The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1889. The Functions of the New Railway Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3115, 29 January 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1889. The Functions of the New Railway Board.

The Government Railways Act of 1887 defines the functions of the three Commissioners who are now the lords of -our lines of railway. Not only the management and working, but the obstruction also of new lines is relegated to these potentates; The new tribunes form a body corporate in which is vested every foot of railway land in the colony and all the material placed thereon, Such powers as have hitherto been'oon. I'errecl by law on Her Majesty the

Queen or the Governor in Council, are now transferred, liolue bolus, to Messrs McKerrow and Co. Their only guidance is an instruction, to give due consideration iu working the lines (1) to the promotion of settlement, (2) to the encouragement of industries. These two directions may mean muoh or little, 1 according as they are interpreted, but we-hcp that they will not be made'an excuse for working the lines at a loss. All money voted'by Parliament for the maintenance, working, construction, and reconstruction of lines will be handed over to the Commissioners, but in the expenditure of the same they are bound by the Act to keep within the appropriations, excepting in cases of emergency, when, with the consent of the Minister of Public Works, they may exercise a further discretion. All money which is received goes into the public account ot the colony." Every year the Commissioners make a direct annual

report to Parliament, and give an estimate of their anticipated receipts and expenditure for each year, Unless a commissioner does something very bad, such as taking an interest in some railway contract, or committing other gross breach of trust, liis office is a permanent and safe one. Votes of both Houses ofljarliament and an edict from the Governor in Counoil are necessary to. remove from power one of those lucky Scotchmen who constitute the Board. Over the traffic agents, engineers, station masters, guards, porters, permanent way men, and .others who 1 now constitute the colonial railway staff, the Commissioners, have absolute power; they can discharge pr remove an officer, or, if . they think proper, abolish the office. Salaries and wages, too, are determined by them, fully ; and absolutely. Tlio Civil servant ot yesterday who worked in the railway' department is to-morrow uo longer a Civil servant, he is a

Commissioner's servant only, He cannot be lacked out of bis billet by either the Governor in Council or Hie Ministers in Cabinet, the breath of the nostrils of the Commissioners can alone waft liirn from his occupation; The Act does lay down some guides for: -grading employees, but the regulations for giving effect to theiii will be drawn up by the Commissioners who will virtually control the appointment and removal of, all employees. A provision is also made by which insurance on the part of every employee will k compulsory. It will be seen from yhat we have said that the- Commissioner? have full powers either to malte or mar, our railway system. It will be neoessary to wait a year or so before forming an opinion of the practical outcome of the great experiment which is now being made, It ought'to prove a success. / ;.Vv

The Hon Mr Mitchelson states that Dr Cremunini has resigned the medical Bupprinteqdfiiicy of tho Auckland Lunatie Aeylum, and tfost Dr Gpy flaftfilj, of Wellington mc^; i latt\iß(..twjf! poeitioa-

: i'iirGovi'tumout ■■ hoa:aooedcd to tlio ■requtafof this pimio importers iu^Auokr land to put up the lnstvumeuis.lafcoly SBizeijriii trade; lots. If .tlio sale, does .n6t'[itpiiii?o,to turn out pitttfaotory will, however, boll singly. Hotel thieves are 1 on the war palli in i Welliuyton—Two commercials travelling for Glasgow firms liad their watches Istoleirat ■ the liuipire bote! yesterday morning. One was token from under the pillow,' and the other■ from- the pocket, while.tlio owners wore out of thctr'bcdrooms. ■■■/ V■ ■ ;vj-£

: Several additions are made in to.-day.'s iisue'tothe catalogue (if rams and ewes to bo sold at the Oaitertou Fair by Mr F,- H; Wood, on -February 6th, ' ; An Jady, whose little boy was beginning to swear, anxious to expreßßV td 'her dliild; lier, horror of profanity hit upon the noyel process of washing, out. 1 his mouth with soapsuds whenever he'swdre, ,It was an effectual cure. The boy undetstood his mother's sense, of the. corruption of an oath, which with the- lasto of the suds, produced the desired result.

Tlio largo, aliio in front of the care' taker's lndge,' -in 'the Victoria Park, Temtika, is now m bloom, and attracts considerable 'attention from visitors; From the centre of the plant a stem uprises some 25fcet, from which project small.branches^each- bearing 'Tlie steiii.itcelf is about lOin in diameter at the baso and -rises with, a gradual. tapefe';Tiie plant;-which'is a very fine one^f -its knid, ; was.'presented .to.the Park;Gomniissiduerssome'sixteen years Whitoheiid,w'io . liiuisell vec.mved';4t. as ; ii,b'Uriosity from-Mr F/ ! W.'fstubbs,nowofTimarij, It is now abojit twenty years old: • ' *- '■ Ajouhg lady named Mdlle, Popelin, who had passed the lawoxaminatiuus ot the University of ■Bru.aels, and been giaiited lier dipiomii, came before the jaw . courts at Brussels lately, and demanded that her name should be incribed 'as a member of the bar. Accordiug to Napoleon's decree of 1810, candidates are only admitted by permission of the ProcureufGeneral, The magistrate declared that lie could not grunt the request, as the law did not allow ot her admission. Two advocates -M. Gulliery, aji eminent member of the Brussels bar, and a young advocate, M, Frand—tried to prove tlmt legally Mdlle. l'opelin was able to plead and act 48 ut lawyer. This is the first time (the Daily JNews correspondent thinks) such a question has arisen in Europe. The case will be soon decided.

It is about time tho newspapers press of the colony " considered its position " in respects to racing matters. At the present time a largo amount of space is devoted to spotting without conespondent advantage to proprietors, who have to pay, a heavy amount for telegraphic information of nominations, acceptances and results .of: meetings, which interest only a small portion of their readers. As a rule the clubs themselves do not recognise thiß, but on the contrary practice the must rigid economy in advertising, knowing tlwt the newspapers are foolish enough to advertise nominations, &c., free of charged The machinery of the Press Association is costly to- newspaper proprietors, and it is utilised to a very large extent for the.benefit of the clubs. Under the circumstances it is certainly worth consideration by tho Press Association whether an annual fee .'should not be demanded from all racing clubs desirous of having their nominations, die., telegraphed aud published.— Manawatu Times, .. .

A somewhat amusing imbroglio connected with forged bank notes is naking the .Hungarians merry, . 'A short time ago a gang of men, supposed to be for* gere of.bank-notes was arrested a Stuhlwessenburg, and the tribunal of that town sent a bundle of false notes to the Cuurt ot Justice at Budapest, before which the prisoners wero to be tried, By some blunder the notes were forwarded to the tax office as genuine, aiid: the tax office put them in circulation.' As a consequence, the prisoners had to be acquitted on their trial for want of proof, • They njw intend, it is said, to sue the Hungarian Government for their money, arguiug that the genuineness of the notes has'been sufficiently established by their circulation through the Taj office. It ought to be explained that in this country, where the currency is paper, nobody over thinks of taking tho number of a bank note.

What might have been a very serious or fatal accident nearly took placo on Saturday morning at DaleSeld. About 9 o'clock two or three trucks laden , with timber was set going ou tho tram which leads from Heridorsun and Shuto's sawmill to the siding at Daloßold, No horses were attached, and the trucks gained in speed as they came down the line; It was just at the hour when the fanners where taking in their milk to tho dairy factory, aiid a young man named Ediviu Ticehurst was leavin? with a brake and i, two horses. Tho trucks run past the factory,'but their approach is hidden by some'willow The youup fellow was just about to floss tho line when the trucks came along; He just managed to pull the liofies 'up in tiuio, and so suddenly that thev roared and broke tho pole of the brako.. Another moment and thore wotud have been a terrible accident. It appears''6trange,"(rem arks the Standard) that trucks should be run lit such a speed at an hour when the milk carts aio about the factory, and no doubt the proprietor of tho mill will enquire into the circumstances,

The following Is a paseago fronf the article in the Oiiitod Ireland .for which the editor, Mr W. .O'Btien, M.P., was called before the Times' Parnell Comluiesiou:—"Tlie time lira come for very plain speaking on tho subject uf tliese foigeries, The Commission has now been sitting for twenty-seven days in Loudon without getting much noarer to tlie subject which the publio understands it was specifically appointed to investigate. So far the evidence has been a meaningloss parade of eight-year old outrages, from all 'participation in ifliicli the victims themselves ,exammod for. the forger concur iu emphatically exoneratin» the League, The Court has been cumbered with files of old newspapers, and stunned with the opinion's of police-; uierillanj grabbers, evictorsi and one tuft-hunting Catholic clergymaii. Thank God, there.! but one in all Ireland to be fouc Jin su'cK company. As to the con | dition of the country and ita causes, it is true that the waste of time, has been in some measure redeemed by the open exposure of the methods of bribery and intimidation by which the-forger arid the Government combined are' desperately otruggling to escape out of the horrible mess which they have landed themselves, ' Oil all this black" business wo claim our ri°ht of freo comment and open exposure. We have no intention of waiting until the forger gives us leavo to speak,': With all respect to the Court we do not care twopence for the opinion of thethree judges, specially, selected in tlie teeth of a justly indignant public, to protect the forgers and their friends and accomplices.". • ■,...

i)uriDgthe past" month .our sbowrosm wis daily a tnidetj. by large numbers of ' ladies intent on iuspeoting and npurchasinj! the atti active items in the millinery, and mantle-.departments at IV Aro. House Wellington, in millinery we were fortunate in, being able to ejaotly suit tho tasteof oar patrons, and for style, fashion, and tlio harmonious blending colours, we are as yet unrivalled in the city. ,\Ve have ptil) tfje'saipe ability and means at our command, and during the present month shall show some special novelties in ladies' trimmed hats, at Te Aro House, Wellington. ' Our mantle and costume department has also beeii the sqeiie of great activity, Wo have sold an amazing , number of 'ladies' jackets andmautles of.tlje ipoat fasliiouablo description, and oar costumes have been (he subjeots of.- much admiration jit To Aro Honse, Wellington.. : . ' 'We havo a very choice lot of ladies' : . oos- . fames; in all descriptions of fabrics, and in a great variety of fashionable styles, comprising ..'prints, ; . zephyrs,- sateen.- brochei; i emb'rioderedi veiling!,'tPongeeand Liberty'silks, ranging, from 5s 64 to-six , guineas, at Te-'Aro Hoiisi, Wellington. ;,-j "Wo cordially invite auyvisitors.fiom the 'country wh'o'may, be staying fur.a while in 1 tho city to visit pit shoowroom .J oit at ■ ! Aw Wwliugto.'-'Avvxi - l

;:.krP, makes> several "addii tions:to,the.;oiitaloi<iie. of his stook- salo which he holds at tlio Taratalu on Thursday noil,

■Tlio Loyal Maatorton Lodgt", 1.0.0. F., ST.tT., meet at-tlio Oddfellow's Hall,ferry Street, this evnnnig. / .their fortnightly stock sale to-inorrojv, when they offer -2000 fat sheep, 'principally wutheiß, ■ -1000 breeding . owes, ': store wethers and ewes, 80 head of eattle, 20 pigs, horses, etc, : ?yi

.Tenders are invited in another column for* tho erection:'of-if.-schbolhouse ; at' Hastwell. "Plans andspeciticatioiismay be soon at the tolMiouse at that township. Tenders addressed to tlio chairman of the School Committee, Mr W. J, Chrichtonl close at noon oil' Saturday, next. .

;In last Saturday's issue,. the Melbourne Argus;: in an. article onNew Zealand, congratulates the Colony on its return to prosperity, and gives. reasons. for believing; that greater progress will bo manifested in the next few years. The article, in'referring to the New Zealand I Exhibition at Dunedin, urges Victoria to make a'moat effectjvo representation. It is reportedas a faot that one angler in the Ohristohuroh district has landed 8001b'wcight of trout since the opening of the present season; rith an of 'ovor 611) per fish'; and another angler has caught over 5601b within the last three weeks, only legitimate bait having been used.. :• v -

We havo received from the proprietor of the Wairarapa Standard a very; neat almanac forthe current year. .Amongst other useful .information it coutaius a directory of all" the public bodies aiid institutions throughout the district together'with tlio addresses of the chairmen and secretaries, ' : ;

In receiving Archbishop Itiordanof San Francisco the Pope Complained bitterly of his position and of the action of the" Italian Government, He exhorted the Archbishop to stimulate the American Catholics to peaceful agitation for the restoration of his temporal power..

Notico of the dissolution of partnership hitherto existing between Michael Williams and Thomas Barker of Masterton Builders and Contractors appears in another, column.. All accounts tu tic against the firm must be sent in to Mr E. J. Fitton or Mr W, Sellnr, who have been appointed receivers in tlio estate, before 28tli February.'

Tho Clyde-quay State school was opened yesterday morning. Mr Blair (chairnyin) and Mr Dorset'(secretary of the Education Board) paid a visit early in the day. The school is designed to accommodate 550 children, but' the attendance yesterday was close upon7oo. This includes the 200 childron formerly taught at the Court en ,iy-pi ace school. Tho teachers of tho Clyde-quay school are Mr W. T, Grundy (headmaster), Mr E. Samuel (chief assistant), Misses McGowan and H. Lawson assistant teachers, and six pupil teaohers, . On Saturday; February 9th, Messrs Lowes & lortis will offer. for sale by order of the Trustees the lease of Town acre, No. 87, Queen-street, Masterton, the Waipoua Bridge. The acre is subdivided into three lots and will be offered in seperate sections as builmg' sites. Plans can be seen and further particulars, obtained at Messrs Lowes pnd lorns roomß or on application to tho Secretary of the Town Lands Trust, JUr R, Brown, . . r

The statement of the assets and liabilities in the estate of Henry Hodgins, Royal Oak Hotel, Carterton, show- liabilities £46210s aud assets £658 lis 4d. The chief creditors are—Tlionus Hodgins, L 200; Dunediiiißrewery Co., L 22; Castendyk & Focke, L7l; Wellington Trust and Loan C., L2B 8s; W. T. Macarthy, Li2l2s lOd; T. Parsons, L 22 Speight & Co,, LIS 10s; J. Maginnity, L 14145; W. P. Allen, Lls. The assets consist of—Stock •in-trade, LB2 16s; book debts, L2OO (estimated to realise L 100); furniture, L 272; lease of hotel, seyen years to run, The Wellington. Raoing Club's Siim-

mer meeting takes place on Thursday and Friday, 7th and Bth Februaty. Acceptances for the Telegraph Stakes, 75 sovs, f mile, (2 sovs), Hurdlo Handicap (firstdliy) 80sovs, 2|miles, (3soys), steward's Handicap, 100 sovs, 1} miles, (3 sovs); Welter Handicap, 75 sovs, 1| miles, (2 sovs); also entries for Selling Race, of 60 sovs, W.F.A., sellin? price, £IOO, 7lbs allowed for every L2O reduotion in selling price, miles, (2 sovs), elose.on Wednesday, 30th January at 9 p.m.

lo the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, of Govan, belongs the credit of having built ut steamer on the shortest time on record. On. July 4th last the Norddeutscher Lloyd telegraphed accepting the Fairfield Company's offer to construct the Dresden, a twin screw steamer of 4500 tens, as well as a companion ship, the Munchen.. The keel of the Dresden was laid on July 27th, and on Saturday the vessel was launched, having boon built in ninetyeight working days/ There is an element of romance in the marriage of Lord Stafford and Miss Hay Mackenzie, Bays the World; Both were under age, Lord Stafford beiiit; within ten months of hers, Wor was this all. Thero was an historical incident in which the two families were concerned, the JSarl .of Sutherland in 1746 having apprehended tho Earl of Cromartie, the iincoator of Miss Hay Mckenzie, ivhen ho was raising men for Piince Gharlte, Bis loyalty to the Protestant succession made him take this step; but it was also on his intervention that Lord Cromartie was saved from the fate which befel Balmerino

aud Kilmarnock. , The. following may interest some of our local collectors of stamps. Encouraged by the buccorb of a recent sale, undertaken by Messrs Ventom, Bull, aud Cooper, the well-known auctioneers, Old Jewry, on tlio initiative of several members of the, London Philatelic Society,, the firm named will in future hold periodical 'tales of a similar character. Mr Thomas Bull, who con-, ducted the auction, writes:—,' There \m a large attendance.of buyers, and the competition was very spirited, It may .interest some a! your readers to, learn the prices obtained for some of the rarer variptjes • Hie blue, block Cape. error, £ls ; the Lady McLean Trinidad local, £J3' 13s; the 3-lire Tuscany ou the original envelope,- £l2 12s; . the New Brunswick Is, £5 j Nova Scotia Is, L 4 ss; the Id black Great Britain with V.B. in corner, L 5 IBs. All the colonial stamps realised good prices, showing that the interest in varieties has largely , increased.'

As an' example of what can be . done by steadiness and perseverance, we may mention''an example in Mr Alfred Gardner, who, after serving his apprenticeship at this office as a compositor and saving a little capital, went to try his fortune in the. Empire city, He obtained employment on - one of the evening papers:there,-and, continuing his line of conduct was able at the. end of liis . engagement to add another comfortable slice to - his former sayings. Havim; then a good round sum to back him, ho determined to try. a wider field of experience; and sailed'for South Australia, and very quickly succeeded in obtaining an 'engagement ou " The Adelaide Observor I '. on which paper he is still employed and doing well, making by pieep \V6rlt , between. four and five, pounds a week, : . : :

■ The Premier addressed, a; large meeting of his constituents at. Hawera last light.. The Government adhere to their belief in the Fair rent Bill, as well as to the proposal to extend- settlement by a system which would put men oin land in tho yicmity of available ¥ work, The Premier also advocated a superannuation fund for the Civil' Servioe. ; -The Preiiner explained the policy of the Government: witlr,respect .to' hospitals and Charitable" Aid, and a bill dealing with the question is being 'prepared for next session. The Proinier spoke in' a very hcpeful: tone. of the' position and .prospects. of • v the Colony, ;and his remarks wereverfehooura^inft^'HewidawoM of delivered from 'aboym,- bij| rather hope for a:r6a|ona\)leiproßperi^ Carry them,forward:to the plearanti.days thoy used to have in tho olden titriK.

Mr. Bawotfcj" Vorie "of tlio bldost settlors in NewHoaland;' died at Potono yesterday, at tlio ago'of 77 years, '• v ■Mice is. kivon ali accounts against \lr Michael Williams, of Masterton, builder and contractor,-mhat be rendered to Sir W. Sellur on or before the 9th February, or they will not be recognised. ■ TJio Rgv. Thomas Tomkinson, condied Buddonly at Dunedin en, Sunday last,/ from failure of-the heart's action.Ho jvas . fifty'. ; yoara..o£ age, and leaves a widow and fivo children. ... . .