THE RAILWAY ROUTE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1311, 23 February 1883, Page 2

THE RAILWAY ROUTE

The Castlepoint Highway Board have passed a resolution in favor of further inquiry being made into the railway route question. Tim expression of opinion comes too late to hove any effect, Our Masterton contemporary contends for delay for investigation, forgetting possibly the .following very juat expression 'of opinion which it published in its leader of December 6th:—" If there are rival routes, it seems a pity that -their merits have not been definitely settled before money was yot,erl for the extension of the : line, and that 'the question should be opened at a time when delay, may prove disastrous." It is simply because delay will prove disastrous that we have been opposed to it, MrF,H. Wood sells at Waihemja to morrow a large. consignment of; new furniture; We understand Mr D. F. McCarthy's store is closed till Monday in consequence of the death'tif his youngeat child; A Bum of J-14,00Q has .been subscribed for the endowment of the new diocese, of Riverina, imitated some lime since by a munificent gift from the Hon. John Campbelli M;L.O, ;V;

~..•= The number of tourists)to the 'Lake : ; Countryhaa J tbi8 > yeai , b%ti'mbrethanevei',. and ij'ijlkely; to oohtiiiue forieveralmonda of toM'isla havie r 'alvailed]tliemselves of the through Messrs Lowes &lor'iis hold an extensive. sale of new and: superior iuruiture. at their Mastorton uuotiun rooms to-morrow u>2p.m,. ,v k ..:,'.... ; .,,'.-,,:.,,.:,:,.../.;.,. Mr Fielding the enterprising fruiterer of Queen ,St;..hiiß jußt received from Mr McOardle'e'ivell-kiiown orchard, a'supply of delicious.Nunaucb, and the.famoiis Bed .Quarantine; apples'; which will.prove an additional attvaotiun to his store. He has also. obtained from. the.same source ut splendid assortment ot plums which; probably are unequalled for'size and flavor in the WellingtoKDistriot. The book selootipn, committee appointed at'the last,rneeting.;of thp.Oartecton Institute will liieet at the' Library on Saturday evening, and will be glad to receive uny recommendations from any . members' at that time or previously. At Carterton on Wednesday, meetings, of the town and district. Licensing Committees were held, Mr E, Fairbrotber was elected chairman of each Committee, To-morrow the contested County eleotionsihrouphoiit the Wairarapa have to bedeoided, We have already expressed our opinion fully and frankly as to the candidates who should, in the interests of the district, be returned. We trust the numbers of votes rcorded at each polling booth will indieato that settlers are alive io the importance of the responsibility devolving upon them, If they give their voles we have not the slightest fear of the result, The only danger is negligence and indifference,

A boy about four years of age, the son of Mr T. Marsh of Kutupuni, was playiDg on the top of n well on Tuesday laßt, when the lid suddenly Rave way, and he descended to the bottom a distance of about twenty feet,' His mother coming out of house noticed'the well to be unoovered, and looking down was horrified to tee the feet of tho obild projecting from under the lid which had decended on the top of him-s She immediately ran to call assistance but a neighbor Mis Crewe who happened to be on the spot made a practical effort to release the child which was fortunately successful. She let down the bucket, and managed Is pull the lid on one side with it, and the child in some way or other was goMnto the bucket, and pulled up Bafely to" terra firma,' 1 . ■ . . Mr Lee attended at Wnihakeke on Tuesday to conduct Hie annual examination of the school, There are thirtytwo children on the roll, of whom twenty, eight are infants, ..These presented themselves for examination, and considering that owing to the resignation of the master only a Week's work has been done since the five weeks' holidays at Christmas, the passes of 85 per cent, must be considered highly satisfactory. The following is a list of the pupils who successfully, emerge from the ordeal, in their order on marks obtained ,—Standard Y May Braithwaite, Herbert Maunsell. Standard Hi—Lilly Braithwaite, Harry Maunsell, Herbert Strawbridge, Honry and Frederick Meyrick. Standard II Emma Braithwaite, Emily Sirawbridge, Joseph Addie, Fanny Cadwallader. Standard I—Margaret Goodin, Minnie Meyrick, Harry Cadwallader, Leonard Strawbridge, Laura Braithwaite, Martha Goodin. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Land Board was held yesterday afternoon, and was attended by Messrs J. G. Holdsworth (Commissioner), T.Mason M.H.R., G. Beetham, M.HR,, H. Bunny, and W. W. Taylor. The schedule of lands sold since the last meeting showed that 3737 a Ir 2p had been applied for, the uisefc price for which amounted to £2553 4s. The Oummiasionor remarked that all the sections which were expected to he sold at the late Maaterton sale had been Jaken up, while on one section in particular there had been an advance from £lO to £llO. Licenses were cancelled hi the cases of Messrs H, A: Wilson, Mangaonej Peter Hanseu and E, Nelson, Mangahao, who were considerably behind in regard to their- instalments. With regard to 32 sections remaining unsold out of 44 which were offered at Mastertori on the 16th inst., it was resolved that these be dealt with in the ordinary way, and advertised.for sale in the Gazette. "Mr Herrin's application for a refund, on account of short .acreage, was postponed (ill next meeting.—Evening Post, A meeting of the Clareville School Committee was held at-the school house yesterday, l Present—Messrs A, Booth (chairman), J. Bairstow, A. B, Wallis, I Smith and J. .Bayliss. Tho "minutes of . the last meeting were read and confirmed. The vory Rev. Archdeacon Stock, Messrs G, Beethn.ro. and J. R, Blair were elected as members to fill the vacaneies on the Education Board., It was resolved that

the scientific apntiratua required for teaching elementary physics he procured for tho use of the school. The Chairman was requested to write to tho Board asking that all applications for the pupil teachership m the sehopl might be forwarded to the Committee fpv ppnijderatipp. before any appointment was rnade. A mjnute was directed to >be' placed on the books expressing the regret of tho Committee that the Chairman of the late Committee

had neglected to forward a lesoltttioii passed by them to Miss Feist tendering their thanks to her for the efficient manner in which she had discharged her duties while' acting as assistant teacher in the : school, and Mr A. Booth was requested to forward the same to her forthwith. ■

At the invitation of the directors of the Wellinuton Meat Export Company, Limited, and. the agents of the Lady Jocelyh, Measra Levin and Company, several gentlemen met at the company's officeß yesterday afternoon to drink the health of Captain Boorman, of the Lady Jocelyn, and success to the first shipment of frozen meat from this port, Amomjst those present were Mr G.- Beetham, M.H.E; Caplajn.Bborman, Mr Blundell, Mr Don, cl)tef engineer of the Lady Jocelyn, Mr Duncan, MrJ.C. Harris, Mr Lung, Mr Levin, MH.R., Captain Rose, of the New Zealand' Shipping Oomp >ny, Mr Simpson, : of the New Ze ilaud lnam; ance Company, Captain Todd, of the Si. Leonard's,, and Mr Williajnsoq, The meeting, though small, may be regarded as a representative one, including, as it di ! , the banking, mercantile,, insurance, and shipping interesla.of -the city,- all of whioh more or less are directly concerned id the success of the frozen meat trade. Mr Beetham,; in the absence of Mr Buchanan, M.H.R. (the chairman of the company); ; in," suitable terms' proposed ihe health of -Capiain Boorman, coupled with that of Mr Don, the engineer ; in charge of the freezing apparatus.; The speaker, in wishing success and a prosperous passage to the Lady Jocelyn, com plimented tija captain upon the manner in which ; he had, y?i(,h untiring eWgy, personally superintended the preparation and storage .of. his novel cargo, and ex : pressed, on behalf of the Wellington Meat Export; .-Company, his thanks and appreciation of the. efforts made on their behalf.f iThdjoaßpavihg been .'drunk in champagne 'cooled-with ice from the ship's refrigerating chambers. Captain Boorman suitably-, responded.? '-Mr Levin made a few remarks; and the health of the secretary (Mr Henry Wright), whose capabili; .ties for the post] wire ■;.said {to be of .'the highest order, having been drunk, the company separated,—N,Z, Times,

•^ : .Mr/McKeeverof tho Shades; Welling.'ranjHon, Secretary to the Lgiighurst s Petition Oomroiliee invites in another J |Qolum'n the co-operation of settlers, and o makes 1 a special appeal to mayors to oon-1 vene /public meetings in favor of the movement which ho is so warmly advo•eating,' •' c The Directors of the Masterton Theatre i t Boyal Company (Limited), met fortnight j | and accepted tenders for painting scenery i &0,, and also ordered a supply of lamps, brackets &c, The alterations were repor- - ; ted to be in a forward state,.arid would ' now be complete, but for tho delay caused < by tho- nuh-avrivnl of limber by the lime ( promised. Tho building willprobably be j completein about ten day's' time. '■ ( ■Notice is given,in another column that ] Mr Arthur Hassell has been elected. Creditors' Trustee in the estate'of Mr.Tob Vile, and that all debts-owing to the estate must be paid to the trustee. or to Mr Dalrymple his authorised agent. This morning a'number of persons left Masterton by train; coaoli, and buggy for the Tauherenikau races, only to find on their arrival at Featherston that the meeting had, owing to wet weather,':been again postponed, We uhderstand how that the racing, will hot be commenced till Monday, but no official notification to that effect has been issued. Of course things are in a great muddle, but under the circumstances no bettor arrangements could be prolably made than an adjournment till Mnmlay.noxt;, .-,-'■' MrG, W. Schroder hasijlenided to eontinuo his olem iiig iale for'another fourteen days at still further reduced-prices His whole stock has r ßeen re-marked in plain figures with the object of making this dale thoroughly bona fide in.its character. Mr G. W. Schroder has decided not to retire from business in this town, but to continue his.present establishment on a larger scale than iii the past. Wo believe,that a.tendcr.for the Mas-. terlon Courthouse,'as designed, will be accepted. An alteration intheplan now might lead' to. the vote. lapsing, and we understand that the members, of the disj trict, while fully recognising that the site is not a suitable one, have decided that . it would be unwise to advise the Govern- ' ment to reject the tenders that'have been sant in.' ; ' ,- V/''.; r The Government has decided that East | Taiera bridge, which it was originally in- [ tended to build of iron cylinders with ! wooden superstructure, shall bo built i solely of iron. .... , An expedition into ihe interior of , Tasmania is being organised. It will prospect as thoroughly as possible alateral area of about one hundred miles, hv three or four miles, over a district j which has hitherto remained almost untrodden. ! An opportunity not to be lost, On 1 Saturday Rapp & Hark will be selling men's suits from 17s lid.— Advt. For one Saturday only, men's hats from Is at Rapp and Hare's Emporium. To be , had on Saturday, Men's Blucher Pools . 7s Od per pair,— Advt. Come on Saturday and try Rapp & Hare'b new seasons tea from Is 9d.— ' Advt. For Grocery, Ironmon»ery, Crookeryj 1 and Clothing, Rm & Hare cannot be beaten.—Advt, The improvements effected ot late years in L ladies' corsets have been very ereat, and strikingly beneficial to health, Foremost among those for their peculiar excellencies aro liosenthal's sanitaire and Dr Warner's 1 coraline corsets. The former is constructed " to obviate the debilitating effects of the i ordinary corsets by relieving the delicate and I and vital organs from damaging mechanical i pressure, while still affording a healthful and t comfortable support to. the wearer. The 3 support to the figure i 3 properly distributed, j and the distressing effects of tight-lacing j neutralised. Dr. Warner's coraline corset is B boned with a new snbstanoe, wliich is vastly superior to horn or whalebone. It caunot bleak but wjll in every instance outlast the corset, being more pliable that whalebone II ■ it adapts itself more readily to the move--11 ments ot tlib body. Both these admirably ■-' corsets can bo had in all sizes and colors at i James Ssnra's'To &ro (Jodsh.—iAdyt,']