Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1893

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4517, 7 September 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1893

SIiOOND EDITION

Charles Atlmer Pownall, barrister and solicitor, Mayor of Masteiton and candidate for the House of Representatives, sends Mr Payton the following letter M«stMtoa,Gth September, 1893. Dear Sir, —In your issue of Tuesday last you took upon yourself to publish a , paragraph from an address to ono of my clerks (Mr Malcolm), signed by myself and others, [which paragraph you also characterised as blasphemous and not likely to give the people of Pahintua a good idea of Masterton morality, or words to that effect. I make no remark here upon your doing so, but simply ask you if jroti will apologise absolutely forthwith, for publishing suoli pippsph and fefflarlis.—Yoiirj. eto.j 0, A, I'oWNUA,

Mr J. Pa^ton, Proprietor, eto., "Wairarapa Daily Times," Masterton, Do wo owe Charles Aylu-.er Pownnll an apology for publishing such paragraph and remarks, because if we do it is our duty to teiider it. Our offence, evidently, is that we have characterised as blasphemous & paraphrase of the book of commoß prayer, which Charles Avlmer Pownall has thought proper to pooooot. We give below, aide by side, an extractfrom the book of common prayer and an extrac' from Chailes Aylmer Pownali'a testimonial to a Pahiatua publican i-r

lOOX OP COMMON C. It fOWIi'S JBitffl. TEBHVIOMMi.

Finally, we com- Finally, wo commend to thy fatherly mend to thy fatherly goodness, all those goodnossall swaggers who are any ways anu those who are afflicted or distressed afflicted with a great in mind, body, or thirst, that yon may estate, that it may comfort and reliove please thee to comfprt them, according to and roliovo them, ac- their sevoral necessicordinij to {heir soya- ties, ral necessities,

The- dictionary defines the term "blasphemy" as" gross irreverence," and we have to consider whether Charles Aylmer Pownall waßor was not grossly irreverent in taking a form of prayer, a humble supplication to (lie Almighty, nnd turning it into a rjf)iculouß ftddresa tg a Puhia|ua publican, Further, Pliorlps Ayjmer Pownal} is head of the Masterton Masonio Lodge, and wo have been given to understand that a veverenco for the Great Architect of the universe Uimperatiroina Mason. Wo ask the Masonic Lodge of Masterton to say whether this reverence is expressed in the horrible paraphrase, the authorship of is uublushingly pl&ipd by their master. If they say it is we will apologise forthwith to-Charles Aylmer Pownall, But we would appeal to Charles Aylmer Powell's better self. ' In his youth he evidently cbuTeb and sunday sohooi and tbp.beanfifu} words of a liturgy whiph iB held as sacreJby many of his fellow,men, still linger in I bis memory.... Is he not insulting and irreverent towards his fellow men when he travesties sacred words, and burlesques tbetfi for t|ip delegtatiop of a crowd round a. public bouss bar, How dare betake words that are used Sunday.after Bunday in Masterton, as a bumble potition to the Almighty, by the reverend lips of men, women, and children and defile them in sucb a fashion. The utter shamelessnesß of the apt revolts H 3 and p hope to, see b,im calj uslntg Ooqrt fo answer for the 'expression with which we have characterised them. If. there-!be a Christian gfptlepn on either benob 6p|tiry surely Cbarlea Ayjmer Powwe would appkf to jiis betief self and ask him to reconsider the ofjence of which be has been guilty and boqestly am)'stfaigljiforwsrdty expresslbis contrition for (he Bpe,\ apologise to Qharlgg Pbpjtllj. but we ask biw to ipologlse tg the

decent peoplo whom lie has shocked by bin profanityWo ask him to set liimsolf right with the community, and not-to diagiitfle: the Mayor of Mnsierioji, tbo Masonic Lodge, and the;,Snriddy : ; School/■ where lie was taught better things, by a parado of gtoes irreverence.

Her Majesty Queen Victoria has about 40,peb dugs,hor greatest favourites faeinp collies. • ' ■■■■■■■• The i.umbor cf people in ilia Wellington Benevolent tlomo is increasing weekly. Tlitte are doiv 70 initiates— 1 60 iuon and 10 women. Owners of stock aro notifwd that paddocking oin be had from Mr H, Jones, junr,, who has taken Ewington'a farm on thoTerraci.

, At the teachora meeting, in connection withihe Wesleyan Sunday school, hold last evening, it was decided to hold the next sixpenny ontertainment on Septemher 10th.

No children' have been burn to any American President in the White Douse.

There are 18,000 typewriters at work in New York, two-thirds of the number being women.

During his tenure of office, the master of Truro Workhouse has recoived into that establishment 42 of the prinoipal tradesmen of tho town, who had become paupers through drink.

An Australian inventor has just per-, fected a method of ploughing with dynamite. The-explosive is used in very small quantities, and there is an apparatus for touching it off underground. The result of this- is to thoroughly disintegrate the soil. It is ÜBseitcd that there is no possibility of a Borioua explosion, and that owing to the Bmall quantily of dynamite used the cost is very little, wh'Je the milting benefit is enoi moils, Tho; Manawatu Times characterises tho conduct «l IheMinisterial Party as one uf" imposture, cant, and hypocrisy." Temporence people will no doubt bo glad to hear (siya an exchange) that unprecedented success has attended the ten days' mission of Mr E Tecnyjon Smith at Hobart. Although the meetings aro held in tho largest , hall in tho ci ty,on live cunaecutive hundccda have been unable to obtain seats, The enthusiasm is eaid to be increasing nightly. In Bengal, India, thcro are three harvests reaped every year: peas and oil seeds in April, the early rice crop in September, and the great rice orop iu December,

Of 1000 deaths in Europe, 1G are by violence j and in the United States 41. The insuranco upon St Paul's Cathedral is said to be about £95,G00.

As an indication of how the slave trade survives in Africa, it is Btated that last summer a caravan of 10,000 camels and 4,000 sluves left Timbqctoo for Morocco. In Corei every unmarried man is considered a boy, though he should live to he 100. No matter what his ago, he follows in position the youngest of tho married men, despite tho fact, perhaps, of having lived long enough to bo their father. '

The twenty pounds a month at which ourpoliticianshevo ascesßcd their patriotism is likely to introduce a new feature into tho next election (say a writer in the ChrisU'hurch Press). A candidate for a North Islar.d city which shall bo nameless founds jiis hope of return on (lie amount of tjio honorarium, He has nn past public career to point to; he has mi brains; he has no opinions to speak of; but ho haß heaps of creditors. He is bound to go in-so say bis supporters "Go in ? Rather I 1 should just think ho would. Why, hcowesapmd or two to pretty marly every man lit the town."

, A serious sign of the timoa to which the Deau of Norwich'has drawn attention is the falling o(l in tho attendance of men at church. We (English Ohuich man) fear, this fact capnot be disputed, npr the further statement that meets f»r bicycle racing as well as tennis parties on the Lord's Day are beojmin'g quite common. Much ot the blame for this painful state of things lies,' wo are persuaded, .at'the door of the clergy, many of whom havo made music and display tho obief attractions of their churches, instead of the Goapol which they are commissioned to deliver. There has been, and is, .too much mere prolesii'.mnlism in tho churches, and the snj consequences of this must sooner or later becomo manifest.

In Denmark, all oattlo, sheep, and swine, are subjected to a rifjid veterinary examination before and after slaughter. Alter the • cai case is prepared the veterinary oOicer on dip.ymakps his cpniinaljon, and decides limy the moat is to bo oualilied, and stamps it accordingly. Moat is divided into two olaaacß—firet and second. The stamp is an ordinary motal stamp with p. wooden handle, the colour med is especially prepares for the purpose, dries quickly, ndhoros well, and lb only eifdeed wit.h jjreat difficulty. Tho Uhl of Kintore has docidod to hold tho Governorship of South Australia for the full term (six years), he will be abßent from the Colony for six months on private business. TJie Midland Railway works in Derby liave bnen rpijqcod to four days par week owing to the qearth of coal. ' Tho other day a native was sued at Cpurt here (Bays Telegraph) for four guineas, and ordered to pay, A dusky friend of hia came in with a bundle of notes, and gavo & Court oflie'.sl a memo wluoh stated that ho would pay for him. He asked if that was not right and good, I and ho got a reply in the affirmative, ' Well,' aaid the Maori, ' tho scriptures say that if a man's aBS shall fall into a pit |on the Sabbath he shall drag him out,' 'Yes,' said the Court official, 'All right; then I come now to drag my ass out and pay his debt,' The money was acßopted' Kith a smile of a religious char, acter,

It is stated that In two weeks tho Sydney Labour Bureau found employ, ment for 614 persons, and since February last year 12,000 personß haye been provided with work through the instrumentality of the bureau. Since it was established 80,000 rations have been issued, and the .amount of. passage mppey refunded by pefsopß who have ipeeiyed aid is neatly ipi]. By tho IJaikoura there arrived in Wellington (ifcys the Post) a gentlemanwho made a tour of this Oolony some oloven years ago. Mr Thomas Corbett is an agricultural engineer, and proprietor of tho well-known Perseverance Ironworks'at Shrowsbuiy, which are famed for the production of agricultural implements of all description!),;) Ho is a justjee of tho Peace for the Borough, and a County Councillor for Shropshire, and he has just completed an extensive tour in South Africa, Australia, and Tasmania, his chief object being to intrtdnce new and improved agricultural implements, amongst whioh is a ne\y parent digging plough whioh will. It is salt), sovolutloniao existing methods for tho culivtition of the soil. Mr Corbett is tho happy possessor, of 700 first prizes won by bis implements at agricultural shows all over the. \vorld. Mr Corbett says he is,much struck by tho enormous advance mado bv Wellington since his last visit. He intends to remain some time in theOulony, and to visit all tho agricultural districts. A craze for bargains sot in this morning' at tho Bon Marcho. Wo. ttat ia Hooperd: Coffij-imy,: havo started'clearing out-the balance of our winter stock. Our bargains aiealways genuine. -We.djii't say we tall at cost prico,- because no one o> Y a 5V fouldlesj.-it do( knroipg what the cost price js. Wo don't offer our goods at' 20 per cent discount because no one can check She calculation, no'i.Lijiring .'n what it is ftased. We rely upon th( prices at whioh we offer or l bargains and in nine cases ,oul of ninpaa<i ; a-kalf those prices&re'stjigetei's Wb fpf (lip fiibbp and 1 the Trade. Of fourae, wcare gulag to lose money over this job! iHowtiuldwo do v othcrwisi? ' But Whynot? shouldn't wo fcs ; wdl: : 'jjS pthei people ? Eyei;yljQ(ly'| {Qsipg, ipey IWW'WWi »uJ;WP arc, tq dfoj op sljare jußuorthe sakp cf ,'opipatiy, ■ bpf W 'ye loaa we Jose good 'capi-..-Wi) Sop IJarpiio \jr't&rgain6, " iLcfylliSg 'al pWjnl{99. i

- The quarterly meotingpf the Alfredtah licensing BohcPWaVheid yesterday at Ekctahuna. Present Messrs Anderson.' Moinnlty, Byvkoon and Saaiiderß.' The police report of all the housos was fayor* Hole. No btifiineefl \m transacted... The New York San informs a oorreepondent that it roquirta 2000dul and three lnuiitbs 1 time to Bee the World's Fair. v

Notice is given by tho Manager of Mnnawn, that poison for dogs , will be laid on that property after this date,

The seamen's strike has been declared off in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sjdnoy. Mr E. Loo, of Tilairloaie Junction, notifies that a dark b«y uwro has strayed .011 to his property. The following rat opayers bavo been duly nominated to fill the vacancies in the Greytswn Borough .Council, oaustd by tho. retirement by rotation of Messrs Bright, Cameron and Inglsyßrunton, W.,junr.; Izard, tl. S. ; Rae, John; Pepper, J. S.; Cameron, D,, junr,; Hogora, Charles. A poll will be taken on Thursday next, 14th September, for the election ol throe of the above. It is somo time siuco so many candidates have come forward, and the contest is likely lo provo a kcon ono. We have to acknowledge receipt of the September number of the Mutnnl frovidont Messenger. The croamory at Ballance was opened on Monday lor business, but owing to only one milk supplier turning up operations woro postponed till next Monday. The pasture is not forward enough yet for dairying esteustvely, but thii fine mild weather ivill do wonders in a shut'i time.

The Rev, T, 13, Maclean has received his marching orders (says the Standard), | and Sunday, tlw 24th of Septomber, will be the last time ho will hold service in Greytown as curate for this parochial district. Mr Maclean is to commence bis duties in Wanganuion tho first Son* day in October, The notice is a short one, but 'he Bishop has been confined to Mb. mom with illness for tho,last four weeks. This probably accounts in some measure'for the fact that up to the pro. sent time the churchwardens and vestry have not received tho slightest intimation from his lordship", of Mr Maclean's removal, or as to a successor to take charge of tho Greytown district. Tho details of tho death of Brain Pasha, upon tho Ituri liiver, alio* that ho was along with 30 of his escort, by Manyoma?. It is officially announoed that General Sir Henry W. Norman, Governor of Queensland, has been appointed Viceroy of India Lord Lansdowne's terlu of office expires in December. The programme Committee of tho Jlasterton Agricultural and Pastoral Society met on Wednesday afternoon, aud allotted the prizes for tho coining i show. A very liberal list was prepared, and it will bo inauoil almost immediately, so soon as it is confirmed by the.Uoneral Oiimuiitteo,whioh will meet on Saturday nest.

| Measta Tate and Wither give notice |of intoution to apply for the disolwrjie from bankruptcy, ol Robert Riddick juar., of Fcatlierstoiii The bodies of three infants, much docomposed, have been unearthed at Uruiißtvicli, a suburb of Melbourne, The police believe they are on the tuck otan cxtensire nyatom of baliy-farming, which will prul-ably exceed that carried on by the Mukim in ijydmy.

A farm laborer near Kilmoro in Victoria, fur many ycara a member of a mounted i;llo corps, has just died, and it Ir3 been discovered that "he" was -a woman,- who had successfully concoaled her identity for years. The Hutt Chrouiclo says:—Rumor in Wairar&pa smya that the Gear Meat Co, has made sumo very large purchases of freezing wethers for delivery early next peaßun, The company'? d jtecturs ovidently are a good progressive I I crowd, and play a forward game,

Sir James Hector was lately sent to tho Cheviot Jfistato to report on a supposed scam of coal, but discovered,it io be drift-wood. Ho beliovcs, however, that thero are indications of coal on the •■state, and he intends to return and conduct a more extended investigation,— Post, Tho following appeared in the Woodville lixaminor:— On Wednesday was witnessed the peculiar qpectaole of a hawk passing oyer the Woodlands road pqrtion of the district with a bell attao'ned to its body, glittering in the sun and tinning out as the bird swept on. Occasion ly tho tingling became louder as the bird struck the bell with its wings in flight.

Wo remind members and intending members the W.AiA. nnd Cycling Olub of the aunual genoral meeting, which takes place at the Club Hotel, at 8 p. a, to-morrow (May) evening, Tho North Wairarapa Gun Club will hold a Pigeon Matsh on Thursday next. The priz-js will dopend on the amount received for nomination and acceptance fees. ■

Messrs Lowes and lornj announce thoir next Masterton stock sale for , Wednesday, 20: h September, Entries at date comprise 4? apringew, heifers and young cows.. Ful| pirticalara appear in tl|sir advertisement, A steady mail, for whom we can vouoh, advertises for a situation aa general blacksmith or engine driver, Tho Pahiatua papers have amalgamated, tho Star morging iu the Herald, We wish tho uuited journals a successful career.

-Tenders are invited by tho Masterton Road Board for odrt-ing metal, Tenders oioso at noon on Saturday lUtli insf Tho rabbit oaso against the Rev J. O. | Andrew, will bo board in the Masterton E.M. Court to morrow. Siioppiko at Te Aro House means getting tho choice of the largest stock of now fashionable Drajery, It means toh aro buying at the lowest cash prico and getting a bonus discount. Wjs make special efforts to please our eountrycustomers. All goods aro charged at Wellington cash prices, and carriage is paid on ali parcels of 20s and upwards. to for patterns of our now Dresses and Delaines, our now Prints and Crepons, you will find the ohoicc largo and the select. . toojE cash with all-orders, and tlicy will be promptly executed, and a Bonus Discount of 5% will bo returned on all pur chases of 20s and upwards from To Aro House, Wellington.'