The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3586, 13 August 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1890.

The word has been given at Wellington to boycott the heathen Chinee, and poor John will fiud few sympathisers, His friends are generally very humble people, who are anxious to make a few pence go as tar as possible, and who find that they can make their pennies go a shade further with the heathen than with tho

Christian dealer. The boycott in this instance is doublo-cdged, for it cuts not only the peace-loving John, but also the bumble folks who deal with him, Even the press, the guardian of the imaginary liberties to which all cling, is unlikely to say a word for John. He does not, us a rule, adverÜbo in a newspaper, or oven Bubscribe to a journal, and a person of these habits is clearly outside the pale, . No argument that will hold water is urged, as far as we can judge, inlavor of this particular boycott, indeed, we would like to see a sound reason advanced for any boycott, but even in this extreme inßtanct, when the weakest man in the crowd is knocked down, all the argument used is that " the support given to Chinese shopkeepers causes serious loss to a large number of our fellow colonists," On this principle a good many otbors beside poor John deserve to be boycotted, For example, the support given to Dunedin merchants causes serious loss to-a large number of Wellington merchants. Ought not, therefore, Duoedin merchants to bo boycotted in the Empire city ? That this is "a free country" can no longer bo our boast, and yet even at the cost of putting up with a handful of Chinese residents, we would have liked the Colony to have retained its old reputation, We are not in love with Chinamen, we never were, but somehow as Englishmen we feel that when the Empire, of which we form a part, and to whioh we look for succour in our hour of need, does on enormouß trade dth China, ami reaps large benefits from that trade, we should scarcely reciprocate by kicking poor Johnny out ef the Colony, From any broad point of view the thing is unwise. What is our civilisation and Christianity worth if we will not tolerate the presence of a few Chinameu in the community? Personally we have not the slightest objection to seeing the last Mongolian trotting out of the country, but taking the abstract question of the expediency or justioo ot' kicking him out, it must be decided against the kicker. No case has been made out against " John" which justifies the action taken by tho Trades Council, The thing is popular, and no doubt it will be deemed perfectly satisfactory to hang him first and try him aftci wards. In Mastertoi? another Chinaman has . recently opened a storj. We don't , , want him, we had rather he had kept awijy. iinil no doubt the recognised mid legitimate Colonial trader in a ' similar liuo pf business wilj regard | bitji with extreme djjfjyor, but still |

'1 the long run fair play lot' nil—freedom for all Ms a better policy than the boycott, A broid apnt .of toleration, rather than' a spirit of petty persecution should, be the Fentimoat of the Liberal party, which is now gone a hunting after pooi' John.

_ A iEmR, published in oar lust issue shewed plainly that the Blacksmiths' Union, as far as Masterton is concerned, ia' practically at an ond. We do not regret this, for in a Bnmll oentro unionism cannot be worked to advantage* No doubt the promoters of the proposed Blacksmiths', and Wheelwrights' Cooperation Co, will give duo consideration to the fact that the point they haveboen fighting for is virtually won, and that it is not imperative for them to carry out their undertaking. If it should be possible to " bury the hatchet" in this matter, we shall bo glad to put tho projected company is-our obituary oolumn.

The usual monthly meeting ot the Wairarapa North Babbit Board is to be held to-day. Through the Wanganui papers Mr F. RJaokson is convening a moeting of farmers to consider the advisability of tormina a Farmers' Association.

At a'meeting held in Carterton on I Monday eyeriing, a salvage corps, not to I exceed twenty members, and a lire police of ten members were formed, . Tho trustees in tho estate of the lato James Cooper notify, .that they will not be responsible for any debts contracted ■without their written order, . ' The- Treasurer of tho Masterton Hospital- acknowledges receipt of £4 Is 2d from boxes of Occidental Hotel, Masterton.

The; question of the introduction of the totalisttor at Flemiugtoti is at present under the consideration of the Victoria Racing Club, Mr Beetham, has rooeived an unsatisfactory reply : trom the Railway Commissioners regarding the proposed railway changes as affectum Woodville.

Tenders aro invited by the. School Committee for cleaning tho Masterton school. Particulars of duties can bo inspected at tho school or Secretary's office.

Accordiug to Mr Norwood, anEnglish authoiity, the Socialist epidemic in England is decreasing, and labour will soon be compelled to adopt a different tone to that which it at present uses. It will bo seen from a notice 'appearing in another column that Mr- M. Caselberg, the well-known storekeeper of Masterton: and Groytown, has taken htß.son Lionel into partnership in his business,

Abcliool teacher at tfoxton is applying for a patent for a syphon for milking cows, It is expected that if the machine is a suocosb cows will bo driven in at olio end whilst butter and clieoso roll nut at tho other, all ready packed tor export. Matters i between the mastorof tho Waipawa school and ono of the members of Committee seem very strained, and at last meeting the master reported the member for coming into school in his shirt sleeves and with liia hat on.

In a petition which they intend to present to the Governor, the Melbourne unemployed state that more than onotenth of tho members ofthe various trade societies are out of employment. They ask for a sum of money to be placed on the Estimates for the purpnße of employing the surplus labor of the colony, The following clever effjsion was thn other day postod up in tho office of a Manawatu Road Board Who seeks to please all men, each may And npt himself offend; Ho may begin his work to day, ■' But God knows when he'll end."

Says the ft ood'ville Exmincr" The Valmerston people are evidently on the verge of actipper boom by a discovery at the Gorgo as reported in another column. If the Palmoratou people knew aa much,'as Woodville people of the circumstances attending this discovery they would give it a wide berth," The head of the Dixon fathily in Wellington was 65 years of age last Sunday. Bis children, grand children aud relations have been .summoned to tho annual birthday celebration trom the West Coast and tho Wairarapa, aud the immediate neighbourhood, They numbor about 150.

Mr Bill, the well-known draper, who has beon tho subject of so much'attention from the Masterton Early Closing Association of late,.put up his shutters last eveuing at six o'clock. We understand that he is willing to be neighbourly in this matter, and would have beon more amondblo to the wishes of the trade had ho not beau subjected to certain threats to which he did not care togiyo way. A Melbourne hat-maker named James Greg?, who has struggled against poverty with a largo family, committed suicide under the most painful oircumstancos. The following written on a small piece of paper, explains the case: cannot livo and havo my wife and children asking for bread, and not have tho moans to get it," Wo are informed that whilst tho public of Martinborough hare subscribed liberally to support tho wife and family of the late Mr Badlaud, who left £4OO in cash at his death, tbore iB a case at kaiwaiwai where a woman with it Inrpe family was left almost destitute by her husband, and no action has been taken by _ tho public to render hor pecuniary assistance.

( We were shown yesterday an excellent oartnon, hy a local caricaturist, of the inventor of if patent lever contrivance f)r the extraction of stumps, The machine takes the shape of a human beinc;, with all its leverin? power, and i the head is dearly recognisablo as that of the veteran inventor. Wo understand

, that tho cartoon is to bo photographed, ' tho proceeds of tho sale of copies to be I the nucleus of a fund for the relief of ' widows and orphans. ' _ A suggestion that may be /ead with interest by Bank managers has been * madeamontjsUheUnionists. It is that I in case • thera'is reason * to believe any , Bank is likoly to support tho capitalists | with whoni.labour happens at the time , to bo at war, the members of the Unions , should present all the notes, they have . at the Bank counters, aud demand gold ; fur them, thus diminishing the supply 1 to be handed over to the capital : ists, Of course this is nnly one of the I Btraws that show the drift of the ourrent i and it is not very likely that any of on , Banks would be broken by such i . stratagem. Country Eesidonts would do well I romemborthat an Eitraordinary Salo o Surplus Winter Stook oommenccs on t'riJii; i August Ist at the \Vholcsalo Family Drd pery Warehouse To Aro House Wellingtoi These will bo bargains sufficiently grea 1 and Buffloiently uumcrous to tempt rusn; ■ to pay g visit to Wellington and for tligs' , whj cannot conveniently leave their home, i we aro prepared to esocuto their order wltl the utmost carefulness and despatch at Ti Aro House Wellington. 1 Ail orders must be accompanied by oast i in the shape of Post Office orders, posts!

! nolcs, chcciiUcs or where tliess are not available, banknotes,and will have our best attention IVo have issued a prico list of tho great reduothp njado tybjoli wo will forward tea by post on applMjon to Te <iro House Wellington. : And of what does this Surplus StocH consist ?It consists of Winter dress fabrics of- every description, mantles,iaokets,ulsters Mi:li"ory, Underclothing, Calicoes, Sheetings Flannels, Shirting, Blankets, Carpets, Linoleums, Hosiery, Men's Boy's and Youths' clothing and a thousand other useful and desirabio articles at tho Whole-

sale Family Drapery Warehouse, Welling, ton, Tub genuineness of our sales hitherto has been thoroughly well known and tho present one will be fully up to the character of its prcdicessors. One thing should howevor, be borne In mind, and that is that those who wish to participate in its advantage should do so quickly,'lt lasts only 15 days and terminates on tho lfitb August at Te Aro

are being taken to form a branch ot the Knights of.Labour at Woodville. s .The quantity of gas consumed in •Mastorton during the month' of" July this year was 284,690 feet, as compared with 228,076 feet tor tllo same period of last year,

An amusing picture, illustrating tho colonial adventures of tho Hun Vavasour Vorigroue Yore, is on ylew in the window of Mr J, B, lungs.

Mr James AVihon, of Wellington, was yostorday aOmitted aa a barrister of the Supreme Court by his Honor the Chief Joatico, '■

Kemp and O'Connor aro signing articles for a match in America, in March next, for £SOO a side and tho championship of tho world. In the Wellington Supreme Court this morning His Honor the Chief Justice refused the application of Mr J ellicoe for a now trial in the case Butcher v Pay ton. with £loloa costs. _ The coat of the " Sweating Commission" was -£ol4lsfGd| the principal items were as follow :-Members allowances, £232 j passages, £H010a; railway fares, £lO 9s; secretary, £115; reporters, £114; advertisiug, £57, At a meeting of the Committee of the Maßtortou Borticultural Society to be held this evening, a report formulated by a sub-committee on the question of codlin moth will be submitted.

The ordinary weekly meeting ■ of the Maflterton Mutual Improvement Society took place on Tuesday evening, when the President,Rov, W, Kowse,delivered a lecture on" Maori Legends." Short essays will constitute the business at the Society's next meeting. The sub-committeo appointed to opnsider the application for tho position of manager to the Blacksmiths' and Wheelwrights' Company met this morning, and will submit their report to a meeting of the General Committee to bo held tllia afternoon, Messrs Lowes and lorns have at their Mastorton sale rooms a sample of tho celebrated Chamnion potato, crown by Messrs P. C. Tumor & Cu. at. their Eketahuna farm. For size and weight they are the best wo havo seen for some time, and we understand that there is only one other variety of potato whioh can beat the Champion in yield.

The Criminal Sessions of tho Wellington Supreme Court commence on Monday tho Ist of next month, Tho cases already set down are as follows: William Neill Linch, cutting and wounding; John T Kobinson, embezzlement (two charges); Elizabeth M'Lean, forcibly, detaining; James and Adam M'Cardle, forciblo entry; Henry Walton nJins " Dutoh Harry," breaking and entering; George A Bailey, libel; Richard Wickhsm and Arthur Robinson, robbery with violence,

A well-known dentist, Bays the IKaiijauiii Clmnkk, tried hard to collect a bill, but after many ineffectual efforts said to the debtor, " I do not intend to Bend you any moro bills, an l ! I don t intend to sue you; but there iB one thing I want to tell you, Every time you cut off a piece of beef steak ond liaudittu your wife 1 want you to remember that she is not chewing that beef with her t3etb, nor with your teeth, but with my teeth," In two or throe days he received a cheque. The notion of th™ doubly falso teeth in his wife s mouth was too much for tho husband. Rath or an amusing olcction incident has just been brought under our notice. An influential warrior of tho dusky race was being interviewed by an aspirant for political honors, when tho" uncivilised" elector reinarkod that ho felt somowhat indisposed. " Very well, come with mui 'said ,thu would'be representative of the people, at the same time leading his fcieud by the arm into an adjoining dispensary. "Mr will you kindly see what ails "iy friend here and give him what medicina he requires at my oxpense," Tho politician then lnft, whereupon the Native approached the chemist and said," It'sall right, 1 nevor feel bad, give me tho half crown instead of. the medicine !"■ The ohemist, it is 'aid, taking in the situation, reluctantly shared tho spoil with.tho muchtravelled " warrior,

Our readers will bs pleased to loam that Messrs L. J. Hooper'ond Co start this morning ono of their holf yearly clearing sales. The whole of the stock in the Bon Marohe is reduced to prices that must tempt every one wanting drapery, millinery ana clothing, to purohase large parcels during this great The great sale of drapery aiid clothing is now being held at the Bon Marche. Messrs L, J Hooper aud Co havo determined to reduce their stnok to about half tho present valuo. Bargains in overy department will be offered duriiig the next few dnyj. Pommmes of tho Drapory, Millinery and boys clothing should not fail to attend at onoo the groat sale n->w going on at tho Bon Muroho, every artiolo is reduced, Cost pricenot being considered the stock must bs reduced before stook taking,