The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 8615, 16 September 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1890.

It has recently been suggested, that the Government should control the coalmines of the colony in addition to the railways, and a still bolder proposition has even been made in favor of the State running steamers, so that with the rail traffic and the water traffic at its command and a certain coal supply the Government could prevent any paralysis of trade like that with wh'ch we are so familiar, Of course with the coal control tho manufacture of gas would naturally devolve upon the State, and towns would no longer be liable to a dark interval during a labor trouble, Some of the Liberal organs of the colony are demanding that changes like these shall be made, oblivious of the fact that one effect of the present labor trouble is to deter politicians from meddling with any industrial enterprise. Socialistic legislation in the direction of making the State a larger employer of labor than it is at present is an article of faith with Sir Bobert Stout and many advanced thinkers, but in practice it has proved a dreaded failure, and no further experiments in the same direotion are likely to be seriously entertained. The State control of our railways has given us no immunity from the hazards of a strike, indeed it was an open question a Bhort lime ago whether the State was not under the thumb of its own employees in the matter of railway communication. Too large a number of persons are already receiving their incomes directly from the State, There is (be civil service, there is the railway sereice, and the■ -teachers of,the Colony, in the aggregate forming a considerable proportion of the population of the Colony, many thousand persons with fixed incomes dependant upon the state. This army is already sufficiently large, and public opinion will be decidedly against any substantial additions to it. Experience in New Zealand has taught us to mistrust Governments as employers of labor. They are subject to outside influences which prevent them from

dealing justly and impartially by employees. Thegrowthand development of Socialistic ideas in New Zealand has distinctly led up to the present unfortunate condition of the Colony. Had labor in its present revolt been successful, we should no doubt in the coming Parliament have had a flood of labor bills and proposals for nationalising our coalfields and buyingup Steam Shipping Companies, but its failure means a reaction in which all projects of this kind will be scouted. The Socialistic tide is dn the turn, and it will be some years before it conies back: to register as high a mark as ithas done on the present occasion. ■■■

.At the request of the House the Government is to call a conference of employers ana of labor union 1 delegates'to fix'up the existing difficulty! lliBW can be no objection to this now, because employers are organised as ■well as labor unions, and, oan meet the latter on an equal footing. Of course there will be no interference on the part of the Government, and politicians will ba excluded from the gathering, If an amioable arrangement be. made, we may be certain that it will be on conditions approved by all. fair minded people. If no agreement bo arrived at, the trouble must be allowed to work itself out. If the Conference succeeds, it will make the inevitable end a little earlier; if it fails it will make the inevitable end a little later, Let us bope that it will sucoeed.

During the present session 262 otilionsand 179 papers havo boon prointed. .

Sir James Hector estimates that there s in. the ninetcon coalfields in this lolony a store of 444,000,000 tons oi ooal. ■

A cook for an hotel is advertised fo» )y Mrs Taylor.

The usual'forknightly meeting of the Maiterton Borough Council will be held

tins evening, A rifle corps is being formed in Eketahuna. Up to date ten namos have been given in as intending members.

Messrs Lowes & lerus make additions to the sale of T. M. Brown's farm .on the

Mr J, GTWjlson has consented to stand. for'.: 'thevj''Manawatu district if relieved of a poraonal canvass. • MrW. W.McCardle Is doing an active canvass, in Masterton at the present timo,'andwilladdressthe electors on Monday evening next. Wo are requested to remind breeders, graziers, and doalorsof Messrs Lowes and lores' special cattle sale to-morrow, the list for whioh comprises 800 3 and 4 year old ateera. Applications aro invited for the position of Secretary to the MastertonOpaki Jockey Olub. ■

Tho annual mectin? of the MaßtcrtonOpaki Jockey Club will bo held in tho Olub Hotel on Saturday next, the business being tho receiving of the annual report, olection of officers,'&o, Information is wauted by the local postmaster as to the whereabouts of the following poraona ;-Abraham Crabtroo, G W Woodlay, Mary Lon?ataff, and P O'Connor Kelly. Mr Eobort Donald, late of this town,

has called for tenders for erecting a bank around his property at Blenheim to prevent its inundation by water, _ It is reported thai a circular has been

issued by Lt-Col. Hume, forbidding the members of tho Police force from becoming members of any Union,. or evon of the Public Servico Association, A member of a licensing committee in the Oamaru district makes the novel

suggestion that provision should be made in the Licensing Act for committees sampling the liquors in the various hotols In their respective districts.

Efforts are being mrde by a few to form a branch of the Knights of Labour at Eketahuna, Vory fow have, however, up to the present promised to join, the opinion of the majority being that it iB a political move, - Seyoral old sailors liave recently left Eketahuna for Wellington, taking advantago of the strikes to' join the ranks of the non-unionists. The con-

sequence Is that labour is very Bcarco in tho Bush at the present time. Thonextannualshoffofthe Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association promises to be a great /success. The Secretary has already received prize monoy amounting tn £375, and is" sanguine of reaching over 1100 before show day, " ' ■'

Says the Marlborough Express —" The J Masterton branch of the. Knights of Labour have lately boon going the round quiotly reviewing the local storekeepers, asking each tho plain question; " Have you raised your prices?" What their object may have been is not stated, but they do not appear to have made any threats as to consequences if matters wero not to their liking. A poll is to be taken on Saturday next at the Temperance Hall, Masterton, and at Mr Croad's house, Mangahao, on the adyisabiltiy of raising a loan of for road formation, bridges, culvorts and metalling in tho Mangahao block. Thero are nearly nine miles of road to be done if the loan is carried. ■ The rate struck will be a yery small ono (2|d in tho £) on account of the country being neacly all level and easily opened up. Every man who owns ono town acre in Ballance lias a vote.

■ Aftor tho gushing notices given by the Auckland papers of Christie Murray's play, "Chums," southerners naturally expected something above the ordinary run, but the Southland rimes does net lend one to belieye these expectations were realised. It says: -To begin with thero is not an original idea in the drama; in the next placo there is not an original oharacter) and lastly there is hardly a line dialogue from _ beginning to end that is not either a" hackneyed sentiment or an exasperating platitude, The first act borders closely on drivel, the second is somewhat better, and the third is the best, but not one of the three rises much above mediocrity and certainly doeß not attain a point of excellence worthy of the name of David Christie Murray.

The denizens of the Collins stree block, sayß tho Melbourne correspondent' ot the Ararat Advertiser, were provided with rare fun the other day. And the strangest part of it all was that the lady who furnished the fun was about the last person any one would care to laugh at under any other circumstances. Twice the lady in question had done the block i before a courteous policeman put the mashers and the dudes and the tittering missjs to shame by removing from the lady's shoulder tho placard, "Yery chaste, beautiful, Jgß 35," In leaying one of the large drapery' establishments the card had been brushed against and attached itself totlw lady's orape shawl.

About one of the meanest things wn have como across of hte appears in a report of a ireeting in the P«te Oo\mUj Prtss, where a member of the Road Board says " he did not think it was necessary to spend money in advertising, as the proceeding of the meeting would be published in tho local paper, and people would see from that that a-Ranger was wanted, and would look after it without waiting for an advertisement."

(ton arrangements for the present spring season in two of the most important departments in our warehouseate now complete in alt their details, at To Aro House, Wellington, The departments alluded to ate drosses and dressmaking, With regard to the former, !.wo may say that we are now in possession o't a very full Supply of tho most fashionable i fabrics for spring wear, and without going into particulars it will be sqfliqiont to say sat our Home buyer has displayed excellent taste and judgrpit,- bqth lit (abrjqs. and colourings, we invite an early visit of inspection of our beautiful spring dress materials nt Te Ato House, Wellington. TnEdressmakingdepartmentshave always beep the most suooessfulin the city, and our arrangement? for the present season are sqoh as will hep up tho prestige already attqlnod in these rooms at To Aro House, Wellington. Miss Vaientine, with alarge staff of dressmakers, still occupies the commodious suite of rooms facing Dixon-stteet, and will be glad to see all her lady patrons sb early, during the season as possible. It would save disappointment if ladies would make their selection as'sobn as convenient, and place them in her hands at Te Aro House, Wellington. Miss Ddjiont, recently arrived from the studio of Madame Seattle, George-street, Sydney, may bo'interviewed in the suite of rooms fronting Cuba-street, In both rooms ifc are prepared to do tho fullest justice to all sq at to ensure tljeutnipst satisfaction with onr dressmaking skill nt ;T«Aw House,-Welliogton,-i>Ayr, J

Mr Arkwright dbntradiots .the report that he will contest the Palmersto'n seat, ' Messrs Lowes and tons add;*;their sale for Wednesday the 24th, 40 head cattle. . ■ • '.:■'..-. . ■•:•

Several fine trout were landed from

the Ruamahunga river yesterday by a Masterton' resident,, one turning the aoale at over four pounds.

The appearance and comfort ot the Kuripuni Fire Brigade station has been added to by the erection ofaohimnoy. The brinks were, we understand, proaonted to the Brigade by Mr Tinsley, and the work done free of change by Mr G.Arnold. : The timber sale at Messrs Henderson and Shutes' mill, Dalofield, on Saturday, was well attended by buyers from various parts of the district, and also by several Wollington gentlemen. Mr F H Wood rapidly disposed ot the whole ot the timber at very good prices indeed.

A well-known businisa man of Wellington, who has been sworn in as a special constable, finds that his police

dutieß are not all "beer and skittles," He was attacked by a number ot Unionists on Saturday, and in the affray, besides being severely bruised, lost' a valuable diamond ring. - An amusing incident occurred in a certain Masterton shaving- saloon this morning, when a couple of Parliamentary aspirants entered ttuv door simultaneously and requested the barber to test his shears upon the capillary surface of their cranium. Aftor a brief contest the seat was. won by the more muscular re-valuator of bush sections, and the working man's friend-was compelled to" bide awoe."' ■ The high respect in which the late Dr Smith was held was illustrated by the large number who attended his funeral at Greytown 'yesterday. The cortege' was nearly half a mile long. It was' impossible to ' count its' numerical strength, nor is it necessary, Butfioe it to say that from four hundred'to five hundred' persons must havo been included in its rftnks, most of whom

were in yehicles or on ■ horseback. Heading it were about ono hundred and twenty members of various Friendly Societies on foot, the Masons of Greytown, Carterton, and Masterton being in funeral regalia, 'as also were the Foresters of Carterton, Tho Rev Chas Murray, M.A, read the Presbyterian burial aeryice, and the Bev Mr Wyatt, Chaplain of the Greytown lodge, recited the beautiful Masonic- sorvice with clear

and impressive earnestness, The Masons intoned the ceremony at the gravoside, and introduced with solemn and harmonious effect the three hymns, •'Brief Life is here our portion," "Days and moments qulokly nyiny," and "Abide with mo.' 1 L.J. Hooper and 00. will, in tho course of a few days, mako their grand display of new Spring goods, which are now hoin» landed on theWellingion wharf from theTongariro, All the latest Parisian stylosand noveltieswill shortly.be displayed in the Bon Marcho, charming millinery, such as never beforo has been shown in the Wairarapa, We shtvll show this season the newest and most fashionable styles, designs and materials in dross goods, prints, pongees, oloths zephyrs in all the new. and leading colorings with trimmings &c, to matoh. The above goods have been specially bought for the Bon Murche by one of the most experienced buyers, having a thorough knowledge of the classes of goods required for the colony, especially ot the Wellington province. Our stock being the pick of the wholo of tho New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations re Tongariro, will make the grandest display of lashionable and. stylish, millinery mantles, jackets, diess goods, &c.' Our customers and the public generally will do themselves justice by reserving their purchasos till they hare inspected tho goods at the Bon Marcho. We shall as in previous yerasma'rk every line at wholesale priceß and in plain figures. L. J. Hooper and Co., Bon Marcho Fashionable Drapery Warehouse, Queen Street, Masterton.