The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1888. SOMEBODY'S SHADOW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3003, 14 September 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1888. SOMEBODY'S SHADOW.

We had Mr Renall's manifesto on Wednesday evening: we heard his defence of his water Bcheme, and when nil was said, the strongest impression made upon the minds of unprejudiced listeners was a few words uttered by him in the heat of the debate : " I did it illegally why couU not you Councillors do the sunt ?" This declaration is Mr Eenall's platform in a nutshell, and it shows the utter hopeless impossibility of any number of public men . supporting his administration, To bring Councillors into harmony with Mr Eenall they must act illegally, they must break the law, they must take certain risks which a lighthearted Corsair like Mr Eenall can gaily indulge in, but from which ordinary mortals shrink, If Councillors would get over their scruples about breaking the law, what a happy family they might be under Mr Eenall's wing. JSo doubt, in the good old days when whales swam up tho Hutt river to -nibble at the big toe of the Waiwetu senator, considerations of legality did not have much weight, and if Councillors untrained in such a school do not sympathise with Mr Eenall's aspirations, we can hardly blame them. ~ However, Councillors have decided against illegal causes, aud will stand or fall liy the solemn declarations they make under the Act when they assume office. The meeting held on Wednesday evening was intended as a demonstration of strength on the part of Mr Eenall's friends, but it toned out to be i manifestation of deplorable weakness. The outcome of it was that from fifteen, candidates nominated on the following day, seven may be classed as anti-Eenallites, three as Benallites, and five as Independents. The seven anti-Eenallites are Messrs Chamberlain, Fitton, Gapper, Heron, Hessey, Parsons, and Perry; the three Eenalhtes, Messrs Broom, Eton, and Mackay; and the five Independents, Messrs Carman, Cullen, Jones, Eawson, and Shute. No doubt an effort will be made to show that the five latter are pledged to Mr Eenall, but it is a matter ofj notoriety that such is not the case. Mr Carman till the last moment stood aloof from ncinmation; Mr Cullen played a lono hand'; Mr Jones, tho gallant captain, declared to his friends that his bettor half would more ably fill the Mayoral chair than its present occupant, and can scarcely be deemed gone on Mr Eenall; Mr Eawson informs us that he is an independent candidate, and Mr Shute may lead but certainly will never follow Mr Eenall.- In.. a contest,

' Penalities and anti-Eenallites, on an issue which Mr BenaU himself has ( forced/];e can only master Jnree ' nominees to M ninenoMinationa, Even if the benefit. of one of the ' independent candidates too thrown into his scale, he is still in the position of only commanding four competitors to fill nine vacancies.-.'.: It would have been better at the mee> ing, for the Renallites to .have thrown up tho spougp rather -than • to endeavor to hide their weajs« ;

ness. ;■ by':; calling %oh' c[ imaginary 'day jjrevealePlie^lmre 1 'after a; week's liunt .fo£o&udidateßthey could only muster: three-'; togo.kto ; the poll under'their .colors!'"No doubt' they will now try, by making an alliance with the independent candidates, to make some sort of a show on' the polling day, but the result must be disastrous' to the Benallite party. : We are inclined to believe that Mr Renall lias been badly advised by his friends or he never woutd have' placed him-, self in such a position, It is'idle for him to suppose that because he can amuse and arouse a public meeting he is.in touch with the sober serious burgesses who have to pay rates and bear the public burdens. -Even those burgesses who admire Mr Eenall's abilities and admit his many kindly qualities, distrust him as a man who allows himself to be controlled by one .whose claims to; publio confidence and consideration are not admitted. .Mr,Eenali j s nikely " somebody's shadow." he is virtually, without colleagues, and his position is untenable, If we have never flattered MrEenall we have certainly never deceived him, and we are only! telling him the truth when we<,say that the Municipal election, has gone against him. :■ We might go. further and say that, if he comes forward again as'Mayorlie will be beaten by. a big majority, Last year we slightly, underrated his position at the. poll, but this time we are convinced by the nomination list that we have, if anything, overrated his strength and influence, The pendulum . which swung in his favor a year ago is;now receding V the opposite extreme. Mr Eenall has played the part of " somebody's shadow" too .'long. People looking behind, the scenes have iio difficulty in .recognising.the brain Unit conceives the misoliievous pranks which he plays, ahdthey are not prepared to allow "somebody's shadow"-to run the Municipality.

It" One of our bachelors" who sends us a poetical effusion ontitled ".a hard fight," will furnish us with hiß name we will publish his poem with his cognomen attached. ■

A meeting of creditors in tho estate of P. S, :Ohristonsen is convened for Monday next, The name, of Charles Edward Haughton was struck off tho .electoral roll at the B. M. Court yesterday, ho having parted with his qualification. The Mastcrton Corps of the Salvation Army hold a" welcome" tea to Colonel Taylor on Monday next, in tho Barracks, Dixon-streot,

Henry Aulin, of tho Eketahuna Emporium, advortiscs a great clearing sale, for one month, of the wholo of his valuable stock, including general merchandise, clothing, boots, and shoes, &o.

The next English mail via Eio, per E.M.S. Tainui, closes hi Mastorton on "Wednesday, September 19, at 6,15 a.m.

The race for the St. Leger Stakes was run at Doncaster on September 12, and resulted as follows: —Sonbreozo 1, Chillington 2, Zanzibar 3.

The Gazette contains a notice of the re-appointment of Mr W. W. McCardle, as a mombor of the Wellington Land Board for a fresh term,

Wo are • repeated to remind our readers of Messrs. Lowes and lorns extensivo sale of Miss. Steer's furniture, which toes placo at the auction mart tomorrow. .The goods are on view, and the mart will be opened up this evening for display. Tho now scene ordered by the Masterton Philharmonio Society for the production of 'Pinafore' will be one of the most elaborate ever seen in Masterton. Tho work lias beon■■'entrusted to Mr A, Bradbury, and will represent the town of Portsmouth as seen by day, and also by night, from the deck of H.M.S. Pinafore,

There was a very good attendance at the Masterton Volunteer Parade last night. Forty-two rank and file answered the roll. The company was drilled by Sergt-Major Bezar.in the presenco of Major Bunny, and Captain Donald. The chaplain, the Rev. W. E. Paige was also hi attendance. They marched out after drill accompanied by the band. Volley firing for the Government prizes will take place on Thursday September 27, at 2 o'clock. Each of tho Wairarapa Companies will practice at its own butts. No scoro will count unless two-thirds of the full strength is present at the firing. It is expected that Captain Donald and Sergt Matthews will shortly procceed to Melbourne to take part in the Eifle Competition in connection with (ho Ex» hibition prizes.

The H. B. Herald asks whoro did Wi tere get the two million acres of land.be is so freoly promising in connection with the Eees-umption of assisted immigration ? Has he got the land ? If not is tho confiding British public being asked to contribute their cash on the basis of a poorly imagined fairytale? Why should not' tho Government communicate at once with tho Agent-General ordering him to publicly notify that Mr Rees has no standing in tho affair beyond that of a person engaged in floating a company ? What harm would there be, also, in the Agent-General reminding tho British public of tho yscwdo Tichborne- " Some people have plenty of brains and no money, and some havo plenty of monoy and no brains." Most momentous question of nil- —if Kees and Wi Pero succeed in getting out sotno " crofters'' from the Wynds of Glasgow or Greenock, will thoy bo ablo to grow vegetables in New Zealand, or will thoy want to live on tinned fish purchasod out of 4s Cd a day'on relief works? v Mr Meadows at Greytown on Monday, said that New.Zealand butter had been sent to Denmark and manipulated, then' sent to Englaud again,'where it -was sold at a profit, What n comment upon our manufacture,. But it is true, nevertheless. In conversation with(afgood judge of butter the other day, in Carterton, he said he once looked'into'a store inWellinstonlandsawalot ot greasy, dirty stuff which would not soil. It was Wairarapa butter I "Make me a bid," said the seller. " I'll give you 3d a lb for it'," said the visitor., "You can have it," was the reply. The lot was brought back to the Wairarapa, worked up, aud sent again to Wellington, and the.enter prising purchasor got 7d a lb for it. This brings to mind an incident related to us recently. Somo Wellington bacon was sent over to Wesport when the diggings started, but even the diggers .didn't liko it. It wouldn't sell at any fan' 'prico, so it was resolved to send to to England. And thv> vorybacon(c'aine back again and was sold in Wellington as Irish bacon at tho then current price;— Standard;

Tho following retroshing news from Havelock, is published in the ■Napier Telegraph.- "Wilh-tho advent of a good season signs of improvement and advancement are visible oyory wero. Kover sinco 1 liavo known tho district havo I seen stock looking so well. She'op aro carrying heavy and healthy fleeces, while 90, 100, and even up to 130 per cent of lambs is the result of ft moist mild season/ Sheep-farmers smile at tho splendid, prospect before them. Turnip and other artificial feed 1 is becoming quite a common practice among sheepfarmers. This is;_ nodoubt an excellent practice; as : it servos two purposes-feeding the wea'ners 'and strengthening them against the -attack) .ofjjie' the pasture. • I notico that the dreaded Tanhnra" of- tho;northern districts: is gradually gfdninff.,ground on spine of the southern runs,'. Sheep-farrneia would dowell-tokeepan.eye"to : ita progress; it is a very radersirable plant,' Some of the runs; around Mohaka:are almost completely ;pyerinn .-.with it, ■ andHfs a]id e>p6jisp,^->: ; v' £r £

'Frb^nlifth'R;? JaqEaoriJ andso7 nqtify-.thatnuim^^ : Jolmsbriville; JX'eyery Wednesday;' m'stead "of |framighfly tas hithertbfore,'!lielivory vfill be taken';at Ngahaurangof all;; consignments: front the Wairarapa; districts,- and • every 'attention will Be pnid:to protecting: consigneos interests; •': '' ; '.;, . .;:

We have inspected plans of a' new building designed by Mr AY*. W. Holford tobeereeted shortly in Columbaroad, which should provo an additional attraction to that part;of the Borough!' Thebuilding is to contain aovon rooms, arid is io be what is known as a T shaped building, with-an octagon bay 'window with clliptio roof, The building is to be roofed with iron. '

Mr F. H. "Wood hold his usual fortnightly stock salo at the Taratahi yards yesterday, A large amount,of stock came forward, though nut bo much as at last fewsata. The attendance of buyers was good, and the following prices realised :—Ewes and lambs, 10s 3d to lis j wethers lis lOd to 13s Gd; forward bullooks, 90s; fat heifers 80s; yearling steers and heifera: 265; 2 : year-old do., 37s 6d to 455.j cowa 50a to 70s. On Wednesdaynext, September 19th, ; n grand plain and fanoy: dress costume carnival will be held at the.Elite Koller Skating Rink,', Special prizes will be given for: the most original costumes, Seats will be reserved for visitors, and tho proceedings will.be enlivened with musioby.tho Volunteerßrass Band,

■ Our-Greytown correspondent writes - The Greytown- burgesses' took quite. : a lively interest in" the.election of three councillors yesterday, The result wara follows :-Dr Smith til, E, A. Wakelin 86, T. Kempton, junr, 81, Varnham 69. Armstrong 37.' The first,three named were declared duly elected, ': two .voting papers being informal. • A sharp 'shock of carthquako was felt here early yesterday morning. The Rev A, Why'to.-a Presbyterian- olergyman recently from Home, is to commence services at Greytown, Carterton and Gladstone next Sunday,

On .Saturday, September 15, 1889, (forty-nine years to-day) five vessels, chartered by the New Zealand Company, viz,, Aurora, Oriental, Mo of Roxburgh, Bengal Merchant, anil Adelaide, having on board twelve, hundred souls, who had engaged to coino to New Zealand as pioneers and founders.of this colony, set sail from Gravesend. Four of the vessels arrived within a short time of each other, but the Adelaide called at the Cape, and was detained there some time, and did not arrive until March, 1840 v Very few deaths occurred during the voyage, and of the number now in New Zealand of the first Bottlers it would bo difficult to say, but there are n few in this Valley varying in ages from between fifty and sixty to eighty and ninety, with a reasonable prospect of being hero tho. half century. As these public rejoicings take a long time to arrange, a start aught soon be mado to, show thoso of our sister colonies who have passed their Jubilee, and the oue that is now celebrating her centenary, that Now Zealand has arrived at the period in her history that entitles her to make a similar demonstration. Another additional improvement has just been mado to Queens-street, The site of the late fire whereby Mr Hare's property, noxt to Mr P. W. Temple's grocery store, was destroyed, is now occupied by a very convenient building, in which Mr Gcorpe Dixon carries on his Ion? established business of shoeing and blacksmitbing. The contract has just been taken over from Messrs Williams and Barker and has.given entire satisfaction to.tho aichitect, Mr W. ff. Holford. The smithy is 21ffc wide by a depth of 39ft, and contains two forges. In addition thero is a very convenient oflico adjoining, 14ft by 18ft fitted up with a fire place. A brick party wall divides this building from Mr Warner's tailor's shop,Tho front of tho entire building Wa frontage of 37ft. with an olovation of 21ft Tho walls are built of sufficient strength to carry another storey if required. The painting was done by Mr G. Coker, and the plumbing by Mr Pickering in their usual satisfactory manner; Tho whole of the contract for carrying out the work was let for £159. Mr A. J. Raw6on sets an excellent examplo to independent candidates by expressing his views, which will be found in another column of tluYissue. The challenge of tho Masterton Football Club to play, the Poneke (Wellington) Club on Saturday, 29th instant, at Wellington has-been accepted. The Directors of the New Zealand Stud Company liavo rccoived advices to the effect that the s.s. Bucephalus, with a shipment of horses for India, passed Thursday Mand on Monday last, Tho loss up to that date had only been two head.

tVo remind the public generally, and rinkista in particular of tho potato race at the Elite Kink to night, The proceedings will be enlivened by several selections by tho Volunteer band, To-mor-row, Saturday, thero will be a boys race, which, it is anticipated, will draw a crowded house

" I Don't Want That Stuff,"—ls what a lady of Boston said to hor husband when ho brought home some medicine to euro her of sick headaclio and neuralgia, which had made her miserable for fourtceu years. At tho first attack thereafter it was adroinistorod to her with such good results, that silo continued its use till cured, and was so enthusiastic in its praise, that she induced twenty-two of the belt families in her circle to adopt it as their regular family 'medicine. That "stuff" is Dr Soule's American Hop Bittera. Standard. "Women iNever Think.'—lf the crabbed old bachelor who uttered this sentiment could but witness i.tho intense thought, deep study and thorough investigation of women in determining the best medicines to keep their families well, and would noto their sagacity and wisdom in selecting Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters as the beet, and demonstrating it by keeping their families in perpetual health, at a merfi nominal expense, he -would be forced to acknowledge that such sentiments are baseless and false. Picayune, Havikci how finished our annual stock taking, and having been also busily em ployed during the past ten days in opening out our first importation of spring goods, we are prepared to show the good people of Wellington and Wairarapa an exceedingly choice, elegant, and select assortment at tho Wholcsalo Family Drapery Warehonso, Te Aro House, Wellington. : We are convinced that our now prints zephyrs, and dress goods, of every des cription, will outrival anything that can possibly bo shown in the city, and we have the authority of competent experts for this statement, Whether as regards designs, qualities, or prices the public will find that we are really Al, at To Aro Houso, Wellington; And not only in these goods, but in mantles, costumes,, millinery, and all other seasonable goods our buyer lias proved himself to be far in advance of his compeers and the advantages of his taste and judgment wjll doubtless be appreciated by the steady throng of customers we oxpect to see a( Te Aro House, Wellington, Our first grand show will take plaoa on Thursday nest, Oth September, when the public will havo an opportunity of witnessing one of the most uniquo, fashionable and attractive displays of new spring goods over held in this city, at tho Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Houso. —Ami,