The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTMBER 8, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 259, 8 September 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTMBER 8, 1879.

It is satisfactory to lincl that the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society is beginning at last to feel its feet, its first annual balance sheet showed a loss, its second was little better, but its third, which was presented at the annual meeting on Friday last, was very satisfactory, indicating as it did a, profit on the year's transaction, after providing for the deiicit of the previous year. I\ T o\v that the Society has obtained n fair start there is no reason why it should not go on and prosper. Its future altogether depends upon the manner in which it is worked out. We regard the appointment of Messrs Eoddington and Bunny as a step in the right direction. Mr Boddingtou possesses a financial knowledge which will be extremely useful to the directory, and Mr A. .11, Bunny a professional training which will, from another point of view, be equally valuable. If the directory now could be further strengthened by the addition of one or two gentlemen who possess large means, there would be a fair

chance of the Society being able, when money gets a little cheaper, to borrow a few thousands for a period. It was by this means that the Wairarapa Association made the very handsome protits it obtained during the first years of its existence, and it is only l>y adopting similar tactics that the Masterton Society can rival its older competitor. Mbrts, too, should be made to extend tho number of shareholders, and in-' ducements should be held out to canvassers to obtain subscribers similar to the ones of late offered by the older Association. It is, however a great point that improved management has enabled the Society to claim the confidence and support of the public, and we trust that the directors will make the most of the excellent position in which the Society now is placed by extending its operations in all directions.

We owe jm' Pharazyn an apobgy. In a late issue we commented on the small number of votes lie obtained at Feathcrston, We are now informed that he secured 101 votes there instead of the smaller number we attributed to him. After the election the returns from the different townships Avcre received promptly and accurately excepting from Featheistou. .From there, for some mysterious reason, only one telegram out of several which were expected arrived, and that one now turns out to have been inaccurate. We are still of the opinion that we expressed some time ago that Tcnui should have been the principal polling place, communication with it being much more speedy than with Featherston,

Mr 0. Jones in another column advertises nen 7 potatoes, Tenders arc invited until Wednesday next, for painting, etc., two shops for Mr G. Russell, To-day, the election of five trustees for the Wainuioru Rabbit District, takes place at Gladstone. This afternoon, at 3 p.m., the Masterton School Committee hold their usual monthly meeting. All accounts against Mr Bunny' 3 Committee must oe rendered to the Secretary, Mr James Brown, before 4 p.m., to-day; and all accounts against Mr Beetham's Committee must be forwarded to Mr Girdlestone, before 2 p.m., this afternoon.

An action for libol has been laid against tho Wellington Chronicle by Mr W. Olarko, C.E. Tenders close on Monday next for outbuildings to the MasterlM Hospital. The time for receiving tenders for the fittings to the interior of Mr Hales' store lias been extended to Saturday next.

The Masterton Volunteers parade to> morrow evening in the Town Hall.

The Groytown Borough Council meets this evening. The poll for the Wainuioru Rabbit District takes place to-day. The meeting of the Waiohine River Board lapsed for want of a quorum. On Tuesday last the quarterly licensing meeting at Tenui fell through for want of a quorum.

lorns and Fergusson held a very successful sale_ in Cole-street, on Saturday last, good prices being realised. On Wednesday next F. H. Wood and Co. sell at the Featherston Sale Yards 15 head of fat cattle.

Messrs J. P. Russell, Coleman Phillip.'!, (>. Pain, W. Smith, and C. Harris have been elected as a Board for the Otaraia Rabbit District.

We hear that a case of personation occurred at Mauriceville on the polling day. The Hudson Surprise troupe had the biggest house on record at Masterton, on Saturday night last. Messrs lorns and Fovgusson's sale of furniture, in Cole-street, on Saturday last, was crowded. The bidding was very spirited.

Members of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club arc requested to attend at the Empire Hotel, mi Saturday next, September loth, for the election of officers and arranging programme for the December races.

The Hudson's Surprise Party Troupe performed to a good house here last Saturday evening. The .programme was gone through with in their usual style, and judging from the frequent roars of laugtei' audible, wc suppose the audience fully appreciated it, In another column two candidates for municipal honors publish addresses, which we have no doubt, will be read attentively by all interested in the prosperity of the Borough. We presume the five others who were nominated will have something to say for themselves. The Grcytown Lodge of Oddfellows intend giving a soiree early next month. This, though a young lodge, lias a very large number on the roll, and we are confident that a soiree held under their auspices will be a grand success. We understand that the members of the lodge intend appearing in regalia. At Auckland there is now being exhibited a beautiful inlaid cabinet, containing thirty-two different kinds of wood, to the order of Mr Buller, for presentation to the Emperor of Germany, with a copy of his book (Birds of JS'ew Zealand.) The Otago Daily Times learns by the Suez mail that it is rumored in London that in the event of Sir Barfcle Frcre resigning, Sir Hercules Robinson will be sent to tiie Gape of Good Hope. The Maori candidates to bo polled for to-day are Henare Tapsoll, Henare Tolnoana, Henare Matua, Htnarc Potoe, and Poketia Tiraimi, Why the lastnamed individual is not a Henare,,we do not know, lie is clearly disqualified !

At the wool sales at London on Sept. 1, 7,'lOOjbalcs were catalogued. There was a better demand, but without change. There was an increased attendance of French buyers. 1818 bales were withdrawn. Keg butler is in full supply at Wellington at lOd to lid per lb. In Masterton we pay Is 3d per lb for a very bad sample. Is there any good keg butter in the district, or are our dairy farmers incapable of producing it 1 We have invested sixpence in the first number of the Wellington Pr.„jh, and can recommend it to serious families as containing nothing of a light or serious character. It claims satire as its special forte, and we trust that in future issues we shall see some touoh of this invigorating tipple in its pages.

In oui' lust issue the Alfred ton return for the lute election was wrongly inserted. It should have been Beetham, 7 ; Bunny, 1; Pharazyn, 0; making the totalsBeellium, 800; Bunny, 581; Phavazyn, 525—Mr Bunny beating his opponent by fi(i. Altogether 100G votes were polled, Three days before the election we slated that, in our opinion, 1800 votes would be polled, and that Mr Beetham would get nearly 800 of them, the balance being pretty equally divided between Messrs Pharazyn and Bunny. Our calculation, as prophecies go, was not very wide of the mark,

A meeting of the Masterton and Opaki Jockey Club was held at the Club Hotel, on Saturday the 6th ; Mr Gray in the chair. The financial affairs of (the Club werogoneinto,aiul considered satisfactory. The election of officers and the fixing of a programme for fhe ensuing races was deferred until .Saturday next, a meeting being arranged for that evening, at Mr Oorbelt's Hotel. We trust to see a full meeting on that occasion, as the business is important, and the season already well advanced,

We report, says the rTew Zealand Times, very little change in quotations lor imported goods, which continue low and unsatisfactory, although there are signs of improvement, which in the course of the next month or so may become more distinct, as the monetary pressure decreases. A considerable amount has come in for investment during the past week, which lias been readily taken up on firstclass security, at rates slightly over 10 per cent., and the high rates of interest obtained must of necessity prove an attraction for further capital. Stocks of imported goods are heavy. Mr Lowe, the meteorologist, predicts a great drought in England before long. .It is, he says, already due—the same drought as that of which we have heard such fearful accounts in the East and in Australia, where it has cost the death of ten million sheep, and the great deterioration of the remaining thirty millions. The Times says:—" Let our agriculturists see to it and provide against the want of a rainy day. What they are to do is not easy to say. They have gone on wasting the water which heaven lias been lavishing upon them to the last moment, and when the windows of heaven are closed against them, they will only look up in vain. If Mr Lowe's prophecy now prove correct it may lead to the storage of water, on a scale worthy'of the immense capital staked in agriculture, and the still larger interest of the British people and its prosperity, 't " Is the howling of a dog always followed by its death asked the little daughter of a backwoodsman of her father. " No, always, my clear: sometimes the man who shoots at the dog misses him," was his reply.

Some short time ago a aeries of winter evening's entertainments were inaugurated in the woolshed at Uriti by the settlers in that remote; locality. They have, so far,proved most.successful. At the last one, which was tho fourth of the series, there, were 46 persons present. Besides instrumental music, there were readings and songs in the programme, which were sustained by Messrs Tatham, Meredith, Whishaw, and numerous other settlers, including a fair proportion of ladies, who, we need hardly say, are the life and soul of the movement. The Lower Whareama has been regarded bymany as a " terra incognita," but it would seem aj if the nucleus af a very intelligent settlement were already established there, and we expect next to see an application to the Education Board for a Uriti school, and possibly may near of the very useful woolshed being used pro, tern as a church or chapel,

The Auckland Star says:—A question of considerable importance during the elections has been raised at Napier, The Returning officer advertised certain dates for the nomination and poll for Clivc, but subsequently issued another notification fixing later dates. To this Mr Ormond, a candidate for Olive, protested in a telegram to the Colonial Secretary, contending that there was no power in the Act to alter the notification. The question was submitted to the Law Officers, the Colonial Secretary pointing out, in reply to Mr Ormond, that the object of the alteration was to have the nomination:, and the poll on the same roll, some of the Returning Officers having fallen into the error of fixing the nomination on one roll and the poll on the new one, which comes into operation on the Ist September. Colonel Whitmore also stated that the Returning Officer acts under penalties, and that the Governor-in-Council would probably validate this action if disputed. The Solicitor-General declined to advise tlm Returning Officer on the ground that he is personally charged with the conduct of elections, and is amenable to law if he does wrong.

The New Zealand Press Hews, speaking of Wellington, writes:—Matters typographical remain about the same as last month. The abrupt termination to Parliament caused quite a boil over in soma of the offices, but notably in the Government Printing Office. The" casuals" are still employed in the latter office, ana I expect that they will be kept on, seeing that the new Parliament is summoned to meet on the lVth day of September. Lyon and Blair have been very busy for the last two weeks; they worked 80 hours last week.—l hear that Mr Corlett has resigned the printership of the New Zealander, and Mr Jones, late of Hokitika. is his successor.—The issuing of a Punch is at last to be an accomplished fact. Mr Hughes has the contract for printing and lithographing, Messrs Divan (a local auctioner) and Cowan are the proprietors; the former will act in the capacity of editor and the latter as artist. It is said that both these gentlemen are possessed of some ability, and there is no doubt it will be a success if it is carried out properly. I hear that the proprietors want £SO for the front page per twelve months.

Professor Pepper, a scientific© lecturer and marvellous illlusionist, is taking Melbourne by surprise. This, is the account given by the Argus of one of his exhibitions, termed "An Artist's Dream" : -" A lay figure is brought to the artist's studio and put together on the stage. The artist fallij asleep while reading the paper, and suddenly a small imp appears out of and after making a few passes at the lay /figure, the latter rises and walks forward'to an easel in front of the stage, draws a, caricature of the artist, and then sits down in a chair. The imp then make passes at the artist, who follows in his sleep, to the chair in the recess. The imp and the lay figure then go to the recess, and carry the artist forward, when he is found to be a dummy. They replace him in the chair, and after some passes from the imp, the dummy rises from the chair, and walks forward to his original seat. The lay figure then, obeying the gestures of the imp, takes his place in the recess. The imp, while standing in front, fades from view, and the artist wakes up in a fright The servants rush in, they pull the lay figure to pieces, and the curtain falls, leaving the audience in a state of the most utter bewilderment, as to how the deception had been managed.