The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1887. SHUFFLING AND FENCING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2541, 5 March 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1887. SHUFFLING AND FENCING.

"Shuffling and fencisu" are the c , terras- which our local contemporary in his last issue applies to the Education Boardonthe second school question, t but the Board are quite able to appre- t ciate the value of our local contem- i porary's.opinion, and it is unnecessary : for us to vindicate its action. We are ■somewhat Burprieed,-howeuer,'to find "] that our local contemporary, in stating < bis case agains't the Board, misrepre: seijtsthelocalquestionswhichhavefi'om i time to time cropped up with reference < to this second school. He says, for ' example, that we objected to a certain - site in Hall street because it belonged to Mr Woodroofe. At the time we stated publicly the reasons why we deemed the site unsuitable, viz., it was too small and too near the main sohool buildings, and it is, perhaps, superfluous for our contemporary to invent a reason-forus which certainly had no weight on our mind. Ouv contemporary then proceeds to say— J - The. Committee were invited to select a lite and then it-was found that they wove divided, thrae'being in favor of Mr Woodro'ofe's land and four in fayorof a less eligible sito near the residence of' our local contemporary belonging to an absentee named Simcox. That gentleman waa'ted £450 for his aora or an amount estimated at quite double its value. The Trustees did not see their way to maldug a bad investment, and then negotiations enßued resulting in the acre whioh our local contemporary approved suddenly diminishing in value to L 350 cash or LIOO on terms. Even then, however, it was considered far too dear, and the Trustees deoided to invest their money in somo land in the Dixon Estate. Two acres of this were offered to the Board as a school site on fair and reasonable terms, and a majority of tho Coramitteo recommended the Board to accept tho offer! This the Board might possibly have done, but one of the members, Mr W, C. Buohanan, who had evidently been in communication with our local contemporary, intimated that the site was not an oligiblo one. We may point out for tho information , of our contemporary, first, that the ; Town Lands Trustees could have 1 bought the Simcox site for £3OO, and, secondly, that Mr W. O. Buchanan ■ had not been in communication with us on the subject and that we had not , been in communication with him. It -will be observed that our contemporary makes a reference to the Simcox site being near Mr Payton's residence, and } on a former occasion ho openly stated that this fact accounted for Mr Payton's notion on the school Bite question. In other words, he wishes the public to understand that Mr Payton has a personal interest in the question whioh debars him from dojng justice to ' it on public grounds. He might possi- • bly have remembered that it was .. Mr Hogg, who, in the first instance, indicated Victoria street as a suitable; site for a second school, and that

every merger pf'tfee f3cbopl Corn: mittoe &is the time eno>pd Mr Hogg's choice, and that on this ground tyr Payton was almost justified in advocating a spot which Mr Hogg himself had chosen. Our contemporary, however, prefers to take a personal ground, and we will follow him on to his own line of argument, Mr Paytonreaidea near the Simcox site,- and Mr Hogg lives in the vicinity of the. gasworks site, therefore both Messrs Payton and Hogg are interested parties, and they cannot be regarded as impartial referees. Mr Payton has protected himself from being njaced in any false position hy resigning his seat on the School Committee, and he did not even, as our local contemporary suggests, communicate with'either Mr Buchanan or any other member of the Board with a, yie.w qf affecting the late decisionoftb&tbqdy. Qurcontemporary would do well to follow Mr Paytpn's example and place himself beyond the reach of su'pion. Ha, may be surprised to learn there are some who believe that it is he and not the Board who,is- "shuffling and fencing.,' According to his own argument he has a personal interest in the sudden jump he has taken with the site from due north to due east, and it will be necessary while he continues a member of the Committee to watch his actions closely. The Board will no doubt ■jjettje the whole question fairly on its merits, and Mr Payton has perfect confidence in it being so arranged. He is quite contented ]'q sjand ori one side, and to disconnect himself frqin any "shuffling and fencing" which may be going on behind the scones,

Tho football season is heralded in Wellington. Several Clubs hold their annual meetings this evening, and arrangements have already been made by some clubs for the openine matches of tho season, It is almost time that the mlov jptfbfjllw of the Wairarapa made a mora,

A " Call tinder the Government pagers Guarantee Act, 1879," has boen'made in' the Gazette. The defaulting officer is Robert Joneß, of the Customs Department, and the amount of defalcations £U9 Os Id. Tho rate per cent on the sum assured required to be levied is threepence. A greatly cheapened method'of making water gas was lately described to the Fjrenob Acadomy of Scionces, and is attracting .much attention in Europe. As usual' a jet 4 "of' sjjpe.rhfia.ted steam is directed into th? retort 'full of incandescent coke, when thp oxygen unites ;y?ith some of the carhop, and. hydrogen' hi liberated. The novelty of the process consists in leading the gap to a aecgnd retort filled-with some red hot refractory material, introducing superheated Bteam, which seizes upon tho carbonic oxido to form dioxide, aud liberates more > hydrogen. ■ The carbonic dioxide is then moved by a milk of lime bath, A ton! of qoke thus produces about 69,000. feot of gas, or about eleven times as niuoh as is' .usually yielded by a ton of coal. The gas is 'suitable for purposes, but requires carbureting Hw W fox lighting. ""'

. A private enquiry was held at the Court House Greytown, en Wednesday morn, ing, before Mr Von, Stunner, E.M.', relative to the chargeß brought by Mr E. #, .Maunsell against Mr Ovaries J; Freeth, in wiiioh |t ivns alleged, that he had, as licensedi obtained the signa* iujes of .to ft Jease after it had been intimated.to'hini By ft J, Jury that a tease for theisanjo Jaud' was already in existence. Mr Maunsell, Mr Jury, and a iiaiivq having given evidence, and Mr Freeth having' replied,' .the Resident Magistral ex^riera l te ; d .Mr Freeth, and intimated' his of reporting "his'decisian to the Native Minister, at whose request the inquiry had been held,—Standard.

A meeting of Stewards of the Master-,.,. toii-Opaki Club takes place this "evonirif at tho Club Hotel. r / v Our special reporter to tho Tenui race meetiug, states that tho sportsmen there, fully appreciated the Daily ." extra" , that was circulated •in that township, giving the result of the Australian Cup, on .the evening of tho day it was run in ; Melbourne. ■Mr Thcinas Walker, a lecturer on freethinking, who was in Wellington some timeasia one of tho new members of the New South Wales Parliament, having been returned for Northumberland.— Times..- • Tenders aye invited 'by the Mastertoii'-' Road Board for draining and formation work. ; This is the regular monthly pay day of the Masterton" Building Society at the offico of Mr W. Sollar, and of the Wairarapa Permanent Investment' ami Loan Association at the' office of Messrs Jaiuea Brown and Co., Queen' Street. District Orders are issued to the Wai' rarapa lliflo Volunteers, calling upon every member to be present «fc a parade to bo held in Greytown ou Saturday. 19th Maroh, for inspection by Majur-Giiueral Sir George Whitmore, The race privileges in connection with the St, Patrick's Day raco meeting of the Mastevton-Opaki Jookoy Club will W jold by auction on Thursday next, lOfch inet, at the rooms of Messrs Lowes and lorns, JlustertoD.On Thursday last the police at Kaiapoi confiscated six nets and a fisherman aboat on suspicion tha'f they had been used in tbeWaimakiriri, which has been dosed against netting in consequence of the continual poachiug carried on thora by persons'takjng salmon. Mr Williams Baylies is appointed clerk to the Licensing Committee of Alfredtoh, Mr Frederick George Moore clerk to the Masterton Committee, and Mr. Alexander McHutohon clerk to the' Castlepoint Committee.

The Wairarapa men havo at last got on the target at the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting at Christchurch. In the Christchurch citizen's match 200, 300, and 500 yards, 7 shots, : .tho following were among the prizetakers. Serjeant Bonten, Featherston, 72, £3! Volunteer McKenzie, Masterton, 71, £2; Lieut, Benton, Featherston, 08, LI. The highest scoror in this match was Vol. Johnston, Clutha, 79. In the Wanoaniu Match 300 and 000 yds, Vol. O. Hoffeins scored 52 winning a prize of LI,

Mr W. Gould, ono of the spielers who visited the Tenui races, telegraphed to Mr Oat-swell as follows this morning : " Did you or your daughter report that any of tho soven passengers that Went in Knight's trap to Tenui and stopped at your hotel mi Wednesday night, made an attompt to rob your till i" Mr Carawell's reply is as follows: "No such thing." Perhaps Mr Carswell now, to clear tho matter up, will say whether ho gave our reporter any information respecting the spielers ami his till, and if to what was the substance of the information whioh ho .supplied. 'Possibly there may be two parties of spielers travelling in this favored district.

Maiy .Bourke brought into our offiijj yesterday afternoon a lotter written on, her behalf, which your article beaded "Mary Bpurke intorviep up," which, appeared ina rocent issue"of your paper, yoij pyeteiij} to fjjvo an aooount of the interview tfyat oocurrod between us, when I called at your office to ask for an explanation of a defamatory, paragraph that you published concerning mo, and which was copied into a Wellington paper. In the. two columns that you devote to mo, you make me confess to being implicated in a murder, as well at sly grog selling, and you make mo speak very disrespectfully of Mr Dauaher. contractor, and of the Uhurch to which I belong. Will yon. allow me, Sir, to now itato.tfyat either you did-uot know- what you were writing about, or you' totally misapprehended me The language you have put into my mouth is totally untrue. I respect my Church; Mr Danaber is a good fellow and a gentleman; and the story about the murder is & pure fabrication of your own."

The following statement was filed to-day In the eatato of J. W. Bragg, bankrupt :~" In the first place, when I got married I'waa rather short of 'funds, ■'. I paid cash for as much furniture as I could, and the rest I (jot on deferred pay : njent, atnauntini to about £9 or £lO. Iliad spenotlier3 dp tho same, and'get along ajl ri«lit, so I thought I could.do the same; but fortune seemed to be against mo, I was so often out of employment that bofore I could clear myaoit of the furniture, I. was besot with bills on all sides, and I found that it was impossible to clear myself of debt. Whilo I had work I paid my creditors a little all' round, leaving myutilf without any money, with the exception of a few shillings for necessaries for the house curing the week. I have always been trying to pay my way, and get clear of debt, buta-1 my Struggles seemed to be in vain. Mr Mqlntyrp summoned mo twice, and. the Jast time sJjijrgfjd mo 9s sd ; more than 1 owe. I have the 'two bills to prove; |t, The Wellington Meat Co. got judgment against n)e for $ 18s, and as I had no visible means of pajing it I had to seeH protection in the Bankruptcy Court,-» Press

■ "Cyclops," in the Mataura Ensign, relates tho following:—" Not long ago a peripatetic draper Opened a shop at Wyndham, and to induco reluctant house wives to purcliaao his wares, displayed a large calico sign with the legend—* tfey cent .discount, this day for cash.' Mrao'of thejporjs removed thjs during fhe night, and'rjeit'riiornih'g the jstqi): ishad town saw the invitation 'flaunting above the Bank of New Zealand, It nearly caused a run on the Bank." We have inspected the stock of Men's Boys', and Youth's New Zealand and Colonial Tweed Clothing at the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, and for: quality and prioes we have not seeinnything in the Colony to equal them, and we strongly adylse anyone reaping Clothing to call at Tho Factory, nejt 'MMon'j, Christ, and see for : '

About To the Wpl' you' : allow' me thpough your columns to let the p'wp|e"pj ,tjje Wairarapa know that I am going to sell all my stock, consisting of men's, youth's; and boys' clothing, shirts, hate, hosiery, <k, at a great reduction in prices uptill.theendof the year j.aiid also to remind them that 'every one who buya goodato the value of 2s' 6d gets a ticket in my £35 competition. Think of that I By Bpendvng 2s 6d with mo, you may win onough to carry you for a trip ?ound New Zealaod.-rIoHU Tpoubcbh, Olotluer, fto., tylliigaV/.WellliiytQi}, ■ A WoKPSRm HOT.-Jfany are the instancesoited of thoastonishing feoundity of the various species of domesticated fowl; but the celebrated Wellington Henn (which, Btrange to say, is of the masculine gender) has 'a- soul above' tho mere'production of ogea. The manned •fewMfK hei Jturna put Venetian idtc;, is ' the vyonder. and admiration /of 'eyjßryJjody't from tho' Gotferiibr downwards. The name of this v/ohderfill "bird' j is E. W. HeM, and ; h'is weJl-K'nowil fowlhouse 'is the Porieke Steam' Blind Factory, Moleswofth-streefc, r Wei-' lington.—Advt,

, Mrs Prjston of the Queen-street Fruit Depot, has a Bplendid collection of Rook tnelonspii'view at her - Tho' ; ;v epieiera" are now in Masterton; If their-other engagements'should take! .them tb some more pretentious centre of ■population V.by an early train we shall offer rin objection. .<