NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3326, 4 October 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

English:;: London, October 2,

It is, announced there is a surplus of £7ooo ; from-the strike fond after retaining £2OOO in hand for the purpose of relieving cases of distress which may arise. The executive desiro to formally thank the Australian colonies for their magnificent contributions and to elicit their wishes as to the disposal of tho balance. 'lt is suggested the money, should, be utilised for tho foundation of an universal labor federation including Australia.

Wills, the father of the famous Australian explorer, is dead. Tlie prosecution of the Earl of Galloway for assaulting a girl has been abandoned. The Australian mails which were on board one of the trains wrecked by the collision in the tunnel at Ariano, in Italy, have been rescued, but their delivery will bo delayed. Tillett, chairman of tho Dock Laborers' Union, is assisting the Botterdam strikers toorganiso.

It is reported a cluo has been found to the Whitechapel murderer, and the arrest of a medical man is hourly expected. A majority of tho directors of tho Colonial Union Company have agreed to transfer their business to the Tyser Line, Limited, giving shareholders five par eent debentures of Tyser's in exchange for shares in the Colonial Union. A minority of shareholders, in the latter aro opposed to the transfer, and are applying for an injunction.

FOREIGN. Constantinople, Oct, 2, The Emperor and Empress of Germany are now on a visit to this city. Paris, October 2, ~ The Cabinet have decided to prosecute L'lntransigeant for asserting that military funds have been applied to electoral purposes, Australian. Sydnkv, October 3, Messrs Ellomey, Russell, and Todd, Government Observers of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, all discredit the theory of Mr Egeson. of tho Weathor Deparfcment.predictinga longdrought next year. Tho stonewall over the Supplementary Estimates still continues, the remuneration of Mr John Davis, Comptroller-General, being the particular point at issue, The debate has been marked by discreditable washing of dirty linan on tho part both of Sir Henry Parkes and Mr Dibb's, leader of the Opposition.

Mr Oscas Meyer, Commissioner for this colony to tho Dunediu Exhibition, believes that New South Wales will make a display equal to any other colony at the Exhibition. I Mklboubne, October 2.

A man named John Welford has been murdered by Thomas Whito, who drove a long knife into his heart. The murderor was jealous of Weliord's attentions to his wife.

The Department of Agriculture is arranging to export butter to England.

COMMERCIAL. London, October 2. The quantity of wheat afloat for tho United Kingdom is 1,476,000 quarters; for the Continent, 292,000; tho American visible supply is estimated at 17,875,000 bushols. Compared with the prices obtainod at the July sales fine orossbreds show an advance of Jd per lb; in other sorts prices aro unchanged. In merino 3, fleece remain unchanged; in scoured, there is Id advance; middling, Id to Hd; good greasy, Id; medium, Id; greasy lambs, Id; scoured, Ud. Masterton Park Trustees. The quarterly meeting of tho Park Trustees was hold yesterday; present, Mestrs J. Payton (in tho chair), Boddington,Bunny, Feist, and Eenall. The miuutos of tho previous meetiug were read and confirmed. The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £6l9s fid, On tho motion of Mr. Bunny, seconded by Mr Boddington, it was resolved that m future meetings of the Trustees shall be callod by circular.

A lottor was road from tho Master, ton Borough Council, stating there was no objection to letting the Park Trustees have any surplus scrapings from the roads,

An aoconnt from J, C, Ingram, 8s for labor, was passed for payment. Tho Chairman said tho question hadarison with the Cricket Club, to whom the Oval was leased, as to the right of the Club to put its veto on the letting of the Oval for football purposes. It was a point that ought to be settled.

I Mr Bunny moved that a full roport in respect of the terms of the lease to the Cricket Club be brought up at the next meeting.—Carried, The Chairman suggested that to increase the funds of the Trust the Park might bo let for storing, for the night, sheep that came into the town for sale, There were at the present time no trees that oould bo damaged by the shoop and the ground would bo improved, Ho moved that grazing he permitted in the Park.

The motion was seconded by Mi Bunny and carried.

Tho question of supplying seat: round the Oval was mooted,'but tbi want of funds precluded auy stepi being taken to provide tbera. This concluded the business.

RIFLE MATCH. Wellington Guards v. Masieuton Rifles. Tho Wellington Guards Won by 105 points, "With the exception of Gol-Sergt. G. Woods the whele of the Mastertou team ** burst up" at 500 yards, The following are the scores; Ghabds.

Jfohticsoi the Past. According to a statement made by the Dnlio of liichoiond in 1780, tho majority of tlie House of Commons was returned by not more than 6,000 men. In a petition of the Society of tho Friend? of tho Peoplo in 1798, it was mentioned that 84 persons absolutely roturned 157 members to Parliament and that 70 influential individuals" secured' tlie''return 'of 150 members; so that in this way j, 307 mombers-whiolr before tho union with Ireland constituted tho majority oi the Lower ■House-were returned thereto by 154 patrons, of whom 40 were peers. Such was ■ the abusos of Parliamentary representation at tho close of century. But the most grievous abuse of power was the great control which tho members of the Houso of Lords had over the members of tho second branch of tho Legislature. It - appears that by tlw nomination or <F miluenco of 87 peers no loss than 218 1 members were returned for countios and boroughs in England and Wales; 187 were sent to tho House of Commons by 00 commoners, and 1G by Government malting a total number of 871 nominee members, Of the 45 members for Scotland, 81 were returned by 21 peers and the remainder by 14 commoners. Of the 100 members Ireland was entitled to, 41 were returned by 80 peers, and 20 by 19 commoners. Such at that time was the rotten state of Parliamentary representation. Some of rotten boroughs—Gata, Old Sarum, \ and Midiurst—it is said, had not a house remaining in them; and it appears from returns submitted to Parliament in 1831 that many of the boroughs had only two or three £lO householders. In Scotland Parliamentary representation was even worse than in England and Wales. The county franchise was {limited chiefly to tho few landholders, and the burgh suffrage to self-elected town councillors. In 1828 the whole number of voters for all Scotland was less than 8,000, Edinburgh and Glasgow had each only 88 electors. It is . Y within the memory of man that at Mf. an election in Bute only one person ■ attended the meeting besides the sheriff and the returning officer. This person took the chair, constituted the meeting, called over the roll of freeholders, answered' to' his own name, took the vote as to the preses, aud • elected himself. He then moved and seconded his own nomination, put the question as to the vote, and, * [ declared himself as unanimously re/fi , turned. The people were. practically disfranchised, Political patrons, by making terms with tho Ministry, , ruled in a measure supreme. Bribery also ruled triumphant. Sales of seats , could be purchased often direct, such as Sudbury, in England. If the ! Government required-a-seat for a particular person the sitting member was bought out at a prico agreed on, At tho general olection in 1768 soats , in parliament wore bought by the Treasury noblomen and others for ' thoir followors' at prices ranging from \ £2OOO to £5,000, and it is said that the celebrated George Selwyn sold , the representation of tho seat for ' Ludgorshallforthesum of £9OOO.

In Her Coffin. fc A St. Louis paper prints & sensational story of a reraark&blo case of catalepsy reported from St. Louis, tho name of the patient being suppressed for the alleged reason that tho victim is so weak that the excitement certain to bo aroused by tjjjte knowledge of hot identity and consequent calls by curious neighbors would be fatal. The story is to the effect, that a young married women, twenty-five years of Rgo, was in her floffin and about to bo taken out for burial, when her husband saw her arm niovo, ordered her to be taken out of the coffin at once, called in two physicians, who, after examination, pronounced lifo not extinct, and began a process of resuscitation. Their efforts were successful, and tho woman was in a short time brought back to consciousness. /The story was obtained from her sister, a young married woman, who lives at 721 South Forth streot. The sister says:-"Tho most terrible part of it all is that she Knew perfectly everything that was going on around her. When she was being dressed for burial she realised what was being done, and tried her best to show signs of lifo, but could not do so.l When sbo was placed in the coffin* an awful feeling what was to bo ÜBs doom came over her, and says she tried to scream, and thought she succeeded, but of course she did not. Whon she came to and related to us an account of the mental tortun she had experienced during the time the trance lasted, she said: 'Where worn I you all when I screamed ?' When alio was lying in the coffin she tried Ito move, bat failed, until a. litttlo I child came running into to the room and asked to look at her. Thou her [arm cramped, and her husband, who was.standing by the coffin, fortunately happened to see it. Had he not she would certainly havo been buried alive."

Had Him There; There were three or four unoccupied seats in the car, but ho stood for a moment, grip in hand, near the door, • and thoa walked to a scat in which a young lady sat alone, uud sat down beside her with an: imprudence that astounded all other passengors. 819 girl looked at him and uround and evidently realised the situation, for she took pencil and tablet' from ". her reticule and made ready for liim.y*' After about five ■ minutes the man' turned to her and observed—

" Bog pardon if I am mistaken, but don't you live at Utica ?" She looked up in a furtive way, and then wrote on the tablet and handed him - " I am deaf and dumb.''

" Ah, by George!" ho sighed as ho read it; "that's too bad pretty girl to have such a misfortune. Well, I'm left, after all my smartness'. Saw her at the window before I, got on, and carried out the plan to a dot. Deaf and dumb, eh ? First one I ever struck I"

lie nodded his head to her to signify that he understood, and he would havo teen glad to change seah if he could havo done bo without loss of dignity, As the train thundered on ho perused the contents of a couple of papers, yawned awhile, and jkon bought and finished a novel finally, after a ride of four mortal hours, the whistle sounded, and ho reached for his grip with tho remark : " I'll be hanged if I ain't glad this stupid ride has come to an end at last."

" Ditto!" quietly replied the girl,as she turned on him,

"You-you~!"hc gasped, as be stood there looking down upon her with twelve kinds of emotion galloping over his countenance. .-Jf " Good.bye! sho said,aud ho backed " out and dropped to the platform like a mau retreating from a mule's bind lega,~New York Sun.

200 300 500 Ttl. Sergt. Richards 30 28 26 84 Pvt. Henry 29 24 25 78 Sergt, Stephens 2? 24 • 26 77 Pvt, Scott 30 24 23 77 Corpl. Ballingcr 26 26 23 7a Pvt. Bailing 29 2-1 19 72 Sergt. Hall 30 27 15 72 Sergt. Bacon 2C .20 1? 09 Pvt. Aamodt 31 21 17 69 Pvt, Stilt 28 22 16 CO 7;;n Rifles. Col-Setgt. Woods 25 29 25 7!) Corpl. G Bentley 33 23 13 69 Corpl. McLachlan 27 19 22 68 Sgt. Kibblewhito 25 28 14 67 Sergt Matthews 31 25 10 "GG Corpl. Hoffeins 29 ,:3Q m 05 Corpl McKenzia. 23 26 12 61 Corpl. Q Beutjey 28 17 14 47 Major Donald 26 23 6 45 Lieut Thompson 25 16 7 "•j .47