CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2780, 21 December 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, December 18. J Parliament meets on February 9. j The Daily News announces to-day! that Sir J. B. Thurston, Governor-; elect of Fiji, will introduce into those islands now industries, including mills for the extraction of cocoanut oil, for making oocoanut matting, and fruit canning. December 19. The Duke of Norfolk has delivered the Queen's Jubilee congratulations to the Pope. His Holiness, in reply, praised the complete liberty which the Catholics possessed throughout the British Empire. A disorderly crowd of roughs followed Linnell's funeral singing and hooting the police, and an unseemly scene occurred at the cemetery, the service being read in darkness. * Sir Thomas Eraser Groves, LiberalUnionist, member for Wilton, South Wilts, has become a Gladstonian.

It is reported that Osman Digna at the head of 10,000' men threatens Souakim. The Egyptian' Government are sending reinforcements to that town. ••

The Austrian Government are about to erect huts for 200,000 troops in Galicia,

Mr Vautin denies having, given an estimate of the. value of, Prjtchard' Morgan's find, as alleged by the Times. .■:-'.' MUNICIPAL. Thr adjourned meeting of the Masterton Borough Council was held last evening (Tuesday). Present His Worship the Mayor (Mr M, Caselberg) Crs Mtiir, Cullen, Gapper, Perry, Parsons, T. K. Chamberlain, E. E. Chamherlain, Macara, Perry, Hessey, and Gu'iuan. DEPUTATION.' Miss Jeans waited on the Council with reierence to damage done to h.-r land by gravel being taken from the river bed at the end of Columba road, and stated that she had lost a portion of h«r land by the last flood through the gravel being taken away.

The Town Clerk stated that Mr Bremner, Engineer of the County Council, had instructed the Oversee'r where to get gravel at the bottom of Col urn ha Road,

Cr Gipper said that a survey taken some time ago proved that the land from where the gravel was taken was outside Miss Jeans' property. The Mayor asked Miss Jeans if she had not taken legal action some time ago to prevent the gravel king taken, Miss Jeans: Yes, but theMagistaate said that he had no jurisdiction. The Mayor informed Miss Jeans that her best plan would be to give notice to the Council that she would take legal proceedings against them if her property was furthnr injured, whereupon she thanked the Council, and withdrew,

Or Gapper stated that on Wednesday last an appointment had linen made between Mr Bremner and the Works Committee and that the former had given the Boroujjh Overseer permission to take the gravel from that place. After some further discussion, Cr Macara moved that the matter be referred to the Works Committee, which was secouded by Cr Heron, and carried, WATER SUPPLY. The report of the Special Committee on Mr fienall's Water Supply Scheme whs read, containing the following recommendations: 1. That the water bo carried on a gradient from the Post Office to the Mill Stream. 2. That two-inch totara channels he employed, aud that it be well hacked tip with broken metal and shingle. 3, That the work lie executed to the satisfaction of the Council, or of whom thn.y may appoint, 4. That Mr Renall indemnify the Council for any loss or damage arising from the work. 5. Tint Mr Renall maintain the work in good order, and carry oud any alterations the Council may finl necessary. 6. That a proper' lega agreement embodying these recom. nidations he prepared.

It was resolved that tho recommendations he considered seriatim. The Town Clerk read ,a communication from Mr Renall to the following effect';-"I hereby agree to make good all damage done to footpaths or kerbing by the water,"

Cr Gapper said that in some places the footpath would have to be lifted nearly two feet,

The Mayor called attention to the remarks made hy Mr flenall at his public meeting, re boxes for the Steam Fire Engine, Or Cullen moved "That boxes for the supply of the Steam Fire Engine be placed not more thin 100 yards apart, and that water he suplied free of charge."—Carried. Cr Gapper moved, " That in all cnses where the footpaths be disturbed, thev lie made level, with a grade of three inches to the building lines. Cr Cullen moved an. amendment, That wherei'M' necessary the Council make good the footpaths altered by Mr Renall.

After some discission, Cr Cullen withdrew his amendment and the motion was carried.

Cr Gapper thought something should lie done with regard to crossings in QiiHen-Btreet likely to be damaged tiy tlie channel, as the owners hud already made them once to the 'satisfaction of the Council,

The Mayor though clause 4 would meet that case. Cr Heron, said that when the work was done, the crown of the road would be made very irregular. Cr Cullen thought they might assist Mr Renall by making it regular out of the Borough funds,

Cr E. E. Chamberlain said Mr Renall's guarantee would cover that. The Mayor thought that if the Ominoil asked Mr Renall to make good the damage done he would do so. Cr Gappersaid there was a considerabledepreasionoppositeihePresbyterian Church, and to make it good would cost ,£l2O, which would prove an effectual barrier, to Mr Renall. Cr'Heron did not think the Council would ask Mr Renall to make up the depression in Queen-street. w Mayor 4v) wt m why Mr

ltenall should be asked to ijiake, the streets regular when they'were ve'iy irregular now. He moved thut.ii legal agreement he drawn up, embodying, the report, for the guidaneeof hotli the Council and Mr Kenall. After n shortjfjL discussion this was carried, with one"' dissentient—Or Perry. The meeting then adjourned^

NEW ZEALAND.

Tne following letter 'appears in a recent issue of the Pall Mall Gazette:' —"Sir,—vVhen I was recently in the town of Christchurch, the capital of tho Province of Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand, I saw good sheep sold in the market at half- $ a-ci'own apiece, and bullocks knocked -f down to the butchers at £5 each; and on meeting the Rev. H. C. Mi Watson vicar of St. John's Parish in the same town, he told me he had just .returned from his first-visit to England, und that , .whathad astonished him more than ; ' anything else was the poverty of the people; and, added he, "if they come ' out here, at any rate wecangivetheßaL/' cheap food." Then, on going ufF country to spend a few weeks with Mr H. ft,, Gorton, of View Hill station neat West Oxford, he told me that he paid.his cook and housemaid each £4O a year, and his ploughman £1 a week and his hoard and lodging; while I saw him sell all the best mutton he badfora penny a pound to anyone who liked to come and buy it, ;Snrely this is the only true way to help the unemployed, and the only safety valvo for the British nation—namely to help them into those countries where there is a chance of their being able to help fin themselves.—l am &J., S. Ernest Wf Tx.rry." ," :.

CRIMPING SEAMEN". The Pall Mull Gazette came out lately with some startling revelations anent the wholesale "crimping that goes on aboard New Zealand sailing vessels, The special case it quotes j» curred on board a New Zealand bouW vessel, which sailed from London about, about two months ago, and should not be difficult to identify, There have, ' however, been many others, It is, ; indeed, an open secret amongstsailor. folks that a large number of Australian and New Zealand clippers, are habitually undermanned, or incompetently manned. This used not to he so, but since steamers entered the field and reduced freights and passages by sailing vessels ruinously, a certain class of owners have selected this method to ' economise. A crew of " crimped foreigners costs next to nothing, and if : the officers are smart, they manage to get the ship to her destimw *' tion somehow. It is, indeed, the captain and officers who suffer most from ( criinping and undnr-iuanniug. but they dare not remonstrate for fear of losing their berths, A young follow, third officer on board one of a very smart company's vessels, told me only the other day, that oh a recent voyage to Port Chalmers they hud only too A.B.'s on board, and eight of the M, called crew, had never even hijeiCxo ; sea before. I intended to tell you. about this before, but it slipped my mind. The subject is certainly one that the New Zealand press should take up. ACCIDENT WITH A CAMBRIDGE ROLLER. The Ashburtoii correspondent of the Press writes:—A young wan, son of Mr Qiiinn, farmer, at Meth»en, met with a serious accident on Sati'rdaftv last while at work with a CanibrMg? roller, He had been sitting on a cross board, used as a seat, and, with' a view •• of changing his position, stood up, when the board broke, and the poor fellow foil down in front of the ml Inc. With extraordinary presenco of mind, young Quinn held on to the reins,U!iit did not succeed in stopping the Ixlffis, till the roller hsd passed over his legs and up to his loins. A man, workin? in the same paddock, saw the accident, and immediately ran to Quinu'a assistance. To have backed the horses, or taken them out, and then gone for assistance, would have been attended with fatal results, as tho lad was in' such a position that his life would have been crushed out' before help could have been procured, The alternative was equally hnrible to contemplate, for it meant nothing less than drawing: the roller over the remainder of the unfortunate young man's body*. A depression in the ground favored • this? expedient,and taking the horsesby tluf. head the man who saw the accident extrioated Quinn from tho exceeding perilous situation. Further assistances was quickly procured, and Quinn was brought in from Methven to Ashburtoii about 9 o'clock in the evening It was found that besides being badly crushed he bad received a very.ugly wound, the roller having caughtlfcis head tore the skin away conipMy from the back to the front, and laid, the bone quite bare.

We Btrongly advise any one requiring real value fur their money to purchase their clothing at The Wairarapa Jin'thing Factory. They keep none but genuine N. Z, tweeds in stock and their N. Z, tweed Suits made to measure are guaranteed unequalled in the colony for • fit, style, workmanship, and price,. One' trial will convince those who may. doubt what we any—note address, The \Vmt. arapa Clothing Factory next Maso^m? 1 chemist, E. B Hare Manager ad'vt '' '

So aa to give every person an opportunity of being in a position to have a comfortable pair of boots and shoes to wear during the holiday seaßon. H PETERSON, of the Excelsior Boot Depot, has determined to cut down the prices at Buch a low figure as to enable one and all to share alike. Customers are reminded that tbeao reduced prices, aro solely on CASH purchaßes.-ADvr 10 THE EDITOK. SiR,-Will you Kindly allow mo through your columns to acquaint jhe people of the Wairarapa of the I am giving up the clothing, poriionof my business.entirely, and consequently am now soiling mens', youth's and boy's clothing at whatever it will fetch, as lam determined to realise on it at all liazardg. Yours Truly, „ , J. IUORBURN, Clothier and Outfitter, comer of Cub& wri Vimm St,, Wellington, sfr