The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1882. OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1242, 29 November 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1882. OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

The arrival of a new Governor or tho departure of an old one occasions perhaps less interest ia New Zraland than the coming and going of a star actor or a popular lecturer. Of course we are loyal, but then as far as Government goes the colony is accustomed to take tlie bit in ita own mouth, and we know that Her Majesty's representative whether he be a hero or a noodle,, cannot materially affect the destiny of this Britain of tho South. We have for some time past gone along very smoothly with an acting Governor, and it was not till we heard that Major-General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, with innumerable capital letters tacVed on to his name like a tail to a kite, was appointed to rule over us, that wo realised the fact that we were without a full blown gubernatorial guardian. It is of course very desirable that as we must maintain in vice-regal state a representative of the Queen that we should have a gentleman that, will suit us. We may on this occasion congratulate ourselves upon having obtained a popular Governor in exchange for an unpopular one. Sir William Jervois is so well liked in Australia that another and a larger colony has endeavored to filch him from us. Of course popularity is not everything, but it is a great thing in a Governor, We do not expect a Governor to be useful, but we like him to be pleasant and agreeable. It was not in Sir Arthur Gordon's nature to be this, but it is, we understand, within that of Isir William Jervois. Some papers in the colony are congratulating New Zealand that it is to. have a Governor who understands 'National Defences but wa sincerely trust that Sir William will not be encouraged to ride this hobby too hard, It is to our advantage to have amongst ua a military man'who has seen service, and done good work in Africa, Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but we trust the soldier and more particularly the military engineer will be merged in the Governor, and not the Governor in the military expert. If ■report speaks true, Sir Wiliiam Jervois is likely to.be the most efficient Governor whom we have yet had in the Colony. If he manages to supersede Sir Hercbles Robinson in the estimations of colonists he will be indeed a model colonial 'ruler, but we may be perfectly satisfied and contented if he proves as capable as that very able all round predecessor of , his.

, | The property tax for the current year will be payable on the 25tli of January next. .; Mr P. Hi Wood adds to the list of goods advertised for his general sale at Carterton bn Saturday next a theodilito and stand. . /'[The direct Bubaidixed steam service between New Zealand and; England is to commence in July from the latter country and from Ootober next in th'e colony. There is to be a general meeting of the members of the Greytown Philharmonic Sooiety to morrow evening at 8 o'clock in ithe town hall, Greytown; A full attendance of the members is requested as there, is soin'e important business to be discussed, A meeting of delegates representing the Friendly .Societies of Masterton will, be held at Mr B. Brown's offices this evening to arrange, the which has been agitated for tome time past, The subject of holding sports on fioijng Day by the amalgamated Friendly Societies will alio be brought qp.

! tip Wellington Education Board meets-; to-'day. i , -H-i -• W •>' ; './ I? ''A . ' i'vj, .f, The: Aiaiterion! Institute ':,Cpihpiitteo iiold monthly meeting'this evening, Mr F. H, Wood holds an extensive sale of Btook at the Wairarapa Pastoral Yards,-"Oartertonrat 2 'p.ra,-to.morrow. - Mr J. ;G. ;Qollins, solicitor, hasieft Masterion. ; ' 1 '

. The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal' Maaterton Lodge, 1.0.0. F., was held at the Empire Hotel last evening, Ere. W. MeKeozie, N.G., presiding, There was a full attendance of members, and Ihe greater part of the business cpnsisted of nomination of jpfflcers; fortlie ensuing term, and a discussion oii the' veied l qnestion of medical attendance. Mr F, H, Wood announces for Tuesday Dec. 6, an ...important said;at Carterton tinder instructions from the trustee in the estate of Mr W.B. Csmpin, builder. The lots to be offered consist of 23£ acre? of first-class land with frontage tii the main slreetwith house, workshops, &e. ..erooted thereto, five head of cattle, a: hearse, about 5,000 feet of seasoned timber, and a quantity.of machinery and tools, In the Masterton Park Beserve there ii every year a bay harvest of some ten or twenty tons, but the Trustees always, find ; a difficulty in obtaining some enterprising citizen to cut it and cart it away. -It is imperative that it should be removed, as if left standing, there is a risk of it catch-ing-fire in the autumn months. This 'year Mr Olayaon, of the blook, has undertaken to clear it for the Trustees, and we trust that he will make a good profit on his speculation. The monthly meeting of the Carterton Town Board took place on Monday, all the Commissioners being present, -The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Tho credit balance at the bank was reported at £l2 10a Bd, and accounts amounting to £3loa were passed for payment. The only resolution passed was that the clerk write Mr Phllpott, the poundkeeper, informing him that thp ranger is entitled to receive ranger's fees for cattlo straying on the road, though they may be impounded.

There is to be an entertainment given towards tlie end of next month in Greytown in aid of the funds of the cricket club in that township, the first part to be ehjjstys,- a second part comprising solos, duets, etc., and the third and last part a farce. This entertainment should take very well as it is a long time since anything of the sort has been given in Greytown, and the object for whioh it is held, is a popular one. We will give all the particulars at a later date.

The Tavatabi'Carterton Highway Board met on Tuesday last. Present ;* Messrs Booth (Chairman), Rraithwaite, Welch, Parker, Vile, and Reynolds. The minutes of the laat meeting wore read and confirmed, and the bank balance reported, at £264 17a 2d. Accounts were passed 1 for payment amounting to £6O 8s Bd-_ Tho clerk was instructed to enforce judgment against Mr Tremewan for , rates in arroar, and to issue summonses against a dozen defaulting ratepayers specified, and to draw the neocssary cheque fi.r court; expenses. The tender of Mr Williscroft for 30 chains and formation on Kokatau Road at 12a 3d per chain was accepted. Fresh tender) were directed to be issued for filling gravel pit- at Waihakeke, and original, tenders for 20 chains metalling,, 28 formation, and culvert on Perry's road; 17 chains ditching swamp road; and 15 chains formation and metalling, White's road. Mr Welch was empowered to have bridge on Arnold's line superplajiked with planking left oyer from the Mungataieri bridge. Messrs Reynolds and Vile were empowered to arrange with Mr Skay as to gravel pit on his land. Mr Parker said he would see to road to Mr Marshall's farm in accordance with hii application, It was arranged that the next meeting of the Board should take phce on the 19th pros., as the ordinary day of mooting would fall on the 26th December. This conoludod the buainess of tho meeting.

The Rev. L, M, Isitt, of Masterton, a probationer of the fourth year, having previously undergone a written examination in Hebevr, Greek, and Divinity, was subjected tn a very searching oral examination in Biblical and dogmatic theology at the Wellington district meeting yesterday, which took up the greater part of the session, , It was resolved—"That Mr laitt having honorably and efficiently fulfilled his four years of probation, and having laboured with considerable success aud much acceptance in the circuits to which he has been appointed, is cordially and unanimously recommended 1o be received into fall connexion at the ensuing Conference." The Rev. gentleman'i friends in this district will be glad to hear of his success though all of them had full confidence that he would prove equal to the occasion.

The Wellington Meat Export Company has made a first call of one pound per share, and has also extended the time for receiving ■ tenders of dairy produce in the" Lady Jocelyn" up to the Ist of January, The young trout turned out in the millstream by the Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society appear, to thrive. Small droves of them in fine weather may be seen swimming about the margin of the pond, and basking in the aun. So far the operation of the Society, thanks to the attention given to them by Mr W. H, Beetham, seem to he a complete success, ... A telogramfrom Wellington stateslhat there is not much excitement there over the Mayoral eleotion which takes place to-day.

The attendance at the Masterton Public School still continues unsatisfactory owing to the continued prevalence of measles in the town and neighborhood,

Messrs Lowes & lorns add to their list of entiriea for their sale on Deo. sth, a horse, saddle, and bridle, to be sold by order of the trustee in Mr P. O. Frasi's estate.

Notice ia given in', another, column that the firm of Muir and Dixon Bros., coachbuilders, Maaterton, is diaaolved as far ai concern? Mr Thomaa Dixon' who is retiring irom the business. The firm will now be under the style of Muir and. Dixon, The disappearance of MrOharles White, who held the position of manager of the Wellington Building Society, the Wellington Land and building Company, and the Albion .Goldmining Company, hai been the subject of a good deal of'comment during the last week, and it ia now tolerably certain that he left this colony for America by the last San ■ Franoisco mail steamer.. He left Wellington for Auckland on the sth of this month, : as hit friends and employers believed, for the purpose of recruiting hia health at the Hot Springs; and it is stated, on what appears to be good authority, that he was seen on board the mail steamer just before her departure. The accounts of the societies of whioh he was manager are now being audited, and wo beliere we are right in stating that discrepancies to the amount of £142 have been discovered in the accounts of the building society. All sorts of rumors were afloat yesterday, but nothing beyond what we have ctated -ia definitely known. 1 The mntter is vm%' the hands of the police. Mr White, who came to Wellington from Dunedin nine Or ten years ago, has a wife and large family) who are still here.—N.Z. Times,