Wairarapa Daily Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4095, 23 April 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.

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A Weuikgton publication justifloa the circulation of forged bank notes on • the ground that they would at least ' bo fairlynew and tberefoiebefreefrom . tbe flisenße-disgeminating properties of the sometimes disgustingly filthy and evil-smelling examples of tbe genuine article. A limitation to the age of a bunk note is certainly much needed and legislation on this point is urgently required, but it is oneof those things which seems everyone's bush ness and nobody does. In the meantime evil-smelling infected paper, money is allowed to accumulate and circulate) for the Banks seem to haye no conscience or sense of decency as far as reform on this point is concerned, and more than half the notes one handles are indeed loathsome mediums not only of exchange but of disease, and are repugnant to even those who ordinarily "don't mind a bit of dirt," but object to it administered in the fearfully concentrated and clammy manner in which it isconveyed by these ancient vouohers-to-pay. The public inconvenience and suffering are evident enough, but t he cause and its remedy are so simple, that possibly it is the very commonplace character of the misfortune which makes it despised as an object for legislative attention, The member who introduces the question will earn wide-felt gratitude, and if he succeeds in effecting an improved state of things will possibly be a greater benefaotorthan those who tamper with more ambitious projects, to, very often, no good result. This dirty-bank-note-nuisance has become so exasperating and objectionable that the public are becoming disposed to protect themselves, to some extent, and recently on several occasions we have noticed people in city banks refusing bank notes and demanding gold, with an expression of opinion on the former which left no shadow of doubt as to their feeling regarding them. On another, occasion we observed an old gentleman discriminatingly going tbrongk a roll of notes and i n d uatrionsly tearing nearly through nil the very soiled ones. This may hare been an illegal act. It is unlawful to deface coin of the realm, and the paper issue may come tinder the statute also, but tba old gentleman appeared to derive an immense amount of i satisfaction from bis operation and J chuckled to himself, as he remarked ' toua; "Well, I hardlv fancy they'll ! issue those again I". and probably they wouldn't. ■ This aged but astute ] transgressor also had the hardihood , to be proud of his feat, and further < added " Yes I and my friends now do | it too, for I tell 'em all." ' It is by this time quite olear that j tbe Banks themselves do not intend | to go out of their way to establish a ] new state, of things, although we do [ venture-to say thatlf one institution a introduced a defined and pal- ' pable improvement, and the others,' on sii grounds of ecohomy,' remained inac • 1 tive, that particular corporation's

distinction became known, obtain a preference to some considerable extent -if suoh wore practicable. Probably it is- knowntonost of our readers that the Bank of England never issues the Bame note twice. If 't has only been in circulation five minutes and has gone only from one counter to another, it is cancelled and subsequently destroyed. • This, of course, is fearfully extravagant, for the nrocess of manufacturing a bank note, and the superior quality of its material and artistic workmanship make it an expensive thing, but the Bank of England is conservative, and this custom having beea'introduced many years ago has . formed a precedent which is never broken. The remedy we would suggest in New Zealand would be to make it penal for a Bank to n-isrjs a note which is over a year old. That would carry some restriction, and while it would be,absolutely impossible to re-call notes which were out anil in circulation, it would be an easy enough matter if eaoli year's edition was printed with some indicative mark. or colour to deteot and detain those which were over the age limit, when they had again >been t>iid into the bank, Of course some bahk notes—those carried in the toe of a swagger's boot for instance—get dirtier in three weeks than others do ill three years, bnt one year would be a fair career to allow the average note, and it would certainly bring about a considerable improvement without being unduly troublesome or expensive to the Banks, We hope to see something done in this matter ere long.for everyone recognises how necessary it js.

Mr Charles Cathie, Tailor and Clothin<; Manufacturer, of Wellington, will be in Eketahuua on Monday next, Pahiatua on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Woodvilla on Thursday and Friday to take orders. The Mercury states that sugar cane one and a half inches In diameter ia growing on the property of Mr John Pollock in the Harbor Board Block. We have received from Mr A, A. Fantham, auctioneer, of Hawpra, a catalogue of thp Ofcuutau herd of pure and grade shorthorn cattle, to be sold without reserve, by the Egmont Farmers' Umqn, Limited, at their yards, Hawera, on Friday, April 29th, This pp'endid herd of pudigree and high plass cattle is the property of the well-known breeder, Mr John Ross, of Patea, who is senerally one of the largest prizetakers at every caltle ehow at which he exhibits, and who, If we mißtako not, has more thin once gamed the highest aggregate number of points at Wellington, where his stock has always been very much admired indeed. The sale ts of more than ordinary importance, and will doubtless attract buyers from all parts. Our Wairarapa stockowners and breeders might du woreo than importsnme of this celebrated strain into the district. Catalogues'g!vjng-fu}l pedigrees of the hulls, cows and' heifpfs liijve, a; we mention, bepn penji to us by the ai)c« tioneer, Mr fantham, and may he seen on application at this office. '

I John M'Cua pleaded not guilty in th e ■Bastertop R.M, CourS yesterday after Bon to travelling on the train between Hkertonand Masterton without paying HEare, Ho said he had buen employed G)rjus f and expeoted them to pay. howeV'er, hayinp got on whilst in motion, but he Bald HSBbaf the Circus hands did the Turner deposed that op the train whilst in Baid he belonged to the , being consulted i accused. Sergeant i had been 1 Wellington, but had hHh drunkenness. em w he g 1 " We oOps#«iHHKl You are fined lOßjjffiß&H|; seven days." ThwBBHHBk t about the money ' Bench ; 11 We know wHh A jleyer joke was penEHHH| icrton pt ||nH| of the unemplsysd. Jfhjj jHBBNH individual had been seen IiISHBS * l " > Post Ofll9§ t](9 ffbo'.o of tIHH l "" \ - who binBHH a certain resu.. i. resolved to test his honesty. an old purse was procured, fillecSH paper, and placed on the counter inHH telegraph office in Euch a position tliowß could be seen by passers by. The u9 employed one noticed it. After pacinl up and down by tho oßioe for some time a favourable opportunity pre-euted itself and in he popped, eniffed around, and finding nobody about, made off with the purse. _ The wag, however, saw all that, transpired, and getting together a few of his friends pursued the thief, everLikim him just as he was entering a small rijjht-oNway, " I want you ray man," said tbe wag, tapping him on tho shoi'lder. "1 am Detective , You have m your possesion a purse which is stolen property." "A-a-a what?" exclaimed the man, fairly thunderstruck. "You have a purse which was taken from the telegraph office. You must come with me I" "I have no purse I I am an innocent man!" exclaimed the arrested one. Off he was dragged in tho direction of the police cells, but before he arrived there he confessed. " I have a purse," said he, " which I found in the telegraph office, but I will return it. Let me off this time for God's sake 1" The purse with its contents wore handed to the " detective," whose heart was touched by tho appeals of the accused, and he remarked, " Well, you'ro not a bad Bort of a fellow- Here, come, I'll let you off if you promise to clear outot the town at once." The unemployed ono readilj consented. He shouldered his swag and trudged off to fresh iields and pastures new in the quickest time on record. He has not since been seen.

Our editor is long suffering, he is patient, and much is expected of him, but there muet be a limit, This sentiment has been evoked npnn receipt of the following curious epistle (which is reproduced exactly as it reached us) coupled with the modest request on tho part of its inventor—who by the way does not enclose his name-that we will "Please core# my roongspelling," Hithorto we were content to be regarded as infallible -as editors always are-without obtrusively deprecating such a flavoring esli- | nwtion. Now we frankly con fess we are utterly undone, and that the little required of us is, in this instance,inOnitely beyond our powers. Let our readers judge, Here is the fiendish instrument Bred in upon us by this good-natured but unsophisticated child of tho forest without a word of warning Maooriseviue April 18th 1892 Deer Sir

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The Wellington Trades and Labour Oounoil lilts pen an cmphatio donial to the statement that the tr.imwuy strike is closed. The individual burgess o( Oamaru has to pay LlO a year in rates, A first offender appeared in the Masterton E.M. Coutt this (Saturday) morning, and was discharged with a caution, The tender of Mr John Montgomery has been accepted for additions and improvements to the Masterton flosnital. v The Wellintion Education Board has refused .to permit the meeting of householders on Monday next to be held in the Temperance Hall at Masterton, It will therefore be held m the schoolhonse atKuripuni, Sir' .Tames Maokay, the prominent Knight of Labour, whu, presumably for services rendered at the late election, reoeivedan appointment in the Bureau of Industries, has been given another sugar plum in the shape of the Inspectorship of Factories for Wellington, Napier, Nelson and Wangauui. The horse attaohcd to Mr Cole's fish carl took fright yesterday afternoon and bolted up Cole-streot. No damage was done. The Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association has adopted a recom» mendation made by a sub-committee that debentures of £lO and £25, to the amount of £2250, bearing interest at the rtte of 7 per cent., and payable in seven years from the date of issue, should be issued by the Association, to enable it to meet the expenses connected with the purchase of the new ground, placing it in order, eto. Already £l3fio worth of debentu-js have been subscribed,

The Government are to be asked to place unemployed on the work of construotnig the Palmeraton Pahiatua road on the Palmeraton aide, aa aa well as on the Pahiatua Bide of the raogo, Mr M. Bohan, of the Wellington Ooaoh Factory, announces that as ho is removing to his new premises in Vic* toria Htreot, ho wishes to dispose of his present stook of buggies, ladies phtotonß and spring traps ns speedily an possible —even if he has to sacrifice them. -; No further particulars are to hand respecting the Helena murder. The police have left for the scene. A woman named Constance Spargo, who was at one time a resident of Masterton, has been arrested in Nelson on a charge of bigamy, and will appear at Pahiatua, where her husband resides, to answer the charge. It is stated that Witfch's Cirons has relieved Mastorton of surplus cash to the tune of close upon £3OO.

The editorial ohait of the Wellington j Eyening Post ia being filled by Mr'O. Rous Marten during the temporary absence on sick leave of Mr E. T. Gillon, " Meaara Peter Anderson, John Ban« nister, Robert Emery Blade, Charles Forßberg, J. p. Heckler, H. W, Jackson, W' A. JesseD, and Eskild Pedersen, havi been nominated for the Mauriceville Koad Boards A poll will be taken on the 2nd of May.

Ad afternoon matinee was given by Messrs Wirth Bros, yesterday, which was largely attended and fully appreciated, Intheeveningthe circus was open for a la:t timo. The huge canvas was again well filled, and the audionoa de» lightefj with the performance. The show left pqqiornjng for Wellington en route for the §«t)tli island, Sergeant M'Ardle is a pretty smart officer,but he met with a bit of a surprise yesterday. A pocketbook from which a pound noie had been taken was produced to a witness in the R.M. Court and was stated to contain receipts only. It had been thoroughly searched by tile Sergeant and nothing but receipts could be found. The book was handed to Mr Skipper, who at onjo drew out another document. The Sergeant merely exolaimed, "This is mysterious!" andadmitted that learned counsel was one too many for him. The effect of the disoovery, however, was hanj'y that desired by Mr Skipper;

A Meeting ot the feptors of L. i ftaWijd ComjMijy was held to^da; Present, the Cjjßr:n)ar|| Mr li, 'J, Hoopei i }M s'all pi tlje dj'ceqtoraic Tlje in prsyioi ! instruutiqn's submitted plans lor cowrtin i (Sp S'TO B es ' 4°.9 r to fhe ppmpsny s pre H'FI MS N' grocery pnef pro nnpi) stprp run qq the principle pf keepin ! best oi everything and retailing a a sipall margin 'of profit, 'the Margin fjiraptflc gqbmitfpd' a "gtatemeqt of tb - moqtl) s showing tjig ejjtra'or ' d|IW rapid pjogress ttje Cqnjpapy on | mating,, »Tjd fldvqqatjiM a tjtjgm wlljcl would 1)9 a boon to a]l dqjnfl husjnesf the Bon Marohe and completely hnopliMl the other companies andflrmslnto i WHfchati This matbr was in the blazi 9BA|ion when on; reporter sent hii ■raffib press.—Asvr-