The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1884. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1751, 2 August 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1884. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

The most sagacious political prestigators in the Colony are puzzled as to the , turn things are likely to take in the r new Parliament. It is quite understood that Major Atkinson will decline to throw up the sponge before the House assembles, It is also quite agreed that the Ministerial party is in the minority, but it is not known in what way Major Atkinson will move when Parliament meets in order to escape the checkmate which threatens him, Yery probably he has not him self decided upon his own tactics, One . secret of his prestige in the past has been the care with which he has been wont to keep himself en ramort with i/s party. He will in the present instance, we anticipate, only determine the course he will pursue after he has met his party in a caucus, and thoroughly discussed the situation. We are disposed to believe that the members of his party in any advice which, they may tender to their chief . will bear in mind the welfare of the Colony as well as their own advantage and that we may reasonably expect them to take such steps as will lead to the constitution of a strong Ministry, Almost the only means available for attaining this end is & coalition. If , the Ministerial party cannot effect one, the other alternative is to delegate the task to the most capable member of the Opposition. We believe that the interests of the Colony demand a coalition, The verdict of the people as given through the ballot box has been against extreme men and extreme measures. It favors change but does not countenance revolution. It has all but extinguished the radical party lately no prominent in the Houbo and replaced it by a more conservative element. Old party lines are now very much upset and they can only be redefined by coalition among certain members of the new Parliament who are admittedly fitted to be leaders. Major Atkinson has been reported to have been coquetting with Sir George Grey and Mr Ormond, The former alliance we regard as impossible and the latter as improbable. If Mr Ormond could givo the Ministry sufficient strength to govern the country we should not regret a coalition in this quarter, but we fear that with Sir Julius Vogel as leader of the Opposition, an Ormond-Atkinson Ministry would not have a very long existence. If, however, Major Atkinson, could succeed in arranging a coalition with both Sir Julius Vogel and Mr Ormond, a really strong Ministry would be established which would soon lift the colony out of the slough of despond in which it now languishes. Nothing less than this would be likely to satisfy the country, and if the Ministerial party cannot give us this, the sooner they make their bow and clear the stage for other actors, the better it will be for the country. A Tattersall Club is about to be formed in Wellington. An iaipudent robbery took place in Carterton on Thursday last. It appears that the Rev, Mr Bachelor, on his way from Greytown to Carterton met a man of the name of Taylor who asked him to give him a lift in his buggy, stating that he wanted to get home to his wife. Before Taylor got into the buggy, the Rev, Mr Bachelor lomoved a shawl from the teat and placed it underneath, When opposite the .Royal Oak Hotel the prisoner jumped out of the buggy and went into the house. On arriving home. Mrs Bachelor missed her shawl, and information having been given to Con- | stable Darby, he proceeded to the Royal Oak and found the shawl in possession of the prisoner. The prisoner who pleaded guilty made a rambling statement to the Court that he had been drinking and had never done auoh a thing before and > pleaded for his wife and children. Con- ! stable Darby, in reply to the Benoh, said < he bad known prisoner nine months and k he had hitherto borne a good character. ' Prisuner appeared to have been drinking hut waß not drunk, The presiding justices, Messrs Boys and Spratt in. consider- r ation of previous'good character sentenced i him. to fourteen days bard labor, In oonsequenoe of the illness of Mr Booth • audofMr Woodbeingunabletoatlend, Mr Boys proceeded with Mr Bachelor to Greytown where the case was heard, a

An addition of a drag and twelve gpoc dairy cows is made for Lowes and loroß Bale .on Wednesday next, On our back page will be found extract! from the Hon Mr Chamberlain's mtoreßt ~ ing speech on the Merchant Shipping Bill, and an article on Chicago as a wool market. An addition oi one hundred to.on< hundred and fifty prime wethers will bf offorednttheMaatertou auction sale or. .' Wednesday next, Messrß Graham & Duncan will open ir , a few da'vs the store lately ocoupied by D F. McCarthy with an entirely new Btocl of merchandise, and the remaining bankrupt stook will be cleared out at bal price. Mr W. 0, Buchanan in another oolumr. thanks the electors of Wairarapa South for the honor they havo conferred upon 'him by re-electing him as theii representative, As three candidates were nominated for the five seats in the new Tauert Koad District yesterday, viz., Messrt Hood, Miller and Wingate, they were ol course declared duly elected. The two other vacancies will no doubt be filled in due course, Owing to agents not forwarding returns Armadale informs us that hi; second drawing is postponed until tut 15th of August, on which day it will be drawn wthout fail, and agents art requested to send in blocks before thai ■ date. Mr F. H. Wood announces a sale oi valuable draught horses and carrying plant in addition to the ordinary stock sale at Taratahi next Thursday. Some private bargains are also advertised, The fire at Greytown which destroyed Mr Barnard's premises was seen in Masterton, A constable rode from here v as far as the Waingawa bridge under the impression that it was on the Taratahi. The weather, writeß our recorder, has not been so severe Ihiß week j the early part was wet and cold, and a heavy ' coating of snow was laid on the Tararua range, Rain fell on three days, producing ~ a rainfall of 650 parts of an inch. The \i mean for the barometer is 29125 inches, i and for the thermometer it is 44'5 Fab, ; The wind has been strong at times, from the south weßfc, at other times light, The ; total rainfall for last month was B'4Bo inches, very little more than one half of the monthly average for this month., The • mean for the barometer for the month is • 29.325 inches, and for the thermometer it is 46.5 Fah, It was fine 17 days, and . wet on 14 days, . Fred W. Millis appeared in Masterton for 'the first time last evening with his . " Whimsioaliijes of the Whimsical!" 0 The theatre was moderately filled, but he deserved to Ijave it crowded. It is not 9 often in performances of this character ■ that the expectations of the audience are 3 exceeded, but " Millis" certainly took 3 Masterton playgoers by surprise, and s more than satisfied them by his brilliant and varied entertainment, Before he had been two minutes on the stage he set his audience to work laughing, and he 3 kept them merrily engaged in this > exhilarating pursuit till the fall of the 3 curtain, The first part of the programme consisted of some wonderful impersona--3 tions and charaotor songs, which were simply irresistible, his troubadour in particular bringing down the house at 1 short intervals. The second part consists 1 of animated. Brum suck as have appeared i before at entertainments given in this i town by ventriloquists, but " Millis" ib j decidedly patter than anyone in this I particular work who l)as as yet visited , the Wairarapa. His local hits were very good, They inoluded the Whareama 3 scab, the Maunoeville beer, Mr WoodJ roofe's unmentionables, and a variety of t other incidents which highly amused the i house. Millis appears to have an almost j unlimited command of his voice and . facj.al muscles, and it is marvellous to ' wafcoh tl)e changes of his voice and the alterations of bis countenance. 1 His unqualified success last evening ffill ensure a orowded audience for tonight, f when an entirely new programme is to be , presented. The pianist who accompanies ) Mr Millis is an exceptionally brilliant ? player. MrCoker, he lessee, requests us to call attention to the fact that the 1 charges for admission to-night are 3s, 2s, 1 and Is, Professor Hugo has returned to Maß- ■ terton from a visit to Mauriceville, where 1 he delivered three leotures in the Scandii navjan language to good audiences, 1 A carter in the employ of Mr McKenziei • Manawatu, was the pfortunate who had ; his hand smashed by the trolley wheel , yesterday in Masterton. It appears he , caught his foot m the reins and fell, when the wheel passed over his hand. Dr Hosking, who was soon in attendance, amputated one of the fingers and bound up the other wounds, At about ten o'clock last night the Greytown firebell rang out the alarm of fire, and it was found that Mr J, Barnard's cabinetmaker shop was on , fire. When first seen the flames were right through the roof, and it was impossible to 6ave the buildipg. The Fire Brigade were very promptly on the ground, and had water laid on within three minutes of the alarm. They, however oould do nothing to save the place, which was quickly burned to the ground, They directed their strongest efforts to Save the dwelling of Mr H, Trotman next door apd wjtb. remarkable success. The shop was insured m the Colonial, but the amount is unknown. The furniture and effects were insured in the South British for £2OO, Great credit is due to the Fire Brigade and the citizens who assisted them. After soveral years experience in supplyinS watches for the colonial market, Littlejohn and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for such watches. It is only bj tho judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we are enabled to pet this want. 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