The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1887. MR BEETHAM'S MEETINGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2512, 31 January 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1887. MR BEETHAM'S MEETINGS.

Mb 0, Bestham meets bis constituents at Mastttton this evening. Wfe ex* pressed regret the other day, that he should have placed thb principal centre ; of population in the Electorate fourth > on the list of his meetings, but so little interest is manifested just now. in political questions, -that it does, not matter much whether Masterton comes 3 first or last. Politics are "deadly dull" 3 from various causes, and even at Pah- ( iatua, where Mr Beetham's opponent j resides and possibly exclaims with Sir Walter Scott's hero j "My foot iB on my native My nnme'i UcCakdijE?" The meeting of Tuesday last was as smooth as a ilat iron. / Possiblytht serenity which characterised' th< ' Pahiatua gathering may be' duo to the anticipation that an independent Commission is about to band over Pahia : tua soul and body toWoodville for the formation of a new electorate which . will enable Mr McCakdle to sit as i colleague with Mi' Beetham. If the pro posed electoral commission is'to bt really an independent one we ! fail : to see how tlis result of its operation bar 'bo discounted after this fashion, tor some times independent Commis - sidns are so pro-arranged that thej !; merely register tlifr-iexjweeised ® of the, Ministry of thfe'day .' ItAis no a-healthy.; sign .thai Mr. fyeethau i should have had 'quite so good a timi * in the bush districts," apd, that Wood : vilje gjiould be blessing him, but there are p®haps otliej; reasons why polite : ard just now so torpid. Settlers arc j, invalid their private ~ thiß;season of the year are ~absofbin{ .their :■ \vhole energies. Then again j jthe colony is blessed with a weal j government and a weak' opposition 1 'The- Premier has spoken', but it ii ,: cK i '?■ j | ,t

difficult to. make anything .out of hi* j speech. Lib. the settlers in iliis. j district, hia other avocations kavoi i: him but little time for politics," Wo may pay a couple of thousand pounds \ a year for his services, hut nis own \ clients probably yield him a still ] larger income, and he must look after, them. So far as the past session is j concerned, -people are fairly indifferent, ] and, looking *to the future, even prophets are at fault, The Govern- , merit, itiß understood, have not pre? j pared their own".propamine,' and 'i

tne. vpposuion are/naturally wait- ' ing for it*..' If- i'a probable- that the-Government will be forced to ' adopt a policy of increased f taxatton ' and the opposition one of retrench- ', ment. The Government, without ' showing, their hand, have put out a feeler in this direction. We have already got the cream of what Mr G. Beetham. haß to say to his constituents from the addresses which he hag delivered up country, and we do upt gather from them either what the Ministry or Opposition are likely to do in the coming session. Ons advantage in listening to an esperienced.meraber like Mr Beetham is the insight which he gives as to the feeling of the House on pubh'o questions, When Parliament is flitting the House gwirns the Cabinet, and draw the renfins tb«

uavtwvvi ami niuuig HUB 10U«BS &U6 Civil'service very, often runs it. Jnjt now the Civil Service is in power, and the retrenchment barometer is decidedly low, but*f tor* witlers will rouse themselves a little to rerist the new taxation which is threatened, and to insist upon a substantial measure of retrenchment in lieu of it. -Onthis. Very important point, Mr Beetham in the. addresses which he.has as yet delivered does not appear to have laid much stress, but it is the one on which at the present juncture a clear aud decided opinion should be given. If one thing looms on the political horizon it is increased taxation, and only a determined and an honost retrenchment in the public service can avert it. ■

Tenders are invited by the Parkvillo Special Settlement Association for the supply and delivery of cocksfoot and rye grass seed. _ Messrs Lowes and lorns publish a list in their usual column, of pure bred rams to be offered for sale on the day of the Masterton Ram and Ewe Fair, February 10th, Tho Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges the receipt of £7 ss, being second list of subscriptions collected by Mr W. Wright Smith, manager for Msurs J. Nathan and Co., Tinui. Notice is givort leases of village homestead special settlements at Bastwell's clearing and Mangatainoka Bridqo will be tpened for applioaton at the office of the Comraiasiouor of Crown Landß, Wellington, on and after February 14. Signor Hug the well-known medical clairvoyant arrived in Masterton on Saturday and took up his quarters at thf Club Hotel. His stay is limited, as he proceeds by the first train to-morrow ti Greytown.

The programme of the St Patricks Day meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Club is published in to-day's issue. • There are seven ovents in the day's bill, the amount of added money being £240, and the principal race, the St Patrick's Handicap, (1J man), of £BO.Although' gas has been turned on for consumption for nearly a week, not more than a third of the business places were lit by it on Saturday evening. Some of the establishment's looked remarkably well. Tho Bon Matche, Wholesale Drapery Company, andF. W. Temple's store boi'ng biases of illumination. The Catholic and Presbyterian churches were lib by gas last ovenuty which was a great improvement on the. kerosene lamps formerly used. Another lire broke out in Wellington yesterday near the sceno of Arrowsmifch'i conflagration, and partly destroyed tho Auction Mart of Messrs Arthur flaiell and Co. A reward of £IOO is offemd for tho conviction of the person who set fire to the premises", as it is supposed to bo an act of incendiarism. MrG. Beetbm, M.H.R., addressed » fairly representative moetinp at Mauriceville on Saturday evening last. Mr G. Gunderson occupied the chair. A speech similar tu tho" Eketatiuna ono was delivered, aftor whL'h questions relating to local matters wore asked, and a discussion took place on the Education question, the speakers bomg of opinion that the cost of the lviehor branches was excessive. A voto of thanks to Mr Beotham waß proposed and unanimously carried, Messrs Chafes Pownall and Co., mortgage agents, Wellinelon, report the value of money unchanged during the last month formortgage investment, quotations remaining nominally from 7 to 7| per cent. Business, in the absence of any capital offering, has completely collapsed, even small amounts being difficult to negotiate on good security. Reduction of bank rates on deposit from six to five per cent, will no doubt set free* considerable sum for outside inveßment, but this will take Seme time to effect, aod as there is a large vacuum now to be. filled up we must look for a foreign supply, as at least half a millioncoUldnowbeplacedonadvantageous temsonlandediecurityonly.Aswcpredictod last month, against the g«noral opinion expressed, wool has again rison fully 10 per cent, at the London wool sales yestorday, with» largo attendance ot foreign bviyew, and, lorking to a limited iupply, we expeet this advance to continue. Frozen moat, h'des, and tallow are likewise advancing in value, all representing more profitsble returns to this country; and, with nrncy iu the London market now again If per cent below bank rates, we expect to sue a new revival of confidence in our resources, leading up to the : ample supply of oheap capital that will surely follow it, '. Messrs' Arthur "Warhurton b Co., report for the week:—Banks~N,Z„ £l6 27a Od ; National, 345; Colonial, 41a ox dii\ l«»urkce--N.Z., sellers 635; South .Briti»h,'e6llero'l!ll;l7utional. sellers ISs 9d; Union, sellers 20s; Standard 10s 6d'; Colonial,sellers 4s 3d; Equitable,. Is; N.Z, Acoident, 3si Miscellaneous—Loan and Mercantile,^; Land Mortgage, 20s to 21s; National Mortgage, 18a 6d to 19a; N.Z. Shipping/ 30s to 3fip; Union Steam, ■fill 10s to £l2; Mosgiel Woollen, 72s 6d; Ksiapoi,..Bos: N.Z. Drug, IBs to 15s 6d; Jtapier eas,' buyers £l3; Wangauul , gas, £l2 10s • Kaitangata Coal, £l3 • Westpprt opaljlßflj Wellington Trust and ami Loan, .sellers £b' 10a cum dir; Wellington Gas, sepond, buyers £9 10s cum div, with right to new issue; buyors of new issue, 7s 6d premium. A Wondebful HENN.-Mtmy ate the instances cited of the astonishing fecundity of the .various species of domestie&tod fowl; but the'cel|bratcd Wellington Henn (which, strange to say,< is of the masculine gender) has a soul above the'mero production of eggs. The manner in which he turns out Venetian Blinds, etc,, is the wonder and admiration of everybody from the Governor downwards, Tho name of this wori(lerfi4bjrd isR. }V. Hrnn, and his wellknown fowl-house istuer o neko Stcam'TVindow Blind Factory, JloHawwth'strwt, Wellington. -Att.

■ilr iJoeftam ddraasos tfic- uloutur'ts in c tbi! AV.iy.il. Masterton, this cvo- 1 i'l'i. •' ' ■ v / ■/f ho rifle match, tiventv aside," Wairarapa v Wellington, resulted in the co'un- ! try team being beaten on Saturday last * by 69 points, the scores being Wellington > 1202, Wairarapa 1193, . i Tho poiico received information this. 1 mornint; that a man was drowned at : Pahiatua. No particulars are to hand. , Attention is directed to the unreaeryed Bale of stock in tratlej horse 9, vehicles and ' plant that takes place on. Wednesday, at . Mr J. Qundersen'a store, Mfturiceville, by Mta Lowes and lorns. ABOUT IHAT.JSai) to BE OIVEK AWAY.— To the Editor-SivWuT you allow me': throusjhyour columns to. let .the people of, : the Wairarapa know that "I am going to sell all iny stock, coiisisting of men's, youth's, and boys'clothing, shirts, hats, hosiery, &c, at a great reduction in prices, up till the ond of the year'; and. also to; remind them that every one who buys goods to the value of 2s 6d gets a ticket in my f35 corapotition. Think of that! By spending 2s 6d with roe, you may win money onoogh to carry you for a' trip round New Zealand.—John THOftßuam, Clothier. &c.. Willis et..Weuluvton-