Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1895. A BLACK BOOK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4925, 14 January 1895, Page 2

Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1895. A BLACK BOOK.

A hook of lamentation, a volume of

misery, a manual of misfortune, has just been published in which the Colony does penance. It ought to be bound in sackcloth, with black margins to its pages as a State torture book, iind asocialisticpurgatory. But how do the Government organs describe it ? This is what the New Zealand Times has to say about it:

"The Labour laws of New Zealand" is the title of a neatly-bound and portable little volume which is just being issued trom tho Government Printing Office, It gives, in a handy form, the full text of Hi labour Acts, tho regulations for the management and ad-

ministration of funds mid moneys under the Coal Mines Act, 1891, and extracts from three other Acts which deal iii-i cidcnlally with labour in various phases. The preface is from the pen of Mr Edward Tregear (Secretary for Labour and Chief Inspector of Factories), and explains very clearly and concisely thi' nature and scope, of the several laws contained in the volume, The first copies were issued yesterday, and in the courso of a few days the work will ho available for the general public. It ought to have a very extensive sale, and will ho a great convenience to wageearners and employers of labour throughout the Colony. Sixteen Labour Acts, each one of which has thinned the ranks of labor and brought to poverty and distress thousands of industrious workers! It is a pity that .the names of the victims who have .passed under this Juggernaut car of'the Minister of Labour cannot- be catalogued and recorded. But every settler in New > Zealand can tell from his own memory and experience, of scores of | men who have lost their occupation through the instrumentality of these fatal Acts. Under the Socialistic rale of Mr Reeves, thousands of em- , ployers have reduced the number of their hands and have discharged men, It is be who has made the editions of employing labour so ?ffi ,' 'hat I'iinbolders, farmers,! difficult ... .nktwrevMndalll contractors, ma, ■ * mj> "j, , sorts and conditions Oi • vi, nu ,, either ceased to employ 1a,.. ''' or else materially reduced the number,of hands that they were wont to employ. Everybody in New' Zealand knows that times are bad, and here wo have the Government which is so largely responsible for them, presenfcingus'with a New Year Gift in the shape of this miserable volume. Will anyone caro even to read this record of socialistic folly? We have not yet come across any

man who desired information about any of the sixteen penal Acts, They are right for lawyers,who will make their harvest out of them, hut we have yet to find n single man in the Colony who has been benefitted by them. Some may say look at theshopmen who get a weekly half-holiday through them, but we do not admit this to be an advantage because we know that since the Labour Acts came into force shopman's wages have fallen all over the Colony. It is the fashion now-a-days to replace a man at two pounds a week with an inferior hand at one, and this has to be done to adjust matters under the rule of Mr Reeves' book of fate. This new volume of the Minister of Labour is responsible for more broken hearts than any work ever published, Each Act in it has registered loss, trouble, and poverty to breadwinners. Wage earners don't want this book and employers of labour won't have it! Even in a country town like this the Labour Acts are regarded as emetics, During the past few days a police constable has had to visit every employer of labour in the place in obedience to Government instructions, and if anyone can tell us what good his visits do to either the employer or the workmen we shall be very much astonished, It would be far better to live under the bureaucratic rule of the Germans or French than under the Labour Acts of the present Ministry. There is, of course, little freedom under the former, but the official interference is perhaps more intelligent than in this no , longer free New Zealand.

A I'KTiTiox hasgoiie in tothe Borough, Council favouring a Thursday halfliolidny, but even business men who have supported it are somewhat indifferent as to whether the holiday be Thursday or Saturday. They recognise- that the mid-week halfholiday is a very serious loss to them, breaking the continuity of their week's work, and in many ways bumpering business. It is also felt that it is very undesirable that one half the community should take tlio holiday on Thursday, and the' other half have it on Saturday. People are really in a fog about the whole thing, and in our opinion a public meeting would help materially to clear the atmosphere.

Ouii local eoiitemporaiysuggcsls thai a local ranger should be appointed in this district by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. Something more Hum this is needed and in our opinion the headquarters of the Society should be in Miislerton. if this change were brought about weshon Id not find a strewn like the Witipouu utterly useless to lishermeii. Every good fish is now taken out of it by stalwart poachers and some lifty or more anglers who mainly use the stream, have to pay their lishingfees and look silly.

Ou Saturday afternoon hist, the companionship of the Waihauapa Daily Turns assembled round the "stone," lor the purpose of bidding good-bye to the toreman compositor, Mr Thomas Hounslow, who is leaving Masterton. Mrl'aylon, on behalf of thoseasseiublcd, presented Mr Hounslow with a handsome marble clock, mid in making the presentation, alluded to Mr Hounslow's seven years' connection with the Daily Tijiks ollicc (live of which he has held the position of foreman), in very complimentary terms. Mr Hounslow feelingly replied, thanking all for their kindness and good wishes for his future prosperity.

Nearly twice as many Gei'iuiui. children are short-sighted as in the English schools. Germany's proportion of suicides is larger than that of any other European country.

In 18'Jli there were 37 bankruptcies in Napier. Lust year the number was 2b.

The Mauawatu Timns resents the fact that onions from San Francisco have been recently on sale at I'almerston A'orth,

The Excelsior Cricket Club are arranging for the return match with the Matarawa team, to bo played next Thursday, A Kelson girl aged twelve, was seriously injured the other day by a pellet from atoyrille.

A mooting of St. Matthew's Vestry takes place this evening.

Maslerton Masonic, Lodge meets on Wednesday evening next. The Works and Finance Committee of the Masterton Borough Council meet this evening.

Napier larrikins amused themselves recently, by tangling up the lines on a number of lifebuoys placed along the Parade.

A large number of country people were in Maslerton lust Saturday.

A large aud commodious residence is. now being built for Sam Mahupuku, it wealthy unlive of i'apawai, aud the natives all over the district arc looking forward for the opening of the " big house." A grand opening ceremony is to be held, at which Europeans are lo be invited, and a week of festivities, including dinners, balls, aud sports generally, will be observed,

The Wairarapa Norlh Couuly Cdt'mcil invites tenders to close at noon on Saturday, 2(ith January, for works ou the following roads:—Masterton-Waimata fioad, Opaki-Man'awatu iload, Jikcta-humt-Tiniu lload, aud Mangaoue Valley Uoad.

Owing to the Wnipouu bridge being closed to traffic, and the stream in high Hood, great danger was experienced in lording it on Friday and Saturday. A tab was capsized, several vehicles nearly washed-away with the stream, and the Tcnui coach blocked for a considerable time, and'in danger of overbalancing, the occupants of the vehicle being •much alarmed. Local tradesmen also found it' ditlicult to cross and serve their numerous customers on the other side of tho stream. Altogether it is unfortunate that the bridge is not available for traffic.. A waggon and six horses belonging to Mr Watson, and containing -limber for Mr Daniell, was blocked in the centre of the Waipoua river on Saturday evening, and with the assistance of additional horses could not be moved, so it-had ftp be abandoned until the flood subsided. About two hundred spectators witnessed the attempt to get the load across and endeavoured in several ways to assist. 1 Mr W. D. Abbott,.a prominent .Man-' gamalioe settler, mit with an accident of a most sensational nature last Friday, which it is almost a miracle did not result fatally. It appears he was journeying towards ISKttaliuna on business, wlieu a portion of the road—on the edge of a gully fully fifty feet deep-gave way most unexpectedly, carrying Mr Abbott and his horso with it. Fortunately on the face of the almost perpendicular cliff, shrubs and light trees grow very thickly, and prevented tl;e descent being so rapid as it otherwise would have been. The horse seemed to be fully aliyo tp the terrible danger, and scveraj tifflV? piis'l' )4i °f " 1C sunR)S w" 1 iN ' "' ia a yam elfytt' ts stop falling! teen. ■* ind rider jauded'together Finally stceu . -*itv gully, fpr Mr it tho bottom of a-rou . pd Mbotfc had kept in the siu. •■ :. llthougb much bruised and shaken, to was able to- lead his horse up So the road again by 'ii circuitous i route -the animal having .escaped witlia few icratches, and the journey was continued is if nothing had happened. Truly ono lever knows what ■hidden danger may lurk-in his path ; .'■"■

Owing to the very inclement wcathor on Thursday, the Dalelield School picnic was postponed uutil to-day.

Harvesting was started again yesterday, many farmers taking advantage of the fine day,

Mr Purvis Russell, of Hawkc's Bay, and his brother Mr John P. Russell, of Wangumoana, have becu spending a couple of days in Masterton, Mr C. 11. Gayfer, of Masterton, has accepted an appointment under the Hawko's Bay liabbit Board. Acceptances for the Wellington Cup close this evening. Tho Canterbury Catholic Literary Society has published a new magazine called "Thcliccord,"

The late rains, although welcome to many, have spoilt a number of crops in this district, It is stated that Mr,I.E. Blair does not intend to seek re-election as a member of the Education Board.

The Walter Bentley Dramatic Company open in Wellington on the 21st iiist.

Wednesday has been selected as the statutory lialf-holidav at Woodville. At tho recent New Zealand hemp sides in London, there was no bidding, and all the bales' were bought in.

The late rains caused a number of small slips on some of the district roads, but no great damage is reported. The rivers arc again in a condition to give anglers a little sport. No less than six young hoys wore recently convicted of (heft, at one sitting ,of the Wellington S.M. Court.

The total revenue of the I'aliiatua S.M. Court for the December quarter was £!H) 13s.

Sixteen sitting's of the Pahiatua S.M. Court were held during the December quarter.

A young man advertises tor a situation as clerk or cadet ou a station.

The Gourlay Company lias llie honor to he the first professional company to visit Makuri.

The Pahiatiia Anglican Sunday School uicnie, takes place next- Wednesday. Mr W, A. Warren and 11. A. Lambert are candidates for the Mangaone I Hiding of the Pahiatiia County Council. Whooping cough is very prevalent at Woodville just now. Horses arc cheap in Oregon just now. Eleven hundred head were recently sold ; for £4OO.

A young man, named Luke Mausell Saunders, while riding a bicycle at Dendigo, Victoria, without lights, collided with a butcher's cart. He was so much injured, that he died.

The Ekctahiiiia cricketers did not put in an appearance on Saturday, to fulfill theu' engagement with the Misici'loi) loam, and a scratch match was played, Jiroad and Dowser captaining the elevens. The game resulted in a win for the latter by three wickets.

A horse attached lo a trap driven by a lady, was standing in Queen Street on Saturday, when the animal gave a sudden plunge and started to holt, hut was slopped just in lime, by a bystander who noticed the occurrence. Hie hot Hv was the cause of the animal's sudden frisk.

It is possible that the Hon. W. I'. Keeves will address a mectingatMasterton before next session, It is understood that the recent rain lias destroyed a large quantity of cocksfoot grass-seed in the Fahialua County. .Mr Sycamore opened n horse which diedllie other day at Woodvillc, says the Jimminvr, from the effects of the hot lly, and he found the stomach perforated all over, while thousands of hots were adhering to the membranes. Two bulls, owucd by old identities, met unexpectedly in a paddock in Colestreet yesterday, and a furious battle ensued. At hist one of the animals gouged the other's eye out with his horn, and the wounded creature went down and would probably have been killed but for the timely interference of his owner, who succeeded—with the hel]i of ii big slick-in driving the intruder away.

The Natives of Masterton are greatly distressed over the severe illness of several of their tribe at the Akurn pak, and the three deaths which have occurred during the past week. In addition to the wife of George Karaliaua, a promising and respected young girl, llutit Manihera, aged 17 years, and a wealthy young man, have since succumbed. The Jiativcs aver that the epidemic is typhoid fever. A monster langi is now being held at A'galuri's residence, at Grcylown, where the three bodies haye been removed for interment.

The Primitive Methodist Conference has passed the following resolution : " That while sincerely appreciating the courtesy with which our brethren of the Wesleyan General Conference have discussed the question of Methodist Union yet we resolve that we do not see our our way to accept union on the basis offered, the concessions made by them being small, while the sacriliccs required from us include the exclusion of laymen from the question of reception, ordination, liual stationing, and superauuatiou of Ministers, being felly opposed to our Church policy that a layman is eligible to a seat in any of our Church Courts,"

The old order chancoth and they who do not move with the times and keep abreast with tho new order, will lind themselves sinking into depths of despair. It's the fashion to move ou; it pays to hurry up. " Boup and doing " tbo Pout sings I" Move on " the Bobby cries! We remodel our prices with the New Year because a small profit suits a large business, tt'e intond in the future to work on a veiymuch smaller profit, and do a more cash business, therefore, if you want a good article at a lowprice, the Bon Maiciic is the place for you and your money! Have you made up your mind that although yon want soveral things you will not buy them unless they can be bought under suoh circumstances as will enable you to say " I bought them at a low uricc"? If so, you will find what you want at L, J. Hooper and'(Vs, Is there ! any truth in the rumour that you are a member o( an Association formed for the purpose ot doing away with promiscuous shopping, aud that your ■' pals and palliasses " and all the blukes and blokesses of your acquaintance are sworn under fearful penalties, involviug all kinds of losses to buy nothing, even if you aro tattered and torn, unless tho articles you require can be got at a low price? However stringent your rules may be thoy cannot touch you if jou buy from L,J, Hooper aud Co.'sßon ilarcho.—Apvi.

The unlimite-l salo our Mortein and Spreaders havo met with testify of its success in destroying all species of insects.such as llcas, Ilic9, bugs, iice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, silvertish, moth in clothes, leach [.on trees, etc. The above and tho following can be obtained at the Fancy Goods Uepartraentot the W.F.U.A,: -Bock's Putz Paste for cleaning and polishing all mclal.outlory, windows, and paint work, Is; Bock's Water.proof Cement,ls; Non-Morourinl Plating Fluid, Is Gd'; Caiupliylono Balls, Is; Herb Extract, an infallible cure for toothache.h; German Cure, for corns and Wart-:, Is, P. Bock & Co,, Manufacturing Chemists and Importers.

. The announcement is made in anotheif part ot this paper that a salo of greater magnitude than cyer yet attempted byTeAro House is now being hold, and should arrest thea t tendon, o! everyone in this part ot ho Colony.. Te Are Houso has Ion? hold the premier position as the leading Family Drapery Warehouse in the city, and further developments are now taking augurato the now year of 1895, ; - Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in l)is businpss', a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the .London buying for Te Aro Hou6c. To'thoroughly reduce and prepare tho stobk preyipus tp the partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions, will bo made jggll departments. Tho stock must bo re- <>& bf £15,000, and will be offered to (ho duu > nuulig ft most tempting prices, in &'..-.*!«.;• "toieiwpera. sutlers, Heads Of families,. . careful housewives, younp M..^!.! l £ R ™ poor, alike will save heaps of money ut, r ?.. serving their purchases for this great part, norship sale, which oommenoeß on May, ! 4tb-Jan«ary, 1895, at Tq Ato ■

AJI the patients hi the Master ton Hospital are convalescent.

Port Darwin cable is interrupted, and English cable news is therefore delayed. An experienced rabbiter with good dogs seeks an engagement. _ The Customs duties collected at 'Wellington last week amounted to £42/2 16s od.

The Mayor of Auckland, in a flx about the 200 Avawas, was reassured by n later telegram:-" Everybody is provided with money to pay his way." The compiling of the New Zealaud Flock Book is progressing most satisfactorily.

The Wairarapa Pastoral Society's annual ram fair will be held on the Show Grounds, Carlerton.on Friday, Bth February.

The Carterton ltille Club has challenged the Groytown Club to lire a match, which will probably come off next Saturday,

The Hey A. C. Yorko conducted services at Taueru yesterday evening, and Mr 11. Brown at St. Matthew's, Master-

Mr J. Williams, Custodian of the Masterton Hospital, is recovering from his recent illness, though still very weak. The Municipal Fire Brigade contemplate holding a monster picnic in the Masterton Park on Anniversary Day. Mr Geo. Bentley is the winner of the N.Z.It.A. bronze medal, competed for by members of the North Wairarapa ltille Club.

More than twenty-one million pounds sterling represents the sum annually wasted on an average during the past five years in promoting companies that gave no return to the shareholders. liudyard Kipling wears a scarlet fez and eye-glasses in his sanctum; lie smokes a pipe, and his room contains ut rille, a whisky decanter, a syphon of soda wales, and other like accompaniments of British manhood. Messrs Simms and Mowlcm add to the list of entries for their next stock sale, on Wednesday, Kith iust., ;i yearling calves,] good spring cart horse 3jrs old. A settler of the Wairarapa whilst driving on Thunday, had his horse go lame. On getting out of his vehicle to discover the cause, he found (says the Observer) that one of the animal's shoes had got loose, turned round, and the clip was firmly embedded iu the horse's hoof, and it was bleeding profusely. At the Warreugato Hates the rider of Entry in the Ladies' Bracelet (Mr Hogg, of Wanganiiil was lined (is Bdby the starter, it is alleged for disobedience at the post, the point of which joke consists in the fact that Mr .Hogg is a solicitor, says the Times. Certain lands in the AYairarapa and Marlborough districts are under offer to (lie Government, The next mooting of t lie Board of Lund Purchase Commissioners will take place next month. Tlio. N. '/,. Times is desired by (ho Department of Labour to point out that although the Factories Act provides that " a person under the age of Hi years shall not be employed in any factory or workroom unless the Inspector is satisfied thai such person has passed the fourth standard" this provision has no retrospective effect.

A dredger in the harbour of liizerla, Tunis, recently brought up a silver sacrillcial howl of exquisite workmanship. It is the work of a Greek artist of the first century of the Christian era.

On payment of COO a young man is excused from military service in Spaiu. The other day a man wrote to the Queen that he had already paid .OiOll for ten of his sons, and begging her to excuse the other fourteen as he had no more money. The Queen granted the request.

According lo a traveller an inlen.se prejudice exists against the iiilroduclion of electricity into Turkey. The only application of electricity in evidence in that country is the telegraph. Large sums have been ottered by the Government for cleclric-lightiiigaud telephone privileges, but all have been refused.

Canfusiou mid misunderstanding exists amongst the commercial offices | of Masterlon, as lo what day llioy must close on. Some shut up on Saturday and some kept open, but with regard to glliccs the Act makes Saturday the compulsory closing day, and 5 o'clock the hour for closing on week-days, Palca County Press tells the following story without blushing :—" A peculiar picture was seen on the main road by the Momohaki station recently, when a ' regiment' of shell suails, eight chains long and seven feet wide, we marching along the grass side-track southwards. Tito circumstance attracted considerable attention, sulliciently so to induce settlers to measure the area covered."

Mr Burton Boys made his first appearance at his office, since his late severe illness, on Saturday last, and was warmly welcomed by his town friends.

The New Zealand Times says the cheap msnoy scheme is now "infull blast," Whether this be so or not we are unaware, but we always expected to see the bulk of the applicants under it get some day into this state of fusion.

A correspondent informs us that one part of liis office is a shop, and that one part of his shop is an office, and wants to know ou what days in the wcok he can keep his premises open.

Several ratepayers interested are sending in a petition, to the Masterton Borough Council, praying that Upper Villa Street bo properly formed and metalled before the winter sets in. The work is certainly a very necessary one. The editor of the Wellington Evening Post is the most ill-mannered journalist of our acquaintance He persistently takes paragraphs from our columns without due acknowledgment, and when-it was a mere typographical mishap—wo appropriated one of his, he shrieks aloud as if he were an injured person. Why does he not take the big beam out of his own eye P Our single error was unintentional, his many errors have been intentional.

The Albany correspondent of tho New Zealand TftraM reports that a sottler found in a schnappcr he was cleaning a half sovereign of 1815. The coin bears the mark of the fish's teeth, and when found was a good deal tarnished, but on cleaning was seen to bo in a fair stato of preservation, The fortunate -finder intends having the coin mounted as a breastpin, as an interesting memento of regaining a coin from the briny deep.

Tho urgency of the rabbit question has brought another now remedy into the field, which it is claimed is equal to anything yot introduced, being particularly effective in destroying the pest while at the same, time, it is supplied at a low cost. " Killbunny," tho namo of the new poison.is extensively used iu Victoria, whero runholders speak very highly of it. It lias also been tried in the Wairarapa with equally satisfactory results, and orders have been placed for largo supplies. Tho Wellington agents are Messrs Levin and Co., and stocks arc held for local requirements at the various stores of the Wairarapa Far- j mors' Co-operative Association, who are the solo agents for the Wairarapa. The grand totals made by the. highest' scorers amongst the membors of the North Wairarapa Bide Club, in the Bronzo medal competition are as follows :-G. Bentlev, 178; W. Wolch, 167; D. McLachlan, 163; Matthews, , 161 j KibLlewhite, 151; Anketell, 139, Mr R, Bentley takes the medal and is entitled to free membership of the Ditto Association.

A Mastorton Commission Agent, in. forms us, that unless Saturday is chosen as tho general day for the half-holiday, ho will have to convort his offices into a shop, by placing a few coils of wire arid a keg or two of nails about.' Saturday -being a town market day, is often his most bu6y day, and ho considers it isia , great hardship to he compeMto close,,