The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1882. COLONIAL PRISONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 15 June 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1882. COLONIAL PRISONS.

The annual report of the Inspector of Prisons has been laid before Parliament, and will no doubt, like its predecessor, excite adverse comment. On a question of this kind the public know very little, and the Inspector very much. It therefore follows that the report is condemned because the inspecting officer is an English expert, and not a colonial authority, An impression, however, is. beginning to get abroad that Captain Hume knows.more than the wise men of New Zealand about prison 'management and prison labor, and we hope to see. this session his plans' for the improvement of our criminal class receiving : the hearty co-operation of the House.. He insists very much on the proper classification of prisoners T-a matter, which in the past hasten much neglected by the Government. There is a daily average of seven hundred prisoners in New Zealand, of whom six hundred are males; Of these seven hundred, the majority: are, it is stated, not hardened criminals, and are quite capable of,; being reclaimed .and' taking 'their places again as good •■ citizens.,'' The; snrnif minority who .are; in k thei opinion'of the, Inspwtor, J Jiartieied criminals art : a;

ow, degraded class, and are practically irreclaimable, Hence the, necessity of keeping the two classes! separate—of preventing the ranks of thelhopejetjsly evil; from\-being j'cruited byfthefcontajiiinating influence; ll ban exerSi|e (£?k class which; if thej| Inspector •requires is^pecinlf• gaols]' |or .old; offenders, and industrial and reformatory schools for young ones,, The annual \ cpst. ■ to. the State prisoner ¥_" '£s. This'isum;' 1 - at this ..cost, than to allj>#-'him to roairi at large. The cheapest method of dealing- with prisoners is, however, to reform them, and for this reason we hope that Parliament will be liberal in assisting the Inspector in the efforts which he desires to make in this direction,

We direct attention >to Mr E. Feist's* advertisement in another column.. ; =/' f ■ "Reading at sight" constitutes the'programme of the Masterton Debating Society to-morrow evening. '''' A meeting of the creditors of H. Cook,' billiard marker, Greytown, (liabilities £79165, assets £1710s) lapsed for want ofaquorum.'' "■'• ,: '■, t ;.' Members of the late Union Club are requested to meet Messrs Chinchen and Dalryniple this evening at the Club Hotel for the purpose of paying a .call to which they are liable, Applications are invited for a married couple as oustodian and matron to, the Wairarapa Hospital at Greytown. The Oartertbn ; Volunteers hold a Church parade on Sunday next. We learn by telegraph that the Education Department have promised a liberal support towards the establishment of a 'girls' High School in Wellington. A suitable building is also obtainable at a low rate of rent. • A meeting of the Masterton Park Trustees was held yesterday afternoon. Prosentr-Messrs'Payton (chairman) Vile, McOardle, Feist, and, Boddingtbn. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, thirteen tenders were opened for constructing and painting a fence in Dixon-streot and that of Messrs Sinclair & Avcua was accepted. It was decided to put the new fence ten feet back from the old fence and to erect for a distance of twelve chains.

Playgoers. in Masterlon will have a favorable opportunity of amusing themselves this evening as the pieces selected by the Masterton Garrick Amateur Dramatic Club are admitted the most entertaining of any yet produced by thii talented company.

It is worth recording that an English landowner being told by his steward that ope of his farms bad been re-lot at an increased rental of 180 a year the increase being due to improvements by the late tenant, the owner wrote a cheque for £BOO and sent it to the late tenant with his compliments. This generous landowner is Sir Wilfred Lawson, the leading advocate of the Permissive Bill.

A return has been issued which shows that of a total population in Scotland of 3,735,536, those who speak Gaelic number 231,602. The three greatest Gaelicspeaking counties are Inverness (60,477), Ross and Cromarty (56,767) and Argyle (50,113) .. A'g'as well in Clarendon, Pennsylvania, dug in 18Sl f to a depth of a jittle mora than -1000' feet, now'.supplies 'fuel ? to 26 drilling wells, 3 pumping we 115,,...135 stoves, 2 machine shops, and 2 pumping stations. Recently, on a rather cold dayi the gauge in the company's office Bhowed a pressure of 731b to tlie square inch, An execution in France has become s& rare since M, Grevy's accession-to the presidency,that a recent event.of this sort, which was tho second only within the three years, created a great sensation.• The number of executions since the beginning of the century has been steadily decreasing both in Paris and thß provinces,

In giving judgment in the case against Ekersley and Macfarlane, brewers of Kai-. apoi, particulars of which were given, a few days ago, the Resident Magistrate Baid that he considered a brewer was authorised to sell at stores distinct from his brewory, and not even in the same district, so long as such stores were under control of the brewer and not agencies, The case, was therefore dismissed, Besides the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory, recommended for the Industrial Prize eivenat the Exhibition, Messrs Beid and Gray, agricultural implement makers, of Dnnedin; Austin and Kirk, Pottery Works, Christohurch; Lightband, Allan, and Co., boot factory, Christohurch; and J. Piper, tinware, Christohurch, were named. : The ground on which the Kaiapoi Factory was preferred to others was the larger number of hands employed by them, the general magnitude of operations, and tho fact that the material used, and some of the machinery, were entirely of Now Zealand products The trophy is a Bet of silverware, valued at M

After considering the defects in the signal service which the recent railway, acoidents in North London hare brought to light, the Great Northern Company and someothers have in view the introduction of the telephone as an auxiliary to the ordinary telegraphic Biirnals, and the electric bell in the signal cabins, . Everybody naturally wonders how 0 Smith from Devonshire House, Cuba-street makes coming to Masterton pay. He explains it this way: being a direot importer he can sell as cheap as most storekeepers, can buy. He also buys and sells far cash, always haying the ready money to pick up cheap lines,—[Advt.]•'•

In directing oar readers' notice toB. A, Gardener & Son's new advertisement on our front page, we wish them to notice the extraordinary way a business can.be made to eo ahead, when properly managed. Two years ago;this firm started their business in Carterton, neither knowing or being known by anyone, Their destiny was forshadowed by not a few (especially storekeepers, two of whom have since,' rosigned), There beini* no fewer that eleven Stores in Carterton at that time their chances of success. were, not any too good, nevertheless we have to record that this firm have imported direot from Home during that short period goods to the amount of £25,000, and all paid for,' Where is it all gone, we ask 1 The answer is simply—Sold!___ This firm has'never been, afraid to trade'm "their own name, henoe their success,—[Advt.]. : ••■;.'■.; •■'

Mantiesare now.heing made„m the rioh heavy_ materials fashion diotateß ; shall be worn in the' present Autumn. and coining Winter. Silk Matalasse, Stamped Velvets, Hush, Moire Silk, Brrich'e Silk, will be used !a;gely for Wraps and Jackets of : all kindc The shapes most in vogue comprise the Graniyy Mother Hubbard, and, par md-. Unit, tic Dolmai< in its many varieties! Stamped and Brocaded Velvets are largely used in combination with other materials for : ladies! drcsßes.! Nothing can possibly exceed in ricliness of effeot & Brooaded Velvet Dress with Uashmere drapery and overskirfc looped together with rioh'Uordand Tassels,: Ladies bin select .their own sAJTe-Aw House,;iand;- have; .either, manjile;; or dress made in the latest style's and .with prompt despatch in.the dress.and mantle voomp of TkAit6'H6tJßK.-^A»vr.l' '";",'" . V,