The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1887. TOWN LANDS TRUST REVENUE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2710, 8 October 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1887. TOWN LANDS TRUST REVENUE

Ah opinion was expressed at the meet- ■ ing of the Masterton Town Lands Trust last evening, that less money should be voted for schools, to enable a grant to be given towards the Borough steam fire engine. It is per- • baps as well that the question should be raised as to whether the Town Lands Trust is to act as : a relieving body for the Borough Counoil, or remain as an independent local authority ■ for carrying out the specific purposes, for which it is constituted. If it is to - be a relieving body for an impecunious Borough Council, its revenue, and possibly in time the whole of its reserves will be absorbed in providing for the deficiencies which may from time to time occur in the Borough Exchequer. The revenues of the Town Lands Trust were primarily intended for Educational purposes, and though by a side wind, it is possible to divert thorn' for maintaining a steam Ore engine, or even for lighting the town with gas, it is absurd for one moment to suppose', that theso objeota were even contemplated either by the founders of the Trust or by the Legislature which gave effect to their wishes. The 1 question seems to us to be whether 1 tho Borough Council, in order to get ( out of its financial difficulties, is to lay l hands on the Trust property and appropriate it to own purposes. There is no doubt the Town Land Trust is. • now to a very considerable degree under the thumb of the Borough Council. We must, however, in the public interest, protest against it being sacrificed'to the Borough necessities. Wo object tc the grants to sohools - being out down, and we ako consider the Town Lands Trust should ondoavor to give.Bome.assistance to the cause of higher education in the town. A grammar'Bohool has. been.established ■ ain'pngat :,,us, and if the Town Lands Trust has to spare it ■ ought to offer .one; or kbre scholarships at this higher school to .thVi)ri'g)ses,t > boys at our public sohool. If ,a steamI fire engine is to b'e Baddled on to'the .• Town Lauds Trust, where is the line ; to be drawn ? Will not the Borough '. watercai't, the civic nightcart, and [ eyen the overseer's wheelbarrow have [ an equal claim on funds which,;ihough ; 'they were eetiapartis apoftcational' i endowment, may yet be used for any ■ purpope of public utility, l ' i mmmr [ ' Tendera are invited'by Mr W, O. Guff for ploughing, harrowing and sowing with turnips about forty aores of land at West Tanttehi,

The Manager of the Masterton branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory has a new advertisement over the leader in. to-day's issue calling attention to the "first show of the season " and the large and varied stock of spring and summer novelties which are to be found on the premises adjoining the Club Hotel, Queen-street. - It is well known that some of the readers at the British Museum. ?o. there in pursuit of othor things besides knowledge. An attendant there once told me (says Mr Labouchere) that many of them would steal anything that could be" carried away. It has been found useless for this: reason to provide soap in the lavatories, and the nail-brushes -have to be chained up. Even the-rollers on which the towek hang have been stolen. Sheridan, to test the acoustic qualities ■of a new theatre he had built, desired the carpentjr to-speak on the stage while he would go and listen to him from the gallery. "Now,, then," iijaid Sheridan, when he had ascended. The carpenter' responded: " I and my mates haye .boing working here for the last: six weeks, ■and; wo should like to see the color of your honor's money! "." That will do," said Sheridan; " tho acoustics are p'erfebt. 1 '

The increasing spirit of unity between the different denominations had a novel' illustration the other day in an lowa town where the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, led by their reßpootive pastors, played a matoh gamo of ball with each other. We are curious to know which won the game, the impetuous v rußh" of the Methodist brethen, or the steady persoverance of the Presbyterian saints! At Crewe (Mnsdand) the Jubilee was celebrated by tho Great Western Railway Company hauding over to tho inhabitants a publio park, on which they are also spending LIO.OOO in laying it out. An •interest faotwas stated by tho Chairman of the Company-viz., that they employed 60,000 persons, had 50,000 waggons, 3.000 horses, 20 steamships, and 3,000 engines; carried 60,000,000 passengers and .33,000,000 tons of goods annually; and covered by thoir engines last year 54,000,000 miles, or, in other words they accomplished a distance equal to a journey round the world every four hours, Our local contemporary and the Wellington Evening Post publish the following information :—•' that Mr Pownall, as solicitor for Mr 6. W. Schroder has demanded a publio apology and £25 compensation from the proprietors of. the Daily on account of certain comments that have appeared in that journal relative to the recont outbreak of fire on Mr Schroder's promises" Both papers care? fully refrain—with that sweet one-side-od-ness in which they take delight—from mentioning that the" Daily characterised tho demand as an impudent one, and absolutely refused to comply with it.

The Now island Eoan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received tho following telegram from their Loudon Office, dated sth inst. :-WoolThe sales closed fairly well. -Since olose of last sales an advance of Jd per lb has been established iu long ataplo merino, light in grease, but tho following deoleuaions in other olasaes may bo recorded, namolyr-Modium and inferior greasy, merino, id to Id por lb ; combing washed sd; clothing washed \i told; superior scoured merino, Jd to Id; short ataplo merino scoured, Id to l^d; faulty scoured merino Hd to 2d; fino greasy merino, sd; Bcourod croSB-bred, Jd to Id; greasy merino latnbB 1 , j>d; faulty merino lambs' Id to ljrd. For coarse, greasy crossbred and crossbred lambs' the market is'easior. The salos comprised about 240,000"ba1e5.; 109,000 bales have been taken for the Continent and 1200 for America ; 36,000 bales have been held over for future disposal,

A young man iiae just died in Brooklyn between whom and a Scotch Earldom stood only one life—that of his grandfather, an.old nan of eighty. The young man (Lord Drummound) was only thirtyone at his death; but fiftoon years ago he doped to America with a nurse employed in the family, a woman several years his senior, .whoso sole recommendation was her beauty. To her ho has lemained'constant through all the years since, Bteadily rejecting the continual offers of assistance that his grandfather made, because these offers woro conditional upon his leaving hiswifo in America and going Homo alone to his -inheritance. Matters went from bad to worse with him, and ho died of consumption in an hospital, an absolute pauper, flis widow will insist upon dower rights for herself, and provision for their child. A terrible story is reported from King's country. At a place called Kinnitty the police havo arrested a wandering lunatic named' Troy, who had suddenly left his home at Urlingford, eight miles distant. Tho unfortunate man was quite nude when arrosted, and had clasped to his bosom the body of his little sjii, lour years of age,'who-,had perished in his arms from oxposuro to the cold, He stated that he had had a struggle with devils, who had sought to depiive him of his son, He waß with difficult? induced to let go the corpso, and afterwards became so violent that the police not only handcuffed him, but bound him with ropes to convey him to the lunatic asylum. So tightly had he hold the dead child to his breast that the little body was bruised and discolored. The madman had travereod several bogs and mountains. Mr A. Henderson, watchmakor and jeweller, of Queen St., has just added some choice and fashionable goods to his stook, consisting.of novelties in links, and Buitoa of guld and silver, also brooches, scarf pine, rings and alberts of the latest patterns, and a new stock of watches and clocks of English and Amorican manufacture

Our attention has boon drawn to tho

inorease of the dangerous practice of driving vehicles round street oornora at a fast pace. An example of tho danger was witnessed yesterday, when a trap was proceeding round the Post Office corner at something taster than a walking pace, whioh pulled up just in time to prevent,a lady—apparently deaf—from being run over. Perhaps the Borough Inspoctor will iiso'his best endeavours to check the praotice, ,

'. We have at length opened out our firs shipments of summor dress fabrics! in all the most fashionablo shades, including some lovely tints in grey and gobelin, and in soft woollen and silk-mixed fabrics, foulo, beige, lawn tennis oosturae cloths, and a thousand other varieties too numerous to recapitulate. Our lady Mends must needs como and enjoy the display at To Aro House, Wellington. We have some very handsome oheoked and striped woollens with plain to match, and a variety of vory beautiful embroidered robes; tho very sight of which lingers in insatiable desire, to pui'oliase these elegant atristio marvels at To Aro House, Wellington.

many of our lady friends have ,piadb;their first purchases, and our dressmakers; arp busily employed in fashioning these "into "things of joy and beauty" festivities of the coming session of theHonseof Representatives.' It would be vJisVon the part of all ladios if tbey.wpuld ;givo their orders as early as possible' to' the 'dressmaking departments at Te f Arb House, Wellington, ■-,' Not that there noed be any fear of disap. bointinent thip season. We have two excellkt dressmaking rooms, and can in. both gikanteo style, fit and promptitude,'at; Te Ar| House; Wellington. . TO any ladies unable to visit our warehouse we shall be most happy to forward such paUernsaaaredeaired.andoomplete.ineasurement dbarta, fromTe Aro House, Wellington I 'l.'

_ We refer bur readers to a new advertisement in another column from Mr P. 0. B. Jensen, medical herbalist of LambtoaQuay; Wellington.

Messrs Lowes and • lorns sell at their yards on Wednesday .next over 100 head of cattle, embracing all classes; 700 sheep including ewes and lambs, hoggets, wethers, and horses, pigs', vehicles. , . -professor Tyndall in his "Fragment ,pf Science;'.' snyo:—" In one case'the sun is. reported to hav,e stood still for ' about a whole'day' on Gibeon, and the moon in the Valley of Ajalpn, An Englishman of average education at the present day, would naturally demand a far greater amount of evidence to .prove that thia occurrence took" "place than _ would have satiffied" an Israelite in the ago succeeding ' that of Joshua..... The, energy here tar volved is equal to that of six trillions of horses working for the whole of the time employed by Joshua in the destruction of, his foes. The amount of power thus 'expended, would be sufficient to supply "every individual of an army,a thousand times the strength Ot that of Joshua with a thousand times the fighting power", of eaoh of Joshua'B soldiers, not for a fow ] hours necessary to the extinction of a , i handful of Amoritcs, butfora million of years. ■ y ~ : '