The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3747, 27 February 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1891.

The Hon Mr Ballance has been exceedingly wary since he assumed the Premiership, and few sins of commission can be laid at., his door.: But aometimea it, happens that a' trifling sin of omission proves more disastrous than a-direct blunder, and I a cloud'no bigger than a -Wan's hand just now appears on his horizon. He had an opportunity offered to him .of GBq«e, r .Ctoy. to. the iLegidatiye. Counpfl, bjit he, -jlia not promptly avail himself of thp admirable chance of placing the grand: old-man in a corner where he would be comparatively innocuous, and no w Sir George is coming back to 'thie House of .Representatives to make things a little uncomfortable for the new Premier. It is swd , that when the Si*~ Cfeorge to stand on oi}e election Mr Sjiera became a friendly < warmingpao, and was prepared at a moment's notice to vacate his should his chief's health enable him to again resume active political duties. The unexpected happened, for Sir, .George's health rapidly improved, and Mr Shera did not as was. expected retire in his favor. No ! | •he went to the Government and begged and prayed them to call Sir George to the Legislative Council. The solicitude he displayed to obtain a seat in the Upper House for his chief was as touching asit was disinterested. Now Si? George is making his own arrangements 1o return to Parliament as the elect of Newton, and Mr Sherq, and; other M.H.R's of the Auckland district will take their places as joints pf the old Enight's tail. It is not their privilege to choose to follow Mr Ballance or any leader other than Sir George, because the personal influence of the olcjl Knight in the northern province is such that he coijdclturn a man like Mr Shera out of Parliament #s easily as he once snuffed Mr Ballanae out'as a jMinisJer. Sir George Grey,without a following, has been a power in previous parlia•ments; and now'that he possesses a tail ha will simply be master of the situation, and the Hon Mr Ballance will be at his mercy. It is believed that he has littl a love for the present Premier, who once mortally offended him. Sir George Grey is constant in both Ilia likings and dislikings, and the Premier is unhappily amongst the latter. Hext session we shall possibly see an old and familiar comedy played by Sir George, in the character of an artful pnes, and Mr Ballance in the rfils of the unfortunate maus£. The usual catastrophe will no doubt follow, and Mr Ballance will no doubt regret that he ever hesitated for a single moment to call the grand old man to the Legislative Council.

The Mangaramarama Village Settlement has been withdrawn from sale.

A meeting of. the Wairarapa Rifle Association was held in the Masterton Drill Hall last eyenmg to consider the programme for ilie annual theoting competition. Final arrangements were held over for consideration at a meeting to be held to-night. From an inset appearing in our issue of to-day, it will be seen that the great clearing sale at the Wholesale Drapery Company's warehouse is still proceeding. The Rangitikei Advocate informs its readers very modestly that it knows of one instance where a stalk of cocksfoot grew ten inches in the brief space of a week.

The Advocate reports that the "sneak thief" is about Marton, and residents there are missing provisions from meat safes.

It is stated in a London paper that there are 1200 two year oldsj 600 three year olds, and 160 horses of four year old and over in training at Newmarket. What a time the newspaper touts must have!

Messrs Mackinnon and Tringham, sharebrokers, insurance, financial, and estate agents, of Lambton Quay. Wellington, advertise a number of valuable properties in the Wairarapa for sale.

Two swaggers have been arrested in Wellington, charged with the theft of some books, a rug, a razor, and other articles from Mr. Riddifurd's station at Te Awaite.

During the last month the Crown Lands Office has disposed of an area of 15,754 acres 24 perches, at an upset price of £16,401 lis, and the whole of it, with one trifling exception, is rural land. A young man at Carterton was so severely stung whilst taking a swarm of bees on Wednesday night that he had to call in a doctor.

The following team will represent the Carterton Cricket Club in the match with Masterton to-morrow :—Beechey, W, King, Bunny, Reid, McKenzie [2], W. Judd, R. Renall, Grigg, Acheson, Booth. Emergencies—T. Kemble, C. Deihl, and Leyick.

A young man has died at Ashburton with a broken spinal cord, caused by a mate jumping leapfrog fashion on his back.

The usual weekly parade ot the Masterton Rifle Volunteers was held in the Drill Hall last evening, about forty answering to the rcll-call. The men were put through their facings by Sergt. Major Bezar, and were inspected by Captain Fownall. The Undersecretary of Crown Land has informed the Land Board that ths Government is advised that the nrovise ions of section 16 ot the Land Ac Amendment Act, 1887, are sufficiently wide to enable the freehold of perpetual leases to be acquired at any time as soon as the prescribed improvements have been effected.

In Napier the Salvation Array have leased the premises adjoining the Daily Telegraph office. Further developments are anxiously awaited. As the editor of the Telegraph is not given to profane language it i» expected he wilt either become a convert or get the " sub" to learn to swear for him, just to relieye his feelings a bit. The Telegraph's articles in future ought to have enough life in them to completely shatter ail opponents in the political worldWhen R. S. Sraythe has to tear off the frills so oftmi assumed by artistes, he does it very gently. As Madame Bur.ton's company were leading a New Zealand port, ' They have put me in the ladies'cabin shrieked one of the members who thought she ought to have a cabin to herself.' ' 11l soon have that altered,' replied the Much-Travelled, 'I never like my artistes to feel out of their element,' preparations for taking the census on the night of Sunday, the sth April, are practically complete. The colony has been divided into 23 sections, composed each of one or more counties or boroughs included in them, To each is allotted a chief enumerator, and there are in all about 660 sub-enumerators, The work is to be done partly by qontract and partly by day work, the pay for the latter ranging from 10s to 15s per day on foot, and £1 where horses have to be employedThe Narandera Ensign relates the story of a strange discovery which was made at a romantic nook in the vicinity of the Uoulbourn river. A farmer named Campbell, who resides at Balrami, has a housekeeper, and her soi), <-), boy of tender ypafs, was attracted to a oave' in pursyit of hen's eggs.' While Bearphjr.g the retreat he found a large salid oil bottle,, in which there was a wooden plug, The bottle appeared to be stuffed with some material, and upon the finder submitting it to the inspection of adults it was discovered that it contained a large number of bank notes, .which had been pushed tightly into their receptacle, and owing to damp, it is supposed, had with time been formed into a bulky mass. The bottle and its contents were brought into Muswellbcook, and placed in the care of Mr W. Humphries, of Messrs W. Campbell and Co. That gentleman, by Bteaming the mass (the original p irtion was broken in two in transit) was able to separate seven halves of £5 Commercial B-»nk notes, in a foirly good fifcsite "of preservation, the printing and numbers being perfectly legible. The ,>alpy bundles contain probably fifty notes in all, but it is impossible at present to tell their value. The find is supposed-tohave been a .plant of the notorious Thunderbolt, who was known to inhabit the cave where thn JSoney was found, and the half-caste woman yho had liyed with him having died in the eqvero. The money must have been lying in the cave for upwards of a quarter of a century, and the matter 1b exciting considerable interest. Scene: The office of a Mastertan agent. Hour, 11 a.m, Enter, stranger, with parcel under his arm, " You're Mr I believe " That's my name, sir." '' I have your usual complement of books, . shall I leave them here." "My usual complement of what?" " Of books, sir." •' But I've ordered no books." "Oh yes youhave, "Produce my signature, sir." Book fiend fumbles in his pockets, but discovers to his horror he has left his book in his ! hotel. " 1 regret to Ray, sir, I've left my order-book in my hotel. I'll go and fetch it." "Ah ! (with an air Of relief) I knew you had not got my signature. I was too wide awake for you." 11.30, book fiend returns and is about to reveal his orderbook, when commission agent, enraged, maddened, disappointed, picks up his office stool,- and with a wild threat and dreadful'impulse is about to dash out the brairis of his sworn adversary, when the latter retreats at full speed. Followed by the excited commission agent, stool in hand, he rushes down the main thoroughfare and seeks shelter beneath the wings of his friendly boniface. Here he is provided with ammonia, " B. and 5.," and other restoratives, and having to spme extent regained his equilibrium, swears he'll ijever enter the threshold of that agent again. The commission agent congratulates himself upon having discovered a perfect cure for a.ll book fiendish troubles incidental to humanity A Monsfep <Jlparlcg Sale of Drapery and-Clothing will be'held during the next few d»ys at L, J, Hooper and Cos* Bon Marche, Every artiole in the warehouse will be offered at greatly reduced prices. The Sale will commence on Saturday morning, January 31st, at 8 o'clock. A tremendous sacrifico of Dress Goods, Millinery, Ladies' Jackets, Mantles, Corsets, Straw Goods, Hosiery and Gloves, Umbrellas, and Parasols, etc etc, will be made to make room for Fresh Shipments to arrive. So be ready for bargains in every department at Hooper's Monster Sale' commencing Saturday morning, January 31ut, at 8 o'clock. . We (Mil sellj and those that patro nize the Bon Marche Monster Clearing Sale will reapthe benefit of our being overstocked. Hooper and Co, Bon Marche. advt.

The Clothing Stoclj at Hooper'B Bon Msrofce will be Sold at Nef.t Qoat during the Grpafc Sale, Mens', Boys' and Cliiljjrens' Clothing, Hats, Shirte, Sqcki etc, at exceptionally low prices S?

Mr Walter Brown, of the machinery store, Fariah St., Wellington, has an interesting advertisement in our columns.

The Observer says the only chauoe the Masterton Borough Council has now ot remaining conquerors is to at once introduce a high pressure water suppiy scheme. The town is ripe for it, the water is at hind, and the movement only wants to be energetically initiated to ensure success.

The Manawatu limes suggests that in order to enable the construction of the Pahiatua-Palmeraton road to be pro ceeded with the land in the forest reserve on either side of the road should be sold and the proceeds devoted to the work. Ln another column will be found an advertisement from the proprietors of the New Zealand Hair Restorer. The Testimonials are copied from the original which have been seen by our representative, aud he can vouch for their truthfulness. jyiany more than the testimonials now advertised can be produced if necessary Mrs Mackintosh will be visiting Masterton shortly, and those , suffering from baldness may consult her on her visit.

The ball in connection with the Whakataki Rifle Club, held at Tinui on Wednesday evening, was a brilliant success. No less than forty couples occupied the floor, whilst the stage was crowed with onlookers. The hall was elaborately decorated for the occasion, and all arrangements were carried out satisfactorily. The Masterton Bifle Volunteers were representrd by Lieuts. Thompson and Hooper. Dancing was kept up without intermission until the small hours of the following morning. Efficient music was provided by the ladies ofTinui, Mr Lawson assisting with his violin. Refreshments ware also provided by the ladies. Mr Reid acted in the capacity of M.C. A free ceach run through from Masterton by Mr T. Lett, was taken advantage of by about a dozen pet-sons.