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The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1889. Departmental Changes.

In the big buildings at Wellington, all sorts of changes aro now taking place, departments and offices being moved about in all directions, iuci dental to that thorough cleaning litof our Civil Service Augean stableThe principal alteration appears to be the dismantling of that Indiaheaded monster, the Public Works Department, and the finding of billets and pensions for the leading officers of it, We take it that all the changes aro in the direction of cheapening and simplifying the administration of the various departments, Very many of the Civil' Service victims of retrenchment' manage to fall on their legs: that is, they are absorbed in other departments ; but still there has been some reduction in the total of the noble army of martyrs which throngs the big wooden buildings, and ex-Civil servants can now be found holding private clerical appointments, orstartinganewcareeraf up-country Bottlers, The pity Of it is that enormoiiß efforts have to be made to offect a comparatively slender reduction in the numbpr of public servants employed by the Colony, and that the saving now gained will bo swept away the moment the stress of hard time> gives way, and some genial ni.iiter comeß into power, and with Vogolian lavishness creates new billets on all sides. For tho time being, however, a sufficient reduction of Civil Service expenditure is gained to satisfy the public creditors and the heavily taxed ratepayers A further'distuibane of the service would have an injurious effect on the. Colony by creating an .unnecessary feeling of alarm, and in-' creasing the dissatisfaction of a very numerous body wliioii has already had grave reason, for discontent. Let us hope that the changes now being completed are for the present adequate, to-serve the purpose of the Ministry and of the Government, and that departmental economies will, in the coining, session, be regarded as a question which has been disposed of, We have now "the survival of the fittest" in the service; and the survivors should'not be further molested.

The nominations for the Carterton Sports wbioli take pluee (in Anniversary D.iv, clone on th« 11th, and not the 21et as notified yesterday, Ope Melbourne land boomer parted with £6j?,000 hard cash' in deposits, ratlitr than go on with thp payments on a bluck of land ne had purchased.' Tiib total amotr t expended* l>y New South Wales in securing a fitting representation &t. the Melbourne IjjxhibiHon up to th« 4th PecembpiJ', was; L 10.835, out of L 12.000 voted by' the Gnverjimrnt, At the end of the yeartbe balance remaining will be reduced to L 530. ~ ' "".'"', Our readers should not fail to re. member'that next Wednesday Bth inst,| Messrs Lowes & lorn; will offer, fir sale by auction leases of certain Educa. tjon Reserve's in the. Wairarapa, \V«m|ninw, JJopuajapKa and Alfredton distticls. and several.good dMlio|)a at ! FcatlieraU'ii. A .good ■■•attendance'.<(if bnjere is expected as-we'are informed that apiilicatlims for' plans;etc.,.have hmi.fairly::numer<'Uß, The sale toko plawflUwOO'clwlj.

•Tlvii good; quiet yoUiig dairy cows are

■:'■ 'Tho, proportion uf iiriina t i population in Kinßaa'JU.|S;j w'piie'waOWiv Kansas h;fi'pcbllibttiun,: : : ;iVy , ';-X '.,.-■ ■:>■ :.:;;;'

'rlt.is- proposed toi-hold a dvg.Bhowiii lVc)liiigt(,iii,tuneiirlydiitt!. ; . '> ■;'.'.' . The quarterly, sitting of theWellingon SupremolWit'eoiumence.H''on Mou lay-" :*■'■■■:. -- ". ~. --/- ' : .-,-

The nextwofil bale of thf flew Zealand 'jnaii.and Mdrcmtile;Company"takes; ifii'ce' at their Wellington wool stores, (in Wedhcklty,; January 10th iit.B o'clock, Thoaniiiial iiicotingofeonfciibutorati) the Jlistertpii Hospital .will beheld at the [u'stitute on Thursday next, the 10th nst at 4

The Mami football team werobeaten at llwdfoid, on Now' Years Day, by a gaol and a try In a try. Firtw-n thousand people watuhed the match, uud the greatest interest was taken in if.'

Owners of property who have not forwarded the statements required by law are l'emindedby the department through our.coluinns to-day of the heavy penalties to which theyaro liable, A few months ago a Kaffir died under suspicious circumstance on a South. Afiician diamondfield.. His body whs 'opened and a sixty-caret dUmoml, the cause nf his djath, was found in his stomach. • ■■ ■ • ■ .'•

An Aucklnnl Presbyterian congregation owes its pastor one and a halt yeai's ttipend. However, it is safer for the sliepherd tu trust the lambs than for tho lambs to trust the shepbord. ..

Gladstone's platforiu is iiow manhood dutt'jrage, paymjiit of mmnbers, direci rep esen'atiou of labour,' all-round tiiuio Itule, d sestablisliiiii-nt of tho Chureb. His'latCit speeches are lik co|iies of Kir (ieoige Grey's when the fittti-r was turned :iut iii nilice ioN.Z. in 1879. Theti U.M.isbiginuiugtopreaoh •uuaSuiti-rated Socialism,

' (Uirlnoil cuntetupioMry, Buys clause 38 of the Act provides for nn atinuil publicaton tif tlio balance sheet of the iil'askrton Patk Trust, 'a thing ''that hits neter km complied with," He should in Uepiiidali.-gethor upon Mr Rcnall lor bis fids but look up his own issue of the 161 h of January last whoie hi! will iindlhe balance sheet of tho year ■ «8~7 duly utlvortiaod. Sixty New Zealand toaibws applied to.thc I'idoriau iXinii.tr uf Education thoother duy for freo passes over tlio raii wnya tn tumult) (hem "to investigate the school system of Victoria." lu pulileiy refusing their ivquesl, the Minister pointed out that thu Chrittnns tohtvil v.icatimi hail just commenced, and con-qut-ntly they would have, very littloip'rtunity of oarryiiig out their Vtry iaudab ut object. A young mm named James Nimmo, wholnsbo.-ti about a year in Victoria, omployed as an uiler by the Trainwi»y Company, was engaged in oiling a o«bh' d uvti a manhole close, to lho intoi'suction u'' Swauatim mid Flinderß streita, Vtelboiirue, While netting nut of tiniiiatihulu a St, KiltU tram wkicti was p «B8 ng .'luiiu Btruck him and knocked mm back iiro the irtanh"le, Ho su<'aini'd a compound fracture of the' skull the base ol wbieh was smashed resulting iii almost mttimt death, Tlio erupt in the Wtirarapa have fur i.ished mailer fur ngiiod many locale this yuar, b it wo cannot resist tlio temptation to refer once mure 11 tlio magnitieent crops in tlio To Ore Oro and Unpisr Plain d s'riots. Those who wish to form a correct estimate of the cipulu i'ies of the snil cannot du belter thin pay h flying visit to a foiv of our agricultural district just now. Mr Guild, the manager for llrT. L Thompson, his a l.iivu area this so so>i ut id'T turnips Tlio ground having evidently been well in mured and carefully.tilled gives every promise of a first-ehißs yiold. The turnips are sown in drills and therefore

will bo easily cultivated and kept free from weeds.

A gentleman who takes more than a passing'iuterat in tho.growih and pro»re« ot settlement in t-ne country d atr.es called the other day un the g-;niul host of tho Royal Oak, and asked him a iow particulars as to tho extent and population of Carterton. "Well" said the host, "I don't know what the popu. lation might he, hut the town is seventeen miles loig. You come into it as soonasvou leave Featherstoii, and it extends sev. v»\ miles further down the main sire, t past my homo 'Ourstatistical friend uiuib: a careful note of it and int uds to bring ihe fact out promiuoutiy in his next publication. A queer affair happened at the Waitnr.i races on New Year's Day, (snys ihe Traiwki Hera'dOin the Welter Handicap Liberator, ridden by Oibson, of Patea. vim third, and nlaite, ridd* n by J. J. Itnssoll, rui f -ith.' As the two raced up the straight the lattor rider leaned over and laid hold of the former's' jumper, irhich ciiiii) away in his hand, leaving Gibson in his bare skin. Itnssoll th>n ivadcd into him with a whip, giving him several outß on the bare skin. The roa«on ■if this conduct was that Gibson had jostled Kussell when racing. Nothing was done by the Stewards that day, but it is said that the matter will be decided by them to night. There was a.slight public demonstration over tho affair,

What do .you think is Iho latest ukase of Paine fashion? Yun know how quickly the fiibhii n of vhrn-t hair sprang up and di>'d away ag.iin, althmiyh it hud iintclr ftviu among thoso pe»plo who haled the bather of doing their hair. Others, who rightly gtiessct that the fashion would soun lind its wny In the railway bufiVU and shop counter*, didn't approvo of it. flow it is the fringe that is dimmed. Soon-that ii directly it liaa grown long enough—the fringe must disswpear, aud one's fineherd be displayed to the utmost extent, aiiietylent Vioturia, a.d. 1837. Alrondy have I neeii coal-scuttle bonnets, with a wreath ot rnsra-inside thß hriin ; we have gut our waists under oar armpits niiH' w.-lt mil Drt'CtiiireuieJiita.aiiU we httvoonly to woar stiidalled shoes, and drtwour hair in the new fishion, to look-exactly like imr graiidnimVii-rian ihev appeared fifty yea.'s o!u souls !-rGwen.

Tho good people of Pahiatuaevidently know when they have a good thing on It appears th 4 they wai-t shelter sheds foriliopublioschw)), hnsundvrtho oxistin;,' atato cf impspuninsity at the wluiatinh (we awne) they can't get the neoeiMiy fundi, so know iht( tiw attractiveness of- VHckuns as a yrit'or, and,Mr W, H. WaTari as a reader, they liavo made arrnngemeu's .with Mr Warren fnriMeveiiiiig\in-adings liiitliuevo of the side .of reierv.s at I'ahiatua, and as the nconainn Will pio-t-ablyboono when Mimowns tetter* will be gathered-toother./We may reason dilypred'ct a go'id a'dditimi u< the fund, and an enjoyable evening to all present at the etirett-iimnerit, wliiob will take place on Wednesday evening, Oth January. The roadirws will be in terapei'Si'd with Vocal items by ladies »f the neighborhood. tfotbad torPaliiatual

■ Durrg the past month Jour, showro-m WB d<i>y a tended by large numbers of ■adiesjntonUn inspeoluut and piuchasinj/ tu att active item* in the millinery an! m.irle departments at To. Aro Houb Wellington. ■ '.'ln mil'inery.we were fortunate in being able to 0) Nly suit tho lasts if onr-patroiip, and lorslyk fa-hion, ind thoharmonionß Weil ling C' 1 lira, we aro as yet nnriy'iill d in the city, Wo have'still tho same aMili y and moa s 4 nrjr command, and during the present, mm.th. shall, show some spec al Hovelties in Indies' trimm-.d hats, at Te Aro Uome,Wellington. ..'.'■;■ Our mantle and costume department has s'so been theeceneol great ocivity." We pve' sold an amazing - number' of. ladies' jack- ts and man lea of the most fashionable description, and onr eniuines have bef'n the subjects 'of much admiration at Te, Aro Hups", Wellington. .■■, . ~ ■ We nave ayery choice lot of ladies' cos. tnnv s, in all descr'ptions of fabrics, and in s great variety, of fashionable styles, compiiaing ■ p r rints,' z*ptiyrß,, jnteen," brooUe, Swissembriodere'd, yeling', : Pongee, and Liberty silks, ranging" from'' 5s Gil to tix guinea'", at To Ar' Honss, Weiljnpton.;' 4Ye IjorflijdK fnvitojinjr v'>sitora fiom-the cou>try iyhp may. bo,Bto,>:Jng fpawPln tho city to "visit Q'nr.slioowroarn w!v n every attention andcivility«Hlb"h ClWlI > w'tbout Btiempiing'to ppss piirohasetii at- Te

arrived witli ■>i lnthoTcricktjt maf6h-,-'Ekttta]iuii(i : 'y: MHBtcrton'tii-day/tJwlHtt^vjvoittiii.iirst and ntjilw stdjdiiriiiiVnnfc Juiicii.' hud five vvickfe|a •'A|wii'.fiirßl;:';:V ■■ - : i:'':-.:,;.-^; The Ki-v. .1. Dcl'ow, will occupy, iho-pulpit•.-.of.'the- M;isfci'tonVWeshyaii Church tomorrow; ;thp Kuv W. Rouse nctiug ihlilte capacity at Carterum uud Greytwn.- -; ::.\\-. .':;.' ..;'; J. J. Russell, tho..well-known cm*-. country rider, has been.-, disqualified"' fur li-'o by-;'tl'ir. Wnitsia Btewards tor tho flffiir in tho Welter Race there on ..Now • Year's Day. ■:;.■, ;-..':..■;. _ '"-■'

A lady'.amigentlemen with three children, at present residing in Wellim?toil, wishing to spend a month in Manterbin,'wuu'd like-to oxohango homes with a caieful fainil)\ Particulars are announced elsewhere. ,'•,: •.

Wo have to acknowledge, thw receipt of;a very pretty.card almanac from Messrs Lowes mid loniß, the local agent of tlie National Insurance Company of New Zealand/. It is stated that one of the chief hobbies of our new Governor is photography, and that he intends bringing but with-him'tho latest inventions in cameras and other appliances. ■.•"■ , George Mefirogor, a three year-old sou of one of the Mosgiol Factory hands, was drowned 'yesterday in a small pool of water only ahout Win in depth. A four-roomed house occupied by Mr John'Me, <if Wallace-aty Welling in, was des royed by fire at an eafly h- .ur this morning. The home was insured iniheLivmpiail andL wlonanlGlobe "dice for £l5O and the furniture f»r £SO. Tliehnusißon each-side were ili o 'hly damaged. t , -^ Mr Phil Robinson says Hint Wellington is the must reumikitilo ppu imeii of of carpentering lie oversaw.Ch i,(church has a thoroughly ling! ish aspect, Uuiiediti theiiiett:«9b town ; but that-Aucklaud appears to he far uhJud of all Ir-un n business point of view, and iB nioro distinctly metropolitan. •V forocioiu attack was made by a large mastiff dog, belonging to Mr J;'lt. Tripe, iipnii Mr (3, Mfl'nr, of 'i'aonuist'ieet, Palmewtnn, on 'flmrsday. Mr Vlillor ■■■mi ■' onferijjg- Mr ..Tripe's place in tho Square, when the dog ittiickolhim, knocked him down, and b t hint severely on ihe arm. The wound, a vt-rv irasty one, was attended to by Dr. Molntyre. Mr Mil'or has, ainco" Ira aojident, been confined to the house. .

The following are the return of births, marriages, and death*,'' entered at the Masterton Pout Office, for tlio ye«rs 1887 nod 1888; -For the year 18H7Birthn, 238; deaths, 41, j marriages, 89. For 1888-Mirths, 247; deaths, 63; m images, 81, 1 Ida slieivs aniticroian for the pißt year t.f nine births and twelve deaths. The matrimonial i eturns showing a falling off of an on the previous year's r«tuniß. The hoy John Unson, referred to in our tolegranis as being summoned by his fulhi 1' for Btealiug apples, came before the Wauganui Court yesterday,, and pleaded guilty, Ho said his mother told him to make a present of them to a woman at wto house.heiuod, The Magistrate dismissed the charge, saying tlio boy might not.lo plead jmtliy, as no felony was committed. Tlio father, Keuben Bason, was thin brought up on a of druiikennoss and ming bad lauguaoo. . The Justices tlmuglit imprisonment, would do him good and cure him of drunkenness, as he was anmaaneo to the public Ho was fined 5s mi the first ohirge or 24 hours, and sentenced to a ueeu's imprisonment fjr bad lantmage. - . •

Here is a nice savoury little morsel having reference'to that interesting victim «f Australian prejudice and prosrouti n-poor dear John Chinaman, It is fished out from Briataiio:—" The touort of tlio inspector of nuisances stated that no.'css than 47 dead animals bad biinii taken out of the creek hotween the two shrt'S, most of them being dead Digs which bad died from disease, and had been thrown into the creek by the Chinamen, t hero were no less than 6bß pigs kept by Chinamen in the Bhire mid ted with nothing hut thu refuse oollected from hotels and boardini; houses, and bought miUn m<U and bags. It •vis generally fermenting and puirid beiforo tlio pigs got ii."

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3096, 5 January 1889, Page 2

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The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1889. Departmental Changes. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3096, 5 January 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1889. Departmental Changes. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3096, 5 January 1889, Page 2

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