The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1882. LOCAL RAILWAY EXTENSION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 21 June 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1882. LOCAL RAILWAY EXTENSION.

I An" old settler in this town suggested to us this week... that .Masterton burgesses should; %'meaus of a public. | meeting, endeavor • to ' assist the representatives, of the Waimrapa in. their efforts to obtain from the Govment a full recognition of its claims to have a favorable consideration for the extension: of the present linenorthwards. Much has. already been accomplished; towards this object by the perseverance of Messrs and Buchanan . at. headquarters, and' by-the sympathy and co operationwhich their efforts have received locally from Mr Booth, (the County Chairman) _ and the committee of the Council which'is acting with hini. The completion of the line to • .Maurice-' villeis, we are assured, practically pertain undertaken within the current year','and the further extension of it to Woodville. is in-a. safe placeon.thd schedule.- If the. question be which township ui -this district will -be ; moat; -benefitec! -by further railway constructipriithe^answer is .updoubteotly, Masterton.-; 'and; .yet .th<j s'fitfclers have been singularly' apathetic in endeavoring to secure an; advantage'

fWhicli must bo t patent to all oi-MM :Tho'' probability off .expenditure ijt; forty|or. fifty thoiisanci;. pounds in tiJeir vicinity fails ;thfeittji and- hiitt; it nqf: been for;jtheMiw telligent" .foresight''' of the Chairman the members for this districtwould have had but • little encourage; ment to advocate their We are; 'riot/sufe.; whether at the .present -public demonstration would >Vtqrided witli any' dire6t;, 'resiilts- .' fee] ''certain I that/itd would-be' beneficial an opening the eyes of settlers,to the/advantages to be obtained' by railway.'.'cQmmiinicatidn withtbea-ich Country: to; tlie north .of •Masterton,-'.and by,bridging the Manawatu itiyorl .Jt would also'be .useful if it only.roused them tofeel that their part others uaiHeenw'orlu.ng, |ir them, and, that while they slept.tjieir real frieiids 1 had ■heen active;.. The immediate growth, of Masterton', the increase, of its population arid ti-ade, mainly depend upon the .continuation of its. railway line .into the iFoi'ty-rnile Bush. Mother interests are-inferior' to this one, ;Wlnclri^ to see the leading ye|tlers'\.pf;3!Si.'tpwn discussing the situation a 'little more'iiv'the future than thefhaVeJdone'iiv the past, and lot give Outsiders an; impression that 'the;'town'is ..no longer a live one. Broadly speaking,;the extension of the line'to Woo'clville and the bridging of the Manawatu are works which are of importance.- to the district; as a whole.' -Tliey will enlarge its range, increase its. productive power, and offer every man in it an opportunity of settling on good land under favorable' auspices, - While pointing out the special interest which Masterton has in the undertaking, we donot underrate, the' benefits which it will confer upon-the Wairarapa generally. It is: on this ground that Mr Buchanan, the mem ber for the southern electorate, is working' as heartily as Mr Beetham to secure the extension.

The usual monthly meeting of the Masterton Schcol Committee will b) held this evening.' ■'

• The estimated vrtluo of tho books iu the Parliamentary Library is £17,000. Members apparently do more for themselves in this'way than for the country at large

We undofsljfod that the publicans in 'this, neighborhood;.have not as yet paid thoiflicense fee's anil that if they do not do so wifliih the next twenty-four hours their licences will,' according to law, be forfeited and'their houses closed...

".Tenders are invited by Mr G, Fannin architect, for alterations to a shop in Queeh-streel,.. . ■"' "i

A thoroughly well authenticated anecdote illustrating hisiexcossiyo tact,.was told of •Dis'raeli, r eoori aftdf ho' was ..created Earl ofßeiiconsfield., It appears that not long-, after' bis transplantation from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, '-.Disraeli met a brother Peer in the street, ,wlio asked him how he liked the change. .''Like.itj" exclaimed Disraeli,forgetting .himself for tho moment, and blundering out with the. truth; "Like it! I feel as' "if I were dead or buried alive I" Then seeing the expression of. discomfiture on ..the peer's .-face, ho added hastily, and with a-, courtly bow and an irresistable From 'Tillsley.Miigfizin'e.

■ jCaptain-.Edwin prophecies very bad . woatliqr-' w)tliin tho next twenty.four hours. • v.-• -. •

' i Tfid.majii.road ..through Mauricoville is reported 'to be impassable for wheel ■.traffic,, portions, of, it having slipped bodily..- \y"e trust the Masterton Highway ■Board.will be able' to promptly repair ■damages, as'at present the mail coach is unable to go through,'and the inconvenience to local settler's-must be- considerable. : . '''

The.NpV.Zealand Refrigerating Compnuy, Dunedin, made an offer by telegram about a week ago, to the Australian Company, Limited, of London (of which the Hon Robert Campbell is a director), to supply to the latter 'company a cargo of mutton at Port Chalmers in September, at a price satisfactory to producer. Recently Mr A 1; G'.' Beg£, through, who tiie ,sale has been effected,'.received ajtelegram fro'tiv the, Company, accepting the offer, and undertaking to despatch a steamer for th'e.cargpi The cargo will consist of from •7,000-to 10,000 carcases, and will be frozen at the Refrigerating Company's works, and delivered frozen to the vessel at Port Chalmers, •

■'; meeting of the Masterton Foresters' Court" takes' place on the ., ~ .

• It is contemplated to hold a series of four entertainments in connection with the Debating Society' to obtain funds to enlarge" its usefulness. The present movement is'Jikely to be a success, as an effort will be,made* to, secure, the best talent in Ma&teftbh to assist.

This is the, shortest day of the year, the sun rising at,.twenty two minutes past sevep and setting at twenty minutes pa'st lour.;-. -Tfiis" day week we shall have turned the'ogroerby gaining two minutes in the lenath of the day.

, The ,MaslorJ.on .-.Debating.: Society on Friday bility of dividing theß6rough into wards. Members, of the Masterton Fire .Brigade Held.a practice last night, and, will..hold ianottjer this evening, There will'b'&'a %h'Btruggle for tho Mayor'a' medal, :,as. : ,each member of the Brigade seems. will it,

.MrJ.T,'Floyd, of Carterton, laborer, has filodlifs schedule';' first meeting to bo held at Masterton,.on the 27th inst. The'Greytowh School Committee meeting lapsed' last ovening for want of a quorum, •

'On Monday" next the ballot will'be taken „in the Greytqwn Borough Licensing District tp..seo whether the public are in favor of an..increase of Publicans' New .Accommodation or Bottle •Licenses." Not!much exoitemeut is how.over manifested,'

• Messrs'-Lflwesl lorns.will sell on Saturday next, sundries, consisting of furniture, produce &c, also afterwards fruit trees'entirely without reserve, . ■: A mqeting. of - the Greytown Football Olub' committee 1 was- held at the Working •Men's.Club last evening when the Secretary was instructed toinform tho Association secretary Hhaf tHe delegates agreed to the'challengecup'regulations, and also to the rule'' thatkll'Ows'umpiies'to interfere in a match when necessary." . Tim .programme fortlm Entertainment in St, Matthews (School, jooni tb.-morrow ovening, inoluteSohVs; by MissEwington Miss Niool.'Mrs 0. Freeth, and by Messrs Kxilrabiy, 'Bish, ; Taylor,' Ganf Moove, •Stevenson,.•pd.'Prdss; 'EecitationsY'by ' Mesßrs ; Gwijuy and.Tsit't'; asailor'sbornpipe by Mr ; W. .Beetbam;, ibj cnstpniaiy. glees'ami instrumental, ipieces; from'Mra ' Paige and V the' Mißses. 'Anderson and Mb'Kayf r'" : - -. V "'■■'• •

I. Tha^selol>n.d^^(he"" preßent" season \\ takes place aj tfielnstiiutei [OarterFon this .evening. ■ #j ':•' - ; The tt|i§l'drlll 'ofl'the iGreytown Vol/evening, ;After, ensued as to ■'wh»thft;the~ first competition that took place some 0 time'agb for Captain • Tally's medals-should.befired.over.agaiii, as the. weattfeFattfi'etirne prevented "some from firing; It waa.eventually deoided to leave : scdrers at the s - (forJipetitipn.-, .The;next (or first) fcompe'tltiori takes platoon Saturday next, -si.- '• >-'•'•* ■->.-'■ :<■■*->s■/•■ ,

A meeting to • consider,the ((formation 'of a Mutual ImprovemQlafc -;Sqoiety,, was heldattheliiVtitute'Cnftertoni'on Tuesday evening. About -.'a score were present. Mr Snodgrass was voted to -the ohai.r, and the.folloWing resolutions were passed a Society be'formed to; be called-the CartertonDebatingland Mutual Improvement Society, that all present bo enrolled as members, and that'MiyW.'-C. Buohanan, • M.1.R,, be asked toact as president,; .The Rev. W. T, Western was appointed vicß-preaitleht, and the follow■ini» committee was -appointed,• three i : to form a quorum; to frame rules to be sub; ■raittei to members at.the next meeting': T, Western, Messrs, Samuel, Snodgrass, Gardener, and .Price.' Mr'Ai' Gam'pbeli was appointed Secretary and Treasurer. The next meeting was directed to be held at the Institute on Tuesday evening next at 8 p,m, :

. A meeting of the Carterton Cemetery Trustees-took,place on Tuesday evening at.the Institute, all the Trustees, with the excoptioh';of,qne whose' absence pas apologisod for, king present. 'The minutes of the : las't ! meeting were read and confirmed. The report of the sub-com-mittee appointed to. assess the value of graves in the unsect'arian part of the. ground was tabled and adopted, With rejard to tlie' paragraph that had ap-' peared in the papers, Messrß Parker and Fitzgerald reported that the exposure had arisen, partly from the gravedigger not .having carried, out-his instructions and partly through the weather, but that all the re-interments were novr effected. The balance sheet of the Trust was read, showing an overdraft of L2G ,4s 3d, but by payments made-by members during the meeting' for plots for burial, this was reduced to between £2 and £3. Two accounts amounting to LI 15s 3d were passed for advertising. It was resolved to aond oiroulars to. those having relaiions already buried'that tho plots wore open for sale at the assessed valhe, arid if not taken up would be liable'to' be opened tor other interments: It was resolved to call for tenders for leasing the 30 acres of the reserve not laid off, The meeting br,oke up about 9 o'clock. ......

A painful case came before the R,M Court, Wanganui, to-day. A boy named Conhell, 11 years;of ago, was charged with breaking .into the house of Mrs Mullins,. who was in Wellington, and stealing £lO. Connell is brother to the boy who was recently committed to the Nelson orphanage, and caused so much trouble by running away.' The accused was remanded for evidence, '.,

This morning Mr E. Bowen, a Custom House officer, accompanied,by constable Hemming, paid a domioliary visit to the residence of'Mr'W. E. Cross, near the Waipoua brewery, in which establishment Mr Cross is employed, They found concealed in a bag under a bed upstairs a worm and other appurtenees which, in the opinion of the officer might boused for distilling purpose, Mr Cross was arrested and brought before Mr Booth and Mr RenallJ.P.'s by whom he was remanded till to-morrow. In the interim he was released on bail: himself, being bound for the sum ,of and two other sureties of £SO each,

Mantles are now being made, m the rich heavy_ materials fashion dictates shall be worn in the present Autumn and coming Winter. ;' : Silk Matalasse, Stamped Velvets, Hush, Moire Silk, Broohe Silk, will bo used largely far; Wraps and Jackets of all kind?. The shapes most in vogue comprise the Gram.) Mother Hubbard, and, par excellence, kc Dolman in its many varieties. Stamped and Brocaded Velvets are largely used in conbination with other materials for ladies' dresses, Nothing can possibly exceed in richness of effect a Brocaded Yelvot Dress with Cashmere drapery and overskirt looped together with rich Uord and Tassels. Ladies can select their own materials at Tu Ano House, and have either mantle or dress made in the latest styles and with prompt despatch in the dress and mantle rooms of Tk AllO HOUBB.-fADVT.I