WAR IN EGYPT!

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1178, 14 September 1882, Page 2

WAR IN EGYPT!

'/, ' > : (Bern's Telegrams,) London, September 12. The enemy, in their recent advance on Kaßsassuy meditated the capture of that position as they believed tho defence to be weak '"Earl'Dufferih" hw been forbidden by tho Home Government to'make any further concessions with-regard to the Convention., , I Fuurhundrad mules are being shipped from Hew York, and 800 from Naples, for service in Fgypt. ( Large numbers of deserters still come in from Atabi'a oamp. .They: report that great .discontent exists in his army. ~ ;-,'- K KURWUNI MEETING. ♦,' '■■ Betwbbn fifty and sixty' Kurupuni and Masterton. residents assemble,! in tho Kurupuni Hall last evening to bear the views of Messrs McOardls' and Corbett. His' Worship the Mayor took the chair, and tho proceedings were orderly throughout. Mr Corbett was first called upon, and said he had no personal end in view. His own end of the town needed repair, but could wait'till more urgent works were completed;stbe|Borbugh outskirts were not receiving their fair share of money, and threatened to separate from the Borough. . aeemed .to think Queen-st, constituted Masterton, but it depended on the other parts of tho Borough., The Oounoil had not done justice to Kurupuni, and if they wanted streets they must elect people to see them made. \. He spok9 in favor bt drainage'.; Some members of the Council were good men, but others sat ~ from one endotthe year to the other and did nothing but vote.:. (Applause). They might as,well put.labelled dummies in i (heir places. Many,good,workmen left i' the town wlib blight to have been retained in it., He then advocated tho £IO,OOO ' loan"; Mr MdOardle's L 2,000 would be in the mud next winter. He advised them ' to shelve the small loan. He advised the Borough being divided into Wards .- lest the best part of / the loan' should bt spent in Queen-at; :'•' .' Mr Arnold asked if he had changed his his views on the steam'fire engine ? Mr Corbett: No. He would offers Jlrewardfor-Brat pair of horses when a fire took place. Mr Russell: How soon would you like to see drainage started ? Mr.Corbett; To-morrow. '(Applause.) The 'sooner the swamp is cleared away the better. . : - ; . ' . Mr ; Wilton: We have noswamohert MrGorbett. Mr Corbett: If you haven't I have. Il 1 drained in my cellar this winter. (Ap- '• plause);: ■;•. ■ / Mr McCardle then addressed the meet, ing. He claimed that for the past sis years he had supported the wants of the outly.in'gidistricts, l and on ;the present ( .occasion.tha..larse.voting power ■in the centre of the town was turned againsl ' him for this reason. Kuvipuni people would give .him credits with securing the site-on'wfiich the' public sckoool no« stood, He knew nothing which would tend more to' the prosperity; of • Mastertot; . and district than' this;'' : • With -'the . increasing value of their educatior , reserves, retired merchants and othen would bo attracted to settle in Masiertoi ; for" the sake nf the education advantages i ; .would be able to offer. ,:He next referrec to the steam fire engine, condemning i as practically useless. He then referret to the special rate initiated by■Mr'Gappei in Victoria and Albert streets. Hi always opposed it because while itenablei wealthier settlers to obtain streets, poore onea.httdto.akyout in the.bold.'and losi .their fair.shareiof the general-rates. H had advocated the- construction o ShorMreot out of the general rates, bn was.'.oveifruled. •: Though placed at th bottom of the schedule it would be om of the first streets made. He ridicule* Mr Oorbett's proposal, to make unneces; sary streets; In conclusion he pointed ou that though' Masterton neverreaped '; Bbillingfromrailwayexponditure.Peathet ston, Greytown, : and Cirterton got it al in the past, it would get a good deal ou of the £40,000 voted for railway exiensioi .this' year, and many of the navvies em ployed on the'works would be able ti settle : --in, .the; Fortyjitile bush, Th . future. of. Masterton as a dep6t betweei that district and. Wellington was assured, (Applause). ■'.' '> '' Mr Shute put some questions re Short street, stating that the Borough havjui colleoled a special rate used their monej without giving them the road, He alsi asked if there would be a special rate fo: the loan 1 ' Mr McCardle replied that'there wouh probably., be a general rato of sixpence and. a special loan rate of sixpence. .;. Mr Shute: When will Short-street bt made? Mr McCardle: If I am not elected ] don't ,krioiv. whether you .will ovor get it. (Laughter.)In reply to another question Mi McCardle showed that it was to the in. terest of the centre of the town, not ol the outlying districts, to have the borongl divided into wards. The rates in the centre amounted to'£Boo, and in the out. skirts to only MOO. ; ' . Mr J. BusseH proposed a vote of thankf to the candidates, Kurupuni was the dryest part of the town. It grew the finest potatoes, biggest apples, and the moat magnificent pumpkins (frantic laugh, ter). He hoped Mr flapper would have been there. He did not like speaking be. hind his back, though Mr .Gapper in his (Mr Russe'l's) absence spoke sneeringly of him as would disgrace a London beggar. Mr McCardle moved a vote of thanks to the chair. In doing so, he doubted whether Mr Gray was really opposed to a loap. '■--■•■■• ' ' ".;'".