The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882. THE BOROUGH LOAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1166, 31 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1882. THE BOROUGH LOAN.

' The Committee appointed to report on the Borough loan recommended ,£3,300 as the amount which was "sufficient to cover all necessary requirements, The Council at its meeting on Tuesday evening extended the schedule, but before doing this it would have been well to have referred the extension to a committee,' The question of a steam lire engine is one that cannot well be determined without making detailed, inquiries. We do not say it should not have been included in the schedule, but the addition of it without a thorough investigation weakens rather than strengthens the general proposal. We cannot help thinking, too, that the committee in basing its loan calculations on twenty-four years for repayment, and in deciding upon a triennial drawing of debentures, did not, as it should have done, take advice from a banker or some other financial expert, TJjis part of "their proposal requires to be reconsidered. The proposition also to spread the expenditure over three years is a weak one. If the roads mentioned in the schedule are necessary, and we are quite prepared to accept the, assurance pf the'committee on this point, every one of them ought to be made within two years, We trust' that before the schedule is submitted to the ratepayers the points to which we have drawn

attention will sideration by :the The party; on till vlparil■; quoatioii has been strengthened ty<the ; ; conversion of Or Price, and by a'dif- '• forence of opinion which - lias "arisen between Cr MoOaudle and his colleagues—not on' the principle of borrowing, buUs giving, effect to it, A certain amount, of prudence is ' therefore necessary to prevent the- proposal-falling through - • by bringing it before the publiifktoo crude a shape, As far'asjwejian see, the borrowing policy of ithe Council is •more likely to come ]to 'grief 'through the mistakes iof (its friends than the- opposition L 6f rite ■ enemies'.'' !l 'v ''•■' |

I ....... ' I Mr J. H. ; Corbet t, intends coming forward at the .approaching municipal election. ;,,,;, \ Messrs Lowes' arid Trons sell at their yards on' Wednesday next at 1 o'clock, (at cuttle, fat sheep, horses, pigs poultry, ' &c, Mr W, Hume, produce merchant, Willis-street, Wellington,' advertises for new bid eggs, at highest prices. Wo have received a letter signed " A working man" tram Tenia, but" our correspondent works in the dark, and 1 does not furnish us with his name. ~ Mr James A, Simpson, of Whakataki Hotel, gives notice of his intention to transfer his licence to Frederick Nelson Brinckuiau. Tenders will be received lill the 16th of ' September by the Castle Point Highway Board for the lease of the Tinui Tollgate. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, Mr Lee was, at his own suggestion, relieved of the duties of the office of Secretary, and MrDorsett, whn for many - years has acted as clerk and assistant was appointod socretary at 1300 a year. This is a change we have long advocated. No man could possibly do full justice to the two offices hitherto held by Mr Lee, and now that one of them is formally assigned to ( Mr Dorsett we may expect the educational machinery to work more smoothly in the future than in the past. " ~ ' The natives "of Hurunuiorangi held '"a lnefltiug at the Maori meeting houso, Waipoapoa, Gladstone, on the 24th inat, The object of the meeting was, first, for * the Maoris to collect funds to build.a' > church at Waipoapoa, Gladstone, which was agreed to, and £4O was collected on the spot. Second, to subscribe a sum -of 11000 to be let out on interest, the interest to go towards paying a salary to the: Rev. P. Mahauariki, an ordained minister, which was also agreed to, and a subscription list was opened for the collection of the above. Third, that 1 alliutnxicuting liquors bo prohibited at , Maori meetings and Maori tangis, whioh ' was also agreed to. Thoy also resolve;! ■ to put a stop to leasing their land, and to ' make their young men cultivate' and so ' reap the benefit of it themselves instead of 8 leasing it for a mere song. •' They "cor,' , sidered this would be better for them iri- , stead of bringing them up in idleness,.for 1 (writes our correspondent) they are all; I given to billiards and football playing, which we think is very injurious to our rising generation, - , j; . The monthly meeting of the Masterton Institute committee was held last evening, Present—Messrs Bish (chairman), Sellar, Boddinntun, Carr, Beetham, Payton, - Grundy, McGregor, Caselberg, and Feist.'The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £9 10s 10d. The librarian reported that there would probably he an application for the use of the upper room for an assembly ball, After a long discussion it was resolved that the Secretary, be in?, strutted to let the room for dancing pure poses provided that such gathering did . not interfere with the ordinary uses of the building, also that the fee for the use of the room for such purposes be two l guineas when it was used after midnight, andoneguineauptillthathour. Thefollow. J5 ing accounts were oassed for payment ; D. Crowe 13 7s Od, Smith ami Hogg 10s, , T. E. Price & 3s, B. H. Ch.ncheu £3 ' 9s7d, M. Caselberg £2 la SJ, G. W. ' x Dutton JE4 18s 6d, and E..Feist 15 Ss t lOd. On the motion of Mr Grundy it i- was resolved that one hundred volumes 1 in the library be rebound. The chairman suggested that the Institute should he opened on Sundays for certain hours. The Committee generally approved of the idea, provided that there was a prospect of any considerable number of persons '_, visiting it on that day and that suitable arrangements could be made for the custody of the rooms, The question was '' however postponed for formal consideration till the next meeting. The letter of "Temperance" is again unavoidably held over. _ Mr F. H. Wood announces a stock sale at the Pastoral Yards, Carterton, for the 7th September, A meeting of members of the Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society is convened , for Saturday evening next at the Institute, Masterton. The Masterton Fire Brigade held an if excellent wet practice last evening. At the meeting which followed, it was dei cided that the second competition for the i. Mayor's silver medal should take place if on Wednesday next, at 3 p.m. One new e member was proposed. 5 The Treasurer of the Jewish Relief _ Fund at Masterton acknowledges the receipt of tho offertory from St Luke's Church Groytown—amount £3 8s Id, ♦ A tall fine looking man known as" The - Marquis of Waterford" appoared as "a drunk" in the E.M. Court this morning! He is one of these up country hands who - come into the town with big cheques and go! back to their work penniless, During the past few weeks the Marquis is said to , have knocked down fifty pounds in Mas- -> terton, r, The second eu'ertainmenl under the auspices ot the Masterton String Band and Dramatic Olnb is to htrgiveii for the benefit of the local Cadet Corps about ' Tuesday week. The firs! part will consist 1 of a Christy soeauce, the second of a Mayi P'de dance, in which.a number of child?, i ten will lake part, and the third of a j piece by members of the Dramatic Club i The Maypole dance is likely to prove, as ■ .' fill' as we can loam, a great success. for painting St Luke's Ohuroh, ' Greytown close on Saturday next!' ~'. . ;The usual monthly. Ghurclrparade ofthe Greytown Volunteers takes place on Sunday The weather fertile past ' three months has made it impossible for ' one to be held, if the present fine weather • continues no doubt thore will be a large; [ muster. ' We understand that a Woodville oarrier 1 has come to grief at the lower Majiawatr . ferry by the upsetting of <thei punt while i he was orossing his .dray and hors&s over , the river. One horse was drowned and , all his goods lost, and it is. probable that a big bill for damages will be brought by ' the carrier against the ferrymen. One of 1 the latter is Mr Falloon, late of this '..town. -,■■'' . ;.;,/ ...;..;;:,,; L We have no hesitation in'saying'that I I he cheapest and best house in Masterton for clothing, uroceiy,: ironmongery, boots: 1 and shoes,-and all general merchandise, is Rapp $ Hare's, the Emporium,—Advt.

«;|The;frJneral,pf'the late. Mrs-J, Fabian lift pllie IJtosterday, uud was Jp| P^ v ;|^ e sP The ;ta|et;fr|m h||iate residence to St Lake's being conduoted by. theijjEev." Hi. ; V. White. •■ The mournful went on to the Carterton cemetery, the.idterment being made.in the family enclosure. The whole of the .baßiness_placesJn-Gr,eytown.wereolose,V ,: ana" to,blinds "of "private "dwellings were draffn .'down us a mark of respect to the deceased lady. ,-.---„-„;.7;.-,,■•■. -;,;■;,' ..:-.-;. - ; The Greytown footballers are . riot to iorget that a practice will be held on ■ 'Saturday. It is necessary that there should ■ be a good muster so that their represenjtatives in the Wellington team against the New South Wales visitors.can have a ; igood praotice. . ■ ' '■ The Times.publishes the following ; enigmatical paragraph:-Mr Beetham, ; M.H.R., yesterday presented a petition from the inhabitants of Masterton praying for a refund of the expenses he was put to in the late still case. The annual report of the WellingtonRacing Club regrets the financial results of last years meeting, the falling off in members' subscriptions, and the dilapidated condition of the buildings on the I course. i The reports of the meetings of the Education Board in the Wellington press seems very imperfect and mcomprehensi- , ble. For example, both the Times and Post report that £BO was voted at yesterday's Board meeting, for.diaining the Greytown Sohool, playground, We believe > this sum was granted Masterton, but the Wellington prejajjeenis to mix up the Wairarapa townships together in the most •■ ; Careless manner.. •'•■, , >.' J "'"■'"'?• -'\ ' Miss Olive;Mason;haß,be"enappointed •to filbMiMlfflat{h^^laoe : ;in the Masterfon^Solpl^i^^ej&Education I Board. The assistant mistress applied for by the sohool committee will be 1 ol tained as soon as possible.