The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885. A DECIDED CHECK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 21 April 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885. A DECIDED CHECK.

We recently consented i)poi> % tyatyt which Ministers li« 4 dropped into .of travelling all over the eoptiy an.d attenf}ing to little tin-put matters that any menir bcr of the Civil Service, possessed of common sense, could have put right, His Excellency the Governor is .apparently of our opinion, for he has re-called one of the N'p.derers to his duties, as will be seen by the following paragraph taken from the Ministerial organ at the seat of Government The Hon. John Bailance, Minister of Defence, returned to town from the South yesterday, having been requested to returi} as speedily as possible, in connection with defope matters. There was no one in Wellington to take activo charge of his department;, and His Excellency the Governor was anxious that he should be in Wellington at tho present juncture. Mr Balla.nck had reached as far south as Timaru, and was i)iaij;ii)f( investigation into tho question of special settlements, but he does not now expect to lie able to resunte his enquiries until after the session." These rambles are, no doubt, very pleasant, and tend to keep off the cobwebs of the Government offices; but, unfortunately for Ministers, Sir William Jkrvois is of a practical turjj of mind, and thinks that the members of his Cabinet are not paid for holiday-making, but tljat they should attend to their business at the seat of Government. It is, perhaps, a little rough on a Minister of the Crown to be treatedlike a naughty schoolboy, and told to attend to his duties; but once His Excellency had njadc up his mind, and told Mi Bamaxce that tljo jjQverning of the Colony was something more (ieiioiifl than travelling about in State, thoro was no help for it, and the Minister had to return to his lessons. Perhaps tho other Ministers who are absent from the soat of Government will take a hint, and save His Excellency the somewhat unpleasant task of sending them a similar reminder.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Miwtortoii Diiruiigh Council takoa placo to-night, The Public Works Department invites tenders for tho construction of the Awakino bridge. Mr D. Proudfoot, the well-known contractor, has been adjudged a bankrupt at Dunedin, Mr J, G, Wilson, M.H.R, for Foxton, addressed his constituents at Johnsonville last night, and received a vote of .thanks and confidence Captain Edwin telegraphs at noon Bad weather between North-east and East and South; glass further fall, and heavy raiu within twelve hours. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Druids' Lodge will be held this evening, Tenders for the formation and metalling of ten chains in Villa St., close at 6 p.m. to-day. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce that they will sell on Saturday next a drawing room suite, piano, cutlery, etc. Tho next outward English mail via San Francisco, closes at Masterton on Saturday next. A now advertisement from the New Zealand Clothing Factory appears in another column, referring to its local branch. The old and rather unsightly post and rail fence on the Church-street front of St. Matthew's Church is about to be pulled down and re-placed by one of a more ornamental character.

Mr Justice Richmond remarked during the hearing of a case in Wellington recently, that it was unfair to expect a judge to assess the amount that should be paid, and that cases of that nature should be taken before juries. In reply to an inquiry as to whether Thursday next is a holiday we may say it is St. George's day. The English have not of late been so respectful to their patron saint as tho Scotch or Irish have been to theirs, and except that tho banks shut thoir front doors, no notice is taken of it nowadays,

While the Wairarapa farmers have good cause to congratulate themselves upon the result of the last harvest, thoso in the Sandon district complain of an almost entire failure, Tho Advocate states that the average return of wheat w ill hardly reach 15 bushels to the acre, while last year there were many paddocks that wore not thought worth harvesting, The yield of wheat in the neighborhood of Masterton this year was twenty-three bushels per acre

Before the Coptic sailed mi her last trip from London, George Townshend, a fraudulent bankrupt, was arrested. His wife and family, however, came out in the vessel under an assumed name. From instructions received from the Wellington Police Department, on the strength of a cablegram frupi t)ie Jlp|iie office, the Auckland polige boarded the Coptic, aijd disooyerod the woman on board as a steerage passenger, and succeeded in getting her to disgorge JgllOO, made up of 11 £IOO Bank of England notes,

A very serious and distressing accident happened recently at Kakaliu, near Temuka. Mr White's threshing machine was at work on Mr Kelland's land, when one of the men, named Gilbert, employed about the machine, got caught in the drum. His foot was torn completely off, pi} carried through the machinery ; his leg was frightfully lacerated. . Dr. Hayes was speedily ji) atteijijance, and performed amputation qf t|j.e 'leg Jjelqy tlfe knee, So far, tl)e patient 'progressing favourably, IJjs escape from instant death was simply miraculous, The Phconix Lodge, I.Q.Cf.T,, met last night, there being a very good attendance of members, The conoert committee handed in a balance sheet, which showed a profit on the last entertainment of £2 4s (id, which was handed over to the building fund, A committee was appointed to arrange for the next monthly entertainment, and to take steps to form a Masterton choir, to embrace members from any temperance organisation, Tho W.C.T. announced that atttye next moeting the nomination of officers would take place. Solos, choruses, readings, and reoitatjons occupied the remainder of tho evening,

The man who gues to law, remarks the Citizon, no matter how good his case, enters upon a pure venturo, He lias no certainty that he will obtain justice, and in saying so we are condemning our j udicial system, in the strongest terms, It somehow misses its object,—Take another case before the next sittings in Dunedin Qilchrist and Others v Weod. Here the judge first states that the Act itself is glaringly defective, qijd then lie adds that lie is satisfied that has come to an erroneous conclusion of law if'i the facts, but it by no means follows that because the magistrate is wrong the Supreme Court can set him right. And the judge decided, and we suppose cannot help himself, that he must uphold the magistrate's wrong decision,

I'here was ;j. really excellent house at the Theatre Rgyal'lajt jifgJjj: to witness the sixth weekly entertfihifiiept Messrs Foley and Berkley, Jjpt'pnjy was there a good programme, bqt arj additional attraction was to be found in the re-appearance of Miss Beaufort, who has, on many former occasions, delighted audiences in Masterton, The moment she stepped on the stage she was greeted with loud and flattering applause, " Jjiatcljed not Mated" is an exceedingly amusiijg pje.ce, and Miss Beaufort as Miss Gaythori), % Fijley as Colonel Berners, and Mr Berkley as Sam Qaythorn, lost no point jn it, and kepi tli'e audience in mirth from beginning to'&nd. ' Several new smigs, containing hurii/jrQus references to local mattors were by Messrs Foley and Berkley and highly appreciated. Tho concluding piece "a romance under difficulties," ivhich is usually described as a " screaming farce," was presented, the characters being taken by Miss Beaufort, and Messrs Foley, Berkley, and G, Armstrong, the latter being an amateur who is already well-known in Masterton. It passed off witlfoift a Jjitch, and created no end of merriment.. Sfe®'? Foley and Berkley are tq be congratulated yn flieir efforts to amuse the public. It is fiasy matter for then) tp proyide new an,i}' attractive programmes for gyery performance they give, and wo are glad tp gee that the public is appelating their efforts, and giving them enthusiastic support.

A narrow escape from what might liavo proved a fatal accident, occurred on one of the up country roaclß, 0110 wet and stormy night recently. A gontleman, driving his family in a buggy towards home, on turning a sharp bend in the road, leading to a giflly, across which only a narrow bridge, witliqijfc handrails was placed, perceived, within a short distance, anothor vehicle approaching at a rapid pace from the oppoaite direction. No room to pass, a. collision seemed 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 feat, and the ocoupantß were ablo to oongrf(ti)lafco each other on having had fitted, powerful' brakes, and good lamps to thoir carriages, by Muir and Dixon of the Masterton Coach Factory, who are now building all kinds of vehicles at fabulously low prices. —Advt,

Parliament will, it is believed, bo called togotliov tho First wook in June,

Tho expenso of thodofonco works of the colony arc estimated at a quartor of a million,

Tho following additional civil cases woro disposed of in tho Roßidont Magistriitea Court yesterdayJ. Pay ton & Co. v.W. JR. Watson,—Judgment summons £4; order made for payment in seven days, in default seven days' imprisonment. S. Bartlett v Herbort.—£3 7s 4d. Judgment confessed, Ohamborlain Bros v Billington.—£2Bl2s 2d, No appearance of parties; the case was struck out. Mr W, Gray, Secretary uf the Post Office at Wellington, has received a cablegram statuig that the Captain of tho Cunard steamer Palmyra reports that on March 24th in the Bay of Biscay, about two hundred miles north of Cape Finisterre, he passed a lifeboat of the Eastern Extension Cable Co.'s repairing steamer Magnetic. She was in good condition, and was fitted with masts and oars, but no sails.. There was no evidence of the boat having been occupied.' There is now but little doubt but what the steamer lias foundered at sea.

Another large, native meeting was held at Otaki last week. The Manawatu Herald says the'gathering was held to consider, among other questions, what was to be done with an old fellow who was reported to have the power of bewitching his fellow countrymen. A few days ago a young fellow took ill and died, whilst shortly before that a Native woman was assisting in the discharge of some cargo, when she slipped and fell, hurting herself internally. After lingering for some days she also died, Both these cases were reported to have been caused by the before-men-tioned old fellow, and as he was stated to have been concerned in some similar incidents twenty years ago, strong measures were advised by a section of the Natives present, who expressed the opinion that the man should be shot. Others advised his being sent back to Waikato, and this course is likely to de adopted, A report was generally current yester< day, says the Times, that Mr Barlow, brother to the well-known fruiterer, Willis-street has been lost in the fire at Te Aro House, The brothers were together x few minutes before the fire bell rang on Saturday evening, but nothing has beep heard or seen of the missing man since, Diligent search was made by the police, but up to an early hour this looming no traces had been discovered, There were some rumours'last night of organising a working party, 100 strong, to make every possible search among the debris at Te Aro House, If 20 of that number were told off for the work, and the other 80 were sent all round Wellington and suburbs, it would be much more likely to attain the desired end. Mr Barlow is well known in the Wairarapa, His relatives scarcely think he was burnt, a search having been made amongst the ruins without success.

Tlje fallowing candidates have been nominated for thethreevacant seats in the Town Lands TrustE. Feist and S. E. Gapper, by J. Wjlljams and J; PftytQn ; T. P, Gjrdwood, and A. Reese by W, Kibblewiiite and A, W, Hogg; A, W, Hogg, by A. W, Renall and J,'J, Smith; Tlios. Parsons by W, Perry and H. H. Smith. The two first named are retiring trustees. Mr W, Lowes, who also retired, was not nominated because he is absent from town, and bis nomination paper would have been invalid without his signature, The poll will be taken on Thursday, the 30th inst. our Carterton correspondent fhe prophet Mt thought of is the one who pan foretell wjiat jvjll really come to pass, find your jjir piice i? |i| such a position to do this that 1(0 can: not let the opportunity slip. On the 28fi)) qf Sfay nesfc there will be in Carterton' one of the greatest successes j)i the way of public entertainment that has takei} place for a long time, viz,, the 'annual Druids' ball, In speaking of this coming event, your prophet can give CaptainEdwin weight and a start, and beat him hands down.