Mr Harry Eickard's Entertainment-

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3359, 13 November 1889, Page 2

Mr Harry Eickard's Entertainment-

Mr Kickard's Company opened last night to ut fair down-stairs audience, but we worn surprised, considering the excellence of the entertainment, not to : see a much larger attendance. Tim Jf i company is decidedly the best in its line that has beenscea here, and some , of the items introduced were certainly very novel, The entertainment opened 1 with a musical comedy entitled " Ma-in-Law," the plotof which is arranged to bring in a number of specialities i sung and performed by the character , among which may be mentioned y. solo on a novel instrument called the metalaphone. Mr Richards has the i principal share of the work in this , part of the entertainment, and his : various changes aud character songs, i including a highly, patriotic song " On [ Guard," stumps him as an artist in ; the first rank in his own particular ! line. The sscoud part opened with a i novel skipping ropii danco by Miss \ Constance, and it was a really clever: • performance to manipulate the steps i of a Highland fling and keep the ropo i swinging the whole of the time. Mr r J. Bell gave a laughable act, introduc- ' inghanjo and hone solos that slightly ■ astonished his audience, who had certainly never heard them played like : he did before. Miss Delroy then i made her appearance with a very i pretty song and dance, "Sweet Boquet," ami the young lady i without doubt entitled to the name of H& champion lady step dancer, and she . had to respond to a vociferous oncoro. ; Mr Richard's scons, " The Bridal" was a line piece of character delinTt- : tion, The two Murphys gave tlfi • audience a pleasant quarter of an hour with their part of the performi anco. A clever optical illusion entitled the Lilliputians was a deoided ; novelty, and the question was raised as to how it was done. A screaming i farce, in which Mr Bell took tho i principal part, brought a really i enjoyable two hours and a half enter- ! tainment to a close. Mr Richard at - the conclusion addressed tho audience, i announcing that ho would give an entire change of programme to-night, I and hoped they would mark their appreciation of his bringing up a large i and expensive company by giving him, ; a bumper house. We must notforg'-t i to give Miss Fernandez, the pianist'j of : the company, a word of praise for the very efficient manner in whic'.i she- ■ carried out her share of tho pr-rfonu. ance. Proposed New Road Distri/i Messrs B.P.hjiTy and A. man trailed upou tho County yesterday in support of a petition the formation of a new road district, to be called the Otahoua District. The petition was presented to the ' Council at il.s last meeting, and referred to the clerk to report upon. The clcik said the proposed district contained forty-eight ratepayers, four of whom were non-resident. Tho signatures to the petition numbered thirty, barely reaching the proportion required by the Act, There were also informalities in tho document that would need rectifying Mr Perry said the movement to form the proposed new district had commenced sometime before he had anything to do with it. He had beun applied to and had agreed to join it. A remark had been made by a councillor at the last meeting that the movement waa one only of £s d. Ho thought that a very good reason for actuating them. Before the Bideford District was formifrlie hud paid rates on 11,000 acres, and all the money was spent in tho Castlepoint. He was now paying live special besides three general rates, and if the proposed district was formed, they would have the wutrul of their A own expenditure, and, having the! power, they would rate themselves as lew as possible That was his reason for joining in the movement, and ho thought it R very just one, to Dagg explained his remarks 1 previously made. He pointed out •hat the object in forming in the new district was to avoid tho fioad Board rates, because they wore supplied with County roads. They, overlooked the fact that the principal part; of the ilasterton Hiding Coun/cy rates went to support the County roads of the proposed new district, Mr Whatman had in reference to Dr Hoskins's road, which vas not included in the new distiioi, said that road bad been made by Di- Hosking, and would be maintained by Mm,' forgetting that no individual |srsrm could assume the functions of a corporate body, Mr Whatman explained tho reason Dr Hosking's property was included in the new District. They wanted to get as compact a block as possible and , took the Wangaehustream asa boundary. This excluded Dr Hosking'R. road which would be left in the Ma*, terton District,but,with the exception of about 80s, Dr Hosking ma.miain'* that road himself out of special rates over bis property. The Chairman poinSsdj out to the' <s' deputation that in. tho proposed step the petitioner* we going out of thefrying pan into the fire. That a; prone/tp much larger than the pro-

posed new district paid a county rate to support their road. The people to tho west complained that tlicy were sponding tho County rates for the bonofit of those who wish to secede, They had not beon working in the dark and levelling taxes without returning an equivalent, Tliero was a very considerable length of road through tho new district, one expensive to maintain, and if they separated tho wost would form a sepiirate riding and hare a ro-iuljiislment of accounts. The petitioners had no doubt gone to work somewhat in the dark, They were not possessed of the information that was before the Council, or they would have hesitated beforo taking the step they had done, After some further discussion the consideration of tb.9 petition was adjournedvfoy a month to enable the petitioned to put the same in proper form,