The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1889. JUBILEE CELEBRATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3369, 25 November 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1889. JUBILEE CELEBRATION.

Prkmatioxs arc now being made at Wellington fora Jubilee celebration. Fifty years have rolled away since the first settlers landed at Port Nicholson, and the golden wedding of New Zealand with the few survivors of tlio original pioneers may justly be celebrated, What tbo English race has dono for New Zealand, and what New Zealand has done for that portion cf the English race which has beeomc domiciled here, will no doubt bo the theme of many an eloquent speech and able leader, but, after all, at this half-way stage, the retrospect, interesting as it may be to this young nation, and honourable as it undoubtedly is to it, is of !esa importance than the prospect of whac we luay become during the coming half pei|'tury. It was as a Grown Colony, pure aii'd ai'mplo,'Jliat Now iiealand made its first steps towards greatness;, but the spirit of local self-government speodily asserted itself, and the main progress for good or ill, which has marked its development, Ims been directly due to Home llule, As yet p have hardly reached that point when the pppnle of this laud from the Ngrlh Ca'pe to, Injercargill. can be regarded js one'community. The spirit of Provincialism jias '(survived its legal demise; Auckland and Wellington do not dwell like brethren in unity, Canterbury is not proud of Otago, and a Nelson man hardly WB%c himself a citizen of New Zealand. One goqd result cf the Duucdii) Exhibition is that if will frw together in one place people from all payls pf the Colony, and issjst to establish s.omp poinmunity tfspntjment and interest, IVO mo not fond of Colonial exhibitions, they U'e fearful bpggars, portentous eoches,—one part of the Colony jij 'or a season stimulated, hut all other tortious of it arc drained to supply ;ho stimulus—but they all possess ,his advantage, thougli it is a ques- ; ,1011 whether it is not purchased at ;oo high a cost.. The programme for die Wellington Jubjlee, a regatta, is s intended to be a step in the same lirection, Prizes arc to be cm such a icalethateouipetitionwillbealtracted iom all parts of New Zealand. As t Colonial undertaking, though liainly of interest to those skilled in iquatio prowess, it is worthy of supiort. Some of the old settlers in the impire city seem to think that louiething morotlian a regatta should ;o arranged, They wish to appear n evidence in other than nautical iostumo, and no doubt they will have heir way, Oxen, perhaps, will be 'oastcd whole, if the weather is not oo warm for this liiiul of celebration, fifty years ago no doubt, old settler oasted wholo would have been a avorito dish with the then resident lobulation, liven in thoso days here were a fowrosident while people ngaged in the whaling industry, and uaterialsfor a banquet after tbo heart f the hungry aboriginal were occasjnally available, Mr lloebuck once aid, when New Zealand was in its lfancy, thftt Dfttivo races would i e civilised off the face of the earth, nd here we have witnessed the :uth of his sad prophecy! The ] jft-tleshed, sleek, idle Maori of , i-day has not the vitality of his i irefathers, who kept themselves hale y limiting and fighting, and whoso fdiiiary fats—ye do not mean the ;casional oanmbaHsiie |)a!)(|iiet on stival days-would be disdamod by ; loir degouorale descendants. ' We ie that it is proposed thai the uatives wuld be invited to take pavtio tbo j

jubilee, but wo fancy that tbo more intelligent and self respecting 'of them' must feel that the past fifty years, whatovar they may have done for the colony, ami whatever they may liavo accomplished for tho pakoha, havenot made them greater or better as a people, Whether the remnant of one of the iiuest native races in the world can be made to take such a now departure that it may ho saved from tho effects of the terrible law which Mr lloobuck laid down is a question that lias not yet been faced in the past fifty years, but may, we trust, bo considered in the coining semi-cycle. Wo have mado tho Maoris rich, we have helped to kill them off with kindness, but we have never yet set about the more difficult and honorable task of teaching them to be industrious and self-reliant. During the second half of New Zealand's first ccnturj we fear the Maoris as woll as tho early settlers will become as extinct as the moa. A now generation is springirg up and has already made its mark in this colony, a generation of Oolonial-born whitemen, who arc now rapidly coming to the front claiming their right lo govern the country, and gradually displacing tho rulers, statesmen, and legislators who had ' their birth in another hemisphere, and who cannot altogether dissociate themselves from early habits and training in the mother country. It is these colonial-born youths who will celebrate the next jubilee and complete the work which their predecessors have begun. The jubilee of to-day is dwarfed by tho contemplation of the greater jubilee in the distant future, when New Zealand will have built up a rich, prosperous and united nation, when provincialism will have become a memory, and this colony wijl lake its fitting placo as one of the wealthiest and most , prosperous countries on the face of tho globe.

Messrs Lowes aud lorns announce their next stuck sale for Wednesday December 4th.

A fencing notice affecting tho ownor of suburban section No 147, l'arkville is published iu another column,

An emergency meeting of tho Masterton Lodge, 14M, K.C. will take placo at the Masonic Hall, Bannister Street, this evening.

At tho annual meeting of tho Timaru Farmers Co-operative Association on Saturday week, the report showed a profit for the year of £4705. A dividend of 8 per pent on the paid-up capital of £11,771 was deckred, and a bonus ofG per cont on purchases; aud £1750 was oarried to roserye fund,

•Messrs Harcoutt & Co will soil by auction at Wellington on Tuesday, 10th December, that pieco of land, being section 140, llangitumau block, containing 884 acres bush land, of which 50 acres aro cleared and in grass, Also section 396, near Citrtertou, containing 84. acres bush land. Full particulars wdl bo found in our advertising columns.

A iroll-kiiown Cliristchnrch dcalor in wool, &c, who has been protty frequently annoyed with horses atrayhi" into his paddock, gave instructions to the ranger jn the district to impound any animals foynd there, Theranra seeing a good haul in view, ono evening last week consulted the owner ot the paddock bofore acting. T'li' owjiur hastily tuld bin) m take them away, He was much ehag> rined on sendinp for his on horses the following morning to find they had spent the night in the pound, having, without his knowlcdgo been placed in this identical paddock. A terrible affair is reported from Odessa, A toichor at the fliohmoiid Lycfo, liobort Sauaoby name committed suicide by hanging himself. His wife on hearing the drcadiul news, lost lior reason, and in a lit uf homicidal mania killed her live chjldron, cutting their •boilies in pieces with a largo carving knife, She afterwards sprang fron| a window on the tliir I story of her resid: once, and was found in a dying condition,

Sir Williiini Jurvcis, the Into Govern nor of New Zealand, has nettled hiuisulNit tho New Forest lor a few months, having become the tenant of Cull'nells, which is about tho nicest placo in tho district. It is within a short distance of Lyndhurat, and was for many years the country residence of Mr Georgo Itose, tho colleaguo and friend of Mr Pitt, and in those days George 111. almost invariably dined and sleplthere when on his journey between Windsor and Weymouth,

A wonderful young Russian giantess is now in Paris, Her name is Elizabeth Liska, Bhe is only eleven years of ago <vmlis already lift Gin in height, Her parents are of ordinary statue, and her brothers and sisters, of whom tho Ins five, 'are not above the average height, ffei'ijljiiuriiin] (jyw'tli'qiily began when g!|e Wjis (our yoius of ajjeV'uut ti;i) duoturo say fjtip will coiitinuu to grow for sumo liuiu. Iter deye|o|)iiiei|t is. in keeping with her staiuru, Hliq measures 3ft 5-Jiu round the waist, and aft Uin round the chest.

Tho Lyttleton Times Wellington correspondent writes:- flre.it things were expected from the auctiou at which tho block was offered. It is twentymo acres in extent, subdivided into over three hundrpd sjietio))3 ; and |iac been amply provided wjtj; streets, ajjphalfo footpaths and ntlier necessaries of town life at a cast ot about £7OOO, Tho reserve price was, 1 hear, sonietliiniiboUecn iii and !i! per foot as tin average, There was a "ood deal of bidding, but no sale. The disappointment is keen. You will s,ea f,ljat won in Wellington all is not gold that idtytei's, Tli;) reasons given for the failuro are the high reserve, llm fact that bankers aro not accqininodatiiig, and the misu'&iblcuoss of tho day, the public beipg bent on the show at the Hutj,

The Intelligent foreigner does not always quite fathom our littlo ways. An English gentlemen was married at Antwerp the other day. When the experimental pair left the Hotel do Ville their English friends peppered them m that polite way which so th kles the newlymarried, with rice and old shoes, The friendly greeting was mistaken by the presiding policcioan for a hostile demonstration: ho iit once summoned a Ijlo of sn|djers to l)js assjtance, and the Secretary of t|ie English .Club was inarched into the sruard-roopi under a strong escort. After explanations, the prisoner emerged trom his teniporaiy confinement amid a roar of laughter ind tho pvufusu apologies of tho /.ealous officials.

Our millinery showroom has been Hie scene of much activity since tho season commenced, ami has been thronged from day to day by ladies who knew that the most elegant, becoming and graceful fashions were to be had at the Wliolesolc Family Drapery Warehouse, Tc Aro House, Wellington. We have an excellent choice of trimmed liais, iii white, pream, black, and all colours; wc have every fashionable variety of shape, and every lady who but givos ut gluncp (it our millinery window will see that tor genuine taste and moderate prices we arc without oftMjKiurs, at Te Aro ilouse, Welliiigtqn, Wclmve.also an abundance cjt l)owor (rails trom Is lo 7s lid; of Hower sprays from Hit lots Oil; of unmounted llowcrsof all kinds indeed as mgord flowers genorally, we have the largest and most fashionable stock in the city, at Tc Aro House, Wellington,

■Wc have a lot of iralrimmed pionio hats, specially imported for this purpose and for g mjen wear, from 'M to 2s each, and a nice lot of the same description, trimmed, at 2s lid and 7s ltd ouch, at To Aro House, Wellington.

Altogether, our millinery department, just now, is very attractive, and would amply repay a visit of inspection. Wo can execute all orders promptly and most artistically, and guarantee what is obtained novhett'cf'i) jn-tj|Bcjty, completo satisfaction, at the \jbd«slo Eajjily 'Ptapory Warehouse, To ivo House, WefJegUu',Awi.

Membra. of tho Masterton Philharmonic Socioty are requested to roll up fur practice to-night, punctually, at 8 o'clock, more especially the orolicstra. Members who have copies of ■' Dams Blanche" are requested to brin? theni,

Yesterday being Temperance Sunday appropriatosormoiiß were preached in tho Wi'sloynu Church, Mnalurton, by the Jlov \V. Itowso, and in the afternoon special services were held in the Temperance Hall. Chapel-sttoct. Addresses were delivered by Me3srs E. Font, 0. Holdawry ami Rev W. ltowau. Suitable hymns from Sanke,y's collections wore chosen lor the occasion.

_ Five hundred stoats and weasels conaignod to tho Loan and Mercantile Agency Company enmo by the Ustdirect steamer of the Now Zealand Shipping Company. They wore taken to Mr W, 11. liecthaui's residence at Masterton and liberated in an out houso and fed On Saturday tlipy were distributed betwocn,Bianoopotli,Laiiji(liile,l3uwlaiidß and Messrs Maunsell'sruns.The shipment was brought out in charge of Mr Voss who has successfully brought out previous consignments. The cost landed New Zealand is £5 por head and the Gorormnoiit contributes £1 per head toward the oxponcu.

London has. had tho same trouble with pavements that has befallen all American cities. A lesson can be learned, however, from the fact that the Strand, ouo of the most heavily travelled streets m tho world is being ropavetl with wood, It is considered more economicrl to lay a new patcnumt of that material at intervals than to nso any other materials. At present a new variety of wood is being used, being that of the Australian red gum, which is s id to possess more resistant qualities than anything yot U3ed. A hint is thus afforded for California!! cities, where the red gum can easily be obtained. The adjourned general mooting of the Wairarapi Caletl'iiihiii Society was held on Saturday. Present-Mr T. Brown, President, (in tho chair), and lourteou members. The programme was. submitted and adopted. The principal alteration was in the Wairarapa Handicap, 100, 220, and 440 yards, the first prize being increased lo i' 9, second £5, and third £2 10s, whilst a first mid second for each event of i)o.<, brings the total money on this, the chief race of the day up to £2:) os. The walking handicap was abolished, and a.maiden race for thoso who had novnr won a prizo substituted. Instead ot the obstacle raco a one milo bicycle law was substituted, prize 40s and 20s. The prizes in wresHiii", catch-as-catcli-can, wero increased to 40s and 20s respectively. Tho proverb that there is nothing new under tho sun has boon exemplified in tho case of numerous inventions. Many ideas suppuscd to bo entirely new havo been I raced back hundreds of years. A remarkable caso of this sort is the recent so-called discovery of a noiseloss gunpowder wliioli has created somewhat of a stir. It has been learned, however, that this is by no moans a new invention. In tho third volume of Benvcnuto Cellini's autobiography the author relates that when suffering fritin fever ill Ferrara ho cured himself by eating peacock, and that he procured himself tho birds surreptitiously by shooting them with powder "invented by him that made no noise."

A correspondent who takes a lively interest in the llax trade, although not now engaged h it, informs us (Southland Times) that intelligence has reached him that several capitalists in Melbourne are turning tlipir attention to tho maour factum of corn sucks and wool packs in this colony from (he tow of New Zealand heinpi also the coarser klndsof twino so largely used, from the prepared fibre. It is said that the data collected is highly encouraging, and tho projectors only await further advices from Calcutta and Dundee, when matters may bo expected to tako a practical turn. This (the correspondent says) would prove a great boon to the flax dressers, as they could thereby get rid of their tow oif hand, and a lartjo quantity of the prepared fibro would also bo used in the colony.

Tho following paragraph tho San Francison JSewq Letter may throw some light on the cablegrams recently received regarding the revolution jn Brazil:-" There in startling news from Brazil. Tho Vrincess Isabella, whu in tho absenco of (he Emporor jn Europe ruled tho country, and was instrumental in securing tho emancipation of some threo million Blavos, now finds that she arousod tho Hevce anger of tho whites, who cannot get on with tho former slaves, Thoro is in fact, a serious danger of ,i war of races. Tho Princess is distinctly threatened with personal violence if any blood is shed by tho black guard which sho has organised. Some of tho American organs strongly espouse tho cause of the whites."

: In eulogising the generous help afforded , by tho Antipodes to the strikers, Mr Hums tho utlicr day spoke with "ratitude of the action of" flood Old Australia/' " flood old" in England has recently become a popular method of adtasmg or ' spcaltiiiKufainaiiiipqiijcctliinpli liked , by the s'peakpt, The lyiMali'Uazot'te [ |s anxious to know whore tl|o phraze originated, We can tell thorn, U was i first employed some years ago by a music hall oomio known as C!iiiyw|n,tho whitu eyed Kafllf. Ho used to appear hi blaok tights and coat with largo white spots, 1 which he reforVcd to by the frequent in--1 terjection, " floodoldspot."(Jliirgwiii's popularity scattered his "Good old" joke ' far and wido, until it has come to bo apnljorj to niost things loved by tho people, . An exceedingly ingenious wrinkle for IllUßjcal amateurs who find a difficulty 1 ill soiling fchoir onnipoßitioiw is affordod by a long-headed Yankee This gentleman bad written a raise to which tho publishers did not take kindly. He consetjiimitly determined to become Ms own publisher, and, having printed his pjpep, notified tho fact to tho public by means of an ad ; vcrtohjenf pi v/h|p)| k furthor stated that ho! had been unable to find an appropriate title for it, and impressed his willingness to pay a premium of 1/lQ 'to niivoiio who would supply the deficiency, Compstjtors had, of courao, to obtain a- piipy df tho iiaino ; loss valso, atid for this they had to send a shillings worth of stamps. Tim bait took amzaiugly, and tho cnlerprisin<» musloiau is reported, says the St. Jamoi' Gazette, to have sold 160,000 oopies of his ingeniois composition, The oldest bank uoto.issuod, which shows that banking is as old as tho kills is the "flying money," or "convenient moijoy,''. issuod in Chiua, 2097 B.C. Thpse notes wero originally issued by flip Treasury, but experience let) to their jssiie by banks tinder Government inspection; Tljo early Chinese notes were similar to the modem bank notes; they bore the name of|tho bank,lhe date of issue, number of the note, signature of the official issuing it, indications of its valuo in words, cyphers, and in tho pictorial representations in coins,or heaps of coins, oqualiu amount to its face value, and a notice of tho puins mid penalties following counterfeiting. Over mid above all was a laconio oxliortation to industry and thrift: ''Produce all you can ; spend with economy." The notes wero printed in blue ink, and paper made from tho fibre ot tho mulborry tree. One of these n'ojes. issue 13Q6 B.C. is carefully ptcsppvud In tljo Asiatic Musouni in Petersburg, flood news iron) Wellington,and quite true, you pan gqt a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ froni Lls, organ with divided octave conplars all in fiolid black walnut cases frjin yy, t This beats all the cheapest houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7a, or by the year four visits LI, travelling expenses added.' All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds i put in accordeans, Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liboral ex- ; changes made. Any instrument may be '> purchased on the time payment system from 2s 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one at ■ P. J-. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Mannora-atroet, Wellington. (Sole ! agjsnt of the celobtated Worcester j