The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1888. Licensing Legislation.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2903, 19 May 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1888. Licensing Legislation.

A born legislator and clover parliamentarian lias, in the person of Major Steward, of Waimate, givori notice of a. Licensing Act Amendment Bill, the object of which is to do away with the annual election of licensing committees and convert their term of office into a triennial period. This is a proposal which we like, hut when we remember how, year after year, another equally meritorious bill, by the same author, for altering the method of electing school committees, has come to grief, we have no reasonable hope of the Licensing Bill sustaining a better fate. And yet we cannot but wish to see Major Steward's new Bill a success, because of all the many local selfgovernment shams which exist in New Zoaland, the present Licensing Act is about the worst. The committees, elected for the short period of twelve months, are often horn to blush unseen and waste their sweetness on the desert air, or in the bar of their patron publican, to wliojn they are frequently indebted for their election. It is notorious that when a mail, now-a-days, desires a license. Lis first stop is to return a licensing committee in his own favor, and the present method of annual election appears to be a special dispensation of Providence to enable him to compass his aim. The nominee of the publican, or would-be publican, may in many respects be an estimable man, but he is not exactly the individual that any sane person would piplc to control a landlord, As a matter of convenience, it would be far better if Municipal Councils and County Councils were made the licensing committees of their respective ai'eas, the only objection to their appointment being the consideration that they receive license fees and would have a slight tendency to favor the increase of licensed houses for the sake of local revenue, This difficulty might bp got over by giving license fees to hospitals —a far more intelligent application of tliem than using them for road construction. We can, however, scarcely expect licensing reform this session, but should Major Stewed score the single point of substituting a triennial for an animal term of power for licensing committees, he will pave the way for a better system of administration,

Tire energetic men who are engaged in sinking a shaft on Captain Shaw's land on the Fernridge have already reached a depth of seventy-five feet. They aregroatly impeded, however, by the water which is percolating through the layer of shingle which they penetrated some distance below the surface, Although they have been hard at work latterly from seyen o'clock in the morning' until twelye o'clock at night, yet the water is gaining upon them. This they are unable to_ prevent, in consequence of the primitive appliances which they aro compelled to use. They have nothing wherowitlj to bale out the water but

an oil-drum and a windlass oil the surface. There is, therefore, a great waste of time and energy in winding up each bucket of water seventy-five feel. Hud they the necessary funds to enable them to purchase a force pump they could make good progress with their work of sinking. As it is, they have done wonders, and it would be ft pity to see them conquered when their object is so nearly attained. There is also another deterrent to tlio success of their undertaking which may at any time prove fatal to themselves and their undertaking, that is the danger of the sides of the well caving in. The well is about six feet square, and should be slabbed throughout to make it anything like safe to work in, liut the comparative poverty of these sturdy miners baffles them in securing themselves against- this danger. Nothing 'but a thorough belief in the absolute certainty of their close proximity to the mineral they are in search of would make them continue their, under the. circumstances, dangerous undertaking. The stuff they are 011 now is impregnated with coal, and they are convinced that at a depth of eighty feet they will strike a payable seam of coal. A sum of £25 would enable them to purchase a- ioree pump and slab the shaft throughout, but this they have not at their command. \Wo think such a small amount could be easily raised in this district.

An auctioneers Bill is likely to be introduced by Government this session. Mr J. Carroll, M.H.R., and other representatives, meet the Natives at Greytown to-d=iy to discuss the present position of Native affairs. Mr F. H, Wood advertises for immediate private sale by instruction from the Trustees iu the estate of the late Aujrua McMasters properties iu Masterton Grey ■ town and Cotterville. We draw attention to an advertisement of the Masterton Football Club which notifies a grand entertainment to be given on the Queens Birthday, to commence with a concert. The Farce "A Home Jewel" will conclude the programme

Wc draw attention to the train arrangements for next week which aro published iu this issue, Extended excursion tickets from the Tuesday 29nd to Wednesday 30th instant will he issued at the usual low rates. Cheap excursion tickets will be issued on Queens Birthday availabe for the day ot issue only. Considerable activity is displayed just now as regards the removal of goods from bond in anticipation of the Financial Statement, As an illustration of this, it may be stated that one firm alone, Messrs Nelson Moate, t Co, have paid £4OOO to clear tea from bond valued attroni£2s.ooo to £30,000. Chrhtchurch Press.

Messrs R. Allen, F. Knight, and A. Tinaley, leave here for Port Lyttelton oil Ihursday next, cn route for England on a pleasure tour. Like other self-made men who have visited the old country, they are good representations of successful colonists.

The Empress Victoria lias cause, from a pecuniary as well as every other point of view, to be grateful to the doctors, If her husband had died before lie ascended the throne all she would have got from Germany would have been £3,001) a year, Now, however, 011 the Emperor's death she will receive £40,000 per annum as Dowager Queen ol Prussia, in addition to her allowance as Empress, and a portion of the enormous private fortuue left by the late Emperor,

A night-class has been specially organ ised by Mr A, E. Crawford, to meat at the Grammar School on Monday and .Wednesday evenings at half-past suvon o'clock Particulars appear in an advertisinent in our leading columns, Mr Cameroli presented the following petition to ii special meeting of the Mastoi'ton Road Board, held UnlayWe, the undersigned ratepayers of the Masterton Road District, request the Mastertuu Road Board to subdivide its district, with tho view to increase its representation, and thereby more fairly distribute its expenditure," The list is signed by 170 ratepayers in the district, being smne 7 or 8 inoro names than tlifi Act requires. The petition will have to be publicly notified before any further steps can be taken in the matter.

The Christchureh Press says:—The plan adopted by the Rev, Mr Isitt, as he himself boldly avows, to induce an increased attendance at bis church may bo successful, and although it may bo repugnant to some, it should not be condemned on that account; it is all a matter o f taste, There are many who consider the blare of the Salvation Army's trumpets as conductive to devotion, while there are others who abhor those discordant noises as most shocking to the decency and modesty required in ajl t-hp exercises of religion, Surely, there must bo sumo between these two classes to whom the more tutored musicians introduced by Mr Isitt will ho a draw, If , this word savors of the Theatre, it must be, admitted in excuse of its use, that so does the overture, fur it is nothing less, provided by the Church string bund. Not that there is anything objectionable or unprecedented in the use of fiddles in a Protestant place of worship, We have seen them in the Cathedral, where they filled tho hou—,-the Church. And tho writer of this note remembers that not so very long a?o tho players on stringed instruments provided the noisy music of many a choir attached to village, and even town, Nonconformist chapels. Since the more general use of organs, however, they have disappeared, and their re-appearance, even in an interlude, in the Sydenham Wesleynn Church comes with all l|ie force of a povelty, and there is no doijbt that as the orphes- choir increase in skill and lUimberß, thejr enterprising pastor may bo sure, while their' particular portion of the eiitcrta— service is going on, of a constantly increasing attendance. i The funniest; tilings in Salt ■ Lalfe City are the picture on the coiling of the Assembly Hall. Any pian who can loo): without laughing at the picture of Joseph in a spike tail coat—hand carved, with a broad rolling collar— and a pair of copper riveted pantaloons-same size all the'way down-kneeling to receive the priesthood of Molchisedik at the hands of Peter, and James, and John, could feol devout at a Salvation Army walk around. The artist haß happily placod John, who was the most serious minded of tho throe, in the rear of Joseph. This is well Peter could never have gazed upon that fearful and wonderful coat and those incomprehensible trousers without roaring. Oh, the wliolo thing Mormonism from first to last, is too ridiculous to talk about, You can't discuss such a thing seriously. Its polygamus side is beastly and hoggish and should be crushed out with all the Jury and wpttli that outraged law and decency can feel, b(it in every other aspect it is so asinine in its' lponuiijenf-aj imbecility, that an attempt t,o discuss it soberly is eiipuph to make a snake laugh. The Ooqi'ts do wrong perhaps tq'wnfl erring Mortons to tho penitentiary, What's the matter with tl]o School for the Feeble Minded ?—Burlington Hawk, eye.

The Theatre Royal oyster saloon opens this evening with the fiist supply of the season of this delicious bivalve. Two Mormon Riders who have been on a mission to the To Ore Ore pah have not met with such success as they probably expected. The intelligent natives evidently object to their wives being Utahlizcd.

At a special meeting of the Wairarapa North County Council held to-day, it was decided to strike a special rate on the £3OOO borrowed under "The Local Bodies Loans Acts" for the purpose of reducing the grades on tho MastcrtouWaimate Road, between the Taueru Bridge and Kaliumingi, and metalling between the Mamjnpakeha Bridge and Tinui.

A. Tramp Esq., an old friend with a new title, writing in tho N.Z. Herald, lets tho public behind the scenes in the following paragraph:—Jn Auckland again. " What about that 'copy']' Let us have it early." 1 have heard that feverish request many a time r.nd oft; it is a chronic complaint of the printer, and is incurable.

It is generally supposed that a newspaper belongs to the proprietor, and is managed by an editor. Tho supposition is erroneous; the paper belongs to the printer, and is run by tho " devil" One may joke with the proprietor, and use a hammer and chisel to enable him to see one; but, when in the'presence of the man of tho mallet and shooting-stick, you have to lie low and sing small, In a newspaper office tho man who has to be propitiated is the printer. As 1 have no '' copy " ready, I want to propitiata him now. I will hand in my diary. It may probably prove as interesting as an interview with Amy Shorwin, The Masterton Road Board to-day was occupied the greater portion of its timo with a consideration of tho objection talton by Mr S, Mawley and others to pay a special rate to meet the interest on £IOOO borrowed under the Loans to Local Bodies Act, for the purpose ol making two roads in tho Wangaehu district. The various reasons for the objection to the. rate were read, and tho opinion of the Board,s solicitor upon the position of tho objectors to the rate, and what chanco of success they would have if tho case, as threatened, were brought before the Resident Magistrate for his decision, Mr Dagg informed the Board the objector,! had not a leg to stand on iu the opinion of the Board's solicitor. The Chairman said so far the loan had not been taken up, and if it was proved that any injustice had been done the Board might refuse to issue tho special order to tako up the loan—one objection was that a section had been omitted from the rating area, aud the reason given for such omission was that tho section was not worth taking as there vas no road to it. This he did not deem reasonable as the road would have to be made at some future time. A long discussion took place upon the subject, and was not concluded when we went to press. A Goon Housewife.—The «uod housewife when giving her house its spring renovating, should boar in mind that the dear inmates of her house are more precious than many houses, and that their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating tho stomach and bowels

to prevent mid cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must know that there is nothing that will do it SB perfectly and surely as Dr. Soulo's American tlop Bitters, the purest and best of medicines. "Concord N. H. Patriot."

Working-Men,—Beforo you begin your heavy spring work after ;i 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 groat otpenso if you will use ono bottle of Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters in your-family this month. Don't wait. "Burlington Hawkcyo." We have much pleasure in informing our numerous lady customers that we have just received a special shipment of the newest and most fashionable styles in Farisienne millinery, at the wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse Te Aro House, Wellington. This admirable choice of Parisieune millinery comprises all the latest colors and styles. Cardinal,'brown, and navy are the prevailing shades with birds to match, and the shapes are principally "Hyde Park" (Hid " Mary Anderson," The prices every; thing considered are oxtreinely economical, and 110 lady who hag a regard eitljaf for hof personal appearance or her pocket should hesitate a moment about making an immediate inspection of those at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Ihe trimmed hats vary greatly in shape an-l colour. The" Favorite" is a pretty style, in rustic straw, Irininjed with the new nhot watered ribbgq and wings to match. The 11 Drolsen" is the speciality of the sea, son, varying from the GaiijsbqrQ,' the crown being lower, so as to effect a stylish top, trimmings in ribbon. See these at Te Aro House. Wellington. Tljere aro also a few hats, in crimson and pavy plush, mainly in the" Admiral" and ii Pinafore" shapes, very stylishly trimmed with ribbon and birds, at the Wholosalo Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Hoqao. Wellington. Our millinery showroom is now under the control of an experienced manageress from the leading houses in Melbourne, and our ijew milliner, with an excellent reputation for tas.te and ability, is also from that city, Indies, therefore, pan depend upon getting the utmost satisfaction when purchasing or giving their orders In tho millinery dopart. meat at Te Aro HouseMnyr,