The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1888. The Public Works Statement.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2981, 20 August 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1888. The Public Works Statement.

There werejio.surprises in the Public Works statement on Saturday last. Al: mosteveryitem.liadpreviouslybeehcut and dried in jh'e'House and pared in , ; ,Cabinet,' s - / Mitchelson had simply !p 'cut his'cbat according ;to. his cloth, #nd the exact amount of 'cioth was 'a/ known quantity. The d|recfW concerned] ji}Wjo^i!bf.^ : mil be thepiokings,..that yjllfeome this. way, and ffe ,'may,-ialmost dispassionately consider the effeot of the state-; ment, as it bears on the welfare of the Colony as a whole. It is gratifying to find that all new railway projects must not only bo reproductive, to be entertained, but they must also -be iM immediatelyireproductiye." , .Unfortunately the Government do not 'ippe&r by thdifiillustrations to, do justice to tbeit fcfories,' We can hardly regard tlie- extension; Cl ,t;hf>. P-tagP Central' as an " immediately fepjO' ductiyo" undertaking, and: ifthe oom.' pletion of the' Palmerstoh-Weodville' jink can be so classed, it .must; be. oii, the hypothesis that, the'; WellingtonManawatu lino is regarded as a Colonial iworkj.and.riot as a'private'enter-l prise, In the management ! of our working railways 'it is satisfactory, to' notice' ; therei- has ■ been increased i ec^imy; ! dtmn , g^^be; , pa4t : year; as'ii inalt'er'of ,fa|t', : 't|e'shrinkage; of business on the lines necessitatedreduced expenses, -Qf course/all that can bsldone'in.this dgeptipnjwili' not be ■ accomplished till, a 'non-political ''Boataisvappointedii:; TUe" assurance given that'this Board'will soon be set .up was needed.;.tbp toy forming it is discreditable' w b6tn ;tlie Hpuse ana tlie Muusfty; J ™'variouß pviljlio works to which aUocations are made

'in the Btateniout receive their fair ■sTiijj|ble f|i jKyisibw ,ietr§nchmeut f binßibeen|'r'eaorte3! to by men'tf /The good old time, when : in a PublipiWorksStatementeveryfortunate M.IM., who supported the Miniatry of tu*e uay was remembered, has passed •away,-"'NoWf()n6;or two little; groups', of members'haye to be oonbiliated,, but individual votes" do /not command a market value,in.the i'ublio .."Works "estimatbs7' '■""■'• •'■

: '>••'■"? \i V'J .'■' : \-\ <A : "(Tbe feilurelof Messrs Brown and Bodgers in this town is creating an unusual! iahiounfc'* of public interest beoauae the liabilities of tliis firm (ire : :someffhatjheavy ( business; in a'town" tlie' size'of Masterton'. The: moral is tliatieven in .these bad times.' p'erson8 4 witß no .capital 'qa'n} conduct; large, trariaactipiia on,, credit■for a considerable period, and when§he; crash ■ comes they'.are : just as welibff: ■as.when they commenced.; They live like fighting cooks for'a'year or \m : and>then ayail,,.themselve3,;of tlie: ' facilities afforded by law for getting rid of "all their.'.debjs'.anX making afresh istart. severe: losses' sustained by many local residents in. this eatate'willlead to an all-round contraction of credits. Apparently .Messrs; Browri 1 ing'with some suspicions tbe business .operations,. of comparative : strangers who < are- wont to put ; in tenders : at phenomenal prices,.,,lf Jjhe business men of this town have backed',;losing tenders they must blame 'themselves' jyhen they ; have 'to make up'the dVI ficienoy o.u,t;Of their own pockets,.,■•..':

A luxury, to which we have become aocußtomed"the San Francisco Mail

Service" has been dispensed with, and the economists of the. Assembly •may be congratulated npon having had the courage to lop off a large annual vote which was not reproductive.. „ No real, difficulty heed be anticipated in arranging anew fortnightly service on terms' more favorable to the Colony than the. old subsidy.

The Masterton .Masonic Lodge. 1430 E.C, meets this evening,

Warbrick's football team sailed \ for England in the Cuzco, Tho Government of New* South Wales is willing to renew the San Francisco mail contraot for twelve months. ' > : ' The Examiner ■ states that Mr Yon Reden. has been;asked to stand for the Pahiatua County Council and has consented with the proviso that his travelling expenses are paid,

■The fixtures; for,- ;the (-Theatre Royal Rink'ard published, and'there isevidently going to be a lively timOithere this week, judging from the items, Which includes a dance, a Carnival, and a skating match.,

Under the'headihg of Work for unemployed the sum of £IO,OOO was voted for last financial year,'' and Government propose to ask for the same, amount for the current year: l h regards subsidies to local bodies under the local Bodies. Finance and Powers Act, it has been decided that if, those subsidies'are to bo continued'they must'be charged' on Consolidated Fund, and no provision haß therefore been made for them in the Public Works Estimates of this session.. „,

There aro fully one hundred and fifty able-bodied mon out,;of .employment in Napier. A meeting of unemployed was held ou Thursday, when a vote of censure 'was'passed on the 'Mayor for not attending, ' Later the Mayor sent a telegram to Mr Urmond, who replied " Have represented the distress! existing at Napier to Ministers, and they promise to reply,''

Brethren of,the Masterton Tent Itide-. pendent Order of Rechabites are requested to meet at the Temperance Hall tonight at eight o'olock to make arrangements for attending tho funeral of their late brother Janiea'Jack, The Tent will also meet at 2.30 oclock on Tuesday (tomorrow) afternoon,:;land will proceed from the Temperance' Hall to Miriamstreet, the residence of the, late Brother. James Jack, from whence the funeral will start at 3 o'clock.

.An accident happened at Akaroa on Wednesday. The mail reports that the pile engine at the wharf was beimr lowered by means of a chain and tackle, and at a critical moment, when it was at an angle of| 45 deg, tho chaiu broke, and the end, swinging round with a jerk, flung Messrs Place, .Wneeler, and Pidgeon : into the tea to a distance of'ffo'm ■ teii to'"fifteen.feet'clear of the whaif. were speedily ashore, MesW'Plaoe'Mhd Pidgeon being good and help being handy fhr.MrWheel&Vi;' '■:)"), ■ £ two-mile "flutter" on skates, for a coupie 'of pounds a-side came off at' the Theatre Boyal Kink on Saturday night :between Frank and Willie Grantham, Frank conceding fifty seconds .to his opponent. After & smart and plucky race it was won by ■ Wdlie,' who' favored' by; his handicap won' by about thirty eeconde. "Another niatch comes oil next Saturday' evening, -Frank conceding twenty seconds. - This; : no doubt, will prove a'very'close'and interesting'match,' '" As''showing' v how' likely it is in' the future that the products of New Zealand's temperate 'ciiiuate. will '.,b'e largely 'ex-,' ported, )]\9\ 'M Hotald. mentions ,that. the I .tencjengy tp ths).;'ehd,is/»lrMdy. displaying' Itself, anil Would bdoonio more marked jf praductjori scale. Recontly a Southern firm '_ who wished, to : export seed peas to Australia applied tolMeasfa f ultoh ; 'and'Southwell lor some, andLl4 bushels, all, that-,could be then 1 obtained. were'sent. : ; The firm' .wrots ,pleasure' l 'at -the quality of -sample, but regret at Jhe, small quantity and (the:high price,' 1 The" firm W»nted 100 sacks, . ■ ,

''.,.-Those who went to,tho. Royal Normal 'CoiieW at^PPer Norwood,,London, on •tho'oooaajon of fie openlngof the 'Fawe'et'tmemorial, jaw, 80ine';V' e !7'bwiml and some very touphlnp spts.' boys''and'blind ;g|rls| .singing, playing; 1 cyphering, modelling in clay, 'dbmbiriing. rowing,! swimming,, cycling, and roljerrskatiug--and throughout all a look and tone of happiness and smiling trust and. self-, reliance BUch as''might put many, of us seeing folk to the blush* "iTo;" help the ■, blind to help themselves'' is a'great object. Mr Mundella said;'' Slid nothing.tbat'te said was cheered ,BO ( .much, ; ,No ( fitter memorial than the'':6ne (J whicnenlargeß this work of education and .recreation gould he dedicated to theWe'rnW; of'.the man who held so strongly that .the.'.blind ?hpuW(be,,no niere, pensioners, worldi'«'Bufferance,'."who' proved, in.him;, self that trieir [lifes; tgav: be and useful'to ; tKeir fellow men, ■■> and. whose e?amphj remains an inspiration,

.' The^Woodyjlle Examiner advpcstei'tiie ■ .opening 6f ; ;} ; a\. cottage- ..'libspißljm' itbat township. |j; , |j^!••■;,/'.', 'oj-'■-: .£s; ■ i A-jfli-ab offender fas bfought.before Mr this morning and/disoharged/ a Muiionjvh'eVha'viog'been indie; look-up Ulrica Saturday, .;>' %&?

We notice the erstwhile New Zealand nags, iSpnde Guinea and Pasha, aro allotted Bst lib and 7st 131b respectively in the Melbourne Cup, ''.'The'Manterton Football Club Private Qqadrille Assembly, takes place!-at the . Theatre". Eoyaltb-m6rrow.(Tuesday) w0n- %...:...,;.'...•..'..,,..■ r,,'i,......„,.'.;'

Mr Honry Brbadliuret, member for Nottingham, presented a petition in We of CommonS;pAyini{!lpr the asßietanco of th'e'Govonlment m'colomsing tlie East, Ooaat district of New Zoalandj Mr W. L.Eeeai and Wi Poro are the Petitioners,

in likbly'tp.bo raised jn l tho |-Hmtee*^i^.vto?thb'. : .\cdiirimittal of certain ;^lvatibntqti ;tQ:(;iiibX for alleged infrlhjgqr' ;mehl»6f;;b.OTbugh'%-!'awß,apd G'ovorrito pre1 bfl'tHo JBalvation ;>Ht'.Jamei7ai^i'.anebhov'an4 : of;Mr;John QrahamiCdiedpri ; Saturday at, tfie oarlyl: ago o^2i : ';,yearß,;;a|ter a brief, illnM3:trought on jn the firatlplace by,* 'cold.;,N''Hp! ;»M.^nbpW ; t'tif an : office at .Maatortdn, and.rpferonce .ras.rriade to his deceaaofttyr['thViße^l) v : Fulton at the j Henry Barnaby, wjio w,as arrested on ,% 17th ;Auguit,;a];.Tinui by,.(|onstable !;ollcttoh charged, .with' embezzling. on the jjtn ult!j'at ;ijepriiaVk.et-'ieaf)fAuokland; Jpzj ;the : .mpn' ,'(iif Lumpkin, by 'whbin'/hp jviis' .^employed, I 'was 'brought; Info 1 Masterton on Saturday : and 'forWardea. to .Wellinptoji this /morning, from" wh'enco he.'wili be remanded ;to Auokland, ~ -J,-' ■ i v \ . :<y. i :> It ia said that the Native Bills stand a fair chance of being thrown, out In the Legislative' Council; • ■ or,' if that does not happen, that the Bills'..will, at any rate, be so amended in all directioos that the Natives will practically have scored all they wished for. ' , The Woodville correspondent of the Times says:—Tho Borough Council met ilaat Tuesday night, when Messrs Campbell 'and Scott, auctioneers, asked for a refund of one third of their auction license fee, as it was not taken out till August, and it was resolved to give it to them, subjeotto "&" bond to refund if. disallowed by the auditor. - : ■ ■-■'■ •■•'■ ■■'■■■■-■■■■"■■>'

The ratepayers of Napier have trot a new difficulty to face. Durinp theipast few, months many men have left that town, after residing in it a few months only in most cases, for the metaphorical green pastures of Australia. These men, characterised by a free and independent spirit worth nothing, have loft their wires and children behind them without means',; and thoyare applying to tho Charitable Aid Board for relief. Three, such applications have been made this, week,—fl.B, Herald. ■ ,:

'. ,On; Wednesday next a monster temperauce demonstration is to take place in Masterton, in which all interested in .the work are invited to take part, An adyer l tisementinianother'columnjstates that' the. proceedings' will-commence with a torchlight procession headed by a brass band to be followed by an open meeting in the Salvation Army Bararoks at 8 o'clock,'at which addresses will be given by the Revs. D. Fulton, and W, Rowse* .Mr, J. Graham, Captain Condon, and' 'others. The'chair will bo taken by Mr B. Feist. \. ~'■ ■■ - .r-

At a meeting of the Committee of 'the Masterton Agricultural and Pasto'ral'Aes'o- ] ciation on Saturday, a letter was read from Mr E. Meredith.in which he apblo ; 'gised for non-attendance on account of ilHionlth, and ho further tendered his, resignation of the office of President.: A resolution was passed instructing the Secretary to write to,Mr Meredith, and 'request him to're-consider his resignation ,aa Jtb;p; Committee would greatly jregret thelosßof hisseryices. . ! '•. . .Robert ;W. Fladck, an Englishman, undertook on July ; 14th to go through the Niagara whirlpool rapids in an open! boat'in the presenco of probably 10,000 people. As the craft entered the whirlpool it was thrown on end, and then the mighty waters closed over it again; it righted itself, only to be tossed and thrown about, but the spectators were' I inspired with hope m the plucky fellow, flew past those close by, but when nearly thresh the worst of it'he was lost, The; craft floated away but Fladch was not in it, • • . . .. ■„ . The Daily Telegraph in the course of an article on the San Francisco Mail service, pointaout that while the service is valueless as a European service, so f ar \as Australia is concerned,' the posfibilities of social and commercial advantages are admittedly great, and urges that it would be a mistake to discontinue the-service for the sake of avoiding the small annual payment, What Australia chiefly requires is intercourse with the United States rather than with Canada, and this is only" a question. ;of/time, for if New Zealaridtramfers the 'Frisco' Mail Service. ;subsidy to the direct service, another 'contract 1 for an American service might„', though it would probably bo, tHo last.' The article further suggests that the subsidy for the 'Frisco service J shonld.be.born'ef proportionately by 'all' Australian colonies. '■, ; . Advemisiho CJhbjws.—lt has become 'so; common to write ;fhe. beginning "of ah. elegant, interesting'article, and then run jt jntb tomeadyertise'ment, that wo!avpid all such cheats',' antt-Bimpiy, call attention.', .to.thpmerlta.of Dr. Spule'a 'American., Hop Bitters in as plain; honest {terp -as rjpsaible,'. to| induce pooplo ti) give them one trial,' as no one who bowstheir value will ever .use anything else.;'' Providence, 'Advnrtiser,", ;.'.'''.'';'"': •''"'"' : ',.'.,' i" A LoaiNO Jokb— A prpminpilliphyjiiwi ,pf, ; P;jto]iyrg said jokingly 'to' ; a', lady ' parens ,who f was .opmplaihing": of,, Hor continued ill-health,' and of his Inability io : cure her,.". Try Dr Boule'i'AinJßriqanHopi Bitters I", The lady;,took'.it ji'ii' .'earnest, and used.the, Bitters, from'whioh aho obtained permanent health.' She now -laughs at the doctor for bis joke, bathe is not so well pleased with it, as it cost him good;. patient. " Harrisburg Patriot;" :''/ : ' •'' ; - ■ ; ',. 'THOTCnonr'premises aro certainly the' largest mi most cphveniont of any in this 'city, or for that matter 'in tho colony, yet owing to the continue! expansion of our bnsinfess, and' the largeness of-Volume' of trade, wears at for'room, at the Wholesale, fairly ; Drapery. .-Warehouse,'Cuba'Stfeeti'Wiilliti^,'' .■'■•';,. : ' '.'ln vleir,''alsp,;of t|e: ; i|e«y preaohjof st9gk-ta'tinß,'"aridthe necessity-o ( f making the ensuing tsW< wo have determ.ined,! % micea can do it,' tomake velean.sweenjoi 'oiir surplus stook, at TeArp Bouse,' Welling, toK c: '■ :; ' :; ' ;; ' -? ---^ ! ."' :! .-'■"■ : v- ■;.'; Ladies will do well, thWelore, to'note the extraordinary bargains that we have now in our i millinery 1 ' depMt'ment. ; ;f''We" have 'aboiit 100' 'trimmed' liats < that: 'have: .been redu'eed from' 69 Gd, 8s 6d,* 10a 6d, 12s 6d, 'lßs' 6d, and to <ls -lld, ; -2s ; 6d, ;2s lid; 35.9d.4a6d, andCs 6di eachi ;andl *«'; 'rniiliiiery boiineti'are likowlse reduced from 16s6d tolOs 6d, from 22s 6d to 12s 6d, fr6m2Ba'6dtb 15s 6d,from 355-6dto 21s, from 42a 6d to 27s Gd, from 47s 6d to 35s 6d,at Te AroHouse, Wellington. \ "" 7'ThVabove , 'are;aH new, 1 fashionable and .stylish, and will _ doubtless command imrhedjap ready sa|'e at ;thti : Wholesaje faniily flr'apery: Warehouse, iTe Aro House, Welfiogton.

,;, Eighteon,thousand sheep.for freezing, in we'Nmtt island.. ' . *<r?f [ : «ij 'M ,|;Twen'tyithMß Sunediti Voldßleew hayoj Vent in Wa names as willing- tb; :Melboura<B-to take part in'thVpentenniai' Bifle'rmatoheß there if aoleoted! ''-! : '

A. gloyo contest for £2O a-aide took place at Duncdin between Pettengdl and a stranger who turned out to be Darkey. The affair was very tame, aud.Darkey, waif knocked but inthe(sixth' round, "■ '■■ Wq draw attention to l«r John Watt's lulyortisemont of heV boots which can be procured al h« -.Wellington dopots, on 'Wlllis-stroot and Lambton Quay.'"Y" '

; iTho events for the'; week ;at': the Drill Hall, appear in"' anotheV'coliimtt. The Brass Band wil' perform at the rinfihis b'ybnliig'.i-'I ' : :J;ii!'i'i]ii/

The dooroe of the Roman Catholic Plenary .Council; held in Sydney; forbidding tho reception'of the ? saoramonta by parents who send their children to the (ocular schools', has .been: promulgated in the Roman Gatholio Diocese of Auoklahd.-

Tonders are ihvited'fbr the e'robtion. of :8f a;residence .at Manaia; Plans and 1 specifications may be seen at ;theofflcbof MeH: Bland Rowlatfc'.

Saturday,!. William 'McLean',' a'laboure'rj ww stabbed in the abdomen by a carpenter named Joseph Delahunt with a lock saw at Papanui, Ohrijichuroh. The men had been drinking,, and had been quarrelling as to who was tho best Irish, when 'Delahunt suddenly struok.at,McLean with the saw, which ho'neld "in his hand. The wound is not Mnsidared .serious.; f/ Delahunt was arrested; 1 "■:'''"''"''".''

iV ;A motion will be brought forward on an early sitting day urging the Government to consider during tho. recess tho desirableness of repealing the Property Tax, and of substituting'instead some othertormof; taxation,.in view of the strong; expression of .opinion by many Ministers against the Property Tax during this session.':,-. ,r- / >

A Huggoatlon has been mado to Government ths.t they should negotiate with the GoVernment of New; South' Wales with the otijeot'of ptooiinng' that the early records of this colony, now in the possession of the New' South Wales Government, may be transferred to the custody of this country, Mr E, S. Falmorson, a well-known surveyor of Palmerston North cut his, throat on Saturday night, and died at 10 o'clock oh Sunday morning, Mr Palmerson was, for .'many years prior to his unfortunate deceaso employed in survey-, ing'the lands of the.Manawatu Company;' and before that was engaged in tho Wairarapa under the old Provincial Government. He'had, many friends in this district and in Wellington, who will, regret,, to hear of his untimely death,,.'.', \ ... The poll for the £3OOO loan under the Loans to Local Bodies Act for the Park; villo Special Settlement district receivedthe; requisite number, of signatures on Saturday at Eketahuna to carry it..Thirty bu voted, for it, and only one against it, There was considerable diffloulty in getting the necessary, number: together, 'as ; there are tut few of the settlers living on their sections at present. A coach and four, left Masterton.,with twelve voters on the morning' of the poll. and reached Eketanuna at 11 o'clock,;. and sseveral othore went by road, .One settler from the.Hutt district who was bound to catch the; trtin -returning to .Wellington the same night found on arriving at Ekctehuna.that he had only .ten mimitosto spare in which to record his vote.) He enquired for the polling booth, and learned ,that it was some milo and a half out on thi rood to I Alfredton,, and. fearing to got stuck in tho mud which he was informed was several feet deep, he decided to return by the mail coach without voting. The township was quite lively ,in the ovoning, and it astomshod the Visitors to sco so many people gathered together 'in what they had looked upon as a wilderness, Matthows the boxer gave a scientific display, and several bushfallers took part in that thoroughly, British; pas-: time, Ito the no: small, delight of the onlookers, A Maori from Potoue had a turn with the champion, but after feelins the effects of a "Left-hander" oried "ago." The: Maori, it: was thought was a duffer but in a set-to with a European working on the same contract he was:no mean opponent, he .showed both' pluck and science. At the local Oddfellows Lodge meeting in the, evening Borne 40. .members andivisitors were present, and several candidates wore initiated into the order. Dr Milno, the Lodgo surgeon was in attendance.: : :■■■ : . ;■. .....