The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1883. ELEVEN O'CLOCK LICENSES

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 7 June 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1883. ELEVEN O'CLOCK LICENSES

In Masterton midnight licenses are now abolished, and eleven, o'clock licenses take their place. For some time past the town has been a little disorderly, and a vigilant police force have been unable to efficiently control the exuberance generated by drink, The responsibility of imposing some check 011 such an undesirable condition fell upon the Mastorton Borough Lieanßin g Cpinmittee, and we are glad to record that it has tjone its duty, Without going to extremes it has strengthened tlio hands of the police, and we I may reasonably expect that the result j will be the reduction of the local drink traffic to orderly limits, Tlio community is indebted to Sergeant McArdle for the abolition of twelve o'clock licenses. Not a single good argument can bp adduced in favor of them. Keeping open till midnight is bad for the health of the publican,, and in a small community likq this! cannot even be financially profitable. It is also injurious to the numerous servants in the employ of the publican, who are deprived of a portion of the time wl)iol), according to natural laws, 1 shouldbe devoted to sjeop, It is prejudicial to married men, wlio, gometimes it is whispered, do not reach their homes till past the midnight hour, and almost equally so for sfngl.e, men who are tempted to substitute .sitting up at night for getting up in the morning, It is also objectionable to quiet townspeople when they are awoke from their slumbers in the smallest ;hour of the morning by hilarious royflterers making nigh! hideout as they travel home, During the past year there has boeu an antagonism between the police and the publican which we hope will be unnecessary during the coming one, It if to the interest of both that the liquor traffic should be conductedin an orderly manner, Riotous drunkards are not profitable customers to any [ house, and the hotel that pays the best is usually that which is freest from them. We recognise that the new eleven o'clock licenses are as much in the interests of the publican as they are of the public, aid under the new and favorable conditions we may with some confidence expect the next annual report of the police on Masterton hotels to be raoro complimentary than the late one.

There was no inßot|qg.o/ the Wniuhine River Board held «d Tuesday eyeniug there not being a quorum present, * A summoned' meeting of Court Loyaj Enterprise takes place at the Foresters Hall tbis oTening for. tbe nomination of officers. The us##} company drill of the Greytown riffcs wgf l)ejd on Tuesday evening and was wfill Jhey had an hours! drill in the manual, plaint), and sword bayonet exercises and vent through them with considerable preciaioa. We would remind our readers of the Citizen's Plain and Fanoy Dress Ball to be held at Greytown on the 28th inst., apd jyhioh promises to be the most suoo'esßful ypt held. Numbers of persona from various party of the Valley have already intimated their i»tootiofl gf being present. The Committee are working hard to make it a success, and every caie will be taken for the comfort and pleasure of those who attend. Mr G. Jones, of the Foreßtors Arms, has been entrusted with the catering department, and should be sufficient guarantee that at least in that direction the welfare of visitors will be. attended to property, Br Oahill, a gentleman employed by the Wellington Education. Board to lecture on phyeioal science, is sboflt to visit the principal Walrarapa Sohools. Mesarsßiah and Sellar commenoed a canvass yesterday afternoon for annual subscriptions to Masterton Fire Brigade. We are gjad to learn that, as far as they w'ent, ( they were successful in obtaining promises of support. Mr Olayson in another column requests payment of all accounts dne to'him before the 16th inst.', Members of the Masterton Debating Society are requested to meet to disouss County: Government to-morrow evening at the Institute. Autumn calves rarely get the aize that iprilig,calves do, beoanso iheycannot have so much milk, but by using little milk, and that skimmed, after the second woek'they .will do very well oa bay tea and boiled: Jijpefljalce gruel, to whioh aono imilk is be "gradually; accustomed to this diet, wijl thrive upon it and make except pal at fix flr fight weeks old.

Messrs Lowes ft lnrns announce an exytensive sale of fruit .and ornamental tree - for Saturday, tTune l3ih. On the Court opening this morning Patrick Doyle applied for,a prohibition order to be made, against him. TheUourt in granting the application aaid that wnh regard.to prohibition an idea seemed to have been promulgated by the press that prohibition orders were little uiore than i useleas. It would ask the Sergeant how many oases of drunkenness had boon i charged against prohibited persons. The Sorgeant replied that there wero none to his knowledge, The Court thought that under these circumstances it was as well not to apeak of the orders as impotent. The Sergeant said prohibited persons were being supplied with liquor in spite of tho Act. We aie glad to near from bo high an authority as Mr Wardell; that prohibition orders are respected. Day after day we have been in the habit of meeting one prohibited individual who has been most unmistakably. drunk,w but we presume we must distrust the evidence of our eyes and ears, and accept as final- the deoision of the Court that such things are not and cannot be. In these cases apparently, facts are totally eclipsed by legal fiction. Since writing the above we have seen a prohibited one unsuccessfully endeavoring to walk down a public Btreet in a straight line under the noon-day sun, and when an intelligent stranger who stood near prcnouncod him to be very drunk we reproved him and pointed oat that prohibition ordera were respected in this town, .and tha' the individuals question could uot possibly be the worse for liquor.

A well clad and respectable man recently oreated a great stir in London by promenading Mhe streets sandwiched between two boards which bore these placards: " General Post ' Office—Discharged for not saluting a clerk Twenty-five years Her Majesty's servant," The Masterion Eire Brigade's annual Soiree was hold in the Theatre Royal last evening, and was in everv way a success. Between forty and fifty couples were present, and dancing was kept up with spirit till half past three this morning to the enlivening strains of the Volunteer Siring Band. The a hole arrangements were carried oqt ii) a very satisfactory manner by the comnjittoe; the refreshment department, which was tupplied from Messrs Chamberlain Bi'ob. bakery and cunfectionery establishment, deserving especial mention.' The fancy dresses were not numerous owing, 'qo doubt, to the Bhort notice given that it would be a fancy dress as well as plain dress ball. ■- . ■ .

The steamer Hauroto, which sailed for Sydney yesterday afternoon, took away a full cargo of New Zealand produce, including 90 hoi'sos, 12 head Ayrshire and other cattle, about 700 kegs butter, 18 bales hops, and 639 packages prepared wool, the latter being pieces prepared in Wellington mills ready for putting together as boxes. It is to be hoped that Australians will not judge New Zealand cattle by the shipment referred to, for a more scrubby-looking lot could hardly be brought together. Not only wore most oi the animals in exceedingly low condition.

but they were atoo thoroughly under-, sized. Somo of tho three-year-olds would scarcely turn the scale at 3501b.—Times. The rotation of wool to the weight of the body in merino sheep is a point to whioh Herr Miiscke-Collandu has lately been devoting attention. According to some breeders, the larger sorts of merinos are to be preferred,' becauao of their yielding a bptfof return both in flesh and wool for the fodder alloyed { ];ut the investigator, after 25 years' experience finds the opposite to be the case, as the build of Bheep has more to do with their fattening properties than the absolute size, and larger quantities of wool are obtained from small sheep in relation to a sivpn weight than in the larger kinds, the rolativp srftoi)i)t increasing to from 20 to 30 percent. At a publio meeting (jeld qn Msrci) 14th, in London, the Maypr of St, Ives, Cornwall, apeakmt! of hjs' tpwn, " We hiive only one policeman for seven thousand people, and we have nothing for him to do. (Loud cheers and laughter.) We employ him about other things, that his time may be filled up. The Government the other Jay wanted us to have more policemen, but I told them, in the language of Dr Watts, that we have nothing for them to do, and said that: ' Satan (jm)« some mischief itill For idle bancjs tp do.' (Laughter and cheers.) Our present policeman has got something to do as a Wesleyan ilaes leader, and he employs his time to promote the spiritual benefit of his fellow-countrymen." (Oheers and laughter.) On Thursday, the 22nd ult., two men driving in a gig ran over two of the North Pytohley hounds. Lord Lonsdale epoke to them about their carelessness, when they asked him if he wanted to fight, One of them then got out of tho cart, upon which Lord Lonsdale dismounted, and, on the man equating up to him, be knocked him down. The other man then

got out of the cart to assist big fallen brother, but Lord Lonsdale immediately knocked him down also, and on the men rising they were again put' hors de combat.' >; His Lordship then asked them if they wanted an; more, and neither of tbem coming up, he rode away to oover. "it jj staled that the New York Silk Exchange bay" yeceiyed some 20,000,000 Japanese silkworm egjjs by direct impurtation.yia San Franoisoo, The eggs'jre deposited on cards about I2in square, on which they lie so thiokly as to prevent the card being cut without some of the eggs being destroyed. It is intended to distribute the eggs gratis to 'silkworm oullurists throughout the country, The interest taken in this industry in the

United Stages ib reported to be growing rapidly, ana the" number of enquirioi made at the Exchange dajly by mail amounts to upwards of 100. Some o'ultiratori 'Have already suooeeded beyond their expectations.

The,question has often been asked how it is that tbo public can always obtain at tließon March 6 at such reasonable prices the Jalgst novelties, textures, and designs Buoh as now being worn in all the most fashionable topi} in the world, and described in the leading j?agl)iftn Bfloksof the day and not 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 tho very beat markets, and afpuph prices as will enable them to sell wel) and cheap, and give their customers the benefit of theif.' knowledge and experience, '■ Also not b.eing bound to purchase only from thp Wellington merchants thoy iniport themselvfig for cash, thereby getting a large discount, saving all middle profits, and procuring the latest fashions, We advise everyone to see their stock of millinery, dress g'oodß, hosiery,-men's-and boys' clothing; also look on another page of this paper for their—-APVBRTisBME The principal itMion in QueeMreet this afternoon is a magnificent display of new goods at the Hall of Commerce,, opposite the Club Hotel We are informed that the new goods now being shown is the third winter shipment of this season, and consists of; millinery, dreßS goodß, silks, satins, velvets,plushes, and abßorted: woollen goods. We had occasion to take notice of the very , nice; display of G, W. Sohboder's first and second winter shipments this season, . but : the sjiow exceeds the two: prarioaa- jones bb>. regards and novilly.—Advt. "-jlj ,

Mr J; Hessey of the Upper Plain iavites tenders fur tho purohaae of three/: acres of turnips. ■'" ■ j Messrs Loves and loms announce-:. a.iOiher etook sale for . Juno

18th. y'" We learn by telegram that it is announced that the WellingtoivManawatu Railway Company, have received informa-1 tion that the Company's debentures amounting to £200,000 and 40,000 shares, held in reservo have been sold in London.

It is reported that the cause of the recent death of the boy Sparksman from low fever was tho bad sanitary stateof a certain portion of the town. If this be be the cbbb this death is another record against 'the negligence of th'e Borough Council as a Board of .Health. The Council has never yet discharged the sanitary duties imposed on it by law. When a formal complaint is made it issues a notice. If the notice ib complied with, well and good—if riot, the Oounoil takes no farther :

A long felt want in Carterton has been supplied. .by .Messrs 1 Y. Grenville & Co., who have opened the Marquis of Dormanby Livery and Bait Stables in that town. We have! inspected Messrs QrenTitles' premises, wid can recommend them as being everything that can be wished for in the bQeineaa. The itablea are commodious paddooks, good ani eztensire, and the vohiolea equal to any we have seen at similar establishments. They have waggonettes' and buggies of the newest designs, which no doubt will be patronised a& the enterprise deserves.

Abont 9 o'clock last night a man,' reports tlio ' Tiraea, whoso identity is at present a 'mystery..fell off the T nearest the breastworkinto_ the water, and though! aßaistance wae soon at hand, attracted by,his orjes and also by the noise of the splash, he was drowned before the willing handß could reaoh him. A man named Queenan was coming up the wharf at the time ond immediately hastened t« the rescue, but was unfortunately too late, About 11 o'olock, Mr Sergeant, the chief oilioer of the Haloione, assisted by T. Haly and 6. Dowling, who had been dragging, succeeded in recovering the body, which, was taken at once to the jnorgu?. The deceased is apparently a man pf abont 45 years of age, and from the appearance of his slothes, and especially the make of his boots, is believed to be a new ariivai in tjie polony, 'He had dark hair and whiskers, ahij ijo " teeth 1 in the front of the mouth, It seems probable that in walking along that part of the wharf whiph ja lumbered with wood, tanks, &o„ the deceased

stumbled over something in the dark, and ao met his end. Aninqueat will probably be held this afternoon.—The following telegram received 1 by us this morning states that : " The mau drowned in the harbor last night has been identified, as Patrick O'Keefe, a laborer, of Masterton. He had been drinking." We have purchased in the colonial marlwt 67 dozen of gentlemen's white shirts, marvellously cheap, and however unsatisfactory She price paid, must be to the importers, the public will be none the less glad to reap, the benefit. These shirts, made of ■ really. good material, and honestly worth 8s fid each of any nail's money, we shall sell at 3s Gd._ The secret of this w thj't they have not military fronts, but manifold pleats, and do not button behind but before Nevertheless they will look every bit as well, and wear vastly better than one of tho other sort at a much higher price. Many gentlemen of the present day infinitely prefer this style, And it is very certain that our ancestors patronised no other shape. If Julius Giesar wore a sjjj'rt at all, depend upon it that he would as soon have turhgd l|is back 'on his foes as havo worn one buttoned behind. It is morally certain that Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, won all bis victories in a shirt buttoned iu front, whilst we may take it for granted that the Iron Duko at Waterloo sang out the command, "Up Guards and at them, "-from behind the 'bosom of a many pleated sjjift, Wjpp'nnceatora and heroes, lead. % w,jfe may safety fo)low, and advantageously purchase thesb marvellously cheap and excellent quality shires at James Swig's, Ta Arg flouie, 'VyellingtQn.—Advt