The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 328, 29 November 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1879.

A section of the Opposition has formed itself into a Young New Zealand Party, which is to commence operations next session. It is, we presume, the prodigal sen of Sir George Grey, and no

doubt when it has spent nil that it luts it will come back- repentant to its parent. We fear that;the epithet " Young New Zealand" will not be the one by which it will be known to posterity, 'lhe appropriateness of it must beunquestionable, The prefix "Young" itself may be taken as indicative of youthful follies, and as an apology in anticipation for all sins of omission and commission. We assume that it will be a sort of" Champagne Charley" party, a" Happy go Lucky party "-a Government billet prospecting partya free lunch party. Mrs Grundy, the late worthy chief of these het and needy bloods, is to be shaken oft altogether, and we presume a black flag is to be hoisted. Very little alarm need be entertained, however, as to the depredations likely to be committed by these colonial wild oats. Their chance of obtaining power is but a distant one, and but few of them have the means to enable them to wait until they have an opportuhity of making their game, lie results of the present session are only satisfactory so far as they indicate a determination 011 the part of the House and country to trust public affairs to respectable and trustworthy men, An immense mass of legislation is bein« put through the mill, but the quantity of it must be fatal to its-qua- , Hty, and the value of it is extremely doubtful. The colony, however has turned over a new'leaf, Political , adventurers are in the shade, and a very honest attempt is being made to right the vessel. Time will be required to get things in working order, and during the recess the Ministry will have that opportunity for leisurely and careful consideration which the turmoil of the present session has denied them, ! It is very gratifying to see the late Opposition fulfil its destiny Ijy splitting asunder—a smaller half of it maintaining the semblance of respectability under Sir George Grey, and the larger moiety take out a privateering license as " Young New Zealanders."

In order that the staff of the Wairarapa Daily may witness one d.iy'a racing on the Opaki course next week, we shall not publish on Wednesday next.

R. Evenden, carpenter, of Masterton, has hied & declaration of insolvency. First meeting of creditors, December 3. We direct attention to Schroder, Hooper, & Co.'3 announcement in another column.

Mr T. E. Price, of the Educational Depository, Masterton, animunces that lie intends holding a clearing side of books, &e., for the coming Christmas holidays. The gold repeater watch raffled by Mr B. Cohen on Tuesday evening was won by Mr J. 0, Buddington.

Tlie ladies of Carterton are organising a Concert and Soiree for the benefit of the Rev. A. Knell.

The Banks will be closed on Monday next, St Andrew's day. We believe that they will not this year indulge in race holidays.

A somewhat dilapidated fowling piece was picked up recently on the Akura mid. The owner cau utitaiu his war-like weapon by calling at the police station. We to letrn tint the Rav J. B. Richardson and Mrs Richardson, who are now in Canterbury, have lost their infant child. Their many friends in this district will deeply sympathise with them in their bereavement.

A meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton Horticultural Society is convened for 7.30 this evening by winch time all claims for prizes Ac., against the Society must be rendered.

The lute land slip on the Hill has put, VVairarapa storekeepers to some inconvenience in the matter of procurim' supplies from town, We hear there is every probability of the slip being totally cleared away to-day, Mr F, W, Hales is busily engaged removing into his handsome new premises, which lie announces will be opened on Monday next. A description of the building will appear in a future issue.

Last evening a considerable congregation assembled in St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, to witness the rite of coniirmation, which was conferred on some eighteen persons, the service concluding with an appropriate address by the Bishop?

Mr A. Bish, watchmaker, of Masterton has just completed a very handsome Past Master's jewel which is to be presented to Bro. C. A. Vallance, by members of the Masterton Lodge, E,C, The workmanship is admirable, and reflects great credit on the jeweller. One of the oldest landmarks of Masterton is now being levelled with the ground, viz., the premises lately occupied by Messrs Dalrymple & Co. as offices. The building is nearly twenty-seven years old, and the roof was built with round pules like a Maori whare, We hope to see a handsome new building spring up in its place. The building is the "proper", y of (lie Union Bunk, which has promptly acceded to the request of the Borough Council to take it down.

Accidents are becoming numerous in this neighborhood. Mr Prank Harrison, of the Upper Plain, has been unfortunate enough to cut oil one of his big toes by .a slip with an axe.

The final rehearsal of " Maritana" by the Greytown If. Opi-ra Company was held yesterday and gone through very creditably. Several new pieces have been added, and with the extra practice indulged jn, the entertainment in aid of the Cricket Club in Peatherston this evening promises to be a great treat. We understand many visitors from Greytown intend driving to Featheraton, thus showing how the burlesque wa3 appreciated here.

Bellerine, a township not very far from Geelong, is chiefly one long street, For the convenience of worshippers, the Episcopalians have erected a church at each end of. the town, where service is conducted each Sunday morning and afternoon alternately by the same clergyman. A short time since the natives were astonished at reading the following remarkable announcement, which w.is tacked upon the door of each church : On Sunday next the Rev will baptise infants at both ends."—Exchange.

A number of tenant farmers, selected as delegates from England, Ireland, and Scotland, sailed on the steamer Penivinn, for Quebec and Montreal. The delegation go to A met icii under the the Canadian Government to investigate and report to their constituents tlio advantages which the Dominion presents' as ft field for settlement.

Weights fnv tho Opuki Stakes Handicap will be declared at the Club Hotel oil Monday evening. ■ The soiree of the Masterton Cricket Club WW held last evening, There was a nice hall to dance in. Tho building looked very inviting, and above the stage hung a banner suitably inscribed by that enthusiastic member of the local club Mr Hawthorn. The music was all that could be desired, and there were plenty of gentlemen present; but still the soiree was not i exactly a success-not at all equal to the reunions of a similar character which are so frequently held in.tireytown. The reason is not hard to discover. In tho smaller township the ladies resident there are wont to dance on the same floor as their servants, and it is difficult to gay whether the mistresses or the maids enjoy themselves most. At Masterton the reverse is the case. We do not venture to Bay whether the Masterton ladies are right and the Grey town ladies wrong, or the Greytown ladies right and the Masterton ladies wrong, but we take off our hat to the Greytown ladies, In the District Court on Wednesday last, before his Honor Judge Mansford and a jury of four, the case of the Trustee in the estate of R. H. Elliott v. Hastwell, Macara, & Co., which had been adjourned from a previous sitting, was resumed, Messrs Ollivier and Lewis appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fitzherbert for the defendants. The plaintiff sought to recover from the defendants the sum of £149 Gs fid, alleged to be due for stabling, board of grooms, use of horses and vehicles, and a number of other items. A set-oil of £127 2s sd, charged to coach fares, oats and hay, and cash lent, was put ia by the defendants. The defendants gave evidence at considerable length to prove that the plaintiff had not only received the equivalent of the setoff, but other considerations, which actually made him their debtor. Counsel having aduressed the jury, and his Honor summed up the evidence, the jury retired, and alter a prolonged absence, brought in a verdict for £5.

A Georgia young lady is going to •lecture on " kisses" in Wellington. She will borrow a man to illustra'e on.

This is a boy's composition on girls. He s.iyaGirls are the only folks that have their own way every time. Girls is of several thousand kinds, and sometimes mie girl can be like several thousand if she wants to do anything. This is all I'know ii':out girls, and father says that the less I know about them the better,"

The Prince of Wales has been presented with an American beehive. Mr Howe, who explained to His Royal Highness the method of operating the hive, moved his hand about for a little while among the swiirm uf live bees which he had with him when they begun to cluster about his right hand, assuming the shape and appearance of a large bunch of "rapes, He then worked amun«st the bees with his left hand, and at the word of commaud they began to sett'e on it; then, placing a little tube made of wire gauze between his teeth, the bees began to accumulate about his face, and hang like a long beard from his chin, He next coaxed the bees buck into the hive. It is said that the secret of Mr Hope's control over bees lies in securing the queen bee, which, m Mr Hoge's case was confined by a wire tube, which all the bfces followed from one place to another.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for liiverauy.l aborts to head-quarters on the itfataura district us fallowsln 1871 I stood on a hill in the centre of the Tois Tois Hundred, and as far as the eye could reach the noonday sun disclosed earth's bosom covered, with its primeval carpet, The tussock lent its yellow hair to the breeze. The graceful cabbage head quivered in its embrace. The brilliant green of the flax and tutu bushes glowed in contrast with the darker tint of the luxuriant fern, and the spirit of solitude brooded over the landscape. The purple shadows of descending night were unbroken by a single scintillation of light from cottage window or ruddy glow of cotter's fire, and under the gently falling beams of the mistress of the night, earth slumbered with the perfect rest of solitude I" 1879 I stand on the same hill, and see stretched before me the undulating plains, clothed with the strong breath of mail's labor, the spirit of man's life. The sunbeam dances over well-tilled fields, ripe with cultivated ahun lance. The soft autumn breeze, sighing through the golden effort nf the dying summer, wafts ahiiig the gladsome laughter of sunny childhood; kisses the russet cheek of the matron watching at the cottage door the gambols of her children ; cools the brow of honest labor, as, resting for a moment, the fanner surveys the bright landscape, and proudly realizes that the gift of the Master"-'' the earth and the abundance thereof," is being turned to its legitimate use—the blessing of many—while » re y smoke wreaths itself aloft from many a smilinif homestead. If this is the sort of inspired nonsense encouraged in official reporti, the sooner the Civil Service is weeded the better,