FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4112, 13 May 1892, Page 2

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1892.

The Wairarapa North County Council has decided to enforce the wheel-tire [ by-law throughout the connty. No exemptions are to be made for mail ooactieii The Taratahl-Carterfon Road Board 1 has suggested that a meeting of settlers of the Kaiwhata Valley be held to discuss the question of forming a road which would give an outlet to a large area of country. This suggestion has been favourably considered by the Wairarapa North County Council, and some ot the settlers interested will probably bo asked to call a'meeting at an ' early date. The system of maintaining roads by ' contract has not proved satisfaotury m th e ' Wairarapa North County. Three out of five contracts have fallen through, and in a further case it has been found necessary to deteimine a contract owing to the incapacity of the contractor to properly direct and fulfil his work, i The children attending the Mangaone school have in the past had to cross a couple ofdangsrous platform bridges to get to school. The matter has been brought under the notice of the Wai- ' rarapa North County Council and tho 1 bridges are to be protected with handrails, Davy's Bright Lights Company was to have performed in Eketahuna on Wed nesday night, but owing to the meagre attendance the entertainment waß not given, i Notice is given by the, Eketahuna Road Board that a poll of ratepayers , interested will bo taken on a propusal to ■ raise a loan of 150 (or formation of the i Makakahi Road North, on Tuesday, the 24th May. \ The quantity of stone distributed over the roads of the Wairarapa North County , during the past year waj 4017 cubio \ yards, at a cost for getting and deliver- . log of £790 4s Id. i Mr Stmzelle, the popular entertainer, ' will visit Woodville on Friday, the 3rd, and Pahiatna Saturday, the 4th of June, The United District Charitable Ajd Board has demanded from the Wairarapa North County Oounoi! the sum of £63128 8d as its contribution for the ensuing year. Litigation is expensive, The case Spackman v. .Wairarapa North'.County Council cost 'the; corporate body, notwithstanding that the decision was eventually given in its favour, no less a sum than £lO2 8s Bd. The Council has requested its solicitor to modify his olaim, otherwise it will be taxed, Several small bridges in the Castlepoint district are now in a dilapidated condition, and are quite unsuitable for heavy traffic. The County englneor proposes patching them temporarily with the old totara beaniß taken from from the Tenni bridgo which is now undergoing repairs, The only block of land now available for settlement in the Forty Mile Bush jsHsidtobea block running along the forest reserve next to Eketahuna, For the purpose of .maintaining the roads, bridges and other public works' of the Wairarapa North' County Council during the past year the. sum of £2G76' 14s ICd was expended. It is stated on good authority that something like 64,000 feet of building timber and 14,000 fencing posts are to be delivered jn the Castlepoint district dur < ing the coming winter. , The works constructed in this district for tho protection of banks against the encroachment ot rivers have been attended with general success, and little trouble is anticipated by the: Council in {his direotion during the current year, A young ipap named George Denham dislocated his s'boulclor at Pahiatua the other day. The fracture pi f raucjd by DrGault. The Wairarapa North'Coun'ty Council recently refused a tender, becauso it was ; below the estimate of the engineer.'"". A meeting of the' ratepayers of i Gladstone will be held on Saturday eveningnext, for the purpose.of con- \ sidering the proposals borrow sufficient : money to bridgo the Taueru and Kuaniahungarivers. ■.'.-.,•: ' The average of the total disbursements , over the Wairarapa jNorth County ! Council during 1891-W2 amounted to ' £l6lla 8d per mile, aß'agaiust £ls 3s 1 4d for the previous year. |<

it a Meeting of the'Maiterbon Lodgo of Forosidrs ■ held last'night, four new mtabewwere initiated ahilseyen propwed. The Lodge is now ia a flourish" ing condition!.: .'-.'" : ; >

The'creditors in the estate of D. Henderson & Go,, Limited, met at Mas* tetton yesterday and submitted a proposal to the Directors which will be considered during the next couple of days. J The Railway Commissioners havo closed a crossing to the Danevirke railway station, involving a detour ol a quarter of a mile. A public meeting has been held, and a deputation formed to interview the Commissioners on the subject.

Mr L. Hanlon, Government fruit ox» pert, save a very interesting leotiire in Greytown on' Wednesday nlghton fruit culture. The weather was bad, but there' was a fair 'attendance of fruit ([rowers, who asked all sorts of questions, and spent a profitable evening. Mr 0. E. Bremner, County Engineer, has recomuiended that the' tollgale on-theEketahuna-Tenuircadbe erected at thojunotiouoftho Tawataia with the main road bo as to catch the district traffic making use of the main line in Alfredton and Eketahuna directions. An open meeting of the Carterton Assembly of the Knights of Labour was held on Wednesday evening, The officers of St Mark's Lodge, N.Z.O, were installed on Tuesday night by P.M Bro the Rev W. E. Paige, assisted by P,H BroAitken,of Master-! ton. A large hamper of frozen game hat been sent to Sydney by the Miiuetry for the use of the New Governor when he ii coming across in the Hinemoa. .'The Ministerial game can easily be seen through I An absurd anomaly has been discovered in connection with the recentlygazetted Regulations under the Sale of Poisons Act, 1891. The Papulations require that a statutory declaration shall be made by every purchaser of arsenic and strychnine poisons, except in the case of wholesale dealers, and where such poisons are for use in curing disease in sheep. Under the Stamp Act such a declaration is subject to a duty of 2s Cd, which meatiß that no matter. how small the purchase it is subject to tho duty named. ':■'".'.■

The expenditure for the past year on maintenance work alone in- the Wai> rarapa North County out of the separate rates gives the following results per mile on the various lengths of uiain road in each: —Maafcorton Riding, 45| miles, expended £lOl4 2s Bd, cost per mile £22 88 2d; Wainuioru Riding, 9J miles, expended £2OB lis sd ; cost per. mile m lis 9d; Castlepoint Hiding, miles, expended £B4l Is lOd, cost' per mile £26 Is 6d; Akitio Riding, 41 miles, expended £93 15s 6d, cost per mile £2 sa. 9d; Eketahuna Biding, 21 miles, expended £837 2s 4d, coat per mile £l6 la 2d j Alfredton Hiding, 13f miles, expended £lß6los Id, cost per mile £\i IBs.

A oommodiouß and well appointed Temperance Boarding House and Restaurant has been opened in Hall street by Mr A. E. Amundsen', In addition to first olass ordinary accommodation a dining and luncheon room, where tea, coffee, cocoa and other refreshments may be obtained at any hour, has been fitted up, Mraud Mrs Amundsen are known to many people in Mastertonas anenergetio and worthy couple, they having held -the position of assisants at the Maslerton Hospital fur some time, their oonduct being above reproach, It is therefore safe to predict .success to them in their new venture, A lot of decorative work has '•" late been dono in Masterton, the principal pad being executed by Mr A. Ohisholm, of this town, One of his latest efforts is a very large signboard for the roof ol the Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company (Limited), which oan be seen a great distance oS and does credit to the artist. Tho writing at Mr Mandel's establishment and at several other business places about town was also done by Mr Ohisholm,

The Pahiatua paper has offered a prize of five shillings for the solution of 1 a problem which has been gazettod in referenco to the regulations for special settlement, The answer has not yet arrived,

During the present month we shall be prepared to send full dress lengths of any of the undermentioned new Winter Dress Fabrioa" Free by Parcel Post" to any address. The goods are all of the present season's importation,and are splendid value. Country residents should certainly request patterns of these forwarded from Te Aro House, Wellington,

The following are the special items;— Full dress length of good quality Molton in any shade for 10/- Full dress length of superior quality Melton tor 12/- Full dress length of Granite Tweed for 12/. Full dress length of Gray Homespun for 12/- Any of these sent" Free by Parcel Post" from Te Aro House, Wellington, Full dress loDgth French Foule Serge all colors for 14/6 and 16/6. Full dress length Navy Dress Serge, all wool and fast dye, from 18/6 to 22/6, and full dress lengths Fanoy Homespun for 8/- 9/- 10/. each " Free by Parcel Post" from Te Aro Houce, Wellington.

Patterns of all tho above are now ready for dispatch andean be sent immediately on application to Jameß Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington,

Customers sending orders will please enclose cash in postal noics, post office order. or oheque payable to James Smith, To Aro House.Wellington.—Advt.