The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1881

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 740, 11 April 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1881

The legitimate hotel business in New Zealand has been very much depressed during the past year or two, and one of the causes which has militated against its activity has been, undoubtedly, a Club mania which has spread through the length and breadth of the colony, A Club has several advantages over a licensed house. It

is exempt from a heavy annual license fee, its proprietary are not compelled to find beds for travellers, to feed allcomers, or to stable horses. At the same time it can realise on the sale of liquor a larger profit than any hotel proprietor can obtain. It has not been a matter of surprise that many persons who have been unsuccessful in finding a remunerative occupation in the legitimate trade have sought to earn their livelihood by taking advantage of the facilities which the Club business offers more particularly bogus Clubs. Mr Shaw, the R.M. of Wellington, has recently done good service in the Empire City by inflicting heavy penalties on speculators of this character, and by exposing the fictitious character of the establishments with which they have been connected, It is quite time that, in the interests of the publican as well aB of the public the legislature stepped in for the purpose of registering Clubs of all kinds, with a view to checking the abuses which have of late been so prevalent. It is quite right and proper for any section or class of persons to combine for the establishment of any social organisation. This is a privilege which must not be interfered with. The line, however, is passed when a Club is constituted by a mere speculator who has a direct or indirect' interest in the sale of liquor to its members. Fortunately the Wairarapa has been fairly free from the bogus Club nuisance of the character recently "portrayed in the Wellington Police Court, and it is to be hoped that the penalty which has fallen on offenders in the Empire City will deter anysimilar enterprise in this district, The compulsory registration of all Clubs is, how.ever, a very desirable precaution, nor would a registration fee be at all out. of place. Clubs which, are properly constituted, and unobjectionable on any public ground, live by a liquor traffic, and should be called upon to pay a proportionate license fee with the publican,

. We are glad to notice that the night-, school initiated by. Mr Grundy, headmaster of the Masterton Publio School, is appreciated as it should be, On Friday •there were twenty pupils present, being double the number who attended at the eommeiicemeni;' of the course.:

Mr G. Bowles invites tenders for build' irig a'four-roomed cottage...

There was a fair muster of the Master-, ton Volunteers at the church parade yesterday, ; ■'■: Messrs Bunny and.Beetham meet their constituents in the Town Hall; Carterton, this evening. The Mulgrave Hotel at the Camp, with 95 acres adjoining, is advertised for sale by Mr Edward Pearco. Mr Mackay from tho Nelson College has been appointed principal of t ho Wellington College, The latter institution may now be expected to prosper,.

The Provisional Directors of the Wellington and Manawtu railway company meet to-morrow,-

We remind our roadors of Messrs J, lorns & Co.'s great sale'of pure bred stock at Mr A. Oockburn's farm on Wednesday and Thursday next.

Tho church wardens of St Matthew's Parish notice that in accordance with a resolution of tho Diocesan Synod, tho offertorios on Easter Day will (be handed over to the incumbent of the parish.

Last' week, we understand, a meeting of Justices was called to revise the jury list for this district, Mr Boys was tho only J.P. who responded, and had to wait some hours before a brother Justice was obtained, in the person of Mr llenall, to despatch tho business. Mr G. Ooker notifies that he has opened the promises known as the Onion' Olub as a cafe, restaurant, reading room, and billiard saloon, His announcement will be found in another column, Mr Ooker is well-known as a caterer, and his establishment will provo a popular one,

We have seen a sample of a new local industry which Messrs Harvey, Murray & Co., of'tho Waipoua works aro now turning out in the shape of door mats prepared from sheepskins. Tho under part is tanned and converted into a soft durable leather, and the wool is dyed, so that a very useful and presentable mat is produced. The tenders for the Tasmanian loan of £300,000, at 4per cent., were opened at London on the Bth inst, and were found to contain applications amounting to four times tho sum required. The loan will be allotted at £99 6s'Bd, Tenders for tho loan for the Colony of Fiji of £150,000, bearing interest at4-J percent,, were also opened, and the amount asked for was likowise found to be quadrupled, The whole loan will be allotted at J99105,

The school bee held in Greytown to improve thostato of the school grounds, was most satisfactorily completed yesterday, parents and friends-of scholars uniting thoroughly in carting and spreading the gravel where required. Upwards of IGO loads were carted to the ground, some 40 people and 13 drays being engaged in the work. A circular croquet ground was formedj in the girls' yard, and no doubt will bo highly appreciated. Refreshments were liberally provided by others unable to attend personally. This sort of thing shows that the Committee has the hearty co-operation of tho general pnblio when required, and always their good wishes. OnFriday evening Mr Coleman Phillips,

delivered the first of a series ol lectures in the Wairavapa Institute, Greytown. We think, considering the subject being somewhat uninteresting to a considerable percentage of the population, being " Tho History of Party Government in England from 16GG to 1832," that the attendance may be considered highly satisfactory, to have been fully 00 being thero. An absence of juveniles was noticeable, and not to bo wondered at.

Mr S. Rovans occupied tho chair, and opened the meeting with a few introductory remarks, giving hia opinion that lec-

tures of this class would do more towards educating tho masses with regard to politics than books were ever likely to do. Mr Phillips, then began his lecture, which throughout attracted the close attention of those present. He drew their notice to the happy, regime wo now live under, com pared with those which existed in earlier times when a despotic Government ruled, He evaded as much as possible touching on religious questions, trusting that- when necessitated to do so, no offence might he taken. Ho very lucidly explained that tho Puritans were the first to establish party government, and explained the origin of tho appellations Whig and Tory. As an oxample, ho tormed Gladstone a Whig, yet apparently acting as a Tory by exorcising his privileges and advantages over the minority in the late expulsion of turbulent Irish members from the House of Commons, although he had no doubt his action was wise and justifiable. Uo considered that to a great extent the wheel had gone round—Whigs-were now Tories and Tories Whigs. It would take up more spaco than we can command to give our readers a fuller synopsis of this edifying lecture, which, as the first of tho

series, was decidedly an encouragement to those gentlemen whose happy thought it was to obtain audi talent for the bonofit of ourGroytown friends, At the close of the lecture, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded, to tho lecturer, A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting, at the reasonable hour of 9.30 p,m, fhe detached squadron, consisting of her Majesty's ships Inconstant, Bacchante, (with whicware the Princes Albert Victor and George'of Wales), Tourmaline, Garyfort, Cleopatra, under tho command of Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam, which was ordered from its cruise in January last, to Natal, for the purpose of landing naval brigado for servico in tho Transvaal, has now received orders to proceed from i the Cape to Melbourne. It has not trailspired weather other Australian ports will bo visited by the squadron.

Some trifler has been amusing himself with endeavoring to discover tlio exact amount earned by the famous prima donna, Adelina Patti, during overy minute she is engaged in Binging before the public, and he lias fixed the amount at 4(k The gentleman in question must be very far out in his calculation, as the

following figures will show :—Four years ago Adelina Patti's salary wqb £2OO per night (it is more than that sum at the preseut timo); in return for this she would sing four songs, occupying saying ten minutes oach, which would raise her earnings to £5 per minute. This amount she has frequently exceeded, as, for instance, in St Petersburg, whore, after being banished by the Czar for her con-

duct [to her husband! the Marquis de Oaux, she refused to return under a salary of £IOOO per night, She got it in addi-

tion to one of the'most'enthusiastic receptions ever accorded to a public singer,

An old Latin manuscript of the time of Henry the Eighth contains an account of

certain days alloged to .be unlucky, It says" These are Hie clays according to the philosophers amongst the Greeks, For if on any of these days a child be born, itsliall die soon; if any one fall ill, he shall never get well; if any one undertake along journey, he shall never return; if anyone marry, he shall soon be. separated from his wife, or else they shall lire together in the greatest misery, he shall never attain the desired end," Tl

le unlucky.days are then enumerated a 8 follows:— January 1, 2,4, 5, 9, 11, and February 16, Vj, and 10,;

Marcli 15,16 and 18 April 7. May 15/ and 17.' • June. 6. July 15, and 19, August 19 and 20. September 16 and 17/ October 6. November;ll and 16. December 6,7and,9... ; : ;! .

Labor appears to be scarce in ; the Nor'-: them districts. Mr JvCoate, at Hamilton, according to the Waikato. Mai,, could regularly, employ 'some five-; and-twonty or. thirtymore men, abiwagesof Isand'ho.ur,;for eight orVten hours' a day's work, if hands were only procurable, which it B'eem.3 they are 1 not,; |The' work is drainage on the Land Association and Lockerbie estalea'. 'in another, month, when the harvest is all garnered, there will bo no lack of hands seeking employment. The Queen" has conferred the Albert medal of the second class on Surgeon Henry.Grior, Army Medical Department,' for the following services on 26th August, 1880 :-Lieuteuant Graham, 10th Regiment, was dying of dipthena, when Surgeon Griei- performed upon him the operation of,tracheotomy, and observing that no attempt at inspiration followed, ho applied his lips without a moment's hesitation to the wound, and by suction, at the imminent risk of his own lite, restored to the patient the power of breathing. Lieutenant Graham's life was thus saved for a time, although, unfortunately, un the following day the disease extended to his lungs, and ho died. ■ We hear from reliable authority that it is the intention of Messrs Schroder, Hooper & Co. to make their first grand display of Autumn and Winter Millinery, Drapery, and Clothing at the Hall of Comniorcc, on Saturday, March 19th,' consisting of 71 packages and bales. As the bulk of their magnificient stock has been imported direct from the manufacturers, tho public can rely upon obtaining all the latest fashions and designs of the season at extremely low prices, We would advise all purchasers and lovers of fashion to make an early call at the Hall of Commerce and inspect their stock, Thoir advertisement will bo found on the front page of this paper.—[Advtl _ " Halloo ! where are you going'at this time of night?" said a gentleman to his servant. " You're after no good, I'll warrant. "Please, mistress sent me after y'ou, sir," was the response, A witty clergymau lately said, in church mooting, that thorn wna " room to doubt whether a person who sits in the gallery of the church is responsible for deeds done in the' body, "