The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1885. FURTHER MINISTERIAL UTTERANCES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 18 April 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1885. FURTHER MINISTERIAL UTTERANCES.

it 4E , The people of Auckland are a strange and I eccentric crew. When Sir George ; s Grey raised the ay of Liberalism they !- rallied around him almost to a man, il Latterly they have come to the conclusion that there is a good deal of nonsense about II the old man and his politics, and many of :- them have relapsed into their old ways 11 and habits of thinking, There is, however, a remnant which styles itself the Auckland Liberal Association, and still professes to cling to the old standard, How they do this is not a little amusing.

In the first place they invited Sir Julius Vogel, who, it will bo remembered, once Btood for n seat in the House of Commons in the Conservative interests, tospcakbeforea public meeting, and then ( in appreciation of,'his utterances, they.presented him ■with an address, Latterly, the Premier, Mr Sioui, who has- always professed to be 1 an extreme Literal, has visited Auckland, and he too was at once requested to address a public meeting under the auspices of the Association, •■■►Mf'-'S'rouT complied, and made another spjecch, in which ho still further unfokled'tlie*)wlicy of the Government. We do not',,"of course, find fault with him- for doing so, becauso we think that while a Minister, in speaking to the public, confines himself to purely political and legislative questions, he is rendering a service to the electors of the colony by giving them an insight into the views of the Government. But we do think the action of the Auckland Liberal Association extremely inconsistent and ridiculous. However, Mr Stout did address them, and his utterances are undoubtedly of greater import, ance than the haziness of those who induced him to speak, It is extremely satisfactory to leavn that Mr Stout is of opinion that the Government cannot venture to interfere with private rights in the resumption of lands alienated by the Crown, without undermining public confidence and the national credit, He did not mention that an enormous loan would be necessary to oarry out such a scheme, The question of taking such a step was freely discussed by many so-called liberal members during the last Parliament, in which Mr Sioux did not hold a seat, and it will be a disappointment to them to find that their present leader is not with them on this important question, If anything could breed a revolution in If ew Zealand it would undoubtedly be an attempt to cancel freehold titles that have been issued to men who understood that their rights would not bo interfered with, Mr Stout is very emphatic on the question of education, and as he jsjn ex-schoolmaster, it may be pre6umed that he hag studied the subject. It is curious to find that while one section of liis party advocates that teaching in standards higher than the fourth should be paid for, the Premier is in favor of havjng the higher schools as free as the common whoohj, Like Sir Julius Vooel he advocates the conservation #f forests, but, like him also, hesuggestsnothingpraojtical, nor .does it appear that his Government hajj us yejy fflken a single step towards making forest reserves, ]>, is a pity tjiut Mr Sipur cannot, separate religion from. »()ljtjj!», Ho has not delivered a single address singe fhe pro, rogation of Parliament without bringing up the subject, apparently forgetting that lie [a pot at the head of the Government to effect social reforms. Taken as a whole the speech appears to have beoij a good one, nearly all tho subjects being new, though they were not by any means

numerous,

THI BAILWA? TJP.-TABLE.

Mr Caselberg, as Mayor of Masterton, has received a letter from Mr J, P. Max. well, General Manager of Railways, informing him that a reply had been forwarded to Mr 0, Beeeham who introduced the deputation which waited upon him with regard to the alteration of the railway tune tabic, to the effect that the Hon the Minister of Public Works " did not see his way, at present, to make any alteration in the time-table, the balance of opinion in the district, so far as could be ascertained, being in favor of the present times, but that the matter would be reconsidered should it be found that a change was generally desired," Tho letter, jt will be seen, is more openly worded than ppyernnient communications usually are, We are, for instance, !' given to understand that an attempt has been made to ascertain public opinion in the district, and that much having been admitted, we have now a right to know how that was made, and by whom. So far a$ we know, public opinion upon the subject has fpuiifi up expression except in Masterton, whero a public meeting unanimously decided that a change in the hour of departure of the afternoon train should be made, The subject it is true, came before the Wairayapa West County Council on a motion by Cr Phillips, to the effect that no change was desirable, but it was no,t oyen seconded, so that it may be taken for granted jtljat jbhp .opinion of the representative? ,of the peopje jnjtjfat portion of the district lying nearest to Wellington is really in favor of a change, Jf np information is vouchsafed upon this important question, we shall be forced to believe that private influence has beon at work to defeat the just claims of the district, It will now be the duty of the Committee appointed at the public meeting, to consider the letter, and, if possible, to appoint a deputation to wait upon the Hon. the Minister of Public Works. They should have but little difficulty in proving that the Minister has been misled, and if so, they will Btand a fair chance of gaining their point, as the concluding portion of Mr Maxwell's letter contains a distinct promise that tjje mat: ter would then be re-omißidered,

The wholesalo price of eggs in Masterton is quoted at 2s 3d per dozen to-day, The annual meeting of the Greytown Town Lands Trust was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday night, Mr F. H. Wood in the chair. The report and balance sheet as read, were adopted. Messrs W. Skeet and L, St. George were elected auditors. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting closed. Messrs Bright and Cuff retiring from the Trust, causes two vacancies, for which nominations close on the 23rd of this month, and if necessary a poll will be taken on the 30th.

It has been arranged to hold the next Fire Brigade competition at Napier.

At the last licensing election at Norse-. wood,,a vote was recorded by a man who represented himself as Rowland Williams, who was recently hanged. Other irregularities having also been discovered, the election has been declared void. William Thome, .a draper at Parnell,' Auckland, died suddenly yesterday morning. He exclaimed, "1 have taken powder," and after a few spasmodic struggles died. It is supposed that he poisoned himself. It is proposed to erect a grand hotel in Wellington, and a company with a' capital of £20,000 is being formed for' the purpose.

The Greytown Fire Brigade, under command of Sub-lieutenant Gardner, held a capital wet practice on Thursday night. After emptying several wells, and washing a house or two, the Brigade were dismissed.

The concert, hold in the Foresters' Hall, Groytown, on Thursday night, for the benefit of tho Cricket Club, was not, numerically speaking, such a success; as we anticipated. The audience, though small, was very appreciative, ■ Before the conceit commenced the Greytown Private Band played tbe following selections outside the Hall:--" Arline," (Polka), "Mon aMour," (waltz), "Only a Pansy blossom," (March), " Wait till the clouds roll by," (March), Tho first item on the programme was the overture " Peirrot" by the band which was played in first clsss style, and received a good round of applause. Then camo a Trio by the Udy brothers "A little Farm" which also received a good amount of applause. The third item on the programme was a Pianoforte duet by the Misses Gallagher, and was was well received, the young ladies narrowly escaping an encore, The next song was rendered by Mrs J. Hume, and it fairly brought down the house, and " Coming through the Rye was given in respqnse, and was again much applauded. .Mr Black then sang, "The Soldier's Grave," accompanied on the Piano by Miss Bowler, Jf we say that lie sang in his usual style, and reoeived great applause it will be quite sufficient, Miss Bowler next played a Pianoforte selection and was obliged to respond to an enthusiastic engore, !< Sooner or Ljiter," a waltz by the Banjj, was played in tlmjr usual Style. A song, " gmyn Jell," by Mr P. JJ, Wfl'oi, receiyeg a good round of applause, Jfr H, |Jdy ftertjus) came next wjth a song '■ Our Jack's gome hop to-day," .and recejve.4 a gppd' round of applause, as did a cornet duet by Messrs Varnham and Udy, Miss Bowler gave another of her ohoioe geleafiiqns., whiph was well received, The gem of the evening, "Caller flerrin," by Mrs Hume, accompanied by Miss Bowler on the piano, received a decided encore, and in response she sang "Thy ypice," A Polka, which was played by tho Band, brought tho first part of the programme to a olose, and the hall was cleaved for dancing, which was kept up at a pretty lively pace for about two hours. Mr Wood, who occupied the Chair for the concert, filled the office of M.0., and all thoroughly enjoytd themselves, the qnly fault found being that the danco was i)q£'|( ent up \M onough, The cricketers will not make a big f 'ha||l" gijfc of the concert, but will liavo the pleasure of saying they gave every satisfaction to ilpe who were present, Mrs Hume, and MJBsos %vlev and' Wood played most (jf the'music for dancing, the piano'for the occasion being'kindly 'lent' by tlie. farmer, '" ""'-' ' ''•" "" '■'

Something noaviy approaching a breach of the peace occurred in the MeJhqurhe Law Courts a fow days ago, Mr jifagdermott and Mr Purves, both well-known "cntlemen of the long robes, had a personal altercation, in tho course- of which the former .(Mr McDerm'ott) referred to Mr Purves' Tasmanjan extraction, to which Mr Purves replied in Very impojitn language, and expressed a regret that Mv McDermotfc's age prevented him from indieting personal chastisement, Mr Mac'.TWmnff. ratnrfarl fliot lio li„J „ „ l.:„l.

■i/Brijpt retorted that he had a very high respect for Mr Puryes' father, for whom he had gone a fayqr 'whjofy he would be sorry to do for the son. *' \yiiat wajj that?" domanded Mr Pu'rveji, ,! 'j jnt;ioduoed him into respectable aooioty," was the crushing reply. Afterwards Mr MacDermott's son waited on Mr Purves and intimated that he was quite ready to stand iip It)® pynntis in the matter of receiving pergonal ql}asfc|sqineirfc, A fight was averted with some difficulty. J|r'Magl)Brmflt(i practised in Dpcdjn a few years agq, and when any gage to bejng heard, in which he was engaged, f.he £!onrfc-rpom was crowded with auditors, the passage, a] arms between him and the other gentle,iw of the robe being the source of a graet deal of amiisemgnfc, The execution of a distress warrant in. a shop in Queen-street caused not a little excitement yesterday evening, The bailiff was put into possession without much difficulty, but when tho unsuspeoting tenant, who had gone out for refreshment, returned and found the door locked, 1$ contributed towards the enjoyment of tlio small crowd that had gathered by kicking open the door, Qnoo inside, he olainied that he was in possession, and tried to ignore the warrant, though the fact that he stuffed his pookets full of the most valuable articles he could lay his hands upon did not by any means show that he acted as ho thought, -After keeping company with tho bailiff for somo time he became thirsty, and induced an acquaintance to go for a bottle of beer, mliich he .was, however unable to get into the shop, as the bailiff ])a<| possession of tho door, and would now allow it to be opened on account of the crowd whioh had gathered outside. While the messenger was standing about, uncertain what to do.abystanrlcr adroitly smashed thebottle with astono,andinhis turn, had a narrow escape of being hit on the head with the bottom of the vessel, much to the delight of the spectators. A diversion was caused by a burly navvy, who, being deaf, could not understand the explanations of the proceedings that were tendered him, and offered to figljt anyono who dared tq Interfere with the tenant, The offer of a liquor, however, proved too tempting, and he left the scene, Eventually the claim was acknowledged by the tenant, in so farthathoga\o up articles which were supposed to be of sufficient value to cover the claim, and expenses inourred, and the bailiff was there upon withdrawn,

Paikakariki, for years a bare sand hole, with no buildings worth mentioning, except an apology for an hotel, must be an exceedingly lively place at present, Aa the north-west trunk road reaches the beach at that spot, and hundreds of navvies are camped in its neighborhood, it has sprung into sudden importance. Not a week passes without furnishing one or more interesting item of news from that place, If one navvy does not quite succeed in killing another, his mate gpes and steals a watch, and the occurrence furnishes matter for inquiry in the law courts, In a more respectable way, a local storekeeper finds it convenient to allow his goods to mysteriously disappear just about the time a bailiff is on his way from Wellington, and then again there is matter for magisterial .investigation. Boarding-houses there seem to be in plenty, but it would be difficult to ascertain whether the majority of their owners Bee their temporary castles vanish in smoke and flame, or seek solace, in the Bankruptcy Court. The latest news from that neighborhood is that another boardinc-hoiise has been burnt down,

: Mr Wrigley's Empire Furniture house will b'o'oporicd to-night.

The Rev. Isaac-Jolly, M.A., late of New Plymouth,: will conduct the servic in the Presbyterian Church to-mprrsvfe ""'

Tho adjourned meeting of the Institute Committee which was to have been held last night lapsed for want of a quorum, only Messrs Hare, Muir, and' Papwortli, being present.

Mr Gardener, of the Criterion Store, Carterton, is just opening up a very large consignment of Winter articles, clothing blankets, Rugs, and drapery. His stock of boots is also tho cheapest in the market : : '

A meetingof thoMastortonFreethought Association will be held at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, • There will be songs readings and . recitations. The Masterton String, band will also assist.

The Standard states that Mr Black, of the Greytown Post Offico, has been selected to go as mail agent by the next San Francisco steamer. The trip is an exceedingly pleasant one, especially as several days are allowed at the terminus of the line,

A handsome wedding cake is onvie'win Mrs Clayson's shop to-day. It consists of four tiers, which are tastefully decorated, the whole being surmounted by orange blossoms. We understand that the oake has been ordered for a young lady who is well known in Masterton. A cheap excursion train will run to Wellington on Thursday next. As this will probably be the last of the season, those who wish to visit the Empire City should not miss the opportunity of doing so at reduced rates.

MrH. A. Stratford, R.M., took his seat for the first time on the Masterton bench this morning, when three drunk were brought up before him, One of these was discharged, and the remaining two were mulcted in 5s each, with the alternative pf twenty-four hours' imprisonment

A horse belonging to Mrs Oqnipton ran away with a milk cart at 9,30 this morning, and, keeping the centre of the road, went olear of everything fpn Nell's stables until it reached its home on the Manaia, The lad in charge was just ajymfc to get on the vehicle 'when the horse started qff. The damage done was trifling

Mr A. L. White, pf Carterton, has just completed fitting up a very comfortable (lining l'qonj whfoh his, increased business demanded. The cpnyenjejice "andcpmfoi't of his custpmers. lias/been studied in every separate for ladies pr family parties, % Wlryte's Balfqry business. 13 very extensive, At present he converts into bread every week, a ton and a half of flour, and he has convenience for doing a muoh larger trade, should tho demand arrive.

Mr Ford writes this morning :-Most of the past week has been fine and frosty, On Wednesday night we had a yellow sunset, a.ni on Friday night rain fell heavily, producing a rainfall, as. regaled by rain guage at 8 o'olook this morning of 1.170 inch, The mean reading for the barometer is 30.44 inches On Sunday it recorded the very high reading of 30.61 inches. I have no record during eleven ypars of such a high reading in New Zealand Gorjiepted' to p']eyel it is 30,9? inohes, The wind is veering 'from east to north; if it should go round to west, and then south-west,'we may'expect a continued heavy rain.

An exchange says tho temporary wave of prosperity whioli pnssetj over Auckland v XT 'W '¥l sP°!f 8? ft"d iett tjiajt ergt-wlnle brisk and flourishing city, i'f li!l accounts, be true, in a state of deplorable depression. su.t a' yew' ago, and hundreds were Hooking to Auckland in search of that employmonfc which they had found so difficult of attainment in the less-favoured South; but now the Northern city numbers her unemployed by tho hundred, Tilß difitvCM M)Qf!g t]}e npem. ployed is stated to bo very great, and so difficult is it to got employment of anv kind, that no leas than 95applicants came foward in response to an advertisement for a store hand within an hour's time of |% advertisement coming'out.' The influx (jt people' into Auckland' a year agq created a temporary" time 'of paperl'ty, and now the reaction leaves it worse off than it was before.

It will probably be interesting to those who occasionally indulge in an excess of liquor, and are locked up, to know how to know jiow they wjll bo deajt with in the Wairarapa in'the fi|tu,ro/ 'fhere we.l'e three cases of drunkenness brought befqro Mv ?. A, Stratford, R.M., this IWMIg, In (MR of these the acoused had been lqckd qp tweqty-.fqur. hours, which was deemed sufficient punishment, and he was discharged. In the other two, the offender* were eaplifingd.' 5s with tho alternative nflwentyrfpp hours' jni: prisonmenti but as they had already been In tho lockup for sixteen hours, they were ordered to he discharged in eight hours It goes without Baying that, as'noarly all drunkards in the district belong to tho loafing fraternity, the fines imposed will generally be "taken out." The practice of Mr Wardellwas to count the term of imprisonment from the hour of giving his decision.

0 Members of the Masterton-Mangahao Special Settlement Association are reminded that an important special general meeting of members takes placo to-night, At the general meeting of members recently held it was decided by a substantial majority to accept an offer for the survey of the block of land obtained from the Government, and it is now sought to upset the resolution then agreed to for reasons with which, wo believe, members are already well acquainted, If it is qV cided to reyerßQ the decision of tho pre vlous meeting, members will experience considerable delay, and incur additional expense, as has already been shown. All tho circumstances connected with tho subject to be discussed have been placed before members in such a manner that there can be little doubt as to the facts, and there is really not much room for argument upon them, If it is resolved that the decision arrived at shall be reversed then the sooner the Association completes its own death stroke by converting itself into aspeoiesof Bedlam, the better will it be for members,

The Bixth entertainment of the season takes place at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening, when Messrs Foley and Berkley will appearassisted, by Miss Beaufort (Mrs Smythson), an old and deservedly favored performer in Masterton. A first class programme is submitted. A narrow escape from what might have proved a fatal accident, occurred on one of the up country roadfl, one wet and stormy night recently. A gentleman, driving his family in a buggy towards home, on turning a sharp bej]d in the road, leading tq a gujly, across which qnlyn narrow hr-idge, without iiandi-ails WW placed,, perceived, within a short distance, another vehicle approaching at a rapid pace from the opposite direction. No room fa pass, a collision aoemed inevitable, But the drivers of the two conveyances were equal to the occasion and with admirable presence of mind applied their brakes, bringing the horses to a standstill within a few feet, and the occupants were able to congratulate each other on having had fitted, powerful brakes, and good lamps to their carriages, by Muir and Dixon of the Masterton Coach Factory, who are now building all kinds of vehicles at fabulously low prices,,

The Minister of Publio Works has proceeded to Auckland and Kaipara, ~ A. Christiansen, of the Upper spaki, notifies that trespassers on "his land will be prosecuted. The Tehder'-bf MrW, H. Parker ha been accepted by the Course .Committee of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club. Captain Edwin telegraphs at 1.30 -to clay:—Bad weather between South-eas-and South and West; glass further fait and more rain, Wind will continue; backing, . J,.'

On reference to Mr F. H. Wood's-ad-vertisements in another column it:will be, seen that he considerable : additions to his next monthly stock sales. at the Taratahi and > Southland remains,; par excellence', the place for fires in New'Zeiiland, and-if all the-risks in that district had ; ;been taken by one Insurance Company, it would have been ruined long j agp.v:; Yesterday the residence of asawmiller was' burnt down, the Insurances amounting to £7OO, Constable Darby has been very busy taking down the names of young men who come under the heading of first class militia at Carterton writes our own correspondent. I think he has got them all in the township and now he is in the country distrlots. He made a visit to Mr Buchanan's station (Tupurupuru) the day and succeeded in getting quite a small army. ~

For some time past Wanganui has held a peculiar reputation on account of the extraordinary number of lunatics which it exported to Wellington, Latterly, hawever, the number has fallen off, and the last that was sent down was declared to be perfectly sane by medical men,in Wellington, It has,.however, broken out in another line, for we notice that within the last month it lw furnished no less than four diyorce cases. The long spell of fine weather which we hayeex.periencedca.me to anend last night. Shortly after sunset a thin film of clouds came up from the north-east, and spread over the sky, gradually thickening' find lowering, Just before midnight a light rain commenced to fall.' This also increased very steadily, until at sunrise it came down almost in torrents. The w\nd still remains north-east, and the atmosphereisnotatalhyintiy.

The Auckland Star commenting on the precedence given, to Wellington jn the matter of defences, says:—"lt just strikes us that Auckland has been treated a little cavalierly by the defence authorities. Is the safety of the collection of rujnaua.galvanised iron shed.B, atPqrfc JfichoWtobe gqnajdered, while the niaguifiqent city 0 f Aw&M> with its immense wealth in property and bullion, flying unprotected? So far as the North Island is concerned, at any rate, 'Auckland is New Zealand' and is deserving of the first, consideration," This is severe on the Empire oity, The following letter from the general manager of railways has been received by Mr Caselberg, Mayor :-"Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter-of the font,, respecting; alteration of the time of departure of tho midday train from Masterton, - and in reply thereto to inform you that the reply forwarded by the Hon. the Minister of Public Works on the 24th ult. to Mr G. Beetlmm, who introduced them, lyas, to the eftect that l)e did/nqt o,eo h> w-ay at present tq inake the alteration in the time table, tjio oalaruje of opinion in tho district ao far as' could be ascertained, being in favor of the present times; but that the matter would be reconsidered should it be found that a change was generally desired. I hayo the jipnor to he, Sir, your obedient servant,"!' P. Maxweli,' " ''-■'