The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887 WINNING ALL ALONG THE LINE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 276, 10 December 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887 WINNING ALL ALONG THE LINE.

Major Atkinson is now at the grand climateric of his political career. Coming to the front fresh and vigorous after three years' seclusion in the cold shades of Opposition, he is carrying all before him, displaying a giant's strength, though perhaps not using it on every occasion like a giant. Never haß a New Zealand Premier had .at his back the large margin which now follows the Major, Id this Colony the party in power has usually considered a majority of three or four a safe working limit, and it is somewhat startling to find a Minister forcing his way against all obstacles with a majority of between twenty and thirty, This is the one session in our Parlia? mentary annals where a large majority has been the rule. The personal predominance of Major Atkinson at the present hour is so striking' that people almost forget that he possesses colleagues. This session is his Waterloo, his crowning political triumph. He is accomplishing admirably the work ■which tbecountry, through its representatives, has selected him to perform. Bight and left ho cuts down expenditure with undaunted resolution. All the higher branches of the public service have been lopped and pruned; Ministers'salaries are curtailed, the honorarium clipped, and all the rank growth following upon -themad Public Works policy of the last decade is being reduced. The Major is doing a great work (or the itolony, and it will take tho Radicals at least a dozen years to bring things back to the old level, where loaves and fishes could be had for the asking by- political agitators, possessing for their capital an ample stpek of assurance. We should not be surprised after this session to find scores of gentry of this kind, wont to live on the fat ,pf the land, actually compelled to .do some kind of work for a living, Ju a few months time we may now venture to expect some slight revival in the prosperity of tlie Colony.. The first effect of. Major Atkinson's retrenchment will probably bo to itensify the existing depression, but this will not last. When a man who is slipping finds firm, ground under his feet a feeling of confidence replaces tho sentiment of alarm—the paralysis of panic—which is his chief danger. Wheu the Major has done with us,- we shall find that we have reached a bedrock, that we shall have solid ground under our feet, and that the future outlook will necessarily be an improvement on our existing conditio)?, \)'p havo often differed with the opinions expressed jjy Major Atkinson but never havo we felt sq sirjeere an admiration for his i mess as a poh> tician as we do at the present time. Twelve months hence, when the existing depression has disappeared, the colony will, perhaps; realize the extent to winch it is indebted to him. He is now winning oilalofig Wipeand when his work is completed we will willingly subscribe toward a statue to be

erected in his honor With the exception of, per Laps, Mr Bryce, he is- the only living New Zealander who deserves to be perpetuated in marble,

A jffijißKit of the Government Geological staff i 6 now in this district making investigations into some recent mineral discoveries, It.is rumored that in the Eketakuna neighborhood 'there is a " find " which promises to bo of considerable value, and there is also at Fernridge a field for inquiry which will ho duly investigated. Our authority for the statements which we are making is thoroughly reliable.

Our local contemporary is very sore about the Park pamphlet scandal and accuses us of deceiving the public by publishing false statements re the same. We deny altogether that we have in a single particular' misled the public, Our contemporary the other day attempted to blind and bluff the public by a tirade of extravaganza on this little matter, but why does ho not either tell the whole truth about it or be silent 1

Bubear considers that ho has a stronger claim to the sculliDg championship than either Clifford or Kemp, and he challenges anyone who disputes that claim to row him on the Thames.

Heart), the iNew Zealand Champion oarsman willloavo Wellington for Sydney on Thursday next to tako part in the centenniial regatta; In the Mastorton R.M, Court this morning, before Mr S. von Stunner R.M, William Smith, alias Brady, was charged with obtaining the sum of £1 by false pretences, from Mr a, R, Bunny, solicitor, on April 6th, 1835, Mr Skipper, on behalf of tin* accused pleaded guilty, and asked his Worship to deal with the case under the " First Offenders Act" His Worship, after hearin" the report of the probation officer— Sergeant Price—said he could not accede to the request of "Vlr Skipper, as it was evident that the accused, who was a middle-aged man, committed the offence witn a full intention of defrauding the informant, and the Art was one intended to protect young people who wore led into a similar position by misfortune. Accused was sentenced to ono month's hard labor, and was ordered to restore the amount of £1 to informant within six weeks.

The judgment of the Court in the Waitotara Election petition, Bryce versus Hutchison, was to the effect that not a single charge had heen sustained, and that the charges respecting treating on polling oy and days other than polling (lay, did not come within the New Zealand statute or treating as defined by common law. An application that the respondent should pay his own costs was not entertained, as the Court held that a large number of charges had been abandoned, and others had utterly failed. If the charges had been confined to a few auspicious circumstances, they might have oidetetl respondent to pay his own costs, but under the circumstances.he would not do so, A Loyalist, writing to tl-.e Irish Times, says;—" A Mrs Penderville, who lived near Newbridge, sheltered a poor boycotted laborer,. For this act her husband and herself were denounced, They managed to live by selling vegetables, which the woman had to cart a loi.« distance from kome to obtain a Bale. This was soon found out, and the cart was stopped, So she had to walk, carrying heavy loads, which brought on premature confinement. No womaii from among her neighbors could bo got to come to her aid, Her husband had to go along way for medical assistance, which arrived to late, tie had again to leave to get a coffin from a distance, and was obliged to lock up his poor children by themselves witli the dead mother. While away his neighbor's children attacked the house, pelted it with etonos, and terrified the children inside'by their hooting and howling." A story is told in a London weekly which shows how far from being poverty stricken certain of the Irish tenants are who complain most loudly of the burden of their rents, On one estate in the vicinity of Sligo all the tenants asked for and received lately an abatement; but one man, whose annual payment was tbe pounds, was especially violent in his outcry, vowed ho could not find the money, and produced what ho said was a onepound note, and his " all. . It' was taken, howeyer, and was his surprise to receive from the agent' a receipt m full and plenty of change. " Diiln,t I givo your honor a one-pound note?" he asked in astonishment. " Not at all, my good man," was the agent's reply ; " it was a ten-pound note " Then said Paddy, '* When Bridget put l|or hand into tho stocking she must have pulled out the wrong note," When this virtuous and honest tenant farmer went hoine that night he remonstrated with Bridget on her carelessness, and in the course nf his remonstrances Bridget's leg got broken. All this goes to prove that peoplo who trifle with the Eight Commandment may stumble almost into a breach of the Sixth.

Mbs Partington says. - Don't take any of the quack rostrums, as they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from a Beverc extract of typhoid -fever. They are tho nc plus unum of medicines. " Boston Globe."

Two organs. - Regulate tirat the stomach,secondtheli<ei', especially the Grst, so as to perform thuir functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nine-teen-twentieths of all tho'ifls ihat mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. DrSoulo'a American Hop Bitters is tho only tiling that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs "Maiiffilarmer." The lapse of time brings us once more to the festal and crowning month of the year and with it to the Me hdiiuinM jraoiieo of thefreedistt'ibutionoiHoliday.amtClmstmiis presents at tlie Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse TeArb House, Wellingt n. '''"' Wo nave a really gra el variety of useful, ornamental aud artistic articles, tit 'to put oh any table, and tjjVqrn' equally'the mansion •-nid tlie cot, and these we intend to g|yc away ill accordance with' |tlxe ambujat pf purohases nia.de, during {lie njoijtli of December i)t"the Wholesale iWilv Drapery %ehpuse, Te Aro House, Wellington,

On all oash purchases of the following amounts we shall give proportionate presents -thus; purchase 10s gift Is, purchase 15s gift Is fid, purchase 20s gift 2s,'purchase 25s gift 2s Cd, purchase 30s gift 3s, purchase. 3os gift 3s (id, purchase 40s gift 4s, purchase 45s gift 4s 6d purchase 50s gift ss, purchase £3 gift Gs, purchase £4 gift Bs, purchase £5 gift 10s purchaso £C gift 12s, purchase £7 gift 14s, purchase £8 gift lGs, purchase £9 gift 18s, purchase £lO gift 20s, and so in the same proportion up to purohases of £SO or more at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Wah'ai'&pa residents are reminded that in our Warehouse there js every fapjlity of exeVl oising a large variety ofchoioc,"and that' all goods are marked at actual wholesale prices, that a visit to our warehouse would at onco be profitable, and enjoyable and that they are sure to carry back with them many pleasing reminders of the advantages secured in purat the Wholesale Family Drapery Wellington, -.;.:

Mr T. Dixon, of Workup Farm, advertises creiim at 4d per pint..

•Messrs t f. McAlpino's and Nelson, Mnate and Go's new advertisements will appear in our Monday's issue.

Some well informed persons estimate that Mr Bryce's action against Mr Hutchison, will coat him a thousaud pounds, Attention is directed to Mr E. Taylor's advertisement in another column, annouuoing all kinds of fruits and vegotables oil sale at the Local Fruit Depot.

ThetendcrofMrJ.Macarahas been accepted bv the Postmaster-General for the conveyance of mails daily between Mnngamahoe and Woodvillo, and Palmorston North and Woodville.

On the petition of Edward Jones, of Mcistotton— who alleged that ho was required by the Post Office, to carry certain mails, which were not included in his contract, and claimed extra payment for such additional service—the Public Petitions Committeo report that in tlieir opinion, the petitioner has uo claim to any further paymeut,

In answer to a question by Mr Menteath, the Minister of Lands stated yesterday that the 1500 copies of Mr G. M. Park's pamphlet." The Unemployed and its Remedy," were bought by the Government in October last for £lB lis. Copies of the pamphlet had been sent, the Min wter said, to newspaper and public libraries, and there were still a larsje number on hand.

Un October the 7th a prize fight took place at Kuthorglen, Glasgow, between Ralph Williams, of Lancashire, and Job Marshall, of Glasgow. Seventeen rounds were fought, and the encounter lasted over an hour, Williams was savagely bruised, his right eye being olostM. He was struck in the stomach and fell senseless, When he rose liis opponent struck him again, and Williams then threw up the sponge. The police were absent. The tight was for £!U, At the fetes in celebration of the Independence of Belgium, one of the most interesting events was the competition of ani'leis. lhitty-two Sucietyu (twenty* seven Belgian, four French, and one Dutch), mustering altogether 584 anglers tuuk part in it. It was curious to see them at work during three hours at. the Canal de Oharleroi, the places for all the men, who sat close to one another, being numbered,

A prize fight took place near Dublin on October 4, between two men well-known in that city. The stakes were LiiO a side. The police interfered twice, the second time seizing the ring. The party however cut the traces and removed the wheels of the police car, and drove off in their own vehicles. Upon reaching a secluded place, another ring was formed of carmen's whips. Seven rounds were fought the lighter man winning although his opponent was not severely punished.

Tlio petitions of the Wairarapa North and South County Councils and the Carterton Lorough Council for such amendment of the Hospital and Charitable Institutions Ace as may enable the Wairarapa District to be separated from the Wellington district for charitable purposes, has been referred by the Petitions Committee to the Government for consKlcnition,

A telegram to the Loudon Daily Chronicle iroiu Allahabad says that a dastardly attempt had beeu made, by some persons unknown, to poison the men of the Bord erei'd itegidieut, stationed at Fatchgavh, by mixing arsenic in the cask-beer consumed by the legiment. Forty of the men, alter drinking the doctored beer, were seized with the usual symptoms attending arsenic poisoning, although fortunatel) none ot the cases pruvad fatal. An exactly similar attempt was recently made at Ayra.

The Ohvistchiirch Tcleijraph wishes to know why the criminals in the Lyttelton Gaol are instructed in the printing trade. Our contemporary writes: -* " Why should printing be singled out as the fciade which is to be crowded with men who have forfeited thuir character. ? Why should not prisoners be taught to dispense medicine, or to qualify as lawyers and cloipyuien, and, in short, learn all those trades and professions which could be acquired in gaol ? Why sinyle out the compositor's art as only especially suitable for the reformation of the criminal mind ? Why should their trade be chosen for degradation in this manner ?"' Aii inquest was recently held at Melbourne on the body of a woman, named Jane Grainger, 70 years of ago, who was found dead in an old shed. Tho deceased obtained her living by begging, and kept a number of dogs, two of which were found washing by her corpse, the body was covered with some old bags, and the .surroundings were of a most wrotched and squalid description. The medical evidence showed that death resultgd from doiiility, and a verdict to that effect was returned, Tho body of a young lady named Lilly, aged 28 years, was recently found at tho foot of a precipitous cliff at Barmouth North Wales Miss Lilly lived with her mother, a widow lady, in a house situated at the top of the cliff, and it was at once conjectured that in a sumnambulistic state she walked out of the house, and reaching tho cliff stepped over, and falling, a great depth met with hor death. An inquest was held when the jury returned the following verdict:-" Miss Lilly was accidentally killed by falling over a precipice while walking in hensleep.