The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1888. MAYORAL CANDIDATES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3059, 20 November 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1888. MAYORAL CANDIDATES.

Last year with a great deal of pressure and repeated solicitation i wo cundidates were induced ■ to-sign ;■ nomination papers at the; .Mayoral; election. A

similar experience is recorded this year, when we again have two candidates to selnct from, and both aijain bave manifested a decided reluctance to accept oiKce. Mr Keuall, indeed, has rapeatedly expressed an intention of not coming forward, and Mr Feisi in tho first instance absolutely declined nomination, No one anticipated that a third candidate would be brought forward, and probably tliero is not a burgess in the Borough qualified to dischurge the duties of the' Mayoral oilice,' who is willing lo give his serviccs as head of the Municipality. Instead of candidates wooing the burgesses, the latter havo to pay their court to tho candidates in ordei'.to get them to come forward, Ono reason of this is tlmt the duties of the office of Mayor press unduly on tho time and energies of tho holder of tho position. The Municipal Corporations Act has been constructed for towns of a larger calibre than Mastorton, and it iB for us a -cumbrous pieco of machinery, The number of Council and Committee meetings in the course of the j ear to which the unfortunate Mayor is invited is abnormally large, As things are, a Mayor of Alasterton ha? either to neglect his o.vn business, or give at least a hundred evonings in tho year to dancing attendance at the Council Chambers. Now this is great nonsecse, aud it is quite time that the work of the Borough was so arranged that it could be despatched without taxing the time of the Mayor and Councillors to the extent wliioh it does at present, Tho Borough Council if it met once a month like the County Council would probably get through its business just as effectually as it Joes at presenl. The County which leals with a larger cxpendituro and with affairs which aro necessarily inoro complicated mid intricate than those )f the Borough, finds a ninthly meeting sufficient, Committee meetings, 00, connected with the County, are isually despatched on the sauio day ' is the general meetings, so that while , i County Chairman is perhaps only < :alled upon to .(jevoto himself to his ifficial duties on twelve days in the ■ <eur o Mayor may be victimised on a Mildred. The administration of'the ilie Borough business requires to be ' iimpJitied and If it once j vere brought within a reasonable :ompass there would be less dijljculty , n finding suitable candidates to coino j orward at the periodical ejections in- i lidenlal to tho working of the Muni- ] :ipal Corporations Act. Just now we 1 mppen to possess iu Mastorton two ' mrgesses with ample leisure on their , lands—Messrs Feist and Bonall, but i lor choice is absolutely limited to 1 heul, We trust, that if, as we anicjpafy Mr Feist occupies the hair fop flio ppiping year, he will levoto his A'e)i-kpov/ti heiress apacity to simplifying 'tjip : w,qrk of he Cwil find cartelling the number fits meetings.

Tito tfsgijlar fortnightly mcotim; of the Loyal Mnstertpi) Lo/lgp 1.0.0,F„ M. U, takes place to-night at the Ijodsje JJponi, Peiiy-streot, lu another column the Mayor invites the burgesses of Mastorton to obseryo Thursday November 22nd the Masterton Assocmtioii Show day as n public holiday. At llio Molboumo Contonuial jßifie Association meeting tlio following were the IJew 1 Xetilaiid prize-takers' in tho JfelJljioiinio match Liout. Boss, Napier; Private Wilton, JWertoi);' Voluntoor Hutchison, No# Duncdiu, il e?ch. Volpteer EichardßOn, IJiuieili'n Bity Guards, ani Marion, iJO each. §efgeaut Kuchen, D Buttety, Wellington,' and Sergeant FroJerlok, North Dunedin, 29 each.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to tliuir salo list uf Show oxhibita for 23rd, one Shorthorn bull, and! Berkshire sow, : The K';\v Zealand Railway Do|iai'tmeiit invites tonders for the supply of nitlve timber for tlio Wellington Section, M particulars will ho found-in nuother column, .

•- Tlio Grey town Horticultural and Jndustural Show fakes place in the new Palace Hall on the 29th of November, and promises to be a very successful one, Tho rose show is expected to bo a onsentialfeuturo,

Eight tenders were received .by Messrs Lowes & Jorua for tlio erection of a cottage for Mr W. J. Welch,' at Matahiwi, the lowest ono —£169—-from Dixon and lleynolds, being accepted, Tho other tenders ratified to £194105, Wo have received from Messrs Stovens and Gorton Lithographic plans of tho Wellington Girls High School roserve, Mangaone, Forty-Mile. Busk, the leases of which are to be sold by that firm. on Wednesday December oth at : I'ahiatua. Intending purchasers can inspect the samo at this Office, • ' .

We are requested to remind ourrcadors of Messrs Lowes and lorns 1 stock sale at their yards to-morrow. Their , list will embrace upwards of ICO head of cattle, which will include bullocks, store steers, small boef, yearlings, dairy,stock, etc;; 700 sheep of all classes, horses, pigs, vehicles, etc',, The Canterbury Typographical Association held their first conversazione in the Oddfellows' Hall, Ohrislchuvoli, on Saturday night, Tho affair was a great success,. There was'a very interesting collection, illustrating sli , branches of the typographical art. Thei'o was a largo gathering of members and. tiibir friends; including the members of tho literary staffs of the local newspapers, Mr| 0, Higgiiis, the Secretary to the Wairai'apa Hospital Board, hn3 received a circular from the Native Oflice to the effect that the Government has, after careful consideration, decided that for tho future indigent persons of the native race who require free medical aid must look to the local bodies who are in receipt of subsides to provide for charitable aid,—Standard.

A meeting of tho Mauricovillo Athletic Club was hold oil the 18th inst. The minutes of tlw last meeting were read and continued. It was resolved that tlio sports bo held on tlio 2fth December, 1888. Tho Secretary was instructed to write to tlio Chief Hanger of' Court Kopuarangi, A.O.F. and ask him and tho members to walk in procession and join in tho sports. Tlio C.B. and S.C.B, were elected monibers of the Sports Committee. Subscription lists wore sent out in aid of tho sports, tlio list to be returned by tho next moetiug to be hold on the Bth December. A programme of the sports will appear in tho Wairarapa Dailv after tho next meeting, A valuable dog of tho greyhound breed belonging to a Mnstertou residout had tlio distemper very severely recently and, as is not uncommon, its recovery left it with tho complaint known as the "jumps," Tho poor animal which has oven since been wandering around in a very miserable frame of mind, walked up tho stairway at the Institute yesterday afternoon, nnd in a fit of desperation leaped from the landing on to the sill of tho open window and then down head foremost on the side walk, His sucidal attempt was not sujcesßful however, but he appeared to have injured himself soriuusly as he limped away upon three legs howlingdismally

Alexander Watson, a painter, at Rangiora, and his sou, had a narrow escape in the Ashley on Monday morning, The river was high, and they were crossing at tho upper ford in a trap when the horso got into a quicksand, and in its struggles, overturned ihe vohicle, l'lio occupants were swept down the river, and the boy managed to grasp Watson, who with great difficulty swam to a spot from which they reached the bank. Tho horso was drowned. It was reported in town yesterday, says the Times,-that two small nuggets of gold had'boon found in some gravel taken from the bed of tho Akatarewa Creek, by Mr F. Wliiteman. Tlio locality of tho lind is some six orsevoii milos from tho Upper Ilutt -Railway Station, near Mr Whitoman's; sawmill and as what was thought tu bo a reef was to bo seen at tho bottom ol the creek, a start was made to sink a abaft. This was prevented by water, and ati effort is now being made to siiik a shaft a little distance off, The property on which the find is reported to have been mado is, we boliove, Mr W, H. Levin's, News by the s.s. Richmond, from Samoa, states that everything is in an unsettled state, and general opinion is that there will be somo further severe fighting beforo long. Tho Natives of both sides are making oxtensivo preparations for a battle, and indulge rogularly in uiock skirmishes, etc.Tamascse's party are still entronohed at Melmnn Point. In the Society group mutters have changed hut little since the Inst advices. In liaiatea tho natives are still in tho hills, aud threaten a stubborn resistance if attacked, being more than ever determined not to submit to the French rulo in the island. They muster some three thousand, and are entrenched in several strong positions.

Abont 5 o'clock on Monday evening tho Sydenham Salvation Army barracks and the officers quarters, with a cottage belonging to Thomas Davis, situated in Battersoa Street, were burned down, The firo broke out in a semi-detached kitchen bohind the Salvation officers' liouso, and a strong east wind 'rapidly carried it to the other buildings.. No one was ill llio kitchen at the time. The furnituro of all tho buildings was saved. Tho insurance of tho Salvation barracks is .4500, and of tho officers' house £IOO in the Standard ollico, Davis' liouso was insured for Ll5O in the Union Company. The barracks was of wood with an iron roof, and was erected three years ago, aud would scat 700 poople. Haunted Me—A working man says: "Debt, poverty and suffering haunted me for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did no good, I was completely discouraged, iu)til one year aeo, by tho advice of my pastor, ] propured Dr Soulo's American Hpj> Bitters and cpmnienced their use, aud in.one month we wore ijll well, and noiio ofushaVe'beon sick a" day since, and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters lor loss than one. doctor's visit will cost. "Christian Advocate."

Prejudice Kills.—"Eleven years our daughter sullored on ut )iod of misery under the care of several of tjje best (and some of tho worst) physicians, who gave her disease various iianjes but no relief, and libiy sho is restored to us in good ||ealfli by as simplo a remedy aj Dr -tiou)e's American Hop Bitters, that jve had ppolied. at for twp years, bpfpro ijsV i»g it. Wo earnestly hopo ajid pray that no ime olse will let their siek suffer as wo did, mi account of prejudice against so good a medioine aa Dr Snide's American Hop Bitters," Tlio Paronts, I "Telegram," • '

A sumptuary decree bo's recently been promulgated by the committee of tho forthcoming Musical Festival, at Wellington, that all the lady vocalists must be messed ix wuri'E. From an lesthetic point of view tjj'a j; j|p doubt a pleasing arrangement 'aiii iorojjior Basons, noted bolow, it has .our entire' at Tp Aro House, WeJlfarfoii' • . ■ We, five sdfflifflWy prepved with achoto ■ of WllitP Klillirpidered Mjisjii'i Ssipumhasflr^^^feS' the manntacturies at St. Gall, ftw.. '■ end also with a splendid assortment of White Press Fabiice, in a variety ot charmiugmataae'ddesign§, §t To Aro House, Wellington,' ' . ■ We are showing an unequalled assortment ot the WhMobes at 8s 1id,103 (id, 12s Gil.lCs 0d,17s (id,2ls Gd, and so on up to 60s: Theso. arc jeally -beautiful goods, and are better ■ythie (hau any .tlipt have been yet offered iti the jCityifir. jlTo'AroHouse,.Weltington. Ami then we have also a full supply of white dress fabrics,' siich lis Princess Ida dress muslins ot CJd and' 12Jd per yard' 1 ! .pninsook dress muslins, embroidered hi# Jins, "and mull dress muslins from Od tb is "(id per yard; brojtoe dress muslins 'lroiii Bjd to is OJd per yard; and brilliftot dress muslins tromßJd toleGdjd per yard) a) o Aro House. WcUinsion,~A»vi,'•

; was nil business at, tlie C-ni'tui - - {■ ton 11, M. Court to-day. - ■ J

Mr Juliii'Diithie hasbceii returned as Mayor of Wellington,' unopposed. ;! The Rov.Mr Whyte, i Presbyterian luinistpiv has resigned his charge in (lie Wairarupa, being about to return to England.. ; . ■

Tho barque Jolianu Brodersoiij whioli put in to Auckland Harbor from Hawaii recently in consequence'of threatened mutiny on board, has sailed for Guam, a fresh crew liavins; been engaged. Mr Jolni Sharp Ims been re-elected Mayor ofj Nelsfin unopposed. Messrs Alex. Bradio and Win. Carpenter vera nominated for the Mayonlty of tho Thames, . Mr A' E, Devoro was reelected Mayor of Auckland; and Mr Isaac Coates re-olected Mayor ot Hamilton. .

I Mr.Tnplin brought n second load of wool into Maßterton from Messrs Elder & Co.'s'station, yesterday. This is the first season a horse-dray has been able to get into.the station to receive wool, bullock-drays having done tlio work formerly.

Messrs Townscnd & Cowper return thanks in our advertising columns for | the _ support accorded them by the inhabitants of Mssterton and surroituding districts since they commenced business. They also'take the opportunity to notify the arrival of a direct shipment of an assorted stock of harness, saddlery, &0,, cash purchasers of which will be allowed a discount of 10 por cent. Their now advertisement will appear to-morrow, I J Several private prospecting parties are being arranged to try the Tararua and Cashpoint ranges. . One party of four leaves Mpstertonfor tho litter district at the end of this wcok.

A- halo and hearSy settler residing in Olmrch-streot, Masterton, who numbers four score and two years, recently had his photo taken with a view to send a copy to each of his children and grandchildren. It took' forty-six copies ;to supply tho order. On Sunday night the office of Isaac Allen, a bailiff, Christohurch, ivas broken into, the back dour being forced. Anythingjn the office which was of valuo was in a safe, and'all that was taken were some recoipts and letters, A portion of tho Christohurch; gasworks has been fitted up as a glass factory by Ei S, Methursb formerly of Kaiapoi. Yesterday several articles wero made from glass-sand procured from various parts of Canterbury, most of it being from Mount Sdmers. The glass is free from a green or purple tint, but looks very slightly dull or milky. Tar is used in firing instead of coal, and it is claimed that a considerable saving in tlio coat is effected thereby,