Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1892. AN HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4078, 1 April 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1892. AN HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

Being tue extended title oi' ran Wairarapa Daily, with which jt is IDENTICAL.

Many English writers say tbwe is a terrible famine in Russia, The Csar Bays there is not, but that there is need for relief, which he is supplying. In telegrams dated January 24th, me read, "100,000 mm and 46,000 horses will be employed clearing 30,000 acres of forest, .cost about £500,000"; and "new high roads and parish roads, 140,000 men and 26,000 horses, cost nearly £500,000." That is really just what we are doing for our unemployed I Have we really upy unemployed ?. Of ppurse we have I And so bus Russia, Count Tolstoi, poet,, socialist, aud philanthropist, shall tell us. In tbe London Daily Telegraph, upderdaie January 23rd, he writes ;— " On one side we constantly hear the complaint that there is no work to be had; and if we turn our ears ever ao little to the other side we shall bear a very different tale, viz., that work is abundant enough, but workmen are few. And both statements are as correct as were the contradictory assertions of the travellers stundjng on either side of the two-faced shield. I, my', j self, know for a fact that landowners: have oO'ered work time after time this year without ever getting the men to do it; neither has the Department of the Forests of the State succeeded in finding labourers to perform the work which it prganised specially for the benefit of men out of employment; aud numerous other demands have been made by farmers in various parts of the famine-siriclten districts, and made m'vain.. There is a'numerous class oi workmen who can never tind employment; they cannot see the forest, so dense are the trees therein, For the drunkard who has sold his clothes for vodka, loafs in the bazaars, and strolls continually from bouse to hpuso in rags, it is likely enough that there in nfl work to be had; but for the sober steady workman wbo, while engaged on one job takes time by the forelock and looks out for something to follow it, there is always plenty to dp, p fjoubl, 'Hierp is jess work generally this year than usual, and therefore .a gveafer (lumber of worthless Jabgurers t|irpwn out of employment | M, Still, whether a man works or remains jdle js determined yj his own energy and conscientionsr nessmore ft™ ty external causes," The fact is that Mbl ,e rwagcß are s shilling a day or eight shillings' . A day, there will always be people who are out of worlr, for one reason or another, Reliable men »'j»h good references can always get work at current rates, while the migratory, unreliable, quarrelsome ones-have some trouble, If our Government really thinks that they pan god billets for all the workmen whom private employers di scard, and that at current rates, they will findjthey

have an endless -task: The present system Bimply serves a political end; foe the people who fail to find work in New Zealand are clerks and women I hampered by children and old men, and so on. What is the use of offering them pick and shovel work 1 Men' «ho can earn their tucker in the Mahri Gorge, or on the railway works, could get work anywhere, Tolstoi says exactly the same thing about Eussia, with- this difference that the normal state of things there, even when a man get's current wages, is semi-starvation. With current wages at their present figure, we doubt whether our unemployed require any relief; in Russia the very people who really need it, that is the naturally worthless, are the very ones the Government cannot reaob. What the Czar really ought to do is to find a means to raise the current rate of wages; This is generally considered \ quite hopeless,- What we ought to do is to maintain the present rate. This \ is not so hopeless. If the present 1 depression: in Australia continues we ; shall be inundated with workmen who • will reduce ourstandard, and then we i shall find'out what we ought to have 1 done.

A Wellington firm has offered to build a butter factory at Ballance, Forty-Mile Bush, and buy all the milk produced in the district at threepence per gallon, the skim milk to be returned free to the auunliora. Extensive additions and improvements have been made to the Royal Hotel at Masterton since it has been under its present management, and it is now one of the best appointed houses in tho district,

Mr Coubourne, the localstationmaster, forwaids us the following weather report for the past month:—Temperature, 02-96 ; rainfall, 215 inches on eloven days. The oyster season having again come round, Mrs Cole, ofQueen-St, notifies that fresh oysters maj be obtained at any hour from to-day at her saloon. The premises have been repainted and thoroughly renovated, and a special room for the accommodation of ladies has been fitted up in a comfortable manner, The following is the comparative rainfall registered at Otahuao for the past month :-March, 1892, 2,28 inches on nine days; 1891,2,04 iuches on seven days; 1990,2,01 inches on eleven days. Anniversary sorvices are to be held by the Masterton contingent of tho Salvation Army on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, April 9th, 10th and 11th, A tea-meeting will be held on the Monday.

A summoned meeting of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F., was held in the Foreßters' Hall, Masterton. last evening. Thero was a good attendance of members. The business transacted was purely of a routine nature. Three new members woro proposed.

The Dunedin Star states that the Hon. P. A. Buckley will shortly resign and seek election to tho House of Commons for an Irish constituency in tho National interest,

Tho Public Works Department has accepted tho tender of Mr A. McLeod, of the Opaki urn mills, for tho supply of 500 sleepers at 3s 9d each for the Te Aro Railway. Ho less than 22,533 acres 3 roods 19 porches were disposed of by tho Land Board between the 25th of last month and Wednesday, the upset price realised beir-g 128,988 0a 7d. During the financial year tho area sold was 81,1.03 acres 3 roods 12 perches, the amount realised beine x 70,095 0s fid. The annual meeting of shareholders of the Masterton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Maufaoturing Company, Limited, will be hold in the Temperance Hall tomorrow (Saturday) at 8 p.m. Tho business is to receive the report and balance Bheet and elect two directors./

A number of Wairarapa Natives have proceeded to Waipukurau, where a monstor tangl is to be held over the remains of the late Archie Manihera, It appears that while oyer-heated with playing football tho young fellow jumped into oold water, whioh oinsed an outbreak all over his body, and he died in a state of delirium,

It is not generally known that a byelaw is in existence in Masterton, making it a punishable offence to ride bicycles or drive perambulators along footpaths, and yet there is no bye-law iroro ojienly infringed than this. The former practice has of late become au intolerable nuisance, and is fraught with considerable danger to pedestrians, The Inspector of Nuisances intends enforcing tho bye-law without respect of persons. MrL, Ranlon, the liovomment expert in fruit culture, has just returned to Wellington after a ten days' tour of tho country districts, Amonpst tho notable pjaces ho visited was the vjiieyarfl of Mr Betthaip at Jlasfcerton, and the orchard of Mr Blomrjuist at Carterton, Mr Beetham has an oighth of on acre of grapes in full bearing and a similar area with two-year-old vines, and he intends shortly to plant another aero. From the older portion Mr Beetham has sent large, quantities of grapes tofriends this season, of which he took no account, but his final gathering was 23(i01bs—almost 8| tons to the acre, He estimates that the total crop was at the rate of 10 ton 9 to the acre, There are from 10 to 12 varieties in the vineyard, but IJr Bpetham prefers two of them to all others —the" Dinot noir" and a white champagne grape. Mr Hatilon eays that many of tho varieties in Mr Beetham's vineyard—notably the Black Hamburghs —were almost equal to similar grapes grown unc|er g]ass,

Davys' Bright Lights Comedy and Novelty Company gave a second performance in the Masterton Theatre Royal last evening to another large audience. Tho performance was entirely new, and everything sparkled with life and humour, The musical farce, " The Belle of the Kitchen" was intensely amusing and kept the audience ip, roars of laughter from start to finish, whilst the songs, step dances, and specialities were received with marked enthusiasm, The whole performance, concluding with the marionettes and transformation sconeß, was well worth seeing. To givo those who havo not had the pleasure of witnessing the show an opportunity of doing su, the company has resolved to give another performance on Saturday night with a complete change of programme, and a matinee m the afternoon for children and their friends.

Always read tho newspaper, and keep thorpughly posted in regard to the transactions of the wqrld. He who is without a newspaper is oqt off from his species, in thpsedays of telegraphs and steam. Ifany important; inventions and improvements in every branoh of trade are bojng ipdo, and he who don't consult the newspapers will very soon find himself out in the cold Strangers that don't read this paragraph will hardly know that L. J, Hooper and Co. of the Bon Marche, is the oheapest and best drapery establishment, andhavenowopened up their new season's shipments of all the latest novelties in English and French millinery, dress goods, etc Co, are known to them as well m Howrockaes Residents have' an advantagelas Hooper & and Orewdsons palicoes, which the firm kee a big stock qf. Still thpre are times when 'r'psidents ■ would be out ip the cold if they did not ponsiilt flio papers, Fqr instance Messrs Hopper and Coropanj ](aye a specia li'np they they know is going to give 40s in (lib £ in yal'ue tp those who purchase it, They )e| their friends know through (he columpsof the press! sonm reaM, soine don't, they do have an advantage over thqse that don't, Ladies' and children's ulßters, |«nket?i JurJined cloaks, velvets, ,and plushes, furgoodu, umbrellas, new ami gloves Special makes in clothing just opened from the Mosgiel, Roslyn, laiapoi, Ejtono. pd Onebunga mills. Blankets and Eanaete, rugs, (jljaiyja snd a large variety of boy's dothing manufactured Jo their own order from gqod durable tweedj, Mlorlog is aßpecialtywith'tlieflrni. The address to those who doo't know them (whion is very to'in New Zealand; is L.J, Hooper & i'o.'Bbn Maste'rton, and any order so addressed will; be promptly scouted!

An "AmateurYariety Company" has' been formed at Pahiatua; Mr J. Devonshire, late of Mastorton, has been appointed Secretary, and Mr J. Mills stage manager,. Over one hundred persons have been sent to the Napior gaol for various offences during the paet three months. This is a good record-or bad I Dr Gault has commenced practice in Pahiatua, having arrived there on Monday.

A number of Masterton residents proceeded to Woodville yesterday to witness the autumn meeting of the Woodville District Jockey Club, which is being held to-day. Mr T. L, Buick, M.H.R., denios that he intends contesting a North Island seat at the next election, One hundrod and seventy-seven nominations have beon' received for the Feildtng Easter Race Meeting. The Mauriceville Eoad Board invites tenders for forming ID2 chains of drey road on Mount Munro road east. Notice is also a.iven by the Board of its intention to make a special order striking a specnl rate.

The sum of £63 la has been collected in the Lower Valley to assist the widow and children of the lato flonry Marsh, who met with a fatal accident at Foa» therston.

A confirmation service was held at St. Mark's Church, Carterton, on Tuesday evening, by Mis Lordship the Primate, There were eighteen candidates for con« firmationThe Temuka Leader reports that" on Thursday wheat threshed out of the stouk before the wet weather set in was sold in Temuka at 3s lid per bushel."

Tho girl O'Brien, whose terrible death at Patea we reported in our columns yesterday, was the daughter of an.exconstable. She was standing in front of the fire, when her clothes became ignited and she was instantly enveloped in flames. Sho ran out one seething mass of fire towards a tank, but was unable to reach there and fell on the ground. Her paronts were both away at the time, but assistance was soon at hand, and the flames were extinguished, The child, howeyer, died in fearful a?ony a few hours afterwards,

Out death notices to-day record the decaase of Mr Joseph Dean, eardener to Mr F. W. Hales of tho Eaafc Coast, at the advanced age ol seventy years. Old Mr Dean, who has been a faithful servant to his employer, has been ongagod at Flat Point Station for the paßt seventeen years, and was iu evory way respected by a number of friends and by those who associated with him. For some time past he has'been ailing in health, and the breaking of a blood vessel, coupled with the weaknesses of advanced age, caused his death a few days since. The Manawatu Daily Times, in referring to tho Eketahuna, railway works, says .—The desire to carry out the "co-operative "fad overrides all judiciousness in expenditure, and the roault is that tho cost of the work will bo enormously in excess of ',lm amount which would be required if it were dono under the old contract system. For instance, tho unemployed now engaged on the work aro being paid Is 3d por yard for excavations-by which payment they should without unusual oxertion earn about 15s per day—while contractors for the local budios in tho district and in the same locality are receiviut; only 8d per yard, the men employed under them being paid 1b per hour, Our onergetio and enterprising representative, Mr Arthur Copping, nearly " paid the penalty'' on the road between Eketahuna and Pahiatua on Tuesday mornin? laßt. He was driving one of MrNeill'sspmtedchargersiu a stylish gig, whon ho met Mr Peters' coach-on a narrow portion of the road, The coach took more than its share of the highway; in fact it so much trespaised on Mr Cupping's narrow path, that as he naively but Bguratively expressed it he was nearly "sent to blazes," horse cart and all, for his vehicle, touched by the wheel of the passing coach, went topsyturvy in an instant, and he m flung to trie ground, The Davys' Bright Lights Company happened to bo on the coaoh at the time, so our business man got plenty'of sympathy, especially from the ladies of the putty, who cominiseratingly uriod cb the ooncern went over "Ocodness gracious the man's killed I" and then as they saw the victim sagaciously picking himself up "No he's not, but he might have been I"—and then theysympathised and commended Mr Copping for'his nerve, and each and ovoryone of them swore that he drove as straight as a die and that it was a downright shame for a nasty old coaoh to behave in that way. Our representative is all right now and not the slightest damage was dono to anything, but we might say on his behalf that if any accident insurance agent comes round he—well we can't promise anything -but he might bo prepared to listen to him. The hero of thisocourreuce did not breathe a word about it on his, return from "l° adventurous journey, but a charming little " Bright Lights" told us all aboutit in the strictest confidence, and we promised to lot it go no further.