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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2833, 27 February 1888, Page 3

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MASTERTON.-MONDAY. jftfoto S. Vox Stormer R.M) CIVIL CASES. Chas, Forsberg v Lovejoy.— £2 Is Id for meat supplied. Judgment for amount and costs. G. Shaw v H. Lee.—Judgment summons £5 2s, An order was made, by consent, for the payment of 2s Gd per week, The case of Mrs Dorset v J. Lennie for tho recovery of £l9 10s for goods supplied was proceeding as we went to Press.

The Frozen Meat Trade. Mr JohriT. Matson, of Christchurcli, writing on this subject, says: " Every shop of the Canterbury-New Zealand Frozen Meat and Colonial Produce Company (limited), should be painted one color; every office, from the greatest to the least, should be in a universal uniform. Every block, book, and the whole paraphernalia should have the emblem of the colonies. This would costjttoney to he sure, say £150,000, aii'SPe should have to fight a big and important opposition, such as the London butchering fraternity, to wit. But what odds: here we are like fools, waiting down in our own created adver- *]■, and so long as the tension is not too great, we go on and on producing and producing without tiny market. Is this so or not ? We are starving in the midst of plenty. We are drowned in our own luxuriance, We are simply oppressed by the fewness of our numbers, and, upon the other hand, we are debarred by rings and barriers from the luxury of handing direct to the starving thousands and millions of our own old and muchbeloved country the cheap and wholesome food of New Zealand. When shall these things be altered 1 When will the producer look to his own pocket? When will the scales fall from his eyes 1 When will he recognise that individuals must organise to a better state of things 1 It n$P be plain to the most dense that unless we are to have consumption here, and are driven to compete with the;vorld, oar qualities for sale direct t6 the consumer and price must be our vantage ground. To compete with the Argentine Republic, &c, we jXnusi sell cheap and have grand quality Tjbth of which wo can do with ease, But to dispose of our frozen meat to advantage to all concerned, it roust be put direct by ourselves on the market •with no middlemen's profits, which absorb what ought to come to the growers and the colony. A company for the retail distribution of .our frozen meat should be started at onco with . plenty of capital, which ought to be easily obtained. The sooner you ' wool kings' sec to this the better for all our prosperity." m G. BEETHAM. Parliamentary Portraits. Georgo Beotham, the chosen of Masterton, and the adored of the Ladies Gallery, was gently ushered, under protesf, into the homely surroundings d this nlebiau world, on the 9th of

May 1840, at VVooncastle, Linuol tishii-o, Emrland. Hn was cduuutcd nfc private schools in Unit country, mid, having displayed from nn early age a tendency to''wool-gathering, I 'came out to this Colony when only sixteen, and commenced sheep - farming. There is nothing like letting a boy follow his bent. In 1874, George found himself

elected aa a member of the Wellington Provincial Council for Wairarapa West, and that position he retained with great advantage to his district till tho Abolition of Provinces in 1876. The people of Wairarapa then showed their appreciation of hit services, lor in that year he was elected as a colleague of Mr Henry, Bunnv to represent the W'airaiapa in the House of Representatives, the former member, the Rev, J. C. Andiew, having resigned his seat. The same year also saw him elected to the newly formed Comity Council of Wairarapa East, and its first and only ' bairnwn, for he retained the position until the Eastand part of the West Wairarapa County Councils were amalgamated, tinder the title of the Wairarapa North County Council, of which body George was also plectoJ Chairman, holding the office till ho resigned it in favor of Mr D. McGregor. Ho was re-elected to the House in 1877, and again in 1879, when he defeated Mr A. W, Renall 'by a largo majority, In the general'flection of 1884 he was again successful, defeating Mr W. W. McOardle for the Wairarapa North constituency, and in 1887 he was once moro carried in shoulders high over Mr It. S. Hawkins and Mr A. W. Hogg for the electorate of Mastertou, An excellent local member George did not do much in the House, except look handsome, until 1881, when ho acted as Whip for the Atkinson Government. He continued to hold that responsible position throughout the stormy sessions of 1881-82-83, and never was the whip in more skilful hands. Under the difficult circumstances George developed traits which at once, and since, gave him a prominent status in the House. Members honored him for principles, admired his tact, and allowed the charm of his blandishments, whether they succumbed to them or not. The reign of Whip Gentleman George was an era in the political history of New Zoalaml, and the fruits thereof have been noticeable in those upon whom his mantle descended, when he removed himself from the fray to take his otuim cum dir/ : as an ordinary country member, There is no member in the House more popular and more respected, and justly so, than George Beetlmm; and, though not a heaven-born orator or lavish of speech, his opinions, especially on local government, and legislation affecting country districts, always command attention, On the subject of Federation, however, he has taken, perhaps, a more prominent position than on any other large question of policy. He is a 3taunch advocate of the benefits to be derived therefrom, and it was when addressing the House on this question that he made his longest and most elaborate speech, astonishing himself by his own verbosity, the while he fairly carried away the House by his enthusiasm. Outside the political arena, however, he has clone the Wellington district most excellent services as a member of its Education and Waste Lands Boards. The assistance he has rendered on these institutions has been most valuable, and will always be gratefully remembered in connection with his public career, lASTERTON WESLEYAN CHURCH. The new Minister,

A few particulars regarding tho'Bev, W. Eouso ih is to replace the Eov. J. N. Buttle as clergyman to our local Wesleyan friends may be of interest, as referring to one who for a considerable period is to take up his abode in our midst and havo interests in common with us. Mr Bouse has been in New Zealand, from what we can learn, altogether about twenty-five years. He was first engaged in European work in the Auckland province, then in Lyttleton, after which ho accepted service as Maori missionery at Hokianga, where, as a contemporary of our present esteemed Eesident Magistrate, he did very valuable and greatly appreciated work. It was here that Mr fiouse met with the misfortuno of being burnt out, his house and its contents being entirely consumed by the flames, and the occupants barely escaped with their lives. In connecwith this incident, remarkable genorosity was evinced by the Maoris, who, as a race, are ever strong in this characteristic, and they were unremitting in their help with supplies of food and other necessaries until their devoted pastor had once more got under a roof of his own. Returning to European work, Mr Bowse in turn held the pulpit at Eichmoud, in the Nelson province, Rangiora and Waimato, from the latter of which becomes to Masterton early in April. It may be mentioned that the Wesleyan Trustees have arranged for the Church anniversary services to bo held on the first Sunday ill April, and it is anticipated that providing Mr Eowse's plans allow of it, he will conduct them. He will be accompanied to Masterton by Mrs Bouse, who is an active church worker, and four or five of his children, Some of his family remain in other localities, having already homes of their own,