The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1883. A DANGEROUS MINISTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1321, 7 March 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1883. A DANGEROUS MINISTER.

We have been accustomed to regard Major Atkinson with a slight feeling of Uneasiness, He is possibly the cleverest man in the Cabinet, and there lies the danger, Ordinary mortals with capacity for every day work can be depended upon, but a genius is apt, when least expected, to go off at a tangent, and by some indiscretion compromise the interests committed to Lis care. We are threatened now with one of those surprises with which men of Major Atkinson's calibre occasionally indulge in, It is said that the Colonial.Treasurer is arranging "a stumping tour," that he will deliver addresses at Ohristchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, and, if time permits, Wellington and Auckland. We do not know if lie lias engaged Mr Smythe, the well-known agent; possibly -when Archibald Fordes has done with him .he will put himself in his hands. It is a pity that there is no power available to prevent the gallant Major from making an exhibition of himself. One would have thought that the horrid example of Sir (teorge Grey five years ago would have deterred any sensible man from "stumping tours," but if Major Atkinson i 3 about to imitate the Knight of Kawau, we fear that very many people in the colony who have hitherto reposed a measure of confidence in him will " give him up." - If he be fond of talking' surely a four mouths'session of Parliament ought' to be sufficient for him. His proper place is the floor of the house. There he is expected to convince the country, and to enunciate his policy. We do not see the advantage of a minister abandoning his legitimate .position and adopting the rolo of an itinerant lecturer, nor do wo think it fair for a man who is paid a handsome salary to conduct Parliamentary business and transact official duties to travel as a sort of wandering minstrel playing his own tunes, and compromising the ministerial band in which he ought to be working as second fiddle. If Cabinet ministers are allowed to star it through the provinces after this fashion the next thing we shall hear of will .be the minister travelling s masse during each recess, and giving the public performances a h Christy. It would be be better for the lot to go together because if Mr Wiiitaker headed the troupe he might restrain Bruddar Atkinson from being too exuberant. If the Major was ballasted with an interlocutor like the Premier, and comer men like Dick and Johnston, he might be trusted to .dance a break down, but this speoial expedition "on his own hook" is a grave risk. We shall be sincerely glad to hear that in this instance dame rumor is false and that the Major is not going out as a political missionary but will stay at home and mind his office. He has quite eijougfy to do in Wellington if the Ro&ijs and Bridges Construction Act js to be psfcd out successfully, It is s&id, however, that jfe is bent on eduoating publiti opinion on several important questions, If this means anything, it indicates that he •iyill try to coerce the-House and- his colleagues through public meetings and popular clamor, If the House and his colleagues are already converted to his views, he can carry them without " a stumping tour." If, on the other hand, tbe-House and his colleagues are notin harmony with his sentiments, it is his duty to ton vert them in the Cabinetand in the' Assembly by direct and legitimate meaiis, ; and not to circumvent them with pppular pressure.- If this "stumping tour" is a deliberate arrangement: of the Cabinet,iand/ this seems to be almost incredible, the Ministry are displaying signs of weakness, and'' coming'; events" are casting ashadowbefore." :

iv Messrs Veitoh and .Allan, notify- in another column that they. are 'Boiling drapery at very low: prices l at 'Mr A, L, : Whyje's shop, Carterton,

Mr. Wardell, 8,M,, sits at Carterton to-day. r : Mr J. H, Eadf'S, next to the Post Office, CartetUm f udvortiaea a oheap line in boots «nd shuus, - ,

The Rev. A, McLean preaohes in the Presbyterian Ohuroh at Masterton this evening. ■ , ,

The eleotion of'the two new members of the Education Board will be decided tomorrow. ,

Tenders are invited in another column by Mr G, Drutnmutid for the erection of rabbit-I'roof fencing. :

Tenders aire invited byllr 'S7TKwley"i and l'i'ton', for the erection of about four miles of wire'nettin'g/;; j / Applications are invited for the appointment of Engineer, and Surveyor for the Wairarapa West County Council.

The weather does not look very promising for the Tenui races to-morrow, but we hope our friends in that rieigbborhood who have displayed so much enterprise in getting up this meeting' will be rewarded with a fine day, Some members of the Greytown Sports, Committee have been busy getting the oou'rse into propeE,■orM" for some; days past,' and, 'considering ; the and. trouble devoted to it, we hope to see a large attendance, and well-contested events on St. Patrick's Day. /'" J ."i ut Mr Archibald/Forbes, the great, War Correspondent, will give one of his famous lectures, entitled" The Personal Experiences of a War Correspondent," at the Town Hall, Greytown, to-morrow: even-; iog. A local committee Ja'ro' working 1 hard to have a good house to greet Mr Fofbos oh his arrival. j / j.; We hear that fi petition has been ltidged' for hearing at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Greytown, under the regulations, of the Local Elections Act, under which the Resident Magistrate will shortly inquire into certain alleged; irregularities which occurred in connection with the County election for the Greytown Hiding on the 24th February last,

Mr K. D. Sykea, who ia at present in' Masterton with his improved Turkish baths, has not as yet been so well patronised as the nature of his business deserves:' The bath is a great luxury, and a thorough agent for such complaints as rheumatism and sciatica is vouohed for by severa well-known residents of .Wellington, Auckland, and elsewhere. At Masterton there are already a few who have experienced considerable benefit, and all who have tried the bath speak in liigli terms of the pleasure it gave them, Mr Sykes' visit is'a good opportunity for some' enterprising citizen to purchase ; one of the machines and establish permanently Turkish bafhs in the town. At a meeting of'direotora of the Wellington Meat Expott Company, held on Monday, Mr Samuel Brown's tender for the erection of the company's refrigerating works was accepted, at the sum of £5478. The refrigerating machinery hat arrived by: the Montrose, and Messrs Luke, Sons and Williams are making good progress with the boiler, so that no time will be■ lost in commencing operations, It may be| explained that in the first instance tehders were invited for the work in question, allowing 13 weeks for completion. The tenderers were-Brown £5478, Sooular £5638, Thompson £6079, Bussell: £6200. These being considered rather high, fresh tenders wore invited, allowing four months for the . completion .of the, work, On that "coasion the tenderers were—Brown. £5438 ; Scoular, £5478; Thompson, £5577 i Russell,'£s666. Even-' tuallyjit was decided to accept Mr Brown's first tender, and have the woikoompleted in the shorter time,—Evening Post.

The Greytown Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Sports Comfnittee are to be specially commended for the efforts they' are making to provide some genuine sports and novelties on St Patrick's Day. In addition to the novel race, in - wKioh! the competitors have to take off and put an their boots during the start andfinish, they have, according to their posters, a mile walking handicap, first prize 60s, second 20b, entrance 40s (sic); footballers' race (in uniformi, first prize 30s, second B0s ! (sic). The walking handicap is no doubt intended to be a select event, an'l one 1 that the handicappers need be very, considerate over, that is if. their services are called upon; it is also a capital notion to increase the sports fund, espeoially if there must be three' entries or no second prize given, Wherever tho idea emanated with respect to the footballers' race, there is not;much regard paid to the judges' feelings, as Jhe jmb.unt of ingenuity and caution the, 'competitors will have to display to" catch his eye" second, to'get the highest prize,' will make it a very difficult thing'to-deoide; 1 and will only be exceeded by the mortification of the first man who gets the-lowest prize; the finish is spoken of as-being the event of the meeting, We.hope the energies and! conceptions of the committee in providing such genuine original novelties will meet with the success they anticipate, and;,we have no doubt that, weather permitting, there will.be a large gathering at Mead's paddook on the 17thinst,. :

Mr Robert Donald invites tenders for splitting and . erecting sixteen ohains of fencing, also for clearing a' line for a tramway, ...

. Mr Whitelaw, late of the asylum, who, figured so conspicuously in-Wellington a short time since, is at present driving a .two-hone 'bus in Melbourne. - ; ...

Another Milner Stephen anecdote is to the fore. Pastor Christophersen, of Mailriceville, paid the healer two guineas when he was in Masterton for treating' his wife. "Finding after Mr Stephen's departure that Mrs Ghristopherseo had received no benefit Jrom his outlay, he wrote to demand his'money back, again. We hear that Mr Milner Stephen has refunded the fee and -transmitted with it a subscription 1 of three guineas- to the Mauriceville Church.

At an extempore open air meeting of the Maßterton Borough Council held in Queenstreet yesterday, at which there was a quorum, the contents of the various pools of water in that street were fully discussed, and the means of asoeitaimng the same by draining decided upon. Jhe latest addition, to Municijpal trophies (or honors) related, the firat iujp .esaion (or immersion) and; practical demonstration he received of' the importance of his .office, whiclrwas as-follnws iT-One of our energetic , tradesmen, who was troubled with a nuisance after every downpour of •rain opposite his premises, and' thinking ! to enlist' the energies of the "new man" in his favor, with a view'.to get the same abated, took him over and ■ showed him the latest" gathering of the waters,";. In his enthusiasm for public duty, the young Councillor, got too near the edge -of .the pool '.overbalanced himself, and fell in. On being fished out he expressed great disgust for publio duties,' and • returned home a " wetter though wiser man." His publio ardourhaareceived a ; very decided shock, iand'if,h(s r seat ■ in : the Obu ricil is over vacant it must, be attributed' to hisj first municipal impression. . 7 The N.Z.iTimes-iia, authorised ito state the Government.fhas- decided' that-Te Whiti and Tohu shall* be rac> once set at liberty,' and ihey will' return to Parihaka in ii few days. It is evidently considered, either that-the two Parihaka prisoners are, no longer insane, or that.their insanity is' no longer of a ddngeroas oh^ractei",

During the general elections in, Victoria electors were carried over the railways at holiday rates.' •' i-i.Hf Doveton, lonnerly of this brought! up herei to-day from Qreyjawn j fpr.a medical' examination, 'theieM|lj)R j reason to believe that heis of unsotfnd ! mind. , | .The'Masterton ooaohes have arranged to leave at five a,m. to-morrow for the Tenui races, ■ Constable Fleming and two Wellington' officers hare proceeded to Tinni to assist

in keeping the peace daring the race -jubilee- - - A little /boy in Masterton met a severe,accident lut'eveningM His'ialherwas chopping ..wood! indi ,Wd' a coat' over his head to protect him from .the rain. While swinging his axe he felt it come in oontaet with something behind him and on turning round was horrified to find his little Bon Bt^etohed ( on I lie ground. The head;of}thepx struck the little fellow on the jaw', knocking out several of his teeth. This, as far as we can learn, is the extent of the injuries received. The improvements effected ot late years in ladies' , corsets have been very great, and slrikin£iy''behefiqiar'to vheSltffi^fParefioif aniong Jjsise are Rosenthal's samtaire and Dr Warner's coraline corsets. The former is constructed to/ ob'vititoi'itha'idobilitating effects of the ordinary corsets by relieving the delicate and and vital organs from damaging mechanical .pressure, while still affording a healthful and comfortable support to the wearer. The support to the figure is properly distributed, th^'distressing;, effects of tight-lacing neutralised! ' , J)r< coraline Dorset is boned with a new substance,-which is Vastly ■superior to horn or whalebonef It cannot break But Tfill in every? initanog outlast the corset," being more phabi'o' that whalebone it adapts itself more readily to tho movements 'of.'the body; .Both these admirably corsets can be had in all sizes and colors at Jamks Smith's Tij Aro Hodsk.-jAdyt,'! ■