The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3579, 5 August 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1890.

Wiien the Master Farnnra of the Wairarapa formed a Onion and raised prices, we endeavored to show that the movement was neither in the | interests of the public nor of themi selves. The result has proved that • our first impression was a correct one, ; and though the Master Furriers are 1 still united, mid bold the fort, we fancy in their hearts they curse the day when they married in baste. Against another Union, that of the sawmillers, we saw but little objection, -It was within our knowledge that the promoters of it simply sought ! to fix a general scale of prices that . would be fair to the public and to themselves, An impression has got abroad that there has been under the new tariff a marked advance in rates, but tbo inquiries we have made from purchasers of timber satisfy us that this is not the case, Still there is some sort of penalty to be paid even : for establishing a fair general price ' list, and in tbia instance it is illustrated by an application to the Bail-' way Department for a reduction of 6d per hundred feet in the freight 1 rates on timber on the Wairarapa dine, an application which is unlikely to be successful, especially now, as the Commissioners can see, the mill owners are getting a firmer price for their output. Something was said at the deputation's interview about Ihe reduction being only threepence, if a sixpenny one could not be granted, and the Executive promised to think the subject over, Practically the affair is settled, It is disposed of by the fact that the present freight rates are as low as the Department oan reasonably make them, and it is not disposed to carry on what would be a profitless traffic for the sole purpose of fostering the timber industry. Tlie railways have to be run on commercial principles, Another outcome of the improved prices sawmillers are getting may have to be faced in the shape of a demand for increased wages from the timber workers. Already in South Wairarapa there is talk of this. Again, on the other hand, it is averred that the present timber tariff will not bo maintained, and it is sawmillers and members of the Wairarapa Sawmillers' Association vbo s»y it. What they mean is that the temptation to under-cut one another will, as-it has done, in the past, once' more prove irresistible, and tha weak ' ones will fall. How these issues , will be determined must be left to \ experience A»d to fjnje. It yrill be ] seen from these considerations how 1 difficult it is even for moderate men, J like the sawmillers of this district,'to j unite to protect tto interests of their ]

trade.. We.hopo,- bowover, that : in this instance the effort made to fix a fair all-round price for timber will bo successful, and that the sawmillcrs I will^prove-"loyal to the'bond .whioh

■ ; The apprehension ofa New Zealand port being some day blockaded by a hostile fleet has caused the.lavish expenditure of several hundreds of thousand pounds in this colony. After allit is not the Russian ironclad or the German cruiser which we have tO'fear, our. ioes are of our own hduseholdand, thelnbor party in "civil j commotion," as they happily pbres'e it, propbsa'to blockade, tba ■ port of' Lyttelfon.' Thelaborpa'rty intonds to- perpetrate exactly that act of hostility to the trade and commerce of the colony which we have looked for only at the bands of a national loe, The first duty of any civilised government is to repress such things as civil commotion, and it now romains to bo seen if the present occupants of the ministerial benches are capable of dealing with a gross crisis like thopresent one, or are fit fof, the position which they occupy andjhe responsibilities which they have undertaken. Is Parliament .to fiddle while Lytteltoiv is blockaded ?

'■ The'barqno America, 108 days from London, arrived at Wellington to-day. The life insurance amenta in Wellington'aro ondeavouriug to form a uniun. Next?" .'■"".

The outstanding rates of the Featherstem Road Board amount to uo less than flllOO. It has been wisely decided to call them in at once. Mrs Jano Patterson, who died last week at Panuiure, left m all 85 descendants to mourn her departure. The Napier News, in a vain attempt to be iumiy,'siys:-" Tho gentleman who misrepresents the Napier doctors in Parliament left for Wellington this morning." Mr B. S, Hawkins formally severed his connection with tho Wellington Evening hm on Saturday last.

MrF.H. Wood natifica that he has for private sale at his Greytnwn rooms a number uf first-class vehicles,

in response to a sharp protest from the Marquis of Salisbury, the Portuguese Government has cabled to the authorities at Mozambique to punish the captors of the British 6toamer Shiro. . We understand that it is tho intention of tho Misterton Operatic Society to reproduce "The Pirates" at an early date. , Arrangements have been made for a match between.the Wellington and Wairatapa Rugby Onion to be played in Maßteno.il on the 2oth inst.

The adjourned case. Houns'onr v Hoffmann and Sons, was to have'been heard this morning, but as one Justice only put in an appearance a further adjournment for an indefinite period had to be made.

Are-cation in business appears to have sot mii at Featherston, and we notice that in corscquonce several vacant sections are beinir filled up with substantial buildings. Mr 6. Coker, the lessee of tho Thoatro Royal, has just-received a new in- 1 volition in the shape f/f an amomatic pianoforte player, which is adjustable to pianos and renders selections uf all kinds of music in capital time and touch, Tenders are invited for ploughing fifty a'reos of level land at the Upper Plain,

The Napier Poultry and Canary AssoAnnual Show ut to be held on Friday and Saturday next. '

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Mnsterton-Borough Council] will bo held this evening.

It 13 reported that (ho business of Mrs Corhett, Queen street, is to be taken over by Mr James Wickens, who for many years has maiiaped the bakery establishment of Messrs Chamberlain Bros.

At St. Luke's chnrch, Groytown, on Sunday last, the Key E FJ Wyatt preached a soathinp sermon on 'hypocrisy,' But it didn't take, there ate uo hypocrites ia that pnrt 1

The children of Waihakeke school will be out this week planting the ground with trees. Arrangements have been made to plant 100,

A return laid on the table of the Assembly by the Minister for Justice shqived Hint during 1830 thero tvero 13,132 ojnvictions for drunkenness in New South Wales.'

The Grey Rivfr Argus Bays:—"lt will not be long before there will be a coal famine in Greymouth. Tho coal yards are empty, and nine-tenths of the population are either short of coal ur without it altogether," Mr Christie Murray, in a letter to his Bohemian friends m London, describes Duhediii as" the most cultured city" he hiis visited in the colonies, and adds "my opinion is confirmed by ray . friend Santley." Mr Charles Day, one of tho propriotora «f tho B. &.. Register, has retired from that paper. He started as officeboy, and left with a pot of monoy. A former proprietor, Mr Joseph Fisher, started and left in the same way,

One of the oldest officers of the Salvation Army in New Zsaland, Ensign Sutton, died at Wellington last week, and was buriod on Sunday. The corpse was borno to the grave on a light waggon, drawn by four soldiers, Despite the tempestuous weather thero was a large following of adherents to the Army, aud the funereal rites were of a mo3t improsFive character.

When at Akaroa Bishop Julius spoke of the church hymn-book at present used, and said thero were only twenty or thirty hymns in the wholo collection that were worthy of being 6Ung. Such hymns' as "Hark I the Herald Angels Sing,'-' for instance, were rubbhli, Who ever heard tie herald angels slug? 'MDst:oftholi)imu wero trash, the one about " pearly gates" and so forth being utter nonsense. How different from '''.Abide.with' Me," which appealed so naturally to the heart. A correspondent writes: -"After the death scene in the representation of Jo' at Temuka on Monday evouing a considerable section of the back seat aud'.ence evinced a disinclination to leave the building, possibly dislikiug tn face the squally weather outside, Someoneasked 'What are they waiting for?' to which camethe reply in unmistaknable Hibernian accents, 'Bhure its the wake they're stopping for.', They left then."

Country Residents would do' well to remember that aa Extraordinary Sale of Surplus Winter Stock commences on Friday August Ist otthe Wholesale Family Dra pery Warehouse Te AroHousß Wellington Them, will bB bargains sufficiently great and sufficiently numerous to tempt many to pay a visit to Wellington and for those wliD cannot conveniently leave their homes we are prepared to exeoute their order with the utmost carefulness and despatch at Te Aro House Wellington. AtLorders mnstbeacoompanied by cash in the shape of Post Office orders, postal notes, checgues or where these aro not available, br.nknotes.and.wili have our best attention. We have issued a price list of the great reductions made which wo will forward free by post on applicaiion to Te Aro House Wellington.' ■ And of what does this Surplus Stock consist?ltooneistsofWintertlrcss fabrics of every description, mautlesj'ackets.ulsters Millinery, Underclothing, Calicoes, Sheet? ihgsFlannels, Shirting; Blankets, Carpets, la'noleums, Hosiery, Men's Boy's and Youths'clothing and a thousand other useful and desirable articles at the Whole sale Family Drapery Warehouse, Welling, ton, The genuineness of our sales hitherto has been thoroughly well known and tho present one'will be fully up to the character of its predicessors.One thing should however, be borne in mind,'and that is that those who wish-'to participate in its advantage should do so quickly.'lt lasts qnly 15 days -and termipates on the lqth Augusj fit Te Aro flouse, WolbPßtoi>,-ApTi.

;Oaptoio<Edwin,wired at noon to-day: -Gjasa further rise, and'to-nigbt cold or frost.'' ■}/'■:■ '•';.'■ ,v.\_i;;'- : >: ;'•

Thsi funeral of the late, 'Andrew , U'Kaizia. ,:ir ; . -at'Cartertontomorrow at two o'olock, • : ~"' v

Mr W 0 Kinfljflho wdway elation master at Carterton, is at presout enjoying his annual ldave of abaouce. Mr Bobinaiin, tho . Department - railway officer, is in temporary charge-of' the station. .■.',-•■

It appears that the foreigner who created suchan exoitementatEkctahuna last week was suffering from an epileptio fit,his madness boin? therefore only temporary, ; -. .

Tho farmers of this, district arc, we unthrstand, combining to leaso the offices in I'erry-street.recenkly'ocoupied by tho Maiterton Road Board for the transaction of their private business,

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges with thanks receipt uf LI from Mr James Stuckey Te Kangiiumau, and Li 10s from employees. Messrs W Hildretli .and Son, waste products and bottle merchants,' of Ltirne Street, Wellingtnn.have an advertisement iri another column.

It'has been auggoatad that Bishop Julius be asked to.arbitrate in the difficulty botweenMessrsWhitcombo and Tombs and the Maritime Council.

•Mr Alexander M'Nab, a runholde* near Invorcargill, aged 81, -a colonist of fifty years, and formerly speaker of the Southland Provincial Council, died yesterday,' 'i •■■.■'''

It- is stated that 1 the" liev. ■ Georgo Barclay, of Temuka, has boon offered a soat io the British House of Commons for an-Irish Home Rule constituency. Members nf tho Masterton Masonic Lodges are requested to meet at tho Masonic Hall, Carterton, atone o'olock to-morrow to attend tlio funeral of the late Bro A McKonzie.

A sitting of the Alfredton Licensing Bench is to be held at Eketahuna to day. Tho Committee forthe furthcoming Fire' Brigade Ball, which is influential and representative, is published in our advertising columns,

Messrs Lowes and lorns wish to intimate that the sale of' fruit and ornamental trees advertised for Saturday next has been withdrawn, nor do they expect any more cousignlncnts this season-

Tho work of distribution has commenced at the Masterton fish hatcheries. Last week 10,000 American brook trout fry wero placed in the Kuainahuo°a river and .7,000 in the Waingawa, The total • number of eggs put down for hatching this season has beeu 425,000.

The Whareama Football Club have picked out a strong team to make a short tourinthoWairarapa. TheyleaveTinui tomorrow and play To. Ore Ore on Thursday. From thence they proceed to Pahiatua, playing at Masterton en routo if arrangements can bo made.

: News como3 from Ross of a serious gun accident which happened to a youth named Traversi. It appears' that he was out shooting, and whilst in a stooping position, the gun, which wns on tiro ground, beenmo dislodged and exploded, the oharge entering Traversi's side and a portion of the abdomen.—W. C Times,

The usual weekly session olthePhoaiiix Lodge,' 10 GT, was held in the Temperance Hall last evening, Bro W Johnston in the chair. • Three, candidates were initiated, and the folbwmg officers elected:-BroP Wilfoil 0 'i'. Bro Frethey V T, Bro Huxtablo Secretary, Sis Warner F S, Bro Carpenter Treasurer, Sis Robins ChnpMn, Sis K Johnstone M, Sis Huxtable IG. Bro E Braggina OG, BroE Prangnoll AS,- Bro GC Johnstone, DM.

Says the Parliamentary corresponden oF the Napier Telegraph:—'l heard today that the most respojtablo parties of the Opposition have given notice to Mie wind-bags of their clique that they cannot support their humbug any longer; they mus k go to work, They are mostly anxious to return home in order to proparrf for the coining contest. In Beveral instances opponents are already in the field during their abaonce."

The report of Sohool Inspectors, wero placed beforo Parliament tho other day, and tho Westland Inspector records that one pupil said that " among the industries of Auckland was a largo pump that lifted 10 tons ot water per minute from a depth of GIS miles;" while another said that " the chief industry of Wellington is a House of Parliament." The derivation of tho word " hypocrite" was given thus;—Hippi:s, a horse;'' kritea, a judge-a judie.of liorses;" and ''annihilate—ana, again, and nihil, nothing-to cat nothing again," Yet another pupil handed in this definition: " Antidote-a short ptory." The South Canterbury Inspector bemoans the fact that a buy with a descriptive turn wrote, " 1 seen a hnrko sitting on agoss fence,'; and desoribed. the harmless necessary cat as the " dwaugh" of the species,

Oun readers will bo pleased to learn tha Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co start this morning one of their half yearly clearing sales. Tho whole of Iho stock in the Bon Marohe is reduced to prices that must tempt every one wanting drapery, millinery and clotlnM, to purchase large parcels during this great silo, The great sale of drapery and clothing is now being held at tho Bon Marche. Messrs L, J Hooper and Co have determined to reduce their stock to about half the present value, Bargains in every 'department will bo offered during the next few days, Pubciuses of the Drapery, Millinery and boys clothiug should not fail to attend at onco tho great sale n;>w going on at the Eon Uarche, every articlo is reduced. Cost p -icenot being considered the stock must be roduced before stock taking.