The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1889 The Dying Year.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3398, 31 December 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1889 The Dying Year.

'' The year is tying, let it die" ince sang England's poet laureate, nit as poor mortal man, even though ,0 be a Tennyson, cannot delay by a horfc moment the fleeting breath of be departing yeant is a little super.nous to give it permission to expire r even to sacrifice to the vanishing ■ast regrets c thanksgiving, The linings for 1880 is over and somo bw there may be who have made a espectable score off their own bats irhile the majority we fear are more emarkable for the ignominious 'duokegg." Well, it matters notmuch, here is for most another innings nd the possibilities of the year 1800 nay compensate for the misfortunes if its predecessor,- if it be used aright, % that there must be an if in suoh i matter, and that we cannot lay he blamo of our mischances on the )ld year and depend upon the new me for good fortune. The new yeai ivill give us much the same oppor unities as the old and it is th< ndividual and not the time whicl s out of joint when things go wrong U far as the colony is ooncemec ■ve have much to thank the oh 'ear for, Prosperity lias al ast leached us, and though peopl itill grumble, the present conditio] )f New Zealand is decidedly health; ind vigorous. If people do not malt i living now the fault is not with th iountry, The depression hasabsc •utely passed away and tho cry if th jneuaployediano longer heard. 0 course, one of the most outward an visible signs of recuperation is th Dtuicdm Exhibition which has turne )ut a bigger success than was autici pated, but we should be sorry if th improved condition of the colon; were the outoonieof a spurt oftlii kind, One great gain of the pus fear has been putting straight th affairs of the Bank of New Zealand That institution has stood firo under some severe assaults from hot' friends and enemies, and it may b said now that further anxiety as t its future need not be entertained. J bas passed through a fiery ordoa and will now bo a source of strengti rather than of weakness to the credi of the colony. One of the notabl events of the past year was th arrival of our new Governor, Ear Onslow, and the breaking up of hi home in Wellington by malaria That grave blame rests.upon th Empire City, for tho insanitary con dition of the Government House am its surroundings must be admitted The loss of tbe Governor as a resi dent is the n'unjsbnient to whiob i has to submit, but if the sjqtaesi which was a few months ago si prominent in high places serves ti bring-Wellington to a sense of it responsibilities in sanitary matters the lessen of 1889 will beavaluabt experience, Politically, the > colon; has been quiet during the past yeai A sick Premier and the paltry Fishe and Ward-Hislop scandals have beei t|ie prominent incidents of .a dul period. 'Wo have had one littli excitement in the visit of the Iris! delegat&s, und six or seven thousand pounds of $w Zealand money whicl they, carry of! 'with jlieni will be; bpnd of union between the'qld Jani wd the n'effi .'-ThaCEngland, Ireland .Scotland, pr Wale? pan readily con

mand a helping Land from the colonies at the other end of the world is now a proved fact, and is one step taken towards that federation which w the dream of so rainy enthusiasts. % record of the yeir 1889 in the WaJrarapa has been una of shade and sunshine, but the latter has -prevailed. If the increase of the rabbit pßst has disheartened land owners, the rise in the price of wool has cheered them,up,- Then;the, frozen meat industry has beon a little' gold.mine, and the flax industry a small Golconda, The opening of tho railway to Eketahuna has brought the bush settler closer to Masterton, and the marvellous growth of Pahiatua has been one of the wonders of the year. Even at Mauriceville, 1889 will be a year to be remembered, for has not a dairy factory, the one want of that happy little settlement, been supplied during ita currency; and it needs no prophet to declare that this district, whose industrious j settlers have borne patiently many a trouble and privation, has now H period of prosperity in storo for it such as it has never, yet experienced in the past. There is much to be thankful for as the last hours of tho old year move silontly sway, Even our farmers, though they fear low pneos for their wheat, are assured of a bountiful yield, and their grumbling is tempered with hopefulness. However, tho new year will be to one and all very much what they choose to make of it, Earnestly trusting that each choice will be good and noble, we wish all those who intend to quit themselves like men and take their fair shave in the heroic and self sacrificing work of colonisation, A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Tho WAiiuiurA Daily will not bo published to-morrow, .New Year's Day>

Mr G, Haskell advortisea for a painter and paperhaiiKer.

Tenders are invited by the Jubilee Committee for the supply of cake, buns, ginger beor, and builed lollies, Particulsira will bo found in our advertising columns.

Application will be made for the annulment of the bankruptcy published on Saturday last of Willi mi Uooih* the younger, ufOartorton, laborers. ■ All visitors to WolHngton should call at Mrs Uaidi-g's Temperance Hotel, Manners Street, whorethey can rely upon first cla* accommodation aud comfort, The situation is central and convenient to any part of the city, trtniß pass'the door every few minutes, Quite recently the Dock laborors of | Bristol struck for a uniiorm rate of wages ufua per day instead of 4s fid, and an hour for din ner all the year round instead of half an hour, the w inter hours to bB fiom seven till live, with twenty minutes alluwam.it, and tho summer hours from 6 a. ill, till 5 p. m, Tlio treasurer of the Mastorton Hns, pital acknowledges receipt of the following subscriptions :-Mr F, K Tatham and employees, Homewoud,£l 10a; Mr J. 0, Sutherlandandemployeos, Manawa, £Blss; Employees Akiteo station per Mr John Harvey £i ; Occidental Hotel, box,'£3 12s 6d|;StarHotel,l3s 3d ;01ub Hotel, 10s 3d; Prince of Wales Hotel, 8s 3d; Empire Hotel, 5a 3d, The scarlet fever victiuion tho Aoranpi was a child, As noon as the diseaao showed itself, every precaution was taken to prevent its spreading to other passengers, thomoihorand child being removed to the Hospital and put ashore when Hooart was reached, The vessel received a clean bill from Eobaifc and the Health ufficer here passed her without'deinur,

The following team has beori choson to represent the Working Men's Club Greytown in the cricket match to be pi ived i.i Greytown on New Year's Day against the Wellington Working Men's Club. W, J. and It. Judd, A. Udy, 0, B'-ard, W' Brunton, W. Knoll, W. Date Hfswko, H- Tully, H. Jackson, ,1. Day. A Grisfg emergency, • .Next year the world-famed Epsom Dorby takes a new departure. No longer will it bo a sweepstakes of SO s'ovs. each, half forfeit. From 18911 it will be of the fixed value of £5,000,' no matter what the number of entries, and tho Oaks will bo worth £4OOO.

Mr Pero)'Sherwood,- a young English mim who has recently been studyiug at ]3or'iii, must be congratulated on carrying off the Mendelssohn Statu Prize for composition, in tliat oapital. Ho Bout in a piiuiofurto oonoecto and a ".Requiem" for soloists, chorus, and orcliesu-n, and in tho opinion of tho judges (Messrs. Joaohiui, Raducke, and Bargiel) our countryman, in fair and open contest beat'all his German and other competitors. This, at any rate, is a pi>int to the credit of our "unmusical nation."

A remarkable case of vagrancy was heard at the Maryborough (Victoria) police court recently. A man named William Kobiiwun pleaded (juiltv to this rather elastic charge. It was stated Unit the prisoner had just been discharged .from guul after sor ing a sentence for a similar offenco. Ho has spent nearly all his time since 1871 in durance vile. As soon as one sentence expired he inI variably committed some act of a tnvi.l naturo in oider to secure his ro admission to gaol, Mr Herring, solicitor, said he had been instructed to deny that Kob inson was without means of support, as £2OO wniila bo fotwarded to him from England by merely signing his name. In reply to the bench, itubinsnn said he did not want to have anything to do with the money, as ho preferred to go back to his old quarters in the gaol. As he per eisted in this determination he was son. tenced to 18 months' imprisonment,

The Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved, presided over by. the Lord Chief Justice and six other Judges, pvye an important decision recently, A-youth named Brown had been convicted of an attempt, to steal, and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, but a case was stated which raised tho question whether the conviction oußht not to bo quashed on the ground that it was impossible to commit tho offenco. It appeared that in the case of tho Queen v Collins the Court of 'Criminal.Appeal decided that a man could not he convicted of an attempt to steal when his hand was found in empty pockets from whioli it was impossible to steal. Their lordships now unaminiiusly decided that the decision in the Queen v Collins was a mistaken view of the law aud affirmed the conviction of Brown.

Specnl Gifts.—By the last mall steamer ffe received an assortment ot beautifully illustrated booklets, the subjects being, —'The Village Jllaoksmilh," "Load Kindly Light," Gray's Elegy,' ' Words of Comfort," "The Crown of Love," "I Itemcmber, I Kemomber." These we shall present to all purchasers of goods to the amount of ss, at Te Aro Honso Wellington.' During tho present month soino exceptional advantages will be offered to all cash customers, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse To Aro House, Wellington. We alludo to the free distribution of Chris'mas presents in accordance with the scale published in another part of this paper. These consist of some very useful attractive, and elegant Japanese, Chinese and other desirable fancy articles, newly imported, at Te A>o House Wellington. •

We havo triple attraotious to induce large, long and repeated visits to our warehouse during the present month. Ist. Wo have the largest and best selected stock in the city. 2nd. The qualify of pur goods is Al, and the prices the 'lowest possible, 3rd. Every purchaser from 10s and upwards gets, in addition, a very useful, pleasing; atlraotive TeAio House Wellington. The time for the distribution of these presents is limited, viz,, from thd present date to the end of the month of December, 1889, at Te Aro House Wellington,' ' ■";.', J Jn the men's, boys', and ypnths-' clothing dcpartmeiit,' jurplmacrs pay select tjieir presents from a choice assortment of ties, pearls', shirts, bats, &t,{ at Te'Aro House ,Apyiv • '■': ■•-'.•■••

• We havo been fayored with, the' following record by :'Mr Joseph Bennett Rainfall at Otahuao Deoanibe'r," 1889 1.07 m on 8 days; December 1888 1,071n, jon 9 days; December 1887 2.88 in. on '■lo dayi;;--Total rainfall fur year ending j December 1889,27.05 in.

The steamer Tekapo, which arrived at the Bluff at 11 a, ui. yesterday from Melbourne, vU -Hobart brought an English mail-.; (via . Unndisi ),..- The VVeJlingrcn portion should reaoli there by the Rotorua to-morrow,' ; ■■'

" Patrick Hastie, a rabbiter, who was arrested at, Tenui.im tho29th instant for being drunk and disorderly on tho public streets, wai brought into Masterton yeatarday aftornnon and lodged in the lockup. It waa found necessary from the condition the man was in from j the effects of drink for the police to keep! watch over him, and this wusdono. Bis yelh during the night were heard tor a great distance, and ho hooked himself about considerably in the cell, At 8 o'clock this morning he was left in the cell after refusing breakfast, Half an hour afterwards Bergt Prico fieard a heavy full, and on opening the cell door he found the prisoner lying on the floor in a fit, with his mouth agape, and hie tongue lolling out. The aen ices of'Dr Milue worn promptly secured and tho man brought round. He was then tested m the lock up passage with a cnnstablo alongside of him, to makosure that he did himself no hnrra. At the I time our reporter saw him, shortly after the fit, his arms and leys were working up and down at a torririo rate, and his whole body was shaking horribly, whilst hut ior the constable his he id would frequently have enmo in violent contact with the wall. Ho wa3 taken outinto the fresh air and accommodated with a seat in tho expectation ot the change rovivina him. When the constables attention «as off him for a second the prisoner spring up and snatching an empty bottle struck himself over the top of the head with such violence th»t the bittle was broken intopieots and his scalp was cut hi a fearful manner the blood spurting out m all directions, The poor fellow was held down and the blood ttaunchod as woll as possible until the arrival of Dr Milno, who dressed the wounds putting in no less than eight stitohes of silver wire. Hnstie was a horriblo picture at thu time, His forehead and both eyoi were black and swollen. The hair had been cut from the top of his head and the blood was trickling still from the mauy wounds causod by tho broken glass. Dr Milne skilfully bandaged the man's bead and the tontraßt between the white bandages and the face disfigured with bruises w is anything but pleasant to look upon. The prisoner was charged beforo 001. Roberts, R.M., with the offence for which ho was arrested and committed to Wellington gaol for Boven days for cunlive treatmonfc. He will leave for Wellington in charca of Constable Oollerton by this afternoon's train, Good news trom Wellington, and quite true, youcan got a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from LIS. organ with divided octavo couplars all in solid black walnut cases fnm U7. Thiß beats all the cheapest houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or by the yar four visits LI, travelling expenses added,' All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in acoordaana, Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made, Any instrument may bo purchased on the time payment system from 2i 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one at P. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street, Wellington, (Sole agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organs,)-ADVT