The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1889. Sir George Grey's Probable Promotion.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3343, 24 October 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1889. Sir George Grey's Probable Promotion.

A CAUr.KoiiAM the other day assured the public in New Zealand that their veteran friend, .Sir George Grey, was to he provided with an Irish seat in tbe Parliament of Westminster, and that, like his old enemy Mr Gladstone, lie was to give the remainder of his days to Ireland. It might have been expected that an announcement of this kind would liave created some stir in New Zealand, and that tbe press vould have expressed regret at the probable loss of onr " old man eloquent." Yet as lar as we can observe no tears are being shed, no one says " Don't go away," and a profound indifference appears to lie manifested as to whether one who is in many respects the most able public mnn in the colony, stops with us or leaves us, Nearly twenty years ago Sir George sighed for a seat in the English parliament and contested an election unsuccessfully, Then lie posed as a Conservative, now iio roust stand as a Liberal; but he will, no doubt, feel no difficulty in making a change of front ot this kind, Sir George is an Irishman, ail eloquent j man, and a wealthy nun. The Irish national party cannot get an ally every day possessing so many valuable qualifications, and they am quite right in finding him a seat. In spite of his ((rentage. Sir George Grey is capable of making his mark in the English Parliament, if the climate does not kill hii'j. Even in the House of Commons 'here aro but few men possessing bis natural and acquired talents, and though many in New I Zealand are wont to ridicule his rhodomontade. yet, with all his faults, lie is tbe largest man in our little Assembly, and perhaps the most lonely, No doubt he is tired of New Zealand, and we, being somewhat weary of him, will let liiin go without

any givat amount of compunction, Should lie- gain access to the English parliament, we shall be prouder of him there than we are of liiin here. We know here all his little tricks and vanities, and have become too intimate with liimto recognise the better and higher plnizcs of his character, We shall see these more distinctly perhaps when bo is at a greater distance from us, Our aged exgovernor is full of pluck; he is a prince of demagogues, and he will make it lively for his old friends, the Conservatives, if he once gets possession of the floor of the House of Commons. Hifj favorite unborn millions will grow on Irish soil better than in this colony. The result of Inspector Lee's examination of the Greytown, Featbcrston and Carterton Schools stands thus:—Passes, Greytowp, 01 per cent, Featherston, 86 per cent, Carterton, 80 per cent. It is estimated that there are 214,000 acres (if fruit trees n> cultivation this year m Great Britain. This area does not include the small cottage gardens. !Ths work of connecting by canals the two great arteries of navigation in Western Siberia has so far progressed that a boat olift long and 14ft wide, t,iking 3jtt of water, has lately been drawn from tho Obi into the Yenisei with a • load of 40 tons of jlouv. Tho two rivers are 030 miles apart. Mr Edison, on being interviewed by tho New York authorities in. regard to tho possibility ..of- failures in electrical executions, gave it as his opinion that they are both suro and painless when properly performed. It appears that Franco is likely to follow the example of America in the. matter of inflicting capital punishment, for a proposal is now advanced to abolish the guillotine and substitute death by electricity' Late advices received from the United States contain particulars of the murder of a wedding party, including tho brido and briclct'i'oom, near Corrallis, Montana. A farmer named Jones, after being married, was returning with bis biide, bridesmaids, and best man, and another young lady, to rsnclio, when they were murdered on the highway, Their bodies were riddled with bullets'.

Gpod nowstrom Wellington, and quit o true! jwcan get a splendid harmonium frnai L 5, piano or organ from Lls, organ with djvjded octave couplars all in solid black walnut .cases front Ll7. This beats all the .cheapest houses in town. Pianos timed for 7s, or by the year four visits LI, travelling expenses added: All kjnds.of musical instruments tuned, .cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in accordeana. Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges Midfi, Any instrument (nay be purchased ou tho time payment. ?ystenj from 2s Cd per week. Call aftd exchange your old piano for a now one ac F. J. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street, Wellington. (Sole agent of the celebrated Worcester oiganß.)—ADYJ

A purchaser frr tho grains at tho Mnstorton brewery is udvortiscd for. ■si Lowes mid lorns put under tho ' c hammer on Saturday next an anvil and a blacksmiths hollow by order of tho ri official assignee.' hi A grand show is announced to tako jj place in conjunction with the installatiou of the electric light at tho Palace | Hall, Groytown, on Wednesday October "Oth. ... We have received from tho Govern- h nicnt printer a neatly bound copy in t' cloth of the Statutes passed in '.lie third 8 session of the tenth Parliament of New c Zealand, just closed, Notice is tjivra elsewhere thai tho f annual Spring Show of the Mastcrton 1 Horticultural and Industrial Society will bo hold in tho Drill Hall on 1 Wednesday 27th November. Entry forms, catalogues and general informa- ; tion can bo obtained from the Secretary, I Mr W, B, Oheunells. j The parent of a hoy attending the Sydenham Borough School summoned , Mr Baldwin, the hcsidmaater, for assault- ( ing the hid with a stick. Lengthy | evidence was given, which showed that i four of tho hoya at school had mobbed an old woman, and had taken articles from hot basket. The master, seeine this, had punished the four as an example to tho whool; and' tho Bench • strongly condemned the action of tho hoys, and considered they, lmd not had scyere enough punishment. The caso was dismissed with costs, i A judgment debtor who was Bums moned to tho Masterton It. M. Court at ,• 10 o'clock this morning sent a telegram I) to say that he would be in attendance on ■ arrival of tho midday train. Tho creditor who objected to this delay,' applied that, an order for payment of the j claim for which judgment had been givon should he made, at the same time pointing out no satisfactory reason had been given for the iion-ultyndance of k the debtor, and that lie resided within an eas) riding distance. His Worship declined'to make tho older, on the :t faco of the telegram, and put the case back for an hour to give the debtor a chance to be present. A somewhat novel point was raised in theH.M Court to-day. A saivmiller supplied a linn of contractors with certain timber, payment tor winch was demanded, and for certain reasons refused. Under tho powers of tho ltoi dent Magistrate's Act tho sawnnller elected to sue but one member of the firm, who, through his counsel confessed judgment. Plaintiffs counsel, in addia witness who had been subptenaed, tion to costs, applied for tho expenses of s Defendant's counsel pointed out that the witness referred to was a partner of 13 dol'endant, and really joint defendant - with him in the actios, and nuist have been so sued but for the clause in the ~ Act referred to. Tho Court decided J after further argument, not to allow tho

witness' expenses, During tho present century Berlin lias grown faster than either London or Paris. 1 Tlit newest nonsensical go3tronomic combination in London clubs is a salad of lettuce and oiangers, Dr Legerio, of Chicago, who spent fivo years at Paris as a student of Pasteur, is treating patients for hydrophobia at the Chicago county hospital according to Paßteur's method. The only places where women possess tho same priviledges of voting as men are Iceland, Piteaim Island, and tho Isle of Man., in these islands they have the full aulfiage. It is said that tho Japanese women who embrace Christianity excrciio an influence in moral questions hardly inferior to the English and American women. Melbourne has not always born its present name, but was known as Beargrass when first founded, An ancient acqueduct, unruined and fit for present use, has been discovered close to Atliona, It is in the suburb toward Hymettus. Couusl General Muellar informs the State department that " trusts" are taking rout in Germany, that the speculative fever is spreading, and that serious consequences are feared. When a Zulu child ie first born it is of a light hue, and docs not not the darker tint of its parents for some years, According to the latest British Consular report trom Nisch the sale of bibles has been prohibited in Belgrade, and it is expected that tho prohiution will be made general, It is reported that the Russian Government intends to buy all the Polish railways and transform them into State railways on account of their stratcgctical importance. A man wa* put in the stocks as late as 1860. In that, year a Sunday gambler was kept in them for six hours at Stannnisley. One of tbe consequences of tho progress of civilisation appears to be a 100 considerable reduction of the proportions of the human jaw. Our teeth continue tlio same in numbor, but our jaws are ■becoming too little for them. An extensive study recently made in Germany on a largo number of eases sboivs that the greatest common cause of irregularities in the position of the teeth is want of room.

Every French bank has a photograph of every employe, and it. the case of the more responsible ones they are under the surveilhmco of private detectives most of the time. Travellers on the hot plains of Siberia keep cool by wrapping themselves in thick blankets. When the temperature there reaches 113 and 120 and over, travellers, it is said, wrap themselves m two heavy blankets and cover their limbs with pillows on the side next to the sun to prevent the blistering of the body and from becoming sick and nauseated at the pit of tho stomach. A statistical automaton has just been put on trial in the office if the Hoard of Health, New York. Willi the aid of an electric battery this automatons oxpeeted to tabulate, with unprecedented rapidity and correctness, all the statistical information which it had hitherto required some 10 or 12 clerks to handle. The machine was devised originally for the purpose of tabulating returns of the eleventh census of the United States. It records, on small cards, all sorts of statistical data conccrnm? sex, age, race, death, disease, occupation, and dwelling place, Mr Bilbroiigli, representivo of Messrs Cook, Sons & Co.'s Tourist Agency, has just returned, to Dunodin, from Australia, aftorhaving completed with the Australian inana»or arrangements for excursions from all the Australian capitals', covering both railway and steamor. As to tho prospocts of people comins! over, he eayo there is every reason to believe that the prospects of a good season in New Zealand avo very fair indeed. The firm aro mal;in« arrangememnts to supply excursionists with accomodation, and also arranging a aerio.3 of trips to all places of interest about Duncdin. They aro also arranging for tho round tour—Melbourne to the Bluff, Duncdin, Cliristchuicli, through the Otira Gorge to Greyniriuth, thou on a visit to tho Sounds, and back to the B'mff,and tlwn to Melbourne.

All the now makes ami colours in ribbons wo havoin profusion. Wide ribbons for millncry, the newest widths tor neckwear, in tapc-ed/inl, faille, satin striped, mom striped, iiml brock, ai)d ii] all the new colours, such lis mhim, cream, lusemi, can <le nil,mania, vimrose,serpent,Ac. Pongee sash ribbons, in buttercup, terra colta, cardinal, mosses, maroon, cream, reseda, gold, and white. Wide striped sashes, in colours to match dresses, Black moire sashes, and all tho fashionable colours iri coloured moire sashes. Ileal torchon laces, now patterns; millinery laces, Swiss embroidered laces, nreoplianes, crepes, tulles, Ac. Ladies' leather belts, in black and art shades. Dress buttons, in ivory (inj] metal, to match every shade of dress fabrics. Fashionable "Dircctoire'' and "Lorraine" fronts; also, linen fronts, with culls to match-a decided novelty, at Te Aro House, Wellington! \Ve liaye a very pand assortment of sunshades to slioyv to the ladies of Wellington, and Wairarapa, comprising the very latest i "noycltics" in liberty silk, in npss, yicu.v rose, terra cotta, reseda, cardinal, Ac, ; shot, intuli, fi'qlil. g[oj, brinvu, Tho style generally approve:! is a gm'ccfu. niodilicstion of the "En hid cits" or "Husband b/atcr." Call at To Aro Houso, Wollingon.-Am,

Quartz s|)Ot-iiiioi]B from the t;old and silver reefs at I'uhipuhi have, been sent to the Government, Tho body ft man named Olwrles Adam, recently drowned in Whangario harbour, was found on Sunday floating • near tho jhnre amnnc tlio rucks. When f discovered the body presented a ghastly t appearaueo, having bton mutilated by j, sharks and completely disembowelled. Special train arrangements in .con- , ncctiim with the Caitorton Pastoral and 11 Agricultural Shuwcia tlio 30th inst, and 9 the Taratahi-Cartoi ton Races on the' r 81st just, are published in another c column! r A imivument, is on foot at the principal towns throughout the Colony to have > tho Princo of Wales 1 ' birthday observed on Monday, the lltli of "November, ' instead of Saturday, the 9th, 1 Tho Collector of Customs acknowledges i' 3 conscience money from an unknown ] person. This is the fourth, instance in , over tonrteen years at Lyttclton of such ] honesty or qualms of conscience. It is reported by Mr Sydney Tat\vhatig:i. M.H.lt, tlmt whilst truvcllini; on the West Cast beach, about 25 milM (turn Ahipaia, ho found an empty case ' branded C.H in a diamond, with tho ' word Melbourne underneath, and abotn | oft of the topmast of a large ship. Tho attention of the l'olieo Department at Auckland having been called by 1 Bishop Cowie to a letter which he re- ! ceived from two young girls, stating that they had been spirited mvay to Header--3 son, a country district, and detained their against (heir will, two constablos • were sent to inquire into tho circum- « stances. They report that the girls i went to the district on their own aei cord. b At a puMic meeting held at Hamilton • yesterday a Kail way Kolorm League was c established, having as its platform the l abolition ol differential rating, tlio sube stitution of stage system fur mileage 1 rating, the stage system to give special f facilities to diatricta and settlers far toil moved from a market; a reduction 111 :i passengers and goods charges,the simpli-' is tying of tlio dassitication of goods, wci'.'he ing charges, etc, A comniitteo including a the chairmen of the locol b idies of four counties of Waikato, was appointed. The ( j nowly-established organisation willallili!r ate with the Auckland League. The Victorian court at tho Dunedin s Exhibition is liegiiminK to assume an appearance of order, Tho piclure gallery I has been completed, and tho offices will )r be delivered over to theKxecutivo Commissioner, Mr Fletcher. Mr G. D. Lang--1(j ridge,Pi eaident of the lioyal Commission j. is expected to nrrivo shortly. Kxhibits

aro now pouring in from nil sides, and "tho work of Butting up :ind decorating the courts is proceeding. Many of r.lic representatives lind :i scarcity of funds hampering tbem. Tiic elaborate manner in which tho Australians and some private exhibitors aro preparing, leave them no option but to follow suit unless their courts arc to at once produco an unfavourable impression. Thosmclting operatiousat the To Arolia Silver and Golduiinina; Company's reduction work are progressing satisfactorily. The quantity of orn and concentrates put through daily varies from 'JO to 28 tons. The ore now being smelted consists of a mixture of matted concentrates and silicious ore from Karangahake, Marototo, etc. There is now 011 hand about 80 tons cf bullion piled up in stacks of 100 bars each. The assay of the slag shows that fully !10 per cent of gold, silver, and copper are being saved by the furnace.