The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885. THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY QUESTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1990, 14 May 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885. THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY QUESTION.

Two days ngo we were informed by cable tlml Lord Granville had announced in the House-of Lords that England and Kussia httd arrived at an nuclei standing on the Afghan boundary question which was quite satisfactory to both sides, and that the difficulty between the two countries had been practically solved. 'J his was quite satisfactory, so far as it went. . We have anxiously waited for particulars, without, however, receiving any further information whatever, although in the mean tune the motion for a vote of censure of the Gladstone Cabinet, tabled by Sir Stafford Northcote, was disposed of, On a division being taken, the Government obtained a majority of thirty, or'sixteen more than when a division was taken on a similar motion a month or two ago, We may gather from this that Mr Gladstone either made a statement on that occasion which was satisfactory to the House of Common*, or the facts are so well known at Home that they were not commented ou at all. Whatever agreement baa been come to is apparently satisfactory to tho House, otherwise there would not have been an increased majority, It seems almost incredible that the two States should so suddenly have come to an understanding. Iheie is, of course, no doubt that there is, or was, a piece of country in dispute, and we have hitherto been led to believe that Russia was determined to hold it, and that England was as determined not to give it up, Then cmiie the proposal to refer the matter to arbiinuioii, the negotiations in connection with which were cut short by the agreement, referred to in JKeuter's message, We have, as already. stated, a cerium amount of proof that England is satistied in the result of the last division, but as far as Kussia is concerned, we kuow nothing, except that her representatives have expressed themselves content. Is it not probable that when Kussia found that England- and her Colonics throughout tho world were determined to light, she considered discretion the better part of valor and limited her claims to such a line that England was satisfied? Such a solu don seems, at any rate, highly probable. Since the above was in type we have received important news upon the subject. It now appears that Mr Gladstone considered it necessary to point out in'the ; .House of Commons that Lord Granville had qualified his statement, and that the agreement come lo would have to receive the sanction of the Czar. -In how far; the Gladstone Ministry .believe iuthe settlement is shown by the announcement that the fortifications of Herat are to be proceeded with, and that a sum of five millions is to be expended in the fortifications of the frontier This looks decidedly unsatisfactory.

If a telegram received by us to-day can bo trusted, a now section bf'tho Biitisli army lias been formed. The message rolates to tho Soudan war, and states that part of nn expedition made against the Arabs consisted of "camelry."

There is trouble in the Salvationists' camp at Napior. Tho local captain an-, nounccd one evening that his salary was only 25s a wcok. The treasurer of the corps could not allow this S'atcment to pass unchallenged, since his books showed tliat the gallant captain was receiving'sßs wcokly. .A report has been-forwarded to Major Pollard, commanding the district, and a court-martial will probably foilpiV" Maori women would evidently niako better' football players than spectators. At.the football match yesterday, one of the Red Stars got across the line with the ball, and much to his astonishment was met by a stout old dame, who flourished an umbrella, which she laid about him with considerable force. Of course, tho juvenile was soon out of reach of the gairey Gamp, though the imprecations which were uttered followed him for some distance,

The Masterton Park Trustees met yesterday afternoon at the Institute. Pre-sent,-Messrs Payton (Chairman), Feist, Vile, and Boddington. The minutes'of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the Treasurer reported a credit balance; of three shillings. Mr Ingram, the ranger reported that a mob of sheep had either been let out of the Oval or had escaped from it, and they had damaged some of tho shrubs. The attentionof the Cricket Ground Committee was drawn to his report, the Trust holding this Committee responsible for any sheep placed on the Oval. It was resolved that the extra £lO recently voted by the Town Lands Trust be expended in cleaning and trimming the trees in the Park. An informal expression of opinion in favor of setting apart a portion of the .Park for football was given, but in the absence of a promised deputation from the football club no action was taken in this direction.

The return match between the juvenile Red Star Football Club and a team consisting of Maori boys took place on the Park Oval yesterday afternoon, but came to an abrupt termination after about a quarter of an hour's play. The Red Stars kept tho ball continually in their adversaries' quarters, and this apparently provoked them into the most unseemly conduct, which culminated when one of the Red Stars secured a try. In bringing out the ball he omitted to make a mark on the line, and the Maoris very properly collared him forthwith. A severe scrimmage ensued, which ended in a fight between a Maori bystander and the Red Star umpire, during which a member of the Masterton Football Club very properly marched the Red Stars off. the held. It is to be regretted that such a disturbance ensued, for hitherto, the two sides have been on the best of terms, and there was a prospect of many good matches being played between them. At present it appears extremely improbable that the two juvenile teams will meet each other again.

The local option poll for the borough of Masterton was taken yesterday, and as already stated, created a considerable amount of excitement. A large proportion of those whoso names appear on the burgess roll recorded their votes, but only single votes being allowed, the number naturally does not look so large as at other times. The town was carefully canvassed, especially by the Temperance party, and the streets had a very busy appearance with the number of buggies that were continually moving about. Towards the close of the poll both sides expressed themselves pretty confident of victory, and a deal of good-natured banter was indulged in on that account. About half past six o'clock the Returning Officer made, his appearance, and announced the following result:—ln favor of additional publican's licenses 130; against, 77. In favor of New Zealand wine licenses, 106; against 67; The decidedmajority was a surprise to. both, parties, for although those in favor felt pretty confident of success, they expected to have very little to spare. The real question at issue was not so much whether the public was in favor of new licenses being granted, as whether a house recently erected by Mr H, Sullivan, a license of account of which has already been applied for, should be opened or not,

Messrs Lowes and lorns had a large attendance at theirsale yesterday. Some 100 head of cattle, SOOO sheep, several horses, 30 pigs, a quantity of poultry, and a large assortment of agricultural implements, were set before the public, all lines selling under the hammer, with the exception of about 1000 ewes, most of which were sold afterwards. Heavy four-year-old beef brought L 7 2s 6d; three-year-old do, Lslos and Lslss; two and a half year old store steers, 01s; yearlings 325; store cows, from 50s to 00s; dairy cmvs, 82s (id to 00s; prime heavy wethers 13s; small fat wethers, 9s Od; good stores 9s; good Romncy Marsh lambs in the wool, Os 2d, Os 3d, and 7s 2d; inferior do 4s Od to 5s Od; culled lambs, 2s Od to 3s; cross-bred breeding ewes, 4s fid to ss; old ewes, 2s to 4s; merino owes, Is Od ; rams, from 10s to 20s; horses, to L 7 ss; pigs, small, 5s Od to 7s 3d, and stores 10s to lis. A long list of agricultural implements, principally Reid and Gray's, oxcited keen competition, all lines selling.

The Faust Family, which is announced to appear at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next, is spoken of in our exchanges as a wonderful company of gymnasts. They have received the'most ilattering notices, and the Melbourne Bulletin, which publishes a wood-cut showing them in a group, says:-"From the Faust pen, the eldest son, the accomplished and beautiful daughter Louise, down to the petite baby girl just able to toddle, it would be a difficult task to over-estimate the merits of tho Faust performances. They are decidedly unique of their kind, and beyond comparison the best exhibitors of gymnastic skill we have yet seen. No one who has witnessed their .marvellous risley and violin performances, or their grand display of classical statuary, will deny their title to rank among the most highly accomplished of gymnastic artists." With such a recommendation from the largest centre of population in the colonies they should find crowded houses in the Wairarapa. The despised, not to say detested, rabbit, seems likely to save his good name after all, says the Evening Press. . The Honorable Robert Campbell, by way of encouraging rabbit catching on his Otekeike estate on the Waitaki, recently sent 200 frozen rabbits to London. They fetched a shilling each inLeadenhall market, and yielded a net profit of 5d each. The rabbits were cleaned, but not skinned, before being frozen. The skins are worth U each so that the profit on rabbit catching was just doubled by the operation, Mr Campbell hopes by this experiment to induce his cwn men, and small settlers in the neighbourhood, to catch rabbits as a means of increasing their earnings, and he has offered to undertake the trouble of having them frozen and dispatched to London with his own shipments of mutton, If this price of a shilling each can be depended on for large numbers, it may actually happen that great tracts of poor country-will prove to be more profitable under rabbits than under sheep. At all events, it will enable the settlers in rab-bit-infected districts to make something out of the pest beyond the wretched pittance that can be got for the skiia

The Masterton'Tent 1.0. R. meets tonight. . Visitors to-' Wellington are requested by the proprietors to take a look in at "His Lordship's Larder."

Mr F. H. Wood announces his next monthly stock sale at the Taratahi for the 28tli inst. Ho also announces an oxtensivo sale of goods to bo held at Greytown ou tho 23rd. .

• At the annual meeting of shareholders in the Colonial Insurance Company held at Wellington"yesterday,-!), dividend of. 10, por .cent for'tho' pastyear was declared. :A. poll will be taken on . !the:ist June for the. election of two' auditors for the Borough of Mristortoh.-' Nominations must be lodged with . the, Returning Officer by noon of the 21st-inst, ■ - A correspondent from Martinborough writes: "Is'Masterton such a healthy locality that the Trustees are obliged to Jay poison on the Cemetery .reserve to hasten death ?" The nomination of candidates for the representation of Oam'aru in the House, took place yesterday.. The candidates proposed were' Lord Reidhaven, the defeated candidate at the last election, and Mr T. W, Hislop, former member of the House. The show of hands was in favorof Mr Hislop. A poll was demanded by Lord Reidhaven. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers and School Cadets are commanded to parade in front of the Courthouse at 10.30 a.m. on the 25th inst. (Queen's Birthday) and march with the other Corps of the district to Mr R, MoKenzio's paddock, where the quarterly inspection will take place, A buggy employed in the interests of the '-'noes" in connection with the local option, poll yesterday came to grief. The driver left his seat for a few moments, and the ponies drawing the vehicle immediately took advantage of the slack rein and ran at their best speed towards the Club Hotel stables. On turning in at the gate one of .the wheels struck a post and was broken. Altogether the damage done will cost LIS or L2O to repair.

"Some amusing exposures," says the Auckland Star of the 7th inst.,"are expected to crop up in a court case in one of our country districts, in which a hotelkeeper is charged with a breach of the Licensing Act by supplying three persons with liquor last Sunday evening, the said persons not being bona fide travellers or lodgers. The defence is said to be that the three gentlemen alluded to were churchwardens of the adjoining church, and that instead of having been supplied with liquor by the landlord, they were simply engaged in consuming the remains of the Sacramental wine." If statements of this description amuse some people, they are certainly calculated to disgust others,

The following letter from Mr, 11, A. Stratford, thenewll.M. in the Wairarapa, is published in the Grey River Argus of theTthinstant:—"Masterton, Wairarapa, 29th April, 1885.-Dear Sir—l have this clay received from Dunedin a very handsome marble clock, referred to in the illuminated address so artistically and beautifully engrossed by Mr, Pentelow, and to which is subscribed the names of manyfriends to whom, with yourself; I wish most sincerely to convey my warm appreciation af she good feeling displayed in the handsome gift and flattering testimonial that accompanied it. Please tell each one as you see him that the clock is on my sittingroom mantelpiece, and the testimonial (with his signature thereon) suspended over the former, will engrave on my memory tho kindly disposition that actuated him to join heartily with others in publicly recognising my efforts to be true and just in all my dealings, With kind regards, believe me, dear sir, yours very faithfully, H. A. Stratford.—J.G. Thomas, Esq., J.P., Mayor, Greymouth. P.S.—There is a silver plate let into the marble, and on it is engraved—'To H. A. Stratford, from his Greymouth friends. May justice continue.—lst January, 1885."'

In announcing tliat Mr Roydhouse had been joined by Mr E. Wakefield, M.H.R., in the proprietory of the Evening Press, that journal says:—The proprietors propose to make it their primary object to supply the public with news; not merely bare outlines of passing events, but the best information to be obtained on all subjects of public interest. They aim, next, at rendering the Evening Press a powerful, because an independent and trustworthy, organ of public opinion, It is to be the instrument of no party, no clique, nt» institution; but it is to discuss public questions of all kinds with the utmost freedom and impartiality, neither biased by favor nor deterred by fear, its columns will be ever open for the ventilation of genuine grievances, and the remedying of substantial wrongs. Rich and poor, learned and simple, high and low, —nil classes shall receive justice and courtesy at our hands, without distinction, and without prejudice. Above all, no private or personal considerations regarding any individual shall be allowed to interfere with the discharge of our duty as a public newspaper. Finally, we contemplate furnishing the public with a constant succession and variety of entertaining and instructive reading on all sorts of topics. In this age of enlightenment and widespread education, no subject that is fit for any honest man or woman to study, is unlit for the pages of a newspaper.

As Mr Clay's son was driving along Park Road, at Carterton yestesday evening in his buggy, for some unknown cause his horse commenced kicking, and the front of the buggy began to fly to pieces. Young Clay, thinking that he had a just cause to keep clear of tho horse's heels, jumped out at tho hind part of the buggy and let the horse go his own way, which he did with the utmost vigour. He came tearing up Park Road, down Main Streetaudmade for Mr Lindop's Chemist's shop and there the buggy came in contact with a post and tore it clean out of the ground, the sudden jerk turning the buggy upside down. But the animal, not minding this, made for the barber's shop, and finding something more attractive there, he allowed the barber to stop his career. Neither the horse nor harness had suffered by the freak, but tho buggy is a complete wreck. The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospi' tal acknowledges the receipt of the follow" ing subscriptions :-M. Caselberg and Co L 5 ss,W.G.BeardL3 3s, T.G.Mason L2 2s, James Macara L2 2s, J. C. Boddington LI Is, W. Lowes LI Is, J. lorns LI Is, C. P. Gawith LI Is, Mrs Wagg LI Is, W. Neil LI Is, Muir and Dixon LI Is, E. Feist LI Is, Walter Perry LI Is, John Graham LI Is, J. B. Keith LI Is, Henry H. Smith LI Is, A. R, Bunny LI Is, T. E. Price LI Is, G. Fannin LI Is, J.PaytonLl Is, A. Elkins LI Is, H. Sullivan LI Is, H. Thomson LI, R. M. Galloway LI, R. Brown LI, Jesse Herbert LI, L. J. Hooper LI, Williams and Barker LI, James Thompson 10s 6d, E. McEwen 10s Gd, W. Bell 10s Od, C. Smith 10s fid, J. Elliott 10s Gd, Wickerson and Wagland 10s Gd, Hans Petoraon 10s 6d, J. Williams 10s Gd, R. Gant 10s Gd, James Ross 10s Gd, Walter Smart 10s Gd, G. Dixon 10s Od.

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