THE BOROUGH ACCOUNTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1987, 11 May 1885, Page 2

THE BOROUGH ACCOUNTS.

In our Saturday's issuo we published die balance sheet of the Borough of Mastcrton for the year ending 31st. March last, and we think that the burgesses will have little fault to lind with the members of the Council for the manner in which they have performed their duties. The total working expenses do not exceed fifteen per •cent of tlie receipts, though there must be added to them a sum of £32 18s 2d incurred in lawsuits, arising out of pound cases, for which Councillors can, however, scarcely be held responsible, The receipts from rates, exclusive of the Library rate, wore £1273 2s 4d, ,and from licenses £295 I<K other items such as rent, fines, etc., bringing the total to £1789 16s 2d. The Council has wiped out a balance of £BOS Gs lOd from last year and spent £945 4s Id in street making and works pertaining thereto, exclusive of £lO2 lis 3d paid for timber, Such a statement must be gratifying to all, and we doubt whether there is another borough in the colony which can show a bette. result for a year's operations.

•Mr A.J.Rawsou invites tenders for the formation of a cinder teuiiie court. I'lj.c ftiipal meeting of the Masterton Borgugh ijrjjJ bo held to-morrow evening. The Masterton Football Clulj tyas accepted a challenge frgm tlie Wellington WQfl4(!nsi. s jto play a match in Mastel'toii on the Q.i}e§i)'g Bi'rthday. Messrs Barker $ WiH&ffiS I)SY e Pf 1 '" chased tlje Steam Sash and Door Fact'qry, Qiieen-st., Mastertoi}, frflin the execijtqrs oftlietoMrE/tepth., Mr H, Stilliyaijiifltifipst'liat it js in: tention at the next licefl§ji)g pejijjig iij Masterton, to apply license for a House to bo- called the Wai.rarapa Hotel. During his discourse at the Wesley,an Church yesterday evening the Roy J, N, Buttle casually mentioned that his father yaj a missionary in New Zealand fortyfH'o yeagflgo, and that lie himself was a native of tfie Wijjr. The following is the t of tJjQ Pahiatua Road Board election hel(f<jj} Thursday lastJamea Hedloy Potter, 3G; Charles Avery, 33 ; John M, Davio, 23; George Whitcombe, 20; Edward Bayeke, 15; John H. Corbett, 15 ; ffemyifam 12, Tjie first four were declared duly eleeteS','

Mr John Halo, nursery roan, nf Hall, Nelson, advertises a large number of choice fruit and forest trees, as well as flowering and other shrubs and plants, fqa pale season. Mr Hale's nursery is an ol<J established s)}£, and well known ljy owners of private'gardenfi and jjlantations. ' " ' ' Reference to the local option poll yhicfji jjr-jil Jjp fakon 911 Wednesday ivas >»ade in the pulpit? j{ )?resbyfceriau and tyesj.eyan clluiigl/e| ye^rdiy] ih Hera, p, i f ,ultQji, iiiul J, ]y. ■' Biittl?; reopegtiyely, fjf# pntjeiifen iijaije aij earnest appealto flfjijjejr.congregations to oppose the inorease qf llgeijfefll houses.

Messrs Lowes & lorns report a lap attendance and spirited bidding at their general furniture sale on Saturday, The fining and drawing room suites were iple'foi' general utility combined with elegangeand were keenly coitipeted for/tiius'])f ( ojj);| their suitability to tlio wants of jlig sye|%e Cutlery, E.P. ware, sc,, sc„ jjtjfc up jif lots to suit general requirements,' 'wot with ready sale.

The conduct of a man who was in chargo of a horse and buggy, was the subject of a good deal of'c>g')jj;ienfc yesterday morning. He started from lieaT % Prat Office towards the Waipoiia bridge, 'alia urged his horse into a gallop from the start', still plying tho whip with the utmost vigor wl}Ci> tjio animal had attained its top speed. iiiippeipg (>n a Sunday, the proceedings were the'more

Mr F. IJ. Wood's sale of English ajjd. Col<'J)ii}l furniture at the Tlieatro' 011 SatW.% was 1.-xrgejy attended by purchasers, and oyory line'put up was clehrcd at satisfactory pi«, sj. fgy of spoeial value that had been placed for show only buingall that did not pass undor the hammer: A resident of the Cashpoint district wasapurcliasertotho amount of £BO, To-day, Mr Wrigley, on whose account the sale was held, is busy packing up the various purchases. A. gentleman who has been connected with sfjmo of tho comic papers, says the N.Z, times', §}vgg a lively description of a scene which is to h{ive taken place in the Ooloni.il' p'fljcQ 'jij reference to the medical gorr§spoi)(]encc. A meeting was hurriedly convened,"4 which the Hon, the Colonial and the Hon. P, A, Buckley were present, The Colonial Secretary explained that, being a Minister of the Crown, he could take no steps to guard his sacred honor from tl|6 terrible attacks of the disciples of jfcylapiiia.buthustronglyabvisedhishon, friend to tss heocl of the attacks, which concerned lum The Hon. P. A. B. informed tho Colonial gejjetary that if he choso to take shelter under the Ministerial wing, lie (the Hon. P. A. B.) was not going to face the ordeal of a Supreme Court trial, After a prolonged discigon, it was unanimously resolved tliat the of some of the medical communications pleasant, and niight-rendor some of the to actions for libel, The joke lies in the fact that Mr Buckley is Colonial Secretary,

As an instance of the injustice that at present exists in regard to the carriage of goods $ Jyjme and abroad, we may remrak nhat it costs juipip jp fleud grain from the Scottish W l (on to bring it. from the distant colonies ;'j.t"costs mm to send hops from Kent to London ilian to bring them from the Continent; it costs less to send goods from Liverpool to London via Jfevy Yopk. American meat is carried from (jlasgow to fyjii<}9n by rail at 45s per ton, while Scscfy beef ton goina; by the same train is charged at the rato of 77s Gd per ton.. This, it must be admitted by all, is neither free nor fair trade,, Who, it may be asked, pays the 32s Cd per ton of extra, charge, on home meat? Is it the butcher or 4oalej? p Directly, it may be, but indiroctly there can be no doubt that it is the farmer or, Scotch feeder. He would get more for his cattle, sheep, and; pigs than he now obtains, if home meat were conveyed as cheaply to London from Scotland as American is.

Several letters are unavoidably held over, they having arrived too late tor publication in our to-day's issue. The Masterton Road Board invites'tenders for clearing about CO chains of . road, and erecting a culvert at Te,.Ore Ore. Tenders close on the 16th inßt, Messrs Lowes & lorns have made another addition of 400' sheep to. their stock sale on Wednesday next, The Singer Machine Company has purchased the premises next Toomath's mill, the present shop having been found .too small for their business. Tlioy willremove to the new quarters as soon as necessary alterations have been effected; It is believed that Sir Julius Vogol expects fierce opposition during the ensuing session, though the grounds of it are not yet known. No doubt those who contemplate an attack on the Goverument are at present disinclined to show their hand. The ho|olkeepers of Masterton give a most indignant denial to the statement that has found its way into print, to ■ the offecfc that they have proposed to the total abstainers to work with them to prevent the issuo of a license for a hot hotel at Masterton; The temperance section state that no overtures of any kind wore made to them. As it. is to the credit of both sides that no alliance of the kind has been even suggested, we hai»o much pleasure in gjyiiig publicity to the facts.

Tlie Red Star juvenile footballers played a match on the Park Oval on. Saturday, against a team of native juveniles, Although the latter had several boys with beards in their team, the gajfle was very evenly contested. Tlje Maories obtained a. try (which was however tg fljejr opponent? nothing, and the 'match ,ww tljerefoVoi drawn. The return match will probably ■ be played on Wednesday next. A (Jfetphange w]|io]) took place yesterday at the Salyatftin Avnjy \yatj .y disgrace in every respeqt, writes oijr Qartertgn correspondent. These thing? seem to l)e getting worse every week, and the leaders of the Army seem to take no steps towards preventing it. The windows of the Hall wore smashed by throwing largo stonos through them, and it is very unsafe for a quiet person to bo about the streets on a Sunday night. There is some talk of a requisition being sent to the proprietor of the Hall to disallow tlie Army to hold thcii: ipetings in it. \ye' reppi}. tij.e jjjjljJin" tlmt the usual Ifonday evening enieviajnnjeity |}B held at the Theatre Royal this eyenijjg, The programme includes the" fine comedy fj'!)in tlie pen of H. T. Craven entitled "Milky \y!>|te" aiuj by special request, "Trifle? light««ai?;.' r fjje following, is the cast for Milky White:—lMle'l {a dairyman)'Mr- Foley; J)ick fyigj 'jfy mtyy), MrArn)str<ji)g; Archibald Gooq, (a yetoffiftry furgeqn), IJr' T. Wrigley; Qljeeky bfijf, ; Mi's Saddn^j Mr 0, Biyertgi}; iujd 4nj)ie WlfH-e,' Beaufort, The pypgrijii}ii}o is, in every respept, a voiy good one, and slp!ll4 draw a full house,*

You Can Be Happy if you will stop all your doctoring yourself and families with expensive doctors or cure-nils that do only Jjarm and use Nature's simple remedies lor a}} jejir ailments; you will be well and bappy sni "fiw- ffsnense. The groatesfc remedy for this, wfap, and goodwill tell yn«, is American 'ptj'ij Hop Bitters.