MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4040, 17 February 1892, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Borough Council was held lust evening, there being present Crs Heron (in the chair), Feist, T. Cham- 1 berlain, Mutrio,; Dixon, Hessey, W. Perry and E, E, Chamberlain. The minutes of the previbus meeting were read and confimed. CORBESPONDENOE.

From the Secretary of the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade, fchanking the Council for the timber .for .constructing scaffolding,—Eeceived.

From Clerk of the'Greytown Borough Oounoil, requesting a copy iof the Borough 'bylawn.—The Clerk stated that the by-laws had been sent. From Messrs Ashfieldand Biooks, England, with reference to the gas retorts and fittings ordered. - Referred to the Gas Committee,

From the Secretary of the Municipal Association, with a copy, of the resolutions passed at tho late Confers enoe.—Some discussion took place upon the advisability of this Council joining tho Association, but the matter was held over.

From E. Tregenr, Inspector under the Factories Aot, stating that the Act was Dot being complied with in reference to the gas works —lt wbb resolved to write to tbe Inspector, pointing out that the gas works did not come within the Act, tiro men only being employed there. From Messrs J. Graham & On;, offering to pay half the cost of asphalting the footpath in Bannisterstreet.—Referred to the Works Com* mitlee. ' ' _ - WORKS COMMITTEE, • The report of tlio meeting of the Works Committee was rend and !. ' FINANCE. The overdraft was stated to bo £1,200. Accounts as recommended wero passed for payment. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. The Surveyor ■reported that an addition was being made to a house by Mr Haskell.without notice; that a chimney erected by Mr' VVhitt wub not according to regulations; and that the culvert opposite tho Royal Hotel was being blocked. The Clerk was instructed to write, requesting that tke chimney in question be erected according to regulations. ' ' • A SEW BUILDING. The plan of a new building being erected by Mr C. E. Daniell was laid on the table. : ,:; " UNEMPLOYED, ' The Secretary of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society wrote, asking if the Council; could find work in the gasworks for an; unemployed man who had a large family. .' The matter wbb referred to the manager of the gasworks. TttE GASWORKS IMPROVEMENTS. Or Feist asked if the works at tbe gisworks were being conducted under the supervision of tbe manager, and it he was responsible for the materials used. The Clerk replied that the manager supervised everything and passed the materials. Or Dixon thought the Council should have a say in what materials were being used, Crfleron suggested that tbe Gas Oommittoe meet once a week to consider such questions. A good deal of discussion took place about the character of the materials being used, but no action was taken. ■ • ■ ■ ACCOUNTS. An account from Mr S. Bartlett for £lB 18s Gd for the construction of a culvert was referred to the Finanos Committee. Accounts for a bell tower site and firewood were passed for payment. NOTICE OF MOTION, The notice of motion given by His Worship the Mayor with regard to the water supply was held over till next meeting, The meeting then adjourned,

SECOND EDITION

The Temperance Hall has been elaborately decorated for the salo of work to be held to-night, The ongine ot the up train to Masterton broke down yesterday afternoon between Kaitoke and the Summit, The train was therefore late in its arrival, Tho Greytown Brass Band find it impossible to play here next Sunday, 88 several members will not bo able to attend, They hope, however, to come up shortly. Messrs Lowes and lorna add to their stock sale for Wednoaday, February 24, 700 fat and forward wethen, 70 lambs, 12 young pigs, '3O ewes, 1 cow, 2 fat cows, and 4 Lincoln rams, ■ The tug-of-war which exoited so much .interest in Melbourne, was finally won by the Irish team, which takes the first prize, £125, and ten gold medals; Australia tbe, second prize, £6O; Germany the third, £'4o; and Sweden fourth, £2O, It should bo a source of further gratification to sons of .the Em6ra]d J ls|e-to-leamronthreuthority of tt Melbourne 'paper, that, with one or two exceptions,' the Austrian teani is composed of.tbeaoos of Irish parent, An extraordinary rich fiud of gold is reported from Parker's Range, Wostorn Aurtralia. Tho stone is said to yield thousands of ounces to the ton, Details of the rams to be sold by Messrs Earcourtand Co,, at the Wellington Pastoral Society's Ram aud Ewe Fair, Lower Hutc, to-morrow, appear in- our advorljsiiig ooluihn? to-tjav, Among tho successful contributors of musioal itoms at "Mrs J. D.. Foley's benefit in the-Mister ton Theatre last night, were }\io young lodios who had received their musical tuition from Mrs of Upper Qqeen street. They were each received With marked cxnres. sions of pleasure on the part' of the audience. Mrs Muller, it -might' be mentioned, commences'a juvenile class in music next Saturday. She has also a few vacancies for more advanced pupils, A deputation of members of the Wellington Benevolent Trustees has been appointed to wait oh the Government for the purposo of asking monetary; assistance towards providing; -ftVauiiable home foftheagodandflestitule "of 1 tho city, the number of such having increased very rapidly, and no adequate' moans being at presont in the'hands of the Trustees to cope with the question!,a copy of 'this resolution to be sent to the Premier, with a request tint he 'would fix a day for recoiyiug the deputation,

I Detective Gnupbcll went through to Eketahuna to»day to assist in the in« vesications in the murder ca9e, .■■ ' '/'•■ ,' A Wanganul farmer was asked the other do; what the land about there was worth, VAbout £l3.an aore/'. he answered. Said the Hawke's Bay man: "What per oentsge on your invested *' capital do you reckon to make!' The farmer staved hard, and replied: "I don't quite understand you," Hawke's Ray man; "I moan, what rate of s interest do you got on your capital "Rate of interest! Do you moan I make besides tucker?" -'Yes/* "Lor I ,bless you, nothing,". We jut ; live by tryin? to make a sixpence out of our neighbours. We run about from sale to sale to pick up a sheep or a cow, which.wo hope to sell at a shilling or two auro than we shall give' for it," The Hawko's Bayman was not favourably impressed with farming on the West . Coast.

Large runholders overstocked with rabbits should take notice of the following ;-Pouibomeit,Viotoriat rabbit preeatvin'g factory employs 70 hands luring the busy season, arid distributes in wages and the purchase of rabbits about L4OO weekly, With presont faoilities and a full staff, 50,000 pairs of rabbits or 8,000 aheep can bs.tinued weekly, The first year that the factory was opened something like 600,000 rabbits wero handled, but notone-fixth of that number can now be obtained; even over an incroasod area. The trappers set fives pence per pair for all rabbiti delivered. Apropos of Bishop Suter s resignation of the Sue of Nelson ''Truth' remarks that the okuroh people'of New Zealand will act wisely if they chose his success, from among his'QWti olergy. to 1 A correspondent in a religious perioorcal makes the following periiuent remuta with regard to ohoirs in genoral: Our choirs are ahockingly irroveront. During tho prayori, instead of their joining in tho petitions, all kinds of things are going on—laughing, talking passing notes, etc-the result being that that iybioh was intended to be a help to , our devoti Ins becomes a hindrance." II is mojt unsatisfactory to find from European cables that the wheat markot is bo weak and lifeless, If New Zealand wheatof last year's,'orop is-worth only SSs'o.i.t, per 4801b, it means that the . new crop will not be worth even that figure unless the market improves. This is somewhat discouraging considering that there was every reason to anticipate that the new crop would have boon worth 40s, Wo believe that tho farmers will have a bountiful harvest, and we hoped that they were going to obtain a vory high price for their whoat, butj it seems as if something always turned up to disappoint them, it is evident, frem recent cables, that stooksare larger than , might have been expected considering the reports about European crops, , —Lyttelton Times, Some do, some don't! .The raajorffcp do, the miaority don't. The large". brained levelheaded folks do, the others don't I Those who study their best interests do j those who neglect them don't. Of course there will always be a minority who porsistently avoid doing the right and of course the membnra of that . minority must pay for their backsliding, They backslide with their eyes open. The evil they work upon themselves is continually being pointed,out to them and yet they continue 'on their downward career, Tho case in point is a ! simplo one, a mere' matter of £ s. d„ of tho value of the circulating medium ana' ' what you can get for the money you have to spend, There is no sentiment about it, it is of tho earth, earthy, it's bound up i in worldliness and yet it's a matter of as . much importance as half the things that . are preached from stump and pulpit and platform from year's end to year's end. Join tho majority, nuku ono of the happy throng ever changing, always in- ' creasing, who day after day, week after 1 week, and all .the year round buy all they want at the Bon Maroho, Masterton, it's tho best store in town, out of it, . or round about it. If you doubt it go and Beo tlw proprietors—Hooper & Co., | and you will soon bo convinced. A")