The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1890. The Bush Electoral District.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3489, 19 April 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1890. The Bush Electoral District.

The Wanganui Herald, tho organ o Mr Ballanco, has been arranging oi trying to arrange a programme fo the Masterton Electoral District Any statement coming either direotl, or indirectly from so eminent ai authority as tho present leader of tin opposition or a possible Premie; of New Zealand is entitled to respect yet we are. sorely puzzled to givi that credit to it which wo feel ougb

to be its due. The following is the text of the article;~ Wo learn that matters are tiystallitfijS rapidly in tho buali districts' of thoWair arapn which form the new Masterton district, 'lherc are three candidates in the running. The first is Mr George .Beetham, who was abiont in England during tho whole of last session, and ivljo juat returned to the district for which |io will probably bo.a candidate at the next election. Mr Beetham claims to represent tho district because his relations are very large landowners and some of them the most greedy and over-reaching monopolists to be found anywhere in the whole colony. The mma and support which wealth and broad acres confer will try hard to carry Mr Boetham once moro in the Honso, The next candidate is Mr Hogg, tho editor of tho Wairnrp Star, who stood at the last .election and polled heavily; Mr Hogg is a staunch and trustworthy Libera) and jjo«. cesses the absolute confidence of his party, But Mr McOordle is on the same ticket, and as lie it 511 able speaker, aud has fought several hard battles in the cau;c, Ije will have a large backing, This gcnjleragn will, however, have to make his opinions perfectly clear on tho land question, for there is a growing impression they have changed slightly in recent years in the wrong direction. He oan easily undo the impression by a clear and explicit statement of his yjejvs, {[would be well that some arrangement should bo cpo to between Mr Hogg and Mr McGwdl.e, atid that ono of them only should bo selected to champion the cauip, It is now almost certain tho now districts wll! oarry jn the Liberal oandidate with flying colours, % Government have few friends wboro their land policy has been seen and felt, If the Wanganni Herald is to become the guide, philosopher, aud friend of tlin_ Liberal party in this

district, we hayo »rjght [p expect that any statements it males ail to matters of fact, should be accurate. Yet what are we to think of the preposterous statement that Mr Beetbaui "olaims to represent the district because his relations are very large landholders," We defy our contemporary to point to a. .single instance during the pastdozen years where Mr Beetliara has made suph a claim. Then our Wanganui contemporary proceeds to state that Mr Hogg polled, heavily at the last election. Surely he must be aware that it was Mr Beetliara, not Mr Hogg, who polled heayiJy pn that occasion, and

if so why does he no|make a fair statement instead of a garbled one, The suggestion that Mr McCardlo 1 should recant his views pn tho land, -question in order to put himself rigty wjth that section of the libera.

Patty of whiob theVHerald is the mouthpiece, is highly suggestive of the moral laxity of.the party, The further statement that the now diatriot will carry the Libettil candidate with flying colors is-another pieoe of pure conjecture, ana has usually been loudly proclaimed on the evo of a defeat, The Liberal party has not yet secured, even a candidate for the Mastortou seat. Mr 'MoCardle will not dance to Mr Ballance's piping, and Mr'Hogg has, it is rumoured, other views than those expressed ou his behalf by the Wanganui Herald. The Ballance party iB a singularly weak combination - of blußter and (revolution, but it is distrusted, by the leading.Liberals of the colony, and though Mr Ballance, himself, is considered to have his merits as a political manager, he certainly exercises but very little-real authority over the party,

_Mr F H Wood makes an addition ol sixty fat ewes to his next Taratahi stocl sale.

Mr Hugh Jackson, of Dreyorton, is advertising dairy fed feaconers, and young cows for tale. The Mastorton School Committee invite tenders, for firewood,- Tenders close on the 21st."

The annual meeting-of ratepayers of the Mauricovillo'Jßoad District will be hold on Monday; May sth, : at tho office of the Board, -.,•.'

For obvious reasons .the'police have deoided to Mo no further action, in tho "tin-kettlinv" affair'which took place at Kurupuniioh'Monday evening last.

From tho Catholic' Times wo bar 11 that tho Rev father flalbwachs, who was for some years in Mastorton,' has been the victim of influenza, but is now on the way to rocoyory,

Avocalsud. instrumental conoort' in connection with the Mastorton Football Club will ;be held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening, 24th' April, tho proceeds of which will bo devoted to tho ground fund. Mr 0, W. Benbow has delivered a locturo in Wellington, but it is needless to Bay there was a limited attendance of tbe public, The people of tho Empire city, wo imagine, know quit 6 enough about earthquakes,

Our readers ard reminded that tho dep6t of the Bible, Tract, and Bonk Society will bo closing in a fow days, The attention of Sunday School teachers and others in need of literature of the kind advertised in another column is directed to this fact.

So far tho bonus offered by the Borough Council for the obtaining ol a satisfactory supply of artesian water hi the Borough of Masterton has not been taken advantage of. This is to be sincerely regretted, as there is no doubt but thata suitablo supply of good water c.iuld be procured at a reasonable depth, There is not, however, as we have before pointed out, sufficient inducement in thebonus to ensure tho operations being successfully carried out, An Auckland gentleman who has just returned from a lengthened visit to tho Old Country, speaking toaninterviewor on tho question of Homo Rule, said; -The probability was that the Homo Rule question would sottjo itself upon

just and eqmtablo principl.'s without separation and a Parliament in Dublin. Tho land Bill which Mr Balfour has now introduced is to liberal and boneliciont in its character that, ii opposed it will be simply because it would stultify and render abortive further action of the Parnellite party. The unity and prosperity 'of the Empire in the future would depend very much upon tho decision of the voters at the next general election. For many years past there lias been at a Maori Pah situated just aorosa tho Kuamahunga river, Te Ore (ire, a curiosity in the slwpo' of an enclosure, or vault, in \fliicli iiiay bo seen the remaiiw of an ancient, chief and several of his descendants'." The coffin of the chief in question, which is manufactured of a plain kind of timber, is half in and half out of the ground,' and is in a slanting position, A. gks plate which originally covered the head has been broken, and thero is now exposed to view a large portion of the ariatocratical remains. In different parts of the vault are visible the coffins of children, the coverings of each of which have been removed. To any person inclined to romanco a visit to this vault, which is always open, Is exceedingly interesting

If we could see'ourselves as others see us a young man who was kissing a vory pretty married lady in a furtive manner at Spencer street Railway Station last night would havo been convinced that ho was a Bensolcss, brainless idiot, and likely to oorae in for a severe thrashing shortly after the osculatnry process by an infuriated husband, who waß at that moment peering with saucor-likeeyes of hate at the pair, his heart beating like a Salvation drum, and his blood turning to raspberry jam, and coursing through his veins at the rate of a policeman approaching a general row in Little Bourke street, However, lo»e is blind, especially when its baokjs turned, and a thick door intervenes between it and a

jeelous husband, and so the infatuated young man, after a final embrace, walked jauntily out of the station and down Collins stroet, followed by tho outraged husband. Thoy turned into a quiet street together, and,. without further ado, the hußbandmade up to the young fellow,. taxed him with what ho had seen, and incontinently smote him with effect on the proboscis, The

blow was relumed with interest, and ten. minute! afterwards a

heart-broken husband, with battered eyes and broken nogo, leant wearily against the door ot that, entrance in the Law Courts bearing the sijinibcanfc inscription "Piyoree Court,"for in thelittlolane that

runs down by the courts the encounter had taken plapo, fld pulled njnwslf together, and when he let. himself into his house a little later on, he merely laughed i hollow bittor laugh as his wife screamed hersßlf: into hystorios at the ai<;ht cf his bruised and battered face. He could havo immolated himself when his wifo,,throwing her arms round him as he lay- groaning-on .1 a .couch, whispered, •''Brothor.M has come.down.from tho ; bush today, aii'd I-mot him at Spencer street tins evening, Ho has prown such afjiio, ipnly fe}|ow now. You have never 6een hjm yet, but I knqw you will likp him,'" the hubby does' not fhmk hVw'jlJ ljke him, vMelbuurhe'Standiird.

Our dress department js now jnbundantly supplied with alßho'latest fashion's, both in textures aud colours, adapted for the autumn and winter season, at Te Aro House, Wellington, To begin with. Everyone should inspect our spocial "Melton" oloth, 80 inches wide. This a most useful material, and not only bo, but is attractive in .appearance and'miy he had in' black, three shades of grey gro'nat', green?, and. |rowns ; %ving been manufactured lq. qur express order, wopin guarantee its wear. 'A full dress length will fflt 10a Gd only, at Te Aro Honso, Wellington, Then thoro are useful varieties of colored meltons, 25 inches wide, from CJd to Is per yard; Frenoh foules, in all new colours, from 12Jd per yard; homespuns and fancy knickers, splashes, flecks, broken checks, fancy plaids &0., from 9d to la IJdpor yard, it Ts Aro House, Wellington, In' double'widfh [Materials, 42 and 44 inches wido, we"er|ii|neraj.e ; * AH w ° ol amosouß,3s 6d to 4s Cd per yard t fauoy tweeds,ls ild to '2s Od por yards fancy plaids, bourettes, kniokors, bannookburns, &0.,254jd to 3s 9d per yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington. In Hack'dross'materials we have some

beautiful fabrics in stripes, sorolls, and floral iq\\mAl ijiohcs wide, 2s lid to 4s Gd per yard i an unrtyaltoj} cjioicia of French anyone's, 44 inoUeß "wMo, ! S| jßd to oj 6d pes yar'd j and'»• very-large assortment of; plain blaok Fren'ob onahtnercg* arid merinos ! from Is lid to 7s Od per yard, atTe Aro; House, Wellington; ', And then wo have. the best dressmaking in the oith ; havo long had two dressmaking rooms, under very superior and ■pJDpieni management. Our arrangements for the «eason : are my complete, and wo can still'turn out dtejaea jrj.tho highest style .of art', at pio Wholesale' family Prapery Warehouse, Te Aro House'Wei

Messrs Lowes and lonia add to their sale for 23rd, CO mixed sheep,

• Mr Alexander Grigg, of Greytown, baker, filed a declaration of insolvency yesterday. ■: A general mooting of members of th Mastorfcon.Upjki Jockey Club will be held on Wednesday next, April 23rd. The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Eketahuua Road District will be held on Thursday, May 3rd,

It is announced through our columns that tho annual ball in aid of the funds of the Groytown Hospital will be held in the Palace Hall on Friday, May 9th.

Nomination of candidates to fill tho vacancies caused by the retirement of threo membors of the Wharcama Road Board will be received up till noon on Wednesday, the 30th inst. A poll, if necessary, will bo taken at the same plnco on Tuesday, the Gth of May. Mr Wm. Easton, Evangelist, from Bristol, England, who is on a visit to the Colonies, is advertised in our columns to givo an evangelistic address in tho Temperanco Hall to-morrow (Sunday) evening at 7 o'clock, Wo hear that Mr Easton is well spoken of in the Old Country as an earnest preacher, and trust that many will embrace the opportunity of hearing him,

'_ To meet the requirements of a rapidly increasing business, Mr George Johnston has just had erected a largo and substantial warehouse at the rear of his present premises. The building is 31ft x 51ft, and is built on reclaimed land. The piles on wlu'oh it stands are 18ft in length, andwore'putin by Messrs Reynolds and Dixon, Mr W. Alexander being the contractor for tho buildiug, All kinds of produce will now bo dealt in by Mr Johnston. . . According to the agricultural statistics fnrWaitaki county published In the Gazette, tho average yiold of wheat per acre is made out to be 54 bushels.-We do notwish to alteranimpressionso favorable to the district by sayiug that those statistics are not thoroughly reliable. The only thing we can say is that this is the largest average yield ever- reaped in tho district. The difficulty will bo in getting fanners to believe that they havo been exceptionally fortunate this year-N,O, Times. ; Heretofore any person so desiring has been at liberty to dispose of, in tho particular season, any native game, but we understand that this year Hie privilege of so doing will not be granted without * license, Anyono wishing in the gaming season, which commences on May Ist, to sell game, will havo to pay the sum of £5, unless a license for selling imported game is already held. .The gamo requiring a license is as follows:—Wild duck (of any species), bittern, pied stilt pluvver, dotterel!, kaka, native pigeon, teal, black stilt pluvver, pukpko, and wild geeso. 1 Tho necessary liconse may be prooured from tho postmaster, Mr JBagge, Professorsof tbdpugiliaticartin Masterton do not appear to be altogether conspicuous by their absenco just now. It is said that during the past week there have have been no lessthan a dozen encounters in various obscure Bpots in tho town. But the very latest appears to havo been a conflict which took place between a well-known sporting individual and an orderly aud respectable citizen named "Bismarck." It would be superfluous to narrate the details of the affair, suflice to say that the result of tho fight will be that the sporting artist will be suffering a recovery for some time to como and the "ex Chancellor" will hi all probability be under medical treatment until ho is more assured in his optical observation, ■

In tho R.M. Court this morning, bofore Colonol Eoherts, R.M., Mrs Alioe 8. Cramner was charged on the information of Mr W. T, Glasgow, Inspector of Distillories, with having in a ceitain building upon her premises at Masterton an unlicensed worm, suited for distilling, contrary to soetinn 111 of the Distillation Act, 1868- Tho worm in question, it appears, was found oa tho premisos.on tho 16th inst,, Mr Bunny appeared.for tho prosecution, and Mr Pownall'mr thodofen'ce.' Mr Pownall applied, on behalf of his client, who was not present, for a remand, on the groiiud that the charge was aserious one, and sufficient time had not been given to procure evidence, Mr Bunny objected, but after some discussion tho Bench decided to grant a reinend of the case till two o'clock on Monday next,

The following account of an exciting 6cene, which ocourred on board the 1' and O fltcaraship Victoria, while on her homeward voya?o from Australia, is furnished from a passenger's letter. Wljon midway between Colombo and Aden a passenger, who, from a letter which he wrote, was evidently out of his mind, threw himself overboard. Aii alarm was at once raised, and the engiueß wero reversed, All hands were ordered to the boats, and .while one of these, fully manned for the search; was being lowered, ono of the seamen lot go a rope, with the result that 13 of the crow were thrown into the sea, A second boat was then successfully lowered, and the men wore rescued excepting two, The body of the boatswain and that of the passenger who had thrown himself overboard were afterwards recovered, but life was oxtinct. Tho body of the other man, a quartermaster, could not be found, and was in all probability doyoured by sharks. The bodies recovered wore buried at sea onio hours afterward,

Tho following interesting returns' o the grain trade of Canterbury and Otago appear in the curront issuo of tho New Zealand Trade Review; The yields for 1889-90 were as follow:—Canterbury -Wheat, 228.734 acres, 8,650,974 bushels; oats, 158,446 acres, 4,823,527 bushels; barley, 10,143 acres 490,584 busliels,' Otago-Wheat, 65,460 acres, 1,884,68) bushels; oats, 2i?,933 acres 7,235,090 bushels; barley, 6612 acrgs 257,484 bushels. As these two districts combined roprosentod in wheat and oats about 88 and 89 per cent respectively of tho total yield ot tho Colony in 188J, they may be' accepted as a lair indication of the result of tho harvest for this year. Compared with the returns of Hie previous year, there is a reduction in wheat equal to between 4ands percent, and an increase in oats at a rato of about 23 to 24 per cent

i Ou Thursday night last at the Palace Hall, the Greytown Amateur Dramatic Society gave, by request, a second performance of " The Guv'nor,'' to a not very full house—which was not to bo wondered at considering the very inclement weather, Tho overtures wore well 'jeiidered, The various characters jh the performance wore sustained .in 5 highly creditable mannej,' tli'e''iij'nny "points" eliciting roars of laughter. The serio-comic " positions," and the realistic acting of tho comedy frequently brought down the house in tho gallery, whilst from the stall a few boquets greeted the local stars, without individualising the several characters. It may be taken for granted that should the Oqnjnany [pay Masterton,a vißit, the' inhabitants will mines? dramatic talent equaltq (and. in s'onjo resp'pets superior to')' the .ayepige travelling 'showmen. Both lady and gentlomen performers deserye support and commendation in view of their solf denying perseverance in study.and ascomplishmeutu in order to cater to the popiUnr taste for Buch amusements. All profits accruing from the entertainment are to be given in aid of the Greytown Recreation grounds Tho agricultural returns for the Wellington Provincial District are not yet complete, those from the Hutt not having been supplied. The other ' district returns having bcensont into the Registrar General's office, however, approximate figures have been worked out by putting the H'utt down 'at its last

return?, upon this basis the returns up to fteb'wary last-'showed the following resultsi-rWhc'at, 1'3,38!f acrej In oiilti.: vatlorV, 'produce in bushels 0at5,'17,030 cores, 018,317 bushels; barley, "882 acres .25,920 bushels; potatoes, 2214 acres, 15,807 tons, The production in all classes bliows a groat improvement on that of the previous year. The increase in wheat is over SO.OQP bushels; in oats about 210,000 bethels, »ii| in potatoes SOO \mt, ,

Muoh speculation (says the Taranaki Herald) was indulged in the other morning by tho non-opening of a bank at the usual hour, and the bust part of an half hour slipped past after tho customary business time, and tho doors still rematninx closed, quite a knot ofourious persons assembled out-sido the premises and wono>red what was the matter; The doors wero, however, eventually opened, and thon it was learned that die stall had been vigorously working inside all the time, but somehow tho opening- et the door had been overlooked. Tho mystery was then explained, and all doubts as to whether the staS had struck, etc, were Bpoedily oleared up.