The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890. Legal Amemties.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 29 March 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890. Legal Amemties.

Masterton has bad a visit, we fear we cannot add it has been honored thereby, from' a leading Wellington barrister this week. We are always pleased to see notable members of the Empire City legal profession in this town, as their appearance in our smaller arena puts our local men on their mettle, and gives them an opportunity of picking up new lights in tbo conduct of their cases, and broader views of their professional responsibilities. Perhaps the . weak point of our local men is a tendency to attach undue importance to trifles and an over indulgence in the" tu quoque" style of argument, which sometimes degenerates into "nagging." We have, therefore, every reason to be grateful when an eminent lawyer from a more important centre appears in our District or B.M. Court, and displays, some bettor type of the professional-pleader On this occasion, however, - our expectations of improvement trom contact witli one of - the notable luminaries ef the Supreme Court have scarcely been realised. To our siirprise the tono of our District Court, instead of being raised by the .accession of talent from a distance, has been distinctly lowered, and it would scarcely bp fight for a journalist to pass by such an Q/prrence without some slight comment. In tbo course of the celebrated C'arswell case, imputations of a somewhat unusual ohataflta were brought forward by.the respective coupsel 011 either side, The Wellington counsel Imputed untruthfulness to the Masterton counsel, anil tli'o Masterton counsel imputed uugentlemanlj conduct to the Wellington counsel, Again, the Wellington oounsel apparently considered the Masterton counsel capable of tempering with a witness, and the Mftsjterfon counsel in his turn suspected his Wellington friend of tampering with ajurymau. If the Wellington counsel, . in a moment of, we trpt, ■ temporary excitement, considered his Masterton opponent untruthful, lie violated the etiquette of his : profession by giving utterance to his thought, ana. in a similar manner the Mastertoiv counsel W psWtyft Mil Wto

mgontlemanly,conduct to.tho.other Oh jido';=H Mueli was'made ill; the vecertt |j' ■ibol .oase 'by tlie geutlemon of tlio P. long l robou'eapcoting the: amenities ;j| 3ubaiatingbetween in M . in up-couniry tßwh, : »nd'wtookin w i good part the comments then made, iui hut now the boot is on the other leg, and it is our turn to read the lesson, th The demeanour of counsel in the Cc Cavswt-ll" case mi in 1 exceedingly T1 " bad |orm,'' .and .must.have ..been '? excessively- trying 'to tlie courteous th judge who had the misfortune to be n( president of the bear garden, By 0 f law, as well as by courtesy, every individual eutitled to wear wig f r and gown in a District : Court, bi is a geutloman, Now, it is quite flj evident that a gentleman cannot t' be/untruthful, nor 'can *ie tamper ™ with either a witness or a juryman," The two .counsel, in forgetting this ],; consideration; went beyond the point y they sought , to-make, and belittled o tho profession to which they belonged p and degraded the administration of justice, Ii is, perhaps, only fair to 8: point oitt that tlie Wellington counsel, j| as the-senior-barrister, was more to be blamed than his local opponent, who has riot as yet had the opportu- ? nities whioli the former has enjoyed, <] and'the responsibility of conducting ] the case decorously mainly rested v with Mr Jellicoe. We trust that the 1 next time that gontleman appears in j our courts lie will do greater honor to the distinguished profession with J which ho is associated. That ho is an able lawyer And,a cultured speaker ( to ivhom it is a pleasure to listen is ( abundantly ovident, and if he could 'j only succeed in'adding to his other t excellent attainments that courtesy of t demeanor which ought to adorn the 1 higher ranks of the legal' profession, j we should on all occasions consider it ( an honor as well as an advantage to j fiud him conducting oases in out i local court, * , i : —. . I People are beginning to talk about ] candidates for the coming election, ! but for several months to come it is! almost idle to discuss even proba- : bilities. In tho Masterton district Mr McCai'dle is a certain candidate, ■ and Messrs Q, Beetham, Horace Baker, W.- Smith, B, S. Hawkins, J. 0. Andrew, and A. W. Hogg are possibilities, [n the Wairarapa district Mr Buchanan is a certain candidate, and Messrs Bunny, Pharazyii, Matthews, and Coleman' , Phillips are possibilities. There are, eight possibilities, and perhaps five more as yet unknown. Say there are a dozen gentlemen, each willing to be a member for one district or the other, but .each gentleman will [ measurehiraself against the strongest " kuown candidate, and if he feels unequal to, beating him lie will probably deem prudence the better part of -valor. The time' for such measurement has not yet arrived, i but half of the dozen settlers to whom we have referred are probably woll aware that their chances do not justify their candidature, and will not for that reason come forward. What is wanted in the first instance is that the representative men of .the Wairarapa shouldput their heads together with a view to decide who ought,jn the best interests of either district, to be a candidate. The result of such a deliberation would be a valuablo guide to settlers generally. In tho heat of an election men' are apt to forget tlie interests of their '• district, ■ and remember only tho ■ fortunes of the' candidate whom they favor. It is, to our mind, . ofVgreater importance;that settlers, before the actual combat commences, should exercise their judgment by a ' selection of candidates. The question is not" what candidates are coming forward?" but "what candidates ought to be asked to come forward?" . The train arrangements for the Easter ~ holidays appear in our advertising v columns.

Tenders are invitod by the Eketahuna Bond Board for formation, bushfolling, &c., in tlinb district.

The ordinary meeting of the Masonic Lodge, No 1430, E.G., will be held in tho hall, Bannister-street, on Monday evening next.

Every head of the dairy stock of Mr J C Iteid will be sold at Mr F H Wood's next Taratahi Stock Sale. Somo first rate cows are in the list, which appears iu Mr Wood's column,

Tho libel Mse Thompson v. Wanganui Herald, Fill, despite the application of counsel for tho defence (or & charge in tho place of trial, ho heard at Auckland at an early date. ;

Mr O.E. Darnells has now romoved to his Queen Street premises tho whole of Mr Robert Donald's stuck of building

timbers. Thoso requiring a thoroughly good article ut low rates, would dowel to pay him a visit.. Tho Rov.W. Eowiiri will, at tlio spocia request of tho Eaply Closing Aasociatior 4e' "ddre'- ~th 'tjoct

jtiver an address on the subjoct > nrly closing at tlio local Wesloyau (Lurch to-morrow evoning. EmmaFcatlierston, dtiUßhter of Mr featfieratnn, owner of the steam yacht Nautilus, was crushed to death at Auckland yosterday by falling between the yacht and the wharf. The premises lately occupied by Mr Shaw, dealer, iu Queen street. hare been renovated and will be used by Mr Jno. Graham, ironmonger, oto., who will by this addition be onabled to onlaigi his business considerably..

It will be seen from an advertisement in' auother column that Mr David Christie Murray, the colebrated author and lecturer,' will give his graphic lecture " Howl came to be a Novelist," iu tlio Masterton Theatre. Royal on Tuesday evening next, A report of an interview with a Post reporter nppoars olsowhero. '' .

Now wintor goods were displayed to great advantago last evening in the windows ot the establishments of Menu M. Oaselborg arid Co., and L, J, Hoopor and Co,, (Jucen.street, Tho public appeared to be highly pleased with the artistic decorations made,. The windows of Messrs Graham and Co.'s store were aslo specially illuminated,

We draw tho (ittentiqn of our readers to a now advertisement of Messrs f> and T Young, Jewellors, Lambton Quay, Wellington, and Dunedin, announcing that tlioy liavo received fiyo first awards at tho New Zealand and South Seas Exliibitiqn, 1890, thus showing in a very decided manner the first-class quality of the firm s goods, They cordially jnvite inspection of thoir stock, i ' ' •

The sequel to the partnership case heard in the District Cpurt bppoars to have boon a pugilistic encounter betiyeop a couple of tno'se most directly interested which took place on Thusrday. evening. We are not in a position to otate to whom the verdict in this action was given, but we are aware that yesterday one of tho actors.inthe affair was perambulating, the streets with-his right opt jo In aisling, whilst the othonyas in siich a state that lie was beyond the Recognition of his omimothev.

The wails of the Municipal Firp Brigade statioii have been adorned with ,a handsomoly executed photograph (tho presentation pf Captain Pickering) cf the delegates who attended the recent Fire Brigades Conference held in Wellington, Tbo picture which measures inches by 18 inches, was taken by Messrs Price, O'Mallpy and Co,, of the Empire City,, find, bping finished in"a highly art(Btio manner, is a credit to the firm, and is atplepdjd speoiiuen of the

" Tho s'ervictis in the looarJPreabyteriari Ohurch'to-in orrow (morn iiig and e veniiiir) w ill;' J)V v c oiid&otod 4byk Mr G;S. iW: .Aitkebi ■'/" . jij;;' ',O ;; We tiro informed that tho Maaterlpn .Temperance ; Oounoil is negotiating mth Mr W; ; Coadj : tho well' known i lcct'nrer,. with tho view of obtaining that geritleman's servicea at rin early date. On Thursday night, for the third time, the toll gate erected by tho Butt County J Oouncil at Tho action has' earned'cohaldorablo surprise, as it was thought in Wellington that tho Bottlers. who w'ero opposed to

the action of tho County Council wpuld now let matters rest, until the decision of a court of law had been given. There has of lato. been somo complaint

from residents at Tdratahi of sheephaving boon worried by dogs.' Mr T A Weston'B ; flock was mauled about by. dogs a day or two ago. ■ Luckily the attack was. by daylight,'and a neighbour observing two dogs harassing, the sheep; drovo the rapaoiousanimals'off and'followed them home. The blood on their fangs proved their guilt, and the householder who owned them at once exoouted one and

passed sentonco of death upon the other. A few more visitations of judgment with similar rapidity of punishment would do much to/o-assura sheep-owners aiid to lessen dog-peats. . The practice of allowing very young children to wander in the streets is becoming aVery dangerous one in Masterton. This morning a child, which could not havo been more than two years of age, wan found in.Queen street, andhad ltnot been for the timely action of a certain constable, would in all probability liavo sustained serious injury by the passing vehicles. Tho youngster was very proporly. taken into custody.

Tho Taratahi Carterton Hack Racing Club .hold ita annual general,meeting at Carterton last night, Mr W. B. Allen in the chair. The ballanco sheet showed a cash oredit 'of twenty-seven pounds sixteen aliillinga and threepence. There are no liabilities whatever. The out-

standing subscriptions amount to about ten pounds. Tho Trenauror was empowered to colleot these ns early bb pnsaibVo. The resignation of Mr O'flara Canavan as Secretary was accepted arid a vote of thank w .'passed to that'

gentleman for his zealous services. A bonus cheque was also presented to him as a more practical esprecsi«n of satisfaction. The appointment of a successor was deferred until a better attended

meeting is held, ■ • One of the choicest specimens of loci

manufacture is to be seen at Mr .Jago's furniture warehouse, Queon-nt, Mtiatbrton., It is a side board, 8 feet in length, and 7 feet 6 inches in height, tho design being "Early English." The back is mirror-panelled and tiled. The rarest of JNow Zealand woods have been used in the construction of this handsomeand useful piece of dining-room furniture, The panels are of "curl" totara, the frame being of rimu, and the columns aro relieved with scroll work. The' inside of tho drawer is mado'of camphor wood, which always retains a pleasant scent, whilst tho handles are of ebonised brass. . The centre xoiiipartment has glass panels constructed to set. off to tbe best advantage the silver serrico it is designed to contain. On each side are separate compartments for cutlery, glass, and ehina-ware. It is one of the largest and best pieces of. furniture ever turned out in the Wairarapa, i(s design, workmanship; and polish, being a credit to rt.o manufacturer,,-It is built to tho order ot Dr Johnston, of this town, and will be on view at Mr. Jago'a warehouse this evening and on Monday night, In Yesterday's issue of tlio Greytown Standard appears the following interesting letter; —Bear Sir,— My hand shakes aud I fool nervous all over in addressing you, for I never wrote to a nowspaper before, But iwantyoutn doa gooi turn to.theyomy ladies. You know—but perhaps you don't—that I went to a dnnco a little while ago and enjoyed it very liiuoh, but the next day ma held up my dress for mo to Bee,and at the back of the waist there was tho print of the dirty sweaty hands of tho gentleman I danced with. I was mad whim I saw my dress almost spoiled, and when I found another girl had her dress all "marked with somebody's paws we made up our mind to write to the paper. My triond wouldn't do it lost you should only laugh at her, but I said 1 would; and 1 want vo'u to put in -tho paper that unless the young men wear gloves we won't submit to have our drosses spoiled with tho mark of the right hand on the waist while dancing. As the dancing season i 9 at hand I hope the young men will buy a pair of gloves each at once. Yours &o.,FiiOßi. '

The insignificant little bee is at times, 'especially when distnrbod or eviotcd from its homo haunts, one of tho most vicious of tho insect tribe, and is no ircspector of personam securing anobject for its attack. An amusing illustration of this peculiarity waa yesterday brought under our notice. It appears that an employee of a certain Masterton mill-owner had recently left tho diitriot, and with him had taken his colony of bees. A number of tho busy little creatures, however, which had possibly been inspired with a similar nature to thit of the mill owner, could not bo prevailed upon to leave fclio old mill-stream, and were therefore loft to wander about in the solitude of despair.' Tired, weary, and not knowing where to lie its head, one of these adventurous juice-extractors evidently thinking there wah a striking comparison between the cranium of the wife of the mill-owner, (who was passing by), and, a blooming flower, settlod Quietly on tho back of tho sarao. and commenced at once its industries juiceextracting operations. Tho good lady, howevor, did not appreciate such attention from tho bee, and in n moment was ■making gestures of' a most peculiar description, and with the fearful ' ex itement occasioned wes in a state of utter prostration. A certain tax-gatherer, who rcjoico3 in the prefix of a J,P. , happened at tho time to be enquiring after the welfare ot the millowner, and fortunately appeared on the scene, With that daring with whioli this particular tai-jjathcror is characterised, ho ran to the rescue of the good lady, and proceeded to romove the. unwholesome sting from her neck, when,—horror of horrors I —sevetal relatives of the Howling insect arrived, and devoted their combined attentions to the philanthrophio tax-gatherer. The latter, realising his ita'dfirt position, aud having 'drawn that sting like a dentist would a tooth, decamped at full speed and, rushing frantically, through the street, forgot his message of lore, and returned to his sandum.mclontm in a stato of perfect] exhaustion.. Ho has not since been soon in tlio street, and it is believed ho is now -under medical treatment, The mill owner is highly pleased with the instinct of the bees, and has them , under hia careful tuition, so that it will only remain for " first of the month" visitors to pass that way, • Qnn millinery for rnauy seasons past has been the finest, best, and most fashionable in the city, Our fashions for the present autumn season are in no way inferior to those that have preceded thorn, and wo can promiso a rare treat to those who will inspect them in tho evening in the windows of tho To Aro House Wellington. •. We are . also baking display of new autumn dress fabrics, including one of tho Greatest novelties of.the' sewn,'' the "Accordation skirt" .together with a very rich assortment of the latest fashions in ladies'jackets and mantles, furs, fur trimmings ribbons, sashes &o, Everyone should liavo a good look at these in tho windows ol Te Aro House Wellington this evening. . Ik dress fabrics for the autumn season we aro proparcd to show "greater variety and more abundant choico than over; Our selection ol: different textures is admirable and charging, and we hart a full supply of all the most favoured, fashionable Bhades, at To Aro House, Wellington, ' In dress trimmings we have all thpie most iu demand, and can match to a nicety >" any dress . material that may be selected. This is. generally, a diffioult matter in this city, but : owing to the explicit instructions Riven to our _ buyer, and which' have been faithfully carried out, wo can guarantee a perfect match to almost every shade atTe Aro House, Wellington. / Ladies would, therefore, act wisely to avail themselyes of qltthese advantages select their dresses as-'egrlyas possible, and give their orders to our dressmaking department,. so . that. unnecessary ana, unpleiajng' delay mj be avojijed, at To An _ • ./

rA'biack fur boa, -lost betweon Te Whitiand Mnstorton, is advertised for. iiThettain'froni Wellington at mid-day tq<daysas again half an hour overduo.

1 At tho' dog show of the Wellington Kennel' Club yesterday, .Mr Elkitis' "Dsrkio" took second prize for groyhounda (dogs), * " .Hie sculling match betwen M'Lean and Matterßon, -which came off at Sydney yesterday, , resulted., in a, jvin. Jor tho former by twenty lengths.

•; The pay day of tho Mastertoi] Permanent Investment and! Building Society has been extended till Saturday, .. April 12th, in consequence of tho Easter Holidays. Tho election; of the;?Licqnsing ;'Oom"; mittee for [ the Borough of Greytow'n; took place yesterday, and the following gontlemen. were elected ' llesata Wakelin, Spratt, Smith, Duunj And Young. The Temperance Concert Committeo met last night, and ; decided to hold tho first of the proposed sixpenny concerts ui about three weeks. Numerous promises of support were received from persons willing, to .assist in choir or orchestra. It was also decided to obtain a piano as soon as possible.

The Jaratahi Hotel has changed hands and Mr It. Hodgins who has always treated the public well, has rendered thorn still another servico bj choosing ai his successor asgood a landlord as himself in the person of Mr Jas. Davison, and ono who iB likely:to become just as popular. Tlio hotel has undergone a brush-up all round, and is i.ell-adapted for tho comfortable accomodation of those who'make it

their halting place. Tho culinary department is to have careful attention and good cooking,- and a liberal table will bo a special feature of the Taratahl Hotel.