The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3843, 27 June 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891.

We were pleased to notice that Messrs Gardiner and Price, J.P,'s, celebrated their first appearance on ■ the bench by giving a culprit fourteen days' bard labor. That the man richly deserved ibis sentence 'was proved conclusively by the evidence, but we are accustomed now-a-dayS to a sort of uamby-pambyism which is continually exercised in discharging criminals. As a rale, the police .0/ New JJeaJand is an excellent and exemplary body of men> _ but it certainly does not in many instances receive that assistance from the Bench to wincfe it » enticed. The peace and good order of the eoui.munity depends very much on the police, and when the latter is baoJji capped by weak or incompetent justices the community suffers. We have from time to time heard so many curious anecdotes about Wairarapa I justices th#s we have almost been disposed to "belieye jhat they were in many instances worse than flsejess—positively mischievous—and we certainly did not hail with any great, degree of satisfaction the new additions to the roll, recently selected by Mr Hogg. If, however, tfceyact and speak as Mr Gardiner acted" and spoke yesterday, we shall be more disposed to respect them. So fab Mr Scobje McKeozie is the hero of the debate on the financial Statement, He .traced the policy qi the io a desire tip catcb ]pjf a dozen northern votes. In I &e property to jig unpopular, partly receded enormously, £2? P™? because very tnanj of the peojL* there cannot find the money for the tax. At present Auckland is the poorest section of New Zealand, and the taxation of the Colony as a wholeis being adapted to meet the feelino of panic which prevails iu the Nor-

them province, or, as Mr Scobie McKerizie puts it,' the Ministry abolish the tax to catch half a dozer Auckland votes. *Mr Scobie Mc« Kenzie also characterised the policy of the Ministry as a gigantic shain. He then attacked his namesake, the Minister of Lands, and declared that if men like Duncan Campbell were put into the Jivil Service, no one would be able to go into a public office without previously divesting himself of Tais watch snd chain. He implored the Government to re-cast their policy, and come back with something honest in its stead, indi • eating that they might get a genuine policy from -Sir George Grey, and it is quite possible that Sir George himself may be of that opinijn, and if so the Ministerial majority is not worth much.

The railway livery and bait stables at Eketahuna have been taken by Mr A. Mangnuson. At the Woodville hunt on Wednesday a man named Oulsmann had his thigh' badly broken by a fall. Mr Murphy, the popular Woodville boniface, is lying in a dangerous condition from injuries sustained in a buggy accident at Wanganui. Thomas Blackwell was charged at the Greytown R.M. Court on Thursday with abducting his niece, a girl of fiftec.i. The case was remanded. The curator of the Acclimatization Society has been enabled, through the rivers in the district being low, to collect an extraordinary quantity of trout ova, which he has removed to the hatchery.

A great clearing sale of boots and shoes of every description is announced by Mr J. Carpenter, of the Central Boot Mart, Queen -street. The result of the school concert at Eketahuna on Tuesday night was as follows :—Sale of tickets, i's Bs4d; cash taken at the door, £2 lis 8d ; total receipts, £8; expenses, 18s 9d.; cash handed to the committee, £7 Is 3d. A third entertainment was given bv Dr Canaris in the Theatre Royal last evening. The attendance was not large, but the illusionist tricks of the doctor were highly appreciated. MrC. H. Hamilton has been gazetted a member of the Pahiatua Licensing Committee, vice Mr E. Nay lor, resigned.

The keenest frost of the Beason was experienced in Masterton this morning. At eight o'clock the thermometer stood at 30, Fah., or two degrees below freezing point.

A sevjßre storm • swept the Ellice Group, reaching to the Gilbert Group. Heavy damage was inflicted on rhe latter, and many islands were inundated by the sea. A large quantity cf wreckage was washed ashore, apparently from a Dutch vessel.

The WeeklyTtJeetinß of the Masterton Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society was held last eyening, there being a large .attendance of members. The "Journal" was read by the President, and a very enjoyable tinre was spent. By the terms of the Adulteration Prevention Bill it is required that all bread other than fancy bread, shall be made up. into lib, 21b, 41b, <>lb, or 81b loaves; and every baker's delivery cart is to be provided with scales and weights; by means of which a purchaser may require any loaf to be weighed in his or her presence; Mr Fred Pirani, one of the champion unionists of Palmcraton North, and proprietor of the Manawatu Standard, has discovered a newkmd of unionism He does not believe in placing all journeyman hands on the same level—as the existing unions do—but says that by his unionism he intends to discriminate between good and inferior hands. In the Hawke's Bay provincial district there are fifteen sheepfarmers, who collectively pay property tax to the amount of £6468 7s 6d„ uicluding the amount payable by mortgages. Under the land tax proposals these same fifteen gentlemen' witfpay £0.470 19s 2d., a difference of £2"J Is Bd. • "

The weather is all than can be desired for the hunt torday. The hounds, huntsman and master arrived by the train last evening. The run Is about three miles ia length. A large number of spectators have signified their insenr tion of witnessing this, the first hunt ever held in this district.

Thus the Napier Telegraph :—lt is probably safe to say there are some members in our House of Representatives who have never entered a gent.e« man's residence except to do a bit ot plumbing or glaring, or some iob of that kind. A story comes' from Wejlingtpn to the effect that certain members feel terribly hurt at not having received invitations to tho Governor's, ball. The other day, says a Napier coaterrporary, a bank manager and a tradesman i'ri Napier were talking. The latter complained of the general dullness lof trade. The banker said that wae certainly not due to any lack of financial accommodation, for. all the banks had larpe sums they would be giadto leni on decent security. " ( But," he addea significantly, " though there is plenty of securjty, people won't take thenipney. Property owners are so uncertain as to the future that enterprise is killed. I'hey say that", they may be taxed out of the country.''

In the course of a trial at Brisbane, in which the (juestion of jibe prisoner's sanity was raised, Mr. Justice Bundlcy said that with the advancement of the age the time was not far distant when a tribunal of specially skilled men would be formed to decide the sanity or otherwise of criminals, and that on such criminals being found to be insane, they would be kept apart from their fellows, not as criminals, but as a class not allowed'to marryor propagate. A strange incident occurred not many weeks ago in North Wales. A railway signalman'was astounded to witness an engine and tender flying along the metals towards him, although all the sjgrials were up and the line was blocked. As the engine Bwept' past, he noticed that both "the driver and stoker were fast. asleep: The engine and tender were going at a fearful speed, and pe knew that ah accident was absolutely certain when they reached a particular point. He therefore telegraphed to the next station but one, urging the signalman to put fog signals on the line and wake up the runaways, This was done, and a great disaster aveiteu. Hamlet : '.' The a£r bjtes shrewdly ; it is very cold. Horatio; It is.* ninpm? and an eager air, my Lord." Hamlet, Scene 4, Act 1. As in the time of the Royal Dane and Courtly.Horatio, so of late, to use a very .common expression, the weather has been' "bitterly cold." For the present Winter Season there have been ted thousand? pf yards ot the best Flannels and bales upon bales oj Kx.cellent Blankets at Te Arp Houso, Welling? Of Flannels we have at present a stock of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards, in all the best English and Colonial makes, in white, Shetland, Orkney, scarlet and fancy colors, and the prices range from Old to 3/- per yard, at Te AroHouse, Wellington. . We are noted throughout .the Province for the Excellent Value fe give in FJaunllfl, in that customers may rely on «W-4f9ur orders m execuied most "a* T9 4*9 Hope, W OuSml stock of blankets isbetweep 600 and 700 pairs in both the best SnaUah and Colonial makes. We-buy attrsthanu:. u «»«f«s . fc th thevery bestmanuraC.'!?™! 8 ' w "", Kt'&u* terms,, and :our €*&£ blankets are picKedf witkg***t care fron the best mills; W*siW» « ble ff» ourbjankejs cheaper than nine tenfftr of the : trade in the Colony can do. Our Mice? range from 6s ;ld Jo 50s per pair kt Te A?* House > Wellington. ..■ aiixeai*. e a come address s As orders - , nA ]a - to hands in our employ, *-- _ ««• f .„ therebj caused, we would notify that a*, orders'and business letters should be addressed only to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington,

In his speech in the House in the Financial Debate, Mr Duthie, M.fl.E., ocoupied the floor for two hours. The Knights of/Labour are forming branch'assemblies an nearly every township in Hawke's Bay, the home of the "squattah."

Mecsrs Lowes and lorns announce a sale for Saturday 4th July, of fruit and ornamental trees, flowering Bhrubs, rosea, gooseberry and . currant trees, raspberry and strawberry plants, rhubarb roots &c, &c., ■ ■ ~

The editor of the Manawatu Herald intimates that he will soon be tinder the necessity of investing in a private grave yard like the Arizona Kicker, if people continue to send him dead stoats.

The distressing case of Constable Hugh Stewart, who was injured whilst doing duty in Auckland, has met with sympathetic treatment at the hands ot the Public Petitions Committee of the House, and his application for relief has been referred to " the Government for favorable consideration. '■ It is announced lhat-the Kev. Walter J. Mayers has left England with a parly of eight musical little boys to plead the cause ot the Waif and Stray Children throughout Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Milsom, Mayor of Lyttelton, af cer inspecting the land in the Fortymite Bush, has proceeded to Tarauaki, where he is obtaining information regarding land fie for settlement. A public meeting in connection with the New Zealand Co-operative and Farmers' Alliance is to be held in the Temperance Hall, Masterton, on Mon day evening next at 7.30 p.m. We understand the chair is to be occupied by Mr. A.W, Renall.

Mr. L. J. Lohr wires to the Auckland Star, from the s. s. Wairarapa, at the Bluff:—"Goodbye. Fon will be elad to Hear that Patey's. success evety where has been phenomenal. I have never known such receipts in New Zealand." ' The native meeting at Parihaka last week seems to have been a very big afiair. It is estimated that about 2000 were present. A collection was taken at the "opening of Tohu's new building, and the Maoris "forked out'' in very liberal style. It is considered that Tohu must have lathered in about £3OO during the collection. ■ The followiog advertisement appears in, this week's War Grij: —Wanted—for a Christian home, a lad about 16. Must bo well saved, know something about horses, be able to milk, and look after a small garden. Wages, 8s and found. A thoroughly good home in tlio country. Address; Labour Bureau,4B, Manchester Street, Ohristchureh. Sporting men would find it greatly to heir advantage by corresponding'. with A. J. Jacobs, the professional Taxidermist from London. Birds, fish, animals and reptiles preserved and mounted in the highest style. Every description of skins preserved or tanned and made into rugs, etc. Work done in all its branches ao lowest rates. Correspondence iu all parts of the globe. 30 years' experience. All work guaranteed. Highest price given, or work done in exchange for huias, crows. New Zealand quail, and other birds. N. Z. birds wanted in any quantity.. .Orders left at Mr. Williams,' tobacconist* Masterton, or Mr. Oatt's, hairdresser, Carterton, will be attended to,— Advt.