The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1885. WELLINGTON HARBOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2015, 13 June 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1885. WELLINGTON HARBOR.

A ta large majority of the ] residents in the Wairarapaw'ould in all probability, if they'" wo asked, say that they did not take the slightest interest in the management of the harbor of Wellington, and to anyone who takes a mere glance at the position of the district, it would appear that they were right, Ij; does not,'however, require a great deal of reasoning to show that they are all wrong, The old proverb that " the proof of the pudding is in the eating" could not possibly be better applied than in the case of the Wairarapa in its relation to what is practically its only harbor, because the inhabitants of the district do, not import a single article, unless it happens to come by post, that does not pass over the Wellington wharf, were certain dues are collected. Nor does the district export anything without paying wharfage dues. In this respect the country is even more Interested than the town, because the latter not produce anything for export, The maintenance and proper management of the Wellington Jiarboris therefore of as much importance to the district as its railway, This is, to a certain extent, acknowledged in t|ie fact that the two Wairarapu Ooui.ty. Connoils elect a member of the Harbor Board, Jt must not, however, be taken for granted that the interests of town and country in the harbor are. absolutely identical. ,' All that the country requires is means for the rapid and cheap shipping and landing of goods, the length of time a vessel stays in port being a matter of indifference, The town, however, has other interests to Jpj)k after, and the longer a ship stays in po/'t the better, because the maintenance of ship and c)'bw costs money, We noiice 'that the proposal to erect a graving dock in Wellington \m been revived, and 'tjint 'several -members of the Harbor Board are in favor .of jl. Such a jvork' would be .entirely for the benefit of tjie t,own. The only interest tlie .country would liayfi in it would be the repayjjiept of t)ie Joan tjjafc would have fo be raised, and t,p ,()(/ fhat the penpje would, perhaps, Jmv.e to pay a specjal fate. W« are pjeasud i.o see that Mr'Bnop, who rupi'flsenis f!)e Wairarapa on flip Harbor Board, took a practical view of the question, According to tlia reports ho opposed the expenditure, and said they could do without a dock for some time to come, especially as it would involve increased charges on shipping. Unless the Government grafted them endowments, or bore half'the the necessary loan, it would be suicidaVfo jjndm ; talco the work. That isfit common sense''viev, j and one that will be endorsed from one j end of the district to the other,

I T#g annual reports upon the schools in the colany jiave been laid upon the table of the House, from these it appears that the average"daily Bjttendance at the public schools is 76,832, the number of schools opened being The various Boards own 710 resi/jpncfts, T|)ere are 2447 teachers. Jntlje Wellington distrijit fjjere are 55 schools and 182 teasers, ( bjbe nnmhar oi children on tj)u bppkg being 7299, and (,|)e average attendance 5C78. The attendance a>. examinations was 6640, The passes in the standards bliow a satisfactory increase of 628. The value of school buildings in the district is set down ufc £20,493, and that of furniture and fittings tit £2401. Teachers' residences and outhouses are set down at ,£6OIB, The ffltal value of buildings and furniture owned hy tjje Education Boards of the polpnyjsiGS!),^!),

MpF, H, Wood holds his next monthly sale of stock afc.Jky's yards,' Tarat'ahi, on Thursday, the 25th jnst, Ajw>ng" tjie stock already catalogued js the' wellknown thoroughbred -horse Traitor, An important sale of horse? wjll be held at the yards, adjoining the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, Carterton, on Saturday the 20th insfc., by Mi F. H.Wood. There are fifty horses advertised, including all classes, from heavy draughts to thoroughbred racers. Further entries will be received.

As jvas expected, the concert in Greytown bi) '4ye ( dji,es ( day night last was the best that ftasfieen' fteji] for time, Besides tho talent jdies jirefa t a great many visitors from all parts pf tjje Valley. Beforo eight d'glopk the haj.l was literally packed. The Greytflwj) Private Band gave a few selections beta tltf fiflßgert commenced, and was much appreciated. Owing to pressure on our spaco wo arc unable to givo a fuller description of the concert, but when wo say that Mesdames Seed and Samuel, and Misses Jackson, Bowler, (Mlasrher, Wyeth and Gray, the Carterton v Glee Olub, and Messrs Colman, Bunny, Procter, '%i.aficl4, I)uJlar, Rapp, Udy, aiifi Beard assjs{e.i ! % M&w will be able to judge for tjieplselycf liowj enjoyable it was,' Tjjn concert was over' about 10,30, when the hali WAS elpred for dancing, which was kept up till 3,80 next morning. We may montion that the piano used for the occasion wasa Mjgnon kindly lent by Mr F. H. Wood,arid wsgrejitly admired for its fullness of tone, "'''';.

The Dunedin fleraid s?ys,:—4? a proof that Major Atkinson's speech'lis not given satisfaction to his followers, we may state the fact that certain communications have been made to Mr Ormond to -.organise and lead an attack against the Government when occasion offers. It is believed by. them, rightly or wrongly, thaj; Mr Ormond would secure the votes of Mi" some others, who just now decline to follow' Major Atkinson, and further, supposing successful, that the Governor would not grant a I dissolution to the present Ministry without giving Mr Ormond a chance of forming a Government, as he was not one of the crowd who tried their hand at it last session and failed. : All this is on the tapis, but Mr Ormond will think twice before he sets out on the running of such a race.

We understand that it is the intention of the Government to .erect a monument to tho memory of tlio deceased cMef Manihera, A now advertisement from Messrs H. Owen & Co., drawing special attention to their stock of blankets, will appoar in our next issue, v

At the ; r Tomperanco Hall to-morrow evening a gospol address is advertised to bo given ontifcled " The. three gardens."' It is also notified that the scats are free.

The usual weekly meeting of the Mastcrton Freethought Association will be heldto-morrow evening. -In future no chargo will, bo made for admission, but contributions towards a fund to defray expeilses Svill be accepted. , A special meeting of the Masterton School Committee will be held at 1 p.m. to-day to consider resplutions which we have already published. There was a good attendance at Mr F. H. Wood's sale of canaries yesterday afternoon, and a large number of bird's were quitted at very fair prices.

The Governor's speech on .opening Parliament appears to have given satisfaction to no one, and all our exchanges condemn it as long, prosy, and meaningless, ■"' *

It is almost unnecessary to remind our readers that Messrs Foley & Berkley, assisted by Miss Rosie Beaufort and Miss Lottie Shaw, appear at the Theatre on Monday with a very inviting programme, Mr William John Gandy notifies elsewhere that he has been appointed Wellington agent for the sale of the Pacific Company's tinned Mr John Sheehan, the newly elected meniber forTauranga, died atPatea, near Napier, yesterday. Mr Sheehan was a native of New Zealand, and shoitly after entering politics was appointed Provincial Solicitor. ~ In the Grey Ministry he was Native Minister,

Some anxiety is felt for the safety of two boys nan)ed Rpb.eit and Thomas McGuir'e, aged 15 and 13 years respectfully, w]io left their home in Wrigley street several days ago, and -have not since been heard of, Their father was informed that they had gone to Gladstone, but a searoh in that neighborhood proved fruitless. Information regarding them may be left at the Daily office, or at the residence of the parents,

According to a decision given by the Resident Magistrate at Waipawa, persons before crossing a railway line, must stop, look at the signboard, and then up and down the line, to ascertain whether a train is in sight or not. If they do not sec one, they may proceed. We think the law on this subject might be improved. It might, for instance, be provided that a person, having crossed the line, should turn back and look at the signboard on t]iat side, and then again up and down the lino, to satisfy himself that there was no risk!

The following is an extract from Inspector on the Opaki school Clarice, boys, 21; girls, 23;'tptal, 44' attendance at examination, 38; passes made-Standard' 1,6; Standard 11., 9; Standard HI., j; Standard iy., 5; Standard Y.','3; Standard VI., 2; tptal, 26; percentage pf passes made, 87, Results of examination, very creditable; |j}e gepera} progress pf the scholars is gppd, and the'teacher, Mrs Sait, snares neither tijue npr pains ip pppducting the wprk pf the school; discipline, fair; classification, satisfactory;' quality of instruction, none classed low; reading, good; spelling, I. and 111, fair;ll,, IV., V. and VI., good; writing, I, fair, IV. and VI, good; arithmetic, 1. and 111., fair, JV. and VI., moderate; grammar, fair; geography and history, good; object lessons, fair; working of school, satisfactory; teaching staff, competent and experienced; order and appointments of room and playground, faty'fiyajl' furniture needed); registers, satisfactory i j4lji]g'f)if pijira ji.ubject, not expected!'considering {lie "heavy standard work for ono teaohov; : sewing, full programme, quality, excellent,

Captain Edwin predicts that there is every indication of a hard frost to-night. For running an unlicenstd totalisator jn his shop; J. Mandel was fined £2O in WelMgtoto yesterday. Mr Collotto,' of the'Kurupuni nursery, announce that lie has a large stock of fruit trees to dispose of. During his stay in Wellington, Mr Root]}, tjie temperance lecturer, has disfrjbuted j16;2 blue riplpis., pf which 560 are said to represent now pledges,

Ratepayers jn the Mantertpn Road rjisjti'icfc who are in/arrears with their pates, ayg jnfprnied. by advertisement in another gplnnjn thaf ]ega} proceedings will pp, takon after the 30| ii]S.t, without further notice,

Tho Temperance Clioir is steadily gain ing favor, There was a largo addition of members at the practice last night,, and the end of the month should find them sufficiently advanced to join in the Temperance meetings which it is proposed to hold periodically, Mr Pearson is jnftviictpr, A man namijd. ."farneg ({rpye§ was charged' in "'the;"' Regiment fllagjijtrate's Court at Welljngtpj)V.e.3terf|ay''wiii]i passing a had l)alt-crpwn'arFp;irua, No evidence was G.#4 tg'prpye' that the coin was, bad, the cape gf uppjcjoii being merely that it j)a(J a, black appearance. Tho em was. of course, dismissed.Footballers will be interested to learn that the Committee of management of, the Wellington Rugby Union has decided toscoro by points in place of by either tries or goals, as has been the practice for some years past, The decision will require confirmation by the delegates, hut jn the meantime scoring by points will bo aijopteo 1 jn pup matoliesj, You .Can B? iiAijpj if you will stop all your doctoring yourself aiid"families with expojißiyedqcbraqr,'cure-alls that do only simple remedies foraljiyoiir ailnjenjis; yjqu' 'wjl Jjg yell and-; happy and save gr'eaf ex'pense.'''The greatest romedy for tljjg, ftofp'o'ajj wise, and good will tell you, Is American Co' Hop Bitters. | Natuke is osb vast oaudkn for the utiliza" Hon of science, and its products, culled by skilf ut hands, can be readily applied to medicinal purposes; The meanest shrub, that grows by the wayside, hath a vjrtue that, intelligently comprehcnilctl;'lijay jj,e to profitable account. Tho world'knb'ws of the celebrated it remfflcllfo one I original pound its marVpllous fsgence?, as tpgenorate that equally wondrous repiorajiyp,' knpwn as Udoipho Wolfe's Soiiibdam Abojiatio schnapps