The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1880 THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2192, 12 January 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1880 THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.

Nrws hag come to hand that fresh trouble has broken out. between the tribes of Samoa and the German Consul, and that the latter baa taken possession of a considerable extent'of land, which isolai'iried on behalf of the German Empire, although the Natives enteYed a strong protest, On the advice of the British Consul; .no resistance was made, as the German Consul got a force of 300 or 400 men ashore from a man-.of. war to support him, and there would certainly have been bloodshed, There is, however, a prospect of the justice ot the seizure being inquired into by the Imperial and' United States Governments, and, if so, it is. not unlikely that.Germany.wil] have to eat another bit of humble pie, and retire from her position, The seizure is quite .of a piece with the aggressive movement whioh has marked the German policy in the Pacifio and adjacent seas daring rtlxe lusfc year or two. We need/bnly. .point to the Oarolhe Islands for a 'parallflb "'The. islands have been acr knowhjq'jrgd to telong to Spajin. for a

fttely took possession of some of them, and insisted on its claim till it was declared null and void by'an.arbitrator., It is true that in the ease ,'"of .Samoa; there is no claim of principle of; getting one slice'"of laud after another, by fair means or foul (it seems immaterial which) gradually leads up to it, and when Germany has secured the bulk of the land as private estates we may rest assured that a favorable opportunity will be seized to press oluims for taking possession of the whole of the islands, The Samoans appear to have an affection for New Zealand, and seem to be buoyed by a hope that we will, and can, help them, They have sent, an emissary to place the new trouble before the Government, and, no doubt, expect that there is a prospect of the German aggressor being ordered to give up the wronglygotteu property, We are afraid that they will be sadly disappointed, New Zealand may reciprocrate the nffection,ate feeling, but, unfortunately, she is not in a position to leud a helping hand, or even to enter into diplomatic negotiations with any power on a question involving international law. All she can do is to oiler her sympathy, and to express a hope that the Imperial and United States Government will see that justice is dene, We havo no doubt that the Bubject will be very fully inquired into. If Germany has extensivo interests in Samoa they are not so large as those of Great Britain and the United; States, and any. expansion of them Would naturally weaken those of the two last named-powers, For this reason, if ior no other,. the claims of King Malieatoa and his people are entitled to every consideration. . .

■""""The Stonehenge Loyal of Druids meet this evening,

The Masterton Borough Council moots this evening, ■■„.-.'. . .

ut A Committee meeting of tho Masterton Agricultural' Society takeß place to-morrow at half past 3 o'clock. A meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club will be held at the Club Hotel on Saturday next.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions:-Mr P, L, Smith 21s, Mr W. Alexander 20s, and employeea of the latter, 25a. The sura of £122 l3s6dhaß been subscribed towards the Wairarapa (Grey town) Hospital, in view of applying to incorporate the establishment under the Hospital and Charitable Aid Act. Mr F. H. Woud'announcoa that he will hold his next fortnightly Block sale at tho Taratahi yards on Thursday next, at 1 p.m. The catalogue at. present consists of upwards of 309 sheep of various classes, dairy cows, a number of horses, etc. A painful accident happened to Mr John Harris, of Oreytown, on Wednesday last._ The Standard reports that while digging docks, he accidontly drove the. spade into his foot, almoßt severing the big toe, and smashing the bone into splinters, He was attended by Dr Bey.

The Wairarapa East County Council met in solemn conolave yesterday to consider certain . mysterious. resolutions brought forward-by Or Hawkins, which, it is generally believed, will Wch Parliament a- wholesome lesßon'i'tnd revolutionize local Gavernment. It is not improbable thatthey will see daylight at the meeting of the Council to-day.

If some people know how mahy beans make five, there are others who do; not possess a Bimilar knowledge abdut a jarof peas. When Messrs Price & Dickson's competition waß open, someone guessed that there were ten in the bottle, the actual number being 1184. There was a Bimilar competition in VVanganui, at which the correct number was 6177, and the highest guess was one million, the lowest being 150.

In the Resident Magistrates Court at Foxton the other day Mr ft. Oobb was fined £IOO for a breaoh of the Sheep Act, Captain Pope of the steamer Tui, being mulcted in a similar amount.' We believe that the breaohes complained of were committed in connection with the return of some rams which'Mr Oobb showed in the Wairarapa. If so, the fines are ridiculously excessive, and we should be inohned to think that ths Magistrate was in mortal fear that scab might have • been Introduced to his district.

Something like a regular hand-to-hand encounter took place at Bulls during the raoe for the Martori-Rangitikei Handicap. The Wanganui Herald states that something went wrong between McOormick, who was riding Speculation, and Holmeß, who was on Bayard, and the latter could be seen, as they raced along the baok Btretch, plying his whip on McC'ormio, who evidently did not relish being treated to a dose of whalebone. When they came in to weigh Holmes laid a protest against McOormick for foul riding; thia was sustained, and tho latter suspended for the meeting.

An inquest was held at the residence of Mr A. Stewart, Opaki, yesterday forenoon on the body of Mr Stewart's infant daughter, who.died on Friday last.from the effect of a shock reoeived through tumbling into a boiler. MrH. A. Stratford, District Coroner, presided, and Mr W. B. Bdick was ohosen foreman of the jury. The evidence differed little from the aocount whioh we have already given of the accident, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The remains of the unfortunate little girl were internd in the Masteiton Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the funeral being attended by a large number of settlers on the Opaki, who werea:irous to tender their sympathy to Mr and Mrs Stewart in their lots. The Evening Proas finds fault with us for saying that a [nposd Special Settlement Association is not the first Formed in Wellington, and explains that the rownships which wo referred to were founded by " Small' Farm Associations," and were private, not Government enterprises. A 8 the settlers in tho old Associations paid for'tho land at a fixed rate, just as will be done by the newones, wo fail to see how the new Associations can be termod Government enterprises. Nor do we see the justioe of the charge of inconsistency which, our contemporary makes Against us by saying that we ridiculed the idea of' such Associations being formed >n Wellington iu one column while in another we pointed to the successfulsettlementsof Greytown andMasterton, We did nbt throw rldioule on the idea- of starting an Association at Wellington; but we certainly protested- against such men as the. apparent promoters ot the Wellington Association being granted land on the deferred payment or perpetual leasing system, because they would npver dream of becoming' '.'special settlers" if personal occupation were'. compulsory, We think that is a horse of quite. ancjther. color, As to the Association: being the first in Wellington, we would still, be oorreofc In our assertion that it is not) the •first, even if we left the old ones .out' ot thet question.,,', for by'some means otir the Lady Gordon Awewato'on, whioh lp applied fW

The members of the Greytown Fire Brigade intend holding a competition on Aiiuiversary Day; A.v/, Wellington, died at Nelson yestorday. ■ • •;',,.■

Some idea of the weatherthis summer may be gathered from the fact that the thermometer registered 70 in the shade at 8.30 this morning.' . Mr Thomas Walker,' the freethought lecturer, will appoar at the Theatre Royal on Thursday next, When his subject will be, "Was Adam tho first man?" A large audience is pretty well assured for Mr Walker on this occasion. Messrs Lowes and lonia hold their usual fortnightly stock sale at their yards to-morrow. The entries are numerous, and include all classes of cattle and sheep, as well as poultry, vehicles, etc. HonryßUsselland Edward'Myers, alias "the Marquis," were brought up in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, and charged with drunkenness. They both'admitted the softimpeachiment, and were mulcted in the usual penalty. Another large trout, weighing about 91bs, was found in shallow water in the Waipoua yesterday. Some children appear to have been the first to see it, and as they were teasing it, someone took word to Mr McDonald, who, with Mr Weishtmanconveyed it to the Acclimatisation Society's ponds.

Messrs H. Owen & Co have just completed the erection of a neat verandah in front of their drapery establishment in Queen Street, The addition materially improves the appearance of tho premises, and also proves useful, as it protects the goods in their windows from the fierce rays of the sun.

To-morrow (Wednesday) the privilogeß of the Friendly Societies' sports will. be Bold by. Mr F. H. Wood at his Masterton rooms at 2 p.m. The members of kindred societies from the Wairarapa and Wellington havo decided to attend the sports and a special train having been placed at their disposal by'tho railway management a large attendance may he the value of the rights that will be dis* anticipated, which should greatly enhance posed of.

In. the Resident Magistrates Court •before MrH.A. Stratford R.M., yester-' day afternoon, T. Parsor s was fined 6s for allowing two horses to wander, in Queen-Street, S. Neilson, for a similar offence, was ordered to pay 3s. Lewis Holmes, for allowing a chimney to catch ire, disbursed 55.. Henry Bowles paid a penalty of 5s for driving four horses through the streots of the borough.' The genus loafer is still rampant in Mastorton, and despite all' the polioe oan do, the Park and bush surrounding the town is made the largest accommodation housoln the place. 'Some of these men appear to have money, but they prefer spending it in drink, and the weathor being warm, they do not find camping out unpleasant, Property holders will find it a relief when they know that these men have sought fresh fields jmd pastures ttttiv. . • : ■••

Elsewhero we publish a report of the meeting which Mr- Wakefield, - M.H.R. had with his, constituents at Selwyn, It will be remembered that Mr Wakofiold, though a Canterbury member, Btrenuously opposed the Meiggs and East and West Coast railway scheme, for which action he was-sup.pos,ed to have lost the confidence oflmconsfcituents. At the meeting even the candidate who opposed him gave him.credit fqr consistency', and a vote of no'' confidence was rejected. It appears as if even the people of Canterbury were beginning to see the folly of the scheme. Mr Wakefield is to bo congratulated on-the result of his meeting.

Judging by the numbers of fires that spring up all afound us one woulpJ.be tempted to think that .the fire fiend'-was rampant. Fires' are lit everywhere, without the slightest, regard to the, safety of property, and'old and young alike aeem to delight in startling their neighbors by the smell of smoke., Yesterday someone set fire to the furze on-Lincbln road, and the flanles, as a matter of course, quickly spread to tho grass, about half an aore of which was burnt off.. Had' it- not been fpr the exertions of several men who happened to pass, the fire would undoubtedly have run over a considerable portion of Bentley's estate. Some excitement was also caused in a house in Queen street yesterday through a.little child waste paper stored in a barrel in the baok yard. The flames were, of course, quiokly extinguished, but the parents are thoroughly puzzled as to how their offspring obtained the light.

& case which created a considerable amount of interest was hoard in the .Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday' afternoon!'-Ibtippeara that in 1872 Mr H, Bentley gave each of his two elder sons, Thomas and Charles, a third of an acre of land, and to ensure that they should not sell it he gavo them no deeds. About 1879 Mr Bentley got into difficulties, and his eßtate passed into the hands of his creditors, Messrs Thompson, Shannon aiid Co. becoming possessed of the block of land from which the sections were taken. The two sons had each built a cottage, got married,' and no doubt thought that they had a comfortable home for life. They paid rates for the land, and..excercised' all the usual rights of ownership until recently, when Messrs Thompson, Shannon and Co. gave them notice to quit. This they refused to do, and an action- wa3 thereupon , brought in the Resident Mrgistrate's Court.for their ejectment. The em of Mr O. Bentley was wiled upon yesterday, Mr Skipper, instructed by Mr Gawith, appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr Bentley .defending himself. After the.evidence of Mr W;. Lowes, as'to the value of the property, and of Mr Gawith and the defendant had been taken, His Wqrship refused the ordey,..on the-''grtttaT that the. proof of.ownership on the part of the plaintiffs was insufficient, ■ Mr T, Bei.tley did not appear, but the casebeing precisely similar to the.,proceeding one, Mr Skipjjer was allowed to withdraw it without prejudice.

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