The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1888. FEDERATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3033, 19 October 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1888. FEDERATION.

\ writer in the-Westminster Review ias recently published an article 011 Juited Australia and Imperial Federation _ which contends- that the lifficulties in the way of consolidating he Empire are not insurmountable. Plie author in question, a Mr Christson, advises the confederation of the leverel colonies themselves as a preiminaiy .to Imperial Ufiitp But lofore uniting the Colonies he would urtlier separate them by dividing Queensland j into two colonies find loing tho same by South and West Australia. There ..would bethen eight Monies in Australia and with Tasmania to mako up tho rays,tio number iiue a Federal, Goiincil could be istablished which be able to ireat with tlie.mbtlier, country on almost level tonns.; Mr -Christison ilso holds that nowjwhilo the colonies ire intensely British, tho work oi should be hurried •' oi) ' bemuse if it be postponed till the next ;eneratioi) thp feeling of loyalty: tc the mother country; which now,exists

may, wftue and die out. fortunately the work of federation cannot be hurried, aud though wo avo favorable to it, Ayo believe Jtait if jf were forced it would uot possess the essential merit.of permanence. We are glad to ; obsorve that the English reviewers who'are the Exponents of modem .political • thought ihold the -view that Colonial federation should precede Imperial federation ;but even Colonial federation oa'n only be built up by slow anil tontatiye processes,' Every year, however,, sonie little feelers'may be put forth whioh will prepare, the, way fov Oplnnial federation." Tli? present' Melbburhe E?hlbjti.Q|} aijd'th'o rapjd; 'extension of intercolonial trade and' commerce are all tending towards tho conouiapmtiofi to bo desired. Some' day public eefltlpnji ii} |l]p Australasian group jvill be sufficleatly : matured to establish a .tap#, pd wjien on'ce a commercial

union of ihia Itijid iq brought about it will be practicable jf) ta]s : - further Ssps> j.n-the' djrep'tioii"'' ;of'political' uniop. Tbp fipaji s(pp jq Jg o"g£al)iish reciprocal tradejelafoops, thp second '• a political federation for tho Australasian .group,Ulid jtlje third; obtain-. irig for tlie Council iof auoli a federation 'a higher,position--andfa: larger,, influeuce-in-thc British Empire than i Coloiiies. ! Eaoh atep is likely to DP; the outgrowth, of r sorleS of years,' but we trust .:eventually to Bee the i tho work accomplished, ,r; <

• There are P'sclipjars on thi) roll of . the Maeterton fScJjntil wit|i p tiyerpgo attendance during the past month of 614, ; At the Infant school tho roll shows 120 ; wjtlv the splendicj avefrago attendance of Thove are three inhibitions 'in full swing in London at the present time—the Irish, the Italian, and the An gin. Danish. '- The latter, however, is more of a bazaar than anything else, Mr Pearson's band will enliven the proceedings at tho rink tljis evening. As a number of ladies and gentlemen • hayq already engaged skates, a good attendance it anticipated Tho Masterton Amateurs who went away with Mr T, J, Kuencdy, seem to behaving what tho Americans would term "a good time," from the reports of thj) local paper?) the company is,playing to crowded lw#i ; wherever they perform. . Tho British. Australasian paysi—The Rev. Father Plunkettj 0.5.5.8., is about to brocccd with the Eev. Father Oleary, 0.8;5.R;, tp Australia to establish another Order' in that Country. ■'FatherTlunketf is heir to the Uteswi'-

Lord Tnllemaohe, who recently sold threo of his family pictures for X' 44,0 has' wpondcd i 05,300 in purchasing a .Bteiiri sou Itandoplf.TollmaChe. • Mr E.' Ii i bbl.o wlii te,'t jbaeeo ii ia Masterton, liaa pvesontccl a bat; and ball to tlio Star Cricket Club for tlio best battin!;'and bowling averages' during tho season, "p----■Mr F. 11, .Wood holds an extousivo sale of new ate second-hand furniture, produce, and general merchandise, at his Groytoftit IWoiiiS to-morrow,. Silturday. Wo are requested, to !oUr renders of, Messrs. litres & lorns sales to-morrow,- * Their sales ■ einbraco -newand second-hand furniture, of every description, boots, jewellery, produce, poultry ar.d sundries. Also, seized for rent, periodicals, magazines, stationery, furniture, etc. ■ The new Central railway station at l 1 rankfort-on-the-Maino was opened on August 18 to traffic for tho first time. According to a local paper, thisstatioiiis the largest m Europe, and probably in tho world, for it covers a.superlicial area of 81,248 square luetics, tliexVby exceeding 'he areaoccupiediby the St Pancras railway station in London-, by 15,550 squaro metres, and tliat covered by the Central railway station at Munich' and the Schlesischer Bahnhof in Berlin, by 10,200 and, 12,100 Isquare metres respectively,* ' ;!• :

A short., time eincc a paragraph appeared in tho Lyttjeltori .Times, relative to theifejr remaining officers of 'the Battle of Waterloo, jit may therefore', (writes it 3 Amborley Correspondent) interest your readers'to'know that your correspondent'received by tho last mail a letter from Her Majesty's - private Secretary, Sjr H. Ponsonby. (a former brother officer),'stating 'that His Royal Highness tho J'ieid Marshall Cominan-ding-iii-chief had submitted for Her Majesty's consideration, that it might please her to give the surviving officers of the Battle of Waterloo her Jubilee medal. The Queen was dolighted with'j tho proposal, and desired Sir H. Pon ; sonby to forward to, these officers, viz., tho Earl of Albermarlo, Lord Eversloy, Colonels Barton, Parker, Brown, and three others whose names aro unknown to the writer, the medal that was struck last year to commemorato the completion of fifty years-of Her Majesty's happy joira.' The Coal Creek Flat correspondent of tlio Tuapeka Times relates tho following sensational in6ide"nt, which occurred on Saturday:— roinains of the man Richard Martin, whose body wbb recently found in-tlio Molyneux at Ettrick, were being convoyed,to the cemetery in a dray by the undertaker, Mr William Smith, assisted by Mr J. J. Smith, when a little way past tho (Roxburgh bridge, wlioro tho Road is ! very narrow, the horse shied at a log or something on tho roadside, and backed; over tho bank into the river, Tho two inon had just time to jump clear, tho driver having a very narrrow escape, Tho horse and dray soon disappeared out,of sight, tho water running deep and rapid at tho spot; but tlio coffin, st'rangly enough, considering tho weight inside, soon came to tho surfaco and floated rapidly down tho river. A party at oncewejntin*pursuit, and woro able to recover the melancholy craft about, a mile orjso down the vivor. Once tooro recovered from the water the remains of poor Martin wero .again' placed on a conveyance, and "the cemetery was reached without further accident,"

"The-. Pioneer of the "Overland vonto"' to India and Australia liavo received the recognition that his foresight and energy deserved,. He was regarded as" a uum with a craze," and though ho demonstrated tho porfoct feasibility of his plans, others reaped the benelit, and bo was allowed to' sink into' poverty' and obscurity, and an early gravo.' Now -nearly 80 years after ' his 'dec'ease-a life-size statue of Lieutenant Waghorn, R.N., has been unveiled at Chatham. It will serve to keep alive the memory of a mail who has rendered incalculable services to his countrymen and the worldatlarge. Foryearshisbust hasstoo'd at. the entrance of the Sues Cabal, having been placed there by M, do Letaepa, who'nover disclaims his indobtoJneas to Lieutenant Waghorn for the original suggestion of the great work which has secured him fortune and fame. For aouio time—and possibly still-tho'tp, unmarried sisters of "Tho Pidneeer" were pensioners of the Viotorian Government.

. A Homo.paperof Soptemborßth Bays ! —Not only have tlio police authorities ro'frained from interfering to prevent Professor Baldwin's experiments, but the War authorities -of the Government are so struck with the porformanco of the " Cloudland," that they'have ; attended each of the oight aiconts and leaps which Professor Baldwin has' .made; and thcro is cvery probability of atj.' arrangement being made with tho cool - American by which this country, will have the advnntago of using' Professor Baldwin's patent parachute, Professor Baldwin takes: his first benefit'at the Alexandra-I'alace on September 43, and it is not iniprobablo that tho British public may give him tho biggest crowd tliat .has .cvij'r,, boenl brought 'together within the precincts of Alexandra Park. Tho m'ofpsspr intends on this occasion to outstrip all his previous performances, and ascepd .two miles (nearly. 11,000 feet), _ and he will descond in ■suchi a direction as tlje membors of tho Aeronautical Society of Great Britain presont desire him to take, in order to prove tho Sfcnrjrig qualities of his parfjohuto, The gold medal, which' tljis Society has voted Professor Baldwin for his vainablo.inventio'n, ,will : bo presented on this occasion,- and will help'to swell the minibor of gold medals with ; wliich he has already been presented in Amo'ric'a.' At other,of'.his Englisli .oxporiiiipnts, besides that'on August of tho Royal Family have beeri present,

■ i From ins nun.—Thero is perhaps -no tonic offored to the people fchatpossosses as tiiuoh.real intrinsic-value as'-Dr, Soulq's, American Hop ;BittorsV- - Just'at this; season of.-, tho. 'year, whon tho s Well needs up,appetiser,- oi 1 tlio blood noedß purifying, tjio. cheapest' and" best ; rcinr'edy is Dr. lSoule'a American' Hop Bitters. An ounce' of, prevention is ffpoynd bf|ouro j doh't'wait until yo'U are'pMjfral'cl byadisease'thai may, tako iriontHs 'fpr ;.ydu, 'to" recover ih,~ Boston Globp " ' '•"

; ,Womak 8 Wisdom.-' 1 Sho ipßists that : it'is'pfiporp'jhiMrian'cp that lierfajiiily 1 sfeaH to kept jh: full hcafffi, tliaiitU i sho ,9hoflld:kvo all the fashionable' [ ptyl?p of {bo tjino?, ; gh<j , therefore boob to it that eaph Member of , her My is enough of ■ Dr. Soiilo's American Hop Bitters at tho _ first appearance of ill-health, tu prevent , ai fit 1 Of.'sickn'eSs with its attendant,! i expense, care and anxiety, All women ! : should exercise;tlieir,wisd6min"this way. 1 i i atlep'iioi of the ladies' (rf tfin city aiid tag fashion to ho sesn incur dhowroom, at tho Wholesale Fanjily Prapery Wareh'ouao, Te Aro Hduee, Wellington. •' : In no previous season have I .ye bpoSio' , tlieTaillinery doptrtmojit. (Wo have a competent and experienced saleswoman in phargo,. Wo have a milliter of more (than iisijal ability,"\Ye liaTQ all the latest fashiouß in ttiaimodaqd uiitr|i)ii)|od fiflts, JjOupotßl io,, a'tid a. profusiou of aUihenowest things m trimming, Bowers, foathors,d-c., jast to hand, per Btoamer ToDgariro, at tne Wholesale Family Drapery Warehoiiso,' To Ato House, Wellington, Wo fiavo also received a varied and choice assortment pf .children's muslin and fancy pipfores, hoys, white, and oream -sergfi tunics gna blouses, infants merino" pelisses, with'pliisli capes, fnfants' cream and whito washing frocks, pelisses, &o,j a very pretty choice of cashmere andlace hoods! hats&o., and an extensive variety of ladies' underclothing in "Hlbernia" and other makes, at To Arofl6use,;Wcllington... : Ladies should Bee our ' worked role costumes,- ficaatiinlly ; With material for bodice, 32a Cd to 70s Gd; pongee silk gostunies, fmockpd and deliciously trjMoed, and also soqe pjujsiie tq«Sj>re cpshirnes, dljjbqriitely (jammed, riotforget; tumesf smocked and panelled, really beautiful gpods, from 49s O'd to at the Wholesale Family flDrapeiy WareHouso, Te Aro House, Wellington,-Ann <"-■

The examination of the Mastoi-toii 1 School comtuouces oa Mumlay, October' 22nd. . i | i'fAlessrs Lowes & (lornb ticld to..tlioir salo list for to-morrow;.' one drawing mid one dining-room suite; jf v

T I/,Trovers, the Well-known barrister lias', returned' to' Wellington after a lougthy trip to tho Old Country and America, ; A general meeting of mombors of the Masterton Farmcra' Club ia convened .for to-morrow, Saturday, at 2 p.iu.j-at the Central Chambers."

I A parish meeting of St,' ; Matthew's Qliurch will be held on Monday evening at; 8 o'clock ii) .tho .schbokooum, for the purpose of electing a churchwarden and vestrymen. Two lads named Collier and Russell wcro charged beforo Mr von Stunner, R.M., witli_ maliciously damaging a wire fence to'tho extent of ,11, the property of Walter Jones. Tho information was dismissed.

The weight of a ileece from too of Mr John Itayuer'e prize Lincoln rams : this season nnjountedto 2E)bs,.ai\d from a hoggot ■lolb3, Mr Euyner. does not follow the .somewhat ..general practice of shearing his lambs, and the biiforemeutioned hogget had a growth of fifteen months wool, wKioh was. found, on measurement to be 19 inches ' long, i Finer wools'mayfotcha higher pricej bill Mr Rayner goes' in for'the courser lii.uds, and ho is more than compensated for the difference in value by the extra Weight lie 1 gets from his Lincolns.y.- ! V- ,

-A Chriatcliurch papor Rfetoß .that■. the Hev. L. M. Isitt has so ■in his, earnest.endeavours to provide Va gymnasium for the use of tho youth- of Sydenham' that the trustees'of tho church have decided to /all for tenders for jta eroction at t|io rear.of the school, room,. Tho,"plans of tlio; buildiug;Havo been proparcd by Mr R. \Y, England, jun., add are in many., respects :akfa; to those employed -in the erection of : . a simiiar istitution at tlio Y.M.O.A.Bnild-' ing in Christehurch, but are a littlo larger, and includo ono or two retiring rooms, bathroom, &c., which ronder it more complete, and afford mora. convenience'tor the eh joy merit, of 'social games, &c .< A' meeting*'of., tho United District Charitable Aid Board was held in the Council Chambers this afternoon, when there wero present—Messrs G. H. Kobbol (Chairman) H. Bunuy, W. Beetham, R, S. Hawkins D, Speedy, A.Young, C. Willeston, J. H. Heaton and G.Allen, The only business to ho conducted was tlio consideration of tho action to bo taken by Board with referencoto the application 'of tho Benevolent Trus(ecs for a mandamus to compel tho Board to pay tho Benevolent Trustees a sum of over jblWO owing to that body. The Chairman Bta,ted that ho had taken tho opinion of Mr Chapman on the matter, and that gentleman had stated that thero could bo no defenco. Mr Bunny at once eliallengedthis what he termed "offhand;" opinion and pointed out'that under tho first Act it was incumbent ori the Government to have recourse to subsidies, and under tho amending Act to instruct the Property Tiw Commissioner to lovy on t!ie rates-that it'was an attempt on the part of the Government to force tho Board to do what it was thair plain duty to do themselveß.. Tile matter was discussed sit some length, it being ultimately decided to-take no action, and allow tho law to tako its course.— Evening Press.