The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOV, 18, 1889. The Waipa Address.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3363, 18 November 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOV, 18, 1889. The Waipa Address.

Mu Biticjj has published an address to the electors of Waipa. A statesman of his standing in such a formal presentation of his views, speaks not only to the district which he is immediately addressing but to tho Colony at large, Mr Bryce is freely spoken of as a probable successor to Sir Harry Atkinson, should the illhealth of the Premier prevent him from continuing in ollice, and it is well known that had he rotmiinud in Parliament after the last general election the moderate men of both ■ parties would have liked to have seen him ot the head of affairs, Jn the address to which we liavo referred, Mr Bryco condemns the overborrowing in which New Zealand has ' indulged, lie favors the assimilation ( of the Native land tenure to the European, In railway matters lie considers we have introduced European methods of management which are inapplicable to a Colony with a sparse population, but pleads for tiie I new Commissioners having a fair trial, He regards the Property Tax as burdensome and unpopular, but 1 points out that an Income Tax would ■ be still moro obnoxious and that tho money must be raised somehow, In finance he believes further retrenchment to be still possible, and with respect to representation ho considers ' sixty members sulliciont to do the ' work of the Colony, Thesn briefly | stated arc tljo salient points of Mr , Bryce's address, and tliey are a fair opitouic of tho opinions of moderate . men in the Colony, In the main ! they could ba endorsed even by Sir Harry Atkinson, the chief difference ' between the two men being that the present Premier is somowhat more pliable and plausibb than Mr Biyce. He will not, perhaps altogether sacrifice principle to expediency, but he will bend it it long way in tlio direction which ho imagines will bring political support. Mr Bryce 011 the other hand is like a rock 011 any point where his mind is clearly made up. In old days we have heard hiui spoken of as "obstinate John Bryce," and in ths sense that he is inflexible, immoveable and firm, be may be fairly said to be obstinate, This ijuality in it wrongheaded man is a serious drawback; but in a calm, careful, thoughtful, clear-headed man liko John Bryce, a man well ballasted with common sense, it is a decided advantage, New Zealand wants a ruler badly, We have had in Sir George Grey, Sir Robert Stout, Sir Julius Vogel, and Sir Harry Atkinson, clever tacticians and able logrollors, but we have not had a strong statesman. We do not attach great importance to tha views of Mr Bryce; they are so moderate and sensible that his political opponents cannot say much against them, and there is no bid for popular support in any one of them. The main consideration is that such as they arc, they will with him, as far as opportunity offers, lie loyally and fairly carried out, With Mr Jiryccj there will be 110 backing and filling, but straight sailing 011 the course which he lias marked out, In llie old Provincial days Mr Uryre was also known • by another mkiml. He was spoken of an n lmist John Bryce," mid lie happens to be tho only Colonial political man to whom this particular adjective lias been commonly applied. No doubt scores of our New Zealand Parliamentarians •have justly been esteemed for their integrity, but John Bryce has been recognised par excellence as the lion,est man of the legislature, This is just '■ the sort of man we want in the ' Assembly and in the Ministry, and 1 without wishing Sir Harry Atkinson ; a briefer reign than he deserves, we 1 should like to see tho experiment ■ tried of placing Mr Bryce at the head j of a Cabinet, ,

Of,'lt local contemporary accuses us of threatening ths burgesses of Masterton in connection with the election. We wish it to be distinctly understood that ve desired to make

no threat ot any kind, but siuiply to point out a logical conclusion, which wo boliovc time, will verify, It is not [a threat to tell tho burgesses that if they take a certain courso they will injure themselves, nnd this is exactly wliut wo meant! It was no menace to declare that retribution awaits tho alniso of a privilege. Still it is quite possible to twist what wo wrote iutoa threat or menace, and wo compliment our contemporary upon kite able maimer in which ho has mado us express more than wo intended to imply, Wo felt it to he a public duty to speak plainly and unreservedly when we saw a p«raon coming forward as our Jubilee Mayor tvhom wo felt certain was quite unlit for the position and whom we regretted to find to be the candidate of a numerous party in the town, Wo spoke plainly about Mr Cullen, but our contemporary seems disinclined to speak at all of his now protegi. It would appear as if he were somewhat ashamed of him, and recognises that silent voting will be the best chance for his party. Indeed the party may wellbtmtied if in its rank and file ilgra& discover a better mayoralfiHHHte than Mr Cullen. It of every true friond olflHferton to raiso the status of the imyoral office, It has been brought low enough during tho past two yearn, but if Mr Cullen wins his election it will come down with a run ; it will stick at zero, and " all the king's horses and all tho king's men" won't get it up again, A fow selfish men in this town, in order to drive a wedge into the Borough Council, are prepared to inflict an irretrievable injury on tho borough. Will the burgesses lot them? We don't believe they will, for though they liavn been wont in tho past to follow their party leaders in municipal campaigns, they have some regard for their own reputation and for the good mimo of the town, and very many of them will draw tho line at Mr Cullen, oven though tho liberal association caucus calls upon them to support him:

Owing to tlio inclemency of tho weather, tho meeting convoncd at Alfredton for hist Friday tlio 15th inst re road metalling was postponed till Tuesday 19th November. An importat sale by auction of stock, farm implements, dairy utensils, and leasehold is advertised by Mr l'\ 11. Wood, to take place 011 Thursday Nov. 28th, at Mr A, Allan's farm, I'aratalii, Mr Allan is leaving the district, and the autioneer lias instructions to sell everything. No reserve being placed upon any lines buyers may bo confident the highest bidder will bo tho purchaser, The catalogue of tho principal linos is published in Mr Wood's usual column,

Vo have received from tho Government Printer a copy of the most valuable work which has, as yet, been published in the Empire City, It is called the Forest Flora of New Zealand, compiled by Mr Kirk, F.L.8., and is profusely illustrated with very beautiful plates depicting every tree in tho bush, and in same instances tho methods employed in foiling tliem, and preparing thorn for tho market, If Mr ilislop is embarrassed by his new decoration wo should recommend its transfer to Mr Kirk, whoso work in this handsome volume is eminent!' worthy of a European recognition,

Mr F, 11, "Wood advertises for sale by public auction, cm tho property, lhat compact dairy farm, now in tlio occupation of Mr Alfred Allan, being section 101), part section 202 Taratahi Plain Block, containing a littlo over 400 acres of rich farm land, subdivided into convenient paddocks, and otherwise implored with comfortable dwelling hou'ic, and outbuildings. Tho sale will take place on Thursday, November 28th, and further particulars can be obtained on applicalon to the auctioneer,

Cur Whiikataki correspondent writes ; —" Our holiday here went off very quietly, on account of so many being engaged shearing, Mataikuna and the Castle Stations heing in full swing. The Whakataki aud Tonui Rillo Club met at both ranges, Mr W, Pickett being victorious ill class A, and Mr RUMaunscll in class C. Some vory «ood fish have been caught at the Castle lately, our host from the Castle Hotel and two friends while out tiahiiiL; on Thursday, had lather a jolly time of it with two sharks that tlioy hooked, /l'he lirst one (hoy caught tliey managed lo laud in the boat, but the other objected, and

showed them the use of his tail,but they managed to get him ashore, he measured about B?,feet aud the other li.l, thohirgest that have been caught here, Langdalo started shearing on the 7th November with nine machine shears and nino ordinary shears. The weather being very broken only threo whole days have been obtained, the machines oil these days averaging 73, 85, 87, per man respectively, Thoro wero only four avcrago shearers on tho machine board, tho rest being vcrymdifloreiit and onoa beginner, The machines did better work among the crossb-rcd than the merino sheep,the latter bringing'down the avoMgo considerably. it is impossible to shear very badly with the machines and the finest work can be done oven by indifferent shearors. Tho newness of tho machinery also helped to considerably reduco the averages. When sundry improvements are made in a few small details of the machine gear, there is no doubt that machine shearing will be widely adopted if not universally,and bad shearing with bad cuts will bo almost a thin? of tho past. Lanwlale has only one moro days shearing to linish up, With regard to the discovery of phylloxera in the Auckland district, Mr. Thomas Scott, of Mount Eden, upon whose nursery the insect was found, will destroy the whole of his vines immediately. ITe is so disheartened wi'.h the complete havoc made in his vinery, and tho expense and labour which would be involved in eradicating the pest aud resuming \lne culture successfully, that he intends to give up operations. Mr Scott obtained tlio vines four years ago, planting one side with dift'orentlvarieties from soveial suburban nurseries, and other sido with vines from Whangarei. Eighteen months ago he detected that there was something wrung with same of the vines, and ho routed them out before the ui'op was ripe and planted instead fresh vines of his own growing. These had a growth last year of 20 to 30 feet, but never had a bud, and ou inspection lie found Die roots rotten, During the last two months bo has been much concerned at the backward appearance of the vines, and the other day lie uncovered anno of tho roots, when | sulliciont evidence was obtained of tlieii rapid decay, and by Idle aid of a work on vine culture he was iwiabled to trace the presence of the dreaded insect pest phyllosera. At llomo, oiiAtigust 20, a spherical bomb of ten centimetre? in diameter was thrown from the Via lmprcsa, at the buck of the Ch«inboi*'of Deputies, into the Piazza *Uo|oiina while the band was playing, The missllo explnJed, wounding six persons, four of them slightly, while a gendarme, mid a child wero seriously hurt. .A brief panic ensued, but the people in the I'iazza were soon tranf|Uilised mid (he bund resumed playing,

(looct m;ws from Wullmgton,aud quito true, youciUi got a upleiidid harmonium from Lo, piano or organ from LIS, organ with dividud octave couplars all in solid black walnut cases fnm LIT. This boats all (he cheapest' houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or by the yfar four visits LI, travelling expenses added: All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, arid repaired, now reeds put in accordcans, Goncortinss, harmoniums, uml organs; also liberal exchanges inado. Any instrument may bo purchased on the time payment system from 2s 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one at F. J. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Mannera-stroot, Wellington. (Sole agent of the celebrated Worcester orgat)t.)~M>Yl

Mr I'. Hitchings, of "Wairongo advertises for five shearers, and a man to fold fleeces, immediate application to be made.

Tho Masterton Philannonic Society's entertainmen 1 , is uotifiod to take place in He, Matthew's Schoolroom onTuesday Novembor 2Gtli. The first part will consist of a classical concert. Tho second part of Van Brecs' ScanicCantata "St Cecilia's day A full programme will be published in a fow days, Mr E. Dixon of the Masterton Carriage

Factory forwarded a waggoneto to tho Wellington Agricultural Show this morning which as a specimen of local industry is well worthy a special notice. It is a design of Mr Dixon's own and is

built of ash, kauri, and hickory the body bonigjjsh and kauri, and the whools hickosfctted with tho latest stylo of Coliugo axles. Thn finish is porfect tho upholsterin? being in claret coloured morocco leather. The door at '.lie back opens at an anglo rendering the ingress and engress much safer as for is ladies drossosaro concerned, This handsomo vehicle is just ono of those specimens that would do credit to tho colony that produced it if shown at tho Paris Exhibition. It may interest somo of our readers to learn tho following particulars of the Irish Homo rule lecturer who recently visited Masterton, Mr John Deasyot Bisliopstown, Cork, is a son of Mr M, Deasy, C. E,, of Cork, and was born in 185 C, He is a member ol the Board of Guardians and of other public bodies in Cork City. In February, 1884, ho was returned for Cork City m succession to

Mr John Daly. At the election of 1885 lie was returned almost unapposed, his opponent, Mr J. Stoney (Conservative) polling only 131 votes against Mr Deasy's 4790. In 1880 ho was relumed for the samo scat unopposed. Tho crazo for destroying whole quarters of interesting mediieval towns in the namo of hygiene and mo,dern necessities, wliioh has tiken such abnormal proportions in Italy, is nienancing its most beautiful town, Venice is to undergo a regular transformation with the object of widening some of its most picturesfjuo and narrow canals, and consequently tho demolition ol some of its most fascinating quarters will become necessary. Fortunately public opinion is beginning to be alarmed, and tho press is devoting some attention to it. Signor Bacelli, tho Minister of Public Instruction, has written to. Venice for information, but lias rocoived a very unsatisfactory reply. Deak Foiity Ykaks.—Tho description of a simula remedy, by which a nuniplele cure of ilutfim and wises in the haul of I'OltTV YKAlts' STANDING llllS just hecll olfected, will bo sent krkb to anyono who applies to J. 11. Nicholson 175 William ytrcet, Molbourue Aijyt.

We are now showing all the new shades in cummer drtssfabrics, recently received, and among them will lie found somo very choice French cashmeres, in colors that can only lie obtained in profusion at the) Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te AlO House, Wellington. We would call special attention lo these, as although there is a fairly large assortment just now, yet tliey are selling so rapidly and the demand is so great that an early visit is essential to secure them at Te Are House, Wellington.

IfcuiTirut, tints there arc in limit Cashmeres, such as the fashionable greens, comprising Serpent, Lkrnl,Sycamore,Reseda, Euphrates, fe, Ac., at Te Arc House, Wellington, Emm'ui, tints in the fashionable ijmj French cashmere?, comprising I'iw Blue, tin.nil, Aeier, Anhis, iW\, Ac,, arc now 011 view at Te Aro House, Wellington, liKM.'inui, tints in the iiep/us ultra failed rose French cashmeres, including the Vim Rose. llo'c ifOrienl, ilomerm, are now being displayed at Tc Aro House, Wellington.

lii'.AVHin, tints. These cashmeres aro of ONCellent (juality and linish, have been imported direct from the very best of French imiimfuetuiers, with whom these are n speciality, and range ill price from 'is lid oils lid per Jiml,alT'c Aro House,'Wellington.—Aiivj 1 .