The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 15 April 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1882.

We are glad to notice that tho much vexed question of what is to become of town acre 42 is likely to be amicably settled. It is a subject which has given rise to more personal hostility than any other which has yet cropped up in Masterton. Spreading beyond this town it has invaded the precincts of the Assembly and haunted tho offices of Ministers. Mr Renall last evening proposed to give this historical acre, with two other allotments which are in a somewhat analogous position, to the Town Trustees to hold for the benefit of the Masterton public school. There cannot be the slightest doubt that this offer will find acceptance on all sides, and after all that.is.past, it is a more liberal concession on the part of Mr Eenall than could have reasonably been expected, and one whioh will entitle him to the thanks, of the community; ' l

Ouit contemporary the Standard consoles itself fur the defeat of its pet prodigy, Mr Coleman Phillips, by the following amusing paragraph:- " The Daily belongs to the fair sex of journalism, not only in her (it comes quhW natural to us to iiso the feruenino'.pronoun' wlion speaking; of tho Daily) fiokleriess, but in her tender clinging to a stronger nrm, which explains perfectly tho st'nnd she took with reward to the Education Board election. Her own Charley was gone, gone away to distant England--' it may he for years and it may bo for over,' 'To whom shall I, poor deserted one, look (or aid 1' she thought, with tears in her oyo3-iiud straightway the manly form of the great B rose before her ;..bo hastily wiping lier tear-stained cheok, she confidingly put hor arm in his—and is at peace." Tho Standard accuses via of being an advorso critic of Mr Phillips. This we deny. Our criticism has been friendly, and ha.l it been otherwise, we should have'said a great deal more than we have done, If our contemporary had also given Mr Phillips a little friendly honest criticism, that gentleman would probably have been saved from the humiliating potitior. ho has occupied in connection with two recent elections, We were honest in refusing our support to Mr Phillips, and were really more a friend to him than our contemporaries, who flattered his infatuation and led him to his downfall.

The Mastorton Amateur Dramatic Club liavo selected for a future performance " The Waterman" and " Fra Diavolo.'.' There aro but five Chinese ladies in Now Zealand to console some 4995 Cnlosiial gentlemen. Tho annual meeting of tho members uf the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Society is convened for Thursday tho 27th iiist. The Taralahi-OartertonHighway Board call for tenders for several now works in another column. Tho Wairarapa West Comity nolißes that tho rolls for tho various ridings are now open for inspection. We call attention to an announcement of Mr J, Mandel, wholesale and retail tobaennist, Willis Street, Wellington, which appears in another column. Mr Georgo Dixon of tho corner shop, has a now adverisement in another column from which it will ho seen that he has just opened up a largo assortment of toys at low prices, We understand that Mr Price, of Weir lingtou, wiM conduct morning service at the Wesleyap Church oil Sunday, as Mr Isit is to preach at the Tatioru, Tho latter will preach at Mastsi'toi) in the evening. The Mastorton Volunteers held a parade last evening, Th.> attendance was very limited. Sergeant Dixon was the officer in command, and Orill Instructor Bezar was as usual in attt idanco. Tho new bell for tho MYtorton public school has arrived, and is oxpected to rival the one opposito in h\ Patrick's Church, which has hitherto regarded as the premier ringor in the Wi irarapa. Henry Irving's limbs are thus o ncisely criticised by a London iemalo lestlete:— Mr living's legs are limpid and attar. Both aro delicately intellectual, bu • his left leg is a poem. Tho Juvenile Templars met at he •femperanco Hall last ovoning, but nsjtead of opening the Temple, Mr T. ). D'Arcy entertained them for a couple i f hours wit-h a magic lantern. The young sters appeared to thoroughly enjoy tlr. affair. The Education Board have reconsidered their appointment of a master to the Wai hakeko school and Mr Austin who ha* lately been acting as a temporary assis taut master at the Carterton school has heen put in charge and .will commence his duties on Monday. The Borough Council' of Mastorton havo received a reply from tho Defonco dopartmpnt stating that their application for a third constable for Masfertmi has been approved of and that an additional officer will ho sent up as soon as-possible, Marter, the professional comodian and tragedian, lato of Masterton, is now in Cliristcliui'ch, where ho is seeking that fortune which he failed to secure in this town, Owing to Professor Eraser's lecture in the town hall, on Monday next, the second rehearsal of the Gari'ick Troupe lakes place oh Tuesday, Messrs F, H. Wood and Co, invites tenders for leasing from one to five years with tho right to purchase ninety acros of first class land being a portion of the Belvidere estate with flour mill' saw mill, two houses, six cottagos, stabling, etc, erected thereon. A drunk and incapable named Thomas Sewell was fined as by Mr E. Toomath J.P, this morning in the Masterlon E M. Court. When arrested he was riding away from the town with a horse belonging to another person and may on the whole be congratulated upon getting out of what might have been a serious scrape. The Wanganui Herald announces with satissaolion the establishment of the manufacture of parchment in that town. Our contemporary observes:—The parch- ' nient trade of the colony is valued at LII,OOO per annum (Oh, tho lawyers!) tho whole of which at presentis sentfrom England, there not being a parchment factory in the whole of the Australasian ; colonies, Mr J, W. A. Marchaut, Chief Surveyor , of tho Wellington District, has been , authorised to enter on sections '365 and ] 366, Taratahi Plain, and to take any lay i off in roads such portions as may be found i necessary and within the powers reserved in the Crown grants. Mr G, Struthers, assistant surveyor, is similarly empowered to ontor on and tako numerous sections ) in the Wharek'aka, Awhea, and Turanga- , nui districts.

The vestry of St. Mark's church, Car tocton, met in tho Sunday school rooms which have already been moved back somo distance, to open and consider tenders for the enlargement of the church and erection of a parsonage, the Rev. W. T, Western in the obair. There were eight tenders for tho parsonage and seven for the church, The following I resolutions were passed:—That the tenI der of Mr W. B, Carapin for the alterI ations and additions to the church be accepted; that Mv Booth's offer to pay for the contract out of the donation given by Messrs Booth & Co, bo accepted, all donations of timber to be allowed to go towards the work;' That the tender of Mr T.Kemp for the erection of qhe parsonage bo accepted ; That tho vestry issue twenty debentures of £lO, bearing interest at £8 per cent, per annum, repayable as funds are available out of the looal funds of the church, the interest to bo payable half yearly and to be a first charge on the offertory fund; that Mr R, Fairbrothor sonr. be authorized to call for tenders for additions to the Sunday School. Six debentures were taken up in the room and the others will readily be taken. The Sunday School fund in hand will more than covor the costs incidental to the alterations to the schoolroom. The decorations at St. Mark's church, Carterton will be kept over the Easter octare. .' 1

Mr M.'lV.M.ilkrs i'.ievf th'« itissnuton estate resulted in a total of nearly £50,000 being realised, but the bulk.of the property wpassejiuv; price was just overL3 ! 10s the lowest Since the siie:'se« , !B^l'6if^ie : J|.B.toid in have; been sold, Slid otfi'jSfi'B gfl! ufwSr ',negotiaiion,s: -i%-'M l M M *■ '■■•■> >;?-' iss ; ■&■' &4; ■■ Professor FrasM Carterton last evening, audience, The subject deiil.t'Witjnwaß suric'oss in life and hints in the training -'of children with a view of their/being placed in a position where their natural abilities may find tho best Bcope. Success was not so much considered as the obtaining of great wealth or fame, but rather a strict carrying out of duty in every position of life, and the bringing into full play all the r useful qualities of each individual, The proposition was ably snpportod that it is better to fail in an honorable calling than succeed in others, and that while few could become rich or famous, all could bo happy and useful. The speaker next referred to the qualities necessary for success: energy, perseverance, self • control, stability, economy (alike of money, time, and force), industry, and conscientiousness, indicating how these might be best cultivated in children and ourselves, and pointing out much of the criminality of the world being force misdirected, • He then divided the world's population into four great classes—The producer, constructor, distributor, and ruler, pointing out the qualities best fitted to qualify men for success iu any one of them, The lecturer concluded by reciting Longfellow's "Lives of great men," after which he got some half dozen chosen from the audience to mount tho platform, and tho brief sketches ha gave of their respective characters and dispositions were tolerably aceurato as kuown to their fellow townsmen. The Professor leotures in Mastedou on Monday, and wo can well recummend all who have tho opportunity to attend and hear hira. ,

To Sportsmen,—Just arrived :Oims, powder, shot, caps, cartridges, game bags, in endless variety at P.aim' & Hare's Emporium, opposite I»,vcs k loiW auction rooms.—[Advt. |