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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3819, 26 May 1891, Page 2

O{JE local contemporary criticises us because we expressed regret for the publication of a Court Bcene, whicb, in our opinion, should hot have appeared in print. Now, our contemporary suppressed in bis own paper his report of the same scene, and has the dishonesty to censure us for a course which he took himself. He then, still referring to oufselve«, proceeds to say: j When he' (che Daily) is dealing with the abuse of his friends he rubs out all the bad adjectives,' but when treating such individuals as Messrs Hogg, Pownall, Renall, and other leading residents who have a contempt for leek eaters he falls back fori recourse on his dang dictionary.

The modesty with which our local contemporary places himself before Mr Renall is characteristic, but " poor Mr Renall!"— "w'Jjv should Mr Pownall be made to precede him ? Of course we should only be too happy to take lessons in polite language from our local contemporary, but. is it safe for us to do so? Now, on the very! same day that our local contemporary accused us of slanging that great master of slang, Mr A. W, Renall, we wrote of him in the following terms :

We have not been in the habit of supporting Mr Benall as a candidate for local offices, but it is only right that we should admit that he does possess a special claim to consideration at a Town Lands Trust election, and if he himself i 3 anxious to retain the seat which he has been occupying on that body, we-hold that his wish should be respected.

May we auk, could any journal deal much more gently with a political opponent than we have done in the above extract ? Does our legal icontemporary write of his opponents in a similar spirit ? Was he equally courteous the other day when he called the leading members of the Master£on Borough Council "mangy hounds." Our local contemporary occupies a more prominent personal position than he. formerly held, and be should endeavor to respect himself a little. He would then find that it would be possible for others to yield him greater, consideration. As to our having treated Mr Pownall with disrespect, we must declare we have been exceedingly gentle with him. This protege of our local contemporary forced hismelf into a prominent position, but time has shown that he Was'not quite ftted to adorn it. For Mr Reuall,

though he certainly is ;a very rough diamond, we have some respect, _because" he is a man of ability and experience, and we would suggest that bur local contemporary, when he next alludes in print to the trio, might safely give the first place to Mr Reuall. The truth is that our local contemporary has been wont, for objects of his own, to plaster Messrs Renall and Pownall on every possible occasion with fulsome flattery. Mr Renall can perhaps best say what this no doubt pleasing puffery has cost him, and Mr Pownall will; when he is a little older, learn the value of it. At present it seems to have turned his head. Again we must demur to our local contemporary accusing as of using strong language. He will find that his own familiar friends, who have always been proud of his scurrilous powers, will be laughing at him. However, if he will make himself ridiculous, it is not our fault. The Hon W. S. i eter died at Ashburten on Saturday morning. The Birthday Cup, run at f orbury on Saturday, was won by Retina, Palliaer being second and Hazel third. The Masterton Eoad Board gives notice regarding the raising of certain loans under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. Licensing matters at Eketahuna bid fair to create some-excitement. The Knights of Labour have decided to go in "baldheaded" for prohibition. A special meeting of the Eketahuna Road Board, to-consider the, allocation of accrued thirds, wdl beheld on Friday next at 2 p.m. The North Island will gain two members of Parliament in the next distribution of seats.

A Hastings butcher, had his eye knocked out by a bullock while slaughtering on Sunday. The anniversary of the Masterton Presbyterian Sunday School was celebrated on Sunday last. The children were addressed in the afternoon by the Rev J. Dukes, who < also preached to a large congregation in the evening. On Monday night a very successful conversazione was held in the Church, when vocal and instrumental: music was rendered, and a most enjoyable time was spent by the large number who attended. A church parade of v the Masterton Rifle Volunteers was held: on Sunday morning last. About forty, rank and file, commanded' by Captain Pownall and headed by Pearson's Brass ; Band, inarched in procession to St. Matthew's Church, where a very eloquent sermon, suited to the occasion, was preached by theßev. T7..E. Paige, and the National Anthem was sung by the congregation.

The new icenery for the Masterton Theatre Royal, which has recently been painted by Mr E. Brings, was exhibited for the first time last evening, and was much admired by the large audience which had assembled to witness the performance of " Hand and Glove.' 1 So' enthusiastic was the applause when tbe drop scene fell that Mr. Briggs appeared before the curtain and bowed his acknowledgment of the decided compli nient.^

A party of three ladies, driving along the Manaia road last week, came to grief by the king bolt of their buggy giving way. Fortunately the horae attached to it was quiet, and one or two residents, in the neighborhood of the mishap kindly spliced the forecarriage to the vehicle, and thus enabled the occupants to reach town with a minimum of inconvenience.

The sum'of £l7 was "taken at the gates of the Masterton football ground yesterday. < It is estimated, that fully }»V hundred persons witnessed the match,' Wellington y. Mastejton. At the adjourned annual meetjn? pf the Masterton Road Board, held pn Saturday last, Mr. W, H; Beefcftam wa.3 unanimously re-elected Chairman, MiV Beetham, in a few well-chosen; words,, acknowledged the honour conferred upon him. A very successful dance in connection with the Masterton Select Quadrille Assembly was held in th.6 Drill Hall lESteveHJng, The floor was in capital condition, and good muß'c w„as by Mr. A, Vol Kejsenporg. pancing was kepi up (till the'.-ewdy hours .of the morning, Messrs -A, Gollan and B, Hockley acted as M 's 0. On Wednesday last a child of Mr. T. Hughes, of the Bush, had one of its fingers chopped off by an axe. A meeting of the newly-formed Lower Taueru Rifle Club was held in the Taueru Hotel on Saturday evening last. Tbittytwo members enlisted, and. the following officers'were elected:—President, Mr If Beptham;y>ce President, Mr V. Waideli; Captain, Mf E, M. D. Whatnun; S'ecre? tary, Mr B,''jQbblewhJie; Treasurer, Mv A.M.Brown. It was decided tfr«t the Club be an open one, and that MartiniHenri rifles be used. Committees of management were appointed, and it was resolved to open the season m about a month's time, with a match, married v, single. A half-mile race, in connection with the Masterton Football Olub, for a medal given by Mr. R. S. Hirschberg, took place on the Park Oval on Satur dfff afternoon last. There was a large attendance of tjie public, and the greatest iuteresjb was manifested in the event. Out of ten starters? D/Arcy, at scratch, waa the favourite* The' race, however, was a veiy fast one, and to the surprise of many R. Gray, with a start of 27 yds, turned up as winner, doing the distance in 2 ram 9J- sees. Gray and D'Arcy were the only two who finished, tjie former winning by abput fifteen yards. sr, W. Hirschberg acted as statter. There is an account in a very ancient volume ef a city beaejged by ahosfilt foe, whose general sent a letter to the belligerent chief (King) ot the city, that unless his terms were complied with certain results would follow. Now there is a city (or Borough) jn New Zealand, where just at present scores of fhe <p>.ii£ homo are gathered to discuss questions pf land tenures, &e. Thn fftid discussions, involve the receipt and expenditure of large sums of money, which the recipients regard as a "something to spend." Consequently the "licensed sellers," like the ancient general, are doing their best to effectually annihilate j ithat portion of the qenus homo, by taking j their myney »ns. supplying them with a poor substitute hi drink. And this is not a thousand miles from Masteiteu, Despite bad times Mr R. Hermann pf tbe Cuba street Photographic Gallery opposite Tc Aro, Bouse, Wellington, seems t3 be a thriving business, and no smal number of .thosi; who visit him to have their teken are country residents, Mr Herniaun is admitted to be a capital artist with special knowledge of photographic chemistry, and both in operating and in re»touching he has produced some excellent work. It is to this he owes his liberal patronage, and also to the moder ate prices ho charges when the exeellent quality of bis productions js taken into account.— Extrwi.

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