The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1888. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2896, 11 May 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1888. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

His Excellency's speech in May, 1888, is a sequel to liis speech in October, 1887. The former promised retrenchment and land reform, and these promises have been faithfully kept. It also intimated'that we should have a reversal of the mischievous native policy of the previous Ministry and a Railway Board. Time has not yet allowed these two projects to be consummated, but the new speech takes them up again and pushes them forward. Under Sir Harry Atkinson, the Governor's speeches mean all they say, and tins is high praise. We know exactly what the Premier proposes to do in "the present session, and if he is unable to pull through any particular measure which he has catalogued we may feel certain that it will come up again next year. His work is wonderfully honest and straightforward. We are not quite sure that the colony will be quite as enthusiastic as the Ministers appear to be over the advent of the Australasian Navy andthecompletion of harbour defences but it is the fashion now for the Colonial politicians to play with Imperial powder, and wg only trust they may not bum their fingers with it. The speech promises but little new legislation, and this is commendable, because the affairs of New Zealand are more likely to be put on a sound footing by careful administration than by new Acts of Parliament. The revised tariff will probably be the burning question of the session, and if the views of the Ministry are as moderate as the speech indicates there will be 110 great difficulty in carrying them out.

Mr John Young, the Wellington Ironmonger, advertises a pood piano for sale on remarkably easy terms. A Ohristohurcli telegram to the Post states on pood authority that tho slapping companies are contomplating reducing the meat freights to |d per lb, A new Theatre in Adelaide is projected which, if erected, would cost £45,000 and would bo a decided ornament to the city,

Mr Julian Thomas ("Tho Vagabond"), left Melbourne for England by thesteamer Cuzco last month to fulfil professional engagements,

At the East End of London 59 per cent, males, and 75 per cent, females are married under tho ago of twenty-one! In St George's Hanover Square, there Is only 1 per cent, of males married under that

" I am afraid, my dear," said a wife to her husband, " that you dont love me _ as much as you did when you were courting mo." " Possibly not," he replied, calmly, " you don't weigh as much by 201b as you did then, There U'n't so much to love," The spawning season at tho Mastcrton fishponds is now daily expected to commence. Tho last fish distributed were three hundred nine-months old Looli Leven trout, which were sent to the Mangaono river, near Pahiatua, last month, it being intended to reserve this stream solely for that description of fish. The Wholesale Drapery Company, (Mr P. Dickson, managing partner), re-open to-morrow, after stocktaking. This firm has an especially large, new, and fashionable assortment of everything that a draper, milliner, clothier, and soft goods warehouseman Bhould keep, and the public will no doubt frcoly patronise tho establishment in response.

The score at the finish in the draughts championship for the world was:-Mr Wyllie, 8 wins, Mr Boswell, 1 win; and draws, 11. Tho "Herd Laddie" thus again triumphantly proved hi 3 absolute invincibility. Ho lias played altogether 529 games in Canterbury, losing one to Mr Boswell, drawing twenty-one, and winning the rest. In the bankrupt estate of Entile Johansen, Boarding house-keeper of Masterton, the total liabilities are.£79 Ha 7d, and tho total assets, book debts estimated to produce £lO, deficiency £G9l4s 7d. Tho creditors, all of whom are unsecured, areas follow:—Wiu Dunn, £3O; Alex. Simonsen, (Upper Hutt) £27 F. W. Temple, £9 4s lid; Walter Perry, £7l2s 2d; A. McGlashan & Co, £sl7s Od, A school teacher, who had been telling the story of David, onded with " and all this happened over three thousand years ago!" A little cherub, its blue eyes opening wide with wonder, said, after a moment's thought: "Oh dear, sir, what a memory you have got!"

The fame of Dunedin amateurs is evi" dently more than local, as the Star is in formed on reliablo authority that tho Pinafore Opera Company liavo received communications from Melbourne enquiring if satisfactory arrangements can bo made for tho company to proceed to Australia and produce " Pinafore" and 11 Lea Cloches do Covnovillo" in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. Wewonder whether a similar tnquiry will be made in Masterton, when our people have shone in "Trial by Jury."

Yesterday forenoon a man halted at Griswold street and looked pretty fixedly at the tower of the City Hall. In ten seconds a second man stopped and elevated his gaze. In five minutes thirty men were looking. No one had said anything or discovered anything, when a fresh addition advancing to the first man inquired: "What is it, mister?" "The City Hall tower," was the answer. "What's the matter with it?" "Why it strikes me that it is out of plumb, Don't you think so?" "Why, no! How could it bo out of plumb?" "I don't know. It struck me tlmt way, but if you say it's all right, I'll take your word for it. Good morning, sir!" The other thirty stood, and looked at each other in a foolish sort of way for a minute withoutsaying a word, and then everybody mado a rush to get away.

We have ascertained from Mr A. McKcnzie, of Featherston, the following particulars regarding th eshipment of horses which is shortly tojbo made from New Zealand to India, Tho consignment leaves by the s.s. Tekapo for Calcutta on 10th June, and the total number ot horses being sent is about two hundred and fifty. Of these, Mr A, Thompson, of Dunedin, sends one hundred and twenty, Mr John Stevens, of Rangitikei, (formerly of the firm of Stevens and Gorton) contributes one hundred, and Mr McKenzie himself thirty. The latter gentleman's, we may remark, aro the pick of the Wairarnpa, and lie is sparing no expense in securing good animals, all of them being well bred, and some of them are thoroughbreds, They arc mostly upstanding hacks and carriage horses, and are well suited for troop horses, for which service tho majority of them will probably be bought in India, It may bo mentioned that tho only previous shipments to that

country which we know of, were some by Mr Griga, of Longbeach, Canterbury, who some time since opened the export trade in that direction. The Mr Thompson, of Otago, referred to as being in conjunction with Messrs Stevens and Mckenzie in the present venture, has in the past gone in for horse shipment very largely, and during the last ten years has sent from 7,000 to 8,000 horses to Sydney for the Australian market.

' A Good Housewife.—The good housewife when giving her house its spring renovating, should bear in mind that the dear inmates of her house are more precious than many houses, and that their systcniß need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure tho diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must know that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters, tho purest and best of medicines, "Concord N. H. Patriot,"

Wobkino-Mkn.—Before you begin your heavy spring work after a winter of relaxation, your system needs cleansing and strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague, Billious or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sickness that unfit you for a season's work. You will save time, much sickness and great expense if you will use ono bottle of Dr. Soule's American Hop Bittera in your family this month. Don't wait. "Burlington Hawkoye." We are now showing some special bargains in our clothing department, from Rive's bankrupt stock, at the Wholesale Tamily Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Fon boys' wear, strong tweed knieker suits—Hive's price, lis i)d; ours 3s Gd Long trouser suits-llive's price, 17s Gd ours 10s. Youths suits—Hive's price 20s; ours 12s lid. Children's overcoats from 7s G; boys' overcoats from 9s, youths oycrcoats from 13s (id; at tlio Te Aro House sale of Rive's bankrupt stock, Wellington. Ton men's wear, Rive's 20s trousers and vest for lis Gd; Hive's 8s trousers for 4s Oil; Dive's Gs 9d sorgo trousers for 2s 9d; Rive's 30s worsted sac coats for 17s Gd; Rive's 27s (id tweed snits for 17s Gd; Rive's-10s suits for 25s Rive's GOs colonial suits for 355; Rive's 2os overcoats for 17s Gd; at the bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro House, Wellington.

Ami of ties, in silk and lawn, that were GJ, 9d, and Is each, for threepence each, linen collars at 9d (or threepence; men's socks, of all kinds, reduced from Is, Is (id, Is 9d to fid, 9d, Is per pair; a splendid lot of striped wool soeks, marked 2s, for Is per pair; at Kivc's bankrupt stock sale, Tc Avo Houso, Wellington. Men's cotton undershirts—Kivc's price, 2s Gd ours, Is 6d. Merino shirts—Rive's prioe, 2s 9d, ours Is 9d, Lambs' wool shirts—Kivc's price, fis Gd; ours 3s 3d, Strong working shirts—Hive's price, 2s 3d; ours, Is Gd. Heavy tweed shirts—Bive's price, Gs !)d; ours, 4s 9d. Whito shirtsRive's price, 4s lOd; ours, 2s 9d; Rive's prioe, Gs; ours, 3s Gd; at the sale of Rive's bankrupt stock, To Aro House, Wellington. In fact, in this, as in all othordopartmopts, there aro multitudes of bargains impossible to enumerate. Come and inspect them this evening, at the sale of Kivc's bankrupt stock, To Avg Houso, Wollinglou.

Tho Masterton Philharmonic Socioty rehearses " Trial by Jury" to-night in St. Matthews' schoolroom at eight o'clock sharp. The orchestra practices at 7.30 p.m. We hear that a Masterton Amateur Christy Minstrel Club is being organised, consisting of soreral members of the old Company and of others who are new to our audiences. Mr J. Bagge, our postmaster, is still at the Botorua Lakes, and is progressing very favorably indeed. He leaves ou his homeward journey about 19th May. The Borough staff has carted about fifty loads of sand and small gravel from tho Waipoua River bed to a depot in Bruce street, where it is being conserved for winter use on the Masterton footpaths.

The youths' handicap race at the skating rink will take place next Thursday night, There was a good attendance at yesterday's private rinking party, and no doubt the extra attraction of the contest alluded to will draw a still larger nnmber to tho next private evening, " "lis ungodly tu wear a bustle." That is how a Yankeo paper heads a report of the expulsion of a "Captain" and his bride from the Salvation Army in the vilbgo of Little Falls, New York State. It was a wedding to begin with. " They had a big procession paraditig the streets, preceded by a drum, corps, and had a hallelujah time generally." But troublo came when Polly refused to discard her bustle, and the " General" declared that " in sincere godliness he could not send her to another station."

Tho logotypo system of printing has just beon rouived in London. Tho words, instead of being set up letter by letter by tho compositor, are in block, so that greater spoed can bo attained, and the cost of the work reduced. It is found that 800 words in common use can be arranged in cases within reach of tho compositor's hand. All other out-of-the-way words must be done lettor by letter. Girls are learning the new type-setting, which has been brought into practical shapo by an Irish lady. A curious story comes from the East Coast, and says the Dunedin Star, if true it would seem to show that there is still room for retrenchment. A chief of Rotoiti has for the last twelve years or so been receiving £2O a year for keeping the brushwood from growing close around tho telegraph poles. He has drawn the money "regular," but he has never done the work, which ha 3 been attended to by the linemen. Tho other day he found a lineman doing tho work which he was paid for, and he interfered and stopped him, saying that if he did it the Government would find out and would Btop the salary.

Two or three years ago there was, says an exchange, only one penny omnibus in London, the little red ono that took passengers from the Strand across Waterloo Bridge. Now, every omnibus takes penny fares, You can go from the Bank to Chancery lane, from Chancery Lane to Oxford Circus, from there to Hydo Park for a penny. From Picadilly Circus, up the New road and on up 'Tottenham Court-road to the Euston road for one penny all the way. Not only are fares so much reduced, but more routes are opened. There used to be no direct way of getting from King's Cross to Russell Square without walking or "cabbing" it; now thereisa penny'bus right to Holburn, along Guilford-street and Southamptonroad. Men and women who left London five years ago would be astonished at the facilities for getting about that are now available.

Yesterday, we were perhaps the earliest country paper in tho Colony which published the full text of the Governor's address at tho opening of Parliament. That we were enabled to do this, is to a great extent duo to the promptness and ability of the Telegraph department, to whom, through Mr G. M. Park, wo wish to express our acknowledgments, The Governor delivered his address Bliortly after two o'clock, at 2,15 p.m. we received tho first page of tho telegraphic reproduction of it,, at 3.10 p.m. the message was concluded, and at four o'clock it was in the hands of our readers. The gram altogether consisted of 1670 words, and the time occupied in transmission was fifty-five minutes, being at the rate of slightly over thirty words a minute.

Goneral Shelley, reviewing a corps of cavalry, stopped in front of a splendid fellow, a non-commissioned officer. " Which is tho best horse m tho regiment?" lie abruptly asked of him. "Number forty, sir." 'What makes you suppose it is the best horse ?" "He walks, trots, and gallops well; is a good jumper, has no vice, no blemish, carries his head well, has some blood, and is in his prime." "And who is the best soldier in the regiment?" "Tom Jones, sir.' - " Why ?" " Because, ho is an honorable man, is obedient, tidy, takes good caro of his equipment, of his liorse, and does his duty well." "And who is the rider of the best horse?" "Tom Jones, sir" "And who i 3 Tom Jones? 1 "I am, sir." General Shelley could not help laughing, and gave a sovereign to tho sergeant, who received it withuutmoying a muscle.

A Colonial reporter's duties are as truly manifold and varied aa his virtues, and our own representative is never out of place at anything from a funeral to a free-and-easy at the Salvation Army. Perhaps lie enjoys himself more at the latter —it is conducted in a dim and holy light whioh is particularly soothing—but at the same time he allows neither silent anguish nor intense happiness to, in the slightest degree interfere with his placid imperturbation or with the impartial and faithful execution of his duties, It wfl therefore, be understood that when this morning the Chief said" Charlie, I want you to go down and iiißpect a baby; You're a bachelor, and in after life any experience you may gain will be of value to you," it will be comprehended, wo say, that our indefatigable one was on the spot in nn instant, Ho got tlio address and oif he went. How it seems that Mastertun has been going in heavily for tlio" home industry" business lately, the other day wo " ruled the roast" with the biggest pumpkin—ono of 2561bs —and now we can beat the record for the smallest baby. This infant—a boyis truly a marvel of diminutive humanity. It now—two weeks after birth—weighs just under 2jlbs, and ia the smallest mite of a child imaginable. According to our reporter's account it is a well-formed but small - framed and thoroughly healthy baby, although it is at present but passing plump, He, however, says as "the little beggar" feeds well, sleeps well, and seems to enjoy life generally, it is daily gaining in condition. He wanted to put it into his coat poeket and bring down to the offico, so that we could have it on view, but the fond mother—who is immensely proud of hor tiny offspring—objected. He thinks a quart pot .vould well suffice the infant for a cradle, and, except in length, bo roomy at that. The child's brothers, fine healthy children ranging from three years to seven, regard their little relative with intense affection not unmingled with curiosity and awe. We promised not to say the name of this interesting domestic wonder, but if we mention that he will bo found in Chapel-street we may trust the Mies tv find out the (cat. .

Great complaint is made by passengers of the sulphurous and " Sheolic" fume which pervade the cars on the Wairarapa Railway from tlio coal at present being burnt in the engines, Wo aro requested to remind our roadora of Messrs Lowes and lorns' Bales to-mor-row, The list includes furniture, new and second hand, drapery, boots and shoes, I produce and sundries. Eketahuna's latest sign of enterprise is, we notico, that Mrs Mary Tuck has given intimation that she intendß to apply for a license for a new hotel near the railway station site at Eketahuna, to be called the Terminus Hotel. There will be be a practico of the Masterton football Club to-morrow, between teams chosen on the ground. In view of the second fifteon matches with Carterton and Wellington on 19th and 24th May respectively, it is desirable that there should be a good muster at this practice i

There is a movement on foot among the Mclbourno compositors to demand 1b 2d per thousand for their composition in future. This, says'the Dunedin Star's correspondent, is an advance of Id a thousaud on the present rate, md will mean an addition of about L 3,000 per annum to both the Argus and Age wages accounts, . The Tuapeka Times is responsible for the following" The only inscription visible on one of the ballot papers at a recent school committee election was "For illiteracy, a fondness for strong drink, a prolific use of bad language, ind an entire ignorance of the fundamental principles of education, the candidates stand so much upon a common footing that it's impossible to exercise a choice," Mr S, 0." Thompson, printer, of Munistee, Michigan, has iuvented an ingenious automatic device for addressing newspapers, The contrivance, says Typo, is fixed at the delivery end of the printing press, and is connected by tapes and an iron rod with the cylinder-shaft. As the printed paper leaves the cylinder, it is conveyed to the mailer and addressed before passing on to the fly or folding machine, as the case may be, Every revolution of the cylinder moves the palley containing the names tho necessary

distance so that the papers may be addressed consecutively by the machine. At Mr F, H, Wood's Taratahi Btock sale held yesterday, all classes of Btock were represented, every line selling freely under the hammer, at the following prices Store ewes, 2s 3d to 4s; fat owes (light), 5s 3d; ewes and wethers, os sd; breeding ewes, 5s to 8s; fat wethers, medium, 7a 9d; culled lambs, 2s; calves, lis to 16s; yearling, 255; store cows, 303 to 40s; dairy cows, G2s Gd; bullocks, 4 years old, 70s, There was a very good demand for sheep, and a much larger quantity could have been sold had they been yarded. There was also an improvement in the price of cattle dud much more spirit in the bidding.

Six electors and ratepayers of the Mastcrton Road District have lodged a declaration with the Resident Magistrate that the poll taken on the 26th April last uuder the Loans to Local Bodies Act, on a proposal to raise 1800 for making a road in the Rangitumau Block is void, on tne ground that certain irregularities in the proceedings to raise such loan tended to defeat the fairness of the poll so taken. A magisterial inquiry will be held in accordance with the prayer of the petition, and also to search into the facts of the allegation, at the R.M. Court, Masterton, on Monday the 21st May. All who are interested are requested by official notification to attend.

Father O'flalloran had a telephone put into the parsonage which was in connection with the church, the parochial school, etc. Patrick M'Fee, his reverence's handy man, was instructed in the use of the instrument; and it was only the next day when Pat, dusting out the church, heard the clatter of the telephone bell. Taking down the receiver, ho was pleased to hear Father O'Halloran's familiar voice asking him something or other about his work. Pat, in essaying to answer, remembered that his reverence was a long way off, and ho consequently holloaed into the transmitter at the top of his voice. "I don't understand you, Patrick,'' said tho telephone. Pat tried again, with no better success. On his third trial he came near splitting the telephone; but again came Father O'Halloran's voice, "1 can't hear what you're saying Patrick." Pat had by this time lost some of his patience: and, as ho stood gathering breath for a fourth blast, he could not refrain from soliloquising in a low tone: "All, may thedivil fly away wid the ould fool!" But Pat dropped the telephone like a hot potato when he heard Father O'Halloran's voice once again; Now I hear you perfectly, Patrick." The monthly meeting of tho Hospital trustees was held yesterday in the Council Chambers at 3.30 p.m. Present: Messrs J. C. Boddington, (Chairman), B. P. Perry, J, B. Keith, Joseph loms, and Rev W, E. Paige, The Treasurer reportod a credit balance of £7lßs 7d. Tho following accounts were passed for payment; Joseph Payton &Co£s 8s (id; Walter Perry £ll9s 7d; F. W. Temple £G l(is 3d, total £l4 43 4d. The trustees went into committee to consider the resignation of Mr J, Adcock and the appointment of a successor. An application was received from Mr John Williams for the position, and after considerable discussion it was resolved to appoint Mr Williams on probation for. three months from 31st inst,, on the basis of his application, and that a married couple be engaged to assist him, advertisements to be inserted in the Wairarapa Daily and Star for one week each, applications to,jbe received up to Wednesday, 23rd inst, at the oliice of the Secretary, and a special meeting be held on Friday, tho 25th inst, to consider the same, Mr Keith was appointed visiting member, and the meeting closed.