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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2786, 30 December 1887, Page 2

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Dunedin, December 29. The first wool, sales of the season were' held to-day, when there was a largo attendance of local buyers and representatives from English and Continental buyers. Bidding was brisk, especially for fine half and crossbred light.in grease, the prices realised being |d'to Id higher/than tho corresponding sales last year. Greasy half and crossbreds, light in grease, sold at 7f dto lOd; do heavy in grease and badly got up, Gd to 7sd. .-.- ■

JOURNALISTIC. - ' ; Auckland, December 29

The Rev. D. Bruce retires on Saturday from the editorial department of the Auckland Herald, and Mr G. M, Seed, who has resigned the editorship of the Evening Bell, has taken his place, ~ " REDWOOD'S LAND SALE, BLENHEIM,:. ■ ' BLENH'EiMj'Deceniber 29. The St. Leonard's farm, the property of'Thomas-. Redwood, was offered yesterday by auction in ten small-farm sections, containg 231 alr 31p. Eivo were disposed of for 14,495 3&.5 d, a fraction over LI 9 per acre. The land, which is within three miles of Blenheim, is .of exceedingly..gb<jd quality. Tho sale attracted a large number of people, as it was the first held for some time; and may therefore bo regarded as a fair reflex of the value of property in Marlborough. MOTHER MURDERS SON.

Ohristchurch, December 29.

A shocking tragedy occurred,at Eakaia, viz., the murder'of a boy by his mother, and the attempted suicide of the woman. It appears that the woman, whose name.is supposed to be Dalziel, tied her child to her,' and thou jmipfliiito jlie Eakaia Eiver. Wlieii they were disooveveel,. the boy. was dead, but the mother was living. Bho was put under the care of Dr. Withers, and is now progressing towards recovery.- From her dress, she appears to be a widow, and., the statement as to her name is only, a rumor. It is said that her husband died some months ago.

Gold in the Wairarapa The following particulars are gleaned from a Wellington contemporary, which kfts' apparently interviewed Sir Janjes Hector;-"The report that auriferous stone hag jjqon discovered in the ranges between the squvccs of the Hufct and Tauharenikau Riybm- lias occasioned QQiisideyablq excitement in somo parts of the Wairarapa, and'a number of man are now out prospecting the country where the quartz is said to exist A few weeks ago a sample of stone tested yieldod at the rate of 82ozs of gold to the toil. Sir Jamea was informed that the quartz had been broken from a large reef' in the-' Waiohino Ranges about two years ago,; by a party who were out prospecting/ The liieri did not attach any importance' to the discovery, as, they felt convinced there was little or no gold in the stone, and the specimens which - were brought away were allowed' .■ to remain pn a" mantleshelf until' feceiftly, wlp pupofthe party, which long since disbanded, took it ; into his' head to get. them tested at the Colonial museum,'•with' the result that they were found to be rich in precious metal, ' The reef from 'which the stone was broken ■was not marked by the mon who bought p r ay the specimens, and all;efforts;made tp discover' its whereabouts iniayailv iug. Sir James Hector, feeling much interest in the discovery of rich quartz so close' to. this. ■ city, paid a visit to the'Wairarapa last week in company >yitli IfrMaclcay, Assistant Geologist, and'iiVspgcted thp cpijnffy Tyhere' the lode ..is sari' jt'o : £}ii': returned; towards the snd of the we.ek; : but Mackay did npt'cpme .back" to ijutii Mackay spent aeyeral daysig pspgq'r. ting the Waiphine range's, and has brpiighi bsfik viji} lp? .$■ quaiitity-pf specjmgns, fhioh fill, be tested as soon as possible. It is probable" that ,lje w)jl go up again shortly and make pother effort to discover the of the auriferoiis lode. : ; The oountry. which he has prospered recently js exceedingly; rpughj- and; he. hat} his garments almost tomato shrods in

MASTERTON 1 HOSPITAL TRUSTEES. ■ A special meeting of : the ; HospitalTrustees was held at the Oddfellows' Hall); Masterton,. at 10'o'clook this morijing, Present: —Messra J. 0. Boddington (chairman),' B.' P. Perry, J. B.'Keith, W. E. Beetham, J. loifns, and ReV W. E. Paige. The special business of balloting out one Trustee was proceeded with, and resulted in Mr-j}. P. Pony being the retiring member. Mr <T. B. Keith , also relinquishes: qffice under the terms of the Act. Both gentlemen are eligible for re-election on the second Thursday of January next. It was decided to call for separate tenders for groceries, &c. f meat and firewood. The question of calling for tenders for drugs and medicine was referred tojlie medical officer for his opinion. It was resolved to provide a pipe connecting the force-pump at the Hospital with the high pressure boiler. . The Secretary reported that a patent named Thomas Geoghegan, who was admit: ted through having met' mitli a blasting accident, had retired thoroughly cured, with, expressions of gratitude for the kindness and attsntion they had shown him. The meeting then adjourned, ■

FORESTERS.

■ The Court Loyal Enterprise Lodge No 5501, A.0.F., holdlheir annual; meeting at the Foresters Hall, Masterton 1 , last night, when the following officers were elected for the ensiling term':-C.R., Bro, J; Yates, SCR. Bro H- King, 5,W.,.8r0 C. Ewingtonj J.W., Bro Candy, S,B„ Bro J. Archer, 'J.B., Bro G. Smith, Treasurer, Bro, J. Wiekens,, Secretary,^, Bro.. E. H.' Waddington, Custodian, Bro J. J, Roberts, President' Juvenile Lodge,; Bro W, Blinkhoru, Auditors, Bros G.' Poy, R. Brown, and Redman; (reelected). One new member' was proposed. The business concluded with the adoption by the Court, of a complete set of their own use. : f

MUNICIPAL.

The adjourned''ordinary meeting of the Masterton Borough Council was held in the Council Chancers last night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock. Present —Ors Heron (in the chair), J, Macara, Muir, Elldns, Hessey, Parsons," T. Chamberlain, S. E. Gapper, Carman, W. Cullen and E, Chamberlain.. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed,

The correspondence inwards and outwards was read. It was small and unimportant.The Poimdkeeper's statement was' also read. It showed that the poundage fees received for tlie month just .passed amounted to £ll9s. >The Gasworks Committee's report was then read, ', • Cr Heron mentioned .that the Gas-' works Manager. was absent from .yesterday's Gasworks' : Committee, meeting, sending as a reason; that" lie was busy with his report.' Although there happened to be no' meetingthrough the want of "a quorum; he considered the manager's non-attend-was most inexcusable. ' ,-'"' ~: C ',';

The .Gas Committee's ...report, was formally adopted. ;

. The Gas Manager's report and returns for 28th December were read, and referred to the Gasworks' "Committee.

The Mayor (Mr Eenall), who now entered the room, hero took the chair, explaining that he had made a mistake in the time of meeting. '

The following tenders for a gasworks trolly were opened: -J. Ross, £12.55; Kutznerßros.,.i9. It was, resolved that Kutzherßros' -being the lowest tender, should be accepted. . ,;' Or Oulleh'moved, ancl Cr Muir seconded, that the Mayor bo included on the Gas, Finance, Library, Sanitary, and Bye-law Committees, in place of the late Mayor. Carried. It was also resolved, on the motion of Cr Heron;, that the Mayor be appointed Chairman of the above-mentioned Committees.

CrCullen.moved, that tile Town Clerk be asked, to prepareastatement of the rates paid, and of the expenditure on each street for ajear back. ' Seconded by Or Muir,; ■

Cr Heron objected, as such a course would encourage interference with a wise allocation of the funds, and each ratepayer would soori want thg: exact, amount of ins own 'rate's spent in front pf his .door. -

.. Or Oullen, as a resident of Queenstreet, thought that that street did not get a fair share of the rates, of which it, paid such a large proportion.

• The motion was put to the Counoil and was lost, ,

; The Mayor pointed but that by a clerical .error the!, meeting for •discussing the . Bye-laws had been" called for Thursday, 30th December, instead df Friday 80th inst. It was decided'that the meeting should be held on Friday, as originally intended, and as required to complete the notice given under the statutes.

Gasworks Manager,

Cr moved, and Cr E. Chamberlain seconded, that Mr'A. Rejd, Gasworks Manager,- should receive one month's notice in terms "of engagement of 3rd F ; ebri\ary, 1887, and that a month's pay be, ; ottered to him,'so that, if he would, he could; accept it,, and "leave at oiice," Hfe considered that the ■ Mana.- ■ gei' neglect'in cpuije'p-' jiou'with the .purifier, He also had riot reported an explosion which had occurred a few days-ago, and which had caused some dpiage at the works. He was also ■screeiniig coal, and giftings' were accumulating i in fedtlig Ijaa been generally inattentive ■to his. duties. The Mayor, thought th,e Manager shouldl, have a" qhance to explain, • hejpye definite steps were taken,,'

Or Maoara said that;;.although: Councillors could:hardly form .an ppjniou qf tli8" tschnical'conduct of the work, they could 899 • things ware 'riot being donp properly, ;, .Cr I, Chamberlain agresd.with this. :; (Jr. IJeron Expressed his Opinion that the, matter- should 'better be iifgt: clealt-wlth.bj'theGaS Ocmraittw. '■' ■_■■ ■■'. CrOullensaid'ihat- the : -Gas ■ Coinmitteewouli i OD]^o;.to'.' fta'ke {he

same recommendation as 'that ■ ernbodr; ied m:ttomotion|and Vhad hisisup'port,^'K:Viv'■"■■' v^ >K>V v\ :': |he i Town,Oierkread (the ;Ga%k; Manager'sletter of ■pr-Carn^ inent to Cr; ParM's,.motion ■''That the. Manager, should be "allowed to ; attend, and explain his conduct. - ■; ;"■;, This found no seconder. ' V •-.- >\ Gr, Muir explained that .he uhderatood the Gas Committee did not wish td'lay'.iefmite iomplaihts, -althoughthere was a lot of dissatisfaction. .-.' ' Or. Parsons' original motion -was thenvput, and carried. • \ .OrParson's, moved, and Or Heron seconded,', That. tho Gas Committee should be empowered to employ a substitute for Mr. Beid in tbe event of his electing to "leave the Works, at once.—Carried, MR REMITS-WATER SCHEME, The Mayor, then spoke with rogard to the notice of motion he bad given that the question of water 1 supply to the Borougb should be taken into further consideration at this meeting. He thought the Committee were hasty in coming. to the conclusion that; the schemejifit were carried out in the way-the Council indicated,could havo been completedjtliis year. • Why: the timber and labour would total up £278 10s 2d, and. this did not include everything,; if it -were done according to their ideas, whereas by his method the whole, affair could be finished forajbout M, H.e.certainly thought that.Jie ought io be. allowed ; to go on with: his. work;' especially as 70 peopie in Queen Sfcreetlia'd signed a petition in v favqur. of- his plan: of. bringing; the water .through the' streets and. of bis..'being afforded every assistance "ai the ; hands'-'- of tlie;' iCouncil;- There were great' complaints : -' : of"-' dust &c'.,. and something: 'should be; done quickly.' ,' i''" 1 ' "..; ■ '"'"■■ '

Grpullen said he'was under the impression that the timber, fluming which the Counoil considered uecessary was to have been provided at His Worship's expeuse and not at- their cost. Cr Hossey thought the Mayor should say exactly what lie intended to do. •■....•.-i.j,..

Tbe Mayor-:. I shall carry the water straight to Queen-street, and in about three days, I shall have it as far as Denison House.

Cr Heron thought the channel along Queen-street, would have to be'very wideand'.deep:tp secure a fall,.and that to avoid' -this fluming would be necessary; -,

.' The Mayor asked councillors to wait till they found something was wrong, andthen he would rectify^it; a deep channel would be unnecessary. -

' Or. Muir asked for the. width of the proposed channel. r ■■'.

~ The Major; Eighteen, inches, will be ample. ; CrOullen suggested that if they withdrew from the position, they had taken up, reconditions, the Council would appear ridiculous. . The Mayor said they could do so on the "ground that that their own proposals were top expensive. " Cr Gapper moved, and Cr' Heron seconded that before any permission be given to anyone to lay on water and break' up the roads' (The Mayor: " i ain't going to break up auy road.") they should supply plans and specifications. ' ' . ,

The Mayor thought his plan had been explained to the Council. Or Hessey said the specification should be expressed in writing with plan attached. The Mayor: " You'll see it in - the street when the work's done."

Cr Macara: "Do you intend to pul in pitching where the road is raised ? !

The Mayor: " ( -Where there is a rise. I will put in a flume, but littla alteration is needed." If. Councillors could hot agree, a public meeting should be called.

CrE. Chamberlain was under the impression that it was the duty of the Council to look after the public streets. The Mayor: You don't know what you are talkingabout, andif you cannot agree, I shall- call a public meeting. Cr Hessey, to Mayor; I shall vote against your ideas fifty times unless properly brought .forward. The Mayor challenged them to show that he had done any damage. N Cr Hessey: You have left a heap -of gravel in the., street that a person might break his neck over.

I'. The' Mayor held that'all sorts of objections were being raised to put the thing off, the burgesses could alter the wards, and dissolve'the Council if it it came to a push, Cr Capper oritioised the work the Mayor' had already done, and pointed out that the real difficulties of the undertaking were yet to be faced. The Mayor at this stage interrupted Cr Gapper, and was called to ordorby the latter, who declared that the present was the most unruly meetingwhich they had had for years. • . ' The Mayor: The water will be down Queen street in. spite of all you can .do.': My election. has proved, that the Council has* lost the confidence of the ratepayers;, : Never in a world's experience has a man who sought to benefit a townbeoh-'ki opposed.

Or. German • considered things should remain asthey __ were, till a publio: meeting; had, discussed. the question..' N •;. : : The Clerk drew attention jo the fact that the Mayor's motion had not been seconded, and that -therefore Or Gapner's resolution- could neither be taken as a substantive motion nor ag an fvineriduient. • ■"'.

■"-. The Mayor said the) Council could; not stop him if he started work.'

Qr Hessoy: The Mayor can capsize thetowu,l suppose? Or Oullen asked if the Mayor happened to die while the scheme was in progress,; ; how: would it be com- ! pleted.'(a laugh;)'■'■'.'•• j The Mayor: You have, nothing to pay, so where's your risk ? Is it the wish of the Council that a public meeting should be called, there is nothing before .the meeting, and I don't intend to move anything. Or Heron protested against calling a meeting to settle a question that the Councillors were themselves qualified to determine. THE WATER OABT, Or Oullen moved that a' former resolution of the Council be rescinded to enable the. water cart to be set a,

wort agiin,';. Qr seconded-the: S ■the- cart ; waslcarried ;when -there^was A np.dusfc,aud;hethought'tlietime hath; arrived to put it on'.again.-. - ; ,; ; .':,\ ,v ■ The Mayor y - said .-tbe ■ yrould ijot thank thorn, to pay for'what: lie was prepared to supply almost free' ofcost. ■/"'; v.",^.,; : -•,•■' ''].rS:'- ■:'"

•: CrGapper;questionedtheMayor's ability to perforin'all he promised, ■ • .After some iurthferdisoussibn Cr : Culloii'a motion 'Ws' earned; the Works Committee| being authorised to waterlthe ■'' : • . The Couiicil then adjourned; ! ; ;; ;