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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2679, 20 August 1887, Page 2

The-next English and European Mail via Bio will close at the Masterton office :on Thursday next, 25th inst.,at 6.30 a.m. .The annual election of. Councillors for the Maaterton feorough is announced for September Bth, whet) each ward will , be called upon to select; a representative. The nominations tako place on the 25th inst, the several places being set.forth in another column^

We direct attention to " the numerous advertisements' on the third page ot to-, day's issue - from, Mrs Baumber, Central Boot and Shoe Depot,' rQueen Streett

' A new firebell has been procured for the Borough of Greytown, and an agitation is on foot for a mot'o efficient firo engine.

'lhe Featlierstou cricketers hold their annual meeting on Saturday next, It is to be hoped that the .Club will endeavorto regain its.former position' among the Waimrapa Club'g, ;as it .has gone; back considerably during the paßt three-orfour. years.l.•• .

•.The. late' aevere- weather has caused considerable .mortality among 'the lambs in' this-diatriot says the Standard, but the average loss is not very heavy, some of the very,'early lambs (about two months old) are'indeed iookin? remarkably strong .and healthy and'the season bo far,, hasbeen more successful than'last year,'

Letters of naturalisation havo been issued and are notified in this weeks gazette aB follows; Niels 0. Jenaen, carpenter, Henry King, beo farmer, Pahiatua; David C. Rejard, Carl Shultz, baker, Masterton; Herman August Lutze, farmer, Hanß C. Gronn, carter. Martin; Edwin White, laborer, Featherston; Johann August Eoy, Bawmiller, Ek'etahuna.

MeDßra Jas. Brown and Co. aro instructed by Mr ,-W. Bell, draper and storekeeper of .Eketahuna, to auction tlio whole of his new and choice stock of drapery aud grocery,, and t-ho whole of his ■ household furniture and offects, including a now piano by Roasner. The sale will-take place on Wednesday ■ 31st, and following days. Mr Bell is giving up bußinoßs altogether in Eketahuna. •. - - At a "meeting of - the Borough Gas Committoe hold last, ovening, it was' decided not to recommend a reduction in the price of gas until the consumption roacheß 200,000 feet per month. At present there is an output of about 180,000 per month, and as the days are lengthening there is not much likelihood of the desired quantity being consumed before next winter.

The following applications for patents appears in this weeka g'azetto:—An invention for converting any tablo or othor knife into a perfect tobacco-cutter, by Edward Percy Ameabury, D. D. S., of Masterton; an invention for the Soiwayrabbit poisoner, by Donald Donald, ef Soiway, Masterton; an invention for a clothes-horse, to be called "The Nursery Folding Clothos-horae," by Thomas William Foster and Danjol Thomas King, both of Cartortou, cabinetmakers.

Thero has beeii a remarkable development in the manufacturing industry of Poland during the last few years. 'According to the report of Mr Grant, British Couaul at Warsaw,there were in 1884 ovor 6,500 factories of one kind or another in the kingdom, employing 105,300 hands, while twelvo years before the number employod was but 70,000. Large fortunes are being made by the manufacturers, who are principally Germans and Polish .Tews. Lodz is the Polish Manchester. The placo has grown from a small place of 29, 000 population in 1860 to a. great rnanu. facturing oity of a 160,000 doulb and con< taining 165 mills and factories, employing ' 30,000 hands. Tho mills of Lodz'work ■; up every year about 125,000 bales of cotton. Sixty por cent of the population are of German nationality, and about threofourths of this proportion have boen naturalized as Russian subjects.

At the Wellington R. M. Court yoafcer* day, William Richard Wators was oharged before Mr Wardell, R,M,, with having, .on tho 10th October, 1885, when o'mployed as a servant nf tho City Advance and Deposit Company, fraudulently embezzled. th.e sum of £IOO, received by him on account of the said company. Mr Skerrettappeared for. tho.accußed, Mr Edwards, who formerly represented the proseoutionwhen the case waß called on, 'said that he did. uot propose to offer auy Evidence in support of the information, aa he was not in a position to prooead with the prosecution. Mr Wardell, in 'dismissing tho information said it was a Benou3' mattor that apparently ' well grounded reports,of improper dealings with monoy- should [obtain such wide circulation, and at the last moment tho investigation cease.- He said the discharge did not debar the prosecutor from taking further action if the interests of justice required it.

• • from tho Examinor we lea,rn that at Mr Horaco Baker's meetinp at Paliiatua on Saturday last. Mr McCardle proposed a' yote of thanks to Mr Baker for his very able, straight forward and manly spoech, and said lie felt proud to havo for a political opponent one who was not afraid to speak straight out what ho thought .on certain questions whether his hearers agreed with him or not. Ho felt sorry lie could not say the same of anothor candidate in the field. With rcyard to what Mr Baker had said of himself, he disclaimed having anything to'do with the reports, circulating as to Mr Baker resisEninginhis faror. And he would further say that so far as not being able to form committees on the other aide of tho Manawacu, his progress through the northern part of the Woodvilie electorate had been almost a triumphal proceßsiou,' Ho Would conclude by saying that he thought so highly of Mr Baker that did he oonsider their chances to bo nearly equal he would try to make arrangements with Mr Baker for one of them to retire! rather than let' Mr' Smith in. ■:.He wished that Mr Baker and himself had the field to themselves so that they could have had a fair, open fight, as he looked upon Mr Baker as a worthy opponent, and trusted Mr Bakor regarded hira in the same light. Mr McCardle then moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Baker,

An American'who happened to see a man murdered in Havana was detained ten months in,jail as a witness, and the judge then deoided that it wan a case of self-defence. Cuba is one o[ the places whew the blind man gets along the best.

" Mistakes-will ttften occur m the'beat regulated families, " and: so it io that to suit tho convenienbe.'of shippers we have a conBignment of glassware that wore not wanted, before, Christmas, To Ai'O House, Wellington As, 'li6wever, >they,aro . lioro, the public; will raap the benefit of the error,' ana will; havo au oppotunity of making a free selection in accordance with tho amount of their purchases, and on a- similar soale to the Jubilee bonus in tho mouth of June last. During the present month thoy can be had at Te Aro House."

The scale is announcod in another column, and is sufficiently liberal to attract' a large amount of attention. The artiolea jro all of as useful as well as an ornamental, description, and no doubt will be much appreciated and sought after by purchasers at- Te Aro Hoxifie, Wellington. .We need'hardly say that to those who contemplate getting up housekeeping this opportunity will be invaluable, while those who wish to replenish their stock of household glasgwaro at once adapted for ordinary use, and, calculated to be ornaments to any ■weli-laid table, will, that does not occur every day, at T6 Aro Houso, Wol. lirigton:—Apvir. New' Zealand Tweed Suits made to, measure, fit and workmanship guaranteed, '• quality of work unsurpassed, and priceß wifcbin the reach of the poorest. Clothing, Overcoats. Macintoshes, Oilskins, Hat Caps, Shirts, Underclothing, Braces and Belts, &c' .4a in the £ discount. . A call, ealicited. Note address—The Wairarapa Clothing Pactoiy, Queen St., Maatertou. E. B. Eirb, Manager.

The Standard accuses Mr H. Bunriy of misleading the Wairarapa electors and asserts emphatically that he is pledged to Bupport Messrs Stout and Ballance. , The secretary of the Union Football Club, Wellington, has written'to the Masterton Club with a view of arranging annual contests between the two cluls. Mr John Wiliiams, of the firm of Howard and Williams, gastitters, was removed to the Masterton.Hospital this morning suffering from the effects of a •broken blood vessel.- - . To enable the South Wairarapa residents to witness the Canterbury v Wairarapa Football Match at Masterton on Wednesday' next,"the - "secretary■ of the reception committee has applied to the railway authorities for special local trains on that date. Notice is given 'in another column of the transfer of- section 106, Block 11,. Kopuaratiga, from W. U. ft, Summer to. Annie Sophia Charlotte Kummor, of' Opaki.

THE FOOLISH YOUNG BOY HAVING IN THE MEANTIME OUT HIS EYE-TEETH BKKAKS OUT INTO PRINT. The following trenchant rejoinder lias been addressed to Mr R. B. Hawkins, through the columns of our local contemporary. (To the Editor.) Sib,—l had intended to let the remarks made by MrHawkins at his last meeting in reference to myself pass unnoticed as I consider these personal matters are belter left aione in an election contest. However, some people seem to consider that I have been utterly sat upon. Not only oil that account do I write, but on reading a part of Mr Hawkins' speech through again, I see he made, one or two re-

marks wliioh I canuot let pass witboat notice. At the beginiug of this election .contest I made the remark "Jf Mr Hawkins cannot manage his own affairs, how is he to manage those of the Colony?" but on arguing this out I saw that it was no argument. A man may fail in one thiug yet succeed in another. 1 atn always quite ready to acknowledge when I am in the wrong.' Since then.l have not made use ol the above expression and have even taken the trouble to point out to people using it, that it iswrbngj'ind I emphatically deny that I have made, use of it to prejudice Mr Hawkins in the eyes of the electors', as the gentleman to whom I spoke was a well known supporter of his andamemberofhiscoraraittee, Now as ioanotlier poiatin'Mr Hawkiiis'ajHfech whichdoesnotcoilcern myself, but which 1 consider I am justified in noticing. , I consider that Mrs Hawkins, made a most unjustifiable,'unwarranted, aud cowardly attack o.n the goiitlerpeii;who are at present, matiaging his' property. Unjustifiable, because there is noU shadow of excuse for (irsggibg the pre-' sent management of bis property on to ths public": platform;• .unwarranted, because I believe these gentlemen are doing ull that can possibly be done to pull the place together. ' As-far as the principal drawback to the place is con-, cernetl, the rabbit 1 can speak from .personal,experience, as I rode from one end of the placia to the other in the autumn and only.saw one. rabbit, Not only that, but a rabbit inspoctor who has just apeab two. days looking ovor the place says that the management' have clone splendidjygrk. Mr Hawkins'should suroly' be' grateful for this, I say the attack is cowardly because these gentlemen could not very well defend themselves,, the, principal one against whom Mr Hawkins' attack was chiefly aimed being a uon-electoi\ Who is this gentleman whom Mr Hawkius „so wildly .attacks ?. ■ Is he some novice who does uofc know a cow from a sheep? No, sir, he has been during seven or eight years, manager for Mr Charles Pharazyn, who is generally acknowledged to be a shrewd' practical 'man, That gentleman had sufficient confidence in him to leave in his hands the whole management of his affairs when he took a trip to England Again Mr Hawkins makes a remark to this effect:— ['hat the firm with which I am connected was annoyed with him for giving high wages and so raising the market rate." Now, sir, Mr Hiwkins has told us there are two Stouts; I say there must be at least a dozen Hawkinses. We have Hawkins the teetotaller, and Hawkins.who • has been known to take a glass of wine. We have Hawkins who .told us he, was going to stand upright like a mail, tho' everyone else crawled on their stomachs, and.; we haye Hawkins wh® spends the last half-hour of his .meetings in .whining, - .culminating in a burst of bombastical selfpraise, aud boastful egotism, We bave that Hawking who three yearß ago on the public platform in Master-ton-.said "Let us riot destroy the present educational system; let tin the the children of the Protestant, the Roman Catholic, the Wesleyau,. and other denominations,-being brought up side by side, and all religions differences at end; and wo have Hawkins the . candidate who,' in lawyer - like and obsoure phraseology, tell 3 »3 that, ho favors subsidising denominational education, There is Hawkins, the, great Democrat, who would abolish the little court at Wellington, our'govomor, our' 'harmless .little Maj6r° General, .and anyone who wear 3 a red coat, and there is Hawkins, the bine-blooded conservative, who has a pedigree as long as your arm, and who boasts of.'his anoestoi'Bwbo cut and slashed in'all directions and shed'blood in a.reckless manner, afterwards being taken to tliat. chamber of horrors to Democrats —"ft Court," and decorated at the bauds ot that most objectionable of beings-—a Queen. • What natter tho' tbey by their cutting and slashing rendered a' mother childle§s, or the 'cottage with the twining oreepers" desolate—they were grand old seadogs and their name was Hawkins !< Then weharothe Hawkins who spoke as follows" These territorial lords were annoyed at my giving high wages and so raising the market rate." 1 ask seriously can this be the same 'Hawkins who fifteen month ago or thereabouts, before. the democratic part .of him bad decided to stand as a candidate, when discußßing; the question of the reduction of the price of shearing,' asked a

rtilafion of mine it* he would agree to a certain price, and on. his saying that ke never interfered with the business as far as wages were concerned, replied " Oh, I knoff it is no use saying anything to any of yon with the election coming on." What is the inference] Why, this, that Mr Hawkins accuses the firm of trying to buy political support bj giving high tfigesIn case this latter geritliemafi, to whom Hawkins' many constituent -parts broken loose by accident, or a totally distinct Mr Hawkins,'who may have been in 'Masterton'about that time, I may state, as a means of establishing his identity, that he. was remarkable for a strong tendency' to. jump on anyone who. had the temerity to-differ from him, [especially Civil dervants. I now tell Mr Hawkins that our idea - is ! this;—that it you want to gain the respect of your fellow sottlers, conduct your biisinoss in a straightforward' manner,, without fear or favor j give a fair days pay for a fair days work, and tnako no difierenco to your' employes at election lime or any other time; In conclusion I will offer Mr Hawkins a few words of advice, if bo will coadecend to take advice from.a foolish boy." —Keep calm, avoid'dragging purely personal matters on to a public platform, leave " foolish boys" alone,- they are quite ahle to take care of themselves, whine less and you will, probably bit at the bottom of. the poll by uot more than 200 voW. ■ l am,' &c., ■ Hugh G. Williams.