Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878] FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1892. THE FINANCIAL DEBATE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4184, 5 August 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times [ESTABLISHED 1878]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1892. THE FINANCIAL DEBATE.

Beiko the eitended hue of the Wairabapa Daily, with whioh it is IDENTICAL

Parliamentary practice has always i permitted a considerable latitude to I speakers in a debate on the Finanoial ] Statement; and it cannot be com- ( plained that traditional rights have suffered any curtailment this session, It would not lie too muoh to say that the discussion has been it omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis. The policy of Ministers lias been assailed in almost every conceivable way, and in almost every conceivable way the assault has been repelled. Slashing invective has alternated with sneer and inuendo; personalities have been let fly right and left, with (bo avowed object of leaving a sting behind when they have been formally " withdrawn "; Mr Speaker has engaged in more than one weak and unedifying wrangle with leading spirits in the House; and it wants littlo more to complete the resemblance of our principal Legislative Chamber to the naaiy parliaments of some neighbouring colonies, In the midst of this flux of words, now fierce, now foolish, tbe Labour representatives have been conspicuous for their decorum of demeanour and'their moderation of language, It has bepn }eft for old Parliamentary hands to ehpw how $ man may forget that he is a gentleman while he speaks as a partisan, and to educate astonished novices in the art of sailing olosp (o the wind as regards offensive language,' Several scathing articles have appeared in journals of ail shades of political opinion, deprecating tho tone of tbe debate and demonstrating itß futility; but we confess that it bus not seemed to us worth while to spend printer's ink over diatribes of this kind, The discreditable exhibition must soon fizzle out; and, beyond costing the pountry a great deal of money, its effect will have been absolutely nothing at all. The Government will win comfortably this time, Whether they will Buffer defeat at a later stage of the session, when the introduction of certain of, ite oolicy Bills will revive tbe whole discussion tinder another form, is a fgore diffioulc question to answer —though, of coup, we should like, for our own part, to feel ju3tifjerj in prophesying their defeat, But, in view of the approaching end of this particular debate, we think our readers will not quarrel with us if we Bet down the salient points of the Opposition argument, so far as it has been possible to extract them from t|ie mass of Opposition verbiage.. The essence of Mr Balance's declared policy is that it pon.sjsts jq "self-reliance." Subjected to analysis, this has turned out to mean that the Colony is to live on tbe savings of the widow and orphan in the Public Tru3t Office, Public Works, the Premier proudly tells us, are io be carried on outof revenue—but we are n.qfc permjtted to debate this apparently p'rep'osterflps'sugsejtion with any definiteinformation Wgo qpofl, ye have not been furnished with any Public Works Statement at all. And we blush to say-we blush for our political friends to have to saythat these are the chief arguments .which resnlfi from boiling down the criiioiems'indulged in by Opnosi- ' tion. They have been cast (p a dozen different forms, expressed with varying degrees'of vigour, and interspprseij wjtb' P?. ore 'W ' ess ? iolent I charges of lying &!#<# They are i strong in themselves j but unhappily 1 it knot capy t9§.e§tbejrßWgth because of the hideous dress in which they have too often appeared. We i think that the common sense of the i country will have.revolted against set debates, after (he deplorable issue of this one; and we are bound to say that, while (in our opinion) the Opposition have right on their side, they have acted for the most part as if the contrary were the case.

A number of valuable dogs in the Mauriceville district have been poisoned within the past few The Beat of Mr W. W. MrOardle on the Wellington Land Board becomes vacant on September Ist. The general opinion is that ho will not be re-ap-pointed, although .tno name of bis probable successor has not yet transpired. A frost-fish, which is a groat rarity, has been thrown up ou the beach at Napior.

A new sawmill is, we understand, about to be erected at the Lower Taueru by MrT.O, Williams.

Thirty thousand • 'eyed" trout ova were sent to Napier from the Masterton Fish Hatcheries to-day, No cases have yet been set down for hearing at the next sitting of the District Court at Masterton, although steps are being taken to nave the case Clark v. Naylor (of Pahiatua), a claim for alleged slander, put on the list. It is understood that the discharge of Joseph Ingley from bankruptcy will be granted at the next sitting of the District Court at Mastortor. on condition that tho sum of 2s in the £ is paid on all approved claims, or security found for the payment of the same. The manager of the Melbourne Mutual Providoring Company received an ordorfrom an up-oountry Viotoriau station lately for" a dozen of your best New Zealind souls in ice." He sent a dozen Boles. MrT. D. Thompson, of Masterton, has resolved to dispose of some of his purebrod stock. Mesers Lowes & lorns have received instructions to sell on Wednesday next at thoir Renall-street yards, at one o'clock, the thoroughbred mares, " Zara," "Queen Coil,"" Modeßty " and " Sunrise." The two former havo yearling colts at foot by Fiscatorius. The Akaroa Mail says that on Thursday Dr. Fisher extracted from the back of Mr J. Castte, Devauohelles, a piece of glass five-eighths of an inch in length and half an inch broad, which had been in for nine years and eight months,

Verily Protection is a charming thing. A geutleman ordered from England an article unobtainable in the Colony. The cost in England was noarly M, and the charges including freight and duty amounted to £6 more. This is paying dearly for a whistle.

The Hon. J. J), Ormond, of Hawke's Bay, has purchased in Australia the well-known thoroughbred racehorse Dreadnought. The stallion will be

brought over to New Zealand at once. Dreadnought was bred by the late Hon, James White, and is by Chester out of Trafalgar, by Blair Athol from Musket's sister, It will thus bo seen that in Dreadnought the Hon. J. D. Ormond has secured two of the most highly prized and valued strains of blood in the world. Dreadnought was a great performer in Australia, winning all the classic raoes ho was sent for as a three-voar-old.

"Yates' Reliable Seeds" have now a very high reputation in Masterton and the ' surrounding district, where the settlors have given them a fair trial and found that both vegetable and flower are—as nomed—" reliable," The new season's stock hat just arrived, Mossrs John Graham and Co. and Messrs Geo, Johnston being the sole Masterton agents. Catalogues and price lists may be obtained from them on application.

A correspondent from Inglewood writes: —'' Several men have come hero to a Mr O'Donovan, with an idea that their work would be three miles from the railway station. They came by direction of the Labour Bureau. The work they are wanted for is 23 miles from the station, and aftor the men got here thoy found there was no chance of making anything over expenses,"

Two settlers in the Coonoor block, Forty-Mile Bush, had an unpleasant experience during the rough cold weother last week. While crossing the Waewaepa, whioh was oovered with snow, they wandered off the track and could not find it again. After searching for the track for some time they resigned themselves to putting in a night in the bush, and spend the night they did, cold, wet, and huugry. The next morning the lost track waß found, and they readied their journey without further mishap.—Pahiatua Star.

Although we do not pretend to bo champions or protectors of the police, we are authorised to state that the " yarn" in circulation .regarding the refusal of Sergeant M'Ardle to send a man to the Temperance Hall on Monday night when a certain Masterton dancing class jwas being disturbed by larrikins is a pure and unadulterated fabrication. •■ The Bergeant was spoken to on the subject on Tuesday for the first tune, and pointed out then that it would be absurd to station a man at the Temperance Hall when social gatherings were being held. On no occasion, however, did he refuse to send a man round when specially requested to do so, Ar a matter of fact the services of the police were not asked for on Mopday night. There appears to be a class of people in Masterton whose sole aim and object is to vilify the police' without tho slightest regard for truth or fair play. They have a Scenery Preservation Society in New Plymouth, and in his ajhjress at the annual meeting the other day, the president lamented the apathy manifested by the genera} public, who, so far, had failed'to see the advantage that might be secured by preserving from destruction pretty pieces of bush, etc. A grave mistake had, in his opinion, been made by Borne peoplo in planting wrong trees, vizi, son)bre evergreens, such' as ptttu insignia, instead of more deciduous 1 trees,' Which would let light arid warmthintotheirgardensandhouses (hiring fho wet season. From a sanitary sfandpoim) the planting of the riglrt kind of' trees wauld be a preventive of a great deal qf'sickneßS durjng the v/hiter :

This is how the Hawke's Bay Herald puts it i-Here is a fauvsiged sample of an anopialy,' The Qovernijient are de ; olamig a holiday, '•' Arbor Diy," for tree; planting purposes, Yet at present, and for nearly a score of yoara past, those who have been- daring enough to buy bush iand from the State on deterred payments have been compelled, under a penalty, to out down attd destroy by burning the trees upon such land. " Arbor Day" to mend that sort of thing suggests taking a piece from the bottom ora"bl»nkett«)ad|ittpthetop. In the obituary notices of the Auokr, land Star is recorded the death of Albert Henry Day, of Eden Terrace, " through an accident while playing football," I| ia said some months ago the unfortunate young .fellow, whilo engaged in a match, received »n" injury to ono of bis lungs from which he hover recovered, yarinus medical men were .consulted,' but none I gave any hope, and the young man gradually sanjk, passing away on Wednesday attbeageof|wenty years. Itwaa at the deoeased's rei}ues( that the cause of the accident was stated in tho death notice, his expressed objeot being to warn othors against the game, which he considered too rough.

Bo careful, when you buy, where you buy' what you buy and how you buy. -If you do not watch' those cardinal points in tho toienoo of buying, likely enough you will M"'4 'ho wrong shop; buy what you WtVllS aMfay ntbre than is at all necessaiy,' 'fit lb'6' your 1 own fault, no one else it to blame i'.yo'ii W fortune ariseß from your own denseness, and lack of caution and foresight in floundering into the first hole in the Wall you come across in your shopping rambles. There is only one way out of the difficulty; 6jj)y'one plan by whioh the thousand dis> Jtinctevjlsthaj4re/jn'>ut 'path' -can he avoided)'and'itlie bleftinjjs'tbit are waiting for you ban be embrlceu, vfc'i Buy everything at' Hooper aid 'Compahyj Bon Maroho." Jjtake it a rule of your 1 life, anil sen thaj'yoiir family/do so likewise. ! It is to your interest] just the same' as it is to injure jpjflifein (/soond Boo'ie|y,"Qrbuild your house oq jsepiir? foundation, by polpg s§'wJ!plehog"} ing'ther'"words,';'by'Mer> mining to buy eyeFy|jng a) Hproef" ijijd Company's, Ben Marobs, Takjl yo'uf grocory bill on one hand, and your draper's on the the other 'Give us your weekly order for family stores; for tea, coffco, butter; and other eatables, and you .will save enough to buy your own clothes, with something. to put in'' the pockets. Buy everything at Hooper and Company's, Bon Marohe—Anvr.

Mr A. R, Bunny informs us that the appeal against the decision of Colonel Roberta in the case Hosking v, Beetham is to be proceeded with,

MrE. of the Wellington Labour Bureau, is in Masterton to-day, making inquiries into the allegations made regarding the men sent to this district from the Bureau,

Tho Pahiatua paper nays the Mayoral troubles and Borough squabbles of Masterton havo dona more to advertise this town than either the resources of the district or the enterprise of tho inhabitants,

One of the oldest settlers in Mauricevilla passed away on Wednesday night last in the person of Mrs John Jessen. She had been for some time past a severe sufferer from asthma. Mr Jessen and a grown up family of one son and two daughters are left to mourn their lots. The deceased lady will be buried at the Lutheran Cemetery,. Mauriceville, this (Friday) afternoon, The young men Stevens and Gunther, who wero before the Masterton R.M. Court yesterday, wore drinking on the previous afternoon in another hotel, and not in the Star Hotel, as stated, They certainly did enter the Star Hotel, but immediately the licensee discovered their condition no had them ejected,

The Napier Telegraph says :-Many of our readers heard on Wednesday a

strange rumbline sound—a sound which was like distant thunder, astho rumbling that precedes an earthquake—woll, tho Natives are predicting a severe volcanio eruption, and say that that sound is tho sign of it coming, The herds of wild horses running on the Kaingaroa plains near Taupo have loft tho flat country, and this is regarded as a sign of instinctive knowledge of coining trouble,

Masterton may lack many things,- but it undoubtedly possesses tho champion contrary man of Now Zealand, Yesterday had, with much announcement by the Government, been proclaimed Arbor Day throughout the Colony, and most of us rejoicing in the leisure, either planted trees or looked on approvingly and patronisingly at othor people deing it. Not so our wayward friend, for out at his farm at Upakt, ho. with fiendish delight and many chuckles, spent the whole day from early morn to dewy eve chopping down trees one after the other, all from pure oussedness of spirit and wantonness of habit. Arbor Day certainly sealed the fate of that choice bit of forest, paradox though it may seem,

At the Criterion Hotel, New Plymouth, a goodly number of travellers had met, One produced a subscription list for a poor widow woman whose husband had fallen down an artesian well and got drowned. Eight actually gave 2s 6d oacli in aid of the poor widow, Thereupor the suppliant shouted for the crowd, and repeated the process several times before the subscribers" dropped "adown to the fact that they were drinking their own money,

The Sydney Morning Herald says that ie difficulty which threatened the bus-

pension of the oheap cable aervico will be half solved by the accession of New Zealand, and a little forbearance and judicious negotiation will bring in Queensland, the only remaining objector. Mr James Muir, of Masterton, has already this season received orders for I four Zealandia Patent Woolpreßaea. They are all for the South bland.

You love riiy daughter? ejaculated the old man. Love herl ho exclaimed, passionately j why, sir, I would I'io for her. For one soft glance from thoao eyes I would hurl myself from yonder cliff, and perish upon the rocks two hundred feet below. Ihe old man shook his head. I'm somotbing of a liar myself, he remarked, and one is enough for a small family like mine, The Wanganui Yeoman of the 22nd inst. has the following :—ln a neighbour-

itig Licensing District two gentlemen of strong Prohibition tendencies, who had previously held seats on the Committee, declined to stand tor re-election, alleging that their principles wero opposed to the existing law on the subject, They said they could not as honourable men protond to administer the law, and would

not occupy seats on the Licensing Committee in order to carry out principles the Licensing Law did not recognise. Six lady candidates contested for seats on'the Plymouth Board of Guardians; of these five wore elected, the sixth being

only six votes behind the lowest succi ful candidate

Hansard has completed its twenty' fifth year of publication. During tho quarter of the century 75 volumes! with 53,079 pages, havo been printed, the columns of which measure 12} miles in length—an average of half a mile per session,

The article appearing in our issue of Tuesday regarding the privations of Labour Bureau workmen at Alfredton has already had its effect. Mr Fisher has given notice to ask tho Government whether they intend to take any stops to deal with the hardships experienced by men brought from various parts of the Colony and thrown on tho co-operative works in the Worth Island by the Labour Bureau.

One of the most determined opponents of the totalisator is Mr W, Hutchison, of Dunedin, and when Mrfiees' Ofamin'. and Lotteries Act Amendment Bill ia ia Committeo, ho wi)l moye a number of new clauses providing for minimising the abuses at present connected with the gambling machine. The purpose of these is thit no racing club shall be licensed to use the totalisator for more than one meeting iu the course of any one year, and that any raciog Olub holding'two meetings in a year, or two days' racing at'one meeting, shall be bound to give at least £3OO in stakes each day, under a penalty of £SOO. Mr. A. Walkor, of Masterton, is a large oxhibifor at' tlje Wellington Poultry show, which opened yesterday. Mr, J. (Jaselherg, of this town, has also a number of exhibits. p

The many friends in this district of Mr. Richard gannjster will be sorry to hear that he is lying seriously ill at Mr A,W, Cave's, Te Ore Ore, with inflim. ination of the lungs and pleurisy,

Remember I Our big Sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Olothing, commencing Ott Friday, July Ist, at Te Aro House. Remember I If you want to receive wondorful bargains you should visit or Bend to the Big Salo at Te Aro House, Welling" ton.

Remember I There are wonderful bargains 'in'every department such as will make a trip to our Sis Sale Veniiltteralive, Jou will save far more than ybiir expeiisoß' by visiting the Dig Salo at Te Aro House, Wellington, ■•■..-. Remember I Sale Price Lists will on ap„ plication be forwarded post free. Salo lasts 16 days only,' If a visit is impossible, send your orders, enolosing cashv so that you m'a'y share in }hi) good thihgß going" at 'the Big S'alei Te Aro Honse.Wellinßton-ApvT,