The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1886. THE NORTH WAIRARAPA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2451, 13 November 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1886. THE NORTH WAIRARAPA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

With reference to tbs remarks madt in our last issue we have been informed that tbe peculiar aotion of the North Wairntapa Benevolent Society with respect to the Jackson family was prompted by a desire to relieve tbf district from a charge which in time mould represent a sum of about £BOO, being the oost of maintaining them nf to a certain age at tho Industrial School to which they were committed. This obarge would have pressed heavilj upon the resources of the Society, aud bad not the latter have been prepared to bear such a levy, the district board would have stepped m and helped itself by means of a rate. As the Society is at present a voluntary body a rate would kill it, as such and quently the Trustees were placed in an awkward position, They have succeeded a? it were in gaining four months breathing time, but they have not in any way relieved themselves from the embarrassments of this position. The £BOO hammer must still fall, and it is almost a question whether it would not have been as well to face the blow at once. The law as it now stand? packs off neglected children to the Industrial Schools at the instance oi the police, and charges the cost oJ their maintenance to the localities io

which their abode m i,hri time happens ■ to be situated, The nvcrago cost per 1 family nay not be £BOO, as in the ; present instance where the children are . numerous, Ijuc it is quite probable that, a3 in otber parts of the Colony, a large number of committals may be made, and the charges in the localities in which they occur will become a i serious tax. Efforts are now being made in Masterton and elsewhere to do what? Why, to evade the operation of the law by special arrangements, If it is desirable to evade the law we would suggest that the simplest plan would be to give every distressed 1 family a few pounds to clear out to the next township, In the present instance it would have paid this district to have despatched the Jackson family to Sydney or Melbourne, or even to that" El Dorado" Kimberley. Wo do uot believe, however, that it is a wise policy to evade ,a, law by ingenious expedients, If the law for' committing children to Industry Schools and collecting. the cost o , maintenance from local bodies is a good one, let it be carried out. If it is a bad ope let it also be carried out. The carrying out of a bad law leads more speedily to its repeal than the evasion of it. When Parliament meets in the ' autumn the charitable aid questionmust crop up and till then it would be as well to let. the law take its free r course, let it have a fair trial and if it J be found that it entails undue hardship ' on the community, if it creales, as we believe, the very pauperism it was ! inI tended to prevent, why then the House . • will be compelled by public opinion to repeal it, In the meantime it is interesting to know that all over the colony streuuous efforts are being made to evade its operations, About 80 olaiins have been received in Wellington by tho Old Soldier's Commission. dominations for the Lower Valley Jockey Club Boxint; Day mooting close on Wednesday next. A reward of ona pound is offered in another column for the recovery of a dark brown gelding which has been lost. Ii Mr J. Noilaon, the first prize winner at the Wairarapa Pastoral Association Show has an announcement of interest to person's requiring buggies, brakes, trapß, &o. Tenders are invited by the Public , Works Department for the Tamaki and Woodville Station buildings of the Napier Palmerston Railway. Anew advertisement from the New Zealand Clothing Factory is orowded out ( of our present issue, but will appoar on Monday, With reference to the accident we reg ported as having happened a few days ago to Mr Madsen, Mauriceville, wo loarn from Dr. Beard, who is attending him, that he has ruptured a kiduey, and l|os in a dangerous oondition. Mr W. W, MoCardle, J.P., is appointed a member of the Licensing Committee for the distriot of Alfredton, vice Mr A.. W Sedcole, resigned. Four prize bulls and eleven sheep, exhibited at the Ohristehuroh Agricultural Show, oame up from Lyttelton by tho - Ro'tomahana for Mr Moredith-Kaye. Among them is tho Christchurch champion Lincoln ram. The Wairarapa horses have not been doing well at the Canterbury Metropolitan meeting this week. Pasha (10st) managed to got Becond to Quibblo (9st 31b) in the ) High Weight Handicap of Ll5O, The contractors for the drill shed are making rapid progress with the work, the heavy principals and tie beams being raised on tho walls givinc the building a very substantial appearance. As the opening night is fixed for Thursday, they will have to put in every possible working hour to complete the job in time. ■ On Wednesday last a man named Cornelius Leeti mot with an accident on the railway works about four miles thiß sido ■ of Eketahuna. A fall of about two feet 1 of earth struck him between tho eholders, but we learn from Dr Beard that beyond the shock and a few bruises, he suffered g no particular injury, > Mrs Bamber, of tho Central Boot and Shoe Warehouse, Queen-street, notifies the arrival of a large and varied stock from French, German, English and Colonial makers, which should be pleasinp „ intelligence to those who like to be well ~ provided with good understandings. io Tho time for receiving entries for tho to Masterton Pastoral and Agricultural Society has boon extended to Wednesday 2 next, but they are already coming m very freoly. Great improvements have been made to tho yards and grounds. Special train arrangements are being made, and, as the day will be proclaimed a public holiday, the gathering is likely to bo even more successful than it was last year. The following new patents have been applied forlmproved door knobs, spindles, and faitenings, to be called = "The Zealandia Look Furniture," by Richard Henry Wilson, of Wellington, ironmonger j a close-fitting solid-riveting B* lead on head, to he oast on any kind of h nail, by Robert dark, of Dunedin, d plumber.; an improvod milk-strainer, to 3i be called "Adams's Patent Improved h Milk-strainer," by John Isaac Adams, of Ainberley, plumberand tin-plate worker; = Holmes's collision apron, for the immediate stoppage of a break or aperturo in any part of tha outside of a ship's hull, by James Holmes, of Waitara, - shipbuilber; Dixon's ohampion wire- • strainer, by George Dixon, of Mas- ~ terton, blaoksmith; improvements in the races for sheep, cattlo, and other live stock, by Henry Hay, of New South . Wales, squatter; improvements in, or l e applicable to, motor engines operated by , the combustion of liquid hydro-carbon, J* by John Josoph Reveley Humes, ot " Camberwell, engineer j, improvements in h amalgamating-pans and other gold-saving is machines, by James Roxburgh M'Neill, d of Victoria, engineer; a lamb teste 0 drawer, by Benjamin Goultoii, of Mon- ) gonui j a milk and butter cooler, to be ' known as" Mitchell's Milk and ButterP cooller," by John Mitchell, of Ponsonby, arohiteot; for the oure of tho undermen1. tioned blights on trees, viz,, scale, y American leech, grape, and cabbage d blights, by Charles Redwood, of Marlborough, farmer; for the roasting of gold j and silver ores, to be called "Tho , Molecular Roasting Process," by David d Ranken Shireff Galbraith, of Auckland, 0 analytical chemist and aßsayer; improveY ment in chaff baggers, by William 3- Andrews, and Arthur Ward Boaven, of n Christohurch, engineers; an improvement j in collara for draught animals, to be' 1 called 11 Woods Compound Combination 3 Collar and Tubular Hames," by James n Wood, of Christchurch, saddler; for 6 attaching traces to tugs, or for coupling ie any other kind of harness or beltin? of is any material, without tho use of buckles', d by James Wood, of Christchurch, saddler; iV an invention for, and improvement in, i apparatus for fire -brigade alarm boxes, burglar alarms, colliery, railway, 'and' e other electrical signals, by Albert Henry >' Passmore Noble, of Christchurch; for >f improvements in lubricators, by Henry a Hugheß, of Wellington. •

Messrs Lowes and lorns next stock sale advertised for Wednesday next the 17th insfc,, at their Masterton yai'ds bids f«ir from the number of entries already made to be as important as tho last. One of the largest and most successful soirees ever-held in the Wairarapa 'took place last evening in the Theatre Royal under the auspices of the ladies connected with St. Matthews congregation in this town, the object being to assist the fund for enlarging tho school room of tho parish. The Committe of ladies made excellent preliminary arrangements for securing good music and an ample supply of refreshments and all other comforts and conveniences requisite for the evening's enjoyment, Their eiiortß were crowned with success, the floor of tho Theatre being crowded with visitors who one and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and expressed hearty satisfaction with the completeness of the general arrangements. The Committee organized the affair t« a considerable extent on tho voluntary principle and will have a handsome surplus to hand over in aid of the school fund. Blind and Revolving Bhuttermany actory, All Blinds gu&ranteud of the very best description. Price list on application to R, W, Henn (late Henn and Hanson,) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, Wolliaston,-Ai)Vi