The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 26 1882. VOLUNTEER DISORGANISATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1109, 26 June 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 26 1882. VOLUNTE ER DISORGANISATION.

Tiie report on the reorganisation ,of , the r Yolunteer *FOrce ; is "not | jik'ely-ilo be altogether popular • iuthis .district, because ;if it:, we're adopted it would, mean, the • dismissal of every 'Volunteer in -tlio'-Wairarepa,- as under, its recommendations the chief towns of New Zealand are the centres of tire organisation miles from , them tile radius, /.; This, cordon ek'cludes : from the service the bone and muscle of the c010ny,.;,; ; We might, however, be willing, to give up. ourlocal companies if.it were to -tlie 'interest of the; colony..to accept .the, "iiew proposals.'We are, howeveiyby no means certfiin •that.tlifiy would be beneficial to.N.ew •Zealand. • Their object'is-to place jNfoy .Zealand on'a".war footing," to main-, tain a small standing army; to protect) in conjunction .with'., fortifications,, tlie" principal centres of population. she." first point. to bo decided is,.whether New Zealand ah.oultl become.Viji armed colony. We believe that to fairly provide for tlie defences of Auckland, Wellington, Ohristchurcli, and' Dunedin; would iitvolvo an expenditure" vhieh'* ; would almost ruin us.But supposing we'-'weilt to tliis expense and'.still our. .armament. proved unequal;; to resist in the cruisers of a Hostile country, what would be tlie result J. Take Wellington for , ;smmi>;limtjte , K%'bor, were miide' siife 'from ■ the eiiemy. -aridi «°rao four or! Hve hundred, of 'the new-Yolunteer-Militiii were availstble. A' bodyofanileffmeiinnglit-belaiidedat night in Jforirua Harbor, aiid the'city" ■ taken -in • tlie 'rear and burnt to. .the ground ]' by' daylight •' before,.'..-ahy •resistance, ivould be possible,;, ..Suppq.se, .on.the .other band that tlie city re-' inainefl,unfortified and a^:hostile r ship steamed into, the - harbor, would the town.be burnt and its inhabitants destroyed 1 ■ Certainly,. Jiotl,.- The enemy_ would, cpligct. what, supplies it might iieed, relievd'the; banks -;of their surplus, gold, a'iid steam out again, Wellington -would be far safer and far better ofFunarmed than armed.:, t As an-'uiifortified-town it .would tie of little value as a position to,,be held by- an enemy—as a fortified town it might, be. of considerable' importance to it. Is it worth while to spend, say, a hundred - tliousa'iid■ pounds to'tcpiip Wellington ijs a station iroin'which a'hbstile power ■pan bid defiance-, to an English fleet V Olir weakness is at present our greatest strength.' I|,a war;.were:to bi'eivk out in Europe-iii, which Eiigfitnd''was |n••volyed, with ho big guna and witkvery money we would present no attraction to cruisers; r b'ut onpe-the big giinsHrkMntfid the. enemy. \V6uld probably' feel- it- a point, of: honor .to capture .them;-; \Ve' trust., that before * Pnrliaftient decides:: upon turning our Volunteer - forte int6 ! a militia this of the, ques-• tion will be well .considered, •' Ifc'is.;all verjr Welk v been connected jvith for ■us-the be'simelihiSi lp^jlgl||ing.:.. , agliiiis)i' invaders.-, ,;If.. ; we- ; d'gclHe'that it-'wiff 1 pay us to fight, by,, all-means let us 'plac.e.ourselyes. in their hands,, but iif .on tlie,other hand : we.,.-r.un.a ■ .ptattycertain risk of an of life ami-property byjeiii'g on a war foot!*; ing which woiild.be ■ averted'' by' re" maining men of peace we should pre" .fertile latter alternative. It is-a bold brave tilin'g to put ones. . Jiead iu'a lion's mouth, and this is just what ';w(i ■are asked to do .under the lie w? ...regulations. It would be no doubt a feather in New. Zealand's cap ; bi>r" come a seat of waiy not a,, trumpery Maori insurrection,;.' rbht '• a -tattle ground . for; French, German,- ■' or Russian soldiers; but we would sooner be without military glory and let' tlio' fighting 'take -place' elsewhere. ;Tlie-: present proposals are said' to be V reorganisation of our Volunteer forces but they; are nothing of' the Sort. They simply .substitute'for existing companies, :a' militia force in which the volunteer element is merely nominal. , It'is-ifs'eless to discuss the details of the new. proposals till we know whether Parliament is prepared- to adopt tha principle on v \yhich tliey : -are founded, flic disarmament of nations has been a dream of some enlightened, statesmen, : ahd may yet in the future be realized Nations cannot at-present disband .the armies and navies they employ, but a handful of people . iij' the Ultima, Thule of the Southern Seas might surfely b,B; perrtiit'ted to iive i un-. molested, Armies mako ways, | and we should; hesitate before, we r sow " dragons' New/ZeUland; We yet hope that the • principle on . which the regulations just, submitted'to' 1 liam'e'nt are based/'is mei%,an.era'ana-; tion from -the minds of a few r i^ji{ftry ; men, and;not the germ of the,'.future policy ,of: either the Government ;or Opposition. ". • %. .

The' San! Francisco mail 'has 'arrived at Auckland.; : : |s' /' Mr Jamtis Prendergast #orn.in oj), Saturday as administrator of tlie government of Nfew -Zealand. Mr Te Wheoro, M.H.R,, accompanied by two or three infhetital. chiefs ' paid-'a visit to Masterton on Saturday last,,. • .'" The Phoenix Lodge of Good Templars, .and ' the 'Stoneheijge Lodge of. hold meetiigs thia evening. „... /, ■ • ;, Mr Ingram,--the- ''tievv. ranker for - the'; Borough: ofJMastei'tonj is' : on the. war 'path, On Satiirday'last lie ran.in (about a dozen' way-side -trespassers. ■' ; Wb regret to learnitliat Mr. G, Pugsley,' ■of Masfefoui-has&ustairied by a fall from his.htirae a : fraot'ufe of-'some of- hig ribs. H 0 a; trip to tlie ChristcHiirch exhibition,-1- ' •'■Dr'Haftfatty' announces that he - 'be consulted at;.the residence of Captain Laimbeer,; opposite Mr rdogood's store, Featherston. , • . • Mr Mohtgomevy Seen .definitely jhpted':lflflde P.;ci-Vthe party, as organised, may be expected 'tb lengthen the session, but not, unless by a. .fluke, to, turn out the Government. ' i The Bishop'', of ...Wellington condnotefj the; bfirviciffs -in. ,SU'' Matthews Ohurob; .'MastotonVyeslerday, preaching eloquent and animated sermon's,"'

" ..The.ordinflry iiiohlbry. meeting of th e Masterton Library Committee will be held orWednesday.'eveiiibg next, , frequently brings ; sjpeoiinens^qi^ formations into-i we ®k the' a conglomerate of ' _i'edJaßparandagftle'y . ■;s " aniiotinced at the advancM age 6f.'B&'of "Mrs J. Williams, of The faneral.is,appointed'fofc" , Wednesday next, 1 . . :.: w ; ' ri " is to be abolished at the I Baptist ;ClNiroh, -Auckland-, , and the j 'f i i ! The-'secretary of the Masterton the .receipt, of a hia triaiden apeeoh was ' poking., fprihy 1 ' one'; of, the Native membetf .walfeediinttf the'lobby and said .Ho n.O:gOQ,d > rif'he ep;-orii:' he blow up, •fle burst Bpraethiiig,," ( • . . Messrs tn< their" Jist (their .next 'stock, sale, W'tred' by Mr udfoyof jOant^rbury.; ■" l , ; ! '{sss cauous it is said pat ttvelyp. rnfenl he re voted for Monlgoni.eight, for- Sir George tfreyrv^,-;/•••; *•' ', .. • h

./The liaual .drilhof th.e GreytownYolunteerj. wil| .bejljeld t'o r m6rrowi evening, of th o ;|eoo n 4 quad rill eas a enibly willilfiWHdl; .GRVliotf July v ' 1° ' r tlia and for' 'a? flfeotioij' b4,p,hii,rchwM;(lefli and- other orncers,;:, . . -MaWerton Volunteers for the purpose of . electing a captain,•- offiatOT,-- ■:' i a(\d;;'' n6n-com. missioned officers'will>hV lioM.aftsr the inspection -parade, on-Friday next. • medals 'GVeytonn Volunteer'afwhea''?o)b ' Q^SftyWl,'. G. Smith, andE tlfe Highest .BCorerß/resp'6cti^el|, ; ] ••' i.

to-Bell otr 2'pVin., the salvage from 'the'late fire, i»t'Mr"s. P. otofe;; coiisistihif- of gab vanned nonV and sundries. extra a\un curi ibd tfuf;pn'vce'l by mis ake on. u>. sequeutly a delay in(tha of Lower., c^ursin^^ coaches conveyed- some' fotirteen passeugers t\im eighteen greyhounds, ■ and' at -, 9 l^^ z6 P']®J?^ on horseback. The coursing' cdm'meh'oes to-morrow.: . ' ' •

Mefesrs Lowes aud lortifhia a'capital' .attendance /at ..theft sale' 6f. 'trees • and' shrubs, 'on Saturday.- last: %e .Wio'u* ota were qmok|y disced of at eatis:ta«lory, prices, the dema'nd being in excess': of the supply, v

We .vegi'et 'to'.learn that Sergeant Bezar wouldh" , ™' sf ®| ed af had waited the adoption" if-'tlie 2S new regulations by the House,befom'pro. •oeWjnftto. break up country corps;*'" ; Thfe" bergeaiit is •periodical visits to tho district,'but'lie o«n no longer d 6 justlcovti? ,cadet corps witliin it, 'ilTj . On jtoflas «C arrested against ■some : charges-(if a disreputable '■StKtSfvf | . Aboy'iWme'd :A Bools; Mill otfSal!irday.,)a S tV' ; An'mV: #sbwaß.!held On' foe b.ody.'by'D'r Spratt,' the District Coroner, this fflorning, when a verdict of accidental death' bv droffniC <sjasreturned,

f; Jhfljftle«of.worV -in>Stf Matthews' 'bcliool room on Saturday last, scarcely proved a success, the attendance of visitors being vei7 : limited.:' The prices 'at faiicy and useful i, r . were offerSd were yery,-reasonable, and ltis.^ibßa'egretted'that ; they did notprovfllnoreattractive.

: The Greytown ; ne\v Recreation Grouhd on gat . .urda|,te^{-1%t y g oo d .workers of B D, u" n^ r >^P erirt te .ndence different co m plexSf o e r vo" 1 i o^fr^ on ' n of .',^ e gr^rtd the' hullocks leut by.Mr-Bailli&were: kept pretty busy pulling the briar bushes but liy the roots - in another place tl)i);liOH 0 by Mr H&igh was. alao'ikopt going removing a n;oun,d pace stood andT 63 Jn ' a '' ( l U!il ' t^'s j briars as tlie ca.rriedi'thpm 'to' feed the flames. Grub-fii.es,.picks, Spades,, crowbars, akel„ B hovels<, pitcblorlts, & c . were there in profusion;,and hftlf- . past four they knocked off-work; all eon'gratulated each other on.tho Vmonnt of v O -2'.i > ? e V there is plenty: more : fo' |rQo,.lt IB; to. be oontinued when ad- ! earjs have been' promised. At a the Committee He'd on Saturday Gxamined and about £2O was totted, up M f ,the, a,|noufit. promised towards fenoW .1 / was'brouylit out,and' the footballers had a practice : ti!l,dnii

; . IBmbane telegram ; 0 f Btb of June A bratalmui'der was eoimmtted at, ; Tooffobmba:j W t;tiight. - Michael njaiii- was;found dead some; bushes'; ih the hospital groonfoV Therewere tbpwotinjlg on the'liackof hwhead, The. skull Ms also smashed, home; poney was found.on the deceased,and robbery was therefore nWibe cause! A. bag nad be6n pl'aied over: the head of the deceased, and all the; surroundings indicated that the. m(i¥der wa's' a moat dehbefateOHe." :

A cprresponja.ent' of a Southern paper \jritflß as fbllovva i—Permit roe to answer many inquiries d' spec'ting my preference, for introducing stoats as the best.natural enemies for the rabbits... Stoats are knwi. possess epicurean and kill/|i,far their food," oowi'uming oniy.'daintyiavts.. Again,' in'tho,eVefit\Of thoic leooming too • -numerous m thofay distant futureViheir skins, being of, great.^valUe,, 5 will aflptii Umple: remutieratibn to' tha perhaps to.jsee Justice "personified robelih ermine. !

: .& .Co., Report.^prices,-. -Wellin'Rton, for past wefik asunder -Flour, £1110?. to £l2; oatmeal; pollard, £7 ; bran, 1510s j potatoes, L2 ' 10a tc M 15aOiiionsy £6; chaff, ifls .>6d to"'-Ba ; '.ißd r j" wheat, 4s to 4s 6d";" barl.eyj.is,; • poaa,- ss; .beans,.Bs 6d j uiaize.lßs buahef; tiacbn and< hatnsj'new curei 9d rsalt butter, in good ■demand. ls= to ; la" Id; fresU- : do,' £ls 3d ; Cheese, 6£d per lb. Fruit-Oranges, 10s; lemons,: 18sniahdiriiieaivieB. 1 ; apples 8s to 12s. per case. ..Eggs, 2s, 3d perdoz ) Poultry, id very' little demani-f Fowls; Bsducks, ,is T 6d: turkeys, fes-6d . : per paiiv '■,