The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1885. A WATERCART.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2149, 19 November 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1885. A WATERCART.

We think that the Borough Council acted somewhat short-sightedly on Tuesday evening in dealing with the offer to start a watercart in the town, It is all very well for Councillors who live away from dust to say that they do not require it; yet even they, when they come to the centre of business, must find that they are sometimes almost smothered in dust, The argument that the tradesmen should bear the whole burden of the expense will not hold water at all. Tradesmen are certainly more deeply interested than anyone else, but that is merely one side of the question. The principal .streets of the town are visited daily by large numbers of people residing in or out of the Borough, and a dusty day renders tne centre of the town unattractive to them, and as a consequence there is less trade clone. No town, no matter what its situation may be, can exist without trade, and Masterton,.without it. would soon find its shops removed, and its plantations converted into farms. Nor •will the oalculation made by a Councillor- that a watercart would cost £IOO a year, hold good, Itjis true that the subsidy asked for was £2 per week. That amount may be excessive for aught we know, But we do know this, that a watercart would not be required for more than six months in the year, at the utmost, and half the amount named would therefore prove ample to meet the annual expenditure for some time

to com 1). Perhaps it would be cheaper for the borough to provide its own cart, but an argument of that sort was never advanced. We trust the Counoil will re consider the matter at its next meeting. >

Yesterday Mr F. H. Wood was elected without opposition, to serve a third time as Mayor of Greytown, , Messrs Lowes & lorns make still further additions to the catalogue of stock to be sold by them on the show day.

We remind horse owners that nominations for all the principal events at the Summer Meeting of the Masterton-Opalri Jockey Club, close on Saturday next. .

Most refreshing showers of rain fell all through the night, and to-day the country looks wonderfully fresh. Another day's rain would" make still further improvements. Weliavo to acknowledge the receipt from the Registrar General of part VI of the Statistics of New Zealand for 1884, with an addrenda referring to the agricultural statistics of 1885.

The Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board met at Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Danks talcing the chair. Mr H, Bunny was elected Chairman. The last balance sheets of the Masterton Hospital and North Wairarapa Benevolent Society were presented by MrCaselberg. The meeting adjourned without transacting any further bnsiness.^

The Greytowu Working Men's Club has had a difference with the reporter of the Standard, who was a member, because he published some unpalatable reports. The wily reporter, however, smelt a rat, and sent in his resignation. Five days later lie received an intimation that he had been suspended for three months. It is to be presumed that* in future he will act according to the intimation ho gave, and take his liquor at the nearest pub. We are not in a position to calculate the loss to the Club.

Mr H. Bunny will have ample opportunity of explaining his two argumentsfirst that the Chairman of a Hospital and Charitable Aid Board lias no vote at all, and second tlias he has an original vote—for he has been elected chairman of the Wairarapa Hospital Board, and also of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. As the question is sure to crop up at the latter at an early, date we may expect to hear something verv ingenious,

We notice that our Carterton com temporary, .spits-at'us in almost every issue because \yo executed an order of job printing for the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Society. As a matter of fact, we are constantly in receipt of orders for job printing from Carterton. We have a bettor jobbing plant than our contemporary, a larger stationery stock, and better workmen. We- oxecute orders better, quicker and at less rates than he does, and if our contemporary is sore at this we advice him to leave off blustering and mind his own business a little better.

Auckland has for some time past been quoted as being the least affected by' the prevailing depression, but we venture to say that the Wairarapa, if it does not .contain any town of upwards of twenty thousand inhabitants, looks better, if the local press is correct. An Auckland paper quotes, as an instance of the hard times which aro beginning to be telt there,'the fact that 43 tenders were received for the supply, of labor and nails only to erect a five roomed house. The tenders ranged from £ls to £6O, In the Wairarapa many instances may be quoted of tenders being freely advertised for without eliciting a response of any sort, . In.another column appears an advertisement relating to the show of the Wairaraba and East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Society, which is to be held on the 2nd December, Special attention is directed to the fact that from the- programme that has been published sheep and cattle dogs were accidentally omitted, and that entries for them will be received inthoir respective classes, The flower show will be held in the Lyceum, and tickets of admission to the gate will also serve at the door up to 5 p.m. Should sufficient entries be received, a bicycle and tricycle race will also take place, Entries for poultry, pigeons, canaries and dogs close on the 25th inst., and the remainder at 9 a.m. on the day of the show, The Lyttelton Times thus writes of the abolition of consultations For our part we are really anxious for the time—which is fast approaching—when every man who wants to make holiday will have to be closeted for a week with the nearest Police Inspector, several lawyers, and a representative of the Colonial Secretary, before he can consider himsolf safe in taking his pleasure. But we have one strong opinion left, When this happy time arrives, we ought to be supplied with copies of all the laws bearing on the multitudinous and' complex interests affected. At present Parliament annually passes a hundred statutes, more or less penal, and the Government Printer leaves the public the exercise of a more or less lively imagination to disoover the length of its tether. We have no hesitation in declaring that all convictions under these laws before theirprovisionsbecame known, will be so many cases of gross outrage and high-handed tyranny. Special attention is directed by an advertisement appearing elsswhere to the Spring Show of the Masterton Hortieultural Society, which is to be held on the 25th inst, Although the weather has not been very favorable to the growth of flowers outdoors, there is every promise of a magnificent display of greenhouse plants, towards which one or two exhibitors from Carterton have promised to make contributions, The display of vegetables and fruit also promises to be very fair,

Never before lias the millinery display been greater or more stylish than it is at present atL. J. Booper and Co's BonMarche, and it would indeed be a. strange pocket that could not be suited at this establishment, for a hat can #,be obtained here from the modest price of one shilling up to two or three guineas: Those in search of reasonably priced dresses and silks will find an immense assortment to choose from, and a firstclass dressmaker being employed on' the premises, leaves nothing to be desired. We should recommend all purchasers of drapery and millinery to pay an early visit to L. J, Hooper and Co., Bon Marche —Advt.

Cough, Colds, Bronchitis, dec,, are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This oldestablished, popular medicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by all Patent Medicine Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements.—Advt.

In the Exhibition there is one special exhibit,- which is greatly admired, namely, the wool mats and portmanteaus made by Mr Field, of Dunedin. The whole of the exhibit has been purchased by Mr Thorburn, the clothier, of Willis-street. Parties wishing to purchase any of the above can now selec them, to be delivered on the Ist of November.—Advt

Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufactory. All - Blinds guaranteed of the very "best description. Price list on application to B. W. Henn (late Henfl & Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Pactory, Wellington.—Advt: , :' ■

Mr W. M. Eastliope, whd has filled the'positiun of Honorary Secretary of the Masterton Fire Brigade in a most efficient and satisfactory manner, has, we are sorry to learn, sent in his resignations : ' Miss Tessie B. Gliapman, who has made a reputation in the colony by her lectures on various subjects, is announced to make her appearance in Masterton at ; the Theatre Royal on Monday and Tuesday next. Particulars appear in an! advertisement over our leader,

The Colorado Minstrels were met by a very fair house upon their first appearance before a Masterton audience at the Theatre Royal last night. They had a. most hearty reception, find the novelty of a number of ladies appearing as minstrels seemed-to be entirely to the taste of the audience. There are six lady performers, one of whom (Miss Vaughan) takes the place of interlocutress in a thoroughly original and most amusing way, Miss Lindsay, Miss Curtayn, and Miss Vere also distinguished themselves in some capital songs, as did also the Bros. Norton, Mr Devereux, and Mr Rollins. The performance will be repeated tonight, when, it is to be hoped, the company will be favored by more propitious weather,