The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1883. COUNTY TAXATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1456, 14 August 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1883. COUNTY TAXATION.

There is one aspect of the County taxation question upon which we have not jet touched, and which helps lo explain tho dissatisfaction which exists in the minds of many settlers.; We do not for one moment pretend to deny that settlers are harassed with a multiplicity of taxes, and that they have good grounds for complaint, but rather 1 to point out the cause, of tho evil, and if possible put the saddle on the right 1 horso. The laws now in force which regulate local self-government are very complicated, and very weak, A referonce to Borne half-dozen lengthy acts is often necessary to decide a simple point, and probably there are not ten persons in the Wairavapa -who are thoroughly posted np in tho innumerable clauses of these local Acts. % Act.haa to bo read by another, arid the latter interpreted by a third,, pd it is almost hopeless for ordinary settlers to iind the time to master these intricacies. Again, any broad question; such as, the respective functions j ; of Counties and Koad Boards instead of beingdetermined by the General Assembly is in the most pusilanimous manner remitted to settlers, The consequence is that country settlers who ought to work oordially together are divided one against the other in deciding points that ought to be settled by the general legislature. What we. want are simpler and stronger Acts of Parliament to work under. Notwithstanding this, we aro bound, however imperfect the measures under which local bodies are constituted may be, to make the best of them, and 10 derive the fullest possible benefit from them. If settlers would agree to .do this, and also to' unite in urging upon tho Heheral Assembly the necessity If poking! %<»* efficient, local Government Acts/ they would hit. tho right nail on the; head, ' and do ®ore good than they can p-* sibly dJ) by putting one local &<$ against smother, 7 r „

The Mastorton Borough Council meets Ihis ovening,

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Maatarton Hospital Committee takes place this afternoon, .- , ;

Mr A.. Olighorn*: is 'the''successful tenderer for the ereotion of Mr T. L: Thompson's Ore Ofei ut ? Geprgeson ifc! Co,,Atl|eiiffi« and|Willis : dtreets, Wellington, have an aniiouncomeAt/ijiour column#. Ml' Gen, Dixon has engaged Mr J. Powell, ofPrice'a establishment, Wellington, at his Hair Cutting-Rooms, Mastertoni' i I Wohave tu annpunde ilie death of Mis Knox, a well-known and respected rest dent of Wellington, and the widow of the late Dr Knox. Dr and Mrs Knox arrive l in ,Wel|ington in 1810. .Mrs Knox died V the aga of 89 voara, ■ She leaves survivin ■ her two sbns and daughters, also 50 grandI children and 20 (jreat grandchildren.

, :We remind intending purchasers of' building sites that '-Messrs Loivoa aDd lorna' aulo .nf the Bentley estate takes, plaoe>it S p.m. to-morrow. The lorms fits vary liberal: 10 per cent cash, 15 per cent 2 months, 25 per cent G months, 25 per cent 12 months, balance at 18 months' Bills, to bear the low rate of C per cent interest.

■Bandsman 6. Bentley has won the third competition tor = Sdh'-Lieutonant' Williams' prize with a score of'G2. Messrs Lowes & Inrns lmvo a splendid sample of white Tartarian seed oats for sale, .

The late Mr Michael Dixon, we hear, arrived in this neighborhood in the .year, 1854, anti was one of the first European Battlers in the northern part of tlie Wairaiipa,

Messrs Lowes and lorns annqunco their next market sale for Wednesday -August 22,. Ainong-their entries for" (his action, are.a number of exceptionally goodsheep, which may be expected to attract pur chasers from all parts of the district,.

: The first of' the Wosleyan Evangelist Mission meetings was well attended last evening, Addresses were delivered by the Bovs, Baumber and Garlidc, . The raeotings will bo continued every evening during the week commencing at 7.30. '.

It is said that, the applications from the local bodies of New Zealand for grants-in aid under the Roads and Brieves Con struc'ion Act, 1882,.fur the current year, amount to something like a million and a half, to moot which a maximum sum of £200,000 is all that ia available. We undoratond that tho Select Committee now sittingon this question is quite puzzled how to deal with the matter in view of tho astonishing magnitude of the demands, as oonipared with tho available' funds.Wo hear, too, that some of tlie loc.il bodies already have activo surveys in pcocess and engineers hajd.,at:'work in preparation for a still more tremendous oliiiw.noxt year/—Evening Post.

Whilst Mr Allen, boroagh analyst, was lecturing.at tho Firth College, Sheffield, recently, on " Tho Chemistry of Ex plosives," ho made a number of experiments with nitroglycerine. One of his experiments had alarming consequence. He placed a thimbleful of dynamite in a bucket of water, and applied a fuse, Tho explosion was so powerful that the bucket was amasilod to pieces, nnd some of the audience were sprinkled, witl) -water, and «roatly frightened by the loud report. In fear of serious injury a portion of the audience left tho building.

Messrs Lowes & lorua add to their entries at the: next stock sale one horse', saddle and bridle, and a horse, spring trap and harness.

The washing-up in connection with crushing. the Golden Crown quartz at Torawhiti was completed this mornin", with a result that 7Boz lßdwis of retorted gold was obtained,-tho immher of tons put through being about fifly-ono, The quantity of amalgam was 2210z, This result }b Conclusive ae to Terawlnti being a payable goldfiold. Messrs Lowes and lorns are inil'r e'ed by Mr \V. Judd; who is leaving the district, to sell his household fuiiultu and effects on the 25th inst.

A man ( named John Fry has been brought into the. Mauterton Hospital, Buffering from a mild attack of ague fever. It appears that he has been on the tramp for the last four months, looking for work, but not finding it. During the past he tank up his quarters in a contracor's wharf) near Brancepeth, where he waa woll treated, being supplied with beef tea ad libitum. The report that he was found in a starving conditio!) is altogether unfounded. Sir George Grey, in a speech delivered yesterday, said: "He believed tho same persstis, by the same monetary influence, controlled a groat portion of the Press, and exercißed an undue influence over it. " Will Sir George be candid fur once and say how many, hundreds and thousands of pounds ho sunk in the defunct 'New Zealander'. newspaper. It is he and his followers .who have created a aort of hireling Preßs in the colony,

Messrs liowes and lonts announce a sale of furniture and sundries at tlieir rooms on Saturday next, : At ut mooting of the Gaitr MsatPte serving Company held yesterday the Chairman slated that before separating ii might be interesting to shareli'dders' 1 to know that over one-half of the Company's shares had beuu talwu up in tlm city, and ho had no doubt, with country applications the sharo list would bo closed in a few days, Ho might alio mention that the Company had, tlmuks to Messrs Shaw, baville, and Co.'s now lino of s'camers been enabled to secure freight for 32,000 shoep for next season, being only .12,000 uniler the capacity of tho Company's maohinery to frooze. Application ha J primarily beeu made to tho Now Zealand Shipping: Company for space, but although the Gear Company had been' large shippers by ihat Company's line of vessels, no dofinite answer had yet been received to their application, ii delay which had somowhat embarrassed the Directors.

Tho extraordinary aula of Surplus Win ter Stook at To Aro House,. Wellington, should be a matter of some interest to all readers of tho Waisauipa Daily for these special rcasonc, Ist, because of tho largeness of tbo stock, 2nd, because of the short duration o." the sile, 15 days only, 3rd, because of the unprcce. (Untedly;low prices. Our price list, issiied with this paper, should, we think, astonish everybody, and very certain it'is that a trip to the sale would be money in pocket to every Wairarapv resident that should try it, If not ablo to come, their orders, accompanied with cash, would' be as well executed as though selected personally. It simply moans 20s for 10a, or ovoa loss in inauy eases, thoreforo try it, 0 ye residents and that right early. Bear in mind that we have no country businesses whatever, no branches in any township, and no one is authorised to sell for us, either regularly or irregularly, . ICe have only one' place' of business in ilte proi'iiicc, aud tlio'public .would do.woll .to koep: this fact in mind vyhen Bending their orders, or visaing Wellington, that onr in the 9o|o.ny ;»-th#t' knowtf as Jamb-T Smith's Te_Aro HousejiWellington.—Advt., '

Ir T IiIE beetles, inseots.roaphes r pnts.^bqdl bugp,i,rats, mice, fiopjiers,. jack, r#iti ctoaredjiut by " Bough on Rats," ftd, Moseß,,Moßß<fe 0a„ Sydney;-General ;Agents,;-. j 1 , . . . i

& curious relic stesidenlr Liiicoln - (says the Boston, Commonwealth).m found in the capitol at Washington not long ago. An; employ was,, moving 'a bo&of not'beeni; disturbed and" took frOin' jit s ;Mfejdco" (& glance J4Q n Impelling it" l he found a business (iard reading as follows:-"A. Lincoln, attornoy-at-law, Springfield. Illinois. I am still practising'my profession. 911 this- side of the-nver, add shall be. ready at .all times to qraokyd joke, swap horses or .split rails-until the 4tli' March." ■ Those who saw the card were unable to determine jvhelher it .was ii b'tirlesque orgemuHprofpiona}: cai'^.V/ 1* 1 evidently laid]. wheie .;it was found for more tlian tweniy years. If genuine, it was probably published iibyiitoeolnaSa jokej between the'dat? of liis, election and : :'his! entrance into. the White'- House! ; • , :; vv tKe J Ag6) ln\s taken ..jbhe occasion.!'of the anniversary meeting of t Uie Victorian Bible Society to record protfest against the unfortunate BiUiolatry thjjt regards the Bible " as an enoydopsedia of all knowledge, aa a.-lcirid of vttde mm 1 of the archreologistj ! 'thfi clironologist, the and Jh : 6 physicist,.Jjouiid to be accurate down fo tbeJast J %^,figur,e ) and letter." the Bishop ytffy truly observed, it is .this illiterate fanaticism which; furnishes the'lngeft'olls arid 'the Bradlaughs, with their materials for a •cheap triumph over morality and faith; and ignorant people asumg that the Bible has been discredited! when in reality the Bibliolater who has been routed. : 5 ,v , V

At Paris, on Juni 12, tho trial was begun of the Marquis do Rays and 17 others, charged with manslaughter, fraud, and infringement of the' public companies! and, emigration,; lajra. '.'ln July 1877, the Marquis advertised land for sale on the island" of Port Breton, and inaugurated a scheme for emigration, 1 The Legitimist papers interested themselves .in the enterprise, and 5,000,000f were subscribed. Oi this sum tbe Marquis pocketed \2,Q06,*006f. It is stated that 700,000 hectares of land were sold, 'filthoirgli'.'the iuland contains only 7000 heotares. The Marquis had maps of the land published, in .which wore indicated imaginary. jious.es, churches; '• and roads! : He also instituted militia-* unci' 'gendariiieria forces,, and- necessary 'civil Finally, as is well known to inhabitants of this quarter of the world, he despatched to the island four old-sailing ships, with a number of immigrants, the majority of whom perished .under the most miserable circumstances. On one- vessel 30 emigrants died during the passage, 250 more died from hunger and disease after-reaching Port Breton, and five others were captured and eaten by natives of the island, Only ,100 of the unfortunate people aucceedoj tin reaching Australia at last,

Swift tells a story of a acrtairi nian who was brought before a judge for murder. His lordship, who was a punster, asked his name, and being answered Spillman, the judge said, "Take away sp, and his name is ill man; put kto it, and' it is hill-man > him, gaolor, his very name, lias hanged him," Swift adds that this, became , k rule of Court,' and was ..sowell . that a certain justice of pence'applied every tittle of it to a man lirpuglit to liiiu,' sifter this manner: 11 you, as j, .am.one tf His Majesty's justices of,th& peace; to tell me your name." ' ",.My name,-- ;an't please your worship, is Watsbii.*' "Oh, oh, Bii'i'wWatsoiv! ihightj.well'! take away spfrom it and ib iB ill-.man; and put kto it and it .is kill-man; away -with him, (ionstablo ] his very name will hang him.

The' Argus' gives.a remarkable inStanqe of| the vagaries of the Mel-bourne.theatre-goers. Whilst such an admirable comedy as Diplomacy," played by a compact and able company, does little more than pay expenses, a four act Soveami.no farce by an un, known American playwright, in which, a live donkey and a tame pony are introduced,'draws'full houses.' "The legitimate inference appears to be that people who • go to the theatre, to be amused care very little, for the intellectual quality of the entertainment, and that they prefer to laugh at a donkey with a feather brush stuck in his bridle, and a circus rider gesticulating oii'his .back, and at a lady .imitating on a garden bfjnch the performances of an equetiriennf QYi a bare-backed ; stoed cantering found the arena of an amphitheatre, to the more refined if less boisterous enjoyment which is afforded by the clover representation'of ; a liighclass comedy," -■ ' 1 • -<•

An illustration of the value of certificates of character given by clergymen (says the Australasian) i§ supplied in a report on tho boarding out in New South Wales MJotirchildm) were removed from a guardian who was discovered to bo.qf grossly immoral character—a wife-.b&iter, -and; mtich addicted to drink,, When asked how .this man had obtained the clergyman's certificate that he was,j>f •' sobeiyJubits, kindly character, and''a fit person to have the Care of'children," tlie wife replied," Oh! Mr--- (the clergyman) never saw my lmsband before he signed the certificate; but I porstiaded him to go to church for the occasion, and got him into a front seat; "where the minister could'see him. He m never there before and has never been there since." . .. ,"

Preaching at St. Mark's-/Welling-ton) on Sunday, the Rev, Mr Coffey,said he had been requested to ask his congregation to sign a petition in opposition to the Catholic claims in regard to education. He could not do so, for the Catholic claims were for the glory of God in religion % secularism, and were, in principle the same as those made by representatives of the Church of England. • So far these claims had been, successfully opposed by the supporters of godless education, partly on the plea that they were afraid of the Roman Catholics. It could not.be said of him doctrines, but J Tie;■ wo.uld;rathepiijiavft.. a good -Catholic to deal mth agnostic materialist,' atheist, 'iKtefiJ: We the I denoniihatibris; jioijv. moiiopolising the. ; - H , ' H . , ,i ~ - ... . f i