The Examiner. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, OCT. 10, 1891. THE POUND QUESTION.

Woodville Examiner, Volume VIII, Issue 767, 10 October 1891, Page 2

The Examiner. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, OCT. 10, 1891. THE POUND QUESTION.

The attention of the Borough Council was occupied for a long time at last meeting by the consideration of the , impounding question. A citizen gets his horse or cow impounded, gets his back up against the powers that be, ■ and demands a resolution in impounding administration. Now we ' consider the Council made a great mistake in passing the resolution they ; did. ItCivill not meet the case at all. What the Council what to get at, and what the public will not object to, is that people living in the Borough should he allowed to graze their stock on the unoccupied lands therein, while outsiders should be prevented, as has hitherto been the case, from over-run-ning the Borough with stock. The resolution passed will not meet the ' case at all, but here is a plan that will. It is largely adopted in other Boroughs and with general satisfaction. Let all stock found on the streets of the Borough between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. be impounded. Residents of the town would thus have full grazing rights during the day. They would have to shut up their stock at night, and properly so. In the evening cattle and horses are a dangerous nuisance in the streets, and must lead to serious accidents, for which the i Council, by its resolution recognising such irregularity, makes itself as much 1 responsible as if that body allowed the existance of streets otherwise danger- 1 ous to traffic. Besides, it is at night that the damage by stock is mainly | done. Fences and gates are broken down, and gardens destroyed. Surely the ratepayers who try to improve ai\d beautify their homes are entitled .to 1 protection. These are the men who , make the town aud beautify its appearance, and is the Borough to be j made a cattle-ranch to their detri- £ ment ? Why, within a few hours of t the resolution being passed two settlers s opened their gates and ran all their t stock into the Borough ! Is this what 1 was intended ? If so the Councillors 8 have more of the ratepayers’ money than a sense of responsibility as to its 1 proper expenditure, as it is well known £ that stock running at will in the j Borough do immense damage to the \ } streets, and add to the cost of main- a tenance. As the matter now stands r a man can bring 8000 sheep into the p Borough and graze them from Tues- 11 day morning till Sunday night, and he “ will not he interfered with by the " Council. Would that be right? A .. bad effect of the Council’s motion is 1 tins—that ratepayers will now take £ the matter in their own hands, as they p can by law, and impound everything n found on the streets adjoining their di properties. This will cause much F unpleasantness, all of which would have been avoided by the Council ’ regulating the matter fairly and justly 0 | instead of rushing to such an inadvis- f u able extreme as they have done. le IK Mr W. C. Smith, M.H.R., was at Dane- tr vhke yesterday i W

! Some Danevirke ladles are organising a bazaar in aid of Dr Barnado’s homes which will probaMy bo held in a large marquee in the ground of Mr Clayton, J. P.

Messrs McPhee (chairman), Pierre, Illingsworth, Dennehy, S' John, Shugar, and Athy (secretary) were present at the meeting of the Danevirne Friendly Societies Sports Committee when the draft programme was considered and approved. It will be finally Adopted at a meeting a fortnight hence. On the motion of Mr Athy it was decided to advertise the programme in the Daily Examiner.

Messrs Ross and Sand ford draw attention to their second shipment of the season’s goods. The shipment includes dress goods and clothing of all descriptions. The subject of the Rev. R. Stewart’s sermon to-morrow morning will be “ The Sawyer’s Question,” In the evening the snbject will be “ The hope, renewal, and rest of the God-fearing man.” All are cordially invited.

The Rev. J. Farrow will preach in the Woodvillo Methodist Church to-morrow morning. Mr Jolm Richards will conduct the evening service. All seats are free.

Mr Morison, for Dr Mirbach, intends moving for a new trial in the libel action against the Waipawa Mail.

About 40 children now attend the side school under Miss Cole.

Mr and Mrs W. Elliott arrived safely at the Hot Springs after a rough journey. During the past three days nearly three inches of rain fell.

Mr Bibby informs us that this season his son discovered great ravages made by linnets in his orchard at Makaretu; the fruit buds being pulled off wholesale. Mr Nicholson has purchased from Mr C. B. Morrison about 3 acres of land adjoining the racecourse. Mr Payne, as one of the Directors of the Building Society, has been endeavoring to induce the local directors to call a meeting for the purpose of considering the winding up of the Society, or going on with it, but so far without success.

Mr W. L. Bickerton is appointed local agent for the Hawkes Bay Trade Protection Society, and Mr Gothard solicitor. This society has already been a great success and has, under the able and energetic management _ of Mr Wm. Adams, surpassed anything we have seen in the way of trade protection societies. During the year the Society has recovered £SOOO of accounts which were considered largely bad. We have seen the books of the Society and can vouch for the excellent management of the business.

Mr Devonshire notifies that his celebrated thoroughbred sire Treason and coaching stallion Kemp, will be at Woodville on Wednesday next and may be seen by breeders. Mr Edwards publishes full particulars in our advertising columns of his Somnus sire North Island, who will travel Woodville, Pahiatua, and Danevirke districts this season.

It is expected that a charge of cruelty to a child will shortly occupy the court. The state of the child is critical and the case may take a serious turn. Messrs D. G. McKibbin & Co. showed yesterday a new shipment of Decca calicoes for which they are sole agents. The calicoes are beautifully designed and worked, and the display proved very attractive.

A special meeting of the Knights of Labour is convened for Monday week.

The Rev. E. Robertshawe and Mr Burnett were very successful in their canvass for subscriptions in aid of the Church of England parsonage having made up £7O independent of the special grautsi

The Rev. Mr Goodyear lectured on missionary work at Ormondville this week;

The Library Committee have decided to postpone the Carnival to the 13th and 14th of November, in order not to interfere in any way with the important political meeting which is to be held on the 9th, The Norsewood Library Committee have removed their books to Mr Johanes Englebretsen’s house, between the Junction and the bill. Fresh Skandinavian literature having been obtained from America an accession of subscribers has resulted.

Mr C. Leach, formerly of the Ormondville Hotel, contemplates taking the Wimbledon Hotel.

The Ormondville railway platform has been doubled in length. It was hoped that it would have been moved across the line. The Ashurst Cricket Club meets on Thursday. The Club expects a large accession of members from amongst the new residents.

Mr L. D. Bickerton is up, and will soon be about again. The Cheese Factory has 230 gallons of milk to start with, and this quantity will soon be largely increased. Pigs will be kept to consume the whey. An ingenious arrangement has been fixed up at the Cheese Factory, which does away with the need of the manual labor hitherto required for pumping the whey to the piggeries. Now the work is done by the engine and a force pump, which forces the whey from the receiving tank to the storage tank at the piggeries.

Hopes are now entertained for the recovery of the Bishop of Nelson. A portion of the Gwavas estate—lo,ooo acres—is in the market in six lots. Mr Bierre held a successful sale of Mr J. Aitken’s effects at Umutaoroa. There was a good attendance and keen competition. A dray realised £ls, and an old one £6 10s. A buggy was passed in at £fß. The Rifle Club meets this evening. A litigant who appeared in the Woodville R.M. Court recently is said to receive upwards of 160 summonses annually. Advantage was taken of the meeting of Maharahara ratepayers last evening to adopt a resolution asking Mr Sawyers, the Government dairy expert, who it was stated proposed spending three weeks of this summer at the Woodyille Cheese Factory, to lecture in the Heretauuga schoolroom.

The work of re-opening the drive at the Maharahara Copper Mine is being rapidly proceeded with by Mr Tansey, instructed by Messrs C. B. Hoadley and P. S. McLean. A distance of 550 feet have been opened up and the lode is only about GO feet ahead. When the lode is reached and bared an expert will visit the mine and should his report be encouraging abundant capital will be available to make a thorough prospect with a view to working the property. The Gymnasium Club’s effort to establish ambulance classes has not met with a very encouraging result. Last evening Dr Davenport was to have delivered the first lecture of the course. The bell was rung, the school house lit up, and the doors flung open for the expected crowd. Fifteen minutes after the time announced there were eight persons'present, including the lecturer, who retired disgusted. Such apathy does not argue well for the success of what should have proved a most useful and beneficial movement. Ambulance lectures elsewhere are well attended—why not in Woodville, the centre of a bush district where first aid of the injured is a WA'.tor of vital moment ?

Mr and Mrs J. W. Foley, assisted by the local amateurs give an entertainment in aid of the Danevirke school on Friday next, and of the Woodville' school on Thursday. The Woodville Band met last evening and decided to hold a concert in aid of the funds on November 20lh. The following were appointed to arrange matters: — Messrs Johann M. Enersen, A. Lawrence, G. M. Hall, A. Thompson, F. Dowling, and John Murray. A canvass is being made by Maharahara settlers to raise funds to stock their streams with trout. The matter was referred to at the ratepayers meeting last evening and was warmly approved.

The Danevirke Debating Society met last evening, Mrs Popplewell in the chair. This is the first occasion upon which a lady has presided in Danevirke. Mr S. Johnson wrote, complaining that a member of the Society had vvritten to the Waipawa Mail that a paper read by him contained party politics. He denied the allegation, likewise the allegator, and desired that the paper might be published to disprove the assertion. The member referred to strongly objected to his name being coupled with anything in a newspaper not signed by him and moved that the paper be published, and that Mr Johnson’s offer of further papers be accepted with thanks. Bendings were given by Mesdames Burmester and Hunter, Misses Wratt and Mills, and Messrs Eansom, Popplewell, Priors, the contribution of the latter causing roars of laughter. It was decided to allow next Friday’s meeting to lapse and to close the session with a social on the following Friday.