Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1895. CO-OPERATIVE LABOUR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5078, 16 July 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1895. CO-OPERATIVE LABOUR.

The Christchurcli Press publishes an article to show that co-operative labour lias been a marked failure under tbo London County Council and if this bo the case where it has been tried under the auspices of an honest and capablo administration wbatj must it be in New Zealand under a dishonest and an incapable administration ? Itiswbat webavo repeatedly urged, a flagrant and disgraceful waste of public money,wbore two pounds have to be paid for every pound's worth of work done. In Ibis Colony indeed tho co-operative labour department is a mutual benefit society formed by tbo Government, members of Parliament and others, to rob the Colony. The co-operativo labourers are guaranteed ridiculous wages provided that they vote for the Liberal party. A whole host of inspectors, overseers, storekeepers, and publicans aro in the concern as personal friends and supporters of the party in power. The system throughout is thoroughly rotton and fraudulent, _' and its results must bo much inferior to those obtained by tho London County Council. Tbo London experiment was an honest one, but as a mattor of fact, when the work came to be paid for it was found that it had cost far more than uudertbe old system even with contractors' profits added. The only explanation that could be arrived at was that the labour under theso-called co-oporative scheme was not so efficient as under the ordinary plan of submitting the work to open tender. TheVice-Chairman iuformed

the members that the Works Committee bought their materials from • builders' merchants at a remarkably cheap rate—rather lower, ho tbougbt, ] than was fair, and the loss on the f work must necessarily have been due to the excessive cost of labour. On ( some of the jobbing work the loss t was equal to 70 per cent. The painting of some cellar, stable and yard i doors, which was estimated to cost i £B,had exceeded the estimate by£ls, On some other work at one of the fire brigade stations he described the 1 Council as having been robbed of £26. Outof £36,000 spentinjobbingwork, half might have been saved had i the work beeu given to a contractor. ; These facts created evident consternation among the members of the Council, and after two and a half hours' debate a resolution was passed requesting the Committee to prepare a report making suggestions to prevent estimates being exceeded in the future, and giving particulars of tho jobbing work done.

Tbo Rev, Alex. Free Campbell Yorke, Cnunca Seats, is taking a vote of his congregation, as to whether all sittings™ the Church shall be free. It is somewhat singular, that about seventeen years ago, a predecessor of the Eev. gentleman, abolished pew rents in the same Church, with the result that the funds of the parish collapsed, awd the Incumbent was literally ; starved out of bis parsonage, and took refuge in a southern diocose. Theoretically, no doubt, the pew rent system is wrong, but it takes a bold and a lucky man to run a Church . without it.

The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening. " Our Boys" will he staged at the Masterton Theatre Royal to-morrow evening. . The ordinary membership subscription to the Masterton Horticultural Society, has been reduced to os per 1 annum. An entertainment at St. Matthew's Schoolroom takes place to-morrow evening. Mr Jennings lias found out that most of the land about Wanganui was bought for a saddle, horse and bridle, and a few ' things. A professional swimmer, while travelling on the Liverpool elevated railway, dived into the Hock from a running train, a distance of 100 feet. ' The Tarafahi-Carlerton Racing Club has a balance of assets over liabilities of £00517s Ud. Last year the Club expended over £9OO. An old smuggler interviewed at tho ' age of 100 years, asked for a reason why he had lived so long, replied he did not know; he used to get his feet wet every ' day, and was drunk nearly every night. The Secretary of the Masterton Horti- , cultural Society has been instructed to " hunt up" members whose subscriptions arc in arrears, The Haurolo landed 51 passengers ' from Australia at Wellington ou Sune , ° day. - In the case at Loudon against Leonard Harper, Inspector Pender, of Wellingt ton, produced seven warrants, each on a e distinct charge of bud, the amount [, involved being 1)15,030. The cases have been adjourned for a fortnight. The British Trades Unions demand the abolition of the House of Lords, - Nationalisation of Land, Payment of Members, and the introduction of the Employers' Liability Bill. At hist night's mccliiig of the Masterton Horticultural Society, one of those . present said that at a recent show, no ■ less than twenty-one persons entered on a "family" ticket! s It may be all quite right to follow j Shakespeare's advice, and " Throw physic to the dogs," but in cases of ; serious illness, good nursing is indispensable. Nursing seems to he the special sphere of wonieu.and has been elevated and surrounded with nobility and dignity by the self-sacrificing services of such as Florence Nightingale. It is dillicult in the country districts always |. to obtain the services of competent nurses, and it will therefore be interestJ ing to our readers to know that this 6 diliiciilty is greatly minimised by the s facilitiesafl'ordedbythePrivateHospital, Grant Road, Wellington, from which a trained nurses cau bo secured. At the 5 same institution skilled nursing and every home comforlisoffered those who n find it necessary to visit the Empire 7 City (or medical or surgical treatment, • and prefer a private hospital to the State institution, In another column special attention is directed to the advantage of the Private Hospital. The Masterton Horticultural Society's '> annual report slates that the past season n has been a very successful one. The monies in hand will pay all the liabiliD ties, while the outstanding members subscriptions and unpaid special prizes 6 should give the Society a good start for the forthcoming year. The total liabili- ;, ties amount to £8 17s Gd, while the total 3 assets arc £27 lis 3d, leaving a credit balance of £lB Ms 9d. The Spring Show was a decided success financially, but owing to the Show being held so 1 early in the season, the exhibits were I not so numerous as they otherwise I' would have been. The Autumn Show, II unlike the Spring, was an unqualified success. The quantity and quality of the exhibits were far in advance of any 1 previous iutumn Show. The financial 5 success of this Show was entirely depen- ; dent upon the success of the sub-Corn- ' mittee that was appointed to collect special priics, £l7 is being tho result of their efforts, Nine Committee meet--1 ings have been held during the year, with an average attendance of ten. The ( Committee would suggest that the home and industrial portion of the Show could be worked to better advantage if ' placed in the hands of a Ladies' Committee. The Wellington Education Board has cent out a circular stating that tho English classic for the scholarship examina--5 tion of 1891) will be Shakespeare's ! Henry Y., acts 1 and % to scone 1, act 2, > page 33 of the edition published by | Blackic. The play will be read to the , end of act 3, scene 1, and the passages to be learnt by heart will he chorus to act 1, Canterbury's speech (lines 183-220, ' act 1, scene 2, pages 15 and 1G) King ' Henry's speech (beginning line 79, act ' 2, scene 2, pago 2J), Henry's address to i his troops (act 3, scene 1, pages 32-33. . For ordinary class work, Canterbury's , speech and Eing Henry's address to his ', troops will be sufficient. i The Minister for Justice says that ■ personally he believes the Judical Bench should be absolutely independent of tho Government, both as regards tenure of office and remuneration, bat the Government docs not think so. Ho has, however, not heard of any harm having been done by tho present system, so far, Mr Willis, who had questioned the Minister about the matter, moved the adjournment of the House to condemn the present system, and both Captain Russell and Sir Robert Stout emphasised the necessity for improving both tho status and pay of Magistrates and District Court Judges. Mr Reeves later ou said that members said in ono breath that if salaries were not increased Government would not he able to get good Magistrates, and in the next that the Magistrates at present were good. They would find it hard to get better Magistrates thanMessrsMartin.Poynton.HutcLison and Stanford had proved. He would be ; very glad to give Mr Martin and Judgo j Kettle larger salaries, and thoy would ' ultimately get larger salaries, but at ( present the colony could not afford it,— . Post. , The Masterton Town Lands Trustees ■ are to be asked to give a prize of £lO 1 and a second prize of £5 (or tho best iept cottager's garden. . l

The Kennedy-Lucas Company appear / •t Carterton to-night. *■ About 9000 acres of the Awarua (P Block will bo thrown open for selection for settlement purposes shortly, Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale for Saturday noxt, 20 well-bred canaries. The plant at the Mastorton Gas Works is reported by the manager to be in good „ working order. ' Thcllev.A.C.Yorke is to be asked tl to accept the ollico of vice-President of r the Mastorton Horticultural Society. r The neit Committee meeting of the Mastorton A. and P. Association, will j; tako place on Wednesday, July 21th, at 3.15 p.m. . ii Mr P. H. Wood advertises entries to date, for his next Tauhcrenikau stock i sale, which takes place on the 30th instant. . * Some impudent thief rode up to Mr J. Colway's residence last evening and calmly purloined a side of bacon, which had been hung out in tho sun to dry. Mr Colway has placed the matter in , the hands of the polios. ; The number of trout ova taken by Mr "< Ajson to date, is 1,060,000, not 1,000,000 as stated in our issue of yesterday, ' A Scotch concert will be held in the Masterton Presbyterian Church, on ' Friday July 2(ith,'in aid of the church \ organ fund. A first-class programme is i being arranged. j "A Parent" writes enquiring why ' the Masterton Public School this year l , has not altered the hour of opening '. school, during the winter months, from , . nine o'clock till half-past. j Tho Chairman of tho Now Plymouth ' Harbour Board states that tho break- ' water is in a bad state, and that repairs I to the extent of £3OOO arc needed. | A three-roomed cottage was destroyed by tire at Oamaru yestorday morning, a little girl namod Slater being burned to death. '' There is ovory prospect of tho Southland Frozen Meat Co., being ablo to J satisfy the Bank. Farmers have i guaranteed £12,000 of the overdraft of £20.000, and further guarantees are . expected, 1 After a meeting of the Clmstchurr.li r Citj Council last (Monday) night, Mr Turton, retiring superintendent of the s Fire Brigade, was presented with a gold . star and certificate for 20 years' service from the Fire Brigade Association, a purse of 100 sovereigns from the citizens, I and an address from the Brigade, v Last week two young men named Sliero were lost in tho hush on the Fitzherbcrt hills for a day and a night. ;" They slept under a tree and satisfied > their hunger from a pig wlu'ch they B managed to kill.-jYaMii* Times, 1) Messrs Lowes and lorns, through our if advertising columns, offer a rare oppor- ;. tuuity to saw-millers, of acquiring a good standing bush, well adapted for milling purposes, and which, being close to Masterton and easy of access, should ' readily find a purchaser. y Messrs Simms and Mowleui hold their usual fortnightly stock sale in the . yards to-morrow, Wednesday, at 1 '' o'clock, tho entries for which embrace, 0 fat and store cattle, springing and lS empty heifers, calves, sheep of all classes, horses, bacon and weancr pigs, •s etc, '" A trial of Messrs P. and D, Duncan's patent spring-tooth cultivaior, will be ut held at Captain Holmwood's farm, I- Opaki, on the afternoon of Thursday II next, 18th instant. The trial will be it conducted by Mr Wallace, of Messrs e Wallace and Masson, Carterton. Messrs Simms and Mowlem add 9 d store cows, and 1 boy's pony to [lie list s, of entries for their stock sale to bo held f in the yards to-morrow at 1 o'clock. c A meeting of the 'Jommiltce appointed to devise a scheme for Technical Ectuca- :■ lion in Masterton, was held in Mr ;c Beard's office, last evening, there being o present Messrs W. H. Jackson, W. G. ii Beard, Geo. TL Bond, and C. E. Daniel). A lengthy discussion took place as to |T details, and a general programme being IV agreed upon, Mr Jackson undertook to ,f prepare a draft roport to be submitted .. to a meeting to be held on Monday. e A snmplo of very fine old port, of the !• vintage of 188S, has been sent to us by d MrJ.Mandcl, of the Club Hotel, who if has just secured four casks of this wine. s A really good port wine, suitable for ■s invalids, etc, is seldom obtainable in a it colonial country town, but Mr Mandcl's t- enterprise has certainly overcome the is difficulty, and at a very moderate price, e he is prepared to supply residents with 1, an exceptionally Hue wine, well-matured h and quite unlike somo of the fiery ic apologies for port wine, so oftcr palmed (I oft as the real article. i The Masjerton S.M. Court will be t occupied with quite a number of cases of * alleged breaches of the Boroughßy-laws n on Friday neit. All the drapers have been charged with wickedly hanging their attractive wares outside their shops in such a tempting manner that weaks minded persons arc thereby caused to n covet and sleal; nearly all the express e drivers are alleged to bcguiltyof wrongi- fully carrying passengers, when they ■s should only convey packages and parcels, '5 and for this they must appear ; while ir the jovial Jehus, (who in spite of hard i- times seem to thrive, and are certainly il as courteous and obliging as any in it A'etr Zealand) are pretty well all g charged with the fearful crime of "carry- -, ing parcels" when their whole and sole 0 attention should be devoted to such e baggage, as men, women, and children! ' The first meeting of the Wangaehu j Mutual Improvement Society, was held , in the School-room, last evening, ' There was a very good attendance, and 'l the President presided, The following appoiutwcDts were made:—President: l{cv ; J. Dukes; vice-President: Mr ', Mclvenzie; Secretary and Treasurer: , Miss Feist; Editor of Journal, Mr 11, Falloon; Committee: Miss James, and f Messrs McKay, James, Torrey, and H, ' Shaw. Twenty-eight members were onrolled, and the membership subscription fixed at Is per annum. It was , decided to hold the meetings fortnightly, on Monday eveniugs, commencing at 1 o'clock aud closing at 8.4-5. Au excellent syllabus was made, extending to s December 30th of the current year. ;. The next mcctiug will be held on Mou- . day, July 29th, when tho Question Box s will be opened, and a Spelling Bee held. 'i The Gas and Library Committee of f the Maslcrtou Borough Council met last e evening, ' Present: His Worship the * Mayor and Crs Homblow, Yates, Feist, 1 andWagg. A letter from Messrs Nor- '. bury and Trevor was read complaining I of certain deductions madf by the t Engineer. Mr Forde was present and ' explained that he had only deducted for * 111 yds and 109 yds of "pug" for the ' i sides and bottom of the new gas ' 1 tank, as against 137 yds and 162 ' yards which could have been : deducted under tbespecificatious. Prac- ; ' tically ho had only deducted a shilling ] ; per yard, for the "pugging "not sup- | ■ plied. After some discussion it was decided to rewmmend that instead of £6B only £4O be deducted from tho contract price; The Gas Manager's report ' was read and recommended for adoption, ' Accounts as submitted were passed for t payment. ■ i We are not in the habit of boasting. Our are modest rather than bold and in 't hiding our light under a bushel wo have { often imperilled our chances of success; but on this occasion with so-colled sales on every Bide, with firms selling off around us, and people in all sorts of businesses offering t their goods for anything anybody likes to ( pay, wo fed impelled to offer our ser- j vioes in the matter of supply, Busy I We are as busy beos, full of customers from morn till night. Crowded are our counters ) and crowded is our establishment with eager a buyers, and the reason is, tho public have i found out that our prices are lower and our goods better than oan be purohascd elsewhere, What about tho blankets and flannels, and the dreßsos and mantles and the hosiery and 'inenß and the clothing and mercery ? Why tho prices themselves are au inducement to buy, while tho marvel- , louo quality which accompanies those K prices make the goods Bon March 6 value, ' Our only address is L J. Hooper, Bon k Ma«W, MRBtertpn.—Adyi. j a