The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1883. THE COUNTY DIFFICULTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 5 February 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1883. THE COUNTY DIFFICULTY.

pathiea go 'with the advocates of the broader views, even though v they be the losers ;in the. struggle. /' It isa satisfaction'! to know that'there (are men in this-district who will/stand l ortt to defend a'question of.principle. They will not we believe win that for which they are now fighting, but all the honor of the campaign rests with them.

speculator lie laid himself open to censure' for appearing so prominently ' in the matter. We consider tho district 'ia fortunate in obtaining railway extension by any route. There was a danger of the line stopping permanently at the Masterton terminus. When the queetvon pf ilie route hud been practically decided it was a grave orror to run the risk of losing the extension at the eleventh hour by: endeavoring to upset a airangement that had been aooopted as favorable, ind had "been obtained with great difficulty. Mi Hawkins iB very enthusiastic in any oauie which he takesookp k and we attribute to this, feeling the somewhat iuteniperate tone which chancterises his letter, and possibly clouds.his judgmeul. He ia' evidently very sensitive to any : imputation of selfishness being n)ade agaipt any member of the lute deputation, but he himself in his letter makes against us a much graver and more , unwarrantable charge." We trust the latter is mereiythe ebullition of an excitable moment, as it

is altogether unworthy of a public man ol Mr Hawkins''reputation, ,

Miss Morison's niusio pupils reasembje to-day. , The Qreytown Borough Council meets this evening at 7 p.m.' Our obituary notice records the foot that Mr George Inman, late of Masterton was drowned at Bowen, Queensland, in Sep-, tember last, '

To-morrow Messers T, Kennedy Mao;, donald &Co sell at Panama Street, Wellington,'Section No 12, Taranaki plain and part of. Section No 116, by order of the mortgagee,

Messrs Lowes and lerns announce their, next fortnightly Btock sale for Wednesday next. The entries include fat lambs, fat wethers, store ewes, agricultural implements, pigs, poultry, &c.. - : The present.week will be devoted to Court sittings there being a full list of cases right through the valtay. Mr Wardell R.M, commences it at Featherston to-day.

Lowes and lorns conducted two sales on Saturday, the first being at 1 o'clock whon they sold the fittings in the Empire Store to alalia roam for the alterations for the Theatre Royal Company, At 2 o'clock they held a sale of furniture and miscellaneous good) at their auction mart, having a good attendance at both sales, The Carterton aohool difficulty has been settled by the return of Mr Samuel. Hit re-appearance on the scene in restored health must be an unalloyed satisfaction to the parents of the children attending that school.

The solution of the county difficulty has advanced another step, The Governor has, we believe signed a proclamation abolishing East and West County Councils, and ordering frosh elections under the new boundaries. Tho course affairs will now take is, excepting to the legal advisers, of the Government, who we presume see a clear way through all difficulties, a mere matter of conjecture. The elections of new Councils are to take place during tho current month therefore we may assume that they will be based on the existing county rolls. How the rolls are made to dovetail with the change of boundaries wo do not know, but this is probably one of the difficulties which the law officers of the Crown have managed to cope with. When the new elections have taken place,, the time during which objections pan.be lqclged against the petition for an amalgamated county will have expired. If a counter, petition be not presented, containing the names of one-third of the county ratepayers the unioi) of the two counties will be an accomplish fuct, and will sweep away all the newly elected Councillors. The opponents of animation have now set to work in earnest with; this "counter petition, We assume it must be based on the existing roll. If so the task oi obtaining t\ie necessary number of signatures will be no light one. Arduous though | this operation may be we have considerable confidence of it being carried through. Mr Booth heads the movement, and the man who underrates liis persistency in anything to which be sefe his band makes & blunder, The issue to t)je ner&ern portion of | this distriot is not vital, We always j regretted that it was raised, not be- ; cause we did not believe ift amalgamation, but because when we saw the numbers of the secession party, and knew the leaders of them, we felt that union could not b& earned. It was our opinion then that it would be better to wait a more favorable opportunity for effecting amalgamation. Mr McGregor and several other leading public men however, preferred to be guided by. principle rather than by ex-, pediency, and decided to put the matter to tfto test. Their chance of winning is not a goof} one, but eveii if they lose, their defeat will be an honorable one.. Union would be better for the Wairarapa as a. whole. It would give this a, strong council, and an efficient and - economical county staff, Still if ipoi) fails us, .the northern- division will be the stronger and. wealthier country, We have not been arid shall not be a party to, the petty jealousies which have been raised between the North and South. •These sentiments are. the special property of the counter-petition party, and we do not envy that party the; possession of tliem. The issue is one between broad interests, and narcow ones, and on iuoh » question our sym>

Poor Tommy Ray died yesterday, mortification having previously set in. The racing accidents in this and the Hutt district have recently bean something appalling.'• Still it is as idle to preach to raoing men asainst racing as it would be to leoture ladies against dress.

A crioket match was played at Qreytown between seven of the first team and sixteen all camera, the lat'er went first to' the wicket and obtained 44 runs in their fint innings. They beat this in the second vetting 57, some of' them showing very «ood form - The seven made 47 in their first innings and 33 for 4 wickets in the second. As time did not admit of fimshing the match, therefore tM seven won . on the first innings. The adjourned annual meeting of the South Wairarapa Working Men's Club Co., whiph waß to be held on Friday, again lapsed, and the Direotors held : a meeting and transacted all the business ,which was. to have come' before the annual meeting. Messrs Fuller and Gray were, appointed. Directors, and it mi resolved that the' balance sheet be printed and circulated, and a statement made that a dividend of 6 per cent.-be paid to shareholders for the year ending 31st December. . ( ; On Wednesday next the hut match between the 11 duffers" will be played at Qreytown tb.em have .Kiel}' practicing more assiduously-during the whole uf this week and are setting'so very expert that it is hardly correct to call them "duffers." In faot it is thought ii will.take away it good deal of intrestfrom the match if those who,play are not as big "'duffers" as they were when the first match was played. The menders of. the Cricket Club would do well to tako a. leaf out of their book s 8 regards practice if they mean Ito win any other watch this Season. .

John Bo?ley and James Irvine visited Masierton on Saturday last,'.and enjoyed' themselves till thov were unable to take their departure. Constables Leahyj'and Fleming found tnern prostrate on a grassy bank, and ran them in. On the following day they wore released on bail, and this morning they were" fined ten shillings each by hiß Worship the Mayor, : There was no appearance of tbe oulpnts.' Mr Gattscha, of the well-known brewing firm of Gattioha & Parsons, returned on Friday last to Masterton after hit trip to the old. country,: v v ;. • \

MrF. H. Wood .announces the sale of tho privileges for the Waifarapa Jockij' Club autumn meeting hjt f&tijrdi^ Special attention is direoted to.the .very extensive sale of properties to be held by ■Messrs T.Kennedy, Macdpji.ald- and, Co it. Wellington to mor#. (fupsdayj.gth inst at 2 o'clock.,, which, comprise;, :Boipe:yory large valuable' estates, tb? principal being those at Wainnionmta,'the property of Messrs J. snid.L, Sinclair. • That taluable small pi'ipci'iyou lite Tafatftlii," containing 110 acres itiirt .occupied- by ,WrA.-;Boy,.; i|, included. / This: property is being,sold by order/ of. the Registrar of«the' Bqpremi Court.

Messrs t Li>wob\-& lorui announoe (he Allowing idditiona'to the Ram Faitfcon <|'A propiatustionlio' a gazette published oh Feh;.l alttfi; the boundaries of Watfjf fapi East andj'West' Counties from tW datey'-redividiiig the' Coaaties in accordance with= the "petition forwarded, and; ordering the eleotioni of new councils for tlie tlventf fourth diijr of Pehfu ary7lßß3' ,In another; column „ MrHawkins ?p: Qounty West :tbe Carterton* Riding publishes a letter nh .'the WangaehtT .QwytSP; Valley route.'; The delay of six. months Biding one, the Featherston Riding " two, for which he contends moans the forfeiture the Otaraia^Riding one, the Gladstone of tho vo:c of last session and:it. would Riding S.iidf.the Awhia Ridingone. not we believe have helped the advocates I n County East the Alfredton Biding of the Wangaehu route. Both counties returns two, ..the Mastertoh Riding have bean iii aotive operation during the two, 'I I6 riding three, past few weeks, and.on so' important: a and ;tho, rjding two councilI question it was inexcusable to pass them. . Anptlier pcobjamatibiii-dissolves I over. The deputation bore all the marks the late County Councils, ana makes of being a private movement of interested regulations and orders for Mr R, settlers, and we. trust next time a matter Wilaone Jo prepare new electors,rolls for vital tothi-district as«whole ii brought the Ridings! of County ,-Eaitiiand Mr before the Government it will be arranged Woltera todothe same for County (Vest publicly and not privately. Mr Hawkins on or before the 17th day of February on pointed out that the time had gone by for the basil of the existing county rolls, moving in the. matter, therefore the action of the deputation was to say the least of it indiscreet. No doubt many aettUri thoroughly believe that the v wangaehu route is the best cine in the interest! of the district as,a whole butasfaraiwMan judge the weight of evidence is againit it. The Wairarapa in the matter of -railway extension Iras a formidable opponent in the West Coast Railway Company, and the lapse of last session's vo'e to which the advocates of the Wangaehu route appear to be indifferent might mean having no railway extension at all. .We did not impute improper motives to the Wairarapa settlers who took part in the deputation, hut we' did consider that a gentleman in Mr Brandon's position, ought nut to have headed it. He is not a settler in this district, and an a land: