The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 240, 16 August 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1879.

■ *~. The electors of the Wairarapa have now the addresses of three candidates before them, and no doubt the views expressed by one and all have been read with considerable interest, It is very satisfactory to find that all three express very similar sentiments on the measures recently brought before the Assembly, though for the sake of a little variety we might have desired to see aspirants for parliamentary hands when putting on their war paint select more distinctive colors. Mr Bunny's address is very short, and he probably fully-realizes the advantage of silence on many points. He trusts more to the kindly personal feeling' with which he' is regarded in all parts of the district, and the chief merit of his address appears to be that lie so far sacrifices the claims of party to the interests of his constituency, as to pledge himself to the extermination of almost theonly chicken the Greyhen has hatched. It is rather a cruel thing, however, for him to place the repeal of this dreadful chick, the Land Tax, in the programme of the Liberal .tarty, Mr Beetham in his address tells the electors that for three years he has, as their representative lost no opportunity of conserving their interests, and to this the electors will cordially assent. Never has a district had a more industrious or persevering representative than the Wairarapa has had in Mr Beetham. He has faithfully served his constituency, sparing neither time nor trouble in season or out of season, to gain an advantage whether small or great for the district he has represented, and he possesses in our opinion a stronger claim on the electors than any other candidate, His views on most public questions are the same as those of the electors generally, and if there is one point on which we would differ from him it is in advocating a Property and Income Tax. Not that we believe such a method'of raising revenue is not infinitely preferable to the present Land Tax, but because we believe that retrenchment in the public expenditure is a better alternative than new experiments in direct taxation. Mr Pharazyn's address is, perhaps, the most forcible and explict of the three, and almost every word he litters has our hearty approval. Mr Pharazyn's ability, experience, and honesty of purpose are generally admitted throughout the Wairarapa, and he would undoubtedly command the greatest number of votes of any candidate, were it not that he is personally somewhat unpopular, Mr Pharazyn will doubtless argue that personal fitness, and not popularity should guide the eleeters, but we are not at all sure that there are not certain advantages in securing a popular member which compensate for slight deficiencies in other respects, A man who is popular in the country is usually popular in the Assembly, and can exercise a greater influence than an abler man who has not equal facilities for working with other members and getting other members to work with him. We believe, for example that Mr Pharazyn is in some respects an abler man than Mr Beetham, but we feel quite certain that the latter would be able to do more in the House for the benefit of the Wairarapa than the former, and for

this reason would give him a decided preference, Theelection will probably turn on men, and the electors, though a score of liberal, and ultra-liberal measures are dangled before them, are heeding them but to a very little extent and all discussions on the approaching eection appear to be more or less directed to the personal qualifications of the different candidates. The battle, however, has hardly as yet begun. All the candidates may not be as yet in the field, and it would be at the present time unfair to prejudge too hastily the issue of the combat.

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the return of Mr George Beetham, will be held in the Club Hotel, Masterton, on Monday at 4 p.m. Mr S. Glading, of Masterton, painter, has filed his schedule, Mr R Davi's, storekeeper, Carterton has filed his schedule. The first meeting of creditors of Mr T. H. Murray, has been adjourned till the Minsk Captain Macara and Lieut. Porter of the Greytown Rifle Volunteer Corps, have received their commissions. The New Zealand Times has republished Mr J. Valentine Smith's letter on "Sir G, Grey and the Large Landowners" from our columns. Mr Waits, the newly appointed Assistant Master in the Borough School, is expected to arrive in Masterton to-day. " The Post called His Worship the Mayor a loafer and a jiar," shriek's the Chronicle. On Monday next, Mr Beetham meets the electors at Masterton, and Mr Bunny meets them at Featherston. We trust both gentlemen will get good houses. Messrs loms and Fergusson are instructed to sell on Saturday next the bankrupt stock of Mr J. 0. B. Golder, jeweller, of Masterton, also the lease of his premises. The sale will be without reserve. On Thursday and Friday evenings last, the American War Panorama was a grand success at Carterton. The largest audiences ever obtained in the Hall was secured on these occasions, It opens tonight at Masterton. We notice that the respective contractors are busily engaged with the framework of three now shops in Queen-street, Masterton, two being to the order of Mr C. Brown, and the third being erected for Messrs Watson and Winteringham, saddlers.

It is said that the Bank of New Zealand, has received advicesj to the effect that £12,000,000 has been subscribed at par, in London, for the New Zealend £5,000,000 loan. The Chronicle trusts that this good news is true. If it is, then the loan will be at once discounted in the colony, and the rates for money will be reduced by at least 2 per cent. This would at once ease the money market, and revive trade to a wonderful degree. Mr Osborne informs us that on Saturday last, he spiead some wheat prepared with oil of rhodiun and phosphorous, on about fifteen acres of his land near the Waingawaßiverandthathehassubsequent ly picked up more than fifty dead rabbits, without digging for them in their burrows. He is quite satisfied that this method, if followed up, will exterminate the pest in a very short time. We would suggest to Mr Osborne, that he should get a convenient area of land in his neighborhood constituted a district under the Rabbit Act, so that an experiment on a large scale could be tried with the phosphorous and oil of rhodium, and at least an attempt made to utterly annihilate the intruders. There was again a large attendance at the Panorama at Greytown, on Wednesday, but this time the audience had the pleasure of seeing some splendidly painted views from the Russo-Turkish War, and;' from the first scene, that of Oonstantinoble, to the last, the departure of the Russians from San Stefano, the audience signified their appreciation of the wonderful scenery, and the manner in which Mr Stanley explained it. He also sang during the evening his great song "We Don't Want To Fight," and others, which were most enthusiastically received. The orchestra deserves great praise for the selections they played during the evening. The following is a list of the immigrants expected to arrive by the ship Rakaia : Married couples without children: 1 ploughmen, 2 carpenters, 9 farm laborers, Married couples with children; 1 shepherd, 6 farm laborers. 1 milkman, 1 carpenter. Single men: 2 ploughman, 1 carter, 1 cowkeeper, 42 farm laborers, 3 butchers. Single women: 2 housemaids, 23 general servants, 4 nurses, 3 cooks, 2 nursemaids, 1 housekeeeper, 2 dressmakers, 2 dairymaids. Applications to engage these immigrants to be made at the Immigration Office or depot, Wellington, and any of those who are engaged for service in the country districts will forwarded by the Immigration Department. Mr, 0. M Crombie has resigned the secretaryship of the Wellington Jockey Club, as his other duties would not permit him to occupy the position any longer. This will be a source of regret to a good many of our sporting men, as Mr Crombie has proved himself to be a thoroughly capable and energetic secretary during the time he has held that post. Mr. H. Lyon has been elected successor to Mr. Crombie, and the Jockey Club could not have made a much better selection.