The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1883. PROHIBITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 26 May 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1883. PROHIBITION.

The police in Masterton have recently fought hard to vindicate the law with respectto' prohibiting habitual drunkards from obtaining supplies of liquor, It i 8 their duty to make ,;the M& respecfed/ and, jf F in-thesißcharge of it, .Jhef'hate made themselves a little unpopular they are entitled to the respect and support of every law abiding resident. Thoy have spared neither time nor trouble to mako prohibition orders a reality, and yet their labor has been in vain. It transpired, for example, in Court yesterday that Sergeant McArdle absolutely saw a roan, named Raynor secretly pass something to another man named Ookenden, against whom a prohibition order had been issued. The Sergeant then and there seized the "something" •and found it to be a bottle of whiskey. Yet the police are unablo to obtain a conviction on this evidence,,and they 'can never hope to obtain a better case. Ockendeh, the prohibited person, representedhimself as being continually in the receipt of bottles, and boldly stated half-a-dozen of thorn could be found on his road home waiting for Mm. Ookenden practically laughs at the law, defies the police, and respectfully evades the searching questions of the Eesident Magistrate. A case like that which we record in another column is a disgrace to the community, and a : humiliation for the police, the magistrate, and the Legislature. The Legislature has passed a law which cannot be enforced, and however excellent may have been the intentions of the Assembly in framing the prohibition clauses it is obvious that any legislation which cannot be enforced if> essentially bad and weak. It is desirable that every person should b« taught ; to obey the law, but whenever an Act is openly and systematically violated :a feeling of indifference and contempt for' I law-is generated which has anything but, tion to check s'noh apalpablearid a'dmitted evil as habitual intemperance is evident, and we donot blame the legislature for having put its hands to the plough,

Indeed wo trust it mil not draw them back till it has accomplished the object whichit basin view. Under the. personal prohibition clauses the man who supplies the liquor and not the man who drinks it is the law* breaker. We are not sure that the boot in this respect is not on the wrong leg, and that it might not be worth while to try the other one. Evidence to convict the former is very difficult to obtain, and in some cases utterly impossible, but in the caso of the latter, the real offender, the task of proving the consumption is a tolerably easy one. To get the man who supplies the liquor: is a very hard quest. A perhaps sells it to B and B passes it- to C. Then C leaves it about in a furze bush, and Ockbndex, the prohibited one,- comes along and picks it up. A can defy a regiment of detectives to prove that he has broken the law, and B and 0 cannot possibly be caught. Mr Beetiiam's suggestion of retreats for inebriates it worthy of the attention of Parliament. Refuges of such a! character have been established in some of the States of America, but the succass of them has not, we understand, been in all cases such as to make them answer the purpose for which they were designed. At any rate it would be worth while for the Government to obtain all the information possible as to the results of actual experiments of this character. There is a strong feeling in the community that the prohibftion cluuae3 of the Licensing Act are' inadequate in practice to restrain a man from ruining himself and his family, 1 At any rate they are openly ami systematically broken in this district. If the Government does its duty as the polico have done theirs, the scandalous violation of the law which is so generally apparent in this district will probably be stopped. When the police do all that men can do to make the law respected, and fail, it is high time that the Hon. Mr Uonnally should come to their assistance.

Major Atkinson addresses his con' atituentß next week. Mr J. J, Freeth we are glad to learn, ii beginning to recover from big serious illness.' Dr Smith, who, two years ago left Grey I own to settle in Hawera, ia reported to bo about to return to this district, and to take up his headquarter at Carterton. hear that Mr Hugh Jackson has sold his property at South Featherston to Mr Murray Jackson, the figure being £l2 per acre. We drew attention a day or two ago to the rabbit nuisance on the Waingawa river bed. We now learn from the local Inspector that a contract has been let to poison them, i The mooting of the Mastorton Debating Society oonvened for last evening did not take place, only two members and tho Secretary putting in an appearance at the appointed hour Tenders are invited by Mr M. Oaselborg for the purchase of Section 68, Mauriceville, and an allotment in Mnstevton, pro-, pertain the estate of ChrisUm Madsen.! The first of a scries of entertainments' for the winter evenings, will be held on Monday evening next at tho Institute/ Greytown. We understand that a oapital programme has been prepared, This afternoon the second team of the Te Ore Ore Natives will play against the Greytown Wanderers (youths) Football Club, at Greytown, play to commence at 3 p.m. The following players will repre-, sent the Wanderers:—Messrs D. Baillie' (Captain), J. Terry, W. Vamham, G. Terry, J. Humphries, H, Mitchell, A. Beard, W.-Burch, 0. Udy, J. Beard, H. Hawke, W. Humphriea, J. Ryan, G. Humphries, and P. Agenue. Emergencies : J. Hobman, Winteringlum, and W. Mitchell, Our weathir reporter writes: The early part of the week was fine and frosty, the tour last days of it damp and mufgy, anything but healthy weather, A fine luna rain-bow was seen, on the night of the 25th instant. Bain fell on four days. The total rainfall for the week ii .880 parts of an inoh, not a heavy one, but owing to the ground being saturated with the previous heavy rain, the roads are anything but pleasant places to be on at present, The barometer lias gradually fallen from 29.88 inohes to 29.24 inches, and apparently is still on a descending scale. We therefore may expect more rain wilh strong wind, The thermometer mean reading is .55 Fah, high for this time of the year. The wind has been light and from a northerly direotiop.; The principal attraction in Queenst this afternoon is a magnificent display of New Goods at the Hall of Gbmnierce. opposite the Club flptel,;:';^jp;i»;e'informed; thatjthiNew Goods" now being .iliDwd is 1 the third Winter shipment of this season, and consists of millinery, dress goods, silks, salinß, velvets, plashes, and assorted woollen goods. We had occasion to take notice of the very nice display of G. W. SoHRODEa'g first and second winter shipments this season, but the present show exceeds the two previous ones as regards display and novelty,— Advi. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report under date, London May 22, Wool—Competition is increasing and the market firmer. Up to date 45,000 bales have been sold, andV2o,ooo bales taken for export, J'or.cbarse crossbred and faulty lambs 1 theniarket is easier, also New South Wejiand Queensland. 'Medium and inferior greasy are easier. The market for wheat is flat: Adelaide is worth 495, and New Zealand 44s 6d per 4Sjs,lbs. Tallow is dull of. sale, best mutton is 455, and best beef 42s per cwt. 'The leather market is flat: best sides are Is lid per lb. N.Z. flax market is quiet, fine quality is worth L2B per ton, The question has often been asked how it is that the public can always obtain at the Bon Marche* at such reasonable prices the latest novelties, textures, and designs such as are now being worn in all the most fashionable towns in the world, and described in the leading Fashion Books of the day and aot at any other shop in Masterton, and in some oases not in Wellington? The reason to us is obvious. L, J, Hooper & Co,, the proprietors, are thorough experts at their business, and ; buy well, only in-the very best markets, and at such prices as will-enable them to sell well and'cheap, and .'give their customers the benefit of their knowledge and experience. 'Also not being bound'to porohase only from the Wellington merchants they import themselves for cash; thereby; gelling a -large discount, saving all middle profits, and procuring:the latest fashions. We advise everyone to see their stock of millinery, dress good*, hosiery, men's and boys' clothing; alio look on mother page of this paper for their—AEvißnsEpNT,

Some ljttlo excitement was caused, thin, morning in Mastertoh by the removal to the lock-up qf one Paddy Doyle, who; had been taking "a drop too much. 1 ' r .Paddy would not travel, hut lay on his: i baok, making play at }he Constable and •his assistant with a -fair of ugly-looking boots. The police, officer and his help then sledged poor Paddy along the footpath to the cell; This mode of transit appeared somewhat rough to the bystanders, and possibly to the captives back, but Paddy Doyles cannot be exactly handled with kid gloves when they misbohave'thenwelvea, and if they are foolish enough to resist the police they must take the conßoquences. In the rifle match, Wellington Artillery x. Maßtertoß : Eifleß,firedat the Manaia butts this morning, ihe city moo were victorious by twenty-fdur joints. Dr Irvine writes of passing In in English periodical as follows:—" This it a most important part of the game, It is : the essence of combined play, and I may. safely say that the aide whioh is best at tho paning game ii the aide that will win. Passing means i good deal more than hustling the ball into.the grsßp of a comrade when you feel you are fairly caught yourself. Don't wait to be tackled ere you ohuok. Far hatter chuck while your pace, and the pice of the man you ohuok to, are- unchecked.- Don't be afraid to take big throws, especially baok to your back near an opponent's goal. Asa rule never throw unless you see whom you throw to so clearly that you oould name 'him.; I say, asarule.- For if you know 6ach other's, play well, and three or four of you are miking a raid, passing the ball as you go', you are pretty safe to throw'U back without looking, But never"ohuok blindly,' ind be very ehary pi ohuok. ioeaf all hoar your own goal. Never throw to a comrade unless you aea he is in a better position than you are to benefit your ( side by getting the ball. .Never hesiiate J to'thr»w when you see he is in suoh a position The passing game is the test •of unselfish play." Here, in Msßterton, we are very deficient in this department of the game, whioh I might deiignate one of its most scientific elements. I have seen our players continually allowing themselves to get collared and the ball to be" held" when a " half" or " three quarter" wis following up with every chance of a clear run in. At other times an adversary gels even with them and they make a faille attempt to chuck the ball back.tho chances being that if they do succeed in getting rid of it at all, it is by unwittingly throwing it straight at another opponent,. A starved animal costs two-thirds as much to keep as one well-fed, and 'is seldom worth more than one-third; it is the extra feeding that puts on flesh and pays.