Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1892. POLITICS AND PROPHECY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4075, 29 March 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1892. POLITICS AND PROPHECY.

Being the extended title of the Waibarapa Daily, with which jt is JDENTICAt.

Already an announcement has appeared in the Gazette, proclaiming the date when Parliament will meet; and, although that date has been aubjeoted to the customary postponement, it has, we think, always been the case that the two Houses of the legislature hayo met for the despatch of business by the second week in June, Perhaps the persons most interested in this question of dittos are those of the Queen's lieges who let lodgings in Wellington. But even to people who are not so fortunate as to minister to the material comfort of legislators, there are points of interest connected with the approach of this particular session. In the first place, we should all like to know whether the Goternment will wait for the arrival of Lord Glasgow. And we suppose that the answer to this problem will depend a good deal upon the view taken by the Govern' ment of the probable attitude towards themselves which His Excellency will assume. For instance, the Cabinet is exceedingly desirous of making certain appointments to the Upper House. If the rumours were worth anything, which gave us the nom.ea of the new nominens, these aspirants are for the most part political men of they are probably the straws to which a drowning Government is clinging. Without them, the Upper House will bs almost wholly ppmposed of Her Majesty's Opposition j' witjj them, the present holders of offic,e may be able to' fyoji) on to office a little longer. If, tjien, Glasgow should prove, as some people pjfedipt, #s obdurate as his predecessor witji regard Jp these ap- ■ pojntmepts, the Jw'pfl i wjj) largely rest upon a dissoiutipii. : A fl4 W m Pf ?P>P» that a new • ■-•>» m\\ to begin' jii's ' flown*. '•^lingj B [ o bgW^S term of office by w. «atthj | jatoli of Legislative Councillor • * nstance of a Cabinet which he finds, fl in his airival in the Colony, to be b ottering to its fall. To do this would * ie to do a dangerous thing, for—if not P, sadly savouring of partisanship—it fi vould at least argue a carelessness of ° he feeling of the country.' ? Well, then, shall we get an early lissolution? And this, too, is. a a [uostion which can only be answered fa onditiona'ly. For it is doubtful w whether the Ministry really wish for tt dissolution themselves. We believe al -and we cheerfully make Ministers 01 present of this piece of '" ted commendation-that the mem- to era of the Government are, to a F lan, wiser and more far-seeing than J iieir noisy followers, We believe m latin the course of their several C( eregrinations through the Colony— a jj >r eaoh of them has been, like Satan, " oing to and fro in the earth and ta; alking up and down in it—they P° ave been privately gauging the mind f E the people. We believe that nderneath their blatant talk there mi as been the ever-present hope of wi :eating that sympathy which they jf? bTeoted to take for granted. We rjj' alieve that .Ministers know-that H<

S none, indeed, knowbetter-rtliat their tenure of Ministerial officeis drawing to a close.. And we fancy, therefore, that in reality a dissolution is about the last thing that the Cabinet will court. An appeal to the country is a dangerous thing for them; and we venture a modest prediction that they will try first of all to carry one ortwo policy measures by dint:of clever lobbying in the present Parliament. Of the probable truth of this prediction there is some evidence in the paragraphs which are appearing just now in the New Zealand Times. We read in that inspired journal that a Railways Management Bill is in contemplation, whose provisions are to astonish and delight us, Then, too, we are told of aftevised Criminal Code Bill, and of a Local Bodies Audit Bill—and it is obvious that such Bills as these represent a complete policy of domestic legislation, We may conclude, then, that the' Ministry will meet Parliament with a bold front and with important proposals. Whether this bid for the retention of place will be successful, must depend a good deal on. the personal qualities of our new Governor. Will he be as clever as Lord Onslow, who realised the value of language as an aid to the concealment of opinion ? Will he be patient of Ministerial dictation till he has informed himself concerning the inner consciousness of the Colony 1 Or will he, by taking a line of his own, and granting a dissolution, give a fair field and no favor, and let the various political parties fight it out? But our powers of prediction are over-taxed, and we must leave our readers to settle these high matters to their own satisfaction. If any one should demand of us a categorical answer to each of the problems which we have suggested, we would remind him of the diplomatic reply msde by a gentleman to Ins tailor. " Can you tell me, Sir, when you are going to settle my account?" was the fiery question of the man of stitches. To whom thus spake the other:-" Do you take me for a blessed prophet ?"

Arohie Manihera, a young Native of the ffairarapa, well-known mMasterion, who has lately beoa finishing his education in the Te Aute College, died at Waipukurau yesterday. The case in which Matau Pirika and Hera were charged with forcibly entering the premises of Mr Theodore P. Cobb at the Upper Plain, was concluded in the R,M. Court yesterday afternoon. For the defence evidonce was i»wen by Matau and Maggie Burns to the effect that no foroible entry had been made, and tho case was dismissod by Colonel Roberts, R,M. The lovely, peaceful iittlo town of Nelson, sometimes known by tho nume of " Sleepy Hollow," does something else besides producing pretty prls and lusoioUß fruit. Lately the firm of Messrs Griffin and Sons, of Nelson, biscuit and confectionery manufacturers, have opened up a separate wholesale branch in Wellington, and the trade have become alivo to the fact that the quality of this firm's buscuits and confectionery cannot be surpassed by any other similar manufacturers in'this colony. The result has boon, "as good wino needs no bush," to vastly increase their connection, and the firm does now a very extensive trado in this and the neighbouring provinces. The establishment in Nelson is most complete, and is supplied with all tho latest modern appliances for the manufacture of biscuits, confectionery. and candied peels. Mossrs Griffin and Sons are also flour millers on a very large scalo. The attention of those interested is directed to tjie firm's notification in another column,

Wo hayo to acknowledge receipt of a copy ,of tho six-monthly report and balance sheet of tlie Masterton Blaok» smith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company, Ld,, which ia to be submitted to tjie annual meoting of shareholders 011 Saturday next. Tho following are the salient features of the return:—The subscribed capital is £1473. The Assets are £2809, and the Liabilities £2317, showing a preponderance of the former to the extent of £491. The chief items .of the Assets aro: buildings £575, plant £348, stock £1145, and book debts £630; snd of the Liabilities: capital £1478 (leas £339 in arrears), current trade acoount £641, arid lank overdraft £4Bf), Thp Working Account or stafejijent of Prof}fc and Xjosb shows that tho period oomipenced ffith ft credit balance brought forward of i 29?, and conolqdjid ffifh a credit balance «f |24G, The work done, including material and labour, and the stock purchased, reprosent£32sß for the six months, thus showing an increase in volume on previous operations. There is no branch of modern science that has madesuoh rapid rtrides as that of Photography, We smile when we look t(ie daguerreotypes and .silhouettes of our grandmothers and wonder hovy such caricatures could eyer lipa passed Diuster os likenesses. Yet even in 0141ovn time the art had not very inaterially improved, the" blurs" that did duty as photographs were highly prized, and if we pick up say a photograph of twenty years standing an 4 see how it is "failing away" till the face has at last becomo a mere dim outline, we marvel how jn a fftw short years since such great strides could haye been made, Certainly one of the features in this era has boon the development of the art of photoprap hy. For examples of this great and rapid improvement it is not necessary to seek further than our own doors, so to speak, for such firms as Messrs Wrisglesworth &Binns f ut Willis stroet, Wellington, are amongst the foreinost exponents of photography in this hemisphere, Messrs Wrigglesworlh & Binns'studio 4b present; is an exhibition that few should miss. Every variety of photograph is shown, from the ordinary carte dt vhite to the life size enlargement, and conspicuous amongst all are their beautiful productions by the Matt-Opal process. The firm makes a gpeciality of this process, in fact it is a paleMed mye)}tjo|) of their own. Familyand other groups abound, and all are most artistically arranged) none of ' the stiffness which often sjiapotflrjses siiph photographs being apparent, Tfierpis iilsii a |ne collection )f photographs'of tho various in the' 1 Yeomen of the Guard," lately played by the Amateur .Operatic Society it the Opera House The pictures of Sir Morriij 'Fox as tlie Jester aud Mr H, fyLyon as WufreijShisidbolt. th' 9 gaoler, ire remarkaijiy' g(jod."' Tfier? »re' |lsq leyeral photographs of celeliri.tiiis wjio faye lately sojourned in or' journeyed (jfojjiilf which" are well sjeing.. Alj. tjig gjljibjfs' are vyy ou.. " ""'' witll pifOT pojoured tstefully ift Liberty silks, and tno «... ' leasing. Taken altogether the exinw mi forms quite a'featuro in the sights t the Empire City, and would well repay visit from country visitors- when in iivn. Our first shipments of new goods tor the utumn and Winter season have now como 1 hand by the latest mail steamers, and ehavo been busily employed in opening em out and preparing them for inspection To Aro House, Wellington. We shall be happy to forward patterns of ir ne-» Dress Fabrics and other novelties :e by post to any address, on application James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington, Our selection of Autumn and Winter ishions has been made by our own buyers men of great experience, taste and judg. ant —in the British, Frenoh and mtinental markets, and may be reliod on surpassing everything wo have previously own at Te Aro Houbb, Wellington, Our ladies would find it to their advan« je to make their choice as earl; as ssible, and so to have the advantage of iting their dresses made in good time for i Season, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Wo will also forward our Charte for selflasurement to anyone intimating their ih in this respect to us, and mil guarani to all customers the advantages of taste, finish and prompt exeoution in our lebrated .Dressmaking Room at To Aro use, Wellington,

. of the Carterton borough Council is now £262. Carterton was never in suoh a financial position Newti has been received from theEasfc Ooaßt of Africa that a party of Portueuese travellers defeated a band of slavenun ting Arabs near Lako Tanganyika, and liberated 1500 slaves. , Efforts aro being made to form a Bicycle Olub in Greytown to procure, machines on the timo-payment sy»t*m. The annual general eleotinn of mem, , ™* ° th a Mauriceville Road Board will - We place on Monday, May 2nd. Mr Vincent. Hooper,' of Masterton. ™ae health has for some months been 1 M .Mfferent, intends spending the coming i winter in Sydney, where he has obtained employment, and leaves with his family for that city shortly. i Typhoid fever has broken out amongst , the Permanent Force in Wellington. 1 Whooping cough is now prevalent in Masterton, the victim? being principally i children. No fatal oases have yet been reparted, , The fortnightly meeting of the Mas. terton Borough Council will be held this (Tuesday) evening. , & Lodge of the Manchester Unity, 1.0.0. F., has been formed at Martinborough, , The premises at Greytown of the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Asso ; cwtion are to be enlarged without dolay, owing to Increase of business, , Mrs Leonard, late of Masterton, has : taken over Barrett's Hotel in Wellington, which slip is having renovated and refurnished throughout, 'Mr Eoy Carrard is manager. Another financial institution in Melbourne has gone wrong. The tfallarat Banking Company has suspended pay- , ment after a successful existence of twenty-seven years, It is expected that about a hundred men will be employed in the construction of the road between Pahiatua and Palmerston North. Twelve men were sent up by the Bureau of Industries from Wellington last week. The rcpurt of the half-yearly moating of the Bank of New Zealand, held at London oh February lOuli, has reachod shareholders in Masterton, The Chairman, in his address,referred to the satisfactory progress made by Jhe Bank, but would not express an opinion about the Land Tax Bill, boyond saying that it would hit them through the Estates Company. An interim dividend was declared. There are published on our first page to-day Borne convincing testimonies as to the merits of that first-olass article " Little's Sheep Dip." This dip, which has scoured for itself throughout New Zealand a very high reputation for keeping the sheep free from vermin and improving the appearance and condition of the wool, is now manufactured with greater precision and in largor quantities than ever, and "Little's" is in every way giving very great satisfaction indeed. In this respect the testimonials we print speak for themselves. The dip is sold both as a fluid (non-poisonous) and in a powder, and in either form it is calculated to give satisfaction to its users. The local agents for its sale are The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-Operative Association (formerly Messrs M. Casolberg & Co.) of Masterton and Greytown, They havo somo hard-hearted, ignorant hobbledehoys at Woodville. ' On Friday night Davy's talented Bright Lights Company was compelled to clear the hall owing to the rowdyism of these yahoos, who used expressions of a must vulgar nature when a young lady appeared on the stage. Mr Davy returned the money taken at the door and expressed the opinion that the obstructing youths wero a " lot of dogs." A. Masterton resident who has seen the show say 3 the interruption was quite uncalled for, the entertainment being a thoroughly enjoyable one, and of considerably more than ordinary merit. An exciting bolt ocourred iu Masterton yegterday afternoon, when, a horse attached to a cart belonging to Mr John Gardiner took fright opposite the Catho • lie Church and rushed through Queen Street at a furious pace. The runaway was brought to a standstill by Constable O'Learyat Graham's corner before any serious damage was done, a boy who was in the cart when the horse started oil esoaping without injury, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government (Chief Justioe Proudergut) .accompanied by Lady Prendergast, the officers ot H.M.S Tauranga, and a number of leading Wellington people, arrived in Masterton by Bpeoial train to-day, The fashionable party—about thirty in all-made a short stay at the residence of Mr W. G. Beard, Bohoitor, oi) whose Isjiyn they pa' : '« took of Juncheqn. They afterwards visited the Acclimatization Society's grounds and pther spots of interest, leaving on the return journey at 2.80 In mediaeval times the great ambition of the wjse men, such as alqhemists, magiciansand astrologers, was to find the Philosopher's Stono, to discovor a method whereby the tramrnutatioß of metals might be effected,andohief of all to manufactoreau essence or potion by whioh the human li fe could be indefinitely pre longed, This essence was called the dixit viUt 0{ oljxiroflife. Many wore the attempts and much scientific skill and knowledge was wasted in the vain endeavour to wrest from nature her secrets, If all this learning and all this skill had been turned to something practicable mankind might have been considerably benefited, but as it was nothiug of any tangible benefit accrued fiom tho researches of these ancient scientists. Now, Mother Mary Joseph Aubert has not attempted an impossibility ; cbe has not unduly sought to pry into theaeorets of nature; but she has by long and careful study discovered that certain New Zealand herbs and plants have health giving and curative properties of an extremely high order By years of experience she has proved their efficacy, and these medioines are now brought forth k the public in the full conviction that no worthless quaokery is beintr introduced, but that what is stated a j to I heir medicinal properties is an absolute fact. These preparations have won'' golden opinions from all sorts of men," and the testimony of such prominent personages as Lord Onslow, Archbishop Redwood, Mr Bentley the apt";, ;i;jd Ijosts of others should be con-. V : |uoi-g. '" "