The Wairarapa Daily FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1890. A Town Board Job.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3423, 31 January 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1890. A Town Board Job.

We take from the Pahiatua Star the following singular paragraph:

Tub notice of motion given by Mr Beese at last night's meeting ot the Town Doard with retorenco to raising tho Clerk's salar (torn £'2o to £-10 R-year, mieht Btvike tho ratepayers as being a pieco of extravagance but we think Mr lieeac'a explanation of tho matter tonoa tho proposal down considerably. Ho mentioned that Mr Briggs had, since his arrival in the district, spent a considerable amount of money in the erection of sale yards, auotioa room, {to., but owing to Uie dull times it did not pay to take out an auctioneers license. Even now Mr Briggs would not take out a liconse if he had to pay £lO a-year for it, No refund ol the. amount could be made, but by increasing the clerk's salary as proposed would meet the case, Tho Board would be a clear gainer of £2O in the transaction, Mr Kccse admitted that this was a somewhat original course to pursue, hut he and other members considered it a just one, • It would almost appear that Mr Briggs, in his capacity as a good customer of the Board, is master of the situation, and that his salary must bo doubled irrespective of the work he is supposed to perform. The idea is certainly original, and we must confess to a sensation of sutpriso at the source from which it emanates. Public men in up-oountry townships do occasionally take new departures in conducting their business, but we should hardly have thought that a veteran like Mr Reese, who has graduated at the Waste Lands Board and obtained some insight into the rules upon which public matters are decided, should have endorsed so singular a proposal. The notice of | motion is an avowed illustration of | the old practice "scratch my baok and I will soratch yours," and constitutes a bargain which ought not to bis made between any public body attf its servant. It is an untenable position for a Board to assume when it undertakes to give its clerk a larger salary than tho work Jis estimated to be worth, the equivalent for tbo excess being a private consideration. To offer Mr Briggs an increase to take out an auctioneer's license is just as appropriate as it would be for the Masterton Borough Council to give a bonus to a person to take out a publican's license. The thing'as proposed by'Mr Eeeseis essentially wrong, and whether it is to the pecuniary advantage of. tho Board or no, it should bo stamped out. It is to all intents and purposes a'job, and its only merit is that it is being perpetrated openly,instead of secretly. Mi' Eeese may be animated fvith tho best intentions, and Mr Briggs may be an exemplary officer, but the establishment of improper relations between the Board and its servant, which must result from a bargain being made that the salary of the liiftpr bo doubled if ho renews his auctioneer's liion?e, cannot be either loned down or explained.

Tfl'Jiiorrpffis the regular monthly pay day of the Masterton and Greytown Building Societies, A criokct match will be played at Carterton on Saturday, betweon firßt olovons of Greytown and Carterton Clubs, tho represisutativos cf the former being—(!. J. Beard, J. Ecckton, U. H&wko (capt), J, H&viko, V?. Judd, J. G, Jackson, W. J. Hue}),. W. A. Tate, E. W. Udy, and A. Udy. Emergencies-.' J. Jackson, J, Nation, Government intend taking actjon against Mr H. J. White as Secretary to | the *. prpmntera of the Forester's 'Art Union,' h'elJ in Wellington', for disposing of goods by lottcrj', other than iwis of art,, The goods referred to consisted of I tea .services and other like articles. 1 " The Duke of Sutherland has broken up his celebrated herd of 'West Highland.cattlp.4 Shinncsa, in (fatherland and let his farm, Be has sold' most of i|is bpafc animals, Jjufc is still wing to .feed Highlaijd cattle, ,it will U at anjf not at his old ijOJJfsM., ..' ' ■ '.'.

• Mr George, Leslie, of. : IWolliugtoilj is appointed public valuer uridor Friendly Sooiotiesi: Act until the end of tho presaut year. ■ J. Mr Geo. Johnston's stooktakiug Bftio commences tomorrow and is to last ono month, Eull particulars will be published in our next ieaue. ' There will be a church parade of tho Mastertou Ritle Volunteers on Sunday, Tho company will assemble in Queen St; opposite Itonall'a Mill at 10,15 a.m. Mossrs Lowes and lorm hold a sale of furniture of evory description. Saddlery, tools, drapory, produce, poultry, and general sundries at their rariiM to-morrow.

Tenders are invited by tho Eketahuui Road Board for road formation and metalling iti tho Wellington and Parkvllle Sppcial Settlement Bluck, Plans and specifications can be seen at Mr Jones' store, In addition to tho Board's office.

; Under the heading Mastertiiii Mnatard in this week's War Cry, is tlie following item!—" We have ereatreason to rejoice over the Saved billiard marker, who had gone back into the cold world of sin, 1 but has returned to bis Father's fold, and it now rejoicing." Tho total value ot the imports at tho several potts of the Colony for the quarter ending December SI, 1889, amounted to L 1,070,010 and for the corresponding quarter of 1888 L 1,493,957, Bhowingan increase of 1176,653. The. total valuo of tho exports fortho quarter ending December 31; 1889, amounted '0.L2,409 60S, and for the corresponding quarter of 1888 1r2,055,828, showing a» increase of L 354.278, The Timaru Herald says;—Mr W. Dale, of the Waßbdyko, caught what is behoved to be a true salmon in tho Opihl River on Wednesday night. Tho fish turned tho scale at 121b, took 40 minutes to kill, and is in grand condition, 111 who have seen it, and claim to have special knowledge 011 the subject, pronounco it to be genuine salmon. The fish lias been placed in. the chamber at the freezing works, wheroit will be kept till the steamer JJldershe arrives, on board of which are some Homo salmon, and the Colonial specimen nil! then be compared with the British onos. As will uo doubt be remembered salmon havobeon turned out in the waters of South Cantorbury—tho first about seven years ago, andtbe second four years ago The Wholesale 'Drapery Company's monster clearing salo commences tomorrow, when, in accordance with their established system, they will oiler veryspecial job lines in all departments, consisting of new, seasonable «d fashionablo goods, The main object of Mr P. Dickson, ho states, is to open every successive soajou with the very latest styles, and consequently he profers givini; his numerous customers tho advantage of securing at greatly reduced prices many useful lines, whdo yot fashionable, rather than to carry them over to next season, • A catalogue of prices is published as nil inset to-day, and sliowb reductions, ranging from twenty to fifty per cent: Tho sale is to last for twenty one days,

The ordinary monthly mooting of the Wellington Land Board was held yoaterday prosent —Messrs J, W, Marohant (in the chair) W. A.' Fitzheibert, W. W. McCardle, D. H. Macarthur, and H. Bunny. Mr J, Drysdalc ■ was given until next March (on condition that ho then resides on the latid) in which to complete his improvement. l ) on section 15 block 7, Tararua, Tlio Crown lands ranker reported on his second inspection ot the Woodville-Tiraumea block, from wliich it appeared that thoaroainspocted was 3104 acres; area required to be cultivated was G2O acres, at a cost of £1550, and tho area cultivated was 1117 acres at a cost of £2732, being 479 acres, in excoss of requirement at a cost of £1242. Aine selectors were in arrears with their improvements, and ifc was resolved that the report be considered a satisfactory one, and tho defaulters bo called upon to shew causo why their interests should should not be cancelled. With regard to the cancellation'of the intorosb of Mr 0. Poebles, sclootor of section 28, block 10, Mam;»ha», tho Commissioner reported thai no reply had been received and it was resolved to hold an enquiry at the meeting of the Board on the 27th prox,, and to give Mr Peebles notico to attend and shew causo why his interest be not forfeited. Tho Commissioner brought up tho question of disposing of section block 1, Pukotoi, which hao a quantity of totara timber on it, and it was resolved to offer tho laud for sale at tho original price weighted with the value of the timber under the Aot of 1887. With reforence to applications for re-valuations under the Selectors Lands Revaluations Act, 1889, it was resolvod to meet at East Mauricevillo Railway Station on Monday 10th February, 1890, and to inspect the sections round Eketahiina, Pahiatua, and tho West in their consecutive order, the Ranker to meet the mombera of tho Board and to accompany thein. -

Good nows (mm Wellington, and quite true, you can got a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from LIB, organ with divided octave couplars all in solid black walnut cases from Ll7, This beats all the cheapest houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or by tbo year four visits LI, travelling expenses added-. All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in aconrdoaiis, .Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs;, also liberal oxchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased on tho time luymeut system from 2s Bit per week. Call and exchange your old piano for it new one at P. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Mannora-straat, Wellington. (Solo agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organs,)— advt

Te Abo House "Pun," -To clear oat the balance of our Summer stock of fashionablo Drapory, we intend to hold a grand " Fair" (or thirteen days only, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Are Sauce, Wellington.

Te Ano House "Faiii." This "Fair" will commence ou Saturday, February let and terminate on Saturday, February 15th, Visitors from tho Wairarapa will find that we still maintain our reputation for giving the most wonderful hfirgaips possibje at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warohouso, To Aro House, Wellington,

Tt Ano House "Faib," No matter what is required,we can find unsurpassed bargains forpnrobasen. In overy department ot our warehouse wc shall havo specially cheap lots, far below their valuo, at tho To Aro Houße "Fair," Wellington, Tk Alto House "Faiii." We invito our Wr,irarapa friends to pay us an early visit, to go through the Mautle, Millinery, Dross Drapery, Carpet and Clothing departments and verity our assertions as to tho astonishingly low prices at .which we slmll oiler our Surplus Summer Stock, at .To Aro Houso, Wellington, Tj Ano House "Fair." Commences on Saturday, February Ist, and will oome to an end on baturday,February 15th, and thus only thirteen clear business days will bo availablo for picking up bargains at the " Fair," Te Aro Heuse, Wellington.