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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4514, 4 September 1893, Page 2

Thb newH that tyr John Prurainond has to petition tho House of Representatives for a sum of four hundred pounds due to him by a department which ho has served long and faithfully, will havn surprised many in this district, In the Wairarapa everybody knows Mr Drumroond to be an honest man, and they will believe that a claim made by him must be a just one, But what will they think of a Government wbicb has kept an old servant for years out, of so large a sum pf money. Perhaps, when Mr Hogg meets the electors he will be able to explain what appears on the face of it to be a gross wrong and injustice. Of course, as member for the district, it is Mr Hogg's duty tp see lliat local officers jiaye justice raited out to then). In b repent speech in Hansard, Mr Ho«g did express a difference of opinion on the manner in which the officers of the Stock Department were treated, but those who remember joe energy with which he denounced the treatment of a forinor inspector in this district, whose giiavanoe was of a very Questionable charaoter, will not credit bim with beinojn earnest on the present occasion.

Tiioumi Mr Hogg did cot speak out SB to the scandalous administration of tlwStookAct, he was certainly outsnplfen on fjie" ijdmib'islratjon of the Charitable Aid Act, 'TJ)|s. Aft i? generally unpopular, It was perhaps ' a little unfair to saddle the measure on to Sir Robert Stout, for, if wo remember right, it was Sir Patrick Buckley syljrji claimed some Credit for its paternity, Anyhow jt came, a wretohed abortion, from thejjiberal party, and has been anj-.unmitigateo curse to the country. We agree with very much that Mr Hogg said against this measure, though his. argument tjiat £1,200 a year cannot be afforded for ihe'iv&lo Inspects who controls an expenditure of £150,000 a year,' is somewhat weak Our own experience of the Inaptotor—who belongs tothe Liberal party-is that be keeps down expepfjitute, and, has saved jiis salary ten times oyer by his firmness and intelligence. It is the 'system, not |he Inspector, whicj) requires alteration, Money is wasted by tens of thousands of pounds in all directions under the Hospital and Charitable Aid Act, and will be sb long as one body has to raise the money and another to spend it, asd the body whioh raises the money has no oontrol over. the body which Bpends it,

' There is no monetary crisis in New Zealand, but the shadow of one haunts us. If the most responsible persons ill the community consider Hie Bank' Notes Bill a safeguard-it. lias ' jje/fh '"tight ! and proper for the 1 measure to halve. Ijfen' passed with 'eVcepKonal hasfe. '%t year, when '§ trus'tthaitfießhadow .ffhict rlowj ewers us wilf po loflger loppa"up on loqr horizon it will berime enpugu to|

consider tbo claim' of the measure paisedin Buoh hot baste to'apernianent place on the siatuto book of New Zealand. That money is hardening,.: that there ir. uneasiness in fiuanoial circles end that banka are restricting accomodation are dearly ascertained facts which are indisputable, . Precedence, however, in private as well as public ventures ought to bo sufficient to allay the preliminary symptoms of a financial orisiß and to tide over what we tiuat will prove to be bat a temporary embarrassment.

In another column competitive designs tre iuvited for a Courthouse and Host Office at Pahiatua. The drawing examination at the Mastertou Schools will take place on Wednesday. Nominations for three vaoanoies in the Masterton Borough Council close tO' morrow (Tuesday). The bosutiful weather yesterday oaused quite a largo number of people to visit the Park, whore Pearson's Band played several selections. The musio was much appreciated. A Prohibition League has been formed inPahiatua. In anothor column will be found the programme of tho Spring Meeting of the Wairarapa Trotting Club. It is fixed for Thursday, October 12th, in the Corlerton Show Grounds. Nominations close on the 21st fast, and acceptances on October sth. The Pahiatua Stat writing of a certain hotel says that" no doubt it will become a popular resort for the young men of the district." We should say that Pahiatua is going to the devil at a pretty rapid pace if its young raou take their pastime in publichoußes.

• ;We direct our readers attention to the important land sale, which; takes plaoe at Pahiatua, on' Saturday, September 16th, when Mr D. Crowe will submit to auction, under instructions from tbe Public Trustee, several centrally situated businessallotmoiitsinthe estate of Mr Tregea (deceased). This should afford a good opportunity to secure a good business stand.

The sum of £3los 4d was collected at the Park sates yesterday afternoon by representatives of Pearson's Band, The amount will be used in procuring necessary olothing for Mrs Weaver- i The Akitio Road Boird, givos notice, that at its next meeting to be held on 21st September, it is intended to Btrike a general rate of one-half-penny in tho pound, on all tho rutoablo property in the district The Penrith Times is informed that near Bargravea a most eccentrio Chinaman hyes in a hot by himself. He never speaks to anyone, and is said to subsist wholly upon native boars and honey, never even obtaining broad. The whole of his lime is spent in wandering about the bush luokiii" for hues' nests and bears, Ho secures the latter by means of a long pole, with a snare attached. He takes them homo alive, and feeds thorn on gum leaves till he requires them to eat. If anyone goes into liis hut he will go away without saying a word. It is said that the cause of bis madness was becaudo some miners "Bold" hinin girl years ago for £IOO, and she rar. away from him, eiucß which ho has adopted this strange mode of life.

lnthecnspofpno of the Australian bankß, rpportcd by the Official .Receiver to "appear to be solvent," no fewer than four persons are reported as having overdrawn their accounts against securities to extent of more than LIOO,OOO each. Two little girls, afjed 10 and 8, were charged in London with burglary. They had hardly any clothing or boots on, and lived in a wretohed room with their fatherl yet it was stated that these youthful burglaressrs were wards in Chancery, and woulJ eventually come into about L 20.000.

| "The avorage Australian boy is a cheeky brat with a loaning towards larrikinism, a craving for cigarettes, and no ambition bsyond the cricket and football Geld; he regards his parents with contempt; takes it for granted that his mother mostly talks nonsense or 'rot' when she talks to hiin-ond he doesn't always, hositate to tell her so. The average Australian youth is a weedy individual with a wonjf, dirty and con> temptiblo vocabulary, and a cramped mind devoted to sport; his god is a two legged brute with unnaturally developed musoles and no brains. The average Australian intelligence gives Searlc the rower, the burial of a hero, and doesn't know the namo ot Gordon er Kondall from that of Adam; it thinks more about Oarbino than One Man One Toto."—The Worker.

The smoking compartment of a first olass carriage on the up train from Wellington tho other day contained a halfdopen Wairarapa Sportsmen who had been down on business and pleasure. There waß only ono stranger amongst them, and he did not remain beyond a station or two. The cosy corners were soon monopolised, and one atall events, of the occupant! wna soon "safe in tho arms of Morpheus," He was a mighty Nhjirod, renowned in the district hunts, and one not often caught napping, In the rack above where ho lay w'ai a tempting bag of bananas. . "What a Bell should he wake up and find all his fruit gone," said one. Action followed the words, and the contents of the bag were divided amongst the quintette, and as promptly demolished. They added insult to injury by stuffing the banana skins and orange peel into the sleepers oyster kit under the Beat, Reaphlng Kaitoke tpe stranger passenger, who had ohanged at the flutt,' returned to tl)e smoking compartment. ; "Hullpl who's collared pjr bag of fruit]" was his first ciy on entering., f'l left it pp there." ho CpotinucpY'and some of you must have taken jt." Then he espied the skin 3, and challenged the owner of the kit, but lie disclaimed all knowledge of tho trans* action, and explaimithjit ho had slept i right through, At last the explanation oame that it was all a joke; they thought that tho fruit belong l to their sleeping friend | but it wis a longtime before the stranger could see where the fun came in—Observer, The artesian well boring on the property of Mr F. Pearoe at Kahautara has been attended with splendid success. Bays the Observer, We aro in* formed that the flow of water above the surface of the ground is equal to fcwelye thousand gal|urig' per diem, and is similar in taste and tempeiutliito to that in the Butt and Petone districts. The boring was through a serieß of surface soil, gravel, boulders, black sand, broken quartz, blue clay, and shelly gravel, showing small rhite quartz. The contactor, Mr James Curtis, of Fetbno, had a*' hOrje power engine and plant on the ground- about nine days, and is now sinking a pipe the samo site (1| inches) on tho property of Messrs Bidwill Broß. A meeting of creditors in tho estate of ! Geo, Benton, will be held on Friday, Soptembor Bth at noon, at tho Masterton Court House. A new fire escape, whioh two men can raises' height of 80 feet,,has been imported for the Sydney Metropolitan Fire JBrjgade. A peculiar monstrosity was tho subject of a case in (he Leeds County Court recer-jly.' Itwas'aoai'bf the large, porsjin breed, ana* a yellowish colour.- Its great peculiarity was that from \k lojns grery wings vesem'u'hg those ofa.duok, -Tho wings measured eight Inches from tip to Up, and were pronounced by experts to be genuino growths. Siiomno at Te Aro House means getting the choice of the largest stock of now fashionable Drapery. It ineans you aro buying at the lowest cash price and getting a bonus discount.

Wz make special efforts to please our country customers. All goods are charged 1 at Wellington cash prices, and carriage is " paid ou nil parcels of 20s and upwards. ' , Send for patterns of oar new Dresses and ! Delaines, our nm Prints and Grepons, yon will find the ohoice large acd the colorings 1 eeleo't.■ -.-.":'■ .-,,. ' ;;,.,. •< Enclose dash with .-all orders, and they ' will bo -jitoppllj ieieouted, and a Bonus ! fiiscomifof-Sjiyill all pur chases of 20s (1 riJwat39''fWM ; JcAro HWtWnjrjdri, '•"' '.. " : '" v |

The New Zealand. Land ritaboiation! (Limited), has: received the following' message bypablefrom'ita London office, dated lat; inst,:—frozen mutton market is unoha'uged, and quotations remain the same. ' The lamb market is depressed; and prime Hew Zealand lamb is now worth pur oarcaao 3|d per lb. An application for leave to appeal asainstthe decision of MrT. Hutchison, in the recent oasoogainst Madame Le Brand, has been lodged.

A meeting of creditors in the estate of R. J. Eittun, of Masterton, Jflaxmille'r ; will be held at 10 a m, on Saturday next to confirm or reject the following resolution, oairied at a meeting of orer?« iitors heldßht August, 1t193:-"That | the debtor's offer of 4a in the £, to com» plote a composition of 10s fid in the I, be accepted as a final payment." The Good Samaritan Variety Entertainmontattraotedanotherlargeaudience to the Matterton Theatre Royal en Saturday evening. Several watches and other prizes wern given away to buyers of Mr Gunn'a wonderful medioinea Another eutertainmeut will be given this evening. Burglars who entered Marylebone parish churoh, finding the communion wine was unfermented, emptied it on the floor. They carried off the bowl wbioh was used at tho christening of Lord Byron. The riohest lady in New York is not quite six years' old, and is said to be worth £111,000,000 storhn , . The Government is introducing an Infant Lite Protection Bill to deal with tho baby farming ovil. It will provide that any person who adopts or takes charge of an infant other than its narenis will be required to register the fact with the police, registering also the address at which the child is to be kept, and subsequent ohanges of residenco. The polico will then maintain a knowledge of the child's whereabouts,and will have power to inspect it and the premises in which it is kept. , Mr G. Gray has kiudly consented to make enquiries as to tho cost of instruments and uniforms for a band to be formed in connection with Masterton Boys' Club. The Clydesdale stallion "Marquis of Salisbury," and the thoroughbrod entire "Dilk'e," will beat the service of breeders this season.

Tender: ate invited by the VVairarapa North County Oounoil fur contraot No 44,Mastertonto Waimata Road, Tinui bridge. Tenders Close on Thursday, 14th instant, Messrs Lowes and lams add to their Masterton stock sale for Wodnesday next, 16th September, 8 springing heifers and 15 calves. Letters of naturalisation have boon granted ta Charles Edward Lawson, rabbiter, nf Eparaima, East Coast. Patrick Daly charged before Mr Humblow, JP,,at Grey town thiß morning, with beint; drunk in the main street on Saturday night,was fined 10s or 48 hours, He elected to pay the Sue, A commencement was made this morn, to tear up the old wooden water channels hi Queen Street, which have been the cause of so much argument in the past.

Tenders close at 3 pni. on Saturday next for additions, alterations, and repairs to the Foresters Hall, Mastorton. Tenders are to be addressed to the Seoretary, Mr E. H. Waddington, at who.Booffioe plans and specifications may be seen,

This is not quito a blaok Monday, but just a sort of piobald Holiday. Menwilh half mourning smiles on their faces remind pa that this ib not only a fourth of the month but also the balancing day of tho Bank of New South Wales. Mr F. H. Wood adds to his next Taratahi stock sale, 100 prime fat wethers. Owners Bhonld notico that there is a good demand for iat Block, and on account of the keen competition they oin depend on good prices. The' Masterton A and P. A ssociation's

Stallion Parade will take place on tho 4th Ootober.

The programme for tho January Meeting of the Woodyilla Jockey Olub has been altered aB follows:-1, btb.vard's Bandioap, of 30 sovb , 2. Maiden Hurdieß, of 25 bovs ; 3, Maiden Plate, ot 30 Bovd j4, Handicap Hurdles, of 40 eov»; 5, Woodville Diatnct Jockey Club Handicap, of 60 govs; 6, Electric Handicap, of 25 Buys, 5 furlongs; 7, Uigh-weight Handioiip, of 30 sovs ; 3, Flying Handicap, of 30 fiovs. The returns in rospect of the Indus, trial Sohools has just been laid before Parliament. The coat of tho various Institutions At Auckland, Kobimar&ma (since closed), Bnrnbam, and Caversham, waß £7,77216s 9d; coat of board, mg out £7,109 13s 9d. Recoveries amounted to £8,121 1b 10d, the not cobi to the Goverinnont being £6,701 8s f)d. Dp.', private institutions St. Mary's aqckland j St, Joaeph'o, Wellington; and St, Mary's, Nelson, the Government paid £?,450 lis sd, and recovered £28!) 17s lOd, leaving a net'expenditure of £2,16013s 7d, In his prisons report Colonel Hume saysi-Of the 4!)9 persons placed on prubation since the Aot came into force in October, 1886,420 havo been dis-

chargod after satisfactorily carrying out tho terms of their licenses, 25 were rearrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, 2 have died, 11 have eluded the vigilance of the Probation Officer and abscouded, and 41 still re. maiu on probation, From these faots it may be gathered that tho Probation Officers continue to carry out their duties conscientiously and fearlessly, with tact and discretion, In all respects this moat valuable statute is working most satisfactorily, and has saved many a triyal offender from becoming 8 con t firmed criminal,

The Ballance Memorial Fund has now reached®!, Over 16,000,000 rabbitakins were pxported last year, most of them from Otagq,

Tho polatcgrowing industry in tho Northern Otago district has collapaed the area under crop having fallen from 4000 aores to 1100.

Ab a result) of recent high tides and | heavy seas off the coast, a lagoon of conaiderable extent extßta At present at the Ocean Beach, Dunediii, About 1200 deaths from cholera in Russia have been recorded during the past week, The disease now oxtends over the whole countryi The miners of Nottinghamshire are raising t. loan at 5 per cent,, repayable in three months, in support of the men on strike. The Daily News estimates that 400 Peers will vote against tfie Home Rule Bjll.'and^pforjt,' The striken fn Derbyshire have attempted to wreck express, goods, and excursion trains on the Midland Bailway. Great precautions are being taken against the spread of cholera at Grimsby k England, All traffic, both Inward and outward, has been prohibited, Tho Yioloiian radway servants' salaries are to be reduced 20 per cent, and tho employe's in the'Locomotivo Branch have been placed on three; quarter Ijrap.

Acraze for bargains sot in tin's morning a( fhe Jjbn Ww& We, ttaj K floope'r| Cowyvny, nave started clearing "out' the Balance of our winter stock. C'ir bargains are always genuine, We don't say we sell at cost price, because no one oi viry few could test it not knowing what the cost pricoie. We don't offer our goods at 20 per cent disoirant became ho one oan check !ho calculation, noiLijrfhig.'n what it is based. Wo'roly prices at whioh we offer or t bargains and in nine cases out of niue and-a-half those pricesare staggerers both for the Public awl the Trade. Of course, weare going to lose money over this job I How could we do otherwist? But whynot? Y?by shouldn't we t» well as other people ? Everybody's losing money now-a-days, and wo are nrepared to drop our share just for tho sake cf :ompany, but that •vo lose wo loseln a good causo. We benefit the Public so keep your eye on the Bon Marche for bargains. Everything at paoippiipeg, -

At-'- ■'". '■■' ■ , K.Wildrabbitß have been discovered on a rural spot in Stoke Newington, within four miles from the Houses of 1 Parliament, and which is .about to be built over. . 'Two owtles—Hedingham, in Essex, the finest Norman keep in existence, and Studley, in "ASriukshiro—were pnt up i for aaciioo recently mid failed to fiud 1 purchasers. .. ' i It iB said that Mr It. H. Reeves is decidedly missed in tho House this sowion, and he h»3 an nitromely t;Ouu clianco of ' regaining his seat. ' The Minister for Edueition is con-, [ sidcring the question vf strict versus t working nei die fur solum! 'eitchors, and j will probably pay en .'"wurktug average , forn pr-Tlibii ofthiayeir* • '.-'•'. The rustui'istrt General is favourable ' to extending tho telephone to Alfredton from Kketahuna, but ha sajs it: is a ' ques'iin of iunds 3 Mr Buchanan /wishes to seoure in» ' creased pay for.Kegistiara of Electors.

The Wairara'pa Athletic Olub will probably hold a Ten Mile Road Race on Soptember 21st. The Wellington Racing Club's percentage on the amounts passed through the totalisatois laatseason was £3978 Is, of which 1576,14s goes to the State as a tax on tho maohino.

The Government veterinary surgeon, Mr Gilruth, left for Wangauui' on Saturday morning to investigate the causa of the mortality amongst the sheep in that disttict. Ho is to report to the Minister of Agriculture oh the subject'. The Times, say it is intended to station Mr Gilruth on the west coast of the North Island for Borne months,

According te the Otago Daily Times, Mr Justice' Williams does not consider that any criminality is necessarily implied in a proboieocy in the three-card trick. ..' The three-card trick,'-, said His Honor, is not necessarily a fraud. It is a sleight-of-hand trick. If people think tbey know a great deal and are taken in, that is their own ' fault/ ; Detective MeQrath informed the Court, however, that he had never known any but 1 spielers' play the game. '' The Stock Uommi'te, in dealing with the Stuck Bill, has extended the time for sheep dipping from Ist January to 80th April. The provision prohibiting Inspectors from.owning.stook has been struck out, but that prohibiting them from being dealers in stock is retained, The drastic provisions respecting footrot have been deleted.

Afeir audienoo was present at the Wellington Eechabite Hall on Saturdi.y evening la Attend the lecture by the Etv O.H.Bradbury on 'JohnJßuskin, the great Sooial Teacher.' The lecture wbb a continuation of tho series on the growth of Socialism. Mr Bradbury referred to the works ot Ruskin, his dose logicalreasoniDgonaooiologicalquestioDf, and the general tone of refinement and purity vthioh pervaded his writings. Yesterday afternoon Mr Bradbury preached on .the 'Christian as a Friend,' and in the evening, at 8, on the 'Safety of the Citizen, 1 or the pauper and criminal question.— N.Z. Times. The following is. the BUbaoription list to-date, in aid of the Masterton Boys' Olub :-Bev W. E, Paige £6, William H Beethatn £5, B, P, Perry £l, 0. A. Puwnall 10a 6d, Mrs Paigo 10s, T. G. Mason 10a,A. W. RenalHOs, J. Payton 6s, J. Heasey 63, F,O. Lewis ss, W. Oougall ss, F Q. Moore ss, Jas. Macara ss, J. L Murray ss, Eh'in Feist ss, Chamberlain Bros 6b, George Johnston sa, J. Engel sa, Rev J. O'Meara ss, J.

Butement 6a, O, E. Bromner 6s, J, Bagge ss, Mrs Reilly ss, J. L. Moffit ss, J, Kiliott2s Gd, G. b. W. Dalryinple 2s 6d. W. R. Bagge.2B 6d, U. MoKonzie 2s 6d, G. Judd 2s 6d, J. Carpenter 2s 6d, J. Hughes 2s fid, H. Peterson 2s 6d, B. F' Temple 2s 6d, T. P. Lett 2s Gd, O.E. D. 2« 6d, tf.H.W. 2a Cd, O. K. Bannister 2ssd, JL'.Y. 2« Gd. W.W.2sGd, CM. Manning 2s Cd, fl. H, Smith 2i Gd, Ohas Perry 2b 6d, fl. Owen 2s Gd, O. Pragnell 2s Gd, K.U, Eton 2s Gd.H. Millington 2s 6d, E.H,b, 2a od, A. Roaida 2s Cd, W Y7hitt2»6J,J, Eugg2sGd,J.AnketeH 2s Gd, G, Wallace 2s Gd, W. Kummer2s Gd, J. B Eoitb 2s Gd, A friend 2s Gd, A, Thompson 2s Gd, E.G.W. 2s 6d, W. McEenzio 2s Gd, T.VV, 2s Gd, G, H. Astall 2a, J. B. Houd 2s, J.B. 2s, J. Montgomery 2s, W.S, 2a, J.W. 2s, A.W. 0.25, J. Johnston Is, Friend Is, Interested Is, \V. Fowler la, V/.R B. Is, A, P. Feilduip la, Pearson Is, Mrs Proaswood 4 books, John Kay 4 books, Mrs Bremnor 4 books and magazines, Rev J. Dukes 6 books, James Billars 4 books, S. Syyerston 4 bonks, John Hcßsey 6 books, John Watt 2 draftbuards, mon eto, W. Pearse, horizontal bar, W, H, Jackson .apparatus, George Mcol tickets, A, Vile, Indian Clubs,