The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1884. THE COUNTY RATE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1670, 26 April 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1884. THE COUNTY RATE.

At the last meeting of the East County Council, the treasurer recorded his opinion that the County would require ns largo a. rate for the current year as the one previously levied. We understand that a meeting of the County Suspension Committee is about to be held, and it is extremely probable that every effort will bo made when the committee meets to resist the collection of another rate, We do not believe however, that it will be possible to prevent a rate being struck for the current year, or that it'is desirable, in the interests of the district, that the rate should lapse, Wo venture, however, to hope that the Council will see its way clear to carry on with a less rate than the one levied during the past year. No doubt a halfpenny rate can be fully and fairly spent on the maintenance of the various lines for which the County is responsible, This,.however, is not the only aspect from which the question of the amount of the rate should be considered. The present time is admittedly a period of depression and heavy taxation. The capacity of settlers to pay rates must be taken into account as well as tho amount of revenue required. There is undoubtedly a feeling prevalent that existing rates press heavily on the slender resources'of many settlers, and it would be well for the County party to study tho position of such settlers, and as far as possible refrain from adding to their burdens. Tho fact that- the County party has been somewhat severely assailed, that its motives and actions have been misrepresented, should not prevent it from giving every consideration to any real grievance which may exist among tho settlers in the County., A policy of conciliation would be the best safeguard for the County itself, and such a policy could bo best initiated by striking a low rate. We believe that the Interests of tho district""'raider tho continuance of the County system expedient, but it will bo impossible to keep the County going if tho feeling of hostility,' ivhich. has during tho past year been so prominent, is not allayed, The general question of local self-government has not as yet been settled on any permanent basis, and thero is still a chance of. some bettor provision being made for Counties than the slender resources which they now enjoy. It will not probably bo very material, a year hence whether tho East Wairarapa County is a few hundred pounds in debt, or has a small balance in hand. It is more material that the County should be kept on its legs so long as it is serviceable to the general interests of tho district, and to do this the County party should err on the sido of moderation in the demands they are about to make on the pockets of settlers, and endeavor to conciliate ; those ratepayers who have some ground for discontent. We fear that if the full half-penny'. rate be struck the County will have some, difficulty in tiding over the'opposition which is brought to' bear against it. If a farthing rate ■ would satisfy many who feel that they cannot afford .to pay the half-penny levy the County party should be contented to take 1 it.

A Ohriatchuroli telegram.slates that fears are entertained as to the life of Mr H. J, Tancred, Chancellor of the Univer» irity, who fa seriously-ill;

Mr F. H, Wood announces a stock Bale at Ray's yards, Taratnhi, fur Thursday, May 8. • Greytown is to the foro again. One of its butchers has reduced tho. price of meat one penny per lb.

Tho Girls' Masonic Scholarship has■• beon awarded to Miss Jnssie Galloway, a pupil in the Maslorton, school who paused a highly creditable examination, making 299 marks out of a possible 385. In our ndvortiaing columns a notice against trespassing on Bowlands or on Adam's Peak, is published by Mr R. S.< Hawkins. A similar noticojs also givon by Mr 0. E. Cockbutii'- Hood, against trespassing on GlendonaU,,- . Tho Standard reports that the fundß of tho Wairarapa Hospital aro in a low state. Settlers are not so liberal in many instsinces to institutions of this character as thoy woro formerly. ■ •.. Messrs J. 11, Bethune and Co, will sell on May 3rd, by ordor of tho mortgagee, at their Wellington rooms, 26 allotments in the township of Wardell and.other Beotions in the neighborhood, forming part of Tauinutaaia block, Mosul's Lowes and loms add to their next stock sale 125 cross bred ewes in lamb lo Roinney rams, and 100 pood ■lamb's'.' They also draw attention to tlio outr'y ,pf 800 cross bred owes, being in lamb i.o pure bred Romney Marsfiraniß. jTho' tat will now include upwards of 4300 sheep, embracing all classes. '" ;■, ,

Last, night the, premises of; the. Wairarapa Acclimatisation Society i.w'era robbed of a considerable amount of,jtouqg salmon trout. If these fish are not placed whero they can get access to tlio sea they will inevitably perish. , The, custodian of the Society ought to bo supplied with man traps and spring 'guns, Wo hear that Linntenant Kear, the oflicer in charge of the Salvation Army at Maslerton is about 10 be removed to another field of labor and that a captain is to be sent up to take his place. We aro pleased to learn by a telegram this morning that Miss Jessie Gallbway, daughter of Mr R, M. Galloway, of Maslerton, has carried off the Masonic Scholarship at Wellington, after passing a highly creditable examination. On our back page to-day will be found an interesting summary of reading matter, including " Weather Signs of the Russian Moujiks," " Salvationists at Work," " A Real Sensation," "Curious Addresses and Enclosures in Letters," and miscellaneous paragraphs. Wo record in another column of our present issue, the doath of an old settlor, Mrs William Feist, mothor uf Mr Edwin Feist of this town, at the advanced age of 73 years, Tho funeral is appointed to leave Mr James McGregor's residence on tho Upper Plain on Monday next at two p.nv

In connection with the recont new arrangements made in regard to District Judgeships, the following appointments aro gazetted :—Mr E. Hardcastle to be District Judge of Wairarapa; Mr G.B, Davy to bo Deputy of Distriot Judge of Wellington and Wairarapa; and Mr C. E. Rawson to be Doputy of tho District Judge of Wauganui. Tho Gasset'o notice, howevor, omits to state that with all of theso Judges and Deputy Judgos cases have to be adjourned throe months before they can bo heard, We liavo rcceivod from Mr R. R. Armstrong tho Socrolary ofiho Wairarapa

Jockey Club, a copy of tho report and balance sheet for tho half-yearly meeting to bo held next month, The following oxtracts from the roport indicate clearly the progressive character of the Club and its admirable management:—Pursuant to your authority, tho Stewards have.held two race meetings at . Tauharonikau during the past season, The Spring as before on tho Anniversary of the Prince of iValoa' Birthday, and the Autumn on February 2Gth and 27th last. Unfortunately, on the days' appointed, wet weather prevailed; the Spring' programme' being run off during the con" tinuance of a southerly gale, and the Autumn Meeting was postponed from the 22nd and 23rd to the 2Gth an* 27th February, your Stewards not considering it safe to race on the fornur date, as the course was saturated from heavy rains. Although having to contend against unfavorable conditions, members have the satisfaction of kaowing that both meetings wero financially, more that) ordinarily successful, The Spring! programme of 1882 shows an increase in tho value of prizoa of over that of 1881— being £204 against £139. The yross expouses of tho last Spiing meeting amount, omitting shillings and pence to H 274, the receipts boing £262, leaving r> balance uf £l2 as tho adual cost to the club. Tha receipts from all sources for the autumn meeting were £B3B, and the expenditure £073, the debit balance being £4G, Tho amount paid in slakes for 1883 exceeds that ot 1882 by £Bl. The added money for tho two meetings under consideration;'amounta to 1787 and the cost to tho olub—apart from ordinary expenses—is £52; a result which your stewards think vary satisfactory considering the rough weather, The nominations, entries, and acceptances for both meetings were above previous averages, and the large Holds which started more than once proved that the Tauheronikau Pace Course would be better if wider. Your Stewards recommend the Club to appoint a Handicapper In order that this important duty may receive the fullest possible attention, The balance sheot now presented contains a full account of the receipts and expenditure during the past season, showing an income of £ll3O, or with last year's balanco£l97—£l327. For 1881-2 the figures wero £1027, including a balanco from the previousyear of £103,Forl880 ; l the gross receipts wero £852, thus the income has improved by nearly £soo'ih two years. The disbursements at Tauhorenik'au on improvements have absorbed £9B; .over £3O of which was spent in replacing tho. second large culvert which broke through last winter, Willow planting and protecting the Course from river ment cost £25, and top dressing! the race track £3O, The bulk of these improvements may be classed as permanent, being unlikely to require further expenditure for somo years. Twenty-five nominations were roceived for the Wairarapa District produce, seventeen for the Wairarapa Jockey ClubSires' produce, both for 188G, and eighteen for tho Champagne Stakes, 1884, making a total of sixty, being the good average of twenty for each; a complete list of which is now forwarded,

What is supposed to bo n relio of the balloon, Saladin, in which the late Mr Powell, M.P., lost his life in December, 1882, has just been picked up at sea near the Woymoulh coast. It is, a piece of mahogany, about 20in. wide, forming three parts of a oircle a part having been broken off. Round the edges are notches in which are sprints for ropes, A thick piece of brass, about 9in, long is screwed across the wood, and exactly in the centre is a hole l|in. in diameter, It is believed to be the portion of the balloon through which the various ropes communicating with the valves passed to the occupants of the car, It appears to have been in the water a considerable time.

TO BE FOREWAHNED IS TO BE FOREARMED, says tho aphorism, and tho weapon that best serves •tho purposo of a protective regis against nervous ailments, kidnoy diseases, dyspept'c tendencies, physical languor, nausea, or loss of appetite isTOOLPHO WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS. Stamped with the signet seal of medical approval, it can be infallibly trusted, and honored with tho award of popular opinion, it can be confidently coimcnded to universal use,

A torriblo tragody has takan place n't,Instorburg, a town: on tho. Russian '' frontier. A widow namod Barbara Esko has been' sontencod to death for poisoning-, her eight children and a young man betrothed to one of her daughters., The only motive-of these diabolical crimes. ' was the hope of obtaining an inheritance :of six ihonaand marks to which each of theviciims was entitled, and which was to revert to the murdross in case of death Tho next project in the direction of archaeological researches is, it appears to be the very romarkablo one in the direction of a-search in the Gulf of Salamaia for any relics of the Greek and Porsian galleys which sank thore 2364 years agJ. The water is not deep, and with modern appliances tho bottom of the gulf can be thoroughly explored. Metal articles wijl probably not havo perished, and it is thought possible that a" whole ship may havo beun preserved by .becoming embedded iu the sand, as has happened to more thau one ship of the Vikings, " The " confidence trick" has been flourishing latoly in London with particular vigor. . Throe gentlemen make acquaintance on the top of ail omnibus. One oi them has £9OO in his pocket iu give the poor, " and seeks the advice of tho two others as to its distribution," £ll ho asks for, beyond a ju.licious.benevolenoe is a proof of confidence, which- of course results in a fool being cleaned out 'by a. thief and his confederate, The marvel \( .'how any man can bo so great a fool, . ,''■ A writer in the New York Tribune .alleges-, that bo heard a skilled vocalist sing "Wait till the clouds roll by," and that she rendered it:'- ""'■' ■ "''Walt tali tho claw raw baw jawy; • Wall tali the claw raw-law j ■, Jawy, maaw traw law \vah, . , Wall tali the claw raw baw," ■ " Then," continues the soribe, " alio smiled so sweetly and broadly at the wellmerited applause that the corners of her mouth held a sociable on the baok of her neck,"

Whan Mr.lvo Bligh married Sir W. J. Clarke's adopted daughter, the happy pair retired to a houso in Macedon, which had been prepared for them to spend tho honeymoon. The bridegroom strolled out to smoke a cigar, leaving the lady to proparo for rest. This Bh'e did, but her lord did not return, She passed the night alone and inconsolable. At daybreak she roused tho house, and mm to soarch for .'him.'' Ho had wandered too fur and had got bushed within 300 yards of the house. There are now only 175 persons in con vents i n Port ugal, in 68 establishments, These persons aro fast dying off, the youngpsfc at present being from GO to 70 years of age. Under a law passed 50 years ago no furthor inmates will be received so that convents will soon become oxlinct in the country, An attempt to dispense with the tobacco allowance heretofore made to the inmates of tho Moyamonsing prison, in Pennsylvania, has been abandoned upon the .advice' of a loading physician of Philadelphia, that, in the treatment of many diseases' incident to a sedentary life, tobacco, hiay be regarded as a medicinal agent. '",.'' The oldest oil paint ing extent is probably a picture of a Madonna and Child, Tho dato of its production ismarkod upon it—86G— about tho lime of Charlemagne, Tho work originally forniod part of tho treasures of art in the old palace in tho Florentine Republic, and was bought by the Director Bencivenne from a broker for a few livres. It is not known we believe where tho picture is now to bo found. -i£v The tribute of Anam is sent to Poklri once in every four' years, and was paid last in 1880, accompanied with a most humble letterof submission. It consisted of two elephant's tuskß two.rhinoceros's horns, 45 catties of betel nuts, 45 catties " grains of Paradise," COO oz, of sandal wood, 300 oz, of Karroo wood, 100 pieces of native silk, 100 pioces of white silk, 100 pieces of raw silk, and 100 pieces of native cloth, The great sculler is to be invited to visit Adelaide (it not already done), and he has consented to any plan.of Mr Blackmore's for an exhibition of sculling.. The local idea is that Hanlou shall scull over three and a half miles on the Port River, and be picked up at various distances by local crews; whon these latter have been disposed of he is to be tackled by a number of stoam tugs that will bo lying in wait ready to dispute every inch of water with the Canadian; tho P. and O. Mail boat, should blio be in port at tho time, to bring homo the last few hundred yards, Tho suggestion I have to offer is that thero should. be temporary rails laid down on the bank and a locomotive started to make the pace for Hanlon,

By the arrival of tho steamer AngloIndian, 1371, Captain Hillcoat, at the Tail of the Bank on ihe 11th instant, a somewhat extraordinary proceeding on the part of the captain in regard to his wife's corpse was revealod to the Custom officials here, It appears that the vessel sailed from London to New Zealand last autumn, the captain's wife being on board. She died it is stated, in September ; but the captain, probably from either a teeling of aversion to burying the remain's at soa in the usual way, or at the request of his lato wife lo be taken homo, carried the corpse with him in one of the ship's boats on his voyage to New Zealand, round to Java, and back to Greenock. The body was. removed to Louth Shiolds for burial on Thursday. Wo understand the body was embalmed as soon as the vessel arrived in Australia. -Greenock Adortiser. ■'' . ,Tho season in for wearing jnac%tbshes, A caution may bo therefore not.uiinocossaryi and let'us hope, not unheeded, as to the use and abuse of this se.cvjceallo, but when improperly '■ employed, dangorons articlo of clothing. When once a maokintosh'is puti on to defend the body from wet it should on no account be taken off until tlie wearer has. not only taken shelter, but is in a position to chango his clothes. What a covering of oiled skin does for a wet rag in surgery—namely convert it into poultice—the mackintosh does for the clothes of the wearer, The insensible prespiration which finds a way of'cscapo through ordinary clothing is kept in by the waterproof, and the clothes aro saturated with moisture-. A few minutes will suffice to render tho underclothing j' damp" under a macintosh, particularly if either tho wearer prospires freely, or tho woathor ho what is called " muggy" as well as wet. When, therefore, the wearer of a' macintosh takos off that article of clothing because it has ceased to rain, he is in the position of a person who has damp clothes on, and if ho sits in the saddle, or walks home or rides in an open trap, he is more likely to take cold than if he had not used the mackintosh at all/ If therofore, we say, a mackintosh is once put on, it should on no account be removed until the clothes can be changed or dried by tho Are without reduction of bodily temperature. The use of a mackintosh is to protect a man from a Bevero storm of rain. His clothes must" be damp if he wears one of these protestors. The sole gain of using it is W render the moiatare warm instead of cold, and to prevent loss. of the heat by evaporation. If _ the mackintosh ■Be.: evaporation commences immediately, with all the consequent risks of that process,—Lanoet.

:;'. We 'that a lady in Mas-, tertohvretentlyi remonstrated with her' servant nightly at: Salvation Army, meetings till after ten o'clock, and-thai'..(he girl replied that Bhe'/W instructed.by her -commanding office'r ;to stay,out till that hour, and if her mistress objected to find another situation where she would have liberty to atay out 'late.' We trust the officers of the Array have more common sense thnn to giv.e servant girls instructions of suoli a character, and that they have in this instance boon maligned, _ Tlie Hon Mr Oliver is roported to bo likely to try again for a seat in the Lower House,

A sharp shock of earthquake, accom* panied by rumbling, waß experienced at Wellington nt 11.55 yesterday morning. The Ismpmeter records a slight twisting movement from the S,W., with displacement to the north, followed by moderate east and west undulation, Mr Bunny in a speech at Thomdon on Thursday remarked that it had been said that he had no stako.in tlie country, but he would point.out that he had twelve children.in the colony, and about 40 grandchildren What was that but a stake iu the country? In answer to a question ho further said that if elected he did not intend to stand for the Wairarapa' at next election, but would stand bylhorndon. ■:■'■■ ;. Tfio Melbourne correspondent of the Ararat Advortiser writes:—' It is,- I ijiitik, much ..to; be regretted, that the Valedictory banquette His Excellency the .Qoyprner.' is-.fiiot".likely to >prove tho isueoess which>it : imlsht.belifly imagined H,t, ; .wouldfbo,."The difficulty of Belling tickets considerable, and although, of/course, there is no prospect of the attendance being numerically insufficient, still it is certain tho right sort of, people will not be present. The excuses made by leading men evidence a condition of feeling which few suppose existed, and the fact that.a number of the members of tho Ministry have refused to attend, has been muoh commented upon.' Probably this had.something to do with the banquet being abandoned at the request of the Marquis, A charming instance of tho independence of colonial servant girls has been brought under the notice of the Ashbnr« ton Guardian. A day or two a«oalady in Ashburton, who had advertised for a servant, received a visit from a candidate for the place, and everything seemed to be satisfactorily arranged, when the girl put the question as to how many nights " out' 1 she could have during the week. - On being told that there would be no objection to hor taking two evenings, she answered that she was afraid the place would not suit.her, as she belonged lo tho "Army," and would consequently have to attend tho sorvioes overy night, A slight concession was offered by the would-be;domestic,,, to tho effect that if hor mistress wished to go out now and ;thenj tho pious exercise might be dis- , pensed with; -but the lady not seeing the question in-thesamo light decided upon , obtaining a sorvant of a more orthodox jur«,:pf mindV ■, ' ; 'Whonevor a person fancies he is Buffer- ' undor aome'incUrablo malady his best plan is to.go to art insurance office and to ask

to bo insured' He is handed over to a medical man who represents tho opposition —i.e. the Insurance Company, If this gentleman gives him an A 1 certificate he may go homo with tho comfortable conviction that there is not much the nmttor with him, Hanlan, the Canadian oarsman, does not express a-high;, opinion of the English rowing t ujeu.,|yu think," hqsays," tint the cdloifiarpu are able to compete with .'any of ourmejjj- agd canrun rings around tho Englishmen?' There are no pullers now in England, Trickett, Laycock, and I scooped''tho pools thoro, and I don't think they would caro about tackling any of us again in a hurry, At Seymour;r,ac"es (Victoria) a " novel" race was'introd deed into the programme, the peculiarity of the ovent being that the last horse would be considered the winner, and each animal was to be ridden by the owner of: another horse engaged in the samo race,' As b, natural sequence, this ■queer arrangement created a good deal of morrimentj and ultimately eventuated in the stewards refusing to pay over the stakes, as they "• considered that the running,was'•'not straight." Thick heaps.—Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions-''Wells'May Apple Pills"-anti* bilious, cathartic -fid and Is, N. Z. Drug Co. Wise tolly,—"For ten years my wife was confined to her bod with such a complication of ailments that no doctor cor.ld tell what was the mattor.or cure her, and I used up a small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw an American flag with Bop Bitters on it, and I thought I would be a fool once more. I tried it, but my folly provod to be wisdom, Two bottles cured her she is now as well and strong as any man's wife, and it cost me only two dollars." H W Detroit, Mich, Head ■ .

Can't pkkaoh obon.—No man can do a good job of work.'preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well; doctor a paticut, or writo a good artiolo when he fcols miserable and dull, with sluggish brain arid unstrung nerves, aud none should make tho attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily removed by a little Hop Bitters. Look for After several years expenenco in supplying watches for tho colonial markot, Irittlejohn and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, havo observed tho need for a thoroughly sound English Lover Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for such watches. It i 3 only bj the judioious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform p)an,.tl|at, ; we arocnabltd to meet this want Wo_havo now the pleasure of introducing OuTSjx -Guinea Hunting Silver Lover,. jjeing simple jn : design 'durable, highly finished, and accurate,lulfils, all tho requirements of a pocket timekeeper, ;A;Written,,guaranteO for two-years will be given .with :<oaolr watch; Sent by post, securely packedfon ;rccoipt of Post Office order or cheque.—(Adyt)