The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1883. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1365, 28 April 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1883. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Ma Bathgate, M.H.R in a recent ad dress to his constituents has givennotice that he will move early in tbo next session of Parliament that to ensure the proper and speedy despatch of business, and obviate the costly waste of time resulting from the delay of the, Government nv bringing, down .their most important measures till after Parliament has been more than three months in session,, it and desirable in future (1) That allimportant Government bills should be circulated by sending copies to chairmen of county councils, mayors of boroughs, and members of Assembly' at'least two months before the commencement of the session, as,is usually done by the Imperial Government; (2J that the Estimates.be laid before this House on the first day of the session,according to the rulo followed in the United:, States of America, France/Belgium, Italy, and the othor Continental nations pOßaesaing constitutional- government,; (3) that the improper practice of Supplementary Estimate's, Bums.are dealt within a hurried manner, andafter many of tho Members havo left for their homes, be discontinued!" Mr Bathgate is a leading member of •] the Opposition, and it is gratifying to | find representatives of both sides of tho House making efforts to promote the despatoh'i of/ parliamentary ; business, bu.t it does seem strange that a party ■man, if he is earnest in desiring'tb facilitate .the business - of the Assembly,. should..not recognise the absolute necessity of conferring, with the leaders'. on : Wownwde;df the House instead of attempting single-handed,to carry jm-. portaht' iresqiutions. Mr Bathgate, as an individual member, can do little in the.House beyond sounding his own trump and spreading out His feathers for the benefit of himself and his- con-, of the Opposition *Ke nTiglit dd' ..muchi;.: ;Apparen{lyj ■ eyory Member looks upon himself as entitled to lead the House, by virtue of an: : ; -ex~

jfeptation/^ his;opl!oiisoidus| ness of ; ni^wriisuperior/abihty/|ln3 stead of;falHnginto hisparty/he regards himself-;m; a;f sp/rfc of comet to.Vhicli party is : onljr'an appendage.! / Poor; '.MOMoNTrioMERY' must have |;good toWf trouble men' ! /BathgAte' /B]amp.vWe/ quite approve/of;. ; of which Mr BATHQATEIidi) givennotice/ it.would Wan advon-/ tage' to carry ibeni out ! v l^eLpresent; Ministry have ondeavored.i for some; time past /to/give /practical: effect/to/ them,' and Opposition members of the;B!Quse-ithey might be established as' an absolute 1 rule for the conduct of /parliamentary business. But if they are to be adopted they must emanate-frbm Mr Montgomery, and not from Mr, Bathgate.'; The member for Roslyn is. ; one of /the best and; most .trustworthy ; oooupaiits' of the Opposition benches; "but /if Ms party are hot disposed to.,adopt Mm.aS' its leader it is; idle for him to usurp •the functions'of that office. .'Without'i discipline, theiOpposition raiiks.ih the Assembly are powerless to do any good intho..House, and we are soi-ryfe see an old and experienced like Mr Bathgate setting such' 'a Bad .example. . ;./'.■ ■ ■<;*»:■-':'''•■■

;' We'! re-pi'iht ,iri another, 'column>iatt:' amnsin'g article from the Wairarapa Stan- } dard on Mr Keriall. M doing so wehave '' no'desire to endorse the .sentiments ex- l pressedby'ourcontemporary, but merely, 'I to show the feolirig/which Mr Ebhalljs' rebe'n.t action "with respect to;-the .Town ] Trust queßtioa has oxoited'iia Greytown, i The postponed Friendly Societies ' parade will be held at Greytown to: .! ; morrow; '', ... '-•,.;] , Messrs Terry & Baillie haye.xeceived j an order from a 'firm in Wellington for ( 173,000 ft. of timber,' Their. new engine will soon be erected, and will be set to work on this large order. ..'.".',' ' i The Greytown Philharmonio Society .! had an excellent praotice on Thursday ', evening. A good number were/'jjreßent, / jand Mr Wilson put several/iiew pieoeß. ' into praotice. /' ' ■;■ '■ No smoking is for the future to be allowed' iri the gaols of the colony. Surely the criminal classes "of the oolony will protest against this, and petition Parliament to respect the privileges they have ' ;so long enjoyed, ' : The meeting of the Wairarapa County Council takes place at the County Offices this afternoon. '; On our fourth page will bo found: "Philanthropic Publicans," "The Victorian Police Force," "Defeated in' Politeness," " Medicinal Food," and paragraphs. , Thetrial of dynamite conspirators isstill proceeding at the Bow Street Police Court. Evidence was given on Thursday proving that Whitehead the proprietor of the Birmingham Factory had made enormous purchases of aolds to be used in the manufacture, of explosives. The jury in the oase of Timothy Kelly one .of. the Phoenix Park prisoners have retired until Monday next to reconsider evidence, and have not' been discharged as previously stated. ; The Agent General cables under date London, April 26th the departure of the ' ahip Oxford for Wellington with 325 immigrants, ■ . - The Masterton Debating .Society may now lje said to have made, another start, Last night a good muster- of monibern were present, and subject arranged 'for the meeting's.' .The',arguihoht for the first, dehale- .''ls Major Atkinson's /National Iris'iiranci! scheme, ; ai>urid,,practjJal, nh'd !i!asirable*iAfli>-roa-tivoVMf G'"-f irratiV/, Mr U Tip'orell,' quosii"'n "is'jiijlj now of ;graat interest ;and iinp6rianc'e/ahd:willno doubt attract a largo attendance "of members,, and caused good debate. ; .T,hooilier subject' deoideduupon.wa r A'-'ia>Hbrrie . Rule desirable for Ireland,." a question which, in view of reoeut events in the Qld. .Country, will prove a ''burning one?.! .X severe onslaught was'made on the Committee by Mr G. M .■. Park for 'their, want • • .ofattentibn to/the. duties they had undertaken, whioh had .caused the'decline of the Society. Mr' Park expressed the hope ' that they would now wake up to a sense ; .of their responsibilities, '.,...- Mr F, H, Wood announces for May 6, the sale of a freehold property in South Greytown, and on Wednesday, May 0, an 1 important sale. ( of freehold.property, . horses, household furniture, carpenter's ; tools, &c, at Martinborpugh, A general meeting of memherß of the Wairarapa Coursing Club will he hold, at the Club Hotel, Masterton, this evening ! to complete tho'arrangements for the matoh on May 15th. We learn that hares - are now almost as numerous as rabbits in the Lower Valley, so that there is',a certainty of good sport this season, The Standard says ".—The faot may not . be generally known that Mr Pole, of , Greytown, during last session, supplied the wants of our legislators at Bellamy's P with fowls, chickens, ducks, geese, wild duoks, turkeys, and pigeons.. Our Par-; 1 liamentary representatives last year con-; > sumed an averatre of eighty head per< • week of pouftry under the various heads .' stated, all of which were supplied from- , Greytown. During the approaohing i session Mr Pole is to furnish a supply to the Hortsej and in viow of this he is now '' fattening up. some 000 head of poultry ' stook. Greytown may well rejoice in ' being able to boast of possessing Ifthe [ poultry purveyor, of Bellamy's" and" the , Leviathan Hen-wife of the Wairarapa." The following letter has been received > by the Masterton Borough Olerk!-. i Prisons Department, i Wellington/ 26th ,- April, 1883.'; Sir,—l am directed by the t Minister of Justice to acknowledge ,hls receipt of yoar lotter of the 23rd inßt,and ,-.. toßay.in; ; reply: The invariable practice. ' with regard to.dißoharged prisoners is lb ■ give them a free passage back to the place at which they wore convicted. If a man . be convicted in Dunediu,' Invercargill i Auckland, or arty where' else i n tho colony' and discharged from prison at Wellington/ he is then convoyed free to tho plage he, ', oamefrom. PrisonersoonvictedinWelling-' , ton are discharged there, and of course : the' Government cannot afterwards pre-" i vent their tfoing where they choose. ; A; i prisoner convloted in a'Wairarapa town '■ , gets arailway.tioket to same town on discharge You will therefore see that not ! only dbes/the Government not. make a< v .practice of sending prisoners to the Wai- ' rarapa, but at some, oxpense provides that i- prisoners return to their presumed homes,' •' and do not.collect in anyone locality/ A L - list of discharged prisoners is furnished f every fortnight to the police, and'the last . .part of your letter shall he brought under ' jthe riotice'bf the police/authorities. As ' an incorrect statements the praotice of 3 the Government with regard to discharged l prisoners has appeared in many. colonial 3 hewßpapers oh; the authority l of your . Council, I am/ desired by the/ Minister of j : ; Justice to ask/that HheCouhbil;; will, give I —I have/;the honor to he, Sir/your/mbst. 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lo;their;ii|J sf|ihfriei|sr/pm limbs '■': Tenders are invited by Mr Geo. Fannin iarbhlteoti for-alflditibns and repairs to (hi ?■ Our weither reporter Sol; hasthiaweek been very-chary in showing ,lje thought,;w/ehad' more.than enough of hia rays a ehorttime "ngo, therefore, ;he,; br afew -pe.epyVV;;^Tery.iiUle ; rain.haß 'fallfln : ;':6i]]y,.' : .080/ parts of ; an inch /was;rei;istered,.; The) ibaroraolorhaßteon high,.: the. mean fori tho week la 29.84 inobes; and the 'for /the/thefmomotijr/ is -53 / FahrFttoj high for snow to have fallen onthb,moun-' tains; abbut'here.' The' wind high ; arid': changeable.!' ; V/;/;/■/;/'/'/;/// /.TheEev. W.Morieyi who/will conduct! divine aervico en. Sunday morning in the Wealeyan Ohriroji, Masterton, h one of the ablest men .in connection with the New Zealand Conference. "Asa preacher he is both; thoughtful and eloquent,, and a large congregation is anticipated, To meet ihe requirements of the' evening congregation fifty additional sittings have been provided, so that in future inbon. venienee crowding will be avoided;' 1 ■':-'■ We must apilpjjifle to ourmariy readers .for the Boarcity of local news this .week, .very for ; aopidents, having beburr/ed, and other minor details not worth mentioning. The.; only important paragraph in this ■paper worth'reading, 1b an announcement from G. W. !SoHßomstt'at ; the Hall of Commerce whibh! is to be found on the front pagei of this paper, • It will be found very interesting',;Mid' customers visiting '•the' Hall of Commerce will/reoeive every attention, and their many, enquiries ■prbmpily'attendedto.—Advt. \ :///<; In the cue Hutohinsonv Sunnexand Hooker, his the Diatriot Judge made an order prohibiting the"'money paid into Court on the judgment given in the case lately-heard pending the result /ofthe new trial granted a few days since, The order, was made on the application of Mr B. N. Sandilands, solicitor for the defendants.

■ Alter a very long dry and warm Btretoh of summor weather, it is but reasonable to expect a.somewhat Bevere winter. ; The '"oldest inhabitant "prognosticates it, and the unusual.flevority of the last winter in in the Old- Country leaves no doubt but that our turn will come next. 'fo.be fore--iwarned.is tobe forearmed. Don't forget your blankets., We can supply you well, as we hold one of the largest stocks in Wellington, imported direct from the manufacturers We cannot only,give laige variety, but excellent' value, no one better, if so well, Whatever mako' you want (and we keep all thb best) we can give you hrat-olaBS valuo in English; German, Koslyri, and Kaiapoi ■manufacture, .and in. sizes to suit the cot of the infant', .the ,awag of the bushman, the single bed of the bachelor, the double ono of the benediot, mid'some that might almost be largo enouqh for the Great Bed of Ware,' Wo havo also a very "largo rango of pnocs, varying according to size and quality, from 7s Gd to i)oi.stt. pair, Customers will find a great advantage in purchasing from an extensive, well-selected, and dire Hly imported stock of blankets, such as they will Bee at Jim Smith's Te Aro House Wellington, -Advt, ■