The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 994, 8 February 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1882.

Witiw at. the late meeting of the Town Trustees, Air Hark raised a quibble as to paying the. i4OO dueto the Educational Board on account of the Masterton school buildings, we could not help regretting that tho town should be lowered - in (ho eyes of an influential outside public body by such a pitiful evasion. We do not for a moment believe that the Town Trustees, in talcing the course l hey did, imagined that they wore breaking faith with the Board, but noun the less they were doing so. The internal dissensions among the members of the Trust, and. apparently an incapacity on the part of some of them to comprehencithe obligations they ■ had entered into in tho matter of the exchange ot school sites, • have, in. our opinion, been a very un : fortunate, thing for the. town. At a conference held a year -ago between Messrs Hutchison and Bum, members of, the Board, and the then Chairman (Mr A. f, Mall), and ihembers of tlie Trust, it, was agreed—lst. That tho Board should build iv new school and transfer the old school site to the Trust; and 2nd, That the Trust should pay •£4OO towards the costof the i new : buildings, anil give the Board a new site. This was the understanding arrived at, To give effect to it inlaw,' an Act had to ho passed through Par liament and conveyances exchanged between the two Bodies, Some members of the Board were of the opinion that no steps should be taken in build--ing the new school till the Act was. passed, the conveyances signed, and the £4OO paid over; but the'majority of the Board said why hang up the erection of this much-needed school for anindefinite time, merely for the sake of legal forms 1 We are dealing not with a private individual but with':an Educational Trust which has given us a positive assurance that on its part' there shall be no obstacle or delay in' fulfilling the obligations which it has undertaken—let us therefore call for tenders for the work at once.' We were present at the conference to which we refer, and remember Mi'Renall aasur-. ing-the-representatives of the Board that the £4OO would be produced as soon as it was wanted, He said that he did not know where it was to-come from, but that this was a question for the Trust to decide, and one which they need not trouble the Board with. In a word he thoroughly satisfied the members of the Board who were present that the ,£4OO was available whenever it was required. Long before the completion of the building this 1400 should, as a matter of good faith and honor, have been placed to the credit of the Board's account, Had the Board acted in a different spirit, towards the Trust, had it said we cannot build your school till a conveyance is signed and the £4OO paid over, the position' of affairs would have been different, but when it waived all preliminary forms and accepted the word of the Trustees for the payment of the money, it behaved in a handsome manner, and the least the Trustees could have done would have been to acknowledge the confidence which the Board placed in them and shew by their action that tiiey were worthy of it. We attach some importance to this affair, because we believe that the good name of the town is more or less prejudiced by it, and we feel sure that some of the Trustees themselves either aro not fully informed of the facts of the case or else they have failed to realise the logical application of them.

We are glad to.see that our Wellington: contemporary the Post has called attention to the excessive time taken in. conveying passengers between Wellington and Miisterton by the Railway Department. _ From enquiries we have made we arc quite satisfied that the journey may be done safely, stopping at every station, in three hours instead of four hours and fifty minutes, the present time allowod, The public and the press have been..very forbearing on the question of our local railway traffic, It. is quite time that a better system nl running the trains was insisted upon, Thorois not a man employed on the line who does uotlauglrin his sleeve at the red tapeism by which the slowest possible running time is obtained. The railway will never be made : to pay till a little more capacity is exhibited in its management Extreme timidity and nervous apprehension of averaging more than twelve miles an hour strangles the traffic.

The' final meeting of the TaratahiCarterton.Race Committee took place last night at Ray's Hotel, Taratahi, when the affairs of the late meeting were wound up and_ B balance of between £2O and dE2S carried forward to next year's foeetlnfc A meeting of the Mastertnn Horticultural and Industrial. Committee was: held". at the office of the Secretary yesterday afternoon. Present Mesara- Everett(President), J. Brown (Secretary), McCardle, Gardner, and Paytori. Arrangements were made for the autumn show which falls due on the 22nd of this month. Messrs H. H, Jackson, W, Spear ink, andW. 6. Beard were added tn the list of judges, and Messrs D'Arcy, Parsons, and Gardner were appointed a sub-committee to arrange any little matters which might require attention prior to the show day. We yesterday had. the pleasure of inspecting the new colors of Mossrs Grace and Hay ward, of handsome ribbed silk, which, we understand, their jookeyswill sport at the forthcoming races at Tauherinikau, and which have only just arrived from Newmarket, England. Also 1 the ladies' riding whip, presented by Mr R. R. Armstrong at the Pastoral Show of 1880, for the best lady's hack, and which was won' by Mr C. H. Gayfor's c g Patch. It is a dainty handsome little souvenir of white whalebone, with ivory handle, gold mounted, with a suitable inscription. An elderly man named John Burke was brought up this morning before his Worship the Mayor at the Masterton Police Court oil a charge of attempting to'rape a: girl named Mary Rayner who is under 10 years of age, and who -resides on Te Ore Ore, The alleged assault wascommited yesterday afternoon,, as. the:'.jgirl, was returning from school, .and : information was at once given to the Police who, arrested the - accused the same evening. Burke is a stranger to- this ;distriot, ; but Was observed for the first time drinking about the town yesterday. He denied all knowledge of the -, offence and: was remanded on the application of th« Police till to-morrow.":

for sale a farm of. 180, flexes, fenced, jand jsabdivided, situ'jifed . Motors Bookh |, for aalo sixlog truoks Mw6d^eii-:;tramwaye and two i'fj) f ft paijlde tomorrow evening the'Masterton Rifle Volunteers wKo went' to the front, at which tlie kits recently received from Wellington^li'te'distribuid]""""" *

') Nominations are now being lodged for | the Maaterton r Th'ojjr wiir'braeclared' in' tfir tiouriffiouse to-morrow sfcnoon.

Fresh tenders are invited for laying drain 'pipes; in Benall-atreet and Upper Plain road, and formation and metalling in Cole-street,

The' usual fortnightly Bitting of the R.R. Court, Maaterton, takes place tomorrow, after which the periodical Court at Tinui will be taken by Mr Wardell. A meeting of the Wiolnne River Board of Conservators was held in the Institute, .-.Greyto'wn last evening, Present-Messrs Haigh, (chairman), Wyett, Kimberly, and Gallagher. ■ The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr Kimberly was. elected chairman to the Board.;'Accmints amounting £59 16 6d were passed for. payment. The tender of Mr K;-; piles for protective work;faß:;fiqgepted, ,-The overseer's report was read,' Th e: Clerk was instructed to make enquiries, with a'view to purchasing a pile driving; machine; one about | ton ton ,weight, aiid also toinake a new application to the Clerks of the Carterton-Tara-tahi,"Highway .Board, and Featherston Highway Board, for the ratea to be paid in at once'.. It was resolved that the chairand. Messrs, Wyett'and Haigh wait upon the.manager of the < Bank or New Zpnkpd to. arrange for, debentures,

.The Inspection pavadeof the Greytown Voluuteera was held last evening and was 'very well attended. Captain. Tally .being in ; command! • After (M inspect ili'e com • pany were drilled in the Hall foi some -time by Drill-luatructor Bezar, and then taken out_ for marching exercise, After the nomination for Sub-Lieutenant was taken, 1 the following being nominated,.Sergts, Maguire; Webster, and Max ton, Corp. Trotman, irad lion, member Gray, .The Captain notified that the election wjvld tak'e.-'place'ls '^oon',as Avery's was -gazetted':'' - Arrangements were alao made fovamateh to be'fired betWee|i-otecei*a and'nori-cora-.missioned, officers Vjolunteers at an early date,' ''' : "

„ The. N.eladn' jam factory is proving a treat ljobn.tb the settlecs in that district as it ensures a market for all the fruit that cannot be sold for local consumption,. The The Colonist of Tuesday last sa'yß" As showing the immense quantity of fruit that is being purohased, yesterday alone 7021bs of apricots, GOOlba of plume, 3001bs of strawberries; and 4,1201b5; of apples were received at the faotory. Five thousand four hundred and flfty:two pounds of fruit purchased in one day profeß conclusively that that those . who have orohards and gardens are reaping great benefit from the establishment' of "'the Jam Factory in this City." * •. A meeting of the Carterton Volunteesr Fire Brigade took place last night in the committee rjoms, and after the minutes of the last monthly meeting had been road and confirmed, and > the. report of the standing committee adopted, Brigadier Bennett was elected senior foreman from the three candidates nominated, aud Brigadiers Bowles, G. M. Gardener, T. Bennett, and Gole,. nominated for the office of Captain, in the place of Captain Potts who has removed' from' the district. It was resolved that be drawn up. and forvvarded to ; t!ie late Captain expressing the regret of",the Brigade at jiia departure, and'tilesatisfaction wliich they felt at the maimer in which he had looked after their interests , while, in-,command. Notice of motion,was given for the next monthly meeting that no one should be eligible for nomination or eleotion as an officer who vrs not: at the time an active member of the Brigade. The .chair was occupied by Lieutenant Diedrick, and the meeting broke up about. 9.30. The members are'requested to muster in full force for wet' practice on Monday next, at the" engine house, at 7 p.m. punctually.

F, H. Wood & Co, report the Bale of Mr 0. Bollard's property at Groytown to Mr W, H. W.; Hainos, who, we belleve f inteoda taking up his residence on it. We are diid to note this, us it has been ru-, mored that Mr Haines was removiog'to Palmerston, and we do not care to hear of old friends loaving the Wairarapa, The property sold comprises five ocres of land and a dwelling house, The price realised was £6OO cash.

At the R.M, Court, Gre/town, yesterday, a'person was summoned by the Inspector'for driving a home and vehicle through the Borough without lights after dusk. The' Inspector, in proving the oharge against him, told his ,Worship that when ho asked (he-defendant/where his lights were, was he' told, '' Inside the horse, close to the liver," Knowing it was against the by-laws for him to hide his light undora bushel| (of horseflesh); he (the Inspector) had brought him before his Worship,

Detective Benjamin, laßteveningj'while strolling up the wharf, Wellington,,noticed a mail walking towards the quay with a bnndlo under each arm. Suspecting his bona fideß,, the officer questioned the man, who proved to be the chief • steward of the ship Waitara, named John Edwards', He admitted that his parcels contqinied 4 boxes of cigavs of 100 each. Edwrrds informed the detective "that lie had no; customer for the smuggled goods, but was going into town with to dispose of tliett to a oasual customer, The prisoner, who wits lodged in . the'city watch'hoase. on- the charge of smuggling "will be brought before the R.M. Court to-day.—N.Z. Times.

Speoial attention lr called to, Rftpp and •Hares price list, whioli wdl be found; on .our front page, For clothing, boots, ironmongery, and grocery, they will he found the cheapest and best house in the trade,—Advt,

Carterton v Maßterton.—As"a proo of who are the cheapost storekeepers in the Wairarapa we wish to draw our readers' special attention to B. A. Gardener & Son's advertisement on our front page. This firm is determined to keep up their reputation, prom the time of their commencing business in Carterton they have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore ridioulous for another storekeeper from a neighboring township to post price lists to their customers and pretead to sell at wholesale prices, when for the smallest quantities B. A. Gardener & Son supply goods in almost everj; instance 10 to 16 per cent cheaper, and m large quantities still further conces Bions are made.—/Advt