The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1883. THRIFT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 4 January 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1883. THRIFT.

We pointed out in our last issue the desirability of persons dependent on weekly wages putting'bya, portion of their earnings to provide against a' rainy day, or to oonstitutea small fund which they may some day utilise (is a nest egg for some little business op enterprise. There is; however, with many men a practical difficulty in saving the smallest percentage of their earnings, which is not very .easily overcome. When such a man has paid for his rent and his stores lie litis but very few shillings left in his pocket, and these few shillings melt away very easily. Possibly, out of .them, the life insuranco agent collects his weekly premium, and the friendly society obtains its funeral and sick pay, These provident institutions .are admirable helps to a man of small but they do not enable him to accumulate a few pounds which,will-giye.hinv at i some period of his existence a chance to better himself. We believcUhat-insti-tutions like the Masterton and 1 Greytown Investment Societies, if their aims and objects and their mode of operation were more fully understood, would give that practical help in the way of saving small sunis of money which is needed by one and all. These Societies take five shillings a month from their shareholders, aiid roughly spiking tjje cp obtain from tnem]n yotuyn fop live years' contributions about ,020 and fa}' tpi> ypar§ contributions about £SO. There ■ are scores of working men with families, there are scores of young men, there are Spores of lads, and there are also Bcores pf lassies in the Wairarapa. district who never have had at their command, and Are py.er -HJpely to haye a sum of twenty pr fi% pounds without, they resort to some systematic, method of s/iyii)g .Sl)cb joining societies of the character to which wrefer.' 'Yet .eacjh and all of them can put by t}y ; e shillings, a month, and at sop)o future period draw' oujj a sum; of' money iiufljcieiit to furbish a hoiuie-or .buy -a piece pf land or purchase a few. cows on stopkriivtrade for, some small business', Possibly the i:e,ison i why ; th'e working clasps Jp pot 'in'ygsj; m<p jn these societies is partly feuse they' do not undorstand the principles qn they are conducted, and partly because the directors of. the institutions do .not ffdopt.their scale of fees tp meet the mymnw °fsmll towtm latent}

of a monthly. payment being demanded the office of such a society , should be open ' every Saturday evening for a weekly' contribution, and the' shares' should be based on a more convenient unit such as a shilling, Still the Societies, as they are now constituted,, might bo used, as a medium for saying witli 'advantage by- all'persons''who' seek slowly but surely to accumulate a small capital. It is iii the nature of some persons to save, and they require no protection, Most people, however, have a'greater capacity for spending than for keeping, and it is this larger, class. which cannot make headway without some methodical and systematic plan by which every pay-day they may putonone side theamountthey can sparo from their earnings. An Investment Society with weekly pay-' ments would probably be the most convenient arrangement to enable the working classes to accumulate small, capitals, What is wanted is not 1 only an enterprising. Society,, but a little display of interest on the part of wage earners in the direction of making a' provision for their future needs as well, as in satisfying the immediate requirements of their families.

Morten Jorgensnn Busclrof Oartorlon,, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Mr T. M. Drummond, licensed and' authorised'surveyor, hss now bis office next door to the ICurupuni Post Office,: Messrs Bapp.and Hare act as hisiagedts. : A meeting of tba committee of;the Amalgamated Friondly Societies' will beheld at tli6,Council Chambers at 7o'clock this evening. The Suporintondant Minister.for the Wellington district notifies in another column, that a quarter acre of land belong-.; to the Weslevan Church, and situated at Mauriceville has keen set apart for the purpose of a burial ground in accordance, will: suction 48 of the Cemeteries Act.

The Grey!own Rifle Volunteers' held their usual monthly Inspection Farads on Tliesdny evening, whim there was a good attendance, Captain Tully boini; in command with . Lieutenant Cameron also present. After drill' tho prizes won .by the different meuibers'of tho Corps at the late firing was presented to them by Capt, Tully, A voio of thanks \m passed to the citizens of Greytuwn, who so liberally presented the prizes. The, half-yearly meeting takes place next Tuesday evening after drill.

Tho population of New Zealaud on thet 31stof.December, 1881, was Europeans 500,910, Maoris 44,097, tuial 545,007.

During the year 1881, Preabytorian ministers marriod 26 per cent 'of tho happy couples united in New Zealand, whereas Church of England divines only coupled 20 per cent. Catholic clergymen linked; 13 • per . cent, and Wosleyan ministers spliced but ten. Why the Presbyterian clergy get the whip hand over other denominations in tliii line of business is not explained. Taking the returns of prisoners in gaols, not matrimonial captives, Wesleyans oomo well to the front, having a smaller proportion of their people incarcerated than any other religious persuasion. The infected sheep list for 31st' Deo. 18S2 includes flocks belonging to Messrs D. Cameron, J. Cross, D. Doicld, Langdon Bms,, J, Miller, and T, Telford, Mrs Boot,lmm, Lontor, of the Taita has fonvardod to the Maaterton Hospital « welcnmo present of books and capers for. the use of patients.

■ Tho Treasurer of tho Masturt'in Iloapital nclcnowlodfijes the receipt of tho following Subscriptions, B P. Perry, £1 la; R, M. Galloway, £1; T. L. Thompson & Co, £3 3s; William flross £1; P, O'Connor, i'l la.'

The annual Ram and Ewe fair will be held at the show ■grounds, Carterton on Thursday, February 16i|i, Open air temper,mco meetings are being hell at Dunedin. Among the orators is Mr M.'W, Green, M.H.R.

Amongst other County Councils that have " overrun the constable" in financial nutters is that of Wallace. The bank overdraft now stands at £BOOO, and the Council have resolved to etop all fresh works of any magnitude. Vincent County is alio'in shell a bad;way lhat.it is stated that many-if not all—of the laborers employed by the Vincent County Council have not received their salaries for months past.—Otago Daily Times,

• Tke ordinary meetins; of Court Loyal Enterprise A.O.F. takes - place at the Foresters' Hall, Maslertiin, this owning. The special business of the meotin'g will be the installation of officers,

Featherston tyas thrpwn into a state of excitement on Tuesday afternoon by a report that the dead body pf fl, ijip had been discovered near the t"Wflsl|ip, It appears thai two children were playing near the hillside trhon they cimo across a man who was having a quiet sleep after the fatigue of liis holiday. They immediately ran into the town and reported that the man wan dead, this report: was verified by two adults (females), and the constable proceeded tithe spot with the necessary conveyance and-assistants to brina (he corpse in. The nearest publican mide ready to,receive it, and the medical man, with ihe prospects of a P. M., ait-' peared more, than usually important, In the meantime the ''corpse," who had thoroughly on joyed his snooze,, awoke, and sauntered into the town, and was. ■greatly surprised at the . extraordinary, ibusile. He, of course ignorant of himself being the causo of it, joined in the usual condolent conversation about the poor fellow dying 6o soon after the holidays; and speculated ns to the cause of his death, burring bis grief in a, tankard of foaming XXX; The - official procession reached the spot indicated by the females, but nothing, was to be seen but a number of the sportive" blue-lniled fließ,". which were hovering round the scene in anticipatioii of something to settle, on. A search, was made in the immediate vicinity without' any further discovery, and the procession re formed and returned.: It is dangerous now to mention to some of the inhabitants anything aljoiit the ! porpsp. 1 ' .' ■ ■ ' 1 ' ' The half-yearly meeeljng of. the Stone!! henge lodge U,A..0,1). was held last evening «t the Lo'dge room Etijpire Hotel, and was'very well attended,'. : The- Installation of the following officers for the ensuing half-year; was conducted by the' District President Bro. W, Bishop, viz.; A.D Bf'o. Ai'Hathaway, I,P,A. Bro, B,' Quick, V A Bro. A. Bradford, See Bro. G.SAy.' DalfymplbV assistant Sec, Bru. J, Siller,;. Treas. Bro, Robins, A B.'s Bros, Bobins prid Johnston,-V.A/B.YHatcli ?nd Porter, I.G/Bro. W. Kees'er, OG: Bro.' Greathead Br<v, Corbet', ,wii( nominated fop'the ensuingiyejr. Bro. Biphop prpnenfpd the Lodge with a phot»«iaphio group' of the -oncers of.the.n.ew.L'odge;open.edin Aupk;. land a few weeks ago, which the,members decided to in the' Lodge roomi -A ; vote' of-thanks was accorded' to Bi6hop-f(jr tKsWcient'nianner'jn' which he, conducted Jhe:. Ins'alhiiioii ceremony, ft was dpcidjed i>> ||>'id, a special nieeting to-n?orrb«f pvpoing (•>. receive till Balancp jsheut ao,j ()||il||p!'s report. '

..The prohibitory olatiaes of the LiceAgi! wdon'tMemio wrk well in Mjwteri6n|| appear t|| thairthejjs did whenilhey .were free to shout and'w shouted for. One #f them was looked up by the" police to-clajr at noon and appeared to be the drunkest man that has been walked m for a long time; •••?»?« '•; We Aave received from Mr D'Aroy, the . toqal;agent, a of a gorgeous Now lew's Almanac, published by-' lh'6'. LiTeipSOl'and: London and Globe Insurance Company, in which Old Father Neptune is a central figure, A member of our.staff.caught to-day in a' well in Wrigley.street a New Zealand trout weighing nearly . half a ppun.d. The. Wri||lty-street wells are to bo commended as promising fishing grounds. Perhaps the enterprising secretary>of'the .local Acclimatisation will distribute a few imported M among tbeui. ' j

■'MrCr»sie, dentist, notifies", that he will re-visit Maaterlon on the Ist of February, and may then be consulted for a few days only. \ \

. )In Wiiirarapa West County, according to returns collected on February last,' tliere-we're 694 freehold properties over one acre in extent, and 187 rented, 79 part freehold and' part rented. -There, ;Woro 23,179 acres in'fioWn grasses, on land which had beon ploughed, 122,276 acres in sewn grasses on uuplougHed land, 1507. acres in hay, 2.236 in wheat, 2987# oats, 80 inibarloyi 1 in maize, 37 in rvo, 55 in peas and beans, 333 in . potatoes, and 1,765; in;turnips. *7n Wairarapa Bast County there were 270,085 aires iu Bown grassoa on unploughediland, arid.6,404 sores on ploughed land.'. .;

. ..-Wo understand thai.Masterton will shortly joie the services ,of its very telegraphist, Mr G.'M; Park This removal has beon anticipated fOr sdme considerable time past, as this officer's 'claim to promotion was .known to be a strong one.- *;<!,

We hope* the ' city futtors of. Masteirto'n' will agree to Mr. Ingram's demand.for an adequate'payment for the worli. of clearing' tho borough roads of stray'horsjt and cattle, Some hours'after we hid retired to reat last night we were.'woko up tuamp of armed hoofsin oiir ehrubbpry and had to turn out in liglit raiment and chaseißomeof the Vibrant steeds of Maatcrton out into the road, We desire to: be relieved of this amateur, duty ar.d trust the professional liusiiioM'tyill' bi> the BbVoagh .iJoandiL • L

The annual distribution of Christmas Gift'; i is now taking pliod" at .Te Aro House,, and- will continue throuchout tho■ moti'h of December.' We have provided, a liirge assortment of really artistic cbrorno pi»turei whiohwill be presented to every purchaser of sb'worth'aid upwards. Gfeat care has. been token to provide such only as shall, be. wojtbly of aocej>tftnco ; by all who may pay a ■ visit to Te AraHoiiso. The sukjec&of these chromes-are many , and varied, comprising landscapes, geaec'apos, copies of Landßoor's mest favourite anu-popular works, and will be sxcoediiigly attractive to; visitors and purchasers of Te -Aro Houso. Tho modo ik .which it has been determined to issue these Sifts is of a most liberal character, aud will iiring the .merry Christmas season, be i source of gratification to the'numerous customers of Jamos smith, Te Aro House, Cubastreet, Weliirictoh.-'Abvr ' ;-