THE MANGAONE ENDOWMENT

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 3 June 1885, Page 2

THE MANGAONE ENDOWMENT

The Masterton Borough Council last night acted in its own interests, and in those of the settlement of the country, in. accepting a tender for the lease of the Mangaone endowment.. As. .was. pointed put.in the ably written letter of Mr Bayliss, which recently appeared in our columns, pearly all tje reserves in tin) district are a hiadrance to settlement, and a nuisance to settlers.' The public bodies which hold them look upon them as a valuable property, but take no active steps to turn tliein to profitable account. In fact they simply wait for owners of the adjoining land to make extensive improvements, so that their own property might rise in value, when they would bo in a position to obtain a handsome rental without having expended a single penny. To this class belong the Wellington Education Board, the Board of College Governors, and the Corporation of Wellington, all of which hold extensive blocks in the Forty-Mile Bush and A lfredton Districts. The price which was obtained by tho Masterton Borough Council is not a high one, being, wo believe, an average of about three shillings per acre per annum, for the whole period; but even that amount is better than nothing, especially when the extensive improvements which are to be carried out are considered. At the expiration of the term, the Corporation wijl be in receipt of a very handsome rental froni the endowment,

Wo draw attention to Mr 0. A. Pairbrother's list of properties for sale, far the June month, Tho list contains properties in sufficient variety v to suit tho requirements of all. Court Loyal Enterprise 5501, A.0.F., meets to-morrow evening, when officers for the ensuing term will be nominated. Messes Lowes and loms announce that they will hold, their nqxt fortnightly stock sale on Wednesday, June }QJi, The catalogue at present includes fiit and! store cattle, sheep, horses, poultry and implements. Professor and Clara Baldwin who have caused such an excitement here by their startlingperovmance, will appearin Carterton to-morrow night. It is seldom that the peoplo in Carterton have an opportunity of witnessing si'tii.-an • amusing onfortainnißnfrasProfesf&PaldWin jives, and w§ advise them to of tills opportunity!'" j , ' New Zealand is well represented jii |,ho Melbourne Cup entries this year. Judging by the names, which are, however, not quite reliable, as horses in Australia and New Zealand might bo similarly named, there are ten, viz.:—Oudeis, Yanguard, Tasman, Trenton, Manchester, July, Thunderbolt, Liverpool, Nordenfoldt, and feohlock. There is also a Minerva, but she will probably be {he Australian marc of that name, The sum of £77 has been collected by Messrs Dagg and Burgess (about £6O by the former) for the widow of the late Alfyed Osborne, which will be supplemented, by t])Q jionoyqlpiit, Society, and an arrangement has been masje by which tho latter body will pay out of this fund ono pound pot' week for two years, and iiioroiso tho funds of the Society by £5.4 aftor doing this,

The Borough Council has at present an opportunity of obtaining an extra fee for a hawker's license. For the last day or two an itinerant photographer has plied |j.if( calling at the Post Office corner, where fre at tfinof) gathers considerable crowds. The fee would be b|it a poor solace for the nuisance to the public.

Mr W. A, Ellis gave a private mm last night, when ho rather startkl one or twoqftlioso present. In ono instance the hair of a child was liandod to him, and he said that tho child had been crying that morning, which was stated to be correct. Mr Ellis was equally correct in hj other efforts.

The Tiirata!j| Dairy Company closed their season for ipjjk • pp. Saturday last, and the Observer notes the success pf tjje Company compared with last yeap. Since October 13th of last year, 71,328 gallons were received at the Factory, costing £IO4O, of which amount £BBS has already been circulated amongst the dairymen. The quanHJlpf cheese made was abo|)t thirty-two Ms, which is estimated to jjayo jjeen worth £45 per ton, Although it is not poss|b|e to, mo accurate figures, we believe tlje result pf the season's, pperatjons are expected tp sfypw" a/ profit of about £75. This amount will be absjrjbtj'd ii) writing off a considerable amount'of the cost of building and plant,' buY w|ll nevertheless be ayaijable to tjfe directors with additional lneanflfpr oapying on next season's manufactures. We are sure it will bo gratifying to the shareholders to know that the cheese made this season was so well approved, that tho balance, now curing, was all sold before tho. middle of April last, and to be delivered as soon as ready ; and since then anumber of largeordershaveboen received, but had to be declined. Last year the Company's loss was about £3OO.

A striking political demonstration occurred lately during the performance of " Bobadil," at the Bijou Theatre, MelI bourne. In the second act, tin hero of comic opera, who has been raised to the throno of Arabia by way of a practical juke, appoints his own mother Grand Vizier, and when she exclaims that she is "not the first old woman that lias been made Prime Minister," the allusion was immediately taken up by the audience'as applying to Mr Gladstone, in reference to his policy in Egypt and Afghanistan, and was received with ringing cheers, These were repeated again and again, and they wore most vehement in the upper stalls, upper cjrgle, and gallery, the latter being crammed as full as it would hold. There were a few dissentient hisses, but tljese were promptly drowned by afresh oik burst of applause; and the business on the stage was suspended for some little time by this unexpected manifestation of popular feeling. The return match between the second fifteen of the Red Star Football Club and a team picked from the Masterfcon Public School will be played to-morrow afternoon on the Park Oval,

Mr F, H. Wood announces that after his sale, of plants on Saturday, he will oiler a quantity of new and second hand furniture, saddlery,, and merchandise of every description. '..-•■

The result of the election of a member of the Wairarapa East County Council for the Castlepoint riding .took place yesterday, and resulted as ; follows ;—Tinui, Mauusell 31, Handyside 16, Meredith 2; Ohonga, Mauusell nil, Handyside 9, Meredith nil; Kumurau, Maunsel! 21, Handyside nil, Meredith 15; Total : Maimsoll 52, Handyside 25, Meredith 17.

Professor and Clara Baldwin gave their second entertainment before another good house last night. The programme was in manyrespcctsadiffereLtono to that presented on the proceeding night. The Professor himself gave examples of thought reading, and afterwards gave what appeared to be a-proof of excellent memory on the part of Mrs Baldwin. Tho audience was highly delighted throughout, The public are reminded that to night is the last one on which these clever artistes will appear in Masterton.

Wellington papers report that'in si case under the Employment of Females Act, tlio defendant stated- that the girl who had been kept aftor hours was used-in the. shop as well as in the dressmaking room, and that Mr Ward ell gave defendant advice to tho effect' that she should be kept in thdlatMr only .during the 1 specified hours, her services being afterwards available for the shop, Is not this contrary to the spirit of the Act, which was framed to prevent girls being overworked?

The New Zealand Times says:—•' Mr G, B. Davy's report on/the •inqu.iry.lately held in Masterton in reference to the dismissal of Mr W. A. P.' Sutton, late Sheep Inspector, has been forwarded to the Government. As the report is eagerly looked for by the settlers throughout the Wairarapa-, it ought to be-given to the Press. That would' be much'more satisfactory than consigning it to one of the numerous pigeon-holesintheGoyernmenfibuildings." We quite agree with our ognterfiporary.. The fact is that an attempt is being made to make political oapital out of,the affair, The probabilities are, that if the report is " unsuitable" to tho Government, it will be allowed to remain in some pigeon hole, and that, if otherwise, it will be laid before Parliament with a great flourish. Why it cannot bo dealt with at once noeds explanation,

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