Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1894. THE PIRINOA TRAGEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4706, 30 April 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1894. THE PIRINOA TRAGEDY.

The Pirinoa tragedy 18 very suggestive of a lesson which some people ud seed to Ipum. A young girl has a right of choioe as to Low she is going to live her life, arid with whom she will pass it, If constraint be used in _ forcing her into an alliance which she dislikes, marriage becomes a mockery, . and a state of slavery takes the place of the honourable position of wifehood. In England now there is a I controversy on the " revolt of daughh ters," in which the latter olaim some measure of emancipation from the tbralldom of mothers and chaperons. They are weary of being brought into the matrimonial market and disposed of to the highest bidder, and assert their natural right of shaping their ;g, own drstinies. Ihe claim in a valid ore; it is not a demand for liberty to do that which is morally wrong, but simply an appeal to he allowed more self-guidance in determining their own fates, The facts of the Pirinoa H 3, tragedy, aB they came to us, present an irresistible argument for the extension of greater freedom of choice amongst single women. A girl, il I appears, protested at the altar against the man whom she seema to have been constrained to marry, and at the time we deeply regretted to notice thai _ the clergyman who heard the protest consented to solemnise the union on the following .day, when possibly further pressure had been brought tc bear op the reluctant bride. It would appear as if there bad been a general concensus of influences brought to beai to force a girl into a marriage wbicli was obriously a mockery, Apd whal was the result ?' After a week or twt of unhappiness the bridegroom outi the Ostdiun knot by committing suicide. Uf course this was a foolish, wicked, wrong act, which ninetynine men out of a hundred, undei similar circumstances woujd have shrunk from. According to ordinary etiquette the happy couple ought tc have settled down quietly and lived unhappily ever afterwards, but in fhii instance the misery of a life time was cut short by impetuous actipn of e moment. ," It is high time," writef a lady in the Ninetenth Oentury, "that our daughters were trusted, were allowed light and air for their lull development on whatever lines Nature, that wisest of telphers, ha£ planned for the)]].'' Ip Ameripi young wopen haye that gfepipr freedom which is now sought in England, self-control anil' selfreliance enables the American girl tc dispense with much of the tutelage whieh is resented in England- . But whether it be or be not desirable to give young girls a greater measure 61 liberty than they now enjoy it is certain that in the momentous question which decides their future life and determines their permanent home there ought to be no constraint,: Probably only those who are thoroughly familiar with the incidents of the Pirif)of> tragedy can say who w»a tc blapie, but from the facts as tjiey [iaye appearpd ip pfint wp should (ie disposed ip poggifjef that the )>ride who said 11 no" so empjiaticajty at the altar was a victim. The issue ol this unfortunate union will, we tract, open the eyes ofparents and guardians to the folly of forcing young, girle into distasteful alliances. local m mm. Whooping cough and mumps are both prevalent at Carterton, What one sees wlp. he hasn't got i guti} Four Nativi pigeons were noticed |j 1 * 'resident' lii sp, Mr p. Crewe will sell 40 hofffea in ™ addition to other slook, at hit iSMtahuna ,%on Jfay lftji, . t). iii jJastwell Mpaifi W. F- -l 'P. Alijiirgt Ofe igswp, LapjUtfonip, Wiley, and John Fwr.ii:,.. Tha Herakl jaya .-Pahiatus hw r . gained an unenviable notoriety throughouFthe Goiony as being* town whose inhabitants are continually at sixes and UptM,

Messrs PerryJroa. notify thata oheab-1 nnt mate is running on their property. Latest Bdvioea tromlreland report an Ib. crease in the number of agrarian outrages; The Mayor of. Auokland says:—"The handwriting of Mrs Yates is bold and shows force of character."

On a recent Sunday a Miss Reynolds of Brighton, rode from Brighton to London and baok, a distance of about 106 , miles in 8J hours.

. The new Kangitumau School Committee was elected' as follows '.-Messrs Geo. Welch, (Ohairman), J. Harvey, J. Blatobford, J, Kjestrup, and H. 0. Bertelson. *

Several children in Maaterton are at present snfferincc from whooping cough We understand Mr Hugh Williams is expected to return to the Wairarapa yory shortly.^ The amount of Customs duties. collected at Wellington during the week ended Saturday, was £7644 Is, and the beer duty for the same period was £75 sb. '

A notification appears in another column from the Railway Department stating that in conhection with this week's Racing and SteepleohaseMeetings the 6.7. p,m. train from Te Aro on Saturday next will run through to Masterton.

Off to Ooolgardie I We hear that three young Mastertoß men leave for the purpose of trying their luck en the above goldfielis about the middle of this I week,

Leave of absence will be granted to Sergeant Villars, who .was recently stabbed at-Wanganni, but the recommendation that he should be voted a sum of money cannot be acceded to.

The shooting season opens to-morrow. Several parties from Masterton start for the bush this .evening,. " The Obsemr olaima to be reliably informed that at no time has the Wb»atapa generally been more infested with rabbin than~at-the present.

There is at least one honest man in Pahiatua, proclaims the Herald I Is not our contemporary getting egotistical 1 In another paiagraph of the tame issue he suggests that a pair of trousers has supplied a much felt want in that township. Pahiatua is developing I Messrs 0. E. Cockburn-Hood, J. W. Lang, J. Mcßae, J. Miller, G. McKay, and J. P. Perry hare been nominated for the office"of .wardeh of the Upper Taueru Boad District, The olection will take place ou Monday next, May 7th. The W.F.C.A. notify the arrival of special linen ex Aorangi in ladies, and children's jackets and mantles, and gentlemen's drees shirts, etc. These goods having been extremely well bought will be sold, in many cases, below London prices. ' St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, was crowded yesterday evening on the occasion of the farewell sermon of the Rev.

W. E. Paige. There wore as many turned away unablo to obtain seats as there were in the church. Several of the congregation were visibly affected ob the reverend gentloman referred to his approaching departure from Masterton, which he said had been his home for

fourteen years. The Pahiatua Herald understands that a local solicitor has been instructed by a business resident, to institute proceedings for libel against the Woodville Examiner in respect tocertain statements which appeared in a recent issue of that paper, One would almost think (says the Examiner) that prohibition had started in. Woodville in real earnest, as at midday to day Mr John McKay late of the Masonic Hotel was to be seen emptying four hogsheads of beer into a sewer in front of the Hotel, Mr' McKay informed us that this is the beer that a Waipawa brewer got judgment against him for £ls and costs which he had to pay this morning, On Wednesday afternoon a Pahiatua resident brought into the Httald office a

stormy petrel, which hsd fallen down in an exhausted condition on Mr Waterman's properly at Mangatainoka. The bird had evidently been driven inland by the force of the gale that was then rag-

ihg. Considering that it had been driven at least 50 miles liotu the sea thero is little wonder that it was exhausted. The presence of a petrel so far inland is I quite a remarkable occurrence, and gives some idea of the soverity of the weather on the coast.

Mr Norman Butherford, accountant in the Pahiatua branch of the Dank of New Zealand, has received notice that he is to be transferred to Wellington, Mr Butherford was an exceedingly energetic and enthusiastic member of the local cricket club, and would probably have done equally good service for the football dub during the season. His removal, therefore, will be regretted by all his club mates and his many friends.—fahiatua Herald.

All the Australian and New Zealand lines, except the Shaw-Savill, have adopted a unifoira. homewanl route for the take of safety, via the Horn, between latitudes 50 and 65. Outwards, the route, via the Cape ot Good Hope, will be between latitudes 42 and 46. The object is that vessels may be enabled to assist each other in the event of any being disabled. A steerage passenger by the steamer Waihora, James Copchman, attempted suicide on the passage from the Noifh. He fired two pistol shots at himself, one missipg, while the other traged the right side of bis face. Coachman was taken ashore at Napier, and plrtced in the lockup, tie was in a depressed condition, and suffered much from Bea>sickuess,

Mr A. W. Renall waa taken very ill while out walking near his residence on Saturday. He was assisted to his homo by aome passers-by, The Osmara Harbour Board is about -612,000 in arrear with its payment of interest. A cat bad. tp be forcibly ejected three times from a Canterbury church during service, the other Sunday morning,

| The Premier of New South Wajes is constantly in receipt of aunonymouse letters threateninng his life, One sent fo him recently was ornamented with a skull and crossbones, and Sir George was. politely but firmly, requested to prepare for death.

The v|tal statistics for the Borough of Pahiatua for the quaa'ter ended March 91st that there were <l3 births 7 death's and 5 marriages.

A i'sacred" and ''rational" concert was given by the members of the Annie Brandt company at the Theatre Royal list evening. Those pKßtnt appeared to appreciate'thi efforts of their entertainers,

It appears thai the engine owners who claimed to have bpen the Brat to cross, the | Ruamabupoa river with traction engines|ast season are a long way behind, Five years ago Messrs W.Miller and Alex, Mntrie ot Masterton both' took engines across the Huamabunga river and what is more managed to cross without the assistance of horses or bullocks.

The Phonograph visits Masterton on May llth.

Siitoon criminal cases were dealt with at Masterton this month including nine arrosts for drunk'pnn'esß.

The annual Btatufory meeting of the Vas : terlon Road.Board will take place en Saturday, May at noon, anjj the meeting of ratepayers is to be held at 12 3Qp.ni, on the same day. Messrs Lowes & lorns add 250 wethers,Bo fat owes, and 100 woolly lambs to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday next, May 2nd.

The P«l understands that the Directojs of the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company have decided to postpone consld erationof the question of declaring a divii dend until the close of,tbi financial year,

Our imports of new season's Dresses' Millinery and Mantles are now folly completed, ' The choice wo are enabled to show and the strictly moderate prices charged are mn'oh' appreciated try onr oountry. friends while visiting Te Aro House', Wellington, ■• v 'Our new dressmaker, Madame de verney, from 1 '" Worfli's," Paris, is tie leadinj; dressi m'aker iti the colony.' Woguaranteo perfect Mai the l#t styles and designs lis Mown only to ErenoH dressmakers';-: Onre'bfeg'e fof making'dresses is -from 22J0, a't Te Irb Botiße';Weljib6ton. n ' ' .'. J •■•■, Ladles can do'thejr shopping r-y post, and saygwe' lncohvenje'hce''6f comjjlg'totown; Oiir.orierien,artmenf has hpeifihWed, and is under most efficient rnanagament, Patterns of all our Dresses will UmjmjJ^^^^Maa atTe ,

A very brilliant meteor was noticed, in in the eMternsky hut night. '' • Only one banltrnptcy baaoccured In the Wairarapa this month, making the third this'year. Times must be improring. For'the same period of 1898, eleven persona filed, Theßev.W.E.andMrs Paige leave Masterton to-morrow afternoon, m route for England.

The proposal to raise £6OO for metalling Te Ore' Ore-Bideford Boad, has been carried. It is stated that men have'been discharged on the Kketahuna-Woodville co-operative works.to make room for the twenty men sent up to-day,

The trophies won at the W.A.4. and Cycling Club's reoentsporta, are now on view in the window of Mr John Hen* dorson, Queen Stret.

, ThePalmerston papers say that ;a commission has been received from the Houth for the purchase of 0000 sheep on the West Coast.." The wholesale slaughter of hares in South Canterbury last season for export to the old country has had an appreciable effect upon the numbers, and in many parts they are now very scarce. Mr Joseph Bennett supplies. us with the following comparative record of the rainfall at Otahuao .--April, 1894-2'Jl inches on 8 days; 1893- 4L-37 inches on 13days; 1892—2-92 inches on 11 days; 1891-2'65 inches en 10 dsyi,

There are now seven patients in the Masterton Hospital, six males and one female,

The return half of a first-class ticket Masterton to Wellington, which was lost on the train, is advertised for by its i owner,

Mr W. H. Beetham has, owing to pressure of priyate business, decided to tevec.bia connection with the Masterton 'Road Bowd, of which body he has been chairman for levoral ysars.

- Several outside [exhibitors have promised to send blooms to the Maaterton Horticultural Society's Chrysanthemum Shew, which tikes place on Thursday next.

We remind out re»deta of the A. A. aid U. Club's social which takes place at the Drill Hall to-morrow (Tuesday) ovening.

Mr William Taylor, J.P., of Tenui, died at Masterton Hospital at 2.30 p.m., yesterday afternoon. The deceased always took a great interest in political matters, and was a staunch supporter of the Liberal party, recoiving his rewird in the shape of a J,P. ehip. Mr Taylor had many friends who will regret his end, which was due to a diseased hip, The photograph ot St, Matthew's Sunday School teachers,, presented to the Kev. and Mra Paige, will be on view at Mesßrs Houuslow and Hoar's shop thia afternoon, and also the illuminated address, the latter being the workmanship of Mr W, Sellar, to whom it does very great credit.

Mr and Mrs Georje Beeiham (writes an English Special), have both been suffering from voids dno to the change ofj olimate. They' have decided to go to Brighton to-morrow, and remain there

for a few weeks in the hope of deriving benefit from a seaside sojourn. The Annie Brandt Company staged the eomedy "Betsy' 1 at the Masterton Theatre Boyal on Saturday evening, the piece being well receivrd. Descriptive and character snngs and ballads weroalso given, Miss Aanie Brandt being heartily encored for "After the Ball," and Mr Alexander's" Lord Lovel" coming in for warm applause. An Irish farce concluded the entertainment, The company

appear again thia evening. Tenders are to be called for the

Mangatainoka Hallway bridge. It will probably cost about £9,000, Judge Williams, before whom the examination of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company's affairs has taken place, will deliver bis statement on Thursday,

Reports, correspondence, and other interesting matter are unavoidably held over through pressure on our space.

Anothsr"' meet" was held in the Kuratawhlti Boad vicinity at Grejtown last Saturday morning. There were not so many followers as on the previous day. A few spillß resulted, but without consequence. '

A skating contest created some excitemonth)the Greytown Palace Hall last Saturday evening, the interested parties being Messrs A. McalpineandJ. Bomblow. The distance was one mile, 24 laps around the halt with the stage removed, and the former was handicapped by four laps. He only passed Hornblow once,the lattor therefore being victorious bytbreolaps, A Bush correspondent informs us that there is at present a great deal of dissatisfaction amongst She men. employed on tbo railway cooperative works,

The handsome sum of £ll 14s, waa realised at the sale of surplus provisions from the Greytown Hospital Ball, by Mr P. H. Wood, last Saturday, which—with the Government subsidy-makes a net profit of 125 lis fid. Mr Robert Maguire, who owns a shoot; ing gallery was removing it from Carterton to Masterton on Saturday night, whenhewasstuok np on the Taratahi, by a man who demanded his "money or his life." Maguire fortunately had the I presence of mind to point ono of his i gallery guns at the highwayman, who I (hereupon took to hie heels.

It is understood that Mr Gilruth, M.R.0.V.5., has resigned his position as Government Veterinary Surgeon,

We beg to notitj that the following lines of Messrs Dock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists, can be obtained at the W.F.O.A's Fancy Goods Department :-Non Mercurial Plating Fluid,"prico 1b 6d, unsurpassed {or cleaning gold or silver and reflating brass and copper. Back's Waterproof Cement, price 1», will resist hot or cold water and repair china glass, delf, leather, oto,, etc. Camphylen Balls, in neat air-tight jars, containing 1 balls, price Is, to keep moths out of clothing ftlFO a perfect disinfectant, Herb Extract price Is, an infalliable cure for toothache guaranteed not injurious to the teeth o : health |it stops the most acute pain Im medhtelv, and proves a permanent cure in | nearly all cases where the teeft are hollow, German cure for corns and warts price Is, this amous Remedy will speedily and painlessly IP soft or hard cornß, also warts, bunion and chilblains.—The Wairarapa Varmors Co operative Association Ltd. Anvr,

The hot and muggy days are now about over. Fierce the sun is still in his noonday heat, But pre long thousands will be crying out for warmer clothing, and blankets will bo as welcome as acid drinks have been. Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co,, of the Bon Mnrohd, have had the coming season in their mind'a eye, and a practical provision for its wants is a foremost feature in their programme. They havo just opened a magnificent stock of new autumn and winter goods from the Parisian and London markets, and we venture to assert a better display of the world's fashions has never been attempted in the Wairarapa. Every department is resplendent with the latest novelties and fashions, and the prices are significant I 1 of their desire to serve all well. Orders from any part of the colony are executed with that exaotjtude arid liberality that leave no room for otherthan satisfaction

Shooting Fatality at knui.