The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1882. MOTHERS IN ISRAEL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 3 November 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1882. MOTHERS IN ISRAEL.

A telegram from London published in our last issue announced that one thousand servant girls were being prepared for transport to this Land of Promise by that redoubtable knight, Sir Dillon Bell, Surely our Agent-General, in sealing to himself, as the official representative Of New Zealand, ten hundred English maids, has put into the shade the late lamented Brigham Young. vVhat an arduous, and yet what a delightful ( task he must have! Surely the privi--1 lege of marshalling such a splendid array of feminine loveliness must be more attractive than the handsome official salary which he enjoys, Who would not be an Agent-General 1 And why should such an official, with such ah agreeable round of duties, be paid a princely income, when there are scores who would take the. work for love instead of money I We trust our gallant knight has not allowed his eyes to be dazzled, or his judgment to be overwhelmed, by the thousand fascinations to which he is necessarily subjected. We venture to hope that he is not seleoting bis host of feminine reorults by the brightness of their eyes, the trimness of their figures, and the smartness of their dress, but that he is carefully examining into their capabilitiesfor washing, ironing, cooking, scrubbing, and sewing. A thousand trained servants will be a boon and a blessing to New Zealand, though each one of them got married before sj)e be three 3 ears in the colony. Trained secants make trained housekeepers, and :tbe practical knowledge they have obtained is not lost but simply profitably invested when they take to themselves husbands, If Sir Dillon's contingent be trained let the Assembly, as an act of i gratitude, raise him to higher honors, We have but few trained servants in New Zealand, nor is service in the colony favorable to the development of perfect domestics, Mistresses have their own hands tod full to devota that time and attention which they ought to give to the instruction of their assistants, They complain about the impossibility of getting good servants, but they rarely reflect that they are in a great measure responsible for'the failings they deplore. If Sir Dillon has sent out untrained maidens no punishment ought to be too heavy for him; indeed, he ought to be made to take the lot back. The colony is already fairly supplied with 1 ornamental Delilahs,—the material for flirting is ample in New Zealand, and the colonial ijjgirkeJi is, if anything, overstocked with butterflies. Ojjr AgentGeneral has either .earnedjthe gratitud# of the colony of hi^

or he.has deserved its censure. Let US/ hope, that -the 'thousand ■ maidens whom he is and who are destined to be mothers in Israel;: are till that t hat tho money of the colony will' not be unprofitably expended in bringing them to these shores.

The outgoing .English mail closes tomorrow, at i.30-p.m.t at tho-Masterton Post; Office.; - . "Mr William Webley han a special announcement to country customers who desire cheap music in another column. , . Mr F. H. Wood has a sale of general merchandize at his Grey town rooms to-, morrow afternoon,' Masterton Town lands Trust meets this evening. Beiruit drill is thisevening's programme for the Masterton Volunteer . Corps? ' The anniversary services of the "Weßleyan Sunday School will be conducted by the Rev, L. W, laittou Sunday next in the forenoon at 11 o'oluokf in tho afternoon at 8, and at seven, in the evening.

Our illustrated supplement to-morrow contains a portrait of of the Most Bar. Archbishop Goold, who, it will be remembered, recently escaped assassination at the hands of the notorious O'Farrell. Among the articles published in this number will be found " Glimpses of Great Britain," an excellent sketch of the Marquis of Normanby, " Women and Dress," ic, &o. The Greytown Borough Council hold their üßual monthly meeting on next Monday evening in the Council Chambers.

Weather permitting theV Masterton Volunteer Band will play on; Mr Watson's balcony to-morrow eveningNext Sunday being the first Sunday in the month the Greytown Bifle Volunteers will hold their usual ohurch parade. It is to be hoped that every member of the corps will attend. Now that the fine weather has set in there is no exouse for non-attendance.

We have. been requested to remind owners of sections in Dixon's estate, on Bannisler.slreet, and Columba-road, that the Council intends to take possession of any fence remaining on the land purr ohased for roads round that property at the expiration of the time stated in the resolution passed at a recent meeting. There is about one month's grace left. A meeting of intonding shareholders in the proposed Theatre Royal Company, is convened for this evening at the Empire Hotel at 8 o'clock,

The periodical early closing movement now being agitated in Wellington. A similar agitation has frequently been got up in Masterton, hut has never led to satisfactory results.

Apparently the late Horticultural Show did not fairly represent the fruits and vegetables of this distriot. Mr Gardner of Masterton, has left at our office samples of peas and beans which Are fully developed, and rijje strawberries are to be found in a dozen gardens.

Last evening at a meeting of the parishionerfl of St. Matthew's Church, Mr W. H, Beethum waß elected as churchwarden in place of Mr G. Fannin, who lmd resigned lint .office, 313 d Mr Fannin was elected a vestryman in th& room of Dr. Beard who had resigned from the vestcy. A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr Fannin for his past services. In another column Mr 0. lingers, the genial host of the Club Hotel, Cashpoint, calls attention to the comforts and' conveniences he offers to families seeking health and change of air. at,the sea-side. Last season Mr Sogers had an almost uninterrupted flow of visitors to.his house throughout tljfl summer and autumn months, and he has latter!} been engaged in making alterations and addition; to his establishment to meet the increasing patronage with which he is favored"! Cashpoint is the sanatorium of this district, and every year, with its many natural advantages, must attract larger numbers of visitors.

_lt is but Beldom that'the Executive, in ita humbler ranks, is pqual to drawing so fine yet accurate a cfoti#ctipn between what is due in the nay of respect; to a man (is a mere human being o.i the one band and as a police officer on the other, as that propounded by Police Oonitable O'Flaherty in a New York Magistrate's Court, A robust, good-looking female, who had been taken into custody by the constable in question, was placed behind the bar. ''What is the charge," asked hiß Worship. "I charge this woman with having boxed a policeman's ears soundly, air." " Where is the policeman' whose ears were boxed. 1 ' " I am the man, your Worship." . Turning towards ihe prisoner, tha magistrate'lien inquired, " Did you strike this nonstable ?" " I did, your Honor." "Wliat for?" "Well your Honor, he was making too free, and wanted, to kips me. J might have allowcd-him to do so, but -he didn't seem quite sober." Frowning severely, the Magistrate addressed some very scathing remarks to O'Flaherty upon the atrocities of drunkenness and the repreheniible nature of the. other impropriety attributed to him. As soon as his Worship paused to take breath, O'Flaherty interposed! "As for being drunk, your Homr, it 'was little enough liquor'that was in ce, for I'd only been celebrating the opening of the new Police Office. And .ybur Honor won't think too hardly of the kissing part of it, neither, when I tell you that the prisoner is my own lawful wife." " Your own wife!" exclaimed the magistrate in ntter amazement, "Do you mean to say that you took your own wife into custody beoause ahe boxed your ears ?" " Yes, I did, You see, sir, that isn't it, She has often given me. a good slap when Iwas in plain clothes, and I made no fuss about it beoause, after all, she was only thumping her own husband, But when I've got my uniform on I'm a police officer, and must not allow any woman to strike a oonstable for that would be a breaoh of tbe respect due to the representatives of the law," After the charge had been dismissed it came out that O'Flaherty hadlonly been a week in the force, ' .

An important decision hasjust been rendered by the Supreme Oourt of Leip. sic. It refused to sanction the enforcement in Germany of a judgment obtained in the 'English Courts. This deoision ia very important in view of the extensive Anglo-German traffic., There is no precedent in any deoision of the High Court of Justice in England guaranteeing raeiprooity, as ia demanded by the German common law, .

When M, Laborde, the physiologist, was about to begin his lecture at the of the Trooadero in Paris lately, to be illustrated by experiments upon live animals, by sacrificing a frog, a lady in the audieiico protested. so energetically, tbe public supporting her : so' earnestly, that the leoture was abandoned.

[ The Kaipol Clothing .Company are to. be congratulated upon their fine display of clothing, blankets, mauds, Ac. at the Pastoral Show yesterday,'' Rapp.'.and Hare have received 4 oases direct from the: factory, and as they are anxious to introduce these goods into the market are 1 sellihg'them at exceedingly low : ion, '

accepted forithe IJurdlu at lOst 12lb;:« 'This was »ccident*lly;omitti d, from our list ,of >'aocSptan|iei s i for tlo W. J.C. Spring. Meeting ftestefday. ■ » -iVv:* . " v ; \ '' A meeting ofafewmenibersof the finance and ahqv«ommittee» met' at the Institute yesterday ;to.discuss' a few matters in oonrieotion with lhe Show, but the meeting contained nothing of any publio. importance.. The . protest loiged by, Messrs Bseihaiti was diamisaedt 1 Mr'F. H. Wood held a moat successful aaleafcthePaitoralScKjiety'aahow-KrQund yesterday, Laving tome 250 head of entile yarded, beside a number of hacks, a few farming implement*, ..and a big boar, the faV'er'phanging hsndiiat 25s —a gift. : io the purchaser. The terms were cash on the fall of the hammer, .or three months' approved bill, with batik interest added;The sale opened with a number of threeI year-old steers of a good stamp and in I fine condition, and prices ranging': from- $ to ,i 5. 15s. A few two-year-olds then followed, changing hands at from 15s to £>S 2s 6d, which ..were, succeeded .by .three, sonre yearlings mostly |in good condition, mixed steers and heifer', which went.to Mr Oockle, at £2 10s per, head. There were several good cows in the ground, though two or three vera in rather poor condition, mostly in calf or with calf at fnot; and these realised prices ranging fromi'4 5s to £B, fully half realizing over £5. There were several hack* of a very, good stamp ,on the ground, but buyers of horseflesh were not very plentiful, and only three or four found new owners.. The d»y.w»i most favorable, though ratherwarm, and it wasfully 5.30 before Mr Wood had got through the largest amount he has ever had on this ground:forsale at'any one time. ' . .. ' '*•/ 5 t •\ i i

The idea of celebrating the anniversary of the advance on Parihaka, has for a few days .past,been ocoupyjng the minds of some of those who took part in the movement, and Captain Carles Johnston has kindly and very promptly invited the officers vrhn acted with , him on. that memorable occasion to dine with him ai the club to-morrow at 8 p,m.. This proceeding ts every way appropriate and deserving of commendation. The Parihaka victory was, indeed, a bloodless one, but no one could have foretold such a result, and by everyone taking part therein the advanoe had to be muile in the expectation of death. It is, therefore, its blodlessneas that renders the victory memorable, and any commemoration ofthe devotion of the troops and the completeness of their disposition can only be regarded as praisworthy. As the anniversary.day (the sth) happens to (all on a Sunday; it has been arranged to observe it on the 4th instead, —Times.

We understand that the Railway Department bis agreed to run excursion .trains at excursion fares to tho Wairarapa Spring race meeting on the 9th Inst. "

• The ».s, City of New York, with the October English mails left San Franoisco oil the g2iid ultimo, one da; later than time-table date. The a.s. Zolandia, with the October English mails, avrived at San Francisco .from Auckland on the 29th ultimo, lour days earlier than time-table date.

A man namedjjolin Prior was admitted to the Masterton Hospital to-day, with a fractured collar-bone. He oame to grief at Eketahuna three days ago. '

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce for their stock sale on the 9th inst., 160 head of cattle.

Wo beg tq remind our readersof Lowes and lorns' extensjjrp {sfeof fyruiture tomorrow. The list will inqliide every <|es; cription of new and second-hand furniture and household requisites, and all will be unf reserved., The public will have'an opportunity of inspecting the goods at the sale roomß this evening between 7.30 and 10 o'clock.

In our report of the Pastoral Show in yesterday's issue one or two errors oourred which we take the earliest opportunity of cprreoting. The first, was: the sire of Messrs. filly being - printed " Manager" instead of f Mangle." In the Roraney Marsh clvj of sljeap the heading was omitted, po tjiattlje glassfiime under the heading of " Lincoln ■'•' The Rbrnney Marsh, commence at the parauraph " 2 rami under 18 months, A. Matthews Ist, special, and 2nd." . The other-error occurred in colonial industries nrlfere Mr. $, .Grawfrird was stated as hav(ng takra !Jn4 pri?e for a.single buggy.; It. ahouW We read Jst pns». We omitted to mention in our remarks on 1 poultry, that Mr J, D. Oakley's Spanish j and Cochin China exhibits were imported, birds. . : ;j

. Yesterday evening Mr. James Duncan, a youth about eighteen,' met with a fatal accident at Brancepethj where he was engaged in bushfalling, A tree he had been cutting, fellon hiinj "crushing hit right log, He was carried out 'of. the bush at once' to the woolshed, a distance of a mile, on a stretcher., There he was attended to by Mr Nevins, turveyor, and others, ?hq, after doing all they could for hib), placed i)in)-.i| VYflhicle and despatched him to the' Mastertqn Hospital, sending word to Dr Hoiking, who met the sufferer at the Tauera, in order to ascertain that the hemnjorrhage was properly staunched.' Every care'was taken in the, transit of tlje poor fellow to the. Hospital, but the sook to the n?rrous system was severe;i ; aqd poor Pjmoan sucoumbed at about-half-pait flvj&this morning. The deceased is the sboWan old and well-known settler, and bares a large oirole of relatives and friend's to moura his lots, ' - :

The Grey town Philharmonio - Society held their usual weekly practice, last evening, when the attendance was not as good as usual, owing to a number of'the members being away from home. The Greytown Cricketers turned out in good force yesterday? to practice, and and most of them showed very good form considering it is so early in the season. The Featherston men have their work out out on Saturday, and if they do manage to score a win they will find the Graytown men very hear them. 'At all events we predict a very closb- match. Wicket! will be pitched, at 11 o'clock sharp.

Fire brigade tijok place last evening, when aboijt tifteen mpbets with sub-lieutenant in command. i' Tljey, started from the station.at 7.30, and-took tho engine up to the platform, putting the Bnotion hose into the creek thetei and running all the; five lengths of delivery hose, out, there being about five; chains altogether. The engine worked : - beauii; fully for aome time, f when' some. gravel : got into it, which considerably: i'mpflded the works and they Had to cease-pumping,' There is a basket being,,made Jo, pm' round the end of the suction hose which goes in the water, and will not allow anv gravel to get into the engine, whioh will be a great improvement, -■■■ -.

A ootttipondent leiids iii tha following adyertisirig'has; become an intolerable nuisance, aud the sooner it is put a atop to the better, jNo matter,.what paper you take tip, such, articles as the following meet your eye :^Muir&,Dixon Bros.i-.(of the -MastertonOoaoh. Factory) have just, received>vdireoKhpm Londonex .Otaki a splendid 1 coach-v bailderst goods,MpeoiallycarriagelamDs,.. whioh they can j«nl>ear4 of prlosi,—Abw,

I The numbers of tlio Mnslerlon^Re'chaI') bite requested to meettat the i Tempe'ranwHall to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock'in forderlto arrange for attending i tlin fnnnraliif th« lntn Rrn! J.Dnnean. ;<

TheodmniiUeepf the school hafresolvliii to'jpost pon&jthS versary sarviceß advertiaed for Sunday until • November 26th owing to the sad de&th.of.MrJames Duncan, the brothers of T the deceased (Mr ; William and Mr Edward Duncan), being respectively head teaoher and choir leader in the school. A meeting of the teachers will be held on Monday .evening to, deoide whether .the tea-meeting adrertiaed for Thursday shall iho be postponed. • All thrifty-hduseakes should 'lnspect.'ike Cqrpel Department at To Ato House, Wellington. ; ftiwnfaiiw a large, and i choice, variety of every descriptionof carpets, and at moat moderate, prices c\ Jute Carpets, from 1 94 per- yard ; Felt Carpets, from Is; Kidderminster, Jrotii 2s; Tapestry, from 2s 6A ; and Brussels, from .3s 6d. Carpets planned anihid. ~ 1 •' ■ 1 Now (hat Christmas and the, Holiday aed- ; »oiw are approaching, the : careful.housewife will he naturally looking to the'condition of her Curtains, and deciding as to tk number of pain she will require to brighten up tk home during the-festive season, All such should rtmtmber that they have an almost unlimited choios at James Smith's, Te Aro House, Wellington, and can purchase Lace Curtains, from 2s 9dfosoapii' puir; Muslin Curtains, from* fa to 45r; Duptet Lace Curtains, thai is, Curtains ad Valance combitud,from M 36& per pair. . ,