The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1889. The Legislative Council.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3114, 28 January 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1889. The Legislative Council.

i Sir William Fitzhehiiert in a recent after dinner speech is reported to have said that "the House to which lie belonged, though not a , representative Chamber, was a branch of Parliament which performed" its duty to the country faith-, fully, without fear or favour, caring for no person or set of men.. No r higher encomium could be passed upon any House in any country—carefully weighing everything, taking nothing for granted, not caring on whose feet tlicy trod, or courting the popular voice—that was the way in which the work of the Legislative Council was performed, according to his deliberate observation and judgment," We fear that even the deliberate observation and judgment of the astute-Speaker' of the Upper House does not give a fair reflection of the merits of that body. Are we to assumo that Legislative Councillors are "without fear" of the several changes which have been proposed to be applied to their Chamber, i and that they have no dread of their privileges being 'curtailed by the popular Chamber? Can wo believe that they care for no person when it is a matter of notoriety that they are 1 keenly sensative to public opinion, or that no set of men, not ovon the Ministry in power, influence them ? Sir William has done more than justice to the House over which ho has the honor to preside by representing its members as displaying virtues which no doubt some of them do possess, but which cannot honestly be attributed to them as a whole. Sir William himself, though president of tli9 Chambers, is scarcely its representative chief, He owed his position as Speaker, not tothe choice, of its members, but to the patronage of the Govemmeut of the day. In spite of his greatability and experience, Su 1 William is not an ideal Legislative Councillor, and is, indeed, one of our political anomalies. He is a democrat with a title, who, by. service to his party succeeded- in securing a position as leader of the conservative branch of the legislature, As long as we can'romember lie has been a plflpprpn, and has had the good fortune to combine official income: with ;'a .somewhat successful political career. In- spite of his title,, and in spite of. his position he- must bp jsP at heart a democrat, and as such h pan scarcely be an impartial critic-of a Conservative body ljke the Legislative Council. Tho upper chamber was, perhaps, some twenty odd years'ago much nearer to the standard that Sir William has dejihan it js now, but of late I years jt lias sadly deteriorated,: Frgra J time to time the Pprappratß made ( soma very queer additions jo its.roll, If wo were to tafo one of their Lords; and ask ourselves if he performed ] his'duty to his country without fear ! or favor, .caring for no person or-set j of men, people would laugh at us; . TJierearolotsofnienin tho Upper, House do, whom it would be ludicrous j to apply such a lest, indeed it would , subject Sir William himself (a a very i trying ordeal. There .'are stjll men ] in tiie Council who fijl the desofip-.' tion given by Sir William,.and these.' no doubt flonteibuto jri % large degree ! to sustain the honor, emiii, and | dj^ity'ofthe',Cliamb v eivbut yp'imi c they are ft minority. ; ,'§ir Spain's i portrait js an. -hjeai sketch,, -and i 'fiUlillfeilSpf what't|m,s3M)pjJ Was j Si?^,^«w fe^: nOW lH.;,.llieieib ..--s:.: U '..,i; ( ;- w jj.jj ■? the. reflection that a [* be obtains position and.- aii iudepeii"-;j e tence becomes to all praotiear.iatents o

and piuposca an excellent Conserva- j tive, It is almost difficult now to trace the Democrat in the Speaker of the Legislative Council. , |

Mr M. .Danaher advertises in our wanted columns for twenty tjood railway men. *

A Southern firm, in order to announoe aland.sale;-, circulated throughimfe. the colony a quantity of which the advertisement of thesaje. was jpriiited.-:'/■:'•'; '.': : ?V" ; /;:'- ■■'■''■: : , :^

! Tho : date of-the re-opening of the: Masterton.• Soh'ool of : Dosigh'.has been altered to Monday. February 11th.' / : j ■:'. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stoci sale for.ihe iOtli, 800 fafc wethers, SCO fat ewes, 160- store wethers, ,100 store ewes.and 20 store.pigs.; ■:, ■■.. It will.be seen by reference to the Theatre Koyal "fixture" cplurons that tho last nights of the rinking season are announced.' •' Mr Pearson's band ofHpiating, , . ■■•/" y. ,

An octopus, measuring Oft across, was captured a lews days siuce at the Shelly Beach, by a number of bovs who were boating, The creature clung to an anchor which was thrown into tho water, and was thus brought to shore, whore itWas quickly killed. ; , '-''• At the Magdalene Refuge at Tempe, Cuok'Bßiver, N.S.W., conducted by the nunsof the Good Samaritian Order, a chapel for the penitents has been orected, at a cost of £I6OO. The new building .was recently opened, whon Bishop Luck was amongst those, who delivered addresses, ■ ■ '.•■:■ • ~'■'■

In the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Saturday last, the case Bartscli v Bartsoli andiLee, husband's petition for divorce on the' Mounds of adultery, a decree nisi was granted. The. case Bull v.. Bull andHenderson, husband's petition on the. grounds of.adultary. with the co-respondent, a blacksmith atPahiatua. the wife 1 'admitted .the offence, The case is still proceeding,—ln Egan v. Egan a decree nisi was granted. i'lio orimiual returnstff."Wellington show an. increase* of 123 cases for the year. It'is likely that tho AnglicanDioc'ese of Sydney will shortly be raised to an 'archbishopric.

' The meeting to raise a local Parnoll defence fund in Dunedin was rather poorly, attended, Forty pounds were subscribed hi the room, -Mr John Buchanan has.withdrawn his offer of 17s 6d in the £ for his slock-in-trade, and the Official Assignee in bankruptcy has now determined that tho stock will be subdivided and offerod for sale early in February, It is a most valuable stock estimated to be worth at the'prescufc value £13,000. Messrs Thos, Cook and Son, the world-renowned tourist and general passenger agents, for whom Mr O.St Barbe, of 52 Lambton • Quay, is the Wellington Agent, has an announcement in our columns, Aporusnl of their advertisement will show that' partioi can be booked to any part of the world by this agency with special advantages,

It is stated that Mr John Murdoch, a gentleman who has so long been connected with tho sawmilling industry in SoutHland/.retircsfrom the business, having sold all his mills to a syndicate

Medical men, when rondering their accounts, generally simply state, "To professional attendance,'' but in tho Wauganui Oourt recently it was held that this was not sufficient,' tho Act requiring tint every attendance with date shall be.given.' Tho flawkes Bay Herald 6ays;—Wc have received a copy of Mr Rees' journal now published, in England, " Capital

and Colonization." Accompanying tho journal is a form of order,' requiring us to state how many copies we want. We don't want any I The journal contains a portrait of Mr Rees, with his eyetwinklo well Bhown, and appearing to say, "Now you see through,me, now you don't," but wo do not'want any more copies. One portrait of Mr Rees is enough, and if it were not, why should wo get more,_ seeing, that the original will be beaming upon us again shortly ? We cannot help remarking that Mr Rees, with the twinkle, is a good manager,. and trots lout Wi Pere at meetings..in London, with excellent effect,

Deferring to Sir Charles Warren's ucceßaor, tho Pall Mall Gazette says : 1 The most, interesting thin? about the low Chief Commissioner's history, relates 0 the most prominent fact about his ihysical appearance. Mr Monro is very nine, so lame that lie cannot sit a horse, iur can he.stand for any. time erect vithcut support.. His lameness (late: rotii the lime when he was holding « udlcial and executive appointment ii: he Bengal Civil Service. ■ He was ther m active young Scotchman, win horoughly enjoyed the Anglo-Indiai iractlce, which combines the duty o ibliccnian and magistrate in the saim icrson. As a judge ho was desirous ol ecuring the punishment of a thief, am is chief of the executive he attempted t irrest him with his- own' hands, Th hief fled; Mr Munro, mounted on [ood horse, pursued; tho thief slipper ivor the garden wall ;Mr Munro, noth ng daunted, put his horse to the lea -and that is all that Mr Munro knows Six weeks • afterwards Mr Munro wok roui a prolonged state of unconsciounes I'ith a smashed log. and permanent! rippled thigh. The Lytteltou Times has an articl oramoiitingon Mr Eichardsou's romark n respectof the village settlement schem rhilst in Auckland, and says:—" Tiier ,i no difficulty ia (iccepting Mr Richard on's prediction of the success of th illuge settlement in the North—it is th Jorth of which ho Is especially talking ley Aave, tlieso'settlerg, a'soil and i limatcboth eminently suited for th üb-tropical traits. The orange, th itron, the lime, the grape and the olivi iffer them a fine incoiiio on the sole con litions of industry easily practised am ;nowledge easily ucquired, The fruit 1 tho orchard pf the temperate am ,|sq give thorq fino prospects. The por ume industry—it is, by the way, ahou o make a start under, we hope favour ble auspices—holds out prospects whic re of the most excellent, for in tha dmy, nortborn climate flowers tim heir paradise. These industries are o he best for the small settler, guarantee ng, as they do largo incomes from smal .rcas, In these small areas there wii ie large families and for large familie hose industries, and the kindred indue ries of canning, drying,-.extracting juic ro sources' of abiuidant wealth.. Th jjkworm cn-oporating, as he.niay easil id niiidejtp c|o,tJiftifuttrre"i)f those nor v h"eri illageri is assured.-Under tho ciigum tanoes, which we have on tho authorit; f the Minister for Lands, wo may wei mive aside the objections of the settler o the extension of tho system in thei leighbourliopd as puerile. That peopli dio have been themselves picked ou f the gutter, should protest agains nybody else being picked out of thi utter, may benatiual, as some, ofu nderstand human nature, hut is, never lioless, a thing to be scouted .and v con emnefl in very possible,way."., Mr William J3urns, caretaker :of th levy Zealand' ijhippiug Company's 1 con ulk Blackwall, had a rather peculia xporiencp'oi) boanlthe hulVon : \VYed esday evening .pp. se;Ly{tettoi ,'imos, Ho was staiiding ou>;bta'ok 6; ags of coal on the dock of the ; veasel uisting. to sling them, and, with th iteution of hooking theiii on to ,th linoh rope, he caught hold of the hool nd attempted to pull it down.vThi ope was'foul ar6und the barrel of .thi Mclj,'iji!~fj instead of cpniirur downi ook the contrary idhjecfion, and' Burn ras lifted off the sta'okj, and taifoi)'s6m ; istan.c.e'ini theair.'' He 'rhanaged t; eep his grip, tut suddenly'the foiilei oar righted,:;aud;Burns went-dowi ntha rifft intp the yeaaoFa hpldi nliffht ng otfothsi'ooalV'.ljajp.'-'aftet; tfar^llinj JirbugU to .air lorsdfiim\\iy r fy' ;eqt', : - 4-WOJ'?''$ 8 receive; aro.'iiflt tljoughfc-to.be serious, it cai easjjy h'ejinagi.nßd.'tliaJlje;<3jd uot.ajigh ui J/jht b espc: ---*'* .. :■' ■-.'■' ■■■■'■ bluite, ■ ;v "■'. ''"" ;;

;';.;Mr:;aigh;''UwJw3lWnqw%fehiteif'r 86irie)moui8;ateew ; ieDt'iM'tr#i! ' Qpraedihii ! mbr^'aM'tße : holidajs,:vit;tlie:MMterton Schools tlie. attendance was very satisfactory^' : ?v: -;.' At :.'Peathewton.':. this' moraintf" 'when the State 'School- opened,V tliiough some,.. misunderstanding ji between"the local .School Committee, and theßoard therewas no. headinastor iti,attendance. : / Mossrs Lowes & lorna add to their | Stockaale 400 fat; Merino. Bhe.ep.:>:'; ! - :i ; - ..Messrs Lowes &iorns announce ayery extensive 1 sale of -new: aiid ; secohd-hiind furniture: at their rooms ■ for Saturday Wit, :■:;■■'■ : ,; r■''■■:C■ : -■;■■/<:

Mr F.HiWdod adds to his catalogue forTh'ursday next'lso ewes and lamb's, and JOO good, weth'ers.' ;■' ' 'Twelve thousand'acres of. Menlove's Windsor Estate, Ijuiiedin, were sold/or il2ipsper acre last Friday;'^;' , : > ,I' An Amborley correspondent to the Ohristchurch Presson January 22nd: —Anothor stoat or weasel was'brought into Amberley to-day from Brackenfield, This makes four of too abomjuable pests which have been seen dead or alive lately close to Amberley. Complaints have beon rife among ; the farraors, of poultry and lambs being found dead, with'the Thug-like brand of tbo stoat or weasel on them, If this' is a samplo of what we may expect when the natural. enemy, of the rabbits' becomes .thoroughly acclimatised, we have a bad. look-out before us; These brutes must have travelled at least fifty'jniles," • Lord Onslow having expressed, his desire to be introduced to- the leading New Zealand colonists at present staying in England-prior to Ins departure,to assume the Governorship of that colony,' a number ot members of the Legislative Council and others waited on'him oh Tuesday at his private residence in Richmond terrace, .and were, introduced to him by Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Agent General .in, London. ' Amongst'■' those present were Sir Julius' Vogel late' Premier of New Zealand, Sir Walter Buller, Sir John Hall, Mr Randall Johnson, Mr W. Johnston, MrW. Montgomery, Mr 6, Beetham, Mr WVB.Pe'r cival, Mr Hutchinson and others, The Greymoutlr correspondent of the Lyttolton Times under the head of "nasty forward things," contributes the followiu?i—A very sad state of things is in existence iti Groymouth.at this present year of the Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. As a matter of fact the wickedness. and immodesty of my neighbours make- me bluali, often. • Not later than last week. a highly virtuous and good christian young man,' with very poor 'physique and no legs to speak of, had actually to ask protection ot the authorities from lady visitors during the hours of bathing, The poor innocent, when taking! his morning dip on the seashore had on several occasions been assailed by the dark,blue eye's of certain mysterious young ladies; and now felt constrained—with a view to protecting his manly virtue—to ask the newspapers assistance in his righteous efforts, What a blessing it is in these wicked times to have such a saint living ripht in our midst, what an example lor some of our young (and old) men, to bo sure, That his protost has done good is visible enough, Morning after morning can now be seeni any ijuantily of our best-looking citizens bathing in the briny, in the full dress adopted by Adam before the fall, solely for the purpose—they say-of giving moral support to a brother in distress. Great disappointment is, however, felt that the young ladies in question have not taken advantage of the occasion by coming to see such a beautiful example of brotherly love, but, for some unexplained reason, have kept away from the scenes of their former depravity. An extraordinary report comes from Wentworth, New South Wales. It appears, that a man named Robert Stewart was drowned at Golgol, twenty-five miles from Wentworth; on Decomber 29th, and '• tho body was recovered next day. The District Coroner(Mr W, J. Holding), did not hold an inquest until Monday, January 14, when the inquiry was' conducted with dosed, doors, the Press being excluded. The. medical, examination of the body was made, and after Uiecase had closed, but bofore the Court rose, two witnesses desired to give ovidence, pointing to suspicion of violence, the face of deceased having been disfigured, as if by a blow.from a bottle. The deceased and a man named Reilly had crossed the river Murray in a boat, and were returning when Reilly alleged that the boat capsized and the deceased was i drowned. Reilly mado several contradictory statements. The boat was found right side up, The people of Golgol were indignant, and they met arid passed a. resolution "to the effect that the Minister of Justice ,bo asked to remove Mr Holding from his' position as Coroner,

Many farmers have aii Idea that a turnip crop, in rotation, acts a3» regenerator of the fertility of the soil, Dr Gilbert on tho contrary, ■ deolares that it is the most exhausting of ull crops if the produce be removed from the land, and that the prevailing idea is only partially justified when the roots aro eaten off in tho field where they aro grown. This reasoniu? is 30 feasible that it does not roquiro'muoh,-evidenco or argument to sustain it although these are plentiful supplied. Superphosphate of lime is a wonderful manure for turnips, but when repeatedly applied, iritliouta corresponding supply of nitrogenous matter, the crop of turnips is speedily reduced from H tons to 1 ton per acre. What is true of tho turnips is more or less applicable to other root crops—Age correspondent.

Daring the past month our showrosm wis daily attended by large numbers of ladies intent on inspecting and purchasing the attractive items in Hie .millinery ana mantle departments at To Aro House Wellington, Id millinery we were fortuimto in being able to exactly suit the taste of our patrons, and for style, fashion, and tho harmonious blending colours, we aro as yet unrivalled in the city. We have still tho same ability and means at our command, and during the present month shall show some special Hovolties in ladies' trimmed bats, at Te Aro House, Wellington; Our mantle and costume department has also been the scene of'great activity. We have sold an amaziiig number of ladies' jackets and mantles of the most fashionable description, and our costumes have been tho subjects of much admiration at Te Aro House, Wellington. ..-■■ ■ We have a very choice lot of ladie3' costumes,' in all descriptions; of fabrics, and in a great variety of fashionable styles, comprising prints, zephyrs,' 'sateen ; broche, Swiss ombrioderedi veilings, Pongee -and Liberty silks, ranging from Sa Cd to t\x guineas,' at Te Aro Hpuss,' Wellington; ■. We cordially invite any visitors fioin the country who may bo staying for a while in the city to visit our Bhoowrooni when every attention and civility will bo shown, witliout attempting to press purchases, at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Aov|.