The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889. Colonel Roberts Deposed.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3134, 20 February 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889. Colonel Roberts Deposed.

It is rumored that after all Colonel Roberts will not be our new R.M., his claim having been jumped by Mr Wardell. It will bo a surprise to many in this district if Mr Wardell is re-appointed our stipendary magistrate after retiring from , the public service. What civil servants will say to this new departure of the Government in selecting a pensioner for a vacant appointment we do not knor

but it is almost enough to demoralise the service. Promotion amongst the public servants of the colony is supposed to follow the' retirement or death of senior officers. Civil servants may possibly console themselves that the Government cannot reinstate dead men, but the other plank is cut clean from under their feet by this new invention. However, it is not of any great importance to this district whether the pitchforking of pensioners into the civil service oreates dissatisfaction in the biggest wooden building in the, world; the point, probably, wbioh will be more material to us is the. consideration that our new K.M. is a non-resident in Masterton, residing on a station which is separated from the town by a river, which is unbridged m that locality, and which is frequently, impassable. „We fail to .iee how a non-resident R.M. can- do justice to she work of tlio courts in this district, but probably considerations of this kiud do not enter into the calculations of the Government.- The Wairarapa M.H.R.s are; both away in foreign parts, and in their absence the district scarcely receives that fair .consideration in this and other matters to which it is entitled. In indicating certain objections which are bound to be raised against the appointment; it is only fair ,to point out certain advantages which tell ini its favor. The country will save, it is said, £2OO a year by-employing a pensioner. There, is also some satisfaction ii) obtaining for our new R.M, the" de'il we know" instead of the " de'il we don't know," and Mr Wardell's knowledge of law and of court practice. is probably ton times as great as that of the gallant Colonel who was promised to us. Still, in spite of these -considerations, it is obvious that the new'appointment is a, mistake and that it will not meet; with general acceptance iu .this .district.

" Dr Hoskma > roijuesta .us tu cpntradict | a Report- spread :by .;6ur local /boritefe pornry to fclio effect that ho has sold out | his pmctico to Dr Johnston of Cartortou. ■ Some-months ngo MrW.lI. Bootham shot ii ; splendid speoimeri of ii stagon the': I liillb of South-Wairarapa; Tho head of. this noble animal' was slutted, and afterwards forwarded to tho Melbourne Exhibition, and tho name of H. Beetham appears in the last list o( awards for the exhibit. '.? x

' The Oamaru Mail learns on good authority; tbht a. nuniber.of forged notes; are'in-: circulation jiist now ill Oainaru, ond they are particularly plevor'iinitations of the genuine article. ' : 3,; "; Mi' Oldham, of the meat tinning works at Patea, informs the "Wanganui Chronicle that he has contracts in hand, which will keep the establishment itv fall woik for the next twelve months. The establishment has just - completed an order for the French army.. There were eleven applications sent in to the Borough Council last night for the office .of Road' Overseer,, somo of them being well-known contractors and (tat class workmen in road making. Out of that number Mr Betty, who has. been employed by tho Council for the last seven years, was chosen; with the understanding that the appointment should be"confirmed, or otherwise at the, end of three months. -

A stranger arriving by the train last evening and passing through Queenstreet, would have thought that he had struck the most musical town ,in New Zealand. Tho. Philharmonic Society were practising: the " Pirates "-.in ihe Schoolroom, and the amateur Operatic Company were hard at work at ■" Maritana in the Theatre. Sir Robert Stout has authorised the Dunedin Evening Star to say that he has no intontion of entering' politics at present.' Tho announcement is made in viow of tlio probable vacancy of an Otago seat, and a rumour that Sir Robert

would contest it. Thoro is a demand for land in South-

land. On Wednesday applications closed for 20-sections of rural lands, and there were 154 sent in. One block of 320 acres had been well "spotted," as thoro were aftor it 181. •

L 176,000 eaoh is the cost of the new German ironclads,

Last year 1,356 people died of delirium tremenf in England, • "3 Russia, it is semi-officially stated, -has renounced all interest in Bulgaria, The Chinese Government is buying military stores from a Berlin house.

Tho militia force of America has been increased by nearly ten thousand during last year.

Paris Bivarms with beggars. Four thousand wore arrested in that city during last month. AVe remind our readers of the Fisk Jubilee Singors Concert at the Theatre Eoyal this evening. It is a critical thing to begin at the top ot a ladder j tor every step must bo a step downward. German foot, soldiers are deriving benefit from discarding stockings and keeping the feet well 'oiled. Switzerland gets along very comfortably by putting its Chief Executive in the hands of a ,committee, . Martin Simonsen. oporatic manager, has filed his'schedule in Melbourne, the liabilities being,L4247 19s 7di and the assets LSOO 10s Mrs Simonsen is the chief creditor,- hor claim being L 3380. . Mr Black, the Queensland Minister of Lands, 'haa gono to Melbourne to interview Messrs Chaffey Bros., visit Mildura, and boo if a similar irrigation system canuot bo introduced into Queensland..'Sir Nathaniel Barnaby,' the eminont naval constructor, has been a total abstainer for nearly fifty years. He believes that for a lad to maintain his Band of Hope pledge ia of moro value tohim than a present of £20,000.

The South Australian Government are chargingtho,extraordinary price of £4O an acre for lots in tho new town .of

Stuart, near Alice' Springs,. Central Australia.' It is 400milep from anilway.and 500 miles from any settlement. The publication in Berlin of tho fourth volume of Major Scheibert's Lessons of Fortification has excited quite ai sensation in military quarters, because ft insists upon the inutility of fortresses in modern warfare, and argues that they are rather a source of wealmesa than of strength to the army which garrisons them. It appears tlmfc the opiuions of Major Schcibert, who is.regarded as an authority on the question, are participated in by iuany military officers, and engineers of eminence in'Germaiiy. The'Promier ot Hew South Wales has received a cable form the Agent-General intimating that Captain" Churchward, of tho Royal Engineers, has been appointed instructor of the New South Wales Artillery on tho recommendation of tht! War Office.

It is announced that. Sit Algernon Bortlnvick Ims returned from Invercauld tolmplaceatHampatead Heath. Invercauld is an oxpeusive luxury. Tho rent alone is LSOOO a year, Still, as Sir Algernon's income is set down at 140,000 a "year, this is only a minor item,

The death is announced of Mr Wm. M.Downll, editor of the Dumfries Standard, in hisGOth year, Mr M'Dowall had conducted tho Standard for upwards of forty years. - Ho was a man of antiquarian tastes, and was the author of the "Chronicles- of Lincluden" and oilier ivorks.

Arrangements have, been commenced amongst the leading rifle-shooting organisation of the United States for"a strong team of Amorican marksman to 'visit England next July, in order to fire a match against the best English rifle-' men at Wimb'edon, or whorever may be the'site of the next prize meeting of the National Rifle Association.

The body of a man,'supposed to. be that of a newspaper correspondent,, named Smith, has been found on the Winton road, Queensland.

The Mount Cook Coaching Company at'Timaru are nor busy convoying tourists to and fro to the foot of the

Aorangi. The' Queensland Government has in contemplation the .opening up of 23,000 acres; of the reserve --for settlement, by ■which- it is hoped that hundreds of families;will be placed upen the land,'

Mr W. H, Clnrko has a bclicuio fof disposing: of the unemployed difficulty by. the establishment of a State; farm, but he declines to trust the Uovcrnmrat witii it lest they should steal bis ideas, Jubilee sovereigns turn up'frequently, J übilee double-florins appear to be more rare. No.more of the £1 and .£5 gold coins have been struck off, but ,i'35,00d worth of 4s pieces were coined last year/' The; Lincoln Agriouitiiral College Is in a bad-way, as ;thp college farm loses oyer jEIOOO a year, though- there is no rent to pay. Thoro are pnly twenty pupils'now, ten of whoui are from England, ' - ! ■ . * V; ' .. '

You should visit Wellington, and above all things go to the sale of overplus Summer Drapery-at To Aro House, Wellington. You should visit this sAle. Why ? Because you will Lenoflt amazingly by so doing, arid male your money go further than it evot did before,: if you will but call at tho Overplus Sale at Te;Ar<) House, Wellington. ■ . Vqu should .visit; the Sale.-. Why? Because the bargains have been numerous and SBtonishing, and the remainder of the Overplus will be sold at still lower jrioes during-the present week at To Aro H oiise, Wellington. .• - • : . • ■ . You should-..visit the Sale,- Why? Bcoause It is the- last" week, and it -positively closes' on JSaturday next, 'February JOih, at 10 o'clock in the evening.. Fail not, therefore; to give a look iriat the Overr,lus Bjtlo at Te'Aro House, Wellington.•"Sijff"should Visit tho Sale, Why? Becauje '.yoif, y®)U epjpv the outing.— Because'jop- 'sW'iPW Becausciyou'.wotiid • saye."w9W' ?!)'d Be'caiise so many of jour-' neighbors have done 60 by visiting the Sale of Surplus • Aro Housed Wellington... ■.- pioclt at i* . ; *•*• ->onnbt possibly extend come to the time—the Sate will pOSui,. . n j an end at 10 o'clock: in the evening,.. Saturday. Noxt)-fat Ic. Aro House, Wcl- j ingtoii,;. v' V.. % : ;rK' r -' : -: : ■ j - : j

Mr Ueiiry HudginsV, late liCoiisce .'.of thii lioynlOftVHotelj Carterton, died at nn cnily hour Una morning,- of an internal complaint, a The funeral "of tho unfortunate lad, John Griffin, who met with a-violenfc death on Monday; hist; took ..jilace this morning.; .' 3 ' 33.:- 'AI i Messrs . Murray,.. Roberts ■ and Co. received information from their London i house by.cabloTuesdaylafternoon that the Tuesdayj<iApril. .3'.;v; '>' : ,;.3i . Tho following team will represent tho Star..team. : iri ; the ; continuation or the championship match with Oartorton on Saturday noxtJ.. WickensjW, Welch, A. Richards.'A. Welch, S. Minifio, E. Welch, A, Matthews,.o, Sinclair, U Welch, fl. Welch, T. Hawke. W. Holfuril, E. Kibblewhito, P. O'Connor,• O. Bentif. —Etncirgfincios—A Hoare t H, Brobiri. -A brake - will leavo Masterton at half-past twelve sharp, and play commences at 2 o'clock. It is rumoured that Colonel Hume is

not pleased with Borne of the corps he has inspected,-' and when-his report .fa' presented to Parliament he will recommend that aeveral corps bo disbanded, especially m iusolated districts,., . The Fielding Small Farming block settlers will doubtless be -glad; to hear that theGo'vernment have agreed to grant a sum of Ll6O towards -complete the road to their block on 'condition, that, tho Road Boad exp«nd.a similar sum.

- Extensive , bush fires are raging around Masterton. . Yesterday Mr. W. Perry started a three hundred acre burn with-;groat success on -his .landat Wangaehu.. Altogether . from.) Mr Mawlcy's; station : at, Ditton, to Mr Perry's clearing there, are about a thousand acres wider.burn., /

Tho citizens' ball to Admiral Fairfax

in the Palace Rink Christcliurcli, 'last night was a very large gathering. The Admiral and many officers of the Squadron.were present, with the Mayor, and tho principal residents of the city anU neighourliood. The Scottish Rifles furnished a guard of honour. Admiral Fairfax, with the members of the Harbour Board and other local notables,

inspected tli'o 'fortifications and - other works at Lyttleton harbour in tho afternoon. ■ ,

At Amberley Resident Magistrate's Oourf, on Tuesday, Julian JainesSmall, a farmer, was lined LIOO for unlawfully putting his brand and ear-marks on three sheep belonging to Messrs'Matlock and Lauce. He paid the line. The funds of St, Matthew's Church Bhould be considerably augmented by the proceeds of Mrs Beotham's garden parly on Saturday next. The members of this particular Church have always been to tho front when other denominations have made any -special, publje

effort to remove auy pressing debt or raise money for a particular object, notably, the Wesleyan Exhibition held a few months "ago in

the Drill; Hall. - It is to b« hoped on the present occasion tho compliment will he returned by the whole community,-irrespectiveof sect. The beautiful grounds surrounding the residence of Mis. . Beetham will well

repay inspection, and the conservatory is now in it full floral beauty. A young but brave settler from the Lowor Valley, "a Nelson" in size ana pluck, came to us to-day to ask us to publish a letter against his mother-in-law. This is the first time within our experwnce that we have mot with a benedict willing to publicly defy such an awe inspirinr personage.. Wo intend to forward his name to the Government as that of a person whose singular and unexampled bravery entitles him to the Victoria Cross-but wo'-won't publish his letter. Other mothers-in-law mjght tako our office by storm, were we to print a challenge of this kind, It calls iu question a supremacy which poor humanity universallyeoncedos, and .Tago might be taking'the'measure of the remains of one of our reporters, were we abottinysucha.rebollion. • . The annual Ram and Ewo Fair, under the auspices of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral; Association is being

held this aftornoon in ..Messrs Lowes.i lorns' Sale-yards, Tho attendance 1 of buyers ia very 'large, and embraces settlers from all parts ol tho Wairarapa and Hawkes' Bay District, The quality of the slieep ia acknowledged to be tho bust yet exhibited in the Wairarapa, and highly satisfactory prices are consequently being obtained. :Mr Reid's Lincolns and Mr Haydeu's Leicesters, which were on the catalogue, had not pnt id an appearance up to the commencement of the sale, but wo understand they wero likely to arrive from Wellington later on. .' In nn article on the price of oats th 6 tytteltoh Times, remarks There, ha 8 been a drop in the price in produce in Australia of a somewhat; remarkable kind. Of course if this fall were to bo permauent, it would materially affect our farmers'prospects, and bo a very! bad thing for this island. But though it would bo a gratuitous error to predict, with a pretence of certainty the condition of the Australian market a few months hence, thore appears to he no reason whatever for alarm. Just nd\Y tho Australian haryoßt, audi as it is, is being placeed in tho' market with all speed. It haa been a miserable harvest certainly, but ovon a miserably poor harvest means a considerable total yield, of.,|?rain. Until this has been absorbed; 1- we cannot expect to hear of famine prices, That it will shortly be abaorbod farmers however know. They have read full accounts of the devastating work of the drought in all parts of the great Continent, accounts not written by outsiders, but extracted from Australian newspapers, whoso wish would naturally be not to exaggerate their own misfortunes, Our readers haye had tho estimates of the agricultural returns of tho soason in Victoria, Adelaide, and New South Wales, pre'pared by the most trustworthy experts, Farmers.here are perfectly .capable of drawing conclusions from these facts and figure's, all of which point to a large and steady demand for our produce -.for a long timo to come. The- artiolo concludes: All things point to a strong demand for oats in Australia for . some timo to come;-the benefit of which our farmers may haveit in- their powor ; to enjoy, if they keep their heads' cool.. '■Law only acknowledges as shore that portion of tho grouud which lies between the ordinary high and low-tide watermarks. ; That portion of the shore which lies nearer to the land than the ordiiiary high-tide water-mark ia considered part, of the UmfirM, and, -accordingly, is subject to all the usual rights of ownership. -."V;..*: It is officially reported that the' total number ofwolvos killed in France during the past year was. 701) and of these, two were wolves which had attacked human beings, and for each of which a premium was paid.. The'total amount paid in premiums was £1920, its against .£2284 for 7GO wolves in 1886, and £2620 tor 900 in 1885. " . V..

Adistressin? tragedy has. occurred (it Brooklyn, A'young man named Henry Schoorimaker, 23 years of age,; fatally shot his wife, one year his junior, and afterwards took his own lite in the same raannor. He first s«nt. a note, to his father, who on going to young Sclioonmaker's house,.found the dead bodies in bed,clasped in each other's arms, . - A veto on the liquor traffic is at present in full operation ,in tho Great North:- Sea. No drink daro be sold to fishernneii engaged , there, : .:;Ahd •' this prohibition haß tlje direct and full sanction of tlie British Government, ' A retired merchant' of 83 winters, residing ; in: Proyidcuoe, and -a 1; Boston wdo\v-just 'one year his junior, have beon married. • 'lt was' a case of love at first sight, The couple met for. the first time only threo : weeks before the marriage.- ■ ' James Gordon,, who claims to have

been tho discoverer of tho Gordon goldfield, died recently at Bacchus Marsh,. Victoua. . 4n lugemous method of finding the lopg pliofb. tncni/lis is to, close -the ■baud and begin witfi -tiw' lißiwltle i)f forefinger,:and knuckle -and hollow m or, returning from tho little finger to the forefiustor. :> All tho long . months lannCS knuokles, and short months \\thelioUowe•::., : ':.^