The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1884. THE ROCK AHEAD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1578, 9 January 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1884. THE ROCK AHEAD.

Major Atkinson will meet Parliament this year with a considerable deficiency, and colonial finance is ''the Rock ahead," It is believed that the receipts for the current year will be about £200,000 less than his estimate;; but it does not necessarily follow that they will be this amount. less than the: expenditure; The Government. are economising their votes as much as ; possible; but with all their scraping and : procrastination a palpable, deficiency at the end of March next will.have to be' 'provided for.. There-are: ; but three ways" of tiding*:6yer : the "aiffi6ulty. # The old favorite method has been' to : m.ee.t., ./debt .. v .pijt >of loati,?.bui there,!? now. a. prejudice; f against*- this alternative, Another obvious course" is increasing taxation'an'!'this is ti remedy: to which Majdr Atkinson has always been readytoresort. We have no doubt-that it will bo the one which he- will adopt-biv this "occasion, but settlers will not stand further burdens and would prefer to see the Major out in the cold to enduring any heavier yoke under his hands, The last alternative is evidently the right .one, viz,, to. bring'our expenditure within our means, but we can hardly expect this' task to be undertaken by the Premier.' Sir John Hall could do it, anddid'do it four years ago, but it is useless' to expect to find a Sir John Hall in Major. Atkinson. Discontent with the present administration is increasing throughout the colony, and when, the Assembly meets we may expect.it to culminate in the • overthrow of ■ the Atkinson Ministry.

The Premier is expected to.return k ; Wellington by tho Takapuna to-dayjs.js • Seven thousand tolara fencing poßtsare wanted on the Opaki railway' contraot,..... Tenders are invited' by the Government for painting the Masterton Post Office, The Masterton. Road Board inyites tenders for a twenty feot epau bridge on , the Lower Taueru wad, " " Mr Wardell, 8.M., being in Wellington .to-day, the Carterton busineßS wjlj bes ' despatched by local justices. ~v>.';,) 1 'The art union for Mr T. Donolly's pictures will take place on Saturday nW, • .at the Prince of Wales Hotel-at 8 p.m. ■ We have to apologise to Messrs 0, D, Barraud & Son for prjnting an.ijejrb^il 1 their advertisement oft our alMn'ao* . issued on Saturday Jaflfc-' Thia firni";'as-teT well known in the Wirarapa, are agenli" for Cooper's'sheep dip/'-and riot LiWay' as erroneously stated. ,; ' ■ ' ■■' ■ The monthly meeting.of the. Feathery ton Town Board was held on Monday;, evening last, Present-Messrs Reynolds; (Chairman), Cundy,.J3urt and Donald, The Treasurer's statement balance of M 6s lid,, The pound--keepers report was read and adopted; alid a cheque received for £i 4s 6d.. .The ; following accounts were- passod'for'pa"^' ' ment:-Beele; £llßa 4d! Keys j£9'3s2d;' The rangor's report was read and discussed, and. a resolution passed "thatif cattle are put inside the pound yard they . can only be released of the full fee of 2s. Resolved that the colleotor i sue for all rates unpaid without further < notice, Resolved that. the following i works bo carried out by 'the Works •■■ •Committee:—Metalling-Daniel and Lyon Street to be formed and drained (table '! drain on hill -to be cleared;' gone in i Bell-street to be cleared; and corner of j Daniel and Fox-Btreet to be widened, l Mr Dunn attended and requested inform- I ation re notice of animals being im- ] pounded,. "Correspondence' r- inward; 1 .From Property Tax Commlnioner with < form to fill in and claim rates qn Owwq' d Landain,theFeatherflton.TownDiitriotj "■■. From Mr Hodder ;! apolpgisirig'.for non-. ■] attendance through illness.'. - *.'; ' •' >!-!j . The judgment' of the' 'Court in the ■> Triumph enquiry is that the master's f certificate be suspended, for three years,.and that he shall pay tbree-fourtbs;of the i cost of the enquiry, and.that!the ohief « officer's certificate be suspended for six * months, and that he pay one-fourth of * the costs, The proportion of dosls c according tosohedule.made by the Clerk ] of the Osurl was Captain Brothertdh £72, Chief Officer"Oifips:.£24j';:buf these figureswerelargely/reducedrmabyolthe' t witnesses -declining to take any' costs.' a Tiey therefore ■ stand ! a c 0818,£63 ; ;-. l -,-j

The total amount of Property Tax received up.to date 'is 1264,000. This is £l4jooo aboveihe estimate for the year. 4; The.men employed' at Wellington oh O'Malley & Pepperell's reclamation contraot,Jbave suspended work, - ;;,;;.; ( A match has been arranged for £lO a side between horses owned by Messrs W. Crawford and B, Hooker, of Carterton, to be run on the Taratahi course/this evening, one mile, catch weights';-";'- .-. Tbo.Wairftrapa/East.OonqtyiConnoil holdu a meeting to-morrow. The ■ usual: meeting of 'the ; LejaT Masterton Lodge of Oddfellows vrai held'i lait evening when;-the-officers for the ensuing year were duly installed, A committee was appointed to arrange for, the suitable entertainment of the delegates' ; when holding the district: meeting' in ' Masterton. on; the 31st instant.- '"' Ah order has been seni from St Mark's Ohnrob, Carterton, for one of Cornish & Oo.'s American organs,' whioh will be the largest instrument of the kind' in the' Wairarapa, standing nine feet high, and .supplied with .twenty stops, A similar one is usedin the Wellington .Baptist .Ohapol, and is very l favorably regarded in musical ciroles. • - Mr 0< O. Graham, the OffioialAsßignee in Bahbuptoy uiider the new Act, •is travelling through: the country districts, making airangeniehts" for'.securing/the' services .'of local agents, He is now' in t'Masterton. .- ■ , >..;'. * ;i;{ ; Wo clip the following items from' the report of the district meeting in the : Ne.w Zealand Wosloyan :-Grevtown : Ohuroh debt reduced by £4O; improvements, cost £3O; no additional debt, Reduotion'bf debt on .Carterton church, '£lo. New organ for Featheraton ohuroh, cost, : £2O; no additional debt. Masterton : fur« ohase of 3| aores.fpj* parsonngo : si(e, cost, £350,; 'de.n, '£' so. lirmmon of parsonage 10 'rooms, ooat, i'6oo; Conference regulations will, bo übsurved'.' Maubicb .vhie: Debt of £l6 liquidated.' It was recomniende-l 4'itn loau »f'.{ - 250 Im made to theGreytown church iruawes, «ud one of JG3OO on the Masterton parsonage. The following grants were recommended from 'the Home Mission Fund for. next year! Greyto'wn, £25 in aid of'circuit; Masterton, £25, second p'ai't, of furniture grant; Maori Mission, £4O; Scandinavian Mission, £BO. The meeting also reoominended that -the Greyto'wn' quarterly meeting-be released from the payment of the special sum of £lO for.laatyeay,, • The ordinary'monthly meeting of the Masterton' Hospital Committee was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs Boddington (chairman), Beetham; Perry, iorns, Beard, and Payton,. An apology, for non attendance was received from the Sev W. E. Paige. The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £6 12s U. The following accounts were passed for pay-,ment-G. Fannin, £6 12s Od; salaries, £3l lis; T. G.Mason, £Q 10sGd; M, Caselberg & Co., £7 IBs lid. It was resolved that employees of labor who contribute to the hospital should be furnished with admission cards by which patients could be sent into the hospital direct, a caution being printed on each 'card agaiiißt the admission of unsuitable 'Oases. Mr lorns was appointed visiting . member for the ensuing month,. . The following are the teams seleoted to play in the cricket matoh Carterton versus Masterton, to be played at the former S*aee on Saturday next;—Masterton ; arrison, McKenzie, Perry, J. Williams, R. G. Williams, Halhaway, Minifie, Ford, Tsitt, Wiokerson, Tapporell; • emergency, Kennedy, Carterton:• A. Booth,W.J. jLawrenoe, G. Bennett, H,. Potts, J, Moore.W. Moore, Tunnecliffo, H.'BunnyV Ewon, Sandilands, A. Moore; emergencies, L, Wilson and Corrigao. The Masterton team will leave the Prince of Wales stables at a quarter to one o'clock sharp. ■ Frederick Williams, aged about- nine?Jeon years,, was oharged before MtW." i Booth yesterday, at Carterton, 1 with rape, on a little ciirl named Williams, agedabout nine, years. Ho was remanded seven dayp. At the Supreme Court yesterday ''• Charleß Korth pleaded guilty to a charge : of forgery, and was sentenced to eighteen ■ months'hard labor. '

The directors of the Wellington Meat Export. Company have decided not to entertain any one of the 38 applications which were received for the secretaryship of the ..oompany, arrangements having, been made with Mr fl, Wright to .retain the office, :: Mr Wright, it will be remembered, recently accepted a similar position .with regard to tho Wellington Meat Export and Refrigerating Company, and will therefore manage the two companies. . 'An inqueat was held, thia morning on the body of Mr Jac6b;Monteitli, chemist. ;.who died suddenly last Sundayjeveniog, Dr Franco stated that deceased had consulted him, and he told him that his 'Heart was affected, Deceased did: not •believe this, bat treated himself for ohronio dyspepsia. Dr Tripe, who made a post mortem examination, 'showed that .death was caused ■by syncope through. failure"of the heart's. abtion. .The' jury jretnraod a. verdict; of death from natural causes. ...:' at.-Ihem.is bad news for smokers. Two well-known French chemists have" (published an analysis of tobacco smoke

■in which they.find, first, .prussic acid and secondly, an alkaloid of an agree ; able ddburj' but Very dangerous '.'to'! I so 'poisonous that one-. : of a drop, destroys !,' Tliis alkaloid appears to m indejitical with collidine, which has previously been observed in the distilla'; ; ■ tion. of organic substances, ''■'■• ; ;The summer season is now well advanced, and : notwithstanding the extr'a:.Ordinary amount of rain that has ; faterfered sadly with outdoor exercise aswell as w ; ith farming operations, the usual. \ ;hftppy change;, from winter furs and ■ulsters to .handsome dresses and: elegant. dolmans has taken place in the costume of the ladies, who are fortunate in being able 1 0. obtain a wonderfully varied .aeleotion without travelling from Master-' ton, where the stock of drapery, millinery and clothing of all kinds is extensive and choice at Owen, Sohrodeb & Co.'s Hall of Commerce, Queen Street.—|Advt.J ' •■ Chbistmas Prihenis 11 The oppprtanity of making ah elegant and gratifying'present -to son oi daughter, brother or ■ sister is ; brpuglvt within reaoh of all by thespeoial importation ; of gold and silver jewilWy. by A. Bisb, Jeweller, Queen-street", for the Christmas season. Silver pres'ints from li; gold presents'from 3s; All goods' will be' marked in plain figura and * ftdoitioh of 10 per cent will'be made on ordinary jPric#i during the holidays.-AbvT. ; • • '• r " IH THE HOOSB.— pfl E'ata" clears out rate,'mice, beetles, roaches, -bsdrbußs, .flies, ants, inseots, niPles, jack* ■rabbits, igophers. : Moses, Moss, & Co,, Sydney, General AgentSj • A Wise JJeaoonH'Deacon Wilder/1. want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family sowell the past season .when all' the rest of us have been sick so muob, "and have had.the doctors running to us so often." " Brother;-Taylor,.|the; answer is very easy. 1 used Hop'Bifcters intime',''and kept, my family well, and saved large ' dootor'e bill's; '-Four shillings' worth of it ; kaptJiiß ailjwell ,ancl 'able to.-jvork^all.'jhe' ' time, arid-i willwarant-that it has cost !y6n < and most of. the neighbors £lO to *IOO apiece to E6ep:Bick the same time, I fancy "youWtske my medicine heriafter, See

Ex Bmtmh KiNfl.—We havo jaatreoeWecl and opened onWno esse of the fashionable' Hmrtj //. haitij,-/dr. ladies* wear, at Te Aw House, -We. hre.Jiowißhowing a choice and laahionableseleotion of ladies' and children's jaunty,fiats 1 atTe>Aro House. We have ■now for; the delectation of juveniles three thousand toy haSoom at 3d each, at TeAro House. You should see the new Japanese cabinets, photo; frames, fan brackets, grapnoßcopes, -stereoscopes, and a heap of other ohariningißrticles;' specially adapted for New, Year's presents, atTe'Aro House. Just opened out a few choice infantß'hats V o *** l ! grey,-and striped velvet and swan, land.wo arcalso .prepared to sell 500 chilbonnets' find 2s64'to4a ■Bd, Iwflk.'Mlitigjith, at To Aro House; ,'Weare now Bhowng.an'assortment of Boys' strong ribbed; cotton knickerbooker. hose, specially,adap^,fay ;sohQPl and holiday wear} also, in all sizes:fcr, children's iSiid, ladies' wear, at To Aro House, Cuba'-street, Wellmgton.Advt. . ........ ,:,.. ,: ;