The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886. MAJOR ATKINSON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2259, 1 April 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886. MAJOR ATKINSON.

Mas6e -in..'response to an addressed the citizens of Auckland; and. has been well received, : His address contains nothing very new, for the sini'|ile' : reasoii,thnt the leader of the Opposition'js/a man who frankly his ; opinion. on all. suitable occasions, .add rarely, changes his convictions,., consequently, his utterances have .not.the/norelty of those which fall fi'ora some men on the other side, who in the language, of the Major " send one balloon up after another." Major Atkinson is the chosen leader of the moderate men in New Zealand, of thpße fho believe in moderate progress, moderate borrowing, and Moderate taxation, and if he has a tendency which distinguishes him from his party it is in the direction of Liberalism rather than Conservatism. Much of the Major's speech was occupied with a sort of financial duel between himself and Sir Juuos VoGEi,his Parliamentary financial rival, and as it was in a measnrs confined to threshing' out past acts of administration, it is not of any great interest to the pu.bJi.o. Perhaps the more important feature pf ft pa the claim made by the jlijor that jjs 10|d out of every pound borrowed by the colony since 1870, has been spent on reproductive works, We cannot, however, accept altogether the solace that this statement is intended to convey, because the reproductive character of a large slice of this expenditure has been more than questionable, When the colony make an unprofitable line of railway, and it has made many, we do

not think it can be set down as a reproductive work. The best point in the speech whs undoubtedly the one in, which the Major accused the proof the East and West Coast railway of taking the colony l»y the throat to force through their scheme. The figure of speech used, happily characterised the present political condition of New Zealand, and we are glad that the Major has spoken out so plainly on this subject, We have also to thank the Major, for pointing out that a road system is a necessary complement to aid way system. To all practical in ttinw and purposes the present Ministry have simply chucked local bodies ;w\ voad-nmkingoverboard, The time is now ia ; iidly approaching when the colony, sick ot schemes and schemers, will again call upon the moderate party in parliament to assume the control of public affairs, and probably next session may see Major Atkinson at the head of affairs. He is not exactly the type of statesman best titled to develop our resources, but his thorough honesty and administrative.capacity will enable the colony to recover from the depression which has partly arisen through the maladministration of the present Government.

The Carawell Sound Marble Company is about to be wound up for want of funds to cany it on. It is reported that a man, name unknown, committed suicide on Tuesday night by jumping into the Waikato river at Cambridge. At an inquest held on the body of Mrs Askew at Auckland, a verdict was re turned of death from misadventure through taking an overdose of laudanum. Thetegular fortnightly meeting of the Delta Lodge, Loyal United Friends takes place at the Temple Chambers at 8 o'clock this evening. Messrs Lowes and lows announce their next Tinui stock salo for Wednesday, 14th April, for which they solicit early entries, They have already entries of 800 wethers, &c. Tenders are invited for the lease of the Theatre Royal, Masterton, for a term of either one or threo years, also for two Bhops and a cottage. Tenders close on Thursday, April Bth. It would be a good thing for Masterton if the two brass bands of the town would amalgamate. Yesterday those who heard them play together praised their performance highly, and from the remarks made it was felt that one strong band would be an improvement upon the two comparatively weak pnes, A good rule was put into forqe last 'night at tho Theatre Royal, Napier, savs the Daily Tolegraph. Admission was re> fused to babies in arms, and it is to be hoped that future companies visiting hew will follow the good examplo which hai thus- been set. On Thursday evening there were several small samples o: humanity present, and, of course, thej made their presence felt. Last night on< woman with a babe in her arms, and tearain her eyes, implored for admit tance, but the agent was inexorable, A meeting of the Trustees of thi Tauherenikau racecourse was held a Featherston on Monday lass, PresentMessrs H. Bunny (in the chair), J. P Rucsell, anpV J. 0. Bidwill. Tlie objec of tho moetlnt; was to prepape a ba'typpi sheet to be set.it in to the Auditor-General as prescribed in the Act passed last sessioi toamond "Tho Public Reserves Act 1.1881," The balance sheet as presentee 'wis passed. It showed a credit to tin trust of £57 odd. The meeting thei adjourned until Monday, 26th April. The Napier Telegraph is answerable fo the following:—A romantic story come from the North; but the genuineness o which is guaranteed. A Maori fishermai atKaipara Heads caught a large schnap per, in the stomach of which a set of fals teeth wap fount}." TJje news on bein; chronicled came tp the earn of a Onehung gentleman who now explains that whjl on a fishing excursion off Manakau Head a short time previously, he became aut ject to sea-sickness, and with the content of his stomach also dislodged his fals teeth. The teeth answer the descriptio of those found, and no doubt are the same On Friday last a meeting was held i the school to consider the advisability c Otherwise pf fprmjng Pahiatua into a Tow Board. There wpr'e about fifty present Mr Mcpardfe waa ypted tp tl)e "e|aj! After statin? the objept of the meeting lj called upon Mr Miller to move the firs resolution Mr Miller then came forwar and proposed, "That in the opinion i tins meeting the time lias arrived who in the interests of all concerned it ut advisable to form aTownßoardforPahiatua, the district to consist of the following sections:—l 6, 17, 20, 21, 25 and 26, which will make it just about a mile square.: Mr Florance seconded the resolution. Several questions were asked, and having been satisfactorily answered, Mr A. W, Sedcole gave the meeting some valuable information about the operations of the Rating Act and various other matters m connection with the Road Board "and the new valuation which will Boon comp into force, The resolution was r then put to the meeting and parried wjth. out a dissentient, The following 'gpnjj'6men were then elected a c6mmittee' tq cirry out the above:—Messrs McCardlo, • Miller, Reese, Dawson, Burrows, Hughes, Bell, Crewe, A. W. Sedcole, H. Sedcole, ■ Crimp, Gregory and E. Naylor, seven tp fpni) a pprp, and to meet'a); an early date next week Ayqtogf tliankstq'the Chairpian termipatpd the. meeting, A meeting of tlie Education Board, was held in Wellington yesterday at which Mr IJ. R.Blair was re-elected Chairman for the ensuing term. The Chairman said the Board had obtained the services of Mr Riley as Instructor of Drawing, and branch schools for drawing woujd be opened in Featherston and Masterton under teachers of the Department holding certificates. The Inspector's interim report was read in which he said the condition of the Kumara school was fair, Lower Huttgood, Petone fair, the Terrace improving, Newtown good, Porirua greatly improved, Upper Hutt improving, Mr Rielly's report was read re the drawing, in which it was stated that the Minister of Education suggests if the Poard have no available funds tho School pf Besjgn sh'pu'ia' V : established,' ajict Parliament asked to vote the expenditure as in the case of Dupedin, The report was referred to a committee, The Secretary's report to the Minister for Education lor tho Financial year was' read and adopted. It mentions, among many matters that during the year additional schools have been opened at Pahiatua, Dreyerton, Te Whiti, Dalefield, and.an infant school at Masterton, also aided schools at Mangaone and Bideford. The aided schools did not last the year." The schools' p#M in the'province 'at the beginning of the yW with/ fifcjSf children on the books,'and the number ; 'aV'jha close of the' year was 8089,' with' a wording average attendance of 6289,'' as against 5678 at the end of last year, The Masterton High School opened' at tlie beginning of the year with 7 pupils for French, 6 for Mathematics, and 5 for Latin. The attendance gradually decreased until the end of the year the numbers were: French, 2; Latin, 2; Mathematics, 1.

The Native Minister will be with the Maoris at Papawai on Friday. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stock sale a line of two-tooth ewes and wethers. The Salmon ova, ex lonic, has hatched out splendidly, a very large per centageis expected. ' A. meeting of the committee of the Masterton-Mangahao Special Settlement Association will behold to-morrow evening. A telegram from Auckland states that the Maoris aro setting up a congratulatory address to Sir G. Grey, to be presented on his 74th birthday. Mr F. H. Wood will sell at his Masterton _ rooms, by auction, on Saturday, April 3rd, a quantity of furniture, drapery goods, groceries, and wares of various kinds.

A question having been raised as to whether Mr Reese had not- forfeited his seat on the Masterton School Committee by residing out of the district, the matter was referred to the Education Board, and at a meeting of that body yesterday, it was decided that Mr Reese was still a member of the Committee. In the News Letter of 1877 a full report of Captain Smith's survey of a road or railway line from Kaitoh to the Tauherinakau Heads was published. It was a full and important statement and occupied four columns. There is no doubt a file that could be seen of the paper in the Assembly Library. We are glad to see that Mr Hendersoni who has been seriously ill for the past five or six weeks, is so far recovered as to be able to resume business. Ho opened his watchmaker's and jeweller's shop yesterday, and is now ready to undertake any work that may be entrusted to him. The following team will represent the Masterton Club in the cricket match with Opaki on Saturday afternoon next;— Beechy, Harrison, McKenzio, Perry, Williams, Jackson, A. Minifle, Hafchaway, Buttle, Hare, and Kibblewhito. The team will leave Mr W. Weill's stables in a drag at 1.15 sharp, Messrs Lowes & Jorns report a successful sale at Tinui yesterday. Sheep were plentiful, all classes being yarded. With the exception of 2 lines which were sold privately after the sale, every lot sold under the hammer, Fat ewes, 7s; 2tootli wethers, ss; mixed sheep, 4s 3d; good owes, Cs; rams, 14s to 255; horses, £3 and upwards. The next sale takes place on the 14th inst, for which a number of sheep are already entered. With so much that is specially depressing in connection with the recent bank failure (says tho South Australian Advertiser), it is pleasant to bo able to chronicle at least one incident which reassures us that human nature is not altogether selfish and bad. It is reported yn, trustworthy authority that a frjend of a prominent Church of England clergyman communicated to him a few days ago confidential information as to the impending orisis, and urged the good parson to sell out his 1 rather cansiderable interest in the bank. '. The temptation to act with what would : have been generally considered legitimate business prudence must have been strong 1 to the man in black, but to his infinite credit be it said that his reply was he '- could not bring himself to prefect his own interests by means which must inevitably i involve disaster to someone elso, and ; therefore he must decide to abide the . coming loss, severe though it would be to him. Such an act surely does more to i convince men of the reality of Christianity ) than would a bushel of carefully prepared ( sorpions, i Cough, Colds, Bronchitis, <£•<;, are ; quickly cured by using Baxter's celeI brated "Lung Preserver." This old- > established, popular medicine, is pleai sant to the palate,,and highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, . and clerical professions. Sold by all j Patent Medicine Vendors. See testif monials in advertisements.— Advt. t Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon . Marche, received their first instalment of 3 autumn and winter goods on Saturday, , these goods have been imported direct \ from the manufacturers in England and j Scotland, and are now being marked off g at prices that wjll compare with any . wholesale house in the colony.—Advt. ' s Mr Thokburn, the Clothier, of Wiilis--3 street, Wellington, is raising £llOO on , his stock. He is selling all his stock at _ the cost price for cash only for 28 days. •' It is a rare chance fpr" country settlers to a fit themaelyes and boys out with a cljeap F suit. He is adopting tins plan instead of 1 borrowing the niqney.— Anp' • Venetian Bjind and JLeyolYtyg Shatter '' mannfaptqry. All Blinds of J 3 the very be'sv description. Price list on !j application to R. W. Henn (late Henn & * Hanson,) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Factory,' Wol» 1 npton.—Advt