The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1889. ONSLOWISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3221, 4 June 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1889. ONSLOWISM.

Lord Knutsford knew the weak point of colonists when he picked out our new Governor. He had doubtless found the genus snob very plentiful amongst his colonial acquaintances, and felt sure of catching the New Zealand whale when ho sent us an earl and a countess. What a thrill went through the land when first the noble couple landed on our shores! Into what a maudlin condition of sycopli.ancy did the average colonist lapse when be canie within sight or sound of the illustrious strangers ? Even in Masterton there were some who thougln that we made ourselves supremely ridiculous during the night of the Gubernatorial stay, but compared with someother placesSlaßterton was decidedly mild and reticent. In Wellington the enthusiasm generated, went up to a white heat and as yet shows no 6!gn of pooling.. There Onslowiam is rampant, and we regret to notice that one ordinarily sober-minded citizen weri so fur as to spend over £SOO in one night's enter, tainment to the Enrl. It is evident that the reign of retrenchment and aconomy iu ;he Empire City households is over for the present, and thafi pnslowism is a powerful motor in the pljange, Even the City press appears to be contaminated, Wellington editors attend bis Lordship's leveo, and Wellington reporters appear to be picking up the crumbs that fall from bis Lordship's table, Our contemporary the Post, the deinocrajip, Post, in its issue of Saturday last, rofonps the public that "His Excellency the Governor gave a dinner oh Friday when the following guests were invited:Sir James and Lady Hector, Mr and' Mrs Werry, and' Miss .Reader, Mr and Mrs Levin, Mr Eiversdale Walroud, Mr Garland, and Captain §avillo," Our contemporary does riot go go far as to (ell its readers bow many of the tpn Jaypi'er} individuals accepted the gracious invitatiqn, and omits all reference to the npip, No doubt it is a little inexperienced as yet in detailing Court intelligence, but will improve with practice. The public will, almost wonder bow the Wellington papers are enabled to get at the names of the private guests, who. from time to time tuck their lucky legs under his Lordsbip's mahogany. In the days of' Sir Wilh'anj jeryois we never read'in the Posi that say, Mr Jppes,'Miss Brown and Mr Eobjnson bad the honor

of dining with !|is Excellency, this journalistic Onslowisui js a new development I It must • not be supposed that when the Govetnor invites half a score of people to j .dinner he sends a list of their names to the papers, Onslowisnl has not rewhjed'a stage like thips yet, but still it has reached a sory pdosirablo point.when the names i ofpejsons attending a purely private- social gathering.are paraded before the public. No doubt the- press is infested with OnSlowism to no greater degree than' tho public whom it represents, BJuall be glad to see it giving a lead" in '■' a' heaU,ihier direction. W.e '■ a pb^mvnjtty I >nd...t]b}biigb J ';peThaps ) :a. few mgmbejs pf jltinay; be healthy. and able to • afford.A apd enjoy many sooial< •■ luxuries, .which are ; proper: and''.reasonable' for those in' to enjoy them,

the bulk of tho colonists both in town and .country are ,men of. comparatively- Blonder means ::and Mo far better without earls and countesses on their visiting listaV In England society lias become "fast", of late years; let us trust that even under the impetus of_Onslowism New Zealand society may noli follow suit.

-Crossau's Hotel, Bald Hill Flat, is burnt down. It was insured in tho Now Zealand oflico for £SOO. Alexandor Bonnie, a well known old settler, and speaker of the Provincial Council, died yesterday. Kate Gallagher, aged seven years, waß killed on Saturday at Ophir, by cornsackß falling on her. • •■" Thomas Wanchop, an old settler at Ohmtchuroh, broko his leg and died on Saturday under an operation.

No arrest has yet been made in the Kaiwhara murder case, Tho circular issued to Crown tenants in arrears threatening to sue, has had a good effect, especially in tho Wellington district. Mr 11.. J. Chapman invites teuders for splitting from one hundred to three hundred.cords of firewood. Further particulars are give.i in our wanted columns.. ' Messrs.Lowes and lorns advertise for private' sale two second-daud drays, one sot of eart harness and one doublo'

furrow plough, Messrs McKenzio and Tringham are in hopes alter the winter is over of turn, ing outlive tons of flax pet day from their mill at Kahautara,

The dato of rendering the oratorw Paiadise at Feathorston has been altered from Wednesday, June 19th, to Thursday 20th, on account of the Masonic Bull on the 18lh, many of the residents there having expressed their intention of being present at both events Mr F. Cooper the well-known Nnrsory, man, Ipublishos in our columns a catalogue of a few specialities in, nursery. stock suitable for planting attheprosont time. Catalogues and prices can be obtained on application to Mr Cooper at No 23.Manners-Street, Wellington. James Bradford/a minor, ot Waita-. huna, who has been missing since May 20, was found yesterday a short distance from his place evidently murdered. His

mate, Robert Waddell, was arrested on suspicion on Monday morning. The Hon. Mr Fergus was accorded an enthusiastic reception at Queeustown on Saturday when he addressed'his constituents. Ho said they had a net surplus i>f-£92,000,' and not a single paymont:had been witheld, The reason a railway

expert was not appointed was because three days'before the testimonials could be .considered the application' was withdrawn, .What thiy wanted was an

approachable man, a diplomatist who would reason with peoplo, Mr Mc-, Kerrow answered to these qualifications and his appointment was well received by boat-thinking men and tlio public was disposed to give tlio Board a trial. There was too much legislation, and the Government intended this session to go in for quality not quantity,

That tho position of umpire or referee in a football match requires not only a man who has his wits about him, but also one of considerable activity, was amply shown during the match between the lied Stars and luval»at Carterton on Saturday. During tho first spell Mr C. Porry got possession of the ball and, in his usual stilo started away at full speed. Ho had not gone more than three or four yards when ho ran right into tho referee, Mr Beechey,with the result that both of them caino to grass. Mr Perry was so severely bruised that he played thrown tho match in a dazed sort of fashion, and at tho end of the game ho had no recollection whatever as to what had takon place after tho accident. But that was not all. Within the last three minutes of the game Mr E. Thompson got possession of the ball within about ten yards of his .own goal line, and started off with a fair field bofore him. He, however, only reckoned on playors being in his way, with the result that he ran full tilt into tho referee and that the ball had to be scrummaged off from the spot. Both ocourences wore of course purely acoi-

se purely ac<

dental for a fairer mid inoro'activ referee than Mr Beeohoy could not bi found; but they show that unforseci circuraatances may decide a game because Thompson, beiug stopped, kep the ball in the Stars quarters, am ultimately gave a try to their opponents A London contemporary of March 2: contains the following:—" With refer enco to the reported paper syndicate inquires made by a representative of th Press Association amongst the variou mill agents in London elicited no dofnuti information. Very little appeared to b known on the subject beyond the fac that a syndicate hud been talked abou for several months, and that two o threo important mills had been oppose! to the scheme. It is stated that th syndicate will bo sjmply formed of mill manufacturing what is knqwn as tepmmw news' paper, the price of which,it is said has been brought to such a low 'figun that it is hardly worth manufacturing The object of the syndicate would be k buy up the principal 'news' mills, and to raiso the prico of the papor. Varioui opinipiiß are held as to tho efleel the ajndicato wjll. have upon the trade and while some think it will succecu in its object others belieyo that as soon as tho price is raised an openiug will at onccbp made for the foreign manufacturer. Then again, supposing the foreigner is by arrangement kept out oi tho market and tho present price rajsed, say, by Jd a pound, manufacturers of tho better class papers, such as the colored and white 'printing' paper, could stop in and supply'common news' at a lower rate than the syndicate. At present prices, howevsr, it does notpay to make thin papor."

Tho London correspondent of the Molbourne "Aivu» ,l,; syrites ,-Tho ordinary sensation-loving publio 'had"a troat this weok iu the disappearance of a Gaiety aotress, aged fourteen—Miss Mabel Love. Horrible stories were told of lior having told of her having boen seen m the Strand in company with on elderly female of forbidding aspect; and' Bcentell the prospect of a renewal of his qld sensation, But it turned out simply that thb child Ijad boen scolded—liad drawp her 13 of salary (reported before to be 115) and gone third-class to Lublin, where she lived for a few days by herself until discovered, Last night she returned to London, and au enormous orowd filled Eastern Btatinn to see her arrive. She had I,eft t||efrain at Willesden Junction, a place jn "Pamellismand Crime," anil made bet W "to) Xffidon by another route, The crowd were thus disappointed of their expectations, but they insisted on overhauling and crossexamining every young lady in the mail train who was travellmg'alone, frightening some of them vory much. And yet they ca)j the English a serious people, '

Theroisjußtnowon exceptional oppor turiity for'purphasijig ladiey fflter costumes lit greatly.reduced price's, ai the Wholesale Family Drapery Warelioub, Te iro House, Wellington, ' "tye srs touts' certain that it would be advanjtagcouy.tor'oypry lady'in Wellington nbtbijly tglnspeot, jjlit'tsinake j (eleolion frpm these costumes, 'sis th'oy are' stylish In inaterlil gn'd make, arid lolly grje-thii-aiesß than usualfriis',i 'ss iroHousoj"tyojl-. j ington, Wo are offering some tasteful,, useful winter costumes, value 35s lid, for 21a Od and 22s 6d; a vory ohoico lot in navy and !f)ii(B oheck foulard, brown checked and Striped fbujai'd, brown oashniero,.. em brpfdo'reJwun and cords, myrtle cashmei'e, 'sa)V>iped, navy ajriped anohcolibd b'ejge, pacpek T)lhe\oajhffiMo and grey ,cueok Wige, ot which the rejl value ranges from 39s 6d to' tliree guineas, We,offer,we say, the'piok of thlß lot for 27a M'.eabh,' at To Aro Houso, Wellington, :We are offering a 42a heliotrope broche mswejjlsa.ux costume for 29s 6d; a' 47s r 6d fine l for32s Gd; a six guinea navy trimmed brocadod oashprefpr 45s;jani lasmall'but'seleotlot'bf superior costumes in Iblue and gold "brdohe, nayy and gold'sur'ah,' cinnamon'' cashmere Ijamjßojnely ■'■ t'rimmod j', the', real . value 1 ; of which ranges from six to eight guineas, for Bs, at Te Aro Hottfle; Welllijgtra.—Awr. •■,.

'SamuelOrr. and\Oompany : Uiinedin report the sale' ? ot 10,000 bushels of oats; jbx Btore,-;dt 3s; per.bushel, -J \'■ .''v. : - Mr R, J, Chapman's tender for supf plying the Opaki flax-mill with frewood for twelve months has been.nocefted,. ; . ■ The late Mr Thomas Hawkiiigs. had his life insured in the : Government Insurance Department for 1800,. . Mr (J. Fisher M.H.R. for Wellington East addressed his constituents last nuht mid was accorded a Yote of thanks and confidence, ■ The Treasurer of thb Masterton Hospital acknowledges tho receipt of £3 from Mr J. Welborn of the Star Hotel.. The Featherston Road board haß confirmed the striking ofa five-eights of a penny in the £,. rate.

Messrs Donald and Matthews have len nominated for ro-olectinn on the le South Wairarapa River Board,

An application for discharge from bankruptcy in the estate of Brown Rodgers and Co. will bo heard on Thursday at the Bitting of the Court in Wellington.

Messrs Jag, and Win, MoLeod, Nix, and Donald, members of the Featherston Road Board; are balloted out for retirement at the end of the ensuing twelvemonths,. Sixty tens of tho vorybeafc old season's hay is advertised. by Mr F, H, Wood, as being for immediate sale at a low price. As hay will rapidly rise in value, this should be a good chance of securing 'winter fodder.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., to which visiting brethren lire cordially "invited, takes place to-night ad tho Oddfollow's Ball, Porry-sireet. Mr A. Chisholm, sign writer, gilder and embosser on glass has a new advertisement of interest to the trade and shopkeepers- generally, in 'our wanted column. ,

A first and second offender were brought Mr W.Lowes J.P„ this mornin? and oharged with being drunk in a public Btreet and fined 5s aud 10s respectively with the usual alterative, The fines were paid, Fifty fat wethers and ewes, 5 half-fat cows and a tip-dray, horse, and harness are added, with other linos, to Mr F. H. Wood's Taratalu Stock. Sale on Thursday.

Wednesday's coach frorn Greytown will arrive in Masterton to-morrow and leavo as usual at 4p.m. Passengers andparcelß rates may bo seen in Messrs Bowers and Moßae'B advertisement. Mr F. T. Redman is the Masterton agent. ■

Une of G, do Laval's patent yertical, band cream separators, fitted with pulley for horso power, is advertised for sale. It has a skimming capacity of twentyfive gallons per hour. Further particulars can be obtained at this office. ■ .

Polls will bo taken on proposals to borrow, under the Loans to Local Bodies

Act £SO to pny 'conpeosation for lands taken fur a road at Wangaehu, and £SO for the formation and metalling ofaroad on the Upper Plain, at the Masterton Road Board Office on Friday, June 14th, Mr James Chappell, an octogenarian died at his residence Wellington on Saturday last. He has been nearly half a century ill the Colony and was one of tho oldest members of the Manchester

Unity Order of Oddfellows, The first'championship football match this Boason botweon tho Wellington and Athletic Clubs came off at Newtown on Saturday, and resulted in the d efeat of the latter, who were the favourites, by four points to two (a goal and a try to two tries), Messrs Lowes' & lorns hold their fortnightly stock, salo at their yards to-morrow. The list will embrace 1500 empty ewes, 1200 ewes in lamb, 300 fat wotbors, 200 fat ewes, 600 lambs, thirty hacks from Hawkcs Bav, dairy cows, young cattle, draft and hack horses, pigs, &c. Any person desirous of securing a really first-class freehold farm would do well to attend the auction sale to-morrow at Messrs J. H. Bethune& Co.'s Wellington, when a property of one hundred acres with dwelling house, and outbuildings thereon, in the estate of the lato Mr Richard Parker situate at Maryborough will bo put up for salo. Inconsequence of tho resolution at a meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr J. Dransfield handing the debtors furniture over to his wife bein? informal the Chief Justice has made an order directing the Official Assignee to retake possession of the property for tho benefit of the estato, subject howover to another resolution by tho oroditors being passed. The s.s. Fijian, wrecked at the New Hebrides Group, was valued at £20,000 and insured with the National Insurance Company for £IO,OOO the Unijii Steam Ship Company being insurers fur ono half her value. The National Company had reinsured their risk in each of the following offices for £looo:—Standard, South British, Colonial, Union, and New Zealand offices.

MfW.O, Buchanan, M.H.R,, addresses his' conatituenta the current month at the various centres of population throughout tlio Wairarapa olectorato. By some oversight Mr Buchanan has made his dates clash with thoso previouslj chosen in the various lownßliips by the'the Wesleyan Choir for the production of the oratorio " Paradise." For instanco Mr Buchanan and "Paradise,"

according tp the piybhsed announcements, are both to b> in the Lyceum Hall, Carterton, on the same night" No doubt the fprinor's ougagementa will be altoicd, as soon ashe hoars of the mischance,

Mr Jas, Cornwall, an old Carterton residont and a prorainentmeinbor of the Weslcyan Church, has just returned fromthoMahakipawadiggings. Holma beon thero since last October, and has not oveu earned wages, Do boucht, into several olaims, "bottomed," and found theui duffers. Mr Cornwall Bays t'mt some of those who are in tho best paying claims and aro getting good'(fold, are lushing tho stuff tbrwhanyhow so_ as to secure results quickly. Ho considers that later on. when somo of thoso claims have been, according to their present owners' ideas, worked out,.thore is a very fair chanco of. doing payable week oil the tailings and old grounds.. In tho Divorce- Oouvt, Wellington, yesterday, before His.Honor the Chief Justice, the casoß,rqdio y..Brodie was heard. The petitioner, Catherine Brodie, applied for a divorce from her husband, Oswald Spottiswoode Brodie. The respondent did not appear, Mr Fitzherbert'was for the petitioner, The evidence for the petitioner showed that tho parties were inarriod in Edinburgh in 1879, and subsequently by Archdeacon Thorpo at tyanganui in 1881. The parties a'tterwards jived jn the |Wai : rarapa, where, in Jjtr)uary a'p'd February last year, ho oonirniticd adultery with various women. It was also deposed that the respondent frequently beat and otherwise ill-treated Mrs Brodie, and had frequently' threatened to blow her brains out'with a revolver; and that he had been in the habit of committing adultery with Maori women when tho j parties lived at Tp Ore Ore, His Honor granted a decree nisi, remarking that bo was satisfied there bad'beeri'cruelty'ahd adultery. Mr Fitzherbert intimated that ho would moye.dn behalf of his client, 6;r thj castjjdy of the two, children -

At present it posjs the £|ou|;h Wa> rara'pa Biver Bpard abfliit. $0 a'year b keop tho We.jrar.ipa pp'en, tho actual work being (tons voluntarily by the land-holdors Interested. Lately out of about thirty .property holders, only thirteen have sent nion down to work'at the periodical out lotting of the la> ; and the Elver Board has been conaideriug tbe advisability of increasing tho id rate to ajd in the- & If this; were dons and ttie'Bnarj bad'to pity for labour, besides bearing Inoidental expepres,. tho expense, would rise to about £lfig per annum. The question was discussed "at a meetirig.at Featherston on and eventually it was decided to. mean-, while cbn.tiiiiue;;the jrejent'syat'em.of 'ofening.tlie'lake/'.'b'ut'Lto': endeayourAo, ,tp: secure a betterre'sppnse from':' landholders and more .aystimatib. and wiiwrted. work, on th? occasion itself, ' ;

v-.Thfl Bottlers .of:; Alfredtoh [and ; Bur-; rounding diatricb: -arei coiisiderimr the advisability of rpakihßa permanent putlet to the Forty Mii& Busbi road.;' They have the choice of two, from the Alfredton Settlement one; ; leading;. to; Manga' mahoe, the other: to . Eketahuria, and estimate's.willbe;taken;of both routes with a view to joiistructing the cheapest, The choice will probably : fall on the Eketahuna line as part of that' road is already-formed and metalled, ■■ . : -••-:• At the recent tnnual sale of the Marquis of Londonderry's stud at Seaham Harbour,' 22 Shetland ponies averaged £2113 a each, the highest being 4igs and the lowest logs, Of the Clydesdales, fillies and colts of. different ages ran between 2Ugs'and 90gs each, and averaged £52 (is each. Six stallions sold as follows; Dunblane, 250gs; Jupiter 280gs; Black Douglas, 325g5; Bampton Boy, 170s[s; Nubia, lOlgs; and Banter, lOOgs. Thirteen brood mares ranged between Bigs'and lOOgs., averaging £63 each. Thirteen trained ponies, colts and horses, ranged between 10gs and BOgs each, averaging 128 4s each. The amount realised was £3973. lii alluding to the match between Murphy, the Englishman, and Ike Weir the feather-weight champion, arranged by interested parties, who expect a rich reward from the Bale of tickets, tlier American correspondent of the. London Sportsman' says:—"l firnlly believe that when Murphy and Weir fight, thoir battle will bo for blood, fully as much : bo as if 10,000dols. in stakes depended on the result. Tho explanation of the odd.feature of the match ia not to be. found in the fact that it would' be. difficult to find backing for eaoh man, but rather in the selfishness of the men who surround the boxers, Everybody's looking for his' bit/ and thai-interests of the fighters ate sacrificed right and left.- - ' The last sentence explains'why itis that.so many pugilistß do. not seem-1 inclinedto come to terms.. They are not their own masters, being 'compelled', to do what those behind them wish. The match between Weir and Murphy, is supposed to be for a purse of 1300 and a stake of £2OO aside.' In reality there is no stake or purse, "the men simply fighting for a percentage of the money "that is secured by the sale of tickets- at £3 or £4each. ■ " . '*■'■'■ Tho Hawkeß Ba? A. and P. Society has resolved to hold its annual general meeting on the 7th June, and its. next, show during the Jockey Club's spring meeting. At the last meeting a long discussion ensuod on the following resolution which was eventually Carried :■ —"That a circular bo sent to all the A. andP Secietiesin tbecolony, urging them to join in recommending Ministers to introduce a bill during the next session of Parliament to impose an annua) fee of £lO upon all entire horses of three years old and upwards after tho first of November, the ages of horses to date from Ist August in each year, that all such sums received by any A, and P. Society be given as annual premium to sire horses standing in the distrct in which the tax is levied," .

The Daily Telegraph commends to ] the attention of the Society of Psychical Research the latest dream story in connection witn racing. A well-known exuiilitary sportsman for some weeks past had made up his mind that ho would ''try and dream the winner of the Lincoln Handicap." This ingenious idea of his he announced to several of his frionds, who naturally smiled somewhat sceptically on the would-be-.soer. fl»wever, recently, five times in succession he dreamedihat" No 13 " had won the raco. As there was no horso of that name the sportsman in question came to tho conclusion that his vision must refer to the number on the card. He made no secret of his belief, and he sent a messenger to King's Cross to got the card and back his dream number.- There were no cards to be had: at the station. Accordingly he wired to Messrs W. H. Smith and Sons' bookstall at Lincoln for " the namo of No. 13 on to-day's card on the handicap." Tho auswercaine back promptly "Wise Man" The resolute dreamer immediately backed the horse, with the happy result that all wise racing men now wot of. Every detail of this singular story is absolutely true, and there are many who can testify to having heard ■ the prophecy of "No 13'' delivered previous to the race. Sunday observance is (says the 'Freeman's' New York correspondent) being much discussed. MrShepard, who owns a Now York paper, and who is a Ohrist ianphilanthopist, recently addressed the Baptist ministers in New York on tho subject, His viewß are radical, but yery wholesome. It ißtime that some pastor said just this:—"For the purpose of carrying lazy Christians to churoh about 10,000 men engaged on the railroads in this city were compelled to work on Sunday, and.tho.paßtors were greatly to blame for Hub wrong.. The members of ohurches should attend the soryices near where they reside, so that thoy can walk to church. The publishing and reading of Sunday newspapers should bo stopped, and would be if pastois would advise their congregations not to read them, and not to advertise in them." The minis ton of all denominations in Indianapolis unite in stopping the desecration of the 1 day whenever it is possible to do so. The President of the United States sets an excellent example. Mr Harrison has ' already shown his mind in tho course he has pursued as to this matter in Washington. It is is said that he will not even open his socular mail ou Sunday. His action .will do incalculable service to the cause of Sunday observance. The letter of paternal advico which Diokens addressed to his youngest son on the ovo of his .departure for Australia ia worth recalling just when that son has risen to be a prosperous colonist and a member of the Parliament of tho parent colony. 1 1 is given in full at page 455 of the third volume of John Forater's"Life.' Hero ia an extract; —"It is my comfort and my sincere conviction that you are going to try the lifo for which you are best fitted. I think its freedom and 1 wildness more suited to you than any experiment in a study or office would havo been. Try to do to others as you would have them do to you, and do not bo discouraged if they fail sometimes, It - is much better for you that they should fail in obeying the greatest rule laid j down by our Saviour than that you should. I put a New Testament among 1 your books for the very same reasons and 1 with the very same hopes that made ine write an easy account of it for you when _ you were a little child—because ibis the [ best b.opk that ever was or will be i known in tho world, and bcoauso it teaohesyputlip beef lessons by whiph any hunian pregture-who. tries .to be i truthful and faithful to duty cap possibly • be guided," < -