The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 852, 22 August 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1881.

Tue profound selfishues and the intense greed of personal distinction evinced by some of the leading public men of the colony, is becoming a serious hindrance to the transaction of public business. Mr Ormond hating successfully blocked the local measure of the present session by the aid of. the Grey party, Mr ,'Mac'andkew uow steps forward to still further embarrass the progress of business jin the House by giving notice of the.fpllowitig resolutions That, with .a vieiv to greater efficiency and economy in the Government of New Zealand, « t I it iSjexpedient that the colony should be divided into two distinct provinces, Separated by Cook Straits; (2.) That each-of the two provinces shall have a Legislature, to be composed, in the first linstanoe, of the members of the, [House of Representatives in each Island, who shall lie elected to serve in the next Colonial Parliament, and of a President, to be elected of the said members; (3) The President shall be the chief executive officer of the province; and an integral part of the said Legislature. He shall possess the same functions in relntion to the Provincial Council as does the Governor towards the House of Representatives. (4.) That each ;of the Provincial Legislatures shall liave full, independent, and conjstituent powers of legislation ami administration as regards every matter and filing affecting the peace, and order, aiid good good government of the proexcept in as .hereinafter provided.' It shall not bedaVful for any Provincial Legislature 'to make or ordain any law or ordinance for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned, that is to say—(l.) Tjie imposition or regulation of duties of Customs to be imposed on the importation or exportation of any'goods at any port or place in the province, (2,)_ The establishment or abolition of any Court of Judicature of civil or criminal jurisdiction, except . Courts for trying and punishing such offences'as, by the law of New Zealand, are or may be made, punishable in a summary way, or altering the Constitutional jurisdiction oi' practice of any s'uch Court except as aforesaid. '(,3.) Regulating any of the current 'coin or tho issue .of. any bills, notes,'. or other 'papef ; 'currency. (4.) Regulating „the . weights, i and measures to~ : be used'"in- the province or' 'any ~:parji':;:t hereof."'; (5.) Regulating the post offices and the carriage of letters witjjjn the province. (6.) Establishing, altering, or (repealing, laws bankruptcy of insoi- i vency, (7.) Maintenance and erection;; of beacons -and -lightfcmses "ori the' coast. (8.) Tjje imposition of any dues other charges on shipping at any port, or harbor in. the: province, (!),) Regulating marriages. (10,) Inflicting' any disabilities or restrictions- upon persons of the Native-races, to which persons of European birth would not' also be subjected, (}),;) 'Altering in any way the' criminal jaw of lew Zealand, excejit so far to the trial apd punishment of such offences as are. now.or may by the criminal• law of |New Zealand bd ppishable in a summary 'way as aforesaid. (lg.) Regulating the course' of. inheritance ,of j'eal or personal property or affecting jthejaw relative to wills;"' The General Assembly of lew Zealancl shall, until otherwise determined, continue as at present constituted, umj jljall have exclusive! power and authority to deal with ! those subjects 1,. l\ereinbeforfmentioned $ ultra vrns of Provincial Legislatures and with no'otliers.

What a sweet transparency js Jield up to ithe gaze of the public! Two pyoyinqes for the colony and two presi dents fop New Zealand! Two provinces ; because phefp are <jnlv two candidates for presidencies-,Bll' Geo. Obey in t}>e North, and Mr MaoanDREW in t])e South. Here is another MACANDRKiy-Gnjiv combination to be submitted to the House, apd if jfc does not go; down, the great proconsul will probably propose some GitEY-MACANr drew scheme of the same kind, but dressed in a different suit, Grey and _Macanpbew cannot work together as colleagues, but as conspirators they sre unequalled. They cannot combine to ruio t)}o colony justly and fairly, but they can conspire to cut it in two halves and each take a part. Ape we in the Wellington district to be ruled by 'say President Grey at Auckland 1 Is Canterbury to be governed by President Mac Andrew in Dunedin 1 Fortunately. (Hugo and Auckland are not iqulte-strong enough to outvote the I rest .of ¥ey Zealand. If they were, a .project j like t)ie one ye have just referred to would have a chan.ee of success.. iuum IMI

Nominations for the office of Director ,of : ,the Mastertnn Building Society must .betpdejon or before Wednesday next. t !1 " Theipiree at the Institute. Carterton, | 6n 'Friday oveninj; in aid of St Murk's Fund, was a success, indeed i 0 8 " or comfortable danc- .\ n £?®:Ff re J V91 '° 40 couples present, and'lhe capacity of the jbalj was hardly sufficient to accommodate them. i! H- Wood & Gp,'s cattle sale at Wailifjflfja on Thursday last, several lots of store sattU were sold at pjicos which ;ws thinjc must be more satisfactory to buyers] than to sellers, ij head fell to of Featherston, at L2l7s 0d j ! 12 to Mr Cameron, Moroa, at II 12s 6d ! 6 l! to Mr jFule, Featherston, at L 3 12s 6d. iUhe!'attendance, owing to the rough jiTOljWFi was not large j the fact, however, of all ( tie cattle yarded finding buyetß augurt' well for the future success of | thjue ftdnthly tales.

_ There wain goud alluiidiiiice at Messrs lorns & Co.'h stile on Saturday hist, and fair t priceg for, both Slunk mid produce wßp'epbtainu(l'\ Tjie .Grey t)nv n [Vol unteora meet {or their usual weekiy drill to-morrow even* which the Quadrille Corps iitotnlily'will be'-held. x . \\. t' i \ On Friday evening next the Greytown Fonibiillera hold a eoiree at the Town Hall, when, from the popularity the Club _h.a3.'.giut) ed.,.cuiTi hi nod -with-tha-mudera te • price/charged forthe evening's dance, we: exfiectto hear ofV crowded floor, '• J '''

'""Thff next miieting'of the'Featlieratoh* Debating Society will he held to-morrow evening when Mr Wardell will continue liiß paper on the "Refrigerating Process" and afterwards 1 Mr"K«ir will read a'paiiei' (in "jhe liquids we drink." We hope to hearof a good attendance. .* O.I.lA; The railway department, at Mr lieeiham'H request; have agreed to convey the necessary me'al for the upper end' of Railvay Road free of-charge. This will enable the Borough Council to proceed with ihe completion of this necessary street, ■ •!

The Maslerton Volunteers' and Cadets'' Church parade yesterday was a inostaucuesJul ime—about thirty of the former and twenty of the latter being in attendance, The band were in good force, and played with its usual skill and sweetness, The weather was glorious, and Queen-st.,: seldom looks so animated on a Sunday, morning as it did yesterday. The Volunteers evidently take a pride in turning out well at these parades'; as their soldierly appearance and well kept uniforms testify,

The public meeting , called to consider the state of the Greytown Cemetery was very well attended on Friday evening last. The Rev. Mr Thomas was voted to the chair. Some discussion took place on the subject, when it was decided to elect new Trustees, Thi teen gontlemen were proposed, but as it.was resolved that nine be the number of the Trustees, the ballot was taken, when the following gentlemen were elected Revs White, Thomas Knell, and Porrit, Messrs Skeet, Cuff, Udy, Hollard, and Rush,, It was.resolved that Messrs Rush and Porritt icooimuniciitfi the resolutions of the meeting to his Excellency the Governor, The Trustees for the Waipawa Rabbit District have decided to erect a wire netting fence on the south side of the Mcitio river on tbe Hon W. W. Johnston's propel ty. Mr Clifton bf Castle Point liad with Mr Speedy been over the ground for the purpose of selecting a site for the fence, and tenders will be called for in a short time. The Akitio being a tidal river,'the fence will begin about four miles from the sea, aiid run back into the main or Forty mile bush. The length of the fence will be six or seven miles, Tho fence at the Waimala on the boundary of the. district is also to havo wive netting fixed on it. This fence was erected some years ago by the Hawk's Bay-flock owners to prevent scabby sheep frmn straying across the boundry, and has been very successful. It is to bo hoped it will be equally so in preventing rabbits from crossing. Dear Sir,—Some time ago your valuable paper announced that it was within the range of possibility that wo should have a woollen factory started in tins' district. :The sooner this is done the bettor for all classes, Then Messrs Rapp k Hare, of the Empoiiuni, Queen-street, will not have to send cash to Mosgiel or Kaiapoi for their tweeds, hut keep the money in the district, which all well-wishers of the future of the Wairarapa should do.— [Advt.] An accident of a very severe (if not fatal) character might have occurred on the maiii .road. Two vehicles, a buggy and trap, were approaching each other at speed, and ag the night was very dark, an accident would probably have occurred ; but the owners of the vebioles had wisely purchased lamps at Muir & Dixon Bros., where they are cheap and of yood quality, awl through their light the danger wa9 averted, Moral—Try Muir & Dixon's for all coach aud carriage fforj;".—Advt. Good morning Mr Gardener 1 I have travelled a long way to get to your store You are the best friend the public ever had, for since you have been in Carterton you ljaye always sold goods cheaper and better than any i)J||er storekeeper You have caused other storekeepers to lower their exorbitant prices; but still tliby will have to lower them 'more yet to com pete with your Grin, fur on comparing the other's price list I Bnd (not only one), but every article on your firm's list is at the yery ieijsc from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper. How is it that you cai) sell so cheap! Why, madam, the reason is simply this: We are satislied with numerate profits; we pay cash for all our «oods {.and fiend home for theui ourselves. Then again, we have ?u in England who knowß when and where t,o buy, By doinu this \ye save fully $j to 5Q per qent, and we give our customers the benefit. Moral—Send for B. 4. Gardener & Son's price list, Their address is Criterion Store, Carterton.—[Advt.]