Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3335, 15 October 1889, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Tne Government. Insurance DepartmentImnortant Changes;-; Wellington, Tuesday, MrD. M, Luckie has resigned the Commissionership of the Government Insurance Department, in consequence of the increase of work being too much for his failing health. Mr Frankland is to combine tho position of Commissioner with the supervision of Actuarial work, and Mr Luckio is to bo Assistant Commissioner receiving the same salary as now. Samoa NewsAuckland, October 14, A large meeting was held at Matatau, near Apia, Samoa, on the 2nd instant. Bix of the eight rising towns of Samoa were represented. Malietoa, who. is still-very weak, addressed the assemblage and tendered thanks to the United States and Great Britain for their acts in regard to him. He also thanked Mataafa for the wise and judicious manner in which he had guided the people through the dark and stormy times that had passed, Malietoa announcod that for the present he did not wish to take.the position of king, but wished Mataafa to retain the position and said he would act as vice-king. Mataafa spoke, returning thanks to Malietoa and the representatives of the people for the honor they had conferred on him.

Supreme Court. William Edwin Bannister was again placed on his trial upon the in. dicment charging hitn with having, on the 11th of January, 1887, as a post officer within the meaning of the Post Office Act, 1881, feloniously issued a money order for £1 19s Cd, with intent to defraud the PostmasterGeneral.

The prisoner was tried upon the same charge on Thursday last, but tho jury being unable to agree were discharged. Now an entirely new jury panel was in attendance and another Judge on tho Bench. Mr Gully prosecuted on behalf of the Crown, and Mr Jellicoo defended the prisoner. Tho jury retired afc 0.5 last evening and returned 50 minutes later with a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was accordingly discharged. A nolle prosequi was entered in each of tho other two charges upon which Bannister had been committed for trial,

Wellington, Tuesday.

At the Supreme Court the case Wood v, Ingley, of Greytowu, claim for J6543, being the amount of two promissory notes, judgment was given for the plaintiff for full amount and costs.

Prevention better than Cure.

Auckland, October 14,

The Anglican Synod passed a motion to-day affirming that more public notice of intended marriages in tho Colony should bo giyeu than the present law provides for, Archdeacon Willis, who moved tho resolution, said its object was to protect women, by preventing such occurrences as that of tho marriage of a man who already had a wife living.

hailway Employees' Insurance

CiißisTCuimcii, October M,

The railway employees have lately been taking steps to resist the enforcement of the Bailway Employees Insurauco Bill, the provision of which they consider unjust, andamnfringrnent of common liberty of employees in rospeot to their earrings. Though the bill did not become law last session, the Railway Commissioners have given notice to the men that its provisions will bo brought into force, What will bo most objected to by the employees is the clause which gives power to the Government to stop the amount of contribution from each man's pay. Thocompul. sory nature of the bill as a whole is also strongly objected to, A meeting of railway employees and sympathisers was hold at the Terminus Hotel on Sunday (Mr Hoban, solicitor, in the chair) to consider the best means of resisting the bill and provent its becoming law. It was pointed out that a very large number of its men are members of benefit societies, and rainy had their lives insured in the Government Life Insurance. A committee of 20 was appointed to arrarigo for a public meeting at an early dato when the grievances of the me.i will be laid before the public. This afternoon a deputation waited on tlio Mayor of Cliristcliurch to ask him to preside., His Worship consented. An invitation was sent to the Mayors of the surrounding boroughs, Wellington, Tuesday.

In reference to the telegram from Cliristcliurch respecting tho Railway Employees Insurance Bill the Commissioners state they do not intend to take steps to force it on, hut the employees will have ample opportunity given them of expressing their views on the subject before any final decision is arrived at about the scheme.

Labor Agitation.

CuiusTcuunon, October 14.

A rumour obtained cuweuoy to-day that some trouble bad taken placo at the Kaiapoi Clothing Factory. Tho information received conveyed the news that a strike was onfoot, and that seven or eight hands had been discharged because they formed thornselves into committees for agitation indoors, and had been collecting names and collecting money for a union in tho midst of working hours, "I would romove a hundred if they did the same." tho manager said. "Thoy may all belong to a union if they like, so long as their joining does not interfere with their work. When it does thoy must go. The Union will do the factory far more good than tho employe's. Wc have been paying a log which is quito onethird, and sometimes more than onethird, higher than tho Dunodjn log, and when the latter is carried hero as it appears it will bo, then we must bring our prices down to it,,' No further action was taken by tho employes to-night, THE EXHIBITION. : _ Dunedin, October 14. As inquiries have been received from other provinces as. to the probability of the opening of the Exhibition being postponed, the Commissioners announce that the date on the official programme (Tuesday, 2Cth November) will certainly ho adhered to, and they have every reason to believe that everything will bo in readiness by that date, the work in most of the courts being unusually advanced,

Salvation Army. Inveroargill, October 14 At the Police Court John Lewis was fined LI and £1 6b costs for throwing stone? on tho Salvation Army meeting house at Eimu. The charge against the Captain of the luvercargill branch of the Salvation Army, of obstructing the traffic in the .street,. was.in the .absence of a municipal by-law, dismiseed. News from TongaAuckland, Tuesday. News from Tonga pcrWainui says the Eg'eria, h.is just r discovered tho; second deennst sea sounding in tho world outlOf Vavaii Island. 'The Egoria returns to Auckland next month and will probably start to sur-. veythe new cable route to Fiji and Samoa, Honolulu and Vancouver.

'■■'■■• Wellington,' Tuesday, / Captain Russell was sworn in as a member of the Government this morning, and Ministers held a long cabinet meeting immediately after, at which it was expected the re. allotment of portfolios would be officially made known, but the Premier, ■ in reply to enquiries, said lie could not do so till this evening. He leaves for Taranaki to-morrow morning. Insurance Fraud, Inveroargill, Tuesday. ■"' An inmate of the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum, named Louis or Brenan, has been identified as -W.-6. Geddcs, who was reported to have been drowned, and on whose account the Australian Mutual Provident Society paid £2,500. Geddes subsequently came to New Zealand, and lived in Dunedin arid luvercargill. cutting a considerable dash in society,

Correspondence.

Cricket.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Would you kindly allow mo to inquire through the medium of your valuable paper what the cricketers of Mauiiceville are about this year. The animal meeting should have peen held last Saturday, the sth October, I believe, but so far I have- received no notice of any meeting being called, It seems to , me that somebody wants waking up • * or we shall be making a start at the end of the season, which would be a pity, seeing that we have some very good men in the district this year, notably Mr Tumor, from Eketahuna, and a VVairavapa celebrity. I am told the gear has uot been looked after since the last season and has gone to tho bad, which is no credit to the persons in charge; and worse still, I have been given to understand that the cocoa-nut matting that the Club had procured some timo since has been found missing. Altogether, I think it is time the affairs of the club were looked into.—l am, etc, Cricketeb.

The Mauiiceville Ranger.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—ln reply to the letter in your issue of the Bth instant signed "John i Vile junr," [ beg to say a few words i in explanation, so that tho public may not be misled in tho matter. It is dintiuotly untrue that I havo ap-/l pointed Mr H. Eagle junr to act bb * ranger for four months. As a mate of fact I simply asked him to look aftor my duties for one week during my absence Finding that I shall be away from Mauriceville for some time, I have written to the County Council to be relieved from my ■ responsibilities as ranger. Since I have been ranger—about two years —there have been no complaints about the way in which I have performed my duties. In no instance have I charged the full fees allowed by the Act, and Mr Vile himself has never yet paid a driving fee to me for stock impounded, Only recently I seized the writers horse, and because he said he had not the money to release the animal I generously gave him up free. Why Mr Vile should talk about tho settlers complaining I am at a loss to understand Perhaps it has hurt Mr Vile'a feelings that ho, or somooue he is interested in, did not get my billet, hence his untrue and ungenerous remarks. ' I am ftc, John Devonshire, Angry Anglers.

(To the Editor.) Sir—Nearly all who follow tho " gentle craft" of angling in this placo believe they have reason to be dissatisfied with the way in whbh they are treated by the AcclamatisaHon, Wo were assured, however, we hud only to await the return to Masterton of Mr W, H. Bectham to have all our grievances redressed, but the letter which appeared, in' your ; issue of yesterday certainly doss not give promise that this will ta tho case. The anglers havo not been ashil by the Society.to refrain from fishing in the Makora stream, they have' been strictly prohibited from doing so, Last yearn paper wasdniwnitp and signed readily enough by all the anglers, by which thoy agroed not to fish in tho Makora for that season, Thoy wore induced to sign this paper because"] the Society would bo able to collect' much moro ova from the stream during the winter, and also bocauso of the much better fishing thoy were promised in the stream when tho following season opened. The Agreement was faithfully carried out by tho anglers, and they had a tight to expect the Society to carry out its share of the agreement and give the" much better fishing in the stream"they were promised, But instead of carrying out its share of if' bargain' tho Society has incited landowners to forbid the streams to its own licensees. Mr Bectham tolls us tho reason for this breach of faith is that the Euamahunga, Waingawa, Waiohiue, Ac, may bo sooner stocked. It is very desirable indeed that these rivers should be stocked, but, why do it the cxponso ot the Masterton anglers? Would it not have been far better to have shut up Mr Stuckey's stream or Mr Holmes' stream, rather than have deprived some dozens of anglers of their sport I The fact is tho larger \ rivers are of very little use to Masterton anglers, most of whom aro men whose oecupations keep them engaged ■ till six o'clock each evening. If these men are to enjoy tho sport of angling it must be close at band, for it is out of the question to expect a man leaving shop or office at six o'clock at night to walk to tho Huamahunga or the Waingawa to fish. Tho Waipoua it is well known, dries up for more than half the 'fishing season, and the only alternative the Masterton men have—tho ■ Makora—is ' forbidden them, However, if this bad been all

tlio Mnstorton mou would have growled and submitted, but unfortunately it is not. Landowners above and bolow the prohibited parts of tho Makora, and also landowners on tho .Waipoua naturally ask why tho anglers should all bo driven on to their loud, and resenting the action of the Society quito as much as the anglers thomsetyes, havo oither prohibitod or threatened to prohibit their lnndy also, till it seemed quite probablo that angling in or near f Mastcrton will soon be totally prohibited—as tho direct ontcorao of the breach of faith of tho Society. This is a very unfortunate stato of uflaits, and no time should bo lost in putting tbiMpright. Tho Society has tho porato adjust matters, and if it h willing to agree to the very reasonable demands of its constituents all may yet bo well and the trouble be Binolhorctl ovor, hut if tho Society persists in tho arbitrary and highhanded courso it has adopted, its niera- , bors must blame themselves if tho Mas) [V'srton men take tho steps tficy deem K advisable for their own protection.— lam, &c, Angky Angled. CAPTAIN RUSSELL. Captain Russell, who has just joinod the Ministry, is a son of the late Hon Colonel Russell, late 58th Regiment, who was Native Minister in the Stafford Administration from 18G5 to 18G9. Ho accompanied his /father and family to New Zealand As a child, being afterwards sent to England for his education at the Royal Military College of Sandhurst. He entered the army in 1855, joining the 58th Regiment then serving in Now Zealand. Ue returned to England with his regiment, and exchanged into tho 14th and joined that regiment in this colony, He retired from tho army in 1882, settling In Hawke's Bay as a sheep farmer. He represented his district lor several years iu tho Provincial Council until tho abolition of provinces, In 18G5, on an extra member being given to the Napier district, he was elected to tho House ► of Representatives, jointly represenc»ing Napier with Sir Donald McLean. Captain Russell has in his time been a member of the Education Board, Hawke's Bay County Council, and Waste Lands Board, and thcreforo is perfectly conversant with the working of our local institutions, Had accounts are received from the JVnimoinoko special settlors in CanterJRerbury. A succession of rain and stormy weather has destroyed thoir crops, and ' thoy have petitioned tho Government forholp.