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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2246, 17 March 1886, Page 2

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-}; : . Mr GladßtbhfchaaJsubmitted;to' ; i'the .Cabinet his proposals for of ,\the Iriilidifficulty, but they: have not yet jbeen made is reported, how ,ever, : t])ab.theyiconsist of'aflQhemefortho ;,Bxp.atriation;of.;lrisli.lan'dlords: at a-.oosfc :bf;tffo; hundred vniillibiia,:-and: also'fche. ''establishment 1 of .an Irish;; Parliament jii Dublin;;:; ft: At;2b:clock;to-morr6w;: andviprii's'will.au'ctiqn'a quantity of'fur-. nitureiand groceries, .seized under disitraiiit for .rent, unless previously redeemed ,jof replevied ;'and ; ac;.3jo'cloclc; 'a'large' .'and^oodassortnieht;.of;Rowels,.tabling, ; table..napkins ): ;table'cbverßi'dowlas,hand-.: kerchiefa i; aprons,; linen,'silks,; prints, tea' ;clothß,'r:;hpsiery,:.{: and > general, .drapery, ; goods'; wjtiibufc reserve, S.i.'^'. : lyffii: j .£ Tlic.'regular fortnightly meeting, of', tho Loyal'Masl:erton;Lodge,'.l.O.O.F.,M.U.',' ■ w'as : "held: last ■'night"|ri ■ the Temple Chambers; One new merobenvas balloted for and duly initiated. A cabinet size photo' of the late Bro Greathead, the founder of Oddfollowship, and one of Bro Dalrymple was presented to the Lodge and accepted. The remainder of the business waß of a routine character,

A valuable leasehold property at Mount Adams, Pahau, is advertised for sale by Messrs Lowes and lorns, The property consists of 45118 acres securely fenced and sub-divided, dwelling house, men'B cottage, yards, dip, and all station requisites. The land is stated to be of splendid quality, and is close to a shipping place,'the rent being merely nominal. There are 2500 crossbred sheep, besides cattle and horses which can be taken at a valuation. A freehold sere and seven-roomed dwelling and out-buildings' situated at Martinborough could bo purchased with this property, •;.

I The Resident Magistrate at Wellington gave his decision yesterday in a case brought against Edwin Tanner, Borough Councillor, of Maori Hill, for recovery of £SO for voting as Councillor while incapacitated by holding a place of profit as inspector and engineer.'. Mr Tannor had been in the habit of giving his services free .to .the Borough for some years past, but it waß claimed that, for Superintending the erection of a bridge, it had been agreed to pay him £lO. The Resident Magistrate non-suited .the plaintiff, stating that it seemed clear that .the Act only imposed a penalty for entering into a contract, and it had not been shown that the Councillor had been duly appointed '

An inebriate was brought, up from tho Royal Hotel in an express this morning to the police station, On alighting from the conveyance he laid down and started kicking the arresting constable and others, and was with difficulty got into tho lookup, where lie will put in the rest of St. Patrick's Day.. Messrs Lowes and lorns, auctioneers, advertise for sale, the interest in a lease iu a sheep run containing 6700 acros situate in the Whareaina district. Tho property is fenced and subdivided, and has a new house, wool Bhed, yards, dip, &c, thereon, and is.carrying 5800 sheep. It is within easy reach of a township, and has a good road thereto. The rent of the property is very low, and easy terms can be arranged.

The Manawatu Times remarks: "In a recent speech Mr Ballance, speaking in favor of Protection referring to tho duty on gunpowder, which enabled a local producer to successfully compete with tho foreign article said the result of the test made at Wanganui the other day with the locally manufactured article and of the fact that consumers must, under a protective tariff, pay hishor for the article of good quality which the local man cannot produce. It would seem that cartridges such as the Auckland production would prove more dangerous to our own side than to an enemy,"

Mr F. H. Wood has received instructions from Mr G. Laurie, owing to tho expiration of his lease, to sell by public auction, at the farm, Eaiwaiwai, on the Kahautara road, entirely without reserve, the whole of his dairy and other stock, plant, horses, vehicles, harness, household furniture, etc. As the sale will commence at 11 o'clock, the auctioneer has very considerately'provided luncheon. To those in want of dairy cows this sale will be of advantage, as there are no less than 26 picked cows advertised in full milk, besides others springing.

Mr Froude, observing that the British Empire is more easily formed than preserved, pronounces the policy of disintegration to be short-sighted and destructive. Ho shows what will be the probable effect of separation on the colonics, and concludes with this;—" After all is said, it is on. ourselves that our future doponds We are passing through a crisis in our national existence, and tho wisest cannot say what lies before us. If the English character come out of the trial true to its own traditions—bold in heart and clear in eye, seeking nothing which is not its own, but resolved to maintain its own with its hand upon its sword—the far-off English dependencies will oling to their old home, and will look up to her and be still proud to belong to her, and will soek their own greatness in promoting hers. If, on the contrary (for among the ■ possibilities there is a contrary) tho "erratic policy is to be continued—which for tho past few years has been tho world's wonder: if we show that we have no longer any settled principles of action, that we let ourselves drift into idle wars and unprovoked bloodshed; if we are incapable of keeping order even in our own Ireland, and let it fall away from us 'or sfnk into anarchy; if, in short, we let it be seen tjiat we have changed our nature, and arc not the same men wjth those who onco made our country feared and honored—then, in ceasing to deserve respect, we shall cease to be respected. The colonies will not purposely desert us; but they will look each to itself, knowing ■thiit from us, and from their connection .with us, there is nothing more to bo hoped for. The cord will wear into a thread, and any accident will break it." —Oceana,

■ In tho R.M. Court yesterday before Mr H. A. Stratford the Celestials had a field day. The case was a claim for . balance of wages £lO, alleged to be due to Ah Foo by his employer, Tu Long. Ah . Toy was sworn in as interpreter, Ah Lafc, the. flist interpreter brought forward, .was' objected to by the defendant, :" Take your hair down as you would in your Court in China" said His Worship, "and how will you be sworn {" The match bein b ' preferred, tho Magistrate adminis- ■ '-tered the oath which concluded with the words, "If you wilfully, etc., may your soul perish as that match you now blow ■ put." Mr Bunny appeared for the plain- : tiff; and Mr Beard for dofendant, I roin ■ the evidence it appeared that Ah Foo wojfkcd for Tu Long 25 weeks at £1 per week, amounti|ig to £25, for which he ' received £ls. All Fob, during tho term he"was working asked' his employer to lend his brother, Ah Hong, £ls, Ho declined, but ultimately lent Ah Hong £lO, and entered it at once against tho wages to accrue to Ah Foo. Tu Long and'' two witnesses gavo evidence to this effect, but on tho other hand Ah Hong swore that the money was lent to '■jiim. As a matter of fact the money was handled to. Ah Hong, but Tu Long did ■not.consider it as a loan fo Ah Hong in proof of which he'had charged it against AluFoo, Ah Hong acknowledged tho '. :debt, and, said he would pay it, and that he had got the money to pay him! Plaintiffs counsel suggested that Ah Hong pay the monoy into court in part settlement of the cjaim of hjs brother, but'he refused and said l)e had no.t got the money there, Judgment was ontered for plaintiff for £lO and 31s costs. ■>:: James Andrew and George Smith wero chawed, at Chriatohqrol), under the Police Offences Act, with aonducjng an illegal game at the Rabbit Island Race* course on March sth, Mr Holmes appeared for defendants. Detective R, Neal deposed that he found the defendants engaged in a game known as ■'.' Monkey Sweep." They had a table on which was chained a monkey, and a barrel was fixed on pivots. The defendants sold tickots—three for Is, When about twelve subscribers were in the pool, a number of marbles, corresponding with tho number of tickets issued, were put in the barrel, and a drawing took placo; tho monkey drew out a marble and handed it to one of the defendants, who called qut " b,lank" or a number as the case may be ; The subscriber who held a ticket haying the number pf the iparblo on it took t))e pool, No commission was charged, but t!)e defendants asked for something for the monkey. Soiije of the winners gave a'shilling or two, aijd some did not give anything', Mr Hojines sub. mitted that no'offencc had been disclosed. This was as much a sweep as was the wellknown practice of drawing horse's names out of a hat, and sweeps in which the contributions did not exceed Bs, and the pool, or total, £5, had been legalised by the Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1881," Amendment Act, 1885. Inspector Pender said, under the Police Offences Act, it was made penal to use any instrument for the purpose of a game of chance. The Instruments in this case were the table, barrel and Mr Hplmes-rThe totalisator, with which yp'u do'"not" interfere, is not ah " instrument. 1 ' Inspector Pender—But the totalisator is .specially legalised by the Gaming and Lotteries Act. Mr Holmes—Well, the Amendment to that Act legalises small sweeps, as 1 have said,' and, so far, over-rides the Police Offences Act. The point in reference to this particular rame has been tried under the Gaming and Lotteries Act at Auckland and Dunedin, and under the Police Offences Act at the Thames. In each case it was pronounced legal. Mr Beetham said that tl)8 Bench were 'of opinion that the game was a aweep within, the meaning'of the Act. Information dismissed.' The police' withdrew' similar informations against Allan Cockburn and

We call attention to the advertisement ofMrW. E. Ball in which he notifies that Friday is the lust day upon which he can be consulted in Masterton. Anyone requiring his services will please call early.

Notice is given •in our advertising columns of the dissolution of the partnership hitherto existing between Sliute and Jones, storekeepers, and carriers of Eketahuna and Masterton. Mr James Jones will curry on the busines of storekeeper, and the Temperance Hotel at Bkotahuna, whilst Mr George H. Shute conducts the carrying business to and from Masterton.

A man named Henry Jones was arrested yesterday by Constable Cullinane, on a charge of drunkenness, and brought up thiß morning before Mr W. Lowes, J.P.-, and lined 5s or 24 hours' imprisonment. Ho is now undergoing the sentence, and when ho has served that short term he will be brought up again on a charge of shop-lifting. Constable Cullinane, it appears, found the man hawking around a number of worsted box, and thinking something was wrong he made enquiries, and found two dozen pairs of sox had mysteriously vanished from Mr John Graham's storo. The constable further traced whore a number of the sox had been disposed of, and there is every possibility of-the remainder of. the goods being recovered.

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Mr Thorburn, the Clothier, of Willisstreet, Wellington, is raising £llOO on his stock. He is selling all his stock at the coat price for cash only for 28 days.. It is a rare chance for country settlers to fit themselvos and boys out with a cheap suit, Ho is adopting this plan instead of borrowing the money.— Adyt. Messrs L, J. Hooper & (Jo., of thoßou Marche, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods hava been imported direct from tho manufacturers in England and Scotland, and are now being marked off at prices that will compare with any wholesale house in the colony.—Adyt.