The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882. THE MASTERTON LOAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 5 October 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882. THE MASTERTON LOAN.

The municipal meeting on Tuesday evening, was, to say the least, ut peculiar gathering. Messrs Woodhuofjj and Perry were'it;; Jijpes, the former announcing that out of some spyp,nty or eighty persons that were present, only thirty were ratepayers; consequently the verdict of such an assemblage could not- be ■ accepted as conclusive, Mr Woodroofe, when he discredited tha. cjiai-aetei- of the gathering, f,ojreseen ; %ifc tije v.qte would have gone in his.o\yn favor, lie would probably We elkn'ged his- tactics. It was his misfortune to cut the ground from under his owii'fept; Mr Caselberg scored a smart' point .agfpst Mr Perry when lie pointed out that opponents of the loan were responsible for borrowing by .voting in the Coun.cil in favor'of works'to be constructed, for which no money was available, and Mr Easthope unwittingly made the same individual an object of commiseration, when he declared that Mr Perry paid forty pounds a year in rates and would have yet to pay eighty or one hundred. It is sad to reflect that Mr Periiy must own .some ten thousand pounds worth of property in the borough, [and tli# some day, when it will bejworth twenty or perhaps twenty-five thous£nd, ho will have to pay a hundred a year in rates .upon if. TVJio would be in, Mr Perry's shoes ? What a melancholy illustration his example offers of the fate of those who link themselves with profligate and progressive .boroughs; Beyond little ripples created by Mr Woodroofe aud Mr Perry the meeting was a mere formality required by the Act. The question of a, loan could not possibly be decided by it. Everyone knows that'the proposal must be determined by the ballot, and that if on the day of poll those who have undertaken to .carry it through only pull together for a few hours it will be carried without any yery great difficulty. From the first we have been of the opinion that the loan, was more likely to suffer from division aiiiong its supporters than from the united efforts of its'opponents. There is, ; we feel sure, sufficient intelligence among the, ratepayers generally to recognise that the Council will come to a deadlock without the aid, of borrowed money, and that it is more prudent to accept a small loan this year than to be forced into borrowing on a larger scale next year.... ; cannot turn the corner witfooj# borrowing, and neither Messrs Woodroofe, Perry, nor Easthope have attempted in any }vq,y to show that it can. Messrs JBish, MoOardle, Gapper, Casemierg, Vile, and Heron have pledged themselves to. tho loan. They are bound to go to the poll, and if they, do not carry their views it will not be because the majority of the ratepayers are not with them, but because they themselves will not have conducted the [business they have undertaken, with sufficient earnestness arid energy.

Tenders are invited by Mr H. Tancred in another column, for, falling 500 acres of manuka acrpb at; Punatahijivvh'ere the .work may be examined, arid further partioulata obtained. Tenders to be direoted to the CartertfiffEost.Office; i j . A deputation of Good Templars waited [bri!t)ib Hon T>; Dick i at A.uokl<jnd,to urge that special 'policemen' be 'detailed"to enforce the prohibitory clauses ot . the Licensing 'Act and to suppress Sunday trading. Mr Dick thought the result wpuld be that publicans would: look after that class of policemen, and others of the forco would.neglect such duties. On his way up from Greytown on Wednesday Sergeant-Major Bezar gave, the Carterton school boys, to the number of forty, half-a-hour'a drill. Artliiir : Moorfl has been elected right guide and the younger Rutherford is left' nwjter ppd ArthurSandilands right marker. The Prijl Instructor is murli pleased with. thf) marked, improvement, and t efficiency- of the buys and we trust they will appreciate the interest he is taking in th«| lohoql. ' '

The BWherston Cricket Olub intend , owning the, first ..-match" of' the season with n : married v single match,' to bo [ played on Saturday next the Bth inst. ■ At a meeting of . settlers held, at Tenui on Saturday bounty \yas carried ljy'a maiorityof 'one against amalgamation. To-night.'Mossrs L, J, Hooper & Co. show their drapery and clothing stock in •their new 'premises "(the' Bon Marchd warehouse). opposite Lowes & lornsi Tlie windows will be illuininated'from'B tolO'p.ih. - Nominations for the* follpwing'eventsl •.tobefrun at the Wairafapa 1 Jocltey Cluol '•Spring 'Meeting, on November 9, close atl Carterton on Saturday' 7th i-Octoberl Handicap Hurdles, Birthday Cupj Spring] Nursery Handicap, and County Plate .'I The nomination fee for each race lias been fixed at 1 bov. . 1 ' ' ; ' The. Gladstone natives gave an excellent Hnka in the Town Hall laßt. evening. Unfortunately the ihour,. half-past fiyo, was very inconvenient for the public, and the performers secured but an indifferent attendance. There was rather an amusing scene in Court this morning at Ihe close of the case in which the lugubrious barber sued Mr Dixon. Mr Buuny summoned five witnesses in anticipation of a defence, which Mi- Beard did not set up, and the latter counsel warmly objeoted to paying for the cost of the sumuonses.' However, the Court, in its wisdom, saddled the cloud of witnessos on to Mr Beard, to bin intense disgust, Tlio only Magistrate in Carterton on Wednesday was Mr Boys, J.P., who adjourned the sitting of the E.M. Court until ten o'clook on Saturday, when Mr Wardeli will be in attendance.- The list only included three or foiir civil cases, one id' which, however, is disputed with council pn either side, an assault case, iiivi one under the Vagrancy Act, 1866. fi) the latter Eliza Lepienaky, aged fifteen years, and Frances Spor, aged twelve years, were arraigned for being idle and disorderly persons. Both prisoners pleaded guilty, and Mr Boys, after "iving them a gofld talking to, them pver to the charge of the po)ice tiiuil Saturday, to be kept in separate cells, pending the attendance of their parents. The younger girl seems to have been leduwny by tho elder, and perhaps the next few days solitary-confinement mny s we as a check to the downward (Wee ;on which these mere children st-B-n to have embarked. The girls were a-rcsted on Sunday evening by Constable Bennett, and neither of theffl aye residents in the Carterton district, Wo learn from (ho Post that Robert Littlecol, who was convicted on Monday last of stealing a horse, choices, &c., was brought up for seniftneG yesterday. Prisoner nppjied that the case might be iill'i'.ved to go fo tjie Court of Appeal, iiwily on tho ground tj)fit thg verdict was asjuiut tho weight, of evidence and opposed to fact, His Honor | "That is not aground for going to the Court of Appeal, but go. on." Prisoner continued, making hiß application secondly on the ground of misdirection of the jury by the Judge. His JJonor; "That is a ground," Prisoner submitted that the cheques which had bien referred to during (hp trial having been placed in an envelops addressed specially to him by name, and handed to Ijitn by the person in whoso charge, it ■ was given, be could ant steal that which was, specially intended for him to receive. He fldnjjtted he had been guilty of an act of misapp'opmtioj), but he was not charged wnh tliat offence j 94s cl):trg'*d with stealing, He further contended that the expression used by his Honor to the effect that the impudence of the offence was equaled by the impudence of the defenc.e, amounted <f> a misdirection of the jury, gis Honor dfd pyfc tlfink so, Prisoner was perfectly justified,' however, iir nising technical objections. Those objectjons displayed . a greater kiiowlejgp of th.e technicality of criminal - law ; t|iji) wjfs usually found in prisoners in tlip i]p?k. In his Honor's opinion the ground's urged w/'i'e not technically sufficient, and he should therefore, proceed to pass the sentence, . Prisoner had already undergone four years' penal servitude for embezzlement, and His Honor was sorry to say Ijg ipat treat him as a person who was determined to live dishonestly at tho espenso .ot his neighbors. It was his hounden duty to send prisoner to gaol for a lengthened period to prevent liini from continuing to ! prey upiju jiis felloe-creatures to the ex- : tent lie had bijeti dping, Prisoner would . be sentenced to six yeare' ppnal servitude,

A grand Maori haka will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday ovening commencing at 8 o'clock, This performance is by Masierton Nafivep. They have added an extra attraction in the shape of a'European danca after the haka is finished. Tho mnsio for the latter we are informed is to be provided by the String Band,

Tho members of the Mastertot Fire Brigade turned out in force last night to try the Abyssinian'well which has been sunk opposite Mr VV. Bell's drapers shop. The suction hose was attached to the pipe, which is two-and-a-half inches in diameter, and after some delay the water began to flow, bringing up quantities of sand .which had lodged in the pipe wl)ij,e being driven, The stream obtained wa?, of course, only a very weak one, but it is confidently anticipated/by the' members of Ihe Bngg.de, and the well-sinker, MrKingdon.tliatas soon as all the sand and clay is extracted from tho pipe, and a basin formed round the bottom of it by the action of (lie pump, a stream as full as can he obtained from the creek will be available. If this proves to be the case, tlie quosiion of water supply for fire purposes will be solved, as pipes can be drjyoji wherever there is a difficulty to obtain u/alpi' pthorwiso. A similar experiment was recently tpied in Greytown, but 6uch quantities of saiid and stones were drawn up with the water as rendered it impossible to use the engine, the valves being continually choked. This failure, we understand, was due to the f-ict that in order to immediately.form a receiving basin at the bottom of the pipe the shoe of the latter was blown off with a charge of dynamite, This, while making the required hole, also allowed' free exit to pretty large stones, and the well tob useless for'tlie'purpose for whioh it was tried. Great care has been taken in this instance to.avoid a similar mistake. The eniiino was fixed on to the pipe again this morning, aiid a far better flow obtained lhan was the case last night.

Have you seen it? The.Mantle Department at Te Aio House, is quitean Inhibition in its way. ; Theie are hundreds of Yisitrs •Dolmans,' apd Jacjceta to select from, in all sizes, every prevailing shape, and in quite a plethora of materials. Ladles'" Cashmere Jackets, trimmed with Chenille fringe, Span-: ash lace, and jet passemonterie, from 13s 6d to 67b 6d. Handsome Visites in Broche silk trimmed-with lace and jet passementerie, from 29s Gd to'£ 14s. Broche silk Dolmans, richly trimmed with Chenille lacs and passemei.teriojfrom 67s 6dto£7 7s, A bewitching profusion of ladies. Capes in Broche satin, sieillenne;' and the new brocaded grenadine,7a Cd to 755.' In the' Costume Department are 'some, choice styles in : the fashionable' Null's veiling,: in pretty wool 1 beiges, in lovely shades of plain sateens, in zephyr clc|hft in choice'pompadour sateens, in block grenadines; in Madras tn,U3lini, and MadraiJace.-.; VVairarapjv residents' si}6|jld pay oh early visit of inspection to the Mantle Department at Te Arc House,-[Advt,] ' ■' ■ ■■ t

A summoned quarterly meeting.of the? Masterton Reohabtte Tenf takes place thif ; evening. ■ tu</> ' \v' All the cases for broaches -of t)je.'Li* censing-Aol setidownlor tic,day hate been) - a " w* Messrs Lowes & lorns sell at their rooms on Saturday October 7th. -at■ -2 o'clock, furniture, fancy, qooda, pioturaa, prass need, potatoe^^^^^^^ow Rrmeenpg or. the' JJ'eatheratwu^ohooP Conitnitlee m held last evening, Present—Messrs ; Oundy, Keir, Jackson, O'Neal, 'and .Oakly, In the absence of the ohairinan Mr Oakly was votedrto the chair. A letter was read from the head, master Mr Tuokey, relating the flogging of two boys for playing truant, also from the same, complaining of some of the school children wilfully damaging the fence round the school ground. The committee requested the teacher to write to l be parents of the children, requesting them to pay for the damage done. It was resolved that the head master be re. quetlod to attend the next meeting of the committee and explain the reason why the school children are allowed a longer time at ilio midday recess than allowed by the rules of the echool, and also the reason for the keeping in the whole of one class after school hours, instead of punishing the one child ' offending. The following account was passed for payment—Hiteman I? 13s, for cleaniug school fpr tvyo months,- A vote of thanks to the chairmap teriqinated the meeting. Messrs Woodyear and Ross's Leviathan Circus is announced to appear in Masterton on Tuesday i)ext with 30 star performers, including Four great Clowns." A large stud of' American, and Arabian thoroughbreds and trick ponies will take part in the programme. As this is tile first larae circus which has visited the district since the great " Murray's" time jt is? gejtain to jjo crowded on its opening flight, Winge performance fur'tiiebenefjt of children and schools will bp giyen fln Wedncsdny. Particulars will be found in our adyertisini! columns. The N. % L wn and Meroantile Agency report under dgtp of Lpndiin Oct, jJnd The wool market sales closed firmly on the 2nd Inst: at a level of last series. The sales emprise about 322,000 bales, of which 101,000 bales Iwve been falcon for export, 4000 bales lifivp bgpi) liol(j oyer for iitture disptis:'.!, ' Washed, scoured, and greasy long staple merino ore in great demand as also are tine crossbreds. In crossbred lambs the market is firmer. ■ -

The concert given at Ihe Public Hall, garterton, last evoning can hardly in anyway, saye us regarded the selections form, ing tji.e progminpie, be deemed a success as there werfl my fey pvpjr a hundred present, and some of the sipgei-s appeared to be suffering more or less from oolds. Mr L. Wilson acted as condiictos'.and discharged his duties ably. The first part consisted.of sacred selcclions; the latter of glees and solos. In the former Gounnd's given by Mr Black, and Rauby's ajjtliero, 11 P Lord, how manifold," were by a long wiiy the iflost creditably rendered. 111 the seoular selections Mrs J. Hunio wod a well-merited encore in the " Soldier's IW," to which she gracefully responded with " Cheerily, cheerily, pvev the snow." Messrs' Blaok aud Wipltiii'siji) disjfjosgtJ pf the "Larboard Watch" very faii'ly, and among the choruses given by tho full body of the Society " Since first I saw your face" was about, the best production. Theentvf taiiiinent concluded with the national' an then) shortly aftjr ten, the solo being sung by Mrs Cliff, pmpipg so far it must have been most fysljearteuing for tho members of the'Socjety'present to have had so many empty benches in front of t!)o;j/, and the'baok'part of the hall in darkies}., ■ On our front page our readers will find a new prico list of Grocerys issued by that enterprising firm of Ripp and Hare it will j'epay perqejl,—Advt, Tlje puliljc q,rp potifieij jii ojjr ffonji page that Rapp and Hure arp selling Men's Tweed suits at 80s, we have geeji the quality, and can testify of tlio same.Anvr.

To those who want a really first-olass shear, call and inspect, the large variety at Wellington prices, which cau bo seen at Rapp & Harp's, Emporium—Aovt,