The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1887. RULING HIGH AND RULING LOW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2754, 19 November 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1887. RULING HIGH AND RULING LOW.

i The character. of:.any. .Legislative i. Chamber is determined by the status of its presiding officer. WhenMr Speaker | rules high; debates are decorous,-when j Mr; Speaker rules low, the discussions are rowdy. The high or low. raiigb of i the speaker's ruling absolutely strikes L the,key-note, of tho"Chamber. InNew : ; Zealand, our .Speakers in tho House ol Representsver-bavc usually rnled. i- -higb,-. and Sir Maurice O'Rorke hits \ invariably done so. Tho late scene in . the House may be taken to have arisen from the storn determination of tlm ?. Speaker to.rule high. It is curious v to notice; that the press of tb'o colony are examining microscopically' the exact expressions' used% - ; rh'e -Speaker, by Sir Julius'Vogel, by Major Atkinson, and by''others during tho late scene in the House, and discorering that tbis man said a wrong word at a right time, and that another said a right word at a wrong time, and that each and every:• one who took part in tho wrangle '"were more or less to blame. Mensuring and .weighing in cold blood the expressions which flash like lightning during a ; moment of. red hot excitement, is an absurdity; The broad point at issue

appears to us to bo not ' whether the ; Speaker; ruled with mathematical ; accuracy, liiit whether in the iiiniih he : j high;- ...Wo think, all parties in ■j the House will admit that he did rule . high, and. that for. this., reason a j majority of members will" sustain his ruling. Sir Julius Vogel will ask' the House to review the Speakers ruling, but llio request is a most improper one. The House collectively chooses its fittest man to be its . Speaker or ruler, for a good Speaker nnist rule, and it is not justified in challenging his authority without grave' reason. The fact of one member having a grievance, even .though that member be a leader of the Opposition, does not justify the House in culling in question the Speaker's action. If a Speaker were habitually:, unfair in his'decisions, a ciiso for'interference would undoubtedly but this could notposaibly bo the cash with an experienced president who .lias repeatedly been voted to tho chair by tho unanimous ,voice of members, If Sir Julius Vogel succeeds in his .present efforts to porßuade the Houso to review the action of the Speaker, ,hu virtually censures" high ruling" iti our Parliamentary debates. Sir ;Muurice o'Rorke : would no doubt .lli! ; n throw up his high otßco in disgust,' and."some rnoro acoomm'odatiug member:'would be'pitchforked into the chair to .rule low. We. trust that Sir Juliur will ,yet Bee'that his: persistency in' fighting <the -Speaker is- _ a.n'tagoiiislio ■ to a prinoipie of'.conduct- which -every . member *6f the.House ought to liiaintain, aiid that . his action tends to degrade the'Hbuse, and to injure him-, self as a party-leader. :. :

A dense fog (prevailed throughout the city ,of Loudon oil/Wednesday last, ; and ,bußihess waa'guspended ior aome hours in con&quonce, , '

A meeting of director? of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society will be held this ovening at the Club Hotel at 8 o'clock, to consider the programme of sports.'

We have to acknowledge the receipt of Part VI of tho statistics of the colony of _ Now Zealand from the Government Printer.

An emergency meeting of the Thistle Lodge, G47, S,C., is convened for Wednesday evening next, at the Masonic flail, Bannister Street.

• We havo received from Messrs Reid and Gray, of Dunedin, an illustrated Catalogue of prize machinery manufactured by. tho..firm,..."The get-up of the publication is excellent, and a copy of.it will be forwarded free on application to the firm.

The manager of the Masterton Branch of the JNew Zealand Cluthing Factory, requests us to state that tho whole of the goods at the establishment have been remarked, and tho great clearing Bale is now in progress.

We direct attention to an inset that appears in to-dey's issue from Messrs M. Casnlbeiy Co., announcing that tho sale of goods in the. assigned • estate of Messrs H. Owen & Co., commences today on,the primises of the late firm in Queeri-streot. The whole of tho large stock has been re-marked and wdl be offered at a great reduction, some of the prions enumerated being phenomenally low.

: Mr C. Cottle, bf the Opaki, ifi offering for sale, with immediate'possession, his well-known farm on tho Opaki, consisting of about 320 acreß, togother with an eight 1 roomed dwelling house, with suitable outbuildings,- implements, and all" accessories necessary for carrying, on a wellappointed farm. As the •-property, is situated, within an easy distance from .Masterton, , ( this/affords an excellent opportunity for. anyone requiring a profit'ablo investment or a first class lioinostead!

..'Mr. .6, Wat-soli informs us that tho judging at the*late Pastoral Show in the draught horSe .class was- unsatisfactory. From what we can learn, there were two ■judges to dccidotlie merits of three/horses viz., Avon, Gladstone, and Laird O'Largo, Oiio judge selected. Avon',' and the other gavo a preference to Gladstone. To solve the dilemma a third judge was called in, who, instead of decidingbetween Avon and Gladstone, awarded the prize to Laird O'Largo. Perhaps in tho interests of the Association may venture to hope that there will bo no more judging of tins peculiar character,

One of tho most interesting features of tho Masterton Pastoral Society's Show on Thursday last was the trial of the Masterton steam fire engine, which took place mi the ['round during the afternoon. Tho " Jubileo". was taken-to. a convenient creek which runs through the ground; when steam was generated in about 8| minutes, and four jsts from various sized nozzles were sent to tho fullest height to tho great amusement of the juveniles, who revelled in the spray. The Brigade then made a test of Mr Renall's water supply at the tankinear the Post Office, and although the Jubilee worked admirably the water got the best of the contest, the engine being unable to make any perceptible diminution in the supply. While on the subject, we would like to suggest that a little more care should be taken to keep the gear from being damaged by onlookeis, as was the case to a slight, degree on the sliojv ground. ' Another thing was also noticeable in connection with the chafing of-the delivery hose-near the engine, ' this, unless • properly protected, will .60oii become useless,, as tho canvas lying . 'On the'gravelly road wpilld ciit through in a vory eliort time, Mrs Greenwood and her .talented daughters were again greeted with a good house at the Mastorton Theatro Royal last ovoning, the programmcj as on the opening night, being carried out in a pleasing, and. satisfactory manner. Master Bob sustained the reputation ho gained tho previous evening, as being a clover child, by recitingiSouthey't" Well of St. Keyno"in a most creditable style, Misslluby being equally as successful with her recitation •' More and after -Marriage." Mies Maribel's songs " Death of Nelson'' and " Dream of Home" «ore both great., vocal treats, and tho pianoforte and violin selections by tho same young lady were enthusiastically encored. Miss Ai/athaV singiug'of " Harpe to the Wind" was re-demanded, a handsome bouquet greeting the young lady on her .re-appearance, the gift-of .an admirer in tho stalls. Miss Ruby was in splendid voice, and BRcured encores for every item ;.sho appeared in, tlio audience refusing to be contented, unless tho .young lady made her re-appearance, which she graciously did on every occasion One of the. gems of the programme, »vas. tho brilliantly, played pianoforto selection "SansSouci" by Miss Nora, tho performance of which, for one so young, was vnnewhat reiimrkablo. The pianofoite accompanyments were played by Mrs Greenwood in an accsmplished manner,the whole entertainment being of a rare and high class order. The Greenwood Family left for Wellington by this morning's train, they having arranged to appear at the Opera House on Monday and Tuesdav next.

Now that the warm summer weather is with us, and the holiday season close at hand it certainly behoves the fair sex to at once see to it that'- their season's "ardrobes are fully prepared, nhd nowhere can this be better effected than at thb Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro' Houso, Welling tod. ! .

In this connection wo would point out that although we have had a large run on white embroidered robes, in boxes, unmade, we are still, from recent additions, able to show a good selection from 9s (id. to -15s, at Te Aio House, Wellington. We are also showing an admirable choice of coloured Zephyr robes and bisquit robe dresses, also in boxes, unmade, from 17s (id t0,87s 6d, We have a variety of new. tennis cloths, at Is BJd per yard, a lot of charming mozambique striped muslins, very elegant, at IOJd per yard, in all colours, at To Aro House, Wellington. • As a marvel'of cheapness, and-as an article that will make up very gracofully, we would invite inspection of alot/ofcreme: crepe cloth, 30in wide, Gd per yard at Te Aro House Wellington. " , -True elegance and; choicenefes combined are to 1 be seon in a'choice of robes in boxes, consisting-of madb.;.summer serges, with floral panels, culls and collars- in -grenat, brown, .and fawn, from 355, at To Aro House, Wellington, > ■'■ - Very charming and attractive aro others in nuns' veiling, nuns' cloth, 'grehadirii; "aiid French foule, variously trimmed, oxidised,' -beaded, embroidered silk, velvet, and diamond canvass panels, &c„ and ranging from Mi fid, at To Aro House, Wellington,-Advt,

.IiATUEU ; is; pEniKo WEIL. —My daughters,say, " How much, better father is since he used Dr Soule's Amerioan Hop Bittors. Ho is getting well after his long suffering from a diseaso declared incurable, and wo aro so glad, ho usedjnur Bitters." A lady of Rochester, N.Y.-Utica Herald; Answer this,—Did you ,ever : know any . person to be ill, witlwut inaction of the stomach, livor or kidneys, aud did you ever know oiip wlio.was well when either was' obstructive or inactiyo ? and did you ever kn'ow. or hilar of any caae.of the kind that Dr .Soule's American Hop Bitters could not cure ? Ask your neighbor the samequestion.— I Times.

As there seems to be sonie misapprehension existing as to the reason why Mr Rayner withdrew from the Wairaraoa South County election, for the Carterton riding wo have been requested to state that Mr Rayiier's reason for withdrawing' was purely an account of his having met with an accident which prevented him from attending to assist in working up his election,. The Masterton School Committee metlast evening, (Friday). PresentMessrs Boddington, (chairman), McEwen, Oullen, Hong, am l Paytun. The minutes of the previous meeting having buen confirmed, the treasurer reported a credit balance of £l3 Is 3d. The chairman reported that Mr J. A. Smith a trained teacher l,ad .been temporarily, appointed to a class room in the school, and the committee expressed adesire that this gentleman should be permanently attached to the staff, 'flic teachers reports gave an averag: attendance for the past month of 4Diiii the main school and -96 at the side school. Some discussion took place on the reduction of the capitation allowance made by the Board to the committee,, and a sub-comini'.toe consisting of Messrs Boddington, McEwen ami Pay ton, was appointed to report on tho beat means of bringing the expenditure of the committee within its reduced income,