The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1888. THE NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2790, 5 January 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1888. THE NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM.

The Ministry liavo now to face the' task of launching the new railway system, which has been adopted by tho Parliament of New Zealand in the late session; they have to divorce our railways from the political influences which have hitherto misguided them, and to perform the last political act necessary to set them free, by vesting them in the charge of threo Commissioners. There is one advantage in the present. Ministry, which will commend itself to many, They are to be trusted to make an-honest and unprejudiced selection of the Commissioners who are to control our lines. The late Ministry would probably have sold valuable appointments of this •kind to the highest bidder in the political market, for there was little self respect in the late Cabinet, and few scruples. Our present guides and rulers are happily above suspicion in matters of this kind, and we feel satisfied that their choice will bo honest, and we hope it will also be wise. Our contemporary, the New Zealand Times, is anxious lest fome Colonial magnate should be appointed Chief Commissioner, in lieu of an expert from England or the States, hit we can hardly imagine that the Government will make such a blunder as to select a local man. New Zealand, in appointing a nonpolitical Board of management, is simply following out a precedent set by another Colony, Victoria has laid down lines upon which improved management is possible, and one of these lines was tho appointment of an outsider as Chief Commissioner. To choose one of our numerous and capable Engineers for the position would be a grave indiscretion. As our Wellington contemporary points out these gentlemen are specialists and are not wanted. If a local man were to be chosen, a capable business personage like Mr Nathan, of the lianawatu Railway Company fame, would he worth all the engineers in New Zealand.put together. What is wanted is a hard headed man who won't run two trucks when one will carry the load, and. won't run one truck when six can be filled. The arguments in favor of an outside expert for such a task ■ are overwhelming. Our Colonial Lions and Unicorns are no doubt ijghtmg for the crown of the railway board, but if it were given them they would continue to light and would not obey the new monarch. To make a clean sweep of abuses, a new broom must be imported, and we shall be. very much surprised if the Ministry fall into the blunder of adopting any other alternative.

The Jubilee cngino was all behind at the lire last evening, and unless it can be brought move promptly into action when wanted it will be but of little use to the town. No doubt the Borough Council will make all enquiries into the causes of.delav. The municipal management is evidently at fault, and it will not do to allow blunders like thafc of last evening to be. repeated,

Tim Government havo not re-ap-pointed either Mr Bunny or Mr Reese to the Land Board, Mr Bunny's large official experience,, and Mr Reese's special knowledge of the bush settlements were undoubtedly of value to the Board, but Wairarapn interests "are adequately represented by Messrs. Q, Beetliam and McCardle, and the'Govornment are quite justified in the course which they have adopted., . '

Tenders aro invited by advertisement", for -cleaning tho Mastertph Public School and side school for tho coming year. , j , The Masterton Pastoral and Agricultural Socie'y meet on the 'l4th January to make arrangements for tho annual rani'fair...'. J r- : ;-f Meßsrß T. Haigh, H.. Udy. sen., H. i I,'dy, jun.-, and Goo Wyett have been J elected 1 conservators, of tho Greytown Waiohino River Board without opposition. The Masterton Hospital Trustees invite! tenders'for supplying the institution with rations, &c,.during the coining year. A E subject appears in mail closes at Masng of subscribers fo.lital will bo hold at tho Institute, on Thursday, 12th January, at 4 o'clock, The principal business is to elect two trustees, Messrs, J. B. Keith and B. P. Perry being tho retiring members. These gentlemen are, however, eligible for. re-election. The Hon, Mr Fisher, mimster.for Edu cation is at present in Masterton, and is stopping at the Club Hotel. "We understand that Mr Fisher is herp / on private business rather than on official matters, he lias made th« trip bo as to obtain' a short rest and thus recruit his health. We aro asked to draw attention to the danger of leaving tho lorrie in ReuaHs' creek, Queen-street, which is at prcsont there. Horses are shying at it, and there have been soveral narrow escapes troiri accident. The vehicle was dragged into fciie stream at the watering place by larrikins on New Year's Eve.

■ Denpite tho warm weather there is apparently a "freeze' in the Waiohine prospecting operations, and nothing ne,v is reported from Greytown. Parties are still going out, and pieces of quartz showing gold are, it is stated, being brought in every now and then. No further report has been received from Dr Hector's department yet, Unless some definite result is arrived at during the summer, wo fear, with such rough country, the dangers of winter prospecting will considerably retard things. The North Wairarapa County Counci have received an intimation from the Government that the date for leceivma applications for loans under the Local Bodies Loans Act will shortly be gazetted. The delay in this matter means that no metalling works can be undertaken out of the new loans this season. By the, time all the applications have been sent in and considered, and the. money has been granted, winter will bo almost upon us. and road metalling will be quite out. of the question, The hay season is virtually over and our Wairarapa fields have enabled us to stack more fhan at any previous season. The quality, too, on tho whole has been «ood. The high winds about a week ago caused soineslight damage; in one instance that of a settler who had his field in cocks, the whole lot emigrated leaving the owner lamenting. The showery weather whilo it lasted also was a little detrimental to the cut hay in the Holds. Cow grass, where it had been sown, showed up well this year, One of the larg.-st stacks, to be noticed is Mr Hessey's at the Upper Plain, and ho probsbly has mown raoro hay than anyone else m the locality.

At, the Supreme Count, Wellington; yesterday, tho following cases were disposed of:—Henry Stephcnsen, charged with felony, discharged, no bill. Annie McKinlay, breaking and.eutpring a grocers shop, Verdict of Not Guilty, .and set at liberty. Mary Jackson, alias Matthews, stealing drapery, hollo '. prosequi entered and case-dismissed.- 11, H, Hunt, forging and uttering, pleaded guilty, and remanded for" sentence until Saturday.' S, D. Egan, breaking and entering and larceny, adjourned until to-day. John Bennett, unlawfully wounding, sentenced to two month's imprisonment with hard' labor, Thomas Connolly, horso stealing, sentenced to two year's imprisonment with hard labor.'. The Court then adjourned until to-day.' Messrs Lowes and lorns report at their fortnightly stock sale yesterday, entries were not so numerous as those at previous sales. Cattle were poorly represented, all yarded selling at previous quotations, no improvement in price. All sheep penned were of good quality and sold freely showing a slight rise in price., Hursts were dull of salu, only a few selling. In pigs the entries were limited to a lew aood bred ones, all selling, and enquiries for small sorts. The following aro the prices obtained:—Fat wethers, from Ss Gd for medium to Gs Gd and Gs 9-1; good fat wethers, os to 0s Gd; store wethers 43 u'd to 5s Gd ; dry ewes 4s, Horses, £2 for crocks to £lO for useful sorts, Good Pigs ranged from £2O to £25.

The grass seed season liu now fairly commenced with the cutting of ripe grass, but cocksfoot will not be ready for about a fortnight. Yesterday we noticed, as one of the indications, a party of' men under Mr P. McDonald's, who were going out to mow Mr Robert Cameron's crop at Rangitumau, he having put in a large extent of rye grass and cocksfoot. The area sown is yearly increasing, although it still remains to an extent patchy and hap-hazwd not many lar«e fields bein'!,' definitely set apart for tlie cultivation of seeds. We however, knuw several who anticipating low prices for stock, set apart a greater acreage than ueual. Cocksfoot would have been both earlier and heavier if the paddocks had not been kept open too late for graziti? purposes.

When alluding to fireman Smith being in charge of the Jubilee at the lite engine: practise tlio other night, we were under a misappr honsion in saying that Engineman Kien had left the service uf the Brigade,' 'Mr Keen was simply" not actim? that night; At this mornings lire, ho had again resumed his post, and running things with his usual ability, got tho very most it was possible to get out : ot the engine. To throw "water through' 1300. feet of hose to an elevation of 120 feet was nerhaps as good a test as the "engine will ever have. It is certainly a decided advantage to have two men in the Brigade who ate equally able to work the steam oimine.

The ci noerts given hist week in the lower part of the Valley by ,1 number of Wellington musicians were in every way [successful, The" party consisted of Mr' C. D, Mackintosh, conductor and Instrumentalist; Miss Wjddop, pianijjte; Misses Braggc, Gillbanks, an.l Yeoinaus sopranos; Mrs Mackintosh, alto; Mr George Mount, tenor; and Mr E. Widdop, bass.- Master Wisharfc Murray,.a famous little' step dancer, also accompanied thorn, and gave each evening during tho interval tho Highland fling in costume. The concert was given at Carterton on Monday, Gladstone on Tuesday, Greytown Wednesday, Martinborough on Thursday, and Featherston on Friday. Everywhere the. audience were large and appreciative, encore after oncore being called for.. Tho party were entertained at picnics pagh day most hospitably, invitations being given them by Messrs W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R.and W. Millar at Gladstone;'P. H. Wood and J. Wilkie, Greytown; and G. Hollard, Tauherinikau. It is estimated that after fjefrayjiig all expenses £2l will be added to t))p funds fif the Greytflwp Wesleyan Ohurcli in connection with which the concerts wero given

Tho local BoHcitorrf reßumcd practice to-day after the Chrretnaaa vacatit*ii.- V. -

A reward is ollerccl in bur coluriins Tor a 'lady's • ulster' which:has been lost. '■'-; ■'.;. " ; ' ■."■')';'■..':■>',■ ■-•;•>.

j, A rifle match-took place on Tuesday jibotwomi tho City Hides, anil Greytown ; Rifles'at Wellington.resulting in a victory for the former by 39 points., Thisis-tho' spocoudtimothesetwo corps have! met this season resulting in a win for, the City.Rifleson both occasions. •

From an enquiry* just made, we learn that Eniest Franco, :who met with the accident at the Waipoua bathing place yesterday, is much in tho same condition, no perceptible and defnnte improvement having taken place. At the R.M. Court to-day,. Clurlej Hamilton was charged with having on the._2nd' January, 1888, unlawfully obtained, by false Dretences, the Bum of £lolos from Mi' A. Elkins, with intent' to defraud. . Sergejint Price, conducted tho prosecution, and :il- Skipper appeared for the accused; The eviueiicp of Mr Elkins proved that tho cheque had been tendered to him by accused, and he advanced money upon it. He ascertained from Mr Warren, : upon • whom ' the oheque was purported to 'be.drawn, that the signature was not. his. The abused was sobor when he presented tho' cheque. : The cvidenco of Mr Elkins'was corroborated by Walter Smart,'his manager,; who said accused stated that he liad received the cheque in person from Mr Warren. Wm, Neill, livery stable keeper, deposed that ho had supplied accused with, a blank cheque at'his 'request. : R, R. Coleman deposed that Mr Warren had no. account at tho bank of Now Zealand on which tho cheque was drawn. At this stage the case was remanded till Saturday morning for further evidence,

■ Mrs Partington says,— Don t keep any of the quack rostrums, as they are regiiiiental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases They saved Isaac from a severe extract of typhoid fever. ■ They are the m plus ttiiumof medicines, . "Boston Globe," Two oitGANS.'- Keguluto hrst the stomach, second the liver, especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and you will remove at least nino-teen-twentieths of all tho ills -that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters is tho only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs "Maine I armor' 1

The lapse of tune brings us once more to the festal ami crowning month of the year and with it to the time honoured practice of the fvec distvibutionof Holiday, andCliriHtmaß presonts at the 'Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse 'l'e Aro House, Wellington. We have a really grii d variety of useful, ornamental and artistic articles, iit to put on any table, and to adorn equally the mansion ;md the cot, and these we intend to give away in accordance with the amount of purchases made, during the month of December at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington, On all cash purchases of the following amounts we shall give proportionate presents —thus; purchase 10s gift Is, purchase 15s gift Is Gd, purchase 20s gift 2s, purchase 25s gift 2s Gd, purchase 30s gift 'is, purchase 35s gift 3s Gd, purchase 10s gift -Is, purchase 45s gift -Is Gd purchase 50s gift ss, purchase £3 gift Gs, purchase £4 gift Bs, purchase £5 gift 10s purchase £G gift 12s, purchase £7 gift lis, purchase £8 gift lGs, purchase £9 gift 18s, purchase £lO gift 20s, and so in the same proportion up io purchases of £SO or more at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. ■ . ' Wairarapa residents arc reminded that in our •Warehouse there is every facility of exercising a large variety of choice, 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 aro sure to carry back with them'many pleasing reminders of the advantagcs'sec'ureil and purchasing, at the Te Aro' Wholesale Family Warehouse, Wellington. - : '