Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 26, 16 August 1890, Page 3

Our Wellington Letter

Cfkom oxra ovrs oobrespondent.) Wellington. August 14 |^Impla<«ble August weather. Up t ■V Saturday we had had seventeen consecutive wet Saturdays and Sundays, but since then all has been smiles ami sunshine and the face of the parson has C« ftstd its elongation. The return of beautiful weather has not, however, improved the health of several obstructive members of the Opp ..sition, whose livers seems to be in a very bad state, and for this reason mue hours were wasted yesterday in "stonewalling " to cut off a paltry £2o from a certain salary. That is what Mr Fish and a fow more of his blustering kind call economy. The whole of the session has been practically wasted by lour or five members, viz., Messrs Fish, Seddon, Fisher, and several of the " skiuflmt " crew, whose unwarranted and barefaced obstruction to public business should be remembered by the people at the polling booth. These gentlemen (save the mark) are all fortunate possessors of very big voices and correspondingly small brains, and on every occasion that arises one or a.l of them comtneuce to howl and roar for the whole of the sitting, each vicing with the other for the position of " champion blatherskite," and I may say that, so far, the contest is decidedly evon. To the above named members belongs the credit (?) of having brought the House into ridicule and contempt. Mr George Fisher, the member for Wellington East, " never opens his mouth ■without putting his foot in it," and as a result, he is always at loggerheads with someone. On Tuesday afternoon, in his endeavour to hurl invectives at his late colleagues, Mr Fisher, as usual, lost his Lead, and made the astounding statement to the House that the New Zealand Thmes and Evening Press banking accounts were guaranteed by a member of the Government, doubtless with the object of gaining support from those papers. Mr Fisher has since cooled down, and has found it necessary to withdraw his statement so far as the Times is concerned, and the Press gave him a decidedly bitter pill io swallow in their issue of last evening, pointing out that Mr Fisher's antagonism ■was due to the fact that he wished to enter their firm as a partner, but they preferred his room to his company. It is over things of this nature thai the time of the House is wasted which, if continued, will keep Parliament in session till Octo'-e.- ith. when it will expire by eflinxion of time. Still another young man has fallen a victim to the te*inpter. E. J. Robinson, v/ho is well-known as an athlete and a prominent member of the Wellington Naval Brigade, has been " wanted" by the police for sometime on a charge of having appropriated certaiu moneys whilst in the employ of Her Majesty's Customs. He has just been found working in the bush in the Wairarapa, and is now under remand on various charges. How Btrange it is that so many young fellows act so stupidly as to tamper with that which does not belong to them. Justice, nine times out of ten, is slow, but it is terribly sure, and very few culprits escape. Yet, every day almost, we hear of young men •who have been systematically appropriating their employer's funds with the object of spending it in enjoyment; but what happiness can there be when " State prison " is constantly before their eyes ? It puzzles me. It is said that "evil beginnings have sad endings," and a J r oung man named "Yogel has tasted the truth of the maxim, and has found that is perfectly trne, for the aforesaid young man betook himself in an evil moment, to the stable of one named Lane, and desired that he should hd^^-Med with a buggy and horse, intijslH^hat "he had come from Mr Gilmer's Empire Hotel," which was taken by Mr Lane to signify that the buggy ■was for Mr Gilmer, so it was supplied, and Yogel went for a nice drive, and •when he had no further use for the hired T6hicle he returned it. It was a smart trick, but the police were just a little smarter, and the man Yogel is now work ing for Her Majesty at the Terrace Gaol, having been hired for 48 hours. This should serve as a hint to stable-keepers to request applicants to be more explicit when requiring the loan of a horse, occ.