The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1886.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2245, 16 March 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1886.

The Masterton Rifle Volunteers will parade for exercise at 7.30 p.m. oh Thursday and Friday next,, . Tlio Loyal Masterton Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.TJ„ will meet this evening at' the Temple Chambers. ' At the R.M. Court yesterday, judgment was given for §,B 63 (id and costs, in the case E. B. Haro v Abraii) 4 na ru.. . A joint meeting of the Park and Town Lands Trustees will bo hold on' Thursday evening next. Messrs Holmes Bros invite tenders for erecting about a mile and a-half of wire fencing at Matahiwi. Tenders close on Monday, Sfe'ch 22nd. Footballers in Wu? district will be pleased to learn that the .Qrpytown Club is favorable to the formation of $ Wairarapa Rugby Union. They lavs appojn-. ted delegates to meet those from the other 1 townships on Saturday next at Carterton.! The sale advertised by Mr F. H. Wood to felce place on Thursday, March 18th, at Mr 6. Lauries farm, Kaiwaiwai, j will start'at lio'cloojj, not 1 o'clock as J advertised in ; our yesterday's ssue. A reward is offered for the recovery of a Btick with owner's jiame " George Humphries.".engraved oh.tlle handle, "jit: was lost between Woodviile and Slaurfceville, and the, finder is requested' ,ta return ,it to this

Tlie Masterton School Committee meot this evening at the Institute, Saturday return tickets will be issued from all stations to Wellington on St, Patrick's Day. Messrs M. Caselberg and Co. notify that their store will be closed after 11 o'clock to-morrow morning, St Patrick's Day.

His Worship tho Mayor invites the burgesses to observe St. Patrick's Day, from 11 a,m., as a holiday. This is done at tho request of the Mastorton-Opaki Jockey Club. A match has been arranged between tho Tradesmen's Cricket Club and the Opaki Cricket Club to be played on the Park Oval on Saturday afternoon next, play to commence at 1.30 sharp. The Feilding Star says The Wellington coach missed the train of Thursday afternoon, so our portions of the mails did not arrive until last night, Bad weather on the coast was the reason assigned. We learn the fault lies with the WollingtonManawatu Railway—not the weather as before mentioned.

Miss Amy Johns and her talented Pleasant Hours Company mil appear with an entire chanpe of programme at the Theatre Royal to-night. Those who are inclined for a hearty laugh and want to drive away cares and troubles are invited to put in two hours with this favorite company. For the past fortnight a handicap billiard tournament has beon exciting considerable interest at the Prince of Wales Hotel. The twenty-four original players were reduced to two, and the final game was played last night It was decided to make the game 200 up, and the first player started with 10 points, and soon got a lead of 40 points. His opponent stuck to him however, and eventually won a well contested pame by 43 points, There must have been between 60 and 70 onlookers, and the excitement was immense.

'. Complaints long, deep and just were made against the Burougli Council this 'morning by the shop-keepers of Queen Street, Gangs: of men. have been cngageclin ..sweeping up the roads in'.V; front,'.of the shops, and shovelling the dust into the carts, at the same.time as the drapers, grocers, and fancy goods dealers were dressing their windows out, displaying their delicate fabrics and work of art. to the best advantage.-:. Many of the windows had 'just.been.washed, and the dust settling on the scarce-dry panes 'made them appear as if .they had been splashed with mud. " This is adding insult to injury," said one 'man-milliner,' "the Council . will neither wator the streets, not let us do it ourselves." If the Council will not employ a cart to water the roads, the least they can do '■■' is Vto refrain from wilfully injuring the. goods. of. the ratepayers. • v.; .£f£U : ■

In the course of hi 6 lecture on " Teiuperanco," delivered at Auckland, Cardinal Moran is reported in the Herald to have said that there were many' reasons which obliged .Roman Catholics to . keep apart in this- matter from ■their "separated brethren,"-and which obliged them rather to adopt the religious principle. In tho first place, many of their " separated brethren" who adopted the Blue Ribbon or some other temperance roll, did so as ; a political principle or engine, and it was tho duty of the members of. the Church

to withdraw their association entirely from a political programme. If temperance, .was placed on the political programme itmustcliauge with the vicissitudes of politics. Then, also, the virtue of femperance was not a mere human virtue. He theii fiajd that. there were occasions . when those who had pledged themselves 'to total abstinence piigjit use wine—for instance, under the gujjjanpe of their medical men. Thero were some \ylio w'ont.beyond all bounds, and wh.o said wine was a bad thing—intrinsically bad. That: was all nonsense. It was not a sii) •toitake ivine. ■ 'it was an article of food, and when .used , with moderation it was -quite a permitted thing.. Ho concluded liy pointing out the special advantages of temperance to the young. , The Maoris, who are being ruined by not distinguish between the uso aid abuse of it; and they have humor in tbeuj ae the following story shows" A ■ missionary, aild a chief,-whose name I think was Tekoi-jt yjll do at any rate — intimate' friends. : ' T|io chief had igreat ; virtues,' he was brave, he ya# Jrue, • was.', holiest, 1 .. but' could not resist ruin, Many times the missionary found him drunk, and at last said to him, "Tekm, good man, 1. love, you, much. Don't drink fire-water. If you do, Tekoi, you will Ipso your property, you will lose your character, you will logo your health, and in tho end your life, Nay, Tekoi, worso than that you will lose your soul,' ; Tekoi listened . with stony.. features.' He went away. Days passed, and weeks and months, and the missionary saw no more of. him.-, It seemed, however, that he was not far off and he was biding his time. About a year after, one'stormy night, the missionary, whb.had been out upon his rounds, came homo drenched and shivering. The fire burned bright, the room was warm; tho missionary put on dry clofjies, had his supper, and felt comfortable. He bethought himself that if he was. to ma<ce &ur,o.of escaping cold, a glass j.'ofhot 'whisky-punch' ljofore ho yent to .be.di.'iwo'uld .'not,'be inexpedient. JJjp Maori, servant brought in the kettle. The whisky bottle came out of' the cupboard with the sugar aim Issn'ons,. Tho fragrant mixture was.compounded ans just at his lips, when the door opened,' a tat.o.ood :'face. looked in, a body followed, and therp stood Tekoi. ' Little father,' ho said, do not drink water, little .father, you will lose ypijr property, you will lose your character, : and you will lose your health. Perhaps you.will loso your life. Nay, little father, you will lose-rrr. But that shall not bo. Your immortal soul is njoro precious than mine. The drmk will hurt me les§ ttyap it will hurt you. To save your soul I will drink it myself." Another storyjtold me showed that the Maoris' questions we as troublesome, occasionally, to tho missionaries as the inquiring Zulu ws to Bishop Colenso. Olio of them being threatened if ho was wicked with being sent to outer darkness where fire and brimstone burned for ever, said ' I don't believe that. How can there bo darkness where a fire is&lways burning!'" Extract from Oceana.

Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manufactory. All Blinds guaranteed of ,tj(ie very best description, Price list on application to R. W. Henn (late Henn & Hansen.) P.OAelse gtfiam Venetian Blind and Revolving J?fQtory, Wellington,—Arvt Having bought 150 pairs of German Mole Trousers, part of a bankrupt sto.ck, I am'going to sell them tor 5s Cd per pair. They are splendidly made, and tho patterns are the same as the West of England tweeds. To prevent dealers from buying tljem up, no customer can purchase more than %eo pairs, Country orders for not more than Lhr.eo pairs will receive prompt attention.—J, 1 the People's Clothier, Willis-flt,, .Welbnglofl.—£Advt. Messrs L, J. Hooper &.00., of the Bon March e, received .their .first instalment of. autumn and winter goods on Saturday,' thege goods haVe been imported direct from the England and Scotland, and'are flow'being'marked off at "prices that wall compare '.with' any wholesale house iii' the colony.—Xdvt, '

The Otago Witness says The statement that the Clarence Run is the only infected one in the colony is incorrect. There are on the infected list in Kaikoura the following runs Warden and Tyler's Olarenco Run, Greenliill's Mount Fyffe, Kinc,lid's Ottley, Fell's Kekerangu. and Waipawa, independent of a large area of Crown lands. Tophouse, in Marlborough, is also infected.

The Christohurch Telegraph states that Some of the hodmen engaged on the new barracks now in course of erection by the Salvation Army struck work a day or two since for an increase of wageß. They were in receipt of 7s a day ; but thinking they were underpaid, demanded Bs. This not being conceded, they refused to go to work again, and ufchers were taken in in their places at a lower rate.

Yesterday morning the business of the Court was over at half-past ten, yet it was found necessary to hold another sitting in the afternoon for the purpose of hearing some trivial debt case that was unopposed. Again this forenoon the whole machinery of the Court had to be put into motion to suit the convenience of the legal fraternity, notwithstanding that His Worship had to go down to Groytown, Referring to the fact that the Napier representatives, though few in number had done well, the Telegraph says: Reading the accounts telegraphed by a special reporter of the, Auckland Star of the first two day's shooting, one could only come to the conclusion that there were only Auckland men in the contest. The young lions of our contemporary, when on a special mission, even when it is only discovering a derelict whale, do roar, with a monotonous cry, Auckland and Auckland only. The Tavanaki Herald remarks:—Owing

to the short leases—2l years—on which educational reserves in the bush districts may be let, these lands in Taranaki are not sharing with tho Crown lands the large demand which at present exists for bush holdings. The Reserves Board at its last meeting discussed the question of whether or not they; should hand over some of their resorves to the Land Board, who are empowered to undertake tho management of reserves if they are handod over to them, and who can extend the leases to a longer term than that which can be given to tho Reserve Board; but tho proposal having for its object that transference was negatived, and tho Education Reserves Board decided to ask tho Government to amend the Education Reserves Act of 1877 so as to allow the Commissioners to extent the time of leases for rural land from 21 to 30 years.

To add to our horticultural troubles, says the Adelaide correspondent of the Argus, another grub has been discovered among our orchards, and it is said to be far more destructive than the codlin moth, inasmuch as it kills both trees and fruit, An orchard at the Hermitage in the Gutnercha district, having from 800 to GOO apple trees,has been completely destroyed. Last year the owner averaged 30 bushels per tree; this year he has not got a busliel, The habitation of the grub is supposed to be the silver wattle, but having discovered the apple tree, it makes that its home. As bi-sulphido of carbon is known to be destructive to animal but not to vegetable life, an experiment is to be made of boring some of the trees in the orchards in the neighborhood, and filling the holes with the bi-sulphido. The result of this experiment will be awaited with considerable interest.

The annual general meeting of members of the Greytown Football Club was held on Saturday . eveuing, about 15 being present, MrR. G. Welch in the chair. The balance sheet for last season was read and adopted,.and the following office bearers wore elected for the ensuing season: President, J. P. Russel (re-elec-ted) ; Vice-Presidents,' W. C, Cuff, A. Gray (re-elected); practice captain, J. Maguire; secretary and treasurer, F. W. Jackson, (reflected); general committee, 0. and A. Beard, T, Fisher, W, Humphries, E Rutherford (sec. and captain); selection committee, C, Beard, Maguire, and Jackson, After considerable cussion it was unanimously agreed that tho Greytown Club endeavor, with other clubs in the Valley, to form a Wairarapa Rugby Football Union, and Messrs Webster, Maejuire, and Jackson were elected to represent the Greytown Club at a meeting of delegates from the Masterton and Carterton Clubs, on Saturday, 20th inst., at Carterton. Thursdays and Saturdays were fixed upon as practice days, and it was decided to take out the toll at once for kicking practice. The subscription was feed at 5s per season. Votes of thanks having been' passed to the retiring officers and the chairman, tlie meeting adjourned till Saturday the 27th, when the report of the delegates of the Union will be received.—Standard,

Ttye Lond()n "Observer' says:—"lf the Welch farmers fqrm a jeague on tjje Irish model, we shall sooi) have tlie de: composition of parties in the House of Commons vory nearly complete, The Welch jini} themselves, like the Irish, suffering from a fall in prices, They see that the Irish on this account are excused from paying full rents-nay, that the stato is called to help them to extinguish rent en easy terms, Can they be blamed for following the example of their Celtic kinsfolk 1 They say they are not going to adopt the dagger or dynamite to further their movements, which, of course, forbids them to trace any hopeful analogy Ijetw.eon their prospects and those of the Irish, The'trouble is that the Welch seen unable to show ' that they bavp a special grievance. They cannot say 'that their landlords are specially tyrannical or extortionate. All they say js with tl(e fall .of prices it is inconvenient to pay rent. But then, with t]ie fali'of pvicss, we all fiiiijl it less convenient jtq m whijt we owe, 'What sensible men do in that case is to stop ojying for luxuries, so tliat they may be able to pay for necessaries. One might just as well strike against paying tho baker as strike against paying a man for the use of his land in Wales."

They don't njentlonljoiy Mrßusden ig, do they J No, but I've got a bulletin by private wire to the'effect that he feels rather pubiiy 1 What's the matter witli hini? lie's got rather a bad attack of hysteria, op hlatovia, —I don't know how they spell it j I thought hystajvin vyqq the complaint of young women/ Oh, pld women have it sometimes—this is the New Zealand variety I Ah!ah! I Bee, Rusden's History of New Zealand! No wonder he feels poorly! There are some people out hero who feel rather poorly about it too! I see the juds>e was very severe on Bishop Hadfield! What had he to do with it ? He gave evidence of the Maoris calling Bryce bhuni, murderer! Well if they did so wasn't he right to tell the fri]th 1 Ah, but he ought to have told tfie wjiqlo truth! Maori like a native,andl&i&fliijg jjj'their i.deas and [habits of thflUglit, plnjnod that Muni ha? not in the least j tho same .signification among them as " murder" has in European Sqciety J It simply means a fire-eater', a great warrior | It is a term of admiration or ripest, quite as much as of hatred! The Bishop ought to have made that cioar! I'm sorry to see his name connected unfavorably with • the case ? Oh he's pot the old missionary notions about the Maoris and their grievance, and he no doubt spoke from the fulness'iif liiji Ijqajt! I don't blame him'so much,! "TjtfhOm 1 1 yojj blame then ? Sh-sh-sh sonny ! There are some of them squirming, I can tell you ? Rusden was only a dupe! Perliaps ,it'll all come out presently I—Press £uffs.

Messrs Lowes & lorns announce their next fortnightly stock sale for Wednesday the 24th inst. Their list is already an extensive one embracing sheep, cattle, horses etc. Messrs Lowes & lorns will hold a land sale on Wednesday the 27th inst,, tho properties advertised are a valuable farm of 708 acres, and soveral sections in tho flourishing township of Pahiatua, The Salvation Army will hold a special field day- to-morrew in Mr McKenzie's paddock, Kurupuni. A charge of sixpence will be made for admission to the ground. A brass band will be in attendance and tea will be provided. It is expected that the WellingtonManawatu railway will be opened from Jjongburn to Ofcaki about the Ist of June; and from Wellington to Paikakariki before that date, The line will probably be opened right through by Christmas, In the R, M, Court this morning, Messrs J. Burnett, J and 0. Herbert, H. Beetham, and Wiggins were each fined £1 and 9s costs for failing to destroy the rabbits on their runs to the satisfaction of the inspector. It is scarcely necessary to remind our sporting readers that tho Autumn Meeting of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club takes place on the new course at Opaki to-morrow, tho first race starting at half past eleven. There are seven events on the programme, and as the acceptances are extremely good—five for the hurdles, ten for St. Patrick's Day Handicap, and eight for the Masterton Flying Stakesthere should be some keen contests and close finishes. Besides these, the novel race, hack races, and Consolation are sure to bring out large fields, so that tho day's sport is likely to prove well worth the short journey to the course. Mr W, Neill, of the Prince of Wales' Horse Repository, will run conveyances to and from the course at frequent intervals.