The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1883. WIRARAPA WEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 12 June 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1883. WIRARAPA WEST.

On Saturday, last the Wairarapa West Council was to have arranged its affairs and adjourned for three months, but it found that the process of devolving all its responsibilities on to the Road Boards was not so easy as had been anticipated. Among its correspondence was a letter from its bunker with the customary gentle, but not to bo disregarded, hint to square up. The once strong Council was reduced to select between two alternatives which are almost equally disagreeablo. The first was to appeal in forma pauperis to f Jio Road Boards to relieve it of its debt. Possibly the Boards may do this, but it is evident that they are hardly in a position fo. take upon themselves such an encumbrance. They have struck rates, we believe, for the current year based on their own necessities and not in the requirements of the County, However, if they refuse to come to the relief of the County the second alternative is a sure ono, viz.: the imposition of a County rate. Such a rate would be a sore thing for the settlers down south who have burst up their County and sacrificed tho larger interests of their district to avoid one. The dread of a County rate has been a nightmare to settlers in the regions beyond the Waingawa, and after all they are in considerable danger of having to face the enemy they shrunk from. No doubt, the Taratahi-Carter-ton Road Board will make any sacrifice rather than swallow such a bitter pill as a County rate, but it is not equally certain that the Featherston Road Board will put itself to any in* convenience to relieve the County from a dilemma; and without the cooperation of the latter:the County rate is simply inevitable, We should not blame the Featherston Road Board if it acted in this manner, When the question of a united County for this district was determined, featherston gave its voice with the ayes, It was willing to work with North, South, . East, and West Wairarapa for the benefit of the whole district, It was at;. Carterton, that the question was regarded from, a local standpoint alone, and Carterton has reaped as it has sown, Wairarapa West County for iinariy- years .dida great and useful work iii ; this,district, and- its influence 'might still have been exercised for the benefit of % community had it-taken abroad, instead ,of narrow, yiewbf the future local self-governingrequiroments. ofthe Valley.'Carterton, in particular, planked; out a scheme for its Own aggrandizementalone, arid noWj-having grasped 'i\ at ; too ;mhch,;ii? must'faini . coriteot.itself with a County; shadowy;

An effort is now being made to raise a volunteer corpn at Foalherston, ' \ ,' We have been requested to contradict. the rumor that Mr Toogood's store at Featherston , has been' broken into. There has been nothing to warrant suoh a report. Messrs Lowes & loins add to their sale next Wednesday a lot of choice currant treeß. ' Notice is given by the Masterton Road Board that the sub-divisions heretofore known as Nns, 1, 2, 3, and 4 Wnrdß, shall continue to be so known, and that the former No. 6 Ward, shall in future be known aB No. 5 Ward. Mr H. B. Liardott, the well known furrier and taxidermist, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, has an announcement in our advertising columns, Tho following settlerß constituto the 1 new Featherston Highway Board, Messrs H, Dudding, J. Donald, A Matthews, W. E. Bidwill, W. Smith, D. McDougal, { C. Elgar, and D, M. Sutherland. Tho Bishop of Wellington has been invited to fix a day for consecrating the new church at Maryborough, Charles Collier and David Wilkie were sent down to the Wellington caol this mtrning, the latter not being in a posi tion to piy the flnea inflicted upon him in the R.M, Court, Masterton, yesterday, Speaking of the appointment of Mr A. Do Bathe Brandon to tho Upper House, the Chrislchiirch Press says that Ministers' have nowgivon Thorndon Flat a ninth member, in the person of ihe oldest and most infirm of the residents of thai somno lent locality, •' Notice is given by the Masterton Eoad Board of its intentii n to borrow £l2lß 13s under Ihe Roads and Bridges Construction Ad, fur tile purpose of constructing Westmera road, A poll of ratepayers interested .will be held at Mesais Beethams' wool shed, .T.iueru, on Tuesday the 3rd ol July, 1883, between the hours of 9 a.in and' 6 p.m. ... At Mr F. H. Wood's monthly stock sale last week a large amount of business was done, competition for sheep being especially keen. About nine hundred were yarded and sold at the following prices:—Lambs, Gs 3d; two-tooth owes, 13s Gd to 14s 3d; mixed lot of wethers, lis 9d ; mixed ewes, 10s 9d. A large number of oattle sold at fair prices. Horses, as usual, were not in muoh demand, though fifteen were sold at prices ranging from £4 to £'lG. The Hawke's Bay Herald Bays that a Town Clerk in New Zealand ought to be a veritable Admirable Crichton in technical knowledge Two instances of this wore shown at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. The Masterton tough Council wanted to know all about tho bost appliances fur sweeping chimneys, and applied to Capt. Bower for the information. The Oaraaru Council -also relied upon our versatile ex-captain of cavalry for information as to the best way to plant trees in streets, when to plant them, where tn plant them, and so on. Nothing daunted, Captain Bower undertook to reply to the letters.

Members of tho Loyal Masterton Lodge, 1.0.0. F. meet this evening at the Empire Hotel. Messrs Lowes & lorns sell at 2 p.m. to-morrow, by order of the Trustee in the estate of Mr C. Mad sen, section 68, Mauriceville, and an allotment in Villastreet, Masterton. Tenders are invited by Messrs Parker & Co., contractors, for building several bridgos, and sawing 130,000 feet of timber. In our report of the Road Board's tenders yesterday, we accidentally omitted ■he Waipawa road contract, which was let to Messrs Parker & Co. at 12100. On Sunday last a man uamed MoMillion, working on the Blairlogie station met with a severe accident He was in' the mhare with some half dozen other men when the latter heard a fall and observed MeMahon lying in the fire. He was at once pulled out but not till his arm and side were severely burnt, It appears that the poor fellow is subject to tits and that a sudden seizure oaused tho accident, Mr John Morrison has brought the sufferer down to Masterton, and he is now an inmate of the Masterton Hospital. The Empress of Austria is going t° reside for some time this summer at Badon-Baden. • The late Prince Gorlschakoff, whose parsimony was notorious, leaves an immense fortune to his two sons, In the year ending March 31, 1882, 340,968,344 words of Press matter wore delivered by the telegraphs in Great Britain. The New Jersey somite has passed almost unanimously the bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or tobacco in any form to minors, under penalty of 20dols for each offence. A letter has been received recently from England by Barn urn, containing throe pieces of candy. It was addressed with much simplicity, "Jumbo, care Barnum, America," N, Pertilieff, late secretary of the Post-master-General of Russia, has surrendered himself to the polioe authorities, avowing that he had appropriated the sum of 45,000 roubles, The loss in consequence of fires in the United States and Canada during December is estimated at £2,100,000. The total losses from fire during last year amount to £14,050,000. The great number of restrictions placed upon railroads by legislatures in the Southern States of America, is beginning to excite the fears of many that the construction of railways in that section will soon come to a stop. A combat has taken place in the neighborhood of Yemen between a band of Arabs and four battalions of Ottoman troops, the Arabs being the assailants, Several were killed and wounded on both sides, four Turkish officers being among the slain. The Arabs were ropulsed. Like any quiet gentleman in Rome, King Humbert goes about in a T-cart. Such was the simplicity of the equipago of the King and Queen that when they went to call on the Czar and hia wife when those worthies were, last in Rome, they got through the guards with difficulty. Terriblo stories are told by a correspondent of the San Franoisco Chronicle of the spread of leprosy in the Hawaiian islands. There is almost a panic on these islands, and so malignant is the disease that a healthy person will contract it from clothes washed by d person, afflicted. There is no cure for leprosy, The education of Wagiier's son Siegfried has been undertaken by the King of Bavaria, He visited Wagner's tomb alone at midnight lately. He conducts himself sometimes in a similar vein to Wagner's heroes. Glass manufacture in the United States has not yet attained to any considerable proportions, but the value of glassware exported in 1882 is said to have amounted to 120,000 dols', the main part of which was lime glassware, ■

The.first of St Matthew's Church Winter entertainments for the season is announced for Thursday, the 21st inst. A bazaar tn'pay-off the debt of St, Miiithew'a Church ia announced for December next. Persons disposed to assist in th'is laudable work are invited to send contributions in the form of articles or material to the parsonage.

We cave the other day a list of Justices for the Wellingion Dittrict, the following 18 ii correct one 'for the Wairavnpa subdistrict :—J. Barton, G. Beotham, H. H. Beetham, W. H. Beetham, J, 0. Bidwill, W. Booth,'B. Boys, W, 0. Buchanan, R. S Hawkins, W. H. floskmg, R. Lang(lon, W. Lowes, J. Martin, R, Maunsell, E. Meredith, sonr,, C. Pharazyn,' 0. Phillips, A. Ronall, S. Sevans, E. J, Riddiford, J. P. Russell, J.'V. Smith, H.E, Tuckey, H S. Wardell. The new appointments aro Messrs J. 0. Bidwill, W, 0, Buchanan, and R 8. Hawkins.'

The following list of tenders was received by the Public Works Department for the Tahoraite Contract, WellingtonNapior Railway [—Accepted—Jay and Haynos, Palmei'ston North, £13,615. Declined Mealy and Grant, Christchurch, £14,314; Towers and Buines, Napier, £14,530; Alexander and MoFarlane, Wanganui, £14,712', O'Malley and Pepperell, Masterton, £15,293; J. Saunders, Wellington, £17,535. ' . ■■'

Dr Cahill commenced a course of five science lectures at the Masterton Public School this morning, addressed to the two upper classes. He took for his subject ll Chemistry," and gave his audience the simple outlines arid elementary definitions of his theme, illustrating them by a few small bottles of Ohotnioal preparations which ha had.with hira, ; Hij object, he explained, waslesß.to teach the science than to excite in the mindß of his hearers an interest in it. To-morrow he takes for his subject "Oxygen," and will illustrate it, with experiments, having suitable appnrati for the purpose. Similar courses of lectures will subsequently be delivered in Carterton, Groytown, aiid Featherston. Wo trust this experiment on the part of the Education Board to popularise scientific subjeols in our common schools will be attended with success .

We notice Mr John Edmoudßon, who ia woll known throughout the Waiwrapa district, has commenced ns general imporl'tr in Waring Taylor street, Wellington. The usual monthly meeting of tho Groyloivn School Committee will be held this evening. Mr D. M, Sutherland has been elected a member of the Featherston Highway Board for the Pahaua District. Mr D. Cameron was the other candidate.

Parties desirous of securing a home will have an opportunity at Lowes & lorns rooms 10-morrow, when they sell by order of the trustee in a bankrupt estate, a firm at Mauricaville and a house and land is Masterton. We draw the attention of stock buyers to Lowes and lorns' stock' sale to-morrow, The list will inolude|l2so sheep, embracing wethers and ewes, 50 bead of cattle of various kinds and sizes, also carts, imple ments, and saddle and bridle.

We have on several occasions lately visited the Hall of Commerce, which is the principal drapery establishment in the Wairarapa, and have made very satisfactory pnrohases, We can confidently recommend our many friends to make their drapery purchases in future at the Hall of Commerce, sb they can rely on buying new and seasonable goods at remarkably low prices.—-Advt.

The question has often been asked how it is (hat the public can always obtain at the Bon Marchi at Buch reasonable prices the latest novelties, textures, irnd designs such as are now being worn in all the most fashionable towns in the world, and described in the leading Fashion Books of the day and not at any other shop in Mnsterton, and in some cases not in Wellington 1 The reason to us is obvious, L. J. Hooper & Co., the proprietors, are thorough experts at their business, and buy well, only in the very best, markets, aiid at such prices as will enablo thein to sell well and choap, and give their customers the benefit of their knowledge and experience. Also not being bound to purchase only from the Wellington merchants thoy import themselves for cash, thereby getting a large discount, saving all middle profits, and procuring tho latest fashions, We advise everyone to seu their stock of millinery,, dress goods, hosiery, men's and boys' clothing; also look on another page of this paper for tIioir—ADVERTISEMENT. We havo purchased in the colonial market 67 dozen of gentlemen's whito shirts, marvellously cheap, and however unsaticfactory tho price paid must be to the importers, the public will be nono the less glad to reap the benefit. These shirts, made of really good material, and honestly worth 8s fid each of any man's money, we shall sell at 3s Gd. The secret of this iB that they have not militaiy fronts, but manifold pleats, and do not button behind but before Nevertheless thoy will look every bit as woll, and wear vastly better than one of the other sort at a much hieher piice. Many gentlomen of the present day infinitely prefer this stylo, and it is very certain that our ancestors patronised no other shape. If Julius Crasar wore a shirt at all, depend upon it that he would as soon havo turned his baok on his foes as have worn one buttoned behind. It is morally certain that Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, won all his victories in a shirt buttoned in front, whilst we may tike it for granted. that the Iron Dnkoat Waterloo sang out the.command, " Up Guards and at them," from behind the bosom of a many pleated shirt. Where ancestors and heroes 'lead the way, we may safely follow, and advantageously purchate these murvellously cheap and excellent quality shirts at James Smith's, Te Aro House, Wellington,-Advt