Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4403, 10 August 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1893.

According to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.8., the present Laud Act. is practically a failure. Of course we have known this all along, hot it is satisfactory to find our view endorsed J by a thick and thin supporter of the Government. The following extract from Hansard giveß the view of tb.j member for .Masterton : We have a Land Act on its trial which is admittedly one of the most liberal Acts yet introduced into any English lep'ilalure. This Act has already been the means of attracting hundreds, if not thousands, of settlers to the soil of the Colony. But I would ask the Government to remember this: that unless some provision is made for these settlers—unless some ways and means are advanced to enable them to tide over their early difficulties—in many cases, so far from the Act proving as beneficial as it was intended to be, it will simply prove a trap. You can get settlers on the land, but tho difficulty is, having got them, to keep them there, We want to keep them there. It is a lamentable fact that a great many who went on the land of late yearß have been unable to retain their possessions. This accounts for the numerous transfers wo see going on from time to time.

Mr Hogg justly argue? that men taking up sections on leases in perpetuity cannot maintain their families while they are clearing their land, and making improvements. The remedy suggested by Mr Hogg is that the State should become a money-lender and make advances to struggling settlers; that it should not only find the land bat the capital to work it. This is a view which sill be immensely popular with small settlers in the bush, but it is a cruel one to put forth, because there is not the remotest prospect of any Government making such advances. It is a wrong act for a man without Capitol toentor upon land or take up any business 'to which capital is essential and we hold that it is better to tell men the truth, to point out the mistakes they are making—misled by Liberal Governments and generous politicians who promise things they cannot possibly perform—than to let them goon under a mistaken impression that help will come from an impossible quarter. Hundreds of men every year, j who have boen misled into taking up land surrender their sections and retire broken-hearted' from enterprises into which they never ought to have embarked, The Dand Act is a Moloob which is crushing hundreds of men bouxaih its wheels. The Member for Masterton may propose a remedy which may put some heart or some hope into the victims, but it is far boncHerto tell them straight out that they had better.come from under the wheels

We raised a question as to Mr Fownall's fitness fur the high publio. position which he now holds. His flippant ietler, published in OUr last issue,.insulting honorable men and honorable women, is a plain answer to the question. We will let our controversy with him rest at that letter. In onr opinion, he ought to be requested by the honorable men and the honorable women whom he has mocked to resign his office as Mayor. Such a requisition would place on | record an opinion which we believe is generally entertained throughout the Borough and which would be endorsed by a large majority of ratepayers.

A little boy, a son of Mr J. Graham, iunr, who has been a sufferer from a lame leg for a considerable time, had the misfortune toslip yesterday and fracture the affected limb. The broken bones hare been set by Dr .Beard, and so far the little sufferer Is doing as well as can u iexpeoted. '■■: Sixteen Senato ■'.. s.j' opposing.the repealpf the.ShermanSilver Act. •';;f

The creditors pt ,he Queensland 1 Nation, 'Bank have' app-oyed, £ he recon : straction scheme, '•

Letters from Tonga state that measleß has appeared there; Dutonly of a 1 mild typo-. I '. ; ., '-'

The Emperor of Austria will entertain ' idle Kaiser for three iweeks duringV;the Ilytijmnmanoeuvres. '.-_.■' .' :

Befercl&gjtoarecent reception a'tjijfoimwb Bom. f,?u|" i( in the Even. ing Pteiij has;tne.!follojnm'}4!' We}l, too was a of fine properiions and with eneugbi goldvl.aca about bitn to ocuah. five qunoestbtbe ten: ffben »DDoaiiced,;hii Mine, wasn't eihotly oaTight by thuitiotrawi, who fliit'ciienough,;andUhe offloetifess'aj); noanced''•■« ; ; '',Captein.: Oopk.", th'Gn.?.:A up" and officer' and reraatkeil.tb his peislibor,.!' Dobsid tine fellah' th^|i^ye|ed : 'K|^^dj

MrHogg hai been informed by tho Premier that the Government does not atpresent intend to provide fuel for the railways from a Stato coalmino, but the House will be given an opportunity of dismissing the question.

The following are the amounts asked for by the various Education Boards for building purposes during the cuirent years-Auckland, £23,404j Tnranaki, £6,008; Wanganui, X 13.059 j Welling. j ton, £11,986; Marlborough, £1999; Kelson, £6589; Greymouth, £3810; Westiand, £1522 i I North Canterburh, .114,314; South | Canterbury, £2606; Otago, £32,331 ; Southland, £6388.

The bachelors of theTaueru have 'decided to hold a ballon Thursday, 17th August, V,'e, have to acknowledge receipt of n complinientaty ticket. The Wairarapa North County Oouuoil Bits'this afternoon. :

Professor Biohard's wonderful sleotrlo entertainments commence in Mas'erton this evening.. ~":.

Visitors io Mr P. H.. Wood's auction rbomat&reytnwn (says' the Standard) may have noticed a couple of oil paint" ings hanging over the doors of his offices. The canvasses are small ones, but-the subjects admirably doalt with. ; One is a "still life 1 ' pioture and the other a scene from countiy life, the drawing jb very good in both and the colouring is effective. The point of interest attached to them, however, iB that they were executed by a lady well-known in Greytown and Masterton and. certainly do credit to her talent. They are for sale, a very modest price being placed upon them. -

Many people have heard of the joke oredited to the Rev. Mr Berry of his ad. venture with n little vulgar boy whom he found gazing in rapt delight at the seminude pictures in the Police News dis. played in a shop window. The rev gentleman said to the boy, "Don't you think you could firld something better to dothan to look at thOBQ wicked pictures?" "Ho," gruffly and uJely responded the boy, Mr Berry thought he ought to have added " Sir," and to give him a lesson in politeness, said "No, te/iat? my boy?' 1 "No fear 1" responded the urchin, and die parson moved on. Now, according to the Standard, there iB a boy as "smart" as thuin Greytown. lheir foreman was walking along a certain street the other morning when he was accosted by a small urchin, who ask d the time. Without looking at his timepiece he replied, "I think my watch has run down* sonny." "You're.a liar," said the youth, ''for you haven't got a watch I" He nearly collapsed in the midst of the mud.

Disgraceful scenes took place at a Socialist Congress at Zurich in Switzer land. Several free fights took place over the question of allowing Anarchists to be present. Twenty-two visitors to Aboravon, in Glamorganshire, wer<j drowned by the opsizing of a pleasure bust. The nccident was witnessed byfrmds and relations on shore, who were frantio at the night, The Hawke's Bay.Herald reports a case of leprosy at Napier, the victim being a European woman.

A number of persons who have been receiving relief from the Wellington Benevolent Institution for a considerable time past have been struck off the list in consequenie of an improvement in their financial condition, It was stated at the meeting of the Trustee's yesterday that one family is now faming £3 per week and that .the wages of another amount to £4 per week, and that a widow who has been getting rations for a long time'h'ai a son earning L 9 per month, A man who was said to be given to drinking and wife-beating was also struck off the list, the Trustees considering that he was wollablo to earn a livelihood for himself and his family.—Post. In reply to Mr Hogg, tho Premier has stated that to provide appliancos for the restraint of lunatics at all the small police stations would involve too serious an outlay, but instructions will be given to rhe country police to exercise care in in handling lunatics, In the Banco Court yesterday, at Wellington, arguement was heard in an appeal against a decision of District Judge Robinson in tho caso nf Dalrymple v, Dudding, heard at Masterton; The defendant owed the plaintiff £2OO odd is commission on tho sale of a run, and the plaintiff agreed to take land in pßymont, Subsequently lie sued for the amount owing, and obtained judgment, on the eround that no satisfaction had been given, the land not having been transferred, Defendant now appoals against the deoision, chiefly on the ground that he had always been ready and willing to perform his part of the contract, and it was for the plaintiff to provo failure. His Honour the Chief Justice reserved'his deoision. Mr Buchanan is urging the Government to offer a bonus for a process which will cheapen the manufacture of flax,

Mr Fisher asks that the Post and Telegraph officials may receive the same holidays an other Civil Servants, and that their hours be reduced from 48 to 46 hours per week.

[ As an instance of the extraordinary ' laxityinthopiisondisciplinoinAustralia, the Melbourne Age says.:—" Some tjmo 1 ago at one Australian gaol the prisoners ' were allowed a Bupply of beer wb»n pre. i aented by their friends and admirers. ; The authorities wero somewhat strict—• would not allow whisky, and drew the line at beer, The friends of the prisoners however, maniged to circumvent the innocent wardere, and by cutting holes in the bottoms of the beer bottles extracted the beer, afterwards filling tho bottles i with the muoh liesired whisky, and stopping up the holes with sealing wox, This device succeeded for a considerable length of time, and it surely pro-sup-poses a laxness of discipline, both on tho part' of those who made and those whose duty it was to enforce the rules, that such a flagrant breach of the prohibition laws of a gaol could be possible. The evidence in the case of the assault upon the overseer Jaokson, at Peutridge, showed a similar laxity; and we hear of conspiracies be? ing hatched and prisoners who would not join the more desperate criminals being terrorised in a way that would do credit to a band of Whiteboysor Molly Maguires. One of the prisoners, examined, stated that he was in fear of his life, because he had aided the warders when Jackson was attacked; and when told that the danger to his life was of no. consequence, not' being evidence, remarked that it was of great consequence to him, naively adding that he had come there to do 18 months; and not to have bis brains knocked out. It is said, too, that the ruthorities are afraid to urm the warders with revolvers, lest the prisoners Bliould take the weapons from their keepers: an argument which if extended to 'its logical conclusion might be. urged against allowing soldiers to carry their rifles icto action, in the fear that the enemy might seize them. Bill Hykes is a hard customer to deal .with even-wheii nis daily rations are cut down to 'jmi and water, with an occasional flor'ng tr-own in as an appetiser :• =*iub with -4oat three times a day, a constant supply of tobacco, and a choice of pleasant reading—if he is of a literary turn—he becomes even a more menace to society when bis ' had never been ■ sent to gaol at all." '..'■'" '

Apzofabargainsjet in this morning at th'e'Bohj(afcl)'e, ,'yv7e, that Is' Hobpsr& Comjony, :bave stote4'sM%.out' the balance of our win(ei(.Btock. (ftr bargains are always genuine.. We don't say wo sell at cost price, because no one oi -very few could test it, not knowing-what the cost price Is.' We don't offer our goods; at 20 per cent discount : because' no one can check laecXloul&ihJri;no) knifing'ontfhal'jHs Sased. i ,\Ve relyjipon jhi prices 'ajt ■' which jvepffcf bm bargains and inline cases but of nlnoM/HM $$ f#?W?.'iW er s bothforthefPnbllc ,afij jb,§.fjaje.-' § coMse'rWcaregoiagto lose moneys over this jobl'Saw.iiwUwe do otherwise?/:' But whynotl' Why shouldn't we' hi jell; : as pib"er'n'eopl,e? ; : Everybody's losing' money mnW<>''sW V* Wmti Jo drop oar share just fojjhe tftlie'Qf.company,r.but thai ffe lose'we lose'm a'gooj: cause!>'r : We beneilt the Pubjio, : ;Bo keepyour eyVori; the : BoaMarche; at

The New Zealand Insursnce Company send ns some handy samples of blotting pads, admirably adapted for covering risks,-in ledgers I , A h'rft offender, oharged with drunkenneai was dealt with in the usual manner at M-storton this morning. Ino tender of Mr E. G. Kerr, propri. .etoroftre Timaru Herald, acting for ihimsolf MiiJMrJ. 0. Wilkin, the manager cf the Lyttelton Times Company, for the 677 Ly tiolton Times shares in the bankrupt t stats of Mr T. W. Maude, had been accepted by the Offloial Asiigneo atOhrietohurch. ;

• The Post says that the donor of the two acres in Oriental Bay lately gi:en as a Bite for the proposed Convalescent Home is Mr, It. D. D. M'Lean, of Hawke's Bay, son of tho late Sir Dontld MqLoan, who has also given L2O in cash towards.ths building fund. The site is valued at.LIOOO. Messrs Wrigglesworth and Ginns, the Well-known photographers of Wellington, have taken what is, in the vulgar and vernacular, known "asalatge order." They have accep'tod from Mr Eden George, welNknown in Obriacchurcb, an ! offer.to give 6,000 sittings during tho next six months at 21s per Bitting. Mr Eden George, hisoinvasserß, of,agents, are to soil tickets at 2a 6d, available for any time during the next six months, Upon presentation. of this , ticket at Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binna'studio; and upon payment of the balance, 18s 6d, to the firm, twelve cabinet photos, finished either in enamel or by the Matt Opal process, together with an enlargement on Opal will be furnishtd the, sitter. The offer is so good that it would be foolish to mm suoh an opportunity of being, photographed. by one of the beat photoqr.«phio; artists in the colony at such a ridiculously low figure.

A romance of crime finds its climax in the loss of tho Naronio. It has been discovered that among those lost in the ill-fated vessel'were, three welMniown convicts, who, together with a number of others, escaped from prison' at Charleston, 8.0., on the morning of, July Bfch, 1892, They accomplished this feat'by. digging a hole through the prison floor to the sower beneath, and swimming 11,500 foet along its length , jeford they reached its mouth.. They theubroke into the switchmen's sheds on the railway and obtained clothing, The alarm was promptly given, and most of the men wererecaptured/buttheriußleaders, Bradley, Jack Connors, Daniell Mullins land John' Lynch managed to get to England. Lynch was arrested at Liverpool. He was to havo been sent baok with the other threo, who had been arrested some days previously, on tho Naronio, but the officer who had him in charge mistook the hour of her sailing. .

Says the Bulletin:—At Melbourne the other day, whon the divorce case of Tobias v. Tobias was in progress, Mrs Tobias fainted under a violent cross-' examination and fell backwards, head first out of the witness box. As tbo box was about 2ft higher than the floor her brains would probably have'' been knocked out by that .concussion if somebody had not caught hor in time. Next day two pieces'of clothes lino were stretched across the entrance to prevent the lady from falling out any more, and the case' proceeded. Considering the manner tho average counsel bellows at a nervous witness, and the kind of i questions he asks her, this precaution seems distinctly advisable. Another piece ef clothes line tied round the neck of the barrister would also be beneficial in many instances.

Tho brilliant idea of advertising on the back of postage stamps continues to oanse trouble. Recently a bilious subject called in his doctor to attend him. Of course he put out his tongue. The medico 'examined it critically, Then suddenly in indignant tones he cried, "Have you brought me hereto Insult me. sir ?" "N-n-o," stammered the harmloss patient, I don't appreciate jokes in raj professional capacity, Bir!" And in high dudgeon the doctor picked up his hat Bnd gloves and strode tragically from the room. The bewildered patient was completely at a loss to understand the situation. Nothing he had said could have conveyed the insult, for he had said nothing, He must have looked it, In! trepidation he wont to tho glass to examine his face. Still puzzle?., he put out his tongue—and there it was—printed on blue ink on the unruly member the words, " Stop that' cough I Use Irish Moss I" Ho had just been writing to a friend, and in a fit of abstraction he had left the stamp hew.: licking too long on his tongue, and the ink hadcomo off, At least so my correspondent informs inn. I leave my readers to guess bis nationality.—Bohemian." A singular instance of how true horses will run (says tho faranaki Herald) that are properly handled and lucked after, even without the controlling influence of the bit, was exemplified the other day. A parly of gentlemonthad been inspecting some land not far from town, and while, engagad in this occupation the pair of horses that drew tho vehicle were spelled and fed, the bits being removed from their mouths to enable them to chow their oats in comfort. Onthereturn journey the horses ran in an erratic fashion and the driver, who is a gentleman well known for his quickness of perception, could not account for the fact that he appeared to have no control over the pair. For a distance of fully fifteen miles over a rough road the pair travelled at a good pace,the erratic movement being now and then too perceptible to be pleasant, and and fiually a hslt was made at a hostelry where the mystery was speedily solved by the iniquitous small bey, who remarked, " 1 don't know whethoryou are aware of the fact, sir; but both bits arc out of tho horses mouths." The laugh that followed the announcement was very pronounced, and and no one joined in more heartily than the gentleman who handled the ribbons, despite tho fact that he had to undergo a greatdeal of chaff about his quickness of perception being for once at fault. It is needless to add that after this discovery the horsesdisplayed no mora tendency to run rather contrary, and the gentleman who hold the reins had no further reason to say that he did not seem to have control of the pair,

In the House yesterday,Mr Euckland moved, 'That in the o'pinion of this House the time has arrived when, with a view of effectually coping with the rabbit pest, tho rabbit inspectors should be abolished, and the whole system of dealing with tho question, bo reorganised.' Ho considered that the rabbit nuisance would be effectively chocked if there was no inspectors, lh Richardson contended that tho administration of tbe Babbit Act during the last three years had been a dismal failure. Mr Hogg said that the proper method of dealing with this post was not the. establishment of factories, but the subdivision of the large areas, so as to allow human beings to dwell on the land instead of rabbits, Mr Buchanan would not support.the resolution, He thought the inspectors had done good work, and that it wovW be a great mistake to abolish them. No votewastakon, tbe debate being interrupted by the evening adjournment. A Soon Tniß at the preasiit io buy Men's Bey's.and Youth's Clothing cheaply. You can get them atthe lowest Sale and Salvage prices, with a discbiut of I.' in the £ returned in cash o .thenextls days only at TeAro House.

The DmlOhokb ever vet offered. look to it men. Heavy Scotoh Tweed Suits at 3Zs'6d : for22s6d, Colonial Tweed Enits at 3fs 63 for 26s 6d, with an extra oash gift of Ishjflw"*;'.-.■.'':■?''?■:'' , ;l \'-''°< •:. .Ohb SnuwNo is tap &• Men's Tweed vests' at 2s lid am? %Hd, Heavy Mdle Tweed Trousers af.l9s Gd.for 14s 6d. Bu>i a %j!t parcel o/Hms dndstfarea auk, bonusofU'in(hit, . ' ~';'' : . i

Fifteen Dats Onit. JJen'r. Tweed Qv'ercbats.Bsß for .16a M, Youth's Tro'user Mtillit&.VtoWaM tocrowh'itit whole idiscoiUs;\t in'({«&'■ ' 'V: /■ " :; ' Tb.it ii'wkrelk 'kit's am in, - ; Tweed Knickers at 'Ssjiu'ior ?9 33.'. Mbol suits' ill 83 6d' for '4s' lid, HeaVy Sortfe' Knloker Suiis 10s 6d for 616d,i';2% what p'viqait ":'.. ; ; '.•'.-: anjl'Salvagewifh'thelejitra digcq\jntof Is in Hie 4 'to for WitiFyUJi w' Vijrcljases bi 2Q$ worth and;up, at Te Ato,House;' Wei,

Tho OhieE Jaatico hiß dooided that [Mrs E, Low's license cannot endorsed for the aob of her predecessor. The Rev W, E.' Paige was B.eized with a sharp attack of illnen yesterday evening,'but under the treatment of Dr Douglas, is much improved to-day. Mr W.Perry notifies that poison- will be kid on his property at Nganutawa after thiai date./ This coarse has become necessary, owing to.' trespassers: with dogs interfering with Mr Perry's sheep, • V social In aid of the funds of, St Matthew's Church will be held In the Temperance Hall this (Thursday) The programme will be as follows ■:—Pianoforte solo, "Luomia Borgia"Mrs Anketell; sou,;,-" Bitter Sweet," Mr: Lilly j aong, " A Golden Dream," Mrs Aitken; duet, " Gipsy Queen," Mr and Miss Lilly j-song, ''Good Company," MrAitkenjsong, "Selected,"' Mira Lilly ; duet,. " X Heard a Voice," Mr and Mrs Aitken. Refreshments will follow, the. evening concluding with a* short dancel' ' ' '' 1 Tenders are invited, for repairs and improvements to the •Union 'Boarding House, Queen street. ,y ; ;''?.' itkiQ ,'^. ■j Several- defaulting ; j ratppayerji Ywere 1 d^^^^^^^^^^H ,r^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ct^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H fol^^^^^^^^H

tour blues, and wo bjuo ohequers, and a pair each of blue and blaok long-faced Tumblers, shipped by Mr B,' ; P. Page to the older of Mr Burton Boys, of Masterton, near Wellington. The Dragons are all from Mr Page's own lofts, and should renderagood account, of themnelvcß in the colony, more especially as they all have their best days before them. The Tumblers have been purchased by Mr Page from Hr F. L. Hyde, of Birmingham, and three out of the four have greatly distinguished themselves in the show pens both tho blacks having a long list of honour* to their credit; while the blue cock Is a first prize winnoratthe Crystal Palace. The shipping arrangements are in the able hands of Mr. Fred Brown, of Spratts Patent.Famm' Gazette. Messrs Lowos and lorns. announce their nort stock sale for Wednesday, 23rd August. Entries are as advertised. Mr Henry Phillips, of the Occidental Hotel.has suioiently recovered from his recent illness to be ablo to reach Masterton, and returned homo yesterday.. One uf the most important divisions of the session took place in the House of Representatives when amotion by the Premier to adjourn the discusBum of Sir Robert Stout's Licensing Bill, which has entered upon its committee Btage, was carried by 30 votes to 28. The debate on the Bill was a very interesting one. The Government intend to bring down certain proposals dealing with the question. The second reading Sir John Hall's Women's Iwffrage Bill was carried by an overwhelming majority, Tho Mining Act amendment Bill ww. road a seoond time in the Legislative -Council, and the two Bills dealing with the sale and importation of poisons were reported from committee, -Timeß,. The latest novelty in broad knives "The Christy" has just been imported by the W.F.O.A. This Invention has proved very successful and it is expected that it will take the place of the ordinary style in every kind of knife. It has already been applied to oarving kuives. The present shipment, is said to be tha first in New Zealand and the "Chriiity" has just been introduced into Melbourne'. Particulars of the "Christy" appear in their advertising columns.