The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. The Return of the Exile.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3481, 10 April 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. The Return of the Exile.

The exile baa returned I Yesterday , Mr George Beetham, M.H.R., paid a flying visit to Mastorton, and next week he intends to bo amongst ub for a longer stay, He will, of course, Lave to make hia own explanation for his somewhat prolonged absence, which undoubtedly places him at a disadvantage with his constituents, It is true that lie was entitled to a holiday by his former lengthy and continuous services to this colony and to this district, The House freely recognised ■ this claim, and very many of his constituents in an equally generous spirit endorsed it, and, it may be added, his health denmded it; but at the same t'mo wo are not prepared to dispute the fact that his absence has been unduly prolonged. Of course a good many people have been anxious to know what his intentions may be with respect to the coming general election, more especially one or two possible candidates, who would be remarkably well satisfied if lie were to stand on one side; for, though not exactly afraid of him, they naturally feel that he is one of the' strongest ■ men they could have against them in the field. As far as we can understand tho position, it is this; If the settlors of this: district— not, perhaps, the . socialistic section of them, who hold that the people are the State, ,and that the State should pick the pockets of those whom in the present unsatisfactory state of the law they are unable to fleece—but the settlers generally who are wont to learn and laboy to get their own living in perhaps an el.d-fashioned but certainly honest' manner; if Bucj) settlers desire Mv George Beetham to again come forward, ho is prepared to take his coat off and fight all-comers who choose to come into the field, The view we take of our own duty, and the duty of generally, is this, However great may be the parsonal esteem ontertained for Mr George JJoetham, the interests of the district have a first claim upon the electors. If any candidate comes forward or is likely to come forward who is able to do more for the Colony and district than Mr George Beetham, tbc electors are quite free to support him, and it would bo their plain duty to give hiin a preference, That formerly Mr George Beetham had a distinct claim on them for past services is undenia- % but this claim to a large extent is cancelled by J)is long holiday. If Mr Beetham pomes fowfird at the next general election, the question for the electors will be simply whether he Is the best nmn op the of .candidates. We have always bad a I# .opinion of Mr Beetham's political career, and still dntortain the most friendly regard for him; but we do not place his interests before those of the colony in the first instance, or of the district in the sewnid, ppd whatever course we may take when tye pr/jpor time comes will be to study t.ha we/far# an<J np. gressof the colpny at large as a pr/or < oonaidoration, and then the interests jpf Ji]jis 4istrj^,

tho Governor of Tasmania (Sir R, Hamilton), was married on Tuesday lost to a Melbourne solicitor namedWeigall. ; A- rioh roaidont of Morocco city has murdered sixjeeu of hia mistresses, and with two accomplices, packed the headIms trunks in casos, which were sent to Mazagan, whore they, were opened,

Colonel Roborts, R.M, occupied the Bench at the Court this morning, when several civil.cases were called aud adjourned, owing to thero being no nppearanoo of tho parties concerned,

Notice is given •in another column that tho annual meeting of ratepapers in the Alfredton Road District will be held at lia.m on Tuesday, May 6th. The monthly meeting of tho Hospital Trustees, conven'od for this afternoon, has been postponed until Friday, 11th April. •

Mr A. R. Wallis' tender, £247, has been accepted for Mr. 6. Mathio3on's house at South Carterton, The following were the unaccepted tendersMr Edwards £247 sa, Mr M. R, Vainham £271, Mr Trotman £279, Messrs Roynoldß.and Dixon £29115s 'Gd, and Mr Munday £32410 a fid. Tho Carterton Borough Council have perhaps been rather lntsty in abandoning the trial artesian well which was being sunk opposito the Bank of Now Zealand in Carterton, as we understand Hint the curve taken by tho pipe at its baso was not abrupt, and did not amount to more than a gradual slant, The pipes in Mr Martin'rown well were quite as much out of the perpendicular, and still he was emincnil} successful. Endeavours should not have ceased until an absolute stoppage,'occurred, as tho pipes would certainly have sono down deeper, and wator might have been struok at any .moment..,,, , ■' At _ the meeting of tho MjstertonOpaki Jockey Clnb last evening it waß decided to.hold a Hack Race Meeting under tho auspices of the Wairarapa North Hack lacing Club on Queen's Birthday (24th of May). A programme of six events was submitted, and stewards appointed' to make tho necessary arrangements for tho successful carrying out of the 1 meeting,

A wedding of considerable local Interest took placo at Oartortoiv yesterday. Mr W. Moore, formerly of Masterton, was married to Miaa Emma Eagle. The ceromony took placo in tho Church of England, tho Eov Mr Ballachey conducting the seryico. Mr E. Eagle, junr, gave the brido away, and Mr J. Moore acted as" best man." to the bridegroom. The bridesmaids wert Mrs Weston and Florence Mooro. Tho choir was present and sang an appropriate hymn, Mr Potts, after the ceremony, playing on the organ "Tho Weddinsj March." Mr Gooiband, of Hawera, Forty Mile Bush, has thiß year produced, on his section one of the finest crops of onions ever seen in the bush. Such a peculiar and universal nttraotion were these onions that the other morning, when making his usual tour of inspection, he discovered that a largo proportion of them had been removed without his having the slightest notification. Mr Goodband requests us to stato that if the thief (whoever lis- may 1 be) will call at his houso ho will gladly make him a presontof the onions, which will remove the guile of vandalism and theft from his shouldors.

Mr Henry George, tho lecturing socialist and single tax advocate, has got into hot water in Melbourne. The Secretary, of the Trades Hall Council, Mr David Bennett, concludes along lettor to the Age, In which MiGeorge's deliverances the "crow of the mean-spirited and cowardly dunghill cock," with a comparison of the times and work-of the founder of Christianity and Mr George's work in the present day, thus,—"there was distress and poverty and crime then, there were frauds and shams then; therois distress and poverty and crime now, there are frauds and shams and Henry George's now.' 1 .Mr Bennett contends that the socialistic advocate is on a money making tour,

it would not be easy to make a mori amentablo exhibition of ignorance han ia contained in the following linos aken from the Daily Telegraph:—"Auacalia is a large island, or continent rith central deserts and a colonisei oast: Tliero are 110 transcontinenta ailwaya, as in America; overy delegati yho joined in the Federation Uonferenci ame by sea in a coasting steamer, Thi haracteristic of the new land make: Dinmonnavaldefencd&biolutelycssentia ) safety. "Wore a foreign foe to attacl outhAustralia, it would be necessarj jr Now South Wales and Victoria, tin enrest colonies,to send assistance bv set 'liuiu. liuia u] lauu aCrOSS niO wat 1, expanse may be eventually develops but at present tho new nation will be, ir fact, a fringe of States along tho coast o avast expanse of central uninhabited territory." A terriblo atory comes from Northern Queensland about a man who was lost in the bush. He had used up all his water and thon threw away his" billy" in the agony of his thirst, By-and-bye, fortunately, he came to a water holo, where he slaked his thirst and found his road nsjain.. He had still some thirty miles to go, however, and he had nothing whatever to carry lvator in. Of course it would liavn been madness to attempt to travel thirty miles on foot under a North Queensland sun, without any water, bo his ready invention came to his aid, Ho had been horrified a short distance back by the skeleton of a man, who had been dead several years, Ho went back and got the skull,plugged up the eyeholes with clay, and tiled it with water, He thon tramped thirty miles on • the water contained in the skull,

Good Friday was observed as a closo holiday at Ormondville (says the Waipawa Mail), and a few amateur horsebreakers" improyed tho shining hour" by putting a small but active horse through a series of movements popularly ! supposed to bo conduoiye to traotability with horses. The pony was not altogether 'a participant in the fun, but for a|l that 'hi} gave material assistance in makjnj; tjie exhibition interesting to tho looker oiij' and put his trainers through a few lavements that they had not expected,,pausing ono'of his backers to mako a J fow high jumps out of t)ie saddle, and on each osoasioi) when ho came down the'! steed was not in tho saino place as he had been tvhon his rider made the'ispring, apd the rider missing him found himself sittin? on New Zealand. The pony also waved his 'hind legs in anything but' a', re-assuring manner, and a mastiff-whoso curiosity waß aroused, and who made a rather plose inspection of tho performance, struck' his chest against a hoot and rolled oyer; ho does pot take kindly to meat yet. '

The editor of the Lyttleton Times weeps copiously over the postponement of the opening of tho shooting season ptil the first of May. The Times goes at it in this fashion;—"Wo aro quite used to 'submit to injustice in this part of the Colony in order that other parts may benefit. Wo are quite used to pay taxes iu order to develop tho North Island by public works nliich do (is no-good, nnii pay heavy rates for the carriage of our produce because railways in other parts of New Zealand donot pay interest, But it ia rather hard that our sport should be spoiled and our pea crops Kuffor because the North Island has a differentclitrmtiofrom ours, Captain Russell meauswoll when ho lays himself out to protect harassed ducks and pigeons, Bat it. is his misfortune that he knows nothing whatever about Canterbury. In that ignoranco his brother Ministers share fully.' Occasionly wo must expect to suffer, on that account. At the same linyi mere ignorance is no caus& for di?regarding ,tKe combined remonstrance of spoken, farmerjf, arid Acclimatisation booiety, fa'jrly allow himself to,, colder tilat'cjl thesj dosses would hardly be likely to eompinp to exterminate our game with unreasonable haste., However, the'Captain'lias decided to .indulge in the luxury of obstinacy. .'We wish lie would reserve ||s some ot the more his Government's appointment?. wpflfs'liis foot dwn

_ The annual meeting of the Wellington Land Board is being held to-day. _ A aharp ehookofearthquake"was exper lonccdin Wellington at 12,40 this mumin?.

.The jury list'for the Wairarapadistrict is to be.revised this afternoon in tho local R,M Court,

The Treasurer of tho Masterton Hospital acknowledges receipt of £2 2s from the ohurchwardon of St Matthew's parish. -

About one hundred and fifty persons wero present at tho danee given in Groytown last night by Mr Coleman Phillips to his tenantry. The guests enjoyed a very pleasant and profitable evoning.

The premises of Mr E. Pearce,: bootmaker, Queen-street., will bo closed to-morrow (Friday), for the re-marktn» of stock, prior to holding p great clearing sale.

_ The Minister for Education, M r Hislop, accompanied, by Dr Macdregor, paid a visit to the fish ponds of " the Wellington Acclimatisation Sooiety yesterday, and expressed • himself as highly pleased with their genoral appearance, The Mastorton Early Closing ABSocia" tlon met' in the Oddfellows'' Hall last night, Mr J. Hoopar presiding. Accounts wero passed for payment, and a vote of thanks accorded the Rev Mr Rowse for hlsrecont address.- No other business of importance was: transacted, , A Presbyterian minister from, Havelock will occupy the Rov. Mr Murray's pulpit at Carterton next Sunday, night. The Bjimogentlomanwplpreach atGroytown in the moriiing. MrMurrayhimself prcaohes at Masterton both morning and evening. > ;

Mr Wyatt, tho new iucumbeiit of Greytown, preaches his opening sermon there on the first Sunday in May. Owing to tho.Rev. Mr. Still's departure for England, it is doubtful-whether the Bishop of Wellington can spare time to be present at the Induction Service.

The following players will represent tho Red Star Club agaiust tho Carteiton Club on Saturday nextatCartorton,D'Arcy, Pelling, Hawko, T. Thompson, O'Connor, A. Hoar, W. Welch, Iggulden, Watson, J.and 0. Perry, McKonaic, Hoar, Campbell, Morris—Emergencies W. Welch, Owen, forwards; Remeni, Boagey, backs, The team will leave at one o'clock.

The Wanganui Chronicle says:—"We aro informed that, notwithstanding the careful nursing of the town water supply thero is only'enough in the Virginia Lnkotolast a few days whilst in Westmere it is reckoned thero is barely a fortnight's supply. It behoyea all to be economical in tho uso of the water."

In a lotter received in Auokland from America from Mr A. G. Spalding, manager of the baseball team who recently visited Auckland, he states that he 1b glad to hear their is a fair chanco of basoball becoming popular in New Zealand, He looked forward with ■pleasure to welcoming a New Zealand baseball team to America.

In about a week or ten days Messrs A L "Whyto and Oo.'s llourmill at Carterton will commence both day and night. At present alterations and' additions are rapidly being made. A now silk dresser of the very best quality is being provided, and new elevators are also being constructed. Tho mill will work three pairs ot stones and two dressers,

At an inquestat Dunedin touching the death of Carlton Fynmore, a cadet in the railway service, killed by being run over by a waggon, the jury added a rider to tho verdict of accidental death to the effect that men of a" mature ago should bo employed whoro tho work is of bo dangerous a nature, and that the proportion of boys to men employed should bo decreased. '

Wo would again remind eur readers that tho St,. Maur Comody Company, which has gained for itsolf a splendid reputation throughout tho Colony, opens In tho Theatre Royal to-night in tho "Arabian .Nights," a lengthy notice of which appeared in our last issue. Wo are requested to state also that Miss Seymour will render to-night her popular song, "HomeSwoet Home." We hope to see a crowded house to greet tho rise of tho curtain for this popular Company, The Hon Mr Hislop, Minister of Education, who also has charge of the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department, visited Greytown yesterday in company with Dr McGregor, In-spector-General, Tlicy inspected the Groytown Hospital and left by afternoon train for Wellington. Tho visitors expressed to Mr F. H. Wood, Seoretary of the Hospital, their satisfaction as regards tho management and condition of the institution, They also seemed favorably impressed with the new custodian and matron.

A case of larceny was heard at Featlierston yesterday before Messrs fl. Bunny and Reynolds, J.'sP, Daniel Taylor, who chose to be tried summarily, was charged on tho information of Daniel John Clifford with tho larceny of L 3 from his person on let April, insfc. informant deposed that he had lost tho sum named in the Royal Hotel, Featlierston, William Watson averred that he saw tho dofondant abstracting some notes from Clifford's pocket. Mr Polling deposed that he had followed prisoner, who had walkod away, and that he found £8 upon the ground near whore lie had been standing, Mr Meson cross examined for the dofence with the view of proving discrepancies in the evidence. He contended that he had clearly done so, and that tho chargo bad been by no means established. Tho Bench held, that .'the prisonerhad been provon guilty, aud sentenced him to ono months' hard labor in Wellington gaol. Mr Acheson's application that the prisoner be roleascd on approbation was refused.

A meeting of creditors in the estato of Bernard Gordon Crosbie, of Paliiatua, was held in the local Courthouse yesterday, The debtor was represented by Mr Gawitbj/and was examined; by the Deputy Assignee, .Mr Sollar.. In the examination it was shown that the debtor had taken a cohtraofc for:bushfelling in the FortyrMile Bush, hia only possession- thon being a piaqo, which his wito sold for £2O. He was now living on a village section, whioh ha afterwards took up, and which was held on a perpetual lease. For the past few months he had been working on a road contract,'bet-previously to that he had been out of work for several months. The causo of his bankruptcy, he asserted, was pressure of creditors apd want of employment. The examination was adjourned,

Ouit millinery tor many seasons past has been tho finest, best, and most fashionable in the city. Our fashions for the present autumn season are in no way' interior to those that liavo preceded them; and wo can promise a rare treat to .those who will inspect them in the evening in the windows ,of the Te Aro House Wellington. Wnaro also making a grand display of new autumn dress fabrics, including one of tho creates! novelties ot tho season, ; the "Accordation skirt" together with a very rich assortment of the latest fashions in ladies'jackets and mantles, fure, fur trimmings ribbons, sashes to, Everyono should have a Rood look at thoso in the windows of Te Aro Houso Wellington this evening. Is dress fabrics for the autumn season wo are prepared to show greater variety and mora abundant ohoice than over. ' Oar selection of different textures is admirable imd oharmiug, and we have a full supply of all the m«st favoured, fashionable shades, at Tj 'Arg House, Wellington. In'dress trimmings we have all those most in demand, and can match to a nicely any. dress material that may be selected, This is generally a difficult matter in this city, but owing to tho dphlicty instructions given to pur buyer, Ss® pioK'liato been faithfully carried out, sye eg guarantee a to almost every sliade at To Afo Bfli)sV;'\V|hng(on, f! Ladikb would, therefore, aot wisely" to avail themselves of all these advantages ; Boleot. their dresses as early as possible, and give their orders to our dressmaking department, so that unnecessary ana uuplcasing delay may be avoided, at Te Aro