The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1888. The Harbours Bill.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2983, 22 August 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1888. The Harbours Bill.

We have always some dirty, linen, to bo washed: in Now Zealand', and it. is usual, when the soiled rags have to be cleansed, to pretend that'they are splendid and becoming', garments which will add to thb dignity of poor New Zealand, When the lato Ministry were in power, 1 it was found necessary to put through the political mangle'those unclean tliiugs tho district railways, Sir Julius Yogel undertook the task, and no doubt had his reward.' lu'much the same way our present Premier, Sir Harry Atkinson, has taken'upon his shouldors, the task of whitewashing, theppecuiiious and brokeivdown harbor boards of New Zealand. The harbor nuisance is one of our chronic maladies. Every little.seaboard village must have.; tens of thousands of pounds or hundreds of thousaiukspent in converting, it: into a port. A Bill is put through the ■Aaseinbly to enable it to get iiito debt, and then flflflthor Bill has to be passed to 1 enable the' Colony to take ov'erits liabilities. The principle* of the Colony corning to the ■ rescue of all brpkon down local bodies is a recoggne. The Masterton Borpufjh Cpnncil m)g)),t, fiii this principle,' ask -the GpyßrnmenJi.fcofc'ifg'pyfir jts unfprinnate gas Vienfurie., • If. lialf-a-fjozeu town* -up in the position of t!|is qne 1 m\\\ ms<4 tp thejr,gas>jentsrprises, : 1% flould fem arjng and exercise pplitW influence to get theif Ilabilito (-qjflnjsfld; ■;■ Q^' soil, tary harbor board.:of: eppsg b'4s no chance of getting tho, Cplony'to ps,y its debts, but half-a-dozen of them; are almost, irresistible, , Spmo people seem to think of relieving Taranakithe Promieris.wllMi JjO take pity on all the ; , distressed; barber : "fed?' in - New [ Zealand.; Blessed.are m this; doipny fpr'a paternal (iovorhment as|: a" friendly lggislaturd -seeth iiKvays| willing to pay all defalcations out of' te gonial reveim

'OameW'Broslpropefty. / -f £; ; ' |!'l|twojroomd housVaM a in FergusSpn's" estate is 'adveriise^-|o''ie'tJ; v -s£- : Vjf \ x f The year o|graw, 1888, is tho centenary of the erection of Sunday schools in England. Th||'rat building'over erected for the purposfoas at Tadeaator. bytho shares WdßM'-oYi'hT'■SanlC"o7!'.'New''*Man'Q , to report upon the Bank's, securities Recommend' aui liicfease of Cjfpjtol! [;•',

•A Bon. of .Hanlan r ,the.,vWeMnown. Soulier, was ac.idently burnt to death at Toronto.

Tho riari|in|e:LiborfOouiicil fiasjeM quosted-ihd southern coal owners riot to supply the Znalandia. ti . " { Messrs Lowes arid lorns 'add to'''their' Stock Sale for Wednosday, tho 27th, 10 fatbulldckß,and i; 3odfatjethjirs. ; h <, / Wo are requested ,to remind our roaders that, tho,: wjiolo of Japanese 'Goods''aft;'now (in view' at Messrs.Lowes and lorns Auction Mart,. : I Gurote alias Bis.maick, was sentenced toiwb i nio l nthsjimprisouniout by Mr Von Sturriierß.M,..tliiß niorning, : for assault-, ing Constablo Salmon, and .to pay.dOa, damage dene to the Constables clothing. ■'' The sum handed Catherine's Hoapitaf by order af tli'e Qiieen; being' the surplus of the WomeirVilubileo Offerim*, [ amounts to £70,000; "'•'' A'Sydhcv ''totegr'am 'stts"fe D'r ■Butcher has discovered two more diseases which ho.claims may besuccessfully-ein-j ployed ',lnfthtj' nation of rabbits., jHo,liria' boert ; TOn'diiOting. Beries! bt experiments with the now'diseases with' moat satisfactory results',''','., '. .' (i

■ The necessary'number of signatures to the petition for ,tho abolition ;of wards has been obtained, and tho document is to be forwarded forthwith* to ithe. Governor for his consent, :,.v ; _'s { ; Messrs Lowes oYlorns'.next stock salof takes place at'their Masterton yards on' Wednesday next, Mth August.' .'Their preliminary notice appears in another column,

A young man named George Ross, employed as travelling agent for the Wellington Singer Sowing Machine Company was drowned yesterday whiloorpssing the' Otaki Itivor, The body has not yet boon recovered. ■■-;; - CrOullendid not succeed in obtaining a reduotion in the, price of gas. ■The.peti* tion'of the fifty'residents who promised to haye gas laid on if this were done was referred to.the Gas Committeo, in other words hung up, and the non-consumers will have to go on paying rates all the same, ' '"'

Ministors are hopeful that they will be able to pass the Chinese Immigration Bill with a limitation of Chinese passengers by each vessel to one to every three hundred tons burthen. . ■; ; The marriage of Mr W. Groathead, of I Masterton, to Miss Fanny Fuller of Greytown, took place at St Luke's, Groytown, this morning. 'There was a large'attehdance of friends, the brides parents being old settlers, and the brido being a favorite with all who knew her,

Guard Turiierj'who, on more than one; occasion,' has been instrumental in saving! life, whilst acting in the capacity of guard oh tho Wellington-Masterton railway, yesterday succeeded in preventing tho death by drowning)oiE'a.tiifb-y'ejir; old: child, near the Dalefield Eailway Station. as this is the third of ..fourth time .Guard Turner lias distinguished! himself in preserving life, we trust the Wellington agent of the Hum'a'no Society will soo chat he is not overlooked. [ The Attorney-General said in the Council yesterday, that the contract for reinstating tho Wellington Post Office was £14,501, which amount included all extras, and the building qfntKe clocktower, which would cost £720. Tho estimated cost of the clock, including five tolls, would amount to £855, tho previa l ion for which would not be borne by the, Government,

' After iboinff twico tried Sophia Kidd was found guilty in tho Invercarpill Supreme Court yestorday on the ohargo of having received a number of cattle, knowing theni to have been stolen, Tho jury, who were in consultation, added a rider recommending tho accused to clemency. His honor said it was not' a case for tho application of tho Probation Act, and sentenced her to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labor. As the accused ltft tho dookiarid 1 moved to tho door, she fell down in a fainting condition. Tho case has excited more &enoral interest than any heard in Invercargill for many years, ' - •. <'•'.. ~

I Lofton of abininistration wore granted by Mr Ju'stico Ward onFriday,under the ; will of ono David M'Cleary, whioh projilted a rather curious feature, The testator, it appeared, could not write; accordingly Mb will was written and read lo him by ono of his oxecuta, who thon inadvertently signed his own name at tho foot of the document. His Christian name happeued.tobb ; ihosanjeas : .tliatib'f' the .tetator/The latter affixed liis'rhark without finding out the mistake, ; which'per; haps is not remarkable, as, seeing 'that lib' could not write, very probably he could not read, A more q'llnous 'feature.'of 'tho , affair (observes the" 1 Lytfelton' Times'' is that certain poraocsattested the signature without'fiudingnuttlioblunbßr. " ( '

Advertising Chbais.—lt has become, so common to write the beginning. of an elegant, interesting article, and then run it into some advertisement, that we avoid all such cheats, and simply call .attention to the merits'. of. Dr. Soplo's ■ American', Hop, Bitters in as plain honest tcrnis as possible,,tojtiduoe people to, give tljem' ono trial, as noone who knowstheir value will ever uso anything olse.; "Providence Adyflrtiser." • ..'. . ;i ,.,. : ;, .'■„,,

A Losmo Joke- A prominent physioian of Pittsburg said, jokingly .to a lady patient. ,who, was;,complaining of h'or continued 111-hoalth,, and of his inability tcvcurejier,.," 'toDr Soule's Amoricaii Hop Bitters I" ..The lady, took. lfc : in earnest, and used the. Bitters, from which sho obtained permanent health, She now laughs at tho •. doctor.for; his joke,-but heis not so'well pleased with it," a's it 'cost' him a good', i patient,,- • '''Harrisburg Patriot." ''/'.'■''. '.'".'.'

Thoobu our premises are, certainly tho, largest mid most'convenient iof any,in this, city, or for that' ihat'pr in ' thfcoloiiy, ybt' owing to. the coutihucil expansion of 'our jusipess,, and the.'largeiiess. of wlume of, trade, we are attimesstraightoiied for roi)m f . at. (he Whotosalo" Family prppcry Ware |MB'e j; Cub'a Street, Wellington. ,',.■,• ';■' -i. ' to view,' ajag', j|..' ( ||£'neßr approaoh' of B|ock : Uik.ifp(}f|!'on , ep.eßsity of makjng fog'mfo'f a|wge(jnai|tityof ijew. goqda ffjr tj)e season!, jwo (lelennined.,, if prjoies'.ciado'jt,: sweon'i|t pur surplus stoat, at |o i|ro If dijse, Welljqg; tfln.'"'" ■ ""' '■' ' - " "'' ''" tadjos will dg well, tliorefore, to ngto (hg bargains jjh«t we. h»Yo' now. in'.qrif mjpjne'ryi de'part' m ßnt,, I -Wa hayo Bbnut.,'lffl,,,tr|minei},;lia}s tfct havejbeen roduoed,from lis 6d, ,8s fid/,%; M-JOsM 18s'Cd, and 2ls, tola lld,'2sod, 2slld, 3s 9d, 4a Od, and Cs, 6d, eachj andeur millinery bonnets are likewise reduco'd froni 16sCdtol0s6d, from 22s fid to 12a M from 28s 6d to 15s 6d, from'3ss' Gd to 21a, from 42s Gd to 27s Cd, from 47s Cd to','3ss Oil,at,T,e Tho above 'are all' hew', fashionable and stylish, and will-doubtless command immediate attention and' 'ready sale at tho" Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington, '

'.Teniporanpe^emoniiratioaiithiseTCninK |Stthe, Salvation ArAy .' || of'ihe Brigade. tarimial v E|iday,fe!veni'uj[ WtMit thtf Oliib Hotel, V square''iip accounts in connection with their recent gatherin?. In the Legislative Council yesterday, the motion for the second reading of the *NatiV6"land;BiirW'Rgreel'f6Tir;th'B' voices, as also were the Native Lands '"Erau'da Prevention*/Bill, Land 'Courts'Amendment Bill andllie Maori • Bilip* all"tlf6" Bills being referred to the Native Affairs Committoe.. ', ,- ~ ~■,-, [ There was a very'large' fcllovring of relatives and friends at the funeral of the lata Jamcß.Jack yesterday, Tho sorvice wis conducted; ibylho'lievvD. Fulton, and tho ependent^:ortter|.of deoeMedw'ti'amofnberV w^afterivards and HMgentwili ; oV sold ;*jjs ,;byi; public auction'jby ■;■Messrs'. £owm'|'&laW;<in Saturday/tiie lat September', ,i Theyicoife prise;a';iii-roqraed dwelling;. in-P(koil> street; Md. a 'shop Bnd'.'iimber:yards r ; : : tntoej.cotteijjeß, faotn'^i'stables, and.threo roods 'l.of <;'{and iu Dlioh-street, and a dwelling iifJiiiic- : 'tiori((attee'i hßWf.tliß'• Statioii'^yaivthetwhole,; of-fthe trade, plsat -(fee/, .crigirife 'and boiler, BafjbeM'ani'ga'w'si'spriiig dray, two horaesy harness, six tons of coal, .corrugated ,:iron jandridging, Ilouglasa. , 'piimpa,\wfiite.' lead' and,, raixeel | painW, mitrom?'maohine,an(l;co.i)tractor',e. ' mouldings, and about 30,000 .'feet |of sea; soiled timber properly olassei. '" * A

. A,breach of: promise ':•■ case, >Evafisiy Jackson,,datnagoß at<£2oo, was heard ,'at Invcroargill un Tuesday. 1 Tho defendant an hptelkeeper, was a widower, and made jv very iprosajii engagement with a widow, but drew out to the allegation that she had concealed the'fact 'that she had six ohildrbn.' The, iwas;b'ought, the license procured, and tho parson engaged for tho marriage, but the defendant threw up the whole affair and married another a week later. The jury awarded 20s damages with costs on the lowest scale. As a mate of fact four, of tho plaintiffs daughters are earning their own living in another colony, and tho defendant said that was the reason these wore concealed from him,