The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1833. THE NORTH COUNTY MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1312, 2 April 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1833. THE NORTH COUNTY MEETING.

The County meeting at Masterton on Saturday last was a very satisfactory one, excepting perhaps for its length. We do not like an order paper which takes eight solid hours of continuous work to get through, but wo fear that it will not bo the longest sitting on record, The very large amount of business transacted on Saturday was only the prelude to a still greater amount that must necessarily follow. The Counci would, as a matter of fact, have done more on this occasion, and thrown another hour or so in if the South County, in a spirit of philosophical inquiry, had not postponed for a month the adjustment of the accounts between the two bodies, and by so doing put a brake on the operations in the Northern division. The North County is evidently what our American cousins would call "a livo body." Its Councillors apparently have no desire to shirk work, and already they are inundated beneath a shower of it, They aro quite risjht in starting public works all over the district. The Roads and Bridges Construction Act may not be immortal, and though it is a curious Act to work under, it is porous. Money is to be squeezed out of it, and they who first come get first served, One important matter decided by the Council at this meeting was that the County should 'maintain the district lines of road. The logical consequences of this decision is, Ist, a County rate, 2nd, the abolition of toll gates. On other grounds a County rate is inevitable, As one must be levied it may just as well be made a substitute for | toll gates, which, though a convenient I mode of raising money, are not ieconomical methods of taxation. The march' of civilisation usually carries away toll gates, and we need not hold atangiover our local "pikes," The appointment of Mr J) 1 , G, Moore as County Clerk will be received with favor as one made in the best interests of the County. His qualifications for the duties of the office are undoubted, and he has enjoyed in former years a special experience on the Works Committee of the late West County, which will be of the greatest service to him in his new position. . We cordially approve too of the recognition of Mr R. Wilsone's past services by a bonus of fifty pounds. A year ago the late East County was in a ;tery impecunious position, and this' officer consented without a murmur to carry on the work at a nominal salary until things got better. The work he has done for the County has not been recouped by the payment made for it, and the bonus of Saturday last was simply wiping off a debt which was due to him,

The ordinary meeting of the Greytown Borough Council will take place this evening. The first parade of the Greytown Rifle Volunteers under the new regulations will beheld to-morrow evening. It has been decided, that .the members of the Greytown football club will, meet for practice on Saturday next when a drop kicking practice will be indulged in or a scratch match played if the ground is not too hard, The annual meeting of the club will be held at an: early date to receive balance sheet and,elect officers for the coming season. : : i Mr F, G, Moore has been appointed Clerk to the Wairarapa Bast County Council.;. ; : The Secretary of the Wnirarapa Acclimatisation Society has recieved another consignment of Btarlinga from the Canterbury Society. • : The half yearly meeting of the Master-ton-Opaki Jockey Club on Saturday-even-ing last was postponed for a week in cnnse rjuence; of; only some three or ■ four mmnborß being in attendance oh that date ;An Assessment Court forthe; Borough .of Masterton was advertised fur Saturday. Mr.Wardell the Revising officer was, however, on.duty at Wellington, and.Waira* rapa basinesa had to.be pat

Bis Exoullency ihe Governor loft for Auckland by (he Hinemoa at 10 o'clock this moriuug The Penguin with the English Mail is expected to arrive in Wellington from New Plymouth at midnight Wo regret to hear of the veiy aeiious illness of Mr Thomas Turnbull. the wellknown arohiteot.

Applications are invited up tdl Monday, the 9ih of April, for the office of clerk and collector to tho Masterton:Hospital; '] .: Mr T, E, Price,' photographer, has on view, .in his window a very successful. picture of the interior ol ; St Matthew's Church as it appeared under its; garb of Easter decorations;; ' .: '; - The Government give ex gaol birds in the Empire Oily a free pass to the Waira: rnpa. Could they not cxchango Ibis privilege for a ticket to Melbourne or Sydney as we in this district :do not fully appreciate the boon conferred upon us, The 88, Zealandia, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock,, after an uneventful laßsage of twenty days, The southern maih having left Auckland yesterday at 2.45 pni., in tho B.a, Penguin, they may bo looked for at Wellington, reports the N.Z Timeß, late this eveninu,' unless tho slenmer calls at Nelson, which, as the mail is before its lime, she may do, and, in that ease, her arrival bete will bb delayed until Tuesday morning. Tho Reviewers inider tho Property-; Assesment Act again on Saturday last with closed doors at Maaterton, Our: Wsirarapa Reviewers arbthe only ones in the Oolouy who have, as far as we have hoard, constituted themselves a seoiet tribunal, Wo do not object 10 this alio.gethor bcc;iUSO wo like to seo this Act made as unpopular as possible. The Masterion Borouah Council hold a 1 epeoi.il meeting this evening to pass the estimates for the ensuing year. .Mr Warden" R.M. has returned from Wellington, aud will hold a siting of the •R.M, Court at Feathers!on to-day. Mr Colouma Phillips h«s given notice ofa moti"" for ihe next sitting of the County West Oiiuiieil in favor of estab lishinga registration of bran.is office in tho Southern County.

After a voiy loot; dry and warm stretch oi auiuiDvi' weather, it is but rensonabla to i-xpact ;t ?oiiie«!wt sotore winter. 'J'lio "uldcst iuuahit.int" prognosticates it, and i-he unusual severity of tholast winter in in tbe Old Country leaves no doubt but that our turn will coma next. To be forewhined is to be forearmed. Don't forgot your blankets. Wo can supply you well, as wo hold one of tbe largest stocks in Wellington, imported direct from tho manufacturers We cannot only givo ingo variety,-but oxcellcut value, no oue better, if so well. Whatever inako you want (and we keep nil the best) we can give you Hut-class value in English, German, Roslyn, and Kaiapoi manufacture, and in sizes to suit the not of l tho infant, tho swag of the bushman, the siujjle bed of the bachelor, tho double 0:10 of the benedict, and some that niiaht almost be large enough for tho Great Bed of Ware. We have also a very large range of prices, varying according to size and quality, frun 7s Cd to SO- per pair, Customers will find a great advantage in purchasing from an extensive, well-selected, and dire ;tly imported stock of blankets, such as they will soo at JAMEi Sunn's To Aro Houso Wellington. —Advt.