The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 938, 30 November 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1881.

"» The present persecution of the Jewish people in Russia and Slavpnia deserves some little consideration. It is curious to find—in this century at least—that such a persecution should be in existence. There is apparently an understanding between Russian and German thought upon the matter. Apparently Russian-Greek citizens are anxious to avert the time when Russian-Jewish citizens will beat them in the race of intellectual advancement, The charge made against the German-Jewish citizens is that they are filling too many high civil offices. We cannot see why such offices should not be thrown open to all persons bom in a State, no matter what their religious creed may be; perhaps it is that the Jewish citizen is too liberal-minded for certain sections of the community 1 This may be the case in Slavonia (Roumania and Bulgaria) where the Jew is far in advance of the Slav. It appears natural that this should be so, ns the Jewish teachings are the highest form of our present civilization. Lord Beaconsfield was always proud of pointing out that one-half of Europe obeyed a Jew—the Messiah—while the the other half worshippped a Jewess—The "Virgin Mary. It is certainly true that the English people have placed the utmost reliance upon Bible teachings, and carried the Bible into all the strange lands of the world. The Bible is but the history of the Jewish people. This is indeed a very strange coincidence, and one deserving of more than passing comment. There may be nothing in .the teachings of those Societies which endeavor to prove that the British people—the Angle from Jutland—are the lost tribes; although liprnmirr ™ m " >

numerous every-- day,- uh'd'xertainlytheir arguments are very cmw, But nevertheless there is something curious in the fact that we English hre carrying the Bible into all parts of the earth, and very soon the whole world will respect tho history of one of the small est sections of the human family. The Jew, whether he he German, Kussian, English, American, or Australian, should therefore have cause to feel proud of his race, and the wonder to our mind is that in Slavonia he does not "take up arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them." In place of meekly submitting to cruel edicts, the Slavonian citizen of the Jewish persuasion should demand his birthright, like any other citizen, viz., unmolested occupation in the land of his birth. In such a way alone can German, Paissian, or Slavonian ignorance be met and subdued. As to the charge of superior ability, that comes from purity of blood. An unmixed strain of blood or race lias naturally better bottom than a mixed one. Take it either in man, horse, or cattle. A very curious result has happened from this, viz—that in British colonies the

Jew has always been in the advance wave of English colonisation. In Australasia some of the earliest settlers were Jews. In Polynesia and Africa lie now pioneers the way. From the Pole to the Equator his unmixed blood —that is to say, his immunity from disease—tells. As a coloniser, England has never sent forth better citizens. If the truth were told, Australasia owed very much to the Jew, more especially in commerce and broad legislation. The charge of usury made against the people in Germany, or rather the charge of being non-workers, falls to the ground in the face of prohibitive land laws. How is it possible for people to become agriculturists when, in the case of Germany and Kussia, they are not allowed to hold land in fee simple 1 Now it in a curious fact that all that the Irish are at present asking for, fighting for, striving for is a return to the Mosaical land laws or a very great step in that direction. The Jewish land laws contained in the Bible are apparently the true solution of Irish and English land reform.' Strange this, and stranger

still that Sir George Grey wrote a very elaborate essay upon the question, Therefore it is nothing but right that the Bible should command respect, We advise our readers to study the Jewish land laws. They will repay the trouble. Yet this is the people who are now prohibited from holding land. If Napoleon's great general were living, Marshal fcJoult—whose proper name, by tlie-bye, was Saul, lie being a Jew—we fancy that he would have advised the oppressed people differently to what they are now being advised. All persons born in a State have a certain right to the land of that State, no matter what their religious creed may be. It is God's gift as much as air, light, or water, Russia has no right to expel her Jewish citizens. Neither had Spain, but Spain now calls their descendants back, and .this appears a wise step, as ever since their expulsion Spain has been torn hy internecine strife. The Jewish citizen is always a supporter of law, ordeiyand moderation, and Spain has adopted a wise course, for even a small section of a community can oftentimes preserve a country's safety, . As regards the general question of oppression, it is indeed curious, especially when we remember that the destinies of the twe foremost nations of modern civilisation —England and France—have of lat< been in the hands of Jewish citizens, viz,, Eeaconsfield and Gainbetta, Wil any of our readers, after mentallj glancing over the past history of thosi two men, say that their actions hav< not been for their country's good The one has died, mouined by Eng land's Queen ; the other is still followet by a people's love. Candidates for the Masonic Scholar ship must post their applications to-day, The Wellington Education.Board meet to-day. The voting for the Mayoralty take place at the lustituto to-day, the Towi Hall being otherwise engaged, The Directors of the Wairarap

Caledonian Society meet on Friday next at the Club Hotel, at 3.30 p.m., to'pas" the programme prepared by the subcommittee. Go-as-you-please Hanson has gone as he pleased, having disappeared without paying his debts. A warrant is out fur his apprehension, and he may bo expected to reappear shortly in this district. It is said that, in the event of another election for the Masterton Biding of County West, Mr McCnrdle will come forward. Ho holds broad and decided views on the question of settling Crown lands, and his public servico might be of moro value to the County than to the Borough. At a meeting of the Wairarapa and Wellington aawmillers held in the Empire City yesterday it was decide.l that totara should be advanced Is per 100 feet, and inferior timbers fid. The advancn will not take effect till a proper association of the millowners has been organized. The following gentlemen have been gazetted as Trustees for the Public Cemetery, Greytown : Eev Harry Vere White, William George Thomas, and Thomas Porritt, Messrs William Collier Cuff, Eobert Rush, John Hollard, Hart Udy, junr., David Pell Loasby, and Henry Thomas Spratt. Messrs F. H. Wood and Co. will Bell to-morrow at 2 p.m. all the household furniture and effects, stock, ka.[ of the late Mr Saywell by order of the administrators of the estate. Mr W. G. Buchanan will meet the electors of Clareville in the Schoolhouse to-morrow evening. v As a large number of farmers who take an active and intelligent interest in politics are resident in ihe locality, a good meeting will probably take place. Carterton v Masterton,—As a proof of who ire the cheapest storekeepers in the Wairarapa wo wish to draw our readers' special attention to B> A. Gardener & Son's advertisement on our front page., This firm is determined to keep up their reputation. From the time of their commencing business in Carterton they have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore rife lous for another storekeeper from, a neighboring township to post prioe lists to their : customers and pretend to sell at wholesale prices, when for the smallest quantities B, A. Gardener & Son supply goods in almost overy instance 10 to 16 per cent cheaper, and in large quantities Btall further conwsBiona are made,—(Apvt.)

• Mr Chamberlainj-of JMdiug^has resigned his Beat on the Borpugh' Goiincil. d as a protest against the proposed iEIO.OOO 1 loan. He was in favor of one to the t extent of £SOOO. \ Jamesun Bros, and Co have an adver- « tiaement of their Carterton Branch on « our front page, to whioh we direct the attention of our Carterton readers. They I will see that this store is still determined c to keep up its reputation aB the" cheapest house in the district." ] The Masterton Aniateur Draniatio Club £ had a rehearsal on Monday evening. The j piece they intend to place on the boards l at their next performance is " The Ohinv ( ney Corner," a play which ran 300 nights | in London when first introduced by the , famous Fred Eobson. It should therefore ( meet with a good reception when presen-- j ted in Masterton, as it is a play well, j adapted to the powers of our local Club. , Mr Richard Wakelin being compelled ! by ill'health to relinquish business, has i disposed of the Wairurapa Standard tu i Messrs Nathan Bros., of Wellington. I ~ The town is now busy over the Mayoral ■ eleotion. The feeling of tho majority of ' the burgesses is iu favor of Mr Oaaelberg, ■ but as Mr Bish has boen personally much more active iu canvassing than his . opponent, he may poll a much larger pro- i portion of his supporters for this reason. We believe Friday next is the nomination day for the southern electorate of the Wairarapa, but cannot say positively, aB we have searched in vain for a public notification of the fact. In Wellington nominations are fully advertised, but apparently in this district they are regarded as matters of no public concern, and an absolute' minimum of • publicity is tho standing rule. Have any instructions, we wonder, been issued from headquarters to keop the day of nomination a profuund secret J, B, A. Gardener & Son of the Criterion Store, Carterton, announce Christmas Boxes on our front page, and in another place bliow that they are the cheapest storekeepers in the Wairarapa, Mr John Spargo, settler, of Taratahi, has filed a declaration of insolvency. The first meeting of croditors is fixed for Monday, sth December, at 2 p.in., at the Court-house, Wellington.

The Directors of the South Wairarapa Working Men's Club Company intend to lose no time in erecting their new club buildings, as the tenders foe it close on Saturday evening next. Mr Quin's Greytown railway 'bus bolted on Monday, and after a short but exciting career, was pluokily pulled up by Mr S. J. Lewis. Tenders are invited by Mr G. Fannin' for erecting cattle-yards, &c., for Messrs ' lorns and Co. Tenders close on Saturday, 3rd December. The burgesses of Fielding have given a decided vote in favor of a JIO,OOO loan, The whole of the Council, except tho Mayor, were in favor of raising only 15,000, and a public meeting was called to decide the point. After a somewhat excited debate tho amendment that the amount be £IO,OOO was put, and the Councillors, not having the courago of their opinions, walked out of the room without voting when they saw which way the majority were leaning. They have been so roughly handled by the local press that it is probable'several of them will resign as Councillors. A writer in a Wellington paper says : " Fijian tobacco seems to be causing some little stir in Wellington just now, and an endeavor to float a company for tho purpose of manufacturing it in this city is being made. The importers of tobacco in the city, without exception, acknowledge the advantage to be gained by the manufacture of Fijian tabacco here, as it ! will considerably lessen the price, and in every respect b'e:e.qhal to the imported article. •' The sample loft for inspection at 1 this office is acknowledged by an old Yiri giuian planter "to be equal to any tobacco i grown in America." It has been Btated I i that the climate of tho Wairarapa is one , of the moßt favorable to be found for tobacco culture, and we think it far before the Fijis for this purpose, as the ' climate of'the latter is too damp for the ' successful cultivation and preparation of ' the plant. If the opening up of a tobacco 3 trade betwoen the Fijis and Wellington i would .be of such great advantage, how much more so would it be to encourage the cull ure of tobacco in the Wairarapa, i and so keep money in the colony instead ■' of sending it elsewhere 1 We hnvo before pointed out the adaptability of this district for the development of tobacco culture, and trust to see some farmer sufficiently enterprising to give it a trial. What will our volunleersßay of this:— 8 It is pretly generally known by mistresses of servants who have the ill-luck to live 8 near .Knightsbridge or other barracks, i that the best looking among the soldiers, aro in the habit of charging a small sum a to servant maids for the privilege of being

seen in public with them. It may interest some of my readers to know the exact tariff, which I heard from a pretty little nursemaid at Kensington the other day, A private charges one shilling for an evening or a Sunday walk, a corporal eightoenpence. and a sergeant two shillings. A busby, however, raises the charge very much, and a private in a busby is not to be socured under half-a-crowu. The price of a sergeant thus adorned my informant was not able to give me, such a costly luxury as that being beyond the horizon of her imagination, The gallant escorts exact a certain standard of toilette in their companions, and it is understood that gloves are de riguer; on these occasions.—Truth. The Eangiora Standard says that ono of the old Kaiapoi settlers, who has some tons of potatoes pitted on his land, finding that they are suolva fearful drug in the market, offers them to his friends and acquaintances gratis providing they.go and take them away, Alteration in the bankruptcy laws comos up at every election and at every meeting of Parliament. What do the colonists say to the abolition of all bankruptcy laws? This Viscount Sherbrooke advocates. His remedy for the ills that bankruptcy brings it a shortening of the statute of limitations and the abolition of all bankruptcy. Of course, there is no imprisonment for debt. Here is a suggestion that our legislators should ponder. -Echo. We clip the following from, the Manchester Courier:—'! "Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday. The.Native Minister' has officially announced that the state of affairs in the Maori districts is disquieting. He hopes things will be peacefully settled, but points out the necessity of being prepared for every emergency. The white great Maori chief and prophet is reported to be urging the natives to acts of violence." ..■• , . Bromide of potassium, now so freely used, M. Barnes, the highest authority in the United States, found it, when given iu large doses (five drachma ddily), to produce a peculiar intoxication, attended with' torpor and drowsiness. In one oase this'' condition was attended by a insensibility so complete that the punoture of the skin with a suture needle..wa^ not,felt.. Pro- ; fessor Kirk' sayß it will liquify till all pith ; has been melted out of the nerves of the ' victim of its use. He thinks, also, that it dissolves the healthy tissues faßter than the unhealthy. '•'.

■The. following'excellent advice,, tenlered by an American exchange to wouldbe brilliant conversationalists, deserves to he written in letters of brass:—ln promulgating your hsolerio cogitations, Dr artioulatmg your superficial sentimentalities and ainioable philosophical or psychological observations, beware of platfundinous ponderosity. Let your oonversasional communications possess a clarified conciseness, a compacted comprehensibleness eoalesceut consistency, and a concatenated cogenoy,: Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement, and' asinine affections. Let your extemporaneous descautinga and unpremeditated expiations have intelligibility and veracious vivacity without rhodouionlade or tharasonioal bombast, Sedulously avoid all polysyllable profundity, pompous prolixity, phitta ecus vacuity ventriloquial verbosity and vaniloqueufc verpioity. Sham double ententes, prurient jocosity, and postiferous. profanity, obscurant or apparent. In other words, talk plainly, briefly, naturally, truthfully, purely. Keep from " slang;" don't put on airs; say what you mean : mean what you say. And don't use big words," The report of Consul Layard from Noumea (observes an English paper) gives a poor account of the condition of New Caledonia. " I have stated," he writes, " that this island can never be a colony in the true sense of the word. As a penal settlement it will last just so long as the French Government maintains its extensive staff of officials and the naval and military forces necessary to curb the convicts. Withdraw these, arid I am confident that, at the end of the year, not a single person that can leave the island will remain on it," To Farmers.-Just landed, a large assortment of Scythes, Scythe-handles, Rakes, Forks, Churns, Milk Pans,'to be sold at Wellington prices by Rapp and llare, of the Emporidm.— [Advt.]