The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3961, 12 November 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1891.

I'he Premier when at Woodyille slaimed that the success of his party it the late general election was not iue to organisation, but to the fact hat the sentiments of the people ivere in its favor, He dwejfc too on ihe necessity of improving existing )r?amsations in order to maintain the motion which his party has won. i» far as we are able to form an pinion the: e exist on the side of ;be Government distingfc and well jrganisfd political partie?, These )rgani?^t>o n s may be secret societies, rat they are none the less in touch with the Ministry of the day. The Premier and his colleagues do all ;hey can to promote the int-rests oi the Knights of labour, which con* stitutes one political organisation, md they are equally friendly to trade anions, which they use for a similar purpose. The Knights of Laboui ind the Trade Udiohs form distinct and effective organisations in everj jlectoi ate in the Colony, and there is i constant interchange of ideas between them and the Government. I; j, number of Knights of Laboui require f# bo made Justices of the Peace they *" are a£ once appointed ivj'thout reference to" fhjejjp fitaeas for the position, indeed, w« loubt whether any man at the present time is eligible for the Bengb anless he be a member of a Secret Society. Now the Liberals, as they jail themselyes, or Socialists, as tbey may kg .more accurately termed, are to oe commended for completing tL'£ organisation of their partjf, and theii political opponents deserve to be oui in the cold, because they have nol sa/gcient regaid for the welfare of the ;olony as a yjjple to organise on theii side. At the late general election they literally gave away theij? poljtipd] prestige, and since then they have tnade no intelligent effort to equij themselves tor .any future election in which they may be called upon to take part. Many of them are styled Conservatives, but are, strictly speaking, Liberals, and display a piofoand indifference to taking such action as it

I absolutely necessary to save the 'colony from becoming the prey of Sflcfoijojiig adventured. That action should be *** organisation, extending through every jel.e&tosatg jn the colony. They see Mr Balance, like au amiable Guy Fawkes, laying trains of gutipowder for their benefit, hjut ft pever occurs to them to take the pre/entivg tnggisures which are absolutely within their p,os£i?.

An old man natred Thomas Burns dropped de*d in a restaurant at Port Chalmers on Tuesday njght. General Booth received an enthusiastic welcome on his arrival at Hobar.t from New Zealand.

The Christohurch Derby was won yesterday by Florrie, Lobel being second and Flinders third.

Auiongat the passengers on the u.a. Jubilee, which has put back t;> Bydney for repairs after undergoing a terrible experience, were a number of Masterton shearers.

The R,o»d Boards of the Hawke's Bay [County are merging in the County Council. This is solely fluff to the present subsidy arrangements by wh/ch the Council, which levies heavy rates, gets a subwdy on fche Road Board's rates, which are generally very small. On the merging o r the Eoards, the subsidy will be payable on the County rate. I

Several members of the Pahiatua County Council have offered to comply with the request of the ratepayers and sign. Others, however, object, fearing at they will not ag.-'n be returned,

It is strange how telegrams become mutilated in transmission* The other day a Press Association wire was sent from Masterton announcing that a sevenroomed house belonging to Mr H. W. Jackson ,011 the Opaki.hadbeen destroyed by tire. We have since Buen the announcement in three different exchanges, #nd all have a different veraion of the affair: One 3;',ys tlie house was situated at Opnki, another spys the insurance was £7BO, instead of £IBO, whilst the third informs its readers that the building was owned by " the Bmt \V. Jackson."

Thfi erection of four new freezing works iq the South Island during 1892 is contemplated, viz., at the Bluff, Mataufo, Milton, and Blenheim. There are thirteen meat freezing companies in New Zealand at the present t'tue, the total freezing capacity of wh'ch is 3,665,030 sheep. The application of the Masterton Assembly of the of Labour for two special settlement blocks in the Puketoi district containing 7C30 acres and 4000 acres respectively, has, we understand, been granted by the Minister for Lands.

The men on the relief works at Makairo have.it is said, all been knocked oft.

A blacksmith of Pahiatua named King has had three of his ribs broken through being kicked by a horse.

There is a scarcity of water at Greytown at the present time, a number of the wells in the Borough haying run dry. A water supply for the town is urgently required. Hardly a family in Masterton has escaped the prevailing epidenvc, lot grippe.

Considerable improvements are being made to the racecourse at Tauherenikau of the Wairarapa RacinsrClub. The spring show of the Wellington Horticultural and Florists' Society is being held to-day.

A man named Simon Olsen has been arrested at Eketahuiu on a charge of stealing fencing wire. He will be brought before UoWel Roberts, ft.M., fco-morrow.

Bii«hii hai m*de its appearance amongst the potato crops of L : smore, New South Wales.

A protest has been lodged .against Malvolio, winne- of tho Melbourne 3up, on the ground of incorrect nomination. Three human skeletons have been found in the crevice of a rock at West Wancanui. They are suppose Ito be thoso of persona shipwrecked along the Coait.

\n industrial exhibition in connection with the schools in Palmerston North was opened yesterday, and was a great success. A similar exhibition is being arranged in the Wairarapa. A youth of eighteen who, through the death of his mother a few day:; ago and the absenoaof his father from tie colony, had been left to take care of twin three weeks old, applied to the Wei ington Benevolent Trustees yesterday, for ralief. The Board decided to take charge of the twins.

The Wellington Post Bays It cannot bo to the advantage of the railway traffic returns that on three days in the week the train from Eketahuna to Masterton does not arrive at'the latter station until 35 minutes after the train for Wellington has departed* Apparently the Commissioners have arranged the Eketahuna service so as to discourage the use of that line by passengers from Napier. A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society was held in the office of the President last night, when a Staging Committee was appointed, and the Secretary wh inst acted to arrange for the appointment of Judges. It is expected that the show to be held on the 25th init will be an excellent one in all respects.

Professor Black, «t Dunedin, Is of opinion thdt Stewart Island offers a good field for " General " Booth's colony.

There were Borne extraordinary occurrences at Homobush railway station, near Sydney, recently. At nine o'clock In the morning a porter was knocked d«wn by a train aod killed. At five o'clock in the afternoon the man who was sent there to take his place met with the same fate at the same spot.

There are, according to the Advocate, quito a number of South Island fanners in the Sandon district looking for land, having sola out thejr bpldinas at Timaru, but the* will have nothing to do with the perpetual lease sysjaem,

The prospectus is issued of the Wellington Bacon-curing aud cool storage company, with a capital of i'7,soi) in JSOO shares of L 5 eaph.pt which it is not expected jo calj up more than L2 10s pep shi're,

What a time the Picturesque Atlai men are having in the south!—says the Tapanui Courier. Over at Glenkenieh last week they made a raid on the guile* less settlers, but found no one at home. Ihe farmers and their people saw the Yankee book fiends approaching, and planted themselves behind hedges and other cover to enjoy their discomfiture. The book fiends searched around the houses, peered through windows, glanced I up to the sky and d-.wu the wells, but not a farmer could be seen. Finally, the book distributors, tired ot carrying the heavy Vu'umes, left them lying on doorsteps aru other convenient recep« tacles, and departed sorrowing at their i}l success. Rumour hath it that, alter the departure qf the fiends, the books were a*l cobejtftyecj to a DpuCre, and the bone and sinew of t'ne drank gonfusjon £0 the fiends 'in toddy hot *nd strong Afc Pile p'*?s in *be south the Atlas n»en verp fcerrjbjy mauled. Going one day with a c&isloa4 of books (bound and unbound) to Itho township, which was populated I by the rC«sb. and ready sort, they h:.d a terrible battle to £;'"•'■• Approaching the [ settlement in question, the A-tiw men found their progres- stopped by a log I lying aoro«s the road ju&i jn a bend where thick hedges and treei afforded yood shelter. No sooner was their trap stopped than a tree was dropped across the rear and the retreat cut off. Simultaneously with the fall of the log came a volley of mtten eg«s, an 4 the horses, trap, and Atlas meu were be-pattered wi,th filth that could be smelt far away. Ihjtre&o was impossible until the arnmu? nidon wa-. e?>: listed, and, before the unfortunate fiends could approach cjvjlj sation again, they had to baptise them- 1 selves in the nearest stream, and exnend 1 a considerable sum in Condy's fluid to j disinfect their clufhin;. j.

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