Whareama Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3473, 31 March 1890, Page 2

Whareama Road Board.

: The ordinary monthly meeting of the Whareama Eoad Board-was held 1 at Blairlogie Junction on .Friday last, there being present Messrs C-K Moore, (Chairman), W.Stickle,midW.!o. Buchanau, (who took his seat for the first lime since his election;)'-The accounts due by the Board,wero gone into and considered minutely,' and it 'was' decided, pn ; ,the,motion,of ( MrI Bu'chauanitbat'the amounts claimed' by the Wairarapa, ftorth, County Council;' Chapman' aM Fitzgerald, and W. Bennett; be postponed for consideration at a fuller meeting of the.Board.- Accounts amounting to l&il 16s.2d.were passed for payment, and', it' 1 was resolved' that a general rate of Jd in the i he struck at next meeting. The Chairman and Mr Stickle w,ere authorised to employ the necessary:[labour, to repair culverts and clear water;.tables on the Cai'S.well'a to Beckett's section of the road. The meeting'then adjourned, EARLY CLOSING. Address by the Rev W.. Rowse; The third and last of a'series of addresses on tho. subject of-Early Closing, was giveh'last evening' in the local 'Wesleyau Cliurch by. the, Bay W. Eowse, the congregation' being moderately large. Tho text was taken from the 101 th Psalm, 23rd verse, "Man goeth forth unto his work, and to'lnVilaborUntileven! 1 ' 'The rev gentleman said he had been requested l to say. a few words upon a subject which of late had been much talked of -in this commuhityj For this reason he had selected the above text. It would doubtless'be. difficult to discourso on any new phase of .the subject, as it had already boon referred to at considerable length in,different pulpits, Ho considered, however, that in tho pi'inoipleß of tho text was i grand branch of moral duty.. In it, was involved the great principle "do unto others as you would be done by," In the times of the Psalmist; civilisation was unknown, He lived iu a premature period. But even in tho'so days it was the custom for the gates of theoitles'to be closed at even, when' all work, was supposed to bo at an end, People appear then to have been governed by tholiqht of.thesun, Since those days there had been a mighty change/ and the inarch of civilisation had worked wonders. Referring to the labor question, the question might well bo asked to-day, "What are the limits of labor f The relation of man to Inter-' was brought about by a divine decree. This decree, although'it; was inspection with the curse 'brought 'upbh'hiau, was very, necessary,, Labor was undoubtedly required oE men, and through it had man's pleasure been produced, It was natural for man to work, because his limbs had in .some way or other to be. exercised.'. But work should be looked upon 1 in every senso as a bussing, The idle and vicious nlorio' disagreed Uvjlli-jwb'rkv. The conditions of life wero so fitted for us, that we fellinto them by this means. On niahy occasions did the Psalmist refer .'to lilo need oflabouK' ThVougU labour and' industry only were riches to bo' procured. 1 Tho hills had to bo transformed into plains so that the, world could subsist Of. 'course thew was a variety .in laborthat whioh caused necessary production,; _ and,. tljat'; \ whiclr, ■ prodncfid luxuries. Alia bolh classes were "required,.; ppiti r t was that there was an lina'vbidable*. distinction between •/tljejo employer and tho employed.' This had bcen : a divine arrangoraenUpdj'CQjjldjot fo, ajtered, In these day?,, bovveverj it

became Diastoi i tlbJB/sobefmJdmpfo for at|aoy. jrfpmettthey | mTghsje reduced |hdj|ve|b serveijtfibßp mm NaturejSdinteq |toj uiis correct;tti%%All:the wayltiirmfgh life, in every CQpditiGh of"society! changes were being wrought. Those Who "bad capital and were, ablo to emplojr the reward they offered. Men when working for a reward were not slaves, they were merely selling, their services;' There were therefore two classes of society.r Thiifdw^^ universal benefit.™ By dihgenoo and industry ifflen rose frp.eniployces to and aluggish never rose. Those who were iifdnsirions'w.ohW always find their own level.. If industrious, man would tisV.if flbt,' hi) 1 Thevq We,, however, exceptions to this rule,' as men by sheer misfortune were occasion-, They had heard a groat deal about the strikes and labour associations of, ttiis' day, and ho was convinced tjiese would all bo ; foF the best, arid would'work'out in the .end, Tho fruit of these revolutions

sh'oiildjbe brought.info maturity. 3 there were certain conditions iindi which, ( laboui' should- -bo govenict " Man gobth for'th'to "hii work, and t< liis t labour till;eyen. I !.' There .were he; ijdmittcd, 1 ' different' classes' o workers, but it was a fact that ever; innmingmillions went forth,to work God had arranged it sliouli work a certain time, lie should worl while there was ligllt. 'A's.iu the East the day should'be diyided "irito thre> parts. From, time immemorial thi recognised order had, been that'roai should work eight hours a day". Tiiej sheuld have eight hours' work,'cigli hours' refreshment, and eight' lioun rest. There were,bowever,exception that-would'bavetoberaade|to this rule But ,when this; rule was ppenlj infringed God;interfered, as in t'h case of tlio Israelites, who wer oppressed under Pharaoh. 1' The prin ciple was taught in the New Testarh'eh nlsp'in the book of Jeremiah."Tho op pressors throughout had been markci by God s ' and distinguished by. hi displeasure. Whatever might bo th state of roari, so long as ho looked t the principles of the text he could no go far astray."".Whiit'imprpyomeri was lieiue; made, how the days o harshness and oppression were passin, away, and society- was being leayeue by Christian influence I They no\ had, _ differently to olden times, arti ficial''lights, but' if, this-/was* takei adyangago of by employers to over work those ,in ; their j service, the; would inherit the divino wrath. I had been found that six o'clock was i reasonable hour for. discoiitinuinj work. There should be certain hour in which;;rn?n.co ! uld refresh (hei minds and lave Social'intercourse ■But, asked, ; wko \yaßJt ( depriving mm of this' He then inferred to the social conditio] of London, and'ask'e/Uf it'wol-o ngh that the prevailing distress should b allbwed !to exist. .'The oppressor were those who kept men'employe wh'eh they Bhould be enjoying socia re-union. Eight hours a 'day, h contended,; werb quite enough fo business. ,The'pres?nt state of tkiue) might ,:be, done.away,with if peopl would roily Bhop early. Those, wh shopped alter; the .setting ,of the- aui could not- tell what they were pur chasing,' whilst on. the other ham those by whom they were servei were jided arid tired; an'd embarVa'sei by overwork,. and-tliereforo could no do their My to customers. He urgei on those', present.;, the -.necessity, o observing a proper time, and o shoppitig early; "Man' goctli fortl unto his work and to his labor unti the even." "A day of eight hours \va quite long enough.;'! There-were man; M various reasons why the hour fo closing should bo early. Young niei required time in which to cultivat their faculties" 'and improve thei minds, Man was hot an instrument neither was he an. animal. Wheii Mi George ..Williams,,] who"is well-know] throughout ,the,worldJ ; cominenced.hii pbilanthrophioworkinLondon, : thingi were in a'state 1 of fearful, oppression, He, however, being a big env ploycrM. labor,, went; round, .to Other employers, and succeeded in to,...close their ! establishments l ' <'k'ly.''-./The result was the formation of the Young Mon's Christian ' Association, which to-day. was. spread throughput the world, and was a boon, to thousands ofybung men. ■: Mr Williams had thus done a great deal to ameliorate the sufferings of the 'working olass of Londoti; He fpuud that if was mostly in new settlements whbio the greatest difficulty existed iugottinj! peopio to close early. God had given a' light division; of : tiroej i therefore: .ayaunt selfishness) anil away'witli those'tilings' which were wrong! iWhyj he: asked, did' the young m'eii require' more time! If it weie wrongly used, it would be but a curse, They bad many illustrations of. how; it had been used' to ■ disadvantage! More' hours'were only ""wanted to allow the young people to improve their minds,, to ' fulfil - their religious .avocatious, to attend prayer meetings, etc.-, If, kow.over, Uieyoung men visited theatres) billiard'saleons, and boxing matches, they had better by far be working. He urged upon the 'young .people to devote their time to that which was good. If they used tho'.time rightly,.he'had no Joubt '■ but that, it' would .bo gladly jrant.ed by.the people,.,, There were initual improvement classes,' musical societies; bands of hope,: &c,,. that night bo attended-_.for the improvenpnt of tho.oiinds of-the young.: Every; ojipprturiily should be; given men to rise!. Irfcenciu. lion would leave' the' matter vith ;them,: and he thought tbor'e. vould be no man in the com-, aunity who would be mean, enough o try and deprive..employees of that ilessing which had been of .divino irdinance, v", ' ■"'' ' Mauriceviile, Road Board.

' The ordinary meeting of tlie above Board was held oa the 28th March! Present: Messrs W. J'essen (oliairman), 'Giinder Gmiderson, CliaHes Forsberg, Johu add H.'^y.-Jackson,, The minutes [of the. previous meotihg' were read and eonßrme'd! 'Correspondence :—Froiri Chief Sui-veyor, enclosingljtkbgraphio plans W .Tavams, Mangaone, Miki-Mil(iiand Kopu.aranga Survey Districts,'••■ From-iAlfretjion Road, Board a 1 skiii'g infornintioii'': $ Ifangamaboe l rbadj-' From 1 A l , h Rawson, re plans, etc. MrJJfiiniiliiy Ayaited on the'.Board 1 re lease of'rqad reserve. ...The..Board [ informed 'Jjr Branchly tbat they could not leasei tlie reserve. ■': Resolved that the Board accept Mr Bawsou's offer, .'providing i he includes Bupe'i'vising : the ■■ wdrk; The cdlleotor reported Bii mB amo lih tirig to jG 7 8a 3 d since -22riti February. The Treasurer'topbrte'dla' credit balaiice ,of £145 ICa'.Od.t Mf fG. Haines-waited 'on- the - :'Board with rejtfeu;w to liisroad, ip v

formed that th 6 delay by;,;.- ;'i; the unsatisfactory . reply from ithe •: Beoeiver- of .Lands BeTOUuc. The committee authorised : to treat ifor^ ;: ; Jand for the continuation of Jackson's ,;0: road brought up their report, which on; .1 the motion of Mr Jackson, seconded. ; . by Mr Forsberg, was adopted. Re-. ; . solved—That steps be taken to secure*';,-• the Jand_ in t^icjtion^haOfteen chliiismoreor less of metalling be}" j: dbne.bnt Mauriceyille West Boady *; : ;: Thal'tW Btanflryaid arrange-wilh H : vi 1 MrP-Peterspn'f •, amounting to £lO Ss'were passed Hr-\, 'payment, Messrs Jackson and Fbdj ■■:■< : |>erg were appointed tosign chequesT Tho meeting then adjournod.

Arrival of the San Francisco :':'M Mail. , ; ■-..; Auckland,Maroh 80, ; .;> 'General sumindry of mail news with London dates to March 7:— ; , y ■ •.By the death of Sir Robert Kane, ' . • the hero of the Calliope hurricane \ at Apia has lost his father. The Calliope was intercepted at Port Said/f • on her way home from the ■':'. throifgh the difliculty over Makololo affair, but the gallant old ''■'..- vessel left Zanzibar for Portsmouth on February 15, to.be paid off. . ( Cardinal Manning has headed a erijsajde to relieve tho poorly-fed, overworked shop-girls of London. . The London polico have reason to believe that there is in existence a : gang'of desperadoes whose object is to inveigle rich young meii to Canada and mnliderpff|,v^Br^Mve^emqS.. two' rnysteribtir 'disappe'ara'nciJl'ih'•■■ '^i : Canada during the last nine months, one a young man who went from Cheshire to Montroal.and the other ■tho sou ot a young man living near 1 Shrewsbury, An officer from .Scot- . land Yard left for Canada on March .'•'■' 7 - <T"»'»T ?7 ■'> rs-y-(.' : -": t ;.,During^thflr|ase v ßaird| v. ;;the> | Pelican Club, the'MarquiS of Queens"- '■ '. , berry refused to swear, becauseio was . uot a Christian. The witness sont a ■ note to Lord Clifford, who showed it ; to Mr" Abington.'hThe-'Marqp of : Queensberry was so incensed that ho j intends k oballenge : Lor'd;'Cliffo r rd to 5 a duel in France. ' r , Thjo will of tho poet Browniug has t been probated. He bequeaths his t estate, valued at LI7OO, to his son, p '• Mr Gladstone has'again'refused ajy - ; '■. , offer made by a firm of American ' j publishers of £OOOO yearly for every- , thing lie writes for publication. . Mr Dillon.and .Sir T,. Esmonde. , arrived from'AWtMiai'via'Honoiuia . oh February 22, and wero received f with over if helming enthusiasm t : Irish population in San Fraii&. j They have hoen.fctedJjy^ich-Hiber'; : : 7 nians andWiedoffintb'the'eouhtry'■■ "."'■'■ I onsho'otingexcursious.SirTEsmonda •': r . professing great fondness for field ;; 'Sports. When the two distinguished . j visitors had been sufficiently f'kowr ■;;:;■' j towed" by their fellow countryiheri, "'-•' n and ample talk had been made by the t newspapers, tho grand coup; a putlio ■ e reception, was given at the largest- ' s theatre in the city—the j immense success. There must have """"■ ,1 been 4000 people-present. It was a e great andtbeßritish ;j Government was routed—horse, foot, !•' and dragoons—by the speeches of Mr e Dillon and his colleague. The former- , •; 0 ; iii his speech dealt at some length on n ' The Times-Parnell embrogh*o,and his v laudationofthelrish-Americahleader :,, of his party was a glory of ( Hibernian • d oratory.SirT.'Esmondewasw'elcomed d : 'by the audioucewith moreeffusiveneil, lt than the more elpquent'.M.P, forth*/ j reason it would seem, that he nnites |f in conditions of )f landlord aiid liberator. Hisstooh lj eqmprisedonly a few platitudes, but jl he was applauded to the echo. Wlieri '■"■'■ : : th«!'Bpeakei; bad'finished, and the tributes of mutual admiration'Vera J exhausted, the collection came to the ff front.; After a little Dr ;e o'To6le (the president of the meeting) ft that jthis'i, would be the last time oi t asking, the stream of dollars comf|, uienced to flow, and in a very ltttle " j. while over 8000 dollar's,! were contributed. The fervency of the thanks „ ! Returned by the Irish envoys was j, quite'in proportion to the generosity .' of.the audience. <rtv\ ■:,-> <■-,■ ». :o i ' '' ■''' n The Guv'nor at dreytown. Ie < I f From Our Own Correspondent,) lr Last Friday night (it the Palace ie Hall, Greylown, a performance took U place of the Guv'nor, by the Amatuer is Draniatio and Operatic Society. Prior ie to; the commencement, a torchlight >f procession, with fireworks, tookjk'aoe j along tho main street,':! a it moderately large attendance in the ;o hall.' Tho orchestra of stringed" and.-,." it other instruments performed.'; A "i it various overtures with musicat ; f*|l(' |s ; tisiiij. TheiSceneryr,painf?d fot ( l f occasion' by 'Mr' : ' e appropriate and effective, showing that it gentleman's ability as a scenic artist. ; d The comedy was well'«placed" and 1 the,.;" Bole" well chosen. Tho a Guv'nor, Mr Butterscotch (A. L o Webster) sustaiued bis part vory well e as regards his acting, but his ''make [. up" spoilt its effectiveness; he wore f black whiskers and liait, which made g bini look 20 years younger than he i t should have looked. With thiß ir exceplionvhei carried 'outihis titlo. . .■■ n "role" to x the 'life. ir Lucina), as the stuttering well-to-do y young gentleman, was, throughout the o piece, the character he represented, y Tlie'odoro Macclesfield (dig duff) e proved his ability for low comedy in d thisoharacter which wilha little less >-. t stinginess'in future deliuoatioiilHwill . be tho half dumb and deaf Tfam'o's'' : , boat builders to the lifo. Thwdore it (JiNichol), played his part well, but '. , doc§ noF^uloiently)]|ibndeal-;;his,'; .; r j \ e made a very passable Yorkshireman, '. and^eemedvery[wellupmhis"cues." Ii The Various other minor made ckract teiDjFelioio (Mr Knell) in particular, 0 filled in tho ?^3^«^g|L 1 As regards the laaiesj" it*fs 5 i, difficult matter to distinguish abilities''« Tteir" got up" was most appropriate. " Amelia (Mrs Trotraan) " held the " a ; mirror up to naturo;" Kate, {Miss .' Mary Gallagher), enacted her" cast" ' I, to■ the life; Barbara (Miss Bissy ; , Jackson) was the pretty housemaid to ' i,, perfection; Mrs Macclesfield (Miss ■ % Louisa'Gallagher)was"tothe manner i- bornj" both in voioe and gesture, the • middle-aged matron in-"humble life;" l, Carrie (Miss Ella Gallagher), w«s an a interesting lovesick damsel, and well a sustained her part; Susan (Miss e Briinton) was life-like in ' i as a well conducted young la'dj^ji- All' i tu'eipartsworeovidentlyjvell'skudied,' d as tho performance was well and'ably r sustained throughout. The various e tableaux were "posed" with dramatic d effect, . ;: . '" : : .

■ i.lt; is rumored that, the Company will 'produce. the bqow in Mastcrton, and [perhaps in Carterton or Grey, town again. Tho Company jrwell deserve all the patronage that; may afyrae from the places they May-visit; tbeiv abilities being oq'ua] t<i the mwup ttavvlliogdrnmatig wmpijpj^