The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1885. VARIETY OF PATTERN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1903, 31 January 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1885. VARIETY OF PATTERN.

We referred yesterday in our leading columns to tho variety of pattern mania of New Zealand Premiers. Tho imme-, diate illustration of this is to be found in Mr Stout's late speech atDunedin, where he said—

I believe that tliero U no way of doing these thingsbirt by.aggregating aorrie.of the counties together, and creating what are termed new districts to deal with charitable aid, with main roads and bridges, and with the various other things which the local bodies and General Government now undertake. I repeat that the present system cannot last and that you cannot have a new system that will be satisfactory unless you aggregate the districts in the way I have pointed out. But some people will say "Oh, this U a return to Provincialism"; but I do not wißhany provincial councils, I have my views here in print, but I have not time, nor would it be wise of me now to read them to you. I am not here to give you tho full detauYof an Act; I am merely giving you tho outlinesof ameasure which I believe' will be suitable /or the whole colony, Suppose you had a large district, and, for, the sake of comparison,' : I; snail take a district outside of Otago. We-bye: in SouthCanterbury a district which is called the South Canterbury education district,' and we' have in North Canterbury another district which is called the North Canterbury education district, Wily should'not South Canterbury form one district, taking in tho counties of that district ? The chairmen would meet once a year, and hay? unascertained what funds -there were to dis; tribute for hospitals obritable aid, main roadß, tin,, would proceed to distribute'those funds,

giving, for example, tothoTimaruandWaimate Hospitals certain allowances on condition that those institutions did certain things: or if the funds were not sufficient they would make a levy on the counties for the purpose,

Mr Stout.finds counties -are-not largo .enough, •and'ho.mee'ts'ihe. r diifficulty by .inyfmtirig.a now local body,'portentous is th & ''. •plain common sense solution of the County ■ .? Is;it-;not to make the Counties .larger histeld'pfjntro'ducing a new pattern •ititb"- too' Vaiielf'collecfcion.The introduction of Mr Sioui'sJ new. -nameless.local bodies 'will-only' increase .tlie existing complication's,. and make the -Worlcof economical and local self-govern-ment more iin'possible'-'tha'n-' ever. The'. . real remedy.- is so apparent 'and .so simple that even Mr Stout.cannot' fail-to see it. 'Possibly he-fears to -adopt 'the. straightforward course whicli. ■ is.,:s'o"obviously necessary, because-by (resorting to it he. might lose a few votes.''. All who desire to see'a real local self-government established in New.Zealand must reject Mr Stout's bastard proposal. If, as he ..promises, his rideas are, to. be. -embodied- in a Bill, it requires no prophet to foretel : minious fate, of. a-.measure'based' on such •unatatesrharislite ideas. '•"■-. ••

. Applications are invited'for an'assistant teacher for the'Wellington;Girls' High School.

We publish in ■ another. column the nominations- for the- Autumn-Meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Club,. . There are fourteen for the Tauherenikau Stakes, thirteen for the District Handicap, and twelve for the Wairarapa Cup, As this is the third year slrico the taking of the local option polling, it will be necessary in all the licensing districts to take a poll of ratepayers this year in accordance with the Licensing Act, 1881, in order to decide in the respective districts the question of granting an increased number or otherwise of' publicans', wine, accommodation, or bottle licenses. The polling in the several districts is feed by law to be held on similar dates with last ■polling. - ' •• •

A meeting of the Stewards of the Wairarapa Jockey Club was held at the White Hart Hotel, Carterton, on Friday afternoon. The minutes of the, previous meetinghavingbeen read and confirmed, and attention having been drawn to the fact that the first day of the Autumn Meeting >yas adyei'tiaed for Ash Wednesday, it was resolved that the races be held on Thursday and Friday instead of Wednesday and Thursday, A Handicapping Committee was then appointed. Mr P. F. Tancred gave, notice of mptjpn to rescind rule No. 27, which provides for the raising of handicaps to Bst 101b should the highest Weight accepting be under that weight. It was resolved .that if Mr Taricred/s motion be passed by the general meeting of members to be held on the 12th February, the new rule shall apply to the coming Autiiinn Mppting. This means that handicaps shall remain 83 officially declared ani cannot be raised. MrW. E. Bidwill of Pahiatua writing to. the Standard ,on tho 'Lung Worm' in sheep says r—Since I forwarded for insertion a letter of Mr Foster's re Lung Worm, wchave tried one of the remedies as suggested by him, viz,, one part turpentine and two raw oil, and find that for lambs it has a most injurious effect ■; put of a lot of 150 dosed, a dozen died. We reduced the dose from a tablespoon to a teaspoonful, but the effect was the same, We then substituted milk in place of tho oil, and since then we have never lost a lamb, although wo had given them of each in turpentine and milk; but we find that a full dessert spppn pf milk and the same of turpentine, well-njixe/J 1$ tJIP dose for lambs, Wc have written to,' Mr Fpsjer re the deaths from the oil and will forward his letter to you for insertion.!'' Tho easiest plan for dosing the lambs is that suggested to us by Mr Martin, viz,, procure half a dozen half pint salad oil bottles, with a small funnel for each for filling them, put each dose into a separate bottle and shake it, by this means there is no fear of the mjxture settling, as each bottle is filled as wanted. If ypu mix a large quantity together great care must fye taken not to allow it to settle as some sheep would get. all turpentine and others all milk,

The weather unfortunately proved unfavorable, last evening for the Amateur entertainment in aid of the Masterton Museum, and though a very considerable number of visitors in the Theatre Royal, the audience was not a paying one. -.However, the Amateurs did not disappoint the expectations of their friends, After a spirited and well-played overture from the Mastorton String Band, the curtain rose to a comedy-drama entitled "My Little Darling." : The title role was played with considerable spirit by Miss Agnes Montagu, but owing to indisposition this popular favorite was not at her best,-. -Mr G, Armsfcronp was very .perfect. in his pari .as Frank Raymond, and as a matter of course Mr Maitland did all. that could be done to portray the fussy nervous Perkyn Tubbs. The villain of the piece was admirably represented by Mr Walter Rapp, whoso get-up was immense. ■ Much of the success of the piece was due to the clever acting of this character. Mr'A. Thompson as Policeman XXX appeared to advantage, After the usual interval of ten minutes the second part opened with operatic selections by t]je band, followed by a song, " The Warrior Bold," from Mr S. H.' Wickerson, which well deserj e.4 the encore which greeted it, Mr Richard Brown then gave a lengthy but well delivered recitation entitled " Tho Stage Manager's Story," Mr Walter Kapp next struck gold with his celebrated unnautiqal reefing song, which was enthusiastically encored. Miss Agnes Montagu's song in this part was pmitted, as the vocalist was suffering from nepalgja, Mr ; Cecil Riverton evoked the enthusiasm of tho house by his admirable rendering of the beautiful ballad " They ask me why I lovo her," and jn response to the encore gave the'' Fog Bell," Mr A, f, Martin sang, " Fitz Jones, the M.P.", and afterwards exhibited his powers as a ventriloquist to the intense delight of tho audience. The shepherd calling his dog and their replies in the distance gradually increasing in volume until the sheep were apparently yarded, .showed his knowledge as a shepherd as well as.his varied powers as a ventriloquist, Too much praise cannot be given to tljo farce which concluded the entertainment, It was a lively piece played with animation. A,s a rustic lover Mr G. Armstrong created immense fun, and Miss Agnes Montagu scored a triumph as the village belle, Mr A. Maitland was an admirable Monsieur Von Pummell, and Mr A, Thompson was perfect in his part as Captain Blowhard. It was announced that the entertainment would be repeated on Tuesday evening next to enable those to attend who were kept away last evening by the inclement weather- It was ako Btated the school children- fould be admitted at sixpence e'acn.' '

. Heilbron'B German. Worm Cakes and Fitzgerald's Koromiko Extract.are Patented.—Aim.

A large party of visitors have arranged to visit the reef of the Masterton Goldmining Co, to-morrow. The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges the receipt of a station list of £3los through Mi' Chamberlain of Castlepoint,

.-.-The -Bank- of-New-South Wales has 'taken- fclie pfemifloa-adjoining Mr W. Bell, of Denison House, now in the'occupation of Mr Jago, and will open for business as soon aa the necessary alterations^'are made.

The Rev. Mr Dawson .of Canterbury conducts the services in the. Presbyterian. Cliurch, MaWrton,''td'-ihorrbw. A meeting of the Directors of the Masterton Theatre Royal Company fell through last evening for want of a quorum.' -. ~.,- ..

" The 'train arrangements for the' Wellington races are published in another column. A special excursion train-will-leave Masterton on Friday at 8.30 a.m., carrying passengers at cheap through; fares on to the course.

Mr Macara's-coaches brought twenty passengers into Masterton from Woo'dvillft this morning, Among them was Mr Blah 1 , the Chairman of tho Education. Board,

Mr Capper, a celebrated temperance orator js expected to arrive ■to-morrow. As he-has'friendsaridrela'-" tives in the Wairarapa district we mayexpect to see him in this neighborhood' during his.sujourn in New Zealand!"" .."'," Our weather reporter writes:—ln'placp, of the.weekly reports for the month of" January on the condition of the weather, for this neighborhood, a monthly report is placed before your readers. Rain fell on eleven days, but only somewhat heavily on three of these days. The rainfall, for the month is 3'015 inches, for tho corresponding month of. the previous year Jt was 7135 inches, so that in comparison we. have had a dry month this year. ■ The mean reading of the barometer for the month is 29'69 incheß, a little .below that for January 1884 which was 29*84 inches. For the thermometer tho mean reading is 67 Fah,; last year it was 09 Fah, It has been hotter at times than it was last year, especially on Sunday, Monday and/Tuesday, the 25th, 26th, and 27th instants, ". It may be, the very heavy rain which fell in Australia and on the West Coast of tlm Sputh Island had something to'do with producing the hot weather wo had on these datos, It is very surprising to learn what a largeamoimt of latent heat is evolved whilst rain is falling, I have observed that if the barometer is falling, and the thermometer is somewhat steady —about 48 Fah,—we always have wet weather for a time, Thy is mentioned that others may notice whether the above indication js tp be regarded as a correct predicator of rain or not, I amasked "If I l}ad noticed that, more rain falls when five lnppn is a full moon than when we have a new moon ?" I answer I have noticed this but I am not. at present sufficiently enlightened as tp say'.whyitig.so, 4.know.that! at home more rain falls when the moon is a new one, and that the reason assigned for it is the atsmosphere is colder at that period of the moon's course round the earth and when that is the case the atmosphere does not retain the vapour in it so well as it does when it contains a greater degree of i heat and this-is stated the reasen why so little rain falls when the moon is at the Ml in England. "l?rom' tiiis statement it is shown that what js true,"'or- that appears to be corroct, for England is no* 1 so for New Zealand, .It is a subject re? quiring careful observation before we will be able to give a correct solution of this seemingly contradictory condition of the atmosphere

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