The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1882. THE ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1077, 18 May 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1882. THE ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN.

Major Atkinson; wishesito know, whether it is the wish of the Sovereign, people that the chairman of County Councils should be elected by the ratepayers, In the last Parliament it Was urged against Ministers that they governed .by Royal Commissions; in the coming one, they will probably be reproached for governing by local bodies, If four-and-twenty of such bodies say that chairmen should be elected by ratepayers, and. . three-and-tweuty declare that they shouldn't, the question will bo decided in the affirmative, and both Parliamentand Ministry will be relieved from a grave responsibility, for which we presume they are supposed to bo scarcely fitted. The inferior bodies will give the superior ones a lead, and the latter will only have to draw their honorariums and look as if they had settled the matter on its merits. Major Atkinson reminds us somewhat of the professional artist who, out. of an inexhaustible bottle, gives his-audience all that they choso to call for, - Supposing that Major Atkinson finds public opinion is evenly divided as to whether chairmen should he'elected'by the bodies which they have to serve or by the ■ratepayers, we venture to prophecy that lie will offer them a sort of local option in the matter, Anything to oblige anybody, every care taken, but no responsibility is apparently his motto. We presume that it is idle to ask whether, any advantage is to accrue to anybody by/a change in existing arrangements. ' The question is not whether the thing be expedient, but whether.it be popular. We have \yatchcd for some years past the result of. the experiment in boroughs -of the election of presiding fijjprs by the ratepayers, and wc have failed to see the practical advantage of it. When ilje Councillors' favorite is not the successful csuilklate there usually is an antagonism between the Ijejfd and the bodyi wjjich is jfytal to good yjmjnis; tjiilp, Wellington ji'ns suffeved jty a oonsi'dei?al)i.e £xj;isj)j; jf/'ojij .this cause, pd even now tho perifidfeaf WtfW $} ts municipal body are marred 'top t'fjo inexperience of the Mayor whom the ratepayers have chosen* to preside oyer ■ them. -We &il to understand $e J® foil application of the important panose which underlies elections of this The" people choOso A, B, 0,33, B, 1 ? , 5,i),d 6 to do their work for them and then sejes fj. to watch and thwart tlienj, Uj as p))e'%og IlimA, B, C, 1), E, P, aijd G dfffer frpm E what t))of'flsu)t;l • A, B, 0, D, E,'P, and CI say we j;|>e people, and H rejoins, No, gentlemen, I rppppsunj; the people. Canjmy sane person say that representative government is not in such instances elaborated.till it becomes a nuisance and an absurdity. Jjjri pefliile fire frequently bewildered by the jf'espqjisijj-iljjjieif that are thrust, upon .tjiom, and'if tjj.ey make mistakes and' send arpuiKl peg to $1 a fjquaj'e hole, or put a square peg in a roiinif onp, who can blaine them 1 We feay tlje \vejl : inc;sing s{ajor outHeroes Herod. He is the Kaijipill party for popular support! He seeks )'.ot guidance from his faithful Commons, but pinups fo fi>o humblest warden of' t|ie reu)ote?t board, •" Lead thou mp on." His local self-government scheme seeijis to b,e a boneless' structure wllipll cp : be twisted, turned, and doubled in all directions. Wo are not altogether sure that it is not even ethereal in its character, so that cloud-like it can take the shape t]st host .pleases the fancy of each of his.spe^ors.

The Mastcrlon Kechabite tent meets jshis evening.

Ttye Carterton Ei/Je Yoluntoers meet for,church para,do on §i/nday at 10.30 a.m.

V/e call attention tp the additions to the list of fruit .tyees from Mr McOardl,e's nursery which Messrs Jjowejs & lorns publish in another column,

Mr W, J. Gandy, Custom-bouse and commission agent, directs attention by advertisement in another column to tlio various lines for which he is prepared to receive orders, ,

It w{l{ b.e -aeon in our advertising columns that Mi''W. 'G, Fitegorald, surgeon, dentist, of Manners-street, Wellington, renders tho exeruti&ting ordeal of tooth-drawing quite painloss by the use of nitrous oxide gas,

Mr' 0, Smith, of Devonshire House, Cuba-st.,, Wellington, is again .paying a winter visit to Ifaptjsrton, and has nojy oponed up between the 13/j,nk of Now Zealand and Mr Mason's Medical Hall. His announcement pf' bargains wili bo found in another column,

Telegraph stations have been opened a$ followsDevonpavt, IjTorthcote, and Takapyna, all in fcbo County of Waitemats, Hours from 9 a;,m. 'till Ij p.m. Closed oi) Suijday.s and publje ho|ic]ays. . The Mastodon footballers l)ad,a very good practice yps'.prijay afternoon, The following team will play flomeys op Saturday next: —H. and J, Bannister, W. Harvey, A. Smith, W, McKenzie, W, Wardell, A, Welch, D. Mcjjachlan, F. H, Smith, J. Hawke, C. B. Morrison, W, Perry, A. .W'ebsler, M. Meredith, J. Perry. Emergencies Herbert Jones, li: Harvoy, B, Perry, J, Beer, P, Smith, A challenge was received from the Weilington • ,4-thJetic Club this afternoon to pjey a game on Queen's Birthday, which has-been .accepted. In view pf jilijs we should advise our local players tp go in for some good hard practice, when, we have no doubt, they will giye a good account of themselves.

A bee to put the Greytown school playground in - order ; is organised for j tomohw.' We hope it' will be as successfill as the one held last year, A meeting of the Grey towp Football Club was held last evening when the challenge from the Wellington Club was accepted, and the following , team waß picked to represent Grey town jn the firstfifteen matchßonalflson,';l)ay,Somerville, Saywell, R. Hirschberg, Cameron, Palmer, Udy (captain), '.Beard, Magiiire, Tocker, Humphries,' Maxton,: Desmond ■and Webster.; emergencies :>.G. Tolly,.T.'' Ingley. team . will play, all-corners on Saturday when the second fifteen will be picked from ainong them,. •

ii ounoei that there is §|dne^bf lemons,' ittSiidffitts. v>| -ffil i Grey,town Trustees have' v ieablved' : fo'have abrut five aoreß of the reserve ploughed and harrowed, and the working committee have power to spend ■MEto planting trow, &0., there. The following addition has been made to Eu102,-" TKose- p'ersons who have previous to the gazetting. of . these rules fenced in a greater area of ground t|mn that speci6ed by theso rules for two. graves may purchase the same on the following terms: —Ll each for two sections of 50 square feet, and 10s for ■every 50 square feet in excess fenced in. |

The Masterton Debating Society discuss to-morrow evening the question, "Are Secret,.- and other Confederate Societies injurious to the well-being of Society 1" Mr G. W, Woodroofe? takes the affirmative side, Mr K, M, Galloway the negative. . ' " / / : ■