The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1888. THE CHINESE PROBLEM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2893, 8 May 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1888. THE CHINESE PROBLEM.

We stood one day by the side of a true son of John Bull, who was sending his spade deep into the soil, and turning it over in great solid spits. A Chinaman passing by said, " You dig too deep." The wielder of the spade glared at the Mongolian critic, and turning round said in scornful accents "Them ignorant beasts know nothing." It was quite plain that John Chinaman had a hearty contempt for the John Bull style of digging, and it was equally palpable that the sentiment was more than reciprocated. It is hopeless to expect tile European and Mongolian to meet on any common ground. We believe the Mongolian to he the barbarian, but the Mongolian is quite certain that it is we who are the victims of a deficient civilisation. The Chinaman cannot bo controlled by auy known process to adopt our ways and habits, and for us to fall in with the Celestial customs is out of the question, In rare instances, when the races have mingled, the result has been an indescribable horror. We are hot surprised that the good people of Invercargill have manifested so strong an objection to the landing of the Mongols from the TeAnau. The question lias to bo faced, and the sooner it is decided {lie better, If the Imperial Government are unwiso enough to challenge the right of the Colonies to deal with the Yellow Agony, the strong feeling now manifested will bo fanned into an inextinguishable flame. England is probably too wise to alienate the Australian Colonies by any attempt to coerce them in their dealings with Mongolian immigrants. We trust England will not get into a tangle with China over the right of access of Celestials to the Colonies, but if England does do so, she will have to get out of the tangle in the best possible manner. This Colony has practically made up its mind against an influx of Chinese labor, and measures will undoubtedly be taken to further restrict it. The Government have thrown down the gauntlet by proclaiming China and other adjacent ports infected, and in taking this decisive step they will have the support of the country.

■\Ve are glad to learn from an Eketahuna correspondent tliat a stood deal of bushfalling is now being let lii that neighborhood. ThosEwartwhowas yesterday committed for trial for horse stealing was the husband of the Mrs Ewart who was some short time since drowned in the Maliikalu River, new Eketaliuntv.

The proposed Chineso demonstration at tho Bluff yesterday ended in a most complete fiasco. Londoners are stated, on the authority of tho Local Government Board, to pay between 100,000 and £70,000 a year for water sold under tho name of milk. Wo arc requested to remind our readers of Messrs Lowes & lorns'stock sale at their yards to morrow, the list will include some 0000 sheep of all classes, 120 head of cattlo, horses,vehicles, and 9 large pigs. The present credit balance of the Carterton Fire Brigade is Is 3d, tlmir Engine is in tho last stage of consumption, and the Fire Brigade station w a perfect wreck, All they want now is another fire. Mr A. M, Bradbury has just set up" a six-tined stag's head, with especially fine antlers, The stag was shot out Gladstone way, and it fc intended to adorn tho ancestral hall of a woll-known Masterton professional man. Mr F, 11. Wood ia to-day holding a ealc at the residence ot Mr Duncan Cameron, Moroa, Greytown, that gentleman and his family having removed to the East Coast. The election of school coommittees at those places where tho recent polls lapsed aro announced for Monday, 21st May, On dit Lord Tennyson received an honorarium of £2 per line for a little poem on Spring contributed by liini to an American publication. There was an entiroly clean sheet at the Carterton R.M. Court this morning, there being neither civil nor criminal business of any kind. Wo wondor whether the Resident Magistrate received tho usual time-honoured pair of while kid gloves. We remind our readers of the farewell tea in the Salvation Army Barracks, to-night, when Captain Buckingham and Lieutenant Ellis will say good-bye. The Rev Mr Rowse also addresses the meeting. Tho time is 0.30. p.m. and tho tickets aro Is.

Recent account sales from Home ot rabbit skins ?ive a nett result in Masterton of 9d a lb for mixed parcels. At present tho best winter skins are quoted in London at up to Is 7§d. This would nett about Is 4d hero. A year ago the same quality were realising 2s Id a lb in the Home market. Private advices havo been received in Masterton of a fall in the English butter market, for Colonial parcels of 30s a cwt. This downward tendency is duo to the influx of Continental supplies, which about the beginning of May usually commence to come to hand. Ex porters should remember this fact, and abstain from shipping too late in the season. The Phamix Lodge, 1.0.G.T,, held a well-attended and successful meeting last ni«ht. One new member was re-obli-gated, and a candidate initiated with the usual ceremonies. Bro. R. Aitken was unanimously elected Secretary. It was resolved to hold a soiree and public meeting, and a committee was formed to carry out the details. It ia intended to have a big march, invite members of kindred Societies, and otherwise use every means to make the affair a success, and we have no doubt Hiat with the new blood and fresh spirit infused into it, it will be so. In the meantime old members are invited to roll up, and take part in a vigorous campaign during the winter months against the foe they have to contend with,

George Darrell has produced a new play at Sandhurst. His admirers went in fear and trembling that they would not have so much of George as they were used to; but it was all right. In the first three acts George appeared in high boots ten times, rescued the gal twice, shot five men, otherwise disposed of half a dozen more and two Oliiiiamon, and delivered heroic sentiments 114 times; in the last act lie was distinctly heard to whisper six times in between his tragic death gasps, ''Turn all the limelight on mo." The piece is called " Huo and Cry," and, chaff apart Orpheus, in the Press, says tlwt it is a grtat success.

Cheese exported by the Dalefield Dairy Company has, according to advices just realised 483 per cwfc. all round, in tho London market. This will iiett exactly 3|d a lb. here. The report accompanying the account sales says that the beat of the cheese was really worth 5Gs per cwt., but being a mixed parcel, it was sold at a disadvantage, It might bo mentioned that a ne!t result of 3|d per lb, with milk at its present rates, barely pays expenses, if it does at all, but there are signs that if more care were taken to send good and even quality, a higher price could easily be obtained. A nctt return of 4d a lb ought to leave a fair margin, and there shou'd bo a good prospect of reaching this figure, Mr Sievier, whose presentation ac a levee last year was cancelled on February 18th, spent sometime m Australia and ftew Zealand a fowyeara back, and, says the Dunedin Star's London correspondent will probably bo well known to many of our readers. He has had an adventurous career, having in turn been scholastic agent, aotor, bookmaker, and policeman. In Australia, Mr S, made a very favourable impression. Tho cii/c of Sydney, from all accounts, not merely took him to their hearts, but gave him introductions to yood people at Home. Amongst others, he made friends with Mr Benzon, Pigeon shooting at the Sporting and Dramatic Club and election to Boodle's paved the way to hjs appearance at the Court of St James', with the result] have mentioned. How the cat camo out of tho bag I don't know. Presentations to the Queen or Prince of Wales (acting for her Majesty) are very seldom cancelled, There have not been a dozen cancellations during the reign. It signifies, of course, social ostracism. Even the lower middle classes shrink from a man who has been blackballed by royalty.

At Dorchester on Feb. 27, .1 number of persons, mostly artisans, were summoned lor refusing to pay their proportion of a special rate levied to defray certain expensen incurred m decorating the town, &c, on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Dorohostor during the Bath and West England Society's Show last June. The defendants objected to payment on the ground that such a charge upon the rates could notbelerally sustained. The Magistrates decided that the rate was perfectly leqal, and made an ordor upon the defaulters for payment 1 It is probable that in two eases at least the matter will bo carried to <v superior court.

Certain railway magnates of Chicago are said to have under consideration a scheme for connecting the New with the Old World by rail, The line, as projected, would run along the coast of British Columbia and Alaska to Behring's Straits, across ivliich it is proposed to convey the trains in large ferry boats at first, though the scheme contemplates the eventful bridging of the expanse, It is thirty-five miles wide, it is true; but it is dotted with Humorous islands which would preatly reduce the difficulty of this formidable piece of engineering. The line is then to be continued in a south-wes-terly direction till a junction with the European railway system is effected at Irkutsk. It is calculated that trains will make the distance from St. Paul's, the starting point of the line in America, to Irkutsk in ten days. Utopian as the project may appear, its promoters claim that it is founded on solid business principles, and they profess to regard its adoption and execution as a mere fjuea- , tiuu q( timo,

The dato for the production of " Trial by Jury" hits been altered to Friday, 18th May.

Tlio amount collected by Messrs Coker and O'Connor for Mrs Chandler who was recently burnt out, amounted to LlO 15s Cd. The proclamation declaring all Chinese ports, 'as well as Singapore and other Asiatic points of Chinese embarkation, infected with small-pox or other contagious diseases will be issued in Wellington to-day, and will take immediate cflect. We cannot get at the minutes of the Whareania Road Board, the Chairman bavin? apparently removed them from the custody of the Clerk, their lawful guardian. For ways that are dark, and tricks that are vain, the Whareaina Road Board is peculiar. Mr F. H. Wood advertises the preliminary entries for his next Thursday's stock sale at the Taratahi yards. The list includes ewes, wethers, lambs, bullocks, mixed cattle, yearlings, calves, etc,, The War Office are maturing a scheme by which tlioy will have the call of some 10,000 horses, whose owners will have a retaining fee per annum, on signing a contract to sell their horses to the Government at a fixed price. This is ontho same lines that the Admiralty have adopted with merchant steamors.

■ There was recently born to Mrs Fred Miller at Rice Lake, Minnesota, a speck of humanity that barely tipped the beam at 2j pounds, Its feet are not over an inch ;in length, and a gentloman's ordinary finger ring will go oyer its foot. A small child's teacup will cover its head. Some considerable amusement was caused at the Lyttclton School Committee's last meeting when two committeemen were debating the question of which was the most difficult article to make, a pillow-slip or a nightdress, It was astonishing (says the Telegraph) tho largo amount of information displayed during the controversy. Had ladies been present, they would mo3fc certainly have learned some valuable lessons, A Liyerpool paper gives an account of a wretched carouse which the interference of the police put a stop to. A crowd was discovered greatly interested in smno casks which had been washed ashore. These proved to contain methylated spirits. Several were intoxicated when the officers came upon them. They wero removed to the nearest station, where emetics and stomach pumps were called into requisition. Many of the foolish people were some days in suffering re> covery.

A wedding ceremony was interrupted in the Minster at Wiinborne in a singular manner. A painter, whose banns had been published, appeared in church with his bride elect, .a dressmaker; but rumours having got abroad that the bridegroom was a married man, the parties were asked into the vestry, whore' a Wimborno tradesman asserted that IJi'otton had told him lie was a married man with two children. Bretton admitted having said this, bat denied being married, The clergyman declined to proceed with the service, and the wedding was postponed for enquiries. The Carterton Wesleyans have been for some time subjected to very long sermons, but unlike other congregations they did not bear the infliction in silent anguish. They spoke of it, and the murmur reached even to Masterton and Mrßowse, our own worthy clergyman, heard of it. Last Sunday it came to that gentleman's turn to officiate at Carterton, and ho apparently determined - not to make himself a burden on the good naturo of his audience, for after his sermon had •got to the " thirdly " stage he on hearing a resonant "click" come from the body of the church, accepted it as a gentle hint from the watch of one of his audience, and therefore quietly and gratefully thanked his discriminating mentor, downed brakes, and rounded off his discourse with a "And now finally, dear brethren," Afterwards—and here is where the joke comes in—it transpired that the "click" had been caused bytho clasp of a bible in which a devout old lady had been merely looking up the text, and that so far from desiring Mr Rowse to conclude his remarks the people were really only just beginning to understand and enjoy them, It doesn't do to be too sensitive or too considerate, seemingly, It only makes people ungrateful,

Shrewdness & Ability,—Dr, Soule's American Hop Bitters so freely advertised in all the papers, secular and religious, are having a lar?e sale, and are supplanting all other medicines. Thera is no denying the virtues of tho Hop plant, and tho proprietors of these Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability in compounding a Bitters, whose virtues are so palpable to every one's observation.—' Examiner and Chronicle.' Maine news.—Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bittors, which aro advertised in our columns, are a suro cure for ague, biliousness and kidney compaints. Those who use them say t-hoy cannot be too highly recommended. Those afflicted should give them a fair trial, and will become thereby enthusiastic in the praise of their PUratiye qualities.—" Portland Amis" To.Moiuiow,, among other things, we shall show some very attractive and at the same time very cheap lots of millieory, in tl)o bankrupt estate of P. A. Rive, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. There aro some very nice things in Parisian millinery that were marked respectively 30s, 35g, and 2 guineas, very neat, natty, in good condition, and shapes suqh as arc worn, We aro selling theso at ss, ftGil, and 10s each, at Te Aro House sale of Rive's bankrupt stock, We have a large quantity', and well assorted, of untrimmed hats, both for ladies and children, of which Hive's prices ranged from Is Gd to 8s 6d. These wc arc selling from 3d to 'is Cd oaoh. We have also somo very pretty hats, for children, in excellent and fashionable shapes, that Hive had marked 8s Gd and 10s Gd, and that we are selling at 4s Gd to 5s Gd each, at Rive's bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro House, Wellington. Time are also an abundance of feathers and wings, all shades, from 3d to 8s each, that were sold by ltive at prices varying from 2s to 15s; and a splendid lot of flowers, for evening wear, in all colours, from] Gd to 2s; as also some very stylish flower sets, for dresses, at 5s and Gs Gd, for which Rive wanted 10s Gd and 15s Gd each, See them at the To Aro House sale of lfive's bankrupt stock. We have also a grand lot of bargains in ladies' underclothing, of all qualities, and at such prices that wo are quite suro if customers only took the trouble to inspeot them the whole quantity would be cleared out in less than a weok, at Rive's bankrupt' stool; sale, To Aro House, Wellington—Aiivt.