The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3821, 28 May 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.

The decision of the Court of Appeal in favor of Judge Edwards is a severe blow to the Government. Before stirring up mud of this kind the Government ought to have made assurance doubly sure that the Crown would win the case. Had the decision been the other way the Government would hardly have been justified in their action, for instead of terminating a very undesirable scandal it would have been the beginning of endless complications, of protracted legal proceedings, and of most expensive litigation. But as matters now are, the Government is emphatically condemned by the verdict. The Ministry had access to the best legal opinion in the colony, and it is pretty evident that it was not sound la i?, but party prejudice, which drove them to take the extreme course upon which they ventured. Had they won, their victory would have been a tarnished triumph, and their loss is a disgraceful defeat. Whether a few more clerks will have to be killed off to pay for these little Cabinet experiments we know not, though it is 'pretty certain that the public money is melting away at aa alarming rate, and that retrenchment is about the last thing the Government will be guilty of. To square the cost of the Public Trust Commission alone about twenty clerks would require to be slaughtered. The sums sweated out of the Civil Service seem to furnish the pocket money out of which Minister? play ducks and drakes and beggar my neighbour. Captain Veal, of Dunedin, a coastal pilot, died in the Wellington Hospital yesterday from the effects of a broken ler. It is generally believed in political circles that the last has been heard of the Whitaker-Hutchison libel case. It is estimated that the total loss to the colony owing to the small bird nuisance is about £250,1 "0 a year. The Fahiatua Star learns that one gang of young men sent np with the unemployed has discontinued work. It is not what they have been used to, Mr J. E. Henry, of Fielding, has been appointed handicapper to the Canterbury Jockey Club. The poll for the election of two members of the Masterton Town Lands li'usi is being taken to-day. Very little interest is bdnp manifested in the iffair, although the various candidates ire displaying great energy in procc'.iii" rates.

Good eating potatoes are being sold in Gre?town at L2 per ton. It is estimated that 300 tons or cheese have been exported from the Wairarapa this Beason.

It is rumoured that application will shortly be made for an additional license in Greytown.

It is rumoured that Mr. George Hutchison, M.H.R., has intimated that he is to be regarded no longer as a Ministerial supporter.

The wives of several of the men who were sent to Pahiatua last week to work at road-making, have applied to the Wellington Benevolent Institution for temporary relief. We understand a number of the men have already ceased work.

The first of the Tasmanian line of steamers under the Union Steamship Company's flag, arrived in Wellington yesterday from Sydney.

At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board yesterday, a vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Hoskino for his presentation of a tellirium to the ■slasterton school. Mr J. Voßs, late of Canterbury, has taken over those conveniently situated livery stables at Eketahuna, between the Railway Motel and Railway Station. Mr VoBB should do well in his new venture.

The local option poll for the Borough of Maaterton will be taken to-morrow (Friday). The poll for the election of five license commissioners will also be taken. The contest is lately to be very exciting, aa both Moderates and jfrohibitioniets are working hard. The candidates are Messrs Dalryraple, Eton, Daniell, Feist, Heron, "W. Perry, B. P. Perrv, Prangneil, J, Williams and Woodroofe. Sarah Bernhardt met with an enthuain aaric reception in Sydney.

Constable Malcolm, who lefc for Wellington this morning, took bis foave of the members of the Masterton Gymnasium, ot which he was captain, at a friendly little gathering held in the Drill Hall lust evening.

The Wellington Education Board has resolved to protest against a license being granted to a hotel at Makakahi, as it is in close proximity to the proposed school.

The suggestion of the Greytown School Committee that the value of all country scholarships should be increased from £3O to £6O per annum, came before the Board of Education yesterday, and it whs resolved to consider the question at the next meeting. Although the Taratahi and Greytown Dairy Factory have closed for the season the Dalefield one is still running with a daily supply of 300 gallons.— Standard. A Knight of Labour has come forward for the Alfredton Licensing Commission. He has pledged himself to give a quiet suppott to the publicans, and this is just what might be expected from a member of this noble order, whose motto is "prohibition." According to a contemporary, fruit growing is a highly profitable industry in Nelson. This season, from an apple tree 20 years old, 40 bushels of apples were gathered. An orchard of 15 acres brought in, in pne year ,£7OO. The following unique love-toknn was picked up in the vicinity of our office yesterday :—"4, Despair Villa, Masterton, May 27th, 1891. My dearest love, —How can I describe the agony your coldness has caused me of late 1 Ah ! why did I ever learn to love you so dearly if that is to be tho end of it all ? But turn to me again my love, my darling, and bring back sunshine and happiness to my wounded and desolate heart. Do so and rescue your Heartbroken Lover."

The quarterly criminal sessions will open in Wellington on Monday next, the Ist proximo, Hia Honor the Chief Justice presiding. The following are the cases, up to date, in the criminal calendar:— Coleman Phillips, breach|of the Land Act; Johan Jacob Junger, sheep stealing; Arthur Ellison, alias John Dunn, forgery; Charles Stone, rape; Walter Partridge, burglary; James Mclnnes, alias Harry Morley, larceny and arson; James Cleary, larcony; and Arthur Patrick Cronin, larceny.

The South County Council proposes to construct a water-race for irrigation purposes in the Lower Valley and proposes to borrow £BSO for the purpose under the provisions of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act to defray the cost.

Despite bad times Mr R. Hermann of the Cuba street Photographic Gallery opposite Te Aro House, Wellington, seems ta be doing a thriving business, and no sma} number of those 7,' ho visit him to have their Hkenosaos taken are country residents. Mr Ijermann is admitted to be a capital artist with special knowledge of photographic chemistry, and both in operating and iV retouching he has produced some excellent work. Jt is to this he owes his liberal patronage, and also to the moder ate prices he charges when the excellent quality of his productions is taken into account.— Extract.

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