The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1888. PEACE OR WAR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2836, 1 March 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1888. PEACE OR WAR.

The chances of European war or European peace still appear to bang in the balance. It is somewhat difficult to determine now-a-days what influence precipitates hostilities or restrains them. Some people tell us that the word of the unhappy wight, who has the misfortune 1 to be the Czar of Eussia, will turn the scale, and annihilate a million of men. If so, we have to watch for the decisions of Sovereign potentates. Others believe that there are vested interests in the shape of War offices, and Army corps, that occasionally demand a war, in order to sustain their prestige, and justify the expenditure of the annual millions, which pay for their maintenance. It has before now been asserted that the issues of peace or war are decided by the European Press, which can either excite nations to fly at each other's throats, or soothe their angry passions into slumber. There might be some excuse for a war fanned by the press, as battles, murders, and sudden deaths sell more papers than any other items of news. Some newspapers have war on the brain, and year after year prognosticate an impending conflict, with remorseless iteration. Other powers, however, than these we have referred to are presumed to blow the blast of War in our ears. There are the financiers, the bankers, who find the money for a war. If men like the Eothsehilds say, "we will not negotiate war loans" then war has to be put off. It is as impossible to fight without gold and silver as it is to battle without gunpowder. Again, many hold that Premiers like Bismark and Salisbury let slip the dogs of war, po that considering the probability of an engagement the public require to know the minds of financiers as well as of the Pressmen, Premiers, Monarchs, of half-a-dozen different countries, It is quite possible to present the position from about a thousand standpoints, and probably the more carefully it is examined the greater will be the perplexity of the investigator. After all the issue is a chance one, and probably a New Zealand journalist caii discover it as readily as Prince Bismark There are some broad considerations which make us hopeful of a peaceful solution of our difficulties. Tho world is slowly becoming civilised, and every decade the feeling that war and murder are savage synonyms gathers strength. Any nation precipi- ; tating a conflict now does violence to the better sentiments of all communities, aud perpetrates an outrage that cannot be passed over with impunity. Another good sign is the comparatively steady condition of the English money markets. Tho best barometer of peace and war is the consolidated fund. Men are keener in their judgment on questions of pounds, shillings and pence than on all other subjects, As long as consols are above par, the prospects of peace are fairly assured, but should they come down with a run, bellicose journals may prepare in earnest for a campaign. We have every reason to hope that diplomacy will adjust the points at issue between the old world nations, and that even now, putting on one side the bombast of waMnongei'3, the star of peace is on the ascendant.

We notice that an agitation is commencing for the running of a refresh* ment car on the through Wairarapa .trains. As fur as the public are concerned this would no doubt be very nice, but we know for a fact that any rent which would be leceived from the proprietor of it, would not even pay the department for the expense of haulage of the extra compartment, whereas the present refreshment room at Kaitoke, like the other railway buffets, is the source of a very fair income, Tho rainfall in Masterton during last night was 'l7 inches. We hoar that Messrs Williams and Boetham's meat preserving works at the Waingawa, will resume activity in about a week's time. This will give occupation to some thirty hands. * Out of tho fifty-five candidates who passed the recent Junior Civil Service examination, twenty-nine have intimated that they do not desire to enter tho service.

The four hundredth connection with the Wellington telephone exchange has just been made.

The latest news says that .the oud of the Crown Prince of Germany is rapidly approaching, Most alarming symptoms in, and we may hear of his death now at any moment. The latest outcome of rabid retrenchment is the order of the Defence DepartMont that drill instructors are m future only to be allowed steerage passages when travelling on duty by coastal steamers.

.Amotionin the New South Wales Assembly to impose a halfpenny postage on newspapers was negatived by 19 to 17. At present they are posted free in that colony. Mr W. Bock invites tenders for the erection of a six-roomed house at I'eatherston. Plans and specifications may be seen at Featherston or at the Waibakapa Daily Office.

The Wanganui JockeyjOlub have unanimously resolved not to allow N. Nathan, the bookmaker, on the course at the ensuing meeting.

The correspondent of a Ohrisfchurch paper suggests in order to lessen the Chinese pest, M. Pasteur might be employed to get rid of a few celestials on his microbe principle, Wo learn that Mr G. Beetham M.H.R accompanied by Mrs Beetham, have arrived in Nelson by the overland route from Blenheim, and intend starting for the West Coast to-morrow morning,

The Railway Department advertises Special fares and alterations for the Hutt Hack Racing Club's meeting on Saturday next, 3rd March The ordinary 4 p.m, train from Wellington to the Wairarapa will be delayed' until 5.35 p.m.

We hear that Mr J. Jepson, of Tenui, is making considerable additions to the boarding house, near the police station there, and winch at present has Mr J, fouiiy as'its landlord. It is rumored tliat one reason for the improvement is that the owner has it in view to apply for a license, The Rev. P. N. Hunter on account of ill-health, intends retiring from the charge of the Primitive Methodist Church, Sydney-street, Wellington, and next Sunday he will officiate for the last time at .the Church. Rest and retirement being essential to Mr Hunter's health, he will, for the present at least, relenquish the ministry,

Lieutenant Rattray, of the Flying Brigade who was present at the Chriscchuroh Salvation Army Harvest Festival, in his speech told how he had just arrived in Christchurch from Gore, doing the whole distance on horseback'in seven days, over 300 miles.

Mr William Selhr has been appointed Deputy Official assignee for the Wairarapa vice Mr Stansfield, resigned, General satisfaction will be felt at the re-appoint-ment of Mr Sellar, whose former tenure of the office was characterised by able and courteous fulfilment of its duties.

In yesterday's North Otago Match, at the Oamaru Rifle Meeting, Private Bairstow, of Carterton, with 58 points, was the only Wairarapa man showing up at all. Two ranges only, .out of the three, had been fired, and 'the highest score for these was 61, and the lowest 57.

it is now generally understood says the N. Z, Times, that the Government have made satisfactory financial arrangements such as will obviate any necessity lor appealing to the London money market at present, audit will probably be found that no loan-not even the North Island Million -will be issued until after next session, or at any rate until some weeks after Parhment has met.

In tho northern Canterbury district, says the Christchurch Telegraph, the largest proportion of the crop is now in the stack, and, judging by appearances, not a few of the farmers intend to put the thatch on, which is a sign that they intend to hold the grain for an advance in prices, Some, no doubt, aro making their calculations on a European war, Threshing, is, however, being carried on just as briskly as possible in all parts ot the district,

Under the heading of a warning to bathers tho Christchurch Press says : On the 21st inst Mr Louis Bradley, of Charteris Bay, was out codfisbing 'with some friends, and. to their surprise, they caught a shirk Gft long, on one of tho ordinary cod lines. The following evening; lie went out again, with his friends, this time prenared for sharks by having two strong lines, baited with a sheep's pluck each. The result was that in less than an hour, four sharks, varying from Gft to Bft long wore caught, The amount granted by Government to the Wellington Education Board for building purposes for the current year is £2542 Is, as against some £ROOO applied for. A Committee of the Board is going tn wait upon the Government arid remonstrate, The amount ; s allocated to the various districts on the basis of population. The sum apportioned to the Wellington District is, however, considered to be quite inadequate. Printers in New South Wnles at pres" out are earning £2 10s to £2lss a week for good hands. In New Zealand the nay of an pxperienced rornnosifcoi- is £3. Tn Australia the men's societies for keening up the rates of wages seem to be in full force and on some newspapers known as" Society" papers, the hands stipulate that, none but members shall join the staff, and they are apparently successful in upholding the rule.

The diminutive Native infant, now about two or three months old, is from latest accounts from the lower Valley still very lively and well. The Maoris seem very disinclined to let. it he seen, but one man who got a glimpse of it says that it is only about the size of an arm of an ordinary child, of its own age. and that its fingers are only as thick as the wick of a candle. When it was born it will be remembered it weighed l|lbs, and was seven inches long. It can at the present time be comfortably balanced on the palm of a man'? hand.,

It is rumored that Parliament will be called together early in May, but the precise date has not yet been definitely settled.

The annual meeting of the Masterton Football Olub, will be held at the Club Hotel, on Saturday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The thermometer at Mr W. Dougall's read in the shade at noon to-day 71 degrees, with a rising barometer.. The treasurer of the Masterton Hospital begs to acknowltdye receipt of t5 from M. Oaselberg Esq., being his usual annual subscription to the funds. There surely must be a good deal «f illegal fishing going on, for there are not enough trout being caught with the rod under license to allow of them being hawked through the streets for sale, aa was the case yesterday at Kurupuni, when a small boy was noticed trying to dispose of a number of these fish to anyone and everyone.

Mr J. Gaut, who is just leaving Masterton, is recognised as the most successful local angler, and the following recoul of the result of his skill with the rod will probably be of interest. Mr Gaut has caught, from the opening of the present season on Ist October, 1887,' up to the present time, altogether 86 trout/weighing in the aggregate 1391b5, being an average of lib 'J|«z to the fish. These, with the exception of a very few caught in tho Makom, wero all taken from the Waipoua River. The largest fish of the was ono wei?hing 7slbs, and besides this there were; one of BJlbs one of 51bs., one 4Jlbs., atid two of 4fbs,. the' remainder, being smaller fish. The greatest weight-catch for ono evening, was on Christmas Eve when 3 fish weighing 131ba , were secured. The largest take for number was on Tuesday, '2nd November, when seven trout were landed to reward the fisherman for-his zeal. Mr Gaut on the last evening he fished - about a week ago—brought home five fish, weighing twelve pounds.

A CROSS BABV. Nothing is so conducive to a remaining a bachelor as stopping for one. night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awake for live or six hours by the crying of a cross babyr All cross and crying babies need only Dr Soule's American Hop'-Bitters to make them well and smiling, Young man; remember this, '• Traveller." Fees of Doctors.—The fee of doctors is an item that very many persons are interested in at present. Wo 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 §I,OOO a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters taken in time would save thu SI,OOO and all the year's Sickness. "Post." Oca special price-list recently issued, and giving a few details of some of tho bargains in the bankrupt stock of A, G. Price, had the effect, on Saturday, of drawing one of the largest crowds of visitors that were ever congregated within the walls of Te Aro House, Wellington,

They came f om all quarters, from the North, the South, the East, the West—from the Hutt, Petone, Johnsonvillc, Porirua, the Manawatua, and Wairarapa, and from the Province of Marlborough and elsewhere. They came in shoals, not to look only, nut to buy, and buy they did, wisely, discriminatingly, and cheaply, at the wonderful sale of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House, Wellington, Fkom all quarters comes the assertion of this undoubted fact, that- nothing like this sale has ever transpired in the city; that for genuineness and the multitude of. unmistakable bargains it is without a rival in this city or elsewhere, So say we of Te Aro House, Wellington.

We want all our friends and the public to understand that we were not able to move the whole of Price's stock at once. We brought and are bringing it down gradually, day by day, so that there is no fear of a scarcity of bargains. They will not run out while this sale continues, and the last customer equally with the first will go away rejoicing because of his good fortune at the sale of Price's bankrupt stock at To Aro House, Wellington, We cannot keep this sale going for more than ten days from the present date, and therefore we would urge the public of the town, suburbs, and country districts, to grasp this present opportunity and empty their pockets, whilo supplying all their requirements at lower prices than were ever known in New Zealand at the sale of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro House, Welling, ton.—Advt