The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3844, 29 June 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1891.

The Wanganui Herald, Mr Ballance of course being the Herald angel, wails because the Upper House has passed the second reading of the Legislative Reform Bill, and tries to goad the Lords into factious opposition to the will ot the people. The Herald angel will be still farther 1 shocked if he finds the Upper House placing no obstacle in the way of the abolition of the Property Tax. But why is the angel distressed because the Lords are favoring Liberal measures ? It is believed by some that in his heart of hearts the Herald angel does not want our House of Lords reformed, does not wish the Property Tax abolished. He has been driven fey his party to attack both, but he has fondly hoped that the Lords would kill both hia bills, and then he could appeal to the country and say, see what great things I would have', done but: for the obstruction of the Upper House. The Herald angel talks about the " will of the people," but the will of the people is about the last thing he desires to give effect to. Sir George Grey is the prophet of the people who are keaping Mr Ballance in power, his will i 3 their will, and it takes Mr Ballance all he knows how to protect himself just now from the will of the people,

Hansakd No. 1 has just reached us, but in the work of reporting Parliamentary debates the N.Z. Times produces better results in ten hours than the Hansard staff accomplishes in ten days. Then again, the public know that the report of an average Wellington paper is trustworthy, while the record in Hansard is garbled and untrustworthy-, the M.H.R.'s accordingly themselves, amongst other privileges, have the right of garbling their own speeches. Some of the stuff we get out of Hansard is sorry rubbish? for which even. M.H.B.'s' should blush. Mr E.M. Smith, for example, is represented as saying that he possesses a good lady, eight boys, and four girls, and then declares that he is the best man in the House to bring population ta the colony. . Then one Taylor, perhaps the ninth part of a man, but still a whole M.H.R, speaks of the impudence of a fellow member, and the gifted and gorgeous' Speaker solemnly rules that the term I «impudence "is not quite Parliamentary, The beauty of Sydenham takes the hint and substitutes the epithet << cheek." It is with words of wi&dom }ikfi these that Hansard is stuffed for the instruction and wonderment of future generations. Perhaps it is not unnatural that certain liberal members should be ignorant and should

The ordinary meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, M.U., will be held in the Oddfellow's Hall to-morrow (Tuesday) evening.

A couple of worshippers at the shrine of Bacchus were dealt with in the usual manner in theß. M. Court, Masterton, this morning. During the past fortnight twelve cases of typhoid have been reported from Pahiatua. The disease has become quita epidemic and the residents are alarmed.

It is estimated that Nelson Bros, works at Woodville will cost from £30,000 to £83,000.

The Evening Press suggests the appointment of Mr W. H. Levin as Agent-General for the Colony in preference to either Sir William Jervois or Sir Julius Vogel. We remind farmers and others interested or the meeting to be held in the Temperance Hall this evening in I connection wiih the Co-operatiye and Farmers' Alliance.

We understand that the Rev. C S. Ogff, of Wellington, intends delivering a lecture in Masterton next week entitled "Prince Charlie," which will be illustrated by Scotch airs by the local Presbyterian choir.

The members of the Masterton Committee for the "Jubilee Institute for the Blind of New Zealand" are requepted to meet at the house of Mr. L. F. Ayson on Tuesday evening. A photograph of the meet at the Post Office corner was tanen on Saturday by Mr. T. E. Price.

Masterton was enyeloped in a dense fog for some hours last night, which was exceedingly unpleasant while it lasted. At the request of several parents Miss Iggulden has"~deoided to begin a class for tbe convenience of those who desire to hp ve their children thoroughly instructed in the rudiments of music before learning to play. Miss Nevin, late of the D.LCr, Christchurch, has been engaged to take charge of the dressmaking department at Messrs M. Caselberg and Co.'s, Masterton. Ladies can therefore rely on their orders being executed in a thoroughly creditable manner. A brisk business appeared to be done on Saturday by Mr E. Pearce at his cash boot mart, and purchasers expressed themselyes well satisfied with their bargains. The sale will continue for six.weeks.

The following tenders have been received by the Masterton Road Board for contract No 23, Kaka-amu Valley road :—J. H. Jenkins Mi 153 6d, (informal); J. Cummings, £4B (accepted); P. Mulcaby, £49 9s ; P. Carr, £SB 15s ; Sullivan and Co £l4 ; J. Cavanagh, £BB 14s.

•'The speech of the member for Masterton on the Budget last night lasted about two hours, extending into the early hours, aDd was so vigorous that it drove the Opposition in a body out of the House." This is what Mr Hogg, modest Mr Hogg, writes about it, but the Wellington papers say he sent the House to sleep, and hints that he is the champion bore of the Assembly ! A Wellington exchange says:-Con-siderable comment has been made in the lobbies about the permission given to Mr Hogg by the Speaker to read a Hansard slip containing a report of Mr tV. P. Reeyeß' speech. It is contended that this was against all Parliamentary precedent. The attack made by Mr H ogg on his defeated foe, Mr Geo. Beetham, is generally regarded as neither manly nor generous. He did not explain the authorship of the letter in the notorious Ratseycase. Why? Was he the writer, and was he ashamed of his handiwork?

Sporting men would find it greatly to , heir advantage by cjrrespondiup with A. J. Jacobs, the professional Taxidermist from London. Birds, fish, animals and reptiles preseryed and mounted in the highest style. Every description of skins preserved or tanned and made into rugs, etc. Work done in all its branches ac lowest rates. Correspondence in all parts of the globe. 80 years'experience. All work guaranteed. I Highest prioe given, or work done in exchange for huias, crows, New Zealand quail, and other birdß. N. Z. birds wanted in-any quantity. Orders left at Mr. Williams,' tobacconist, Masterton, or Mr. Oatt's, hairdresser, Carterton, will be att ended to,— Aj>\t. Hamlet: " The air bites shrewdly ;it iH very cold. Horatio: It is a nipping 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 inipor" ted thousands of yards ot the best Flannels and bales upon bales ot Rxcellent Blankets at Te Aro House, Wellington. , 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 9*dto 3/- per yard, at. Te Aro House, Wellington. We are noted throughout the Province for the Excellent Value .ve give in Flannels, in that customers may rely on getting their orders executed moat advantageously at Te Aro House, Welling-on. Our usual stock of blankets is between 600 and 700 pairs in both the beßt English and Colonial makes. We buy at first hand in the English markets.from the very best manufacturers, and at the lowest cash terms, and our Colonial blankets are picked with great care from the best mills. We are thus able to sell our blankets cheaper than nine tenths of the trade in the Colony can do. Our prices range from 6s lid to 50s per pair at Te Aro House, Wellington. As orders sometimes come addresse to hands in our employ, and delay is therebj caused, we would notify that all orders and business letters shdnld be addressed only to James Smith, Te >to House, Wellington.