The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883. THE PROGRAMME.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1527, 5 November 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883. THE PROGRAMME.

The delegate meeting on Saturday evoning last has given us tho programme of the iNortli Wairarapa County Rettleva' Association. We j welcome it with a considerable amount of satisfaction, mingled with some slight feeling of disappointment, not at the programme as sketched by the President, but at the fact that it was adopted by the delegates without adequato discussion, notwithstanding tho fact that it omits several burning questions and includes others which could very well stand over for the present. - The delegates Lave undertaken to submit it en masse to the association, but in our opinion it would have been better if they had in ; the first instance debated it and arrived

at some common conclusion on its merits, The chance of the association doing the work of sorting and analysing is, as matters now stand, a little remote. Tho programme itself is rather a bulky one, The following are its leading items:— The establishment of fruit and other industries The refrigerating of produce supplied by small farmers Tho establishment of a monthly, mooting in tho shape of a Farmers' Club Tho Waste Lands administration, prelontandprospootivo Tho Eailway Improved Lands Bill It might have been better to have hold over for the present the consideration of some of the subjects named, or to have dispensed with any formal programme, It seems to us that it would have been as well if tho delegates had discussed fully one, or possibly two 1 questions, and then brought their conclusions before a . meeting of the association. So far we have not tho mind of the delegates, and this is really what we would have desired to obtain, We do not underestimate tho value of the President's address. He has thought out his subjects carefully, and arrived at definite conclusions, As ;i thinker and a Speaker he will command tho respect of every member of the association, but ho fails in a measure to grasp practical difficulties. Take, for example, the jam factory question as stated by him, Are we to suppose that the delegates accept all his conclusions and imagine that they can give effect to his proposals ? A short time ago in this town full information was obtained about a woollen industry. As far as information went the promoters of the movement were literally saturated with it, but found they could not raise five or ten thousand pounds capital required for commencing operations, and so the thing collapsed, The same diffnulty is the real obstacle to a jam' factory. Almost any man with a little troublo can obtain all the information he requires; the vital point, howover, of " raising the money" is the difficulty. The delegates, in coming before the Association with a jam factory proposal, should be in a position to show that .capital could bo raised for such an enterprise in this neighborhood, but how can they lead a meeting on such a point - unless they have 'discussed it among themselves in the first instance. Wo thank Mr Hawkins for suggesting such an enterprise, but we consider that the delegates should liavo assisted him by maturing it before it was laid before tho Association. The Association is, of course, still in its infancy, and has plenty of time yet to get into right lines. The initial mistake of starting too many projects at once without giving tho full consideration which each demands is not very • serious, but wc trust that it will not be repeated.

Mr WardeH, R.M., sits at Feathorston to-day. Mr P. P, l'ancred has been elected a steward of the Wellington Jockey Club. Tenders are invited by Mr James Macarn fur ploughing forty acres of land on the Opaki. A meeting of the North Waii'arapa County Settlers' Association will be held on the I4tli mst. Tivo Maori women at Greytown on Saturday evening gave a large and admiring crowd a egccimcu of " Billingsgate" in line style. An old offender, Jnlm Prateger alias " Fronchy" was fined twenty shillings by his Worship the Mayor this morning for drunkenness, Mr P. H. Wood holds ail important stock salo at Mr T, Ray's yards to-morrow. Tho entries includo 300 head of cattle, 3GO sheep, working bullocks, and horses, Tho Town Hall, Greytown, on Friday evening was crowdod to tho door on tho occasion of a dance, wlion a chargo of one shilling per head for gentlemen was made. The nativo race predominated. Mr Hans Christiansen calls upon tho owner of section 47, Opaki Block, to erect his share of boundary fence between sections 46 and 47 or lie will orect the same at tho owner's cost. Notice is given that tho Pioporty Tax for the current year will bo payable on tho Ist day of December noxt, Tho first meeting of the delegates of the North Wairarapa County Settlers' Association was held on Saturday evening, and was attended by nino members, Tho night was bitterly cold, and the room in which the meeting took placefireleßS, The delegates deserve credit for sitting between two and three hours in such a temperature. Wellington, through the Post, claims another Minister to make up for the loss of tho Hon Walter Johnston, Wo wonder whether Major Atkinson will again bo obsequious and find some respectable individual who will accept a seat in the Cabinet, without possessing any other qualification for such a position than that ho resides in Wellington. On account of the inclement weather on Saturday, the Maslerton cricketers wore unable to practice, The following team has been selected to represent Masterton in I ho match with the Midland Club on the Prince of Wales Birthday, in Mr G, Dixon's paddock '.—Messrs Harrison, (captain), Perry, McKengie, O'Connor! 5 Minifie, Green, Isitt, Beard, It G. Williams, P. Hare, G, Welch. Emergen-cies-J, Williams, Kennody, and Maxton. ■ All members are particularly requested to turn out for practice every evening this week The Premier, Major Atkinson, passed through Masterton yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Judge Gillies and Mr D. Maunsell. They had a remarkably quick l rip from New Plymouth to Wellingtonleaving the former place at 4 p.m, on Saturday and reaching Wellington about 7.30 p.m. on Sunday—timo twenty-seven and a half hours. Special trains and coaches conveyed the party all along the route, Palmerston was reached at 1 a.m. on Sunday morning and after six hours' rest a start was made through the bush. Mr Macara brought the travellers into Masterton at 4 p.m., a special train being in waiting at the station, The following excellent programme will be given this evening at the Foresters' Hall Groytown, when a charge of one shilling will made.. Overture, Mrs Knell: song, " Mandolinata," Miss E. Wyett; duet selected, Messrs Blaok and Wickerson ; instrumental, Miss Gallagher; song, " Fog-bell," Mr Gant; song. Miss A. Jackson; pianoforte duet from " Masienello," Misses Wyett; song," To-morrow," Mr Wiokerson; Bong, "Are you there Moriarty," MrCoker; instrumental duet, piano and violin, Mrs Knell and Mr Luudqvist; duet, "May Bells" bv Mendelson, Misses Wyett;. song, Mr Dollar; song, Miss A, Jackson; instrumental duet, piano and violin, Messrs Kaisenberg andLundqvist; song, ''Thou art so near," Mr Wiokerson; duet. Misses Jnctaon; song, "PomPom," Mr Ookor.

Oomtible Leahy has left Mastertori, and Constable Connor of the Empire City replaces him. Mr A, L, Whyte announces that he has secured tho refreshment booth for the forthcoming Taratahi races, and will spate no pains to merit tho patronage of visitors.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their land Ealo on the 10th inst, seotions 77 and 78, Taratahi, containing 150 acres 'first class land, secufely fenced, with dwelling 1 house and outbuildings, in the estate of James Smith, deceased. Also section 77, Mauriceville, of 40 acres, and lm provements, in the estate of the late G. S, Hand. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The anniversary services were hold at the Wesleyan Church at Masterton yesterday, but owing to bad weather the attendance of the congregation was somewhat indifferent. The singing of the children under the tuition of Mr Rapp was extremely good, and at the request of members of tho church, the Rev. Mr Isitt announced that they would eing again at the morning and evening services on Sunday next. An announcement in another column states that the first term of tho Masterton District High School will commence on Monday, January 30th, when olasaes will bo formed in Latin, French, and mathematics. The conditions for tho admission of pupils and fees will bo found in the advertisement. It is expected that many parents throughout the district will take advantage of tho opportunity now presented of obtaining higher education for their children within the Wairarapa district. Preparatory classes are now beiii!! organised, and pupils will be enrolled at once, but no foes will be charyecl pri u* to January the 80th.