The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3987, 12 December 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1891.

When will our Liberal friends be willing to declare themselves in tbeir true colours as Socialists ? Though tbey modestly stylo themselves Liberals tbeir opinions and thair proceedings ' are essentially Socialistic and it is an | absurdity for them to call themselves by any other name. It has been said that if you scratch a Russian you reveal a Tartar, and in a similar way a very slight scratch on the epidermis of one of Mr Ballance's Liberals would disclose a red hot Socialist. In America there are several distinct organisations of Socialists. One is known by taking for its colours a black flag, while another hoists a red one. We do not know which flag the New Zealand Socialists ought to wave but they are clearly entitled to use either one or the other. A very large proportion of the Socialists in this colony have been imported from over the seas. In some instances they have been taken from seething slums in the old country wbere in utter want and misery men may well be excused for joining in any revolutionary project. Still it has been a grave misfortune for New Zealand that such men should have been brought amongst contented and well to-do colonists, persuading them that they are in some way or other wronged or illused and planting wherever they go unwholesome festers in the labour ranks of this Britain of the South. Socialism is now established through the length and breadth of the globe. In some organisations it appeals only to moral force,' in others it reliep on physical violence, and this is the reason why many men who hold Socialistic doctrines do not care to admit their connection with the brotherhood. Mr Ballance for example, is a Socialist, but he does not go so far as some members of the brotherhood who make their mark with dynamite. The main principle of Socialism is co-operation, and this the Premier is endeavoring to practically apply by letting small sections of railway construction to small bodies of workmf-n on the co. operative principle. The Socialists hope in time to abolish the wage system altogether, and we understand that some true liberals have already started working private enterprises on co-operative lines. It is said that some of them have had a difficulty in finding wage money for their hands, and instead of bursting up in an orthordox fashion they have admitted all their employes to parti*cipate in their profits, if any there be, and to become, as a matter of course, jointly responsible for all losses. This is the practical outcome of the new doctrine of Socialism, and if it only lasts long enough there will be an extensive demand for workhouses throughout the Colony, Many people to whom the payment of wages is a decided inconvenience, will enter heartily into any proposal for superseding them, and will bless Mr Ballance and all his colleagues for suggesting new ways to pay old debts. Whenever it becomes inconvenient now for an employer to pay wages, all he has to do is to declare himself a true liberal and to divide his gigantic profits amongst his unfortunate employes.. This is the new Gospel of our Socialistic Ministry which the masses are supposed to accept.

An individual remarked in the Napier Court the other day that the j;aol was a very slow place in which to spend a holiday. There are a gocd many who can endprse these sentiments.

The business in the District Court I vras suspended for nearly !>alf an hour in oonse.jiience of the heavy downpour of rain which fell yesterday atternpon. I At a meeting of the Mauriceville Road Board held on Thursday, Mr W. Jesseu, one of the members, proposed that the Returning Officer be requested to resign. The resolu' ion, however, met with no auppori. The case M'Lennan v. Street, a claim for £IOO for defamation of rharacter, occupied the District Court sJI day yesterfiky. The jury, after a retirement of half an hour, returned a yprdict tor the i plaintiff for£p, with costs Lll 19s,

A boy who can ride about seven stone is advertised ior in another column.

The jury iu tho case M'Mullen v. Heg£>ie was composed of Messrs Burton (foroman), Cooper, Iggulden and Finlaysou.

Owing to pressure of business Messrs Jno. Graham and Co. are delayed for a few days in getting out their Xmas price list. Considerable difficulty is being experienced in this district in procuring labour. One contractor informs us that he has been through the district in search of teams but cannot obtain them.

In consequence of the statements made by the Pelorua Guardian in alluding to the libel case recently heard at Blenheim, the previous plaintiff, MrT. B. Bax, has given instructions to sue them again for libel.

During the month of November the number of arrivals in this colony was 1021, and the departures 709. A Special Small Farm Association has been formed m Wellington under the new land regulations. A block of country for settlement has not yet, however, been fixed upon. An elderly individual pleaded guilty in the R.M. Court this morning to having drunk " wisely but not well." lie was dealt with alter the uanner of his offence.

MrH. S. Wardell, R.M, has been appointed to temporarily undertake Magisterial duties in the Wairarapa during the illness of Colonel Roberts, R.M, and will occupy the Bench at Featherston on Monday. The B.M.S. Coptic from London via Teneriffe and Capetown, arrived at Hobart on Thursday. She brings 71 passengers for Australia and 130 for New Zealand. Among the number is]Pr Robert Giffen, the eminent statistician, who comes to the colonies for the purpose of attending the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science,

Budyard Kipling says:—"Look at India. In the caste system there you have trade unionism drawn out to its logical conclusion, with a polish of 3,000 years upon it. Caste be{-an with trade unionism, and now the man who cleans your boots won't brush your coat or draw your water, and you must have a dozen servants instead of one."

Mr J. Carpenter, of the Central Boot Warehouse, is adopting a system during the Christmas holidays which will be sure to commend itself to the whole of his customers. Cn all goods sold during the next three weeks a discount of two shillings in the pound will be allowed. A discount of one shilling in the pound will also be given on all accounts paid on or before January 4th. These concessions will no doubt be taken the fullest advantage of, more particularly as special bargains in boot and shoos are being offered for Christmas,

Mr Papworth has commenced the erection of his flour mill at Greytown. The site is, according to the Standard, in West Street, not far from the Railway Station. The room for the machinery is going up first, and then the front of the building for storage and office will follow. We hope Mr Papworth'* venture will be a very financial success as it will be a benefit to the town. Mr Gamble, who is with Mr Papworth, >s a practical miller of years' experience, and the best of machinery is to be put up so that flour of the best quality may be obtained. The Hungarian is th- best system of flour miilin<? and we understand machinery has been ordered from that country. Mr Papworth hopes to be ready for business by the end of January. In addition to the making of flour, there will be oat grinding and corn crushing.

Nearly every culvert in the town being choked, the surface water from yesterday's storm flooded a great many priyate residences and did considerable damage. In Church street there was quite a sea of water, whilst in Chapel street residents were flooded out. The Borough Council is certainly guilty of gross negligence in allowing the culvert* to become blocked, and the sooner they remedy the evil the better.

The toy and cake fair held in the Drill Hall last (Friday) evening in aid of St. Matthew's Church, was a great success. The hall was rilled with visitors, and the sales effected exceeded all anticipations. On the seven stalls erected were displayed fancy woods, dolls, refreshments, fruits, etc., the following ladies preaiding: Mesdame3 Moore and Breruner, and the Misses Bagge, Nicol, Hill, T. and fi. Meredith, Retmenschnider, Jago, Smith, Yatvs, Ratton, Po\yer, Keeling, Hathaway, Uawith, Bremner, Smith. Purser, Rockell, and A. Freeth. In a tent specially constructed for the purpose Mrs Girdlestone conducted a veiy profitable fortune-telling business. The proceedings were enlivened by pianoforte selections by Mrs Paige and the Misses P. Lor es, Meredith, Freeth and Luckie. The fair is to be continued this afternoon and evening. We trust tbe result will realise the expectations of the original promoters, Mrs Bremner, Miss Smith and Miss Purser.

A spectacle as rare as it was interesting was witnessed in the \.venue, Wanganui, on Saturday evening. A lady, who had evidently been lying in wait for her prey, inflicted a sound horsewhipping on a luckless swam of her acquaintance. The interview was productive of considerable dismay in the mind of the latter, to leave out all mention of physical inconvenience. The castigator was not so soft-hearted as might have been txpected, and her victim, if he does not in the future flee her presence, will probably decide not to do it again, supposing he has already dene anything--a supposition, by the way, of which we a-e by no means cer-tain.—-Chronicle.

Some of tha Turakina fecys who went to Queensland during the labour troubles have returned, and profess themselvos glad to get back a»ain. They were not fascinated with the country, and are hardly likely to pay a return visit to it The climate was simply brutal and tne land poor beyond any New Zealand comparison. They were engaged at one station which was ninety miles long, over a good part of which it took seven acres to one sheep, and country on which it requires four acres to feed one sheep is not at all uncommon. —Advocate.

The Advocate has the following : "At last, we are p;lad to say, a practical start has been made towards the formation of a Conservative Association. Yesterday a few gentlemen held au iuformal meeting at Marton, and agreed upon a platform to be submitted to a public meeting, which is to be called in a short time by circular. The mair. planks of the Association's programme are : ' An equitable system of taxation ; to uphold tlie freehold tenure as a?ainst nationalisation of land; to' promote, economy and honesty of administration, and to obtain the dual vote ; i.e., that every ratepayer should have a vote in addition to his residential one.' Wc very much doubt whether the object of the last ' plank' will be effected."

The barque Habel, bound from New York to Nelson, via Freemantle, in Western Australia, is posted as missing.

\A e shall be ever ready to welcome the crowds who, may take advantage of these desirable opportunities, and the more widely to distribute our Christmas gifts the better shall we be pleased at Te Aro House, Wcl. lington. In addition to offering exceptional ad van - tages to customers, such as an 'mmense variety, a carefully selected and faihionabie stock of goods in every department of the warehouse, we intend, during the remainder of the present month to present all cash customers to the extent of 20s and upwards with an attractive Christmas gift, at Te Aro House Wellington. ' }ye have' a. regular, devised scale for the thhigij,"and in'proportion fo 'the jjmdupt 6f purchases so will be the value of the present 'xhis scale will be on the same lines as on previous years, and uo doubt will give equal satisfaction, at Te Aro House, Wellington. I One thing should be noted especially, and i it is that this gift distribution will extend during tbe present month up to the very'last day of December,' lg!)l, neither i more 'or less. Those ' that ire wise will ] therefore taTcc care to be in time at Te Aro/ House Wellington.—Advi " :