The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1982. WASTING TIME.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1144, 5 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1982. WASTING TIME.

In the last iitfmjjpr o£ Hansard which bug no less than one of its contents are the rate of jwageiT'paid 'to' men wrfpg oh the railways.' /When it is remembered tjiat bofcbtthe"Governn>ent and the Opposition were favorable to an increase of the then current rate of wages—that the Howe ; was'unanimous on the .question—it raust.be'admitted that such a lengthy and expensive discussion \yas an time., . Nothing was gained by the debate," thejiicieasp; of, wages having been to all intents and purposes decided before it ; commenced.' Opposition members were simply - speaking', to their, constituencies, and generating a. spurious popularity ati,the- expenSe.iof the colony. Of course the House has real workbefore'ty but;the - teiidiancy; concentrate ; .itself upon i.'recrimination, and sitting members Jalk $1 .about .half-, past one in the •' mdrning,bijt- thepractical result of these lengthy meet-: ings are .absolutely out jf prpportion to the time .occupied.|LiUe;hom , S;seem; to demoralize 'members,*aiid it would' be a good impipvemetit if,' instead of: stealing s.■ few hours from the night, .they simply worM for some four or! five hours in the leaving the afternoons and evenings free for corn; mittee work, and refreshments, -yNb sane person in ordinary ■ dream of putting in his day's work; betoken 3 p.m., and' 2;a.m. Were he to'do.BO he would know, that the work would be-badly,-, done, and • that] his health would suffer;''under vthe'funnatural strain'of, improper hours, ;Of course excitement and the. stimulants which members have at cotmnaridj keep them moving and talkihg till all; hours of the night', but iHe Legislation turned out when brain? ; more excited than clear must be inferior. At all events a radical' change in ; the 'method ; of;-<k>h : ducting parliamentary business at' lington seems to be necessary.- ; The enormous waste ,oftiitie overi-jrivoious questions, ana«the^l^l)l^h6gl|c|jij .to transact,>pointl.outjaii:.urgent' heed of reforms m »- r-| o ■ ™

MrWardell R.M. aits at .Featherston! on Mbijday next. _, ( Oj oi||[4iwtini|ery of Mj noto.f|im T *'■ The Foyers of- Ma'sterton 'lave a$ copied an 'offer from Dr Huaking for medioal attendance and supplies. The resignation of Captain .Snodgrass. of his-command t of the partertiin Rifle Oiirps has been gazetted, if !' ; ,{ I

~ ..Messrs ,Bapp & ..Hare have a•ne w - price' list pii .ourfront page'io-day; ,r .

Messrs Reese and Dawson are advertis ins! for Bpme good bpshmen.' ' ;

£1 given away., for. ,2s at Rapp & 'Hire's on Saturday,-August sth,: 1882, —Abvr. \'

-Mr, J.. F. i Ward has ! announced arrival of a consignment of choice seedß. To-morrow morning the Rev, Leonard lattt will preach! the quarterly sermon | j the children of his congregation, ■ : £2,000 worth of tjooda to be sold at c4at

priiie, commencing August sth, 'IBB2 Rapp & Hate's.-Aoys « . ••' j

We riotioß that Detective Ben jamin ia ■now in Mastertofr, ' ' . j ?

Littlecoti was charged at the R'.Jl. Court,',M»atei:ton, yesterday, with larceny as a bailee, and remanded till the ordinary sitting pf.Mr Wardell on Friday next, in the interim lie<has been sent to Welling; ton. Ho is>n old offender,: and is"well known'to the police. i ,

The trout o'va in: the' boxes at Mr Parsons'brewery, are beginning to shijr signs of'life, and may _be expected, to emerge from their shells.in the course of two or three days., ' ! ! . .. . ... ■ | ■■ Messrs' Lowes & lorus' announce a 1 sale of fr'Uit* aiid' 'Ornamental : tress from ~: M r Hales' nursery at Nelson for Saturday August 12. ! " The following sums for thesubscriptions in aid of the Persected Juwa iuv aoknow-

lodged by, Mr M. Oaselberg:—Edward Saniuel, JEIO, Mrs Caselherg, £2 2a, Mijx Lowerithae,, £l, S. Keedwell, 10s C. Broadbent, 103, H.Walden, 10a 6d, Miss McLaren, 10s Gd, P. H. SuHon, 6s, D.. Mcintosh, ss. j

' Messrs Beefcham and Bunnyinterviewed the' Maßtertqu. .. School Committee this' morning re the completion ef the ({ravelling of the school grounds, and in spite of;, the wet weather made.a persnnal visit, of inspection to .the school site, and satisfied themselves that the claim made by the* Co'mtnitiee on the Board was a legitimate one. ' • " ' i

We direct attention to Mr J, T. Ste'eleje' new': advertisement in another column. Mr Steele's establishment on Lambton Quay, Wellington is well luiown lb residents in the Wairarapa, and his advertise , meat will he perused with interest.-' , j Some people in Mastertou fail to see' what is as plain aspikestaff viz: limy a hurough loan can reduce the amount of the general rate. The present general rate ijfllas.i.erton is a shilling, and out of th'js sum about eightpence is required for construction of new works, aiid f-Jur-pence for repairs If oonstrupiion were provided for by loan it, would not have ro ceme out of the general rate wliicfi might tie reduced possibly to fourpence; but in any case it need not be higher than sixpence,

A meeting of the Masterton Park Trust was held yesterday, afternoon at the Institute.: Present: Messrs Payton (Ohaiiimail), JfcCardle, McGretjoi", and Buddington. An apology for non-astendance was received frnni Mr Feist, fhe secretary, .Mr James Brown, reported a credit balance isols 2d. The committee,appointed to ereo.t.the new fencing and move trues &c, reported i hat the had been'completed all but the painting of the'fencing whicli had been delayed by -bad weather, -An expression of oyiuiou 'was given 'thai 'the.'Relations' had been; earned out in i verysuccfi'sful iiianiier.ui;hhiit 'ln; trust was much indebted to Mr Boddidgton for the trouble he had taken,in supervising the work The.question of the relations of the Miißiertou Cricket club with the Trust-was discussed at some length,:.a'tfd it was resolved that unless the club paid the Trust the arrears of rent due and pro-; fleed to complete the oval within ten dayi all armngemeiits benveen the Trusfaud the club would lie .cancilied. A committee was appointed to grass the oval at the expiration of the ten - days it. the event of ,the Cricket.Club not proceeding with ths w t ork, ;

•• : A meeting of i'he Ifasterton Volunteer soiree committee was held last evening,'; Before proceeding to business, drill In. specti'i' Bezaar gave, some of "t|ie noncommissioned offitieis a few'':jesßoiis in

.inarching movements with:, a^dummy' ; company and officers. Those Vresent were much'taken with thejdea, ti"nd : fi<und,'tK'ey could I,earn mflre in half-an-hburHiiis-wiy, than they could in ,§ub-Lieut. ..Fitton then tdp§ f-he -.cKairj when the miuuies nf the lastWeting werej read and confirmed.: A programme was: decided upon aiid it was tesolved thai dancing should commence at half past] eight. The secretary, was • instruoted ; i,o' send complimentary tickets to MajorBunny and the officeis of the valley corps.' Mr Corbett'a offer for catering ; was accepted, and a good band engaged, The 1 meeting then adjourned till 1 the 18th! inSt.

A meeting of- the Committee'appointedl to collect fubscripiions iii aid of the; Jewish pnisecution,fund was beld at (be! Institute, Masterton, last .evening, hisj Worshio the Mayor in the 'chair. It was! ,airanged 'hat special services' in 1 aid.-of j the'fund should be held in ,the,Preshy-j terian and .Wesleyao, cliii iches, an Sunday. the. 13th |nst. .Mr Mcintosh. wasv.ap*; pointed secretary, to. ihe andj ,was directed to communicate iwi'h the i local iiiembßfa of it at Carterton, Grey-; ..towiii and Peatherston with a view to! forming other committees in these townships. The following additional subscriptions were reportid to have been received Mr E. Samuel, Carterton, 110; Mis Caselliera, £2 217 The next meeting was fixed for the 20th inst,

A uieeiing of >he Clarevi|lesohool com

>mittee was held last evening, The average daily attendance for the past four months has been 77 pupils. The bank balance waß : : i;epprted ai £lO 7s Id;*;'! Accpuut.s were passed for payment, amounting to £i'' Is 9d. The committee authorised Mary Sage being .admitted as a pupil being over 15, years of age. The master was authorised to procure books &c, for

the school, and the chairman , was authorised to get two cords of .firewood, Eepairs to the playground, &c., were directed to be done under thoiiiperviiiot

of the'chairman and Mr C Go'odin.' ut The use of the schoolroom was granted for a public meeting as; to. t the" ; Taratahi Butter a.nifl Clieese Factory for .the 16. li inst. .7