The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1897, 24 January 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1885.

At the Greytown school picnic on Thursday a boy named Brookesbroke his arnj, went to pr Bay to have it set and then returned to tho picnic to ihave his fun out,

St Matthew's Sunday school picnic was held yesterday in a paddock kindly lent for the occasion by Mr A. Elkins. The little ones appeared to enjoy themselves thoroughly. This afternoon the printers' 1 devils of the two newspaper offices of Masterton play'a friendly but demonaical match in Messrs Leader & Hawke's paddock.

Messrs McOardJe and Vile interviewed the Minister of Lands yesterday as a deputation from the Masterton-Mangahao Special Settlement Association, The Minister agreed to the Association having the first right of choice, but to leave room for the Woodville Association, A surveyor will be sent at once on the block to lay off boundaries and report. An application was received from Palmerston yesterday by the Minister for 15,000 apres of land in the same block,

A circular Ins been addressed by'Mr A W. Hogg to a number of local residents asking them to support at the e'leotion of a School Committee, the following candidates, viz Messrs Reese, Girdwood, Lang, Woodroofe, Bacon, and Hogg, We believe that the following members of the retiring Committee, Messrs Boddington, Lowes, Galloway, Johnston, and Payton will stand for.reflection, so that there will be a fair battle on Monday next be. tweeh the two teams, '-

A curious phenomenon was (says the, Taranaki News) noticeable on the beach recently," the strand being strewed with millions of dead green :ldcusts. fThe.only .theoyyiha(;can.:be..advanced in- explanation of ihe .gtvangp circumstanoe is .'that : the■.•lpcu>ts, : on'^epredatipa.bent,- wire' io .sea, and .ihys • pot Jjjeir

The Masterton Public School re-openß on Monday next the 26th inßfc., at 9 a.ra.

The.ferry reserve on the. Waiohine River lias been .vested in the Wairarapa County Council, • ',' • , ! y- The-nlatchbetrteen'Boiiton'sAYeleolO'. ;.Jacltan'd;Bi|ho)iy.fl&tu,. wili'-'bo run on; •tto-Tiiffhe'Keiuksu v. cd'u»e'n6xi--Snturd'ay''

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-. W.e.'a're 'gratified ,td learn that'..William Bagge,.a'i)'ui/il;..i)i'.tjil Mastert,q4 School and ji jsbri'.pf mi\ wprtliy.'pos'tmaat'er is the succesfid, .candidate.;' Tor. '.^'...Masonic Sjhblarship.tliisyeai.'-' "'■' •.:; .We : havo- heard' that Mr Hare's new building-i.o,.ha-known>3 tho "Oxford House" has been let to a very superior lady tenant, as a gentlemen's boardinghouse, .. '.- . .. .

The.sentcnco on Waring Taylor, whowas yesterday found guilty on a Becond charge has also been-:postponed, until the jury' sitting to allow tile reserved point to bo decided by tho AppealGoiirt. • Other charges 'will"'hot be heard," Mtil the .pr.eyjqus cases .are- disposed of. .'". ■,- ' *A tne'etin'g-.of Miv Noble's Creditors conVenefl for. this morningUapsedfro'm noft-', attendance of creditors and was adjourned till Monday next,' : The assets in this estate.consista.of a horae and cart .valued .at. £9,...the liabilities, £45. 185,,8 d, being Miig'debts due to local-tradesmen. '■■':.',

Tho train last .evening was jiearly.an .hour behind; its'tirae wheint -.toived ; at Mastertpni ' It'.]iad on;tioaTd some 20.0 stud rams from; the; -Middle; Island' "coriXigned 'to Messrs 'Maunseil'Bros., pf. Tenui, Mr H. Warren 'off iraumeii,'. and Mr' R, .S. Hawkins of Bowhnds.; These sheep were from the Lincoln and Roriiney .Marsh flocks of the Hon Mathew Holmes, and tho merino flock of tho Hon. Robert Campbell's station at Ofcekike.. Yesterday afternoon Mr Bond of Carterton, met. with a slight..accident, Mr and Mrs Bond were seated on the hind seated on the hind seat of a trap, while one of 'their"sons'.were- in front driving. From some cause or.other, on turning into the Belvidore road thehorse started kicking which, besides damaging' the dust board and some other parts of the' trap, had the effect of landing.Ml.and Mrs Bond into the rpad. The party for-tUimtely-escaping with little hurt save a' sprained wrist for Mrs. Bond,. During the meeting of the Waste Lands Board yesteaday, Messrs Bunny Mid McCardle spoke - in no measured terms' .'with respect to .the action of the. Government in- apportioning some of the £9500 'allottedfor road making in vari'ous parts of the district.' Mr' Bunny said that it appeared to him as if tho board was be- : coming a.little.more than a nonentity, and. if the Government desired to make the board a dummy one, the sooner they were swept away tho better, Mr McCardle was even more prqnouaced in his statements; and remarked that he woukj not belong to.'a body wiiich.had ho power pf its own, and he felt'inclined to resign his seat.—N.Z, Times, Tho annual treat for the children attending the public school came off yesterday in Carterton. At one o'clock the youngsters' mustered in Mr Vickerstaffs paddock (kindly lent for the occasion) and proceeded to amuse themselves with all manner of games and sports, in which they were gradually joined during the afternoon by numbers of their older friends, About five o'clock the girls fell in and were marched up to the old Town Hall to partake of tea, which was thero provided. After the girls had finished tea the boys were marched to tho attack and were able to carry all before them, Afterjustice had been done to the good-things provided, an assembly was made jn the school grounds/ when'the prizes weradis: tributed by Mr Samuels, the headmaster, Each youthful recipient was greeted with much cheering from his or her fellow pupils, The prizes had evidently been chosen with .groat care and discretion, After the distribution had takon place a few words were said by Mr Fairbrother and the proceedings were closed with cheers for .the Chairman, masters, mis-' tresses and lady visitors. We hear of somo grumbling about the management which we think rather uncalled for as the 1 whole was gratuitous and there was a greater strain upon the provision's than was expected, Tea had to bo provided for four hundred people,

The Willing Ewiing Press, referring to Mr StoutVreoent address, says:—The great matter anxiously looked forward to in the Premier's speech, however, was the question of local government, on whichmatter it 'is'.understood they will stand or fall next session.;- The Government may have a satisfactory scheme, but certainly Mr Stout did'not show its hand. He shadowed forth no policy,, enunciated no polioy which might elicit an expression of opinion, but alluded' .vaguely to' the abolition of Provincialism as a mistake, and declared the present system was imperfect ! He would not do.away with"existing institutions, however;,ho would utilise them.where necessary.- He would' not do away with Ridingsj Boroughs, or Gounfciej), but he would not hav,o them all on the' same model, Unfortunately, he doea not follow up his remarks by giving any hint, if he is fairly reported, of how he intends to "utilise" tho Counties,. &c, His illustration to show how the present system has broken down is one that will hardly be appreciated in this Island. He says, as an. instance, that out of £1,500,000 only £700,000 was devoted to railways, and upwards of £520,000 expended on roads, hricjges,, &c. We venture to assert that the amount spent pn roads and bridges will yield a tenfqld greater return than. the. sum spent upon railways which are being workoaata l'om. The great difficulty to be met in local government matters is to find more money for roads and bridges. Railways are utterly unprofitable in New Zealand, unless the country is first opened up by roads. It may be true that tho colony's finances will not afford' such an expenditure pn roads, but it will be very questionable wisdom to check road-making in favor of railroad cpnstructiqn,

In an article on Mr Larnacli's appointment to a seat in the Cabinet the 'Press' says: "Where the results of Mr Larnach's accession of office will be found, to be o\ practical importance in public affairs is in Cabinet, • He is thoroughly in accord with Sir Julius Vogel jn hip speculative tendencies, and he can undoubtedly be depended on to go with Sir Julius Vogel. to the fullest extent of his boldest scheme, With Mr Larnach, therefore,' in addition to Mr' Richardson and Mr Buckley, the Colonial Treasurer will actually command a powerfulmajority in the Cabinet, and hiii-precedence over the nominal Premier will no longer be by any means a matter of form," To-those supporters of the Government who-pin their faith unreservedly to Sir Julius Vogel, this will doubj;-' less bo" a subject of congratulation; but those who have indulged the hope of seeing the "State coach driven by Sir Julius Vogel with the drag on will be concerned to see Mr-Larnach take his Beat on.thfl':box:beside-him."-: - ■....<..... ••■•-

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