The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1882. BUILDING SOCIETIES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1187, 23 September 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1882. BUILDING SOCIETIES

Investment and building Societies have as a rule, been popular in New Zealand because they have in nine cases out of ten been extremely profitable to invest- j org, and very convenient to borrowers. I They have in the past done a good deal of the colonising work of the country, | and, when well managed, deserve the entire confidence and support of the public. In this district wo possess two Societies of this character. The older one which started with its head quarters at Groytown some eight or nine years ago, commenced under favorableauspices and has prospered ever since, yielding each year ut handsome profit to its investors, The second Society inaugurated at Masterton some two or three years later vas less fovtunato in its start, During the first year or so of its existence, it was managed with some slight recklessness, and it did not at first prove a good speculation. After a-time, however, under bettor management, it weathered the shoals and quicksands in which it was at first plunged, and now every yearly annual report shows increasing profits, • At the annual meeting last evening the directors announced that the profit per j share for the past year amounted to 15s 7d per share as against 9s 6d in the previous year. This meant that for tlie money invested a return of at least 12} per cent per annum had been obtained. This is a much higher rate of interest than most investors in other securities can get for their money, and the Society may fairly be congratulated on the success of its past year's operations, and its en--1) anced future prospects.

Mr J". W. Kerby, draper, of Cuba-street Wellington, has a now advertisement in our front pane. A meeting of creditors lo consider Mr E. B. Bell's application fur a discharge is convened at Mr F. H, Wood's office in Greytowo fur Fiiday, the 29(h inst. It will bo seen by an annouuceinont in another column that the secretary of the Lodge of Masons have c<-a-veneil a meeting nf raonibors to join in attending the funeral of the late Mr Vallanc*.

Mr Tlios. Tornbnll, the well-known architect, is instructed to carry out the alterations in tho Parliamentary buildings during the recess, The. Colpnial architet is evidently at a discount with the poworj that be.

.■ A- poll in tl.io JLisinvlori Licensing diai .t'lct wili lie l-tken nt Droyortrnvii, ojj{tl& 'to-day, to ,dotormino * slmll bo inceiaed,' jrjjir The Into . Mr Vallancq prossed a desire tohave ft Maso'nfc I and-it will be seen-by the nimnuuciirjienV of meetings _ that the Masons* of ihi triot are taking necessary stfipV to~givfl> effect to it. ■ " .?•/ A smart boy caught alivo rabbit in OJuiroh-atreet, Mastorton, to-day which | had evidently been making a roronifoitre of Iho Mbit Inspector's Office. The Feathmton Racing.Club holds a meeting tliia evening. The Lower Valley Joclcoy Olnb also meets at the name tune at lhe Waihenga Hotel. Un parade'last night Corporal A. Matthews, of the Mastorton Eiflo Corps, was presented with a special prize, of which Mr Georgo Dixon was the donor, hobeini' the highest aggregate scorer in the recent class-firing. The Government has at last consented to supply the Miistprtmi Cadets with serge cloth for thoiv uniforms, but, having none in store there will he some delay in procuring it from the factory in the Middle Island. The Native Lnul Court is expected to adjourn to Mastprton about the middle of next week. There are .a.nujnher of succession claims and.' applications i for; Bnbdivisioo; of blocks to bo; coiisiilere'd,' which will probably occupy the attention" of the judges in ihis town for about a week, . Mr J. Baiqe has been nppoinled registrar nf births, deal lis, and marriages for Mastering This new appointment, will pmve very convenient tn the public, the old office havin? l>oan situated ill a remoto corner of tho Borough. Mr Biiclmnni) (the Chairman), and several members nf the Mastorton Highway Board, mot in conference to-day to discuss, though in an informal manner;the responsibilities which devolve on the lW p d in consequence of the passing of Iho Roads Construction Bill. We understand that the Pahnvt roid from MartinImrounh is one »f tho works lliat is likely to he provided for under the new system. The following is our ronort of the weather at Masterton for tho week ending Septeii)ber22nd, 1882 [-Another pleasant; week has passed, almost free ; from raiii,' ouly22. r > pnrta of mi inch has fallen'. The wind has, at timo.vbcen rather .breezy, hut exceedingly agroeahlo, perhaps causing more dusHo pay its .respects to the storekeepers in Quepn st., .than the,occupiers cared" for. The /barometer, lias; ranged between 29 94 inches!" and 2917.' The mean being 29 555 inches .for the -week. It has steadily fallen since tho 17th instant, and it is likely we may havo rain shortly, The lliermometer mean for tho week is 40fah. Slight frosts have occurred, but - Mint jsharp enough to do much harm to tho ; early bloom on the irnil trees. Aiwido hnlo i'omid tlin moon was noticed mi the night of tho JBth instant, which, aB a rule, mdicates.rain; however, it is'not to he' deDp.ndpd upon to the-same extent in New Zealand as it is in England.

There was a fair attendance of members at tho meeting of tho Masterton Debating Society last evening. In the absonce of Mr Grundy, the President, through indisposition, Mr lA.rd wai voted to the chair. A lons discussion took place over amendments in rules.' A report on the same was brought up by a sab-commi'tee but was materially altered hy the meeting. When ilio nomination of officers took place some half dozen Presidents were named, hut as each nominee refused to stind, this -business \ns adjourned till nest mce!iiio to allow members to made 1 up their minds on the question. In, the conrso of the evening Mr Park lit up Mr Oullens electric lanmp, and ; explained to members its const-ruction and manage' ment.

Referring to the recent Maori mission to London, the Pa'l Mall Gazette says: —" The Maori chief are certainly much to he pitied. Their amateur diplomacy on' the land question and the release of Te Whiti came to an abrupt collapse because they lwd not observed i he rule of the gameNow their inexperience haa caused a worse thing still to befill ihem They have indeed embraced Christianity, but thoy forgot t-lio practical precept not to start on a long journey before counting the cost of it, anil the vomit is that thov find themselves quite unable tn return home, Thoy have been slaving for some days with the Bishop of Bedford, who warm'y espouses their , cause, and he now anneals t'i the soncrnsily of tlio public to subscriho the necessary travelling expenses for their h»mo journey, It is tn be hoped that the money will he forthcoming, so lliat they may get one pleasant impression at any rate of (lie " Mother Coimtry."

Mr F. H. Wood advortises a lalo of Mr PellingV freehold properly in South Greytinvn for October 3rd. by order of the in»i' f «:i£>Pe3 Ho nl.in announces tint fiOO sees nf good level land on the West Taratuhi, another p-operty of 800 acres on the same district, 55 acres at Carterton, and a email cottase freehold onßamhry's lino have been placed in his hands for disposal.

The Native Lmds Court nrns mainly occupied to-day in fixinu parties to wlmm Crown grunts were tn issue. We append decisions. Oruatamwe—Hoira and 13 Others; Anaru to have 40 acres to be called Msnnmho No. 1, and to pay for sub'hvisional line, Whawhatiwhahui— Order in favor of Ngniro, Rakaihikiirna and four olhnra. Tikiwlnburo—Ahitana, Matun»a and four others, Manu»araki— Wi Mnwilm 100 and 300 acres, and alsnWi Mahopukn and 15 others, all inalienable except 800 and 100 acres. Whakani—After examining two witnesses the Court adjourned.

Mr Boys, in finintr W. Oadwallader for being drunk while in clmi'sc, of a horse yesterday'morning, cautioned Iho prisoner to abstain from drink, and that he ought really t" lfave teen obliged to the police for tftliine charge of liini. The accused expressed his contrition and was fined .in the minimum penalty of £l.

A sign OP tiie times.—On Saturday last tho greatest crowd wo have ever.seen in a store was at Bapp & Hare's Emporium, The? were liept busy from earl/ morn until late at night disposing of summer clothing at reasonable prices.—Advt. !: The young lady is only sixteen, but'she is taller than the tallest life-guardsman, and stands ovor fliglit feet in lier stockings 1 bhe is still growing, Her frtce is said'to be handsome, and her enormous figure is so well proportioned as to .please even testhetic criiirs, ThiV.female giantess is " on the stage" at the Alhambra in London, and plays the part of queen of the army of Amazons, in tho revived spectacular opera of " Babil and' Bijo.il." I Overgrown people are generally as silly ai they are gigantic; biit this French giant-' ess, Madamoisello Marion, is said.to ! be j decidedly intelligent iwwoll as handsome, Beein?.tlwt at sixteen yean sho is; !more than eight feet in height, what enorirlous altitude m-iy alio not attain before'her growing days are- over,? The . tallest iiistralian "cornstalk" would be a pigmy* Reside this French giantess at 'lie Alhanibra. When clad in the panoply of war as Queen of the Amazons; she loohs ! -i#' more gigantic, |

aea] x of Oro.it Britain find M«)i|Nmited to for-EiV red for Sj&loh, and green i hava been giyefi ; tho, jears. FrenchipoeL have had •little 2 *alinr&in this shower of honori, Only •three tyriS poets, Francia Coppee, Sully.Erudhommo, and Andre Tlieurlet, have 'bMT*dM(3i , ated.~"F«\irdranifttio authors liflvo won tho ribbon, and one dramatic G raniroFoasr-'lJriry r on o" Vif't modem l'onnmce writers, Jules' Olaretie, has won the distinction.

After on experience of five years, and exhaustive tests of twenty-one different systems, the Paris Tramway Company has abandoned iho use of steam, anil reverted tn tho use of hui'ses, as a cheaper aud jDi j all respects ■ more satisfactory ;mntiye s pnvvetfVSoarcely :a week passed without s»iuß accident on the steam line, which proved costly to the company, and led to c.omplaints from the public, At last the authorities forbade the further use nf steam, and the company was perfectly ready to acquiesce. ' " In the last Ceutnry magazine -G, E. Waring, jimr,, (jives some curious dia- > grams of the horse in inolioii as slmwn by instantanoous photography.; lhe 'photographs were taken at the privaio racecourse of General Stanford, in Onli(fnrnia, The consecutive position of the 1 lews it) the stride horse, as .revealed photographs, seem litdicruoUMnd [almost impossible, but the pictures are true. Wo now know\says a contemporary) that the: hovio in motion does not put himself in the position portrnyed by the best artists. But we lire accustomed to seoing certain things represented in a certain way, end innovation in this niatter will probably not be favorably received. However, these illustrations must have soino influence on the painting of horses iu tho future. :

A pail l of jackdaws recently built a nest within the roof of tho chapel of tho new College, at Qsford, - and. several; young birds wore there. 0 The parents were in lii}jfc glee and began chatleriiig to each other while a sorvice was in progress below, and when the anthem was reached their feelings wero rousod to such a pitch that they be<>an a loud cawing, greatlv demoralising tho singors in the Chapel After the services a laborer was ordered -to-romovo lhe birds, but this was found (to be impossible,-and accordingly a wall ■had'to be built around the nest, without resrard to whether or no tho birds ever got out alive,;-»

twenty-six thousand trout ova arrived per steamer Ringaroonia, from Dunedin, joatordify/mornini!, tn the order of the Wellington and AVanganui Acctimah'sa(tioii Societies The local portion consists .of 20,000,' half of which wore taken by Mr Geiiiye Benton to ilia hatching boxen of the Society, the other being forwarded to the "Wnirsritpa by the late train under the carq plj Mr Rutherford, who attended to receive. The Wanganui aotyinmeni was forwarded to its destination by ilie Huia. The ova arrived in excellent condition, and only tijjlit of those which were .placed in tlm looal .boxes were found dead, -though it is' of course, not to be expected that the whole of the remainder will hatch The young fish will be placed in tho Hntt river, and in-some of the smaller stream* in the neighborhood of the city. The bulk of the Wairarapa portion will be distributed amongst the numerous tributaries of the Kuamahanga, _ Good understandings are imltspensihle in Masterton, For really good Colonial Boots & Shoes guaranteed to wear, and no old bankruot stocks, call at Rapp & Hare's. 2a in the i discount for cash, for 7 lays only.-Alyt.

To those who want fa really firat-ola s« shear, call and inspect, the large variety at Wellington prices, which can be seen at Rapp& Hare's, Emporium.—Advt. Bv those grind steamships the Mirz&pore, Deccan, and Rome, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, have been received the first shipments' of new goods for the spring trade, j jit' 'J'n / Aro. House. Ladies will be pleased' to kiiow 'that' some excellent and choice, dress Materials of the very latest fashions' have been received, together with a profuse and charming variety of laces, trimmings, millinery, sunshades, parasols, costumes, mantles, <ic,, Ac. Altogether, in every department there is a large display of the latest novelties, and ladies would do. well thmako nn early'inspection and selection. Ladies-are also reminded that artistic dressmaking, for whioli To Aro House stands unrivalled, offers thein all the advantages possessed .by ,the best West End houses of London., 'i'o'secure ah early completion ol thoir orders, it would be advantageous to place them as speedily as possible at Te Abo : Housu, , Cuba-street, Wellington,— [Advt,] ' •