The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1889 MR G. HERON'S ADDRESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3365, 20 November 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1889 MR G. HERON'S ADDRESS.

Mu G. Huhon lias published an address to the burgessns of Mustcvton. , He is uplniu unassuming man, awl the little he hns to say is typical of I liim, Ho tells us that lie Ims come , forward at the request of his brother i councillors, ami though it is not the I privilege of these representatives to ' elect a Mayor, they have a perfect ) rightto ask some one to come forward with whom tliov fuel they can work J If Mr Heron be elected the municipal 1 administration during the ensuing year will at least be harmonious, ami if any new work can be accomplished for the good of the town, the conditions will be favorable for carrying it out. Mr Huron saj s lie relies on his experience as a councillor in the position for which lie is a candidate, and undoubtedly he possesses a very considerable knowledge of the affairs of the borough, and understands thoroughly how to conduct its business. Those who have worked with Mr iJpvon, including past mayors like Mr C'ssolberg, speak highly of bis intelligence and integrity, and though he is but little known to ouSei' 8 . not being a man who either i)io wa 111® trumpet or button holes the in season or outof season, ho dood possess the esteem anil regard of those who are best qualified to form an opinion of him as a pujjlw piuri. Mr Heron announces as his jifippy strict 1 economy. To this we'tako 1$ gb jection, but we need hardly say wj do not go with him in his declaratioi that 110 expensive scheme of publii works should lie undertake!) j)i;e sent lest there should he an hicreas,t of rates. Holding ms we do at opinion that a high preiiiiirs watei supply is obtainable without on iii crease of rates, we regret the position Mr Heron is taking up, However, he is ut wify fair man, and if it car be brought too to him that ti much needed jjupropinent can bi effected without an increase ,'jf rotes, we see nothing in liis addicts k prevent him from assisting it.. As far as personal character goes, we art (juite satislicd with Mr Heron, and our difference with him is confined to the point /.o which we have just alluded. tioumiMiis, liitw especially .wiwji the warm weather is setting in, a public body becomes d ull and lotliargic, Irops the reins anil puts down the whip, saying to itspermaiMt officers ' You drive, and I'll tell you vh;j)i |fou are going wrong." The permanent officers in their turn become infected, and surrender themselves to .lie allurements of the drowsy Uod. ttis at a crisis like this, perhaps, that ;oine smart office boy will come to .he front and run the whole concern, Some such boy, we feel sure, must lave his kMtm at the Education j

Bonrd Office, a buy villi a souse of the sublime, but 0110 who lias just gone 1 step beyond it by closing all tho Wairnrupu schools because happens to be a cattle show at Wellington. We would ask this boy whether he will be prepared to close "ic Wellington city schools next week for the Masterton Horticultural Show, as the latter offers a greater educational advantages than thehorso, cow, pig, and sheep exhibition.

There has been somo controversy latterly as to whether the Premier is well or ill. A leading southern paper said he was very sick, and a Wellington one retorted tkt he was "lit" and working in his office like a horse, The real facts are, m have reason to believe, that during tlio whole of last session Sir Harry was in bad health, but, like the Londou cab horse, as long as he felt tho bit in his mouth and had an occasional flick with the whip, be kept moving; but when the session was over he simply collapsed, He is still very weak, but if he keeps quiet, and docs not go fooling around the Dunedin exhibition, he may pick up his strength again, and do justice to his many important duties, There is no doubt, however, that at the present time he requires immediato rest and relief as far us possible from official worries and excitement. If he does not obtain this, the prospect of his being able to' retain office is a poor one.

Messrs Chamberlain Bros advertise for a lad to drive a bakers' cart.

Mr It. A. Wakelin was yesterday elected Mayor of Greytown, without opposition. Mr I', H. Wood adds to his Taratahi Stock Salo catalogue several lines in steers, heifers, mid tat cattle. The first English (Vesleyan Conference in 1744 consisted of only six persoiiß. That handful has formulated all that is essseutial to the doctrinal teaching of 25,000.000 Methodists toi dayNotice is given tJi.it tho examination for scholarships, tenable for two years from Ist January next, offered by the Education Board, will be held simultaneously in tho Terrace School, Wellington and in the Greytown School on Wednesday, 27th November at 10 a.m. Full particulars will be found iu another column.

Mr 1". H. Wood's usual fortnightly stock sale lakes place at Taratahi to-morrow. The catalogue comprises 400 fat wethers, 100 shorn sheep, mixed owes and lambs, '25 steers and heifers, 20 yoarlmi's, 0 steers, (i fat cows, 15 yearling heifers by Ayrshire and Mderney bulls, specially selocted and kept for dairy stock, and a splendid •Udernoy bull 3 years old.

Wo publish to-day tho programme of i he South Wairarapa Racing Club's annual meeting to be held at Tauhereuikiiu racecourso on New Year's Day. Nominations close on December 17th, a'.d weights will be doclared on Mtii December; acceptances tor handicaps and entries for Maiden Plato on Thursday, December 19th, at 8 p.m. The: programme has boon submitted, and! received the approval of tho Wellington Metropolitan Club. Mr T. Tiernoy, who for a number of years Ims been a member of Mr Pearson's Band is about leaving the dietrict and taking up his residence in Wellington, As a farewoll compliment to liini, his follow bandsmen will play to-mor-row night, occupying the balcony to Townsend k Cowper'a shop in Queen street. The following is the pro-gramme:-Quick march, Bough and Heady; waltz, Vatcrland; quadrille, Diana; polka, As You Like It; grand march. Defiance ; lancers, Dotmybrook Fair; waltz, Summer Regen ; aehottische, Bright and Bewitching; quick inarch, The White Snnnll.

Several additions arc made to Mr F. H. Wood's Martinborouk'h catalogue, The aide tskes place on 30th inst,

Bunyan's '• Pilgrim's Progress " having progressed into tho Chinose dialect of Amoy, some ono counts up that this makes the oighty-third iauguaee or distinctive dialect ot the world in which the work has appeared,

Gold in eoiuiderablo quantity is said to havo been found in the Danube, near Pressburg,where borings i're being made for the construction of a new bridge. The precious metal is secreted iu a kind of clay about eighteen meters below the bed of the river. The indemnity paid by France to Germany after the war of 1870-71 amounted to five milliards of franes.lf this sum had Won paid at the rate of five francs for every minute bi'iicu the beginning of the Christian era up to date,the total amount would not havo been paid yet. Emperor William lias but recently honoured himself wirh any high military rank. Though as Kaiser ho is the ''War Lord "of the German army, he remained but a Brigadier until a short time ago, when he rose to be a MajorGeneral. .Since Queen Victoria made him an Admiral and the Austrian Euipcror made him a General, Moltke has urged him to come up to the first rank, and ho is now a Commanding General.

, At first ensilage-making was looked : upon as a process requiring very careful i scientific treatment. Experience has shown the process to be a very simple one. The convention Ims felly established the simplicity ot the process. Every speaker had been successful, and the general experience had been in the direction of substituting simpler for more coniplicited methods. Mr J. L Thompson saicl tie hid nevor known a failure, no matter how primitive tho methods adopted, and Professor Brown said that while ho advised tho adoption of approved methods, rather than havo farmers delay operations for want of instruction, lie would say to them, ' Tlio poorest ensilage is so oxcellont. tlnit yoij should dig a hole and throw in tho stud." This gontlemun exhibited a sketch of his silo at thp Longerocnons; Agricultural College, and the poorest selector in the colony could havo such a one, It is simply a hole dug in tho ground. The excavated earth or portion of it laid aronnd the lip of tho pit prevents water from flowing in, and there is no selector whu can not dig such a pit. '

A Bank robbery equalling iu audacity (hp Kimbcrley Park robbery of a few month ago pus recently committed at Krugerslorp, South Africa. Two men named Johii Lewis Mc'Ewen and lticlmrd Turpiil ejitered the Standard liapk, and, presenting th;ir revolvers at Mr Stewart tho manager, demanded tho keys of the aafo. Theft gisgod him as well as tlio asslsiint, and"ii)iii|e off with SOOO in gold and potos,' TJiey jjiu} fui lainutM 1 start of the police but tlicy jyero pursued on horseback ant} overtaken jn less than an hour, Til® finding tl/enjselves bard pressed, dismounted and fired at their pursuers, but none of their shuts took effect. McEwan was then wounded by a ?hof. from tho Sergeant of Police, £nd immediately afterwards Turpin threw ,VP fa '""'d ß anu surrSndercd, fh.ey -yefj> then secured and taken batik, and tiie whole of the stolen money was recovered, Good news from Wellington,and quite true, youcau get a splendid harmonium from LS, piano or organ from LID, organ with divided octave couplars all iu aojjd black walnut cases frjm Ll7. This beak aJ!J t]ie cheapest houses in town, Pianos tijiied: for 7s, or by the year four visits Li, tweljing espouses added.' All kinds of musical iustrmiw/f's tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in accdrdeans, Concertinas, harmoniums, iind organs; also liberal exchanges unity;, suy instrument may bo purchased on the tiijio payment systom from 2s 6d per week. ,(>ail np;} exchange your old piano for a hew ai P. J Pinny's Musical Instrument JJopoj, Manners-strooi;, Wellington. (Sole agent of the, ceitbffltcd Worcester organs.)—apvi-

Our cotitcmfjorary apoaks of a trout captured in on Monday last which turned tlio scale at7lbs ljozs. We understand that tho quarter ounce was tho correct weight of the fish,in question, the one ounce and seven pounds being the ioumalistio embellishment. '

As showing the advantages of sending Homo elieep we may mention that a 1' itzherbort settler lias just received account sales of 360 fafc wethors recently sent Home which havo netted liim 23s lid per lwad. He considers (says tho Manawatu Tiinosj that he mado a net gain of £l5O more than he could have obtained in the local markets.

Mr Fred Hoffman, piano tuner and repairer to His Excellency the Governor, has a new announcement over our leader. Mr Hoffman at his extensivo establishment, Lambton-quay, Wellinptod, has a large stock on hand of pianos for aalo on monthly payments. Ho is alsn sole-agent for the celebrated makers, John Brinsmead & Sons.

Tho Wairarapa exhibitors at the Manawatu Show received ratber peculiar treatment from the Railway Department They engaged trucks for aix weeks, fitted them with partitions, etc, and brought with tliem a fortnight's supply of food for their stock. On tho show day those trucks, food and all, were takon away from Palwerstou, and the stockowners were left to their own devices to procure trucks, fond, etc, for stock till this morning, when they were taken down to Wellington to compete at the show there—M, D. Times.

A fatal accident happened to-day to a a bright, little six-year old boy, tho second son of Mr Holloway, tho wellknown butcher. Wo understand that he went up with a loaded waggon tn tho Railway Station, and, while there in some way or other fell under the heavy wheel which paßSßcd over him, completly aud instantaneously crushing the life out of tho poor little fellow. The corpso was at one# brought down to the rasidenco of his parents, who havo tho sincero and deep felt sympathy ot the community in their sad and unexpected trouble.

Tho unfortunate young fellow Ernest France, whose spine was injured some two years ago while bathing iu tho Waipoua River, Masterton, died yesterday morninc. During the long two years he lias been a holpless paralytic, bod-ridden, unable to iuovb hand or foot, the head being tlio only part that retained activo vitality, His patience under this terrible trial was remarkable. France served his in this (N. L Times) ollico, and was an energetic and rising Volunteer, one of tho best shots in tho district. He was exceedingly ■ prepossessing in appearand) and excellently disposed. From tho first very little hope of his recovery was entertained, and the great change ho lias now undergone was a merciful relief, Jn his case tho oft quoted law of tho survival of tho fittest has boon exactly reversed.

Oar millinery showroom has been tho scene of much activity since the season commeuccd, and has been thronged from day to day by ladies who knew that tho most elegant, becoming and graceful fashions were to lie had at the Wholcsolc Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Are House, Wellington. We have ail excellent choice of trimmed hats, in white, cream, black, and all colours; we have cvory fashionable variety of shape, and every lady who but gives a glance at our millinery window will sec that for genuiue taste and moderato prices we are without compeers, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Wehavc also an abundance of flower trails troin Is to 7s fid; of flower sprays from Hi to 4s Gd; of unmounted (lowers of all kinds indeed as regard flowers generally, we have the largest and most fashionable stock in the city, at Te Aro House, Wellington, We have a lot of untrimnicd picnic lmts, specially imported for this purpose and for gwden wear, from I'jd !o lis each, and a uice lot of tho same description, trimmed, at2s lldnnd 7s lid each, atTcAroHouse, Wellington.

Altogether, our millinery department, just now, is very attractive, and would amply repay a visit ot inspection, We can execute all orders promptly and most artistically, and guarantee what is obtained nowhore eke iir the city, complete satisfaction, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.— Ann-,