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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3585, 12 August 1890, Page 2

The Masterton School Committeo is on tho horns of a dilemma on the matter of the second school 'site. We will not dwell upon the difficulty or tho causes wliioli have .led tip to it. The real question is how to surmount it. If the Committee appointed a Sub-Uommittee to arrange the affair with the Board and gave its Subcommittee, full powers there would be a reasonable chance of securing the erection of a second school. Considerable tact and judgment are now required to extricate the Committee from the false position m which it is placed,

A correspondent to an Otago newspaper advocates tho wholesale cutting down of education expenditure by roduoing Inspectors' salaries 25 por cent, Owing to the difficulty amongst the coal miners on the West Coast, the coal merchants of Ohristchurch have decided to rise tko piiuo of coal by 4s per ton. The Australian colonies- and New Zealand are to ho favorod this year with a visit from a royal personage—the Czwowitch, who is expected to arrive about Christmas.

Tho second popular concert in connection with tho Wesloyan Sunday School is announced to be held in the TeinperaiioeJrMl on Thursday next. A man named Henry Olenohy,, up till recently a station hand at Gladstone, has died in'tho Wellington hospital trow the effects of a cancer, It is behoved that if Sir Robert Stout again stands for Parliament he will, at the next general election, oppose the Hon. Mr Hislop, It is well-known there is no lovo lo3t between these t,vo lawyer politicians.

Mcssra Lowes and lorns hold their stock Bale at. the yards to-ruoirnw, the list for which will up to the present cooipribo, 12) orossbrod ewes, 100 ewes in lamb, 20 3 yoar old steers, 23 store cows, 8 fat bullocks, 10 2 and 8 yoar old heifers, <t dairy cowa, BO fat wetheve, horses, pigs, etc,

Mr Bectham has intimated his intention of moving, on tho House going into Cominitteo of Supply, that Government should ask the House to vote a sum of money fur tho purposo of introducing to this Colony a desirablo class of immigrants suitable for occupatiou of tho Crown lands of tho Colony. Tho Mastortnu School flommittoe'has docided to call the attention of the Education Board to tho fact that no provision has heen made for temporary accommodation during the time alterations are being made to tho school latrines, and to request that the omission be rectified.

A sad spectacle was witnessed in an Auckland street the'other day, four young lads, whose ages ransrod from fifteen to sixteen years, wending their way home in an advanced ata<ro of elevation. Sir William Fox, where art thou ]

The Weekly rimes and Mo announces that it will give no more " sporting notes." It says; 'Wo do not seo that wo can any loni»er pander to the vilo and dishoucßt gambling instincts which are so ornftily taken advantage of by the noble sportsmen who live on tho betting public.''

A speaker at a recent Unionist meeting in Chrhtchurch said:—" What capitalists have loft Canterbury since the establishment of Unionism ? I can only remembor two, Dohelly, of rinking fame and another whose name is eithqr Bullivau or. Clanipetfc," As may bo I inTOflSSk,'' I ''

The number of flax-milks In lb* Colony on March 31 last is estimated by the Registrar-General to have been 815. In response to circulars sent out, however, replies have beon received from 216 mills, which empby 31160 men, liii boys and 3 girls, Ninety-six of these mills are in Auckland, and sixty-four in Wellington'.

The .usual weekly session of the Phcenix Lodge, 10.G.T, was held in tho Temperance Hall last night, Bro Wilton, C.T, in thn chair, and a good muster of officers and members, Aftor various items of business had been dealt with, Bro JFrcethy gavo an interesting readiug entitled " Eemember your obligation," for whioh he was awardod a hearty voto of thanks, Two friends wbro proposed as candidates for election and a clearance card granted to ono Bro, who is loaying for Wellington, the j Lodge Binceroly reeretting tho loss of suck a promising member. Mr A. W. Hogg, according to our Carterton contemporary, mado use of the following language when addressing a meoting recently hold in that town i —"Scourges had been sent by a beneficent Providonoo. They had scab, swaggers, sundowners, and.rabbits. (Laughfcor), He wasjWto know the rabbits had mado thenisolvos felt in the Hawkes Bay District, where existed large tracts of magnificent laud which were only allowed to support a fow shepherds. (Applause). Landholders were all very miserable men. (Laughter) First tho scab to contend with, then }ice jn sheep, and the Inspectors pulling thorn up (laughter), on top of that the sundowners, then' the rabbits, and it would be a very good thing when, their miseries fulminated, and they wore told they could not bo tolerated any longer, but that!; they were goins to have people on the land \ybp would cultivate it and look Pbeerful. (Laughter)."

Says the TVeat Coast Tiium : "With' out the slightest warning or oven a rain drop to herald its approach, a terrific hroko over this office at Jpilf paßt nine' ?'clo°k last night. Tho prpmisM being full "of' c?njqotiblo materj'al, the ljghtpiijg seemed to shoot" oyer the impQsihg'stoii?} apdjicfrer on the steol sticks of tho flie, telrgraph bell was started ringing, and attogother the effect was so weird and awe inspiring that it was only with tho wealcst presence of mind the foreman was.able to prevent tho whole. staff panjc atrlckflp from going into the road. Hpweyerj after explaining lhat thoy wfluld probably ipeplwj.i a '•death more fionimiu; Jo humanity tijan being struck by liyhtning, tho stall was persuaded to coma out from uiidernoath the frames and resumo their positions at the cases. Our reporter, who was busily engaged writing at the timo, rushed jntothe News room with his face as white as the driven snow.".

Co-winy Residents would-do well Jo. remember thaj an' Extraordinary Siiib 'of Surplus Winter Stock comnicucetfon I'ridaj August Ist at the Wholesale Family Dm pcry Warehouse To AroHonse Wellington Tuece will be bargains sufficiently great and Bufficieuily numerous to tempt many to pay a visit to Wollington and for thpso who cannot «myenient!y leave their homes W areprepareuio exoouto Jlioir order will) the utaosuarefulncss'aiid despatch at To Arp Hpyso Wellinliton." '"• " Aifcoriers uiujt'be'accppanied by oash in the shape pj fffjt fMp' orders, pos'taj notes,, cheftjues or whereliese ai'n not available, bfiuknotcs,and will have our best attention- We have issued ft price list of the (eductions made wliioli wo will forward free iywwt on application to Xe Axo Houfo Wellington. Asp'of .what this Surplus 1 Slock consist 1 f tcohsigls of Wiut ( er fabrics of every description,'mjitt'fle'3 jab lileta Millinery, UndG,~c]btb^ig/,C»licoeiS, ; Sheetings Flannel's, §lriisng, Blrate'Carbe'ls', : Linoleums, Hosiery, Men's' • BflyV'M Youtuß' clothing B!l4 a tj>ousmj,a ofjj'er useful and desirablo articles at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Wellington, Tni! genuineness of our sales hitherto has been thoroughly well known and tho present one will be fully up to the ohuaolcr of its predication;" ftps '.thing should however, bo borne in mind, and thaVis that tjfjsc who wish to participate iu its advantagb should Josormiokly, It lasts only, lo days and terminates on lip 10'lb August at To Aro House, Wellipgton.-r-4PV7.

My. or gentlomaii boarders f.E wanted for. Yiotutk Lod?e, Hall b re

: Wo would again remind our leaders of tho grand Volunteer Fire Brigade ball to be hold this eveniog. Tho regular monthly meeting of the Thistle Lodge, N.Z.0., will bo held In the Masonio Hall, Eannister-slreet,' 1 tomorrow evening,

Tho Auckland Tradeß and Labor Council has ordered that Bupporb be withdrawn from the Star, because the proprietor employs cheap labor. The usual weekly parado of the Master' ton Kifla Volunteers will be hold on Thursday noxt, when the presentation of Lieut Hooper's trophy_will.be'mado. William Foster, of tho Taueru, an old pensioner of tho North Wairarapa Benovoleut Society, diod yesterday morning.

A Gne set of bci.igs are the Molbourne lawyors. One of them tho other day called his opposing- counsel "a liar, a scoundrel, and ad— blackguard." Tho Premier (Sir Harry Atkinson) has had to refrain from all official work I owing; -to a severo cold which he incurred a few days since.

The result of the land nationalisation

scheme of Mr Ballanco has been that ft largo percentage of his villat,o Bettlers have abandoned their holdings, Messrs Lowes and loras announco the salo of the whole ot Mrs Corbett's superior household furniture and effects for Saturday next at tlio Auction Mart. To buyers of good furniture this sale offers special attraction, The lambing season has already commenced in this district, and from

inquiries made we find that the percentage of losses has so far been exceedingly small as compared with past ysara, ■

The tiniß for receiving applications

(or shares in the Mastertou Blacksmith mid Wheelwright Manufacturing Company has been extended till noon on Monday, 18th A conference between tho Knights of Labor and a deputation of tho Early Closing A? sociation is, at the request of the former body, to be held to-morrow evening, tho object being to make arrangements for the combination of forces to promote tlio interests of tlifi early closing movement, The Bov E Wood, of Wyndham

(Southland), has received a unanimous call from the Masterten Presbyterian congregation, The call has been sustained by tho Wellington Presbytery' and will come before a spscial meeting of the Southland Presbytory in a few days. -

Tho objects of the Masterten Early Closing Association are exceedingly laudible, and its' members aro using every legitimate effirtto attain them'. Last evenin? a demonstration on a small scale

was made, thoassistauts arranging themselves in single Gle along the footpath in front of a well known draper's establishment as a protest against customers making their purchases after the usual hour for Closing .

Strikes are becoming so frequent, says the Timet, that the mention, of another does nut' surprise one, hut the most novel that has occurred locally hok place last night when the runners on one of our evening contemporaies took it into their heads to rufuso to deliver the papers, They had been receiving 6s a week and upwards,, with 4d a dozen commission on. their sales, but asked for 6s a week at tho lowest, and dl commission, Without notice the youngsters came down on the manager with theso demands, and the proprietary were put to somo little inconvenienco iu getting the paper distributed but oyeotually this difficulty was overcome, One of .the most amusing incidents in connection with tho strike occurred when the strikers commenced to jostle ft '"baoMeg." Ho Wis able to tako care of himself, and in a short time had one of his opponents *4. second

The following copy ol a letter ha ß been handed to us which sevoral of th 6 Masterten famors are sending to the Blacksmith's aud Wheelwrights Cooperative Company:—"Roforring to correspondence and interviews with tho committee appointed to form the above Company, wo beg respectfully to submit the following for consideration; -First, We would point out that if the company is formed a numbor of workmen will be thrown out of employment who liavo spent years to acquiro tho trade, at least as far as Maaterton is cbacorned, and m feel assured that if the matter is seriously considered the action contemplated will be witheld. Second, wo may at once state trankly that we are and have been all along of tho opinion that the action of farriers at the Carterton meeting was too hastily arrived at, and wo would at ai.y time since have beon prepared to ro consider the tfholo matter but ivere persuaded otherwise, tho Chairman of the Farriers Union boiugstrongly asjalnst althouph wo havo good reason to beleive he has applied for tho position of Manager to your Company. We say the action was indiscreet and with a view to amend matters, we beg to submit Ihe following suggestion and trust that the proposal will have a fair consideration, We offer to shoo hacks at tho rate of 6s per set; we offer to shoe draughts at the rate of 7s per set; to shoe draughts at the rate of 8s per set in the heels' and toes. The proposal to be a monthly settlements of accounts with an allowance of % per cont. discount. Customers who may have over tenhorses shod to bo allowed a reduction of 6d per sot'.

' Oon readers iviH bo pleased tolcamtliat Messrs L, J. Hopper and Co start this morning ouo of 'their half yearly clearing sales. Tho whole of tho stopk in the'Bon Marphe is' reduced, to ' prices that' must tempt pyeiy one wjntjpg drapery, millinery and clpthi|ijr/ to' purchase large parcels during this great sa)e," " '•■>•■ Tins great salp qf drapery and clothing is! now being held at the'Bon Marohe, Messrs L. J Hooper and Co havo determined to reduce their tak to about half the present value Bargains in every department will bo offered during the next few days, Purchases of the Drapery, Millinery and [«ivs clothing should not fail to attend at once the greai " uW B oi "? ° na{ " 10 Bon Mcrcjie, overy article is reniiwu,' " a *, prfceijot hping eoiisideiod tho stook must bs reduced beforo'stpsk taking.