The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1883. WIFE DESERTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1328, 15 March 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1883. WIFE DESERTION.

In Dunedin the press and the public have recently been discussing the evil of wife desertion and how to remedy it, We leanrttiut in that city the evil is said to be increasing, and it is notorious that in every centre of population throughout the colony instances of it are of very frequent occurrence. Can fugitive husbands be brought back, and is it worth while bringing them hack 1 aro the questions which have been raised and have been answered in the main with a sorrowful" no." The law does not undertake or contract to find out, arrest; and bring back the married man who slips away to Melbourne or Sydney in search of work or amusement, and perhaps in the majority of cases the men who thus piit : the seas between themselves and their better halves are not worth bringing back-t nor would matrimonial felicity be promoted it " dear father came home." It is clearly necessaiy to make a. distinction between the men worth fetching back and the men whose wives and familes are better off without them. Inter-co!o!iinl legislation might provide for the eapture of the former, but for the latter—the worthless ■ residuum—the only good that legislation could do for tliPin would be. to enable a wife who hail been deserted by such a good-for-nothing husband, to obtain, after a reasonable period of separation, a cheap but legal divorce in any R.M. cpiirt in the colony. The Otago Daily Times in consitltji'iiig the difficulty,; suggests that the. evil might be' prevented if the migratory families of the colony, instead of crowding into centres of population, were settled in villages where each one might reside on a five acre allotment; It would be a grand thing if every man in the colony had a; b'ye. -acre allotment for his homestead, but the practical difficulty of bringing about such a state of affairs is almost insuperable. If, for example, a village of five acre allotments were laid off on the Opaki, very few working men would leave Masterton to .people \i, One man would say he preferred living near a large school and would, not go j another would profer to livetfitliiu the sound of the church bell; a mti would, not be happy if he lived too iar> from a public house; a fourth would; find the town the more convenient centre for obtaining work, and so oh ad infinitum, Jn; five cases out of six the town quarter acre would prove more attractive than the suburbau live acres, Any effort made in the' direction of inducing men to establish themselves on larger areas of land than they can obtain in towns; is commendable, It is alwaysa good thing to see families migrating from ; town to country life but we feel sure that the problem of wife desertion, will not be solved by the'establisliinent' of village settlements.,. If any; remedy can be found it will probably" be in assisting wivesto a divorce from worthless runaways, and in compelling men who absent themselves from families which' they are in a position to support, to do, their duty. ' ,;7; Y^

The regular monthly meeting of the Greytown School Committee qas held on Tuesday evening wlieii the 'Standing; orders were made the subject of'dhToußv sioh; and some alteration and improve-! inepts in tho head master's residence were authorized, 'Accounts amounting ■ to 10j 3d were pawed for payment. .':;;! poultry bjf,eeaQrß ; ap4.;'fanciers-the >ale, tp' be held-at Wellington of; prisM. bird?;jq«jar,ri.y,(ji will affiird ah; .oppormm ty of purcbasiiiit pure b're.l a'tocji.. Ihetifowla Swire' siile'otijil : considerable afitesjitibn;: it' ; sfiil be seen from put a'ifartiiiDg oojups'' that'all ih) favorite are iDolifdedja the lii^.

- : About.:a; Acqlirn^tttion^oto have baeo different parts of.;ihci'town, "and,appear^to \ be thriving in their.nßV'juiirters, :;■;;; . A meeting of,roi>ayera will be held a the solioolhoiisoy.-.Qladatoiie, to-niovrow evening to oonsider Ihe ad visability of.» special ratofortho construction of the Te Whitiroad tp'Masterton; v Tbe Colonial St'orelaryhas, it isreported 1 , promised the Lawrencei Committee i 3 for each pound taised by local subscription. ''Apparently the Government is tnakhig fish of one hospital and flesh of another,.'' ':-';-- >■■'■- .''>■"'■ '■

; .The funeral of MfT. B. Vallentine, a prominent Victorian bicyclist, was atten: ded by a hundred-bicyclists;;.- They,were dressed in the uniform of their various oluhs,<and followed the mourning coaches on foot, four-deep, wh'eelingftheir'machines bßSide them. ; ; ': ; ■•'• ''■''-'

It is rumored in Greytown that Messrs' Staple Bros intend to re-build the Rising Sun Hotel,; and we have been; informed that the plans are prepared.' If this is an,' Greytown will be well off for hotels with the two already in oxiatence andtwp that are contemplated. ' ■ •■■'• '•'.•'■: ■ ". ■ '.■ r .. 'Another robbery has ooourred at Grey; Ifiwny On Tuesday night some one made (ree'with Mr J. Fuller's cash box and extracted therefrom six one pound notes, but, left behind a cheque for nine pounds/ which wab aleo'in the box, Mo due haß yetbeen obtained sb to the thief, . ,';,

• The meeting of the' Greytown Bifie Volunteers held on Tuesday evening last was well attended, The requisite number of'members were sworn in,; and'theimen were marohed to the store and were served with arms. The next ordinary drill will be held on Tuosday next when business of I importance will be transacted. ,

It is reported that there was a lengthened meeting of the .Cabinet,.prior to Major Atkinson's departure for the South, but apparently it had no effect in staying his mad oareor. Miss .Rhodes, the oelebrated Wellington heiress; has returned to this colony from her recent visit to England;

In the Ohristchurch District Court on Tuesday last, it was proved that in the Bailway Department men received notice each night if wanted next day, and when not wanted were " booked off" and received no pay, The men are compelled by regulations to hold themselves available if required, so that they cmnot take any other work on "booked off* days.

Mr W. W, Rising haß lately opened the building next to It. Crawford's smithy as a furniture factory. We have seen several of the ordinary class of goods and chattels OBod in overy. .day life in and about our. household made by him ; but, besides, have inspected several specimens of inlaid work, such as an ootagonal table, <k, in totara, honoysuckle, cedar, and white pine, first-class pieces of marqueterio work, which would prove ornamontal as well as useful articles in ttfS.houaes of the more wealthy of our citizens, The wLole of his workmanship ia substantial, and carefully finished. He is making Venetian blinds a speciality in his business. ..'■ ■■'■'■}■:

At a meoline of the Taratahi Dairy Company Directorate the Inspector was instructed to call the attention of the coniractor to leakage and other defects in construction that had appeared since the Inst rain, and to require him at oiico to rectify the same. The Secretary was instructed to enforce all judgments against shareholders -on shares not; paid by tho noxt ■ meeting of the: Directors and to write to them to that effect, and to sue for all calls in arrenr not paid by the 21st iiißt; The schedule'-of plant was settled, and the Secretary directed to obtain some from England through the N.Z.L. &MA. Go. M'jssrd Vila and Francis were oppointed a sub-committee to obtain necessary timber for shelving, Mr Wißeman having written that he had obtained the services of a competent manager, who would arrive with his wife in August, a; vote of.thanks was passed to that gentleman for the trouble he had taken, and requesting fu'l details as to the terms oh which he hud been engaged. A call of 2s 6d per share was made, to,be payable at the office of the Company on the 10th April, 1883. -

. A a meeting of the match committee of the Carterton Volunteer Rifle Corps, the range offered by Corporal Goodin was accepted, the target to be shifted at the expense of the Company. -Itwas re'solved—That the Corps.be -requested to give an equivalent in money in whatever be raised voluntarily to purchase' ammunition for prndice, in view of a matck with the Wellington City Rifles. Captain Bennett was' also requested: .to purohase 3000 rounds of ammunition on the Company's account. A gentleman from this district who has just returned from a visit; to Manukau states that the adoption of the American prooess of extracting iron from the sand had been attended with the' most complete success, and will assuredly prove an immense source of'wealth' to the district, By new prooessthe sand ißpassed through a maohine in'which are fixed powerful' magnets, and iliese , separate' the Band containing iron from that which possesses; no metal. The sand containing tho iron ia then trealedin the usual manner by being put into the furnace, arid the iron which has been produced is spolcm of as being of the best quality.

It is stated that the l : fe nf Mr Delane, for a long tinw mii'or of, the Times, would not .after ali be published! The reason assigned by popular rumor was that Mr Delane's comieotion with public men was of eo intimate and' delicate character that it would not be fair after so brief a lapse of time to give his correspondence to the world. ' This is not the case. Sir George Dasent, Mr Delane's: brother-in-law, and himself a notable man of lettors, has the work in hand and means to finish it, The delay arises from the voluminous charaoter nf the materials whioh come into the hand of the 1 bio.grapher. Mr Dejane was not only himself a ready letter writer, buthe wis the cause of muoh letter wri.uig in mhors. rjfr George Dasent expects that the work will be out of his hands and in the printer's in the course. of _ six ; months. Whonever published it will be the book of the season. ■ . ...:.■ r-

: To judge from'the programme, the attendants upon the musical literary entertainment to he given this-evening in St Matthew's schuolrqora in aid of the newWeßleyan bchnol will really enjoy a 'treat. .Mr Clark is probably the first eloouiioniat; in New Zealand.. ; of'a Bplendid voice he has studied with a lhoroiiffhnass that many professionals fail to.manifest,,and the natural result.is. that hia readings are of the very highest,order; and ioloß : tod• will :-be' t'enderefl" by some" of ;our be'sfkiateur' singers, and with such an atiraotive pro-' •grxmme.:. and-80/ worthy ..an:v.objeojrwe doubt not that tho success ol the .meetjngi iljiassiiMdi^-M:^^^^ - It will:ba_'*.aeßa by an advertisemeutipf -tbe: -Wairarapa 'jockflVi plub; in inoihei.' •eul airi'riQtfiat • nominations: for jDisVriof : P(pdubbT?i§B^apd ( ?fof \ •iaYapMO'o^ jujv iIBB6,- •bloße", ■: widths secretary at 1 ;&terto9o^the2fthinßt.t : ; ;\-.; ;;':;y

;by:AiidreWiYoung at : Ma n la£Mimati{| iUs,been;tleatrb|Bd"by fire;;' It ■ ei^d^nthj OolonUl office for£3Qo^ ; jl 'fljie that-;thV:hear| ihg of .the v case of ,. Jeremiah ;Murphyf clergyman of the Churoh of England, wherein Mrs Murphy prayed thay the defendant L ( her hnabandj miglu,, be. iound oyer io keepjthe peace, ■ was ]' resumed at the Resident; Magistrate's ;MrE.; : Sh?w again appeared in support of'.the application;; Mrs Murphy continued her evidence and stated that her husband had taken: a; , trip, to England, and Jin had' 'been appointed toitheoure ofPalmofstou North. When'' he 'left' Wellington" for thatplaoe in the steamer, he was under the iuflgence.of liquor, and after conducting Bebic'e one Sunday at that;place he returned to Wellington. About three weeks, ago,Bhejand her fiye .ohUdreri -were V ithqut.food):"aiid something *ta : *him*'about applying'' io:"the Benevolent Institution for relief, he Bald that if she did " there-would baaix deaths in ''.tKe'.house." /He'ha'd threatened to 11 ■do" fbr'her, and.nlso-on'mW than'one occasion! brandished a razor -over- .bir, head.;.Hehadthreatened.hiswife whenj aober'as well as 'when'' drunkj and he had ialso. used peraonal r violen'ce'..to her./.She hadgive'ninstruotioiH to her solicitor fa ; p'ropurea judicial separation, His Worship did hot ihiiik !l 'tha't'aiiffioietit ground 1 had warrant' himfin; .ordering the defendant-to'find sureties for His good behavior, and dismissed the information. The .only other business before the Court. .cohsis'tedjnlheinfltotionjOf a fine of os ferdrankehhess on'a'firjt offender, .!

The Becludedspotwhere the Wairarapa Late, forms all occasional channel, into Palliser Bay,' was -on Monday last a scene of some, excitement. The schooner Emerald, commanded by Captain Backstrom, went ashore during the seuth-east gale which prevailed on'tbat.eyening, anil whioh was aocompanied by a ; heavy 'fog. We learn from a correspondent who happened to be on the spot that all hands,, vis;, A. Norling; mate,; James Gustov and Henry Brown, A.B.'s/and'Wm,'Fletcher, cook, ; were saved after a narrow escape, and: that: the men were able to, bring ashbre!a portion (of j their clothihgi'". The Emerald was from Oamaru'and was ladon with thirty tons of potatoes, fifteen tons of oats, and fifteen tons of pollard; and was bound for ; Mr/Ejjlington, whose homestead is in Palliser Bay, drove the oiow yesterJay down to the Pigeon Bush station.; The captain was-too ill to travel, but-is receiving every care nnd attention at Mr Eglington's house. The following telegram from Wellington gives further particulars if-The ketoh Emerald, Captain Baokstromj.weut ashore in Palliser Bay on Monday evening, and is likely to bocomo a total wreck; She left Oamaru on Friday, was off Cape .Campbell at 11p.m. on Sunday, clear weather;, and strong southerly breeze, During the night'it came- up very thick,'and blew hard at 5 a.m., not being able to make out Pencarrow Light. Hove to at 6 a,m , and found themselves' in Pallisar Bay. Tried all day to beat the vessel out, but could not manage to do so, owing to the heavy sea running. ; About 6in the even ing she went ashore on boulder beach. The crow experienced great difficulty in getting ashore,', .They drifted a large log ashore, with a' rope' attached; which was made fast by settlers on the beach. The boat was then pulled ashore by means of it. The cari;o consisted of colonial pro.duce, consigned to Hasell, which is insured, but amount not. known. The .vessel is insured in the'ftew Zealand for £550,

','; The Canterbury Press, in an article on ■tlie. present Government, says:—For our own part, we do not'believe the Whitaker Minis'ry .are either pregnant with great schemes of political ned social reform, or absorbed in a secret design for subverting the public liberties. We believe they are jogging along" from day 'to d : y without much thought for the future, administering .public aSairs r hohestly within .the on.Rtpmai'y, grooves; and'prepared in all probability, when the time comes, to meet Parliament with quite unsensatinnal proposals for carrying; on the Govern; ment for 'another year; They are, iti fact; much more'officials than politicians; and.: for that jvery-, ireason., they are adapted for'' working'with a.parliament almost totally void of the political faoulty. But;.for,that reason,also, they are in a .very great measure debarred from enjoying of the people. They have nothing particular to put before the people; and they have no instinot'fot drawing inspirations from the people, Hence they.are .always .unpopular in; a passive sort of a way; and aro exposed every momenji, to;the danger of that passive unpopularity being converted into active hostiljfy by- the, piaohinalions of some skilful and unscrupulous demagogue, The sheet anchor of the Ministry with thepublic as'; well'as with the souee,.is, the extraordinary wholly unprecedented absence of ability, among their opponents. If there were one man: of real power iq the Opposition at this moment, he might raise the country against the Ministers without; much difficulty.' ''"_'" ""' The correspondent oi the London Times atShanghai Bays ;-There. is every reason 16 believe that China has fallen off mously in wealth and population during the last fifty, :iyears.: ;.The- last..: complete census .of the Empire, taken in 1812, gave a totaldf 360,000,000: .'Since' that time lhere'has been'an- intemeoine': civil war, wKioh' 7 caused' the'' aValli' of 30,000,000 people! whilß other wars have also 'made' serious inroads, so'that by many it is .thought, ,tho population cannot now exceed from 250,000,000 to 800,000,000.

The people of-Southern Italy have subscribed' £5,000 for : ' those ; who suffered from-;th v e, inuntjatipns in 'the North, and : so:much.sympaihetio.;'and kindly feeling has been oreated between the two extremitiesof the country that a corfjSpbndenf of;the ; London 'Times ventures to write that the disasters of Lombarby 'and Venice may be'regarded as a national good.

.The >loth'of-November received much attention from, the German Press as'being'th'e birthday of three "men' to whom Germany; jowes .mosti.ihat -has given, her djstinotiveness among the nations—namely,' Luther/ the founder of Protestantism'; Schiller,' ;6ne of the chief creatorsflof German literature; ? an,d; Sharnhorst, dthe .-.orgstnisen,.of:.the Prussian!army/O!' d: •.i-;^:i;;i.; , .^ ; i

Professor Wiggins-Btorra has not even-! tuated. Tho: fateful-ides- of March have passed with .nothing more important, than a welcome down-pbar of rain, welcome'to the parched ; oountry ; 'and weloorae tb'.thei drapers/ who'.hops- to sill.their 'stock ! 'of;garments suited l for siioh(weather. ! We ; willing to help our;.customers to provide awhßt-'a 'A' Sampr4' l ßeo'c'b-/ybak s , ■ ■ uaefuland' neoessaiygarmenti-tfiotaughlv 1 ■Waterproof, and'very-iight in weijjht; 'to be' had in Navy blue and black and in all Bizea.' Each clo\k is provided with- a neat, satchel of the Bame material to. carry it .when not reqnired l t^byjw^ [inspectors'of some Vsally ohoice fur lined aid ciroularjbrb'cheiplo&s;' edged iiwithifttfihd seal skiiftoeta in' length frSin 36 to 45 Mies iWhm I only tb.be rtentotoiodveted» JameaSnuth's I^^Jo^.WfUmgton.—[Aott.]< :-