The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1885. THE WORK OF THE RECESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1928, 2 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1885. THE WORK OF THE RECESS.

Will the work of the recess yield a good result.in the next session of Parliament? We fear not, as Ministers appear to be taking the wrong way to lneet the Assem-. bly with a'well-mature'd policy, embodied in carefully prepared bills. The time of the recoss has been mainly expended by Ministers in travelling about the colony. There iB hardly a town or county in New Zealand which has not received a Ministerial visit since the prorogation. That' such visits have been attended by a certain amount of benefit may be admitted, but it is evident that Ministers cannot be continually running about the country, ] and at the same time carrying on efficiently the work of their several Departments. Cabinet work, too, i 3 necessarily suspended while Ministers are scattered from one end of the colony to the other, and signs are not wanting now that thero is even disagreement between Ministers on very essential points.' Another evil of Ministers being in perpetual motion during a recess is that in the course of their travels they receive numberless deputa tiops, arid make an unlimited amount of prpmise?, yhiph have -not the remotest chance of being , fulfilled. Sir George Grey, when in office, ruined l)is reputation as an administrator by his propensity to scatter promises for all things to all men, and it will be remembered that even tljio Jjte Ministry got into curious difficulties fr.pnj #l9 jsme course. Did not Mr Dick, after a pppjilay fop, disembarrass himself of a. host of pledge? by lojing his note book in which they were recorded ? This happy expedient, however, was played out by him, and cannot well be again resorted to. The Ministry' will probably meet Parliament with a thousand and one unredeemed pledges, s?)d with a poor assortment of hastily prepared Bills. It is of course maintained that .it is a . very good thing for the various Ministers to make themselves personally familiar with all parts of the colony, but; it • appears to us that gentlemen who' aspire to hold office, should have previously acquired that knowledge as a necessary part of their political apprenticeship, We have a new team in harness, who as yet are untrained in the work of their several departments. It would have been well if they had got their work straight at headquarters before they oonjmenced to run about the colony. Their action ifl this respect poinj. to the conclusion that they anticipate an early dissolution, and that their efforts have been, directed more to obtaining political support among, the constituencies than to a wise and prudent administration of public affairs.'. The dull routine of of office and departmental work is not to their tastes, and so they have been having I a gay time of it out of Wellington. They will !iav§ a short life and a menyone.

War to the knife! befciyew the police and the sly grog-sellers of' the Wajrarap'a has prevailed for some time, but ji) almost every pitched battle the fornjer have been vanquished' To-day they sustained another defeat when they had some reason to anticipate victory. They sent a Wellington constable of a bucolic appearance to work as a navvy in the Whareama district and to board with Mr Riddle, who was suspected of evading the law. But if the police are the manager of an up-county boarding house is smarter still. There was apparently drink flowing morn, noon, and night, about the pre? raises, but the sagacious proprietor' only admitted one person at a time into his still room, so that the constable could bring no witness to corroborate the whiskies and porfcers whicli he apparently consumed at the expense of the Government, He truly said in his evidence that ho played euchre in that establishment—and lost the game.

The Treasurer of the Mapterton Hospital acknowledges the receipt of a station list of £5 5s from Messrs R. and F. Maunsell. Another tailoring firm, Messrs Greei) & Co., of Paragon House, Willis Street, Wellington, have an announcement in our advertising columns. Tenders are invited by Mr John Ray ner for falling 1000 acres of bush on the West TarataM. Lowes and lorns add to their stock a line of 400 good cross-bred maiden ewes. Mr D. Cameron, of Moroa, advertises for sale from 1000 to 1500: good, sound, Merino ewes.

The Greytown and Masterton Clubs will play a match on the Park Oval on Saturday next, wickets to be pitched at eleven o'clock. Messrs Williams &, Barker are instructed, we understand, to proceed without delay to complete the additions to to the Masterton School which were suspended since the annual meeting of ratepayers.

Messrs Lowes'and lorns held a veiy successful sale on Saturday last. They commenced by selling some bix hack horses, saddles, and bridles, all fetching satisfactory . rates, after which they sold a quantity of tanks, boilers, furniture, ,cutlery, and fancy goods. •' The Rev F. W, Isitt of Christchurch, preached'tw grand sermons yesterday to orowded congregations in tho Wesleyan Chyrch, Mastortoij,

flio Phoenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T., meets this evening at the Toinperanco Hall. ■ lii response to a requisition signed by seventy-six ratepayers,. his Worship the Mayor lias convened a public meeting k> bo held on Thursday iiext 'in tlie'-liistitute, Ht eight o'clock for the purpose of con.sidcnng tlio oxisting train arrangements. , ' Messrs Foley aiid Berkley assisted by local amateur's, including Mr Martin of venfci'iloquial fame, givo their first popular Monday. performance- to-night, in the Theatre Royal. Wo. trust they will bo well supported, as they give a genuine and clever entertainment

Messrs Lowes & lonis make, several additions to their'stock sale for Wednesday next, The fresh entries will be 500. cross-bred ewes and lambs, and a butchors' cart which is seized under a distress war--rant. The stock sale list will bs a most extensive one, embracing all classes of. sheep for breeding or fattening purposes, aiid the fact of the late rains establishing the grass should make sheep go off readily. Tlte New Zealand Rifle -Association competition will commence in Wellington on the 9th March and continue fo.ur days, The following Volunteers have entered from Mastertdn: —Captain Donald, Lieut. Wilton, Sergts. A, Matthews, McLachlan, and Dalrymple, Corpl. Kibblewhite, and Vols. Hoffeins, G. Bentley, ICummer, Bright, and 0. Matthews.. They will, no doubt, give a very good account of themselves

Mr Ford writes us follows February this year has been a favourable month for harvesting, and if the returns per acre agree with it, then, as a consequence arising from it, our farmers ought to be happy men, From the Ist to the 23rd we had the essence of fine weather, almost without a drop of rain or a cloud to hide or shelter us from Sol's fierce rays, Since the 24th the weather has been extremely fickle, rain not -only daily, but almost hourly, and it is still unsettled. Rain fell on seven days, producing a rain fall of 2,040 inches, The barometer has been remarkably high. On the 15th it stood at 30.46 inches; corrected for sea level it is 30.82 inches. The mean reading for the month is 29,89 inches. Tho mean reading for the thermometer is 59.5 Fall. We had two or three cool days about the 6th, which lowered the average for the month considerably, It was extremely hot on a few occasions, especially on the 7th and 14th; this, combined with bush burning in this locality, made it far from being pleasant, and the chango from the hot smoky weather to the damp cool weather was an agreeable change to us sedentary folks, whatever it may have been for outsiders, The wind has beon light almost the whole of the month, but very variable. Two storms ought to have paid us a visit as .foretold by Captain Edwin, but both refused to 'obey orders from Wellington. Whether an action will be taken by the weather authorities for disregard of the elements in not being obedient to orders issued from head \ye ijre not in a position to say. There is this happy consolation for us, and we are extremely thankful fpr jt they did not come, because storms are such rough customers, and thus it is we are more gratified by their absence than with their presence. Messrs Kirkcaldie & Stains in an advertisement on this page announce a new cooperative pystem which they have adopted in thejr esie)isiye drapery establishment.

We have received through the local agent'MrW..Sellar ! a very handsomely illuminated almanack, issued by the Jlutual Life Assurancei Society. The OonjnjjMieq qf the Masterton Hospital desire through oiir gqjumns to express their thanks to Jlr. Mehling for supplies of fruit from time to time to the patients during the season. Frederick Francis Roe, of Gladstone, carrier, and Joseph Creelman: of Masterton,, were, adjudicated bankrupts on their application to the Court this iqorning, and Jens Hansen of MauriceviUe was adjudicated a bankrupt at the instance of M, Caaelberg & Co, Mr W, Sellar was appointed Assignee in each estate. An information laid by Sergeant McArdle against Mr T. E. Price for perjury was adjourned from to-day till Monday next.

The Committee of the Masterton Horticultural Society are in attendance at the Council Chambers from 3 to 6 o'clock this afternoon, for the purpose of settling up the prizes awarded at the late Show.'

We remind those interested of the meeting to lje held in St. Matthew's sclioolroon) at 8 o'clock tonight to form a Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the Masterton district. The excursion trains are advertised for Friday next from tlio Wairar'apa to Wellington on that day, the magnificent R,M. S.S. Rimutaka will be open to inspection by country visitors.

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