The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3643, 20 October 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1890.

It is said up Auckland way that there is a dearth of candidates for the piesent' general election. Of course this means that candidates of the right class arc scarce, because there are always plenty of people of a sort willing to accept legislative honors, but the majority of them usually consist of the men who are not wanted. Tho men who are wanted are settlers fitted by genoral intelligence and experience for the position, the men who are not wanted are the men whoso intelligence and experience is of such a character that it has not benefitted their own careers, Bufcthon theyhave a perfect faith that they are strong and capable for the administration of public affairs, however weak and incapable they may have proved themselves to be in their private undertakings. It is said to be difficult to obtain now the men who are really wanted, and we can understand that this should bo so. A really firstclass man'does not care to go .through a contested election for the salie of a three years term of political worry. Were this an election lor a quinquennial parliament wo would see a much better lot of men coming forward as candidates, In the Wairarapa we are fairly fortunate in that Messrs Beotham and Buchauan still offer their services, and it is not overy electoral district in the Colony that can get men equal to thorn in character, experience, and reputation to coue forward, Yet even here we doubt somewhat whether Messrs Beetham and Buchanan again woo the suffrages of the electors for the sako of the Parliamentary cake, Personally we fancy they would bo hotter of as private seotlera than tied by the thousand and.one thankless duties which fall to the lot of an M,H,R. But tho politioal part) with which they have been associated, the party which has arrested tho downward progress of New Zealand, and has helped to bring back an era of prosperity, this party has demanded from them that they should contest another election iii tlio best interests of the Colony, and they obey tho call. One man for whom we have a great regard, Mr Ormond, has refused to accede .to a similar call, and we cannot Jielp thinking that there is an element of selGshness in the decision > to which ha oajne, Tlio Colony lias .

°f nieu ofliis stamp, but lie has reiusecl to supply the need.'-Many old pai'liainentariaas would, we feol flee away from the House and be at rest, but their consciences won't let them surrender their trusts. We belieye that in the candidature of both Messrs Beethara .and Buchanan there is an unselfish desire to serve the Colony whioh apparently has grown cold in the breast of Mr Ormond. It bodes ill for our new] parliament if electoral districts ,in other parts of the Colony find it difficult to get good men to stand as candidates. That our Parliament has' deteriorated during tbe last decade is unquestionable, indeed it has become so dwarfedthat.it cannot stand another turn of the screw in a wropg direction without sinking to the level of some of the baser legislatures in Australia, _ and losing altogether' its old reputation for respectability. There was a time when every member of the House of ■Representatives was a gentleman, and -that meant that the House consisted of a body of men remarkable for their probity, :integrity and trustworthiness. There were' poor men in the House in those days, but ill-conditioned and , ill-regulated adventurers-; and found thore no place,

A Chinese storekeeper at Bound Hill, Southland, has beeii lined. SfißO for sly grog selling, ' ' •Several persons were poisoned at Footsoray, (Melbourne) through drinking milk in which there wore germs of diseaso. A tailor named John McKonzie, of BonnlJa, Victoria, had his head smashed to'pieces recently by his horse dashing againt a tree, \

The year 1890 will be long remembered in commercial annals as havint been marked by tho biggest rainfall, th® biggest strike and t'jo biggest fire which Australia has yet soen. Of tho candidates for Wellington City, Messrs Duthic, Bell, Fishor and Macdonald are considered by impartial observers to have the best prospects of success.

A writor in tho Catholic Times says that a J udsjo in New Zealand "is a man whose appointmont by a Government is the signal for tho Opposition to behavo like a famished monagario,"

At the invitation of a number of supporters of w Mr H. Bunny, tho Organising Officer of the Knights of Labour proceeded to Featherston on Saturday for tho purpose of forming a branch ot the Order in that township. Owing to the inclomenoy of the weathor, however, tho meeting adjourned for a week.

Tho Criterion Hotel at Bulls, which has been takon by Mrs Cramner, late of Masterton,haß boenthoroughly renovated and re-furnished, and is said now to be ono of the finest hotels in tho Runpitikei district.

Two miners at Avoca (Victoria) had a quarrel the other day over a woman. They fought several times but wore Boparated, One of them was afterwards knocked down by his opponent, and brutally kickod about the head and stomach, beinsr left dead in the road. An advertisement in a Fielding paper calling a Gospel mooting to be held on a river bank for the purpose of baptising converts, concludes, with the warning, " yet forty days and Fielding 3hall be overthrown." NO doubt tho lattiir allegation vest? on the of the elegtion, In tho Wellington Supromo Oourb on Friday, Mr E, B. Erown moved In Chambers before Judge Edwards for an orclor of hdeas corpus in -tho 'Caso of William Roll, who is at presonb:jn the Terrace Gaol, on'the 'ground.,that the' District Judpe oxceeded his jurisdiction in fchg Rrdor of commitment. His Honour granted a rule nisi, j returnable on tho 24th inst., calling upon tho Governor of Terrace Gaol to show causo why Hull should not bo discharged. i

For Boi|]eycarfj past q stpwgp niortaiiiy amongst tlio lambs Ims oocurrod in all parts of tlto Wairarapa, the cause of which lias been a profound mystery. It would appear that when foddor Is most abundant the mortality is tho greater. Mr McLean, tho Government Veterinary Surgeon, has just roturHed to Wellington from a visit to tho Lower Valley, whoro there has boen a large ncrcontatje of doatlja this Ho look down with hint a : 'fW specimens for microscopic investigation, and his advico at tho present is to avoid heavy feeding. It is thought by many tlmt tho fatality is caused by a peculiar worm, but no ovidonce is yot forthcoming to substantiate this theory, 11 1 wish to say to tho congregation," saidauiinistor, "that the pulpitis not responsible fqt the error of the printer on tho tiokots (or tlio 'conceit in' the Sunday schoolroom. The ooncert is for the benefit of the arch fund, not tho arch (lend. Wo will now sing hymn six, "To err is human, to forgive diyino."

A distressing case oi sudden death ocourrod at Toowoomba (Queensland) rocontly. Clara Terry, a youn? woman, aged about 20 years, was engaged in a [Jance at the Hibernian Hall, when alio suddenly fainted, as it was' thought, in her partner's arms, Medical aid was summoned; tiut the doctor, o,n arrival, pronounced life to bo extinct. '

Tho Financiers' Gazette has the following arithmetical problem which may serve to exercise the brains of our young readers;- Having some timoto wait-one day recently at a country railway station, tho station master, who knew us well, came up with the fpllpwitig query i-A'man buy 330 og'gs at' 0 a penny, lOd ; 30 eggs at 2 a ponny. Is 8d; total 2s Id, He sells tho sixty at 5 for 2d, making 2s. He therefore bought at 6 for 2d, and sold the same. How oomes tho difference of a penny}" A gentloman at Southport, after wayjntj hjs handkerchief for half an hour or mpro, at anwiknown.lacjy, whom ho discovered at; a i distant point on the shoro, was encouraged,, by a warm response to his atc,nalsttf approach his charter, Imagine h[a feelings, when, on drawing nearer, lie saw that it was his own dear wife, whom be had left at tho liotol a short time before. " Why, how remarkable, that wo should have recognised eaoh other at sncha Jistancol" exclaimed both in the same breath; and they changed tho subject.

Since tho commencement of tho season notwithstanding untowjird (jircijmsti)uce which have retarded the usual oxpansion ot business, our dress and dressmaking departments havo been well patronised by the ladies of Wellington, This speaks volumes for both at To Aro House, Wo havo some of tho handsomest em broidered robes that have ever seen daylight in tho Empire City, and that were made specially to our own order, with tho dosigns exclusively conliucd to us, These handsome, clesant robes cannot bo obtained elsewhere than at To Aro House.

These robes are embroidered in silk upon Cashmero and Foulo Indicnne, and wo have them in black and all tho leading fashionablo colours, Thcro aro also somo vory choice China [silk embroidered robes in white, white and eeru, eeru and black, &o, As wo havo only a limitod quantity oltheso ladies should secure them immediately at To Aro House.

We would invite special attention to our Mohair Lustres, unsurpassed^for elegance and durability and from their peculiarly fine finish, very silky in appearanco. We havo these in plain , and broclio designs, in fawns, greys, greens, blues and cotfas.. All arc in tho double width, which is so admirably adopted for tho present style ot drapery. Every lady should see these at Te Aro Housr.

Tuts is doubtless owing to tho very excellent .olioice of spring and summci dress fabrics that wo.aro now showing, specially selected for us by our own buyer, than whom thore is nono better in tho oity of London, and who has really excelled himself in these beautiful goods, now on view at To Aro House. The skill and taste of our_ two dressmaking rooms are unrivallod in tho oity, Test them at Te A(0 House, Wellington,Ann, ■ '

.'A .case of indecent exposure .before children is to be heard at Grey top n by the Resident Magistrate on Wednesday.' It is expected that a third candidate will bo brought out for Wairarapa, but no .' tiamo has yet been definitely mentioned. 1

The triennial election of councillors for the Wairarapa North County Council will tako placo on November 12th, Nominations olose onOctober 29th, The Firo Brigade concert, which was postponed trom Friday last, will be held m the Theatre Royal ou Wednesday evening, , • Bonry Freeman, of Morrison's Bush, laborer, has been adjudged a bankrupt. Tho first meeting of oreditors will bo hold at Mastorton on 23nd instant, Very heavy rains fell in this diatriot yi>stoiday,_ and the rivers' and streams were considerably swollen. Tbe .low lying country was in sevoral parts submerged.

Tho nubltoans' booth at the forthcoming Masterton Show was purchased by Mr T Thompson, on Saturday, for 110, and tho refreshment booth by Mr J Wickons for £l4los,

A first offender, who had a " Sunday at Home " with Sergeant Price yesterday, was dealt with in tho ÜBUal summary manner' by tho Oourt this morning.

Acting on instructions from the Borough Inspector, the rubbish surrounding the Drill Hall, which has been a menace .to tho neighborhood,'is boing cleared away. ■ A poll ot ratopayers interested in the proposal to raise a loan of-1200 for the erection of the Kopuarang.t bridge, will bo taken by tho Mauriceville Road Board on Monday, 2ftl» October.

The number of entries for the forthcoming Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show iB likely to reach 450. This compares very favourably with tho entries for last year, which' numbered only 316. Class-firing will bo hold by tho Mastorton Rifle Volunteers on Tuosday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at 5.30 a.m. The usual parade will be hold on Thursday. It is a strange coincidence (writes an exchange) that people without incomes are always in favor of an income tax, and people without laud are always bloatinp for a laud tax, A sensational bolt occurred in Masterton this afternoon, when Mr T, E, Chamberlain's team took frteht and proceeded at a furious pace down Perry street, The waggon, which collided with a corner post, was smashed to atoniß, and the horses, through encountering a barbed wire fence, were severely injured. Mr Hatty Oatinan, editor of the Moraine Call, Pittsburg, (U,S,A,), has been officially notified by the Methodist Church, to which he is attached, that he must either ceaso publishing a Sunday edition of his paporor leave the church. Ho refuses to do either.

Wo extract the following from the columns ol the Auckland Star,—" Birth. —On October 12, at hor residence, Twoed-atreet, Ponsonby, Mrs Win. Blom field of a son (Michael Angelo Correffiio Reubens), P*orboy; if ho lives to any ago how ho will—his parents for giving him such names," Mr M It Varnham, of Greytown, is shortly guinsr to Wellington for two months, where he has to build a homo for Mr L ESt Goorge, a brother te Mr St George, of Uroytowu. Mr Varnham will temporarily return to Greytown, hut he has some of si<b|eqnontly leaving thoWairarapaaltogether, He,will be much missed by musical friendu and others.

In oonsoquonco of Tuosday, 28th October boing the date of the. Masterton Show, Mr F H Wood is changing the day . originally fixed for his sale of Mr Robert Dixon's farming stock, implements, and furniture. The precise date of the lattor will bo in to-morrow's paper.

It is said that In consequence of requests from various persons in tho Wairarapa and Manawatu districts, tho labour _ organisations havo selocted two of their leadin« monitors, Messrs F Meyer and Skinner, to visit and across meetings Bt j)hg prMpal settlements in those "districts, Messrs Meyer and Skinner will also collect subscriptions in aid of tho strike fund.

At a meeting of tho Wellington branch of tho Typographical Association on Saturday, it wub decidod "That after Saturday, 25th inst, no more assistance bo given to the Strike Fund by tip Association, but as soon after that (late as possibly a moetjng bo called to consist what stops the printers of Wellington could tako to alleviate tho distress in Wellington, caused by tho irresponsible and unwarrantable action of those who caused the present Btriko.' Tho following toam of Wanderers will represent Mastorton in a match to bo played against the Eketahuni Cricket Club on Friday, the 24th inst. The team will leave by the iflidilay train and fCtßtn by the 6 a,m' train tho following mowing,'-Messrs 0 Perry, Pownall, Jackson, J Williams, Hawke, Reeves, Hircchborg, Iggulden, . Richards, F Harrison, Haigh, and A Walker. Emergencies—Matthews, Welch (2), At tho Opaki Jockey Ulub mooting on Saturday last Mr J. Macara tendered jpa resignation as a Steward on the ground that it was undesirable that horaeownorß should hold appointments of this kind, The mooting exprosscd a strong opinion against his withdrawal, urging tha( horseowners held a similar position and Mr Macara, yiolding to tho wishes of membors, did not press tho point,

. Says tho Ohristchurch Press Joseph Bohrings, a young fellow 17 years of a;o, residing with his parents at Burwood, JNew Brighton, mot wjth at} extremely painful, and as it turned out a serious ncoldent, last oveniug. Behiings was ongaged cutting firowood when a splinter flew up and penetrated tho oyc. He was at once convoyed to tho Hospital, whero it was found tho eye had boen completely disorganised and would haye to lie removed, This was dono by the Medical Superintendent, Drdo Renzi, who did everything in his power to alleviate the patient's sufferings. A special general meetlug Of tho Ifasterton-Qpalri Jockoy Club was hold in tlio Olub Hotel on Saturday evening, tho President in the chair. The chairman and Secretary wero empowered to make tho necessary arrangements for the working of the totalisator, Aftor a lengthy discussion it was decided to have tho books of tho Club thoroughly overhauled by a competent accountant, an account of receipt and expenditure, with amounts owing, to be made out, datinj for a number of years back. Certain errors made with toward to Mr Chamberlain's account were rectified, and his terms to Ist January next accepted with thanks. It was resolved that tho gates for the forthcoming moating be not disposed of by auction. Aftor several other minor matters had been dealt with, the meeting dispersed with a voto of thanks to tho chair.

LJ Hooper and Co will mako tlicir first display of Spring find Summer Novelties in thoir windows this evening, from seven till' nine, Wo shall how this season the newest and most fashionable styles, designs and materials in dress goods, prints, pongees, cloths zephyrs in ' all the new and leading colorings with trimmings &0., to match, The abbvo Roods have been specially bou«hf for. the lion Marohe by ono of the most experienced buyers, having a thoryugk knowledge of the classes of, goods'.required for the colony, especially ot the Wellington province, Our stock being the pick of the whole of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations re Tongariro, will make the grandest display of tashionable and stylish, millinery mantles, jackots, dieaa (roods, &o';. Our customers aud the public goilerally. will 'do themselves juatico by reserving their purchase's till they have inspected the goods at the Bon Marcho, .We shall'ju in previous years mark every line at wholesale prices and in plain figures. L. J. Hooper and Co, Bon Marohe (Fashionable Drapery Warehouse, Q'«een Strati Masteftoq,