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The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891.

The census returns have given our excellent Wellington contemporary, the New Zealand Times, an opportunity to write a little nonsense, the particular nonsense perhaps, which the Government desire to see circulated. That since 'B6 our population has only grown from five I hundred and seventy eight- thousand , to six hundredand eighteen thousand i is said to be a thunder clap and an ! alarming loss, There are some wise people who believe that life will not ; be worth living in New Zealand till there are a million people here,—all „ working men of course. But we ; venture to submit that life was pleasanter in this colony, and prosperity better diffused when there was only half our present population in the'land, and that very much of the! discomforts of modern existence here' arise from an insane attempt to increase our population by importing out of borrowed millions the waifs and strays in the back slums of the chief cities of the Old Uountry. However, our Wellington contemporary jflgurns over the loss of population, oblivious of the fact that its own doors would be sweeter if it could get tid of a few thousand more of its redundant people. We are told that this new, rich, and productive country is now going backwards, but we fancy this is hardly a fair way of putting the case, a little ballast has been dropped out of the baloon perhaps, and if a little more were thrown after it there would be a better prospect of things moving. Not satisfied with declaring this country ruined, our contemporary proceeds to specify the causes of the sudden and disastrous collapse which the census papers have revealed, and the chief one, it tells us, has been bad government, and we are led to imagine that the cause having been thus miraculously discovered the remedy will follow as a matter of course with the aid of the Solons now on ibe ministerial benches, The only remedy for the evil would probably be to repeal the Triennial Parliament Act and return to the old quinquennial system and to remove that blot on our electoral system by which the landowner, the loafer, the pauper, the schemer, and the agitator has an equal political power with the'best and worthiest in the land, by which the man who pays no taxation outvotes the man on whom every burden falls. If our Wellington contemporary has the courage to preach this doctrine the blight which has of late years fallen on New Zealand would soon be removed. We might remind the Editor of our contemporary that the most ignorant, wretched and degraded bi-ped in the streets of Wellington is politically' his equal and ask him how lie can expect good government under such' % franchise

- The price ot meat in Wellington has been raised a Half penny per pound. The cause for-such a rise is not known.

A series of trotting matches are being got up by the Martinborough sportsmen for Monday next.. The population of Pahiatua has in" creased by live times during the last five years, according to the census. The Hon. S. C. Glyn, of the Bunk of ilew Zealand Board, has joined the Board of Estates Company, which took over theglobo assets of the Bank of New Zealand. '

The Vic'.orian Parliament voted £37,000 last year for bonuses for butter factories, fruit canning, fruit drying, raißin and currant making, the manu« facturu of vegetabla oil, the preparation of flax, hemp, etc. The day set apart for the annual tree planting at Greytown is Wednesday, 10th June. An entsrtainment will be given to provide funds. The trees planted last year are, we understand, in a flourishing condition.

According to a Sydney paper the tariff for Sara Bernhardt's season there is to be as follows : —Dress circle 15s, front stalls 12s, centre portion 10s, rear portion 7s 6d, and gallery 2s 6d. These figures are liable to be varied, but at present that is the tariff fixed.

At the opening of the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday, quite a demonstration was made against the Governor, the Earl of Jersey, by a mob of Sociaiists._ His Excellency was hooted and groaned when he made his appearance.

We beg to draw the attention.of our readers to a new advertisement in another column from the well-known Wellington Herbalist, Mr R. Ayres. The preparations of Mr Ayres are favourably regarded in this district, and we can recommend residents to give them? a trial. 1

' A patty styling himself " Faust, the -Illusionist," alias (t. P. Hausmann, of Masterton, advertised a performance at Woodville the other day, engaged hall, sent an agent, stuck up .board and lodging and printing and advertising, and has not since made his appearance.— Napier Tehgraph. What might haye proved a very serious accident occiirred.afc Eketahuna on Tuesday night on the arrival of the. late train. A gun, which had been placed in the guard's van,' was being removed to the office, when it suddenly went off, the charge passing over the shoulder of Mr Mowbray and lodging in the woodwork of the station, v The funeral of the late Mrs Ann McKeneie took place yesterday afternoon, the remains being followed to their last resting-place by a large concourse of relations. The obsequies at the grave were conducted by the Rev. Robert Wood.

There are 497 legal practitioners In New Zealand to a total of 661,136 population.. This pives one solicitor to every 1838 of the population, or 1 to eveiy 568 of the male adults. •

It is not often that baakrupts dare to make jokes at the expense of their credit tors, but the latest addition to the ranks enteredthe Borough Council of his town, down as his creditor, and under the heading "occupation" he puts them down as "gasworks." At a meeting of the Featherston Special Settlement Association on Mond<y night, the report of the t<vo men who inspected Block E, Mangamahoe, was received. The report was unsatisfactory both as regards the nature and value of the land. About twelve hundred acres were very stony land, Under the circumstances the members |of the Association have decided to have nothing to do with the land. The Advecate has been shown by Mr T. Holden, of Paraekaretu, the market returns which he has jast received of a consignment of frozen mutton sent to London by him. These ahow that the average price' of the carcases was within a fraction of 5d per lb., and Che net return amounted to 13s 8d per carcase. The roof of a dwelling not far from Grey town took fire frc.a some sparks last week. No help was near, saye what the household cpuld muster, so a young girl of about 17 made a plucky aac'ent of the roof and other occupiera of the dwelling pissed up bugktts of water. The battle, says the Standard, was a hard one while it lasted, but success crowned her efforts and the home and its contents Were sived.

The following advertisement appears in the Chrutchurch Pressl, being a Registered Pharmaceutical Chemist and Druggist, desire to inform the inhabitants of Sydenham that I will, on and after June 10,. 1891, endeavor to study their creature cbmforts and future wants, inasmuch.as clause 3 of the Licensing Act, 1881, enables me to supply them with spiiits, etc., but only in medicinal doses. Full particulars on application to Prohibitionist, Prohibition street, Sydenham!

A Gore correspondent telegraphs to the Otago Daily Times :—"The quotation in the Times .from the Otaria correspondent of the Witness about the price of r&bbits is misleading, and like'.y to induce more rabbiters to ,go there, only to be disappointed. The price Stated is 7d a pair on the ground. The W.oodlaiids, Clinton, and Gtoro factpries are all giyin? the same pries—namely. 6da pair at the factory this month, Rabbiters, however, pay the cartage and railage, so the price they really receive at Otaria and places not close to the factory would be probably under 5d." In Blenheim the price is 5d a pair at the factory, but one of those engaged at the wprjf qf rabbitin? informs us that they have to pay yd a dozen to get the rabbits $o the factory, leaving tliem Is lid. per dogon, op 4 fraction iindor 44 per pair. *

A perplexed and irate resident at Davlesford has a serious grievance against his next door neighbour's 10-year-old son, and is seeking fruitlessly for a remedy. The boy is a photographer—i.e., an amateur one—and be possesses what is known as the detective camera. Perched on the' roof of an outhouse, shortly after sunrise, be proceeds to take viewsof hut neighbour and his neighbour's wife and daughter, in »11 attitudes, as they walk in and out of their house, and in all costumes So#}6 of them are belioyed to be veiy interesting yjeys. ftnd the- neighbour is afc'bia wits' end how t.Q d with the grobleni, Th« law doesn't prevent th t e or from takin? the photograph, but only from selling OT exhibiting it publicly.— Herald Sporting men would find it greatly to their advantage by c jrrespondiu? with A. J. Jacobs, the professional Taxidermist from Londog. Birds, fish, animalß and reptiles preseryed and mounted in the highest style. Every description of skins preserved or tanned and made ||itu nigs, etc. Work done in. all its branches no Jgjyeat rates. Correapon d§nce in all pf jsjia globe. 30 years' experience. All work Highest prige given, or work done in exchange fpr Jiuia#, crews, New Zealand quail, and other birds. Ji. & Hrds wanted in any quantity. _ Ofdefs teft at Mr. Williams,' tobacconist, Masterfcon, or Mr. Catt's, hairdresser, Carterton, will be attended to.— Advt.

L. J. Hooper Co,, of the Bon Marche warehouse, notify tha largest and most complete : stock of general drapery and clothing in the Wairarapa. Thp firm have always held the premier position fop peeping the most fashionable and best classes cf goods procurable, together with moderate Pfipe?} and this season their reputation will bo folly sustained. Any of our readers requiring fashionable drapery or clothing should yisjt the Bon Marche* The following goodß we BQ" open for inspection!— FrenchanaEngusfa.jpjlljneiy, trimmad hats and bonnets, bird*, feathers, ladies' and children's ulsters, ladies' | jackets and mantles, corsets and underclothing, new dress goods in the following velveteens, JJaJfeil cheviots, cheviot checks. Dress tweeds, peal Scotch homespuns, diagonal cashnwres, foulle serges and Estamines. Winter gloyes and hosiery iu all the best makes, furs and fur trimmings &c, Dressmaking on the premises by.fipgt class modestes. L.J. Hooper an 1 Co. the Bon Marche.

The.Masterton Bifle Volunteers hold their weekly parade this evening. Mr David Christie Murray, novelist and actor, has returned to England.

The caniage and horses of His Kx* cellency the Governor passed through Masterton to-day by rail for Wellington, but the Earl himself "pis3ed by on the other side."

The mau Thomas Todd, who was arrested at Taradale, on a warrant issued from Masterton, charging him with the larceny as a bailee of a saddle, bridle, and martingale, was brought up at Napier yesterday and discharged, as it was proved he had left the articles at Hawke's stables.

A Southern contemporary asserts that Mr, Fergus, " disgusted with ttie turn taken by affairs political," is about to take a trip to England, and will, therefore, not be in attendance at next session of Parliament.

The Dunedin Olobe states that a somewhat striking Aurora Australis was visible in. the southern and southwestern sky on Friday ni»ht. A few minutes before midnight a pale green luminous haze appeared above a bank of clouds due Suuth. This rapidly spread eastward until a fourth of the circle of the horizon was skimmer'ng with green lights. Says the Glasgow Evening News : "Workmen should read the Queensland Premier's speech on the new trades unionism. Nowhere has its operations been more widespread than in Australia, and what is the result ? They are all poorer than they were six moatbs ago, and in six months they will be poorer still. Less money is bring invested in trade , and consequently there is less available for wages. In short, the positiou taken up by the new unionism he denounces as tyranny, which is bound to reiuce wages and profits, aud create general distress."

Says th 3 Dunedin Star:—An observant business man who is touring the North Island writes in most encouraging terms of the prospects of farmers and others in that section of the colony. Wellington is making rapid progress; trade is brisker than usual in Auckland; the cattle men on the West Coast are finding a ready market at payable prices f>r their stock; the export of butter from Taranaki promises to be an important business; and, as a result of these aud other hopeful, facts which he refers to, land is everywhere in demand, especially in the Wanganui district, where there are more buyers. than sellers, and good prices are invariably realised. One man refused to sell ao £l2 an acre a farm which he recently bought at £lO.

The Koyal Hotel, Masterton, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire last eveuuist. It appear* that about 9.30 a man named was put into a bedroom in which there were two beds, and'being slightly under the influence of liquor he placed the candle on one of the beds whilst he turned into the other. He had not been long in bed when the landlady discovered the roam to be on fire. An alarm was quickly given, and assistance was soon forthcoming. M'Duugall was dragged out of the roc in in a dazed condition, and by the application of a few buckets of water the fUmes were extinguished. The whole bedding, however, and the paper on the walls, were destroyed. Had the fire not been discovered 111 the nick of time, there is little doubt but that the building and its contents . would have been destroyed. The damage done is estimated at £ls.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

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The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2

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