The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1882. PAHIATUA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1219, 1 November 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1882. PAHIATUA.

We had great pleasure in publishing yesterday a record of what might he termed the maiden political meeting of the Pahiatua settlement. It is gratifying to recognise new centres of life and industry springing up in portions of this wide.county which were all but yesterday silent and trackless solitudes. Even a year ago the name Pahiatua was unfamiliar to the bulk of the Wairarapa settlers, and it is only now that it is forcing itself on their attention' as a local habitation and a name,' Tho meeting to which we refer claimed that the PahiatuaneigUborhood is sufficiently advanced to take rank as a eiunty riding and be directly represented i» the County Council. This demand may be regarded by sonic as a little pretentions, but it is one that we hope will be admitted. Pahiatua, it is true, is as yet a cockerel, and the voice which ia now heard from it, is its first crow, but no one doubts that it possesses all the elements for quickly becoming a populous and productive district, and we quite expect to wake i up some day and find that it lias outstriped older parts of theYalley, which have been colonised for a generation. Good land must win in the long run, and the soil of Pahiatua has already become famous. The settlers now located, there have become alive to the advantage of improved road communication, and their agitation in favor of becoming a defined section of the County is the natural outcome of their enterprise and intelligence. It may not be' practicable, pending Count) changes, for them to immediately attain their wishes, but if they continue to urge their claims they way reasonably expect to get a good place when the inevitable re-adjustment of ridings takes place. The present | resources and population of Pahiatua hardly warrants the application which is made, but its future prospects are so assured that they amply justify it, The position of tho Pahiatua settlers iii coming before the county would, iiowever, be materially strengthened if , they took the necessary steps to constitute a Highway Board in their neighborhood. This would indicate a •willingness on "their part to help themselves, aai to bear a fair share of tho task of opening ,up the country by roadsj arid of maintaining lines already made. If they are willing io submit to a small highway rate, they might # once obtain a status as a recognised local: body, and be in a far better posi-' tion for taking that rank in tlio county which is ;t.he .present object'of their J ambition. .. .*

•Tenders avo invited in another column forseyerfll works for the TVairarapa Weit' County Council. ] \ The Government yesterday telegraphod instructions to local officer not to proceed in opposition to the natives in the survey of the Tamati'Blook.. The agentS of the N.Z. Copving Oo.» having made a successful* canvass of Masterton, is now proceeding to visit the other townships of the district. A tlnin of innn double carriages and five trucks, containing about 800 exour-* aiouiats, started for Carterton from Wei* I lingtou this moruing,

A mooting of the promoters of the proposed theatre company wai held at 'the Empire Hotel last' evening. It was decided to mako a definite offer at a coitam pnco for the purohaso of Mn Brigga' oltl ' ■ " j Maaieiton yore a sort of half-holiday aspect tliis rooming. Part of the business promises of the town were open and part were closed, and many, people seemed uncertain-as to whether they ought to work or play. Mrs D. Barratt, of Tividale Nursery, Greytown, who baß been in delicate health for some time past, met with a disagreeable accident yesterday. ■: She slipped and fell while walking about her house, dislocating and fracturing one of her nnoles. Be Bey is in attendance on the sufferer. ,

Justices of the Peace, says an exchange, have their work cut out, The. new. Act for their guidance which Parliament was good enough to pass last ,sessioni:.weighs about half a pound. It forms a volume of 100 printed pages, contains 327 clauses, and has annexed to it between 20 and SO pages of schedules. Of course every J.P, will be obliged to have the law he has to administer at his finger ends, otherwise he may commit himself instead of those who appear before him. We do not envy the gentlemen who form the army of the " great unpaid" the labor they have before them' of making themselves acquainted with all the details of this bulky statute. Should any of them find their brain reol under the operation, they may derive consolation from an occasional study of the, Lunatics Act, which contains 346 clauses, and a heap of schedules. A cricket macch will be played this morning between teams representing the Masterton and Claroville"' schools. The Masterton boys proceeded to the battle-, field (at Clarevilie) this morning, Cricket lis not yet dead in Masterton.

A kind of wife market is held in Naples in connection with the foundling hospital every year. All the marriagable girls of the institution assemble in a room, to which young men of good character have access. Offer of marriage'on the part of the young man is conveyed by allowing his handkerchief to drop before the object of his choice as he passes by. If thegirltakes.it up she (hereby'signifies her acceptance, but her refusal if she allows it to remain.

;- Accovding to the Mataura paper there •is a doubt whether Sir Jnlius Vogel will visit New Zealand after all. He will be in Melbourno over the racing carnival, bin as he is duo Homo at the end of the year, it is more than likely he will-re-turn at onco by one of the Orient liners.

We learn from our reporter at the Pastoral Showthat itwas very wellatlended in theforenoon. The exhihitswerepnnclnally on the ground, and the judging was proceeding rapidly, The agricultural and industrial exhibits are quite a feature of tho Show. The Horticultural Show is very successful, the entries being numerous. It is decorated splendidly. Our full report will appear to-morrow, Mr 0. Jury with the three natives, D. Eanihera, Matini Te Ore, and Hawia, left Greytown for Wellington yesterday morning, to interview the authorities there, re the Tamati reserve, which the Government have been surveying latflly, and over which tho late case tried at the K.M. Court, Greytown, arose, the Natives in question claiming that Block of land as theirs; they cannot see what right the Government have to survey it. The following are the team chosen to represent Greytown in a cricket match against Featheraton which takes place in Groytown next Saturday '.-Ronaldson,: Cuff, Hawke, Udy, Day, Webster, Beard,. Magnire, Jackson, Somenille,and Nation,. The match starts at H o'clock, when a close game is anticipated. ! ■ The entertainment given by the mem-' bors of tho Greytown Juvenile Mutual Improvement and Temperance' Society in the Town Hall, Greytown, last night, was a great success. As was predicted, there was a bumper house, who seemed thoroughly pleased with the programme. The entertainment started punctually at 8, and lasted till 10, without intermission, something like thirty items being got through in that time. There ware about sixty voices in the choruases, which blended very well, and the time on the j whole was good, reflecting great credit on the conductor, Mr Nation, who has spared no time or trouble in getting this entertainment up, ■ Miss Wilkie's solos were very nicely rendered, as were also some quartetteß in which the Udys and Hawkes were the priuoipal performers. Mr E. Heard's recitation," Ben Battle," was deservedly encored, when he, gave "Mary's Ghost," which brought down tha house. Mr Nation gave a reading entitled " Spoopondyke'ssea legs," which was very laughable.. The .Song of the Cobbler given by 9 boys was very good, '' they going through the gestures of the cobbler when at his trade, with great spirit, God Save the Queen sung by the whole audience, finished the programme. Mr Wood r Mayor, was in the chair the duties of which he got through with his usual spirit. We had almost forgotten to mention Master 0. Humphries.won the prize, a book ontitlod "DogCrusoe" for the best spelling at tho spelling bee, which was an item in the programme.'

At Oxford, Prince Leopold would not wear the dress of a nobleman, but of a gentleman commoner. He resembles hiß father in character,, and takes place in great degree hb adviser and counsellor to his mother. "" , , V.

A cartoon representing Mr Gladstone dinging himself asßeaoonafield in order to frighten Aribi Pasha and the European powers has been. issued by a London engraver. . , "'"';'. ;.':...

The Bishop of Melbourne "says that precisely at the school age tho human mind iB growing more rapidly, and grasping mora tenaciously thehabitsof moral conduct which detormine lifo than at any other period in existence. , . ~

Now thai Christmas and the Holiday seasons are approaching, tk care/wf fomwtft will be naturally looking to the condition of, her Curtains, ami deciding as loihe number of pairs she. will . 'require to brigkm' up. the home' during tk 'festive' season. All. such should remember , that they have an almost unlimited choice at James Smith's,.TeAro House, Wellington, and. 'mpunlasi Lace Curtains, from 2s 9df0003 Muslin. Curtains, frpm.Xs to 15s;,Duplex Lace Curtains, that is, 'Curtains and ''.Wince combined,from liisM per pair. . ■■■ .-. '. . | All. thrifty 'UummvA should inspect °ffie" ! Carpet Department at Te Aro House, Wei-, lingtoh'i'■'. It'contains, a large .and c/wt'ee varifly of every description of carpets, and at most mo#«te: prim; : ■ hie. CarpeU from U-par yard; Fit Carpets, from Is; | Kiddermmsler,:jrom'2»;. Tapestry, from 2s f 6d;. and Brussels, from 3s 6d. Garpett planned anilai& ...... '.■■■'■■■•