MR BEETHAM'S MOTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1417, 29 June 1883, Page 2

MR BEETHAM'S MOTION.

Wjj presume that Mr Beetham's motion last evening in favor of colonial representation in the British Parliament was one of those lead lines which the Government occasionally drop into tho radical ocean, The Ministry hardly act fairly towards the Opposition.; They.bag its birds right and left, and lenvo it really nothing to shoot at. This last uinve can only be trumped by Opposition members coming forward to directly annex Ireland. Ab we manage our own internal affairs so well, it is quite time that we went to the assistance of our aged parent at home. Wo might possibly do a little work, too, on tho Continent, by helping the Nihilists and reducing Prince Bißmnrck to order If we once decide to govern Europe, there is no limit to the good we,may ,do.

The Masterton Highway Board havo accepted Mr Osborne's tonder for tho Fernridgo road.

The Masterloii Volunteers have fixed their proposed ball for July 20th.

Tho rate books of the Masterton Boad Board, iare now open for inspection. The, deputation from the Education' Board 1 appointed to wait upon the Government to reoommend that the Masterton Public School be constituted a High Sohool are Messrs Blair. Beetham, Pater son, and Buchanan, - r, i: ■■'*■ > i 1 ; • j ' ' ' ' ' Mr j, 0, Hayward, who is well-known amon'g : all classes in the Wnirarapa, will open i ;the Feathorston; Refreshment Booms,on the 2nd July. This will give great satisfaction to the travelling public, as the rooms under efficient management will supply a long felt want. Mr Hayward has also, good Btibles and paddocks adjoining the station, which will prove of considerable convenience to many travellers who use horses for < part, of their journey. j The Masterton Football Olub has made arrangements with Mrs Ewington for the use of a paddock! near the- Hospital, and members are requestod to: turn: out for practice at three o'clook sharp to-morrow. The Post reports that the. Gear Meat Company have] chartered 1 the.' Lady Jocelyn' to load frozen meat in December noxt. Although:the Joaelyn;ongages to freeze the meat, as for the Export .Company lastßeason,jthe Gear, Directors expect to have their refrigerating works at Petonß'in full operation l by: December, and the,meat will reallyib'e frozen there,! 1 ( : The objeot of Mi' W, 0, ,Smith's School Inspection Bill, introduced yesterday, is to abolish the prejsenl Byßtem of appointing Sohool Inspectors,. by - Education Boards, and providing that in lieu thereof School, Inspectors shall be appointed by the' Governor; arid shall be removed from one Education District to another at least once in every three years.'

Mr,F,.JEt. Wood has a number-of new advortisemonts in our advertising columns; - .I-'

The engineering staffs of County East and of the Masterton Boad Board are busily engaged in completing plans for applications under the Roads and Bridges Act, .which are to be sent in to morrow. Mr McCardle has expressed an opinion that an';extension of time for the reoeipt of such applications is likely to be conceded. ■ , . ' Mr Geo. Dixon's Toyßepository, Queen-street, has, just received additions to its already numerous novelties, whioh are wellwortliy of inspection. The lines are too'numerous. to particularise,:, but among those that special mention are some German statuette .marbles, Scotch plaid alleys, guns, &c, « The ; man Miller., who, was arrested'at Masterton last week for horse stealing and remanded to Palmerston North has been committed for trial, .

Messrs Lowes & lorns.sell at-1 p.m. to-morrow by order of the registrar of the Supreme Court 524 acres ,in the Eangitumau block, and 63 acres at Taretahi.v ATt 2 p.m, on the : same'afternoon a aale of furniture and. sundries Will' be held.,.' ■' ■

i Mr F. H, Wood holds a sale of geiteral imerchafldise at 2 jp;m, 'to-moirow at : his': 'Greyt'oW amotion rooms; He' hw'also. ,in another column of this isiiiijeßeVeral new adyer tiaements ofi appro aibij} ng saleia! A spocial meeting 'of :'tho ivMasterton is called for this even* i in? to'consi'der a question of-,(opposition.: to 'the 'amendment -Bill - now before Far-. iliamentl' which haajrecentlytranspived.ivwi It is: rumored that , a petition •.against! the sale of. the oourthouse silfl to the' Government is likely to be circulated. I ( t' is absurd (or to such'a idocumeiiirnbwSthf!,'building is half comsufficientcommon; senseto, jiga V memorial whicli cannot possibly take effect, i

Mr Wardell, R.M., is Billing in Wellington this week *' The pnblio schools oHhis district break up to-dsyfor the,u»u»r fortnightly mid- • winter vacation. >, . Meiira- BellannfLlonw hare been elected auditors to the Masterton Borough Council. A third candidate, in the person of Mr Dalrjmple, was* nominated, bat retired in favor of the former .candidate*,

We draw attention to an advertisement' in our ten dor > column,! calhn c for tendeisi for 4he £purohase-W a fonr-roomed i verandah cottage', in- Albert-street, the property of.theWesleyan trustee, reoently i in the occupation ofiMr Hoir. -fj

;.; A; meeting of. the Management ComUmoii was helJ ; kit •▼ening', when 'the' following important business was transacted : It waa decided to aak the Match Committee of the: Union to «elect ; men to DO.; into ])raotice i for the tournament; which is likely to be held in Wellington about the end of Jnly, between Otago, Canterbury,Wellington,,;and probably Auckland teams:; jnijiwithlja view of ascertaining ihc merits-'of the oduntry men, to endeavor to ( arrange a match between Wairarapa and Wellington j to be played in Wellinglonrin, 6th July,'. Thej drawing for the oub 1 matches 'also'-took place, when , the following Clubs were drawn to play attainat one another in the firßt heats: Grey town, v and. Athletic V Wellington,; ; It wbs decided; that the cup matches be poßtponed;;uritil after; btirn a provided the'latter'takes'plaice," ; , "■ ' ' ;

, Mr Dodson is introducing a Bill to abolish compulsory vaccination. "

■ At the pfitlje Masterton' Juvenile Foresters laßtlevenihg,' the following officers were E. -Miniffie Jl S, OJ, * fW.Mawhiniiy;/ S;W-, liSykes; JiWi, Cfollolte j S 8,, Pi Gardner; J.Bi ;• A. Gardner j'jSeo.,' F.. Koyes. p: $$ | /•);' ::v'A very, importßntheetjng takes? place to-morrow afternoon: i.at',Carterton, -in connection with the meat export question. We understand that as the gathering is likely to inolude settlersirom all parts of ; the district, another.-iinpprtabttopic—-that of'' scab'iti' likely; to he. touched upon. It is said that though the Govern mentsome three years ago. took special and vigorous steps to eliminate scab from the northern part of this district their efforts have been in vain, and that in the Whareama district the evil still exists in alarming proportions.

Louis Blanc's cat, which awaited him every night on the stairs,On his return from the Chamber ofDeputiesj died of. grief a few days after 'his; death, having refused to eat or drink. . It is now stated that there are no lesa than 96 dormant Scottish poerages, Among them are the titles of Lord Ash-, ton of Forfar, Lord Banff, Lord Bargony, Lord Bellenden, Lord Boihwell of Holyroodhaus, Lord Carlyle, Lord Cranstrain, Lord Duflfaa, Earl of Dundee, Lord Loohinvar, Duke of Lennox, Lord Lindores, Lord Mordington, and Lord Pittemveen.

The old French banker, Pont, was by no means lacking in presence of mind, as is indicated by the following anecdote—Once upon a time, in a crowded church, he. felt some ono brush against him and then missed his ' r watch. Knowing that the thief could not have gone very far he contented himself by remarking aloud—" Well, if 'that isn't' the first time I ever knew one of our fellows to rob another of the gang." His confidence was not misplaced, 1 for as he was going out a weir dressed gentleman slipped the time piece into his hand, with the Excuse me, sir 1 I didn't know you belonged to the perfesh. , . //DHI

The South Australian* Register l has been favored with the following extract from a South African \ letter' just! re-, ceived by a gentleman in Adelaide; — " Tho state of trade here at present is quite apalling, and seems to be getting worse every day. The' Colony has already experienced two bad .years, and there is every appearance, (hat this one is likely to be as bad, if not worse, than predecessors. The banks have Keen losing lots of money, and ,as a natural consequence are now doing a restricted and safer business. The Standard Bank was formerly pretty liberal in.,their business transactions with borrowers, but lately tlioy have adopted a closefisted 'policy. The 'Cape commercial', Bank Ms gone into liquidation, ,and it is expected, that their deficit will-be considerably more than the -directors" estimated it to be. This institution, •like tlie City of Glasgow Baiikj-ris 'unlimited, 1 so that the perfectly safe, What the olleiiti of''the , calls on shareholders may be it is diffito say; in many cases it must mean ruin. ' The Union Bank.of Cape Town have also made considerable- losses have had to utilise the whole of the reserve fund (£29,00)), anl Inve a debit of .£lO (i 15,000) to jn'olit and loss .account besides. I'.think, they, estimated their losses for last year at' £35,000. The Standard and South African Banks have also lost a deal of monoy, and the Bank of South Africa (Limited) has not escaped. Compared with the other banks, this last has' not lost so much, the profits almost sufficing for the losses. Cape Town has had more than its share of failures." '

Our reporter duetus it necessary to draff special attention to an advertisement which appears on the front page of this paper. It is the most genuine one which we hare had the, pleasure of publishing this winter. We may further state that it is from the Hall of Commerce,; which is a sufficient guarantee that on perusal it will be found both interesting and . of. public benefit, as we know that the-Hall of Commerce u'ow holds the 'largest-'and' j best assortment ef general drapery in the Wairarapa.—|Advt.| a'.' ;: The extraordinary Bale of Surplus .Winter Stock (which commenced thiß day) at To Aro House, Wellington, should be a matter of some interest to all readers of, the.WAlharapa.Dailt fortheae'speoial lst,becanse'of thelargenees of the stock,'2nd, because of the short duration of the'sale, 15 days only, 3rd, because of the unprece;dentedly low prices, :Our price list; issued iwithjthis paper,!should, we think, uto!niah' and yenr, certtm;.)t(is-thati atrip to the sale would be money .in pocket to every Wairarapa: resident that , should : try., it, ■lf not' able to cbnie;HheiJf ordera, accompanied with euli, would be as well oxecuted as thoagh seleosed personally.} Jit simply means 20s for 10a, or. evoa less" in ' inauy casestherefore try it, 0 ye residents/ and that right early, Bear in miad that'we. : have' no country, businesses .whatever,' no-i tirinohes in, any township aiid nd oW is' authorised to sell for us, either regularly-'or irregularly, Mt fovt,orlym'.plmof butims in tht prov'm, and the publio" would' do well to keep thia \faot ill mind iwhen Bending their.orders,'opvisiting (Wellingtoni'that our sole' establishment in'the Te Aro House,: Wellington.—Advt.

One of our numerous readers, being of an inquiring turn of-'tnind, nays that he has tried every drapery and olothing : eßt»bMmenHin the: Wairarapa for the porpoße bf finding out tvho keep* the beat *|o| | >n|.jfi)«)jthei oheipeßt. .iHe layi ho has hadeppaicterable experience in the dracompetent judge. opinion in favor of L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon MawM Warehouse, who, he states, hai a larger and better stock to choose in New Zealand, and £(i for any town in the colony.—Advt,