The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1889. Railway Travelling.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3136, 22 February 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1889. Railway Travelling.

The New Zealand Times yesterday published an interesting article on railway travelling, in wliick it was shorn that it might be practicable, under the new dispensation, to shorten the lime between Wellington ..and Masterton by about two hours. We are aware that for a journalist the editor of our Wellington contemporary has a specially valuable knowledge of the subject upon which he writes, but, while admitting this, our mind is full of doubt as to whether such a consummation is to be devoutly wished for. We remember some time ago working up ourselves a point of railway management, a mere ABO question of freight on one particular article. We found by exhaustive enquiry that a reduction on this particular article would benefit the Wairarapa producer, the department, and the public. We succeeded, indeed, so far as to convince a Cabinet Minister of the soundness of our view—but then a 'little hitoh ocourred. The traffic manager went into' the thing and conclusively proved to us that we had overlooked one consideration, which was vital to oui* case. We were somewhat in the position of a schoolboy who 'figures out a sum carefully and completely on his slate and then marches up proudly, only to find that' his answer is hopelessly adrift, His addition and multiplication are painfully accurate, but at the start he accidentally leaves out a figure. Traffio managers, judging from the Wellington specimen, are about as sharp'as needles, and when a newspaper undertakes the responsibility of showing them how to manage their lines, they usually pick out the missing figure and cover With confusion the well-meaning but ill-informed critic. Our own tendency now is to believe that on'our railway line "whatever is, is right.'' When day after day tbemid-day train comes in a quarter of an liour after time we reflect that at tjiis season of the year the goods and produce traffic is exceptionally heavy, and that an allowance must be fairly made oil this account; ' If, when we travel, our progress to Wellington is somewhat slow, we recall the time when it was very much slower, and ten times more pleasant, We remember our first trip to the Wairarapa in a spring top. The luggage was packed into the; body ,of the vehicle and bulged oyer its sides, On the! top 1 of the packages the passengers were placed and were pspocted to adjust, their limbs to the angles of the bags and boxes, for of seats there were none. Then when the passengers came to a hill they had to •walk up it, and when they reached the Simutalta' they expanded ths • Jung's with an ascent'on foot of. pies. But what a razor-like appetite they had' for. breakfast -at . the'Silverstream, how lite tigers , they cleared the well supplied table at Pakiiratahi, and: when they descended the. liill' and interviewed Abbott's" homa-made ■provisions. tile/ dpyow&d thes as if they had missed ; their feahf®ft »d dinner. In those days, a ride $ {i>e Wairarapa was a' tonio equalto :r a

fortnight at a Sanatorium. Still we imußt march with the timos, and our railway,,travelling must bo as rapid, to comfortable,- and as ■ luxurious as may.be- consistent with' safety; and the-financial exigencies of the department. Our' experience of the. management of .our railway, so far, lias been that it has been worked intelligently and conscientiously by its,managers andUhe gravest abuses have proceeded, from political interference. 'From time to time, though the evil is now in a great measure abated, , an- appalling number- of dead-heads, have been carried, and even we, within the. last year or so, have heard of the Government giving away free passes in a manner which has been scandalously fatal to, obtaining a fair margin of profit on the working of the Railway. We may possibly now hope for an honester administration; under,the Commissioners, as they warm to their work. Improvements in passenger trains and carrying traffic will no doubt be effected, but such steps in advance will probably be due to the knowledge and intelligence' of official. experts rather than to outside criticism and suggestion.

The Timara millers have reduced the price of flour to £lO per ton. Tenders close to-morrow, Saturday, for the purchase of the goodwill of the lease of the Royal Oat Hotel, Carterton also lor the stock and furniture. , There will be no service at StMatthew's Church on Sunday next, February 24th, On the Sunday following, Maroli 3rd, a Harvest Festival will beheld. ' -, • '

. Wi.Mahapuku, who met with an acoidenji recently iB stated to have injured his back to suoh an extent that no hopes areentertained of hiß recovery, ',

• A Tobacconist's Association has been formed in 1 Wellington of which Mr J, Mandel has been appointed -president. The association propose to petition par. lioment to license dealers in tobacco.

Tenders are invited by Mr. John King for additions to a cottage at the Acclimatisation Society's grounds, Chapel street Masterton. Plans can bo Been at the offioe of the architect. 5

It is perhaps unnecessary to again remind our readers of Mrs Beetham's Garden Party to-morrow afternoon, for tho benefit of St. Matthew's Church, From all sidea wo learn that the event is regarded as a popular re-union, which is certain to attract a very considerable number of visitors.

The Town Lands Trustees having informed the School Committee that they have no power under the Act to pay the sum of 19s expended in Sohool prizes out of the picnic fund, the latter body has resolved to send a deputation to the Trustees urging them to vote the sum required out of their general fund. The Maori football team played Cambridge University on Tuesday last, and were defeated by two goals and one try to one goal. Old Harry Hilliard, the veteran New South Wales cricketer, -who (says tho Sydney Mail) played in the first intercolonial contest in 1856, has been prcsont at every match played between tho two colonies since their initiation. ,

Another full house greeted the Fisk Jubilee Singers on the occasion of their seoond concert at the Masterton Theatre Royal last night. The-seating accommodation had beon considerably increased and yet in consequence of the large attendance a great many of the audience were compelled to stand. Tho management very freely, offered to refund the money to any who could not obtain seats but'none choose to avail themselves of the offer. The programme was' faithfully carried out and the audience was fully as enthusiastic as on the opening night. The company left for Greytown by the first train this

morning, and expressed their rosjret that in consequence of business engagements they conld not stay another night in Masterton. Yosterday morning they paid a visit by special invitation to the Maori pah at Te Ore Ore where they wero entertained by the natives. The real secret of the Baldwin parachute and the feature which renders the invention a suitable subject for a patent is the perpendicular edge. The parachute, in- fact, resembles a saucepan lid with the handle removed, and a hole made in the top. The rim prevents the escape of the air when the parachute is tilted by a breeze, while the hole at top acts as a safety valve, and by permitting tho passage of air steadies the apparatus and prevents it turning upside down, The hole in the top is not new, but we believe that the rim perpendicular to the outer edge has never before been tried in a parachute, and is probably the secret of "Professor" Baldwin's success, when used with'his pluck and nerve.—English Mechanio. . The balloon corps of the German army are using another arrangement for ready inflation. The apparatus, jointly invented by Lieutenant Richter and Dr Mpjert, is placed upon a carraige drawn by six horses, and can be transported wherever a field gun may pass. A series of 300 small retorts, heated by a furnace beneath, their necks communicating with the orifice of the balloon by moans of flexible tubes, convey gas generated by the action of hydrate of lime on zinc scraps. The operation lasts two hours, and is said to bo equally safe and highly economical. Repeated ascents have been made by the aid of- tho apparatus, and, upon one occasion, three Lieutenants of the icrostatio corps, after an upward drift of nearly forty miles, attained a registered altitude of 566Sfi, Herr Hooker, an employee of the Munich Municipality, has invented an apparatus for steering balloons. The system has been most favorably judged, by a staff offl cor from Berlin, and the German, War Oice has approyed of a certain outlay to pursuo practical experiments.

The most important and extensive seizure of forged Bank of England notes which has been made for many years was successfully carried out by the police on December 19, About three o'clock Detective-Inspector Conquest, attached, to the Bow-street. Police station, accompanied by several other officers,. entered a house in Harrisonstreet, ; Gray's Inii road, and in a room upstairS captured ii man, whoso name is at present unknown, hi the act of producing fictitious five-pound Bank ot England notes, The room, whiohiaa large one, was well furnished with every appliance for carrying out the swindle, and these'were, of course,"taken charge of by Inspector Conquest and his men. •They include plates, engraving tools, and paper, as well as a number; ot notes representing a large amount of monoy, There is cvcL-y reason to believe that the man in question has, pi;t a large amount of these spurious notes in peculation.

"Mid-ou" in the Melbourne Leader writes of Blaokhapii—Blackham is. a veritable wonder, He has; now'been keeping wicket in first-olass cricket .fop fifteen years, it is over ten years since ho completely revolutionised the game in England aud Australia ; by . removing the long long-stop (once an important position).altogether from, the'; cricket field, and satisfying even the sages. of English cricket tjjat by so doing he materially.. stpigthgned his- side; At various times he has smashed nearly .all his fingers, and eyes- bunged .up, teeth knookud out; hi? phest staved in; and oain still keep thoße wlokets as well, if not better, than any man Jiving." :There was one instance in particular in the.- intercolonial matoh when lie smothered a low ball bowled by, Bruce .that ; set, 'me mentally reviewing the many marvellous things 1 have seen him accomplish during the' lastfiteejiyears, As the originator 6f the greatest modern' Innovation that anai' !ji eo>v less keeper of sticks to'the" most yarylrig and difficult bowlers in the world-for fifteen'yom/ th® 'Swarthy - Victorian widk'et.-keeper. when from;; the active arena' # 'jspije of ffie'mqst jrondcrtyl; cricketers

j.Lowos ana lornsindvertiso -important additions" to r their Btock Bale on -Wednesday noxfc. i ' ..-Inconsequence, of the - Horticultural Show being held on Wednesday next tho I meeting of tho Bed Star Football Ohib I will take place on Thursday evening. l •

Messrs Lowcb and lorns announce that they sell at their yards on Wednesday next, on account of Mr J, Eeid, 40 rams, which arrived too late for tho Fair, , " - ■ The delegates. of the Wairarapa Cricket: Association meet at the : White t Hart Hotel, Carterton, on. Monday evening next to arrange the next round of Championship matches. , - V / The sum of i 8,885 went through the totalisators on the second day of the Duuedin Usees.

Mr W, A, Fitzherbert is appointed a member of the Wellington, District Land Board. We aro requested to state that the appointment of Mr Wardell, as R.M. for this district "is not; as yet of a per-, manent character.' : Owners of applotreca should' at tliia season of the year oheckmate the codlin moth by attaching paper bands to their trees, By an Order in Council, the Governor of Kew South Wales prohibits the importation of New Zealand sheep into that Colony, owing to the existence of scab in this Colony. Charles Gurote, commonly called "Bismarck" was brought before Mr Wardell E,Mi" this morning on two oharges of dogstealing and remanded till Friday next, bail being allowed. . We are requested to remind our renders of Messrs Lowes and lorns sale of furniture, .etc. at their rooms to-morrow. Tho lißt is a most extensive one, embracing every description of now and secondhand furniture, produce, poultry, etc, . ; " .Tames Duffy, alias Daniel Gallagher, an able-bodied loafer, was sentenced by Mr Wardoll, R.M., this morning.to twenty-eight days hard labor for vagranoy, Witnesses were called who proved that accused had been constantly begging during the last week.

Mrs Coppin, who was seriously injured some few weeks since, by.being capsized in a buggy on the road to Tmui, has-we regret to learii, succumbed to her injuries. She died at Masterton yesterday, and her. remains will be forwarded to Wellington to-day, for interment.

We aro informed that Mr J. Kibblewhite of the Masterton Post Office, one of the smartest jrinior officers in . the service, has received well-earned promotion by being transferred to Wellington; ■ Mr'Gillespie, takes the position of senior counter clerk j vacated by Mr Kibblewhite, and Mr fl, M. Bojkoll that of second olerk. The report published by our contemporary the other day of the annihilation ol the staff, and of Mr Bafge being worked to death, was of coureo pure fiction, A young man named 0. Eeid, a wellknown footballer, was injured on Wednesday by a fall of earth in a gravel pit, where lie was loading, on Perry's Line, Taratahi Medical aid wns called, and he was'found to have received internal injuries, and on the recommendation of Drs Smith and Milne, ho was yesterday transferred to the Masterton Hospital.

A case ot consiJerablo - interest to "infants" was heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court Napier, on Tuesday says the Herald. A widow lady who bad given a certain young gentleman in town board and lodging for some time : sued him for ten guineas, - the amount admitted by him to.be due. Although the debt waaadmittod, this young gentleman set up a plea of infancy. The defence was ingenious, ai.d to a- certain extent legal, but the young man had overlooked the 47th section of the "Resident Magistrates' Act 1867," and also the actual legal position, and the Resident Magistrate yery properly took the position that has beeu piven under the before-named section, and gave judgment for the plaintiff, on the ground that the defence was a highly immoral one, .without finding it necessary' to touoh on the actual legal position of tho case.

1 Misa Garret is said to bo tho richest woman in New York, havin* inherited £4,000,000 from her father; This she e has increased by judicious investment, t Miss Garret is a confirmed old maid. ■ She is au accomplished linguist and a 1 skilled mathematician,and spends a large b part of her income in private charities, e A strange occurrence, which cannot be ' accounted for, lately occured near Read-1 t ing, England On a dark night, illuminated with occasional Dashes of light--8 ning, the tens of thousands of sheep • folded in this large sheep-breeding t district, were taken with a sudden fright • jumping their'hurdles,'and'escapin? c from the fields in a perfect stampede. 9 Next morning the animals were found under'hedges and in the roads panting 1 arid tei-ror-stricken. At the United Methodist Free Ohurch i Suuday Schooli Eichmond, on Sunday, f a silver medal was presented to Mr W. ! H,.Moses for pluokily recovering the r body of a lad named Ernest Osborn ' Miles, who lost his life whilst bathinp 1 n the river Avon nearJlew Brighton on ' January 22nd. The medal.was preseni ted by Mr Samuel Miles, father of the ! deceased, and he also gave an address ) in making the presentation. Ho rol ferret! to the uncertainty of life, pointed i out that the present was related to the i future, and that therefore, all would do r well to improve the present by acts of > kindness, deeds of love, works of charity, i and when called upon, to assist othors in distress. It was their duty to defy the i very olements that threatened to destroy the lives of their fellow creatures. In conclusion he said-" The solid silver medal which .I now present i to Mastor William Heniy Moses 1 I have made and engraved during ■ the past week, and, whilst it, has | been a painful piece of work, inasmuch as it lias kept sorrow and irretrievable loss vividly arid constantly upon' tho memory,, yet I feel I have only done my duty in acknowledging in this small way my gratitude. to him. My only regret is he was not there. in ' tinie to save the life which has been a joy to me and mine, the remembrance of which is sacred md blessed.' 1 Ho also thanked his numerous friends and acquaintances for their sympathy.' The Rev. S, McFarfane said he wished' all who ooiild appreciate a warm and noble deed to stand up, and instantly, the whole of thoss present- rose to; their feet. Mr MoFarlane then delivered a feeling and practical address. The medal was inscribed on one side as follows !—"Presented by Mr Samuel Miles to \Y. H. Moses, for humane conduct and pluck," aiid on the other, !'ln.endeavormg to save his son Ernest Osborne Miles from 1 drowning, January 22nd, 4,1889.'—. C hristchurch Press. : 1 Yoa should visit Wellington, and above • all tilings go to the Bale of Overplus Summer ; drapery at Te Aro House, Wellington.Joushonid visit this sale.,Why?'Because | you will benefit amazingly by so doing, and make your money go furtho'rthan it over. ' did before, if you will but call at the Ovor- 1 plu.s Sjle (it Je Arq ijouse, Wellington., : | You. should visit tj)e. Sale. Why? j Because the bargains have been numerous j and astonishing, and the remainder of the .Overplus.will be sold at still lower prices 1 during the present weok at~To Aro'House, 1 Wellington.- - . .You. should visit the' Sale. Why? , Because it is . the last week, and it positively doses on Saturday , next, February ' 10th, at 10 p'olock in the evening; Fail i hot, therefore, tp give a loofc in'at the Over- j plus Sale at Te Aro Hpuse, '\yellingt6n.' '■. , Yo.u should visit' the Sale.. \yhy ? J Because you wonld enjoy the' outing.— ' Because you would puroh'nse 1 Because-; you would save money,, and j Because so many of your neighbors have / done so by visiting the Sale of Surplus Stock at To Aro House, Wellington. " Do_ not delay—We cannot possibly extend 1 the timo.rthe Salo will positively come to s an end at 10; o'clock in i the -evening ■ol j Siitusd&y Koji; 'M To' Aro House, WeiingtOn/-: 8

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