Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4230, 29 September 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1892.

Being tbe extenoed thus of hie Waibabapa Daily, with which it is IDKtmOAI,.

One aspect of the Public Works Statement is very reassuring. The nonburrowing policy of the Government has our hearty support, and the general division of tbe £661,765 proposal for expenditure during the year is, perhaps, as fair as can be expected, On tbe other hand, the attack made on tho Railway Commissioners, on account of some slight diminution in tbo traffic returns, is somewhat unreasonable, Between the Government and the labour party, the Commissioners bavo been betwixt tbe devil and tho deep blue sea. Pressure has been brought upon them in tbe past to make concessions which have not, been favourablo to working profits, but which have, in a measure, staved off tbe bowstring with which they have been so repeatedly threatened, If tbe returns for tbe year 1891-92 contrast unfavourably with the results for 1889-90, the difference is quite explainable by the consideration that it was one thing to work under the auspices of a loyal Government like the Atkinson Ministry, and quite another thins to labour under the depressing influences of a BallanceSeddon Government, However, Ministers promise to put things right by experimenting on the Zone system, when the term of offics of the present Commissioners expires. Tho Zone system will reduce to Zero the passenger revenue, but then it is agitated for, and whatever is agitated for must be right with our present rulers.

Of course the statement eulogises the co-operative system in railway construction. In this district we know bow much is frittered away on tbe Eketahuna and Pahiatua ends of a link that could have been more economically constructed from one end by open tender. However, engineers have dropped down to the neoessity of swearing by this method of muddling along, and tbe Government can obtain expert endorsements of their new fad which oommon sense willappreoiate at their true value, The plain unvarnished truth about the cooperative system has been told by Mr Allen.tbe member lor Bruoe, in the following terms :

Did not tho honourable gentleman him self know that the policy he and his colleagues had introduced ha l ! put a stop to the employment of capital in labour, and that that was one of the reasons why so many were out of employment at the present tiino J He knew for a fact—for he had had to go into works recently—that the contract price for work dono in Otago during the last twelve months bad been one-third moro than the engineer's estimates; and when an explanation was asked, the reply, was that it was due to the disturbance in tho labourmarket through the policy ef tho Govern-' ment, These were facts, and they would tell against Ministers iu the future. That was one of the reasons why so many mm were out of employment at present; and to insinuato that capitalists would not give them employment, and were shutting up their miincy-bßgssim):ly because they did not want to employ these men, was a most unfair insinuation. It was because they could net employ tho men profitably that they did not do so.

It is only a question of time for Mr Allen's view to he demonstrated throughout the Colony and for tbe new co-operative system to break down under its own weight. As long as the Government can find wages for all comers it may survive, but the all coiners will increase and multiply faster tban the money, and when this point is reached (be system will be denounced from one end of the Colony to tbe other. One item of the Statement is ominous, and that is the proposal to spend £108,687 on public buildings during tbe current year. We suppose it is justified by tbe usual unanswerable Ministerial logic, viz., "agitation." Tbe sum is evidently in excess of the prudent requirements of the Colony, but if it assists todevelop further experiment in the co-operative labour field, it will meet with many enthusiastic admirers,

A meeting of Stewards of the Master. ton"Opaki Jockey Club will be held this | evening at seven o'olook in the Club Hotel.

Mr J. Henry Smith, Junr., of tho I Taueru, notifies that he is in no way | connected with a certain Henry Smith lately below'the Masterton R.M. Court,

Mr T.D.Thompson, of the Empire Hotel, had a live pig stolen from his premises the other night. He would like the person who took it, to cull and remove tbe sty.

Mosars Msir arid McCardlo have been appointed to deal with tho question of an aided school for the Taueru.

The question of lovelling the Greytown school ground was brought up at tho Meetme ef the Wellington Education Board held yesterday morning, by Mr Buchanan, who reported that the committee were somewhat sore at the matter having been put off from meeting to meeting, and wanted the levels supplied, Dr Newman moved that further information be obtained by tho Board before carrying out the work, and that such information being furnished the Board proceed with tho work.

Referring to ourleaderof Mondaylast the Standard "scores" at our expense. Our contemporary says with roference to a misquotation which we made " the relation between the original Saul and Jonathan was that of father and son, aud moreover it was not very cordial "at that," There was, indeed, a party by the name ef David whose friendship with Jonathan was of a fraternal character j and wo aro forced to concludo that our contemporary meant to refer to David when he wrote his little gibe, Wo do nof ourselves think that there are many points of resemblance between Mr Hogg and the psalmist—but that i» our contemporary's trouble. We are only concerned to offer our oondolencos to the Editor of the Wairabapi Daily Times on his waut of acquaintance with holy writ, May we, at the snme time, suggest to him that it is inadvisable to make quotations from books which one hasn't read?"

Cowan and Yaughsn's Amazon Minstrel Company is announced for Monday tho 3rd of October in the Theatro Royal, Masterton, The A to L Petitions Committee has no recommendation to make upon the petition of John Leslie, of Wellington, who prayed for compensation for a foot shattered on the co-operative works at Pahiatua.

A reward is offered by Mr F. P. Harrison, of the Uppor Plain, for two horses which have been lost from his paddocks. Full particulars may bo seen in the advertised notification.

After many applications tho discharge of Joseph Ingley from bankruptcy has, at last, been conditionally granted. His Honor, District Judge Robinson, in a lengthy judgment, said that the caso had now been before the Court for the past three years, From the evidence it appeared that the bankrupt had kept nothing back, and he had decided to grant the discharge on oondition that Ingley pays a net dividend of two shillings in the £. on all proved claims in tho estate of Joseph and Emma Ingley, or cither of them, or that Ingley finds security for this amount.

A prize to be competed for by ladies has keen offered to the Masterton Tennis Club by Mr Austin Elder. The Committee has, with due cepted Mr Elder's gift, and will arrange a tournament for lady members of tho Club accordingly. Two lines of wethers are added to Mr F. H. Werf's advertised list for his next stock Bale k the Taratahi,

The folltwinghave been elected a committoe of management for the Mastortun Lawn Tennis ftlub for tho ensuicg season :—Messrs Donald, Ohcnuells, Bromnor, Brabant, Rev Father McKenna. F. G. Kimbell (Secretary), and Nelson Bunting (Treasurer), Tho well-known Wairarapa brood mare, Rose D'Amour, is reported to havo died a few days ago, She was twonty years of age.

Bankruptcy business will be taken in the District Court (to-morrow) Friday morning,

_ Tho disohargo in bankruptcy of William Arthur Rowse, late of tatahuna, was granted by His Honour Judge Robinson, yesterday altemoon, Mr Beard appeared for the applicant, It is pointed out with rogardto the new lino of twenty Dovor stoves just imported by the Wairarapa Farmors' Cooperative Association, Limited that they aro specially adapted for burning wood. They should prove a very saloablc line in this district.

Sixteen witnesses are subpoeaned in the Clark.ftaylor slander caso. Mr E, H. Waddineton was highly complimented at the meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club last night, for tho way, aa Secretary, be has managed the Club'B affairs during the year. He was unanimously re-elected to tho office, and his salary increased to £4O per annum.

We regret to hear that Mr A, A. Elkini, the genial host of the Club Hotel, Mastortun, is serioualy indisposed.

_ The Masterton Courthouse was literally packed all yesterday afternoon, during the hearing of the slander case,

One very funny witness, in the District Court yesterday, recollected perfectly that something ocouned on a serlain Saturday night, and in the next breath Bwore he did not know what day of the week it happened on, To tnako mates worso ho repented both statements,

Stakes aggregating £3OO will bo given at tho next meeting of the MastertonOpaki Jockey Club, which takes place on Boxing Day,

The residence of Mrs Vallance, in Lincoln road, was visited by a thief on Tuesday night, a number of articles, including a wringing machine, were removed from tbe premises. Residents would do well to be on their guard, aB night prowlers and sneak thieves are busy just now.

A fumemng VEnwcx.-Speaklng of one of the most noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—"Sharland's Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notice.for the "Moa" Brand Bak. ing Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From one ond of New Zealand to the othor, large orders are recowed for this popular brand. Evon in the most out of the way districts the careful houso»wife, possessed with tho laudable ambition to make her broad aud her sconßs better than her neighbours', buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triumphs over tho few of her less sonsible sisters, who, from a mistaken senso of ecouomy, buy apparently cheaper brands, The recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a secret; but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & Co, do, the best only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exactly proportioned," Readers, who require an economical, .satisfactory and healtbfnl Baking Powder, cannot do better than use the 'Moa''brand.~ADVT

Activity prevails all over tho house, tearing open «a6es, ripping up panels, slitting boxes, undoing package*, all day long, That ia how the work of preparation is now going on at Hooper's Bon Marclie, Inconsequence of the advance of spring the fashion's seotionß are specially busy.' Huge slaoksof dresß material are rising in the space apportioned to them, and in the show rooms pile of bonnet boxes, being the choicest millinery in the world. Boxes of feathers, Hewers, parasols, and other fashionable, etc,, etc,, are gradually being absorbed into their comprehensive ana liberally assorting stooks. Snob an array of elegant millinery, pretty bonnets and dainty hats, Tho Bbow rooms aro ablaze of beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions, On every side are trophies of tho mantlemaker's and costumier's arts. There should be no tine lost, so moments wasted and the business should- be that of buying as fast as possible, There are just acheico sprinkling of many lines, so those that are first ia tfiofield will t»v« the first : pick,-tow.