The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1888.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2899, 15 May 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1888.

Mr G. Bketiiam is interesting himself with a project for taxing totalis#tors and theatres for the benefit ot hospitals, and his proposal will no doubt meet with»considerable amount of acceptance from those who regard existence in New Zealandma stem reality, The up country settler, whose round of toil from year to year precludes all attandances at either plays or race meetings, would not object to see people who patronise such amusements taxed towards the support of thesickaud poor, but the resident in a town who takes an occasional relaxation in the shape of a visit to the opera, or a day on a racecourse, will regard with disfavor such a scheme for compelling him to contribute towards hospitals. A tax on either theatre or totalisator would virtually be a protective duty. If it deterred a star actor in Melbourne or Sydney from visiting New Zealand, it would favor the less celebrated artist who had liis/wi/to/in this colony. The New Zealand star actor would reap the little harvest which the. Melbourne or London star despised. In the same way at a raco meeting, the toll levied on the totalisator would virtually lessen the pool, and outside horses of any celebrity would consider the inducements held out by the gathering diminished by the impost and leave the local weeds to divide the money. The main objection, however, that we see to the proposal is the inexpediency ol multiplying and increasing taxes. The man who invents a new tax is less

patriotic than he who kills an old one. The number, extent, and variety of New Zealand tuxes already discourage settlement. We believe in retrenchment, but we have little faith in an extension of- taxation, A young and vigorous colonial community does not require an assortment of vexatious imposts. There are, too many tax gatherers and there is too much tax gathering already in New Zealand, and if Mr Beelham's little stranger should fail to swell the doleful catalogue we' shall not be sorry,

may be taken for granted that lie has an object in view, and it would perhaps facilitate a settlement .of it if he moved directly instead of indirectly tor the point he desires to carry. As matters at present standlio appeal's to be laying a trap for councillor's and threatening them with annihilation if | they refuse to go into it,

The Kahautara Bridge across tho Ruainahunga is open trom to-day. Tho Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12 per cent. Three new hotels are to be applied for in Pahiatua,

The Maaterton Philharinjnic rehearses "Trial by Jury, to-night, at tho Theatre, at 8 o'clock; orchbstra at 7 p.m. •

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stock sale for Wednesday, 23rd insfc., 100 fat ewes.

Mrs Garrett Anderson, an English lady physician, makes £IO,OOO a year from her profession,

Tho P. and 0. Company own fifty-three steamers, costing six millions of pounds, employ eight oifieera and 15,000 men ashore and afloat.

Un Friday, says tho Ohristehurch Press, one of the fishermen at Kaiapoi discovered a white rat, apparently drowned in the river, opposite one of the grain stores,

The annaal meeting of the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon, and Camay Society will bo held at tho Club Hotel, Mastcrton, on Thursday evening, 17th instant, The Committee invito all who are interested to attend

The Masterton Exhibition of arts, industries, curios Ac, will be held on June 21st and 22nd. A report of the Committee meeting appears in another column. Mr James M'Chie, ono of tho survivors of the Derry Castle, which was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in March last, arrived home by the Orizaba. As the colonial papers havo been full of his adventures, I will only say, remarks the Dunedin Star's Home correspondent, that lie lias been interviewed by Mr Clark Russel, who will doubtless turn him into "copy" presently. Mr Price informs us that the reserved seats for" Trial by Jury" are being taken up with exceptional avidity, The demand is greater than he can remember to have ever previously existed in connection with any local performance, a considerable number in tho dress circle being secured yesterday morning within a fow minutes of the opening of the list. The Mikado is an opera that touches upon Japanese ways and habits, and yet we suspect that Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr W. S. Gilbert will be surprised to learn that scraps from their work have been sun? before the great bronzo ima?e of Buddha, at Kamakura, Japan. A party of Americans lately stood before this famous statuo, and, as tho natives gathered around and set up a groat clatter, tho American's broke out as one man in ,l Here's a how d'ye do," The Japanese were awed by the song, and thought it was offered as an invocation to Buddha.

Three moro games were played last nichfc in the Chess match between Masterton and Opaki. Mr W. Kummer, (Opaki) played tho Rev W. E, Paige and adopted the Zukertort opening, the result being that the Opaki player won, Mr F. Kummer (Opaki) played the King's Knight's game to Mr Rockell, who adopted tho Petroff defence. The game should have been a draw, but the second player forgot that his castle was en prise, and lost. Mr F. Kummer and Mr Rawson adopted an irregular opening, the result being that the latter won. Tho match now stands— Masterton 8, Opaki 7, with one game (betwoen tho Rev. W. E. Paige and Captain Holmwood) to be played. It may bo mentioned that tho Club played last night in their new room-the Oddfellows' Hall, Perry-street. There is now plenty of convenience, and new members will be gladly welcomed, The subscription is only 2s (id a year. Although the primary object of tho club is the encouragement of chess, thd no. less popular pastime of draughts will also bo fostered, and pro» vision will be made for the reception of players-who devote themsolves to that game alone.

The present wet weather greatly interferes with tlio telegraph system, and messages received at the Masterton oflice yesterday in most cases suffered more or less delay through this unpreventible cause. The dampness of the rain leads to a slight leakage of the electric fluid at the poles, for wood which when dry is only a mild conductor, when wet becomes an active medium, and although supposed to be isolated, in bad weather a certain per centago of tho current finds its way to earth, and thus renders the signals feeble, In the sanie way, although trees are as much as possible kept clear of the line, they sometimes touch, and if wet greatly exhaust tho electricity, while if dry the superior conducting jvjweroftlie metal of which the wirc3 are composed neutralises tbo'glighfc attraction tjioy then have The oen spray, top, is a source of trouble, and in the vicinity of Ngaliauranga and Petone when a southerly gale is prevalent, it, in blowing through the wires actually carries a certain proportion of tho electricity with it, which of eource must eventually find its way to to the earth, From this samo (jause, the main trunk line ot telegraph near Tauranga which ran by the seaside used to bo found absolutely unworkable in rough weather with easterly gulps from the ocean, and it had to be supplemented by the construction ot an inland two-wire service, When ti|c clompntfj arp disturbed, such as during yesterday, messages between Masterton arid Wellington and via verm are wired to Featherston and arc then re-despatphud from tlioro, it being used as a transmitting station, owing to the weakness caused by rain and sea spray in tho manner alluded to above.

] t is not generally known tint although the main trunk line of telegraph between Wellington, Napier, and Auckland passes right tiironph this township, thero is no communication by Masterton with either #f the two latter places, except by first sending the telegram to Wellington, whence it is then transmitted to Auckland, Napier, or elsewhere as the,, case may he. The main wires actually pass through the Masterton office, and caii be connected and used m a case of urgency, but for good reasons on tho ground of economy and convenience it is arranged that country stations with a small amount of business shall rot for ordinary work have the power of " breaking in," Wellington can fetch Auckland direct, and does so in line weather, but it it is stormy and wet and the current is wealf, a break is made at ft a pier and that office as a half-way-hoiiao agts as transmitting ■ tion. Thero are four wires to Aucksand all of which pass through Masterton. One of them is on the duplex system, and two messages can he sent on it simultaneously, either ono from each end, or two. from the same end, Tips important advantage is securo by tl(e uso of different instruments and special batteries. Masterton has by telegraph direct communication only witji stations between Wellington and Castlepoint, and it also has telephone connection with the Masterton Railway Station, Mungamahoe Carswefl's, Taueru, etc,

The Examiner reports that a brewery about to bo established in Woodvillo,-

Lord Bradley, an English noble jankrupt, bus resolved to emigrate either ;o New Zealand or Queensland.

Tho Orizaba lma already woll-nigh jus tiled Mr Anderson's boast that one of their

iners would, within tho year, make the un from Adelaido to T lymuuth m a month, Tho Urinba'a passage was 32 :lays i! hours—the fastest on record,

We' have again to go home to learn news about what is going on hero. The Berwick (on Tweed) Advertiser in its ■issue of December 2iird, 1887, states that "200 Chinamen have lately arrived in New Zealand under engagement to work in local coal mines at Gd per day.

Many a man who turned over a new leaf as it were, on New Years Day, feels a kind of sneaking satisfaction in remembering that ho did not give his silver pockot-ilask away, and that he knows just where he secreted his meerschaum. " How much better it would liavo been to have shaken hands, and allowed it was all a mistake," said the magistrate. " Then tho lion and tho lamb would have

lain down together, and white-robed peace would have fanned you with her wings and elovated you with her smiles of approbation. But no; you went clawing, and biting, and rolling in tho mud, and lieije you are, It's 10a apiece.' Unless the prospect improves very much indeed, one at least of the cheese factories in this valley will be " up a tree" bofore another season lias passed, In all cases during the season just over their expenditure will prove to bo greater than the revenue, and there was a loss varying according to circumstances. Mr ltider Haggard intends writing a sequel to 'She.' The awkward thing is that the "sequel" will have to relate to a time antecedent to the period in which the scene of 'She' is laid. The only way out of the difficulty would be to revive 'She' after killing her, but Mr Haggard will not do that. He will go back upon her earlier years, as he has been doing in his story of the three lions with 'Alan

Quartermain,' While the Land Court sits in Greytown,

the Maoris run a dance every night in ono of the halls in the township. Sometimes a baud supplies the music but as a rule tho concertina suffices. Most of the

natives are sleeping' in tents, the house accommodation to be found, bein? vary

limited. They have mainly congregated on tho two vacant pieces of land on each side of Main-street, this sido of the Foresters Arms Hotel, and it is there in Mr Ticehurst's paddock, where their chief encampment exists, and the stalls,

shanties, &c,, aro erected, Tho two suggestions ventilated in our issue of a few days back regarding the

public library—one for tho institution of a special parcel-of-books system for country subscribers, the other for an interchange of buoks between the Masterton and Greytown libraries—scom to have met with tho approval of members of those institutions and several have communicated with us on the subject. As regards the latter proposal, the general opinion indicates that an absolute exchange of books would be preferable to a mutual loan, and thus say one or two hundred volumes might be altogether and finally made over to Greytown for a like number of equal value.

At the It.M. Court, Tnnaru, the othci

day a suitor from the country desired to withdraw a summons. Though not well up in Court forms, lie had a fixed itlea, derived from hearsay and experience, that you could not open your mouth to a Court official, much less take any step, without paying a fee. Accordingly, Bays tho Lyttelton Times, he advanced with his hand in his breeches pocket, ready to pull out the needful, But the Bailiff who stood by observed, in tho tone of a man who didn't half like it, "There's' nothing to pay! There's nothing to pay" The suitor experienced a shock to his nervous system," and as ha sank into a chair the perspiration burst out upon his brow, and he grasped out a faint "Oh! 1 ! The' lookers-on were in a milder degree, too, quite filled with amazement,

A Ohristchurch citizen writing about tlii) Christcliuroli Gag Company ami thuir monopoly as light purveyors to tlio public, says that lie baa paid the Company nearly £IOO in rent for the several meters used at his place of business combined, that is (calculating and including interest and compound interest) at the rate of ten per cent per annum upon the monthly r?nts paid, He thinks this would bu about six or seven times the original cost of the meters, and concludes with the pathetic enquiry " Is this robbery, or merely extortion f' It may also be mentioned in this connection that the Christcluirch Gas Company draws something like £2OOO a year under its contract with tlio City Council for the supply of gas to street and public lamps,

A Goon Housewife.—The good housewife when giving her house its spring renovating, should bear in mind that tlio dear inmates of her house arc more precious than many houses, and that their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to preyout and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasina, and she must know that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Or. Soulo's Americaii tfop fitters, tho purest aud best of medicines. "Concord N. H. Patriot."

Workis(i-Mex.—Before you bagln your heavy spring work after a winter of relaxation, your system needs cleansing mid strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague, Billiun3 au Spring Fever, or some other Spring sickness that unfit you for a season's work. You will save time, much siakness and groat; expense if you will use one bottle of Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters in your family this montji. Don't wait. "Burlington Hawkoyo."

Wi? ore hqw showing some apodal bargains in our clothing department, from Itivo'n bankrupt stock, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse,..Te Aro House, Wellington,

• Jon/boys' wear, stamp; tweed knioker suits—Rive's price, Gs !)d; ours 3s fid Long trouser suits —Hivo's pvice, 17s Gd oiks'- 10s. Youths suits—Hive's price 20a; ours 12s Gd, Children's overcoats from 7s IS; hoys' ovei-oonts from 9s, youths overcoats from 13s Gdj at the Te Aro House sale of Rive's bankrupt stock, Wellington,

Eon men's wear, Kive's 20s trousers and vest for lis Oil; Hive's 8s trousers for 4s !ld; Rive's. Gs !)d serge trousers; for 2s 9(1; Rive's 30s worsted sac coats for its Gd; l'ive's 27s Gd tweed suits for 17s Gd; Hive's-10s suits for 25s Hive's GOs colonial suits for 355; Rive's 25s overcoats for 17s Gd; at the bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro House, Wellington,

A lot of ties, in silk and lawn, that were Gd, !)d, and Is each, for threepence each, linen collars at 9d for threepence; men's socks, of all kinds, reduced from Is, lsGd, Is 9d to Gd, 9d, Is per pair; a splendid lot of striped wool socks, marked 2s, for Is per pair; at Hive's bankrupt stock sale, Te Aro House, Wellington. : Men's pottqn undershirts—Hive's price, 2s (id ours, Is Cd. Merino shirts—Rive's price, 2s !)d, ours Is 9d. Lambs' wool shirts—Hive's price, Ss fid; ours 3s i)d, Strong working shirts-Rive's price, 2s 3d; purs, Js Gd. • Heavy tweed shirts—Rive's iirioe, (Ja 9d; QlU'3,4s 9d, White shirts— Hive's priqo, -is lQd| qurp, 2s 9d| Rive's price, (is; ours, 9s (Idl it the sale of Rive's bankrupt stopk, To Aro House, Wellington, Is fact, in this, as in all other departments, thoro are multitudes of bargains impossiblo to enumerate. Come and inspeot them this evening, at the sale of Hive's bankrupt stock, To Aw ttw>i WcltinijlQH.-ApYr,

Messrs Lowes and lorns nnnounco a n extensive general sale for Saturday next, 19th inst,'

Archbishop Redwood will shortly visit Rome, probably leaving by tlio next San ij'nnciaco boat,

A lost cheque is advertised for, It Is divuvh in favor of Mrs Brown, and bears the signature of Louisa Baker, The amount is £4.

Messrs R. Aitken and Sons request us to remind our roadoraot the auction sale of furniture and effects which they will conduct to-morrow 011 account of Mr Bernard, at his residence, Hessey-street. Their flag will fly on the premises.

There will be an afternoon exhibition of the saurian monster and tlie diorama tomorrow from 3 to 5 o'clock, during which time children will be admitted for 3d each.

Among the numerous reports current respecting the provisions of the new Electoral Bill, one according to the Now Zealand Times is that the North Island will be divided into six electorates, the Auckland province making three; Hawkea Bay, with North Wairarapa a fourth; Taranalci, with Waiwanui and possibly Manawatu,alifth;and the remainder of the Wellington' province making the sixth,

The presence of the Native element in Greytown during the Land Court session is causinn that town to be lively, and makes'itßelf " smelt" if not felt. So high is the effluvium in the locality of the Maori quarter, that with a Southerly breeze blowing it is said to bo distinctly perceptible in Masterton, It has been variously likened to tho odour emanating from rancid shark or from' putrid monkey. The Masterton Borough Licensing poll

akesplacoon 30th May, to determine

whether the number of publicans', wine, accommodation, or bottlo licenses shall

be increased within the district.

A spociul meeting of the Carterton Borough Council was held yesterday for the purpose of signing the burgess roll and defaulters list. There wcro 33 defaulters, whose rates amounted to £2ol9slid. The total amount of rates recoverable at the beginning of the financial year was £270 5s Bd. Carterton can very well congratulate itself on the small amount of the outstanding rates; a groat portion of the amountowing, moreover, being From nonresidents of the Borough. The Paris correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says:—"Rumors from Athens report Prince George Edward of Wales to bo deeply in lovewith his cousin, Princess Alexandria, just 17, and the most beautiful young woman in Greece. The Princess is believed to be equally in love with Prince George, and a wedding is an-

ticipated to take place in due course of time. It is also reported that the Princess Victoria of Wales is affi uicsd to the Duke of Sparta, Crown princoof Greece, whose Queen she will be when the Prince's occupancy of the Greek throne occurs, Humor adds that tho eldest daughter of the l*rinco of Wales is about to be married, but the personality of her husband-to-be is not clearly known to outsiders."