The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 997, 11 February 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1882.

If members of the Masterton Delisting Society got into the..habit .of contribufij)g pnpers of the value of the one bv Mr Pakk, the Society Wjljm ,tin je be qualified to lead public op|nj()n flupgj'jlt^a}I©,estions 1 ©,estions in &§ Low'n-Qf rJW- ft selecting! local sejf-ga?e}'ijflienji for liis theme, Mr Park undertook the roos|s fjjijpilt subject which is now before the colony, and if lie did not succeed in evolving it from the' many practical difficulties which surround it, have not all the leading statesmen of New Zealand M/yl nyjre or less in similar ventures ? Trie t)io essay, which we publish in an judged fpjm iji pother column, and regret we cannot; find space'to print in full,. )S. the pajns-, taking and impartial manner in which the writer traces out the decline and fall ;of Provincialism and-the inauguration pf our present County system. and arranged a .consi^ * masa of which was to Joying }ocsl m an jjritclii-. gibjtf' fji.s I With some of tfje which he! draws from bus pteflifoes Pfluite/pee, but in others we cannot follow him. I We' endorse his statement jt)|a|t the question of ways and means iHilfl key to the problem. He, however, suggests no relief on this head beyond accepting ■tjjo somewhat complicated and tern■pbmiflgygm'difinte of Major Atkinson, •For illß |o tl)o } system is .heir ,ho klvoc&/;ljhg 9^3,tfu tion of a general road .boarij. I})' jjJiisj recommendation we see little advantage! —a wupty is a general road boaril, andj ,a naflje sfteetp flQthipff It njamvifii, on a 'bose WMMt sfari/fg' fa [con-■; tents. Hisproposs} ifa $e feunjtyi or the general road board si)o||l(jjj Jje; manned from the Highway Boards would in practice prove a blundor. Tjizp j? a marked difference between County queßtinns fflf) Bijjhuay Board questions, They are not on % /pie level, and it would be a mistake for them to be administered from a. common standpoint The question of ways means is after all the vital point, !%fib/josepment and the House intend that ".local tytmamg. bodies shall provide for seir owii Tihe flay of subsidies and' en jowiwjits is over, and though' anotlier j»iiy yet lie doled otit,' ■ doorioi' s,later fgce tha question of local.

the Wairarapa Ooujjtifis lociflom] outside of the Boroughs soiiie £20,000 a year for making M roads and keeping-in repair old tyith such a revenue outlying may receive justice. Wheresoever,; $ such ii sum to come from, Existing rates would only furnish a quarter-of it, and with tolls, licenses, and the contributionswhich corao out of the land fund, scarcely a moiety of ;it could be ! raised, Yet £20,000 ought not to be 1 a heavy burden oii a district/like jtlie Wairarapi If every acre in the two Counties, whether 'Crown, Native,' or private property, paid a rate which would give mi average of a penny an acre per annuni the money would be rniule up, Iho Government has recognised the claims which road construction has upon Crown mid Native lands, and this admission is n' step towards the solution of ways nud means. We hope that when the House meets Major Atkinson will ln> able to submit his proposals in a less complicated form then he presented tlioin on a former occasion and that he will abandon his somewhat phenomenal board of works in favor of some other plan which will have a little more finality about it.' :

The Wairarapa Hospital Committee meet at the secretary's office, Groy town on Tuesday aftornopn next, Tenders are invited for the purchase of the stock-in-trade, book debts, and lease of the premises of Mr C, 6. Colville, bootmaker of Carterton. Messrs F. 11. Wood and Co. sell , the privileges in connection with the Waira'-, rapa Jopkey Club Autumn Meeting (I'wo days) on Saturday, 18th inst., at Greytown, ;The list of privileges appear.* in another' column. . i ■ On Judge Hardcastle,.tfikiug:"his spat this morning, ho explained'that bnsinbss detained him, andhence the-adjiiirriinant from yesterday. "He said lie winild take care'that'this did hot happoh'agirin.. I. Arrangements will be m'ade' tb'run extra trains on tho day of the rani . fair for the convenience of the settlers in t|e Lower Valluy. The ordinary trains will' suit the visitors from Maatertunaijd neighborhood, - ■ • H The following is ttje team selepted by the Greytoivn Ijfaicli Committee to play agninst. Masiertoi) on Tuesday next;— Messrs lionaldaon, Cuj), IJ, Hawlfe, H. Udy, W, Day, 0. Beard, i\. If Webster, 6. Jackson, J. l{a«uire, G. Say well, and A. Himchbpi-g •; emergencies | C. Hollard and lv. l'';f;piii!ii), The fallowing entries lipo been received for the ram and ewe fftip next Wednesday !~P. F. Tanered, 10 iR. Grant, 00; A. Clifton, 48; P. Colter, 25; R. A, Johnston, 7; Barton's executors, 12 ;W. C. Buchanan, 28; H. Tailored, 8; Rhodes Donald, 20; C. R. Fenwick, 62; H. McMaßter, 40; Braithwaite and Acocks, 15: D.'McMastev, 8; W. J. Nix, 47; Joseph and "Phillips, 91; J. and W. Bidwill! 35. TotaJ49B, At the re(|i)est of ?eyefi)l [ftijmbors of the M^isrtiiu'ljeb^iiig.Society, tfje poijfimitioe met tin!! af'wnoon, anil arranged to close the adjourned dphatgoi) Ml'lWa essay as quickly as' ppssibife next meeting night, and to bpigithe same subject on again in a' |i"ffel'eiit form for debate immoiliately afienf'aiils. This has been done with a'view-to allowing those members wlio sjMfeo'Jijst evening, to take part in the d'&O'iit'Scst meeiin/j. Special attention is calle'd r to ltapp and Hare's price list, which will be : found l: oroui: front page. For clothing,'"boots, 'irtiniiiongSry, and grocery, %y <yi}l be'fouttd lilie cheapest and best hquse in ihs trade!—Tfj Just arrived,''ilaryes'jfig' jSloyes'j"' Corn Sack?,' e,gni}l to jejy,' ftf 7s' 6u p ( Qr dozen,—[Apyi.j

Oarterfcon y Mastfjrfmi..--As $ pvoo of sho avo the eheapt storekeepers ill Ulg Wftirftrapa we wish to dniy ouV ppadflFS 1 spepjal attention to B. A, Gardener & Son's ndvprtisenif nt on our front page, This fjrj» Is determined to keep up their reputation. Fi'o.'ij tlie time of their commencing business in t'srlervja tjjey have repeatedly proved that 'tliey"'ciU tfitiatifid pomnetition, no matter js <t!iefe'/cre pidicn< loos fof apfltliep ifflrejjeepef'ffSjji' boring tewslill? W jPflSf Pfige Jfsis tp^^eiF customers and prgte,)4Ml ftti prices, wW for the gustos jf; A, Gardener & Son supply gooiil it) ftlfflflst every instance 10 to JS. per cent cheaper,; and in large quantities still farther conces; siq/is (ire m n de.—'Advt ;