The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1883. A VERY FREE LIBRARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 11 January 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1883. A VERY FREE LIBRARY.

j At a meeting of members of that , colossal but impecunious institution, ■ the Wellington 'Athemeuut, it was 1 resolved—"That No, 3 room, the pre. sent newspaper, and the ladies' rooms r be reserved for the use of subscribers, to whom the privilege of taking out r books shall belong j the library to be i free to the public for the purpose of 1 reading on the premises; and that [ rooms Nos.' 4,5, and 6 be furnished i as reading rooms for their use; this i resolution to take effect at once, but ' the committee are empowered to with-. J draw from the proposed scheme if the i Government subsidy does not amount i to The Government in dis--1 tributing a subsidy like the one now [ available for Libraries nro bound more , or less to be the victims of some bogus claims, but we trust in open and barefaced attempt like the present to obtain monoy under false pretences will not be . allowed to pass muster. The object of the subsidy is to assist free public libraries and reading rooms, and it is ridiculoustosupposetbatanyAtherußum I is eligible by simply throwing open one or two rooms to the public, and reservingthe cream of;its accommodation: and of its literature forprivatemembors. • This might be pasM over but the condition on which this abortive effort to comply with the requirements of the , Government is about the greatest piece of effrontery ever displayed by a public ' body. The members of the Athemeuni say to the Government " If you don't ' give us a big subsidy we will close the rooms we are throwing open to the public." ; The sum total of the whole ' affair is that the Athenteuro, when the . subsidy is about to be distributed, bocomes for a few weeks a public library with the avowed intention of collapsing into a private one as Boon as the distribution has taken place. If o'aims of this character are admitted legitimate institutions like the ones we possess in the Wairarapa will be deprived of one half of the subsidy they are entitled to in order to enable private libraries to ' work' the oracle. We presume that all I private libraries in the colony will follow suit if the Wellington claim be allowed, and a sum of money which • has been voted pro bono publico will be squandered in relieyingthe necessities of impecunious private institutions, It is a reproach to thecity of Wellington that it has not struck a library rate, and established a free' reading room long ago. Wo believe that if the leading public men of the Empiro City had [ proposed this step'to the ratepayers it would have been carried as readily aa a Bimilar proposal was carried in Masterton. Somehow the citizens of Wellington seem to mismanage all their ' local institutions. Their Athamum, is overwhelmed with debt, and their hospital such a monument of mis- ' manageraement that the Government t have had to step in and take it off their hands. No one would grudge WeHing- . ton its fair share of a library subsidy if f even now, at the eleventh .hour, it displayed an intention of establishing a' bona fide free Library and Reading-room .. but as the' Empire City is possibly the most inactive, supine, listless, dilatory • r and drowsy townia New. Zealand in the matter of Libraries and Readingroom's, we 1 trust that it,will not, by a •• fluke, carry off a slice of the grant. : . ;l

The Rev; D. Brace has ceased to edit ,;' : , : „'.'./,, >' Th,e;, m$- tuonthlv meeting of the was held ; ai'thVoffice of H, WooaVGreyJovroy on : Wednesday '■< afternoon. '- Pwaent—.Measrs /Wyett/Cuff,' and' Wood; Accounts to wew tenders l# be called for supplying' Hospital stores for the next year, Mr'W, 0. Nation va> appointed yiiitpr for tjje month, : :

The annual meeting of the shareholders in'the South Working Men'i Olub Go. will be held on Saturday evening next at 8 o'clock. ,i

Mr E E Sutton advertises for a prayer book, lost betwoen Mr'Jago's and the English Church, Mr 0. E. £remn<ir, engineer to the Masterton Highway, Board, advertises in our wanted column for four good bushfallers. , '

Under Seotion 67 of the Customs' Lawa OiDßolidation Aot, 1882, an order in the Council hat been signed prohibiting the importation into New Zealand of grape vines, grape,vine.cutties, and grapos.^..,.

Tenders are invited by Mr F. H, iWopd for leasing twenty-eight acres at Morrison's Bush, and & paddook near Greytown on the Lower Yalley road. Mr B; Martin, of Mauners-itreet-,' Wellington, has an advertisement on our front page, which will prove of interest to builders, painters, and furnishers. A little rain has fallen to-day and more" is hoped for. It will come however, if it does descend, too late to savo-the Wairarapa potato crop, ; .-'',' : .'h\

-The Rev J. Pateraon, of Wellington; is announced to conduct the services in ih» PreibyteriiQ Ohuroh, Mastorton, on Sunday next. Messrs H oadly Lyon k Co. announce that they will offer 1000 rams, local bred aud imported, of Lincoln, Cotawold, and. merino breeds at tho Hawke's Bay Bam Fair on the 24th insti

MrF.H.-Wood/Mayor of Greytdwii, and Mr A.; Bish, Mayor of Masterton, ■; have received invitations to ba present at the reception of His Excellency the Governor at Wellington on the 18th iris't.

Tho candidature of Bishop Moran for the Peninsula electorate is creating quite a sensation in political circles. It is evident that the Bishop cannot attend Parliament during some four months every year, and "at the' same time do his' duty by the large diocese'over whioh he has charge. We trust the common sense of the oonstituenoy-, which he seeks to represent will rooognize this and save the Right Reverend gentleman from himself. The usual monthly meeting of the Greytown'School Committee waa held on Tuesday evening. Present—Messrs White (Chairman), Black, Cotter, Cuff, .and Haines. The. minutes' of the previous meeting wero read and confirmed. The resignation of Miss. Buroh was received. A letter was received from the,. Board stating that Mr Arnold's services would be retained for another six months. It was decided that a treat be given to the school' nhildren, If requisite fundi be raised it is the intention to give them a trip to Pigeon Bush in the train, but in .order lo do this it will be necessary to raise about 130, for which an active canvass is being made, whioh up to the present has met with marked success, Failing the amount being raised, it is the intention of holding a children's treat in a paddock olose to the township. Mr J. Quia, proprietor of the Greytown Hotel, has taken a lease of the Tauherenikail Hotel, which he intends to open: as; an accommodation house for the convenience of trainers and visitors to the autumn meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Club. He has also taken a special license for the bote!, which will be available for seven days, four.days previous lo the races, during the same,-and the day after,. Mr Quin is to' be commended' for the' spirit ho has shown in thus catering for the public, who will no doubt patronize him to the.extent his enterprise deserves.. . ,

We have seen a number of valuable plants, the contents of Mr G. M. Park's conservatory, whioh will be sold .by auction by Messrs Lowes & lorni, at their rooms on Saturday next. They are worthy of special nntioe as many of them have been grown especially for the coming autumn Bhow, and are .in splendid condition. Among them are new varieties of fuschia and pelargoniums, just bursting into bloom, which are unobtainable in the Wairarapa, large specimens of the famous Marshal Niel Rose, ehowiug buds for a second crop, finely grown camelias loaded with bloom buds, gloxinias, and aohiminos, and many other rare .plants worthy of the attention of any person who' may desire to become a successful competitor at either the Mastorton, Greytown or Wellington Horticultural Bhow.

A Wairarapa settler, went to town this weok to ask Mr Milner Stephen if be could eure a child of his who has been afflicted for a considerable period. He found the consulting room so crowded with patients that he had a difficulty in obtaining half-a-dozen words with the magnetio healer.. Mr Stephen inquired the nature of the case, and waa informed tint the child suffered from paralysis and blindness. " Oh" he said;" "I oan oure that, it is a case of 'sunstroke, the child has a big lump at the back of the neok has'ntshe," The astonished and gratified parent replied that she had, and arranged to meet Mr Stephenin Masterton with the patient, Another well-known, Beltler sent word up to his family in Masterton that he is improving under Mr Stephen's treatmontj and is remaining ,in town for further relief. .. •

% Mrs Labouchere who acpbmpaiiied Mrs, Langtry to America has: quarrelled with her over her flirtations with ,the gilded American youth, and in an inlerviewjvith an American reporter, said she had had enough of the Jersey Lily's nonsense, and exposed the way the sensation of her-ar-rival was worked up. The-general opinion is that' Mrs Labouohere is piqued at the attention paid to • Mrs Langtry' of which she receives so scant a share,

The Nelson drapers, havs resolved to olose their establishments every Thursday' afterponfor a half-holiday. ,

The numbers of the Atasterton Fire Brigade held a wet practice last evening under the command of Captain Muir. A meeting was held after practice in' the Brigade Station, seventeen members being present. Captain Muir and Lieut. Keeater were eleoted delegates to 'attend the Fire Brigade Conference to be held at Napier on the 17th instant. • They were instructed to' support a new Fire Brigade' Bill to be introduced at-the-next sossian of the General Assembly; to support the" annual meetings of the Conference; and also to use their best endeavors in getting the various Brigades to agitate for capitation grants from the Government. It was resolved—" That the Finance J CbmV mittee be asked to pay the ooaoh fare between Masterton and Makatoka,/especially a 9 delegates from otber Brigades have their travelling ■ expenses defrayed, '' '■ i ] l ■ '■■'}" •.' ■ . The improvements effeoted of late years in ladies' corsets have been very'great,'and. strikingly beneficial to health,. .Foremost among peculiar' excellencies, are Bwenthal.V'samtaire- and Dr, Warner's coraline corsets. The former is constructed to obviate the debilitating effects,.of;the ordinary corsets by reu'eting the doiicafe and' and vital organs from. dama|iuginech»h'icßtl • pressure, while stiJJ affording a healthful and. comfortable 1 tjnpport 5 to tHe. wearer.". %i support toithdfigureliptoperly'aiatnliutedp and the. distressing effects of lighWaojng neutralised.' I)r. AVarner's coraline corset is lpedwith a rs% substahce/iwhieh isi vaitly ■ superior'to horn or ■: eaanot brqafebnt will in Jyery iiiataba 6ntlaat> the. cpraet. . behjgmorepliable that whalebone'; itadapta itself more readily-to* the;.rifoveJ njpnts of the ■ Both.these'•admirable corsets can be bad idall'sizes 'and'cblow <■"&, Japs Smith's: *'■■