property for corap&usation on proposed road near the j' Camp he accepted,' and that the Commitauthorised to purchase a small por- ... tjoivflecessary to complete the road. The amptipt for compensation specified in tho report.was 15s. Engineer's Report. This was .read and adupted, the Enginear being 'instructed to make an estimate of the. survey and formation of the road toMiuriceville, and transmit the Rtvmo to Minister of lands, requesting sanction to expend same. In the course of discussion ■; oirthe report, Cr McGregor pointed out .the advisability of roads being located by ' .practical engineer instead of a surveyor, ' ' where now blocks of land were to be ; opened up.—-The Chairman supported '• pi 9 view, instancing a case where a. line " 'of road had been laid along the bed.of a S V mountain torrent when a good site was -' alongside. ■ Tho Engineer having reported '•that Sit Marchant expected him forthwith to proceed with the survey of all roads on ■ Ulie South Maiuieevillc Block, mid.re- * queitkig instructions as to' proceeding his opinion being confirmed by .-'-the Chairman, it was resolved that the i'fCliief Surveyor ,bd informed that the '' 'Comity * Sngineei. is only employed, at "v- pwtt iia making engineering. surveys .of the rotkds.in. thfi Maiu-icevillo South district, i-whicb ore to bo at once formed; that ■'the Covncil has no funds out of which '■ 41ms cost' of. surveying other roads in the Bloefe can be .paid, though recognising the iasportance of sneli surveys ; and that the -CaMCil is willing to perform the work if /cost thereof is paid by the- Survey »-Department-

. IWSXHTJCTIOKS TO EN«ISEEK. . complete survey of. road througl' to ,< ; ljfoariert villa, prepare ,plans and call for ,f. iffiswlera for works on the Wangaehn V«Uey road, make engineering. survey of • iwo wiles on Drier's Bock road, invite - -fcscdas.'a for Pahiatua township reserve s'pstd. and make surveys for Masterton Waiohink Eivbu District, Ob jucDKmi, it was resolved tliat the neatnetor bo informed that the Council, J ( iia«!iag iliat the contract is not being cariW on at » satisfactory rate, he mnsfc n«t ®Sp§®t< any extra extension of time if not . . aompletea within contract time. , ~ • Exn OF- Couwcillokb. ' C* Macquarie, Booth, and Phillip*, - 1! iHmag call* "Uewhere, and requiring leavo ol aim neit, the notices of motion of Or Ow*)d *• County roads, and Or Phillipa ■ 're Waiherip to Gladatoue road, wero < *4jotfra«ri for contidtirAtioii until the next nteting. - * - Mwwatu Faulty, Pn«r to Stla departure Cr Phillip* draw - tit* of th» Council to a paragraph iwwwtly appearing in the Wahukafa Daky, a* to tha Ferryman charging fees - 'Mil w*ya, and 'suggesting ..that: the OMaMil (?isoald taka »tapg to inue the , , tlrfiil to raaidant settlers, A general , qUM was «xpr«M«d that tha Ferry- -< ; msrn Ink! the right to make such charge - * mi #&* Oottneii would not intarfar*. t j . Xhegnssyotm Pobkd, f ■"* 'lUwlwd—That 6*,jsblie Pound bo -- at Dreyaricwm at a point thraa chain* north of 0»boroo'a r Hotel, and that thtijchedule of Slid poundage few be, aftipeoifled, , ) -4* ttffcadaUa A; B, and Do£ an Act <>f the . . , '.WssiMagtai ' Provincial - Legislature, en- ,, tifM--" The Irapoitadiag Act, 1856," • _ Ovtlsiku Dmsjaoxs, * "Tfc»' -Ckrk having drawn the attention Ms? to tins neceaaltj, of Having , , 7 made for this diatriot, it wai ;Mr SkeeJ.be appointed to . MpWVtba valuation roll for the outlying. ■ the County near Graytown. r y,' *' Wtxuffx Conkcre* RKFOBK. I- - ■ ■ the payment ' ■. 3 M twmktU to. £2^3lsa 9d, waa ■ 'dfopUd; jn£. ahe<]#««^ixned, —Th« Conn* ' y; M 5.30-j};ns;