The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3492, 23 April 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890.

The conversazioni! on tho water supply question which took placo in the Borough Council Chambers on Monday, will scarcely lead to any practical result. 'For years past the necessity of a water supply of some kind or otlier Ims been practically admitted, and for years all sorts of projects have been mooted, There has been a Waipipi scheme, several Waipoua schemes, a Waingawa scheme, a well-sinking scheme, an artesian scheme, and last but not least the abortive scheme designed by Mr Eenall. There is every probability of these and other ingenious devioes occupying the attention of the Council for many years to come Councillors are quite in earnest in a desire ..to seoure a supply of some kind, but there are certain inherent municipal beliefs which are fatal to tho accomplishment of any project outside the ordinary scope of administration. It is, and has always been, an article of faith that Borough Councillors do not noed that professional assistancewhioh ordinary mortals employ; in constructing public works they require no ongineer, and in determining a legal question tbey need no lawyer. Almost every Councillor is either a lawyer or an engineer, by virtue of his office, and the consequence is that when legal and engineering doubts come together as in the water supply question, such a variety of opinions are generated that settlement in any defined direction is almost impossible. Perhaps some day Councillors will realise that by employing ordinary professional assistance, difficulties which have beset them for years will be resolved in a few days, We have watched the administration of tbo Municipal Act in Masterton for tho

last dozen years, and have had occasion to notice how costly has been the practice of relying upon amateur engineering aud, amateur law., If a member of our Borough Council, we care not who he may be, gets into Borne little private difficulty he goes straight to his lawyer for advice, but if the Council gets into a little difficulty, he. supphos it with assistance from that source which he deems insufficient for the protection of his own personal interests. Amateur law, though not good enough for a Councillor, is quite sufficient for a Council.

The salary of the town clerk'of Wellington has been raised to £450, The Yictorian Government have at last deoided to abolish payment by results to teachers. A Bpeoial meeting of the Oommittoo of tho Maatcrton Hospital will bo hold to-morrow afternoon, .Stanley's fee for each of his proposed lootures will be £IOO- so tho London correspondent of the Scottish Leader says, A general meeting of members of the Mftßterton-Opaki Jookey Club will be held in the Olub Hotel this afternoon, The second practice of "Lea Cloohoa de Corneville," by the membera.of the Maaterton Oporatio, Society, will be held this evening, The ordinary meeting of the Maßterton Early Closing Association will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall this owning. The Eketahuna School Committee have nominated Mr Hawkins fer the vacant seat'on tho Eduoatfon Board. Tho leading attiole of a 'Wellington evening paper was headed yesterday by the very aigi'ificaut line, "The market price of brains," It is repotted that a ropo factory is about to be,established at Kuripuni, Suoh an industry should, if started, meet with ..encouraging support, ' A site at Sydney, coating £86,000, tia>: boon purchased by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for building purposes, New South Wales is going in lor forest conservation arid iorest planting, and the services of Mr John E. Brown, conservator of forests in South Australia, have been' secured to organise tllo d^aitwelatoHoiielltWß'tleiVWty.

. The Inspectors at Duriedin ate making a thorough inspection of all darios in the 0 oily and suburbs. ', di j Canada propoeea to place a -duty on foreign books' "and pictures, and the tl London illustrated paperß are -protes- ( % .;■ ■■■•••.' Mr F.W.Frankland, Commissioner t of (Joverninont Insnranoe and Chief \ Actuary, has resigned his position and n has accepted the offer of a position on ft London aßsurnnoe company. ] The Bale of travellers' samples which ( was to have been commenced to day in ( the premises next the Bank of Austra ■■ ( lasia, has been postponed till to-morrow in consequence ot a dolayin the arrival , offfoods. ' ■ . : ( Shortly after eight o'clock this morning ; the Queen Street firebell ran? outan 1 alarm, when it was found the fluo of a chimney in the Occidental Hotel was on ' fire; The application of a few buckets of _ water Biibdued the flames. | Tho Ekotabuna School Committee avo considering tho advisability of applying to tho Education Board for additional , accommodation, It appears there are 144 names on tho roll, whilst tho seating accommodation of the Bchndl is only enough for 9D, A vocal and instrumental concert ijj connection with the Masterton Football Club will be held in tho Temperano Ball to-rnorrow, ovoning. Elaborat arrangements have beon made for th occasion, and a very pleasaut ovening '• should therefore be spent. One of our well-informed Wellington contemporaries has the stupidity to guatre .tho conception of the publio with ! ' that of i'self, and coolly asks its.readors to give credulity to the statement that at Boucko, ,N.S,W„ where tho. rocent fluods Have occurred, thirteen inches of ram foil in twenty-four hours. We have, f- of course, no reason' to doubt the ussertion, for wonders will never cease. T Tho team to play Masterton on Sntur day next, will be picked from the following members of tho Grevtown Football Cliibi-Uacls, Maunsell Mo- '• Carty,- Webster, Lucona, Urn, Tako, Judd, McMastOr, Bruuton. Forwards; i" E Udy, 0 Udy, H A and W Mitchell, C Varnham, (irigg, Tuhoro, Amos, 0 J and A Beard, Ingloy, Thomas, R 7 f Manihera, Tiiiga, Tarau, Polling, H Maunsell.

Says our Carterton contemporary : —Bolvedoro Eoad, CVrtorton, was matlo livoly on Sunday ntternoon by tho vagarios of a couple who rcsldo in a small cottage in that thoroughfare, Wiat with tho soreaming of children, the banging of the doors, and the language used by the principals, it seemed as if Bedlam had pot loose. The appowance of Constable Darby on tho scone had tho effect of quioting thorn down.

A capital show was made by tho Wholesalo Drapery Co last night of Autumn and Winter goods (just opened up), which by fur excooded, in tasteful and elaborate arrangomont, anything that ban been seon in the district. The show! wns witnessed by a largo number of residents. There aro no less than eleven commercial travellers in Masterton at the present time. All tho available rooms in tho town have bean occupied opening up samples, and some of the "O.T's" have had to delay thoir departure in consequence. Of insurance and book agents we have also a good supply. Mr F Black, General Manager of tho Tasmanian Government Railways, has presented to the Tasmanian Museum a splendid spooimen of tho Frost Fish. It is a species occasionally found in Now Zealand, but very rarely in Tasmanian waters, Thespeciraonis a full-sized ono, being sft in length. It was found washed up on ono of the banks of the Tamar, Tho present fish is tho largest of its kind yet found in Tasmanian waters, It will bo placed in the Tasmanian room at the Museum in the course of a few days. Archbishop Carr, alluding humorously to tho presence'of a Scotch earl at an Irish musical demonstration at Melbourne, said he regarded it as an act of penance, as the Scutch had appropriated so many of tho Irish molodies. Earl Hopetoun was, however, quite equal to the retort, and said that tho theft (if any) was revenged, aB lie knew that some of the Irish girls retaliated by stealing the Scotchmen's hearts and hands. As the Countess is of Irish family, tho Earl soared that time; but there are very lew persons who can score off tho Archbishop's bowling, Our local contemporary, who evidently prides himself in his economy of tho truth, is, probably out of mere stubbornness, persistent in his report of "theoutrage which occurred on the Upper Plain road on Sunday oveuing last, and it is needless to say residonts ■ in tho neighborhood are fearful lest the statements made may in any way bo truo, We again assert, on the authority ot tho 1 police, that thore is not an atom of truth in the statement that a " sticking ■ up" took placo. The whole concern is ■ a fabrication,'' and therefore, should not be given credenco to by the public. What aotually did occur was, as we 1 slated in our columns of Monday, a drunken " row, 1 ' tile like- of which i might occur at any part of the town a I dozen times in a week. It is hardly to I be expected that an outrape, such as that reported by our contemporary, would pass through tho hands of the police practically unnoticed. Hitherto (writes the Homo correspondent of a contemporary) the Canadian ' farmers havo mado no efforts to secure ; for themselvos a portion of tho profitable ' dairy produce trade with England, but i now they appear to bo gradually grasp--1 ing the fact that it will bo to their i advantage to enter the lists, and as they \ can produce butter, cheose, &o„ quite as cheap as New Zealand or Solicit I Australia, and freight'fram America is 1 so much cheaper, it cannot bo denied > that Canada will develop into a most formidable rival. Latterly some vory 1 large shipments havo arrived, and on ; the whole commanded fairly high prices, A telegram from Dunedin says that ■ tho Exhibition has already greatly . changed, and by Wednesday it is oxpected tho wholo cf the artiolcs in tho ' New South-Wales Court will be packed up. The Anthropometrical Laboratory 1 is to bo kopt open for another week. The total number tested up to the present is 4571. Tho tallest person was a man standing 6ft Biu in his stockings, J The top weight was, list 7|U>. The highest breathing capacity, 372 cubic inches, Tho strongest pull, 1931bj. A lady, a member of the choir, registered a breathing-capacity of 246 in. A number of males tested were found colour-blind, ; but no ladles wore found dofectivo. ' Uur dress department is how abundantly supplied .with all the latest fashions, both . in textures and colours, adapted tor the autumn and winter season, at To Aro Houso, Wellington, To begin with,' Everyone should inspect our 'spepial "Ifejtpn" cloth, 80 i inches wide. This a most useftd material, , and not only so, but is attraotivo in appearanoo, and may be had in black, three Bhados of grey grenat, greens, and browns. Having beeri manufactured to our express i order, we can guarantee its wear,. A full dress length will cost 10s Cd only, at To Aro House, Wellington. 1 Then there are useful varieties ofcolored 1 meltons, 25 inches wide, from GJd to Is pec 1 yard; French joules, in all new colours, from 12Jd per yard; homespuns and fancy knickers, splashes, decks, broken checks,' fancy plaids Ac, from M to Is IJdpor yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington, In double width materials, 42 and 44 1 inches wide, wo enumerate, All' wool i amospns,2s Gil to 4s 6d per yard'; fancy tweeds, Is lid to 2s Gd per yard; fancy plaids, bqurettes, kniokcrs, bannockbums, iS,'o.,2s4jd to 8s 9d per van!, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Ik black dross materials wo Havo some beautiful fabrics in stripes, sqrolls, and floraldosjgns, 42 inches wide, 2s lid to 4s Gd per yard; an unrivalled ohoioo of French atnezones, 44 inches wido, 2s lid to 5s Gd posjard; and a very large assortment of plain black French cashmeres and merinos from Is lid to 7s Gd per yard, atTe Aro House, Wellington; And then wo have' the best' dressmaking inthocith ihavo long had,two dressmaking rooms, under very superior and eOicient management. Our arrangements for the season' are very complete, and ■we can stdl turn out dresses In the highest style of art, at the- Wholesale Family Drapery Wttfehouje, Te Mo BWW Bfjtol.-Aprt,

The Greytown Amateur : Dramatic '■ Olub and their friends hold a private dance this Bvenidi(,: ■'■ .--• : Mr Geo. Coker requests us to state that tho rink will be open to-night, (Wednutday), A notice with reference to the electoral rolls and defaulters' lists of -the Wairarnpa North County appears in another column, . The Knights of Labour at Auckland intend to publish a li.t of the names of these shopkeopors who do not close oarly, and 5 they will bo forwarded to tho various labour unions. Tho young man named Burton, who was conspicuous in the reoent gambling case in Wellington, has been committed for trial for perjury. The furioral of Mr Fredem Book, who 1 diodat the Masterton Hospital yesterday, . takos place at 4.15 p.rn to-morrow inßtoad of 3p.m as advortieod. ' An interesting addrosswaß Riven bj r Mr W Easton at the- Temperance Hall j last evening to a fairly good congrega- | turn.. ; It was tolegraphed to Wolhngtonkst i that thero is an opidomio in measles, scarlatina, influenza,, diarrhoea, , and typhoid ■ fever at' Auckland at tho i present time.

The fortnightly sewing meeting, and social in connection with the 'Mastorton AVoßlcyah Church.ivas hold at Mr Pybuß' residence Kurupuui, last evening. The meeting was largely attended, Constable O'liorkc, Inspector under the Employment of Females and Others Act, told tho Sweating Commissioners yesterday that thero are 781 "young persons and females" employed in the city factories.

A very generous action has been poi

formed by the inonmbent of Oartorton, the ttev W Ballaohoy., Tho Bishop mentioned at yesterday's incetlntr of the Standing Committee'that Mr liallachey, havingrocently received a loßaoy of £2OO, had presented ono thithc of it (£2O) to tho capital of tho General Church. Fund, The following paragraph has beon added to the Official Report of the Exhibition:—"The press throughout the

Colony has contributed in no smal degree to thesucoosa of the undertaking

Our special thanks are due to those Australian journals who have sent speoial correspondents to report upon the Exhibition and tho country," The following team will represent Mastorton in the football match' with Greytown on the AYorksop road ground on Saturday next.—Backs-Hirsohberg, Holinwood, Owen, 0,, H, and J, Perry,

and R. Thompson; forwards—o. Bannister, Day, Mitchell, Mowatt, Simeon, Stewart, Wallace, Weloh; emergencies, Freeth, and Niton, The Oamaru Mail,referring to the failure of the potato crop, states that tho

manager of ono estato has adopted tho jdea of advancing Gd per bag to nssistthe unfortunate croppers, who in somo in-

stances have agreed to give as much as £3 per acre for their land, a sum which tho gross product wi|l not realise. Some havo been more fortunate, but the rents fixed, owing to keen competition, were in oyory case too high. The following team will represent the Red Stars against the Carterton Club on Saturday next on tho Park Oval: Igguldon, D'Aroy, Richards, Thompson, Hoar, Hawke, O'Connor, Watson, 0. Percy. McKenzie, Morris, Welch, Hoar, Clias, Ewiiigton, Owen. Einergoncies-Wal-laco, Campbell. Play will commence at 3 o'clock. • Tho mutch betwoon the dtar and Te Ore Ore second fifteens has boon postponed. The Groytown Amateur Dramatic Club wiil shortly put BouMcault's threoact drama of " Iho Siausdmum" into rehearsal, Tho play, which consistß of no loss than sixteen scones, as many as eight scenes being in a einglo act, abounds in sentiment, humour, and tragedy, as its incidents change, and is as suitable a pieco as could possibly have been solooted. The club is 'to play " The Guv'nor" in Masterton, and may possibly also give us'' The Slaugbraun " when they produoo it in two or three months timo.. They will not, however, be able to perform in Carterton, owinp to tho absence of sufficient stago accommodation. "Tho Silver King" was for a time undor consideration as a subject for rehearsal, but it was found that Messrs Williamson, Garner; and Musjirdve held the copy-right, whereas "The S "aughraun" is free of fees.

A wesftem papor gallantly remarks that" the lady prisoners in our gaol aro about the most desperate lot we have seen for a long time.".