The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 11, 1887. MR HOGG'S POLITICAL PLATFORM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2644, 11 July 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 11, 1887. MR HOGG'S POLITICAL PLATFORM.

Mr Hogg has published without delay his political platform, a structure consisting apparently of eight fairly solid and substantial planks, First and foremost in his programme he places Protection, which we may assumo to bo his trump card. The public, however, arc Blow to believe in. a suicidal policy of taxing the many for the support of tho few, and excepting in large centres of population like Wellington where a protective tariff may„ temporarily stimulate trade at the expense of the country, Protection is unlikely to carry a candidate for Legislative honors into the Assembly. Plank No. 2 is a Progressive Land Tax, one of the wild ideas of the Liberal Party, which is just now outside the bounds of practical politics, because even Revolutionists like Sir Robert Stout and Mr Ballance will not propose it in the House. However, a progressive land tax does very well' as an election cry ! Mr Hogg proposes it as a substitute for the Property Tax, and in this form it is an uttor absurdity, because wealthy merchants, traders, and professional men would, by the abolition of tho property tax, be relieved from the large contributions which they now make towards the consolidated revenue, and we can hardly believe that even Mr Hogg proposes to let. these wealthy people escape, Probably he has not thought out the question, and trusts that the electors whom he addresses will follow his example. The third plank is the educational one, on which all parties are fairly, agreed.. No one really threatens the existing system, though efforts are being made to keep down the cost of it. Passing on to the next point Mr;Hogg is evidently antliusiastic over the oxisting land laws and. the SpeciakndVillage Settlement Systems. We venture to express a hope that our land laws maybe made even yet more liberal and a good deal less nonsensical by simplifying them in such a way as to attract the attention, and win the confidence of persons who are c&lpulated, to make good settlers, Mr Beetham pointed out the; other day that men were being

placed, at a heavy cost to the Colony, oil land which would not support a mouse. We have been wasting our all but exhausted resources,' to a large extent, in placing wrong men on bad land, and if we expand on this pernicious system, Heaven help us! v We do., not understand what Mr Hogg proposes by stopping borrowing "as far as is judicious." Sir Julius Vogel, the champi6n borrower of the Colony, .would no doubt be .quite willing to be lied with this most' elastic condition. The abolition of the Uppef House'," pure and simple, is a distinctive feature of Mr Hogg's programme, but we would venture to point out that when candidates like Mr Hogg seek to be members of the Representative Cham-' bei's, the retention, of an .Upper House mil generally be regarded as an indispensable safeguard. No doubt Mr Hogg, indue course, will explain what he means by decentralisation, and will specify what functions should he relegated to local bodies, and what local bodies should exorcise them; and also what ornato p.ud useless branches of the. Civil Service should be .dispensed with.. His. manifesto on these points aro somewhat vague, without the further explanation:; and illustrations winch will no doubt appear in due course. '

Mr Haggen who for some years played at Woodyillo the role which Mr Hogg fills in Masfcerton, is now in charge of the Bay of Plenty Times, and is apparently slating his old friends, for in a rec.ont issue of his new journal lie writes" Wo notice the Napier ''Liberals".are asking Sir Robert Stout to contest the Napier seat with Mr Ormond. Sir Robert will do well to keep out of the hands of the people who set thomselves up as the leading " Liberals" of that place. We know tlieni pretty woll, and we know that political principle goes a very little way with thorn." Liberals evidently understand one another. •

An announcement appears in our advertising columns of the annual stocktaking sale at Rive's T. A 0. Warehouse, Cuba Street, Wellington. The Carterton Municipal elections take placo on Thursday next, 14th inst., when the burgesses will be culled upon to select six members from among twelve aspirants.

Tin Pahiatua Star say3Since.. Mr McCardlo has withdrawn from tho contest in order to stand fur Woodville. we express a hope that Mr Beetliam will be returned by an overwhelming majority, as in him tho Bush settlers will still have an able and willing champion, Tho awing bridge between' - Greytown and Matarawa received considerable damage by the flood in the Waiohine Rivor on Saturday, and foot traffic hus been temporarily stopped; •' '

Dr. W. H. flosking notifies that his b(ioka and accounts are placed in the hands of Mr A. R, Bunny, Solicitor, and that no othor person i 3 iuithorised to reccivo luonios ou'liia It has been decided to send William Hearn, the champion oarsmen' of New Zealand to compete in the Worlds champion Sculling raco at Sydney on January next. Before proceeding to' Sydney, Hearn has issued a challenge to row any man in New Zealand, for the championfillip and £IOO a side, or is.willing to entor a sweepstake of £SO each man. ■ • The Woodville people must be fond of litigation, or else money must be very scarce, if the businoas of the J.O;I, Court is taken as a criterion. On Thursday last Mr S. Von Stunner, R.M., held a levee there, and, according to ' the Examiner, put through fifty-five undefended dobt cases, sis; defended, three breaches of tho Town • by-laws, two. drunks, two disturbers of the peace, and thon tho Court adjourned till next morning.

At a meeting uf the Greytown Borough Council the other night, it was resolved that a Firo Bell be ordered from Messrs Cable and Co, and that tho Council take steps to support the -, views of the New Plymouth Borough Council re amend-' mentof Hospital and Charitable Aid Act. The reports of tho Finance and Works Committees were adopted, 'the latter recommending acceptances of tenders for metalling, tho various roads in the Borough. The Clerk was instructed to givo notice to Mr Grigg to fence the section in hia occupation. Tho certified balanco sheet was,road, and ordered to bo printed. The; matter !of licensing slaughter houses was allowed to stand over for one month. An itinerant vendor of images, Italian) met with a rebuff at tho hands of a Carterton boot raakor on Saturday,. Tho knight of,• the lapstone wished to pifrcliase an' image below the 'market value, when ho was called " a fool" by the irate foreigner.. This was moro than the man' of leather could stand, and tho consequence was that the images were promptly demolished by a fusilade of boots, and shoes. Some sympathising lookore on afterwards by "ashilling in 1 made amends to the grief-stricken ltaliau who wept over Ins sudden loss: Mr.Bunny's meeting at Martiiiborough on Fridaynight was well attended. The Town Hall being filled to excess, tho Chair was occupied by Mr H. C. Dowman, and tho candidate, during the courso of bis addross was 'frequently applauded. Mr Andrews askod Mr Bunny to explain how they .wouldget men with capital to settle in -the country, if they adopted the perpetual leaso system. Mr Bunny replied that he did not think the perpotual leasing system would provent capitalists from speculating in land if they felt so disposed, nor that they would bo debarred froth coming from other countries tu sottle' on tho land as freeholders. He said lie did not know if Mr Andrews possessed a large tract of land or a cabbago garden, 'bub if he possessed a garden and could not afford to purchase seeds he would present him with some. Other questions were put but they were of very small import. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Bunny and a vote of thanks tt the chair concluded a most successful meeting. Mens Colonial Suits, 18s lid, 255, 355, and.4ss; men's trousers and vosts, 9s lid, 12b (id, 16s lid ; men'b trousers, 4s (id, '7s (id, 10s 6d, 15s Gd ; hats, caps, shirts, 'scarves, belts, braceSj blankets, rugs, &e., at prices 20 per cent below any other houso in the trade. ■ A call solicited, .Tho Wairarapa Clothing Factory, next Mason's Chemist. E. B, Hake, Manager, A Wonderful Henx.—Many are the 'instancescited of the astonishing fecundity of tho various species of domesticated fowl; but the celebrated Wellington Henn (which, 'strange to Bay, is of the masculine gender) has a soul above the mere production of egps. The manner in which he turns out Vonetian Blinds, etc., is the wonder and admiration of everybody, from tho Governor downwards, The name of this wonderful bird is R. W. Henn, and his well-known fowlhouse is the Poneko Steam Window Blind Factoiyy' Molesworth'street, Wel-lington.—Aidvti-tv' .

The Volunteer Quadrille Assembly intend having an extended programme at 'their usual weekly dance to-morrow eve- 1 mng when refreshments will be provided for visitors, ■ Great interest wat taken in the sale of ; Japanese goods in-the Masterton. Theatre-' 1 fioyal oil Saturday last. Messrs L(iwes ! • arid lorns got through a very extensive catalogue, the bidding being spirited, and satisfactory prices were realised. Notice is given that tho partnership' - hitherto existiag between Messrs James Muir and Edward Dixon is dissolved as from June Ist 1887.' The business, pill ■ •in future be earned on by Mr E..r-D.isan ■ • who has been' connected with the firm ' from its commencement and from whom customers can rely upon receiving every . attention combined with good workmanship to any orders entrusted to him; A meotine. of the Wairarapa Gun 01 lib Committee was held, at Hammericfi's Hotel, Greytown. on Saturday, evening. Arrangments were made for holding a pigeon match at the Platform Farm near Greytown Saturday next at 11.30 a.m., (or which a number of of good enteries Enteiies for the meeting close with the Secretary; Greytown toiiiurrow ovening. A seven Bird match has been arranged, and the gathering" promises to be a success. The Secretaiy of the Wairarapa Ruejby Football Union lias received- a communication , from tho Canterbury Rugby Unioii, to the effect that tho representatives. of that Union leavo for. tlieir

Northern tour on August 9th, and will play'in the Wairarapa about August 24th 3ti their return from Auckland. 'This intelligence should stir up Wairarapa footballers, and induco them'to go in for practice, so that tho visitors may be treated to a genuine game, even if they tlo not get a beating Messrs Jas. Brown and Co, had a very lararo attendance at their 'auction- bhlo on Saturday. The bidding was spirited throughout, the bankrupt stock of ironmongery being the groat, attraction. ]n produce, Canterbury jiotatoes fetched £5 5s per ton, Bacon, fiid to Oi-d: cheese, 5d to fi-id. A man named John Somerville had his lelt arm broken yesterday whilst at work on the Mnngahno road, between tho toad and the river, says tho Pahiatua Star,. Two men were - removing a'heavy log with jacks, the one Somerville was usin'n beini,' unfoituuately out of order. Whentho jack had been screwed up almost to tho full extent, it suddenly reversed, : the handles, which, were revolving at a tremendous speed, striking Somerville on the arms, snapping the left about midway, whilst the right, was suniowhat bruised. l)r Williams was immediately tclograplicd. to' Wd'odville "for, who was promptly in attendance, and the broken limb was satisfactorily set. Tho New Bedford correspondent of the Cincinnati Inquirer' says:—"The success of a wonderful surgical operation, .performedin this city neatly a year ago, has just been demonstrated. Seventeen years ago Edward K, Russel met with an accident by which tho'tcn"f]('in3 of oue of his lees wore severed, rendering tho limb usoless, The oparatidii consisted in tranforriny. .two tendoiisTfrom a dog; which had been etherised for the purpose, to Russell's limb, where they were united with tho severed fcendona in that number. For ten months after the operation Russell waß .not alfowell'tt) put his leg to' the grond. He has nriwa'esuihcd his work and has complete control of tho limb, the opera-

tion .having proved to be an entire buccobs, This is fcho first time that this operation' lias boon performed in this country, though it has been proviou3ly attempted with only partial success.'" ~ How to save money—" Buy in the clieapes' market," You can do tliia at' any time by coming to our Warehouse iii Wellington, but' wo me now offering greater' opportunities of doing so than ever, at: our salo of surplus Winter Stock of. Drapery and Clothing at the Wholesale Ja'tnily Drapery Warehouse, Te Avo House, Wellington. The remaining portion of our season's slock must be sold, and those who visit our sale,.commencing on Friday, July 8, will havo the'advantage of picking'up extraordinary bargains, unparrallcd for cheapness in the history of the province, or lor that maltor ot Te Aro House.

To give an idea—What would you think of .alot of real French Cashmeres in all colors, 'beautifully line, and 41 inches wide for Is per yard, of sill; plushes in a variety of shades at Is Gd per yard, of capital black velvetocns at Is per yard, of handsome :Brocho Silks, all colors, at Is per yard, of a vast variety of useful, durable, and fashion* able dross fabrics at tho following prices for lengths of 12 yards each, I5"ls (3d, 3s lid, 4s lid, 5s lid, Os lid, 7s lid. Those aro all to be had for two weeks only atTe Aro House.

Want of space will not allow us to enumerate other bargains equally groat in Mantles, Millinery, Blankets, Calicoes, Flannels, Shirtings, Carpets, Linoleums, Mens' Boy's and Youths' Clothiug, they aro there for all that, and wo would advise all in want, of these necessary articles to pay a visit without delay to tho sale at tho Wholepale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Eofroshmonts can bo had at modorato charges on the premises. Sale commenoes Friday July .8,. and mil continue to Saturday 23rd at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. . The next English and European Mail via San Francisco, will close at Maßterton on Saturday next, lGthinafc., at 0.30 am. We understand that names for insertion on the rolls of the new electoral district will bo rocoived by the registrar up to Thursday next. The monthly, meeting of the Wairarapa Gospel' Touiporauce/Union will be held in the Tompo'raneo Hall, bu Tuesday evoning. The Wesleyan choir haa kindly consented to render tho service of song ontitled "Reclaimed," and, therobeing no charge for 'admission, a large attend: ance is expected. Tho adjourned annual general meeting of the Maßterton Horticultural and Industrial Society takes place this evoning at the Central Chambers. MrF. T, llednian, of Denisoh House, Masterton, announces that ho lias imported a completo apparatus for roasting and grinding coffee, and is now üble to supply his customers with' fclio genuine article, with chicory as desfted.