The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3812, 16 May 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1891.

FIKST EDITION.

THEinember for Masterton on Thursday'last formally hoisted the brave red flag of land nationalisation, when he moved tbat.the Government-should for the future: retain the direct .control of all Crown Lands and hold them on behalf of the people. The other members of the Waste Lands Board were not quite prepared to accept this brilliant flag, and possibly may have regarded it as a black one. We can, however, to a certain extent, sympathise with the view taken by the. member for Masterton. No doubt he honestly believes that"the particular people whom he is proud to represent are not quite to be trusted with the responsibilities of ft freehold, and that if they were allowed :to acquire one they would abuse the privilege which was extended to them. No doubt the member for: Masterton regards .his' supporters as children who require a sort of parent in the shape of the State to directly control, their properties, and prevent them from doing themselves or anybody else a mischief. They cannot be jeggected to do as thousands of other .inen have done in the colony. "vis., 'acquire a homestead ; of ; their free of all incumbrance, but are fetter -off as tenants of the Crown, paying rent each quarter day and complying with the requirements of State proprietors. We inuflfc believe that the member for Masterton'is tbi best judge of the capacity of his friends and is wise in not placing upon them greater responsibilities than they- are able to bear. There are perhaps old-fash-ioned'people in the colony who think that it would be better for'men-of this kind to be trained and edjacated in eucU a be trusted to hold the posities of freeholders, and attain that eomfdrt and independepce which is by. so many tboosafio^'pf.their fefibw cplp~ jwider experiepceandihe deeper insight of. the nvember, of -Masterton, and consent'to"hisprogramme, of a State pap bottle and spoon-fed leaseholders, y^

Wild dogs are creating havoc auiongat sheep at Mitarawa.

; Mr Michael Davitt has left Loudon for New Zealand. He visits America enroxite. .. • ' " : -

Tenders are invited through our columns for the erectiou of the Hurunuioransi Hotel, Gladstone.

Nominations for a representative of the Tiraumea Ward in the- Alfredtou itoad district close on Tuesday, May 26th.

;The"Babbit Inspector of Marlborough states that the pest is on the increase in that province. He does not believe the natural enemy is very efficacious in the matter of extermination, . . , ". « : The Native Commission has finished taking evidence, aud nil! report, next week.

, The Hon John Ballance has suggested the appointment of a Minister of Industry to watch the interests of labour geueraUy. The Hon J. McKenzie, Minister for Lauds, has been deputationisei and bahquetted by the Knights of Labour at Palmerston North.

.His Excellency the Governor has proclaimed Monday, May 25th, as the .day on which the Queen's Birthday'shall be celebrated in New Zealand.

•A church parade of the Mastertou Rifle Yolunteera is to be held on Sunday, May 24th. Samuel Adair, gaoler, committed suicide at Wagga recently. The deceased served a number of years in the 12th Regiment under Colonel Bichardson in New Zealand during the time of the Maori war.

. The Canterbury frozen Meat Coy. has resolved to reduce the rate of freezing during the winter months—from June 1 to November 80 —to £d per lb.

Mr B. Mawhjnay, of the cheap boot shop opposite the Prince oL.Wales hotel, has a new and interesting advertisement in this issue. : ; tf

The various banking' institutions in Masterioo will be closed ou Monday next, Whit Monday. ;

& Berious scandal; in which a " prominent Government official "and a barmaid are concerned has been made the subject of notice by a Dunedin correspondent of au up-country paper. 'i The .Oamaru Mail notices the matter editorially, and demands investigation, as "aU prominent Government w cifficiilß ; " in *the Southern: city are now open to suspicion. :; .^;!.-:''. r i^4^-'-.:\->;

One of the Dresden Company's pianos —a supferb instrument—was used at the Orphanage Bazaar? in • §l»st; week. Mr Brookes,.,the' .Company's managor, jilso provided the piano at the United Sunday School Musical Festival and at At McGlashan's Grand Annual Concert. .! - Attention is directed to a special mail notice in reference to arrangements for Queen's Mirthday. A special delivery will be made over the counter, for the convenience of town residents who have not private boxes, ou Saturday, the 23rdinst,at8.30 p.m.. '. Mr Corrie Johnston is.announced •to speak in the Theatre Royal on Sunday next both .afternoon and evening. The usual service will be held in the .Temper' ance Mall frt 7 o'clock*

The Wanganui Chronicle Btafced a day or two ago that a little cottage in Park Place is occupied by a comparatively young mother, with her four young children, Who have absolutely nothing

to live,upon, and that these tire human beings had subsisted for the last two, days upoU six potatoes.

There [has been a change in the destination of wheat exported from Lyttelton lately, and a trade has .beer, opened yp direct with France, snme 22,910 sacks of wheat* beiti"? no# afloat" tor the poit of Rouen on, the; Seine. ■:> An interesting-debate; "la -novel reading conducive to mental improvement?" took .place. at the Maaterton I Mutual Improvement-Society meeting held last evening .Mr' E. Jack opened on the affirmative and Mr Rigg led the negative. The-speaker* cu either side w«re Meßars.Cal\y->y, Burton,, T. Dixon. jShute, Bpagey, and Oy,Prangnell.'-''At the conclusion of the debate a vote was

token, whichj resulted in; favor/of the affirniative-hy : ' s a substantial majority. occupied thechair and six for inemberand speeches compftsithetWeinessatthe bociety's next weietfrr?.!"'""'' 0 ■>' ' "'

Br Hamlia&tf h>s evidence before the Native liaws .Commission (says tJae Waipawc l4ail)|;mentioned a fact which be two casjes tn'-the "Hawke|s Bay disti jet the namea of. children 'yet unborn Avere inserted In the pities and the ceremony of ''fining the chifd," Iwas therefore perfbrniea a.slitthj "in. JadvapQd of the usualocoaeiohi i.li kiUft'U''l "%.^ Thefanalfsin.Cafaterbury-rarrt complaining Sydney is periodically gluttedthrough the action cf the Union Company in trying to run off the Jubilee. This comes about by

the Union Company sending a couple, of steamers to follow the Jubilee, and by offering low rates of freight to starve her out. Consequently three large steamers arrive in Sydney about the same date loaded with produce; aud the''market'is glutted.

The Queensland authorities have decided to prosecute the proprietor of the Charters Towers Republican for publish ingan article inciting the shearers to -shoot the sheepfarinors and fire their stations and station buildings unless their demands are conceded. 1 The article was' entitled "Bread and Blood," aud when

the papers were presented at the local post office the refused to allow them to be carried, on the ground tpat they contained a seditious libel

A most distressing fatal accident' occurred at Stoney Point, in VictoriaTwo brofcbrw, Stafford John Dickson, and Kobert Henry Dickson, aged respectively : about 14 and eight years, were playing with a gun. laughing, and as they said, " playing at soldiers,' when the elder presented it at the younger, haying no idea that it was loaded. To his horror, however, it went off,: and the contents blew off a considerable portion of the lace and head of hi| young brother, who lingered in an iiaconscjous stupe for a few hours, when he expired.

"A very ! startling and horrible story regarding ' comer from America. ! A swede named Lars Petersen on his deathbed, made a confession, that while working in alargetinhingestablisiliment, in the spring "of 1880, he murdered a fel'ow workman, and ont np his body and disposed of it by mixing it with the flesh of' swine. It passed into the pickled pork department, and presumably was sent but as food. Petersen said this occurred in SHverhom's packing establishment at \Sioux city, lowa, it appears Petersen,,and his victim were left in charge at night, and their duties were to clear up the slaughterhouse,

Wk have received from the best Home manufacturers a lafge^supply of excellent babylinen, and are Tpfepafed to forward on application Jp,any- address (carriage paid) eight (B) artist "~pf" thoroughly good material and wore 'for Out Guinea. TnTs should be a very Convenient method—one of each gaoue«(iv as (Pattern, All our. babylinen and underclothing is personally selected by an experienced lady, assistant at Te Aro House, Wellington; 'i -J Wb have also an excellent assortment ot ladies' uridervests in Merino, WosL Natural Wool, and Silk. All executed, and when cash' is : sent with the orders, will be sent carriage paid to any address from Te Aro House, Wellington. Ladies mihe country desirous of knowing the best place to purchase underclothing and babylinen should at once communicate their wants to To Aro Hojose, Wellington. We have an unrivalled stocs of ladies' underlinea ip nightdresses, chemises drawers.combuiationa, ijnd all our garments are guaranteed to be extra lock stitched-or hand sewn, and include such popular makes„w.,'Allirbernia" and "Stirling'' at Te;Ai» Housei Wellington. ' Otm assortment .qt ladies' corsets ut unparelled in the province. We keep only tne best and most approved makes. To select from we have a* stock of nearly 2000 (two thousand) pairs, and these range from the veiy smallest to the very largest out-size at Te Aro House, Wellington,