The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3616, 17 September 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.

UjnoMiSM appears to be more fatal to the.Coloniallaborer than bush whiskey. A tale comes from the riouth showing how thirty-five more men have been killed dead, as far as their occupation was concerned, by this most deadly weapon, It appearsthat these thirty-five men had for several years constituted the labor material of a certain iellmongory establishment, and were fairly Satisfied with their position and the emoluments thereof, until that artful seducer " Unionism " whispered in their ear that they were what our local contemporary calls " the slaves of a slave," thnt their hours of work should be shortor and their pay higher. They listened to the voice of the charmer and formed a Union. They then went to their employer and said "we have formed a Union, we have the highest respect for you, but under ourrulesour hours must in future bo so many less, and our wages so much more," To this tho employer answered " is this your ' last word," and the thirty-five men answered "it is." Thon the employer said, "I shall close the works and ' have nothing else to Bay to you but ' good morning." The works were ' 'dosed, not temporarily but pernia. nontly, and some thirty-five ln'on aye , now looking about to find work and cannot get it. It appears that this particular employer of labor for some time past found that his felhongery business was unprofitable, and that he could make more out of his skins by drying them and sending them Home, but had refrained from shutting up bjs works out of a kindly feeling towards his th|rty-(jve men. whom he did not care to turn adrift, aftor they had been working for him for years, This is only one instance out of many of Unionism making i the men who trust to it bankri|p(i and poverty stricken, Men pan- ; not throw up their employment and then take it up again at their .convenience, A very sligbb thing will divert trade into |jqme other channel, and Unionism is doing [ this on all sides, Bis said that six thousand men have thrown up their i work in this colony, and if half of thorn manago to get it back again they will be fpvtunate, T()o pt()er jjatf who aro cut in the cqld will have to seek other employment, and by flooding the labor market in such other em,i ployments will bring down tbd rate of wages instead of raising them, Unionism is killing the goose that lays the golden egg, with ajvengeance in New Zoaland, A considerable slice of out local trade is gone, hopelessly and irrevocably gone, and the men w|io liyeii by |t api] whq have ■driven away ibejr best fcioiul ' will have to take their swage on' their 1 backs and hunt through the lon'gjih and breadth of the colony for employment, - '.:' ' ' '••';

Four, of the' Auckland ' skinftints' (Mem Hvbba, Goldio, Peaoootj and Withy) do not intend to seek re-elcotion, A special meeting of the Mastorton Borough Council will be held thU ovening'i to confirm special orders, oto, - A man who had hioro pocket handkerchiefs in his possession than he.could account for, explained the phenomenon by proudly declaring that they tawollod in his direction, Dr S, F, Beard! M a me d'cal o^cer ° f the Borough, reported last night that Mr John Gardinor, contractor, was suffering from typhoid fever. Mr Gardinor has, ws understand, boon removed to the hospital, We have received Messrs Lyon and Blair's Monthly Record of scientific and educational news, etc., whioh is replete with useful literary information. A gentleman from Ghristchi'rch visited the Manawatu district last week with the object of purchasing 2000 tons of (lax, He was prepared to advanco £ls per ton on flax similar to the samples he bad in his possession, A proclamation extraordinary with regard to tho balance of Messrs 0, Smith and Co.'s salvage stock'appears in another column, from which It will be seen that tho whole of the present stock of goods must be cleared out within soyen days to make room for now spring goods. . Wo are requested to remind buyers of stock or farming implements of Messrs Lowos and lorns' sale.at Mr Brown's farm atOpaki, which takes place at 12,30 o'clock sharp Xho hour has been fixed to give buyers an opportunity of going up by tho mid-day train, end returning at 3 o'clock, 1 The clerk intimated at the meeting of the Masterton Borough. Council last evening that the present supply of coal at tho gasworks would-last only till Monday next. He had, however, roceived advice that another truck had

been forwarded, Mich would probably arrire to-day, At a recent meeting of the Council o' tho Geraldino .County Acclimatisation Society it was resolved to' opon tho season for trout-fishing on October Ist, and close on tlio 31st March, and that the fee for fishing licenses be as follows-To residents 20s for tho soason, boys under sixteen, 10s, and ladies ss. It was also agreod to grant 10s monthly licenses to visitors, Two friends, ono a life insurance fiend and the other a commercial traveller, says a southern contemporary, arc sitting in a woll-known pub playing cards. They get into a quarrel and become very personal in their remarks. Finally "life insurance" jumps up, seizes tho traveller by the throat, and shaking him, Bays in a hoarse voice; "You infernal scoundrel, if you were not insured in my company I'd choko the life outof you," Says an exchango; -The north branch of the Waimakariri, which in the sixties and seventies was a roaring, rushing river, is gradually assuming the lotmof v brook, when tho tide is out, in consequence of tho serious deposits of silt which are accumulating in the bed. . The matter is sufficiently important to claim the attention of those most interested, I A Home journal says i-An enormous increase is reported in the New Zealand frozen meat trade during the last few ■ years- Tho valne of the imports to this country in 1882 amounted to only 119,000, while in 1867 it was £455,000, andlast year, £850,000. Over a million carcases of mutton arc now sent annually to England. It is said that largo quantities of New Zealand mutton are < supplied to hotels and restaurants and presented to the public as English mutton at the ordinary tariff, A sad accident, which unfortunately terminated fatally, occurred to a chili) of Mr George Baxter, of Sofithbrldge, last Tuesday. Irom what can be

gawere'i, ut appears iuwi ju,r D».uer nnu j a small tent near, his house for the children to play in, Inside the tent was a quantity of straw, and outside some' J) dry gorse, The- children were playing V togothor on Tuesday afternoon, when one | of them-having a match lighted it and j sot fire to the gorpe. Tho fire quickly j spread to the tout, arid the child, about J throo mid ft half years ot ago, was sq l severely burnt that it died within, a very ' short tiine afterwards, r The ceiißiis taking in the United e States brings an old story to the mind ot { a writer In the Boston Transcript; j —"On the printed blanks were the j words, 'Ago of father (if living), age of j mothor (if living),' One of tho papors j was returned with tho startling j information that the father was 120 t years old and the mothor 112. The j city father? hastened down to see this ; ancient pair, and were much surprised to hear that they died long ago, ' Then what do you mean by this I'asked the 1 angry official, pointing to tho ages. I 1 "Why, that's straight enough, .It says, i " Age if living," and that would 'a been ! their ages if living now,"' •" '• Masterton was favored yesteday with a j yisjt from a dissipated-looking son of toil, who male sundry observations of a most , amusing character as ho passed through ( Queen Street in company with a huge , "swag," en route for the shearing shed. , "Cjill this a top?" said ho, as he gazed i up and down the main thoroughfare ■ and b»w only a policomnn. 'i Why, \ they're all 6n sttiko 1 Hang me if I ' don't see if. there's anybody about I" j 1 and stepping into ut boot warehouse he ■ proceeded to Gt himself with a pair of j balmorals. He was' soon, however, • ] made aware of tho fact that ha was., committing a petty larceny, and before ■ ' many moments had passed, ho was Been ' ' passing through the gates of the city, , ■ shaking the dust off his feet and exclaim- ' ing, " Oh, wrotohed man that 1 am." ; " Two or three years ago," writes a ' New Zealand correspondent to an English contemporary, "a globe-trotting problem i —tho Earl of Dalhousie—came to visit j Now Zealand, The Government put him, : as it does most 'distinguished strangers,' ' ! in charge of competent 'bearleaders' in ' , different parts of (he oniony, and'he vas ' taken round and'shown things,' In the 1 district of Otatfo, his' bear leader' was a ' Mr Brydone, a leading citizen in all 1 matters of farm work, a flhinintr light in ; , stud sheep, prize cattle, or thoroughbred i horses, Mrßrydone naturally .dfl'sirojl to showlord Dalhousie one ofoii'rfi'nesi j farms, and for the purpose foleirraped.'to . Mr Menlovo, a celebrated stockbreeder, 1 lliat on a certain day he would Vlßit |us 1 plaoe with the Sari of Dalhousie.'. ■ Meni love happened to be away, UraMenlova ' opened the telegram, and, in i the inno- , cence of her heart, knowing that prize i hulls are often twenty fourih Earl of ' This or sixteenth Duke of the Other, 1 instead of sending tho carriage to the ' station for two distinguished guests, ' sont down a man with a rope and a ring. | Tableau at tj|e gtation | 'Please, suci I, , be here—where be th/bull in' 1 Oon arcangetiionts for the present spring I season hi two of the most important depart- [ ments in our warohou'so aro now complete ij| all their details, at Tq Arq Houeo, We) Tub departments alluded to are dresses ' and dressmaking, With regard to tho former, ; we may say that we are now in possession , of a very full supply of tho most fashionablo fabrics for spring wear, and without -going intojrtutyrejtfillip suffip.ie.nHQ, say that our Home buyer lias displaced excellont : taste and judgment, both in' fabrics and .colourings. Wc invite an early visit of • inspection of our beautiful spring dress 1 materials at Te'Aro House, Wellington. ' ■ TnEdre.ssmßkjngdoprtmentshnvQ^y.o, E b|en tjjo njqs.t iq thjj tjity, and onr i arrdneen;cnts{qf'the present soasb.il are such as will hep up tho prestige aheady. attained fn these rd({ms at Te Aro Hoqse, Wellington, ' ■.HJiBsYAprWi wltlt a. large stag of ' dressmakers, still occupies the commodious mite of rooms faring Dixon-street, and will ' bo glad to soo all her lady patrons as early ' during the sonson as possible, It would save disappointment if ladle's "would make their selcotion as soon as convenient, and place them in her hands at Te Aro House, Wei- ' lin ß'on, ' ■ . • Mws'PojpHT, recently amyod Mil "1° 1 studio of Madame Boa'ttio, C|eovge-.Btrcct, 1 Sydney, nm baji'llonioweil in the suite ol j rooms fronting Caba-atveot., In both rooms we aro prepared to do tho fullest justice to ' all requirements, so at to ensure tho utmost " tiliefaotion with our dressmaking skill at Ato House, We!lington,-PAyr,.

. his expected that Parlkmeht wlllbe . Prorogued;.; this afternoon;,-' ; V'; Over seventy members joined • the assembly of the; Knights- of labour at Woodville on Saturday nnjht. , ; The funeral of tha late Mrs -Tiller took place in Wellington this afternoon, a number of Masterton residents being present, ' H'ib Excellency the Governor and ' Privato Secretary leave Wollinrton for I thosouth by the Manapouri this after- < noon. ■ ■'■ I In ono of our churches, not long slncoj , tho minister prayed for the" widow and i the widowless." ( The monthly.mceting ot tho Mastorton School Committee will bo hold to- > morrow (Thursday) ovoniiijr. ■■;... | Mr W Noill notifies that tho thorough- J bredstalliou "Lord Mandovillo" will stand'this season for a limited number i of mares only. i Constable Valentine Hooper returned from Wellington to-day, and reports that strike matters are very' much quieter that they wore a few days since: A poll of ratepayers interested in raisins; a loan of £OOO for expenditure ' on the Kaka-amu Valloy Road wililbo . taken on 27th inst. A concert In aid of the funds of the , Kuripuni Wesleyan Sunday School will be hold in the Temperanco Hall on Thursday, September 26th. I Mr Vincent Hooper roturned to Masterton yesterday, after spending the ' winter months in hisnatlve town, Nelson, I We are pleased to note that Mr-Hbopor is much improved in health,. • f Tn the R.M, Court, Wellington, ) yesterday, Nicholas Callograis was I sentenced to fourteen hard labour I foraßsaultingafreelaborer,"and Thomsß , Beveridge to six days for obstructing I the police, ' ■

Tho Union Steamship Company is ' about to resume tho running of tho whole of its fleet, as an adoquate supply : of coal is forthcoming. It may reason- ; ably be expected that the Railway Commissioners will Bhortly follow suit, The man Gerard, who was recently injured by being knocked down the hold of a vessel in Wellington, has recovered consciousness, and there appears' to be some slight hope of his recovery, In consequence of the " sparks flying upward" from 8 chimney in Ohuroh Street last eveninr,an alarm was sounded on the Queon Street firebell. It is expected that the building for the Blacksmith and Wheelwright Manufacturing 00,, will be completed next week. Mr Eraser (the manager) has arrived and in a few days operations will doubtless be commenced, Tho North British Insuranco Com pany has, through its Masterton agont,Mr tl, 11. Waddington, contributed £8 3s towards the. building fund of tho Kuripuni Fire Brigade. MrHalloran, ot tho Mount Egmon Freezing Company at Waltara, met the Hawero Bottlers on Friday and '' explained the conditions arranged "with the N.Z. Shipping Company, and said i freezing would begin on September 22nd 1 it sufficient guarantees were forthcoming ' to enable a steamer. to be loaded In October. The South Walrorapa llacing Club ' havo decided to hold their Spring MeotIng on Mr Mchal's Course, on Monday, | 10th November. Tho following programme has been adoptod /—Hack ■ Hurdle Handicap, £25, second horse £5, about 1J miles; Maiden Hack, £ls, about 1 mile; Stewards' Handicap, £3O, second £3, about £ mile; South Waira--1 rapa Hack Handicap £25, second £3, 1 aboiit 1$ miles | Birthday Handicap, 'i £45, second £5, about U miles; Back 9 Flying Handicap, £lB, seoond £3, about

| mile; Hack Baco for saddle, value £5, < Tho " stonewall" set up on Monday night, says.tho Times, was continued till 6 o'clock yosterday mornin?, the speakers being Messrs Duncan, Taylor, Fish, R Roeves, Joyce, Loughroy, Eraser and Fa'rata, The latter gentleman poured forth a voluminous oration in his native tongue; no interpreter being present, At various stages of His speech facetious members raised a question whether, ho was not using unparliamentary language, and Mr Hamlin is said to have declared that as he had not any idea what the hop, npta was, saying, ho could not ri)]o hiiii out of order, "When the House resumed at 11 o'clock the pot was kept boiling by several speakers until the lunch hour, and by that timo on arrangement was come to for tho difficulty to be settled by £125 being struck off Mr Justice Edwards' salary. Tho following statement has been filed in tho estate of It, J. Fitton, flax-miller, bankrupt:-Assets-Fur-niture, £2oi Property, £ld; surplus from securities in hands of secured creditors,' £625; total, : 1655. Liabiljtie?-U> secured creditors,' 1& 2dj seoured oredltoi's, p&. The following aro the unsecured oreditors.-W Perry, L3O: Chamberlain Bros, LIG; Caselberg and Co, L 33 5s 2d; Dr Hosking, L3O; HE Eton, LIjTG Mason, LD4; L J Hooper, L 8: J A Welch, Lfl4 2Qsi A R , Bqnny, i6>j W Q Biard," tl 12s Qd; I Dr Johnson, Ll2| E W Mills and 0o„ £8; BobertsoQ and On,, M 13s Qd; Edward Barber, LB 3sj G AY Woodroffe, LID lOsj Broadhent, LI 4s | Robinson, LI 4b| Wrasse, LI 4s; Proston, L2 7s; Morris, L2l2s; M'Kay, L2 7s; Hall, L2 8s; Wrigley, U; W Livingston, L2 7s Gd; fl Livingston, LG 9j; Wright, L 5 lis 4d; Nolt, LI 6s 8d; Foulson IBs. Secured creditors—Greytown Building Soolety, L 250; Miss Hlrsohberg, L 125; Mrs Yates, L 150; Mrs Wagg,Lloo. An invalid gentleman, who has lately been sojourning in the capital of Now South' Wales, complains in somewhat 'angry mood of $o growing )outh of the' polonies, as far. as he \vas able to judge ttiem, He had occasion during his stay'ln Sydney to advertise for a youUi to rop,d to, pi, and h,e wa,s fapred with no lots than 03 applicants. "No{ one of. them," he complained, " could wade through the leading artioles in the niorning journals. Yet these promising bracts were perambulate on every tiding con' Heated wltH racipg, (ootbal|, cricHetin?, rowing, every exerciso, from putting a Head on a m.aii tfl one on a penny." He trjgd them at arithmetic and found them the same dreary failures. Whon-, they had to deal with the abstract principles involved in short division, or in simple multiplication, they were quite at Bea. It was only when such concrete matters were presented to thorn as how best to" lay off" when they had what Is called in sporting slang one leg in a double,- or what they lfould stand to receivo should tlioy accept long odds that they' brightened up and showed Bymptomsofponetratingintolligence, L.J,. Hoopor and 00. will, in the course of a few days, ipako their grand display'of new Spring goodß, which aro now boing landed on tboWellingtdn wharf from theTongariro. All the latest Parisian styles and novelties will shortly be displayed in the Bon Marcho, charming millinery such as never b,e,fqro has been shovffl }n the W airara P a - e Bnall show this season the newest and most fashionablbßtylcs, designs and materials in dress goods, prints, pongees, cloths : zephyrs In all tlie new and, leading colorings with trjui'iniogs'.sp„,'to matoh, The ,#yegoflc|s haveheen specially (or tlie B,on Marcho. by one of the.;most experienced' buyora, having a thowngh"' knowledge qf the -classes of goofs required for the oolony, especially of tho Wellington province. Our stock being the pick of tho whole of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations re Tongarlro, will make tho yrandest display of fashionable and stylish-, millinery mantles, jackets, diess goods, fa. .Our customer tmi. the public gonoyajly will do themselves justlco bji vesorving their purchases till thoy'havo inspected-tho goods at tho Bon Marcho,. We shall as in previous yeras mark overy lino at wholesale,prices and in.plain figures. L. J, Hoopor aud 00., Bon Maroho'Fashionablo I)fapory Warehouse. Queen Masteftpn,