The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3944, 21 October 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891.

It seems now to be understood that the Government will appoint half-a-dozen more members to the Upper House iii order to strengthen their position in that chamber. Tins will be nothing more than the exercise of a privilege to which the party is clearly entitled. There will be no wrong in increasing the number of Legislative Councillors under the existing circumstances, providing the Government select suitable persons for the position. That the Liberal Party has not always exercised a proper discretion in manning the Upper House is a matter of history, indeed iu one instance there was good reason to believe that there was absolute venality on the part of the Government of the day. The Liberal party is disposed to cavil at the manner in which the Upper House discharged its functions during the late session, but it is very prob~ able that Ministers are secretly thankful that the Lords did pat a check on hasty legislation and refused to endorse extreme measures which were unlikely to be sanctioned by the constituencies. The unpardonable sin committed by the Upper House was its protest against the Payment of Members Bill. The Lords virtually declared that if the Hon leeches of the Lowpr House were, disposed to bleed the colony they would not stand in their way, but they would not, by sharing in the spoil, become participators in the crime The colony ia undoubtedly proud of the Legislative Council because at a trying time it did its duty to the colony and protected it from spoliation. In character, experience, and devotion to duty, the Upper House is a head and shoulders taller than the Lower one, At the present time it represents all classes in the colony more faithfully than the Lower Chamber. If the contemplated additions to the Chamber are eligible, not only from a Party point of view, but also from a colonial aspect, Ministers will be entitled to the thanks of the community. It is very undesirable that die Upper House should be dragged down to the level of the Lower one; what is needed ia that the House of Representatives should be levelled up to the standard of the Legislative Council.

The Exhibition buildings at Launceaton are completed and ready to receive exhibits.

MrF. H. Haaelden, of Palmerston North, lnd the bones of ins iiutep completely severed by an axe on Monday evening. Mr F. 11, Wood's stock sale at the Taratahi to-morrow embraces sheep, dairy cows, fat cattle, calves, horses, etc A heavy shower of rait, fell at tarterton on Sunday last, whilst in adjoining districts the sun was shining brightly throughout the day. Fifteen buildings are said to be in course of erection at Palmerston North at the present time. One hundred and fourteen trout fishing licenses have already been issued in Masterton thisseas'in.

The Wellington Hospital is to be largod at once, to meet, the demand for increased accommodation.

Intdl'gence is to hand from the New Hebrides that a settler named Sawerand a black boy have been murdered at Santo Island by the natives. The body of Sawer was recovered, but that of the. boy was taken away and eaten. Hauraki Paul, a native preacher, is holding meetings in the Wairaraps at the present time in connection with the Wesloyan Mauri mission. He will visit Masterton at an early date. lhe following team will represent Carterton in the cricket match with Masterton next Saturday : —Beechy, Darroch, W. Judd, J. Judd, McKenzie, H. Edser, A. Mercer, Acheson, Say well, H. Booth, Acocks. Emergencies H. Potts, Eenall, Deller, C. Deihl, and C. Tomlinson.

A young woman named Maud Clements, who has spent 2i years in gaol on short terms since 1886, was charged with habitual drunkenness at the Wellington R.M. Court yesterday and remanded for medical treatment.

Mr and Mrs James Smith, who have just returned to Wellington from a trip to the Old Country, were banquetted on Monday night by the Te Aro House employees.

A well-known Masterton angler was fishing in the Waipoua. His patience was severely tried, for although the finny creatures roso beautifully, they would not touch his fly. For two solid hours he thrashed the stream, when lo ! a tug, a rush, a hasty winding of bin reel, and on the bank of tho river there laid a hugewater rat! The angler smtshed his rod in disgust, cursed his fate, and loft for homo.

There is no doubt that among the large number of visitors to Wellington during the summer months, a very fair proportion will take advantage of the opportunity it affords of having their photographs taken. As this is bo, any information upon the subject of photography should be of special interest, and Mr R. Herrmann's admirable prospectus of his professional qualifications—which it will be seen are of an exceptional character—and of his business advantages, are well worthy of perusal in this connection. His notification will be found on our " leador" page. Mr Herrmann, confident in his own standing as a graduate in photography at a noted Polytechnic Institute in Germany, and having besides had twenty years' practical experience in various pirtj of the world, proclaims against the careless way m »vhioh people go to \ny photographer when they decide to havo a likeness taken. More deliberation, he points out, would often result in the selection of a man who was calculated by liis training and by his acquired knowledge to not only do better work, but to do it in a manner much more pleasant for the visitor. Mr Herrmann, for instance, not only guarantees an artistic picture ani faithful likeness, but he undertakes to dispenso with the use of tho head rest, that vicelike iron suppoit which is so frequent a cause of nervousness and mars many a photograph by csusinsj stiffness of posture and anxioty <f expression on the part of the sitter. His skill in this respect works wonders, par* ticularly in the case of children, who are photographed instantaneously in the most charmingly natural attitudes—there is no "set" look about them— in fact very frequently they dou'tknow they are being taken until the operation Is over. The matt-opal style is another department in which Mr Herrmann undertakes to give the utmost satisfaction, and he claims to be tho only photographer in Wellington who can assure the requisite degree of softness and beauty of finish whioh together constitute true photography on opal. Both in the moderation of its charges and in tho superior character of the work turned out, the Cuba Street Gallery prides itself upon maintaining a first-class reputation. The speciality of a dozen cabinet photographs and a handsome enlargement for one guinea, is, for example, an instance of good value which would be hard to equal. We hive pleasure in recommending visitors to Wellington to call upon Mr Herrmann in Cuba street, where they will be received with every courtesy and attention,

Messrs John Graham & Co. announce in their advertising space that they are making turnip seeds a speciality this season. The firm request us to state that they place free sample packet? at the disposal of growers for testing purposes. Boys' summer clothingjust received at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House. The following are all mado to our special order : Boys' White Drill "Sailor" Suits, Gilt Buttons and trimmed Blue Braid, from 4/9 each at Te Aro House, Wellington.

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