The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, MAY 18, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3813, 18 May 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, MAY 18, 1891.

The Wanganui Herald writes : " Where thousands of people should have been able to settle down comfortably, only tens of thousands of sheep have been allowed to derive their sustenance from the soil." Does our contemporary want the sheep to be turned off the grass to enable the thousands of people to grazeon it ? As we understand the above sentiment there are thousands of people with Nebuchadnezar-like proclivities who are prevented by sheep from devouring the grass in this Colony. Still, what is to become of the sheep if they are not allowed to derive their susten.. auce from the soil ? Perhaps the Hon. John Ballance and his organ had better allow the sheep to eat th" grass anl the people to eat the sheep. They cannot make a butter arrangement.

Civis,in the Otago Witness, recently set himself a task. He desired to find out any person in the community, either high or low, who bad been benefitted by Uaionism. It had injured employers and half ruined workers, but at last he succeeded in hitting upon a few individuals who had absolutely derived a substantial advantage from it, and these were the new M.H.K.'s who had climbed into the House on its shoulders and drawn a big honorarium. These men, and these alone, have reason to be thankful to trades unionism,

The Hon, J. Ballance's suggestion of a new portfolio, the leader oi which is to be known as the Minister for Industry, is perhaps superfluous. Does not the Premier himself watch the interests of labor so intently that some of his colleagues have almost fallen out with him. Perhaps he wants a new colleague as a sort of ballast for Mr Beddon, who does not display an adequate amount of reverence for the working man and who is unsympathetic with loafers. Or perhaps what is really needed is a Minister for Unionism, whiob appears to be sadly in want of State aid. How would "the Hon. the Minister for the Unemployed" succeed as a new portMo?

The Masterton Eifle Volunteers hold the.'.' weekly parade on Thursday next. An eclipse of the moon occurs early on the morning of the 24th inst. Seventy-five head of cattle recently sent to the Longbum Freezing Works averaged 877 lbs nett. The population of South Australia Is 313,000, A woman named Emily Brookes, has been committed for trial at Falmerston North on a charge of larceny of wearing apparel. The Napier people are raising a sum of money in order to make a presentation to the gaoler there, who is retiring from the public service. It is for good treat., ment received while they have been in.

Tho Post says that the ofhcial designation of the new Minister of Industry will be Le Chevalier d'lndustrie ! The Bank of New South Wales and Union Bank have both decided to make Wellington their headquarters.

A trial for makutu is said tc be proceeding at Paki Paki (says the Napier News). An old Maoii is on trial for his life for the alleged offence of haying ruakutued the wife of a chief who r ecently died. A New South Wales paper contains an advertisement as follows:—Wanted an elderly washerwoman to do a small family's washing and take out her pay in instructions on the yiolin and dancing by a competent teacher-

Messrs. Lowes and lorns add to their for Wednesday next, 1 springer, 1 I young bull, 3 calves, and 1 newly calyed cow.

An English contemporary is responsible for a story to the effect that the servants in a rather large household recently "revolted" simply because they had taken it into their heads—with warrant for such a suspicion—that the beef and mutton supplied for their table were of American and New Zealand extraction !

A very short time ago we (Colonist) announced the discovery by Messrs Scaife and party at their terrace claim at the Barton of a n'igget containing over 30oz of gold, and we now hear that the same party have found another fine nugget, which has been described as being equal in size to an egg, presumably a hen's egg.

Has fair New Zealand come to this ? Writing on the unemployed difficulty in a Wellingtou paper a correspondent says: —Would it surprise you, Bir, to be told that among these men there are some with wives and large familiea who will not, or dare not, go to their homes during the day, in case they might be tempted to eatjtheir scanty store of bread and thus deprive their little ones of it ?

At a meeting of the General Committee of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Society at Carterton on Saturday, the date of the annual horse parade was fixed permanently for the laßt Saturday in September in each year. The dates for the annual show were also fixed permanently, being the first Thursday and Friday in November. The Palmerston show takes place this year on 11th and 12th November.

Mrs Geo. Morris, senr., of this town had a fearfully narrow escape from a horrible death on Saturday night, through a spark from the fire by which she was setting lodginp in her dress. Almost immediately the dross, which was a light one, was in fUraes, and but for the prompt attendance of Mr E. Prang* nell, and her two daughters, Mrs Morris must haye been severely injured. As it was, except for a severe scorching of the hands, she escaped injury. A resident of Masterton recently lost a horse from his paddock, and after an unsuccessful search of the surrounding country, proceeded down the Valley, where he found it in the Greytown pound. Before it was released he had to contribute the sum of 15/-. How it. came to be such a distance from its paddock is somewhat of a mystery, although the Greytown poundkeeper states that when he impoundod it the marks of the saddle were fresh upon its back.

An old Maori woman residing at Parawanu, (says the Raugitikei Advocate), having been ill, apparently died on Thursday, and every preparation was made to bury her, including the ordering of the coffin. When all was com> pleted, she suddenly came to life and to all appearances it wdl be a long time yet before the preparations will be renewed. She must have been in that cataleptic state, deathlike in appearance, which sick parsons occasionally fall into.

We haye pleasure in mentioning that the Royal Insurance Company has opened an agency in Masterton. Hitherto the " Royal," which is far and away the strongest fire insurance company in the World, has been somewhat conservative, inasmuch as it has restricted its operations solely to large towns. It is, therefore, a distinct benefit to frave ep substantial an association extending its business to our pastoral centres, and ic is a tribute to the progress our township is making, which is not without significance. The Royal Fire and Life Insurance Company of Liverpool, for such is its full title, had, even previous to its purchase of the Queen Insurance Company's business, funds excseding £6,000,000 sterling, and ita fire premiums last year totalled oyer one million pounds sterling,(£l,ooo,ooo.) The Company has ever been distinguished for • > j nn,nt ' ,t ' l( ' B and liberality «« tb.S settlement of claims, and there are. fg\? risks of arj ordinary character, and of fair whose magnitude is beyond its acceptance. As an instance, we may mention that the Reyal just recently took a'single line in Wellington on a brick building to the figure of £1 2,500. Mr George Langton, of Perry Street, is the Masterton agent for the Royal Insurance Company, and Messrs Bannatyne and Co. are the Wellington representatives. An opening notification with regard to the local agency appears in another column.

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