NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3410, 15 January 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

: ','/' ; . ■ ; London,' January 18. ' '.lt, is stated that the Prince of i Wales is infuriated'at the'mention oi certain names in connection with the West End : scandal, and insist? on ; tho police probing" the Matter to-the ' end,.in.prder to rid'the community , of all concerned in the' scandal. i Hence the newly awakened zeal ol i the police. It is expected thai i further exposures will now be made, - At the trial of Mr.Pa'rkes, at the ■ suit of Lord Fusion,' the defendant ! said he was in possession of liuraeroui letters aud photographs of frequenter! ( of the house in the west End, where , the alleged offencos were committed i It is officially stated that thi r Australian mails aboard.the.-trair destroyod by fire in Nebraska wen saved. ■ ■ - .'.- ■ Sir John Pope Henue.sy, lati Governor of Mauritius, has announcet that he will contest the tVcst Water ford seat in the House, of Common! . in the Liberal interest.: •■' . It is stated that Captain. O'Shea ii n anxious to withdraw his divoro e proceedings. e It is rumoured that England wi! i, seize the Delagoa Biy'railway miles ti reparation is made by Portugal, ,! FOBEIGN ; ( St. Fetkhsbdbo, Jan lb, ii TheEussian budget isindicativ t( - ol the maintenance of peace, th II votes for to-arming, being on y moderate scale. AMERICAN. New York, Jan 18. By a fire at a racing stable i: ; Versailes, Kentucky, the celebrate y trotting stallion Bellboy, was det k troyed, ThMy-four other horse n valued at §IOO,OOO, wero als ie burned. A AUSTRALIAN. • le g Sydnev, January 14.' n In view of a possible outbreak e !e the influenza epidemic, the loea , n Board of Health have commnnioate ie with the Governments of the othe id colonies and New Zealand,; to ascei e tain what steps they are resp'eotivel t s taking to,prevent tho...spread e )r disease should it make its appearance ~ The corporation aro paying .extr , n attention to the sanitation of the oit_ i_ and are having all drains,. &c, thoi , 0 otighly cleansed, li A cablo message has been reoeive 3i from America aunounomg the deat , 8 of Allison, tho well known theatric! (1 manager, t { A cremation society is beiu 1G formed here. )r Adelaide, January 14. r . Another shipping i ut imminent, Tho wharf laborers t ie Port Adelaido are demanding a d increase of wages, but tho stevedore m and shipowners refuse to onterlai 10 their demands, l 9 Meuouhss, January 14, ff The revenue returns for last yet , e show imports twenty-four million j. exports twelve millions,. The meeting of the Australasia Society for the Advancement i Science has ooncluded, COMMERCIAL, ■■ [li LoNDON.'January 14, t . Three months' bills are quoted i l 0 4i per cent, IS "Tallow; Medium mutton 25s 8i i 3 beef 28s 9d. l s Sboepskin9 have slightly deolinei ly -The English wheat market : jy lifeless; tho Continental market ™ firmer; tho American market : 0 f changing a little' for the worse. Ie Colonial oats average 22s Od, bear !t | 355, peas 38s fid. Ib : : aREYTOWI. From Our Own Correspondent, Last Monday night at the Fore tor's Hall, the Soymour-Walsl Opera Company made their debut I a small but vory appreciative ai m dien'ce. As regards the performanci re it was undoubtedly" par excellence, ty but in a financial point of view r, miserable failure, whereas had tl id concert beon held in tho Palace Ha IS and suitably notified, the talentc 31- troupe would doubtless have got sue e, a reward as their merit deserved. e . Yesterday afternoon: at the Palac iu Hall, tho Presbytery of Wellingto d met to examine tho records of tli .n South Wairarapa congregations, a ;a matters mi questions regarding th it Ministers and the representatives t is of the session and court of manage montwere satisfactory answeree The moderator, Rev Mr Shirei (Wellington)preaoheel an earnest an eloquent sermon on Ist Corinthiam 11th to 15th verses. The BevM '. Pattorson (\Vellington), ;at' its clos r- expressed the ieeliiig of the Pre'sbj tory re the highly satisfactory cond >? tion and prospects of tho Sout '■ Wairarapa Church. Most of th '6 Presbyterian Ministers of Wellingto: d and the Wairarapa (8) were present : ' 5 The congregation was not very large ie as many of its members wereawa ll ' fortheholidays, or otherwise engagec '■ At .intervals' .various hymns an p e psalms were sung by the choir, an ' 8 those present, and it is worthy c 9 mention that their harmonious ren 18 dering .was ; a. musical, treat The Eey, gentlemon proceed,t Masterton where a similar meetin: will be held, followed by a tea an •■ public meeting, It is vory pleasing t record the progress that is evident!; 8 going on under the ministrations o 6 onliguteuod,intellectuality in thei ' Christian teaching, of the minister! e . of this denomination, : ' 1 ■ Last night. at the Palac9 Hall, tin '• Oscar Smith Indian Tourist Compan; " gave their first . performance, (i second • one to-night), to a large ant highly delighted audience. Wairarapa North! County. r The ordinary monthly meeting o: ? the Council was ,held yesterday Present—Crs W. H. Beetham (chair B man), B, D. Dagg, F. Von fiedin, 3 T. Chamberlain, and H. E, Elder. ' . Tho minutes of the provious meot : , ing were read and confirmed. ' Ors Holmes,' Handysido, mm f Mannsell wrote stating their inability 3 to attend theimeetihgof Council; The apologies were accepted, aid leave 61 absence granted. ",,'; L -, ,', . OOItKESrONIIKKCE. ',.. . Trom Mr. Joh'nKing re Care'i 3 detailing contract on the Eketahuns t Tinuiroad, From Eketahuna-Eoae 1 Board re County'roadman spreading . metal, oii Oarr's, contract. 'Fi'oiii i Heiiry'•Burling'.-junr.; ;p'roteStinj against,', being rated for Tiraunien road., l'roin Clerk Wairarapa.Soutli 1 County re..eleotion;of member,.te t represent Wanarapa 'North ; -aric • Wairarapa-Bouth County Council cr f theAVeihngton : Harb6rßbard,whiol: ' tfltea ba 10th February, Frtta

the,TJoloniul. Treasury* re]: proposal to ..'fibripw ; .£3oo for road t)if6ugb ; Biirling's jwill (receivij consideration^From'the itfierk bftjtbe Wairarapa''South Coimoy ifliMflssrs bkerretti' and 'i)ea&'6'billof costs, From;..Auditor'■'General re transfer of separate rates from one riding acoouut ti another, From Comniissijiier of Crown Lauds Government decline to furnish copies of lists of lands sold, From Public , Works Department stating remittance of debtor balance Wpodville-Paliaera-ton road account has been referred to the SurveyPepartment, From Alfredton Road Board stating thaf the Board | agrees to- the 'annexation of Messrs 1 Leach's property to Alfredton district ' and also to -contribute £3O towards 1 maintenance of Tirumearoad. From 1 Colonial Secretary enclosing result of 1 poll Eketabuna-Tenui road £2500 1 loan has. been gazetted, From ' Colonial Treasury advising remittance of £7OO on account Tira'umea j loan. From A, Nlcholls enclosing 1 £1 fee for renewal of slaughtering license. ' CHANGING DISTRICT, .' It was resolved that the transfer of J Mos'srs Leach's property from • Eketahuna to Alfredton district as . requested be agreed to, the local bodies being willing, ■ 3 SALE OF CROWN LANDS. The Clerk said he had made appli- • cation for a lißt of Crown lands soli! in Wairarapa North district and Mr Marohdut had replied that the Government refused;; to supply .local 3 bodies with the saiue and that the B information must be obtained at the 1 expense of the local bodies interested. It was resolved on- the motion of Cr. .Von Renin that the Minister of lands bo applied to again for a list of the lands-sold and the cost to the Council procuring it through private ] sources be pointed out. ' KOAD DEVIATION. Mr Hy. Burling wrote objecting to 3 the proposed road being taken 0 through his property. The road would not benefit him and money borrowed for the purpose should be paid for by tho properties benefitted. It was nsolved to reply that Mr , Burling would have tho opportunity ', of voting, against the proposal when , the proper time came, . AUDIT DEPAimim. r The Auditor General wrote in refer' ' ence to the balance sheet in whicl; 1 exception was taken to tho transfei of separate rates from one riding tc '' another. ': a If was resolved to publish tin [' balance sheet, together with th< minute of the objection taken by th< , Auditor-General. I . A FRICTION, ! Mr John King wrote, stating 'tba' he had, undor. instructions of tin n . Eketahuna Road Board, prepaid ° plans of certain road metalling or the Eketahuna to Alfredton road, and the work had been let to Mr P. Carr ' The Oouuty'Coun'oil's officer had pul a man on to spread the metal, lit II considered the supervision had beer IS taken> out ot his hands, and undei 11 the circumstances he had notified the Board that he would cease to super- , vise the work. : .-' '• : r Cr Yon Redin pointed out thattlu 3 ' Clerk of the Board hadinthia instance ; negleoted to advise the County of the ", work. It was a County road, and il 5 was usual for the Council to appoinl ■ its own spreader, as a oheck upor the contractor, and it had been foimc a great saving to the Council. H< moved that the Board .benotified thai j the County Engineer would suporvisc the work to be done. ■ • I Cr Chamberlain ; Why should tlu ' contractor get the benefit of tho worli I done by the County assistant ? ' Cr Von Redin; Contractors wonlr ■ only be too glad todo without tlit s services of the man supplied by tin Council, Tho Council found il 15 necessary to employ one of their own men to spread metal in all contract; and provided for it in the speoifioa tions, and it paid them well to d( .it, The motion was seconded by Oi Elder and carried,' FINANCE,' '" The Fiuanco Committee reported t 16 credit balance as per cash book, ,£l{Ci 0 10s Gd. ' Tho time' Bheet, amounting l ' to £590 8s 2d, was recommended fpi ;; payment, The report was adopted and the a accounts as per time sheet passed foi 'f. payment, UNITED DISTRICT AID BOAKD..' . The report of tho meeting of the " delegates from the various local contributing bodies was read and 0 adopted, and the claims for legal II costs passed for payment. y. REPORT.. The engineer's report was read at e . follows and adopted; " Sir,—l have,tho honor to submit [' to you my report for the past month I' on the County public- works as '' follows: d ■ Masterton Riding.—Masterton to '• Waimata Road (Masterton to Kakaur mingi section)': In connection with e . the fencing off of the Ruamahanga ," river bed at Te Ore Ore, no action l " having been taken by the owner on x the Council's notice to remove the Q obstruction, I directed the roadmen 1 to draw the posts and stack them " with the rails clear of the road track. '' The metal repairs oontract has now J been terminated until later on in tho !: season. j Te Ore Ore to Bideford Eoad: Tho j surface repairs contract on this line has been oompleted in so far as.tho ' metal.carting .is concerned,' Tho " roadman is now engaged in breaking 3 the larger stones and off tho | gravel over the centic muiD., A 1 further contract has been entered into 3 for adjusting nndpainting five Binall 1 bridges on the bush section of tho ' hue; this'will bo taken in band at c once .and, completed ,by the.; next ! sitting of the. Council. -•■.,,,!,.; -. Castlopoint Riding.-iiMasterton to ' Waimata road.—Contract No • 38, ' (road formation and metalling).' This [ work was completed about tho 20th l of last mouth, andlliars r been maintained by the contractor up to .the present time. It is proposed to take the work over onbehalf-of the Counf oil, so soon as the metal has been raked togother throughout its length. ' This will be completed at. an early date. The metal repairs contract on the Kalmmingi to Mungapakeha section is now proceeding,, and will he pushed to.completion; with, as little delay.as possiblo, A-contract ', is also now'in course of execution on ! tho Tinui to Whakataki section of • the road for meM repairs on- various ' sections '.of tile line.' Now.oulverta have been substituted for oldones ! where most required, and" the road drainage, in this .respect is inuch ' improved.. .• . : ;'.'. ; Eketahuna to -Tinui road (Tinui to. Tirauinea. section), ■-In'" connection- . with the suggested road- deviation at Langdon's teriace; an examination of the ground beeti made, by which ;it lias beeri nscfiftai^ed'that tlib ; aiteVv ■ition.' would'''involve "'■ considerably, more money.jhancouluVbe.spared out of tho Council-ordinary lweuuajor its teerjato, aad that its potion.

1 ate.benefits to tho district, would not justify- tho raising" of a %Z+ j special loan lor the. purpose, .The .'-:,: side widths of the existing road,.can, ■; j;4-: without much labour, - bo made; : V ;( ? available for use in winter, at a/V/V\ comparatively, small outlay,so that-;-under present oiroumstances it wonld ;;: H "- not be desirable to interfere with the.'>:-;,; l.ocatjpn.of the, existing, line of road.; ■ i , ; ; Further along this lino it jb proposed .-'■ : - to construct two low,dams along the ;, - river bajik/at the junction of Mr J,: ■ Jepsfoi's private right of way with . *,he main line. The object of. the '-M workiwill be to intero'ept the overflow 'x "'V.- ; .- during flood df'the Whare'ama riverj i. - : :\ and protect'the lower levels of the road from the damage caused 'by the :':; choking of, the.guide channols and C : onlverts, and general derangoinentof ■., its surface drainage. Eketahuna to Tinui road.— : ; r (liketahuna to 'firaumea seotion.) Contract. No, ; . 28, (fnrd /formation),. f. ;' : Fii'r progress is being made with this | work. When last iusppe'ted a con- "■'" siderable quantity of culvert timber ..'■'./. had been delivered, and about 80 ]v chains of earthwork roughly blocked out. It is anticipated that the line *^ : will be ■ sufficiently blocked out to . ; admit of the passage of vehicle traffic 7 to the bridge site, in- the course of !-' ten days,"' Contract No. 22 (bridge building). Material for this contract lC' has been ordered, and there is. little ! ,» doubt but that the work will be ■: finished by. contraot. time, yiz., the ; / 18th' of next month. A-contract- : . '■■J,- / will be let during the ensuing month ; for repairs to the metalled sections of this road. ffy^■■ OpakiioManawatu Road, contract \ : No 28.—The. earthwork portion of j" this work is "well advanced towards. 1 " <! completion, and trimming up and ' j ' adjustment of the surface metal will ■ ! shortly be proceeded with, Upon '' oompletioil of this, whioh will pro- | bably occupy a week or ten days, j - metalling will bo commenced upon the northern seotion of the work. Makakahi bridge painting oontraot. • ' —I am not aware that-anything has yet been done on this contraot. The metal repairs oontract for the portion of the road situated within the Alfredton riding was satisfactorily completed on the 16th of December. The permanent man is at present engaged in breaking the course, j gravel and dressing up the newly i-i. laid stone ovor the road surface.—l a ■ am, &c, . L 1 : C. E. BflKMNun. EKETAHUNA POUND. 1 On the motion of Cr Von Redin 1 seconded by Cr Chamberlain, it was . ( ■ 1 resolved that twenty yards of metal'ik bo spread at the Eketahuna pound at ' |" a oost of about ■■...- 1 , A BENEFIT TO DRIVERS. 1 The Chairman said his. attention . had been called to the inconvenience 1 to drovers in driving sheep into Masterton from the north, The , main road-near the. Beoosd Wnipoua. bridge has a branch road on each 1 side leading down to the river. He thought if proper representations ■ were made to tho settlers interested i they would be willing to allow the | . road on. the east side to.be dosed, . j The. Council" might then make the ! 1 road fence sheep proof, •• He moved, j: that the matter be left in the hands k of the engineer chairman to deal I ,• with. Carried. I POUND BOAKD. ,' 1 It was resolved to replace the ■ s ! pound fees board destroyed by fire on 1 the Bth instant, as soon as a copy of > , theschedukrwas received from Cr X Handyside. ■ ' " .. > ■■ 1 'st NEOLEOTOF THE LAND BOARD. igL■*i Cr Von'Redin said there was oneaß. important untter that he- wished to/, call attention to, This County had '"• [ BulTerud considerable neglect at tho ' 1 hands of the Land BoarJ in ,-not. hav- ' j i the waste lands of the Crown opeufed I , up. He more, particularly referred i to the lands at the baokof the Alfredton Settlement. That distriot had been .'■'■■. occupied by Messrs Saunders.Napier,' j 1 and others for the last four or five : ' \ and twenty years' and they had cer- • ';■' ■ tainly a good claim that the lands at • '■[■ the back of their properties should ba \ opened! up for'settlement. Every , available acre had been thrown open • 1 for sale in and around Pahiatua ; district, to the negleot of other I ; centres aud the settlement there I was couiparitively new.. The set- ,, tiers at. Alfredton [ were , at a (' ■ great disadvantage'. They could not get their properties where they abutted on Crown Lands fenced-in,' . j and they were kept completely ieo- ■'■' lated. There;were a.hundred thou- j . sand acres tockedn'p and he thought i the:Oo'uncil'sho i uld.make,'representa; V 1 tions to the Minister of Lands or t'o'f';''- • theLandßoardonthe subject. He "• '(■'•' moved that cdrnplairit be made to the ' Minister of Crown' Lands that the . f Wairarapa North County was suffer- 1 ing from neglect in not having its Cro«n Lands opened up. i ;The Chairman seconded the motion, | He said he; was up in the distriot -.]■.' referred to some 1 five or six years ago ! with Mr Holleston and pointed out to \ him the lines, and told him of the quality and position of the lands, He oxpros'S3d surprise at such air extent of good land being looked up and promised to give the matter his attention, but nothing had since been dono. MeWrS'Napier.Saunderß.and , other settlers had serious cause of complaint.''- They bad' brought' : up ••■ their families and settled ill the dittrict a quarter of a century ago when it was unknown. They had been, put to great-expense in payifig for the biro of te'achors'to educate' their children. The surrounding land being locked up, they were without ; : neighbors to share tho expense, andrf% had no doubt been treated badly. In * the days when these-sottlers took up land there- they Had- difficulties and drawbacks to contend-against that, could hardly be imagined, There were no roads to : this unexplored,, settlement, and to get there they had to go right round by Castlepoint. He rememberorwhon Mr Saunders went up there,: It was his wedding day. and thoy had to stop half way, and' ''?£% the place they stopped at was called .#* "Honeymoon Bush" to this day. ■ (Laugutpr|. j - ..... . ~., ; , The motion was put and carried. CHARITABLE AID. . On the motion of Or Dagg, tho clerk was instructed to write to tho' secretary of the: North Wairarapa Benevolent Sooioty, and ask that -'ximmediate steps be taken to indiica the United Distriot Board to pay tho sum of £420 due,' 1 to refund the - ■ Counoil the money.advanced to tho : 4 Society, This concluded the business. -,L : Eketalnuia School Committee. A special meeting of the Eketahuna School was held on Monday [eveneng last. Present-Messrs 'Alex Ander- - ■ son (Chairman), Parsons', Selby.and -■'.': Syversen. The -minutes of the last meeting wore road and confirmed. The Chairman-said therOi'Was a orodit balanoe of about £i 10a in tho hands of the Committee. AlottorfwmMr BpVabkttr, Be* ■ &

■n .., *T retary of the Jubilee Committee, waa read stating that the fare would be about 9d per head for children wishing to take part in theraonstor pic-nio on 22nd. It was decided to write informing , Mr Hornblow that the. coraraitteo could not promise any number, Mr Penny being absent they had no one to take chargo of tho children. Mr Parsons said he thought they would soon bo getting another letter asking a subscription. .The/Chairman :-We havo no jflirads tor that purposo, wo could not v %ry woll ask parents to contribute. '1 do not think they would contribute towards any affair at Masterton, Mr Parsons pointed out that there would be a oertain amount of danger of obildren getting lost or mixed. H o would soonor cont.iuute to i» treat in the place. Ho would movo that the Eketahuna obildren be given a free tea on the 22ud. His hall and paddock would be at the disposal of tho Committee. This was agreed to, and a committee consisting of the members of the djjpbool Committee, with power to add Qrheir number was appointed, ~lt was decided to hold a meeting on Friday next, at 7 p.m. It was resolved to call tenders for the work of cleaning the sohool at tho end of tho present contract. Tho meeting tlton adjourned. MM—M»H