The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1881

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 741, 12 April 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1881

There was an inconclusive discussion on the Waipoua Bridge question on Saturday last, at the meeting of the Wairarapa West County; but we were glad to observe that a majority of the Council was prepared to affirm that the bridge must be built within a reasonable time. This is a position that the County ought to have taken up long ago, and probably would have done had not Councillors Moore and McGregor endeavored, by negotiation with the local bodies in this neighborhood, to arrange for its construction. Unfortunately, a lamentable want of co-opera-tion between the Masterton BoroiWi Council and the Masterton Highway Board with the County has delayed this very necessary work', and no good has been obtained in any shape or'way by postponing the business, In the first instance, the Masterton Highway Board offered to build the bridge if the Borough would permit a temporary toll-gate to be established above jibe Waipoua. This proposal the Borough Council rejected, without suggesting any alternative course, and the Board made Masterton pay for tho attitude its Borough Council took in this question by taxing it through the Taueru toll-gate, The Masterton Borough Council, by falling out with the Highway Board, merely cut its own throat/ % example, the Highway Board could, if it thought proper, stijl further tax Masterton by a'toll-gate on the Mauriceville road,' The result of the first negotiation between the Borough and tho Highway Board v/as that Masterton got the tax without the bridge instead of getting the tax with the bridge. The second proposal made to cover the difficulty was a vote of £}5Q from the County and an application from it to, the Borough for co-ope-ration, This overture was refused in such a manner that the representative of the Masterton riding, a gentleman who has proved himself as devoted to the interest of tho town as he is to those of the riding, reported to the County Council that it was n.o use on this or any future occasion looking to the Masterton Borough Council'for co-operation. The consequence of this is that tlio County threatens—if it can legally do so—to build the bridge at a cost of £SOO, and charge $« half of it against the Borough. If it does so we believe that public opinion will say if; serves the Borough Council right, Ij, was to the interest of Masterton, as every sensible - man must know, to have the stream bridged within a reasonable time, and it may be fairly urged against the Council fchatit has displayed no anxiety for the work to bo Accomplished, It trod on the toes of the Highway Board, and instead of going to the County and seeking its aid in the matter ifc simp! j snubbed the County when it came to the Borough. We hope that Councillors will adopt a different policy for the future. Indirectly the Highway Board and the County have power to tax Masterton, Their friendship is valuable to the interests of the town, and their hostility disastrous to it, Is the Masterton Borough Council to quarrel with other local bodies till it is blockaded by toll-gates? This is the real position into which the town is drifting. We do not say that on mere legal points of boundary the Masterton Borough Council may not have a case, but we do say that in the matter of the Waipoua Bridge the interests of thee Borough, the Highway Board and th County were one, and there should have been cordial co-operation,

There will be a special time-table on 'the. Wellington and; Masterton railway 'on Good Friday, \ ; N '■■■>■ '■:',■■■:'''[ Wo direct' the attention of Bportsmen to Mossrß Duthie & Co.'a advertißemehUf: a shipment of material for the shooting season,

The Masterton Hospital Committee hold its usual monthly meeting this afternoon. Messrs Bunny and Beetham, M.H.R.B, address their constituents at the Town Hall Masterton, this evening, The Stonehenge Lodge, A.0.D., meet at the Empire Hotel this ovoning. Seven trucks containing the crushing machinery for Brandon & Co.'s reef, arrivod at Featherston yesterday. We notice that pigeons are becoming plentiful in the Masterton shops, and that there is an active demand for rabbits.

Charles Collins, who had been committed for trial on a charge of perjury, was discharged, as the Crown Prosecutor preferred no bill at the Supreme Court, yesterday, against him, Another freezing experiment was recently made by the P, and 0. Company's vessel, the Kaiser. It took frozen meat from London to Calcutta and back, the voyage occupying four months, When finally eaten it was found perfectly sound and sweet.

Tho poll for the election of the Masterton Town Lands Trust will take place, if required, on the 28th inst. Nominations must be lodged by the 19th. Messrs Feist and Perry are tho retiring trustees, We have seen the plan of the proposed new hall at Kuripuni. The front elevation of it will resemble very much that of the Wairakapa Daily office.

The Rev H. Y. White delivered an able sermon on Sunday last at Groytown, on the "Education Question," in which ho endeavored to show the weak points in the present system, Ho will resume the samo question in his sermon on Sunday week next.

The latest from Te Ore Ore is a Maori belle riding into Masterton on a gentleman's saddle, and bestriding it in the orthodox gentleman rider fashion.

The following gentlemen have been returned as Wardens for the various Wardt of the Masterton Highway District:—No, 1 Ward, D, MoQuarrie; No, 2 Ward, Joseph Bennett; No. 3 Ward, T, E. Chamberlain ; No. 4 Ward, J. 0. Val lance; No. 5 Ward, W. 0. Buchanan: No. G.Ward, K Meredith, sen.

The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening, but we presume that in view of the more important gathering in the Town Hall, it will adjourn.

The medals awarded at the last show of tho Wairarapa Pastoral Association have been recieved by the secretary, Mr Wolters. They consist of twelve silver and two gold medals, which have been well turned out from the establishment of Mr A. B. Hislop, jeweler, Lambton Quay, Wellington, upon whom the workmanship and quality reflect great credit.

Paora, the prophet of Te Ore Ore, has come out with his ultimatum, He orders his faithful followers to cease selling or letting laud, to incur no fresh debts, and not to pay those they have already incurred, If they are summoned, they are not to obey the summons. One native expressed an opinion that if he were summoned it would be better for him to appear in court, though it probably might be inconvenient for him to pay the demand, He had not much faith in Paora's power to protect him from the law. The other natives acquiesced in the policy of repudiation which their leader has initiated. Paora says his body is at To Ore Ore, but his spirit is with the Parliament in Eng: land. His utterances look something like mischief. Tho camp breaks up to-day, and it is high time it did. Yesterday the Maories, failing to get liquor on credit at the Club Hotel, made a canvass for sixpences throughout tho town and with the proceeds bought two kegs of beer at a brewery, transferred them to the Club Hotel, drank them on the premises, and then returned to Te Ore Ore in time for evening prayers. j

A nevel caso recently catno before a New South Wales bench, when four persons were charged with" tin-kettling the Primitive Methodist minister on his return to Kempsey after his marriage, The defenco was that no offence was intended, They were advised by tjjo minister temporarily officiating to welcome his confrere home with kerosene tins, The. argument of their counsel was that the defendants were morally bound to obey the precepts of a minister of tho Gospel, The bench dismissed the caso although tlje facts were provod,

We hear from reliable authority that it is tho intention of Messrs Schroder, Hooper it Co, to make their first grand display of Autumn and Winter Millinery, Drapery, apd Olgthjng at the Hall of Commerce, "on Saturday, Blarch 19th, consisting of 71 packages and bales,' As the bulk of their niagnificient stock has been imported direct from the manufacturers, the public can rely upon obtaining all tho latest fashions and designs of the season at extremely low prices, We would advise all purchasers and lovers of fashion to make an early call at the Hall of Commerco and inspect their stock. Their advertisement will be found on the front page of this paper.—[Aovil,