The wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1888. THE AGENT GENERALSHIP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2827, 20 February 1888, Page 2

The wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1888. THE AGENT GENERALSHIP.

An "Agent General" is merely a " General Agent," and as such is not necessarily a great personage, but lie lias of late years come to be considered the top brick of a Colonial castle. It is nice to be a Premier of a British Colony, but it is nicer still to be its Agent General. A plain Mr does very well for a Premiership, but nothing under a K.C.B. need expect to be appointed as an Agent General who lias to live in London and hob-nob with the nobility of the British Empire. An Agent General is a sort of Colonial Ambassador, and now occupies & well-defined position, and is recognised even at the Court of Her Most Gracious Majesty. For the past few years New Zealand has been well represented at Windsor and the Colonial Office by Sir Dillon Bell, The term of office of this, gentleman is now expiring, and it is said by the Wellington papers that his successor mil be Sir Harry Atlriuson. Of course a paper like the Wellington Evening Post is unlikely to consign Sir Harry Atkinson to London without there being a probability of his going there, but for the lile of us wo cannot see why lie should go. We may fairly assume, that Sir Dillon Bell is quite willing to serve the Colony for a further term, as people do not usually get tired of the Agent Generalship, and it is to the interest of the Colony to retain his services. In London there is a small collection of Agents General representing various Colonies, and it is said that the best of the lot the most presentable, and the most efficient is our present New Zealand ambassador. If this be the case, if our man wears the belt, it would be folly to change him for an inferior article, it would be absurd to change our Al. representative for even an Atkinson. A mail may be a good Premier, and yet be a poor AgentGeneral, The latter office requires a certain acquaintance with the usages of "sasiety," a facility for moving with grace and ease 'among upper circles. ■ When Sir Dillon Bell was speaker of the House of Representatives lie displayed a tendancy to bow down and worship the high and mighty men, and to snub the lowborn, rude,, and uncultured M.H.E, This was a fault in the Speaker of a popular Assembly, but it suits very well for ail Agent-General, Sir Dillon Bell is a courtier, while Sir

Harry is but a rough and ready Colonial, and would be almost like a bull in a oliina shop if lie were sent to London. After all, Major Atkinson lias" not himself expressed the slightest intention of becoming AgentGeneral, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility tlint our Wellington contemporary may know more about Sir Harry's, probable movements than he does himself We are disposed to believe that Sir Harry has almost too much common sense to give up' a position for which he is suited, to take one. which ho cannot fill with credit, We refuse to believe that Sir Harry will appoint himself to the Agent-Generalship. He has never done a shabby, selfish public' act yet; and we hardly oxpect to see him now discrediting his own reputation.

Tho firs! ftivws'e* Imp*, .Rapier, hns juf,t been sold at Is (icl per

'fowlers for one hundred and seventy chains of wive fonctn« are iiivitod hy Mr ,13. Eayner,-Wfist Twatalii.

The next mail for England and Europe, via-San Francisco, closes at Masterton on Saturday,-2nth .February at.G 30 a.m. The thermometer at Mr W.-DougaU's read in the shade at' noon to-day 51 degrees. Tim barometer hasfallen three tenths.. "

By reference.to a telegram in another column, it will be seen tlint Mr Wardell, i1.M.,. Wellington i» about to retire on a .well-earned pension.

What is believed tor be the Hessian fly has made its appearance amongst • the wheat crops, in the Nelson and Marlborough provinces,

.. l'he first wheat of this season—three truckloads-has just arrived "in Cyttelton from Canterbury harvest fields.

The total annual production of tobacco is estimated at 2,000,000 tons, Forty different species of this weed are described by botanists. A nephew of M, Pasteur lenyes Frao./e for Australia in the steamer (too, taking with him a quantity of microbes for experimenting in New South Wales in. exterminating rabbits. Mr Justice Inncss, of Now South Wales, holds that a cheque is not a payment of a debt till it is honoured, and in. acknowledging its mceipt.. a ri; uj,t stamp need not be used,

From wharf to wharf, the Rotomalnna on her last passage from Lytteltoii to Wellington only occupied li hours 57 minutes, winch is the second best o ■ record, a passage of the same steamer some years ago having been made in 11 hours 28 minutes. A modern Hercules named Michael Schmodt lias arrived in New York from Bavaria. He claims to be tho champion eight-lifter of tho word. He will back himself to break with his hand, any tone, the surface of which is smooth, that does not weigh more than lOlbs. The buyer who paid both the lowest and tlj,e highest puce at tho Carterton Ham and Ewo Fair was Mr A. McKen>:ie. That gentleman bought thirty fiomney Hams at the ridiculously low figure of one shilling each, and afterwards he purchased a Lincoln Ham at £8 5s Od, thus entitling himself to the distinction w.e have named.

At a meeting of the Football and Fire Brigade Spirts Committee held on Saturday evening last,a programmeof twenty two events was adopted for the Masterton Sports on Easter Monday The list includes various football tents, and also a number of lire brigade competitions and of course the usual .foot races &c, The various awardshave not been allocated yet, but a meeting will he held, on Wo'd. imsday night to deal with the prize money

The nominations for the .YlastHrtoii'and Opaki meeting as published in another column are not very numerous. A horse owner who intended nominating but failed to do so informs us that he relied upon the local papers to remind him of tho dato of nomination. We can assure our correspondent that the fault does not. lie with the papers, as the race meeting is not as yet advertised with thorn Amongst other produce exported from here, says the Napier Daily T-leyraph, to London i» tall fescue.seed, Mr Onnoud during the last rorhiiglir. hiving shipped 1000 bags. Tall fescue m wn in Kng land will not germinate 'f sown in that country, but it has been proved ilia' New Zealand yrowr. seed will; hence us value. This last season has been an excelVnt one for that crop, and on old riv.-r beds tho yield has been exceptionally heavy.

Referring to the late Mi Henry Mill r, who, as replied by a recent cable message, has just died, leaving property to th". vHue of' four millions fitorlinir, tho Otago Daily 'J'iaitM says: '' The di.eeased w s not manager of the Union Bank, but iounded the Hank of Victoria and tho Victorian Insurance Company, and was niitnagini: director of both concerns, He was in the ■ ivil Service of Victoria in its pre-goldiiold days, but amass d his great wealth by successful financing and by the enormous rise of city and suburban-lands of which he was a large holder,"

In concludnm an articlu on sporting/ the iiawkea Bay Duly Talograpli »nys|~ Thi'i'o is another thing Itacing Clubs should low. to. and f!i it ut the p-ictieo of of some sporting men" to fnko feu or more tickets on one horse, with a . Vew to make it a favorite. They pay their money into the machine, but do not take away the tickets, which are left for sale on their account When these ti-kets are sold for t eseeoud-timo, thenum ers on tho machine are not altered, and the racing club loses the commission, When Sir Henry Parkesrproposed the toast of " The Press" at the late Sydney banquet great amusement was caused, says an exchange, when someone called out " How about tho Bulletin ?" an oigan. which weekly attacks tho Premier, Sir Henry immediately replied li I never rea'l thafcproduction. Fovyears past I have given up reading papers that attack men's private characters, My time is of such value that 1 never waste it in reading the intemperate vaporing of a set of people who don't respect tho truth," Mr J. E. Tavlor, of tho Wholesale Drapery Oompanv, was thrown from his horse in Church Street this morning, and received rather a severe'injury to. his face, his month being much cut, and several teeth bi'ini/ loosened to su di an extent, that wo understand they will lmo to be removed, '' his is the second horse luieidenc Mr Taylor has had within a very short time, and it should convince him that riding is not his strongest point. A specimeii v of the bladder ivonu of rabbits (coenuruscumculi) was exhibited at Saturday's meeting of the Philosophical Society in Wellington. A little while ago a rabbit affected with sonic disease was sent to Sir James Hector by Mr Coleman Phillips, runholder, of Dry River, Wairarapa, and the former gentle-; man, oil examination, found that the disease was "bladder fluke," which is one stage of the development of the tapeworm of the dog, fox, and other animals. The disease .has had the effect of killing an enormous quantity of rabbits in Canada, Sir James Hector is of the opinion that ; if the disease can-be propagated amongst. I the rabbits the result would be a most I effective clearance of tlwm iii W)i? colony, j

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce the sale of tlio Tinui Race PrivilgGß for Saturday next! .The meeting takes place on March 9th,

Five homes left Masterton by Satur day's train for use on the Wellington Tramways. It is understood they were purchased from Mr Cockburn,

Wobd pigeons are said to be exceedingly plentiful at. the Waihoine Reefs, tho gold prospectors getting them by tho bvj full, .

Messrs Chamberlain Bros., in our present issue give a prico list containing further reductions in tho cost of flour pollard and br ui.

Messrs M Caselberg <fc Co notify by advertisement that a large and.comurehenaive sale in their brick store, Queenstreet, will 'commence next Wednesday and continue for a month. The prices will bo found to be exceptionally low. : A nine-roomed liouio, with half an acre of pleasantly and well-laid-out grounds is oftw-ed for sale by advertisement , in this' issue. The residence is only ten minutes walk' from the Masterton Post Office, .MrJ.. H. Wood adds forty head of cattle and three purebred Lincoln rams to next \Vednesday's stock sale at. .Martmborough,. The list for this sale, now includes 5000 sheep of all kinds, and 100 head of cattle. Volunteers Monkraan and. Pond will probably represent the Masterton Rifles at. the Rifle Association's Annual Meetiug, at Oamaru, . :

It is believed at WanganuiT that toniriit final arrangements will be made for a match between Laing> and Slavin, So far as money goes Slavic's backers are reported to bo .willing to back him up to £SOO, and there' is no doubt', he' will at least be accommodated to the extent of The match is no moral fo.r either side,.

_ The vacant section which has remained sinco the disastrous fire in Wellington, some time back, is we understand, likely, to be built upon again, Messrs Laery and Campbell, the well-known merchants and auctioneers, having" given instructions for their former building to be replaced by a commodious two-storey structure. Tho new store will not be so high as the recent one, but it will cover anadditional section (Huxley's), and thus be just about as large,

As one of Mr W Perry's, butcher's carts was turning tho corner at the Masonic Hall, in Bannister-street this morning, the horse suddenly broke one of its hind legs just aboye tho fetlock. It is supposed that the horse's foot turned on a stone thus causing a sudden strain which resulted in the fracture named, The nuimal which was worth about L2O will, we are informed, have to be shot.

Particulars of tho complimentary entertainment- which is to be given for the benefit of Mr Thomas Wrigley are now announced. The date is fixed for next Thursday, 23rd instant, and the programme includes the comedy a " Husbandin Clover" a musical interlude and the three-act drama £IOO 000. Both the Masterton String Band and Pearson's Private Bawl have kiiiclly volunteered their services and the evening's amusement as a whole will be a most enjoyable one The prices are Is, 2a and 3s.

Mr W. H. Westin who for some years has carried on business in Masterton as a commission and coal agent, is about to remove to Petone, Whilst a resident in MasM'tun, Mr Westin hasjearned for himself the respi-ct and esteem of his townsmen and more especially from those who were members ot the Wesleyan denomination, of which body he held the position of Society Steward in the Church, and Superintendant of the Sunday School/ Possessing all those excellent qualities requisite m the performance of the latter duty.his presence will be greatly missed. A merry little party had an eventful /iM'.'HiJiition yesterday. They set out gaily from one of our leading hotels iu the morning in two vehicles, the popular landlord and a fair friend beine iu one, and the other being occupied by a gentle-, man who was under the tender care of three ladies, two of whom fill positions of responsibility and importance in the establishment in question, and who greatly ,idd to its refreshing attractions. Well, all went smoothly with our holiday makers until 011 tho return journey from Taueru and in the locality of the cutting near Bennet's Hill, when in a friendly race a little too much steam was put on tho larger conveyance, and the lady who was driving it in making a vain attempt to cut out the portly boniface's buggy, " m'ssed her stays," as a nauglitycal eyewitness expressed it, and allowed her vehicle to drift over a culvert; jolting three of_ the occupants out on to the road in a miscellaneous heap. Rivalry was now at an end, and the sufferers were quickly sorted out by the forgiving hotelkeeper, who had them all safely conveyed home. Wo serious injury has resulted, and from what we can hear a few bruises and cuts equally distributed are all that remain as trophies of the occurrence. A CROSS BABY.

Nothing is so conducive to a mans remaining a bachelor as stopping for one night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awake for five or six hours by the crying of a cross baby, All cross and crying babies need only Dr Houla'fs American Hop Bitters to make thorn well and smiliiig, Young man, remember this. '• Traveller." Fees of Dooms.-The fee of doctors is an item that very many persons are interested in at present. We believe the schedule for visits is §3,00, which' would tax a man confined to his bed for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over 51,000 a year for medical attendance- alone! And one single bottle of Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters taken in time would save the §I,OOO and all the year's sickness. " Post."

It \yas one of the finest Bights ever seen from a mercantile point of view viz., the enormous crush of customers that swarmed over the whole floor space of the spacious premises of TeAro House on Saturday last. From morn to late at night every counter was crowded with busy buyers of the wonderful bargains that were to be obtained from the Bankrupt stock of A, G. Price at Te Aro House,

Piles of summer dress fabrics, summer prints, mantles, costumes, millinery, underclothing, lie., were eagerly ransackod, and multitudes of purchases made that must have boon intensely gratifying to the fortunate visitors to the sale of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro Houso.

Still the purchasers have only just touched the surface. There are innumerable bargains yet of every description, as each day wo shall bring forward further portions of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House. Wii would not let it be thought that only the ladies' special interest had been consulted in.the matter of astounding cheapness for in our clothing department wo are showing some extraordinary cheap lots in men's, boy's, and youth's clothing, all from the bankrupt 6took of A, 6. 'Price, at Te Aro House,

L would be useless to ask the public to come early m the day, as we And that the fair sex' generally study their own convenience, and we can only say, come when you will. Wehavoa large-staff, and will endeavoar to serve you well, quickly, and to your advantage, at the sale of Price's bankupt stock, at Te Aro House,— Advt, " Rough on Piles,"

Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Ask for " Rough on Piles," Suro cure for itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles,

Hearn intends competing in the sculling race at the Port Chalmers Regatta on the 25th prox, ; The first prize ia £IOO, Louis Simon, the victim of the recent horse'accident, was, according to latest news from the Hospital doing .exceedingly well, aud Had even managed to get out df bed for a drink of water..

The ".,186 of L J Hooper & Co v D S Papworth, olaim £2lss for goods supplied to Mrs Papworth, occupied the R.M Court all the morning, and was still unsettled at half past two o'clock,

Messrs Deller and Weston, of Carterton, commouced to-day to slaughter 40 head of cattle for Mr Wr C, Buchanan for direct export, These aro the first that have been slaughtered in the Wairarapa for this purpose. At the Terra -Haute Polytechnio the other day,, experiments were made to ascertain just'what a snail's pace is, Half a dozen of these slowgoers wore permitted to crawl between two points ten feet apart, and the'.average pace-was ascertained.' It was calculated; that a snail can brawl a mile in just' fourteen days, \;

The second son of Mr E. H. Buckridge of Carterton, met with a severe accident yesterday, while engaged in catching a ahorse. The horse in attempting to jump a ?ate, knocked it down on the lad, and the blow 'resulted • in • a compound fracture of-the leg. -It is a serious injury and Dr' Hosking went to Carterton this mornine to hold a consultation' with the other.doctors. ' " ; • ■