The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1884. WHERE ARE THE POLICE?

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 8 April 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1884. WHERE ARE THE POLICE?

A correspondent in our"laat. issue I asked " Where are the police ? ".i It is not very difficult as a ruleinMasterton to ascertain their whereabouts. The three officers who form the local staff, "vise early; and Lite take rest," and one or more can always be found at a moment's notice. But, though the publio may be very well informed as to where they are, there is evidently soine feeling of dissatisfaction with their efforts to maintain' public order. The town is obviously getting more rowdy; The Salvation Array, while it has done some good work amongst up, for which we are thankful, has assisted to develop a species of larrikinism, for which m are not grateful, A very considerable dumber of navvies are now employed in this neighborhood, and when they take their little recreations, are wont to be a little boisterous.. Again Masterton is a convenient centre to which many undesirable characters ilit when they find it necessary to leave the Empire City, or are discharged from the Wellington Gaol. The police themselves, it must be admitted, have a good deal to oontend with just now, and it appears to us that to do justice to their responsibilities a larger staff of men is required. " A policeman's life is not a happy ono" even in a comic opera, but when he is overworked, and has to be up night and day, lie cannot do justice to himself or to the public. We do not believe, there is a man in the force more anxious and willing to do his duty than Sergeant MoArdle. Though we may have differed with him occasionally on points of judgment, we have never questioned his dovotion to duty j but he requires to be backed up by a stronger staff than ho now possesses. Possibly when Mr favdell is allowed to take .up his residence in this town and attend to his proper duties instead of being detained in Wellington five days out of six, he may be able to put matters on a better footing. An experienced resident magistrate is of great value to i police department, : .If a constable h Ms zeal for public order is too ready to make arrests, or to lay informations, ho is inevitably snubbed by the Bemh, If on the other hand he is too lax, he is censured by the public. When, however, he has opportunities of conferring with an experienced Magistrate, he is to a great extent relieved from lomeof the difficult responsibilities of deciding how far to go, , We agree with our correspondent that the brawl in Queen' street.was discreditable to the ; town and ought to have been suppressed, but the real question seems to us to be not "Where are the policef but have we a sufficient number of thtm :':i Mflsterton, '

The Wuun Da-ly will not bo publishod on Good Friday. ; TheMviterton Botou«h Council meets this evening. ' The Rotorua, with tho 'Frisco liail, ia expected in Wellington this afternoon. The Groytown Foolball Olubi commenced the season on Saturday las!, The second quarter of the Wellington College commences on Tuesday. 15th April; the second qaarter of the Gi.'ls High Sohool on th'e\l7lh inst. j. . Messrs Laery & Campboll aniwunco for the 10th inst, an unreserved sile of elegant and superior American orgms by George Woods & On. • Mr F. H, Wood is instructed ly tho official assignee in bankruptcy lo sill on Thursday next at the Camp, Feathejston, the farm, stock, and produce of Mr laniel Knight. The Rov R. Coffey, of Welli D gton(Hot Coffey ho is sometimes termed), has been preaching against a voluntßer encamp" ment during a holy week, and now araco meeting is also announcod. Poor Mr Ooffeyl ! The Island Bay Racing Club advertise the.following races for the Easier Encinpment on Saturday, next :-(l) Maiden [lack Race (2) Open Hack Race (3) Hack Hurdle Race. A totalisator has ben mgsged and entries will be received on he ground, Forty purebred Lincoln rams arrived n Masterton last night, despatched from 3hristohuroh by tho Hon. Matllow lolraeß for the Tirauraea SJtatiou. I Mr A, Miller, formerly the popular

lost of Ibe Empire Hotel,.-Peathentra, las purchased the Marquis of Normanby ,t Carterton, where travellers and visitors" fill find every convenience and comfort Messrs H. Peterson and Co. intimnte i another column that their great brot nd shoe sale closes on Saturday. Thar dvei'tiaement of particulars appears m nr hack page, ] There was a good attendance at. tin 'resbyterian Church last evening at thV leoial evangelical service. The.sermon ; as, preaohed by' the Ber L. M. Jlsitt om the text,'" Sinners also came to Mm,'! i o-night the Ee? Mi Neill will oonduot 1

Tho monthly meetings.of the Hospital Committee at 'Masterton and-. Greytown fall due to-day, -. 7 -

Thei'second competition .for .Captain Donald's cup by'tho Masterton 'Volunteers took place, on. Saturday last. The following are the three highest scores;— Vol. Bright, 64 • Corpl. Matthewß, 53; Sergt. Dixon, (5 points added) 45.

Tho members of the Phoenix Lodge, 1.0.G.T,, met last evening to disouss.the advisability of ereotmg a Temperance Hall on the seotion bequeathed to them by the late Mr 0. Dixon. The disoussion, howovor, was postponed till next lodge night ib'order.to'.obtain a fuller attendance! ''■: '' A '' ".'■ :

A very neatly-conducted burglary was perpetrated at Masterton last night, The Maatortoii- #oad Board office was broken into and about two pounds nf loose cash stolen fcom a drawer. The thiof had evidently gone very ooolly to workprobably during tho alarm caused by the fire—and had deliberately scraped the putty from a pane of glass which ho extracted and placod carefully on the ground, He then squeezed himself into tho building through the opening thus made, leaving sorno fluffy reminders of-, his visit adhering to the sash frame, and walked through the various offices in tho building searching for plunder.Fortunately no groat amount of cash is! ever kept on tho premises, and the thief only secured the Bmall amount ot between'; one and two pounds for his risk andj trouble. Nothing was disturbed exoeplthei pane of glass, Some of the , Engineer's drawing materials had evidently been pioked up and examined, but placed on the table again. There were several cheques in the drawer from which the' money was abstracted, but the intruder was too wary to lake them, and after so-', curing all he safely could he made bis exit by the Bame way that he entered. Wo understand that the police have a cluo to the perpetrator of the robbery.

At about a quarter to eleven last night the ;Masterton,fire boll pealed forth au alarm, and there was the usual turn out of the Brigade aud of the townspeople. Flame was observed issuing from the. roof of ihe Waipoua Brewery, but by the tirne that the Brigade reached the j promises the fire-was suppressed. The building inkpst ion lias been uuocoupiod for a considerable tune, and belongs to Mr M. Oaselberg. Apparently some tramp or homeless wanderer must have taken shelter.in an open lean-to attached to the main building last • night, and either wilfully or accidentally set firo to it. Half-way up a low wall was a saddle block, and tho fire appeared to have started hare, run up the wall, and burnt through thereof. It. was, fortunately, speedily detected. Messrs Keesfer and Harding, who were passing at the time, and Messrs Eapp and Hare'who reside in the immediate neighborhood were among the first to give the alarm and to render assistance. The police were promptly on the spot, and rendered good service in putting out tho flamos, Water in a tank and some casks was fortunately at hand, and in a very few minutes all danger was averted. The bystanders seemed to form a very unfavorable impression as to the causo of tho fire, attributing it to incendiarism, but we aro disposed to behove that tho act was either nccidoi.tal or unpremeditated, Tho police have a clue to the identity .of the ocouiantof ihe leanto, and wo trust they wilt bo able to clear tho matter up, There were some rage in tho Corner where tho firo originated, and it was suspected that those were impregnated with kerosene, but on this point the evidence of parties who examined thorn is contradictory, If ihe fire was wilful it must have been lit out of pure mischief by some evil disposed person, but it is far more likely to have been caused by some half drunk loafer who Bought a night's shelter in that secluded spot,

J. T. M. Stanford, a man well but not favorably known in this district has been in trouble nrain, We learn from tho Post that some evidence of au amusing nature was given in a cross-action which came before tho Rosidonl's Magistrate's Court to-day, when Susnn Peacock, a : domestic servant sued J, T, M, Stanford, a veterinary surgeon for tho recovery of 115, value of certain furniture, and damages for detention of the goods. In the other action Stanford' sought to obtain £4lss for board and lodging. The girl's evidonco was to tho effect that' Stanford had induced her to leave service in order to get maniod to him, She took up her residence with him, and in course of timo ho borrowed i'lo from her in ordbr to purohaao furniture. The defendant refused to marry her,' and also declined to give up possession of tho furniture bought with her earnings. Tho Bench, at ihis stago of the proceedings, decided to take the smaller case first. Stanford deposed that lie had never promised to marry the girl, One day Constable Milton met him and said, " So : you old. rogue, you're uoing to get married at last," and witness did not deny tho soft impeachment thinking, it unnecessary, Ho never proposed to Miss Peacock, but he had asked a friend of her's to marry 1 him, One day Misi Peacock came to him and asked to bo allowed to stay in his house for a short period, as she ami another girl had had a "row" with Mrs i Brandon and left her service. The plaintiff promised to pay him 15s pert week, and he allowed her to go to his place, whom she remained 15 weeks;! One day he was purchasing furniture and the gill offered him a loan of £7, saying that if he never repaid her she could "eat ; it out." He admitted that he had proposed to both of the servants, but both of them, had "given him the sack," saying that' Ihey " would not have any truck with him." Mias Stanford was examined-' relative to somo admissions made by 'W girl. The Bench gave judgment for the defendant, declining to explain to Mr Gully, Stanford's counsel, tho grounds on : which their decision was based. The remaining evidence in the action for was given .by James E. Baker and Herbert Fell, who deposed that when a distress warrant for rent was made Stanford staled that the furniture belonged to the young woman. A nonsuit was entored, Mr Brandon, Jan., appeared for the girl.

The Archaeological Society of Athens lias decided to make researches at the bottom of thoaea in Iho Bay of Salamis,. where the famous naval battle between the Greeks, and Persians was fought. The water is not very deep in the bay! Since the Greeks lost about 60 and (he Persians nearly 200 galleys, which have since been lying undietarbed at thebottom of the aea.it is thought that it may be possible to bring up some complete specimens, or at least portions of them, which may afford more accurate knowledge of the naval architecture of the old Hellenes and the Persians thou can be gathered from their writings,

: The coke exports from the United Kingdom during the year 1883 have been heavier than in previous years, The total exports ate about 450,000 tons. Bilbao, Cartlmgena, and other ports in Spain are tho largest gf the consumers of coke bo Bont abroad, and both the Btnelters of iron and of lead are increasing the consumption. The question of the increase of these exports is one that is interesting to metallurgists of this king-, dom,. because it leads to the increased smelting of ores abroad instead ofthe ores', being, brought to tbis, country to be

Tenders are.! invited by.Mr E, S. Hawkins, of Bpwlanda for splitting and putting utp 1 150 chains of-post and wiro fencing. .V ;| . ■■■ .;..; Notice is given in another column that the Borough Council intends Bttfkiiig .a', general rate of Id in the £, 'and a library rate of Id in the £ for the ourrent year, and'that the rate book is open for inspection at tho Town Clerk's office.

A handsome Italian marble pillar was placed 'yesterday in the Masterton cemetery to. commemorate tho late Mr Joseph Masters, a worthy settler, after whom this town takes ils name This pillar is the finest monumental record in the'eemetery, and the various tablets about its base bear inscriptions Vsujtablo to .the late Mr Masters, and to the members of hisfamily who lie in the same enclosure. A meeting of the Featberston Ddrriala Board was held in the school room? on Saturday evening sth April, PresentMessrs Cox (chairman), Reynolds, and Donald, The minutes' of the previous meeting were read and confkm'ed-. Tho Treasurer's statement showed a balance in hand of £ol7s.' Mr Reynolds undertook to superintend certain work. It was resolved to erect a shed of about iJO feet by. 12 feet for tho convenience, of picnic parties, the Chairman to apply to the Town Board for a grant, in aid.. It was also resolyed that the. Chairman have a painted board of a large size erected in a conspicious place warning persons against cutting or damaging trees or shrubs', and authorising. him to prosecute anyone found offending without delay. ' .' ;' - ' .In the part of tho Hungarian capital lying just acroiss the Danube from Pes'th, a whole family has been poisoned by .an escape of gaß, which had penetrated "into the house from a disused pipe buried under the ruins of another house at some distance, When everybody in the house became ill,-the doctor was sent for,' alid ha said Symplons of gas poisoning were apparent, but as no gas was used in the house he was unable to account for it, and left after administering some medicine. The patients were relieved and went to bed but next morning five of Ihein were found dead aud four'others in a.hopeless condition j' Only a nurse and a child, who happened to have thoir laces buried in the bedclothes, have recovered • " ■ ' ■ .

_ The renowned Barry, whose pretensions have been pretty well exploredi has left by Field's track for the Tuhua, accompanied by a mate. It is said he hopes to get to tho,spot before tlie Waiiganui Prospecting Party, who are expected to he delayed by the Corinth meeting, We are, however, assured that our party will bo sent right on without waiting an hour, Major Kemp seeing the imporlance of despatch,—Wanganui Herald. '

An inquest was held iu January at Belfast, Ireland, on the body of n person who formany years was known as John Coulter, but who, on dying from the result of injuries accidentally teceived, was discovered lobe.a woman, For twelve ybars she had worked in male attire, as a laborer at Belfast quays; and Iwenty-nino years a»o she got married in Dungannon to a woman who was examined at tho inquest, and doposod that' the deceased was her husband, and that thoy had been seuarated on account of the drinking habits of the doceasod. • A New York storekeeper of great experionco says that .thew aro women who

have a perfect mauia for buying. One bo knew would buy twelve dozen bandkerchiefs two days running I Her husband, a very rich mau, luckily, onco sold twelve gross of handkerchiefs

which she- had bought. "As for the stocking rage,''says the authority, "they all-have it. Gloves used to bo the great articles for a run, but stockings of all variety aro now the craze, This has been the case for a long time, but this year it is stronger than ever. Ido not think tho average woman is ever so entirely happy as when she is buying these articles."■'

A rather extraordinary contest took plaeo at (ho Kensington cutting, Melbourne, on tho 12th "March, when two workmon named Kelly and O'Brien had a match to see who could fill the greatest amount of earth into drays in six hours, O'Brien, who was the younger man of tho two, had an advantage, for tho first three hours, when the stamina and experience of Kelly asserted itself, and when the word to suspend work was given he had completely exhausted his opponent Kelly, tho winner, filled 58 yards of notorial and O'Brien 51 yards, both records being considered remarkable. A large number of poisons witnessed tho termination of the contest, and on the result being made known hearty cheers were given for the winner..

Tho Mayor of Waterford has recived a communication from an attorney in New Orleans inquiring as to the heirs of a woman namo Kato Townsend, aged forty-five, who was murdered in New Orleans on Nov, 3 last by a man in whoso favour she had made a will, being at the timo possessed of 150,000d015. The mur-' dercr, who is named W. E. Sykes, is in custody, and will bo deprived of tho legacy, which will go to tho heirs of Townsend She was ail uneducated person, and arrived in New Orleans in a sailing ship in 1858, and made her money in that city. Tho following particulars aro givon of her career:—The deceased was known in the United States as Kate Townsend, but it is supposed that her real name was Kate Savage or Kate or Bridget Sun»i brignn, possibly Cunningham. She is Baid to have been born in the County of JWalerford, She went from there to Liverpool at about the age of nineteen, : and there married a sailor whose namo was supposed to bo A. Pinn, which name .was'found to bo tattooed on one of her' arms when the postmortem examination o.' her body was made, and by whom she' bad two children, It isalso said that she had a sister who married and emigrated to. tho West Indies; that,she had an aunt' in England-; that she was deserted by'' her husband; and that she afterwards' became a barmaid in Liverpool in 1858, Previous to her marriage with Pinn sbeis 1 said to have lived in London with a man named Lovo

In the United Kingdom there aro 18 ; 500 mile of iron highways, constructed at. a cost of £707,899,570, nearly the total of the national-debt. Exclusive of 699,508 season ticket holders, 654,838,295 passengers are being annually carried, besides 256,215,883 tons of uoods. The annual receipts from passengers reach and from 1 the carriage of goods, £37,740,315, the working expense 'being £36,170,436, the net' oarnins;a i' 33,206,688, and the average earnings on .capital throughout, 432 per cent. Yon Can Be Hh?py if you will stop ull your doctoring yourself and families with expensive doctors, or cure-alls that do oinly harm, and use Native's simple remedies' for all your ailments, you will then be wAiland happy and save great expense. Tho greatest remedy for this,-the'great, wise and goodwill tell you, is Hop Bitters. See THBBTABTMNO AUGMENTATION OF CASESof I klducy diseasesrecently developed, rinjont a tocsin of olai-ai to all who luvo even slightly suffered with these-; insidious complaints.. This signal should he heeded, and precautions taken against their attack, hy a speedy resort to purely diuretic and lonio remedies. Of these none are Meffectlvo, soeafo.so certain; so generally

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