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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2046, 20 July 1885, Page 2

TflEadmission of a poor demented being to an asylum appears to be surrounded by as much red tape as all other matters in which the Government or Government officials have a say. Not long ago, a patient was forwarded from the Wairarapa. All the forms had been duly complied with, but because seven days had been allowed M elapse since the certificate was signed, admission was refused. We can, of course, see that it is necessary to limit the time during which such a certificate shall remain in force, for were there i:o limit, persons might occasionally lose their liberty on the production of an obsolete document. But it is hardly likely '.bat a period of seven days would prove sufficient to bring about such a change as would necessitate another examination. The patient in the case under notice might have shown signs of recovery which made his friends loth to carry out the steps they had initiated, or it may not have been convenient to move him at once. A long list of reasons for delay might lie enumerated, It is even possible that the asylum could not be reached within seven days of the committal, However, those who are uufortiinateenougl) to have a friend who should be subjected to systematic treatment, have the uupltasant fact before them that, according to present law, once they have goue a certain distance tliev must not hesitate, unless tiiey wish to begin de novo, Mr Walter Bock, of Featherston, has been appointed an Assessor under the Property Tax Act.

In a recent number of the Banner of Light appears the following" In the Town Hall of Greytown, New Zealand, last February, Mr W. A. Ellis delivered an able lecture on Spiritualism, introducing his subject by saying that the present inhabitants of earth are comparatively ignorant of it, but its form and uso were known long ages ago, and the Egyptians even built large temples devoted to its research. Among the most ancient races the knowledge of Spiritualism was found, and he cited the natives of New Zealand, -in modern days, as an instance. He spoke of the utility of Spiritualism, tho comfort it gave'to the bereaved, and the conditions requisite for obtaining the phenomona, He then described, by his power of clairvoyance, the spirit of a Maori before hi.m, and with his clairaudient powers learned that lie fell at the gate pah in fighting against the Europeans. A native was present in the front seats, and Mr Ellis said the spirit-form was pointing to him and claiming him as a relation. He then learned the name, and on the native present being asked if he knew the spirit, said it was true, the person was his brother-in-law and was shot at the gate pah." Mr Beetham, M.H.R., and Mr R. Hare, as representative of the Masterton Town Lands Trust, waited on the Hon. Mr Ballance, Minister of Lands, on Friday, says a Wellington exchange. Mr Haro pointed out that under the original Crown grant, in 1858, to Masterton, a public road was reserved on the south side the Kurapuni Creek, but by a subseqnent |3rQ\vn graiit issued in 18G4 to W, B, Rhodes, % sect-ion 43, Manaia, theliurupuni Creek was made tlje'north. east boundary, thereby Sepriyjiig the settlers of a public highway, as provided by the grant in 1856. The owner of section 43 has, it was stated, cut up the section into small holdings of about five acres each, and the one adjoining theKurupuni Creek, which includes the road referred to, and also part of the town acre, have become the property of a tenant who is disposed to resist any interference with the boundary of his section. The trustees, under the circumstances of the case, have expressed a desire- to abandon .their right tothelapdjn question, and to give, in addition, a public mad Qn the north side of the Kurupuni Greek, boing part of their Trust lands, 'provided the Government would add to the public recreation ground of the town 10 acres of the adjoin.mg section. The Minister fully expressed his sympathy with lands being given for recreation'purposes to.the people, and in his usual courteous manner promised favorably to go into the question at issue. 1 '

The Royal Mail steamer Ruabehu has arrived at Port Chalmers from Plymouth, The local portion of the mail is expected : to arrive by tomorrow's overling train. The annual ineeting ■of the North , Wairarapa Benevolent Society la. announced tobe held at the Institute on Wednesday next, at 4 p,m, We learn that, Mrs Carriok, of Blenheim, haß been appointed mistress of the' Roman Catholic School in Masterton, in the place of Mrs Redman, resigned... The next of the series of winter entertainments at St. Matthew's schoolroom will be given on Thursday, August 6th, The proceeds will.be spent in effecting improvements in the Church grounds. Several children presented themselves for admission at the side Bohool this morning, but the furniture not haying arrived, Miss Keeling, who attended, dismissed thein. The date for the opening will, no doubt, be duly notified. Tenders for painting and papering the additions to the Pahiatua Hotel are invited. Particulars may be obtained on application to Air J. The mail coaches, instead of going right through to Woodville in one day, will now break the journey and stop at Eketaliuna for the night. This has been necessitated by the wretched state of the Forty-Mile Bush road. Messrs Lowes and lorus add to their Wednesday's stock sale, 18 head of cattle and 60 owes, making 138 head of cattle and ICO sheep, besides other entries. A new form for making declarations under the Property Assessment Act is published in the last Gazette. It took a good many people a year or two to master the old one, and now they will have to go through tho same task again. Being about to leave the district, Mr G, C. Sage, of the Beehive Store, Queen street, advertises an. extensive clearing sale. Some really good bargains will be offered, and the "beehive" will be well worth visiting during the onsuiiig month, over which the sale is to extend. The Theatre will be opened this evening by Messrs .Foley andßerkleyandMiss Beaufort in their thirteenth popular .entertainment. A splendid and most attractive programme iB advertised, embracing a pretty comedy, "Uncle's Will," and an original sketch entitled "The Wages of Sin," introducing several effectivo tableaux. A leaden sky, a warm atmosphere, a light northerly vind driving a low grey scud before it, combined with a - rapidly falling-barometer, were pretty sure indications yesterday morning of approaching bad weather. Shortly after sunset, rain commenced to fall, and two hours afterwards the channels in the streets were not sufficient to can I }' off the water. The rain continued without intermission till daylight. All the rivers were in flood this morning, the snow which had accumui lated on the hills no doubt assisting to swell them.

A buggy party, returning from down the valley, had an unpleasant experience last night. Having reached the Taratahi, one of the-axles got heated, and the wheel refused to revolve. A delay of nearly an hour was caused, and the vehicle was then taken back to Carterton, where it was put right, As nearly the whole of the time was spent in a downpour of rain, the passengers had a lively time of it. In spite of the wretched weather, there was a good attendance at the' usual weekly meeting (if the Freetiiought Association last night. A member read a very interesting paper of the l Scotch poet Robert Burns, and a long programme of local and instrumental selections were carried out. Arrangements are nearly completed for building a Lyceum on a piece of valuable ground given to the Association by a resident supporter of the cause.

"Puff," in the .Evening Press, thus delivers himself oil the subject of the unfortunate man Jenkins, and the stand taken by the Masterton Hospital Committee: —Ghastly sarcasm! Masterton Hospital Committee asking Colonial Secretary if he can't find some more humane way of getting rid of a patient than killing him by railroad journey ! Do they moan Rough on Rats ? Poor patient troublesome in tho under-oiHcered Wellington Hospital, so the authorities want to send liini to the spacious, wellprovided, over-ductorod Masterton institution ! Strange action on part of the Masterton Committee! Actually think that as the man's an old Wellington resident ho ought not to be shunted on to them! Shocking perversity!" We may add that a brother of the patient has entered a protest against his removal, which, he says, would be death to him. The good people of Palmerston North appear to be greatly exercised over the fact tnat the negotiations for their £50,000 municipal loan have fallen through. Tho facts appear to be that the promise to lend the money was somewhat rashly made by the Board of Directors of the Government Insurance Association before the valuo of the security that was to be,offered had been considered. When they came to examine into this they found that to provide interest on tho loan would involve such a very heavy rate that property in the borough would certainly be depreciated in value thereby. They therefore declined to lend the money. This view is no • doubt a common" sense one, but it was hardly fair or businesslike t.p put. tlie cart before tlie Horse in thisniaipr. ' ■

Concerning- the alleged 3-jfew Guinea gold specimen swindle by Kerry, a Ney Guinea prospector, His brother, Reubon Kerry, of Hamilton, Waikato, makes the following statement "His brother arrived in Auckland frpm the New Guinea .expedition on the 31st July 1884. He and other members of tlie family saw his brother in August, at Auckland, and ga\y r tho specimens, wliicli were shown to several Auckland gentlemen at that time, amongßt whom, he believes, was Mr Thonias Morrin, There were, he thinks, three specimens, weighing perhaps four or five ounces each, not specimens of quartz coiitaininggold, but gold containing quanta, the latter being white in colour. It was, he says, utterly absurd and unnecessary for Kerry, with such rich specimens as these, to have bought others in Febuary in Tasmania, and this absurdity shows the groundlessness of is of opinion that his broHremitsone away on the staff of a geographical expedition, and is therefore unable to refute the calumnious charge made against him.

Mr E. latest cartoon is of the members of %" SchooJ Committee, The Committee is." "interviewed by an old man with a birch (representing the Education Board), wjio looks as if he wants to find out something, The three who form the minority stand their ground and simply say "T'wasn't me sir!" while the other four are in the distance, one of them- declaring, "We will not stand it;" another "Very unfair;" a third, who is surrounded by indignant cadets, excuses himself by uttering "I was not there,"-while the fourth, who is their leader, kneelß to number three and repeats one of his favorite phrases, "To the bitter end." The Secretary sits at one side and asks, "Shall I take down their words sir?" arid Mr Birch replies " Words ? Nonsense ! Better take down something else while you are about it," That is apparently what thefourmembers who are getting out of the way are afraid of, The cartoon ought to fake.'

• Mr falter E. Hull, surgeon dentist, visits Masterton to-morrow, remaining for the one day only.

Mr P. H. Wood reports a large attendance and an extensive sale at his Masterton room on Saturday last, all lines disposed of realising good figures, spirit ed .bidding being noticeable for some of the more special entries.

Our townsman, Mr H. E. Eton's new advertisement will, we think be read with satisfaction, as the preparations named in it embrace almost all remedies suitable for domestic complaints prevailing at this season of the year, they having been selected from his receipts as those most fitting the New Zealand climate. The Masterton Freethought Society has entered into arrangements with Mr Gerald. F. Dillon, under which that gentleman will lecture in Masterton next Sunday evening. Mr Dillon is highly spoken of as a lecturer by our Wellington contemporaries, and should, therefore, be. well worth hearing. A Wellington paper describes Mr J. Perry, who has gune down South as one of the Interprovincial Football team, as a "promising young player", and then goes on to say that he played for Wellington against Auckland two years ago. Not so very young, we should say after that, nor all his good play in prospect either, when it is considered that Auckland was the only team that beat Sydney, and. that Wellington, with Perry's assistance, beat Auckland.

Coughs, Colds, Bronohitis, &c., are quickly, cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This oldestablished, celebrated medicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by the members of the medical,-legal, and clerical professions. ' Sold by all, Patent Medicine Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements.—Advt.

Mr J. Thorburn, tlio well known clothier of Willis Street Wellington, wishes to inform the inhabitants of the Wairarapa that he has between 3 and 400- ovar-coats and macintoshes, which lie is now selling at the Cost Price, as he wishes to clear them at once. A few of the macintoshes are slightly stained inside, with sea-water. The usual price for such, is 32s 6d. They are now being sold for 15s (id.