The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3981, 7 December 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1891.

Banquetting seems to be getting played out, for the thousand persons who were reported to have gathered round Ministers at Woodville appear to have tailed off to forty at Eketabuna. Ministers, perhaps, won't be sorry, for these festiye assemblages takes a lot out of them, and the public will not altogether regret them. Apart from the paucity ot attendance, the Eketahuna gathering seems to have been well arranged, and though the customary measure of "flap doodle " waspoured forth, and though the programme was diversified with ditties about a lively flea and other equally interesting topics, the affair passed off well. We are not quite sure whether the thousand a year paid to each Minister for his salary and extras is intended to be expended in working up the National Liberal Association 1 Possibly people would think more of Ministers if their time were devoted to that administrative work for which they are paid, and leas to organising a party and a fund for fighting the next general election. The Minister of Education seems to have made an effective speech, praising Mr Ballance up to the skies, (Mr Ballance, no doubt, will return the compliment at the next big feed which he attends), but he must have rather played upon their credulity when he declared that the members of the Cabinet had emerged from the masses, and would rejoin the masses when they left office. We fancy a typical Conservative' like Sir Harry Atkinson might claim to have belonged to the masses when he earned his living by the sweat of his brow, but we certainly never heard of the Minister of Justice, or any of his col leagues, ever having achieved much fame as working men. Besides this, we have no " masses " in New Zealand! The Ministers of Justice went % little beyond the sublime wheu he talked about doing the greatest good for the greatest number, for amongst the liberals it is quite understood that the greatest number is number one. His allusion too about the freehold title was a little vague. '* The Government did not wish to disturb it unnecessarily." This we take to mean that they are the judges of the necessity of disturbing it and that they have decided upon a certain degree of disturbance already and as soon as the Colony is ripe for Land Nationalisation they will shunt the ! freehold title altogether. The member for Master on, who followed, was not satisfied with lauding the Premier but painted each member of the Cabinet as a paragon. This is either the 'first time in the history of the Colony that a Cabinet has been all prizes and no blanks or the judgment of the member for Masterton is at fault. Still, as a mutual admiration society, the leading minstrels of the party would be hard to beat. There was perhaps on the whole a litte too much flap doodle about the banquet. Nevertheless, it was one of the most creditable affairs of the kind yet held in this district. There must be a certain percentage of bunkum in such gather iugs, but in this instance there was not an undue display of it.

The meeting of the Upper Taucru Road Board, which was to have been held on Saturday, lapsed, as none of fc he members put in an appearance.

Strong representations have of late been made to the Railway Gc inmisßioners by Mauriceville settlers, of the necessity for plnchis/ an oilier in charge of the local station. We are pleased to hear that the request has been favourably considered, and that Mr Pay, of Greytown, has been appointed stationmaster at Mauriceyille.

[ The refreshment rooms at the D.I.C. Co-operative Stoics, Wellington, originally intended more as an adjunct for the convenience of customers than anything else, is so n ell-managed that it is becoming thoroughly popular as an afternoon resort, not only tor ladies, but for gentlemen too. It is found that nowhere is there so elegant and retired a room, nowhere is tea so fragrant or so carefully prepared, nor can anyone vie with the courteous attention eiyen to cvory visitor in this haven of satisfaction to those in search of a few minutes rest and a morsel of refreshment. In providing properly conducted tea ruonis where lirst-class articles are kept and tastefully served, the D.I.C. people are pioneers

ui Wellington, for there has hitherto been no really good place visitors could "o to. The refreshment room is open to the general public as well as to the cpstomers. As a matter of fact there are few who sooner or later do not be come purchasers a£ this extensive establishment, where gocd management prevails, and where the wares are so tastefully displayed.

The monthly meeting of the Maste'to 11 Hospital Trustees will be held to-morrow (Tuesday). The manager of the Mataikuna station, Mr A. Murray, invites tenders for the delivery at the homestead of 2000 fencing poßts and 100 strainers,

A large number of deaths hare occur*red in this district of late. On Saturday no Je9s than three interments took place in the Masterton cemetery.

The San Francisco mail arrived in Masterton on Saturday night, and was deliverd over the sounter to-day. The sale of the Weraiti stock by Messrs Lowes & lorns takes place tomorrow (Tuesday), The .Railway Hotel at Woodville has been purchased by Mr A. Cutler, late of Mangatainoka.

The proceeds of the b»nquet recently given to the Premier at VVcodville are to be devoted to the new hospital. The sum is a substantial one.

Mr' William Macara, of this town, succumbed to influenza yesterday afternoon at the advanced age of ninetytwo years. The consignment of h t tr tv!::<-'! ".'as recently sent Home <> • ••■ ..... uuce district as a trial sh . ■ •■'-. Una proved highly satisfactory, aiu settlers intend to continue shipping. A petition is, we nnderstand, in circul-.ticn in Masterton, in favour of observing Monday, the 28th inst, aB Boxing Day, instead of Saturday, the 26th.

Two of the chimneys at the residence of Mr Joseph Bennett, Otahuao, were displaced by the recent earthquake, and will have to be re-constructed. A chimney at the Blairlngie Junctiou Hotel was also shaken off its foundation.

Some anonymous person has questioned the conduct of the Hospital authorities in connection with the late Thomas Finn. We have made enquiries and find that he had on more than one occasion received great consideration from the institution, and that on the present one, if the instruction given foran indispensable reference to the doctor had been carried out the sid fatality would net have occurred. Unfortunately the poor fellow could not resist a desire for alcoholic stimulants. If the Hospital Trust have spare funds it might be «x« pedient to construct an outbuilding in which an applicant could take shelter until the doctor decided whether the case was fit for admission in order to avoid bringing patients from the country into the town. The PahUtua Star has the audacity to state that the speech, if speech it could be called, delivered by the member for the district at Woodville at the tecent social was a terrible disgrace to the electorate, besides being an insult to the audience and the visitors. It says if Mr Hogg cannot do better than that at Eketahuna it is be hoped he will haye the pood sense to keep quiet anduot again make the constituency a laughing stock. El e should remember that he is supposed to represent the intelligence of the electorate as well as the muscle. A rather sensational bolt occurred in the Eketahuna main street on Saturday, resulting in the total destruction of the conveyance. Mr and Mrs McKenzie, of the Mangaone Valley, were returning from the railway station when the shafts of the buggy broke, and frightening the horse it starte\ off at a gallop. The occupants were thrown out opposite Ell is ton'a Hotel, and thehoraecontinued his career till turning into Mr J. Jones', when it brought the buggy into contact with the corner of the building, resulting as above. Beyond bruises and a severe shaking, the occupants were not severely hurt.

A memorial serviee to the late Mrs Harrison was conducted in the Wesleyan Church, Masterton, yesterday evening by the Eev J. Dukes. The pulpit was draped in black, and hymns suited to the occasion were rendered by the choir. The text was taken from Corinthians 11, sth chapter, Bth verse, " We are confident I siy, and willing rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord." The rav gentleman referred in an eloquent and impressive manner to the Christian character of the deceased, and tendered words of solace to the bereaved. As the congregation was leaving the Church, the " Dead March in Saul" was played on the organ by Miss Williams.

A very handsome ladies' Devonport, nanufactured of selected rioiu and nlaid with honeysuckle totara knot and ither woods, has just been made to the >rder of a lady resident, by Mr W. .Vbitt, of Queen-st, The workmanship if the article shows the greatest attention o the most trifling detail, so that it vould be impossible to find fault with it. [he desk is of fine Morocco leather, ordered with totara knot. Mr Whitt nforms us that ot late business hai ncreased so largely that he is employing instantly seven men, and even then Hi loes not find time to make much steel or exhibition. At his yards he has riov tored under cover no less than 25,(XK 'eet of seasoned timbers, comprising al he various woods used in cabinet making n New Zealand. This we may safely ay is a larger stock than can be founc it any ordinary establishment, and ii he largest stock we have ever seen in Hasterton. Several very handsomi iuites in choice designs have been turne( iut of Mr Whitt's establishment lately nore than one bfeinp to the order of Wei ington residents. This fact speaks fo: tself of the quality and style of thi workmanship. In the libel case heard at Blenhein he other day, Miss Jeasie Corbett •esidins at Masterton, said she went t< 31enhei.n on April 24th, and saw M: Jaskill rext day. Her mother wai vith her. The room she had to g< hrougli was very 4'Vty, They com >lai!ie4 to Dr Cleghorn about the room nid the doctor said it was the best h< lould do, bat he did not say he coulc ihitt him. Gaskill was removed to th< atger room,and a different bed provided, iut the day before he was shifted th< 'oom contained rotten potatoes anc Ih-ty sacks. Mr Gaskill said that Ba? lid everything for him, and when askec vhy he went there he said Dr Cleghori lad ordered him to go there. H« saic hat no one seemed to care for him, anc le would leave the place in a box. Sh< lad nursed two typhoid patients pre rioisly. Stayed with deceased from 1( i.m till 8 p.m. each day for sever weeks. Be complained he was nevei iponged all over. She stopped him akmg the soup made for bim by Mrs Bax after she saw it made. Next daj -he bought some fresh beef, and Mn Bax insisted on making the soup herself, and said it was a piece of cheek t( brmg the beef there or want to maki ;he tea. At first the deceased received i star brandy, but afterwards Freucl brandy of an inferior brand was substituted. It made deceased sick, and then Bax found another bottle ol 3 Btar, bu when it was done he filled it four timei ivith draught brandy. Her father was » publican. The room deceased was it >\'as very cold indeed, and the lamp die lot warm the room. She took offhei >wn flannels on one occasion to kae] us feet warm until hot water could b< ipplied. The bed clo f ,hes were certainly nsutticient. The store for grain wai lsed by Mr Bax every day. Deceasec ,va» in the little room three days. V\ e shall be ever ready to welcome th< :ro\vds who may take advantage of thesi lesiiable opportunities, and the more widely vedistribute our Christmas gifts the better ;ball we be pleased at Te Aro House, Wei in»ton. In addition, to offering exceptional ages to customers, such as an miinensi ■ariety, a carefully selected and faihionabii itock of goodH in every department of thi varcl'ouee, we intend, during the remainde >f the present month to present all casl mstomers to the extent of 20s and upward] vith an attractive Ohiißimas gift, at Te An douse Wellington. We have a regular, devised scale for thi .hings, and in proportion to the amount o purchases so will be the value of the present i his scale will be on the same lines as oi previous years, and no doubt will give equa satisfaction, at Te Aro House, Wellington One thing should be noted especially, am that it is that this gift distaibution wil extend during tbe present month up ts thi very last day of December, 'IB9O, neithe more or l esa - Those that are wise wil ther fore take care to be in time at Te An *tVeUipgton,^-Any|'