WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 636, 4 December 1880, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[from our own correspondent] November 25. • Probably never before has a Governor received such a hearty "reception from the Wellington people as was accorded to His Excellency - Sir' Arthur Gordon on Monday last, The arrangements made ' for _his. landing .passed:- 1 )# almost without ® hitch,, presenting a marked contrast to the fiasco which took place at Auckland. Although the day had become somewhat cliilij', it really seemed as. if the whole of Wellington had turned out to assemble on the wharf and its approaches to catch a sight of the new Governor. I was sorry to see His Excellency looking careworn, as if the fijian climate and the anxieties of despotio Government had been a little too much for him. He has a very thoughtful face, and' if all one hears of him be correct ho is little disposed to i regard himself as simply an ornamental i head in the body politic. I understand i that he was very much gratified with the i hearty and spontaneous, character of the i welcome, He is not likely, I believe, to i enter into the sports of the-people in the 1 way that made his predecessor sq.popu- 1 lar; and, in all probability, there will j not, for many-reasons, be much gaiety at i Government House; but there is every t reason to believe that when -His Excel- t lency gets to know those among whom his s lot is now cast, and is known by them in f return he will secure thatamount of popu- g larity which it is always desirable tyer p Majesty's representatives should possess, i I have been present on several occasions o at the swearing-in of successive.Gover- 1 nors, and regret to say .that Ihave lost all a faith in the impressiveness of that presu- tl mably awful oeremnny. By some strange o fortuity it almost always happens that it si is a cold, and sometimes very inclement tl lay on which the induction of His Excel- " ency into his office takes place. Bylaw a ihe. ceremony is bound to take place In 'coram populo," and it is gone through vi inder the north verandah of Government fr louse, facing the lawn. The parapher- st la ta required is exceedingly simple, con- fr isting o a very common-looking table, d< . very cheap bible, some pens and ink ai nd a few ghairs. Imagine, if yoa , flan ; ] a •a VI6 u ! ~ G J ov ? rnor — look ing very blue in nth cold, and impatient to have it all an ver; His Honor the Chief Justice in his in Dbes, looking do. do,, though with an th ndent desire, superadded, to appear as wl easant-as. possible under the oiroum- in <ances ; around this illustrious pair ard co tew Cabinet Minsters, -and if „d lere happens to be a man-of--wav_in port toi few of herofficers, together with any' ,a t .her notabilities who can be collected "otl igetlwr. On the lawn in front yon have wl: band ready to play "God Save % thi own afc.tli? proper nioment, and a me ottd of spectators who are ejected to in' teer. .Somewhere jn the neighborhood .set a battery of artillery to fire- a salute at oui e .conclusion of the' ceremony, The bul :cflentan| fl °"^b ually wears a shocking wiite hat! ir :ong!y_ suggestive of Christy Minstrels dot mumbles the Queen's (Commission-ini kef

•tone thatno one can hearia word of, I and.fidelity to his office administered the Chief subscribes, his signatu .to them, and then' the ceremony conolud with the salute before-mentioned/' may be noted that Mr Forster Gori always keeps his white hat firmly fixed i his head, although Governor, Chief Jc tice, and everybody else remain in'coveri while the document to which the Queer Bign-manual is affixed:is being read, have seen aides-de-camp nudge him, at private secretaries whisper gentle remo: a trances, ;but all to no purpose, J Goring .and his hat. are alike immovabl He is a sensible old gentleman, for We •lington winds are .noted for their col •giving capabilites, , s ' . Not only is the Wellington weather ui propitious to. Governor's,; but it especially unkind to circuses, ,Chiarini circus was here a week before ; it con | perform, on account of the wind] and: the expenses of 'a big circus general amount to about £l5O daily, it may easi' be imagined the . delay was a serioi matter. On Tuesday, when Cole's circi was to have opened here, a gale of almo unparalleled fury was raging, whic quickly rent their large tent into ribbon No performance could consequently I given on that day although yesterday tl wind moderated sufficiently to allow tl entertainment to take place. Mr Col howover, is seriously of opinion that ci cus people ought to avoid Wellington, mi was anything but comforted when tol what had happened to. Ohiarini. Tl Wellington tradesmen, I believe, 100 upon these gales as a special provideni on their behalf, considering the larf amount of rqady cash which a circus taki out of the place. It is indeed somewh< extraordinary, as has often bean pointe out, that a circus should, be able to .tal £4,000 or £SOOO out of a town, when pei pie have been complaining that they ha\ no money to meet their creditors. - Almost as regularly as thewarm weathi conies round, the papers have somethiu disgusting to tell, us , about tho watt supply. A day or two ago Mr Coldwel a surveyor living at Karori, horrified tli public by stating that he had found th putrefying carcases of the,following an Dials, (14 in all), polluting the streai whioh supplies the townone dog, tw cows, eight sheep, and three lambs 1 j pretty, decoction truly must be the liqui we drink, and the time it reaches the con suiner I No wonder that diarrhoea an'i cogniate deseases are prevalent in th the summer. Of theforbidding appearanc of the water when , seen in bulk, Icai testify personally, the water in the matu tinal bath, in which I indulge, being fre quently so thick as to suggest the" idei that it had been drawn from some filthy stagnant pond. ' The Hon G, M. Waterhouse possessei i grim sense of caustic humor. The other Jay he was passing the Government BuiL lings, when his eye rested on the weeklj iisplay of clothing to be seen in the en> closure, consequent on its being used as e Irying-ground by thechief messenger whc resides on the premises, and has hia washng done at home. Thereupon Mr Waterlouse seized his pen aiid wrote a very unny letter to the Evening ge luietly assumes that this js the hebdo'ma|al Ministerial wash, done, if not under upervision. of Ministers themselves, at east: under the direct inspection of Ministers' wives, who take turn and turn .bout. " The portly shirt," he remarks, flapping about with arras and body inlated with wind, evidently belongs to the Minister of Justice; the Premier's Irawers (fie, Mr Wateihouse!) are less asily recognisable, the black socks- cerainly belong to the Native Minister; and liightcap has doubtless aurbunded the noble brow, and soothed the lumbers' of the Colonial Secretary." 'rom .'.' the absence of any article which an be-distinctly' assigned to the Colonial reasurer," Mr . Waterhouse cruelly infers . that the Minister is economical with his ashing." .. Mr Waterhouse dosen't altosther disapprove' of this display, but lakesiU means for" having a slap" at le. existing education system, of which eis by no .enamoured; If it be 'ue, " lie says' that' in the intervals of asure, the Government Cadets are expected to lend ft hand at the washing ib, so miioh the ' better, The employ-, ent is healthy] and hot immoral; which more than can be said of some of the . jrsuits which engage youug men't atten- : ■ Jon. Incidentally, too, it would have - the effect of enabling'washing as a profes- : sion, to ba followed by persons 'of education—a result that will prove of no' mean advantage' when, 'in'the''course of time 0«r existing system of education has' brought forth its full- and raised up a generationthat Will'lie above the drudgery of manual labor." -1 believe that the Government Cadets alluded, tp,; strongly object to washing, but.would not: be averse to trying their hand at " mang- ; ling the Hon.G. '.M, Waterhouse if they got hold of him. .