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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2470, 7 December 1886, Page 2

In OUR last issue Mr R. 8, Hawkins published ft letter for the benefit of a well-known and highly esteemed Cashpoint settler, Mr A; MoHutchon. Mr Hawkins has an unhappy knack of treading on other people's toes, and in the present instance by representing Mr A. Alcliutchon as controlling for years past the Cashpoint Road Board, he has simply reduced to the position of ciphers a number of able and capable settlers who have been, and are in sorao instances still membors of this Board. We soarcely think these settlors .will thank Mr Hawkins for depicting them as dummies, or that Mr McHutchon, the Clerk of the Board, will accept in a kindly spirit the suggestion that he has exercised an undue controlover his employer?.' No doubt in Upper Taumi Road Bpard, which is quoted by Mr Hawkins as a model institution, the Clerk is, to use Mr :; Hawkins' expression, 'Hh'e legitimate- King," the Alpha and Omega, i-the lock, stopk and barrel! The Upper Ta'ueru Road Board isa standing joke among those who take an interest in the affairs of local bodies, but.'wo'doubt whether it would be ex pedjent or possible for other local bodies to be administered on a similar footing. It has been thought by some that'the Upper Taueru Road Board had one special mission, vie,, to act as a safty valve for Mr Hawkins exuberant energise, but apparently the legitimate kin? is wearying of his little principality and is crossing the bordortoinvade the Whareama domain. In the latter and larger district the settlers may be somewhat slow and conservative. They have for example always been more enamoured of a credit balance than an overdraft, but they are squareheaded and solid men who have been accustomed to carry out their own ideas, and they are very unlikely to take tbeir instructions from Bowlands,

The ordinary fortnightly moating ol the Loyal Masteiton Lodge will' be held this evening in the Forester's Hall. Mr Alex MoLeod notifios that he is prepared to out timber at ourrent rates, hoarta of totara being a speciality.

Mr G. O. Jenness, the old-established watchmaker and jeweller, of Willis-street, Wellington, publishes a Ohristmas and holiday announcement in another column,

Sir George Whlfcmore isto.bVprqmoted to the rank of M&jor-Gerieral., No.'one can doubt that lie is .the Very model, of*a modern Major-General of the Colonial type.

Te Whiti abb applied for leave of absence from gaol to attend a funeral, hut as the prison regulations did not provide foranemergenoy of this kind,' his re'quest was refused., The Foatherston Rifle Volunteers con' eluded their prize firing on the Underhil rangoon Saturday. Vol. Whiteman corno" first with an'a?gregato of 250 points, VolJ. Tooker seebnd. with 242, Capt. A. Donald and Lieut D. Smith tledjor third place with 241 each. , ■;

During Mr Matthew Burnett 1 ! eight weoks' temperance .mission in' Aiiokland he induced 3000 persons to sign the pledge, including a large number of Maoris headed by several chiefs,, Up to date he.has enrollod in the North Inland, during the last five months, over 10,000 names. ■

Messrs James Brown and Co, announce an important auction salo at their rooms Queen Street on Saturday affcornoon next, consisting of drawing room, dining room, and bedroom furniture dress goods, oilcloth, boots and shoes, fancy goods, jewellry, <k, also spring carts, horses, saddle and bridles.

A dangerous lunatic named Guiseppi Cecine, a powerful man, 42 years old, has recently caused great excitement at Caralulup, in Victoria, where he lived in a hut alone. Ho was in tho habit of sallying out armed with an axo, and threatening violenoo to those who retUßed compliance with his demands. Ho recently stopped tho driver of a horse and cart, and demanded brandy and other articles, brandishing an axe and threatening to murder on refusal. Frequent complaints were mado to tho police and every stratagem was used to effect the man's arrest, but tho efforts of the police were unsuccessful for some time. Eventually Cecino was cleverly captured and lodged in the lock-up. His conduct in the coll was like that of a wild beast, and as ho was too dangerous to produce before the magistrates they interviewed Him through an aperture. Drs, Cunningham and Robinson certified to his insanity, and an order was made out for' the man's commital to the Ararat Asylum".

The Mowing is the summary of a report published in an English paper of a lecture delivered by aMr Claydon, to which wo .draw attention in another oolumn." 'Mr, Clayden gave it as his opinion that New Zealand mt a superior field for emigration than either Virginia Australia or Canada,and"assigned twelvo reasons, in support of his views. Among other things he stated that in Now Zealand people liyed under the same form of Government as the people in England, The laborer got a pood return for his toil'; the climate was' one of the best in the world, and the death-rato was smaller than that of England; a greater yield of' wheat .was obtainod there than in any other Australian colony, Tho land laws were better, as in New Zealand you could buy or. soil land as easily as you could sheep or ( cattle, This caused an even distribution of capital. He'alao spoke of the magnificent line of steamers going from portto port, tho steam tramways, telephone communication, and mineral resources, especially of the coal, of which he said there were 140,000,000 tons in one mine alone, besides the vast deposits of copper at Nelson. Thoro are some 20,000,000 acres of timber in New Zealand which created a preat timber industry, the local industries, woollen factories, meat freezing works, shipbuilding yardß, and tho like, which added to the value of Now Zealand, as did its beautiful soenery and hot springs, somo of the latter being tho greatest wondors in the world, Another reason for recommending New Zealand was its steam services to and trom England. Going to England in one of these steamers was

like a, Bix weeks picnic. Lastly he referred to the holp given by the Government to farmers, with small capital, aqd concluded with an earnest appeal to young men to go and give the Colony the benefit of their experience.

Venetian Blind'and Revoking Shutter man aotory, . All BlintU guaranteed of the very best desMiptionivi Price list on application to ft, W. Hentt(late HejinandHawon.) Poneke Stoam Venetian Blind'and Btvolving Factory WeJJintitou.—ADVT ■•

We remind our musical friends of the Servico of Song in the Drill-shed this evening.

At Halcombe yesterday Robert Vile committed suicide by cutting hiß throat. He was suffering from melancholia. A new tip dray, with Collins' patent axle, and new set of harness; also a five year old gelding broken into the same, are advertised for sale.

Mr and Mrs George Beethain returned from Rotomahans and Tarawera to Wellington.yesterday,, Mr Hutchinson, the engineer, who' accompanied them, considers that the white terrace is merely buried. The party ascended Mount.Tarawera, and had a full view of the crater. They state that the' scene of desolation was indescribable.

As Mr R. Campbell was assisting yesterday to harness a colt, the animal reared and struck him with his fore feet, inflicting a severe scalp wound on his head, and lacorating his chest; tearing the flesh off to the bone. . Dr Hoaking attended to the injuries, and we are pleased to roport that Mr Campbell ia able to got about although suffering great pain through the accident,

Ono of the largest Amerioan manufacturing and exporting firms writing by the last mail toan Auckland firm, gives the following forecast of business-" Business has greatly improved in this country, with the prospect of a very large boom begining with 1877.. It probably will not reach jts height until 1889. Everything indicates'a commercial prosperity such as we have not knownfor the last four years. Wo have more orders for the spring of 1887 than we ever had in any previous year in our history at this date, The marriage of Mr George Gould, the oldest son of the American millionaire, to Mibs Edith Kingdon, a pretty actress in Daly'B company, was celebrated in the house of tho bridegroom's father on the 24th of September last, The young ladv made her first appearance on the stage as an amateur about five years ago and will now retire from it, Her husband is a member of the new stock exchange upon joining which his father presented him with £IOO,OOO. He how acts as confidential clerk to tho latter at a salary of £5,000 per annum. Mr Jay Gould does not mind owning to the possession of ten millions sterling; although he is believed to be worth much more.

The serial representations of Wagner's operas which took place at Bayreufch in July and August last yielded a surplus of little more than £IOBO. Nevertheless it iB proposed to make these performances annual provided 60 persons will subscribe £SO each for five years to a guarantee fund. - Thirty-five persons including the Prince Imperial, Prince William, and the Grand Dutchess of Baden, have already consented to do so.

Great excitement prevailed in Dover on September 18, owing to the capture ef a Dutch "cooper," the Dhorfc, Holland. She had been seen off Dover Borne days previously, and on tho day named was observed within the three mile limit by the cutter Frances, When the crew of. the Francis boarded her they found 7001b of tobacco, 25,000 cigars, 100 gal, of gin, 100 gal, of brandy, and 100 gal pf eau-de-cologno._ She was towed into Dover, her orew boincr takeri.prisonors and the cutter detained by the Customs authorities,

1 A^ London correspondent writes:—l :heard a good story the' Other day apropos of the admiration of the Irish for their countryman Bouoicault, One night in Dublin,- Sheridan's "Critic" had been' played and failed.- Collettlwas.Puff, and in the sflibking room of his hotel he was receiving the condolences of literary Dublin. "I can "only say, gentlemen," he responded, " that 1 am, surprised that Ireland's capital should not belter appre-' oiate a work of Ireland's greatest- dramatist."_ "Surely, Mr an Irish journalist, "Bouoicault never wrote "The Critic.'" ■ .' :; ■

to the' Pall Mall Gazette there is some sign that tho.narrow prodl'udices against cremation, v/hich have become more prevalent in Germany than elsewhere will be ovorcome. In ■the courao of the present yoar twft 'eminent Germans-tho Chiof Superintendanfc of the Evangelical Church (Dr Schwarz), and the Brunswick Minister (Herr Von Liebe(-have been cremated, and their example has done more to chanpe public feeling than anything that has ever been said or written, The Berlin Cremation Society is beginning to show signs of new life, branch societies are springing up in most of the large German towns, and a petition for burial reform, bearing 300,000 signatures has been presented to the Reichstag, to the delight of Professor Virchow, the apostle of the movement.

_ It is said that thero are atthepresen time, including the Carlist dynasty, no tewer than nine kings and queens of. Spain, First, there is the infant king upon tho throne, and his mother the Queen Regent; then come tho ox-Queon Isabella and her husband, King Francis; thirdly the ex-King Amuco brother of the King of Italy; and lastly the four Carlists —Don Juan 111 and his queen, Dona Beatrix of Este, the former of whom abdicated a few years -ago in favor of his ion Don Carlos, who with his wife, Dona Margeret, makes up the total. An anecdote is teld of the ex-King Amadeo paying a visit to the ex-Queen Isabella iii Pariß, a few years ago when Don Carlos was announced whereupon Amade'o took Mb leave observing with a smile: "I don't think three sovereigns of Spain | ought to bo in one room'" ]

A large balloon, constructed in the Imperial manufactory at Sfc Petersburg for the purpose of conducting a series of experiments bearing on the use of"'balloons for military objects was despatched recently from Sfc .Petersbury for Cronstadt. The upper currents of air were too strong to allow of the aeronauts effecting a descent at Cronstadt, and they were carried on towards Oranionbaum, but. the wind rising they were swept autfcb sea, and at last tho balloon fell into the sea 19 miles from Cape Kararaldaj in the midst of a violent storm of wind and rain. Tho three occupants of the carr would certainly havo boen lost had the accident not been sighted by an English vessel

The captain at once put about and rescued them from their perilous position, and took them safely to Cronstadt ,

Special invitation.-Residents in the ) when they ..visit Wellington either for pleasure or business, are 'reminded that they can combine both by calling at Te Aro Home, This new and commodious warehouse is now one of the most interesting sights in Wellington, and contains a very extensive stock of recently imported drapery goods of all descriptions. -The proprietor is desirous of cultivating a oleser connection and enlarging his transactions with residents in the country districts, audherewith extends a cordial invitation to every one to visit Te Aro Howe, and will be pleased to see as many as can possibly call. All (goods are marked at wholesale'prices, arid can bo inspected without the necessity of purchasing. No one wiM be pressed to luy. There iB on the premises a very comfortable Refreshment Room, Thiß is always open during business hours, so that customers may obtain tea, coffee, and other light refreshments at any. time, and at very reasonable charges, Visitors will also have the privilege of ascending the lofty tower of Te Aro House, which commands a beautiful panoramic view of the city and harbour.

A young man named Theodore Beheras, only a few months in the Colony, blew out his brains with a pistol, in a boarding house at Auckland this morning, in a fit of depression, it is supposed. A cricket match, Yolunteors y Fire Brigade, will be played on the Park Oval on Saturday afternoon next. The Volunteer team will be picked on Thursday from the following :—Wilton, Hoar, Bentlev (3), T. Welch, Kibblewhite, MoLachlan, Philpott, Matthews, Porri'tt, Anketell, W. • Welch, Thompson, A. Minifie, Papworth, Wood, F. Pelling.

We (Press) have been informed that a contemporary was under a misapprehonsion the other day in stating, with reference to some card-sharping by Bpeolers in the Masterton train, that Detective Chrystal, on the arrival of the train here, made one of tho men disgorge his illegal winnings, Detective Chrystal is an efficient officer and knows his duty too well to commit such a breach of the law,' in another respect, As a matter of fact the person, who complained of being swindled for reasons of his own, decided to wait awhile boforo proceeding against the men who he alleged had cheated him out of his money. _ As Mr William Faulkner of the Fernridge, was driving a loaded timber waggon along Chapel-street this morning a twitch stick caught one of the telegraph wires connecting the Masterton Office and Railway Station, breaking two of the arms and pulling the wire to the ground, The noise made by tho wire falling on the office buildings led the officials to think that an earthquake had happened,.or the day of judgmont arrivpd, It may be of interest to carriers generally to know that there is a heavy penalty imposed on persons interfering with the electric wires, and they should sob that their loads are put on so-as not in any way to como in contact with them.