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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 7 March 1882, Page 2

It is just as weH perhaps to. put our, readers rit>ht on one point, in the question of dividing the Borough into Wards, It ;W»s claimed ■ last night that 'a small minnrity enuld extinguish the-present Snroogh Council and hurst up the exist, ing representation.' Now, this was pure' t»unoe, and the bulk 'of'tbe

cannot without t! oy desire to see (ho change hroutjht about be coerced by Mr Renall s contingent, It ia true that one •fourth of the btiigesses lion, to the; Governor, to-- divide 'tliei Borough, but they must in doing this give' public notice to the Council of their intention, arid inußt declare in this petition the value of the rates which' they represent! The .Governor" may" on this petition, divide the Borough into such divisions aB he may consider desirable, but if n Counter petition from a number of burgesses; j.wens presented which c* r-iod greator weight than the orioinal nivmnrial there is no doubt, that His lilxcellency would avail himself of the discretionary power which the law places into his hands. We would point out to the promoters of this movement that they have nothing toghin by bullyiiiK, that, the blustering tone adopted'lnst evening is calculated'to defeat their object. A small minority-of the •ratepayers must not bn expected to ride roughshod over a lar»o majority, If the advocates for division ico prepared to take up the question ami decide it upon its merits they will stand a far better chance of currying it,than if they assume the dictatorial tone whichjwas adopted by Mr Renall last evonin?, They must make up their minds whether they propußa to decide the question by bluster or by. reason. If thu former we shall certainly oppose any such swaggering dictation, if the latter we shall only be too happy to diacupa the prupnral nn its merita, In any case the existing Council cannot be evicted before September next, aud there is ample time tb consider the situation in all its bearings, , Messrs M. Caselberg & Co,, announces that they will receive 428 packages of merchandize by the Alcestis, imported specially to the firm from London, Mr Ingram the Dog Registrar for Wairarapa North has booked,up to date nearly 'five hundred canines add- received some forty pounds in fees. _ Tenders for St. Mark's Church additions at Carterton close on Friday next. A meeting will probably beheld on Monday to consider same and let the contract. A meeting of tlio committee "of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society will ba held at Mr D'ArcyV office on the loth. Prizes due from the Aivunin Show will be paid on and aftei' this date,

The Licensing Committee for the Featherston Licensing district sat yesterday, all the members of the present Committee being present. Mr Henry Bunny was elected Chairman, An application, by F. Faber'tn transfer the license of the Royal Hotel to C. M. Brunskill was granted Sergeant-Major Bezar started work with the Carterton Volonteers on Moiidaj evening with a score uf members a? at a ouarter to eight there was not a commissioned officer or the color-sergeant present, Lieutenant Crawford and the latter, however, put in an appearanco shortly after the men had fallen in,. The parade lasted until after nine.

It is estimated that forty thousand bushels of wheat have been grown on the Masterton side of the Waingawa River this season and considerably more oats than last year. The advance in the pnceß of pin this year and the eatiafactory yield are great encouragements to agricultural interests in this neighborhood, In the Lower Valley we hear the aggregate crop of wheat and oats is twenty thousand bushels.

Messrs F. H, Wood. & Co, report the sale of another section of the Belviders '■state, containing 41 acres, at £l2 pet acre, Messrs W. 11. W. Hainos and F. H. Wood being the purchasers, conjointly; This section joins the property recently purchased by the same gentlemen, who have now in one block about 90 acres •together with the saw mill, flour mill (water power), and houses and cottages (10), _ 'lesides, large stabling and other buildings, It is a compact property, and a good site for any local industry. The following notice of motion by Councillor Pharazvn will come on for discussion at the meeting of the ;West, Wairarapa Council, Cartertor, on the 11th instant:— "Thatthis Council agree to levy a county rate of 3d in the £ on all ratable property in the county, and that the Engineer and Clerk be instructed to prepare the estimates required, under section 107 of the Counties Act, 1876, and lay them before the Council at its next meeting."

Our Featherstnn Correspondent writes: -The farewell ball, given to.Mr ami Mrs Charles Pharazyn by their friends in the ; Valley, took place at the Odd Fellows ' Hall in Featherston, on Friday the 3rd inst. The committee are much to be congratulated on the complete success, which . has attended their efforts. The decorator's art had turned the somewhat unpromising looking building into quite a pretty room capable of accommodating-forty or fifty :couples with comfort, A covered and enclosed passage had been put up iroin the euterunce oi the Hall to aside door of tlio Royal Hotel, the whole of which with the exception of the bar had been taken for the convenience of visitors. Hence thero was abundance of room for all to whom invitations had been issued, and plenty ot . nooka-and eoi nera where amatory couples might indulge in harmless Bpooning. Mr King, presided at the piano and'Mr .Sqhwartz played the viulin, and their -music, as all who knows anything of Wellington artistß will readily admit, was of itself worth coming a long distance to hear irrespective of other attractions. The attendance was not large,, not much ex* ceeding eighty, but every one appeared lo thoroughly enjoy themsplves, Its is quite refilling to note that several ladies had abandoned the practice of dragging a •yard'or two of superfluous drapery along the; Hour behind them. S»on after 12 o'.eloo'k, a move was made to the supperrijoin, and aftyi' justice had beeh done to thejpleiitiftil supply nf good thiiiga on the table Mr Wardell rose, and in a few wellchoson sentences spoke of the generous and kindly hospitality which had rendered long wood so well known and would ( caus6"i thfl family to be so widely during their absence. Ha then -called Upon all present to drink the health jind rR Charles Pharazyn, wishing them a pleasant and prosperous journey and ja-safe return, After the toast had jwrmly . honoured, Mr Pharazyn rsturnea thanks very happily, fie ex' pressed the great gratification which it was tohimself and family to receive such a . testimony of the good will of their friends and neighbors towards them. He said they did not regard England as their home, for this was their home and here were;all their interests. They proposed to be absent Hi Europe for two years, and lie looked, forward to receiving at the expiration of that time, at his own house,' 'the same friendly faces that he saw around him. now,., .Dancing was presently resumed with renewed vigor, and scarcely anyone left until the card was danced out at about 3 a.m. Mr Pharazyn looked what he expressed hitn self to be highly gratified,} He is not a gehlleman who has at, any time laid himself out for popularity; on the contrary he has almost appeared t& be possessed with a spirit of perversity at 'time* in his determination to.concedef Nothing" to the popular..hrflatli,- but it is clear that he has won for himself a large share; of. publio.. esteem ahd-'respect, antj it woiiid be hard, to pniiit to anyone inthe Wairarapa who •would carry awiy withhiw more hearty : JOpd will,

Mr, i y. Smith advertises for rabbitors and-iaorttb outtere.:' pjayed at Carterton on Frjdiy Sa|^|heit. to-morrow. ' The-result of; for three members of the Wellington Education . Board .will be made-known to-morrow. K'iWe vemind farmers and stock buyers that Messrs Lowes ..&. lorns fortnightly .sale lakes place'iii tlieiryarHa at X p.m. to-morrow.

The Greytown Temperance Hall, which of late has been much used,', more especially on Sunday evenings, when evangelistical addresses are given, is to be enlarged, and otherwise improved. Mr E. Gray contractor, has been entrusted with the work, which is to be commenced at once. Mr_ Villiera de Beere's photographic exhibition was well patronised at Greytown last evening, especially by the juveniles. Everything passed off satisfactorily, the entertainment being both amusing and instructive, all present showing their appreciation by great applaure. iYfi&terday at Greytown, before :Dr H, T. Spratt and F. H, Wood, d.P.'a J. A. Hamilton wan charged with being illegally on the premises of Mr Hirsehberg Itappeared that the defendant occupied the premises in question, but after receiving notice to quit, atill persisted in using them 1 , heiico the present action.. . As the prosecutor did.not press the charge, defendanfcwas discharged with a caution, Tlie foilbwiiig eleven liave been so" ■looted to play ag'ainst the Taita team from the Carterton club on the 22nd i'nst M.essr.s.G,' Bennett, L. Wilson; L, Nix, Smart, Acocka, T. Reid, Styles, H. it. Bunpy„N...Ruthertord, T. Rathbane, C. The Carterton club have not previously ulixyed a match this season, and have been rather short of practice, but on the challenge bein? sent, some of the old meniUers took itup and a meeting was held on,Satui'day evening to arrange preliminaries: There may be one or two alterations in the ; Jrical" tefun.i,before the day of the match. " ' '

An attempt was made recently by Mr Simogs and Colonel Brine to cross the English Channel in a balloon. When they had got some distance out to sea the bolloon .and after- floating for some time it and its occupants wore piuked up by apassing vessel and brought to Dovor. Mr P. G. Muore's critioisin on Wairarapa cricket ciimeivery near 'the'mark' the other night. We append a fine team and individual scores merely advocating that our local knights of the willow will try and do likewise. New South Wales stands at the head of the poll throughout the world with 775 in one innings in, therecent, .intercolonial match, East Melbourne and Derbyshire (England) running a dead heat with 542 (the latter for eight wickets) the former' in 1879 the' latter in 1881. : The Ziiigari 'Club taking next honors in 1876 with 724. Among individual scores the following are the highost during the last decade I—lßßl, W. N. Roe (not out) 415; 1873, Tylecote 404; 1874, W. G. Gi'hce (nut out) 400; 1881, W. G.- Grace (not out) 344; 1881, Collins (not out) 338; 1881,, W. F. Forbes (not out) 331; 1681, E. M, Grace (not out) 327.. Highest colonial, scores-Murdoch 321,Horan 250 (not out) 1879. The biggest hit on record was, made at Lords by .Colonel Budd,'and Mr Frank Lee was the'only man who ever went in first wicket and carried his bat at the end of a tnree day's match without his team having been disposed of in an old country county match.