The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1883. PARLIAMENTARY BILLINGSGATE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1411, 22 June 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1883. PARLIAMENTARY BILLINGSGATE.

It was thought that after one session Mr Holmes, the blustering representative of Christchurch East, would find his level, or, in other words,.line down to the normal standard of an Opposition member. We were somewhat hopeful of this, because the said standard is not avery, difficult one to grasp, and may almost be said to be within the reach of even'the most unrefined and uncultivated M.HR. We are, however, disappointed in this particular case, for already Mr Homes has broken ground this session in his old reckless form, talking bathos about the eternal political inmmy ; of Ministers and characterising them as political rats, It is a great pity that some-, of the former capable and. independent members of the House, like Sir William Fox, are no longer in it. Were they there, we feel sine that they would on publio grounds undertake the necessary, but unpleasant, task :of bringing Mr Holmes to order. Ministers laugh contemptuously at the member for Christchurch Easfy but it takes something more than this to put him down. As a rule, men who throw mud after this fashion and glory in railing and defaming their betters, do not display any very great amount of moral courage when they themselves are brought to task, and we are very much mistaken if Mr Holmes' is an exception. The practice of using coarse invective towards the leaders of the .House is objectionable,.not because it does them any harm—no one here will believe that Ministers ai;e dishonest or disloyal because a .Mr Holmes says so—but it 'reflects disdiscredit on the House of Representatives itself. The tone of the Assembly and, the character of New Zealand is lowered by such language. Even one member may, if unchecked, do incalculable harm to the reputation of the colony by,'creating.air impression that 1 its Legislative Assembly is a disorderly rabble.,. Were there any reason to believe that the present occupants of the ministerial benches werei'politically unworthy, there would be plenty of ways of shewing them up without resorting to the expedient of flinging coarse epithets at them. We believe the bulk of the Opposition members of the House would,' if questioned, at once admit that the character of Ministers stands high, and that.though their policy may be questioned their integrity is beyond cavil. We trust that as a body they will feel that the credit of their Chamber and the reputation of the colony is in their hands, and that they will assist in repressing the exuberance of one or two of their number, who, possibly through ignorance! do not understand the real limits of, legitimate parliamentary debate.

The half-yearly election of the officers; of ihe Loyal GreytownLodge of Oddfellows' wftß held on Wednesday evening, when Bro, A, F. Muir was elected NiG., Bro. Tocker V.G., and Bro, Wibtflringbftm E.B. The members of the Grey town Football; Club had av good' ; praotice ' yesterday;' Messrs Udy and Webster picked'sides) and a hard noun work was done, 6nly ; one score, a try, being made. '.-, ■ ~,; ; At a meeting of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F., held last evening, it'waj decided' to empower their representatives inthe 7 Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Sports: Committee to grant a Bum of .money to . the Park Trustees for the oval work; if.' theyare guaranteed tho use of the same forfipeyears. ■ - '' ' ;;:;! - ~ j .An absent defendant pleaded his oause iii the R.M.; Court yestday by forwarding, Tiiig o)luraot wutip-!uooument-:,-rr^ "Your Wa'i'ohape i confeß's'.jugment and I woush to.aske.time to pay aso i ham in a paahin atPreaont to fay for note in.Gonoent joovkat i?reß6Dt r i 4 li'iTi gpt.to.travell for Weeks looking for work and i only get a fuedajs work hear'and' there at time, and I have got a Wife and five children'to cope with 1 wioh gives me more than i cano doue at time's i name iwjllingto trye and pay-a ponnd aponfh and jiham ohourVi,cannot pay anjJlJMe, winter time ana l i. about ;yery ; yrell for wobtk andiliave got other billi to Pay.",

A sheep run of 3000 acres, 9 miles-frpm; Masterton, is offered for advertising eolumns^Hw.; J 'jiouM in^Wti^Loy-; 'street isladveriiied fori sale, v <o? ; , A meeting oi; all those'interested ! in the sformationofaoheflaclub'in Maitertonii fconyehed/forrto-morrbff'evening at the Institute.';' ;' "v'M^ , The 'Featherstoa School •_Oo hi rait tee meet this evening, ~;. "'-■WalterYibkerB r Sterens appeared jbe f oMMr Satli, Siri i ( R;M.; Auckland, ;on answer, to an informatiim oharging •'guineas to,Mr T. W.lewis/j under /Secrej; ;tary of the Native Departmenj; "to eii-' cleavor to prooure. the purchase; by r Go.-s vernment of certain; lands Mr Hudseii Williams,' Crown Pr'owcuior, appeared in support of the information, and.Messrs Theo. Cooper and E. T, Dufaur for the '•defence. : The Court has reserved its,' fdeoision till' Saturday nextf .■•;.;'■ '>'<-)\

,The Masterton Volunteers have a'p-' pointei a Committee to arrange for a Rifle Association, and alad for an anniver-: aary ball to be given next month, Lieut. Williams has, presented a handsome field glass, to be fired for by the men,- and alongside I hie trophy may be noticed in a ■well kuowu shop window in Quoenat the splendid Licensed Victuallers Cup which was recently won in Wellington by; Vol: Kummer of this town.

. The following team will represent the Te Ore' Ore Football Club in the rnatoh with tha second fifteen of the Greytown Club to-morrow';— Back, Murray half-,, backs, Waho and Manaena; quarternacksi'R'i'Ngaiua're;: Kalru and August; forwards! : Rangi,/ Rori, flimiona (2), Ratima, ; Kiira, Makatn, : Tai, and Puhara; emergencies,/Haka, andßereu.

Thb M.ifiterton Institute Committee met last evening. Present-Messrs McGregor (in 1 the'chair), W. G, Beard; W; T. Grundy,' R. Brown, W. H. Beothara, E ; FoiBt;; arid, W, Eapp. The iseoretary reported; that' L3O had been Wit Home for the purchase of, new • works, seleoted by the Book Committee. The treasurer reported a credit balance of L 5 8s 9d, Mr Brown proposed that the Bide room should bo made suitable for voting purposes at local eleotonsj and it was decided to adopt his suggestion. The House Cominitteo aeain omitted to bring up a report' for utilising the upstairs rdorri, and the time for doing so was extended, The foliowinj; accounts wero passed for.'pay ment ;-R. H. Chinche!!',. LI IBs 6d • RWoodbarh, 6s; Mrs Bennett, Ll4s Os 7d; and ; Mi'« Yates, LB. The meeting then adjourned.. ■ :•■ i : :';

The return football maloh betwoana team picked from the Masterton Rohool and the Masterton. juveniles' will be played to-morrow in Mr G. Dixon's pad* dock, to commence at 3.30 sharp, ■<■

The Masterton Park Trustees meet this afternoon.

Yoslorday Mr Soloman Hemus addressed the children at the Masterton Publio School, and as the result of his visit we may mention that some seventy of thorn donned the blue ribbon.

MrF. H. Wood bqllb fruit trees from the Tividale nursery at his Carterton auction rooms to-morrow.

At yesterday's sittinir of the R.M. Court, Mr Beard applied, on behalf of Thomas Raine, fur the cancelling of a'ri order madein 1878, to pay IGV per week for the maintenance of his wife and two children, The application was .based on the.ground that the wife conducted an independent .business.m the Middle Island, and the two children were old onough to earn their own,living. .The Court decided that notice must be given to tho parlies interested, but consented' to sua- 0 pend ■ payments under the or Jer for a period of one month.

Major Bunny held a very satisfactory, inspection of the.Cadots ■yesterday afternoon at the Hasterion School, and of tho Volunteers in the evening. Ii is almost a matter for regret that at these quarterly inspections'the Cadets and Rifles are not drilled together as there is ample acconv inodation for both in the Theatre Royal, which is new used on Inspection days as a drill-shed, Last evening, including the band'some forty-eight members were present, and after the formal inspection the men were put through Company drill' by Lieutenant Williams, and manual and firing exercises by Captain Donald. The Inspecting officer congratulated the Company on its smart appearance and good turn out, The parade was conoluded by a march out/the Band taking the lead and playing a number of spirited airs, ;

St. Matthew's School room waß crowded with visitors last 'evening on the occasion of the first Winter Evening entertainment organised by the: Bev.W. E. Paige for the present season. The programme offered fully, sustained the popularity which these gatherings-haw fairly earned in the paßt, It commenced with a power-"' ful solo on tlie piano brilliantly played by Mrs AnketelJi 'after whioh Mr P. G. Moore gave a fine' song,'" The Treasure's of the Deep." . The,usual enthusiastic encore followed itj and Mr Moore obligingly responded to the will of the house by singing " Th? Muleteer."- Miss'Nicol then Biing very prettily, " The Wiahinq Cap," and waß loudly applauded. Mr E, Wi Paytnn gave " Eybrias the Cretan/ 1 and in response to an encore "Father O'Flynn." Mrs C. E. Freeth next gave " I Love my Love," with considerable power and. expression, and was extremely well received, At this stage the Rev, L. M. Isitt gave as a recitation " King Henry of Navarre" with his well known histronic skill, and to satisfy the audience- who vociferously applauded his efforts, followed it with "The Battle of Waterloo." Mm. Anketell then sang " Once Again," and in response to a loud, encore,jgave "Drifting away," and Mr Hasaell rendered "The Old Sexton" with uim-vellous effect, displaying a dear and powerful voice to excellent advantage. In response to an enthusiastic erioore this gentleman gave "' Davy Jones." ; A Fantasia of Sootch airs rendered with Mrs Paige's'well-known taste and execui tion on the piano was one of tho gems of the programme. It was preceded by a violin solo from MrLnndqvißt, which had the doubtful merit of not being long enough.! Mr W, G. Board did his share ofthewbrklin the programme well byreading With: marked ability a selection' from "The Innocents-Abroad, I 'which' was a great eucco!S.'.; : Me«Brß. Gant and Rapp,.two old favoriies,;then ; wound r up ; the.e«ning, ; the former with'if' There is a Groan Bill Far Away" and " Shadowland," and ;thelatter,,with:- l 1 , ! Old Timber-, ito'es" and'lThe Boatswain';' 1 ' Eaoh of these songs were rapturously encored,'ond both vocalists .more than sustained the nigliTeputatipn;which- they-e'n'joy. ;'The accompaniments throughout' the' evening were,asjusual^admirably played--by Mrs Paige,:';)V';t:"' i lr''-i;! : X ■''■'•'■<' :^'';, :^ : '^

. iLowes&iorns wishto draw ; attentioh to theirj extensive sale of: furniture at itheuyroomstomorrow,'which, in conse- : ijiibncVof the ; ; lqng gatalofue) iwilltcbrnWm at| I lilt is"B.really splendid collection of furniture, the'leading,lines being drawing-room suite, piano,' handsome ohest drawers, bedroom, dining room, and kitchen farni lure, and general houiehold''requisites, iandsfrom the faot of MessrsClayson and I'. leaving this district, the auctioneers oan'.vonoh forj-an' unreserved .sale, Theroomßwillbe'lifcupthuevening for inspection,

[■>.}; : nbtifiei^thitfthetiine-forthe electionof> auditors; fcArtHe-Borbuah o^Mastertonjis? : eitended to^tW 9tb July. 0S ;^sMil 'The services of the Featheriton Solfdolj Eifle Cadet Volunteers are accepted froral ; the 2nd iasf "^■^■3^if' i '&l<

The first meeting of thoFastoral Show Committee ■to make;;, arrangements for this year's show" will take place at Iho Institute; Cartertbn*"t6-rnortbff"at'2,3o.'-Among other items to be disoußsed ii the qiießtion'of holding a ploughing match,, and- the vhblding of Jthe showand' the ■Sprir(g*Meetirig of th'eJWairarTpa Jockey lOlub W.succeeoing day's. .'%&:■

1 Oil FridayiMeisrs Bumble- andsWag ; land, butchWs,* of Carterton, had'on. show a.heifer bred by Mr T. Ray, of tha Tarataliil'a'ttd exhibited by Mr J. Burrow at the,, last .annual show of the Pastoral Society;' .whiohi turued;-the*, abate at over i4o6iba;' * • i^'-v ---'-'- :■-"■■■ '

Wishing is sometimes hazardous. A .family, couple-in this town rejoice in five children; (all; boys, and tlie parents lov lomutime past have oxpreßsed a strong desire for a daughter. The powers that be have more than satisfied the-'parents' by sending them " twin girls."

'•'• The following officers were'elected at the half-yearly meeting of Court Marquis of Nurmanby, A.0.F., on Thursday even-inßl-fCR., Bro. Uuderhill; 5.0. R., Bro.'D'e Lacey; See.; Bro. Cnuro'v; Tress:,Bro. Smith; SiW,, Bro. Eeid; J.Wjr'Broi'J^erraett;;;S.B;j G. DaySb; J;B M Bro. J. Surmei;,Surgeon, Bro, Dr Smith; Delegate) Bro. A. Aimstrong;. Auditor, Bro; Western,

M.H.R.,; waited on the Wellington. Harbor Board, ro the want/of facilities' at the wharf for: shippirjg.frozen meat. ', After two hours discussion, jtlie consideration, of how to mebtithe was postpose'd till another j ■.:. ■•■ ■■' ■ ■' . A 'first meeting :of creditors in the eaia'to of Mr S. Hunter,- of Canerlon, was convened for to-day at tho R M, Office, Miiterton.; The debtor was represented by his solioitor, Mr Sandilands, but no quorum^,of creditors was in attendance. The assets in this estate are: household furniture,-Lit).-' The liabilities are LIGI 8s Bd.'•' Mr.T. Hooker with LGI 6s, and Mr T. Ballinger with L4B 15s being the principal creditors,

Cadets on stations are not as a rule noted for'being overburdened with brains, but aB an instance of extreme innocence, tho following iooident that occurred on a station hot a hundred miles from Masterton; would be hard to beat:—A "sundowner" calling at the homestead one evening accosted a cadet with the usual query, "Say, guv'nor, can I have a shakedown here to-iiight?" " Well, I don't know, my good man," politely replied Mr Verdant Green, "Mr Blank, the manager, is not at home, you had belter call for it to-mbrrow I"

One hundred brace of English partridges have been'imported to America by Mr, P. liorillardj-wlio will turn them out on his estate, and endeavor, to breed them. '■

The following.iß from the Pall Mall Gazette of, April 13th:—," Tho horrible outrage : committed by two native agents of the Church Missionary So-'ciety-T-one: a. schoolmaster and the other an 'interpreter—on the West Coast of Africa,lwas 'commented upon last'night in the House of Lords, in terms certainly not' more severe than the occasion meritedi Men who whip a slave to death, and torture her while dying by rubbing cayenne pepper into her wounds, deserved W be hanged,, even when they made no pretence to bu civilising and educatiug the heathen. But when they are connected no matter in how indirect a fashion with a missionary society, a very healthy feeling iri the public mind would best be satisfied by an application of the lex tdlionh' The suggestion of the Duke of Somerset, howevor, that no missionary' should bo allowed to have a station beyond consular jurisdiction, goes too far. Even if it were desirable, it is impossible to enforce any such" interdict." . ■

Our reporter deems it necessary to draw special attention to an advertisement which ap'peara.on the front page, of this paper. It in the mnst genui: e one which we have lmd the pleasure of' publishing this winter. We may further state that it is from the Hall of Commeice, which is a sufficient guarantee that on perusal it will bi; found both interesting and of public lieiiefit, aa we know that the Hall of'Giiitniierce now holds the largest and best ntuortment nf general drapery in the Wairarapa.—[Advt.J ~ There ore few cunquusts Jyft for the .sewing machines of the ji'resoiit to make in the lino of variety, so various have been the upos to which our present machines have been adapted that little is left for the band needle to do, There is the Frister and Bnsarhaun'B improved Sinner that will sew tie heaviest Ijatlier or. Htich the finoit miuze or lace. Writingami e uhroiderf' f laiious kiiuls.iuay bo dune wuhout any attachment, and. if skilfully worked will patch and darn in .such a manner as will delight the tired mother of a household of. romping boys. Eyelet Machines make but 1 on holes' and eyelet hole superior to the best hand-work, while others with the shuttle concealed in the end of a long aud. slender arm sew the soles on boots and shoes with a speed and rapidity that make four pair cost less than one'would otherwise cost, and outlast six of the old fashioned ready-made foot-gear. The sewing niiohine inventors, as a class, may now sit down, as Alexander did,;and cry, ■.because there are not more worlds for them to conquer, and doubtless regret that they were not born a little earlier' in the machine age before the Frister- & Bosb-i man's Improved Singer (procurable.only at L. J, Hooper cV'Co.'s Bon Marohe'price from 70s cash) waß. invented and improved upon. Call and.see them I

-.'.'TriKJfßiß a mine of wealth in' it)" sajs Councillor Miglnnity, whon'alluding to th» proposed cemetery site'at Melrose/and conceming which another facetious orator stated that he could see the top without lying flat on his back, 'Whether there is or not time will show..'.Onothiagiscortain':that ffore lasting, solid fortunes are made by. saving 'than by speculation.;, v It.ia notjpossible [for everyone to be a successful speculator, but nearly all in this land can accumulate a competence by saving. We.will.'show a way to save .money in your. putohaßea. .. Wc arenow.offering'a large qhantity .'of ladies' knitted wool and chenillo capes, ;froßh from the hands of a number of German ftaua, 'exquisitely made, colours beautifully blended, wool of the best and purest quality) ;and altogether admirably adapted for'this cold weather.; Among them * are v, some very charming opera oapw, »ud<,w<tj propose to do something more- than offe'ri single garment at wholesalepK(»,rVizi, ! W' at lets than' mauufictuting; prices.: For 2s lid you will get al sweetly : ; pretty and'us'eful cape, worth at leaßt fa 6d; for 3a 6d one that would be good value at. 7s, fid, and as wo are not likely to have these long; nor be able to procnre such a 1 cheap lot again, we would ask all ladies to inspect them without delay at Jasiks Smith's To Aro House, Cuba-street, Wellington.-ADvi