The Wairarapa Daily MONAY, JUNE 16, 1890. The Last New Premier.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3537, 16 June 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONAY, JUNE 16, 1890. The Last New Premier.

Swob Sir Harry Atkinson came to be regarded as moribund in his capacity as head of the Government, every week has brought upon the stage a new Premier. The last to appear 'upon the scene is the Hon Mr Mitckelson I Nine years ago when this lucky politician first secured a seat in the House, a leading journal wrote of him in the following terms : "MrG.Mitcholson, the new member for MarsdeD, commenced life as a carpenter in Auoklam), and afterwards went to Northern Waiioa, where he made a handsome corapetonco by storekeeping and buying gum. He has the reputation of being a thoroughly upright, sterling man in all his business transactions, but is no speaker and is not likely to shine in the Houbb," Now, this is by to means a bad record oven for' a Premier; a self-made man, who is trustworthy, usually succeeds as a politician, and it is creditable that such a man should reach the top of the tree in a colony like this, even though he does not possess fluency of speeoh and conspicuous ability, It is, however,: evident that Mr Mitchelson is scarcely strong enough to parry on the Government with the weak team which is now worrying Sir Harry Atkinson, and we sympathise with a claim' he is said to have put forth to form Ms op Ministry, If this point were conceded he might possibly replace one or two inpapables with good men, and thus 'constitute a Cabinet which might survive the general election. But the inoapables are mutually reluctant to place themselves at his mercy, and the difficulty in re-arranging the Cabinet is still unsolved. Then there are outsiders

who naturally desire to have a voice m the matter.' The Hon Mr Ballance jb reported to have expressed an intention of moving a vote of want of oDnfidence in the Government as soon as the Houso meets, and this will bring matters to an issue, If the Government continue divided the probability is that Mr Ballanco will oarry his motion, and secure the prize of the Premiership, but his avowed move in tin's direction will have the effect of bringing members of the Ministry into order. They must now either pull together' or "go under, and however much they (nay dislike and raintrust one another, they will, for their common safety, he compelled to oonie to an agreement. As for poor Sir Harry, the/Opposition wjll make short work of him, What they say of the sick man is, "J£ you are lit for your work, do it j if not, stapd aside," and, aa it is genorally admitted tjjj 4 he is physically unfit for duty, ! ,fIBCOM9 ti>be regarded as n certainty. ;

Tho libel potion," Butcher v Payton, comes on in the Supreme Court, Wei. listen, to-morrow. '.Mr.'Rollestort has consented to come forward as a candidate for the Halswull electorate in ths fovthwmlng election,

,' Tho garaa of footbaU in' evidetitly mmkn . popular toV this district.' On'Saturdiy.laat no less thin 180 players_ were'ehsraged■: lh'.:tKb.' W.air-: arapa in--important 'matohes; ninety of whom wmo from MaVterton alone. A lady resident of .Maaterton (single of course) suggests that the Bill to Tax Bachelors be introduced .into New Zealand, and that the revenue' derived therefrom be devoted to the mMntenanoe of members of the "Old Maids Association.'". " ••- ''■ -.'"'• '•'•.'•'

The annual plain and fancy dress ball in cnnnectiou with the Mnstorton Football Olnb Wjil be held in the drill hall on Wednesday evening next. A large number of ticketa have, been disposed of, and as elaborate arrangements have been made by the committee, the gathering should be one of the 'largest and incut enjoyable ever hold in the district. Members of the couimittoe are requested to meet at the halt this evening. .■.■■■.

The Rev, Mr Woods, of Wyndham) delivered an interesting address to youim men in the Presbyterian Ohuroh Ibbl ovening, iho iiongrogfttion being very large. The rev. gentleman took his text from Matthew 11-38, •' For my yoke is easy and my burden in light," and his pathetic utterances are likoly tyleavo a lasting impression upon the minds.of the young men present. ..-.■• An influential deputation has waited on tho Colonial. Treasurer of South Australia to.nrgethe negotiation of a. reciprocal Customs- treaty--with New. Zealand with regard to wine and oak It was suggested that the wine duty in New Zealand should be reduced troin 5s to 2s (id per gallon, and Now Zealand oatß admitted into South Australia free. The Treasurer said a Bill to being prepared to that ofiect;, ; :

A correspondent writes, complaining that a certain school committce,uut many miloa from Masfflrton, it cnmpos.(id .of unmarried men..' Id w course of his

remarks he B&ya: —•'' Why do parents qlect over-grown boys to a school committee ? I dp not think .they know tho duties of a committee. They do not study the interests'of the children any more I than .the chililron study them. They simply go to upset the views of reasonable

men j they are a lot of numskulls, Mure than this, an Act should be passed, preventing any man being elected' to a school committee who is unmarried." ' The Carterton Rival Football team received somewhat of a scam on their return journey, from Masterton on Saturday night last, by running foul of the vehicle conveying the Te Ore Ore fifteen to their home. The accident occurred on a narrow portion;of : tho Taratahi road, and the top part of the Carterton coach was lifted clean off, several of the occupants being unoeri-' moniously depositod on tho road. Beyond one young fellow receivings nasty injury to his arm;'nothing serious occurred, nnd the dusky warriors havinc helped their comrades, in ..trouble to

regain their solf-posscssion, both teams parted, and readied, their destinations without further adventured As there were on Saturday five different football teams on the road between. Masterton and Groytown, each wity drag and four, it is surprising that more accidents did not happen, as the road in several placos is extremely dangerous. A painful accident occurred to a young man, a Btiangertu this district, yestorday, It appears th.(t iie was anxious to take a trip to Carterton, and with this end in view, hired a hoise of one of our local stable-keepers. Dmiipping hiinr-elf with spurs, whip, and other necessary articles, he started offin company with a friend. He had not' proceeded far,- however, when it could bo seen he was a genuine

novice at riding, After breakma; the 1 record for a mile, the horao swerved, and the unfortunate rider was precipitated into an adjoining [zutter.._\Vhen he was picked up it was discovered that he had received several nasty outs about the head, He was at once conveyed by his fnond to an hotel in town, where he was properly attended to, and he is now reflecting upon the foolishness of his "John Gilpin" expedition, '

The.re was an exhibition trial of a. ftoid and Oray digging plpugh on Wedpesday last at the farm of Mr H M'Lean, near Gore. Tlio Mataura.Ensign states that there was a fair attendance of farmers, and the trial, was a successful one.- The plouvh worked on stubble only, and completely pulverised the soil, coveriuuall growths,.and leaviug tho ground ready for the drill, So satisfied waß the owner of the land with reaultsaoheived that he boughtthu plough. Nu lea land was avalable to test the plough, but most satisfactory reports are to hand from others who have used it and found that it could do excellent work when there was a thick mattimr« hioh had to be placed''under the sod," The ordinary double furrow ploughs can be converted into diggers at a small cost and used in eitLer capacity. •.-•.■

Henry George delivered his farewe'l leoture to a large and enthusiastic audience at Sydney on the 80lh May, his subject being '■' The Fallacies of Protection," In concluding his address he made an eloquent appeal in favour of frectrade, and asked the Australians to adopt the rallying ory of. the single tax nion in America—" Free trade, froo land, freo men." He said that he would leave Australia, knowing that good seed had been sown, and knowing that Australia was advancing, Thero was a movement forward, but the quickest and best movement wasin New South Wales. Everywhere-even in Victoria, where the working men had bowed down and abased themselves at the foot' of the fetish of protection-there was life and spirit, and he was glad to know that a Freetrade Democratic Association had been established, This announcement was received with much cheering. Mr George said the society. wis rightly named, for freo trade went hand in hand with Democracy, while protection was Toryism. ;,..;..

A suggestive incident of the "Union 1 craze is reported from Dtmedin, A director in a company employing a good many hands is also a purveyor Of • pro-' I visions, and as suob, oontraotoT' for supplies to a large .number .of trading ships, whose men.are enrolled in a Union. As director ef the said company he had occasion, to .discharge a' number of the employe's,- Next day experience befeljiirnian :who went round in tha mornings for orders. Say he was n butcher. Whenever he deck or wharf andTealuted a steward, the reply was" Mr.X.? Kofmoatto-day." ':The peculiarity thatnorioof the vessels" wanted any meat, and that ho was. always asked "areyou from Mr XT puzzlod the order mau vastly, and of course he roporked the matter to bis 'employer. Mr X interviewed agents and manager, but was received with a-shrug.of the shoulders:" Have yon done anything to offend the Union 1" No, he didn't think so. unless discharging tome of the company's men. "Oh, that's it no doubt. Well, wo can't help you.;' you must fight your own battles." ' The story goes that meat orders wero obtained next day, but in the meantime the men who had been discharged had been taken on again,.

A vem special Invitation is herewith extended to the ladies of the city to pay an early visit of inspection to our magnificent and attractive display of ball and evening dress fabrics, which, together with all neceasary requisites are now being shown on the central oounter at TeAro House.'' .

The variety of theso charming fab'ricß is very large, and the numerous {ashiouabte tints arc oi the moat - pleasing ohamoter, while tho prices are eioeedingly moderate, The display is easily accessible,' if.' very artistS tD Its cpjallest details, and could not iailtowegsatUjipgtfi'ill yJßJtorsto Te Aro House, ' ' •■'.; ..- ;

We shall he delighted to sho,w thein to sll yluifprg who may rest assured that thoy will not he importuned (o buy. Indeed there will be t)o occaqioij ti) do tjiij, fgr the goods wiil Bpefjt for themselves and we imagine thWAre. few ladies wjjo could look at these beautiful requisjtgs iyfoiQut feclipp 4UfpßißtibFedegir.o'to ! pwphasoatTp'.Aro Hou'SO, .■'■.. ' '■■•.".■.':.'..'.

_• !-»iu oeriusl of a iiieelal announce-' ment on the front pa«v... -* '-:«,^«o givos full partioulni's of the names, '^.. .°! colours, i'o., of these ball and evening dress fabrics and requisites at tho' Wholesale Family Drapery Warohoußo, To Aro Houco, Wellingtoui-Anvi. '

James Jansen, oharge'dlqfhlSuprW Court, Wellington, - vrjth:; robbing ; tbV Miwb\im,-h|ia been < M;/ !■ The reßJdent».;ipf.iMautipo»ilia baye hoji. eacapod .the-:p'tevailinf[%idemio, many being down WUhLa Grippe.' ''v;

The complete' retum'of the ballot of railway employees on tho question of extreme measures shows 3096 for and 112 ayainsfc. < A black and tan collie dog is advertised for through our columus. .

Messrs Lowes and lorus add to. their i Stuck Sale for Wednesday"next, 80 2 i and 3 year old heifers, and ten porkers. i -Owiner to'.th'e illneu of Miss Holmes, i no classes will be held in the School of Dcaign to-day. Palmerston now olaims to have'a larger population than Wanganui; A local paper Bays the census will prove the correctness of the assertion, The Waikato Nowa ocaßed publication ' on after an existence extendmg over five yearn. The riflo match, between the Feathersfcon and Mastorton Hides was not fired on Saturday last, as the latter oould not" cot together a team. .-/...- The House of Rnpresentatlves meats on Thursday. It ia expected that thi | Fmanoul Statement will bo delivered on thft.folloffineTuesday., , .-.: Mr.T. Fergus has sent a long communication to the Dunedin Evening Star in explanation of the speech recently dchyered by him at Queenstown. Throe important despatches from {ho Queen of Rarotonga for the Governor of New Zealand, the High Commissioner of the. Western Pacific, aud her Majesty Queen Victoria, relating;' to the managenient of affairs in the Hervey Group, have come by the Torea from Karotnnga Tho Theatro appear as usual a bisr bill being provided for the 'week, Thero will uo rinking to-night,- the Viviati Dramatic Company, Tuesday; Wednesday, and Thursday,; A private rinking party on Friday, and 'public rinking atteruoon and evening, A meeting of.the directara.of the Waiiarapa Caledonian Society was held on Saturday night, when fhnl'airangements were made for holding .their ball on the 27th inst. A great number of invitations havo been circulated, and it is expected that tho event of Friday 'week will be an immense success. •

There was a large attendance at the Tempomncß Hall last evening to hear MrEaaton, evangelist. Theaddresß delivered was of a most interesting oharacter, and one of the most impressive delivered by this gentleman in Maßtorton.

The London' Star, 1 reviewing M r •HVW; Faniall's book on.'.Tho Land Laws of New. Zealand,' is horrified at the' idea of thirty-four personsabsentees ovory man of them -owhint! 721,000 acros betweon them, and drawing rents ranging up te £I,OOO a year. '■ •. . .

The 'Musical Monthly' has authority for statin? that another band contest in Dnnedin is being arranged, and that MrW. Wills, has been asked to act as supervisor. A considerable- sum of money .has already been promised as prizes.

A settler in this district (sayß the Wangcmui EtraU) -who sent 132 sacks! of barley to- Sydney, had rather an unfortunate- experience', bb he only realised 1b lOd per bushel. Tho charges of one kind and another, and he was charged no commission here, leave him with a deficit of £l7 on tho amount he drew for his barley. <■ ',

The Ohristchuroh people are going in fa* putting to shame those people who are fattening on the wealth of England and yet cannot raise more than £25 • to redeem the heros of the Bala'olava charge from a workhouse. A subscription list has beenopenCd up at Christohuroh for the benefit of Cnmeau voterans and already nearly as much has been subscribed as was raised for them in England,

An inquest was held at Foatherston on Saturday before Dt Spratt, • Distriot Coroner, upon the body of an infant named W. H, Liddie, a girl, Dr Smith gave medical evidence as .to the apparent cau6e of death, Tho child had seomingly been oyer-lain by its mother, At four o'clock the same morning it was alive beside her iu bed, and when she awoke and next noticed it at o'clock it was dead. A verdict sf accidental death from suffocation was returned.

The Vivian Draraatto Company are , announced to appear to-morrow ovetiinsj in the powerful four act drama "Queen's Evidence." Mr Arthur Vivian taking the principal character, Jannas Isaacs, villanous Jow, and Helan Vivian, the heroio Mb Medland. Tho programme will conclude with a soreaming two act canedy ";Sam," With auoh w attractive bill and the fact that wo have had nothing in the shape of a dramatio entertainment for the last two months ought to secure the company a crowded house.

Vincent Wallace, the composer of "Maritana," was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to Australia in his early manhoodi How ho buried himself in the bush to the west of Sydney; how a lucky acoideut' reyealed his musioal genius; how the Governor, Sir Kichard Bourke, took him up and patronised him, and made him fashionable; how he travelled all over the colonies and made money as a violinist; how he was captured by the Maoris and was within an aoe of being sacrificed; how he afterwards barely escaped with his life from a mutiny iu tho South Seas-is all told in J F Hogan's history of "The Irish in Australia,"

In the R,M. Court, this morning before Messrs W, H, Beetham and B. Boys, J'b.P., Joseph Renall was charged with having in the sale yards of Mr F, H. Wood, on the22nd May, sheep infooted with lice. Defendaut pleaded guilty. Tho Bench stated that the law with regard to lice had been framed "for the suppression of scab when the district -was infested with it, At the present time very little scab could bo found. It contended, with Tallytand,th*t bad laws well: administered were better than good laws badly administered; and deoply regretted that it -was 'compelled to inflict tho minimum penalty of £l, with costs 2s,

The following arc some of tho arfioles to bo submitted for sale by Mr.F. U. Wood on Friday next,'2oth June; at the gift auction at Carterton in aid. of St. Mark's ohurch:—Sheep, lambs, pigs, fowls, potatoes, flour, oats, ohoese, ■apples, wheelbarrows, bridles, saddlery, suits, hats, mats, dogs, fonders, stags' antlers, kettles, honey, milk pans, pumpkins, brackets, boots, drapery, fancy .' work, flower pots;' teapots, picture frames, sewing machines, books, stationery, moat, baoon and hams, firewood, fitter, bra irons, boys sohool bags, vases, antiroacassirs, andelusian and silver spangled haraburg prize fowls, and .'polished horns. '" ■', Our readers will be ntercstcd to know that Messrs L. J. Hooper and Co,, have now opened and showing the new winter Bhip. ments of Drapery, Millinery, arid Clothing The Dress Department at the Son llarcho is exception&'ly heavily stooked with the newest designs and makes in Dress Eobos, Knioker Tweeds. Homespuns. Cashmores, Fanoy Flakes, Braided dresses, English aud Colonial Dress Tweeds, Tweeds in Cheok, Borders, Stripes, aud Plain. The stock in this department has been brought remarkably cheap and'are being sold cheap, 'Visitors to the Bon Marobe Showrooms will be well repaid by inspecting the superb assortment of Ladies' Scalette Jackets and Mantles, Cloth and Fur Jaokets and Mantles in great vario'.y. Ladies' and children's ulsters, Fur lined and Silk lined oloaks, Ladies', and children's Fancy Capes inoludine the .Coachman and Highwayman in all colors. -

'MflTisrj, Hopper anti-Co., invito special attention to' their magnificent display of English and.Frenoh' Millipery, Felt and Straw' Hats, liadies' fashionably trimmed Hat's ojd Ijonnets. These goods are marked on ata,very.jhehjad'ya'uce'oncost price,; Nqathewinter has fairly set In, we are brought, to face the fact that an extra pip'r" qt Blankets sad good warm". urider-olotluhg are the nepesspy armies of the day. Messrs Hooper and Oo„are showing large ptgoksof these classes of goqd.s, English'anil Colonial "iwkoto/lfaMli, Men's and Boys' Clothling,shirts,m&ttob»#' WW ;Bocksatwholosaloprices'an!:? fl lia}W' Maslorton;—Adit. . .; > : .