The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 1889.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3370, 26 November 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 1889.

At llic municipal meeting held last evening tlie usual democratic lire works were lot oil'. TJio speeches were very much belo.v the average of sueli gatherings. There was very little of Mr (Jullen,.wlio ought lo ■ have ken the hero of the evening, i mid a good (leal of Messrs Rouall ami Hogg. Many sensible men cannot I make a speech from the public ' .platform, but then tiny never dream 1 of putting themselves, like Mr '. Cullei), in a false position by asking , the public to listen to them. We i had hoped that Mr lienall would > have had sufficient regard for the credit of the mayoral office to have abstained from publicly countenancing a candidate like Mr Oullen, \ whom he must know cannot fill it with either, credit to himself or advantugo to the town, but Mr 1 lienall had not the self respect we gave him credit for. The audience waited patiently through MrCullen's short but rambling address for the fun to begin! On this occasion Mr Renall failed to supply it, his speech bemg inexpressibly dreary, Messrs E. Jones, Taltersall, and l'ryor Gilbert, however, gave the 1 crowd the amusement for which it pined, though the former showed r that he was a little more wide awake ' on public affairs than many expected him to be, Mr Hogj appeared to consider it consistent with his duties as chairman to hold up the Borough Council to ridicule. However, ho had lo livon up a very dead meeting, and deserved some credit Cor his efforts in this direction. No one ventured to allivm that Mr Uiillon was a fit mid proper person for the mayoral seat, nor do we believe did anyone over wish or dosire him to cuino forward. Willi consummate impudence he came uninvited to the front, and the party which supports him had to make a face and take him, otherwise there would have been a splitting up of votes, which would have been fatal to their success. That Mr lienall should publicly support Mr Oullen after decidedly encouraging Mr G. Heron to come forward must make even his best friends blush for him, We like lo see some sense of honor or decency amongst old settlers, Mu EiiNAia. last evening stated that the Daiia was " tho dirtiest sheet ever slung around Masterton." Mr Renall lias peculiar ideas about newspapers, lie is the only public man in the Wairarapa who, as far as we are aware, ever exercised an undue influence on the press. Any paper which he has under his thumb is clean; any paper which takes an independent position, and tells him plainly that he is it political sham, is uncleau. Some years ago the reporter for a paper iu the southern part of the Wairarapa said to us, " I must give llcnall a good report to-night." " Why," said wo " should you givo Mr Eenall & Delta report than »ny

other speaker?" "Because," he replied, "ha owns our plant." Mr j Rciinll will always hive newspaper

.dulntioii of a certain kind: tlio .dulation so dear to his soul is (ought ond paid for; but no honest, independent journal will say much n his favor. Mr Ronall's statement

ith reference to ns is distinctly

libellous, but we shall not follow his example by "going to a lawyer," We could probably sue him for damages successfully, but morally wo feel certain that his habit of making reckless and unfounded assertions is so well known that nothing which falls from his lips will do us any real injury, Wo will

cave libel actions to him and to his iarty.

.Tim election comes off to-morrow. A large parly is confident of return, ing Mr Cullen as our jubilee mayor. We ask the members of that party to pause before they disgraco the town by electing as its chief a person whom they know to be unsuitable for the position and one who cannot possibly work in harmony with the Council. The progress of Masterton has been arrested for two years by the burgesses returning a mayor who has worked against the Council. The return of Mr Uullcn will be followed by the complete disorganisation ami demoralisation of our municipal administration. Is it for the good of the town lo return a man like Mr Cullen ? Wc yet believe thai the common sense of the burgesses will prevent them in most instances from recording a vote for a candidate whom they must regard with contempt and derision. The speakers at last night's meeting got very excited over our leader of the ifiilihist., in which we showed Mr Cullen up in his true colours, but they were unable to contradict our statements, We have done our duty by writing tlio truth about this very objection able candidate, and if the burgesses do theirs conscientiously and fearlessly Mr Cullen will be defeated.

Mr W. Gallon is milking a bouse-to-house'canvass to-day. Mr William Uayliss delivered a pnivorlul and impressive temperance address mi Sunday cvonins last in the Wcsleyau Church, Eicttihuna. The steamer faros, Lytteltnn to Sydney, are now only L2, saloon, by the direct bouts, via Wellington.

Mr F. W. Temple advertises frr sale an eight roomed house situate in tt'orksop Kmid, lilted with lnth, range, gas Venetian blinds, &c.

The usual fonnightly meeting of the Masterton Borough Council takes place this evening. The bankruptcy is announced of W, liioux, of l'ahiatua, contractor; the iirsl meeting of creditors will lake at tlmOld Court Itoom, Masterton, on Monday December 2nd, ntu.3o p.m.

The Railway Department notify lliat in consequence of the Masterton Hotticultural Society's Spring Show being held to-inerrow the departure from Masterton ol'the ordinary 5.30 p.m. train to Eketahuua will bo delayed until 0 p.m. At tlio last meeting of the Ekelahuna Bond Board tendons were opened for several works. Competition was in keen, hut for one co itract, a piece of bmhfalling of no great magnitude, only one tender was received, The Board decided, (ou that principle of economy which <i((c«i(sactuatvs l!oards)'hat a little competition was healthy, called fresh tenders for the Saturday followini/, The

result was quite unexpected, for to the surprise of the gentlemen who attended to open the tenders, not a single one was deposited. Thcielore their last atato is worse thui the lirst,

Major Slingsley lio'l, a well known resident of fcapier, his been obliged to tile his schedule. The Unsecured liabilities aie £31150, and secured £211,7-17. The statements of assets shows i surplus of £12,097. Among the latgest creditors are the llai.k of New Zealand, the Colonial Bank and National Hank, but all are fully secured.

At the sale of property held by Messrs ,1. H. Bethuiioainl Co. on Friday List, two lots in the estate »f William Noble, deceased, ono 'in the township of Masterton, and the other H acres of land in the Matukaka Block, were offered. The former was withdrawn at £IOO, and the. equity of redemption of the latter was sold for £5 to Mr W, Cross

A meeting of the liketahuna Cricket Club was held on Saturday evening in Mr Jones' Hotel. Sevoril members were present but no ullicers, Mr Selby was voted to the chair, U was pointed out that ihe present Secretary (Mr Von Boden) evidently had not time to attend to the duties of that ullice. It was ihe-efi l-o resolved to ask him to resign the Secretaryship in favor of Mr Arthur Copping. Messrs Tumor, Selby, Dubois and D'Ar-sy were appointed a match, committee'. Mr Selby informed the meeting that the ground required attention. Mr Dubois promised to have the hurdles ready by next Saturday. It was decided to communicate, with the clubs in the district with a viewto arranging matches for the season. A large attendance of players is requested next Saturday iiiturnnon on the ground at o p.m.

The weekly meeting of tlio I'hieuix Lodge 1.0. G.T. was held last evening. Mr 1). Buckingham was elected a member and another candidate for membership was nominated, It was' resolved that the nmgio lantern, belo-.giog to the Older, should be put into immediate use lor the benefit and amusement of all the Juvenile Tonipcranco organisations ill Masterton, and that Bro.'s liliimhorne ami Squires lie custodians of the lantern. Dro Collier seated that all the Ministers had responded very heartily to the requisition asking them to deliver temperance addresses, on Sunday last. It wa3 resolved that the than lo of the tiin Ludgo he accorded those gentlemen who so ably nut forth their utfjfts ill tlio Temperance causse by dealing with the question in their various places ef Worship on Sunday last.

A "iv.it mmy people in Switzerland are employed in breeding snails. Duties' the summer children are eui'iiged in in gathering the suaih. which are taken to a plot of ground surrounded by a sort of hedge of sawdust, which prevents them from getting away. They are placed on bushoi which are also covered with sawdust, and they soon grow very fat by feeding ou the leaves. At tlio approach of cold weather thev drop down into the sawdust and bury themselves. When wanted they are raked out, packed in 2o\vtbaskets,and sent off to Italy where, as '' Burgundy snails," tliey command a ready sale,

Our millinery showroom has been the scene of much activity since tlio season commenced, and lias been thronged from day to day by ladies who knew that the most elegant, becoming and graceful fashions were to be had at the Wholcsolc l'limily Drapery Warehouse, TcAro House, Wellington.

We have an excellent choice ot trimmed hats, in while, cream, black, and all celours; we have every fashionable variety of shape, and every lady who hut gives a glance at our millinery window will see that for genuine lasle and moderato prices wc are without compeers, at Te Aro House, Wellington,

Wchavc also an abundance of llower trails troiu Is to 7s (id; of llower sprays from 3d to Is lid; of unmounted (lowers of all kinds indeed as regard (lowers generally, we have the largest and most fashionable stock in the city, at Te Aro House, Wellington,

Wc have a lot of untriiumed picnic hats, specially imported for this purpose and for garden wear, from 'M to 2s each, mid a nice lot of the same description, Irimmed, at 2s lid and 7s lid each, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Altogether, our millinery department, just now, is very attractive, and would amply repay a visit of inspeotion. We can esecute all orders promptly and most artistically, and guarantee what is obtained nowhere else in the city, complete satisfac. tion, at the Wbiisaje J»«fily Drapery WatebM TotfOHtfatfli, WjiplN AsVr,