The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1883. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 9 June 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1883. BOROUGH FINANCE.

The finances of the Borough of Masterton are drifting into a position which renders it necessary that they should considered as, a whole, Tho Borough Council apparently for the sake of peace and quietness allows them to drift till a deadlock .arises, and this goal is not .very far distant. The annual statement of accounts for the year ending March'3lst, 1880 shewed an excess of liabilities over, assets . amounting! to ,£&% 7s 2d v .] Jp. IJBBO. this, excess rose to £96 65., in l88i ; ifcimounted up to £196 75." In 1882 it reached £357- 16s Inland iri 1883 it stands at £6Bl 8s 3d,? '-'These .figures indicate • clearly that the Council- is getting year by year into financial difficulties, and it would be just as well if'these growing embarrassments, were- faced. It is understood that : a ; borrowing policy is not as-yet- to be adopted. We have in the past advocated'such a policy, and still believe a small, loan judiciously expended;' Would: :be an., advantage, Working expenses practically absorb; nearly a third of the present income of the borough, and if the general expenditure were, increased out of loan the proportion between it and the cost of working would'be a much more favorable one,; 'lf, howeveiy borrowing is to be discarded we do notadvocate drifting year, by debt. Were the Borough' Council now to pay its debts it hfiye pix-pence left to spend on . road making during the cm rent year, and Would be .barely able to patch and 'mend existing thoroughfares. -Jf 6n; the other hand it: keeps; in ' debt to the. extent .of its Existing liabilities it will : be ; able to make new! roads 'to'the extent of £SOO during the year which ."has just commenced;.! The .financial prospect; is at its'best but unsatisfactory, and we scarcely see how Masterton is to push ahead' and k|ep:pr6g«ss!with the'suiVi .rounding■ • district,.unless .some .effort is to Councillors ; are,yeryidiligent in rtHeir .attendances at the' fortnightly meetings of the Council, but itis evident that they havp Very |ttle>to do and are well .. ;theV««y.' .to'd !cqdi? fortable billets which they. occupy/' iTKe hope, ; howeyer, that there'is sufficient capacity among them to prevent /the Borough drifting altogether on to the rocks.. A little more vitality,requires ,to forjunless more enterprise' is displayed by j the "Council,*it''is"plain that, the BorougK_iaigKt' just, as well- b'ei put out to nurse {o : the.Road Board,» The statistics'We have given of the annual results/during the -past few . years i rather-.indicate is bleat that'either the must in the future- be conducted on' a; less pretentious if the; existing staff and machinery be retained, its meagre income must be' Strengthened by a loan'. The latter course ia'in 'our opinion.the,'. faith' in the; l|Mterron : and if be. depended upon to.pull together and carry.it out in thousand .pounds' raised forconstructing necessary .public-works would' prove a profitable' undertaking. ''- 11! ■X ; bWj ■g= li

The wellknown drapers and clothera Messrs, Graves .ujd Fleming" of ; the owner,; Btteet Wellington' annoiince on our front page the "crowning sale of the day."

A cablegram dated London, Juno 7th* Btatea: " The Ascot Cup raco was run In' resulted as follows ,—Triatan>li ■ Oven 2, Wallenstein 3,", \ ■-v, Mesare Kirkdaldie fend Stains drapers, AO., of Lambton Quay, Wellington, annojmoe ihev:arrival- o! 'ball cireisto, Paris fane, and: evening materials. . Mr F,H, Wood will hold an extensive sale at bis Carterton rooms on Saturday tha-lOth inst., of ohnico fruits and ornamental .Irees ;from Mr.-MoOuvdle'a celebrated nursery, • ' : - "' Mr John Barlow offers a reward of 10i for a ohesnut mare, lost from the Royal Hotel paddooks, " A grand concert and entertainment is announced for Thursday evening next under the auspices of the String Band, for the benefit of the Masterton Park oval funds, The cargo of frozon mutton by tlm steamship Garonne, from Melbourne, has arrived in exo'ellent condition, A genoral meeting;of members of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society takes place this evening at the Club Iluiel. ' ■The Masterton Rifle Volunteers and Cadets parade for inspection on the 21st instr ; <■ Mr A, de {Bathe Brandon has boen made Q Leßißlative Councillor at last. He deserves the honor if this disjinoliou ia merely to be regarded as a decoration, but the'appointmenl will not strengthen the Upper Chamber aB a working; branch of the legislature. i v Mr Lee, Inspector of schools paid n au?prißo ; yisitj to i.'-tlie • Maaterton Public School on Thursday,-and again on Friday afternoon, Heexpressed himself thorough-' ly pleased with (lie neatness of the rooms and tlie discipline and . attention to teachers of the - various' classes. On Thursday afternoon, the cudeis were put through their military movements before him, when he officially stated ihat .it was the best drill he had Been done at any sohool. Our weather reporter writes The past week has been dry and pleasant, It was frosty at nights during the .middle of the week, but healthy and invigorating; if we have the same kind of weather for a short time longer most likely the Masterton distriot will not have ao many cases of fever in it. Bain fell on two days, only giving 035 parts of an inch as the rain fall for the week. The mean barometer reading for the week » 29 49 inches, and for the thermometer it is 45 Fah. The wind as a rule has hnnn

13 IV run. iuu. HIUU us ut ruio HUB UOUII light, find principally from a north or ■west direction. A rather peculiar inioident took placo at Featherston on Thursday evening. Mr Hall Dolman had been driving a team of four horses in a brake, and had left them tnr a moment, whon the horses Btarled,.Mr Bowman ran after them and succeeded,(n getting bold of the tailboard but-clipped and fell. The horses in nreas'ed (heir pace and when the owner oame to look for them they were not tu be found. The whole night was spent un the roads looking for them or the wrsok, but without result. Yesterday morning Mr Williams of Kaiwaiwai arrived in Featherston with the news that tliey arrivedlate at night in his yard, They had bolted the whoie way from Feather' stpn, and turned into Mr Williams gate without any accident. The competition at Matavawa yesterday for the election ot a Warden to servo for No, 5 Ward on the Taratahi-Carterton Highway Board was moat keen, as will be seen from the fact that out ot 48 electors on the Ward roll 30 actually recorded their votos, anil nearly all the rest might be accounted for .by ratepayers who are either permanently or temporar ily out of the district, The mills in the neighborhood olosed at 3 p m., but soon aftermidday tillafter'the declaration of the poll there was always some 15 to 20 settlers outside the Bchool house, Mr Gole declared'the result of tho poll about 20 minutes after six, as followsS. M. Hart,,3o vote's A. Anderson, 15 votes. In No. 2 Wird, immediately lying around GarUrton, not much interest, seems to have been evinced; Mr Wolters Peking the result of the poll soon ui , r six o'cloek as follows: —L. Nix, 17 votes; J Vile, 8 votes. -' A lair, but not a large audience assembled in the Theatre Royal last evening to listen to the concert given under: the auspices of tho Maaterton String' Band, The entertainment as « whole was a very good one, contrasting favorably with any amateur concert yei given in Masterton, and it deserved a larger amount of patronage than it re ceired. The seleoiions played by the Masterton. String band were, compared with the excellent musio recently played by amateurs from the empire city, superlatively good, Mr J. Thompson sang two ballads in his well-known stylo, every note being distinctly rendered without any strain or effort. Both songs were extremely well received, Misses Galloway, and Corbett played an intrumental duet, which was remarkable for accuraoy both in time, tune, and expression The honors of the' evening were of oourso reserved for Barry O'Neil, though tho irrepressible: and irresistible . Olaystm almost jumped his claim .by the cleror manner m shich he gave several favorite comic- songs, each one of which was 'enthusiastically encoied. BarryiO'Neil, however,' when he got his innings, sang Several character songs in good style. He possesses a fine voice, and is at) expert in the art of making \ip, His most successful effort last evening was a dramatic version.of the well known •'! Babies on our Block." The audience were also indebted to-Mr T,- Thoinpßon •fbr aVveryljs'uccessful character song, General Jinks," -which was one of ' thesuccesses of the evening. ." Yesterday," by Mr Cecil Rivertori was well rendered and one- of the chief attrao tions of- the programme, ,The 'children were mast successful with their maypole dance, the'dreasea and dancing being very effeotive'. -VMr Kai sen berg at the pi»i\o ; WMa tower .o'f>k(j;^ngth-..tq<the Company i .and; vefy able'filled the onerous position of accompanyist. We understand that a second ijbnceffc'.under /thelame management will shortly be given for the benefit of the Masterton Park, oval-fund. .The cattle of the Argentine Republic number some 20,000,000, and , .are all descendants of ono bull and eight cows, imported in 1553 by two Portuguese brothers named Goes, ■ ( _ The, question has often, been asked howl ' it is that the public can always obtain at theßon MarchiS at such reasonable prices the latest novolties. textures, and designs such as are now being worn in all the most fashionable towns in the world, and deßorjbed in the leading, Fashion Books of. the day and not at any other Bhop in and: in, some eases not 'in r Wellington ,1 Tho reason fo us ls'obvious. :,1/. ilj'HsdpMSOp;, tho,.proprietors,,are thorough .experts jat their ,business,/and buy ;wpll,i.qnljr in'the.verylbejti markets, and at suohtprices as iwill ■ enable them- to , sell well and;che&p,:-and giv6 their cußtomers'thfl benefit of their knowledge andexperience; 'Also: not' being bound, to' , .purchase only ,frora,.the Wellin«toh m ; ef- : chants they import themselves for cash, 1 'theroby getting a, large discount, saving: all- middle profits, and proourmg- the latest fashions.: Wo- advise everyone' To see their.stook of millinery,,-dress goods, - Wiery, men's and boys' clothing ; .also look on: another page of this paperfor their—ADVEETISBMEtiT.

Tho returns of live Enulisli volunlear force for the lut official year have just been prGßented to:Parlini>ient; :%The lotal; enrolled fttrength is 207,330, of whom 199,374 are efficienta, or a piroenlaK# -of 96,16 »b 'flgainit 96.08 in the previous return*; 6692 officer* (828 of whom passed the examinaiion in tactics) and 11,929 aergennts have earned the extra grant for profioiency, and 175,878 of all arms wore present ut inspection. The etßoionts of eaoh arm are ns follow Light; horae, 210: out of ■ 260 ; artillery, 86,691 out of 88,261cnginoers 8551 out of 8896; mounted rifles, 38 out of 52, and rifles, 153,984 out of 159,867. - ,• There <vero 99,682 paupers 'relieved 1 inLondonduring one week,,of Fob. last, ; ; ; ■ ; '•, 1 ? ' The vineyards >of California cover 110,000 acres, half in-full bearing! an( l tho area is enlarging annually.' , Dur< ing tlie past year 30,000 acres were planted irivines, and 20,000 acres .or 30,000 acres will be plantedHbis year. During tlie past y ear the Nvirie- shipments of California amounted' to 3,000,000 gallons, an iiigrease. of 2,00,000 gallon's over' the preyious year. The value of this wine may >be placed at 1,500,000d015. The local consumption amounted _'to, .iprobably 4,000,000 gallons, worth 2,000, GOOdols. In addition, estimate l;000,000dols, for raisins, table grapes, and brandy, which would make tho California-' winiTand grape product ; for' 1 18&2' Jl amoulit in value tO'4,soo,ooodQls. . A new invention . has (just been patented; in Germany to still .further interfere with the bu'rglar's ! 'laboura. In the neighbourhood ' of |a :; safe an apparatus is placed being touched, immediately starts an electric light, and at tho same time.uncovers a prepared plate, on which the burglaa's photograph is taken .while an. alarm is sounded, ' :

Cows in hot weather, .even with good pasture; will not eat more than enough, to satisfy the cravings of hunger. To induce them to eat more they must be mado comfortable and.tempted with palatable food. WitU milkers the extra food all goes to increase tho flow of milk, The throne used at the Czar's coronation cost £2OOO. It. was of black oak, richly carved iu antique Slavonic patterns, with a canopy supported -by | columns 10ft -high,'arid; ornamented with Imperial eagles, iand with a tcrollThe United States: gulped ' down 95,000,000 gallons of beer in. 1881. ■ Italy is kcepingisteadily ..active in preparing for the future, Last year the public works sanctioned by the Government amounted to 50,400;000dol8. There are enough beer shops in London, if their fronts were placed side by side, to reach from Charing Cross to Portsmouth, a distance of 73 miles. The greatest pawnbroking Bhbp* in the world is the.-Mont.de Piete, of Pariß. It does a business of over 80,000,000f per annum, and its charge of interest is \\ per cent per .month, and no more,

A novel, if not very practical way of disposing of the dead, so, that llio remains will not tend to. imperii the existence of tho living, has been brought forward by Dr A. Mayer. He advises tho adoption of solid glass' coffins, which,-after tho introduction 'riftho' I 'corpse, are to he dosed air-tigh'( with cement. Two holes are in the coffin. Through one of them carbonic acid gas is forced, and by the other atmospherio air escapes. When the ordinary air it 'supposed 1 to bo all drivon out the hold! aid' closed.

Scene—A farm-yard compulsory sale obdurate landlord, virtuous but unfoitunate tenant, sympathising and indignant peasantry; who burst into groans as the auctioneer mounts his-rostrum. When some, hayforks .'and "scythes were it was-remarked by sorao one of ■ tho obstructionists, ' Buy , theso, boys, "w.e'' may want them before .night;' and when a stack of hay was-put up, amidst yells and uproar, voices were heard exclaiming,' It will never be taken away; it will be as)ie's before morning.' Other expressions made respecting bidders were as follows:—-'They want serving like' Lord Cavendish,' ik" And this occurred not'.in Done-, gal or Connemarra, but. on;the Campaspe, in Victoria, • ■'. > ■■■ As an evidence 'of the, extraordinary progress of cigar manufacture in the United States, it seems,' from recent i statistics, that of tho ■'3,290jjff4;447 cigars consumed in the State's" in the yeir 1881, only 40,000,000 were im- | ported, the rest being of domestic [manufacture. Putting out. of account the' imported cigars, the.highest,tax paid on the most costly cigars is six dollars per 100, or less than twthirds' of one cent each, The..cigars, and cigarettes being sold to consumers at prices ranging fron sc. to Bc,4oc;j-15c, and 25c. each, the profit picked up on the route from the tobacco selling' ; at 10c per pound oh the farms',:ift;'Wis-consin,-New York, and Connecfci'fcii^'i?: ■ the side-pockets of the consumers is. [ therefore, considerable,' the ■•■ 'weighf being 100 cigars per lb, ! "" ! -'''' ,; l " The most inveterate smokers- are found in Buroah, Men,. women, and children smoke, and; strange' they are equally fohtM sugar, i-jhpy with ..a-net ;cqnsipptjp.n per head of 71b of tobacco per'-annum, whereas the consumption cf the whole .population of India Is reckoned/at ofjly' half a pound per head. The : totacco.' is subjected to the most rudimentary treatment, and the sugar is also''U'stiii in a very raw condition. Wo have purohMsd in the colonial market 67 dozon of gentlomeH's white shirts, mar' vellously iheap, and however unsatisfactory, tho price paid must bo to the importers, the public will bo none the less glad to reap the benefit These shirts, made of. really r -gpqd. material, arid honestly worth'Bs : .6d,eapn of anyman's money,.we shall sell at Bs6d. secret of this is that they have not militaiy fronts, but.manifold pleats, and 'do not button behind but before' Nevertheless they will look every;bit as. well, ;>nd wear vastly better than ono.of the otherjsprt at a milch hieherprice. Many gentlemen of the present day infinitely.prefer this style,-: »nd 'it:is very certain'that our ancestors pat-, reuised ;noi.'other. shape, If, Julius Cfflaar wore a shirt at aU,' depend upon it that'he would as soon have turned hiß b»ok on his fobs M;have wom:enie: buttoned behind. It 'w-inorally certain that;' Nelson, I? .tlie hero of !Trafalßttr,w6nall ! Ms victories in a shirt buttoned in front, whilst we may tike it for granted that the Iron Duke at Waterloo sang ont the command, " Up Guards and at them," from behind the bosom of a many pleated shirt. Whore ancestors and heroes lead the way, wo may safely follow, and advantageously purchase these marvellously cheap and excellent quality shirts at James Surra's, Te Arc House, Weuington.-ADvi

at;s preeeritiS l»||l3,M?fl6P;-: the ! :?abtiial; Imbed:: in ■■' tliS^tisblnel'iOourtier^iilliej M'llwcai|ii ;Mt|matßd^tbe; amoutit Mfift would :i be : ad tually * required, dut ring; tfcib* next three yeara;; inoliidihg ithai present loan of £3,000;000; and-providinß fortlie redemption.of and, : theuc'onY tinuahce of piiVilio wbrks ph e' BOale 1 at £7,000,000. ■ >..■' - ; h

: We have .on lately visited the Halt lofCommeroe, which ia ; the principal drapery in : the Wairarapa, and have made very satiß-: factory pnrohasesr; We • can,confidently recommend ;• ourv many/friendsYtb -make their drapery purchases in future" at the Hall of Oommerbe, ob tHoy can rely on buying new and seaaanable gooda nt remarkably low prices,—Advi.