PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2725, 14 October 1887, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY

Second Edition

mi n - th , e legislative:; Council yesterday, t(ihursday),. tho Attorney General in Hon, G. '.-M.Waterhouso ' P3 1 . W-Qlilji'Sontract yet' signed fur of; the \... of 1884. ® t'eiiig- carried .qu, ;/" pwitint' •wer^'.fieipg' r : - .v.;;p»»wuted'c?jwlfir r tbtfconfafit fefSrrea' ••v' • v .^Hoiise .:' " P?einier,;|a answer, to 'Mr, sdyibi.^paid "'. ttyt there wab absolutely.iio' triitb ;;ifr s . :. -tjißjr.epoits tliat-tlie Goveiiiment'' ih; l v" : tieMed.' to a Syise furfcHer oin tipim ts. f_ .to Ll^ktire^uii^,"^*Dlie;(}ov* : -etnmenpacl' rioj, considered thebiji.tteiv n or ted he, and he was not torecomnlend any such appointments unless necessity arose, Several other • questions were asked,- - ••- and numerous Bills, wertrintroduced •• ; ; and motions for returns carried. Major Hamlin .was' appointed Chairman of Committees •on the '• motion of Major ' Atkinson seconded by Sir Julius Vogel," \ ' • Tho Address in Reply-was moved, by Mr Graham; who said ho was glad to seo that retrenchment hail not boon ." "overlooked by the Goveiiimont, aiid . believed they would be backed "up by ' the Houso in any good scheme' 'tlipy. . might bring down. A Better opportu- : ■ nity was never offered' than the pre-' sent, for thoro had been pat demands - by -the constituencies' 'for" economy; ■ . • Thespecch was a gijod one which had a ring of truth nbout it, which 8 augured" well, "and he .hoped the | •Government would be able to'carry, j • out 'whiit it" had promised, "ile. ] thought'' tliat the quickness;' with : •- 1 which the Premier - had ■■ got tho Ministry togethei; was ft good omen. • ■ -Mr McGregor, member for Akaroa, who seconded the ''address, congratu- ' latod Ministers on the brevity of -the ' (Speech, and advocated 'careful re* ; Jdrenchment; v.itliout impairing 'the - ! *s»flblic ; service, and 'beginning with I . themselves. It was for the House, ho '• said, to show the country 'that it was 2 • in earliest in this ' matter. lie 0 eulogised the Premier as the gentleman •• .whom tho country wauled at tho present time, and said he believed it was the honest. intention of the; , Government to deal with the land question in an effective manner.. He f believed that the Governments energy 1 and. ability would'be apphed to the a assistance of the country. . • ' Sir Julks Vogel warned.- the Go- j ' • vernment not to take shelter tinder promises of retreuolimentr' - " He criti-... [ c.iscd severtly the composition'of the, j V; Ministry. He 'declared Mr Mer- 1 obtained his seat bj 7 iutimatiiig that-ho 1 '• would mako it- hot for the Ministry if >' .he were notr included. Why had tho' i ; Premier passed over gentlomeu. who i • had faithfully supported liiiii like Dr £ Newman,' Mr White, Mr Buchamu, 2 : and others? ' '* " , - - ■ -The Premier in reply protested that .Sir Julius could-riot' niaki'a:breachi <4gfretween him and his party. • Mr Ballance, who followed, claimed ], that the land policy of the late ut Government had been adopted By the : & '■. present one, A Tho Ministor of Education made a * personalexplauatiou,which MrScddon . deemed- to be a heartta speech; ■. ■ After some furthor discussion, the Address in Reply was agreed to. ' smart work! •" ' (Press Association,) | Dunedin', October 13. ft On the voyage from Glasgow of. the t \ ship Margaiet Galbraitb/. a seaman gi named Peddington, while 'Engaged in h setting up some rigging, was washed ai overboard through a heavy sea being 31 shipped. As soon as the cry was p raised the thip was brought to the y wind and a bout, lowered, under the B( trge of tbn second officer, and iujlesa ir n two and a half minutes from the E time the man was washed overboard he was .back on board, the vessel, none the P , worse, save a good docking, .; jj FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD, J ( (United Press Association) E 9 Auckland, October 1.4,... 1' A littlo girl, seven years old, 2i • daughter :of tho Rev. J. Hawke, 81 " Whaiig'arei, was tilled while playing * among some firewood, by a log falling J] on her chest.. . f.

THE DUNEDIN TRAGEDY. J k | . . . (Press Association). ' o : ■ Dunedin, October 13. I .MraLofts,contrary Ibilte:<rapeck- f tion of lier medical advisers at firat, is j.' makiug good progress, und is bow .j, likely to recover from the effects ol « .the .wouud she received on Sunday, i tJ, Williams of. the Mastertou Fish- J Tackle Depot arinouncea'thut he has j • ju'Bt received a great variety of rods, rain- j " dowb, flies, &c. for tho present season. Mr. (J. Thompson announces that he (. •' baa commenced business as Nurseryman j .. and Florist in Masterton, at the Victoria e Kurseryj'Colombaroad. Mr Thompson's ( .' advertitfement appears in another column ~ • and contains a price list of garden, {, ■ grefliihoiißO, and window plants, which „ :, ihould provo .of interest to poraonß j ; requiring thoni. a . . • Messrs J. H. Bethune and Co. an> nounoean important sale, of a'froohold j ' : farra' near Ma»fcerton, at ,tlieir roo'ips, v ■ "Welliiigton, on Monday, 24th :inst. r -The property is situated' on the Upper £ : Plain, and known'as Mr Oliiirles Hare's, containing 41 acroß of cood : land, fenced and under cultivation, with numerous buildings thereon, , , ;MrF. H. Wood held-his usual fork nightly stock e.ile at the Taratahi Yards vestorday (Thursday), stock of ; all dunes fl \ owing well and the attend- '• r; ance of buyers good. The"- following - ; -'M. 1 prices were realized Shorn wethers (fat). ' -j' i 10s; shorn eweß, 4s 3d.; ■ ewes in the. ; ; .wool, 3a 6d to 5s 10d ; 'hoggets, 4s 7d to f ! 6i A line' of 4(io. ewes and lambs which . ' bad been entered for this snip, wore • kept baok to the next sale, owing to.tho !} , . Jnipossibilty of drafting them during tho £ ' •■ Wsgent very rough weather, in cattle, a. f large number of young stock were yajded,- t ■ til selling readily but at rather low prices; f . Calves and yearlings, mixed, sexes, ]4a to i 20i; yearling heifers, 20s; steers; 80s to c 37a; store cows, 25a.6d to 455; dairy : toWii; 5

Tho Silk Stocking. Minstrels are announced to appear at the Masterton . Theatre Royal on' Monday, October 24th.