The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889. Mr. Fisher's Address.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3222, 5 June 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889. Mr. Fisher's Address.

Mr George Fisher, M.H.8., but f lately the Hon George Fisher, has addressed the electors of Wellington . at the Opera House, and has 3 elaborately explained one or two • trifling incidents which led up to his ' retirement from the Ministry. It is J questionable whether Mr Fisher's version on the one hand, or the Premier's tale on the other, will ) much enlighten the public as to the real causes of the eruption in the Cabinet which resulted in the expnl- ■ sion of the unfortunate Minister for ' Education. It was a big lift for Mr , Fisher' when Sir Harry Atkinson made him a member of his Cabinet. His critics then said "he cannot behaveas aMinisterought to behave, 1 ' .and declared that " Goorpe" had a temper of his own. Mr Fisher responded by a hint that he knew what he was about and that his deportment should bo harmonious with the high position which he had attained. One can almost fancy that for a session or so Mr Fisher was grateful lo lu's benefactor, and modest and retiring in his demeanor. At length, however, his natural bumptiousness "might assert itself and grate on-tho nerves of the autocrat whom ho followed, Sir Harry Atkinson found out that he did not liko Mr- Fisher and took the first decent pretext to get rid of him. What that pretext ' was is not a point of much consequence, and it does not matter two pins whether we take Mr Fisher's explanation of it or the Premier's. Sir Harry has now a bitter' opponent in the man who was wont to regard him as the ablest of colonial politicians. Mr Fisher now calls the Premier" an old stager, and a fossil politician," but tberejs no great harm in this. He hits his weak point more accurately when he declares that he is not a statesman. Sir Harry is an excellent manager of the House of Eepresentatives, but whenever be attempts constructive statesmanship he runs into "lads" and on these fads he will have a keen and merciless opponent in Mr Fisher, In breadth of view the late Minister of Education is perhaps sppenor to _ the Premier,' but we are not quite sure that he is as trustworthy. Mr Fisher expresses with ability common sense and inde: pendent, views on many public questions, and does regard thetn from a Colonial rather than a local standpoint, He minglas a little bunkum with his political wisdom, and when lie talked to the electors about our national debt eating up the vitals of the country he uttered great nonsense. Our burdens are heavy enough, but our resources enable us to. bear them easily if we are fairly well governed. We do not know whether the Opposition members of jtbe House will be content to accept Mr Fisher as a leader—but he will probably 'in the epmjng session do more to promote their interesjiß fen any other individual in the Assembly, He will-certainly .never forgive Sir A tJkiasoQ " "

A chimney fire inft'oott.agejjiChnrclii street caused the h'romen to turn onfe* to {beHutioß at 7,80 this morning. •'.

". The, Wednesday's-coach returns to Groytownat 4p.m. to-day. -\; ~;;;> ■ The English Dorby will to tidy Diihovaa is firetfarourito.: ; . .

Tho party who accompanied tho Min-i»ter,of-Mines-to Stewart Island tin fieldhavo returned to Diinodin, and givo a very'discouraging report.

Seven'thousand cases of Australian fruit have been suid \\\ London at from 3s to 21s per caso. In numorous instances the packing was defective, '

Tho Mayor' of Sydnoy declined to conveno a public meeting to protest against tfie mission of the Irish National Leaguo detatos to that city, Plumbago, in almost inexhaustible quantities is roportod to havo been discovered eighteen miles from Lower Blackwood (W. A.) The Federated Squatters and Farmers' Co-operative Association has been registered in Sydney with a capital of £1,000,000. Tho township and all the roadß in the Hutt Special Settlement Block aroto be cleared of bush this season.

Tho Amateur Scullinn "hampionship of Victoria was won by Mr Brapley, of Williainsfown Rowing Olub. Mr It, H. Larson, tho purser who lost his lifo in the wreck of Maitai was formerly an employe 1 in the office of tho Wellington 'Evening Post.' His life was insured for £3OO.

There aro at prosent thirteen chronic cases in the Wellington Hospital, and the Trustees of that' institution are considering the best means of getting rid of them.

At an inquest held at Kogarah on the body of William I'arker Simpson; it was stated that death was due to peritonitis, named by a bone solitaire which the man had swallowed. The Rev. J. Ward is lecturing in the Welliogton district on " Reminiscences of theJaranakl War.' 1 He will repeat tbo lecture' throughout the Wairarapa townships, tho date fixed, upon for Masterton being Monday, June 10th, at the Wesleyan Church. Sandall, the New Zealand amateur, has challenged Searle to a second match, his backer being ready to bet a side wager of £IOOO on the result. Sandall statos that when they Erst met thoro was only a diflerence of 2jlb in the weights, ho' weighing 10sl 101b to Searlo'slOsttylb, ■ Mr A, Elkins roeoived from tho Old Country a small consignment of new seed potatoes in February last, which lie immediately Bet, and notwithstanding the lateness and dryness of the season, ho has had a very prolifio return from th°m. The crop on the average aro Urgein size, oblong shaped, about four inches in length, and smooth skinned, with shallow eyes, and should prove a valuable addition to our local varieties, The total number of patients admitted to the Wellington Hospital for tho year ended March 31, 1889, was 809. Out of this number twenty-throe are stated to havo como from Masterton, whilst over 700 hailed from Wellington and surrounding district. The outpatients relieved numbered olevon hundred and sixty. The rocoipts for tho sumo period amounted to 111,830 6s'Bd, and the expenditure was £6697 lis 3d, exclusive of £4106 IDs lOd, which includes loan repaid to Government, cost of now fever ward, drainage etc. F. P. Slavin was given a benefit at St Geoige's Hall, Melbourne, on April 20th. During one of tho intervals Slavin was prosonted with a purse of sovereigns subscribed by a number of admirers. Slavin, in a few wordß thanked the donors, and assured them aud Australians generally that he would always go to win, and if ho wero defeated they might feel sure it was by "a better man than F. V. Slavin."

Tho annual meoting of the licensing Committee for iho Uartertm Borough and County district was hold on Tuesday at. tho Court House, Carterton: Present—Messrs U, Fairbrother (Chainnm), W. -Viokerstiff, G. W, Dollor, James Stowart, 'and Georgo Bennett, the minutes of the previous meetings were read and confirmed. Tho pidico report being favorablo the renewal of all the licenses were 'granted. - Sundry accounts were passed for payment and the meeting adjourned

The Customs revenue returns for May are not yet complete, the revenue officer, Kaiapo l , having neglected fc-i forward his returns, So far the receipts, show that last month L 110.032 was collected, as against L 116.015 for the preceding month, and L 143,815 fur May 1888. Last month the amount collected, at tho principal centres was, Auckland, L 19.990 ; Wellington, L 17,610; Lyttolton and Ghristchurcli, L 21.275; Diinodin, Li) 0,921- For tho two months of tho financial year whiob have passed tho returns show a deficiency of L 28.083 on the Colonial Treasurer's estimate for that period, The beer duty last month was L4j147 as agains' L 4.622 in April, and L 3.924 in May 1888. Of tho first mentioned amount Auckland contributed L9i)4, Wellington L 416, Ohristchurch L 843, and Dunedin L 996; in each instance shillings and pence aro omitted, There has been a little controversy with regard to tho "output" of pianos in tho United States, A Gorman musical paper questioned the figures given by the " Musical Courier" (50,000), and thought 11,000 was noarer Hie yearly total, The "Cornier" replies that the ijorman total iB oxceeded by three American piano factories alone, viz., those of Messrs J. and O. I'ischor, the Now Enriand Pianu Company; and the Emerson Piano Company, Figures aro given in proof of the original estimate in the American journal, and tho rejoiner iB clenched (more inuricaiio) by the extraordinary assertion that "the United States of North Americi contain about 64,000,000 inhabitants, each ouo, if not anxious, at least willing to take a

piano," In Solano country, California, it has been demonstrated that peach stones will maheas good a fire for household purposes as tho best coitl in the market The fruit groweis, instead of throwing tho kernels away as heretofore, dispose of them at the rate of 24s a ton. A sack of the atonoa will weigh about 801b, last as long as an equal weight of coal, and a give uroater intensity of heat. At many ut tho orchards in tho valley may bo seen great stacks of peach and apricot stones which will eventually find their way to San Francisco and other places to be sold for fuel, The apricot stone does not bum as readily as tho peach and will not command a3 good a price, As soon aa the owners find they have a market for thestones a gicater number of peaches will bo dried than heretofore.

Sara Bernhardt is said to allow her • son Maurice ]2oodo!s a week and that promising young gentleman, who has jumped into swelldom neck and.crop, is said likewise to spend evory cent of it, He has lived long enough in America and England to have a correct idea of horaos and carts, and his stable is now one of the best in Paris, When he drives down through the boulevards he usuplly holds the reins over a.pair o£ perfectly-matched cobs, aud he is clad in the prevailing London mode, He-is not received at all in society, ly the way, despite the faot.that his wife has snmo sort of right to oall herself a countess,, but he is probably as thoroughly oontent as any man in tho French capital. Further mail news has been received in Dublin concerning tho condition of Irish emigrants in th Argentine llepublio, Mr Patrick Dole, of Buenoa Ayres writes: —"It..was truly a sad, pitiable sight to see Irish mothers, with, in some cases, their babes in their Arms, stretohod on the ?ro(ind outside the hotel, whore they had passed the previous night without any covering, as they oould not get. to. tho lußgago, and also hear stronf men, mid their tears, cursing the evil (hour in whiohthey broke up in many cases happy -liouus to come to what they were led to believe was an El Dorado," He says ot emigrants generally some of them died of starvation" in the lajsar-houses of ■ Edaaiio, which are littlo wooden huts that were thrown up for the 'victims of the last i cholera epidemic; while' h many cases ; mothers sold their clothing i from their ; backs 'to prooure food for their starving I cbllfaeft, '.'.,."' ';. :'. ' f ■:

Noticqof tho appoiiifcVnent of 'ay poundand'aponndlteep'Brat'Eketßhuhaappam ui'ahbfhto column.' 1 , Tho poiiiid will be opened on Wednesday uoxt : 12tli Juue.;

AWild horses" nro stated; to be .very numerous in the back country, lying botweon Oastlepoint and Napior. On two laigo runs alono it is estimated there are between two and three thousand, -

Mr Momsli, late organist and choir master of ,Rt. -Tohn's Inverqargill, will conduct tho musical part of the servioos on Munday.noM in St Matthew's Church, Masterton. ,

Mr Mitchell, the, well-known Carterton tailor, has left for Balclutha, Otago, where ha is going to carry on a similar business to tho one he relinquishes in Carterton.

A masked ball, plain and fanoy dress, is to.; bo held inGreytown in July,-in aid of the Volunteer Band. The first suitable moonlight night will be chosen, and it will probably be on a Tuesday, Those who so ably conducted the recent Hospital Ball will be asked to inanago this one also.

Louis Cliemis has been arrested on suspicion, of tho murder of Thomas Hnwkiugs at Kaiwhara on Friday last, and remanded for a week, A dagger and double-barrelled gun were found on his premises. Wo are requested to state that tho side dour of tho Theatre Eoyal will be opened on each night of tho performance of the Piratos of PonZMico a quartev,of an hour earlier than the ticket office, to enablo those already in possession of tickets to avoid tho crush. We call attention to Mr P. H. Wood's Taratahi Stock Sale which takes place to'-marrow, Thursday, The Catalogue comprises a thousand sheep, twenty-six head of cattlo; on? Bay Filly, out of ffrigglesworth mare, by the Premier; nno Bay Colt do by Mangle; one Spring Trap; one first-dass.Trap Horse, li years old, guaranteed; one Set Trap Harness, nearly now; and ono Tip Dray Bu'rso and Harness.

The .Masterton Eoad Board gives noticf-flf its intention to strike ageneral rato of 7-16ths of a penny in the pound. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Saturday's sale, thirty sacks of oats to be sold for tho benefit of whom it may conoern. '

The Bale of the Canterbury runs'at Christchurch yesterday was largely; attended and competitiou was keen. . Holders had to advance considerably on the upset prices to.'secure their holdings.The total sale amounted to £19,998, only two runs being withdrawn. A supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, issued on Saturday, contains a notification that the Bank of New Zealand intends to present a petition to the General Assembly praying for leave to introduce a Bill entituled "an Act to amend the' Now Zealand Bank Act, 1801." The objects of the Bill: aro to confirm and validate certain resolutions passed by the shareholders at the meetings held on October 11 and 19, 1888

Miss Minnie Palmer having been interviewed by an Ameiicun newspaper man in Now York, has boldly declared that she greatly prefors England to America, for that in England an tutas has a social position as well as. a professional one, and that she likes exceedingly to be driven to the theatre in a nobleman's | carriage by a powdered coachman with a footman clinging on behind.

A truly horrible crime has boen perpetrated at Siill,' Hungary. A small wine-grower found his stock diminishing, and hid himself in tho cellar to discover the thioves, He saw six tramps enter tho premises, and after copious libations to take a cask away with them. At this juncture ho came out of his hiding place and attempted to remonstrate with them, They seized- him, however put him under tho. wine-pros:, ai,d crushed him to death," A man who happened to look in was forced by. the six wretches to drink the viotim'B blond, which was presented to him as wine, Evont.ually he managed to slip'out, and, bolting tho collar door, ran off for assistance to the neighbouring village. Tho authors of this heinous crime were captured in a state (if helpless intoxication.

In tho raising of cattle much depends upon the watchfulness and judgment of the feeder. Wheroheis'a careful observer he will notico when the animal dues nut oat the usual quantity and takes its food with less relish, A chang? in tho food may restore the'appetite, and the sodner attention is given, the less will be the loss in flash. In the hands of a careless man this matter may be neglected, aud with a good number in tho herd, the loss will be more than the wages of a competent man, In many cases a largo share of the years profit is wasted for wane of prompt attention to details.

Admiral D. D, Porter, of tho United States Navy, is reported to have said, iprojjos of the Samoan diffionlty, that in sixty days he could improvise a fleet and set about destroying Gorman oominorco. But a British admiral, whoso opinion was asked on this point, has proved (remarks a London correspondent) that Germany is quite able to retaliate., as her mercantile marine contains double the number of ateamers that the American dnos, besides being of groater speed. In tho matter of armed oruiaors, when Germany's present naval schemo is ourapleted she will havo twenty-eight vessels, and America nineteen', but six of them will be faster than any in tho 'German fleet. The guns in American ships abroad aro pronounced by tho British expert to ho mostly of an antiquated typo, while Gorman ships are said to be armed with modern Krupps, In regard to ironclads, the United States possessed eighteen obsolete vessels, without having a singlo available seagoing battleship. Germany has, on tho other hand, twenty-five ironolads, of jof which twolve aro for coast defence three aro obsolete, and ton composo a fighting fleet, which w woll armed and armored, The superiority at sea therefore rests with tho Germans, and their advantage is enhanced by tho extont of the United States coast lino, The interest of the two Powors, which would be jeopardised at sea in the event of war, are not very unequal, amounting in tliecHO ot tho Unitod States to £ill, 000,000, and in that of Germany to These intorosta compriso steamers and sailing ships, and imports and exports in course of transit,

The latest foature in the syndicate and cornor craze in New York is a trust which is now approaching completion, to secure for northern dealors the control of tho Florida orango production.' The question of fimale physicians has been settled in Russia in tho affirmative, with the stipulation that ladies'shall only attend on adults of their own sex and on children of both sexes. I

Colonial Parliaments aro, the Graphio says, nioro ready to take a holiday than that of the Mother Country. The QuebeoParliamentrecently adjourned one evening to allow the members to attend Madame Albani'a concert,

A latest fad with the Chicago girls is ■ wearing bells on their garters, A pretty tinkling sound acoompanies their every movement and besides being rather fascinating it excitos curiosity, Ladies who'havo a tanoy for "frilled laoe curtains" need no longer go to the trouble or expense of proouring extra quantities • of lace and having it sewn on, as we aro now showing some beautiful" imitation fried curtains," Just received by tho Buapohu, at To Am House, Wellington, ■ We havo these at present m white, cream and beige, and in prices from 22s Gd to two guineas, per pair. They are exceedingly attractive, and anyone who admires true artistic grace will duly appreoiato these "frilled curtains," and wspeet them at once' at Te Aro House, Wellington, The fancy for "frilled ourtnins" is very much in the ascendant in the old country and now that manufacturers have shown their ability, to produoe these at a moderate cost, wo mty expect them to come into general use, . As we have but a very limited supply, ladies should lose no time in inspecting them at To Aro House, Wellington, The borders of these "ourtains" have all the effect of tho real frilling without a single drawback,, the "ourtainß" being wove quite complete, at no more than the ordinar n laoe qartftina of the quality, and 7 tbire'is no'exfta bbst incurred for frilling o r washingta: See'fhem'at TeAro Houa 0 WelliDglOßi-Aoyr,''."'