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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1782, 8 September 1884, Page 2

The defeat of the Government candidate for the Chairmanship of Committees proves the fact already pretty well ascertained'that the Stoot-Tooel Ministry are in a decided minority,. It does not follow from this that their doom is sealed and that their execution' will take place immediately. The House is tired of; useless Ministerial changes and if the Stodt-Yooel Ministry will keep quiet they will be allowed to retain the sweets of office till next session comes round, <

The Waipoua meeting of Saturday evening was an extremely interesting record of the experiences of old settlers on the vagaries', of floods and the best 1 means of dealing with then, We can-

i not;,' • avoid ■■ Wondering 4ii&t inen' whoknow so touch . about river conservation should have ; done so little .in . the past. If the old settlers;of-twenty, or ■ evon. ten'-years ago, had spent a few pounds' on . planting the town. - bant, of with', willows wo should now have a Cheap, efficient. and permanent protection against floods;" Possibly' ten years hence Masterton residents will wonder why we of to-day instead of talking so much about the floods did not,adopt' SStfe.'iduiplr inexpensive remedy; of/this character. ' A willow plantation would- be' a' protective work that would sui.t. pur idiosyncracy for it would we were sleeping, We trust that'the-flood of last week wilj teach us a lesson that we are in a measure;'the',' victims of our own carelessness and negligence.