The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1882. GOOD TEMPLARS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1159, 23 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1882. GOOD TEMPLARS.

On Monday evening last the Rev. Mr Isitt compared the members of the order of Good Templars to the Knight Templars of old. He also brought a serious charge of mal-administration of the Licensing Act against the authorities in the matter of Sunday trading. This should be a. good time for the advocates of temperance, The Licensing Act isalmost a Good Templar dream, and its administrator, the Hon. Mr Dick, is heurt and soul with the abstainers. Yet the Good Templars do not seem to be making much headway. If they constitute a militant order, tyr Jijin would have us believe, why do they nqt insist upon the law being obeyed llt will'be remembered that last year the Masterton Police made a raid against Sunday trading, and for their!: pains were snubbed by the benph which intimated that where no absolute 'disorder preyail.eijl jn q,' pubjichouse, and where public morality was not being shocked by gn gxhibitfon (ji drunken men they should i)Q£ interfere. It is also well known that in past ye.ars that though the bulk of the "W&irarap& licensed victuallers have conducted their establishments well, some have been notorious for ill-regulated houses. ; Why, we might ask, have the Good Templars, holding the views they advo> cate, and possessing, we may assume, the courage of their convictions, never gope for Mr WARDELLfornot carrying out the Act pr opposed a licensed victualler when lie' has misconducted his house. The truth is the Order is not a militant one, and the Good Templars of to-day cannot fairly be compared with the Knight Templars from whqm they derive their title. Sentimental declamation is a poor substitute for sword and lance. Good Teniplurs declare war on the liquor traffic' but apparently they never fire a sjjot, and are legarded with comparative indifference by those whom they deem to be their enemies, Within our own experience they and other societies like them, have been threatening the liquor traffic for the past five and twenty years, but their threats have been so harmless tliac thej have rather stimulated than otherwise the consumption of alcoholic liqiiors. The cause of temperance has the sympathy of tlf.e great niass of Englishmen, but they are weary of talkjng of how to make the world sober. If Temperance Societies are to effect any substantial reform outside their own immediate ciroles, pd command the respect of the community tjiey jpst act, they must show fight, Mr Jsjt? is responsible for suggesting a conjpaj'ison bptween Knight Templars and Good Templars, It is just because we fail to see the practical truth of the relationship that we cannot recognize the importance of the Order, however much we may. admire the good intentions of its members.

The San Francisco mail' arrived'iirt | ' Masterton by the mid-day train,/ and,; as. ' ! usual, wsfi promptly sorted;' i''-The Rev Mr. Paterson, > and the Bev> .Mr.ogg. are in attending ftbe Presbytery meeting billed 1 in thu^'n. We understand that the farewell,steameeting to the Eev Mr MoKee'will be . arranged for Monday next.' _ ; { Rapp.and Hare haye of prime seed potato oats, any o'noreqmriiig, a first.olass sample, should, call ,at„Papp and Hare'a.r-Apvi. , T .... • ■ , It ia rbmorei; that our j is to b'e Sir Arthur Musgrave, the'present j Governor of South Australia, but as Sir Arthur Gordon baa' obtainod' 6ix ; ' mbtithV leave of absence' hii . successor will not be appointed till; the expiration of that term, ■ TlieMsonmen have cancelled' their engagement to play a football match f at Wellington on Saturday next as tli%,cannot get a team to-gether for this datei 1 ' : The Borough Inspection Committee make a tour of the unmade streets of the town on Friday l next in* buggies.' It is expected that some of the proposed thoroughfares, as a matter of' personal safety, will be traversed in imagination only. . | We understand, that the two cases of planing machinery which arrived by the last. San Francisco mail b<>at, Ze'alandia, are for Messrs Wakelin and Hawkins- of the Grey town, Steam Sash and Door Factory. We would draw atteution to Messrs Lowes & lorns sale on Saturday next, when, in addition to the furniture/. sc,, advertised for 2 o'clock, they Bell'at 1 . o'clock, horses, d»ga, and hedge plants, i also a large catalogue' of new garden t seeds, ; ' , We yesterday alluded to the stoppage, of the train for the purpose of posting a letter, and we have since been informed that this has ocourred on several occasions. When the railway'department, for the convenience of the. publio, consented to carry loose letters in the guard's van/ it never contemplated that a train would be stopped for the sole purpose of saving'any person the trouble of posting his letters in the ordinary manner, and it seems strange that anyone should have ths impudenoe' to so abuse the privilege. I The Carterton M.I. Sooiety hado&'.Tairi gathering last night' at the Institute, the evening being devoted to reoitations and, readings, among which the comio and more serious element were fairly interspersed. The ohair was occupied by Mr. ■ 6. M, Gardener. Some (if the pieces worn very fairly given, but a little mors attention as to modulation of voice is required pretty generally all round, in fact the mere reading or reciting, beyond the, passing of a pleasant evening, is of little , real value without friendly criiicißm, To-night the grand wind up of' the ' winter entertainments takes place at the Public Hall, Carterton, 1 and a good mus; ter, lhe weather being so favorable, is anticipated. 3 If the promoters of the Mastertoh .Woolen Factory only knew the large quantities of Colonial Tweed:; Clothing, Flannels, aud Blankets that are weekly ■ turned into cash at Bapp and Hare's Emporium, there would be no difficulty . in getting rid of shares ,in this new ; venture. When you pass Rapp and Hare's Emporium, please", call aiid ( inspect their stock of New Zealand made Blankets.—Aovt. ■ The Town Hall Masterton has been tastefully decorated for the anniversary soiree this evening. There is a large display of bunting whioh is set off ivith ferns and fir branches on the side walls. The usual bayouet stars, mottoes, and, stands f of arms arranged round the hall, denote a the military character of the celebration. ' The interest one and all Beem to be taking in making the affair as complete a success as possible is a guarantee of d gathering which will be both a pride and pleasure to the members of oui Volunteer Corps, In a Wellington case, Polk v, Lancaster, fur a breach of the 135 th Section of the Licensing Ac 1 , 1881, the Bosident Magistrate delivered the following judgment on Monday last. : By Section 135 of the licensing Act, 1881, under which this complain! is laid, if any inn-keeper, shall permit any. unlicensed person to be inueffeot'the keeper of his t licensed premises he shall be liable to j forfeit his license. The defendant, who i was charged as the licensee of the Mela bourne hotel, has, since complaint'laid,' ' virtually ceased to;be the holder of the License, it having passed by his bank-; f r'uptcy to the trustee of his estate. His ) tenancy of the premises'has, I understand,. 1 been determined', and an app'li'qatiori for > a transfer of his license to a new [tenant j made. The forfeiture of the license Under 1 these circumstances would inflict incon-. ' venienca and loss upon persons leaving' 1 an estate or interest m the hotel, who, I J am saijsjjed, were ill no way privy! toior fc sanctioned tjie contained of, i while the defendant would be'ftut little if I Rt all affected by it. In view of all the g circumstances I shall dismiss the complaint. . ; j The " Manawatu Daily Times" office was robbed on Friday evening lasj, A cash-box, containing about J-6 10s,j and' i which had been left on a table, was, ; in r the tempoiary absence of the proprietor, j oarried off, The 'thief as yet remains undiscovered. . . s Before the House;rose at five; minutes a to 8 o'clock yesterday morning, sayp; the* ,f New Zealand Times, several hotl, membors j had become - decidedly gay and festive One gentleman in the exuberance of' his animal spirits, seized the mace and bolted ■ down one of the lobbies with the "bauble" I over hiß shoulder, : The Sergeant-at.Arms r took matters quietly, and the mace was / soon afterwards restored to its place, i The.'annual installation of. ' the officers 8' St, John's Lodge.will'.take place on , Friday next at the new Masonic Ball, j Featherstoii, ,aijß in' connection thefawith a banquet in the evening at the 1 Boyal Hotel.. • ' t . The Tuapeka Times reportajhat'at the present time only five hands are employed 1 h the antimony mine near the head of 3 the Waipori Eiver. About 10 tons of . dressed ore awaits removal - to! the' Law rence railway station, but, thb state' o£ the , road at pwaont pieveuta teamsters from j yisiting the mine. The mine is now under tha control of Mr J. B- Neil,:who is reported, to he well up to his work, and in the full confidence of the managing 3 directors. It is expected that in -the 3 oourse of six or eight 'weeks a full coint piemen t 'of hands will again be at work at r the mine • • J V j t<< (