The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3568, 23 July 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1890.

The burning question at Eketahuna justnowistbe proposed now toll-gate, We quite sympathise with the efforts being rnadn against barring tho road and fleecing the travelling public, but the difficulty will not be settled by

misrepresenting the real facts in connection with tho up-keep of the portion of the main road in question, According to our reported statement of what Mr Anderson said at tho late meeting of the Eketahuna Boad Board, the County takes £4OO a year from the riding and only spends £2OO a year on its roads. If there bo any accuracy in this statement the necessity for a toll is atonco disproved, but we scarcely think that these figures will bear an analysis. Tho County estimate of revenue in the riding taken from official sources is—rates, £267, liconses, £75, subsidy, £6O, making a total of £%2, Against this L 261 is required for the mainr tenance of the main road, and L2J)I for the Eketalmna.Tinuiline, making a total of L 552. Contrasting (lie County returns with Mr Anderson's we get County Mr Anderson Receipts, £362 ' WOO ' " Expend,, £552 £2OO deficiency £l9O surpluߣ2oo It is apparent in the face of the official figures that Mr Anderson is soraowliat astray in his calculations, Still we have the fact that tho Eoad Board is willing to undertake tho up-keep of the road,and presumably to perform L 550 worth of work out of arovenueofiSGO. The only question is whether to make both ends meet the Eoad Board would have to

starve the roads. Some guarantee on tbis s<sore would be required, because tho main line hns cost a very large

sum of money, and if for two or three years it were neglected, a very considerable sum would be required to make it good. It will be seen from what wo have said that tho difficulty betweeu the Comity and Eoad Board is not quito so easy of adjustment as might appear from the report of the Eoad Board meeting. The strong point against the County proposal seems to be that lor a deficiency of £l9O it is ridiculous to erect a toll gate. The cost of putting up the gate and toll house, and maintaining a keeper would probably amount to £l5O for the first year. It would be necessary for that term to collect about ■£?s at the gate in order to provide for a deficiency of £IBO, and if taxation of tbis kind is pot ruinous to a community, we do not know any mode of raising revenue which is half as bad, If the Eketa. kuna Road Board can show that tho estimate of expenditure can be reduced

without impairing the. efficiency of the roads, then the dcjjclenpy would be still less than £l9O, possibly only £IOO, and it should, we submit, be mot out of rate, and uot from a toll,

i Ouk local, contemporary in his last issue takes up the laborquestion ' iu liisfavoiitoform, '-.Ho. attributes • to ua untruthfulness, absolute ignorance andinsanity.' We do not mind ' imputations of this charooter .from ' Buiih a quarter, and lie is welcome, as of old, to be as foul-torigued as he lilies. We intend to say what wo believe to be taw on tlifl labor question and on the Farriers' Union and _ the farmers... We, believe the Farriers' Union, as far as Mastertoti is concerned, to be a snare, and bur contemporary knows perhaps better than anyone, else the mysteries of it. • It is reported that certain members oftbe Union who' are upholding it intend to retiro from the shoeing business, and it matters little or nothing to them' whether a Co-operative Farriers' Company he formed or not, but other members who in all good faith have followed their example and stood by them in the contest with the farmers will find out eventually that they have been misled and placed in a false position, In the course of a very shod time we think evidence will be forthcoming which will justify the statement we are making.'

In Ills last issue our local contemporary refers to us in the following terms:— Does he (Hie editor of the Daiiy, we prcßurus), pay his lilorary staff tho ordinary prico of unskilled labor-? How much dobs his editor receive ? How otten has ho reduced thowayoE of his hands during the last two or three years? How many ot the youths that were in his office five years ago remain there? Is he in the habit of

" saoking" his young lads directly thoy get out of their apprenticeship ? Is not his whole staff composed of boya and youths?

If ho will answer wo will, on tho oilier hand, undertake to oonvinco him, it ho is opon to conviction, that; wo. hove always treated our staff fairly, giving .tar a, rieo when tho proper time arrived; that we have never on any occasion reduced or screwed down wages of any kind; that our staff has always been fairly composed of adults; that we have nothing to fear from trades unions or the rules of tho Typographical Society whioh our contemporary violates every day of his lifo; that our principles and practise correspond, and that wo havo never discharged man or boy for the object of obtaining cheap labor, Lot our contemporary say tho same if ho can. In reply to the questions we may briefly say that wo pay our literary

staff mora than the ordinary price of unskilled labor. We have no apprentices, and when we had wo usually gave theui tho option of rcmainingin our em-

ploy when their terra was completed, Our whole stall is not composed of boys and youths. We have also a few words to say to our contemporary's assertion that he has treated his staff fairly and always given them

a rise when the proper time arrived, In five specific instances employees in the office of our contemporary have , applied to us for work on. tho ground cither that they have been rooeiving

inadequate wages in his employ or havo not obtained rises in their wages whioh have been promised to them, If our contemporary desires it we shall bo happy to supply him with the names in each of these specific

instances. Will he also give us the name of any of oi.r staff who has applied to him for employment for a similar reason, Wo do not accuse our local conterapory of untruthfulness, but wo submit that if he ever takes it into his head to writo a volume of fiction, the book will sell I

The adjournod sittings of tho District Court will not be hold in Masterton till Wednesday, August 6th. A concert is to be hold at Martinborough on August Ist, in aid of the family of the late Mr Badland. Frcezint; operations are to be commenced by tho Lonpburn Company on October Ist, A dividend of two shillings in the £ in the estate of Ell Caselberg is now payable at the office of the Official Assignee,

The Masterton BqrougU Goiuicil has voted the sum of 110 towards the erection of a Firo' Brigade station at Kuvlpuni. An Arbor Day was eolobratod at Kaitara on Friday last, whon tho soliool children turned out aiid planted forest treos around their grounds. It Las been advised by cable that Parnell's mother is yery ill. Mr F H Wood has already a number of entries for his stock sale on Thursday, July 31st, Bis announcement appears in another column.

Tho football match, Pahiatua vj Tuhckara, played on Saturday, was won by tho latter by 14 points to nil. Tho local police hayo been informed by the Town Clork that a nijmher of the posts at street corners have been stolen, People who appropriate these posts must indeed be short of Grewood. No less than one thousand acres of bush is boing felled on tho Brandon estate, Forty-milo Bush, this year, and it is expected that another thousand will be down by December, Constablo McLean, who dropped dead at Palmerston on Saturdav, had taken the precaution to insure his life for L2OO in the Mutual life Association of Australia,

We are requested to stale that the art union in connection with the Wairarapa Poultry Association hs,s been abandoned. Entries for the animal'show close on Saturday noxt,

The Pahiatua Town Licensing Com' mittoo mot at noon on Monday last, but owing to judgment boing reserved in a case against them in the Supreme Court, the meeting was adjourned till next day. A hunchback whale, (56ft long, stranded on Tonga last week, It has been towed over to the Boulder Bank, where It will be ttied out, Its estimated value is L 200.. -• '

We understand that the Kurupuni railway station is becoming of considerable impoitnncejto settlers in that district, and Messrs Shute and Henderson intend lmkintr application for a siding for transmission of their timber.

The search at Eketahuna lor the body of Isaac Priest is still being conducted by Constable .Roache, who has pcocured a boat in which to navigate the Deep Creek. In a deep hole-in the creek the youn» man's hat baa been found, and it Is thought the body is there also.

The Minister of Publio Works has informed tho Mayor of Wellington that Goyornmont'lntend to introduce a Bill providing for the extension of the railway line to To Aro, and also place a sum on the Supplementary Estimates for the purposo of carrying out the work,

Two years since we inaugurated a practice which has been extensively followed since viz., showing during the daytimo, but under gaslight, material for ball and i evening at Tc Aro House, Dorasn this week,to'wit on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, our show rooinwiti be artittoially dfttkened, and we intond to give our lady friends an opportunity of seeing a resplendent show of materials and requisites for the ball room, under gaslight, at Te Aro House, ..-.__.'■ ' The materials wjll comprise nuns veilings in heliotrope, lemon, cream, sky, and gas green, tullo robes, tullo and tinsel' robes, tulle and crystal robes,' tulle and net robes, embroidered veiling, silks, faille francaise mervoilUaux, watered silks, pongees, cashmeres in all the most beautiful and effective

coloursi'at Te'Aro House'. 1 TpEX there' aro a'.splendid lot of the fashionable jjussia n'ets'm plain and striped, nets with ohenille spots, sills' shines and figures, in skirts lengths, silk; gloves, 27 j inches long, in oreara coral,.white, sky, and I gold, suede gloves, fans in feather, g&uze, and marabout, with a variety of ribbons to match the nets, at Te Aro Houso. __ ALTOoETiKRthe gaslight display. during tho day will bo a perfect success, and we Invite all the laSies resident in Wellingtonto witness i't'h'ee from any. solicitation lo purchase, at To Aw Hou6.e,-A»V'fi'

Mossrs Ewingtoh aiid"Wolch, farriers, lavo nii important announcement in mother column. ■

Messrs Lowes and lonia add to thoiv sale for Wodnosday, 80th, 1 «oods break and 1 light express, A ball is anitouncod to bo hold in ,tlio Manricevilio Ohorul Hall on Friday,' August Ist, to commoncoat 8 o'clock,.. A heavy slip occurred on the Manawatu Giwe onTnosday afternoon, preventing the Napier mails getting. through to Palmerston.

■ The second of a sovies of tomporance lectures by Mr J Knott is announced to be given in tho Wesleyan Church this evening,

Thn New Zealand Times Bays it is probable that the Opposition will requisition Sir Robert Stout to stand lor the Tiraaru seat. A well-known London preacher and author, Hie Rev. Mark Pearco, intends to visit Australia and New Zealand early |inlß9L

A. boautitul Btaincd yta window, purchased in Christchurch, is being inserted in the east end of St Matthew's Church by Mr 0, B. Darnells to-day.

Mr William Osborne, otFernridgo, near Muatcrton, has petitioned tho Homo for redroßS of a grievance imposed upon huS'by prosecution under theShoepAot.

Mr Bc'ethatn is asking tho Government to inquiie into' the causes of a " runaway" on the! inclino section of the Wellington-Eketaliuna railway on the 18Hiinst. Mossrs Holmes and Bell, of Blenheim, have roceived cable advice from their London office, undor date,pf April 2Ut, to the oflect that New Zealand , hemp, fair Wellington quality, is worth £lB to £l9 per ton.

Tho annual show of the Wellington Poultry Association will be opened in tho Garrison Hall to-murrow by His Excellency tho Governor, The ordinary 380 pm train to the Wairarapaylll be delayed till 5,30 for the convenience of visitors to thn show,

It is notified by advertisement in another column, that the office of the Mastorton Road Board, has been removed to the County Counoil Chambers Hall Street, whoroall business ot the Board will be in future conducted.

A public mooting under the aUßpices of tho Knights of Labour and the AntiPoverty Society was held in Auckland last night, when itjwas resolved to form a national party, which shall havo as a platform the .immediate repeal of the property tax and the substitution of a tax of'ono percent upon land values oxcluoivo of improvements,

Tho proposal of Or T. Dixon to gran the free uso of books in the Fubli Library to ratepayers contributing oyo 6s 8d per year to tho Library rate, was negatiyod at the meeting of tho Borough Council lnat evening on- the grounds that there would not be sufficient hooks to meet the increased demand, The hungry mortal who stepped int a local fish-shop the other day and lifted a lobster, but afterwards encountered a female with clenched fists and desperate countonance, has been glad to pay doublo the cost of the fish and has taken his departure for" fresh fields and pastures new," Mr.Knott, delivored the first of his series of Temperance Looturos, last, night in tho Masterton Presbyterian I Church, to a fairly largo and attentive audience, the chair being occupied by MrE. Feist. Mrljnottgavea portion of ono of.Mr J.B. (Jough's thrilling orations in "a masterly stylo, and also told some very' amusing anecdotes in illustration •of his remarks, Valuable assistance was rendered by the Church Choir. ."

The Rev. Father Halbwachs, late rector of Sfc.Patrick'e Church, Masterton who left Chnstohurch recontly to take ohargo of tho Shand's Track Catholic Mission, was rocontfy mado the recipients a mark of tho esteem in. which he 1b held by tho members of the Catholic Church, aud some friends outside that circle. Tho presont consisted of a good round sum of money, which was subscribed for in a purely spontaneous manner, £lO of the amount being sent from Eangiora. Mr Mercer, Secretary of the Woirarapa llugby Union, has receivod a communication from the Canterbury Onion, offering 120 towards tho

exnensos of a visiting teani, If similar concessions can bo obtained fcom tho South Canterbury and Otago Unions, a Wairarapa team wiling doubt visit tho South when the cup matches are finished.

Tho third of the series of lectures in aid of the Carterton Presbyterian church building fund was given last night by

Dr D G Johnston, the subject being " The Senses," There was a very good attendance, and the address was listened to with appreciable attention. The subject was well handled by the worthy lecturer, and most dearly explained for the edification of tho audience. Before the locturo was, commenced a duct was rondered by Mrs Proctor and Miss Armstrong, and the choir snug some glees during the evening, which very much enlivened the proceedings. A hearty vole of thanks was accorded the lecturer at the oloao. The Rev Charles Murray presided,

The Demaresq Variety Company gave their second and final performanooin the Theatre Royal last nvenino to a fairly good house. The Company wore again well received, the audience being vooiferous in their applause, Harry Hall as " Flannigan" was as good as ever, whilst Mr M'J}ermott's desonptiye songs were loudly encored. The acrobatic feats performed by tho Messrs Demaresq and Mr Milligan wore again a success, as was also the slaokwire walking of E Demaresq, ''Fat Dan and l'lun Mick" by Messrs M'Derniott and Hall rnet with a double encore Mr M'Dermott also appeared (hhis"negrowittioisms," which fairly brought down tho house, Mr Bead was in much bettor voice, and his songs" On Guard" and "Rocking the Baby to Sleep"

were well received,. The ooraic songs of Mr Fitzgerald wero rondered in first class style, while the farces, "Bluff 1 and "111 Fed Dora" oreated roars of laughter. The company appear at Carterton tonight. Mr A. W, Hog<» is capable'at times of waxing exceedingly funny, espeoially to attain tho end he desires. This may , not generally be known, but it is nevertheless a fact. At tho meeting of the

Masterton Borough Council laßt evening the individual in question wished to impress upon the Ohio Fathers tho ur?ent necessity for affecting repairs to the street in the immediate vicinity, of his residence. Having referred at some length to tho deplorable state of this road he remarked that it was uttorly impossible for a 'bin or even a butoher's com to approach his door. Not long si'tice, ho assorted, a well-known military officer of this district desired to pay him a visit, but could only dp. so at the expense of a pair of boots and the lower portion of his pantalobnß, which ho left in tho mire, whilst his companion on the occasion, a local brewer, was floundering about in the mud for an indefinite period. Furthor, Mr Eou,a, stated that it • was necessary when he or his wife visited town, to vault several fences, and thereby get into street. The Council, on this evidenco, quite naturally resolved to take action,, fearing that at no distant date the editor of an evening paper might be discovered " wallowing in the mire."

Uonreadors will be pleased tolcara that Meßsralj, J; Hooper irad Cq starts this morning ouo of their half yearly clearing sales, Tho whole of the stock in the Bon Marche is'reduced to prices that must tempt ovcry oiie wanting drapery, millinery, and clothing, to purchase largo parcels during this great sale. Tub great side of drapery and clothing is now being held at tho Bon Mor'cHc. Messrs L, J Hobnorand Co hayo determjijed to rcduco their stock to aoouthalt'the present valuo. Bargains in every department will be offered during the next'fawldaye? " •.. PonoHASES of the Drapery, Millinery and boys clothing should not fail to attend, at once the great sale now going on at the Bon Marche,' every article is reduced, .Cost price not being considered the stock must be reduced before slock (#s.' ". '