The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1883. COUNTY CHAIRMEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 27 February 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1883. COUNTY CHAIRMEN.

Now that the new County Councils are ■ elected the next question to be decided 1 will be tbe appointment of County chairmei). As (these offipers will have to be chesen on "Saturday next it is not too early to consider the selection likely to be made.. In County East it is r doubtful whether Mr George Beetham, \ M.H.JK., will stand again for the chairmanship. He has other and more important duties which might be ,' prejudiced by his undertaking such, an ' office, It is true hehas discharged the duties of this offico hitherto, but the new council will probably have five times the work to do that the old one had, and the responsibility of the. chairi man will be proportionately increased, I If Mr George Beetham does not come forward we expect to see either Mr W. I H. Beetham or Mr D. McGregor called upon to preside over the new council, Both of these gentlemen have , claims for the position. They reside in the neighborhood of the county office, and if Mr McGregor's special services during the past three years give him a spooiol olaim'to consideration Mr W. H. Beetham op point to a still longer term of office at the head of the Masterton Highway Board, i which may be regarded as an excellent apprenticeship for a county chairman- ( ship. If we regard the matter from another point of view, viz, which of these gentlemen is most likely to prove the most efficient chairman it is rather difficult to make a choice, Mr McGregor is the younger and more active man, and MrW, H. Beetham has the advantage in age and ex- [ peiience, It is very unlikely that both ; will be nominated, as we do not think either of them would be willing to stand against the other. Probably by Saturday next jfoa parties interested being on the most friendly tepmg,, will arrange toadopt such a course as will be in their opinion most conducive to the interests of the district, and the council will be able to give an unanimous i vote in electing its chief. In the West County there are two decided partiesone headed by Mr Booth, and the other led: by .Mr Bunhy, senior. If the latter party were strong enough we should expect to see it attempt to carry off the chairmanship, but. we doubt whether it is yet in a position to do ;j this, On public grounds we recognise , that Mr Booth has made an excellent .■ chairman in 'the past' ani j>hat it is desirable to retain lis', services "in % ' future, We believe that represents,- '

>,tWf!s like Messrs Russell, Matthews, find Barton will probably take a view like this of llio election, and without their co-operati m it would be impossible for the op, o,i ion to take the field. There is a danger in the Southern County of what may be called party politics influencing county questions, We trust, however, that the influence of the non-political councillors will be exerted to prevent the council chamber from becoming the battle field of candidates for the Goneral Assembly. A large amount of real practical road work will have to be done in the south as well as in the north, and this will be the chief business of councillors. It is obvious that there are strong political elements in County West, and if we Buggest that they should be kept under control we clo so because we feel certain that a non-political Council will make more roads and bridges than a political one. '•- The Mastenon Borough Council meet this evening, " Archibald Forbes," the famous lecturer is willing to visit Masterton in ■about ten days time, if a : reasonable guarantee for expenses is forthcoming, The recent rains have been very favorable to the growth of grass on the Wairarapa coast stations. They have in this neighborhood been followed by g. plentiful orop of mushrooms. , Entries for the Masterton Horticultural Show mußt be made bj 9 a.m. to'morrow. The Show, which is to be held in the Theatre Royal, will he open to the public from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and from 1 p.m, to 10 p.m. The Masterton Band has kindly consented to play during the evening, and will tßj)d greatly to enliven the proceedings, We learn from the Evening Post that at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington yesterday, before H. fl. Wardell R.M„ ■ the Rev, Edward Caruß .Wilson sued to 'recover from the Bishop of Wellington the .'sum of £5 2s lOd, balance of salary due. Mr W. H, Quick appeared for the defendant. Plaintiff conducted his own case, and gave evidence to the effect that in July pf jast year he waß ordained a clerk in holy orders, apd was appointed to the Palroerston district by ))is Jjordshipi at a salary of £l5O per annum,' Wishing to' return to England about the end pf the last year, he wrote to the Bishop applying for permission to take his departure from the district, and on the 12th of January received a letter from his Lordship acceding to his request. The communication was dated ihe 10th of that month. He olajmod the sum of L 5 as salary due to him from the opening of the year up to the i?th ultimo. Mr Quick mentioned that a matter pf principle' w»b involved in tlie proceedings, and said the defence was that his Lordship was pot liable, as he held no financial position. Examination oontinued,—Since behadbeen atPalmerston North he bad received two cheques from the Bishop—one for £3710s for thp quarter ending 30th Sup., and the other for a like amount for the Dec. quarter. He was ongaged by his Lordship by letter sent to Australia, and the amount of the salary was fixed at Ll5O per annum. By Mr Quick—The document produced was his license. During a part of his ministrations at Ba|m,ei'stgn North he wsb a licensed clergyman, the license dating fn;m the 18th July, 1882. He had been paid for two full quarters, in all, He denied that in the course of a conversation which he had had with Mr Lowfl hj admitted that he was satisfied with the seltlement of accounts between himself and the Bishop. The agreement was that the salary should oommenoe from the Ist of July, and not the 16th or 18th. Theßishophad lent him £ls with which to proceed to Palmerston North, and hat} ajso promised that the salary, should commence from thp Jst of July, as witness had informed him that |ie was short ot funds, [Counsel here placed' correspondence before the Court] He was not aware that tb§ Pipcegan Synod had no control over the funds. He was aware that there was a Church Fqnd, This was all the evidenco adduced, Mr Quick submitted that the wrong person had been sued, his Lorhship holding no financial position in the matter, and the Court gave judgment for defendant on those grounds, A pleating inoident as showing the good-feeling existing between teaoher and pupils took place on Monday at tjie Opaki sohonl. When the ohildren took their seals the chairman and committee of the sohuol, accompanied by their wives, also went in. Aa soon as the children were Beated the Chairman said the objeot of the Committee's visit would not detain them many minutes, as he knew their timp would be fully occupied that day, Mr Lee havfng tnade arrangements to be there on Tuesday. However^as Jt was the last day Miss Mathews would be -there, and she intended to say good-bye to the soholars it waa a fitting opportunity for carrying out a little inatler they had in contemplation. The Chairman read a letter from the children, whioh slated that as many of them bad reoeived their first lesson and been brought to their present state of efficiency by Miss Mathews they .could not allow her to depart without some acknowledgement of the kindly feeling which had always existed between them, and they had subscribed among themselves the amount to purohase a writing desk and silver pencil case, which they hoped Miss Mathews would reeeive, and when she had occasion to use them, it would remind her of those with whom she had spent many years of her life. The chairman said the letter really embraced all that had to be aajd, so on behalf of the children and parents, he would hand the present to the mistress of the school, with every wish for her future happiness. Miss Mathews thanked lill present for Ihe kind present and the many tokens of esteem and good will she had experienced during the time she had resided anjong them, and hoped the ohildren would be as attentive and obedient to their new mistress as they had been to her. The improvements effected ot late years in ladies' corsots haye been very great, and strikingly; to health. Foremost among these for their peculiar excellencies aro Rosenthal's sanitaire and Dr Warner's coraline corsets. The forinor is constructed to obviate the debilitating effects of the ordinary corsets by relieving the dolioate and and vital organs from damaging meohanical pressure, while still affording a healthful and comfortable support to the wearer, The support to the figure is proporly distributed, and the distressing effects of light-lacing neutralised. Dr. Warner's coraline corset is boned with a new snbstance, which is vastly superior to horn or whalebone, It cannot break bat Trillin every instance outlast the corset, being more pliable that whalebone it adapts itself more 'readily to the movements of the body. Both 'these adipirably oorsotsoan be had in all siges and colors at James Surra's Tk Aro Housk.-iAdyi,] .