Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4476, 21 July 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893.

■ SECOND EDITION

• j The balance sheet of the Mas'erton | Borough Council for the year ended i Mavcli 81st last has been published. Owing to a lack of municipal enter- . prisn the totals in it are very modest for a progressive inland town contain, about four thousand inhabitants, but if in this respect it lags a little be- • hind, we have the satisfaction of knowing that the place is solvent though dirty, and that the rates for municipal works are as low as the lire insurance premiums are. high. 5 Practically ratepayers here pay much the Bamo as in more advanced towns, what they gain in rates is more than lost in fire insurance premiums. The general revenue of the Borough ap pears tobeabout £2,000 of which rates I ! make up £I,BOO. The big half of this | sum, fully £IOOO goes in repairing old . roads and making a few new ones. The expenses of administration are about £6OO, fire prevention takes n J couple of hundred, and charitable aid • £74. There is also the usual list of 8 Bundries which tell up in most balance sheets. Turning to the gas ! account we find that the revenue for |( the year was £MSO and tho expenses of manufacture and sale about £1203. ' This would be entirely satisfactory if better gas were made, still people are getting used to the evil smelling illumiuant supplied and seem to pay J for it cheerfully. The Library appearß ■ to have an ordinary revenue of at least £2OO a year, of which only the miserable sum of £27 was spent on books and periodicals during the past , year. There is, however, the excuse that recently a new library room has been constructed, but wo trust to see a more liberal expenditure on these items in the current year. The Borough possesses a valuable endowment in seven hundred and forty six acres of land at Mangaone but the real boon it is urgently in need of is the endowment of a water supply and drainage. Tho awakening of the Council on this point is slow but it will probably be quickened 60on by pressure from the ratepayers. First one Councillor proposes a water supply and then another talks about drainage, Both are required and both will have to be obtained. They have i been talked about for a dozen years or more and it is time that something more than t»lk was attempted, The bugbear, which frightens councillors, is a possible increase of rates, though they must be aware that the man who now pays a t pound in rates pays three pounds for insurance, and that a high pressure water supply would mean that, at an outside estimate, notmore than a total thirty shillings in' rates and thirty shillings in insurance. The combined payments for rates and insurance , would be lighter if the town were endowed with a high pressure water supply and drainage, than they are now. I

No tritoeasea expenses were allowed in the appeal casa Andrew v. Smith, the total costs allowed amounting to M ss. A debtor under examination iu the District Court, yesterday afternoon, said he had been employed stumping aoruboutting and " dam "•making, Bis Honor did not quite catch the last words, and in rather a surprised tope asked how ho came' to be "jam"-making, The little, mistake -wns explained causing some merriment in the Court,'in which the learned Judge could hardly refrain from participating. The Rev. Homy Pope, of Manchester has been elected President of the Wesievan Conference.

His Honor District Judge Rubifieon, remarked in thedißcricfc Coartyeiterday, tbbt he wished toolear up nil the unfinished business before the Coqii, that he possibly could, as this waa probably the last at Masterton at which he would preside. Copies of Mr G. B Stair's leoturej on the" Inspiration of the Bible" nuynow be obtained at Mr K. T. Holmes' Mas* terton, and at Carterton and Grey town. A party of eis young men belonging to Carterton district (says tho Observer) are jnnt o3 to New South Wales for the shearing season. They will' probably bo kopt fully employed on the other side until the season opens here. A magnificent Erard concert piano, costing SOO guineas, has just been lauded in Wellington by the Dresden Piano Company. Offers are invited by the N,Z, Farmers' Dairy Union, for suitable sites in Eketahuua und Hastwell's, on which to erect Creameries. The sections required to bo at least one aero in extent, and tho proposals must be delivered to Mr Parsons, of Eketahuna, by noon on ■ Monday nent. We miißt compliment Mr W. 0. Fitzgerald on the considerable improvements he hos recently made to tho Central Pharmacy, Luibtom Quay, Wellington. The shop has been extended, a new con* t sultiug room has been tasielul'y titfced up, and there is now added a nicely ap pointed waiting room for the convenience J of those who cannot receive immediate attention. Another admirable innovation is the institut'on of an indoor tele—phoniecommunication with the extenaivo • bulk store at tho rear. Mr Fitzgerald's establishment now possesses very ,completo accommodation for the large business he does. It is usual, wo know not why, to send Editors,samples of Colonial productions. ' We have now on hand a bottle of furm- ' turo polish, a biogi'iphy of Moses, a pro» 1 hibitioncorkscrew and atin of Sharland's Moa brand biking powder. We pan the j first tliruo items, but tho fourth demands ' a word of acknc wludgement, because it is • of somo value to üb. We have kept the " Moa" brand in our houso for years, and tho power hohind the editorial throno says that it. rises superior to all other makc3. Mr, W.R.Eone has boon temporarily appointed Assistant Clerk of tho Master. ■ tou R.M. Court during tho sitting of the Wairarapa District Court, which fully occupies thq tr.neof Mr If. H.lbbctsoii and prevents\bioi attending to the work uf the lower Court. Tho Mauriceville Road Board gives notice that a pull will be taken on a proposal to burrow f2iso, for the work on the Mount Bruco Road, on Monday, j> August 7th ( Acting on instruction from tlenry 3 Goulatone, accreditor, Messrs. Dovore and Couper, of Auckland, have given notice to move that the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company - be wound up under section 270 of the Companies Act, 1892. Mr Hogg is to ask the Government • whether they will be prepared in future, in making advances to settlers on the P security of their permanent improvements , to place Government leaseholders 5 upon tho so.nie footing m freeholders; giving preference to claims of selectors ' who aro bringing their land into . cultivation. B The damage by the recent fire in St. Maryixe is now estimated at £o00 ; 000' '■ A correspondent of the Examiner ( writes"The Makairo Road is slowly dragging along, iton coming and going ivhen they like, and still the authorities i swear by it, and the settlers swear at this much-talked of co-operative labor. They have made about !)* miles in aoven ' months, and still they live. - We must thank you for giving tho ongineera hint, but there are smj men who will [ not take a hint unless it is given with a . rail." The Premier told Mr. E. M. Smith yesterday that he could rnovo, on one of • the throe Liquor Bills to como up this Session, for compelling all clubs to pay ordinary license fees and be subject to : Sunday closing. The Martini-Henry rifles ordored by Government aro daily expected. 1 Mrs. Ellen Smith, of the Wairarapa, I has been petitioning to have tho moiety . of the intestate estate of her late . husband-now in the hands of the t Public Trustees, and which has not been claimed by the next of kin for whom it . is held- paid over'to her. Tho report of " the M to Z Petitions Committee merely " refers the request to the Government f consideration, but as Mr. Buchanan cont sidercd more waß necessaiy, he has had • it referred back.—ftwf i We hear that Mr J.O. Eastwood, has , sold his interest in the Union Hotel . Pahiatua, The purchaser is said to be a Masterton resident. i Tickets for " East Lynns" at ihe i Theatre Eoyal to-night, are being freely " booked. Wo ehuuld advise thoao who wish to secure good seats to bo early, as ! a crowded house is almost certain, i Pressure on our space to-day compels us to hold over for our next issue letters • recoived from the Rev. Robert Wood ! and the ltev. John Dukes on the social > question, to which we called attention in I our loading columns of yesterday, f ' The police received a telegram yestert day atternoon, stating that the budy of a j man had been found on tho main road . toTenui, not for from tho Blairlogie , Junction Hotel, lying on his right side with his coat near at hand. Mr J. ; Broadbent was the first, to discover the ' Body and informed Mr Hugh Cameron, ! who sent the telegram. The man has [ not been identified, nnd so for its known l at present death appears to have resulted , from natural causes, as there are no l marks of violence on the body. Mr T, Hutchison,DistrictCoroner,is holding an ' inquest at tho Blairlogie Junction Hotel 1 to-day. ' The sensational drama "Woman 1 against the Wotld" was produced last 1 night, at the Masterton Theatre Royal ) by the Marian Willis Company and i passed off moßt successfully. It was certainly one of the strongest pieces the , combination has yet produced, and i seemed to suit the publio taste b good deal better even than the previous 1 pieces. Miss Marian Willis as the hero--1 ine, came in for a perfect ovation and . each member of the Company had to . appear before the curtain. Pressure on , our space prevents us giving a detailed I account of the performance, suffice to say it went well throughout. To-night we [ expsot to aee the Theatre packed, when a special, production of Mrs Henry ' Wood's" East Lynne 11 will take place, i This is said to be one of tho best pieces I in the Company's repertoire, and will be , well worth witnessing. Four old men—two from Masterton, one from Eketahuna and one from Oraßsondale -recipients of charitable ' aid, were yesterday sent to the Welling--1 ton Old Men's Homo by the morning ! train, The other old man who was to , have gone by the same train, recoived . afree pass under escort the previous day, | and at the expiration of Beren days will be received into the Home. Nominations for the orth Wairarapa ' Gun Club's .pigeon match to be held on 27th instant, will be received by the Secretary, Mr Waddington, up to four o'clock on Monday afternoon, and the handicaps will bo declared the same evening, • A craze for bargains set in this morning ai the Bon Marche. We, that is Hooper& Company, bavo > started charing out tho klanca of our winter stock. Our bargains are always genuine. We don't say wo sail at cost price, beoause no one or very few could test it, hot. knowing what- the cost price is. We don't offer .our goods at 20 per cent discount because no one can oheck the calculation; not knowing on what it is based. We rely upon the prices at .wbich we offer our bargains and in nine cases out Of nine and-ii-half those prices are staggerers both for the'Publio ana the Trade, Of course, wearegoingto lose money, over.this job I How could we do oihorwise? But why not ? Why shouldn't we as yell as other people? Everybody's losin money how-a-days, and we are prepared to drop our share just for the sake ot company, ; but what we lose wo lose in a good causo, We benefitthePublip, so keep your eye on the Bon Maroho for bargains. Everything, at

A number of early lambs are to beseen on the Taratahi Plains. 'Mr F.H; Wood adds to his next stock sale 160 lambs.: . Mr Drake,representing Messrs Maßon, Strutherß aDd Co.(agentsfor the DeLaval Cream Separators in New Zealand) and Mr Olaen, the Swedish expert, are now in the Wairarapa and will be glad to give all information regarding these celebrated machines, They ate now on : a tour through tho North Island nnd 1 may return here after going through the Forty-Mile Bush. In reply to correspondence and telegrams, Mr Waddington has received a letter from the United District Chari table Aid Board, Wellington, intimating that tho limit of their overdraft has 1 been reached, and that until the local bodies pay their contributions no money 1 oan be sent to the Benevolent Society. . There will now be a deadlock, as the ; trustees decline to again guarantee any i overdraft to carry on relief to the poor i of Masterton, The Foresters propose to erect an ante-room and make further improvements to their Hall,os it ib now regularly used by a number of other societies The ordinary meeting of the Court Loyal Enterprise A.0.F., was held in tho lodge room last evening. After the usual lodge business was gone through ono new member was invited and one proposed. Bro. T. Cox was installed as C.R, for the term; and Bro. W. Blinkhorn as J. W. Theoilicetsii the Court and Bro. Ewington P O.R, woro appointed a Committee (with power to add) to carry out the usual anniversary social. Opou tho report of the committee was voted out of the Benevoient Fund, as a contribution in aid of tho widow and orphans of the late Bro. De Lacy. Tho Tomperance Hall was well filled yeslotday, both afternoon and evening, on the occasion of tho Sale of Work in aid of Dr. Barnado's Homes, and thn China Inland Mission. The fancy stall was manned by,the Mesdames Dukes, Wood, Boddington, Finnin, Tabutesu, Chennells, Payton, Baggc, Shcppard, and the Misses Brown und Perry, and tho refreshment stall by Mrs Amottand tho Misses Wyatt, Kate Perry, and Bennett. Each seemed to be doing anei> celtent trade, which—under euch capable management-is not to be wondered at. A great deal of the success of the Young Ladies' China Mission stall was owing to tho unflagging energy and graceful tact of tho tiecretaiy, Miss Dukes, and the Treasurer, Miss Payton. At the conceit held iu the evening sungs were given by Miss May Cameron, Miss Moore, Mr D. Robinson, Mr A. Nicholls and Mr Astall; a duet was also contributed by Mesdames McCormack and Wood, and a recitation by Mr Hutchison, Mr Winchester's String Band played a number of selections, which wero much appreciated. Mrs 0. T. Katusch and Mrs Anketell played the accompaniments in a very tastoful manner, and altogether a very enjoyable afternoon and evening were spent. The Committee appointed to carry out the Foresters social met laßt evening and Bro Ewington was appointed chair, man in place of 0. R. Bro Cox who is expected to bo absent at the time of the Bocial. BroE. Pragnell was appointed secretory, and Bro Waddington treasurer. The following were added to the Committee: -Bros R. Brown, R, K. HornbloW, O.Payne, Gilpin, Jackson, Blinkhorno.J. Yates, E. Porry, E, S, ; Dixon, F. Temple, W. Oliver, H. Ewington, T. Haffke, Wm Hay and R. ' P. Wilton. It was resolved to hold tho ' social on 21st Sept next, in the Prill ! Hall or Theatre, tho Temperance Hall i being found much too small at lastyear's I social. j An ex-New Zenlander distinguished i. himself nobly a short time ago by his * nerve and pluck. Corporal Harris, of I the 2nd Life Guards, who is, I hear (says the London correspondent of tho Christchurch Prcßs) a nativo of the South of New Zealand, met with a serieus acctt dent while performing in tho "musical f ride" of the cavalry at the tournament i in tho Agricultural Hall, London. While ' turning his horse round two stationary ) riders he was kicked by another horse so violently that his leg was broken In , two places below the knee. Nevertheless hepluckily kept his saddle and finished tho ride, which meant excruciating | agony for several minutes. Ho was subsequently conveyed to barracks, ' whero lam glad to any he is going on as ' well as can be'expected. Tho Ptinceof 1 Wales made kind enquiries from the ' Royal box at tho tournament on Thurst day. Princess May sent him a hamper ' of delicacies, aud the Duke of Cam- ' bndgo and other distinguished poisons have vißited him at tho hospital in the Albany barraoks, A very successful promonado concert 1 was held at Kaiwaiwai last evening in aid of tho Publio Library. About 85 1 couples were present and a most enjoyablo evening was spont. ; Two hundred mutton-birds arrived m Masterton to-day from Invercargil] consigned to somo local natives. The cost (delivered) is, wo understand. ?d each. An accident occurred to Mr T. Thompson's draa yesterday on the return journey from tho Hunt Club Steeplecaso MeeciDg at Tauherenikau About midway from the course to Griytown, tho axle broke close up to the box, the springs were damaged and the polo snapped, The driver quickly got ihe horses under control, aud unharnessed them. A vehicle was procured in Greytown, and the passengers brought on none tho worse for the mishap.