The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3567, 22 July 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1890.

Mr W. P. Beeves wants a Boyal Commission to inquire whether all reasonable retrenchment Ims been effected, and if not where reduction may be possible, Kow a Royal Commission is more or less a fraud. Some years ago such a commission was appointed to roport on our railways. The gentlemen who composed ic wore too' outspoken, and their report wasshnply shelved. It is quite understood now that a Boyal Commission is to say what is wanted to be' said by the majority in the House, and this, the general election onco over, will bo'very littlo, The Government aro sick of retrenchment, and the Opposition never could bear I lie smell of it, We recollect when the present leader of the Opposition was in power, he kept a highly paid functionary doing absolutely nothing at all for something like a year. and n day, He gavo him a nominal billet and employed him in waiting for letters of instruction which never came, Are we to look for civil service reductions from such a quarter? It is not, however, the humbug of the retrenchment cry which impresses us bo much as to its absolute cowardice, A strong labor party say to Parliament, through the Commissioners, -give us £50,000 a year more in wages or wo strike. The Commissioners, knowing well

what the .dominant sentiment of the House is, yiold to the demand and then the brave members sneak round to find out whether they cannot recoup themselves from- the salaries of unfortunate civil servants who are not in a position to strike; If

Parliament can afford a large increase to railway employees, retrenchment ' is superfluous, and if Parliament on the.other hand cannot afford such an increase andhas given it simply as a traveller of old surrendered bis purse to the knight of the road, we are justified in imputing cowardice to. it, Members, it is said, only propose to touch the higher salaries in the service, tlicy have the courage to take a hundred pounds from a chief.derk ,or| undersecretary, but they have not the! pluck to take a sixpence from the i earnings of a platelayer or a porter, Is such a House fit to deal with retrenchment on its merits 1 Is not its policy to rob Peter to pay Paul on the ground that Petef 'hag few votes in the general .election and that Paul has many 1 No civil service will stand tieatmsnt like this without demoralisation and the demoralisation of a civil service means a serious loss to the Colony, The fact is honest retrenchment jb at the present time Impossible, The Government and the Opposition are outbidding eaoh other for the popular vote, Neither one nor th,e other desires retrenchment, but both will promise it in a loose kind of syay for the sake of securing support at tjie general election. AKoyal Commission will be utterly useless for if it made recommendations they would noter ba parried out unless they were a Government in power strong enough to give effect to tiiem and when its report came to be presented, probably after thegeneral election, it will, we think, be found that tho demand for retrenchment, now uo prominent, will (javo'b'zzled out.

Thi Masterton Borough Council meetß « usuries evening, -y

A solitary drunk who appeared before tho Court this morning waa dealt with la'tho mariiwr usual to first offenders.Sorgoant.Major Bell, of Wellington, died suddenly at his residence, ffewtowm last evening. Mr Mueller, violinist, intimites that he hns resumed teaolting and Is prepared to receive pupils. Judgo, Edwards took his seat on the Wellington Supreme Court Uenob for tho first time this morning. _ Honry Roberts, a compositor of Wei* lington, and a well-linown foatballor, has filed a declaration of insolvency. It ib expected that tho number of entries for the Wellington Poultry Show this year will be noarly seven hundred. Mr E 6 Kerr is announced as a candi" date for the vacant Tiinaru seat. Mr Bom, the Mayor, is mentioned as probable, and others are talked about.

A brooch, sot, with pwls. and with an initial letter, has been found in Masterton, The owner can have the same by paying the cost of advertising. _ The'gbntleman who took an umbrella in mistake from St Matthew's, schoolroom on Sunday evening is requested to return the samo to tho verger from whom he can recover his own.

We understand that the price of sheep in the Wairarapa has been so oscessively high of late that butchers have been very reticent in buying. The result is that no more mutton is now killed than is actually necessary to supply customers. Wo acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a complimentary ticket for a lecture'-at Carterton this., evoning by Dr Johnston, on " Tho Senses."

A meeting will shortly bo called In Carterton of those interested in starting a social club,. Tho proposed institution will provide a reading room and other apartments suitable for ovciing recreations and will also organiso entertainments.

A meeting of the Masterton Early Closing Association is to be held in tho Oddfellows' Hall, Porry-streot, to> morrow evening, the business being important.

We hear that tho two five pound notes lost by a railway nuard at Eketahuna have boen fimnil by another railway employeo, and handed over to thoir owner.

Prince .Bismarck has assured an interviewer that tho Emperor William's labor conference has not solved a single question, .and resulted in nothin? but words,

Tho ball committee of (he Volunteer Fire Brigade are invited to meet at tho station on Wednesday evening to arrauge for tho customary annual celebration,

At the next meeting of the Eketahuna lioad Board, to he held on August 16tb, a general rate of three farthings in tho £on all tho rateable property in the district will be struck,

In Darlinghurst Gaol Ihorois a life sentenced prisoner, who set firo to a house aud occasioned tlio death of two of the inmatos, Hie only excuse was that he did it to obtain the five shillings reward for giving* first information of the blaze,

Describing a recent bigamist in Eng. land, a lady gave a typical portrait. Bhe said:-"Ho is a person who has a Christian character, gentlemanly in appearance, ol good address, and his heart is all aglow with the loye for Christ," The irrepressible" Cheap John" is at present in Masterton, boing assisted by all those minor contrivances which enable liim to extract from the unwary public tho lovely " baubees," The Bishop of Limerick has accused John Dillon of securing his releaso from prison by raisinp a misorable whine about ill-health, arid of sneaking over to the Australian colonies until the storm blew over,

Sir Robert Stout has expressed his intention of consulting his partner before ho makes up his mind whether he will nccept the strong invitation to re-enter tho political arena, If he assents he wil] have moro than one seat to choose from Wo remind those interested of the temperance lecture to bo delivered in the Prosbytorian Church to-night by Mr J, Knott, The ohair will be taken at 7.30 by Mr E. Feilt, and an offtcient ohoir will be in attendance.

Those who can appreciate an enter' tainmout which will afford them a real downright good laugh are recommended to visit tho Theatre Boyal this evening, when tho Domaresq Variety Troup give their last performance Tree planting is being carried on by settlers in different parts of the district. In Morrison's Bush and its neighborhood rows of youns trees may bo seen on private property running the whole length of paddocks and fenced in to preserve them from the ravages of cattle. It may not bo generally known, Bays an exchange, that the New Zealand Police Force has amongst its members a Chinaman, who is no less a personago thpii District Constable Wong (Jyo, who is stationed in the South Island in a locality wliero his brother celestials are in the ascendant.

Government proposo to set up a committeo to enquiro as to the best means of aiding the developmonnt of the flax industry, and report generally upon the question of the flax trade, Tho committee will consist of Messrs Lawry, Buchanan, McKenzie, MoArthur, Eichardson. SRymour, VVaiker, Wilson and the Col Secretary.

MrGoo. Wj!liamson,a welMmownand respected settlor jn tliis distrjet has just taken over the Star Hotel, Queen-street. This house, which has always been a favorite olio, will, wo are sure, centmue to retain its good name under the now regime. Mr Williamson's business announcement appears in another column. At Melbourno recently Mr J T Brown, formerly member of the legislative Assembly, was'cWijed with loitering in a public street contrary to the statute, He declined to "move on" whon requpßted to do so by IJer Majesty's representative; he was. talking to afriend at the time. The charge was dismissed. Harry Thomas, of fllartinborough, laborer, pi yesterday doolared a bankrupt. The liability aro £lo3lßs 9d and the assets LIS 3aod. The liabilities are made up of small sums, none exceeding LlO.. The first mooting of croditors will be held at tho local' Courthouse on Saturday next. In. the estate of John H'u'mei drover, : o.f Groytown, the liabilities ate LlO3 Is and flip assets LEO, Donnmtho earlier portion of the present month wo shall offer some'very special bargains in winter dresses of superior character. Many of these were bought lato in ibo London season muck below their .usual value) marked tf correspondingly low prices at tho Wholesale J'pily Drapery Warehouse; Te Aro .House, We have of these about 590 first-class <!ms;cs, consisting in the main of French tivceds ' iii the latest design',' French amazoncs in the most fashjonablo shades, a variety of plain materials with combinations iri jorroll, floral, and' other patterns, and some handsome boxed braided robes, all of which will be offered much under the usual prices alTe AjoHouse,.. This opportunity of securing really good dresses for littlo money is perfectly urji.jije, and not likely to be repeated this season, so that ladies who may be desirous of purchasin" ai too reduced prices should, do without loss of time at Te Aro Houße. The origjnal prices of,tee lovely dresses ranged from B5« fid to Sis, and customers will have tbe, opportunity of Iffita'na them atprices varying from £l6 6d to'o6s lid athe Wholesale family' Drapery Warehouse To Aro Housc'-Ann. Oua readers will be pleased to learn that tyessr'BL,'l.H<joper'Si)d:<;Q #ts this morning one of their half yearly" clearing sales. The whole' of the stook in .tho'Bon is reduced to prices that must tempi oyay on,e panting drapery, millinery, an'dolotb_iug,.to purohaf'e large'parc'ols durjng ftis' great sale,"' ■ ' ''' , Tot great sale .of .drapery and clothing js now being held at Hie lion tyarche. Messrs L. J Hooper and Co .have determined to' reduce their Btook to about half the present valuo. Bargains in every department will be offerod during the next few days. Ppbohases of the Drapery, Millinery and boys islQlhing ehpuld not fail to attend at onee the gw# sale jjoy going on at. the Bon Marobe,' every article is reduced) .tot price hot being considered the slook twist be reduced before stock taking, '.