AMALGAMATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1252, 13 December 1882, Page 2

AMALGAMATION.

The meeting which was.held in i.Gteytowtf on Monday' lust explained the keen iiiler-. est:which some of our public men are taking in the amalgamation question, Mr H. Bunny ihtimnted that he lutonded to contest Wairarapa seat with Mr Buchanan at the next general election, and that in the interim, he would oppose Jnm.at all public meetings which he might attend. Virtually the discussion on county amalgamation- has; degenerated into a struggle for place between two political aspirants in the Southern electorate. The chance of the anialgH mation question being settled on its. merits, was never a good one, but now it is worse, than ever. '

Mr Thomas Carswell. advertises Merino ewes and wethers for sale. The Masterton School Committee meets this evening. MoKeever, of the Shades, Wellington, has a new advertisement in another column. The first, meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr Willason lapsed yesterday, at Masterton, for want of a quorum, A meeting of creditors in the estate of of Mr P. 0, Frasi, is convened for Wednesday next at the Courthouse Masterton, by Mr W. Rapp, the creditors' trustee. On Monday evening a meeting re' County Amalgamation was held in Greytown. We arranged with our rep'resentativein that township to take a report of it, but he has written to us to say that he was unable to be present at it. Had he given us this information before, instead of after the event, wo could have sent a reporter in his place. - ■. Mr P. H. "Wood holds' a stock sale at the Featheraton yards' at 11.80 a,m,", tomorrow. At noon on the same day-he aells the privileges of" the Foatherston' race meeting.

A Crown Lands sale of the Wanganui Harbor Endowment Block, and of the Manawatu and Motuaru Block, Wanganui, is advertised to be sold for deferred payments and for, cash on the 21st and 22nd of December. Maps containing full particulars may be seen at this office.

Members of the Masterton Cricket Club are requested to attend this evening and on Thursday and Friday evenings for the purnpse of watering and preparing the new practice ground. Captain Muir has kindly pi iced an engino for this purpose at the disposal of the Club, and all that is now needed is hands to work it,/

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Mastertjn Hospital Committee was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs Boddington (Chairman), Smith, - Perry, and Payton. The minutes having been read, the Treasurer reported a debit balance of £3 9s Id, and stated that it was necessary that active steps should be at once taken to get in subscriptions. The Chairman and Treasurer were appointed a sub committee to take such steps aa might be necessary lo obtain contributions. A letter was read from Mr J. Bennett regretting his inability to attend meeting. Mr D'Arcy, Secretary to the Mastenon Reohabite Tent, wrote to ask the. committee if in the event of a member of the Tent beiii" admittod to the Hospital, the surgeon if the Tent would be permitted to attend him. Mr Payton moved and Mr Perry seconded the following resolution: "That the Tent be informed that Dr Beard is a consulting surgeon to the Hospital, and that subject to general supervision of the surgeon in charge he could be consulted by any patient," Mr I V. Smith moved and the Chairman seconded an amendment to the effect that the application be referred to DrHosking for his opinion. The amendment was oarried by the oasting vote of the chair. The following accounts were passed for payment—O.J. Freeth £1 Os 3d, S. Bacon & Co 13s 6d, and M. Caselberg & Co £9 8s 6d The Chairman reported to the meeting thatDr Grabbam the Government Inspector had paid a surprise visit to the Hospital on the previous day and expressed to him bis opinion that ho was better pleased with thq Masterton pital than any other similar institution he bad yet visited in the colony. He suggested that the kitchen should be supplied with a range, but intimated his approval generally of all the arrangements connected with the place and the manage ment. He also noticed the want of a library for the use of patients. Mr W. H. Beetham having been appointed visiting member for the ensuing month the meeting adjourned.

: Yesterday the Town Hall at Greytown presented an unusually gay Bcene, on the occasion of the opening of the Fancy Pair. At about 12,30 Mr Buchanan, M.H.R., opened the Bale by saying that he bad received a letter a few days back from Ihe Greytown ladies asking him to say a few' words on the present occasion, which wis very gratifying to him. He then explained that there was a debt on St Luke's Church building fund of about £450, and he hoped if the present sale did not liquidate it altogether it would at least lessen the debt considerably. He congratulated the ladies ou the splendid and tasteful way in whioh he saw everything arranged, and said that Mr White, the pastor, must feel very pleased that his labors in this district were so .appreciated as to stir up so much enthusiasm as the' present large sale evinced.. He'was also glad to see the ladies were determined to trust to; their own powers (if persuasion entirely to sell their work.and not to auctioneers orraffles. He naturally felt shy, being a bachelor, amongst so many of the fair sex, but he felt quito sure that all the gentlemen who attended this sale would be well taken oare of by the ladies present. He then formally declared the sale open, We have never yet seen the hall look so well, as all the stalls were very nicely arranged, with the names of the several ladies over eaoh. The stage was utilised as a refreshment stall, and was par excellence, everything that one could wish for was to be had. The lettering over the stalls was done by Mr .E. A. Campbell and Mr St. George in a really artistic atyle,' and was greatly admired. The sale was very well patron- 1 irad during (he afternoon and evening and the stalls all seemed to be .doing a good business. The Greytown Private Band attended during'the evening whioh attracted a good many and added gtoatly' to the enjoyment of those present. The : sale will be continued to-morrow, when we have no doubt it will be largely patronised.

lii Spain an old custom among the rural people is never to eat fruit out of doora «itliout planting the seed. The roada are lined with' treeß, whose fruit iu free to.'al'l/ An old proverb aays:—Tho man baa not lived in vain who plants a good tree in the right place. . During the mano3uVresof ; the ; German, ironclad squadron'in Ihe Baltic last June, h;torpedo got mislaid. Ab anon as. the captain of the' ironclad Kronpririz, to which it helurige'd, missed it, he offered a reward f« its discovery. It is fifteen feet 'l('n», weighty in pfoportionrand at present aterror to navigators. The Duke of Athol is, - according to Lund? one of the mo'st : extensive tree?, plantefs'iti the world.' -Emf year'the duke plants from : 600,000' r to a';milli6n trees, i, During .thia season ; a plantation covering 2000 acres, has'been completed. During;.his .life/the,Dukevhpjs planted 27,0p0,000trees, coTermglS.OOO>acrei.'''y

;• As|miibh ; M 1140 was taken at the Paiioy Pajr Bale in Greytown yesterday.

, fMr W, p, Fellingham a'nutjunces his annual Christmas sale of b6p.fi' 'and ijiqesi to commence oh Saturday next l[j i^

; , A man/named Benjamin' George, suffering irorn 'ulcerations in the leg, was admitted, to the Masterton Hospital this morning. '■-.••The.-instillation of the officersof the Matlerton Thistle Lodge takes place at the Empire Hotel this evening. Several of the Grand. Lodge officers of the S. 0. are expected to arrive from Wellington to take part in the proceedings,

A new bakery will be started to-morrow in Masterton byMrG. Trimmer (Inte of Wellington) in the shop in Perry street, next to Mr D. P. Mo"arthy's store. An advertisement of the new business will be found in another column.'

The latest development of Masterion larrikinism is reported from the Waipoua bathing sheds, where a ladder leading to the water has disappeared, and a quantity of paper has been lit with matches and burnt in dangerous proximity to the buildings erected for the accommodation of bathers.

' When all the expenses of the Birmingham MusicaLFestival have been defrayed, if is calculated that the General Hospital will benefit to the amount of something like £SOOO.

«■ M. Gambotta, the Frenoh statesman, ii said to have the greatest contempt for crosses and ribbon decorations. Even when he was dictator • of France his aversion to personal decorations m un« diminished. -

'ln this,time of an anti-Jewish agitation in.Germa'ny and Eu'saiv, the students at the University of Berlin have been much taken aback'to learn, at a distribution of .university-prizes, that the only answer to a diffiault...question submitted by the medical faculty as a subject for an essay hid been .written by a young Russian -Jew, a native of "Odessa, and a sonof the editor of a journal published in Hebrew in St. Petersburg.' . : The school board of Liverpool, after full discussion, have decided to use novels occasionally, instead of ordinary reading books in the public schools. A beginning will be made with some of Scott's works. Two strongrainded females at the Thames have entered".into partnership as sale anil' purchase of mining stock, and have secured an office in the principal'business quarter of the town.

.We have just received a large consignment of new season's teas specially selected by our Agents in India and China. For all kinds of household stores, Rapp and Hare of the Emporium will be found the cheapest. house in town.— Advt,

The annual distribution of Christmas Gifts is now taking place at To Aro .House, and will continue throujhout the month of December. We have provided a large assortment of really artistic chromo piitures which will bo presented to every purchassr of 5s worth and upwards. Great care has been taken to provide such onlyas shall be worthly of acceptance by all who may pay a visit to Te Aro House. The subjects of these ohromoß are many and va-ied, comprising landscapes, seascapes, copies of Landseer's mest favourite, and popular works, and will be exceedingly attractive to visitors and purchasers of .Te Aro House. The mode in whioh it has been determined to issue theso gifts is of i most liberal character, and ; will during the merry Christmas season, be a source of gratification to the numerous customers of James smith, Te. Ato House, Cubastreet, Wellington.— Adyt.