CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1237, 23 November 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

by electric telegraph—copyright. Reuter's Telegrams. LONDON, November 81. • Beceivod November 22, 7 p.m.—The trial ot the prisoners charged with the murder of the Joyce family at Maam trasna on tho 18th of August last, have been concluded to-dav. The jury in each instance foun.l a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was pasaod. Tho prisoners have confessed the orime, and appealed to the clemency of the Court, Hrf Majesty the Queen bestowed the' medals for distinguished service in Egypt upon the troops who have recently re. turned from that country, at Windsor today. Consols are unchanged at 102. New Zcnlmd securities remain at yesterday's quotation. The market rate of discount has further advanced to i per cent; bank rate, 5. ' PARIS. November 21, The French Government is causing stringent investigations to be made into the operations and designs of tin Socialists in the south of France.' Thirty more Anarchists were arrested yesterday at Lyons, where a slvonp military force was recently stationed in anticipation of a Socialist rising. '.

LONDON. November 21. Received November 22 7 p.m. The November-December series of colonial wool auctions oponed today. The oatakgue comprised 6000 bales. There was a good attendance of Home and foreign buyers, but the biddings were hesitating, and prices were rather weaker. The total quantity to be offered during ihe series is 103,000 bales, The auctions close on December 13. LONDON, November 22, At t meeting of tho Colonial Institute last evening, Sir Francis Dillon Bell read a paper # in which he admitted that the growth oftha public debts of the Australian colonies in proportion to their .population was abnormal.. He maintained, however, that the various loans which have been contracted had been spent in reproductive public works; that the statistics of the commerce of the various colonies were surprising, and that it was to England's interest to help them with her surplus- capital. Sir Saul Samuel, AgentGeaeral, for New South Wales, said it was clear that the colonists were well able to pay the interest on the loans they had contracted. The niarketsfor colonial breadstuffs and tallow are without quotable change.

MELBOURNE, November 22, Arrived, this morning—Union Company's steamship To Anau, from the Bluff. . At the Intercolonial Rifle Contest which has been held here, the Victorian team secured the first place, die Tasmania representatives being second. k solendid rainfall has boon experienced throughout this colony, and has ureatly benefited the growing orops and pasture land. ; v ■ ~ • Melbourne! . November 22, ; Received November 23 lam. The English cricketers commanced a match today against 22 at Sandhurst,- The Home toam went in first, and were all disposed of for a total of 100, At the oiose of the day's play the Englishmon.had lost six wickets for 36 runs. There was a largo attendance of spectators. •

COUNTY. > l: $ti&;0i'l*&:'. .-' - ■'"■'£s The; ordinary^monthly meeting of'tlie abuy) CpuntySoffides, Carterton, yeaterday> Booth (Chairman),. JDonald,-Braithwjiitie, jiatthews; Jackson," McGregnrj/and[Chamberlain. The raiiiutes-oflhe previous meeting were read and confirmed,

V: •.':..-.' ■■'..: TREASURIES' BBPORT; - '"" " - The Treasurer reported that the receipts since last, meeting, amounted, to L76.4s 9d, and thaPtlre" bank credit balance stood at L 473 lis Bd. During the past month a confliction had tirisen with regard io the license fee of the Maninhorough Hotel. TheGroytowii Coiimiit'ee issued a conditional certificate ut its annual meeting in June last, and on tho 30th of Ootober,'.a fresh certificatd for a license. Mr Buokeridge tendered L 25, the amount of the licensing fee. The County solicitor, K howev.er, advised that. no lioenSe'could be issued, for the following reasons:—l, New licenses could only be issued upon certificates granted at annual_ .meetings;-2.; Tho fob must be paid wjthin fourteen days of the annua! meeting. : The Treasurer, by direotiou of the Chairman applied to the Government to havo the second certificate validated, but reply had been received from the Minister-of Justice', deolinjrig]to, do this. WAIOHINE RIVER BOARD.

A letter was read from the Waiohine River Board, stating that it had expended on protective works at the Black Bridge, on account of the County, up to Nov. 6, £llol2s 2d, and enclosing an estimate of cost for completing the work, and reporting that the £l6O voted would he insufficient.——The Chairman said the list of expenses amounted to £l7l, but it did not indicate'how much money had been absolutely spent.—Or McGregor thought the business was a very unsatisfactory one. He opposed tho Board in the first instance doing the work, as he thought their own engineer could do it more cheaply and.efficiently. He suggested that they should close the account with the River Board, and do anything further to protect their own properly through their own engineer.—CrDonald understood that the work had been performed under the supervision of the Board.——The Engineer said he did not consider it desirable to interfere with the way the work had been carried on.— The Chairman thought that the expenditure should be limited to the £l5O which had beon appropriated. He understood that though there had been delay, the work, as a whole, had beeu fairly done, ——On ;thei motion of Or McGregor, it was resolved'to adhoro to the limit of £l6O,

MABTBRTON HIGHWAY BOARIV A letter was read from the Masterton Highway Board, enclosing the copy of a resolution passed at a special meeting en the 14th of October re amalgamation, and agreeing to a north and south division in the event of uninn notjbeing effected,— The Chairman thought it was unnecessary at present to take action in connection with the resolution forwarded.

THE IMPENDING SWORDi A letter was read from' the Colonial Secretary drawing attention to sub-sec-tion 8 of clause 3, of tho Road Boards Apt, 1882, and requesting to be furnished with names of any road districts which require amendment th.oren.nder, at the same time stating how the County proposed to alter- them.—The Chairman said that Messrs Beetham and Buohanan had endeayorod to prevent the operation of this clause" iti the Wairarapa, but Major Atkinson had put his foot down and they could do nothing. It appeared from tho letter that the Government were bent.on making, alterations. It would be batter to recommend'a North and South boundary if any recommendation were made. If there wore a chance ofinducinglheGovernment to postpone the matter he would endeavor to gain time. If not it wnnld be better, in tho event of amalgamation' failing to soivo the difficulty, to make a rocutumendatiun of a permanent character/ HoßUggoslod that the matter might bo left in the hands of the Chairmen of th'o .two Counties. Cr McGregor moved that the matter bo left in tho hands, of tho two County Chairmen, but would; like them to urge tho Government not: to-Gajette the notice till tho outcome of the preseiit agitation was known. The. suspension would only be for a very short time, and he believed that the Chairman of County East would conourin the suggestion made. Cr Donald mored that no recommendation be forwarded to the Government, till the amalgamation question was settled.—Cr McGregor thought it was very desirable that tbVGovernment'should have a recommendation to guide them and not be allowed to : hush, up the Highway districts as -they thought Donald'said that if the Government hurried the thing on they need not accept the arrangement." As far as they knw the/Government had never yet forced down "their .throats anything they did not 'desire".--—Cr Matthews failed to see that', anything could be settled before the .firat day of January. --Or Donald's-- amendment not being seconded, the motion of Cr McGregor was deolared carried.

;' UPMR TAMjHJ BOiD, . : A letter was read fromMrß, 8. Hawkins enclosing a memorial of resident owners on the Upper'Taoertrlo : satisfy the Couiioil that if they make application for this road under the Roads Construction Act the resident owners would bo prepared to bo rated for the necessary amount., The estimate of oost was £SOOO inolusivo of clearing, felling, and metal, ling. The memorial stated that the road gave access to 70,000 aores of.land of whioh 13,000, acres were.'Government land and 4000 acres native land.—The Chairman doubted whothor there would bo room for a work of suoh magnitude at present. He pointed out .too that on such works apeoial.vates would have to be levied in such a manner that they could be readily collected.r-r-Or • McGregor said the, Pubho Work's Committee approved !of the propbsed.work. He hoped the Counoil would recognise; that the work was one of.importance and must not be allowed to laps* ,•;..

AHJTOAI' MEETING, The.hour of noon having arrived the annual statutory meeting 'was proceeded wi»h..-rrTho Chairman said he had much pleasure., to their bauds the trust lhey ; had reposed in him. He had been glad to • have ahe honor of serving them, and'.he.wouid.be still more glad to see sometotherjgentlemen in the chair fof;the coming!year. -In conjunction with the members for the distriot he had done his bait to gat the local govern ment Bills passed ftroughTarliamenk in such a shape"as'wwlfl be. pe'rm'anontly useful to; the diatrict. !He considered that their members, had laid'the.distriot under a heavy obligation'by,,thV.'.iaanner in which day after dayind-weki after week they had worked together in this; matter, •For once; a united"?repreaentatioh from thisdUtriot had;been - realty'" powerful He was Bfttisfied.that these local Bills am them, powers (Whiou theyicould largely use. The Crownv andj Native Rating Billb gaye themia permanent subsidy. It would be important' for•• Counties now: to become ||atin«; bttdies'/- He/ coiiaidered there waa: now a-settled-fnture for-local They ] hady &mU mi wapte^ample"powers,"ntf for legislation, but for-, administration ; He introduotioß of the local Bills in ibi a

district, but he had no : sympathy Jot those ;.who hankered: after the !;;'old of past:! years,- :■ Or McGregor moved that,Or Booth be roeleoted; Chairman. ..(Hear,? hear). :Wherihe proposed him 0n,,-i former occasion he said that lie would make an efficient officer, and bis anticipations had been fully recognised. Mr Booth had been largely instrumental in backing up and supporting the efforts made by the members for the district to obtain efficient local government. It was im-. portaht that, with the changes impendinp, Mr Booth should retain his office. —Or Braithwaite seconded the motion. The Chairman had done his work well, and. when they got hold of a good man it was well for them to keep him.—.The resolution was put by the Clerk ■ and carried unanimously.——The .Ohairraan thanked the Council for the renewal of their confidence. He hud not expected to be again asked to take the chair, and if it were not for the impending changes he would not accept it. He had a strong feeling that the chair ought to go.round the table. Without the assistance of the local measures of last session, the County could have done no real work,' and had it not been for them, he would not have Bt'ultified himself by giving his time- and attention to its affairs For the present year they had a considerable scope in the matter of new roads, and they had the balance of a considerable vote for the opening up of Crown Lands. Mr Eollestun was favorably impressed with tho resources of the Forty-Mile Bush, and they might expect a good slice from lhe £ 200,000 available for opening up roads when the loan was Boated. The Middlo Island might try next session to upset the Roads Construction Act on the ground that it was a measure in the interests of the North Islanl, but he did not think an attempt of this kind would bo successful. They had ample funds for the maintenance ol the Forty-Mile 3nsh road during the present year, and they had socured an appropriation for a bridge over the Manawatu, The. bridge was a railway ono, and they had accepted it, finding that it was impossible to get a road bridge, but it would for some time be available for road traffic, He had bean anxious that an appropriation for at least'part of the railway line from Masterton to Napier should be obtained. He was aware that there was an unfriendly feeling towards it in Wellington, but he was glad that a sum, in his'opinion, sufficient to complete the through line had been appropriated fcr the work. It was of the greatest importance to the district as a whole that this through communication should be established, He feared that a county rate would be absorbed by the cost 01' the Waipoua and VVaiohino bridges. He feared that they would be unable to obtain the.cost of these structures under the Eoad Construction Act. However, on Friday next he had arranged to wait on Ministers with Messrs Beotham and Buchanan, and would again eudeavor to provide for this liability. [To ho concluded in our next issue.]