The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1889. Palmerston's Position.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3292, 26 August 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1889. Palmerston's Position.

The Manawatu Times, a Palinorstoii North journal, in a recent iesuo refers to an articlo in our columns on the borowing in that progressive centre. The editor kindly makes allowance for our want of knowledge of the I surroundings of the town where he labors, and wo freely confess that we havo not tho requisita fancy and 1 imagination to satisfy his ideal. He ; takes exception to some of our statements regarding that borough, more 1 especially to eur intimating that its loan was excessive, and declares that 1 wo are wide pf the tnitji 'jn this matter. Indeed, he expresses an opinion, shared by other npblp Bonis in the sumo locality, that Palmerston has not borrowed enough, and that, like Oliver Twist, it should have "asked for more." He also denies flur allegation that Mastertpn isahead pf Immersion in population. Of cOOT 'our staterns/ij .was fouuded on tho latest official 'statistic, bjjt apparently these are all too slow to keep pace with a crowing town like Paltnerslon. TJjis growth our contemporary .of tlia.fc ilk olescrih.es as marvellous, and. ajmpst creates an impression that the goo 4 jpnjp of the town woko up one fine morning to discover that their numbers had doubled in the course of the preceding uhjhj, We are clearlj given to uiwerstuid IJ/bJS Palmerston is now well ahgrtffpt %i.tefipn both in population and in material proap.ority; and we are quits prepared to congratulate it on passing w jn the road pf Municipal distinotion.One fact qupted by tho editor of tho Manawatu Times is significant, viz,, " that at the present time there is not a single unoccupied house in his town," Wo wish. SVP £puld say the same of Masterton, but wp£a? that there are Bomo forty or fifty vacant teaenionfs in this borough, and it was the contemplation of, these lonely and dilapidated habitations that caused us fa Biggest to the oity fathers the expediency pf a progressive puhlio works policy for Mortal, ]fe are quite willing to take a leaf out of tfa.o Palmerston book, though pi to • swallow the whole volume, Wp would follow a good eximple only as far as we can prudently copy it, lu Palmerston builders are busy, in Mptgrjoji they have no work to do I In Palmerston landlords are jubilant, in Masterton tbey"aro sorrowful! The editor of the ManawatVl'lhies i claims that tho high pressure water \ supply is" an enormous boon to the j inbsbitontß." and wo can quit* believe, that a sinjjlar eapply wt/old be a i

benefit to Ibo people of Masterton, I even though it.fell short of being an. enormous boon. Uur Manawatu contemporary speaks somowhat scornfully of our Masterton arrangements for supplying that fluid which is principally stored in this neighborhood for fire extinguishing purposes. The Palmersioniaus have, lie ileclures, enterprise lo carry out works of some value and magnitude, " instead of allowing the Mayor to run ditches through the town," The writer in question was formerly ut Masterton journalist, he knows the town well, and is tolerably familiar with many settlors here, and his opinion of us, though not flattering ig not altogether inaccurate. Wo held, ourselves that while Palmerston is going ahead a little too fast, Masterton has been a little too slow, and at the present time wants the spur. A working man the other day told us that he wanted to sell his cottage and land because he could not afford to pay tlio Borough rates upon the property. These rates did not amount to much more than threepence per week, and we pointed out to him that the tax was not, after all, a crushing impost, but when ho explained that, though he was a steady industrious man, lie could find no regular employment m the town, and only get work at occasional intervals, we saw that the pinch was not in the rates, but in the low condition of our labor market. A man can better afford to pay sixpence a week for rates in Palmerston than he can provide half that sum in this town, because he can depend on a fait week's wages there, and hero he has frequently .to put up with fitful and unremunerative employment. This state of affairs in Masterton cau be altered by tho working men themselves if they elect to carry out in this town stich public works as may be prudently undertaken, A town, like a farm, needs an occasional fertiliser, and tho time has arrived when Masterton may with safety venture on r one, in the shape of a loan for water works, drainage, and street construction. The position ol Palmerston may be made tho position of Masterton'without having to resort to the somewhat excessive load of debt over which the former town is now so jubilant.

Sir Robert Stout in a recent letter to the Otago Daily Times gives tbe iollowing friendly lift to the EkelahunaWoodville line:—" There is another matter that requires consideration, and that is tho amendment that Mr Smith intends to propose regarding the Eketahuna-Woodvillo line, His efforts to get the " gap " completed should receive hearty recognition at the hands of the Otago members. Those who have travelled from Masterton to Woodvillo know that the line from Eketahuna to Woodvillo will p.ass through a rioh district, It will be a level line. The land is bush, and oimnol rival the plains ot Central Otago in cereal production, but it will excel them for dairying purposes and for small settlements. There is only twentyfive miles of railway to build, and when built the Government Bystems ofHawkes Bay and of New Plymouth to Palmerston—onco tho Gorge lino Woodvillo to Palmerston is finished-will be connected' with the Government Wellington system. There is no line more necessary than the one Mr Smith advocates. I am amazed at the loawn given by the Premier why ho declines to consider its completion. He says, were it made it would enable tho Government lines to compete with the privato railway the Weij lington-Manawatu Company's—bej trail Palmerston and Wellington, Suppose it did, why should it not ? This private company has already received from the itlatn thousands of acres of land as a subsidy, besides plant, ike. Was it part of tlio bargain that it was not only to secure a monopoly, but that it was to dram two Government systems, the Napier to Woodvillo and Waitara to New Plymouth to Palmerston ? And the State has spent and will have to spend perhaps nearly i! 200,000 to: connect the East to West Coast systems, all to help this private company! 'Hie Otago members should recognise tho need of joining Eketahuna to Woodvillo, for it is a most necessary work, and thus disarm the.opposition of Mr Smith and others.' I do hopo this will bo done, for it seems to me with the gold discoveries at Nentliorh and the further development that mining is undergoing in Otago, the pushing on of the Otagp central i» a clamant necessity. But it cannot bo pushed on unless our members ■are preparad to ' consider the wants of other districts, and to recognise the needs of other parts of tho colony."

A comfortable cottago in CricketStroot, is advertised to be let at a low rental. Wo arc informed that notice of appeal lias . been given ia tho celebrated Eparaima Bond case, Moore v Meredith. fllr A, R, Ppwor has just completed one of the b.o'st houses in tho district for Mr Mead at Npiyniaii. It is asix rqonied teo cottage finished in a suporipr stylo and has ii rosily pretty appearance. A heavy thunderstorm passed over Invorcargill on Saturday morning with strong gale. The end of Fleming and Wilkinson's old flour mill cillapsed, causing damage to the new portion in course of construction, It is bolioycd the damage was caused by vibration from' thunder. Mr W. C, Buchanan has given notice of the following motion, That copies of, nil cgrj'esooiidonce with tho Audit peparlnjcnl, amjl tho pajersand tracings connected' therpwitlr illative to the aljegod misappropriationlo'f Joan moneys by tho WhareamaEflad fioard, bV laid behire the House. . Notwithstanding tho excessively rough weather there was a faiily lnnre atteii'dancjs at the plain and fancy dress bull atEketahnna on Friday night. Tho Hall was tastefully decorated with overgroons andllio floor in good condition. IF the weather bad been' anything lijje fair there is no douljt the Halt would have j/ce/i grp'wded. As it was' a party of ladies and genfiinen from Alfredton and Jook.ed none the worse ftr tho trip.EverybodyßeeiDedtotliorouglyenjoy themselves and dancing was kept up till o a.m. It was generally admitted by those present that Mrs P, E. Tumor was the belle among the married ladies, Sfli |fi*J M> A ' Johnson among the siugJe,'

The monitors of the W.eJ|ii)gtnn Special Settlement Association rc'silng in Wellington met onFriday to consider whit steps should bo takon to securetho polling of a sufficient numbor of settlers {o carry the £3,500 loan which it is' ■proposed Ijy tho Board to borrow for road eoh'strujtum ii; the MaugAirioko'Block, tt'iyas resolved that ,| ppjl be taken at the oico of 'the Boad Board, September 7t!j. Ti)e'§ecr,etary ebjained that if thirty votes were recorded for the loan it would be carried, also that train arrangements 'of a satisfactory naturo could bo obtained, It was resolved 'tjjat m many as could shoul'l attend and a committee was appointed to tako the those who are willing to go up to Eketahnna and viilo Onttodaymquvvttol, .

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their I stock salo.Bo forward bullocks and 160 fat shi'cp,

Mr B, S. Horn, of Carterton, la going to take up his residence in Mastorton. MrE, C. Cox, of Carterton, has gone to live at Greytown. Mr Frank Lincoln, tho American humourist, terminated a highly successful soason at Wellington on Saturday niL'ht. Ho is at' present sufferin? from ft slight bronchial affection, and his medical advisers have ordered him to take ii rest for a Bhort time. Mr Lincoln leaves for Pahiwrston to-morrow to recuperate.

A • writ of action has been served at Greytown regarding the leasing of some Native land on tho Papawai road in wnich Mr W. 0. Cuff ia the dufendaut. • There was no pnlico business at the Maarorton K.M. Court this morning, a sign of. aii advance in tomporunco principles or dull times, We have to acknowledge tho receipt of the programme of tho Napier Park Racing Club's spring meeting, on Bth and 10th October. It is stated that a sheath kuife, sharp on both edges and the point turned, has been picked up on tho scene of the Kaiwaraa murder along with a abot pouch. A consul in Paraguay reports that in that country the women do the work and the men do the smoking, ({ambling, and CMck'tisditing,

A private telegram received in Masterton to-day contains tho sad announcement of tho death of Mrs Carr, of Invcrcar»ill, wifu of the late manager of the Bunk of Australasia in this town. The listures for the week are published in their usupl columns. Mr Cuker received a wiro this morning stating that Mr Lincoln's hoalth compelled him to take a rest so that ho is not likoly to appear till after tho "lkby Ogdcn" season,

Tlio aire lioi'ao Hero will travel this season bewccn Mast«rton mid Tauhwonikinu, Hero as a three year old haa taken more first and special prizes than any colt ever imported into the Wairarapa and is allowed hy competent judges to be a first-class horse and to come of the best stock ever imported into the southern hemisphere. Mr Jellicoe mado an application in Chambers on Friday to have tho libol action 801 l v Jellicoe tried by souio other Judge than Richmond on the ground that the latter was prejudiced against him, he, however, withdiow tho application on Saturday. It is understood if tho police perjury cases go to the Supreme Court the defendants will apply for change of venue in conaequenco of the looal fooling over the Chemis Case. Tho promenadera of Queen-street on Saturday night wore treated to an equestrian display that for the time it lasted was mildly excitmc. Threo horsemen wero riding along this main thoroughfare, one of their number was seated in the saddle in the orthodox fashion, but the two others, naovo ambitious, stood upright on the backs of their good steods and did the half mile gallop in that somewhat unusual, if not dangorous, position, A neat Btory.is told ot a Catholic priest down South whose sermons are usually of a practical' kind. On entering tho pulpit ono Sunday he took with him a wnlnut to illustrate tho character of too various Christian churchos, Ho told tho tho people tho shell was tasteless and "luelesi-tliat .tin tho Wesleyan Chech. Tho akiii was nauseouf, disagreeable, and worthless-that was the Preabyierian Church. He then said he would allow them tho Holy llouian Apostolic- Church, He cracked the nut—and found it rottenl Then his veverenco coughed violently and pronounced tho benediption, Tho Wairarapaand Eaat Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Association haa recoivod an advitiou of twonty-four now mombers during the last twelve months They give away two hundred pounds iu special prizes tlm year being an inoroaso of twenty-five pounds on last year. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company's twenty guinea cup for tho most points in horses, cattlo and sheop, which last year was competed tor at Mustertoii and tho previous year at Planiotston is this time to be awarded at the Carterton Show. The Society lias decided that dairy cow need not bo on the ground over night, but that they -must bo thoro in time to bo milked at seven o'clock in the morning in the presencn of tho stewards, Dairy produce while quite open to view is to bo proteoted by wiie netting against promiscuous handling and sampling by the public