The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 621, 17 November 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1880.

1 No one for some time past lias entertained any doubt as to who would be Mr Feist's successor as Miyor of Masterton, Mr Eenall's claim to the honor having been generally admitted on all sides. As one if the founders of the town—asa publ'c man with an experience dating back to a period prior to its birth j as Chairman of its Public Works Committee; as the ablest member in debate at the Council board; as a large holder of property; as one who takes a keen interest in all public questions; and as one'who has the welfare of the town at heart, be was head and shoulders above any other resident who might have considered himself entitled to claim the suffrages of the burgesses, It gives us all the more pleasure to say this, inasmuch as we have often deemed it necessary to criticise his actions as a public man, ar.d may, possibly, again some day have to differ from him. The present occasion is one, however, on which it is. our duty to express our conviction that public opinion is.right in selecting Mr Benall as the fit and proper person for the Mayoralty, and to indicate our sincere hope that he will .discharge the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the ratepayers, and to the credito^imputetioiui^iubout withinthe nextjew d»vß, everybody will say good things. He has been diligent and punctual in the discharge of every duty which has' devolved upon | him, In the conscientious execution of these obligations he has devoted a larger amount of his working hours to public business than any of bis prede-. eessors, and this is saying a deal when it is remembered how well the affairs of the borough were administered by his predecessors, By Mr Feist,. Masterton bas been creditably and efficiently represented. So far the borough has reason to regard with some degree of pride its Mayoral roll. We sincerely trust that in Mr Kenall's hands its reputation will be still further enhanced, and that during the coming year we shall be able to give him a consistent and cordial support. —————M The usual sitting of the R.M. Court at Carterton takes place to-day. A small but attractive Bweep on the. Hutt Spring handicap is announced by Mr John Maginnity, the popular host of the Royal Hotel. A Mrs Evereste, a lady lecturer, will, we understand, shortly deliver an address in>"Masterton. A Christchurch paper, speaking of her, says Last evening Mrs Evereste delivered her first' lecture to a Christohurch .audience, in the new Town Hall, which was pretty well filled; and*" contained a very fair-sprinkling of ladies. Mr W. S. Mwrhousp, w h° occupied ,the chair, baying introduced Mrs Evereste to the audience, that lady commenced hgr lecture, prefacing it witha few explanatory remarks rMeotipg the position which she then occupwd, and allyding to the travels and hardships which;, she ha,d undergone.' She then ' turned _ to h(jr subject, and commenced bydeacribing the different kinds of flirtation—namely commercial, -political, religious, and noqial, The modem Flirta—either the witty, beauty, proud of her bright eyes, her accomplishments, and her power; or th#. Dundreary, with his—" ahi yeth, thath the idea"—were well sketched and severely handled; arid'in conclusion tti# j audience were recommended to flirting, aind to cultivate good mcdeaty, 1 ' *'' |

. A Imly liiis Ih'hii siilml by-Ilie Boiongh liisjiecluffiir viiliii'i .mi. ilio f«iotp,uh. Tiia cu-o cullies off luot The Masterton School Cnmmittuo meet, this evening, , I

.Mr tV: Bell, has an announcement of his new Buramer millinery and hosiery on our first page; , ; ' - ;

The scholarship examination of the Education Board takes place at the' institute, Greytown, to-day. •

' Mike McCnII, the heavy weight champion of America has been drowned from a Mississippi river seiimer. ■, '," • A maii named M. Brodison, residing at Kaiwaiwai, had n squabble with two men iii his employ, who maltreuted him, and friictured his let;, ' Drs Smith and Taylor set the limb, and the patient is progress'; ing favorably. • • A man named John Edward Richardson (a rabbitter on Mr Jno. Tully's run, in the Lower Valley), was admitted to to the Wairarapa hospital, at Grey town, on Monday, suffering from a gun-shot wound in the hand., Drs Smith and Taylor were in attendance and found it necessary to amputate two of the fingers at the first jniut.'

Messrs Caselberg and Co. have, with commendable liberality, presented the borough of Greytown with a fire bell, with all the fixings except the tower,'to be used as an alarm in cases of fire. This will supply a want long felt in the borough, and one that should have heen supplied hy the authorities long since. However, we hope soon to hear of the bell being fixed in a central position, at an early dale, and we understand a committee has iilieady been appointed by the Council to report upon the matter. ;

Mr Thmivts Raini, jiin., notifies that he has relinquished his'intentiuu of carrying on the business of {grated water manufacture in favor uf Mr James Thonnjanti, who has recently purchased from Messrs. G. and JS,"Chamberlain the plant and business which he formerly conducted.';

The usual weekly meeting of the Ph'cenix Li'dge, 1.0.6. T., whs held on Monday evening, there beirii; a gond attendance. Brit, Holdaway, W.C.T., presided. One candidate was duly initiated into memher : ship. The Secretary's and. Treasurer's reports for the current quarter were read and adopted. The number of members goud on tlie roll is if. The officers, for, the ensuing quarter were then installed, Bra. fliisie.W.U.T., Bro, J&iillin, W-.V T., Bro. O'Meara, W.S., Bro. Feist, W.T., Sister Jonec, W.F.S. , Bro, Holdawny, W.P.C.T, A vote ot thanks was accorded to retiring officers.

A meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee was held yesterday. Present,': Messrs 'Feist (chairman),, Mnnre, Vile, Girdlestone, Buddingtnn and Payton. The minutes of the previous meeting having been coufirmel, the IVe-isirer. reported a balance in hand of £111.13*. Bd, Accounts amounting u> £7O 8) lid were subsequentley passnd fur payment,, including an item of for surgical inatrnments. A considerable amountof correspondence was mvt from Aleuts 0, Phirazyu, Coiemair Phillips, E. Meredith inn., and W. 0 'Bucliaiiati,-on the collection of contrihutioiisfnun employees, and also on the question of a boundary line between the two hospital districts of the Wairarapa. A communication from the Hospital Committee at Greytown was received, suggesting a conference on the latter point, After some discussion, it ( wes decided to communicate with the-. Lower Valley Hospital Committee, expressing the opinion of the Masterton Committee that a defined boundary line was hardly necessary; and assuring it that the Masterton Committee had instructed its collector not to apply for any further subscriptions in the Lower Valley. • The Masterton .Committee also offer to admit patients who are contributors to the hospital at Greytown, and exempt them from all charges if the Committee at-Greytown will do as much for contributors to the Masterton .Hospital. The Masterton Committee suggest a uniform; card of admission, a pattern one to be forwarded to Greytown for approval, The Masterton Committee further suggest that 'it would be as well,if the hospital boxes placed in Masterton by the Committee at Greytown were withdrawn or transferred. IA letter was read from Mrs- Duncan, applying for medicine. It was referred to the Chairman aifd Dr Husking, with power to act, Dr. Beard, and Dr, H, H. Spratt were appointed honorary consulting surgeons to the hospital. Mr Buddingtou was appointed visting member for the ensuitig mouth. ? 1 A meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Carlerton-Taratahi Races wits held at' the Marquis of Normahby Hotel on Monday evening, to make arrangefhentS'for holding a meeting'son Mr Ray 'a course on/ 22nd January, 1881,* .'Anniversary Day; There were present—--Messrs E, Cohen (Chairman), A. Fisk, R. H. Elliott, H. H. Wolters, J. Smith, [ 0) Giles, T; Hay, Dr Watts, T. Bennett, I T. Gibson, P. Crawford, and Adam Arm-' ' strong. The minutes of . the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and from them it appeared that Mr. T. Ray has lent his course.for one day. only, aiid not to be public property\for training on; also, that in the eveut of the proposed meeting being a success, the surplus,, if any, will be handed over to the former Committee to disburse the liabilities,left from a previous meeting, but the promoters of the ■ meeting for 1881 disolaim any connection with former race meetings held, at Tarafahi. Subscription-lis's were handed iti from the various canvassers, showing _a total sum promised of £SB Is 6d. This sura was expected' to be augmented by further subscriptions up to £7O, ivith Which, and the sale of priviieges,- it is. proposed to make the prizes for the day's 1 racing. The following are the officebearers Judge, Mr Walter Francis j , starters, Messrs Lister-Kaye and H. H. Wolters; clerk of scales,/Mr A.,Fisk ; clerks of course, Messrs T, Gibson and P. Lee; stewards, 1 D. Watts, T. Bennett, L. Nix, Thomas Monre, J. Nicolls,R..Crawford, Adam Armstrong,, and P. Sheerin. Mr John Smith was elected Treasurer, ' and Mr Wolters consented to act as hon Secretary, conjointly with Mr.T. Bennett. The handicappers will be advertised with programme. It was decided that all amounts promised should be. collected in "by the first week in January, so that prizes can be paid promptly aftfir the termination of the racing, and all'amounts advertised will .be paid over to. the .win-, tiers subject to no deductions. Some discussion took place as to the different races,. and the- amounts it would be * possible to give, Nothing definite] was settled, |t being thought better to leave such work to the stewards,: subject, . however, •to a wish generally expressed that the chief-event should be the Carter-; Handicap. not. to exceed' L3O i the Hurdles, L2O j Hack; Hurdles j say L 10; besides which there;will a. Maidep Plate, Ladies' Purse, n Nov6l|laj^, • the winner of which • will become the , property of the, stewards, and be isub*| the' race.-\;Champagne Stakes, for' olds, Hack Races, and Consolation Stakes, ' Tho stewards, will; in every instance make; prizes' as valuable as. possible, consj«t#ni' ; witK a prompt discharge ef their liabilities a general desire being'expressed: to m«k», the fortiicoiiiing meeting quite respect? able; and rub 'off the /unenviable reputs- , tion the CartertoQ-Taratahii pOBMM. "5 ! 1

. A iiini 'iiniiid J"liii Fruzer, wiih jeaterility taken d"wn fi'.iin MimU'rt'iii in the WVlliii«t«»i» Lumilii; Astluui by Constable Fiiiniuu, tl.e usual m ilic.il re:till.at« iiiiviiiu lieeii aigued oy Dr Honking and Dr Bewd. . We ate requested to correct a (tatement that has.been promulgated to the effect that Mr Olapcott has left the Government lusurance Department. -He is.still chief agent for the Wellington district,

A box, with #,6000 in gold, consigned" to the- Bank-of ; New Zealand,-is missing from the steamer Tararua, which arrived yesterday. It' has been-: -conclusively proved that the; gold was shipped on board the Tararua. Nothing further, however,is known. There aro no signs of tanijierinj! with the bullion-rooni. Tne detectives are confident of discovering the robber. The following tenders were received by ; Mr James Russell for the erection of a house in Makora roadUoare, £B4IO a; Di Dixon, £85155; J, .Sinclair, £B6' ss; Blinkhorne & Co., £B7 IO3; P.'Strom, £88; J. Petherick, £lO3. '" They will riotbe decided upon for two or three days.; The chief Tamatawa, of Taiporahenui, makes it known through,.the local paper (the Hawera- Star) that he will be glad if his pakeha friends will abstain from viditing him on Sundays.-, Since/he became a member of the Church of England, many years ago, his faith in it has-never failed him; and he regards Sunday as a day of rest, and as the Sabbath of his Church; In the Presbyterian Assembly at Philadelphia, on the afternoon of .the 7th ult., Principal Kinross, bf Sydney, read a paper rin " The Condition ,of Religion. in New South Wales." He stated that, of. flie 'total population of, that colony,'about 1700,000; not a tenth are Presbyterians,' and not a third attend a place of public worship, • The professional four-pared race which 'took place at Lake Maiwata,- Maine, onthe 29th ult., distance tliree miles with a turn, WHVwori'hy the Uninna of-Puriittul. Time,' 19 inin. 40sec.. The'professional scullers race over the same course waa won by J,- Candour; uf Toronto, in • 22iniu SOsecs, defeating: Plaisied Lee and Teneyck. The professional.double sciil.-. ling race, over the same course, was: won by Tene.vck and Kennedy, defeating IWb arid Davis, and Dee arid Candour,. Time of the wiiiiierß-20inii)8. 'This is the 'fastest time.on record for double sculls,

•A 4 new-plan has been patented in the Uuited States for. moving ears ou elevated railroads by means cff skates i>r runners sliding,along a smooih" rail, It is claimed that this invention will avoid the jirring and vibration which are s».< • tn et ve to both the fixed and idling stock where nrlieels ate used. The skates aie eiioh provided with a chamber for containing n • lubricant, and are fitted with wearing slips, which :cnn be readily removed' and replaced when they are worn out; . The inventor asserts tliiit a train may be moved oil the plain'track with leas power than ia now required to move cars provided with wheels, ..... V•. .: We: learn from tho N. Z. Times that on Monday last before th« R. M., Wtlliiii/ton, tlieeajje of'Gurr v. EJucitionJWril, cmi'm. ofl; claim £34 3s, alleged to he.due on account of services rendered by plaintiff as m ister of the Featherstoo School. £ll 13s 4d was paid into Court. Mr Fuzherbart appeared fur the'plaintiff anil the Hon 0. J.; Piiarazyn, Chairman of the Education Board, for the defence. ■ Mr Fit zherbeir f'ra ised aprelitniimry objection, on the ground that th& Board bein n ' a corporate body could on'y be represented byQiiuniel. His Worship stated that he should at all events require Mr Pharazyu to produce an authority under seal of the Board, Mr Pharazyn replied that there would-be up difficulty about that, as the minutes of the proceedings, of- the Board would ahowhia authority to appear, or. if that was not Bufflcent he would produce the authority required thouglvhe would have to sign it himself. His Worship paid he'did .uot.care'so. much ahout the signature as long as the heceVsary. document bore the seal of the Board. The case waß. thereupon allowed to stand lower'down thejlist. .Upon the case beiiiu .recalled, Mr Fitzherbert said:that ho had received no notice of money being .paid into the court; the proceedings were irregular, and lie .thought, the' case could, not proceed. His Worship fell in with this view,.and adjourned the case till 2 o'clock;. At that time Mr <Bra|idon appeared on behalf of tlie defendant. The evidence of the plaintiff, which had been taken at.lnvercargill, putiii by Mr Jitzherbert'showed tliat Tie had been - in the employ of the Board as misterof theFeatherston Public School. Some months ngo he resigned this position in oider to accept an appointment under the Southland Education Board) and being desirous to leave a few days before his time, under the then existing appointment, had expired,.he had obtained leave of absence from the local cbminitee for the remainder of the term; and) left for Southland. Tho Board had thereupon refused to pay his last months' salary, on the ground that he had not fulfilled his term, and refusing to recognise the action of the local committee. The action was therefore brought to recover the amount. For the defence it was 'claimed that under the.existing regulations leave of absence could not be given by the local bodies without the concurrence of; the .Board." His Worship reserved judgmeiitj, stating that lie would go through.the regulations to satisfy himself as to their provisions. .

. A concert was given in the Town Hall, Grey town, last evening, in aid of the fuiids of the Wairarapa Hospital. There was one of the best audiences that has been seen in the Hall fur some time past. Parti opened with an overture from the Stoneßtoadawateur,brasß band—whichwas almost too powerful for the room—foU lowed by a hymn beautifully rendered by a choir of fifteen voices; aaonc, "Charity," was, .well'receivedthe duet, " Ave Sanetisdinia," was one of the pieces of the .evening.' The Choir theii'sang the anthem " Thine Oh Lofd," with considerable effect; "Angels.-. ever bright," was deservedly applauded, full justice being rendered to if by one of the best lady amateurs''in the Wairarapa jan organ solo followed, by Mr Parker* who kindly gave his services on this occasion, aud who also 1 conducted the accompaniments with his well-known ability; " was well sang, audaduet " "Vital Spark," was a decided 'success Itheflong" Vashti," by .'a Masterton lady, -was perhaps the: gem of th'e, programme, and. e|icited, an. encore ] a'baSs soloT'-fKoiling in Epainiiig Bil-. lows,". was - .very effective,',; and' another anthem completM tlitffirsrpart. During the interval the StoD.estead' Band gave some selections' Part : U "opened with a lively' chorus; followed by a solo ; "Ruby," and a capital duet by. a Wellington and a Greytown wmio- song then ,cameii?|iwh|ch fefohed-the house,',and was loadly encored ; a glee," It was a Friar" wa» pleasingly,«ng r ?'The WinjJ and the aafig ,by: Ha«tet ton ladies 5 Other;' tips'' hardly; rei»ife|'iuslice {arid-V-The Scout": wasicateeifmpre siiccessfal,.being;tooßlow.i oame nexti and wM 'a success; the lady who itang 'next waF encored: for <f Kuch is ■. iife^^nqtheripmio^ ' tour Wai" as' successful 'as its predeceuor,. and wai a clover step duet^and" another :abl a wry strong' programme. The only a. j Absence of stage management. ; i