The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3921, 24 September 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1891.

The close of the session finds the Ministry displaying evident signs of temper. Week after week and month after month they carried all before them by sweeping majori-j ties till they were almost deemed irresistible, but now almost suddenly the compact phalanx which has been their battering ram, which has fronted them when they were in the right and has been equally faithful when they were in the wrong, seems demoralised, and it is apparently only by an abandonment of cherished maasures that they can I sate themselves from open disgrace. To the victors belong the spoils and ou this occasion the pickings have been tolerably good, but the proud victors could not quite agree amongst themselves as to the division of them, and so the party which was powerful enough to crush all legitimate opposition and which got things all its own way by fair means and foul is coming to grief from that incompatability of temper which ia usually developed when two patriots demand on* place. In dropping their Land Bill the Government surrender a good deal of the prestige which they have enjoyed and in abandoning the Payment to Members Bill they disphy a decided want of backbone, if not of judgment. The party has excited disgust throughout the colony by its greed for money from the publio purse, and it might just as well have the money as a compensation for the odium which its conduct has brought upon it. Had members but seen that the money would not have been available during the current year they would not have opened their mouths and shut their eyes in the manner in which they baye done. Ministers after going up like rockets are already beginning to come down like sticks.

The season of the Lower Taueru Rifle Club is to be opened with a friendly match on Saturday next. The followiug is the latest War Cry intelligence from Masterton:— Ma veiling alone; another enrolment brewing, devil defeated; two souls; hallelujah !

"General" Booth addresssd ten thousand people on " Darkest England '' at Melbourne on Tuesday evening.

The Melbourne Age states that New Zealand manifests g"eater boldness in political experiments thau some of its compeers, but considers this may be a sjgn of virility more than eccentricity.

The Rangifitai Advocate says the scarcity and dearjbh of sheep are assuming the character of a colonial misfortune.

A man was fined a shilling at Napier on Monday for taking a couple of buckets of water from a stand pipe, the propeity of the Corporation.

At an adjourned meeting of subscribers £o the Picturesque Atlas Coy. held yesterday, ali arrangements were made for defending any cases which may arise.

I Several flaxrnil's in this district | intend resuming work as soon as arrangements can be made. The market I for fibre has apparently hardened. A disease, very similar to pleuro pneu- 1 monia, ha» made its appearance at Maitland, South Australia. A young man died there last month from the disease, and another on the Ist inst. Two more persona are not expected to recover. A woman died the other day in the little city ot Cadiz, Ohio, whose age, according to well-authenticated record, was 122 yearsThe sum of £SOO has been placed upon the Estimates for the representation of New Zealand at the Chicago Exhibition.

I A brake containing fourteen natives waß capsized at a steep cu.ting on the load approaching Gladstone on Tuesday. Two of the occupants, elderly women, were seriously hurt: one is said to have a fractured arm, and the other was bleeding at the mouth and nose. They \vere conveyed fip pah near by, but nu doct.qr \}-as sent /or. They are .Napier Maoris, pait of a large cohtina;ent that went through to hold a Ungi at tadstone.

Mr J. E, Henry has been handieapper for the Eg.nont RaSB Club. Signs of returning prosperity are not wanting in this district. Mastertuu wao yesterday alive with farmers, and one noticing tfce spirit of satisfaction which appearerrto possess them. For the convenience of counsel, who are engaged at the District Court, the ordinary sitting of theß.M. Court in Masterton has been adjourned till Thursday nest. George Rutherford, for being drunk whilst in charge of a horse, had his bail of i'l confiscated in the R.M. Court thk morning. iM The hearing of the petition pra\?B that the local option poll recently ta?-dS in the Mastertou Licensing District upset, has been adjourned till Tuesday next, the 29th mat,, for the convenience of counselIt is expected that the cricket season will be opened in Masterton early next month. The libel case Murdoch v. Payton, will | be commenced in the District Court this I afternoon, on condition that the required security is found by the plaintiff. The inquest over the firo at. Hastwell by which the sawmill plant of Mes3rs Meier and Co. was destroyed, was commenced to-dey, but was adjourned till October 2nd. We have heard of the scarcity of cattle in various parts of New Zealand, but were never before ? ware that there was a " scarcity of cattle in the Canterbury Times." A contemporary, how» ever, assures us that this is so, and of course we would nut doubt his veracity ! A gontleman who has just returned from Manaia informs the Advoctte that the settleis in that district are generally adopting a system of making ensilage which is extremely simpleand expeditious The grass, while quite green, is built up in thn open paddocks like an orlinary haystack, but weighted on the top usually with two leet of eaith, which is elevated with a derrick. About six inches of ensilage from the inside is all that fails to mature. The remainder .the cattle are very fond of. During the debate on the Electoral Bill in the New South Wales Assembly, Mr Haynes suggested to tha Premier that in order to facilitate matters all the lawyers in the Chamber should be asked to form themselves into a committee and go and investigate the condition of the Jews in Russia. Mr Levien here interjected, " You don't like the lawyers thea," to which the member for Mudgeo retorted, " I don't dislike my friend, Mr Levien ; he is no lawyer," and the House laughed heartily at the discomfiture of the member for Tamworth. A Home paper gives the following : —A drill-sergeant ef one of our most distinguished regimeuts of the line was recently in charge of a batch of recruits, when he received instructions from his commanding officer to ascertain the religious persuasion of each of his men. For this purpose the recruits were paraded, and in stentorian tones which drill sergeants all cultivate, the orderwas given ; " Fall in 1 Church of England men on the right; Roman Catholics on the left; all fauoy religions in ths rear!"

The richest man iu Australia is said to be Mr James Tyson, who is reported to be worth £6,000,000 and the next richest is Mr Walter Hall, of Mount Morgan, whose wealth ia close on £2,000,000. Among landowners Mr Sam M'Caughey, of Corce, and half a dozen othei st&Jiona, takes the lead ia wealth, while he also holds the distinction of being the greatest sheepowner in the world, his flocks nurnjjer-i&g considerably more than I.OOOfIOO. - . ._.__ The latest romance of the post-officoi's reported from Germany. Years ago a young girl wrote a leoter to her lover in Brazil. He was a sailor, and the ship sailed before the letter got there. It pursued him about the world and finally was returned to Germany to the girl, who in the meantime had been eight years married to the identical man. A glaring instance ot excessive railway freight occurred to a Hamilton storekeeper, who received two cases of gas oil from Auckland, each containing an ei»ht ration drum, or 16 gallons altogether, for which he was charged 15s 6d, or between three and four times th< amount he would have been charged foi the same quantity of kerosene. The Advocate says—We are inforniec that two trucks loaded with cattle passed through in the express train on Thurs' day. The poop brutes were in an awtu state. Two or three wero dead and one oi two others were down and being tramplec t-> death by the others. We don't know who is to blame in this matter, butstept should be taken to prevent a recurrence of what is downright cruelty. The midday train from Wellington to Palmcrston yesterday was deliyed for some considerable, time at Levin, owing to a van leaving the line, caused by a Maori throwing out a a wag, which caught in the wheels, with the result stated. The races held at Whakataki on Saturday last were a great success, notwithstanding that the weather was unfavourable. Ureat credit is due to the officials for the expeditious manner in which the various events were got off. Refreshments were catered by Mr Smith, of the Marine Hotel, and were of course done the fullest justice to. The result of the races showed a balance in favour of the Glub of £¥, whioh must be regarded as very creditable. Rudyard Kipling confesses that%e has been on several occasions a fool. This clenches the contention that he is talented, for only a man exceptionally well endowed with brains would admit occasional aberration. One of his acts of folly, so he says, was to write against tectotalisin. The sight that converted him was that of " two pimply yogng reprobates 1 ' making two evidently innooent girl* drank at ut fashionable music hall. He reflected: "My own demand for beer helped directly to send thoi-e two girls reelin? down the dark streets to—God alone knowswjhat end." Ajoung mefflfcerof t&VSaJv§£ion Armv .jployed in one of Tz& war<4 V-sUses in a certain Colonial town, testified at the barracks the other night that a lady came into the shop and enquired for a tin of raspberry jap* He was unable to find any in the store, so ho adjourned into the storehouse at the back in search of the commodity. He was, however, unsuccessful in his quest, and after searching for some time he made up'.his mind it was. "nn go." But a bright thought struck him, he would bring the power of prayer to bear on the jam tins. Then he narrated to an excited audience how he had gone down on his knees in the storehouse and j prayed £o heaven tp poinji him out, a tin of raspberry jam, and on opening his" eyes he said the first thiug he saw was the label " Raspberry Jam " right in front of him. This youug man is wasting his time here, and we should advise him (providing he can pass a strict phrenological examination at the hands of his medical adviser) tp seek engagement with some conjuror or magician to whom his services would doubtjess be invaluable. The aitkarancb looks externally and jtuprnally of pur widely known Family Drapery Warehouse is now extremely brilliant. With the advent of the Spring Season comes au Entire Change of Fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter are now completely effaced by the ligLt, cheerful, beautiful new colors that distinguish the present season's fashions at Te Aho House, Wellington. An auvantaok to customers not possessed by any small traders anywhere | is the immense range of chrice in every description of fabric and fashion to be always seen at Te Aro House, Wellington. Visitors to ou»" Warehouse will view with wonderment our vast piles of every description of Spring and Summer Dress Fabrics consisting of Jacquard Beiges, Natural Homespun, Art Diagonels, French Corduroy, French and Scotch Cheviots, Savouy Suitings, Camel Hair Tweeds, Jacquard Vigoneaux, Twilled and Plain Beiges, French Delaines, printed Bengalines and Foulards, Flora, and Striped Bengalines, Silk Grenadines. Summer Sergei* arid Foules, &c, &c, at Te Aro Hovsb, Wellington, fl