MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1268, 3 January 1883, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting was held last evening, Present: Crs Caselb'erg, flapper,' Heron, McOardle, and Price, \ The Mayor wrote apologising for his absence from the meeting, being in Wellington, " . Cr flapper was voted to the ohair, The minnteß were Confirmed and correspondence read. . IMPOUNDER.Mr J. O. Ingram wrote asking for an increase of salary for the above office, He found £2O per annum was not remunerative when lie had to,' keep,'a horse ,in good .ooiiditiou out of it! "! ' , [\\ The matter waß posipbued till next meeting,' the .- councillors„ expressing opinions favorable to an increase,

■ ;v '"! ''-i l l *-(ii i- ■ ; kebbing. Mr J. Nicol wrote asking that the kerbing now" Hall-stre'et be .continued past ljis/ prppertjr ; in Chapelstreet, and. offering Jto, pay his'sbaroof the ®°®t. ... rr.Tji r.; , It was resolved tlut it he matter.be left to the Works Committee with power to act, the clerk tb'wHte lto'bther owners of property in the neighborhood, *• Tho usual accounts' (Woro paaßed' for payment. ' NUISANCE: r.J. The Inipeetdr reported' that-the weeda and cress in the oi'oek running through 'Mr' a | 'nuisance. Resolved— I "Thatvhe-haye■ notice to cloaritout." Zvl'dJii..! : ; i -1 ) « Oiily ';t'wp tents' wer'tf fi received for Makora-Bireet, 40j'' J chains;'"'and the councillors considered theiri'bufe'loo high: : After discussion, however, it; was; decided' to accept;th»(4(.Mf^lfj])£ey-(t'§3/158 per Parker' and Bourke, X'i 15a, per eKaitt befng, 3eclined.; ~" *: , , :' 1 ' TW'CbtWoil then' adjourned/ 11 " :

MIRABIPMND E.G. PASIOBAL & : J'SOGIETY. M :M o.

jPjfo uaual isqkial' fathering incident lo at the late jslpr ofv the. WairaVapk ijnd East Coast ! P|i|pral\and Sooiety took piafee at Hotel, Carterton, jon Saturday afternoon. Thoonly prizes 'exhibited in the room were the cup presented .by the Loan and Mercantile 'Agency"" v Compauy, won by-Mr - -At Matthews, Mr J, P. Russell's cup, won by Mr D. McMaater, Mr Logan's prize, a silver bracelet, won by' Mrs Grattan,; and the whipj and bridle, presented by Mosara 11. R. Armstrong, and Giles & Oullinu, 'and (lie gold and,silver medals presented by the Society, the remainder of the prizes being either settled ,by cheques or, orders, There; were,about 40 present! the!•President, 0>! Buchanan, M.'H.R., oocupyipgjhe chair, and Mr B. Buys, J.P. .itoiiio-olialr. After) Uhe iusual loyal toasts,,had < been duly honored

The Chairman said he had next to propose the principal toast of the. day—that of the prize winners at the late show, and he felt sure it needed no words from him to' commend it to their notice.' Before going further he would, however, like to make a few remarks, That was the third gathering of the nature they had had, aud he only regretted' that coming as it did at so busy a season of the year, many who had the interest of the Society at hearr and would liked to have been present were tihabie to attend., To go on with the history of the Society jtihad this] year been enabled to give twelve sold medals, twenty-two silver medals and cash prizes amounting,to £22, From private sources they had had{J&l4B, and and cups and plate to the value; ;of £42, and it was-difficult for him to express In an adequate way the debt the were undor to the donors of'vprivato prizes who contributed so liberally, and which would comparo favorably ' with older and' stronger Societies," The re.- ; ceipts frbm the late show had. been £252 5s lOd against £IG7 fis 3d in'the previous year, These figures spoke for themselves and showed that they had a-Society ee-' 1 tablished in the District on a solid footing. It would .be interesting to go through the fights and struggles they had had, hut lie would not weary them by doing so, but merely congratulate theni' on the soundness of their position; the result of the year's operations after meeting all liabilities being a balance at their bank of 192. He would refer ..to one item in the accounts—the gate money, With their own as with all other public gatherings, if this did not show a good retnrn.they could not dinw that thbir meeting ( wiis success, But the gate money did'show this last year, and proved l that one and all ill the /District t«bk> an ; interest in the. show, This, year they had' added one new feature in.tho flowor show, and their thanks were due to those gentlemon who had worked so lurd to make it a'success. It was perhaps only a,humble boginuing, but he felt suro it Would not be by any means the least interesting part of their show in the future, i There were some who il uhled the educating value of thwe slinwii,.but ho certainly did not nor did he ihi .k ,uiy of those present held Buclran ojii-'lo". So' eoiiii air the ;La'dy Jociilyn had takon her departure'with their first.cavgo of fr- zen meat he hoped thuy would turn their attention to die reduction of their debt. ■ They would remember it was L6OO, and from the steps already taken; more than half of this had been 'provided for, and lie hoped in a month or two to see the remainder furthcoming. Ho asked them to join him in drinking'the health of'llio v successful competitors at the late show, accompanied with the names ofMrA. Matthews, and—as thelargest prize taker, Mr D. McMaater, was unable to be present—a worthy sciou of the same family—Mr H. McMaster, |Mr Matthews,; in. returning thanks, regretted that- Mijp. McMaster, as the highest prize winner, was not preseiiC He should like to see entries;made;by> more of the settlers as the number of exhibitors was altogether, out of proportion to jbe exhibits, He believed if every one sent a little this would'be one of the finest shows in New Zealand.

<; Mr H. McMaster returnod thanks mi beliulf of himself and brother, and: expressed his pride at thoir being so successful. He would conlino himself to those remark*, as he would any day ruiber go and draft sheep thai) nUlje a speech./ , / Mi 1 Boys proposed' the-' toast of " Kindred Soc'olies " Ho had not had the opportunity other gentlemen present had had of visitinu the shows of other -Societies, from which, he had no doubt, thoy had Rained netv ideas, that would .be of usi) to themselves personally and: to the Society, but they wore much indebted to the kindred S'iciolies in the colony for the help they had rendered them in sending competent judges, ;When the judges came from a distance the success of the show was greatly augmented as all local jealousies were domi 'away with. As competition w,is the soul of trade so; too, healthy rivalry between the Societies tended to the succoss of all.

Mr P. P. Tancred wished lo propose a toast liofolt sure they would all be proud of honoring, for without ihe gentleman who was at their head the Society -would not have boen in the position it was lhat day. He bogged lo propose the health of Mr Buchanan, their President, with three times three, The toast was drank with musical honors.

Mr Buchanan, who, on rising, was received with cheers, said he felt it'diffioult to express his gratitude for the way in which the toast had been received. It had been his pride and pleasure to fight for what he thought conducivo to the best interests of the distriot, and lie could luve no better reward for anything he had done since the formation of the Society than to havo his efforts so kindly recognised as tliey had just been.

Mr W. H. Beetham said it had fallen to' hia lotto propose the toast of success to! their own Society. From the first he and his brothers had taken great interest in it, and at first had had no difficult; iu taking home , prizes and medals, but successive shows had created competition, and they now had to strive hard to enable them to do so, The great, advantage of the Society was in educating the people and creating emulation, and in this respect the Society had done good. For some years past he had been wandering about the world, and had; been at some big Shotfs-lhat' of Paris' in 1877, ilk Royal Society and others in England—but he-did not think be oyer enjoyed a Show like their last. After being away several years he could see the marled difference and the ; improvdments' and advance they had made.' After being held first in one place and l thon nnothor after, a'hard struggle they got : theirShows_ .permanently fixed, ken) and he thought they were to be congratulated on having done so, No doubt the Showi did good, not only as educating them with regard,to stock; but that they 'mßt'and compared.ideas with other people. After referring to a case that came within his own knowledge, shewing the difficulty in judging 'wllere' (he 'difference 'between animals was so', nicely balanced, ,be expressed a hope that each year ' would increase.the attendance,,and,the general interest in the Society; and that'-they would be able to givo good and substantial prim.'-.He had much pleasure in proposing " Prosperity to the Wairarapa and saßt Coast Pastoral • and ! Agricultural; Aisociation.=-'i'''i j'• i t ■The' Ghairman said perhaps the toast

hardly called for a reply, but after what had fallen from Mr Beetham, who hid been travelling over the world, lie thought they might congratulate themselves on the success they had obtained, and if they had put their shoulders to the wheel in the past, it gave them a fresh incentive for future efforts. If, as the old proverb said, the man who caused two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before was a benofaotor to his race, it. might be, too, said thnt the m'ajijsha, reared' "the right animoi 'and'''inflWSSra* their-expqrt tmde'was a^ionefatitbi' t io the colony..i. r

Mr ( Booth (jroposed ( tha. health of Mr Wolteri, .jjaßiihg i high encomium on his services as Secretary, .. The 'toast" was deceived - with am'uslfalT linuors, aud suitably acknowledged by Mr' Wolters. : Mr H. R. Mny.pfoposed .thft health of their VtceiPresidem. .had ; always taktp-great interest in pas'torSl,'"ana matters in the Wairarapa; ahd ' had l Wit'-b&im behind' th« best of them in working for the sucoeis of the Society, Mr Boys, lh rot'urhirig thanks, 'eipVesSMU aii opinion that if pastoral and agricultural affairs did, not prosper iq the djstriot sucooas" could' iiot attend takings,

The health of the unsuccessful candidates/was proposed by Mr duly honored. •■■■■"»<-'< .1«T : Mr Wolters proposed tjie.health of the committee,' referring to' the indefatigable way they had worked and the difficulties they had had to ,encount,er, especially m, bbiainihggiidges from'adiitance.} I(3 1 The toast was acknowledged by Mr Braithwaite. ,k-u,u .w

Tlie health .bf tW'Trea&urorj-; Mr W. Booth, was propoßed ; by Mr A. Matthews, who referred to tho : substantial private priies lie had givdn in'the • ; Mr Booth, in reply, specially urged 'that efforts be made' to clear off the debt. ,\ V The Ladies" nnrt " The Preßs" having veeeivod due. attention- pleasant afternoon,was broHght to ;a'close with a bumjier ;toour next liien-y \eeting," nnd."Auld'Langßyne" /by tho full vocal powers of the company. .y \ _ Early in tho afternoon a •'Short committee meeting, was, held when a iuhcommittee was apjibinted to arrange]for the leasing of the shoW' groundj-and jtbe idea mooted of the'aiinunl ram mi lam fair being made a ram and bull fair. /The full consideration, however, of the matter was postponed toa future occasion feeing that the lam and ewe fair lakes,.piaoe in about six weeks.