The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 863, 3 September 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1881.

; OGOAtjifflhm the Lords assembled in . Wellington emerge from their normal state of tranquil oonteraplafipn and ■ decorous discission, and are as lively ' and as frisky as members of the Lower House. From a recent number of HaiißipA we observe that over the Law Practitioners J|i,ll they held a ; seance which shows that a good dcilof i the old Adajh still survives beneath their outer crust of calm dignity and placid superciliousness. On this occasion, the Hon Mr Reynolds "belled the cat' toy suggesting the introduction of a Bill to preyenit imposition on the part of the legal profession, and to restrict some of thm** rascality. This of course "fetched" thai well-known member of the craft, the Hon P. A, Buckley, who moved that the words be taken down, The Hon Mr Whitaker, another legal luminary, admitted that the term wag applicable to some members .of: the profession, and the Hon Mr Waterhopjbj? argued that the present law did not jjay'e tije efeot of keeping the profession respectable and trustworthy, Mr Buckley, however, again came to the rescue of the profession, which lie said had been the honor and glory of every civilised country in the .world, Some people he added, wore under the impression that the members of tho jegafprofes-j sion were a very bad set of individuals, but lie took it that one man practising his profession in an honorable way prevented more litigation and decided more cases in every year than oame before the judges, There were many such honorable men in the profession, and if it were not for their efforts there would be for ten times as many judges as there were now on the bench. He also held that in New Zealand, taking the proportion to the population, there were as good a number of all round men as were to bo found in any part of the world, The object of the Bill under consideration was to enable pejrsons to qualify for the legal profession without serving articles, All the legal members of the' Council opposed it, and were successful in throwing it out, Though lawyers can be trusted to legislate for laymen, it is a question whether laymen can undertake the onerous task of legislating for Jawyers. The profession, no doubt, contains many unworthy members, but any reform which may have for its objects the purifying'*' of fts ] ranks must come from those members of it who are admittedly honorable and trustworthy men. Prom time to timo it should be the duty of such leaders in the profession to take such steps as may fye practicable to protect the public from solicitors are tinwortby of the public confidence, . If lawyers , themselves cannot accomplish this,, outsiders, even though they fee legisla- ! tors, have very little chance of doing any good, ' >

Wi publish in another column the report of the commission appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the late accident on the railway line new Kaitoke, The report is very explicit in shewing that the accident was one of a preventable character, While it clearly indicates blame to t]) 6 Department, it does not,

him over, Bluet home the responsibility on any pailim'str officer. As f,u hs it goes * the report i< a valuable one; but it would I havebeeiml a'ill gre.iler u-.t iothe.pub-1 lie if the Giiinmiasiunuis lincl indicated plainly ftlm, m thou opinion, was the i responsible officer. The Miwtorton Highway Board meets to-day. This is the monthly pay day of the Masterlon Building Society. '■■'._ r'MesßraXlbfris^ of furniture, &c, at 2 p.m. to-day.,. ; V- ■ j

—■Messrs J,. Ip ms •.advertise -for vthe r sale; to-day a draught horse anda set of harness. Applications close to-day. for the office of surgeon to to-the loyal Unity Lodge, Featherstoh,'' - '.'.' '•■.. ....,.,.■..,...1.;,,....

_ A meeting of the Lower Valley Ploughing Match Committee takes place "this evening at Tauherenikau.We '.'hay?', received a letter sighed "Mechanic"' which will appear in our next issue.

Do the Native members frequent Bellamy's 1 Tomoana early, in the morning, expressed a desire to sing a Maori war sung in the House,

F. H. Wood & (In, report the sale of a house and 200 acres of land, at Greytown, for the sum of 1200, Mr S, Pye, of Wellington', being the buyer. Mr D. McL'achlan, of the Opaki, has suffered a rather heavy loss through the jdeath of a valuable draught mare by eating poisoned grain intended for rabbits ' The House was sitting under the stonewall tactics when the late 2.25 earthquake occurred The shock seems to have startled Hun members very considerably, but did not shakedown the stone wall.

A parish gathering in connection with :St, Matthew's Church is advertised for Wednesday, September 21. A special service in the Church will bo held, in which the Rev H. Vere White will preach the sermon. ■' There- will be a tea in the Town Hall at G p.m., and an entertainment in the school-room at 8 p.m.

The following centlemen have beon elected members of the Bulls Local Board: —Richard Hammond, Arthur Edward Rimington, Thos. Flower, Edward Gorlon, and Alexander Dalzieil.

Mr Lister-Kaye has resignod his appointment ns a Justice of Peace; for this district. His friends will regret to. hear this. He was quite right on a recent occasion when he held a different opinion to that expressed by his brother magistrate, to give full expression to his convictions, and it is just because he displayed a resolute independence in his line of action that the public would have preferred him to retain his appointment.

The first meeting of creditor's in the estate of George Nevill, of Carterton, laborer, was convened on Thursday last. The liabilities are filed at £43 12s, due mostly to tradesmen outside of Wellington, the lamest debt being £lO. The BBaets are represented by household furniture valued at 16.

Sir George Grey, when ruled out of order by the chairman of committees yesterday mornin", ejaculated " this is oppression." The Ex-Premier should have heen'locked up for insubordination. Mr Rolleslon in rebuking Sir George for his conduct said of him that from a long experience of Grey, he knew he was utterly insensible to shame and decency, and had not a spark of generosity or patriotism about him, nor had he one of those qualities which the House could respect. The usual monthly meeting of the Greytiwn Borough Council will be held on Monday evening next.

While Maatarton oan boast of half-a-dozen aspirants to' munioipal honors; to fill the vacancies of throo, there appears to be a difficulty to net the required .number In Greytown. Up to the present we have only heard of one gentleman coining forward, Perhaps as the hour of nomination .draws near, otliora may be found, which will niake an election necessary, at least we hope sn, for when the spirants are merely nominated, and then tike their seats/they cannot as a rule enter into the business of the Council with' the same spirit an they woi]kl do after winning' a well contested election, . "While tlio people of Greytown are busy petitioning tho House of Representative's for a resident policeman, die hpads of the Police Department are making arrangements for the removal of the (ireytown police cjjjls to Carterton, at least suo'h was bnsmesti'bf btieof the, QQnstabjes in Greytown yesterday, jit beinjf' tlidught tjjjat by removing then), it will be' cheaper than buildjug pew ones' in' Carterton. Surely the powers that bj, oannqt be" ignorant of the fact that timber sufficient fq bnjU new colls, can be piocured in Carterton and we should rapommend them to consider well, before they take any clepided steps.

A traveller by Wednesday up train from Wellington gives us the following news:— JnsJ; before the train arrived at Kaiwarra a jaaywas riding by pi) horseback when the horse shied, throwing £he rider who fell upon her head, The horse then bolted leaving the lady apparently dead. When the train arrived at the Lower Hutt a constable entered the Station leading a dog by a string and having also m his charge aswagmanwho he was taking to tfeatherston for dog stealing, It appears lhat"'ije. w,as on his way to Wellington to join the!! Prou'Soot" army for Sydney when the dog followed him, he tried to drive it baolf bul the our would follow him, hence the return journey. We bear he will be brought before the R.M. on the above charge.

There are 404 ratepayers on the Masterton Burgess 8011, but of these 113 are defaulters, and oannot vote, leaving 291 burgesses'witli 4G2 votes amongst them. Of these, 79 votes are "almost certain not to be given, owing to the property'o'wners thty represent living out of the Borough, and other causes,, so that really there will he only 383 votes to be polled at the forthcoming election. Through a defect in the Act, after the roll is made up, defaulting ratepayers do not remove the bar placed upon them by paying up—they remain defaulters till the roll is removed. This was'o'ne pf the points thp Town Clerk directed Mr 'B'ootl'a'ii.s attention to with ft view to get an amend: mentmade.

We are glad to learn that Mr Rayner Is progressing as favorably as can be expected. After the accident he-not feeling well- rode some twelve miles as a constitutional, and did not think anything seriofl} had happend to him till about six o'clock jn (,))(».evening, y/ljen he was seized with, ynmiting. ' Q'r 'JJoskins was immediately sent for, and discovering'{he seriqus nature of the aoqident, resolved to obtain further medical assistance, Fortunately, Drs Bey and Fa'rquharson were in Maaterton, and the three doctorsassisted by Mr T. G. Mason, chemist, performed an operation upon the sufferer, which. reJijßJpjjJiim/knd placed him in the way of recovery,'should his institution be sufficiently strong .W pmThim through, Mr ftayner is ?2 years'of age, 'tfut'waa up to flip tjme of' his accident vigorous''and active, hopes' are tained of his ultimate rflooymr,' ' ■ ' ' Any of our reader* who are requiring good: and serviceable clothing, could not possibly do better than purchase from Gardener &. Son, Criterion Store, Carterton,; who are renowned for their moderate charges.—[Abyt,]