The wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1889. Home Rule for Ireland.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3291, 24 August 1889, Page 2

The wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1889. Home Rule for Ireland.

On Thursday evening a public meeting of sympathisers was held in Masterton to promote the Irish Home Eulo raovenjeut. Tho declamation displayed on this occasion was all that could j)0. desired, and if the anticipated contributions towards the sinews' of war bo realised, the Irish party in this town will have done the duty imposed upon it by the delegates' visit to theso shores. The question of Home Eule for Ireland is ono that is taxing the statesmanship of the best public men of tho Mother country, and all hopo eventually for a satisfactory solution of a political problem which has boon a trouble and a perplexity for centuries. What is known as llio Irish party is apt to hold Ireland first and the British Empire second in its thoughts, but those who have been born and reared on other than Irish soil desire that tho settlement 1 of Irish claims shall be effected in such a way that thfi stability and prosperity of the great British EnijJir? shall opt be imperilled. What is needed is some measure of Home Rule that can bo extended, if needs be, not only to Ireland, but to Scotland and Wales, We trust that tho outcome of the Irish question

will ho the formulating of some broad basis of provincial government which Great Britain can ooncede without loss of prestige, and whioh the Irish party can accept without humiliation, There aro social as well as political: considerations, which enhance the difficulty of making Ireland prosperous and contented,. The procreative powers of th.e Irish people are greater than the productive capabilities of the land. In a country a third the size of New Zealand, and with a less genial climate, there are between five and six millions of people. It might be said that if Ireland can support such a

population New Zealand ought to carry thirty millions, For. the lastfifty years emigration lias been the one practical remedy for this, social I difficulty, and all over the world are I to be found hosts of Irish-born people who lovo their native land, but must

necessarily live off it. In the United States in particular, the settlement of Irish people has been enormous, and the Irish vote is one of the leading political factors of the great American Kepublic. Wherever the sons of Erin may be settled, they are popular, for the Irishman is warmhearted and generous; he is loyal to

the land of his forefather. Tho delegates sent from the home country to collect funds for tlie Irish cause have no great difficulty in carrying,out their mission, They will, no doubt, be able to give a good account of their visit to New Zealand as they have done of their visits to neighboring colonies, Here in New Zealand those who are not identified with the Irish party can afford to listen with good will to all they have to say, for though they may differ from thorn as to the means whioh should be adopted to assist Ireland, they at least wish Ireland prosperity, and would gladly see Irishmen happy,and contented all the world over.

Edward Gyde, son of Mr Gyde, settler of Newman, severely gashed his foot whilst cutting firewood yesterday, almost severing the big too. .Mr H. Poole, of Larabtou Quay, Wellington, draws attention elsewhere to his largo and varied assortment of fruits; also jmrden and flower seeds. All orders Bent through post will bo romitted free of extra charge,

It is understood hero, writes an Eketahuna correspondent, that advertisements have appeared in the Christchurcb papers for an assistant teacher for Ekotaliuna. No advertisements have appeared in tho Wellington papers, Tho question everyone is asking is, "Why go to Ohristchureh. Are [there no lady assistants wanting employment in the Wellington Province," Information has been received from Government to tho effect that two hundred and fifty Martine-Henn's for tho Now Zealand ltifle Association's meeting, which arrived per Aorangi, aro now available at £3 10s each. Also 100,000 rounds of ammunition. Tho balanoe of rifles and rounds aro now oonv ingper sailing vessel.. Application must bo made through the Officers commanding the district.

Eketahuna presents to-day, (Thursday), the appearance of a deserted village rather than a busy township. This morning a largo party of the residents might have been seon wendinp their way to tho station. At first sight ono would have taken them to bo a picnic party or a now company of shakers, their being a sprinkling of the fair sex in the band. But no, we since learn that they were some of the witnesses summoned to give evidence in the now celebrated Beokman caao.

A certain well-known and rospcefced constable, resident in a township betweon Wellington and Woodvillo was called away on biz the other day, 4bout noon three gentleman, (devout disciples of liacchus), called at the station house. "Is the pei-por-licoman at home 1 ') demanded ono in a husky tone. On being answered In tne negative the whole three yolled in chorus ;"Thon how the , dovil can we get locked up then,"

Tho Masterton Mutual Improvement Society held its usual weekly meeting Jast evening, Aftor the dißpal of preliminary busiuess and tho of several new members, the segretary reported that tho concert glvon by the society in aid of a fund for defrayiii? the cost of putting gas into the meeting room had been most successful' and ho estimated that it would be raquisito to givo one more concert to cover all expenses. The business of the evening waß a debate Monarchy v, Republicanism, Mr J: Colway opened fairly well with the former, while the latter was ably championed by Mr Bigg, The other speakers were Messrs Papworth, Eaathope, E. Dixon, Q, Pragnoll, and Dr Johnson. A vote being taken on the merits of tho debate Republicanism had an, overwhelming majority. 4 pleasing feature in the meotlngs of tins society, Is, that they arewe'l patronised by a number of ladies who evinco an undoubted interest m its doings. The Rov. W. Rowse, President, occupied the chair, discharging his duties, as controller of the debato in a most courteous and pleasing manner. The subjects for next Friday evening will bo" Reading, Recitation and Harmony."

A Curiouß Discovery has just been made an Vimoutiers, in the Department of tho Ornc, by a peasant. He was digging in his field, when tho ground suddonly gave way, and he fell into a hole ten feet in depth. The peasant

had accidentally lighted upon a subterranean chambor, the existence of which was not oven suspected by tho country people. On examination, a number of human bones partially petrified were found in an adjoining vault, constructed in tho form of a circle. The bones are of excoptioualry large dimensions, and appear to have belonged to a raco of gigantic 6tatuo and great breadth of frame. In fact, tho persons who liave studied the case on the spot are of opinion that the bodies must haye been interred in this burial place at a very remote period. Further reserches hav'o beep temporarily interrupted by the, subsidence of other Riots of ground It seems by no, means improbable that some highly interesting discoveries will "result from this accideut,

A lady correspondent, writing in the World a description of a visit to Pcntonville, thus refers lo a person well known in Australia: "As we enter another long gallery of cells the warder whispers to

iho-'The first cell on the loft.'' The door like all the coll doors, has been

thrown opon, and inside facing' us, tallj erect, her head thrown back, stands a m'ost beautiful woman. The strong light from tho window falls on a mass of dark polden hair, which seems to rebel openly against the white prison cap. The face, with its bright, dark eyes, is somewhat in shadow; and as slio stands thero in the white cell she looks like some wild falcon that has been trapped and caned for a time only, as soon as she regains her liberty, will know how to Use her strong pjujops,' as well as hor beak and talons, just as well as ever she did. And it may to said that she had used them, for this beautiful creature is nono other than the notorious Mrs Gordon Bailllc, whose brilliant career of fraud camo to an abrupt conclusion somo months ago, when sho was sontonccd to five years imprisonment by a hard-hearted judgo who had ovidently no foaling for beauty." No ono disputes that John Cooney, of I'cJlliorston, near Norwich, Con., had the oldest cat in thoStato, It died lately ORctl twenty years! It hai} become very corpulent, and its teotli were gone, but Mr, Crionoy docs not bolieye that old ago was (ho oausoot its death j' "It hud just grown too lazy tq live " he says. The work of improving the sanitary condition of Rome has begqi). Soypnteen thousand^ houses will bo domolished.neiv Streets will D " 'pnod, and a main street' from tho Contra! i'Wt will intorsect the; district which now contains t'! 18 lowest and most pcstilontial dwollings. It wii! tako ten years to completo tho'work. Good news from Wellington, and quite true, you can got a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from Lls, organ with divided octave couplars all in solid black walnut cases from Ll7. This beats all the oheapest houses in town, Pianos tuned for 7s, or by tho year four visits LI, travelling expenses added. All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired new roedsput in accordeons, concertinas harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased on the timo payment system from ?s fid per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a- now one atF. J. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street* WellingtonSole agent of tho celebrated Worcpstor piyanß.)-iDYi,

. The R.M.S. Coptic left Hobart at i o'clock this morning fur Port Chalmers,-

Tho steamer Tekapo, which sailed from Welhugton for Syduoy yeatßrday afternoon, had on bowd 2300 tons of colonial produce, 80 tons of which was shipped here.

The Masterton Football Club lias i arranged to play a match with the i Wellington Club on tho latter's ground , noxt Saturday, Tenders .ire invited by Messrs Lowes & lorns for leasing for two years a seven roomed houso and five acres of land on ' the Upper Plain, Notice of an application for a'tranafer of ft publican's license from D. E. Toobill to A. Oltoway appears elsewhere, Notice is given elsewboro that William Mursell, insurance agent has been adjudged a bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors, is convened for Thursday next at 3 pin in, the Old Court Loom, Masterton. The chargo of attempting to abscond from Ins creditors brought by the Official Assignee against.C, K Bookman, baa been again remanded, bail being accepted as before. Tho case will come on for hearing on Thursday nrat to give time for tho arrival ot the arresting police officer, Detectivo Chrystal, from Auckland. The wife of a. settler tells us that her colony of hpna waited upon her this morning, and informed her that hearing the wholesale prices of eggs had fallen to sixpence they declinod to lay any more ivhile the market ruled so low. They spoke regretfully of the. f?6rsd; old times when at this time of tho year egps fetched 2s 6d a dozen with less labor to all concerned. The Speaker read a letter in the Houso yesterday,- received from His Excelloncy.exprossing tho sincere thanks of himself and Lady Onslow for the message of congratulation on the recovery of Lord Oranley from his recent illness, forwarded by the Speaker on behalf of the House. A number of Natives who have just beon released from gaol are causing r some anxiety in the Upper Wailiou disr trict by tho practice of Hau-hau worship. They have issued a proclamation stating that they would destroy over 100 horses and cattle which are at largo on tho 1 Waihou flat. Inspector McGovern ' has informed them that if they carry c out thoir throat they would be prose- ' cuted.

Tho English Catholics "are raising £20,000 to bo handed to Cardinal Mannng on the occasion of his approaching archiepiscopal silver jubilee, to be dispensed in charities add church donations, Last year, whon tho price of potatoes was very low, a Dundee farmer put a lot of them among chaff at the bottom of a Bilo. When it.was opened the other day they were as fresh as when they were dug. A correspondent writing from Baton Grange, Norwich, describes how a bedridden parishoner made use of the telephone to participate in tho services at a church three hundred yards distant, Be heard tho service well, The trial of Henry Ernest Weaver, •harged with muidor of Captain Greenless, of the barquo Colonist, was concluded at tho High Commisaioner'sCourt at Fiji on tho 15th instant. The four assesors came into Court with divided opinions, Two wore in favour of acquitting the prisoner on tho ground of insanity, and the uthor two held that Weaver was guilty of murder. His Honor Sir John Thurston took the latter view, and a verdict to that effect was recorded. The counsel for the pnsouer moved for the arrest of judgement on the ground that ho had no jurisdiction in tho pttor. Aftor tl)o argument, judgment on this point was reserved. A bonus ot LIOOO has been offered by tho South Australian Government for specifications for a stone and stump gatherer, which shall be capable of, gathering from the surface all loose stones and stumps from 111b to 2Glb in weight, .The conditions are that the machino will have to bo constructed so as to be capable ofcleariqe at one operation a width of.not loss than 4ft Gin, and be drawn by horses, the draught not to exoeed the capacity of threo orbinary animals. The appliauce must be either attachable to an ordinary tip-dray, or Ijaye a tjp receptacle capable-pf holding liflt legs th,an socwt attaphed, and inusfc be strongly roado, and the coat of its 1 construction to the farmer must not exceed L 32. Lightness of draught, combined with strength, durability, and cost, will be taken into account,

The great prohlom nstu hoiv the" drop-a-nickta-in-tlie-slot" inaohines can be beaten has been sulved, Bays a writer in ft "New York paper, by tie inponious street gamins. Experiments were conducted before a good-wed crowd on the pornor of Centre and Chambers streets by two Italian bootblacks, threo Hibernian newsboys and a Teutonic vendor of wax matches. They had tried all known moans uf ascertaining their weight without paying the fee, hut all in vain, when an idea Hashed across the brain of one of the youthful representatives of down-trodden Ireland, Snatalmip his cap from his head, which wsb covered with a wealth of profoundly red hair, ho jumped on the platform of the automatic weigher, drew a lung breath, placed his mouth to the slot,, and sent down into the bowels of the machine a gust, of wind that fairly whistled. Tlio experiment was a success. Tho mechanism of the weigher was set in operation and the pointer on the dial showed that the weight of tho young gamin wbb 871b. The boy's discovery tickled the crowd and during tho next half-hour wind was blown into tho iron case of the machine at a terri jio rate. All that wasneccsswy to success was a big mouth, so that tho slot could be fairly covored, and a good pair of lungs. A ha'f-hundred men were weighed lny the liew wind process, those who had not lung power enough of their own gladly giving the young discoverer a niokcl to blow for them.

As a result of the highly successful sale which has just terminated, wo usual a large accvmulation ot remnants of every description, which we are determined to sell at vorylow prices tor M days longer, at To Aro House, Wellington. In addition to these, there arc some 6mal! balances qf bargains in tho various departments, which we also wish to dispose ot during the same period, at Te Aro House, Wellington.

We need only say that many of theso bargains will bo found in our show room, and comprise millinery, underclothing, costumes, jackets and mantles. Thoso who are desirous of buying indubitably cheap lot shquld sec thorn without further delay, at Te Aro House, Wellington. And so also in the dross, fancy and clothing departments there a few lots that we will sell without regard to the original cost, In several cases absolutely »t bait the original English prices, tor U days only, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Every lady should see what is led in the way oi silks, velvets, dresses, gloves, Ac, and the prices at which we will offer thom for this short period only; and overy man should embrace'the opportunity of buying the few special bargains in overcoats, &o, that aie to be sold in the clothing department at Tq Aro Hqusc, WcUington.—. AJIVT.