Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1892. LITIGATION FOR THE MILLION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4210, 5 September 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1892. LITIGATION FOR THE MILLION.

DtlUn THE EXTENDED TITLE OP THE Wairarata Daily, with which it is IDENTICAL,

Tiiere was once a member for the House of Representatives named Yerrall, To say that he was sent up to Wellington by a southern constituency would be an inoxact statement of the circumstance which enabled the gentleman to write M.H.H. after his name; he came formally from tho Ashley electorate, it is true, but he was the representative of a small minority of the electors, It was the old story; two men of the same political school of thought saw fit to oppose each other—and botween them Mr John Miles Verrall slipped in, Under the Hare system which Mr Saunders longs for, Mr Yerrall would probably get in again, since under that system "cranks" have great opportunities. However, the former member for Ashley has retired at present into private life; and if we drag him from obscurity for a momont it is only

because recent legislation bag reminded us of one of his dearest hopes. While he \ns in the House, Mr Yerrall distinguished himself by capering, in season aud out of season, on two Lobbies—the creation of a State Bank and the exclusion of lawyers from Parliament. The former of these proposals has not yet cauaht the fancy of our legislature-though we notice an inclination on the part of our present Colonial Treasurer lo experiment in some directions on tho

lines of Mr Verrall's annual motion, But with regard to the little Bill providing that no practising lawyer shall sit in Parliament, we are beginning to think that there .was method iu the mover's madness—that recentlegislatjon, attempted or achieved, furnishes.

m excuse (if uot an argument) for ome drastic proposal of this kind. For tho measures which are being

passed into law during the present session-lo say nothing of those from which we may yet have a narroi? escape—may safely be described as epoch-making so far as the legal profession is concerned. Whatever view the law practitioners of New Zealand niny take of the political value of certain Bills whose passage is now assured, they will bo unanimous in the feeling of enlightened professional satisfaction with which they will regard them. It will be apparent to the humblest legal capacity—as, indeed, it will presently be demonstrated even to the lay intelligence—that these measures promise a rich aud varied crop of litigation', It has been occasionally hinted by malicious persons that tome of the junior members of the profession are adepts at case>making, that they ere inclined to foster litigation by dark methods. It has been insinuated that certain practitioners have been known to take up weak and speculative cms, that they have advised clients to contest actions in which there was not a reasonable prospect of success, ' It has even been alleged that in Borne < instances these learned gentlemen ! have advanced money out of their; own pockets iu order to keep litigation ] going. But with the large increase ( of business now provided by a benevo- i lent legislature thore will be room 1 for all and work for all, The practices > <o which we have referred may be '

discontinued; their necessity will no longer exist, Under the new dispensation, almost every relation of our social life, almost every transaction between man and man, will be deter-, mined and expressed by Act of Parliament. Men will no longer be permitted to arrange their own affairs or patch up little differences susceptible of easy adjustment, Henceforth »he law is to be the sole referee at every lurn .j we are to bo invited to appeal to it every day; If gratitude can live in the legal breast, a "Liberal" Ministrysliouldbeableto count ou :he steady support- of the profession. Among the measures calculated to 'umish material for actions at law, ■■he Labour Bills of the session lesorve special mention. Every ngenious clause introduced under he pretext of securing the workman in the one hand and protecting the imployer on the otber, carries with it bo certainty of future litigation. Strikes and lock-outs may possibly >e avoided; but only'at.the cost of airing even trivial quarrels into other rerws. When these vaunted rneaures have become law, we shall see dozens of disputes cropping up in our

S.M, Courts, to pass from thence to the Supreme Court, mid make a final appearance in the Court of Appeal, It is a common-place of criticism, that there is no country in the world where so ninny lawyers co-exist as in New Zealand, having regard of course to the population. In making laws we hive managed to make lawyers; 1 but it has been reserved for the present Parliament to provide a royal rond to moncy-maliing for every one of these gentlemen. The induttry of Ministers has been phenomenal; and the ranks of the profession popularly supposed to be over-crowded al-; •oady will positively have to be str ngthened in ord.-r to cope with the increased business off-red by our Liberal patriots. The satirical Washers and Manglcrs Bill circulated by Mr Buekland may deserve to be characterised as impudent; but it points its little moral for all that, If the jocularity of the honourable gentleman smacks of the sawdust or the burnt cork, it has at least the point and pungency of its venerable prototypes ; and the country need not regret this exhibition of buffoonery if it brings tho Government lo realise what an intolerable deal of sack they have served out to one half-pennyworth of bi ead—how much provision ihey have made for lawyers to laugh und grow fat, how little useful or necessary are the measures which they liavo thrust upon us in tkeircapacity of social and domestic inquisitors.

Mb Hogg declared at the. laieLand Board meeting thnt bo would not bo made the catspaw (if such individuals as " tbo Beetbams' and Buolianans' and Goorge Moore." We did not know that the Member for Wairarapa was a plural individual, or that it was customary to n-fi-r publicly to a notilor as" George Moore"; but perhaps the Member for iMasterton is oducating the iVasln Lands Board on such minor points, Neither do we consider that any one will su»pect him of being the cilspaw of either of the gentlemen to whom ho referred so pointedly, His disclaimer was evidently one of those stage effects which ho uses for the benefit of his friends, Let ns bopa that the timn will arrive when Mr Hogg will decline lo be catspaw to any man. For some time past be has been working dilig- ntly as a Parliamentary underground engineer, and performing catspuw work with questionable success, Indeed, he is almost lo bo pitied for the trouble which he has thereby brought on himself, In connection with a certain road dispute he has compromised himself, his party and his Ministcrial.friends. It is even rumoured that he has laid himself open to awkward consequences in this.affair by committing a breach ohhe privileges of the House. Even Ministers ''are said to be afraid of a rod in pickle which they have brought upon themselves by unwisely backing up the member for Masterlon in his little catspaw enterprises. In Mr Hog" they have had a whole-souled supporter; but the price they arc paying lately for such a boon ie said to bo a little moro than they calculated on, Mr Hogg had better be satisfied with the patrons whom he has already secured, for bo cannot reasonably exppot Messrs Beetham and Buchanan to swell the list. Ho ; has climbed into power by abusing men of a certain class, but strange to ; say, when one of this class says a few soft words to him, or shows him a little attention, tho member for Mas- i terton at once grovels to his patron, ] and becomes his political tool, A j silken thread will lead him under such circumstances, and he is prouder , of a smile from such a quarter than , he is of the plaudits of a mob of his i own particular friends and admirers, 1 of whom probably he is getting ' heartily sick, !

MrH. A, Stratford, KM, who left Oamaru for the West Coast last week, was presented with several testimonials and addresses prior to taking hia departure.

His Excellency Lord expressed his intention of spending afew days at fishing in Mastorlon during the doming season.

Mr Leon Driver, tho pianist who, to our sorrow, visited Masterton a few •months since, ij giving a farewell reoital at Auckland to-night, prior to leaving under engagement for the Chicago exhibition.

A sacred concert was given in tho Masteiton Theatre Koyal last night by tho " Musicil Quintette," the hall being crowded in every part, The singing ol the talented litilo company was much appreciated, and everybody iras delighted 'with tho entertainment Doom's Ityim look a little for his stomach's sake on Saturday, but,the offect was not what ho desired and hu was accommodated in tho police cells. He contributed the usual five shillings to the revenue this morning. Mr Joseph A. Eenall, of To Whiti Station, met with a painful accident on Thursday afternoon, whilst repairing a water-wheel A sudden rise in tho river sot the wliofil in motion. The thumb of his right hand was drawn into the cogs and torn right off, bringing away with it pieces of the sinews oi tho arm eight inches long. Tho new holder at the Masterton gasworks is noarly completed.

The peach and plum trees in the Masteiton orchards are now in full bloom. The scheme for irrigating tho Upper Plain is, we understand, still in hand, The settlers intend appealing to Parliamout for assistance. There are fifteen local bodies in tho Wniknto County, with eighty raembors -that is a local body for ovory 120 resi* dent householders.' A settler at Makora, near Masterton, has had two hundred per cent, uf lambs from a small flock this season, 'i'heshobp had, of course, plenty of shelter. Pearson's Private Brass Baud played several selections in Queon-street on Saturday evening, which were much ap. predated by tho public, the town having a very lively appearance. " Ta-ra-ra-booiu-der-e," (played for the first time in Mastorton), and "Ora Pro Nobis" woro the favorite pioces, Sinco thi Band has been re-organised, its progress has been marked, and the now officers are to be congratulated upon tho result of their energy,

Professor Pickering, Director of the Observatory at Harvard University, has discovered two mountain ranges' and eleven lakes in the planet Mars. A young man named Frank Horrocks* son of a well-known member of the Civil Service in Brisbane, who was arrested in April on suspicion of having caused the death of a new arrival named Weismullor who was found dead near the city with his brains boateu out by a tomahawk, has been found Guilty and sentenced to death,

The annual drawing examination at the Masterton School takes place on Wednesday next. The work will be supervised by members of the School Committee.

A monster" tangi" was held over the remains of the hto chief Abraham, who died at tho Lowor Tauoru last week. The body was placed in a leaden coffin, with a tjlaßS front, and was buriod in the Maori style. A " cry " is now being hold over the young Maori woman who died iu the Masterton Hospital on Thursday. The last " meet " of the season will be held by the Wairarapa Hunt Club at f'ihautoa, Lowor Valloy, on the 27th inst, Wo hear that Mr W. Perry has disposed of his Masterton butchery business, which will be taken over by the new proprietor at tho ond of tho month. At the annual ball in connection with the Maungnraki Quadrille Assombly held at Gladstone on Friday ni«ht, about seventy couples wero present, including visitors from Masterton, Carterton, Greytown and Feathcrston. Mr J. A. Cowles, assistant teacher at the Carterton school, is about to receive promotion and transfer. Wheat has fallon to tho lowest prico known in Now York for five years, and thcro is a panto on the oxchansje, Professor Mason concluded his season in Masterton on Saturday night, when there was another fairly good audience in the Theatre Royal. Tho Professor and his company left for Woodyillo to-day.

The Wairarapa Hunt Club held a "hunt" at Maatertoii on Saturday last. Tho"meet" took place at the Club Hotel at throe o'clock, and the throiv-off in tho paddock «f Mr. A. Walker, Upper Plain, about half-an-hour later, (lis hounds nore followed by about forty huntsmen, led by tho huntsman of the club, Mr.R. Roake. The run was two or three miles in length, and there wore about twenty jumps, 801119 of which were rather difficult to negociate. Several riders came down, but fortunately no serious injury resulted, Tho jumping, on tho whole, was remarkably good. Samuel Grovea, who at one time resided in Masterton, was found on Friday by Constable Cooper, of Paluatua, lying in a stato of unconsciousness in a new

house to which ho had gone after having had dinner with his family, Attempts were mado to rouse him, but to no purWhen discovered he was lying on a spring mattress with his coat ovor his head. On Ur Gault's arrival tho stomach'puoip was put into requisition, but as convulsive muscular twitclungs had been going on for some twenty minutes, it was doubtful whothcr any good would remit. Mrs Groves stated that Groves poured something out of a littlo bottle, which he took from his pocket, into a cup of tea that ho was taking with his dinner. Fur some timo past ho had been in financial difficulties, and to use his wife's own words, " they could not get food to oat." A* Groves drank tho toa ho remarked that ho would "not want any moro food in this world."

The Wellington Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society produco in tho Opera House for a season of six nights, com* mencingon Wednesday next, September 7th, tho delightful romantic opera" Hip Van Winklo," The casto is a particularly strong one, and with a chorus of fifty voices and an efficient orchestra the success of the Opera Is guaranteed. The acenory fortho pieco is Baidto bo mag. niGcent and the mechanical effects superb. Wairarapa visitors to tho Em. pire City will, wo feel sure, show their appreciation of the talent and enterpri.io of the Dramatic Society by their prcs • ence at Ihe Opera House every night of, the Benson,

In tho Banco Court on Saturday morning Mr Justice Richmond hoard and decided the case of Bicknell v. ' Donald, a Wairarapa road dispute. In 1 the District Court at Masterton Jud«e | Robinson decided that Donald had I wrongfully broken down a gato on a road passing through section 71, Moroa Block, the property ot tho plaintiffs, and awarded £2O damages, with costs. Mr Justice Richmond held that ho could not disturb the judgment of the lowor Court, and therefore found for the plaintiff ((horespondent), with h % additional costs, Mr H. D. Bell, instructed by Mr Board of Masterton was for tho appellant, and Mr Paterson, with 'him Mr M'Alijter, for the respondent. Remember I Our big, Sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing, cominenciao on Friday.July Ist at TeAro Rouse, Remember I If you want to receive wonderful bargains you should visit or send to tbeßigSalo at ToAro House, Wellington. • ° Remember I There are wonderful bar, gains in ovary department such as wils make a trip to our Big Sale remunerative You will savo far more than your expenses by visiting the Big Sale at Te Aro House Wellington Remember I Sale Price Lists will on ap» ' plication be forwarded post free. Sale lasts ! 15 days only, If a visit is impassible, send your orders, enclosing cash, so that you may share ,n the good things going at tbo Biß Sale, Te ro HQasß,WelljogtoiHtoYT